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The Newtown bee., 1906-03-09

supper was served. At rather late
 hour the party departed, leaving their best wishes to MT and Mrs Hall for a long and happy life in their new home.
The Newtown bee., 1906-03-09

FUNERAL OF HAROLD CHARLES ROLLS
 TON.
 The funeral of Harold Charles Rolls ton, 12 years old, son of MT and Mrs Samuel RollSton, whose sad death was caused by hydrophobia, was held from the home of his parents, Wednesday afternoon at o'clock, Rev G. L. Forte officiating. The burial was in the South Britain cemetery. His little friends at school had very thoughtful ly trimmed the grave all over with evergreens, trying in their way to take away a little of the sadness of his death. MT and Mrs Rollston have the deep sympathy of the village peO- nle in their bereayement.
The Newtown bee., 1906-03-09
THE WOMEN AT HOME.

Our mothers, wives and daughters, Home is not home at all without them. lct they may die and leave the house silent and sad any day. Depend upon #, thelades mol away blame when they are low spirited and 'cros>.' They sick. Tell them Dr. David kennrdy's F1vorite Remedy and the color will come back to their cheeks and the laugh to their lips. Complaints
The Newtown bee., 1906-03-09

Miss Fannie AndIews has been indls- posed for few. days with a throat a atflictiOn
The Newtown bee., 1906-03-09
Are Linked 7oeether.

They are associated by nature. Get one disease and you will have others. pr. David kennedys Favorite Remedy strikes at the of all disease. What is needed everywhere is family medicine; that will relieve and those diseases from which every family suffers, more or less. It would time, money, days of pain and sickness, worry and anxiety. and save dear and precious lives. This need is supplied
The Newtown bee., 1906-03-09

gain counters to attract the crowds. Are there such companies? It is a pleasure to show that the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company of Hartford, is without question in that class as their past and present record plainly show.
The Newtown bee., 1906-03-09

LITERARY ASSOCIATION TO HAVE A
 PERMANENT HOME.
The Newtown bee., 1906-03-09
An Unbroken Record of Success

for nearly forty years, and has hosts of friends No household is contented when or more of it's members suffer constantly. or even frequently, from some tedious and wearing disease. Are you suffer-
 ing from any diseases traceabe to the causes mem tioned? If so Dr. Kennedy has staked his personal and professional reputation the statement that Favorte Remedy will do you good.
 DT.D.Kennedy's FavOrite Remedy
The Newtown bee., 1906-03-09
OUR NEIGHBORS
SOUTH BRITAIN

FUNERAL OF HAROLD CHARLES ROLLS
 TON
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

eminently successful have evidently shed some new light on the make up of the mosquito, for he pictures its lot as a sad one. being quoted to the effect that 1t either dies of starvation or under the strain of captivity, or else is frightened to death If 1t can escape these evils which besot it the doctor sees no reason why 1t should not live to a considerable age, Instead of for the brief span generally assigned to it. This theory st least relieves mosquito slaughter of one of its hor- TOTS. for tender hearted persons will doubtless be pleased to learn that 1t Is not a gory and brutal send which the insect suffers when swatted by an irate victim. but instead an instanta- neous and comparatively painless death from fright at the swiftly de- scending hand. It is the price of a delicately sensitive organization. But while pr. Doty has done something to remove the idea that the mosquito is not coarse and bloody .robber, he has nevertheless been working hard to exterminate him, and with such suc- cess than New York's beaches may yet become enjoyable and the Jersey mos quito be removed from the atanding list of summer jokes. Working with an appropriation Of less than s20,00o the doctor tackled Staten Island and by a comprehensive scheme of ditches drained the salt marshes where the pests bred. Strange to say these marshes are now practically solid ground for in spots where the ditch diEgers sank almost to their waists in mire the moving machine harvested crops of hay this fall. And the mos- quito has practically vanished.
 During the three months considered In the report of Health Commissioner Darlington just sent to Mayor Mcc4el- Ian exactly 191 persons found life in New York too distastefuI to make It longer bearabIe and in conseduence, escaped by the suicide route--a snr- prising total of more than two a day Shooting seemed to be the most popu- lar method of self de truction, since of the total number fifty-three selee- ted it. Twenty died by carbolio acid. twenty hanged themselves. seventeen took gas. one died by Paris green, nine by Jumping from high places. one by chloroforu, and one by lsRpinR in front of a train. Only three women hanged themselves. while seventeen men died by this means. SiXty-seven persons were killed by electric cars during the quarter. Brooklyn living up to her reputation in this respect by account ing for forty-one who apparently did not merit the title of trolley dodgers" The total number of 956 deaths by ac- cident and negligence during the three months furnishes a startling commen- tary on the cheapness Of life in the country's greatest city.
 Lohsacre.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25
ALL THE WAY FROM
 JANITORS TO HEADGEAR.

or reason. the sloppier the feathers and foliage the better.
 .N
 Then there is a smarter species of lat worn very much to one side and Suggesting a turnover. Any woman can have one by holding an old hat in two and wearing much hair on the ex- posed side. That IS the secret of the Parisian model---two-thirds hat, one third hair It isn't a bad idea in its native land, but, oh, me, when you transport that third of hat here and wear 1t on a firmly dressed natural coifEuTe
 All the feather effects dfoop to follow out the lines of the brim. This is all very we'll for the tall woman, but mighty trying on the short one.
 The short lady gets even, however, when it comes to dresses. all the fash ions seem made for her. as they are on the princess order.
 The tall, thin creature whose willowy grace was set Of by the folds of the shirred modelH now appears veritable bean pole, and the only way she can save herself is by wearing the biggest sleeves possible.
 ,N &
 It Is said that women are lazy.
 Possibly, but their variety is even greater than their love of ease. The latest story is that of woman who rose at 1 Tn the morning to have
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25
Non-InlammabIe wood.

Consul Murphy reports from Borde- aux experiments on the great Public Square, the oulnhonces, where is to be held from May to October next the international Maritime Exposition in commemoration of the hundredth am niversary of Fulton's successful ap- plication of steam to navigation
 Warned by the great damage caus- ed by the recent Ire at the Milan Ex- position, in which valuable paintings, tapestries and other works of art were destroyed. the Deputy Commissioner, General devoted much of his time to the study and investigatioL of the diff ferent methods of rendering wood, pa- per- silk, cotton and woolen stuffS non-inammahle of all the formulae submitted he decided to experiment with the following: Sulphate of ann monia, 135 grams; borate of soda, IS grams; boric acid, , grams, and water 1000 grains. The exhibition consisted of treating pine shavings, wood. paper and cotton fiber with this preparation and. after a thorough drying, applying the fire test.
 A huge pile of shaving. pine kind ling and wood was set on fire and n the blaze were thrown shavings and sticks of wood impregnated with this aignifuge" When the fire had ex- hausted itself the impregnated shay inEB and wood were lOuHu lOt bS SiIH- ply bIackened and charred; they ga5e out no flame. Paper and cotton fibre treated with the same solution when exposed to the flames consumed very slowly without blaze. So successful and conclusive seemed the demon stratiou that Mr. 1foriot gave orders that all wood and timber used in the construction of the Exposition build ings and all cotton. canvas and linen stuffs, carpets and rugs employed ,n the furnishing thereof should be trea- ted with this "ignifuge."
 I was present at the exhibition and afterward witnessed the application of the llquid to some heavy timbers which were quickly and effectively treated by the workmen. who directed streams of the preparation from receptacles strapped to their backs in the imanne- of an American fire extingnisher. Tn addition to the precautionary measures adopted the fire department will have all the exposition buildings under close and constant inspection. The buIldinEs now being constrhcted are on the river front. so that abundant aupplies of water will alwaus be,avail- able.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

rry.Nx all people living in
 os apartments will go straight to
 Whv not? They have surely
 served their purgatory Tn this wgr Tns ,ahft6r and the beliboy alike combine to make life one long prooie.u1. .a1s consisting mainly of plus signs Ill tt'''' favor. ...t,i,s at
 The landlord authorizes or winKs a' sbs actions of these brigands.
 It is So hard to get a good janltor' so easy to get a good tenant
 2v ssqood'' 1anitor I don't mean oHe with wings sprouting between ms shoulders, but a man who will not so son a tear" more than twice week oI whose many engagements or social sl nature wSl not cause him to forget to send up the milk.
 Once there was such a janitor, and io. he had kept one apartment house boving before him for seven years un- 4tl he felt that he owned it. Nothing franspired in the place unless he knew about it---in fact, most things happened under his direct supervision. The land Sord was very mean, and the janitors salary was next to nothing, but you sbo1IIa. have seen how he picked on inc tenants. This was his recognized era fl. and when the tenants found that Sa was supported by the powers above 4hev weekly gave in and resigned themselves to obtaining nothing save
 For instance, if the icebox needed overhauling, Edward, not tbe refrige- rator hnan, was the one to do it. You were referred to him by the landlord.
 Yes, you might have new covers to the tubs. Edward had them down cellar.
 That gas tip didn't work? Then ask Edward for another, and so forth and so on.
 But his greatest scheme was cutting the rope of the dumb waiter. the rope nearest the kitchen. As the other one
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

the roof for her? The mail can wait" she observes sweetly.
 Why, certainly. ma'am" exclaims Tommy 'I didn't know she wanted her clothes taken up!"
 (And the great big basket had been there all the time staring him in the face0
 .8 x
 To change the subject. have yoV noticed how exaggerated hats are this year?
 They do say one of the smartest dressed women in town evolved Paris creation out of an ordinary everyday American hat by falling downstairs with it pinned to her head.
 It made a most original cooked hat out of an ordinary sailor.
 One of the most popular shapes and the most unbecoming Is of the mush- room variety, and it would have de- lighted the heart of Queen Victoria. who was much addicted to this form of dOwdy headgear.
 It-the mushroom chepeau~-is deco rated in any old way without rhyme
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25
THINNING OUT THE STOCK

the bounty of their masters or mis- tresses,
 Then there was Ericsson-rlet us not forget Ericsson. There was only one way to address him. and that was with quarter held in midair. How true the proverb is that money talks could only be realized by a conversation with Ericsson minus the quarter There would be literally nothing doing.
 < s@ , Even little Tommy. the bellboy, was not bad one at graft.
 He learned to respect the different members of the family according to their pocketbooks.
 For the maid he would do absolutely nothing. She wanted to take a basket of things up to the roof and he curtly in Rcrrn14 hev thot D could do nothing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

with the United States and other coun- tries of the three Americas. It is only in recent years that such an advance has assumed important proportions. Practically the first move on the part of American financial Interests in the direction of extending trade through facilities afforded by the establishment of American banks in foreign countries was made in Cuba, at the close of the Spanish- American war, when the Trust Company of America. then acting as fiscal agent in the Island for the United States Government. replaced the cum bersome and practically useless Spanish banking system by modern methods. Since that time Americans have invest cd about $7,500.O00 in banking enter prises in Havana, a single bank estab- 1ished in that city within few months having been capitalized at $5.000, ,00O. Now Americans enjoy a practical mo- nopoly of Cuban trade.
 Six thousand one hundred and seven- ty-three people living in one city block
 five and one-third acres. that Is the record of the most congested district in New York where human beings lit- erally pack themselves together almost like sardines. This block is not as might be expected on the lower East side but on the West side of Central Park between Sixty-first and Sixty second streets. Altogether there are fifty-one blocks in the city having a population of more than 5000 each and of these athirty-seven are on the lower East Side below Fourteenth street, sew. en on the East Side above Fourteenth street. six on the West Side and one In the middle tarea now called the Fifth Avenue Federation Districts. overcrowding in the city is undeniably on the increase and the prophecy of New York as the living place of only the very rich and the very poor Is al- ways gaining weight. For example in 1900 the combined population of the fifty-one most congested blocks was 132,SS1, while in 1905 the number had increased to IF. 1888, or nearly 50,0O0, with more than 800 people to the acre nothing uncommon. Of course rents are one great cause of congested pop ulation, for the laborlng man cannot afford the necessary space at the pres ent prices. One expert investigator has reported four dollars per room per month for each room of a five room tenement as the lowest price at which defency can be acquired. While the investigation showed that si.O64 per year was the lowest adequate living cost for a man with a wife and three children. actual conditions show that in many cases families ef this size must live for far less. Thus does the prob lem of preventing too great a conges- ton of population become daily more pressing.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

her wrinkles "ironed out" She was going to take an early train and wish ed to present S bewitching ap- pearance for the benefit of the man who wa going to meet her at the other end.
 Don't you know what iron ing out wrinkles means?
 You have it done with a tiny hatiron, and it takes two hours and a lot of money. Wo-
 a. nn-Innn An
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

be beautiful go through the process at least once a week.
 One of the most common wrinkles is that across the forehead. It comes from that supercilious raising of the eyebrows which has been a fad with the smart set and those who ape the smart set.
 Now 1t all has to be ironed out [ don't know what the next fad will be, for they say straight brows are coming in.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

until he had distributed the mail. Distrib" uting the mall is synonymous with a couple of hours in ele- vator boy par lance
 Enter the mis . tress of the house upon the scene of action she presses the  Dell, letting the gleam of silver appear in her hand, and, be- hold, the eleva- tor stops once more.
 Tommy. will you take Mary's n1nfbnn nn fn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

And as we all of us haven't them, but must have them of course--well. It's somewhat of a problem, that's all. Truly, 1t is hard on the woman with 8 modest purse when fashions in facial expressions change as we'll as those in frills. Kate Clyde.
 New York
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

Tramp-say. friend, I'm trying to sit to New York. and I've got the price of a ticket, all but 50 cents Will you help me out? citizen-The thing for you to do is to ride within 50 cents worth of New York. and then walk -- somerville Journal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

Yet another communication from the dead: A letter was published last week in The Express pointing out the dan gers of the proposals that oqroners' ju- ries shall dispense with View of the body. The letter was signed. "A Vio- tim ."--Puneh,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25
MONEY FOR MUSIC
HOW NEW YORK SPENDS A FOR- TUNE TO HAVE ITS EARS
 PLEASED.
The City Working to Become Center Of Worlds Finance-COngested Ctty IsIOcIks--Exterminaflp the
 Tfrlsld Mosquito.

New York. Nov. 24--Just about one do1la,ss worth of music for every one oe New Yorks residents is to be turn ed loose during the coming season, TOT the city with all the appearance of be-. ing music mad has completed plans Tor snendine something between S3,
 OOO, 900 and $4,O0O.000 on sweet sounds vocal and instrumental. The greater part Of this fortune for which when spent the public will have nothing to show will pour into the coffers of the Metropolitan Opera House during the seventeen weeks season beginning next Monday. The five regular performances a week will separate New Workers from SIP 900 for each one. the seven teen Sunday concerts will cost $2,OOO apiece, and the special performances and benefits will bring the total up we'll above the million mark. In other words, in this one playhouse alone New York will spend every week enough to pay the salary of the Pres ident of the United States, to say noth- ing of the Vice-President and half dozen Senators. And this IS only one item. There is to be an opera season at the Manhattan also, and If the tenor, of whom little Is known. is anything of a success. at least S750.000 will probably be srent there. for while one swallow can't make summer, one op- era star can mdkS du Ou6td SSooOh' Aside from the opera houses New York CTS will probably pay out another half million of dollars at Carnegie Hall. where something like 175 concerts will be pulled off during the season. The ten Boston Symphony concerts alone will net $1000O. The Philharmonic, however, carries off the palm as money maker since after paving it's director SI.0OO for each performance it nets more than $5.OOO on each pair of concerts. Other concerts and musi- calls will add another S500000 to the total of $4.OO000O which New York is about 10 blow in on music.
 New York has inst taken one more step in the direction of assuming that first position in the world of finance so long occupied by London and con tested by Berlin and Paris. a position of honor and power which have count ed for much in maintaining the boast cd English trade supremacy, now steadily and rapidly giving away be- fore the advance of Yankee energy. The latest step in the invasion ts revealed In the announcement of that prominent New York financial interests have just established an American bank in Ber- lin with a capitalization of 25,O00.000 marks. The chief aim of the new bank, it Is stated, will be tho promotion of commercial and industrial relations
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

The character Of the mosquito. long defamed, has at last found a defender in the person of Dr. Doty, who has been engaged in stamping out the in- sect in territory contiguous to New York. The doctors experiments while
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

could not be reached by the maids this obliged them to he at the mercy of Ed
 ward. who pulled their clothes baskets up for them. or not. according to
The National tribune., 1906-07-19

were in the third story of a block oh
Gay street and carefully noted all that
went on.
They came in tatters. hatless often,
and shoeless: two on mule, all kinds
of conveyances.
We were always in full view of the
general rendezvous of the leading Sc
cessionists. Their faces were q study,
detected and grief stricken.
After Manassas they were exuber-
ant and placid. The fall of Fort Pu-
faski added wrinkle. which the defeat
of Zollicoffer intensified and Fort Hem
ry deepened into fixed frown. After
that it was easy to analyze their mental
processes. Unionists got dispatches
only by grapevine" but needed none
He was an unobservant Unionist who
couldn't read the daily war news in
the countenance of a prominent Seces-
sionist.
AS to Zollicoffer, my recollection Is
tha. he was not an intense nor offen-
sive Secessionist. Aside from his dis
loyalty. as far as my acquaintance
went, and II was somewhat extensive
among the Cnionists of East Tennessee,
Zollicoffer was not disliked. Nor was
Gen. E. Kirby Smith. They were kind
and tolerant to the Union element. Gen.
Leadbetter was the most cordially
hated man who was ever in command
in that Department.-W. d. Blackman.
Troy, Ohio. A.
The National tribune., 1906-07-19
Stories Emnenty Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

"Of course. Gen. Wood and I knew
the information which purported to
come through Gen. Stanley was erron-
eous. We, therefore, rode back. found
Gen. Crittenden, explained to him, and
he communicated our report to Gen.
Rosecrans, who promptly withdrew the
order.
Now comes the strange part of the
transaction. Gen. Crittenden was told
the next day that l had informed him
(Rosecrans) that the enemy had evac-
uated Murfreesboro. l called upon
Gen. Rosecrans the same day and told
him that 1 had made no report to him
on any subject whatever, and reminded
him that the order itself purported to
be based upon information which came
through Gen. Stanley. Notwithstand-
ing all this. Gen. Rosecrans in his Off
cial report attributes his order to in
formation furnished him by me. as
commanding Crittenden's leading divi-
sion. The fact that Gen. Wood and l
We're actually observing the enemy
when we received the order ought to
afford conclusive evidence that Gen.
Rosecrans was wholly mistaken in his
facts
Having read both the above ac-
counts | simply wish to call the atten-
tion of The National Tribune to them.
j. II. Gray. 612 w. 9Th St, Cincin-
natl, o.
The National tribune., 1906-07-19
AN INCIDENT OF THE GREAT WAR
A Cruel Order Was Revoked.

Col. Edmund Berkeley. of Virginia. i:
one of the best preserved veterans OF
the late unpleasantness." He com
mauded a Virginia regiment and has
MANY interesting "reminiscences. One
of these he related to the writer and
give it nearly in his own terms. He
said: II claim to have averted retail
iation and great suffering by refusing
to deliver up my prisoners until ouI
nhuman order was revoked. 1t hap
pcned in this wise: The night of the
battle of Balls Bluff, Gen. E. ordered
me to march 700 privates and % Off
GERS who had been captured out tc
Camp Carolina. about a mile from
reesburg. halt them there, and await
further orders. which was done. Soor
after he sent out Capt. S. with two
Mississippi companies, who informed
me that Gen. E. ordered him to relieve
Gen. B. at Centerville- I said: Cap
tain. what are you doing with that col
of rope on your horses neck?
HE said: The General has ordered
me to tie the hands of all the prisoners
behind their backs and march them ir
that condition.
II asked: Officers and alp
HE said Yes
"'Well,' / replied. 1T is the mos,
night is very dark. and the road COW
cred with stone. and every few steps g
man with his hands tied behind his
back would fall on his face and terri
bly, injure himself; besides. you have
not enough rope to tie one-twentietr
of the number
He replied: I think you are right
and l wish you would take my horse
and ride into town and tell the General
lit is impossible to carry out the order.
II would not leave the prisoners, buI
an officer who had accompanied me out
was dispatched with the message and
the General was induced TO counter.
mand the order. If this order had been
carried out retaliation might have fol-
lowed, resulting in untold suffering
The Colonel has a son in the Army
who was complimented by President
Roosevelt for his gallantry in Cuba in
1898.-Horatio c. King, Brooklyn