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The Press., 1908-02-12
When Marriaoe ls the Topie.


 The welded state is a favorite sub ject with the epigram makers. From a very old ballad we take this: There was a criminal in a cart A-goin to be hanged Respite to him was granted, And cart and crowd did stand To know if he would marry a wife Or rather choose to die. ''T'other's the worst-drive on the cartl" The criminal did reply. More modern is this verse:
 would advise man to pause
 Before he takes a wife
 In fact, see no earthly cause
 He should not pause for life. Who, by the way, is the author who describes a second marriage as being ''the triumph of hope over experience?" Samuel Lovers matrimonial epigran Is very opposite: Though matches are all made in heaven. they say,
 Yet Hymen, who mischief oft matches, Sometimes deals with the house tothex side of the way, And there they make Lucifer matches.
 Chambers Journal.
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TT WAS A SPLENDID DIAMOND.

he made that amount yesterday run have a heart on it." she explained.
 "Ha! The difficulties multiply" said Scrivener darkly. .
 "I'd like your help in the matter if you're not too busy" she said. Were you going anywhere in particular?"
 "I was going up to the club fo1, lunch," he said. Il wasn't really cer- tain 1 wanted lunch. Now Pm sure don't"
 "Well make it committee of two then, if you don't mind," she remarked
 Delighted" he said heartily
 They made merry round in quest of the requisite valentine.
 In the first shop they entered Scriv- ener pointed out the fact that all the decent valentines cost more than IS cents, in the second those that came within the stipulated price were deck ed with hearts far too inconspicuous and in the third the hearts were much too large and of the wrong shade of red. .... #
 Scrivener suggested they try little place well uptown, where he felt cer- tain they could find what they wanted, so they took a car uptown, only to find the little shop quite sold out.
 'sI think you must want that lunch by this time," she said as they took the downtown car. s4.
 eff I thought of lunch at such crit ical moment as this I should consider myself false to Donald's interests" he replied ingenuously
 Finally they found a valentine that cost F cents and, as Miss Stanton said, with an uneasy glance at her watch, would pass muster"
 Scrivener expressed his. doubts on this point and suggested that they look further, but even he had to admit that the heart, pasted gorgeously in one cor ner, was of the right size and color.
 When they came on to the street again it was growing dark Miss Stan ton held out her hand
 "Pm awfully sorry to have delayed your lunch in this fashion, but think 1t will taste all the better because of the good deeds you have done this aft ernoon," she said.
 Scrivener looked at her thouRhtfully.
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In Buying Perfumes.

"If you give her perfumery for her birthday" said the druggist, give with discretion. Find out first the effect of perfumes on the system.
 "Heliotrope is bad scent for any but the boisterous and gay. It is de- pressing. It often causes the neuras- thenic to weep. Would it suit her?
 Musk is powerful stimulant, q good thing for those with weak hearts. How is she that way?
 "Stephanotis creates languor. If she is lazy. then avoid 1t.
 "Violet is the best perfume. It ele- yates the mind. It spurs to deeds of bravery. of sacrifice. It creates beauti- full thoughts. Get her violet, my boy" Exchange.
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At times when you don't feel just right, when you have bad stomach, take some thing right away that will assist digestion 1; not something that will stimulate for a time, hut something that will positively do the very work that the stomach per forms under ordinary and normal condi- tIons something that will make the food digest. To do this you must take nat ural digestant like Kodol for Dyspepsia. Kodnl Is scientific preparation of vege. table acids with natural digestants and contains the same juices found in heal thy stomach. Each dose will digest more than 8, 900 grains of good food. It is sure to afford prompt relief; 1t digests what you eat and Is pleasant to take. Sold by finders Jacobsen.
The Press., 1908-02-12
raIkina Through the Nose.

So called talking through the nose" is not talking through the nose at all. but rather failure to do so-that is, instead of letting the tone flood into the nasal cavity, to be re-enforced there by striking against the walls of the cavity, which act as sounding boards for the tone confined within that cavity, we shut of the cavity and refuse the tone its natural re-enforce- ment It takes on as a result thin, unresonant quality which we call na- sal, although it is thin and unpleasing because 1t lacks true nasal resonance. The only remedy lies in ceasing to shut off the cavity.-Katherine Jewell HYerts in Harper's Bazaar.
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"If it wasn't so late" ne sad, 'Id like to ask q favor of you"
 "It's never too late to ask favors." she commented gayly.
 "T'm intending to send valentine myself" he said. ''I'd be very grateful if you'd help me choose it-give me few tips about it, you know" "If you've made your IS cents and won't insist on having a heart on 1t, perhaps I will" she laughed.
 My word on it," he said.
 "Have you decided what sort of valentine it shall be?" she asked.
 "I did think of one I'd like to send her." he said. But to be candid with you, Pm a trifle afraid of the lady. I have my doubts whether or not she'd like it. Shall we have a look at it? It's in window down the street"
 By all means,' she said.
 Perhaps I'd better send something else. How would a box of candy do? 1t needn't be heart shaped box"
 Shell probably have pounds of can dy."
 "Or fowers-Princess of Wales vio- lets'-
 '"roo conventional" she vetoed.
 My ingenuity ends there," he com plained.
 Perhaps your first selection will be just the thing" she said hopefully.
 T wish it might be- he returned fervently. "Here we are," said he a moment later.
 They stopped before big window which glittered and glinted with many tokens of a cunning craft.
 This one," he said, down in the corner-the fellow in the morocco case"
 It was splendid diamond.
 Would she like it, do you think ?'' he asked
 She looked at him quickly. There was no mistaking the meaning in his eyes.
 ''It-it depends, of course, whether or not she-er-likes you," she faltered
 Its just that that troubles me- he said. "I'm not sure whether she does or not"
 Her eyes met his defiantly.
 Well" she said grimly, "if I were you I'd find out.'
 Does she like''-he began bravely and ended lamely-"the-the valen- tine?"
 She was silent. Her eyes were fixed on the little morocco case.
 Hang itv' he said penitently. II for got. There's a heart about 1t after all, isn't there?''
 She answered without raising her eyes.
 Shell overlook that fault. And, any way, the heart is the right size Harry"
The Press., 1908-02-12
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items Of local Interest taken from the cOluIp
 oI The Press, thirty years ago.I
February IA. ls7s.

G. H. Baker is onverting the most westerly of the two furniture ware houses near his residence into tepe- ments, and removed the stock from It to his down town store
 Chas. H Russell has bought of John A. Smith his farm at the north end of the Street, exclusive of the tract wood. land lying on the east side ot the Street. MT Russell will occupy the farm April 1st.
 A liquor license has been granted to O. H. Grant druggist at the sire t, and the selectmen have recommended also for licenese L W. Ferry of Staff fordville. W. Fl Black of Stafford Hollow, and Bennett and O. H. Wadsworth of Stafford Springs
 A four year old sou of Cornelius Mansfield, picker tender st the Granite mill, had his left hand badly crushed in the gearing while in the mill on Monday last. breaking nearly every bone in his hand, and badly laoeratinR the f1esE. Dr. Smith, who was called was obliged GO amputate 'ne fi"gtr, but hopes to save the rest of the h n
 The change in the ietorship of the mill at Orcuttville cons.sts ill tht purchase of Yhe interests of D w. Ellis, ln the firm of Ellis, Couv, r-e & Go. by J. J. Ellis, late of int fun f the Holmes & Ellis, ar Monkon, Tn new proprietor has moved to Orcu t. ville, and no change is made ill the title uf the firm. Capt GeoIg- osk t, laue superintends nG of the mill, goes to Monson to act as superintendent of the mill in which J. J Ellis has sold hi' interest
 Born. In Stafford Springs, lid daughter to Edward c. Smith.
 Iu staffordville, 9th, son to Thomas Melbourne.
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The Communicable Cook.

My wife and are keeping house in the suburbs this year,
 What does the transportation cost you?''
 "Well, let's see We bought three communication tickets at''- ... -aH "Three! Who uses the thirdY'
 That's for the cook. I take one out every night, and she leaves the next morning. Brooklyn Life.
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one.tion nf MatinnaIitu.

An Englishman. Frenchman and a German sitting together in the smok- ing room of an ocean liner. the conver- sation turned on their nationality. and one of them asked what each of the three would choose to be if he were not of his own nation. The Frenchman said. eff were not a Frenchman. would be an Englishman." The Englishman said, ''If were not an Englishman. would wish to be one" The German. elf I were not German I would wish not to be a German. Peters in DeutHche Monatschrift.
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Her Discov,ery.

Professor-Some of the grandest in- ventions of the age have been the re- suit of accidental discoveries.
 Young Lady-I can readily believe 1t Why, made an important discovery myself, and it was the purest accident too.
 "I should much like to hear It."
 ''Why, I found that by keeping bot tie of ink handy fountain pen can be used just the same as any other pen. without any of the bother and mess of filling it."
The Press., 1908-02-12

Worse than an alarm of fire at night is the metallic cough of croup, bringing dread to the household. Careful mothers keep Foley's Honey and Tar in the house and give it at the first sign of danger. Foley's Honey and Tar has saved many little lives, and it is the only safe prepara- ton for children as 1t contains no harm full drugs. finders Jacobsen.
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Identified.

In a police court two lawyers be came very much excited over legal argument. Matters went to such a pitch that they finally began to call each other names.
 You're an ass!' said one to the other.
 You're a liarr' was the quick re, tort.
 Then the judge said "
 Now that the counsel have identi- ned each other. kindly proceed to the disputed points,"
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crab H.s 2.ooo ,Ho;o .;.;1,,

The crab known as, the scale tailed Apus was believed to have become eN tinct in Great Britain fifty years ago. the last recorded specimens being tak- en in the ponds on Hampstead heath But now | 1t, has turned up again in some numbers in two ponds on Pres ton MerSe, near Southwick. in Kirk cudbrtghtshire. About two and hals inches long. the apus bears a very striking likeness to that remarkable creature. the king crab. and this be- cause the fore, part Of the body is GOV cred by great semicircular shield or carapace. while. as in the king crab. 1t swims on its back. In the great number of its legs the scale tailed apus has few rivals. while in the num- Der of the points which these share between them no other creature can compare. The naturalist Schaffer once essayed the task of counting them and made the magnificent total of 1,S02,- GOA. LatrelIe put down the number at round 2.OO0 OO0.- London Graphic.
 Beware of OiRtme9ta for g'atarrh
 that Contain Mercury .. as mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles should never be used except on prescrp- tions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can pos sibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J Cheney 2 O., Toledo. O., contains no mercury. and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous sur faces Of the system. 1H buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It Is taken internally and made ln Toledo, Ohio. by F. J. Cheney Co. Testlmqnials free. @a
 Sold by DEuggissss 4Ttce 7Dc per bottle.
 TAke HAlI's Family FalIn TOr constipation.
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Why Currents Are Nutritious.

The reason why entrants are so re- markably nutritious is that they con sist to very large degree of saccha- rin in it's most easily digestible form that of grape sugar. The piquant fla vor of the currant, which adds so much to its pleasantness as food. is deriv- ed from the valuable percentage of tar taric acid which the berry contains. Potash is also present in the form of cream of tartar and is undoubtedly of dietetic value.-Ladies' Pictorial.
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Lame Valentines.

Of all the crimes committed in thy name.
 St. Valentine, Poetic crimes are truly most to blame, But we'll forgive them since their feet are lame
 And out of line, For how can verses with their pedals game Aspire and climb -. To heights sublime, Worthy to woo upon the hill of fame
 The muses nine,
 O Valentine?
 T SAPP JR
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Fire. .Ai,. Earth and wa+er.

The doctrine that man is made of the four elements. is frequently referred to by Shakespeare. It forms the theme of two connected sonnets, the forty fourth and forty-fifth, written in ab, sence from the friend to whom his sonnets are addressed. The dull ele- ments of earth and water cannot leap across the distance which separates him from his friend-that is, the theme of the forty-fourth sonnet. The other two elements, air and fire, are gone on embassy to his friend, leaving him mere earth and water: ess.. My life being made of four. with two
 alone
 Sinks down to death. oppressed with mel
 ancholy, sf..--z. es. Until life's composition be recured q, By those swift messengers returned from Thus the doctrine is applied to his purposes in the forty fifth sonnet T am fire and air." cries Cleopatra when about to apply the asp to her breast:
 My other elements
 give to baoer life.
 -FdwaFf1 DoyydQD in Atlantic
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Bert Barber, of Elton, Wis, says "'I have only taken four doses of your Kid ney and Bladder Pills, and they have done for me more than any other medi- cine has ever done. ] am still taking the pills, as want 8 perfect cure Mir. Barber refers to DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills. They are sold by finders Jacobsen.
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NO CASE ON RECORD.

There is no case on record of 8 cough or cold resulting in pneumonia or con sumption after Foley's Honey and Tar has been taken. It stops the cough and breaks up the cold quickly. Refuse any
The Press., 1908-02-12

When the baby is cross and has you worried and worn out you will find that little CAso SWEET, the we'll known remedy for babies and children, will quiet the lit tie one in short time. The ingre tent are printed plainly on the bottle Con- tains no opiates. Sold by A. Jacobsen.
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MISTAKE CORRECTED.

Correct the mistake of risking pneu- monia by neglecting a cough or cold when FOley's Honey and Tar will not only stop your cough but expel the cold from your system. Foley's Honey and Tar contains no opiates, and is the best and safest
The Press., 1908-02-12

'lt's deploraDle thing, this greed for gold" said the mournful person.
 'Of course" answered MT. Sirius Barker. "If the greed for gold were not so general you and I might have a chance to get some. It's a case of too many people recognizing a good thing and trying to get in on it"- Washington Star,
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Suaniei0ua.

Horse nealer-'E jumps well. ''e trots beautiful. 'e's. as quiet as. A lamb. and I'll let you lave i'm cheap. Possible Purchaser-Why. wbat's wrong with him?-London Answers.
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WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS.

Everybody desires good health, which is impossible unless the kidneys are healthy. Foley's Kidney Remedy corrects irregu
 larities and cures all forms of kidne or bladder disorders. Take FOley's Kidney Remedy at once and preve Bright's dis
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Proved.

De Million-I must say I am very much disappointed in you. You told me that when you were married you would prove that you had business ability Du Porely-Well, my dear sir, I did prove that when I married your daughter.
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No Excitement

Here" said the dramatist. i've have a husband who loves his wife and a wife who loves her husband
 "Well?" I How am I to construct a drama from such material al?"-Louisville Cou- rier-JOurnal
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Foley's Orino Laxative Is a new reme- 1y. an improvement on the laxatives of 'ormer years, as 1t does not gripe or nau cate and Is pleasant to take. It Is guar anteed. finders Jacobsen.
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Here is Relief for Women.

If you have pains in the back, Urinary Blad- der or Kidney trouble, and want certain pleasant herb cure for womaa's ills, try Mother Gray's Australlan-Leaf. It ts a safe and never. failing regulator At Druggists or 6y mail 50 CT Gray Co.,, LeRoy, N. '.
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The NeaO York HeruLd AngLO-AmericGn Competition Pemberton, England
  Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, America 
HAVE THE YOUNG FOLKS VOTE

There is no better adjunct to the school course, than the New York Herald's Sunday Magazine.
 It helps young people to make more rapid progress in their studies by pre- senting every week the worlds best pro- ductions in literature ana art.
 It is all that the best magazine on earth ought to be, and more than any monthly magazine can be, because no monthly can equal it in the timeli- ness of its contents.
 Every issue of the New York Herald's Sunday Magazine Section contains features of inestimable value to the youthful mind-news of scientific dis coveries, personal interviews, real life romances, articles on every phase of human activity and achievement.
 Then there are the other sections the whole big New York Herald with the news of the world, thc famous Herald comic creations like Little Memo and Buster Brown, striking special features-1OO pages in all. And the price is only five centS-one-htth to one-third the price of monthly that can't be better.
 You need the New York Sunday Herald in your home. Order it today. AID, New York City
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Her Misaion.

"She always reminds me of a public oflce"
 That's curious .. "Not so very. She's continually seek ing the man. you know."-Chicago Rec d-Herald.
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Your boys and girls in the higher grades at school should take part in this contest, by all means. The competing novels written for the New York Herald by Max Pemberton, of England, and Mary E. Wilkins Freeman, of America, are literary masterpieces, and by carefully reading them and then writing thoughtful criti- cisms, the young folks will secure the equivalent of an academic course in literature.
 Moreover, there is the stimulus of the weekly cash prizes to induce them to do their best, See that they start next Sunday. Here are last weeks prize winners: First Prze-Ned Newcome, TOE Clay Ave Scranton, Pa, .... .......- ... Second Prize-Harlan O.. Pearson, Concord, N
 Third Prize-Robert Rappeport, 1S1sE. 12Oth St. N. Y.
 Fourth Prize-Mary T. Howard Kearney, N. J. Fifth Prize-Florence H. Shirley, 158 W. 18th St., New York.
 Sixth Prize-o M. Deli, 1o1 W. 97th St., New York.
 Seventh Prize-ThOs. RiegO Hart Central Valley, N. Y.
 THE NEW YORK HI
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His inference.

Evidently d Turkish bath is a scheme to keep one perpetually dirty" 'I judge from what you say that you've never taken one."
 No. but I've seen a Turk."-Ex- change.
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Use DeWitt's Little Early Risers, pleasant little pills. They are easy to take. Sold by finders Jacobsen.
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A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called old for the first time.-O. W. Holmes.
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chaan Fun.

He-You talk about men playing poker. It Is no worse a vice than the shopping habit of the women. She Perhaps not, morally speaking; but, then, 1t takes money to play poker, whereas a woman can shop all day without it costing her a cent except what she pays for car fare.-Boston Transcript
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A SENSATION

The marvellous curative properties of Foley's Honey and Tar has proven a sen sation in many cases of severe coughs and colds that had refused to yield to other treatment. Foley's Honey and Tar will stop yo cough, heal the lungs ald expel the cold from your system. Contains no ha rni full drugs Anders Jacobsen.
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I give to baser If
Edward Dowden in Atlantic.
Sure rhina.

''Do you believe any of the plant or arboreal kingdom would stick to man if given the choicer
 'T think the dogwood. ."-Baltimore American.
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A NIGHT ALARM

A secret Is seldom safe iA more than one breast.-Swift.
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Her Voice.

You say she has her voice under perfect controlY'
 Quite" s. Then why doesn't she choke 1t oH
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AoEroS will break m Cold in Q, e ioht.
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When you need cough cure you need one that will cure your cough. Kemp's Balsam, the best cough cure, will do it.
 All druggists sell 1t for g. cents.
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JAPANESE Napkins at The Press Of- O ncS-i0 cents Q hundred, 90 for RS cents
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The @C@1ln1dn1(}G@@ Of Selection A St. Valentines Story
 By Harrison SmnH&h.
ECopyright, 1908, by T. c. McC,lure.l

.gnaG A ssAY. ssAY.CRIVENER rounded the e9StsssaN ASssS3 corner and made his
 way leisurely through
 qNkY the afternoon crowd
 that thronged the side
 walk on the sunny side of the street. Some yards ahead he caught sight of blue hat with a dis tinctive feather. He quickened his steps with a mind singly bent on ovef- taking it, but the blue hat was in q hurry. It dodged this way and that with amazing dexterity, and not until the pursuit had progressed several blocks was he able to lay detaining hand on Molly Stanton's shoulder.
 "Oh, sayr' he protested.
 She turned. "Oh, it's you, Mr. Scrive- ner," she said, with a smile that was ample recompense for the chase.
 "I should keep in training for such emergencies as these," Scrivener pant ed.
 She laughed. "I was making pretty good time," she admitted; but, you see, I'm weighed down with responsi- bility, and I want to free myse.f of the load as soon as possible"
 "Yes?" said Scrivener questioningly. "I'm appointed by Donald d commit tee of one to select valentine. He has terrible affair of the heart. It's the little girl next door,"
 Dear, dear" said Scrivener gravely, ''this is a serious matter. Any restric- tions imposed on the selection?
 Tt mustn't cost more than IS cents
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RIVENER rounded the corner and made his
 way leisurely through
 the afternoon crowd that thronged the side
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American.