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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
Miss MfeMclo0oId

More than likely you speak the same
words yourself, and no doubt you feel
far from well. The cause may be easily
traced to some arrangement of the fe-
male organs which manifests itself In
depression of spirits, reluctance to go
anywhere or do anything. baokache,
bearing -down pains, hatulency, nerv-
ousness. sleeplessness, or other fe-
male weakness.
These symptoms are but warnings
that there is danger ahead, and unless
needed a life of suffering or q serious
operation Is the inevitable result.
The never. failing remedy for all these
symptoms is Lydia e. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound.
Miss Kate Mcdonald of Woodbridge,
N. j., writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:
Restored health has meant % much to me
that cannot help from telling about it for
the sake of other suffering women.
"For long time suffered untold agony
with female trouble and Irregularities,
which made me physical wreck and no one
thought would recover, but Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has entirely
cured me, and made me well and strong, and
feel it my duty to tell other suffering women
what splendid medicine 1t Is"
For twenty-five years Mrs. Pinkham,
daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham,
has under her direction. and since her
decease, been advising sick women free
of charge. Her advice is free and
always helpful. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
BOOK Plates.

A book plate indicates certain love
of ostentat ton. Is it fitting that an in
dividual should suggest that his libra
ry is SO voluminous that he cannot I'M
dertake the physical fatigue of writ
ing his name in each book he DOS
sesses? Public libraries, large and alb
stract collections, may make use of
this mechanical means of Identifying
property, but the private library should
be more modest, more personal. To
the critical observer a book plate
seems to cast suspicion upon the own
er's educational attachments. One won
ders If after all he can really read
and write, If his books are any more
to him than Locke's Essay on the
Human Understanding" was to Leono.
ra, who treasured therein her party
patches May there not be reasonable
doubt of his ability to read who thus,
in place of signing his name, resorts
to the illiterate practice of making his
mark "A tlantic Monthly.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
CLEVER ANSWERS.
Cases Where They Won Promotion In
Civil and Military Life.


Civil and Military Life.
A long list might be given of men
who have owed their advancement in
life to a clever answer given at the
right moment One of NapoleOn's vet
Grams, who survived his master many
years, was wont to recount with great
glee how he once picked up the en-
perOr's cooked hat at a review, when
the latter, without noticing that he was
a private, said carelessly, 'Thank you,
captain" I'm what regiment, sire?"
instantly inquired the quick witted
soldier. Napoleon, perceiying his mis-
take, answered with smile, I'm my
guards, for see you know how to be
prompt" The newly made officer re-
ceived his commission next morning.
A somewhat similar anecdote is re-
lated of Marshal Suvaroff, who when
receiving a dispatch from the hands of
q Russian sergeant who had greatly
distinguished himself on the Danube
attempted to confuse the messenger by
O series of whimsical questions, but
found him fully equal to the occasion.
"How many fish are there in the scar"
asked Suvaroff. Cali that are not
caught yet" was the answer. 'How
far is it to the moonY 1.-TWO of your
excelIency's forced marches" what
would you do if you saw your men Civ
ing way in battleY Il would tell them
that there was plenty of whisky be-
hind the enemy's line" Baffied at all
points, the marshal ended with, "What
l. ~
and myselfY my colonel cannot
make me a lieutenant, but your excel
lency has only to say the word" Il
say it now" answered Suvaroff, land
a right good officer you will be-"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
Grease In Wool Fabrics.

Few persons realize when they put
on wooden garments what a large
amount of animal fats wool contains,
for to the touch woolens are not greasy.
In the big clothing shops where mems
garments are cut, however, the floors
around the tables where electric knives
clip out the odd shaped pieces soon be-
come as slippery as though they were
waXed for a dance.
''Why do you wax the foors-to keep
the fabrics cleanY is common query
from visitors.
But the clothing cutters explain that
this accumulation of grease comes
from the friction of wool cloth over the
wood. The woods pores soon become
so charged with it that they feel greasy
to the touch, and even the harder woods
in the cutting tables absorb from the
wooden f1bers so much of the animal
fat that to all appearances they might
be in steady use in the rendering de-
partment of an abattoir.-New York
pr0SS
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
A WOOD SAVING FLY.
The Tool With Which 1t Makes 6
Cradle For Its Young.

the VOOA Win winch ~ uAAGS IL
Cradle For Its Young.
It is marvellous how many of the tiny
creatures in the insect world conceal
and preserve their eggs. Some will
deposit them in extraordinary places;
others will insert them in the skins of
living animals; others, again, deposit
their eggs where the young grub, after
coming from the egg, finds food close
at hand.
Among these last mentioned are in
sects who bestow great labor in the
cradle Of their young. The place they
select is a hard part of a leaf or the
woody branch of tree. In this they
saw out hole large enough to contain
their eggs, whence their name, saw
flies. For this purpose they are pro-
vided with an OvipOsitOr of peculiar
construction. It consists of two long
pieces closing like a sheath over a
third.
In the tenthredo this third piece con-
tains two little saws, each Of which has
been compared to the tenon saw used
by the cabinetmakers. The tenor saw
is single, but that of the tenthredo is
double, consisting of two distinct saws.
The insect in using them throws out
one saw and while it is returning
pushes out the other.
This alternate motion is continued
until the cut is made, when the two
saws, receding from each other, con-
duct the egg between them into its
place. Not only is the edge of the saw
notched into teeth, but ON every tooth
a number of smaller teeth appear
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19

brain to exercise such a coup. Mon
son was selected as the burnt Offering
and the pyre was erected OF the Pal
mer driving park. The West Warrens
made the Monsons look like 80 cents
The excruciating agony of Monson
rooter in witnessing the awful carnage
cannot be described. Terrible calam
tiles followed each other so closely
that it seemed as though the sun
f1ickered a couple of times and went
out. Ferry was killed early in the
action and was buried in left field.
Kind friends took the last tender
messages to deliver for Bob little
later. Turkey, on the bench, had a
paralytic shock. Murphy at third
seemed to realize what was doing,
but was powerless to move hand or
foot. Wallace is in an insane retreat,
and is constantly ducking under the
bed if the attendant looks off. Col
Teton looks ten years older since the
game. Genest says that in his
dreams he sees man after man with
drab colored uniforms flying through
the air toward a rock the size of
Gibraltar, marked "third base. -
Maynard got over the center field
fence and boarded freight. Dau.
phinais lived until 8 O'Clock Sunday
morning. Crowley wept like a CT lid
when he recovered consciousness the
next day and saw the headline in the
Springfield Republican. Looking at
it from a Palmer standpoint, it was a
cheerful occasion. The Palmer ad-
mirers of the game do not admire
Monson. The old guard met at Dill
Ions Office Saturday evening. The
era of good feeling had not been so
strong since Spide's surprise party. A
book agent could have sold the Life
of Phillips Brooks" to every man in
the party. Horace Paine was laugh
ing every time he thought of it.
Everybody else laughing when Hor-
ace laughed. Query advanced by
member of Old Guard:
"Were you down to the game, Hor
ace?''
'Was 1 down to the game? WAS
1 DOWN TO THE GAME? was. "
"What was the matter with Mon
son?''
Ratified, distracted, discouraged,
disgusted
"WhaG we're the features? '
ruoo focfo1 oooocion We
thought they would be defeated, but
we did not think they would jink
'em. If they had not become tired
of running they could have made 100
runs-perhaps $50 runs. It was
great. 1t stimulates a man to larger
activities. A pleasing feature of
permanent benefit is that, if in the
next five, ten or fifteen years any
Monson man comes up here and talks
sassy on baseball, we have something
to hand back that will hold him for
a while"
All this simply goes to show that
and comical to Palmer.
Looking at it from an unbiased
if such thing is possible
in baseball, it is not so very strange
that Monsoon was beaten by the ag-
secured for the purpose.
Monsoon had good ball team this
season, and won the pennant in the
Bi-State league. The fact that the
boys played rotten game last Satur-
day doesn't detract from the brilliant
victories that they won earlier in the
season.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
ANCIENT BELLS.
Well known to the Egyptians Before
the Jewish Exodus.


Bells were we'll known to the Egyp-
tians before the time of the Jewish ex-
odus. In the description Of Aaron's
sacerdotal robe mention is made of the
fact that upon the hem of the garment
there were bells of gold alternating
with pomegranates Of blue, of purple
and Of scarlet: "a golden bell and a
pomegranate, a golden bell and pome-
granate upon the hem Of the robe
round about. And it shall be upon
Aaron to minister, and his sound shall
place before the Lord and when he
cometh out, that he die not.''
Hand bells were in common use all
over the ancient world. The earliest
use of bells in churches was for the
purpose Of frightening away the evil
spirits which were believed to infest
earth and air, and the earliest curfew
was rung at nightfall to rid the neigh
borhood Of the village or town and
church Of demons. Most old churches
of Europe have a small door on the
north side, and at certain points in the
service this door was opened and a
bell was rung to give notice to the dev''
IL, if he CHANGED to be present, that he
might make his exit before the eleva-
ton. By the command of Pope John
TX. church bells were rung as a protec-
ton against thunder and lightning.
The monument of Porsena, the Etru-
rian king, was decorated with pima
cles, each surmounted with a bell,
which tinkled in the breeze. The army
of Clothaire raised the siege of Sens
on account of panic occasioned among
the men by a sudden chime from the
bells of ST. Stephens church.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19

The old Republican party, founded
by Thomas Jefferson, had it's most
vigorous life during the twenty-four
years while Jefferson, Madison and
Monroe were in the White House. Dur
ing these years it completely annihi-
lated its opponent, the old Federalist
party, which was the predecessor Of
the present Republican party. John
Quincy Adams, the sixth president of
the United States who had a leaning
to Federalism, was elected by the
house of representatives (none of the
candidates having a majority of the
electoral vote) as national Republi-
can, and when Jackson came in four
years later it was as Democratic
Republican. 1t was during his time
that the latter half of the name was
dropped, and the party of Jefferson
took the name of the Democratic party.
1t was not until 1854 that the present
Republican party assumed the name
which the party of Jefferson and Jack
son had dropped quarter of a CEN
fury before.-St. Louis Republican.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19

The average woman thinks the sun
and stars would cease to shine sooner
than that she could interfere with the
regular routine Of household duties. A
Sabetha woman was recently informed
by her physician that she would have
to have an operation performed. She
said she didn't see how she could;
that Monday was washing day, Tues
day ironing day, Wednesday the mis-
sionary society met, Thursday was the
day to clean up, Friday to bake, Sat
urday to give the children their baths
and mend. If he could get it in Sun
day after dinner and before evening
services perhaps she would try it,
Kansas City Journal.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19

Milk is the chief article of food and
nourishment in every sickroom and
hospital, and every physician and
nurse should know the source Of sup
ply, it's purity, before ordering it in
any form for invalids and GONZALES
cents. 1t is not enough that it comes
as Country milk" There must be in
tegrity and experience back of 1t. It
has been scientifically demonstrated
and proved that pure milk products
are the most nutritious, economical
and easily digested foods when the milk
is obtained in all its purity and kept
SO from pasture to consumer.-Charles
Elley Hall in Leslie's Weekly.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
Items of local interest taken from the columns
of The Press, thirty years ago.l
September I'll, 1870.

At the annual meeting for school
district No. 2, held last Saturday
evening, Seneca N. Page was chosen
committee, E. K. Taft clerk and treas.
urer, and Augustus Spellman oollec-
tor.
W. FL. Black of Stafford Hollow
was the chief speaker at Tilden and
Hendricks meeting, Fiskdale, on the
evening of Sept. 9Th, and he and
Gov. Hyde also spoke at Holland on
Tuesday evening last
BY the borough ordinances pub
lished this week it will be seen that
names have been officaially given to
the streets and avenues of the borough,
designating, as a rule, the approaches
to the village as avenues.
A -year-old son of John Hamps-
ton, on the I'd inst, fell through a
scuttle in the Granite mill, striking
on the floor of the third story below,
fracturing his thigh One story be-
low the one from which he fell Mr.
Harries, an overseer in the mill, was
standing, looking down the scuttle,
and him the boy struck, bruising his
back and shoulders somewhat. This
probably saved the boys life, by
changing his position in falling from
head to feet first. Mr.. Harries for
tunately had a firm hold of some
object which saved him from being
knocked down the scuttle. The boy
is now doing we'll in charge of DR.. @.
B. Newton.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
Tit For Tat.

He rejoiced in the not very humor-
Gus name of Wood, and he prided him
self on his jokes and smart repartee.
Few Of his friends had escaped the
lash Of his tongue, and he had victim
lied many by his practical jokes-in
fact, he never lost an opportunity of
being funny. One day he met friend
whose name was Stone, and naturally
a name like that was too good a chance
to miss.
"Good morning, Mr.. Stone," he said
gayly; land how is Mrs. Stone and all
the little pebbles"
"Oh, quite well, Mr.. Wood" was the
whitening reply. "How's Mrs. Wood
and all the little splinters ?-Stray
Stories,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
Tiger and Lion.

"One time, in order to test the cour-
age Of Bengal tiger and a lion," said
a well known Snowman, 1--WE placed
Chinese crackers In the respective
cages and fred the fuses. As soon as
the fuses began to burn they attracted
the attention of both animals, but in
widely different manner. The lion
drew into corner and watched the
proceedings with distrustful and un-
easy eye. The tiger, on the contrary,
advanced to the burning fuse with a
firm step and unfinching gaze. On
reaching the cracker he began to roll
1t over the floor with his paw, and
when 1t exploded beneath his nose he
did not finch, but continued his exam
ination until perfectly satisfied. The
lion betrayed great fear when he heard
the report Of the explosion and for
quite a time could not be coaxed out Of
his den:n-Isondon Tit-Bits.
Sour Grapes.
Mary Pa has forbidden you The
house. ,John-I wouldn't have takem it
anyway with the mortgage no has sot
On e.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
The TINE Idealist.

Every human being, unless he lacks
utterly the capacity to love, is an ideal
list. No man can boast that he accepts
only the plain facts" Of existence as
his guide posts. Love makes idealists
Of us all. Through love we are given
the power to look beyond the crude
husk we call the fact. Any great
achievement is impossible without this
power. Life thrills with meaning and
magic for the true ideaIist
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
The ORIGINAL

Foley & Co.. Chicago, originated Honey
and Tar as throat and lung remedy, and
on account of the great merit and popu-
Iarity of Foley's Honey and Tar many
limitations are offered for the genuine
These worthless limitations have similar
sounding names. Beware of them. The
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a
yellow package. Ask for it and refuse
any substitute, 1t is the best remedy for
coughs and colds Anders Jacobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
Men Past Sixty in Danger

More than half of mankind over sixty
years of age suffer from kidney and blad-
der disorders, usually enlargement OF
prostate gland. This is both painful and
dangerous, and Foley's Kidney ure
should be taken at the first sign of dan
ger, as it corrects irregularities and has
cured many old men of this disease. MIR.
Rodney Burnett, Rock Port, Mo-, writes
81 suffered with enlarged prostate gland
and kidney trouble for years, and after
taking two bottles of Foley Kidney Cure
1 feel better than I have for twenty years,
although l am now 81 years old" An
ders Jacobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19

Large tracts OF dense forests in Aus
tralia are practically shadeless. Many
kinds Of trees in that strange country
turn their edges instead of the fiat sur
face Of the leaves to the sun, and thus
one may stand under a tree of enor-
nous size and be as fully exposed to
the sun as though he were in the open
plain. Travel through these forests
is said to be exceedingly arduous work,
as the trees, while they do not cut off
the sun, prevent the breeze from
reaching the ground and thus the trav-
eler experiences a sitting heat.
In these days of rush and hurry court
esy is often forgotten. In the mad, pell
nell rush OF our life little things are done
to offend that we rather remained undone.
A hastily eaten meal and it's resultant
headache may cause us social or financial
loss. The wise man or woman is the one
who relieves little ills of this sort by a
little dose of Kodol for Dyspepsia 1t
digests what you eat and puts your stom-
ach back into shape Sold by Anders ia.
cObSen.
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Probable.

Probably a woman would be bride
to her husband longer IL she should
continue making company Of him. Most
women begin to save their jam for
visitors when they have been married
three months.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19

When two strong men come to blows,
pleasing sight, but IL the man who gets
the worst of it will use DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, he will look better and feel
better in short order. Be sure you get
DeWitt's. Good for everything salve
is used for, including piles. Sold by An
ders Jacobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19

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The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19

A bath cIeanses the skin and rids the
pores of refuse A bath makes for better
fellowship and citizenship. Not only
should the outside of the body be cleansed
but occasional use of laxative or ca
thartic opens the bowels and clears the
system of effete matt +. Best for this
are DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Pleas
ant little pills that do not grippe or sicken
Sold by Anders Jacobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19

A thoughtful hostess gave a chill
dren's party and decided it would be
healthier to serve only mineral waters.
One little girl tasted of her carbonic
and laid the glass down.
"What's the matter, dear? Don't you
like charged water?"
mo, ma'am. Please may I have
some water that you've paid forY'-
Life.
A "SovEREIGN" THAT CosTs ONLY ONE
DoLLAR.-Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite
Remedy, of Rondout, N. Y, is "Sover.
eign" medicine for Nervousness, Rheuma.
tism, Kidney and Liver Complaints, anC
all the Ills peculiar to women. 1t drives
the poison from the blood, and res'or
the patti Mt to the bloom of health. Yor
will never regret the exchange of one dol
lar for bottle. 6
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
DR.. Firms Testimony Int esting

DR.. Thomas Finn of Boonsboro, Mo. !,
who has practiced medicine for 80 years,
says he has used every prescription known
to the profession for treatment of kidney
and bladder diseases, and says he has never
found anything so effective in both chron-
ic and acute kidney and blsdder trouble
as Foley's Kidney Cure. It stops irregu-
larities and builds up the whole system.
Anders Sasobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
wOMEN's NEGLECT
SUPERINTENDENT PENALTY
Health Thus Lost L. Restored by Lydia
y. PinkhAm,s Vegetable Compound.

How many women do you know who
are perfectly well and strong2 We
hear every day the same story over and
over again. i do not feel well I am
SO tired all the time
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19

1t requires great deal of holiness
and great deal Of caution to make a
great fortune, and when you have got
1t it requires ten times as much wit to
keep it.-Rothschild.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19

I've never any pity for conceited peo-
pie, because they carry their comfort
about with them.-GeorRe Eliot.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19
Art and Business.

Summer Boarder-It is so pictur
esque to watch the cows come home.
Farmer-There's more money in. 1t
when they stay on the railroad track.
No one would buy sailboat with sails
that could not be reefed. There is always
that possibility of little too much wind
that makes a cautious man afrai to go
unprovided The thinking man, whose
stomach sometimes goes / ack on him,
provides for his stomach by keeping a
bottle of Kodol for Dyspepsia within
reach KodoI digests what you eat and
restores the stomach to the condition to
properly perform it's functions. Sold by
Anders Jacobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-09-19

ACTION will break up Cold in one
night.