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The Newtown bee., 1907-03-22

WANTED-A good man for the Summer; w Good wages and good treatmeet to good man that can milk and use a horse team on a small dairy farm. A. O. Lake, Bethlehem. P. O.: R. F. D. Watertown, Conn. Telephone 18-3 Woodbury div.
The Newtown bee., 1907-03-22
CORSETS |!

Mrs Helen MacMahon Snowden. Dealer in CORSETS of High Grade Custom work a Speciality. l119 Broad St. Bridgeport, Conn., by the door.
The Newtown bee., 1907-03-22

CILVER LACED WYANDOTTES-Eggs for O matching 50 cts per setting. Mrs O. w. Ed wards, Stepney Depot, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1907-03-22

FOR SERVICE--Full blood Ayrshire bull. II Terms strictly cash. John H. Ogden, As petuCk, EaStOn
The Newtown bee., 1907-03-22

FOR SALE-GOOd two horse lumber wagon, T Syracuse fiat land pIov, nearly new. Other tools. Miss F. E. Gibson, Washington Depot, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1907-03-22
Eggs From

Three grand pens single comb Rhode Island
 heds mated to produce good color. good lay CTS. sl per IA. s6 per 100 Two pens White Wy anootteS grand birds. good layers, S1 per IA, s6 per 1OO Mrs Grace M WelIwood, Brideewao ter, Conn. Telephone 134-2, New Milford di-
The Newtown bee., 1907-03-22
CORSETS. Why suffer with boken steeIs7 A remedy for such, AIso braces. pads. supporters found at
 Mrs Helen MacMahon-Snow Room I. 111o Broad st, Bridgeport. Conn.,

l Sell Farms And all kinds of real estate Give me description of your farm place and the terms and do the rest Write call and see me- can do you good. JACOB BLOCK. Middle Gate Dist, Route l6, Newtown, Conn. Tel. 25-12.
 A NTIQUE FURNITURE bought and sold A e. B. Tucker, Easton. Ot- F. O. Address R. ID. g. Bethel. Ct-
 uOUSEkEEPERS recommend Silverau Xs u the best Silver Polish Try it. Reid A Todd. 1o64 Main street. Bridgeport.
 GIRL OPERATORS wANTED-Experience VI unnecessary Permanent employ ment. Fabric Fire Hose Co, Sandy Book. Coon
 no Acres of Wood Land for sale. Can be bought in its entirety, or in separate tracts E. L. Johnson, Newtown. Conn.
 DANSY SEED-Send loc and get an extra size package of the best mixed seed O E. Osborne. R. F. D. No. Is, Stepney Depot, Ct. NOR SALE-Two high grade typewrfters
 nearly new. A good one Es- A better one S35. Irving 8. Holmes. RidgeneId, Conn.
 HIRAd K. SCOTT, JR-- Real Estate Agent u N0ary Public and Auctioneer. Livery. Sale and Boarding Stables Orace and Repos Itory. Main Street, Ridgeheld- Conn., Oftice Tel. so-3.
The Newtown bee., 1907-03-22
ROSE COMB

BROWN LEG HORN Eggs for matching, $1 per 15. M. O. Camp. R. F. D. No. B. New Milford,
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
Italian Murderer Exported.

New York, April-Enrique Alfano, alleged leader in Italy of the secret and criminal Camorra Society of Ma, ples, who was arrested in this city last week during police raid on the East Side, was turned over to the immigra- tion authorities, by whom he will be deported to Italy. Alfano escaped from that country shortly after the mysterious murder of one Cuccolo and his wife, crimes of which Alfano and other workers in the ranks of the Camorra are accused. Fear of Cue culos ascendency in power in the Camorra is mentioned as the motive for the murders. It is said that seV- eral witnesses alleged that Alfano had threatened them unless large sums of money were paid him.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
Street Car Strike.

Montgomery, April.-The street rail way situation is intensified by the ar rest of nonuniOa mOtormen and con, ductors for severalaccidents and for al lowing negroes to take up room in the cars allotted to white people.
 One white woman refused to pay her fare because the negroes had all the seats and was about to be eject ed from the car, when a citizen inter fered and prevented it, afterward hay ing the crew held for not observing the city law which provides that part of each car shall be reserved for whites. One Of the cars was dynamited Satul- day night and another Monday night, neither resulting in injuries to per sons, but both cars were damaged.
 The papers are calling for settle ment of the differences in order that travel may not be a menace to life and limb and source of annoyance to the ladies and children. It is eX- pected that a citizens meeting will be held to see what can be done.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25

Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
 Mid Pacific. - l am or the trail of the American missionary. His footprints are large and deep and many, and l shall certainly come up with him. Then we shall know what sort of individual he is-whether a haloed saint, as the religious papers represent, or double-dyed knave, as many other papers and people assert, or a plain, everyday American, try ing to do an extraordinary job to the best of his ability.
 Rather queer isn't it, that after hay ing been in the business of exporting missionaries for well-nigh hundred years, America should actually know % little about the article himself and be so decidedly divided as to his value?
 For the American missionary has been more a subject of controversy than American canned beef Hundreds of persons who have visited foreign parts and say that they know, and thousands who declare that they have their information straight declare
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
THE UNEMPLOYED
DISCHARGED WORkMEN LAY THEIR GRIEVANCE BEFORE
 ENGLISH PARLIAMENT.

London. April.-The "cry of the un' employed was raised in London again the 22nd when several thousand skill ed workmen who had been discharged from the Woolwich arsenal as the out come of War Secretary Haldane scheme of reducing military expenses marched with bands and banners to the House of Commons to impress thell grievances upon the government. me complaints of the men are far reach ing, representing not only loss of em ployment, but the wiping out of thel1 savings invested in little properties To- cated in the historic and heretofore prosperous town of Woolwich.
 Some of the discharged men had been employed in the arsenal at Wool wich for not less than 90 years. A number of printers and other trades men joined the procession, which was further augmented by strong body of workers from the army clothing factory at Pimlco. The entire miles of march was thickly lined with spectators. The procession, which was perfectly orderly, was halted at St. Georges Circle, one mile from the house of Parliament, and from here a deputation of picked men proceeded to the House of Commons to lay the grievances of themselves and their comrades before Premier Campbell Zimmerman.
 The premier announced to the dep utation that the reduction in expenses of the government was necessary but that he hoped that thereduction would not work too great a hardship on the workmen. All work possible will be given to the Woolwich arsenal where the discharged men were employed.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
The Evolution of
 Household Remedies,

The modern patent medicine pusi- ness is the natural outgrowth of the old-time household remedies.
 Tn the early history of this country. EVERY FAMILY HAD ITS HOME MADE MEDICINES. Herb teas. bitters, iaxatives and tonics, were to be found in almost every house, compound ed by the housewife, sometimes assisted by the apothecary or the family doctor. Such remedies as picra, which was aloes and quassia, dissolved in apple brandy. Sometimes hop tonic, made of whiskey, hops and bitter parks. A score or more of popular, homemade remedies were thus compounded, the formulae for which were passed along from house to house, sometimes written, sometimes verbally communicated.
 The patent medicine business is q natural outgrowth from this whole some, old-time custom. In the begin ming, some enterprising doctor, i'm pressed by the usefulness of one of these homemade remedies, would take it up, improve it in many ways, manu- facture it on large scale, advertise it mainly through almanacs for the home, and thus it would become used over a large area. LATTERLY THE HOUSE HOLD REMEDY BUSINESS TOOK A MORE EXACT AND SCIENTIFIC FORM.
 Peruna was originally one of these old-time remedies. It was used by the Mennonites, of Pennsylvania, before it was offered to the public for sale. Dr. Hartman, THE ORIGINAL COM FOUNDER OF PERUNA, is of Men nonite origin. First, he prescribed it for his neighbors and his patients. The sale of it increased, and at last he established a manufactory and fur nished it to the general drug trade.
 Peruna is useful in a great many climatic ailments, such as coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchitis, and catarrhal diseases generally. THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES HAVE LEARNED THE USE OF PERUNA and it's value in the treatment of these ailments. They have learned to trust and believe in Dr. Hartman's judgment, and to rely on his remedy, Peruna.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
HOW CLASSIC WAS WRITTEN.
Bret Harte's Great Poem Result of an
 inspiration.

The war correspondent, Frederic villiers, has recorded a talk with Bret Harte apropos of the poem, Dickens in Camp" We all felt his loss most keenly in the States said Harte:
 "On hearing of his death CD sat down about three in the afternoon to write an editorial on the great au- thor. 1 wrote one and then tore it up. Then another, after much pains, was written. This did not please me, so I tore it up. l wrote yet another and threw it into the waste paper basket; it would not G0. It was get ting late. and I was now keeping the paper waiting for press. 1 was drum ming on my desk, absolutely without another thought in my head; l had run dry. Suddenly l mechanically began to write and the result was the thing you seem to like so much. Well, Mr. Villiers. you are not far out l like it. too'
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
BLOOD GETS SOUR.
Gives Advice and Tells of Simple
 Home Mixture.

At this time Of year, says well. known authority, the Kidneys become weak, clogged and inactive, failing to filter out the poisons and acids, which sour the blood, causing not only facial and bodily eruptions, but the worst forms of Rheumatism, Nervous and Stomach troubles, Backache and pain. ful, annoying Urinary affiictions.
 It is worth anyone's time now to get from some good prescription pharmacy the following ingredients: Fluid Ex. tract Dandelion, one-half ounce; Com. pound kargon, one ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three ounces. Mix by shaking well in a bottle and take in teaspoonful doses after your meals and at bedtime.
 This simple home made mixture will force the Kidneys to normal, healthy action, so they will filter and strain all uric acid and poisonous waste matter from the blood, and eXpel this in the urine, at the same time restoring the full blood count''-that is, 95 per cent. red blood rpuscles-which is abso. lutely indispensable to perfect health.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
To Test MoIaSseS,

New Orleans, April.-Announcement has been made that nine negro in- mates of the Parish jail will be used by the State Board of Health in a five weeks test to learn whether sugar molasSes as it has been manufactured in Louisiana for many years is inJu- rious to human health. Sulphuric acid is used in the Louisiana process and the use of this chemical was recently stopped under an interpretation of the pure food law. The experiment con sists in feeding the negroes plenty Of molasses and making blood tests. President IriOn of the State Board ot Health said that no possible harm could come to the negroes. He said that although the Washington authori- ties are not participating in the exper- iment, Dr. H. w. Wiley, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, is watching Ii with interest.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
APPENDICITIS.
Not at All Necessary to Operate in
 Many Cases.

Automobiles and Appendicitis scare some people before they are hit.
 Appendicitis is often caused by too much starch in the bowels. Starch is hard to digest and clogs up the diges. tive machinery-also tends to form cakes in the cecum. Chats the blind pouch at entrance to the appendiX)
 4 N. H. girl had appendicitis, but lived on milk for awhile-then Grape Nuts and got well without an opera ton.
 She says: Five years ago while at school, l suffered terribly with consti- patton and indigestion" (Too much starch, white bread, potatoes, etc., which she did not digest)
 soon after left school had an at tack of appendicitis and for thirteen weeks lived on milk and water. When I recovered enough to eat solid food there was nothing that would agree with me, until friend recommended Grape Nuts.
 When I began to eat Grape-Nuts weighed 9S lbs, but soon grew to 115 lbs The distress after eating left me entirely and now I am like a new per son.
 GA little Grape-Nuts dissolved in hot water or milk would have been much better for this case than milk alone, for the starchy part of the wheat and barley is changed into a form of di- gestable sugar in making Grape-Nuts.) Name given by Postum Co.,, Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book. The Road to Wellyille." in pkgR There's a Reason"
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25

sionaries, and 1 hope you will rip them up the back she began, breezily. We who travel and live out here know that they are a bad lot Yet she could not, when urged, become more definite, and, although long a resident of Manila, and an Episco- palian, she confessed that she had never heard or met Bishop Brent, the brilliant head of the Philippine mis- sions of her church.
 Good Morals But Bad Manners.
 Already I have a dim suspicion that one reason for the antipathy which many travellers have to missionaries is to be found in the latter's attitude toward life aboard ship and in port cities. The missionary is, 1 infer, often narrow and intolerant. and desirous of imposing his standards upon every body. He is prone to make unman- nelly remarks about the amount oS drinking that goes on, seven days q week, aboard ship. The incessant gambling, also, of the smoking room and ship saloons gets on his puritan ical nerves. He cannot see-and he is entirely too blunt and inconsiderate, l believe, in expressing this opinion why practices should be counted good form aboard ship that are contrary tc the law of the land when ashore. That is the way he justifies his tactlessly- aired opinions.
 Tourists do not like to have the narrow standards of the missionaries | thus flung at their heads censoriously; and they are not likely to form an en. tirely favorable estimate Of their crit | ics. Too many young missionaries, . said a famous veteran missionary to me a few minutes ago, think that they must start out by trying to con vert the whole ship. They do not try to mingle socially and coEgenially with their fellow passengers. They acquire an identity as missionaries rather than as men and women"
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
ZEAL WITHOUT COMMON SENSE.
Striking Exsn2@!e Reiated by the Late
 Cr. FielS.

\ Presbyterian clergyman was praising the late Dr. Henry Martin Field of Stockbridge, who for A years edited the Evangelist
 DT. Field did so much good" he said. because he went about his wora Giplom.-ically, sensibly reason ably. I once heard him declare that retorlners failed often because the moment they started reform they dropped common sense. Common sense was swallowed up in zeal. He said that nerve cure faddist once entered shop and leading the pro- prietor to one side whispered mys- teriously: An, my friend, you can do the race untold good if you will only take the agency for our anti tea preparation. It is warranted to cure in a week the most confirmed and nerveracked tea tippler. Never again.
 But the dealer langhed and drew away. You have made mistake be said. I can't take such an agency as that. Don't you see that this is 6 teashop?'
 "'Oh, no mistake said the reform CT eagerly. It is because you run | teashop that have sought you out. You come into constant contact with the very people we are trying to reach. J."
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
Peace Doubtful.

Washington, April.-Peace negotia- tions in connection iwth the Central Amercan war which have been in progress for the last few days at Anal apa have come to a deadlock, accord ig to Central American advices and it is expected that a renewal of hos .ilities is impending. Nicaraguans de mand that Salvador shall be held re sponsible for what has occurred, which condition is not acceptable, is the question upon which the difficult tY rests.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25

that the missionary is sort of pious bunco-man; that he is not wanted where he works, that he is an unmiti- gated nuisance, and that he is keenly alert to the welfare of number one.
 Contrariwise, a vastly larger num- Der of persons, in every part of the land, firmly believe, and support their conviction by their coin, that the mis- .sionary is saint and hero, and the selfless servant of thankless world S welfare. All criticism of him they sweepingly resent; and are loath to hear aught to his dispraise The .apotheosis of the missionary is char acteristic of modern religious life.
 On a Still Hunt for Facts.
 Curiously enough, the public hears only these two opinions of the mis- sionary, one of which represents him as a scoundrel or fool, the other of which exalts him as demi-god. So far as I am aware, nobody has ever set out, independently, and represent ing no board, society or cause, to ma out, impartially, the exact facts in the case This is the mission l have un- dertaken. My journalistic integrity is pledged to the duty of ascertalnlng, without favor or fear. exactly what sort of person the missionary is, how he works and amid what conditions, and whether the task he has imposed upon himself is worth doing at all, and if so, whether he is doing it well.
 To that end I shall personally ex- anime, on the ground, representative enterprises of all denominational and undenominational missions. l shall at tempt to study the workers them selves. and hear their own side of the story. With equal diligence l shall consult qualified native opinion and search out the foremost foreign critics and ascertain their views. In word with no other purpose than to give the American public a fair, frank, full story of this cOntrOYerted subject, have started on this journey around -he world. Whatever the conclusions may report, they will at least be honest.
 The Largest American Business
 Abroad.
 The biggest single foreign enter prise in which America is engaged is this one of foreign missions. The rest of the world, and especially the Orient knows the Western Continent chiefly by it's missionaries. Figured in dol lars, the business last year cost tht American public $5,S07 ,165. paid in b! an organization with approXimatel, 12,000,000 shareholders of all religious denominations, Protestant, Roman Catholic and Mormon. (The foreigl mission work of ali countries cost s15,000,000 yearly) For all this enor nous output the tangible returns t. America were practically nothing True, the missionary helped to creat a market for the American packers products and for American loGomo
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25

the Armstrong committee such luck in it's investigation of insurance mat ters. The boards open wide up and then deluge one with information upon his approach. In fact, the considera- tion which, more than any other, tends to predispose me, as an investigator toward the missionary people is the heartiness and franknesS with which they seem to welcome an investiSa- tion. Without hesitation they have afforded me every facility for looking into their work at home and in for eign lands They say: Find out the worst and tell the public, including us. We want to see the thing with the eyes of a disinterested observer.
 A New Side of College Life.
 Picked up in the forest of facts amid which I found myself, is the news that Yale university has established mis- sionary lectureship, with Prof Harlan P. Beach, an eX-missionary, as incum- bent; and that Yale, Harvard, Prince ton and the University of Pennsyl- vania all now have foreign mission en- terprises of their own, manned by graduates and supported by alumni and students.
 On the foreign field-to make big jump-there are now 400 translations of the Bible. Of native converts the American missionaries claim half million. while the total native Chris tian population of socalled "heathen lands is a million and a half.
 Hard Knocks for the Missionaries.
 Quite different are the stories l hear in other quarters. One of the higher officers of the Pacific Mail Steamship company assured me, as one who knows, that the mission aries are lot of grafters. But he added, with the characteristic com mercial spirit of the day, T do not want to see their graft stopped, for it pays us to carry them"
 A Hong Kong merchant aboard ship declared that the missionaries are a pack of scoundrels. They are over- bearing, lazy, pestiferous fellows, re- cruited only from the very lowest ranks of society in America and Great Britain" That last was a little more than I could swallow, for it went con- trary to my personal knowledge in numerous instances. The missionary may prove to be a bad egg when he reaches foreign shores; but every col lege man in the land knows the stceK from which he springs. l recalled while leaning over the rail conversing with MT. Hong Kong merchant, that few weeks before 1 had read an enthusiastic autograph letter from President Roosevelt to Rev. Dr. Ar thur H. Smith father of the project of bringing Chinese students to Amer ican universities) concerning the lat ters books on China. A few days previously Dr. Smith had been the presidents guest at luncheon.
 As a matter of candor I may say that thus far l am having some diffi- culty in running down to particulars the countless charges against the mis- sionaries. 1 hope to have better for tune in foreign lands. As an illustra- tion of my troubles, there is the in stance of a fellow passenger on the Trans Pacific steamer, the wife of Philippine official. She had learned the nature of my quest. T am glad you are going to get after the mis
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
Must Work Now.

Abilene, Tex, Aprik-J. c. Lowdon and o. w. Steffens, charged with hay ing misappropriated the funds of a national bank, were found guilty in the federal court here and their pun ishment fixed at five years in the peni- tentinary. LowdOn was convicted on 1G counts and Steffens on four. The cases grew out of the affairs Gf the American National Bank of Abilene.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
CominQ Popular Craze.

Signs are not wanting that amateur photography will have vast increase of raw recruits in 1907 From the cloistral retreats of the learned it has transpired that we are on the verge of discovering the art of direct color photogrsphy And the masses there is abundant evidence of it. aie oeginning to turn their eyes to- wards this hobby which promises so many wonders for the near future.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25

The executive board of the Wesley brotherhood has referred to it's gen. eral convention to be held in October. 1907 the resolutions from the Broth erhood of St. Paul requesting the ap- nointment of a committee to confer with a similar committee from the St. Paul Brotherhood concerning the uni- fication of Methodist brotherhoods.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-04-25
The Timely Time.

Last spring our entire family took a few weeks course of Simmons Sar- saparilla and it's effects were extreme ly gratifying. We enjoyed better health all summer than usual, which we attribute to it's timely use.
 Very gratefully yours,
 SAMUEL HINTON,
 De kalb Miss