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The Press., 1908-09-23

A T Court of Probate holden at Stat
"A ford, within and for the district Of Stafford,
on the 18th day of eeptember, A. D. 1903.
Present, CHARLES s. FULLER, Acting Judge.
ON motion of the executor on the estate OF
Jane E. eaver, late OF Stafford, within said
district, deceased.
1t is ordered by this Court that notice shall be
given that the administration account in said
estate will be exhibited for settlement at the
Probate ONCE in said district on the 3OCh day OF
September, 1908, at 10 o'clock forenoon, by post
ing copy OF this order on the public sign post
in said town of STAFFORD and by advertising
the same in a newspaper published in STAFFORD
and having a circulation in said district.
Attest, CHARLES s. FULLER, Acting Judge.
The Press., 1908-09-23
EOR SALE-House and barn on South
IL street, now occupied by Frank Mogel
JOHN KANE.
TO THE PURLTC.

am prepared to do all kinds of Blacksmith.
ing. Forging OF all kinds promptly attended to.
Carriages and wagons repaired and new ones
built 10 order Tool sharpening and horse shoe
Ing. interfering. over.reaching and other faults
corrected. Also OK sh0eing. ARTHUR v. sCHO-
FIELD, the old Grifiths stand, westford-ave.
The Press., 1908-09-23

The Central Vermont is running the
annual Green Mountain and Lake
Champlain excursion. Tickets are
good going until Oct. 3. inclusive, and
returning until Oct. 8. Fare is 81
plus the fare one way, and tickets are
good on any regular train. Tickets
allow a stop-over at any town north of
Hartland. Vt
The Press., 1908-09-23
Wlte prex.
LEWIS MCLAUGHLIN. PUBLISHER.

B@ The Press will be issued on
Tuesday next week on account Of the
fair, and all correspondents are re-
uuested to send in their items early.
The Press., 1908-09-23

John Zett was found guilty in the
first degree for the numbering of his
wife, Mary, on August 4th last, by
the jury on Thursday. Judge b. J.
Curtis sentenced Zett to be hanged on
December 81. Zett was taken to the
state prison at Wethersfeld on Friday.
The jury on the first informal ballot
stood z to 5 for murder in the frat
degree, and on the first formal ballot
IL to / for murder in the first degree.
David A. Brown of Holland was fore
man of the jury, the other members
being Arson o. Williams of Andover,
j. White Summer of Bolton, Calvin
Hutchinson of Bolton, Curtis A.
Holmes of Columbia, Roger f. Porter
of Hebron, Edward A. Walker OF
Mansfield, Ivan Wilcox Of Mansfield,
James Slattery of Somersville, Ernest
z. Taft of Stafford, George Towne OF
Union, Selah A. Burnham of Andover.
The Press., 1908-09-23
DISTRICT OF STAFFORD, SIS. Pro

DISTRICT OF STAFFORD, SIS. Pro-
L bate Court, SEPTEMBER II, 1908.
Es' ate of Mary Bra1thwaite, late of Stafford,
in said district, deceased
Upon the application of Annie L. Faulkner,
praying hat letters OF administration may be
grained on said estate, as by application on file
fully appears, tits
Ordered-That said application be heard and
determined at the Probate ONCE in stafford, in
said district, the sOth day Of Sep her, A. ID.
1905 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and that notice
be given of the tendency Of said application,
and the time and place of hearing thereon
by publishing he same once in some newspaper
having a circulation in said district, and by
posting a copy thereof on The public sign-p0st
In the town of STAFFORD in said District.
CHARLES S. FULLER, Acting Judge
The Press., 1908-09-23

At the democratic convention held
in Hartford last week the following
state ticket was placed in nomination
Governor, A. Heaton Robertson, New
Haven; lieutenant governor, Rollin
U. Tyler. Haddam secretary, Andrew
j. Broughel, Hartford; treasurer,
George Fischer, Meriden: comp
troller, John M. Brady, New Britain
representative-at-large, christopher
Avery, Groton; presidential electors,
Louis II. Schmidt of Southington,
Samuel L. Bronson of New Haven,
Tyron E. Robertson of Montville.
Melbert B. Gary of Ridgefield, Frank
NJ. Chaplin of New Hartford, George
Leonard of Middletown, Oscar o.
Tanner of Windham. The Holland
county delegates named on committees
were: Credentials. James 81. Marsh
of Andover; permanent organization.
Fred Woodhall of Rockville; resolu-
tions, M. d. O'Connell of Stafford
Springs.
The Press., 1908-09-23
DISTRICT OF STAFFORD. SIS.

DISTRICT OF STAFFORD. SIS. Pro-
- bate Court. septic nber II, A. D. 1908.
Estate of Angelina II. HarwoJd. late of STAFF
ford. In said district, deceased.
Upon the application of Pl1ny Harwood,
pray ing that an instrument in writing. purport-
Ing to be he last will and testament of said
deceased, may be prov d, approved allowed and
admitted to probate, as per app 1cation on file
fully appears, IL is
Ordered, That said application be heard and de-
termined at the Probate Office in Stafford in said
district on the Goth day of November. A. D. 1908,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon. and that notice be
the time and place of hearing thereon, by pub
fishing the same once in some newspaper hav-
ing circulation in said district and by posting
copy thereof on the public sign-post in the
town of STAFFORD. in said District.
Attest CHARLES s. FULLER, Acting Judge
The Press., 1908-09-23

Foley's Orino Laxative is a new RENE
dy, an improvement on the laxatives OF
former years, as it does not grippe or nau-
seate and is pleasant to take. 1t is guar
anteed A. Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-09-23
NOTICE

The Selectmen and Town Clerk of the Town
of Stafford will hold session to examine the
qualifications of electors and admit to the elect
Saturday, the Goth day of September, A. D., 1908
Said session will be held at the Town House in
Stafford Hollow, from nine o'clock in the fore
noon until twelve o'clock noon, and at the Bor
ough Hall in Stafford Springs, from one O'Clock
until seven o'clock in the afternoon.
Dated at Stafford, Conn.,. September II, A. D..
1908.
MARCUS b FISK Town Clerk
The Press., 1908-09-23
NOTICE.

The Town Clerk and Selectmen will be in SEES
sion at the Town Hall in Union, on Saturday,
Sept. g. 1908, from O'Clock a. m. to o'clock
tors oath any who may be found qualified.
Dated at Union, Sept. 10, 1903.
\ \. : :. f f &S%A4rD. sspsesmsn
EZRA M. HORTON, Town Clerk.
The Press., 1908-09-23

7 OST.-A Lady's Gold Watch and Fob
IL between railroad station and Maple street.
Finder will be rewarded by turning the same to
the owner ANNA L. WELSH.
The Press., 1908-09-23

ACTION will break up God In IN
light.
The Press., 1908-09-23
CAUCUS.

The Republicans OF the town of Wilmington
are hereby requested to meet in caucus at the
Town Hall, Saturday, october Sd, at two O'Clock
D. M, for he purpose OF nominating Represent
, at1ves TO General Assembly and five Justices of
the Peace.
By di ection of the Town Committee,
sept. IL, 1908. w, 81. HALL, Chairman.
The Press., 1908-09-23

EOR SALE CHEAP.--A pair of full
IL rubber trimmed double harness. cost over
one hundred dollars. Also one second hand
top buggy. DIR. F. L. SMITH
The Press., 1908-09-23

ACTION prevents Pneumonia.
The Press., 1908-09-23
A T Court of Probate holden at Tol
"A land within and for the District of Tolland,
on the 9Th daY of SEM emher. 1908

on the 9TH day of september, 1908
Present, EDWIN s. AGARD. Judge.
On motion of the administrator on the mites
tate estate of James X. Jewett, late Of Tolland
wit hin said district. deceased.
This court doth decree that six months from
above date be allowed and limited for the cred
tors of said estate to exhibit their claims aga1ns
the same to the administrator. and directs tina
ing g'i the same once in some newspaper having
circulation in said district, and by posting $
copy thereof on the public sign post in said towT
of Holland, nearest the place where the deceased
last dwelt. Certified from Record,
EDWIN s. AGARD, Judge.
The Press., 1908-09-23
When Trifles Become Troubles.

WHICH flIIeS BECOME rOubles.
II any person suspects that their kid
neys are deranged they shou d take Fo-
ley's Kidney Remedy at once and not risk
having Bright's disease or diabetes. De-
lay gives the disease stronger foothold,
and you should not delay taking Foley s
Kidney Remedy. A. Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-09-23

WANTED = Old Crockery, Plates
w &C.. also antique bottles.
GEORGE G. FLYNT, MonsOn, Mass.
The Press., 1908-09-23

CEND in your orders for Hard Wood t.
y w. z. DEMOND.
The Press., 1908-09-23

EOR SALE.-A building lot of SO acres,
E on the Holland koad. Old place known as
the Whitaker place, together with adjoining
wood lot recently cut. w. K. DEMOND.
The Press., 1908-09-23

CHOICE BUILDING LOTS for Sale
~ on STAFFORD Heights, for cash or on very
easy terms. FRANK KEEFE.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13
The Measure of Toll.

| 1t was only step on summer day
To the creek and the rock where the
springboard lay;
1t was over the meadows and
through the fence
And half mile through the woods
SO dense.
1t was down valley and up hill
On winding path past the ruined
mill
And you might think it weary way
But twas only a step on summer
day.
But, oh, 1t was far down the short
corn row,
Where the weeds grew thick, with a
heavy hoe!
1t was only a step on winter night
To the skating pond where the snow
lay white; ~
1t was past the common and through
the wood
And over the hill where the school
house stood.
1t was down the turnpike and through
the snow
That lay in drifts in the valleys low.
But the stars shone out and the
moon was bright
1t was only step on winter night.
But, oh, it was far through the bit
ter SHOWS
To the old barn door We were sent
to close!
Twas light as feather, the sack we
bore
OF shellbark nuts, that could hold no
more,
And each of US staggered beneath
its load
While often it lay in the dusty road,
Till we got our breath and We made a
vow
To carry 1t far as the dead tree now,
And never was burden so gladly
borne,
Nor ever were bearers so little
worn.
But oh, they were heavy too far to
tell,
The pals we bore from the near
by well!
j. w. Foley in New York Times.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13

city drinking water. DR., Kober quot.
ed statistics to show that the in
creased value of the water to the
city of Albany, where the typhoid
fever rate was reduced from 104 in
100000 to twenty-six by an efficient
filtration plant. amounts to $475,000 a
year, of which s35O,000 may be con-
sidered real increase to the vital as
sets Of the city. Census bureau figures
show that the average annual death
rate from typhoid in cities with con-
taminated water supplies was reduced
from GOA per 100000 to 1913 by the
substitution OF pure supplies.
DR.. kober cited estimates showing
that the average length of human life
in the sixteenth century was between
eighteen and twenty years, and that
at the close of the eighteenth century
1t was little more than thirty, while
today it is between thirty eight and
forty-indeed. the span of life since
1880 has been heightened about six
years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13
THE WAR AT oTTuMwA.
Wordy Controversy Between Theatre
Manager and Rev. Billy Sunday.

oTTUMWA, Iowa, Nov. 13.-Rev.
Billy Sunday and Manager ]. F.
Jersey have exchanged compliments
again
In one of his sermons Mr.. Sunday
told of the dance Of Herodius in the
following language:
"Old Herod was lying on his couch
one day, surrounded by three or four
dozen wives from his harem and sew
eral concubines, when this little nude
voluptuous Herodius comes Waiting
in on one toe and went through that
serpentine grind of hers. She can
canned, cooche-cooched and muscled
up and down, In and out around tl.ose
tables, and finally that miserable old
duffer says: Come here, little girl,
and she goes tripping, spinning over
on one toe with the other stuck UP at
a quarter to twelve and Herod says:
You got next to me. girl-what do
YOU want?' And then Herodius trips
out to her old adultress of nanny
and told her what Herod said. The
old lady puts the girl up to asking for
John the Baptist's head on charger.
SO they serve it up all CORY and bleed
ing, because Herod had given his
OATH"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13
EVIL IN PROHIBITION PARTY.

A correspondent writes to the Chi
cago Tribune protesting against the
Prohibition party as an annoyance and
hindrance to the cause of prohi
bition He declares that the attempt
to appropriate the prestige of the
great progress of the cause to parti.
san aggrandizement is an offense to
the whole body of temperance people,
except the relatively small number en-
rolled in that party. Furthermore:
THE launching of the party inter.
rupted summarily the series of re-.
markable state victories which the
cause was winning in the great cru
SADIE movement and it has continued
to be persistent obstacle in the way
of united action by temperance peo.
pie. If the votes diverted by that
party were combined with the votes
In other parties which are withheld
from candidates and measures hostile
to prihibition they would aid In max
ing the temperance cause factor
commanding the serious consideration
of all politicians who affect to treat 1t
with contempt"
The writer points out that votes for
the candidates Of this little par y are
regarded either as a negligible guam
tity or a direct contribution to the
saloon power. He holds, rightly, that
questions in which the predominant
issue is so largely moral are not to
be degraded to the level of political
partisanship; that they can prosper
only on the high and broad plane of
the conscientious convictions of men
of all parties and of no party.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13

Washington gossip has it that Presi-
dent Taft will retain Mr.. Cortclyou as
secretary of the treasury. and that
Mr., Loeb, now secretary to the Presi
dent, will not be in the next cabinet
There has been some talk of Mr.
Meyer, at present postmaster general
being transferred to the treasury
portfolio by Mr.. Taft but it is stated
that Mr.. Meyer has such business in
terests that he is not eligible for tho
place. Many of these interests have
been inherited by Mr.. Meyer and he
has no disposition to sever his con-
nections to take the treasury port
folio.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13
CONDEMNS The CIGARETTE.

Prof. William McKeever of the Kan
sas State Agricultural college has for
SOME years been making a study OF
the misunderstanding boy. His deduc-
tons are embraced in a pamphlet
which he recently issued, copy OF
which ought to be placed in the hands
of every parent and of every boy in
America. Here is the result of Pro-
fessor McKeever's observations:
For the past eight years have
been tracing out the cigarette boys
biography and l have found that in
practically all cases the lad began his
smoking habit clandestinely with little
thought of its seriousness. / have
tabulated reports Of the condition of
nearly $500 cigarette smoking school
boys. and in describing them physic-
ally my informants have repeatedly
resorted to the use of such epithets as
'sallow, 'sore-eyed,' 'puny,' squeaky-
voiced 'sickly,' 'short-winded' and
extremely nervous In my tabulated
reports it Is shown that out Of group
of twenty-five cases of young college
students, smokers whose average age
of beginning was thirteen. according
to their own admissions, they had suf-
fered as follows: Sore throat, four:
weak eyes, ten; pain in the chest,
eight; short wind, twenty-one; stom-
ach trouble, ten; pain in heart, nine.
Ten of them appeared to be very sick
ly. The younger the boy. the worse
the smoking hurts him in every way,
for these lads almost invariably in
hale the fumes, and that is the most
injurious part of the practice"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13

In an article in these columns the
other day mention was made of the
fact that In the last years of his life
George Rogers Clark, who SO greatly
honored Virginia, was voted sword
by the legislature OF that state. He
was in dire poverty at the time, and
when the sword was given him he
thrust it into the earth and broke it
with his crutch. exclaiming, when
Virginia needed sword I gave her
one. She sends me now toy when
I need bread!"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13
The Cedar RAPIDS opt,mus is {

The Cedar Rapids Optimus is of
the opinion that the prohibitionists
having been defeated everywhere and
all along the line, will now proceed to
the legislatures and try to get their
ideas grated on the laws. The Repub.
lican of the same city well says by
way of comment on the outlook as
thus presented:
Well. that is their right, in common
with all other people. but it would, of
course. be much more seemly if they
did not spend SO much time in every
campaign trying to defeat the men to
whom they afterwards appeal for
help. That looks sort of queer, we
must confess-to do everything to de.
feat a candidate and then, when ne
is elected, to beseech him for help.
But then, this is a queer world
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13
Just Plain Lyina.

Fairfield Ledger: In view OF the re-
turns from the First district, tile state
ment of the hybrid Mt. Pleasant News
that Congressman Kennedy was
doomed to defeat because he couldn't
work for himself and had no friends
who would work for him seems rather
ridiculous. OF the same class Of stuff
Is the statement of the Keokuk Consti
tuition Democrat, dated November Cd
that the Democrats will have a
plurality of 10000" in Iowa. Are
these bits of news ignorance or just
common lying?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13
DEsTs OF IOWA CITIES.

reports have been made to the state
auditor from all the cities in Iowa ex
cept one as to the amount of their In
i debtedness. The first-class and TWEEN
ty-one second-class cities in the state
owe an aggregate of sS,762,e37. This
amounts to $13.3S per capita of poprl-
lation. In the country at large, it is
stated on good authority, all cities of
more than 10000 inhabitants have
been classified together and their aver
age per capita Indebtedness is s5S4s.
Therefore, the per capita debt of the
cities of Iowa is about one-fourth OF
that of the cities of the whole coun-
try larger than 100000
Sioux City owes the most money OF
all the Iowa municipalities, $1,429,SS5
Dubuque owes s1,044394. These two
are the only cities which owe to ex
coed s1,000000. Fifteen cities owe to
exceed 100000 and all the others un.
der that figure.
The tax levy Of Dubuque is
reported at 11.S1 mills, or s11.s1 per
$1,000 But in Dubuque property is
assessed at 100 per cent, because it is
special charter city. On the basis
of assessment in other cities of the
state the tax levy in Dubuque would
be 4724 mills. which is the largest of
any city. Keokuk also is special
charter city. 1t assesses at 100 per
cent valuation and the levy here Is 10
mills, which would be 40 per cent on a
25 per cent assessment. Davenport,
another special charter city, assesses
at 80 instead of % or 100 per cent. It's
levy Is reported at 1929 mills, which
would be BOTS on the basis of assess
ment in other cities. In Cedar Rapids,
still another special charter city. the
basis of assessment is the same as in
Keokuk and it's levy the same. making
a levy of 40 mills if the assessment
were on the same basis as in the
cities under the general Incorporation
law. In Des Moines the levy is 37.46.
in Sioux City 1929, in Burlington 37.O5.
in Council Bluffs 42.49, in Clinton
41.02, in Ottumwa 41,27, and in Mus
catine 1888
The total assessed valuation of prop.
erty of the cities is given at s17O,127,-
949, of which realty furnishes 1928
579,549.
Sioux City has the largest per capita
of debt, s34.92, due to old outstanding
obligations. Dubuque is next with
s24.9o. Iowa City has s22.15. Ames
s2o13, Knoxville s1e.s5, and Abba
1896. Muscatine has s1S.19 per
capita debt, but no other goes over
SIS except Onawa, which has 1857
Following is table made up from
the auditors forthcoming report on
the subject of municipal debt in Iowa,
Waterloo being the only city not in
the list, having failed to report show
ing the amount each city owes-if
more than 100000:
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13
Jersey Comes Back.

Manager Jersey, in an article in the
local newspaper has the following to
say:
Save your souls the faint of Sun
days Shiny slang" was the warning I
gave Ottumwa people in my little
handbill several weeks ago. be-
lieved that | was justified in this, for
certainly the language SO far used by
this man has been anything but re-
spectacle and must be repulsive to
decent-thinking people.
Take, for instance, his portrayal of
the dance of Herodius in his sermon
Sunday afternoon. Could anything be
more filthy. It would be interesting
to know how many fathers read Sun
days story of that dance to their
daughters; how many mothers read 1t
to their sons; how many young men
discussed 1t with their young women
friends. 1t Is the nature Of the human
mind to seek the end of things. and
how many souI-scarring suggestions
must this one thing alone have brought
to the minds OF the young manhood
and young womanhood of this city.
Was | not right when ! said that II
the vulgar language he is brazen
enough to call gospel was used on the
stage of the Grand opera house, I'd
get run out Of town or sent to the
penitentiary."
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-11-13
COST OF PREvENTABLE DIS
EASES.

/ Prof. Irving Fisher, the eminent pc.
who in one of his papers before the
| recent International tuberculosis Con
| gress in Washington declared that
1 consumption costs the people of the
lars year is preparing an exhaustive
] report for the National Conservation
Commission, which will contain not
/ only these figures but similar data on
| the economic loss to the country from
! all other preventable diseases. Pro-
| fessor Fisher is a member of the Ma
! tional Conservation Commission and
for many years has been CARRYING on
studies along these lines. The Com
! mission received letters from physi-
clans all over the country urging it
to consider the bearing of public
health on the economic efficiency of
the nation in its efforts to ascertain
the resources Of the country.
The Commission from the begin
ming has contemplated reports on the
economic aspects of several phases of
the Conservation movement which af-
feet the duration ans' effectiveness of
human life, but Prof ssor Fisher has
undertaken to prepare a comprehen-
sive statement of The whole subject
of the relations of public health to
the general field of Conservation, and
especially as to the waste from pre-
ventable diseases and unnecessary
deaths
DR.. Fis,ler is professor of political
economy at Yale University and
chairman of the Committee of One
Hundred of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science,
which has for long time been carry
ing on propaganda for the increase
of national health through the elimina-
ton OF preventable diseases. This
Committee of One Hundred is com
posed Of physicians and men engaged
in active sociological work in every
part of the country, and the results of
their investigations and experience
are all available to DR. Fisher, so that
bis report ought to be the most thor
ongh going and complete summary of
the situation ever made.
At the tuberculosis Congress Pro
fessor Fisher declared that $4,000
persons die of consumption every
year. The cost of medical attendance
and the loss of earnings before death
average at least 81, 400, he said, while
II to this is added the money that
might have been earned with health,
the total loss in each case is about
$4,000 He pointed out, also that the
disease usually attacks young men
and women just at the time when they
are beginning to earn money and cuts
off their earning power for about three
years on an average, before they die.
This subject of the economic value
to the country of a general raising of
the average health came UP in the
governors conference the White
House in May. DR. George NJ. Kober in
his speech on the Conservation of
Life and Health by Improved Water
Supply" at the conference presented
figures watch showed that the de.
crease in the vital assets of the
country through typhoid fever in
single year is more than
s35oOo0,oO0. Typhoid is spread
by polluted water largely so that the
death rate from this disease can be d.
rectly reduced by the publication of