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Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04
Weston. osssa. ..a-oseaa Walker

SNa rcseatls "Nhen you tees down aasi oui tsSl there k no N>e .tA ing. fesg take sa@f osi thoughts with you an1 walk them of Refofe you have walk ca mile things will leok F0Sicr. Just try it. Have voa nessced the increase ia walking of iale in every eommunl. tys Many attribute il to the comfort which Alien : Foot Ease .the anti>eptte powder t0 tx >hAkea inta the shoes, gives to the millions no9 using il. As Weston has said, ssIE ns> sesl naeFil (
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Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04

For mild, easy action ot the bowels, single dose et noan's Re galets k enough. Treatment cures habitaal constipation, ssa cents box j. Ask your druggist for them.
 Heavy, impure block makes mud ds, pimply complexion, headaches nausea, indigestion. Thin block makes Noa weak. pale, >ieSls Rariock Rlo0d iatter> makes the hlood rich, red, pare--re>tore> perfect health.
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04

AT Court af Probate held al Putnam "A AwithiR And for the disfriet of fa,nam on the segA .ass os May \. n. laH.
 frvsenf, Edward ss. Wright, Jadxe- Estate af RenisMtn Natppls. late of Putnam iu sad district dsceSsei.
 fhe adaninistrAtrN dr hani> non having made written application to this court, sn aeyortsacv ~sh the sisate. for oFsssr of Saie af the whole asrt af ths reAi eStstv described thcTesn t i> orsiefra sad sprtiSaien he heard st the Probate afice n fuspam The sth day et Jane lsss4. &t II aastesS sa tht tesenecR, SEd that notlee thereef be sssea. as iAsertlnx a eopx ef hts eFeief ia sag iNssm fatrtet a nrwspApsr having sAacNsaien Ia sad RisfraeE and es pfsttaE tse euEf ste paa Ae slga post In said town v Putnam aAa st ss Fetsrn he male tc tats Coagt
 Attest
 Z4s fRA ASn u. MKlsH [. JaskEs. Ia ta0sk uH aHeesse Asad as Putnam ~tsAln .N and .gF fks silSif3es If FUl Eam an tns sssA day ot May, \ II, .NsA
 pss.=sag Edward S MfskAs. 1ussss Estate at HeaEs n. hiNa.A, Ia as Putnam s2 sAsa ssssftst. &seFzssss
 fns administrator hseirk msaa Nrlsfsa aTaszez- ton ta s4s1 Ssisirt la at~catdA#s'v Nith fsse ssSss~. seg sa efeE sale af Ess a si<i e er pars a 4Ae ffa' sr.sfsst tlls esa. ts ts NrssaSti 4ss. sss@ sRs1eeAssHa e~ heSrsf St sas fFvpaie Afse ss feE4aM as tRe dsE af %ase. i.Ae At A e&A7ek sa f.4e sssfFasssas *na tsst tssses tAeEeaz ae <sNras ~ tasNttia< a eSssx v sass arAfaE fae Eesassa fstsf@t. . aeNss Akar h&xsae etFcasNs aav in sad lsszfiet. and AAe ssts lastcss en ssa aasse S5xs isest ia sN1 t9Na q ai fsAaAaa, saa EAat gas4ts Asa4as sa sAAs stss- As Enw ARn |. wglenr, Tusse
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04
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ntsfRIef of ASHFORD Probate $ Court, May D n, ttta.
 Estate of stephen D, Bowen. ia'f of f-asadt na. Cal. TIT sad district. deeea-ed.
 he administrator hHYfue exhibited hts al ; ministratiun account with said state to Ihl- court for allowance. II is
 Ordered. that the sth day af June, A. ID iaea. If II o'clock in the forenoon, af the Probate office in EsSfvfd hs and the saas is assigned for A hearing on the allowance oi said adminis. ration aceount. md this cauu directs the ad mintstfatof fo 6ft all prtsons interested therein tu appear. at -aiu time and pi ce. by publish ing This srdef iii soms nts Spaper haY lug circulation in said district, aud py post Ing a copy thereof OH The pubic sign rasf ia the town of Eastford, nearest where idpeea-'d last dwei in said district. at leazt daYs before said iiule assigned
 Certified from Record. JOHN NJ EATFM, Judge
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04
, seo.ff oft fobaie holden al Thompson win. iA in and for the district Of Tnompsou oil the lst day of June. 1rss.

\ Ia eaaft oft lobaie holden af Thompson wifh- fA in and Tor tie district of Thompson oil the fst day of June, i1rs.
 Present.. George \ Crosby. Judge
 Charles E. Seals one ei the executors named ie the last will and testament nt Daniel L. D. Granger. late of the eitt oi Providence in the state of Rhode Island, pre2ented in court sa authenticated and exempiifea copy of said will, aud of the record ot the proeeedlags. prov ins and establishing tne same by The Municipal Court of the city ef Prov enee, and praying that said copies be duly fledsph recorded III this | court as provided in section 305 of the statute | laws of ihs state, and letters testamcntary he | granted to the executors therein named per I said pstitieu on tile.
 | Ordered, That said petition he heard and de l termined at ,he Probate Office in Thompson in | said district on thc i2th day ot June. i90v. st | II 0 clock iu the forenoon and that puhlic notice l thereof he given bN esns ng copy of this order | to he published i've times in the Putnam Pa | uiot. a newspaper having crcu ation in said | district and tint thl Treasurer oi the State ot | Connecticut be notified uf the tune and place assigned for sad hcariag by mailing to his
 address postage psepald. copy oi this order | and return makt ta this court.
 | 33-2t GEORGE $. CROSBY. Judge
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04

Two out when The winning run came Tn.
 Innlngs i23f5 10 il Andems ZOuOz z0000 0D0 i , C. Al C. c 03 c 90 0 0 [ i
 Two base hits Tatro, Labelle, RiSard. Sacrifice hit C. Johnson. struck out by Kiyafd <, Peloqnin 6. Base on balls, Rivard i, Peloquin l. stolen bases, Tatro. Iizzotte. I4abelie 7. Shaw, Gsgne, Pepin. Time Z.io. Umpire White.
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04

anr. Thomas Ecleottic oil k the eeSt remedy far thai often fatal dis. caSe-epap. Has been Ased with sue es,>s Ia oar family fef essht Nears. = Mrs, l.. Whitehead, Buffalo, N N
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04
COURT OF PROBATE HOLDEN 4

A Putnam within and for the district oI Putnam on the 7fh day of May, A. D. 1909.
 Present, EDWARD q. WRlGHT I Judge. On motion Of James A. Sheppard Of South Woodstock, Conn, Administrator on the fnfes- late estate of James sheppard, late of Putnam, within said district deceased
 This Court doth dsefee that six months be si. lowed limited for the creditors of said estat. to exhibit their claims against the same tosthe ad. inistrator and dirsefsi hat public notice bt gwen of thus order Dy sdvertising in A newspaper pub iished in Putnam having a circulation in said dis trict. and by postiug copy thereof on the pub. lie sign-po u said town Of Putnam nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt.
 Certified from Record
 EDWARD G. WRIGHT Judge
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04
Souihlrn Nsw England Telephone Co.
CITY TAX NOTICE

A warrant having been issued to me for the collection of taxes levied by the grand list of the City of Putnam, for the year lg9a, which are due and paya- ble on or before July lu. 1909 according To the vote Of said city, notice k hereby given that for the purpose Of receiving such taxes will meet all persons lia- ble to pay taxes due said city, at the City Council Room, 55 Elm Street, on Friday, Saturday and Monday, July 2, h and l2, l9oe, from 9 o'clock il. Ill. to Q clock D. H. II not paid within the time prescribed legal fees and per cent interest will he charged.
 JOSEPH MekNCHNfE, Collector of Faxes for the city of Put
 nauf4
 Dated at Putnam, Conn, June 1909.
 28-2D
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04
Canadians Win and Lose
Rivard Looked Good to Fans
M gr Bonin Produces Fast Team.

Innings l 2 45 7ss
 C. A. C. 2-e-2-2-i-0-0- AndemA D--0--l--0--0--0--2- -0--4
 Two base hit, Codaire. Sacrifice hits, ]. Johnson. Tatro, Riyard. Tn. n.ngs pitched, Rivafd 2. Smith ], C. Johnson !. Hits off Risard X, Smith 6, C. Johnson 7. Struck out by H- vnrd i, Base on balls. Riyafd {. Smith :. Hit by C. Johnson, Gagne. Wild pitches Smith /. Stolen bases, Eabelie, Marion 2, Diott Z, Aueoin, Mareustry, todaife. Double play, Msrcustfy, Carlson to Aucoin. Time DO. Umpire White. Attendance 6O0.
Putnam patriot., 1909-06-04

Certified from Record.
 JOHN NJ FATEN. Judge
Evening star., 1909-09-12

were instructed not to use their guns,
and it was only scare" patrol.
x \
One of these officers. now we'll known
member of the Washington police force
tells some remarkable incidents along
this line. When the boat having on board
the police put out in its periodical run
the news was telegraphed down the length
of the oyster fishing grounds for fifty
miles in ten minutes. This was done by
means of the dropping of the main peak
The men on board the first boat from
them would drop their main peak. the tip
of the mainsail, and as soon as the next
one would follow suit they readjusted It,
In this way the news that the police had
started was sent down the bay ahead of
them, and when they arrived everything
was as 1t should be, or apparently so
Some of the oyster dredgers. probably
aware OF the inadequacy of the laws to
cover their offenses, would wait until the
police boat was almost up to them before
they got out of the way AS their stanch
little craft, built for the work, were far
and away the better vessels, they never
had any difficulty in getting away. Now
the laws protecting the oyster industry
are very stringent and the facilities for
enforcing them are ample. that the
violations are much fewer. The penalty
or one of them. is the confscation of the
boat found engaged in any illicit practice
and this is quite enough to teach care to
their captains.
Another practice that the law has
abolished is the Shanghai system Of
procuring men to man the oyster dredge
boats 1t was the custom in the days al
luded to before for the captains Of the
vessels to go to the shipping Office and
there ship enough men to do the work
paying to the shipper. or man who Sc
cured the men, the first months wage
This was supposed to cover the outfit sup
piled the men, said outfit consisting of
oilskins, proper underwear and gum
boots" AS fact. the men SO shipped
were given nothing except enough whisky
to keep them drunk until they could be
taken aboard, and frequently worked
through the long season without sufficient
Evening star., 1909-09-12
CoNVICTS AS HUNTERS.
How They Escaped From an Island.
Ruse to Obtain Food.
From the Englishman.

From the Englsninaii
The three survivors of the five convicts
who escaped recently from the Andamans
told the following remarkable story OF
their escape and the adventures which
followed it:
On the morning of May % six conVicts
-Bissan Singh, under sentence of fifteen
years; a Bengali, term of seven years,
and four Burmans, Nga Naing, Nga Tun,
Nga Pya and Nga Po Lu. all "lifers,
under the charge of two military po-
licemen with two Martni-Henry rifles
and one hundred rounds of ammunition.
were sent in a forest boat to small
island in the middle Andamans, with sew
Ell days rations for each convict ana
the policemen.
On reaching the island Bissan Singh
Nga Naing. Nga Pya and Nga Iun were
set to work, while the two policemen.
with Nga Pc Lu and the Bengal. went
up hill in search of golden" bird that
is highly priced in Port Blair and has
a ready sale The policemen, before
leaving. took off the recaptured con-
victs state-their bandoliers of cartridges
and laid them. with the rifles, in the
bottom of the boat. which had been
hauled up the beach and made fast.
Po Lu, who was the convict overseer,
professed to know where the birds were
Evening star., 1909-09-12

clothing to keep them warm. while they
We're treated in a manner to make the
blood of any half-humane person boil. A
regular corps of runners was hired for
the business Of rounding up the hobos
and .'drunks and bringing them in to
the shipping office. Here they were kept
in a helpless condition until aboard the
boat on which they were to work. On
and left until the next morning. when
they were summarily dragged out and
put to work.
Said man who followed the business
of dredging for oysters, man and boy
for seventeen years: Il have seen slender
young felers with di mond rings on their
fingers. and swell clothes. who had just
been out on little spree. brought aboard
and made to work like horses till the
end of the oyster season. T usen't to be
like it is now. We used to stay out for
six months straight. Yu see, if we had
put in to shore. the shipped men ID all
"a skipped an left us in the iurch, so We
sold TIL oysters to tn runboatS and didn't t
let tn men go ashore till the season WIS
ended. We had men aboard that Wus
bookkeepers and school professors and
all that sort of men, an their hands wus
as white lady's. Now. these fellers
WuS only out on spree when the ship
pers got hor of 'em and run 'em in, and
naturally they didn't feel like working tn
next mornn' when they wus woke Up be-
fore day. an sometimes they acted mean
about IT an had L he made to work. I
never beat a man to make him work, but
1t has been done many a time in the
old days. YoI see, all hired men looked
down on the shipped man and they made
it purity hard fer him anyhow. His bein
educated didn't help i'm any, only made
it harder, If anything. You know these
yeast powder boxes?-they've got three
kinds of printin' on 'em. Well. we've had
fellers shipped with that could read
all of 'em right off without any trouble
at all. That takes some education. don't
it, We had a feller once that could talk
to all kinds of men in their own lingo.
You see, we got 'em of all nationalities,
Evening star., 1909-09-12

in the pauses you have thoughts Of your
exceeding comfort and enjoyment. This
is the bright side of the oyster season.
Out in the cold in a most cherries and
miserable environment, are the men
who make practicable the order and
the consumption of the bivalve In
no calling is the lot of the men engaged
more comfortless and lonely than in the
pursuit of the oyster. They work in the
cold early and late. with the biting winds
blowing over, and sometimes through
Evening star., 1909-09-12

them, often not clad in a manner suffi-
cient for the moderate weather, on the
most bitter days. All around them is
the water the boat is their only world,
ionship other than that of their brothers
of the craft on which they have been
shipped. Hard work and a deadly mo-
notony is theirs. They work from day
enough to eat once. for they eat their
breakfast before the light of day has
dawned and they partake of the last meal
after darkness has fallen. They sleep
in a dark hole under deck of the dredge
boat. to wake another day dismal.
The procuring of the luscious oyster pre-
sents quite a different picture than the
final disposition of ii.
The oysters now being marketed are
procured by the method known as "tong-
ing Most of the boats engaged in this
work belong to farmers who own their
private beds though some of it is done
in the general oyster beds. The "tonger"
needs no crew, as does the captain of the
boats that "dredge" for oyster. He is
accompanied by one assistant probably
his son or some other relative or friend,
and he puts in to shore every nlgnt gong
back early the next morning. His work
is done by means of hand tongs. by
which he 1oosens and lifts the oysters TO
the deck. This tong holds about half
buShel and oyster fishing by this method
is necessarily SLOW but for many of the
men engaged it is comparatively easy.
1t is the men aboard the vessel which
carries the dredge that are to be consld-
cred the toiers 10 the popular taste NOT
until the 18th of September is dredging
for oysters permissible. The tonger can
go anywhere he may choose and the
dredge may be only used in certain places
This law is very strictly enforced noW'
but years ago it was evaded in many
ways or openly defed. and constant
warfare was waged Between the revenue
officers and the oyster dredger. twenty
or more years ago there were no laws
explicit, or, rather strong enough, to in
sure the observance for in that time the
officers manning the revenue police boat
Evening star., 1909-09-12

telescope is fixed to a frame plane
with the horizon glass.
In practice the observer looks toward
the horizon through the telescope in line
with the horizon glass at the point under
the sun TIfis action causes the image
of the sun to appear in the index mirror
facing the sun, which, in turn. reflects it
into the horizon glass, with Its back to-
ward the sun, and thence through the
telescope to the eye, the light rays almost
forming the letter Il.
But the line of the horizon and the
image of the sun will not coincide or ap-
pear as one in the telescope unless the
arm attached to the index mirror is care
fully moved backward or forward until
the two mirrors are parallel. at which
time the two images must coincide, pro-
Evening star., 1909-09-12

CEW Know of the Work
i to Procure the Luscious
Oyster Hundreds of Men
Labor Throughout Long
Season to Satisfy Taste of
Eaters - New Laws Keep
Bivalves From Becoming
Extinct-Steam Vessels Not
Allowed to Dredge = Season
for Dredging Begins Fif-
teenth Of This Month, While
Tongers Have Operated Since
First of Month.
Evening star., 1909-09-12
.ENGLANO'S BIG MONEY DEALS
SOME OF BRIToN's SPOT-CASH
TRANSACTIONS RECALLED.
Estates in the Tight Little Island
That Have Changed Hands Tor
Half a Million Pounds.
Prom London Answers.

Prom London Answers.
The sudden purchase of the Piccadlily
Hotel for the sum of GJC0000 is a remark
able instance of huge concern changing
hands in few moments. 1t was easy
enough for Mr.. Mallaby- -Deeley to draw
check for half million. but the compli-
Gated nature of the deal is only apparent
when one tries to realize what half mill
lion OF money really Is.
But half million down is by no means
record. There have been numerous sales
of great English estates during the last
twenty years, and more than $500 OOo has
been paid on at least two occasions. One
estate alone = the kensington realized
over G6Hh,Go, and the whole transac ction
did not cover two hours. Even within the
Evening star., 1909-09-12

fields where there is no return.
What an awe-inspiring moment it must
have been for Cook and Peary to have
stood up, and, with trembling hands, read
the story from these same little instru-
ments proclaming the north pole. How
they must have looked-rubbed their eyes
and looked again and again, lest they
were only being taunted by their hunger
and fatigue.
This joy has spread throughout the civil
lied world, and speculations are many as
to how the discovery of the pole was
made certain. especially there was ap-
parently nothing but ice. and no land
marks to guide the explorer. The accom-
plished fact was not mere luck or guess
work. but brought about by scientific cal
culations.
1t is true, there is nothing but vast
stretch of frozen waste surrounding the
Evening star., 1909-09-12

pole, but there are many landmarks IN
the form of celestial bodies, which, with
the aid of the sextant, proclaim the eX-
plorers position as the different degrees
are covered
There are several ways by which an OBJ
server at the pole may find the true axis
of the earth. For instance, by watching
the sun and noting whether it makes a
true circle around the horizon If no
deviation occurs except a slight elevation
as the declination of the sun increases,
which 1t does to the extent of fifty-one
seconds of arc per hour and which is
equal to twenty minutes of time, the oh
server may feel assured that if he stands
not directly at the pole. he is within close
proximity to it.
There are astronomical instruments, too
which can determine the position of the
pole; but, considering their bulk and
Evening star., 1909-09-12

ID o Il + " on the
half-sheil.' Quickly
ordered. soon de-
voured. both In a.
well appointed cafe,
amid the glare of
many lights, while
the band discourses
sweet music and
the hum of CONVEX
sation and low
pitched laughter is
all about you, and
Evening star., 1909-09-12

THING must seem
so ainlless, so bar
rem of a goal as a
journey over the
mountains n d
fields OF ice in the
upper regions of
the globe; indeed.
such would be the
case We're il not
for the little in
struments which,
next To foodstuffs
Evening star., 1909-09-12

are OF vital Importance to the explorer
In making a dash to the north pole
They are like so many little guides, but
unless one is thoroughly acquainted with
their character they are liable TO do mis-
chief and lead one into error, if not TO
Evening star., 1909-09-12

the check for 100000 which Mr.. Sievier
paid for Sceptre The mare was a
yearlinS. and what she could do was
merely a matter for conjecture: put
that did not deter Mr.. Sievier. and in
few minutes the animal was mis-
property
But deals are not always satisfactory
as the Following story proves: A
wealthy man was spending a few days
at Brighton. and he was overjoyed to
see magnificent painting by an old
master hanging in the dining room
Now, he prided himself upon his art
knowledge, and he was certain that the
picture in question was worth at least
100000.
To avert suspicion. he decided to pur-
chase the boarding house as 1T stood
and accordingly he approached the
landlady. She was greatly surprised. .
but he told her he wished to set up
poor relation as boarding house
keeper. Finally, the place changed
hands for ,00O-about four times its
real value-and the delighted purchaser
hastened to secure his treasure. Later
a committee of experts broke the news
to him that it was clever forgery,
worth about ESQ.
When the Egyptian government dis
covered that the construction of inc
great dam was absolutely necessary #
the land of the Pharaohs was TO he
kept intact. they looked around for tie
best man for the job. Contractors from
Evening star., 1909-09-12

past three months two estates changed
hands for 925O,O0O apiece.
Mr.. Perpont Morgan has been asso-
ciated with many big deals. Some years
ago he was shown collection Of old mas
ters, and promptly purchased the lot for
one million pounds sterling, drawing
single check for the amount. Lord Am
herst of Hackneys Caxtons were with
drawn from the sale because the Ameri-
can millionaire privately offered G25,OO0
for the set, and his check was promptly
accepted.
Mr.. Morgan is famous for his quickness
of decision in these matters, but his
promptness has not always been success
full On one occasion he went into curio
shop in Paris, where he was well known.
The proprietor produced for his inspection
an ancient COPE in fact, the one worn by
Pope Nicholas ". The millionaire took
out his check book and paid $4,000 for the
treasure Later on he was informed that
il had been stolen from the cathedral at
Milan, and, in Difference to popular desire,
he restored the cope. AS an acknoWiedg-
ment the pope had special medal struck
in his honor.
Many people will remember the sem
sation created by NJ. Blanc when lie
attended the sale of the late Duke OF
Westminster horses, and gave 3Ioeo
guineas for Flying Fox. Oddly enough
II proved one of the best bargains ever
struck, for the animals progeny
brought over G10000O to NJ. Blanc. But
even more remarkable in its way was
Evening star., 1909-09-12

weight. ii would be anything but feasible
to attempt TO carry them on polar eXpe-
dition.
1t is left for the seXtant, a very little
hand instrument TO befriend the eX-
plorer in reckoning his position
1t is essentially composed of two small
mirrors, d telescope and an arm pivOted to
the top of the frame, and to which is
rigidiy connected one OF the mirrors at
the upper end. to the lower end is at
tached the venier which is made to slide
over Il divided circle, usually 60 degrees
liz extent In construction, the mirrors
are separated few inches apart, and
raised about five or six inches above each
other.
The upper index mirror, IS 1t is called, is
sar nernendicula. to the plane of the di-
vided arc; the lower horizon mirror o.
glass is fixed to the frame, and is divided
into two parts. The lower one is sllvered.
while the upper one is transparent. Inc