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The Newtown bee., 1909-05-21

Osborne & Stone want to see you at their store on the date mentioned below. The occasion is very special. A representative of one of the leau- ing manufacturers of wood decorat- ing material will be with us, with a full line of samples to show our visitors. This is not a sale, but a dis play of beautiful ,colorings and fin- ishings for wood work and floors. It is your opportunity to get ideas; also to learn how the red-tape of old methods of wood finishing may be cut and the process once so mysteri- ous, be so sipplified as to enable every one to do their own decorating at very slight expense. You can learn to put new Mission Finish Supplying the grain as well as color) on the wood work of room without the expense of taking off the old paint or varnish, and treat old fur nitnre to match. You can learn how to make soft wood floors equal to hard wood, in looks and wear. You can learn how to make your hard wood floors waterproof, heel-proof, scratch proof. You can save old fuf- niture from the second hand man. All the above and much more you can learn: it is absolutely free; you need not fc"! obliged to spend any money. May A and 25>are the dates.
 Orlo P. Ward, and friend, George Hanover, of New Haven, were guests over Sunday of MT and Mrs Watson o. Ward
 Howard Marsh of New York City called on friends over Sunday. r
 Watson Sanford passed Sunday with friends in New York City.
 Miss Julia A. Dean passed Sunday with friends in River district.
 Merritt Hunt and Walter Fenn took a pleasure trip, last week, talk ing in Bridgeport, New York, the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Albany, N. Y.
 Rev MT Hannold, the new pastor of the Methodist church, and Rev C.. II. JohLson of the Congregational church, will excbauge pulpirs, Sun day morning.
 Chester Nichols and Merritt Mer- win enjoyed an automobile trip to Nrwtown, Sunday.
 Chester Nichols passed rionday in South Norwalk.
 Henry Iennelly returned, last week Thursday night, after visit at Barleyyille, Kan.
 Mrs Mary E. Erwin was the guest
The Newtown bee., 1909-05-21
AT ST JOHNS.

Rev H. I. Bodley of St Marks church, New Britain, officiated at St Johns church, Sunday, in exchange with Rev J. F. Plumb.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-30
UndeyeIoped Brazil.

1t is very sad to note that at the
time when Spruce visited the Amazon
with the exception of a very few
spots at long distances apart-the
mighty river with it's vast network Of
tributaries, was practically deserted.
The traveller speaks of the Rio Ne
gro as 1.-The dead river" The i'm
mense area contained only scattered
groups of Indians, with here and
there a few half-breeds. Some pro-
gress, with the introduction OF steam
navigation. has been made since the
period with which these volumes
deal, but still the far larger part OF
the Amazonian regions Is, to all in
tents and purposes, uninhabited.
To any one who has studied the
history of exploration and settlement
in the basin OF the Amazon from the
days Of Oreliana, Teixeira and Samuel
Fritz TO those OF La Condamine,
Humboldt and Schomburgk. the sa-
lient fact that stands out Is the fall
ure alike of Portuguese and Spaniard
to utilize the splendid waterways and
rich territory which they had had the
good fortune to acquire. All the ear
liest records show the banks thickly
populated by native tribes.-London
Times.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-30
INSOMNIA.


Insomnia Is one of the curses Of
the age. Doubtless IL is an effect as
we'll as a cause Of nervous troubles.
The physical basis OF sleep is the
need Of the neurons-that is, the
nerve cells with their fibres-of rest
so that they may be built up again
for new work. Yet this does not
wholly explain the mystery of sleep.
for. as we all know, there are times
when We are too tired to sleep.
But sleep is also a moral necessity.
For the time we are withdrawn from
material and external influences,
which lend to harden and vulgarize
our nature, and as wise men in all
ages have thought. it is probably in
sleep that we are open to the higher
influences OF the spiritual world. Be
this as it may, we can be sure that
sleep reinforces the moral powers.
Many an intending suicide has relin-
quished his sad purpose after a few
hours refreshing rest. 1t is in sleep
that healing and recuperative forces
are at work.
Without sleep and hope" says
Emmanuel Kant, man would be the
most miserable OF beings" Worry
and sleeplessness are closely related.
AS Dr. Saleeby we'll says: THE
man who sleeps well is ipso facto
practical optimist, while the victim Of
insomnia is ipso facto a practical pes
simist, man who worries"
There are, however, some popular
fallacies about insomnia that require
to be dissipated. We often hear peo-
pie say: Il have not slept wink for
a week" If the saying were true. it
is more than likely that such persons
would have slept the sleep that knows
no waking We know from expert
ment that If animals are deprived OF
sleep for about 120 hours, even
though food is supplied to them dur
ing that period, death will ensue.
Therefore, by insomnia we mean not
absolute, but only partial, sleepless-
ness. The nervous person sleeps
more than he thinks he does.
Still, this partial lack of sleep has
injurious effects upon the whole ma
ture, and the victim Of nervousness
cannot do better than begin the re-
construction Of his life by earnestly
facing the question Of sleep. To re-
gain the lost power to sleep soundly
restoration Of nervous health and
ength.-From an Article in Smiths
Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-30
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

r. IT. Hartman returned to New
York City from a three months rest
In the South and West.
Stefan Won Kotze, one of the lead
ing German writer's. died from apo
pleXy, aged thirty-nine years.
Representative Serene Payne. Of
New York, author of the Payne Tar
If bill. is a baseball enthusiast.
Professor Goodwin Smith. now in
his eighty-siXth year, is still a fire.
uuent contributor to the newspapers
and magazines.
Prince Henry OF Prussia delivered
a lecture in Berlin, illustrated with
moving pictures, on his voyage in the
Zeppelin airship.
King Alfonso is seeking to bring
about the marriage of King Manuel
of Portugal and his cousin, Princess
Maria Pillar of Bavaria.
The Presidents plans for the sum-
mer and early fall, including the itin-
erary for prolonged trip, were given
out at Washington, ID. c.
Among the passengers that sailed
for New York from southampton was
Professor William Osler, regius pro-
fessor of medicine at Oxford.
Anton Hess, the sculptor, died at
Munich. Bavaria. He was seventy
one years old and held the profess
sorship of plastic art in the Munich
Technical High School.
DR.. Samuel Pozzi, a noted French
surgeon and gynecologist, arrived in
New York TO represent the French
government at the centennial of the
first operation of ovariotomy in this
country.
General Leonard Wood, U. s. A,
and Mrs. Wood returned TO Governors
Island, n. Y, from Porto Rico. Gen
eral Wood has been on tour OF In
spection, reviewing troops and in.
specting army posts.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-30
The Humble Clam.
BY Z. l.. MASON.

Everybody has heard of the clam,
for he has Of late years achieved eel.
ebrity by lending the use Of his name
for broth, form Of warm water used
in restaurants and soda fountains.
Those who have studied the clam,
however, know that he is in reality q
remarkable individual.
The clam begins by deposting him.
self in a sand bank. He takes out no
fire insurance, and may be seen occa-
sionally squirting out water, as pre-
caution against any sparks that
might fall inadvertently.
The clam in summer wears n
sheath gown open at the sides, but so
modest is he Cor she) that it is i'm
mediately closed up at the approach
of another person.
CLAIMS have decollete necks, which
they are very fond of displaying in
broad daylight. This, Of course,
makes them very sunburned
It would be much better if, during
the sunny part of the day, the clam
would wear veil.
CLANS live usually in flats, and al
wavs go down through the roof.
In their native element they are
very much at home, but when seen in
company with human beings they are
usually in the soup or frittering away
their lives.-From Judge.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-30
His Business Ability.

In the Adirondacks lives a man too
lazy to work, but evidently Of great
business ability. One winter, when
he was sitting around smoking, his
family came so near starving that
some Of his neighbors, who could Ill
afford to help him. took up a collec.
ton and bought for the suffering fam.
lily a barrel of -four. a barrel OF pork
and a load of wood. They were not
considerate enough to cut the wood.
but the business man knew how TO
manage. He hired some of his neigh.
bors. who had not contributed TO his
donation, to cut the wood, and paid
them with half the polk and half the
eour.--Lippincotts.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-30
Say Old Man Stole 81
Horses i'm Last Three Years

Kingston, r. Charged with hav-
ing stolen seventy-three horses in as
many towns in New Jersey, Pennsyl.
vania. New York and Southern New
England in the last three years, Al.
bert Fuller, sixty years old, with
many aliases and no known perma'
nent abode, was indicted by the
Grand Jury here and held for trial
The police say his scheme was TO hire
livery horses, drive out of town and
sell them. without making any re.
turns to the owners.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-30

Healthy people by instinct seek the
society of those who are sane and
sound in body and mind. All the
more noble, insists the Christian Reg
ister. is the sacrifice of those who
minister willingly to weaklings and
invalids.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-30

In the bill at Keith's theatre for this
week there are two we'll known stars
Of the legitimate. The first is Andrew
Mack, the Irish comedian and singer,
in sketch supported by an excellent
company, which gives him an oppor-
tunity to sing some OF his latest Irish
successes. The other is Ben Johnson,
who made one of the greatest hits OF
recent years in paid in Full" Mr..
Johnson has a monologue which is en-
tirely original and more or less OF n
departure from those who have pro-
ceeded him in this line of work in
vaudeville.
No theatrical attraction in recent
years has attained such a sensational
success, both from dramatic and
box Office standpoint as has Frederic
Thompson's great scenic and dramatic
triumph Via Wireless" is turning
hundreds Of people away at every per-
formance at the Boston theatre. The
two big scenes Of the play are In the
second and third acts, and are in
themselves worth the price of admis-
sion.
Weber & Rush's Bon Tons" aptly
style the big, bright fun. aud beauty
show are at the Gaiety Theatre this
week. The Bon Tons" are prime fav-
orites with local theatregoers, and
rightly so for they have never failed to
present a snappy, gingery entertain
ment we'll calculated to chase the
blues" and guaranteed TO cure any
case of Crouch" ever known.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-30

The Boston hospital, whose seal Is
the stork. is getting 900 visits a year
from the bird. The Lying-in Hospital
is block away from the Massachu-
setts General Hospital, and in the
thick of a popylous district. The
front Of the building is so pleasing to
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-30
]. WILL CARPENTER G SON
Furnishing Undalskd snc Iurrsl Director

ONCE and Wareroo ms, SO Plainfeld st.
Olneyville, X. j. hesiaei.ce, 81 tlsip-
deld st. Calls attended day ami night.
Coffins and Caskets liz ed a trimmed In
the best manner and ever thing iurnisheA
at short notice. Telephone o3 West.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-06-26

Ham Kaufman has been appointe l
special agent, with power of attorney,
to take applications for membership
and receipt for money, for the Stand
ard Home Builders Company of Biz
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-06-26

mingham, Ala. If you want to build
a new home or take up a high interes.
loan on your old home. or ranch and
replace it with a straight five per
cent loan, you better take out a con-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-06-26

consideration in locating the deaf,
dumb and blind school is, What place
will contribute most to the happiness
pleasure ana culture OF the helpless
peoTle that are to receive the bene.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-06-26

tract with the Standard Home. See
Ham and get knowledge of the easy
monthly payment plan.
The Statesman says that the only
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-06-26

factions OF the state" Certainly. The
Statesman then says that that place
is Boise. To be sure. Dlslnterested
unselfishness.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-05
All Employees Retained.

NEW YORK. Nov. 4.-Foiiowing a
2rotracted session of the directors o.
the Seaboard Air Line Railway TO-DAY
this statement was issued:
"A meeting of the directors of the
Seaboard AIR Line Railway was helu
today In anticipation OF the turning
over ut midnight of its property to the
company by the receivers.
$. Davies Warfieid. one of the re-
ceiyers fer the executive committee
and chairman. said that the circular
which the directors had ordered TO be
sent tc all the employees provided
that until further notice all parties
who al the time of the transfer were
officers or employees of the receivers
are continued rs the corresponding OF
Ulcers and employees Of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway with correspond
titles and the SAME compensations
and duties as at present. the purpose
being 10 maintain the organization
which has produced such excellent
results during the receivership.'
Several CT the directors said that
the matter of electing new presi-
dent did not come up for forrIal
discussion today. The meeting OF the
stockholders will be held at Peters
burg. va. November II when some
action looking TO new executive may
be taken.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-05
HOUSE or COMMONS
PASSES FINANCE BILL.
Memorable Scene Enacted
When Bitterly Contested
Measure Gets Big Majority.

LONDON. Nov. 4.-The house of
commons tonight passed the third
reading of the finance bill by n vote
of 379 to l4s. The scene in the house
was memorable one. Seldom
has there been a larger attendance OF
members and peers and the diplomatic
galleries were crowded TO their ut
most capacity. Chancellor Lloyd
George. Premier Asquith and Mr.. Bal
four. leader of the opposition. all
smoke. Tense excitement prevailed
throughout. all present appearing to
be imbued with the historic character
of the occasion.
Mr.. Asquith. in closing the debate
said il was incumbent upon those
who objected 10 the government 5
taxes to provide some alternative
scheme to meet the nations necessi-
ties. Where was this scheme? he
asked. Sooner or later Mr.. Balfour
must show his hand and il would have
to be a hand that would suit the game
OF the tariff reformers. There were
only two issues before the house
the taxes proposed by the budget or
tarif reform.
A division was then taken and the
announcement of the vote, showing
the governments majority 10 be iarg-
er than had been expected was gree
ed with prolonged ministerial cheers
The bin will be formally passed on
its first reading IN the house of Lords
tomorrow, the debate on the second
reading which will determine its fate
beginning November %
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-05
FUNERAL or Mr.. EUeANk.
Venerable Citizen Laid to Rest II
Family Burying Ground.

rhe funeral of Mr. +. Newman
Eubank, of this city. who died at Pleas
ant View. Amherst County on Wed
nesday last was held at Lynchhurs
yesterday afternoon. the interment he
ing made in the family lot
The deceased was pioneer citizen
OF this city, having lived here for
many years. lie is survived by son
and daughter. captain Ed. \. En-
bank. of this city. and Miss Jennie
Euhank. OF Washington. who were al
the bedside when their father died
Mr.. Elbank was a member OF Trim
ity Methodist church OF this city ana
was IN his eighty-fourth year
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-05
NORTH DAKOTA FASTEST
BATTLESH|P IN WORLD
Sister Ship of Delaware Attains
Maximum Speed of 22:25
Knots an Hour.
;Ry Associated Press

ROCKI-AND, ME-, Nov 4.-The
North Dakota is The fastest battle
ship of the dreainaCsbt type afioat
as well as one of t=c most powerful
battleships In The void Her screw
standardizet 49, rveI the Rock
land measu ii mile Cn,Ir--. today de-
veloped ~ r.ii rre,t Oh 1925
knots and an average of 21.S33. Both
marks are in excess of the best per-
Torrance of either her sister ship, the
Delaware, or the Bellerophon, the
leader dreadnaught of the British
navy.
In attaining this surprising speed
the turbine engines OF the North Da-
kota were forced to the development
of more horsepower than has been
reached by any ha:tleship aioat. A
maximum of 35.150 horsepower was
recorded. while 1855 horsepower
was the mean amount. The maximum
number Of revolutions of her nickel
composition propellers was 49, a
minute.
II was found inst 263 revolutions in
this zine was sufficient TO MAINTAIN
the contract speed Of q knots.
The North Dakota, by her perform
ance today. takes precedence as a
general first class battleship over any
ether afioat Her sister ship the
Delaware. which was given her trials
over che same course on October %,
WIS in uncertain possession of this
honor by her trial performances. but
the figures recorded for the North
Dakota today surpass those of any
other dreadnaught.
There is but one battleship at the
?resers time whose attsinments may
exceed those of the North Dakota.
This is the Neptune, just launched
for the British navy. The Neptune,
however. viii have to attain figures
much in excess CT specifications TO
accomplish this.
The Bellerophan Of the British navy
has made but 22I knots. as CON-
pared with the North Dakotas per-
Torrance today OF 22.25
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-05
Shipping More Coal Than Any
Other Chesapeake Port.
BREAK RECORD FOR YEAR
Trade Has Been Heavier During Past
Ten Months Than Ever Before in
History of Port-5aitimor Second
on List; Norfolk Third.

According to statistical tables COM
piled on the first Of the present month
relative to the shipment of bituminous
coal from various ports along the Az
lantic coast for the ten months END
ing November ] Of the present year
Newport News leads all the other
Chesapeake bay ports in the amount
of coal shipped. a total of 3.l23,9s0
tons of fuel having been dumped from
the Chesapeake K Ohio terminals
here during the period.
The next nearest competitor TO TINS
city in the soft coal trade is Balti-
more with a total of 3.050,9S6 tons
shipped during the ten months. and
Norfolk is third with 2.l50,13+ tons
shipped during like period.
The total of 3.123.9s6 tons is re-
cord fer the port and it is declared
by local shipping men that If the re-
naming two months of the present
year are anything like normal for
the coal business. the year of 1909
will see the largest amount OF coal
shipped from this city that has ever
been handled at any of the Chesa-
peake bay ports during any one year
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-05
Transfer at Baltimore.

BALTIMORE. MD. Nov. 4-Tne
transfer Of the SeabOaTd Air Line
Railway from its receivers 70 the d.
reciors OF the company viii take place
in the Office Of the receivers in she
Continental building.
General Manager Xix viii receive
and RECEIPT for she physicsl proper
ties and Treasurer Mutt and Secre-
tary Portions. Of the railroad CON-
pany. the other assets amounting 70
about $4,000. 0oe. the bulk Ct which
represents the proceeds Of the sale
Of sIS.s 600 OF adjuS mcut Eve per
cent bonds. Ont Of tbs she company
will pay about sii 900 600. being the
amo1ut q the receivers certificates
outstanding and foafing debt Pay
men Of III receivers certificates
wiIl begin next Saturday At the Con-
fineutai Trust Company. baltimore.
and a. the banking house Of Blair a
Company. New Ycfk.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-05
ACQUITTED OF MENTAL
MALPRACTICE CHARGE
Mrs. Stetson Exonerated After
Stormy Session of New York
Christian Scientists.

NEW YORK. Nov. Airs. Angus
ia A. Stetson, formerly head reader OF
the First Church of Christian Scien-
lists in this city was exonerated today
OF charges of mental malpractice III
the reports of a special board OF IN
quiry presented to a congregation oil
1000 persons at a long and stormy
meeting in the big, white stone church
on Center Central Park. West. 1ne
exoneration of Mrs. .,tetson was en-
dcrsed by the members of the church.
bat portion OF the boards report.
which concerned Virgil o. Stricken.
her successor as first reader, who had
appeared in Boston as witness
against Mrs. Stetson, was referred
back to the board of inquiry for fur
Their consideration.
Among the charges against Mrs
Stetson the most importat. we're in e.
feet that her teachings had tended to
disloyalty TO Mrs. Mary Baker q.
Eddy. founder and leader Of the sect.
and that Mrs. Stetson had been guilty
Of mental malpractice in bringing
Christian Science to bear upon people
~ho did not welcome it by hypnotism
and similar Methods
The report of the board of inquiry.
which came after four weeks exami-
nation of witnesses, the taking OF
900 pages of testimony and IS sit
tings OF the board. was complete
exoneration of Mrs. StetsoB and de-
cIaratioa OF loyalty OF the New York
church to the mother church in Bos-
ton. The report says:
The false reports were engendered
and developed by malicious animal
magnetism. which is the opposite and
the opponent OF christian science, and
they were circulated by persons VINO
did not properly protect themselves
against aggressive mental suggestion.
as enjoined by our beloved leader.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-05
SEAMAN GETS DAMAGES
BECAUSE Of NEGLECT
Federal Court Gives Asel Faikenstrom
$1,000 Judgment Against Tug
luckenbach.

Judge Edmund Waddill. Jr,. of the
Unite, states court at Norfolk rem
dered an opinion Wednesday In the
libel suit OF Axei Falkenstrom against
the sea going ug NJ T.. l.uckenbach,
Of New York. awarding falkenstrom
81 POO for the alleged neglect OF the
captain of the tug 10 provide Falken-
strom. who was member Of the
crew. proper medical attention when
the man WAS taken sick on a voyage
from this port 10 Colon. Panama.
The NJ T.. Luckenbach formerly
was in the barge towing business be
tween this city and Kew England
ports and was sold several years ago
10 the Panama Canal Commission for
use IN connection with the work on
the canal
The tug sailed from this port for
Panama In January 1908. towing sew
cral scows which were built AT the
local shipyard.
Falkenstrom was employed on the
tug as a fireman and was taken sick
On the trip down. lie claimed that
he was not given either proper food
or medical attention and after return
ing 10 TINS conttN NJ" " i"'' "H"'"''
the Tug IN the unitoc 5'ates court
at Norfolk. the case being tried lasi
Summer.
Judge Waddill's decision is an inn
portant one IN connection with ad-
mirality Jurisprudence. the court hold
Inc that the captain Of a vessel Is re-
sponsible for the healln OF the crew
of his vessel in any case where no
regular physician is employed on the
shin