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The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14

friends among whom she will be great
~ missed.
"A voice and nothing more" goes
over the telephone, but think how
good it seems to hear that voice at
times.
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14

thartic to open the bowels. A gentle
movement will accomplish the same
results without causing distress or &C.
riOus consequences later. De Witt q
Little Early Rtsers are recommended.
Sold by all druggists.
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14

Get specific facts from your shoe.
man this year-you II find 1T worth
your whilel Shoe materials have
gone up 81 per cent in cost. Better
make sure Of the kind you are buying.
Look out for cotton thread-it ought
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14
BROOKFIELD.
MISS LIZZIE I. COTTON.

MISS IIZZIE I. CUTTON.
Miss Lizzie l. Cotton, who was TAX
en- to the Danbury hospital and under
went an operation for appendicitis
about two weeks ago, passed away at
The hospital on Sunday, December 9.
aged So years. The body was brought
to her home at the Iron Works where
the funeral took place on Wednesday
afternoon at 2 O'Clock. Miss Cotton
survived by sister, Mrs Charles e
WilmOt, of Bridgeport.
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14

LADIES APRONS.
Extra quality and fancy styles. Csc
and SOC, at French's, Bethel.
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14

HOLIDAY HANDKERcH1rFs.
From SC to SOC, fancy boxes, with
half dozen, at French's, Bethel.
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14

TRADE AT FRENCH's BETHEL.
For your Holiday Goods and Staple
Dry Goods and Underwear.
The gentlemen of this place held q
whist party at Ridge hall, last Friday
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14
The Benham Shoe Co..
DERBY, CONN.

Ice cream, Miss Ruth Reid, Miss M. A.
M MoseSon dining 5oom Mrs Ghaes
Charles Bradley. The entertainment
was In charge of Mrs w. G. Sanford,
Mrs e. p. Sanford and Miss Helen
Barnes. The society appreciates the
kindness of Miss RuShton In opening
the Inn for this sale. 1t was an ideal
place and Miss Rushton has the
thanks OF all who were present for her
kindness.
The Newtown bee., 1906-12-14

It is a mistake to use a violent ca,
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
Nose DRINKING In Norway.

The Norwegian papers tell of a
speedy and cflicacious method of be-
coming intoxicated prevailing in the
slums of Christianla. The 1rebladet de-
scrbes how it is done. The drunkard
fills the palm of his hand with "aque-
Wit" (strong corn brandy and shifts it
through his nose. \ few applications
do the work, while the same quantity
of liquor taken into the stomach would
hardly be felt "Nose drinking" has
become a real vice with some individ-
uals. The effect of it is terrible, be-
cause the whole nervous system is
paralyzed in moment, and the drunk
ard remains almost unconscious for
several minutes. Afterward Il sleepy
fatigue is felt, as after smoking opium.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
Only Pine Martens.

A series of grewsome incidents had
terrified an English neighborhood
What made these incidents peculiarly
horrible was their tragic mystery. No
body could explain them. Sheep and
lambs, whiei. were in full health over
night, We're eound dead in the morn
ing, their bodies uninjured, but drain
ed of every drop of blood. Ghouls and
vampires and all imaginable horrors
We're blamed, and the whole country
side was up. The damage continued
and in Il single night a farmer had
fourteen out of twenty-one lambs kill
ed, and the same pen was chosen the
next night, and the remaining sever
lambs We're destroyed. In the early
peep of day the slayers were discover
ed, all hidcous from their sanguinary
work. They were neither men nOi
monsters, but Il couple of pine martens
which. having routed Il pair of magpcS
from their nest, had there made theli
home and thence nightly secured tho
country round about.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
A LITTLE PLANT HOUSE.

en-, as Farm Journal remarks in figuring
a little house that just fills the bill for a
place to start all kinds of garden plants.
The plan of the house is sufficiently
shown in the cut \ little stove can be
used to keep up the needed warmth at
night, or small hot water heater can
be put in, with pipes running along be-
meath the bench.
The seeds should all be sown in boxes
in order that the latter may be turned
end for end. as the sun draws" the
plants toward the light. The house
should face Il little east of south and
need not he more than six feet wide,
with such length as is desired. Have
some of the windows made SO that
they can be opened; then the room may
not be overheated at midday.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
Childless Men and Women.

There are parts of the world where
girl babies are drowned like supertlu-
GUS kittens and others in which it is
not uncommon for the daughters in the
large families of the poor to be sold by
their parents into lives of prostitution.
On the other hand, the pages of history
are filed with examples Of the devoted
lives of childless men and women who
have worked unselfishly for the good
of their kind. Bachelors and virgins
have been the saints of the world, and
the childless are the phlanthropists.
the founders of colleges, hospitals art
collections and libraries, the philOsO-
piers. the great writer's, leaders and
thinkers of the race. Plato, Joan of
Arc, Savonarola, George Washington,
David Hume, Locke, SpinoZa, Thomas
Carlyle, Florence Nightingale, Ruskin
and Herbert Spencer are only few
of the great names in this class. An in
teresting volume could be written on
the Indebtedness of the world to child
less men and women.-New York Med
ical Journal.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
BreaLing the Trail.

Winter in the mountains IS severe In
its restrictions. Slcdging and travel
over the SNOW banked trails are limit
ell to bare necessity. In the colder sea-
sons the trails are kept open by shovel
ing and packing them down. When the
runners sing internationally in high,
thin voices, the teamster, with a belt
tight around his Overcoat and Topping
his arms to keep warm, faces his great
est hardships, but when the heavy
SHOWS and rapid thaws of spring come
teaming means a battle and a venture
with sudden termination hanging
Just above. Thousands of tons of
snow up the mountain sides hang
on a trigger that can be sprung by
the sigh of breeze or the rolling of
q pine cone. and in summer many a
barren slope and pile of rock and tim
Der at the bottom tells skeleton tale
of the winters night. Floundering,
swearing and perseverng open the
trall-a little ruffed thread of white
from up above but hard days work
for a man.-Outing Magazine.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22

A rational system of physical cul-
ture should insure to every man and
woman who adopts it "A perfectly erect,
poised figure, Il straight spine, broad,
deep and capacious chest. uplifted and
flexible, ana harmonious development
of all the muscles. He or she should
be easy and graceful in every move
ment. possesse, of marked muscular
power and endurance, splendid health
and a voice of notable equality and
power.
SO much would the rational system
of physical development do for those
who followed il, and any method which
will net accomplish all of these things,
even for its least promising students,
Is in so much incomplete and false. The
object of physical culture methods is
to render the body a more perfect in
Strumcnt, more strong. more enduring,
more obcdient. to the commands of the
will,-Outng Magazine.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
InsiisDen Sa bility.

NO" said Il lecturer, lit doesn't dc
to get swelled head and think you're
indispensable to the welfare Of this
world.
Il was in the lobby of Il big hotel ii
Cincinnati when bus load of travelling
statesmen came from the station. Ev
cry man of them as he signed the reg
lister paused to shake hands with the
hotel clerk. Il fatherly old fellow who
had been there many years.
"'Ah.' said one of them to the clerk.
its good thing you're still on deck,
Uncle Dave | don't think the house
could run without YOU
"'Couldn't it. just. said Uncle Dave
You fellows would come in here, anC
if there was Il strange clerk you'd say.
"Whcrc's Uncle Dave"
"'And the clerk would say: why
didn't you hear? He died a month
ago.
"'And then you'd say: "Wcll, I'll b.
darncd. That's too bad. Say, when'l'
dinner be ready?"'"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
ShOrtSiGhipI Animals.

SO far as natlIraliStS have been able
to ascertain there Is 10 such thing as
shOrtsight among animals in Il stats
of nature. In the case, however, Of
domestic animals and wild ones in
confinement shortSiG is by no means
unknown. Many people who have kept
dogs and cats will remember instances
of pets which were unable to distin-
gush friends from strangers at short
distance. Horses, too, frequently suf'
fer from shortsight and other dcrange-
mcnts of the vision. and this kind OF
thing is sometimes met with in the case
of cattle. The diseases of the eye
which frequently affect wild animals in
captivity are to be chiefly attributed
to the narrow space in which they are
confined. The eyes are never exercised
upon distant objects and therefore lose
the powers which use of this kind calls
forth.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22

they have become of bright red and
are just on the point of opening. The
name comes from the resemblance Of
the prepared spice to small nails, from
the French word clou, for nail. Cloves
are very heavily charged with Il pun
gent, acrid, volatile oil, as much as 20
per cent sometimes being extracted
This oil is valuable for fiavoring and
seeming purposes and has a limited
field in medicine, but the habit of ''eat
ing Cloves" in which young folks and
too often old ones indulge, is very rep
rehensible, as the oil IS a powerful
drug, becoming In many cases an in
sidious poison.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22

Things That Keep Down Price.

The most common substitutes USED
in the adultcration of maple sirup are
other sugars and glucose. Much of the
so called maple strip is nothing but
combination of sweets with little
maple molasses added to give the ma
pie flavor. There Is also maple
sirup which contains no maple at all.
The flavor is obtained by adding to the
compound an extract Of hickory bark.
These limitations pass with those never
having tasted the pure article. but can
quite readily be detected by those hav-
ing had experience. They serve to
keep the price down, and thus the ma
pie groves yield their owners a much
smaller profit than they otherwise
would.--Ohio Farmer.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
Straying to Other Fields.

Poor returns on fruits and vegeta-
bles shipped out of south Texas last
season operated to discourage thou
sands of inexperienced growers so that
membership in many local truck grow
ers' associations has greatly decreased,
says Farm and Ranch. These amateur
truckers are drawn to the light shining
from that -thcwiSp. fifteen cent
cotton, and are willing to throw away
the valuable experience of last year
in an effort to make Il ten strike" ON
cotton. They have forgotten the boil
WCevil and o.hcr uncertainties THAI
10th hedge this king about
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
How Some Mutes Marry.

Statistics compiled by authorities on
the condition of the deaf and dumb in
this country present one significant
fact in regard to the matrimonial at
fairs of that body Of citizens. 1t Is re-
vealed therein that while many women
deprived of the power of speech have
been sought in marriage by men whose
five senses were unimpaired only few
women whose tongues were in good
working order have consented to tie
themselves to men who could not hear
what was being said. Cynics find in
these revelations matter for many caus-
tic diatribes pertaining to the CONVEX
sational and listening powers of the
sexes. Whether or not these sarcastic
observations contain an explanation Of
the comparative willingness and I'M
willingness of men and women to mar
~ mutes is a question, but the fact re-
mains.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22

Very few persons acquit themselves
nobly in their maiden speech. At a
wedding feast recently the bridegroom
to the given toast, in spite of the fact
that he had previously pleaded to be
excused. Blushing to the roots of his
hair, he rose to his feet He intended
to imply that he was unprepared for
speech making, but, unfortunately,
placed his hand upon the brides Shout
stammered out his opening (and con-
cluding) words:
thing has been thrust up
on me"-London Tit-Bits.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22

SHEEP FEEDING.
A Great Business ms 1t Is Carried on
Around Chicago.

Around Chicago.
Sheep feeding has become one Of the
most extensive live stock businesses in
the near Chicago counties. Some of
the plants have Il capacity of 10000 q
year. There are pastures for sheep
that include not less than 5000 acres
some of it the finest land in the state
All of these plants have their own
grain elevators, machinery for chop
ping feed, dipping pools and shearing
plants operated by electric power. One
of the feeding places has a reservoir
that holds 100000 gallons of water.
AS may be con jccturcd, these hungry
sheep consume an immense amount of
feed, and it comes from the adjacent
farms of Illinois, thus affording the
farmers a paying market for their
products Some of the farmers let
their pasture lands at so much a head
per month.
These plants make it easy for a dro-
YER to handle a bunch of sheep for the
market In Il great many instances he
doesn't pay a cent for the feeding until
they are sold. When they are reloaded
on the cars and shipped to the stock
yards the charges are placed on the
manifest and the amount is collected
from the sales at the yards. In in
stances the stock is shipped across the
Atlantic, the drover paying nothing cut
until he reaches Liverpool, where the
sale is made. and the cost Of weeks of
fattening at the pens near Chicago Is
sent back from the British market.
Sheep Costly In Far West.
A sheep buyer who brought in stock
from Montana says that sheep are val
ued high in the far west. 1t was diff.
cult for him to buy as many as he
brought He says that the reason for
this is that there is now a good market
for wool and cheap pastures on the
foothills and high lands of the Rocky
region are to be had. Even far to the
east the range is cheap. and practically
the only cost is the employment of
herdcrs The shipper in this instance
paid rs high as $3.50 for lambs. while
ewes brought as high as 81. The vest
ern herdcrs are holding their flocks for
the wool they produce.-J. L. Graft in
Country Gentleman.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22


Hess than eight weeks Old. The half
bushel is inverted over it to convey an
impression of the size of the plant.I
form large and thick leaves, but begin
to spindle up at Il very early age, and
that the longer the crop remains in the
field after this occurs the less valua-
bic it becomes. This trouble is tracea-
bic directly to unskillful culture.
Spinach leaves rs they appca- under
the influence of high caltivat-sz are
made up largely Of al unnatural
growth. They are fattened by high
feeding to satisfy the demand Of the
market The modern varieties have
become so accustomed to growing in
soil that has been literally supplied
with everything that the roots need
that they are unable to fully develop in
soil of moderate fertility.
The base leaves of spinach, which
constitute the marketable portion Of
the plant. are few in number, but they
have acquired the habit of expanding
in q remarkable fashion. They appear
to be made up of cells which possess
the power of indefinite division just as
long as the protoplasm in them is high
ly nourishcd. and while this growth
goes on there is little danger of the
plants spndling.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
The GIo,yNorm Cavern.

The greatest wonder of the antipode'
is the celebrated gloWworm cavern,
discovered IN 1891 in the heart of the
TaSmanian Wilderness. The cavern OF
caverns Ghcre appears to be series OF
such cavcrns in the vicinity. each scpa-
rate and DISTINCT are situated near the
town of Southport. Tasmania. in n
limestone bluff, about four miles from
Ida bay. The appearance of the main
cavern is that of an underground river.
the entire floor Of the subterranean pa
sage being covered with water about 8
foot and Il half in depth. These won
dcrful Tasmanian caves are similar t.
all cavernS found in limestone forma-
ton, with the exception that their roofs
and sides literally shine with the light
emitted by the millions of gloWwCrnS
which inhabit them.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
p..a,.cr's Wisdom.

The conclusion Q'rom experiments
nl NY general opnion in respect to
tr sclton of pruning, as far as the
Ihc IDEAL time is in spring before
:'3wth begins date February, March
u1 early April in New York;. but
.ooo Lor,M uNon the position of the
wound in the tree ana the length of
Tub than on the time of year.-L H.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
Fam s.. A 80
l.E4@:1i II: ss:;::::FtE:E--pIf2
I'm: ::sA 9Siss5A'ssssRA&QAA5ZpEN
MARKET SPINACH.
often Very Profitable Cr0p-IiOw
Grown and "Fattened."

Spinach may yield as high as from
300 to 1000 bushels as a mcrchanta
Bile product per acre within eight
weeks time after the seed is planted
and the price per bushcl often equals
that Of potatoes, although the average
price at which the crop is sold is prob
ably considerably less, says Farm
Field and Fireside in preface to some
instructive hints as follows about
growing it:
The complaint is often made by
gardeners who are not expert cultiva-
tors of spinach that their plants do not
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
Oddities of Sight.

The two eyes really see two objects.
If the two foretingers be held, one at
the distance of one foot, the other two
feet in front of the eyes and the for
mer be looked OF, two phantoms of the
latter will be observed, one on each
side. If the latter be regarded two
phantoms of the nearer finger will be
observed mounting guard, one on each
side.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
Not an Arrest, but u Rescue.

"You were arrested for striking your
WIFE"
"No, judge" answered the unworthy
specimen of manhood who was on
trial; IL had made a pass at her, and
she was just reachin' for the stove lid
when the officers came and took me in
charge. That wasn't an arrest. That
was a rescue."- Washington Star.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22

Accustom yourself to submit on ev-
cry occasion to small present evil to
obtain a greater distant good. This
will give decision. tone and energy to
the mind, which thus disciplined will
often reap victory from defeat and
honor from repulse. Cotton.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
Gallant.

THAT pea will never come to perfec-
ton" remarked a young woman walk
ing through garden with Sydney
Smith
Then let me lead perfection to the
pea" said he CALAMITY Offering her his
arm,
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
Place to start Garden Plants.

The kitchen window is not suitable
place for starting n variety Of garden
plants. The accommodations are not
sufficiently ample. and the boxes are
more or less of nuisance in the kitch
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22

Cloves are simply the dried flower
buds of beautiful evergreen tree
growing naturally on the Spice islands.
These flower buds are gathered when
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
t,r.i with Hearts.

Il don't believe bachelors have any
cants." She said.
"NAy wore just the men who Go
ave them" he rel led.
"N'Ey i t'at:' she n Sked.
"Dc~'u 20 20 haven't lost them"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
A Difficult Labor.

Labor to keep alive in your breast
that little spark Of celestial fire called
conscience Washington.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22

II at first you don't succeed. do u
over, but don't overdo it.-Philadelphla
Record.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22
SEED CORN.
A Brief Discussion of the Advantage
In Testing Ii.

Men are by no means unanimous in
their opinion concerning the value of
testing seed corn Those who do not
accept this doctrine refuse it on the
ground that ordinary testing methods
are so artificial as to render the results
not only useless, but altogether mis-
leading.
Now what are the facts in the case?
We take our stand with those who ad
vocate the testing of seed corn, and we
do it on the ground that no man IS
skilled enough to absolutely determine
whether the grain on an ear of corn has
been slightly injured or not. OF course
almost any man can tell whether corn
is dead or not, but it frequently hap
pens that it is slightly injured and that
the celebration of the germ has been
only family affected. 1t is in such
cases as these that the testing of corn
Is invaluable. AS to the artilicality Of
the plan whereby Il few kernels from
each ear are placed between cloths, we
will say that in our opinion this is not
so artificial as some would like TO make
out 1t is true that in Il warm room
weakened corn shay be made to show
up well when placed between wet
cloths, but we do not think that this
is the most modern way to test corn.
A Plan Recommended.
Our plan is to do the work in a room
that is warm during the day and cool
at night. The work is generally done
in March. and the temperature gets
down as low as 10 to 30 degrees at
night. Under these conditions it will
require five or six days TO gcrmnate
corn, and if you have never done the
work under similar conditions Won have
little idea what contrast there will
be between the growth in this time by
strong kernel of corn and weak
One.-Iowa Homestead.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22

& i the other lan~uidly-
"V'r'l Aor d. sou do thon:'
"'""',n n rn.'"
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-22

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purse fIll : rr,or
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1906-08-25
GIFTS RENDERED TO OFFICIALS

One would suppose from con-
slant outcroppings here and there
that no class of our citizenship is
free from the evils of graft in some
form or other. The dispatches
from South America announced
that "Mrs. Root, wife of the secre-
tary of state, who with their
daughter, Miss Edith Root, is
sharing the honors heaped upon
the secretary in Rio de Janeiro,
was presented with a collection of
rare Brazilian gems by the Jockey
Club, while she and the secretary
were attending the races The
example here set is a bad one. Mr..
Root is travelling as the official
representative of the United States
and while it is well that we
secure cordial feeling with our
neighbors to the soath, it is dan
gerous to let any Of them feel that
we are partial, or will allow our
selves to be put under in any way,
special obligation. There is no
reason to say that Secretary Root
or Mrs. Root meant anything
wrong. Certainly they did not.
But it would be far safer to have
left the presents alone.