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The Press., 1908-12-09
A JAPANESE DINNER.
Plenty of Variety, but Too Much Sal
 For American Palates.

Plenty of Variety, but Too Much Salt
 For American Palates.
 II am afraid you won't like 1t" said the young Japanese baron. You in- sisted. though. on real Japanese din ner So what was l to do?'
 They seated themselves. the three girls and be- upon the green silk cush- ions placed on parquetry floor about a little table a foot high. A Japanese servant entered with the tea. and the Japanese dinner began.
 For first course there were sweet bis cult and tea-delicate tea of the April harvest, first chop tea. formerly served with cherry spoons and poem for each guest.
 Next came ushio, salty soup. with which the national wine, called sake. was served in flat saucers.
 The third course was little raw fish, very salty and steeped in sour and appetizing sauce. The guests. con- trary to their expectation. found the raw fish no more difficult to eat than raw oysters. With this course went salad of white chrysanthemums.
 The oIdDOfdIe IOuflu course COuS1SI- ed of boiled chestnuts and a paste of sharks fins. quail roasted and hashed with preserved cherries and crawfish with eggs. These viands were all ar- ranged decoratively on one large dish
 The fifth course. also on one dish. was boiled bamboo shoots with soy. salted mushrooms and a cold boiled salmon and cold boiled perch. with plckled shoots of the ginger plant.
 Next came soup of seaweed. bit. ter, salty, decidedly good; next an as sortment of nuts boiled in soy; next salt relishes: next delicious boiled rice. the grains as large as cherries, and. to conclude. tea again.
 The young girls as they rose from their low cushions and limped about in the effort to get the stiffness out of their legs said that the Japanese din ner had been very good. really much better than they had counted on, but perhaps little too salty for occidental taste.-Exchange
The Press., 1908-12-09
READ THIS.

''It is astonishing. remarked we'll known authority on Diseases of the Skin, "how such Q large number of people. especially ladies, are by attractively written advertisements, induced to purchase some one of the many so called Beauty Creams now on the market, not knowing of course that they mostly contain oily or greasy substances that clog the pores of the skin and are for that reason the very worst thing that they could possibly use. My treatment Of Pimples, Blackheads, Blotches and all eruptions of the skin, are as follows and has invariably proved successful. Wash the face carefully every night before retiring with warm water and little oatmeal tied up in a small cloth bag, then after drying well, use the following inexpensive and per- fectly harmless prescription which can be filled at any Drug Store. Olearola l OF. Ether 1 OF. Alcohol ' oEs Use this mixture on the face as often as possible during the day, but use night and morning any way, allowing it to remain on the face at least ten minutes, then the powdery film may be wiped of. Do not wash the face for some little time after using. By following this simple treatment, you will soon have a clear and Brilliant Complexion. ''
The Press., 1908-12-09
SPONGE DIVERS.
Hardly a Single caphsndsr of Tripsil
 Eaeapes Paralysis.


 There are . great many varieties of the warmer parts of the ocean. The bath sponges are chiefly obtained from the eastern half of the Mediterranean. where they occur at all depths down to 200 fathoms and are obtained by div ing, dredging or harpoOning.
 Writing in Harper's Magazine, c. w. FurlOng gives an account of the work of the Greek sponge divers off the coast of TrlpoM, In north Africa. Attacks by sharks and doghsh have gradually frightened away the common fat marble and a line, and the field Is left clear for the ''caphanders." as the men are called who use air pump, suit and helmet.
 The greatest enemy of the caphander i1 paralysis, hardly . single diver es- eaping from it in some form or other The great cause of this disease is the guddon relief of pressure due to the TApid ascent. the dangerous symptoms appearing when the diver emerges into the fresh air.
 Strange as it may seem. partially paralyaed diver on descending into the waters FecOvers the use of his limbs again, and his circulation becomes nor mal. To battle with this scOurge the Greek government has issued regula- tons as to the depths to which a diver shall so and has also provided a hos pital ship and a sponge divers hos Dftal on shore
The Press., 1908-12-09
oIa aeaA4iah sanstuarx.

The old sanctuary of the Abbey and Palace of HolyrOod House. to quote the full description, was an interesting in- gtitutiOn. The debtor was free from arrest during the week. On entering the sanctuary he enrolled himself in formal manner and obtained a room that is. if he could pay for it. There was . public house within the bound aries, and it was not uncommon to see the debtor in the inn playing domi- nos and his creditor standing looking in at the window with wistful eyes. The debtor was safe. and he knew 1t, and the face of the creditor told the same tale. Sunday being a dies non, the debtor could leave his sanctuary and visit his family. but he had to be careful to get back to Holyrood on Sun- day night. Sometimes debtor had the temerity to leave on a week day, but he did 90 at his peril.-LOndon Globe
The Press., 1908-12-09
Met Their Match.

Three students at one of the leading colleges determined to play & trick on one of the professors.
 For a week they collected an kinds of bugs and finally had gathered Q large number of them. Selecting half dozen of the most uniformly sized. they took them apart; then they glued a leg of one. a head of another. body of a third. etc. until they had a per fectIy made body of bug, and 6 very funny one.
 Next day when the bug was dry they took 1t to the professor
 We found it an hour ago." said the spokesman. fin the back field. It Is very queer. and we thought you could tell us the name of 1t"
 'So l can" said the professor after he had looked at it. Tt is a species of humbug "-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Press., 1908-12-09
MoNsON.

Jefss F. Carew has gone to the Springfield hospital for treatment.
 Robert H. Flynt has taken a posi- tion in Cincinnati, and has gene there to assume his tlu ies.
 Mir and Mrs. Jesse N. Rogers have returred from a trip to BostCn, and have begun housekeeping 1t their new home on Belmont avenue.
 A. D. Foskit has moved his family to Enfield, where they will live upon farm for which MT Foskit recently exchanged his house in this town.
 Mir. and Mrs. Eben Thresher sailed last Saturday for a four months visit to Naples and the Mediterranean. They will return by the way of Cali. fornia.
 Miss Joanna Leary, who has been studying the schools in Germany with several hundred other teachers sent by the American civic league, sailed from Southampton. Eng. ior New York Wednesday,
 A bad piece If road about one mile from the state line on the Sts flor d road has been repaired. There was a low lying strip of road, where at times it was nearly impossible. This has been filled in and will give DO further trouble.
 The selectmen have received a claim for damages caused by deer from Horace Squier. His peach trees have been seriously damaged by deer. and there are other farmers who have suffered in a similar manner In such cases the loss is estimated by the s lectmen and paid by the county.
 Mrs. Edward H Hoag, 52. who has been resident of Monson for the past two years, died at the home of her son in Pittsfield Wednesday morn. ing She sustained a severe shock several weeks ago and last week was removed to Pittsfleld. The funeral was there and the burial in Danbury, Ct. Mrs. H 1aR had many local frineds who will mourn her loss.
 Mrs. Albert F. Field, 69, formerly of Monson. died at her home in Amherst. N. H Nov 28. The body was brought to Monson for burial in the No. 1 cemetery Tuesday She leaves a husband, three sons, Arthur A. of Sharon, George M of Provi. dence, R. I. and R. A. Field of FitohburR; also one daughter. Mrs F. T. Smith of Monson, two sisters, Mrs. Florence Webster and Mrs. S. Weston of Providence, R. l., and two brothers, Alfred Martin of Fort Val. ley, Ga., and Roland Martin of Manila.
The Press., 1908-12-09
THE MYSTERY OF SLEEP.
No Man Knows When the Moment oi

No Man Knows When the Moment ot
 unconsciousness Comes.
 There is d remarkable fact connected with sleep which must not be over- looked. The sleep of human being, if we are not too busy to attend to the matter. always evokes a certain feeling of awe. Go into room where per son is sleeping. and it is difficult to resist the sense that one is in the pres ence of the central mystery of exist ence. People who remember how con- stantly they see old Jones asleep in the club library will smile at this, but look quietly and alone even at old Jones and the sense of mystery will soon develop.
 It is no good to say that sleep is only moving" because it looks like death. The person who is breathing so loudly as to take away all thought of death causes the sense of awe quite as easily as the silent sleeper who hardly seems to breathe.
 We see death seldom, but were it more familiar we doubt if a corpse would inspire so much awe as the un- conscious and sleeping fgure-a smil- ing. irresponsible doll, flesh and blood. but doll to whom in a second may be called d proud, active. controlling consciousness which will ride his bodi- ly and his mental horse with a hand of iron. which will force that body to endure toll and misery and will make that mind, now wandering in paths of fantastic folly. grapple with some great problem or throw all its force into the ruling, the saving or the destruction of mankind. The corpse is only so much bone, muscle and tissue; the sleeping body Is the house which a quick and eager master has only left for an hour or so.
 Let any one who thinks sleep is not a mystery try to observe in himself the process by which sleep comes and to notice how and when and under what conditions he loses consciousness. He will, of course, utterly fail to put his finger on the moment of sleep con- Ing, but in striving to get as close as he can to the phenomena of sleep he will realize show great is the mystery which he Is trying to fathom.
The Press., 1908-12-09
rha Prohlara lInaoIxnd.

story Is told of young man in England, a great chess enthusiast. who was so annoyed at his failure to solve an apparently simple problem that he vowed he would neither sleep nor eat until the solution was found. He shut himself up in a disused room and was found four days later by his relatives terribly emaciated and out of his mind He spent a year in a lunatic asylum as . result of his rash vow, and the prob lem remains unsoIved.
The Press., 1908-12-09
$1OO Reward, S1OO.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu- taonal disease, requires a constitutional treat ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur- faces of the sys' en- thereby destroying the foundations of the disease, and giving the pa- tient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doirg it's work. The prOprietOrs have 50 much faith in It's curative powers that they ofer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure Send for list of testimonials
 Address P. J. CHENEY q CO, Toledo, o.
 Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
 Take Hall's Family Pills fer constipation. e-e
The Press., 1908-12-09
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
tTtens ur local interest taken from the columns Of The Press, thirty years ago.l
 December 14. 1878.

James Thresher, who died at the residence of his brother. yesterday morning. aged 929 years. was the oldest person in the town, with the exception of Calvin Hall, who is. per haps, few months older.
 Between thirty and forty feet of the earth dyke of Rawitser & Bros. shoddy mill pond washed away on Tuesday The roads about town were also badly washed, and the water reached very nearly to the tops of the wings of several dams.
 John Beers. a teamster in the em' ploy of Gary Bros left this village last Saturday with loaded four horse wagon for Staffordville, another team following about four minutfs behind him. Just this eide of Staffordville F. J. Chandler came upon Beers team standing in the road, with Beers. lying upon his face under one forw ard wheel, which had passed over one arm and then rested upon the small ot his OHCks 4Ic OISt6 VI ClC ORA hN VI Nh and Beers taken ur, giving no signs of life, aLd was taken 10 the EGst ot W. S CalIan-e ntbr hA He lsIiied sufficiently to ute a ftW VIC d.. but could g.ve 70 ac.., uht ut his mis- forum. aud sooa dnd. The wagon bore frelglt ot bst"een two aud slrs 6 tons, sLd II t Iti's beirg tCurd tied to tie brake iron. the eupposiIion is that Beets was getting Il IWn from the moving Wag, Il to walk the evening being cold, aud being warmly wrapped up lost h 8 tooting and finding him self falling beneath the whet Is shoutt d "whoa '' which command the horses obeyed wien they felt the in- creased draft of the wagon in passing over him. Beers was forty years of age, and a steady sober man.
The Press., 1908-12-09
The Enaliah af lt.

A lady, accompanied by her small son. was making various purchases at the army and navy stores in London. The boy grew tired.
 "'Who are you buying those forT' he asked.
 ''Why, for father" was the reply.
 Father in heaven or father in In. dia?' the boy persisted.
 The lady mentioned the remark to q friend, who. thinking 1t amusing, re peated 1t to an Englishwoman at church a few days later. The English woman listened sympathetically. Poor womanF' she sighed. "She was mar ried twice" ."-Every ybody's Magazine.
The Press., 1908-12-09
MaAinn RinfurAa.

Moving picture cameras are remark able pieces of mechanism. The films are only three-quarters of an inch wide. These are in rolls, sometimes 800 feet long. When taking pictures the camera man reels off these rolls just as rapidly as they are unreeled when thrown upon the canvas for the spec. tator, at 8 rate of ten or twelve films a second. Moving pictures are simply S number of views thrown upon a white sheet one after another so rapid ly that the eye cannot detect the inter Yala
The Press., 1908-12-09
An Avsher Who Hated Water.

Mime. d'Arblay, better known as Miss Fanny Burney. who took such an important place in the literature of the eighteenth century, had an extraOrdt nary and most undesirable peculiarity. She had the greatest aversion to wash ing and water. Sir Henry Holland was the physician who attended the gifted auth0ress during the last year of her life, and she conflded to him that she had not washed for fifteen YAarR
The Press., 1908-12-09
MRS. MoRANEY,E EXPERIENCE.

Yrs. M MeRaney. Prentiss. Miss, writes: II was confined to my bed for three months with kidney and bladder trouble, and was treated by two physicians but fnile to get relief No human tongue can tel! how I suffered, and had given up hope of ever getting well until 1 began taking Foley's Kidney Remedy. After taking two bottles felt like new per son, and feel 1t my duty to tell suffering women what Foley's Kidney Remedy did for me" A. Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-12-09
A Shower Meddinn.

And you say when the heiress be- came the wife of the foreign noble man it was a shower wedding?"
 'I should say SO The bride wore 6 shower bouquet"
 "Yes."
 And then there was a shower of rice"
 My"
 Followed by shower of congratu- lations and old shoes"
 "Well. well! And how did it end up?"
 "Very embarrassing all round The nobleman's creditors came around and presented a shower of bills."-Kansas City Independent
The Press., 1908-12-09
in ENfranoin

Late one night clergyman was called out to minister to an old man. worker upon the adjacent railway who was supposed to be dying The summons was brought by another old man. the elder brother of the stricken one. While he was bustling about. making preparations for departure. the clergyman forgot momentarily the social status of his visitor and asked. "Is he in extremis?''
 The old man was not going to be beaten. Aye. he's right in. your rev. erence After pause he added as clincher: Clean in. poor chap. Right up to the neck. sir."-Cornhin Maga- zine
The Press., 1908-12-09
Rxtramalx Proanaraua.

Mrs. Brown-Is your husbands busi- noss growing? Mrs. Srlith-Oh, dear. yOs! Why last week hls receipts were % largo that he had to have receiver appointed to take care of themi--Cleve- laMA LoaAoe.
The Press., 1908-12-09
Ample Cause.

"What on earth possessed you to be- come engaged to Herbert?'' a young lady asked her friend. You don't love him an atomr'
 .'I know" was the candid reply. 'but that horrid Jones girl does!'
The Press., 1908-12-09
A Hint to the Old Man.

'I hope you appreciate the fact. sir. that In marrying my daughter you marry large hearted and generous girl"
 'I do, sir" with emotion, and hope she inherlts those qualities from her father"
The Press., 1908-12-09
A Human RunuaIou.

Pilkson didn't impress you favora bly,. then?"
 NO; he's just bungalow" "A what?" "A bungalow He hasn't any foun- dation."-Newark News.
The Press., 1908-12-09
As Good as the Zoo.

this afternoon?'
 "No. thank you; would rather stay at home. My eldest daughter jumps like wild goat. my youngest shrieks like a parrot. my son is as surly as a bear. my wife snaps like a dog. and my mother-in-law. who is a veritable hgress, says am exactly like an Orang Outang. So. you see. l have nc need to 20 to the zoo to see strange creatures
The Press., 1908-12-09
lived un to His asIisf

Hobo-No. madam. I am neither a Socialist nor an anarchist. l am a pas- siEe altruist. Housekeeper-Andw what in the name of common sense Is that? Hobo-I believe In being helped all can.-Boston Transcript.
The Press., 1908-12-09
soutnern Spoon Corn Bread.

Pour two cupfuls boiling water over eupful cornmeal; cook five minutes. stirring continually; add tablespoon ful butter. tw2 eggs well beaten. cup ful milk. teaspoonful salt: beat thor oughly. pour into we'll greased bak- ing dish and bake thirty-fve minutes in hot oven. Serve from the dish in which 1t is baked.-What to Eat.
The Press., 1908-12-09
Not Her Abode,

My income Is small" said a rather dilatory lover. "and perhaps 1t Is cruel of me to take you from your fathers roof"
 'But l don't live on the roof" waa the prompt reply.
The Press., 1908-12-09
EnnraaaiNa.

One morning when little Edna's mamma came down to breakfast she was 30 hoarse she could scarcely speak.
 'Oh, maNma." cried Edna. what a sore voice you've gotr'-C Chicago News.
The Press., 1908-12-09
ConstInatIon canses headaohe |

Constipation causes headache, nausea, dizziness, languor heart palpitation, Dras- tic physics gripe, sicken, weaken the bow els and don't cure. Doan's Regulets act gently and cure constipation. 25 cents. Ask your druggist.
The Press., 1908-12-09

Hoarse coughs and stufy colds that may develop into pneumonia over night are quickly cured by Foley's Honey and Tar, as 1t soothes inflamed membranes, heals the lungs, and expels the cold from the system A Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-12-09
A PERSONAL APPEAL.

If we could talk to you personally about the great merit of Foley's Honey and Tar, for coughs colds and lung trouble, you never could be induced to experiment. with unknown preparations that may contain some harmful drugs. Foley's Honey and Tar costs you no more, and has a record of forty years of cures. A. Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-12-09

And your shoes pinch. Aliens Foot-Ease, @ pow der to be shaken Into the shoes is just the thing to use. Try it for Breaking in New Shoes. Sold Everywhere, sSc Sample FRKK. Address, Allen 8. olmsted LeRoy, N. Y. Don't accept any sub stitute.
The Press., 1908-12-09
orloin Of Yamkoo PronuncIation.

UFI0In eH VAnk00 PronuneIatIoh.
 It was these historic Suffolk families who in the seventeenth century took over with them to America the pecul- far Suffolk pronunciation out of which has developed the modern seminasal Yankee twang.-L4Ondon Spectator.
The Press., 1908-12-09
. GUILTY OF CONTEMPLATING

Passing counterfeit money Is no worse than substituting some unknown worth. less remedy for Foley's Honey and Tar. the great cough and cold remedy, that cures the most obstinate coughs and heals the lungs. A. Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-12-09

Never can tell when you'll mash a fin- ger or suffer a cut, bruise, burn or scala Be prepared Dr. Thomas Electric oil instantly relieves the pain-quiekly cures the wound.
The Press., 1908-12-09

No man has ever by complaining of his III luck induced others to have con- ndence In him.-ChicagO Record-Her lld.
The Press., 1908-12-09
Just a Word to Remind
 You. :: :: ::

We have on hand and ready for you Several Second Carriages. Also Concords, Road Wagons, Two-Seated Blackboard.
 Of course we have new ones, and if you want to trade in your old wagon bring it along.
 Sleighs-Sleighs-3 grades at low prices.
 Have you thought of painting your old sleigh. Now is the time to get it done and be ready for the snow,
 Jobbing in. all it's branches promptly and we'll done at shops of
The Press., 1908-12-09
Marked Him.

"Are you aware who am?''
 Sure, Didn't just call you an old Idiot tT'-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Press., 1908-12-09

Had dyspepsia or indigestion for years. No appetite, and what did eat distressed me terribly. Burdock Blood Bitters cured me. e."-J. H. Walker, Sunbury, Ohio.
The Press., 1908-12-09

Don't let the baby suffer from eczema, sores or any itching of the skin. Doane's Ointment gives instant relief, cures quick ly. Perfectly safe for children. All drug gists sell It.
The Press., 1908-12-09

You people who quarrel easily Ue- member that no quarrel was ever real. ly made up.-Atchison Globe.
The Press., 1908-12-09
A Phillips Brooks Story.

The spirit of love and kindliness to all which pervaded every word and deed of Bishop Phillips Brooks did not hinder his keen appreciation of others failings and shortcomings or his own.
 "Why in the world doesn't Brown write his autobiography and have 1t published?' said one of the bishops friends, referring to an incessant talk CT and most egotistical man who had been wasting an hour of the bishops most precious time by a rehearsal of some unimportant happenings.
 "Why, he'd rather tell it, of course" said the bishop. and then like a flash came regret for the quickly spoken truth, and he turned on his friend with q half humorous, half distressed face. What do you mean by asking me such question as that when I'd of my guardT' he demanded reproach. f1llY
The Press., 1908-12-09

This season and last have sold paint enough for sixty seventy houses, and can refer you to a lot of satisfied customers. Get color card and let me tell you about the goods and the company who make them. ta.
The Press., 1908-12-09
& PINNEY
  HARDWARE. ".''
H9 s:sS.99NC COLD WEATHER oo9oe.:S,s"
 g: :S 2: :o "9 "9ssyysdiss4 Will Soon Be Here ~9ssdis~

Is that heater all ready to start fire when you want it :? Now is the time for repairs new pipe connecting up that other room getting fixed cosey and comfortable for weather. .s.rs
 If you mean to put in a new one, don't wait too long. Get plan and price. ...'
The Press., 1908-12-09

Every Women Will Be Interested.
 There has recently ceen discovered an aro- matic pleasant herb cure for woman's ills, call- ed Mother Grays AUSTRALIAN LEAF 1t is the only certain regulator Cures female weakness es and Backache Kidney, Bladder and Urinary troubles At all druggists or by mall 50 cts. Sample FREE. Address, The Mother Gray Co.,, LeRoy, N v.
The Press., 1908-12-09

It takes two to make q quarrel, but some folks don't have much trouble dndfng the other one-Puck.