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Discharged Soldier. I'm Enrlapa.

The National Association for the En-
ploment Of Reserve and Discharged Sol
diers' is title that reads well, but be-
holdl in England it has incited TO rnirth
and testing. in that the househoiders are
recommended 20 follow the example OF 4
certain lady Of Surrey who discarded her
cook. housenaid. and parIormaid and
filled their places with ex-soldiers. And IN
the associations literature such headlines
as these figure prominently: Training
Men. Ousting Maid New Uses for SOL
diers and Sailors Solving the Domestic
Servant Trouble Ex-soldiers as Do
mestics-Better Than Maids" &c
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ola Age Pension Liats.

tr-rl the Cl-Tistcl-rrl P1e-s
The experience Of all countries which
have adopted 0ld-aze pensions IS that
when once the principle is admitted fur
ther concessions as 20 amount OF age
limit follow as a matter OF course and
the cost Of the system grows at a re-
r1arkable rate II New Zealand the
annual expenditure or pensions has IN
creased from EI57.29s in 1850 10 ss14.ls4 IN
ls07
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BuIfT1a

Ba1zaf' IS the only japanese word that
most of US know According 20 q contrib
utor 90 Notes and Queries. il Iz only about
fifteen or sixteen years old. It's hirrruIa,a
was the Imperial University OF Tokyo. Il
was Invented BY Dr.. Shlgeuo. one OF the
highest authorities on JaoaneSe rfrara-
Jure- IN response % a request for an
equivalent 20 the English 'Ffurrah.- As
a brief way Of expressing c0ngrat1i1a.-
tons. "Banzsi' has travelled ali over TIE
world
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where Hippocrates Lectur.s.

fEn-n ne Doflll1 GI0bs-
The Oldest tree fl the world il n bs
found in the Isle OF Cos, on the coast of
Asia Minor It is a platane, under the
shade OF which Hippocrates. the father
OF medicine, Iectured to his pupils. Now.
as the tree at that time must have seen
many years, the tree, It would seem. is
considerably over 250e years old The
trunk has q circumference OF ~ feet ana
i stiH bears leaf, but decay Is apparent
and two OF the principal limbs have 70 Be
supported b. brick pillars
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WON FOR CLEVELAND
Whitney Nominated Him by
His Own Efforts.
FOUGHT FOR FUN OF FIGHT
Was Not CIeveIand's Friend, Nor
Did He share His Political Views,
but He Felt the Undercurrent of
Public Sentiment Calling for the
Man, and Won Against Odds.

The late ". c. Whitney was A master
IN the game OF politics: and well he
might be. for he was the pupil OF Tflden.
who learned the game from Van Buren,
who was the disciple OF jefferson. saws
the August American Magazine. He vas
a constructive statesman as well. He WILL
be long remembered-or would be If the
American people had long memories-as
the real creator OF the navy that pieases
Us so much to-day
The story OF his long fight against cor
ruption and inehiciency in the Navy De-
partment remains to be written. But his
great passiOR-=as for the game Of
politics He was not an enthusiastic aa
mirer or Mr. Cleveland; he was even less
enthusiastic after serving in MS Cabinet
than ne had been before Mr.. Whitney
really thought Mr. Cleveland was some
thing OF a ''demagOgue-- NJ. Cleye-
land a demagOgue, The two men were
essentially anyagoaistic Mr.. Whltnev.s
conception OF politics was 10 build I'D 2
party BY appealing 10 the emotions Of
the people and. having lodged this an
peal 10 secure competent leadership bv
an exchange Of political favors among
the most expert He relied upon friend
ship. common interests. gratitt3de. both
the real gratitude and the lively ex-
pectation."
ClevelaHd's Course Different.
Mr. Cleveland. on the contrary. kent
his friendships and his politics az fs-
apart as possible As President he rao5r-
nized no claim derived from past in
timacies- He was glad 20 see old friends
at the White House. but they. came asrsv
no richer In office than when they went.
II you were his friend. intimacy revealed
traits Of character in you that did not
agree with HIS high ideals o. what
government ofHcer should be- whereas be
knew less about q stranger. and tboBgb-
more highly OF him IN consequence. Ar
least this IS what the politicians usss
10 say Nevertheless Mr.. Cleveland beId
the respect OF most Americans.
Not even on the chief political ouest5o,
lEen before the public were the two men
T. agreement fer Mr Cleveland NE. ,
-ariu reforner. while 1Ir. Whitney .v,,s
Y not pr0tectionist. al least very luke I
warm on the subject OF tariff revisIo, [
Yet il happened that Mr. Cleveland was /
nominated by man tenperauentaII,-
opposed 10 him. personally by no means I
ah acnirer- disbeliever In his rolfti.af ]
methods and political theories. and elect I
7d through the exercise of The very
4uaiities that Mr Cleveland was most
nattentive 90 rs politician.
Inside story Of Battle.
Late IN TIE winter of 1851 Or early en-
he spring OF 1Sg1 Mr.. Whitney ca7,a
lone from Europe. He did not exnerf N
e-enter politics He was prepared IN en-
oy the peace with dignity which much
money and higHly esteemed services 70
ne government had secured Tor hin. I'm.
-e hadn't been IN this country long -
Ie lhe craving grew for the political
- 'ne only game that aroused all the
''"ers o. Ms comprehensive mind He
ound a peculiar situation. on tra sr,--
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THE PANAMA CANAL.
XV-THE LOTTERY.
By FREDERIC HAsKIN
By FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.

would hardly overcome the lottery fever.
! which has more victims here than ma
iaTia.
There are all sorts OF stories aioat IN
the Canal Zone about hard luck and good
luck that have come to Americans as A
result OF the lottery IN one case a grave
and respected Senator Ct the United
States-one who helped 20 pass the anti
lottery law at hcme-is said to have
bought ticket and won the grand prize.
n another case an Official OF the canal
one not so low down IN rank at that. was
sitting In poker game. He had lost
us last cent, and IN a At OF desperation
put his lottery ticket into the tack not
al face value II was for the grand
monthly drawing, where the grand prize
Is $4,5O9 gold His luck was stiu against
him. and he lost. When the drawing
came Of that ticket carried the grand
prize
little stay at Panama viii demon
strate 10 any one how far ahead Of South
America the United States IS in the mat
ter Of morality. The fact that one has TO
run the gamut OF a half dozen rlc;,et
sellers on lis way 10 see the bishop is but
one instance IN a thousand OF the differ
eut points Of view the Americans and the
Lafin-Amertcans have OF things A bull
fight at home would not be thought Of.
yet it IS a great event IN Panama. Cock
fighting Is outlawed in the States. yet e
guest at the TivoH might imagine there
were 1000 fighting cocks here BY the
number he hears growing al night long
Craps IS absolutely tabooed n America
but IN Panamauian territory It is an emf
nently respectful game No matter that
the bull fights are tame because OF the
lazy Indifference OF the bulls. 70 matter
that the fighting cocks at Panama do not
put Up as game fight as many a farm
yard rooster does az home, no matter II
TIE craps game Is 50 small that you have
20 look through a nagnifying glass 70 see
the size Of the Jackpot the Split OF ths
gambler and the professional fighter is 70
be found everywhere among the Pana-
nanians- Many Americans whose prouen-
sites IN this direction have been held IN
check by stringent laws at home. come
down here and take part in these things
But their stay on the isthu1us IS not long
The Canal Commission has a pretty
good measure OF every nan in IT'S en-
2loy. and before long the gambler finds
himself out OF a Job 100 niles away from
home The commission says that gam
bling and working 90 not go very vel TO-
yether. The trouble they experience fs
---e-e e--I Aot-GA% tACheL - q SEDUCTIVE
thing and that the quiet young Ameri-
,en. who never gambled az home, once hs
wins little IN the lottery here. gets The
gambling fever. and a hard attack at
that. destroying bis usefulness 70 the
,aual What the commission would ike
10 do would be tear Up the lottery root
and branch. just as was done in the
United States But they have never found
tie way
Copyright lsE. By Fro5s-ic J. HasEi-J
TO-morrOv-A grfcuIture in jana
IcH-
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Princess in Calcutta

A statue OF the Princess Of Wales has
Just been set up in Calcutta. in cou,rBer7-
grafton Of her recent Visit 70 the v-s.-
Oriental empire, over which her husband
VIII be called one day 10 reign. and If
VIII form pendant 10 the handsome
statue Of Queen Victoria. already In ex-
istence there
Here in the United States there Is b-,+
one woman who has received this form Of
popular homage-namely. Frances WI
laFqe the champion OF the temperance and
feminist movements. Whether her statna
VIII appeal TO the future generation as
an artistic production IS an open question
certainly the attire OF the Indian rnaf5s1
Foeahontas, who looms so largely IN the
early colonial history Of this country
0leTs greater facilities 10 the sculptor.
hoW great the difficulty with which the
arust IN stone and bronze. who producas
Het oAiy Ior the present. but more es-
peclaliy Tor the future. has 10 contend
IN this matter OF costume. and even ~
com IRE, VIII be best understood bv
si1nclng through a collection of pho+o-
graphs OF friends and relatives talre,
twenty and thirty years ago. They an
pear rather preposterous looking. -
100 viii The statues Of the women ~ the
present Gay. unless the sculptor mansga~
10 garb his subject somewhat after ne
simple, graceful fashion Of EIizsba+b
Empress OF Austria.
tCO7yEish- I9os. By tie Brentwood cuuDsuyl
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In spite OF the fact that only g. per
cent OF the receipts from the sale OF tics-
cts is given out in prices. there is vet
plenty Of takers. and By Friday Of each
week the tickets put on sale the SUNDAY
previous have about all been sold. and
sometimes It IS very hard TO get ore
This IS especially true since the Ane-5-
cans came on the isthnus. Before that
time the lottery business was pretty
slack, everybody being perenniaIIy broke.
but since American occupation tickets
have been IN strong demand. There has
always been a provision that all in
sold tickets should remain in the Dos
session Of the company. and II they hap
pened 20 hold the one which won the
grand prize they were just that much
ahead
The lottery was established about the
time the French came to the isthrus.
mainly for the purpose Of getting money
out OF them It was chartered By the
Colombian government. and the conces-
sion was 70 run 1nt;l 1915. When the
republic Of Panama took over the gov
ernment % the isthmus. II recognized
the charter Of the lottery company. II
is probable no way viii be found to stop
the lottery. though the United States Is
doing everything II can 70 limit the evfl
il the Canal Zone. It might prevent the
transportation OF the tickets to Color.
and II might make Il unlawful for any
one on the Canal Zone 70 have g ticket
N his possession but even these measures
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Kaiser a Patron.

Emperor william IS responsible for QUITE
q number OF statues Of women. among
them that OF his Ereat-Erandnothe-
queen Louise. OF his grandmother En-
press Augusta and Of his mother. En-
press Frederick. all OF whom are re7-a-
sented by marble efHg!es n the Tfe--
garten at Berlin. that Of the Empress
frederick being near the entrance fust
opposi'e the Bra1deubUrg Gate. Il Is
astonishing that Queen Louis Of vyLo-,
50 many beautiful portraits exist in nsr-.-
lag and IN print. should have been 50
neglected IN statuary- For her use-,o-,-
s Venerated throughout the length and
oreaatH OF Germany, as the heroine Of
tne N ar OF Liberation from Nap7leo-f,
llra-ooIn hundred years ago. while IN
russia she IS regarded almost in rbe
ASnt OF national saint. In the -ov-7
OF OranlenbUrg. the Kaiser has also sa-
ID a statue Of MS aucesrress I,or,fse ~
orange after whom the town n ouest5o,
was named She w6s the consorr Of rba
great Elector Of BrandenbUrE. Two other
recently erected statues TO German --rf-
cesses are those Of the Ksiser'z g-s-,,5-
aunt, Grand Duchess Alexandrfne os
Aeoklenburg- It has been set ID n
sch7yerin, but is not an artistic OF grace
Iu- production. and would doubtless have
caused mingled amusement and a,-o~-
ance TO the suuny-tempered. Iaurhter-
loving sister of old Emperor William v-7o
was wont TO ascribe her merry na--,-s
10 the fact that she had come into ~
"OFio quite prematurely. to TIE strains Of
q waltz at g state ball The other sta-Ya
IS that Of Duchess Frederi-a OF A1haff
sister OF the late King Of Denmark and
who, owing to the lunacy Of her Husband
governed the duchy for mauv vears os
regent with such success as 10 win rba
aILect-on and gratitude OF the peonla
Besides these. the only other srat,,as
tAal can recall are one Of the Fnrlfsb-
oorn Grand Duchess Alice Of Hesse a.
l l L'aTIilstadt. who has. however. more e7-
curing and beautiful memorials. in The
FORM OF the hospitals and other oblsr-
-hToplc institutions bearing her 7s-,s 4
which she founded and endowed -, -.
and OF her adoption. and q sta+-,a - I
--uNemDorg OF Amelia Of Saxe-V-ef-,s-
ne nrst wife Of Prince Henry o. -.
Netherlands. who, during the greater 49, I
y the lifetime Of his brother .be -
Ning William OF Holland. acted as s+a6t
holder and vicer0y OF the grand s.,-1-,-
u LuxemboTg. and maintained a s+s.s1--
'ourt IN the picturesque old city OF ~
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The Lovely Pauline.


OF all the feminine celebrities os ~.
beginning Of the nineteenth century-that
IS TO say. Of the age when fashion ran
riot and when Nine TaIie1 and her
friend and companion. Josephine Bona
parte' ilaugurated the somewhat daring
fashions that Partisan courtourieres arr
now enoeavoring 10 revive-No statues Of
note oI the period remain. save one bv. the
great sculptor Canova, of Pauline Bor~-
hese, the lovely sister Of the great Fr7-
peror OF the French. But all. women
would not be willing 70 be handed down
70 posterity ia that fashion: for he nor
trayed her in the role and in the garb OF
venus. and II IS a matter of historical
record that when she was asked wheeler
she had not felt somewhat uncomfortable
about posing TO the artist IN so extremely
scSnty an array. she replied. "Oh. dear
no You know. there was fire IN tbs
room"
The classic draperies OF ancient Rome
and Athens. or Al entire absence OF dra-
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!. lsN. By FEsssre ]. Hasltal

To-morrow-Agricu in jana
lea
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ot Mir Hamlin's farm on Pumpkin Ill the past year, has taken position with Mark Mallett in Bridgewater and moved his family there into Mir Mal- lett's tenement house. this week.
 Fred pflorum is having the large ell on the north side of his house moved around south of his house and is to iit NuD for tenement house. D. D.. Leach Is doing the work for him.
 Miss Katherine Gayaghan enter tained a friend from New Milford, last week.
 The many friends of Benjamin Bag Zell are glad to see him able to be about again. MT Bazzell is obliged to use crutehes as yet but hopes soon to get along without them.
 F. P. Elsenboss, who has been laid up with rheumatism, is somewhat im- proved an able to be out at work again.
 Mrs Leon II. Warner of Pumpkin Hill has returned from weeks stay in New York with friends.
 MT 'and Mrs Walter Pitcher were given a pleasant surprise at their home. one evening last week, by anum- Der of their friends from New Milford, Danbury and brookfeld. Dancing was enjoyed during the evening and at midnight refreshments were served and it was hot until the small hours of the morning before the guests departed after having had a very enjoyable time
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 week. Also COW. He has the sym- pathy of his friends. MT Silumblodg has family of seven children, so it is quite loss to him. ..
 Rumnr says George B. Clark will re- turn home from New Haven this week. His many friends will be glad to see him about once more. l.s.. Andrew Nearing an employee of Ack- ley, Hatch & Marsh of New Milford, is severely i'll with scarlet fever at his home on Bark street. pr Barker is attending him. He is brother of Mrs George Russell of this place. s5 MT and Mrs Thomas Doyle lost their infant son, last week. They have the sympathy of their many friends, as it was their only child. Peabody, the scientific optician, will be at M. w. Hills jewelry store, New Milford, April 13 to 19. 'r *
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Georgetown.

Read & Smith sold pair of nice horses to A. c. Barnett, IT,, of Red ding, last week.
 Mrs A. Eugene Banks of Little Bos- ton is soon to move tosAnsonia' where she will make her home. Her son. Howard Banks. goes to Washington, where he has accepted position.
 F. B. Bouton & Sor are having good success in their piano business and they have>several samples at their place of business which they would be pleased to have any one call and see. If any, one is thinking of buying piano they would be pleased to have them call and talk the matter over with them. They are selling several of the best makes on the market. T.s
 Undertaken F. B. Bouton had the funeral arrangements in charge of Mil ton Keyser of Southport, who dropped dead while going to the train at Can non Station from the home of Mrs Will liam Scribner on Monday, March 16. The funeral was held from Zion Hill church at Cannon on Wednesday, March IS. The burial was in the Zion Hill cemetery.
 Hubert Taylor, the station agent, ml ved. last week. into one of the Gil bert & Bennett Manufacturing Co s new houses on Portland avenue.
 MT and Mrs Robert Hill moved, last week, from the George Sturges place to one of the houses of the Gilbert & Bennett Manufacturing Co. on Portland avenue.
 The school closed here, last week, for the spring vacation.
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New Preston.

ROAD A TRIPLE SOFT IN SPOTS.
 Theme of conversation now about the store stove is the travelling. It passes the recollection of the oldest as to when it was worse. 1.f =>.
 The New Preston Hill Congregation al church society have been fortunate in securing the services of the Rev Evan Evans, for the balance of this year as pastor ot their church. Con- mencing the first Sunday in April, the 9th, services will commence promptly at Il o'clock a. m. The church will be opened every Sunday, and it is earnest ly desired that the people will attend these meetings. Everybody will be vel come and we trust to see full attend ance.
 John Martin was confined to his home all of last week by illness.
 A daughter was born to MT and Mrs L. Alfred Ohmen on Wednesday night, of last week. ,.s F..
 Mrs F. S. Brown returned from New York City on Monday of this week.
 Rev J. E. Herman in his sermon here, last Sunday morning, urged all with him to try and stop evil practice here in the form of petty gambling, whereby boys are relieved of their. pit tances which are practices most disas- trous to character and responsibility. If it is fact that any are trying to gain livelihood in this. manner, it should be stopped as boys are thus lead into evil play and its accompanying vices. >'-s. .-A
 Mrs Frances Taylor closes her stay at Mrs L. M. Sperry's cottage here, this week, and returns to New Milford.
 Mrs Sarah Stowe concluded her stay with Mrs Minerva Cogswell, last Thurs day and returned to her home in Wood vile. - .
 An auction sale at Mrs Carl Ander- sons on Tuesday of last week, drew the usual crowd of spectators and it was reported that everything sold brought satisfactory prices.
 Mrs Lucilia A. Taylor has recently returned from Helmetta, N. J. Miss Norah Cogswell returned from New Haven, last week.
 A slight error was made in last weeks items by mentioning MT and Mrs James Begg as MT and Mrs James Bragg. The "devil" will err sometimes.
 Miss Bertha Schultz is absent from Ter home here while visiting her rel itives in Brooklyn, N. y.
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LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
  Washington ..
AFFAIRS ABOUT TOWN.

AFFAIRS ABOUT TOWN.
 Miss Jessie Clark spent Monday in Waterbury,
 A Swedish family will move into Miss H. 5. Hines house, April 1.
 Charles Burwell, who has spent sev- eral months with his aunt. Mrs H. H. Rowe, will return to his home in New Milford, April 1.
 Miss Lottie L. Nearing of the Park View House, New Milford, made fly ing trip to Washington, Monday, bring ing her niece, Evelyn l.. Russell, with her. Evelyn spent two months with her aunt. Mrs Frank Evitts of the Park View House, and also her grandmother. Mrs Ella A. Nearing of Bank street. New Milford. -.
 Mrs Ellsworth Fem has been among the sick ones, the past week.
 August Silumblodg lost horse, last
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Pain, anywhere, can be quickly stop ped by one of Dr Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets. Pain always means congest- ion-unnatural blood pressure. Dr Shoop's Pink Pain Tablets simply coax congested blood away from pain cen- ters. These Tablets-known by drug gists as Dr Shoop's Headache Tablets simply equalize the blood circulation and then pain always departs in 20 min utes. 20 Tablets 9 cents. Write Dr Shoop. Racine, Wis, for free package. Sold by all dealers.
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The NewtoWn Bee.
 Newtown. Friday April 3. 1908.
FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
BrookfieId.
AFFAIRS ABOUT TOWN.

Mrs William'Baldwin, ST., of Haw- levyille has returned home after spend ing aiweek with her daughter, Mrs Benjamin Smith.
 H. S. Nichols of Monroe, who has rentediMrs George Gilbert's farm on Obtuse Hill, is moving here, this week.
 WIZ. Pinckney has been doing jury duty in.Danbury for few weeks.
 William B. Hamlin of Long Meadow Hill, who has been living in the Post. CT place, moved, April l, to his fath- er's.farm on Pumpkin Hill, which he will take charge of for his father. {
 Mrs Levi H. Warner of. Ldhg Mead ow Hill was among the sick ones, last week, and under Dr Leslie's care.
 William Greer, who has had charge
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Andrew Puchala,
RoxBURY, CONN.

Horse and OK Shoeihg Carriage and Wagon Repairing and General Blacksmithing. Also all kinds of Machine Work done. Every day after 10. m. all kinds of Plumbing work done at.your home when desired. Shop open week days from a. m. to $ D. m.
 Telephone calls 1855 and 2l-5.
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cures made by Dr, Kilner's Swamp Root, the great kid ney, liver and blad' der remedy.
 It is the great med ical triumph of the nineteenth century discovered after years of scientific research by Dr. Kilner, the eminent kidney and