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The Press., 1911-03-29
STORY OF A LOAN.
A Case Where the Statute of Limita :
 tions Was Not Considered.

A Case Where the Statute of Limita-
 tions Was Not Considered.
 A we'll known Kansas banker told a story the other day about the statute of limitations. There is simile in it.. plus some good philosophy.
 One day an old southerner walked into this bankers office. The south erner was a typical gentleman of the old school. suave, courteous to the point of punctiliousness and honorable to a degree of martyrdom.
 "What can I do for you?" asked the banker.
 "Well," replied the southerner. about thirty-five years ago loaned a man down south some money-not a very big sum. told him that when ever should need it I would let him know and he could pay me the money. I need some money now, so I shall let him know, and would like to have you transact the business for me-"
 My good friend.'' replied the bank CT, "you have no claim on that money You can't hold that man to that loan. You say it has been thirty-five years since you loaned it to him? The statute of limitations has run against that loan years and years ago."
 "Sir." replied the southerner, "the man to whom I loaned that money is a gentleman. Tho statute of limita tions never runs against gentleman"
 So the banker sent for the money, and within reasonable time there after the money came. There was a courtly gentleman at the other end of the transaction also. - Kansas City JOurnal
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nroNsoN.

Miss Gertrude Flint has gone to Stafford, where she has taken a posi- ton.
 Miss l. s. Cady has returned from an extended visit with MT. and Mrs. Henry O. rhresher In Stafford.
 T. J. O'Brien has resigned his posl. tion with the Somerset Woolen com- pany, and T. turned to his former home in Warren.
 The reason the robins come 60 eaily is because they have red flannel ohest protectors. The bluebirds are SO blue naturally that they cannot be any bluer if they are cold.
 William Watson, SC, the oldest male resident of the town, died Mon. day evening, the 20th, at 8 30 at the home of Paul Van Wagner, where he had been for the pact three weeks un- der a nurse's care. Mir. Watson was born in England March l7, 1925. He came to this country in 1S44, and was employed in the wooden mills of North Lee, Great Burlington, Pitts. field and Conway. He spent the greater part of h's life in Conway. Mir. Wataon enlisted from Conway i'm Go. D, 52d Massaoh us.tts regiment, and following his service he was honorably discharged. After the war he returned to Conway, and was a charter member of the Grand Army post. After the death of his wife in 1898 he came to Mouson to live with his son, Dsuirl, and had since re ided here. On his arnval in Monson he was transferred to the Marcus Keep post of Monson, and was a member at the time of his death. He was also a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mir. Watson had always en. joyed remarkably good health, and until about six weeks ago was vigor- ous and strong. The gold headed cane that was in the attachments hands to be given to the oldest male resident of the town was presented to Mir. Wat son last summer. Mir. Watson leaves, besides his son, Daniel, With whom he lived, one sitter, Mrs. woodhouse. of Walkville, Ct three grandchil- dren. Ernest wct7au of Brooklyn, N. Y., Mrs Dickerson of Springfield and Mrs. W. O. Moulton of Monson, be. sides 10 great. grandchildren who live in Monson and Springfield. The funeral was held Wednesday afternoon at 2 5 o'clock at his sons home on the North Monson road. Rev. ]. M. Gage of the Methodist Episcopal church conducted the services. The body was taken from Palmer to Con. way for burial
The Press., 1911-03-29
Sacrist of the
The ShiIIalah


 The shilIalah is no raw limb of a tree. It is almost as much work of art as a we'll balanced cricket bat The old shillalahs were as carefully looked after by their loving owners as is a rife in the wilds. Cut from the sturdiest of young blackthorns and showing as little taper as an ebony ruler, 1t was weighed with lead or iron at the end nearest the grip so that it's center of gravity was about four-fifths of the way from the hitting end. When properly seasoned by being kept in the neighborhood of the farm oven for a few months it became q thing of supple steel. And the proper pronunciation of the name of this fear some weapon is the melodious one of 'tshilI-aily,' with the accent on the 'sail. l."-LondOn Chronicle.
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WHY, DOROTHY, WHAT'S WRONG 2' air, as if golden bomb had exploded at a fireworks exhibition. The next week she became a sort of private secretary for Stannard.
 This was in August. In the follow ing month Dorothy brought her mother and sister to the city and engaged an apartment. There was the usual mis- calculation of expenses. It seemed necessary to buy some of the furni- ture on credit, and Dorothy, with qualms, approached Stannard upon the matter of a reference. Would he per nit her to refer to him?
 Stannard laughed with that peculiar flavor of enjoyment which any men ton of pecuniary difficulty always ex- cited in him. It had always been a joke to him that people should want things and not get them. In his larger affairs he invariably laughed himself through tight squeezes. It was absurd that the desires of himself and his friends should not be gratified.
 He wrote a few lines on a piece of paper and tossed the note across to the girl.
 The note was addressed to man in the furniture business and directed him in jocular style to give Miss Trent whatever she desired.
 Hell send you a bill on the first of the month" said Stannard, "but don't pay any attention to 1t. I'll fix things by and by so that you can get little extra money and settle it."
 Dorothy thanked him rather timor- ously, but he waived the subject aside as matter too small for their consid. eration. The next day Dorothy ordered the furniture which she required and spent about twice as much as she had intended.
 DOrOthy's mother was prudent and conscientious woman, but she was a product of an earlier epoch. She did not understand the subtle ways in which the expenses of living have been increased. They lived beyond their means and were soon in debt, but at the Christmas season the corporation made presents of money, and Stannard saw to it that Dorothy was handsome ly remembered. The debts were paid.
 Shortly after this Dorothy was put in charge of the petty expenses of the office. There was a certain sum in cash for this purpose. and accounts were balanced monthly. Dorothy rendered her report. with vouchers, and the ex- hausted fund was made good by a check descending from on high.
 Meanwhile the debts were accumu- lating again, and Dorothy began to be pressed for certain small sum of money. She spoke to Stannard about 1t. His pockets happened to be empty at the moment. and he s&i1. "Take 1t out of the cash and put in your ticket. '"
 Dorothy did so. and at the end of the month that ticket was still there, and she had nn money f0 rRd2em it.
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Aistorin Rsauties.

The famous beauties of the world aEa wise when they leave no portraits S themselves. Take Marguerite of Va lois. She was an immoral, dishonore able, criminal, scheming, interruptions villainess, but she was lowered with such charm that there was not a jailer or an enemy she could not charm when she tried. No, nor a wOman-not even the wives of her lovers. Men came from every country, taking year long journeys, only to see her and went away, after a little glimpse, saying they had "seen loveliness itself" Then one sees her portraits. Too much fore head, not enough eyebrow, straight nose and expressive mouth Gin one pie ture a lovely mouth)-and that is all. Mary, queen of Scots, was very lovely three kingdoms battled because of her beauty-and yet her pictures leave one cold. Fouche said her portrait showed every trait of the lowest crim- final type. That was before he knew whose picture he criticised.-London Truth.
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5 THE SLAVE 5 OF DESIRE
 Experience of q Country Girl
 In the City's N1aelstrom By HOWARD FIELDING
 Copyright by American Press Asso- ' ciation, 1911.
Ru HoWARn HIELDING

In the feudal system of the present day Orville Stannard occupies the posi- ton of a knight skilled in battle, a hard fighting man valued as an ad- herent, but lacking important estates of his own, and compelled to draw his sword under the banner of the baron with whom he can make the best terms. As an individual he is not yet formidable; as a brigadier in vast corporation he cuts a considerable fig ure.
 There was a poor girl named Doro- thy Trent who worked in bank. She had been we'll educated, latterly in a college where most of the girls were familiar with luxuries and talked of them necessarily. 1t might be possible to talk the earth out of its orbit if all the people would unite upon the proper theme. Certainly the moral law, which Is a more important matter, has been put out of its due course by too much talking about things that gratify the senses. For instance, when Dorothy left college she received an offer of employment from a man who had a small business in the tnconsiderable city where the girl had been reared. This man would have offered marriage, except that Dorothy's conversation made him feel too poor.
 And Dorothy mistook her own dis torted view of life for an honorable ambition. When she declined the mans offer and accepted position in the bank in New York she fancied that she was moved by a desire to do more for her mother and secure better ad- vantages for her sister. In reality she was merely attracted by the big city as a center of luxury.
 Orville Stannard was a director of this bank, but not actively concerned with its affairs. His name on the di- rectorate signifled the interests that were behind him. He was rarely seen in its precincts. One day, however, he came after hours and had a talk with the president.
 A little later Dorothy was summon ed into the presidents room, where Stannard dictated long document.
 The girls work was well and speed fly done, and Stannard detected excep- tional ability. He insisted upon extra payment and gave Dorothy exactly the amount of her weeks salary.
 Dorothy fancied that this extra mon- ey did her a world of good. She had already begun to "extend her credit" and was worried by some small debts. Naturally she hoped that Stannard would call again soon. He did, and, moreover, he made special call upon her. He said: You're coming down to work for me. I have fixed it with Leonard, the banks president"
 He named salary 50 per cent high CT than the bank was paying, and Dorothy saw yellow spangles in the
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Lifa In the Io~ Aro4ie.


 In the morning was generally the one to Waken first and would either start the alcohol lamp myself or call Astrup for that purpose. Our morning meal consisted of a lump of pemmi- can, six biscuits, two ounces of butter and two cups of tea each. As soon as this was finished everything was re- packed on the sledge. then read the Odometer, aneroid and thermometer and, taking the guidon, which had waved and fluttered over the kitchen throughout our hours of rest, from it's place, stepped forward and the next march was commenced. After from four to six hours of marching we would halt for half an hour to eat our simple lunch of pemmican and give the dogs rest and then after four to six hours of travelling halt again and repeat the already described route.- Robert B. Peary. s"The Great White Journey.''
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lnak MAAninnR

Those who care for the beginnings of things may be glad that the quill pen survives to remind us that the original pen was plucked from bird" observes a writer. Germans and Frenchmen are in no danger of for getting that, thanks to their respec- tive words 'feder' and plume but the English pen suggests feather only when one chooses to think about it and recall the Latin penna.' Almost all our writing materials are no longer what etymologically they profess to be. Paper is no longer made of pa- pyrus; a pencil is not a little tail 'penicillus,' like camel's hair brush: the lead of lead pencil is not lead, and the india rubber with which we erase its marks does not and never did come from India. Even of parch- ment there is probably not a fragment in the country, except, perhaps, in a museum and coming from Pergamum, in Asia. Chicago News.
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An Unfamiliar Alias.

Theve may be nothing in name, but the American traveller of whom the Living Church tells found at least confusion therein He had landed at Liverpool and hastened out of the city to a rural village. where he found a charmingly old fashioned inn which delighted his soul It was late when he arrived. and when he asked what he could have for supper the buxom landlady suggested minced collops. He agreed with enthusiasm. the dish sounded so romantic. so Robin Hoodsy, so almost mediaeval And what do you suppose they brought him? Just nlain haSht
The Press., 1911-03-29
WALEa.

E. l.. Needham's steam saw mill is being moved on to the Lathrop lot in Brimfield this week.
 The postmistress. Miss Emma Lamphere, has resigned. It Is not known yet who will be her successor.
 Friends of Mrs. Martha Ricketts will be sorry to learn that the last heard from Moransa. Mich she was no better. She is still unable to walk.
 As Charles Cushman, former resi-. dent, now of Brimfield, was returning from Stafford the 20th, he Stopped at George BowdeD's to leave the wagon he had changed for on going to Stafford. Mir. Cushman is lame from a fall he received a number of year ago, which paralyzed his limb, and in getting from the wagon he slipped and fell, breaking his lame leg in three places. After telephou- ing to Brimfeld, Palmer and Monson for medical assistance he was obliged to wait until the next day, when he was attended by Dr Sawin.
The Press., 1911-03-29
Got Rid of the Scum.

She was a city bride who had never before taken a hand in housekeeping and knew but little about things in the kitchen. A few mornings ago she got after the milkman.
 ''What's the matter with your milk?' she said, with great vehemence.
 "I don't know" he replied. "What do you find wrong with it?"
 "Well." she said, "every morning it is covered with nasty yellow scum"
 "And what do you do with the scum"
 "why, I skim it off, of course, and throw it in the garbage can."-Farm- ers' Guide
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Warning to Railroad Men.

Look out for severe and even dangerous kl 'ney and bladder trouble resulting from years of railroadiDg. Geo. k. Bell, 63g Third St., Fort Wayne, Ind, was many years a conductor on the Nickel Plate He says: Twenty years of railroa ing left my kidneys in terrible condition There was a conti ual pain across my back and hips and my kidneys gave me much distress, and the action of my blad der was frequent and most painful. got a supply of Foley Kidney Pills and the first bottle made wonderful improve ment and four bottles cured me complete Iy Since being cuI ed have recon mend. Id Foley Kidney Pills to many of my rail road friends" A. Jacobsen
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y known it. But. you see. can't spaak."
 "Why not? Is it a bag that you have offered me help-that you have save me? cannot feel it so.''
 "You are overstrained," said he. ''The sight of an old friend has shak- en you. Let us leave it this way that the home is there and am there waiting always. The fire on the hearth and the hearts welcome wait for you, but there is certain rustic patience in me which is strange in the frenzy of the city. will not urge you, Dorothy"
 q think we have always loved each other" said she.
 On Monday when Dorothy came to the office there was another change. Mir. Gattling had not arrived. There were conflicting rumors as to his status. Nobody knew anything. The only reality was fear. All heads were shaking on their shoulders, and all ears heard the fall of the ax in every sound.
 About II o'clock Stannard strode in, breezier than of yore, his eyes bright CT, his pride higher, delighted venge- ance bristling in every hair of his head.
 He called Dorothy immediately to his private room.
 "Well, little girl,'' said he, "we've won the fight. It remains to reward our friends and punish our enemies. And of the friends you are chief ko11 Dorothy, won this fight for you. just kept you right before my eyes. I was winning you-you for my wife, Dorothy Tell me, have I wOnY
 Excitement blazed in his eyes. An insane confidence inspired him hfs own desire, as ever was his warrant. He forgot that he had never prepared the girl in the slightest degree for this avowal nor received from her the smallest indication that she cared for him. He wanted her, and that was enough
 It seemed to her that her own trans gressions entitled him to an answer, and she told her story with a perfect frankness that silenced him. When she had finished he did not say a word to detain her. He sat perfectly still as she passed from the room.
 For fully an hour he sat there oblivf- ous of everything but his thoughts. which came gradually to center upon a single detail. She had told him the source from which AinswOrth would derive the money to help her, and Stannard shrewdly guessed how much that loan from the bank might mean to his successful rival.
 With single word he could block Ainsworth's path. Why not? All around him men were doing similar things. The unrestrained use of power for the qualification of desire was there anything else in the game? Had he ever succeeded by any other methods?
 His face was crimson, his lips part ed, his teeth set. as he took up the transmitter of his telephone. He gave the number and in a few seconds heard the familiar voice:
 Hello! Leonard"
 "Yes."
 "You are going to make a loan today to Stuart Ainsworth. Don't do it.''
 "T have done it. He's got the mon- ey."
 Stannard hung up the receiver His breath escaped from him in something like a sob.
 q would have done it,'' he said. "I would have blocked him. am 8 scoundrelv'
The Press., 1911-03-29

There is more Catarrh in this section of the country than all other diseases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incurable. For great many years doctors pro- nounced 1t local disease and prescribed local remedies and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment. pronounced tt incurabe. science has proven cataTrh to be a constitution. al disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall CataTrh Cure, manufactured by Y. J Cheney & CO, Toledo, ohio, is the only constiE ul tonal cure on the market. It is taken internally in doses from 10 drops 10 a teaspoon tul. It acts directly on the blood and muc us surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any case 1t fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials
 Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, Ohio
 Sold by Druggists, 7bc.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
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A Cold. LaCrippe. then Pneumonia

Is too often the fatal sequence. Foley's Honey and Tar expels the cold, checks the la9rippe, and prevents pneumonia. It is prompt and reliable cough medicine that contains no narcotics. "Foley's Honey and Tar is the best cough remedy l ever used, as it quickly stopped a severe cough that had longed troubled me-" says J. w. Kuhn, Princeton, Nebr. Just so quickly and surely it acts in all cases of coughs, colds, lagrippe and lung trouble. 1t is as safe for your children as yourself, and should be used in all cases of croup, whooping cough and measles cough. Re fuse substitutes. A. Jacobsen.
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A Special Medicine for KiaD.v A;l,,....

Many elderly people have found in Fo- ley's Kidney Remedy quick relief and permanent benefit from kidney and blad- der ailments and from annoying urinary irregularities due to advancing years. Isaac N, Began, Farmer, Mo, says Foley Kidney Remedy effected com: plete cure in my case, and want others to know of it." A. JacObsen.
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Part of the Role

Shall we pose as millionaires or as foreign dukes at the hotelr
 "As the latter, my boy. As million aires we might be expected to display some evidences of wealth, but as dukes nobody can possibly take it amiss if we skip."-Kansas City Jour mel
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Feel languid, weak, run-down2 Head
Result Of a Fad.
f.umn in of thn door

Poverty came in at the door.
 Love immediately flew out of the window.
 "Ah," said those who observed. this Is what comes of being fresh air fad iists!"-Judge's Library.
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Shake Into Your slaoea

Aliens Foot-Ease, the an1iseptic, powder. It relieves hot tired, aching, swollen, sweating feet, and makes walking easy. Takea tho sting out of oOFns and Dunlons. Over aO,0OO sesti. monials. Sold Everywhere, S6c. Don't accept s. Olmsted, Ia Roy, N. Y.
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'I suffered habitually from constipation. Doan's Regulets relieved and strength ened the bowels, so that they have been regular ever since. "A. E. Davis, grocer, Sulphur Springs, Tex.
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.l word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain. It iS seed which, even when dropped by chance. springs up q flower,
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ea++lad +ha Sacr;e+sn

A matter of fact sacristan of the Ga thedral of Berlin once wrote the king of Prussia this brief note:
 Sire-I acquaint your majesty, first. that there are wanting books of psalms for the royal family. I acquaint your majesty, second, that there wants wood to warm the royal seats. I acQuaint your majesty, third, that the balustrade next the river behind the church, is become ruinous.
 SCHMIDT,
 Sacrist of the Cathedral. The reply of the king was not that of a gracious majesty" It's stiff formal ity in initiating the style of the sacris tan probably was not taken by the re- ceiver as complimentary to him:
 acQuaint you. Herr Sacrist Schmidt, first, that those who want to sing may buy books. Second, I acquaint Herr Sa- crist Schmidt that those who want to be warm must buy wood. Third, I acquaint Herr Sacrist Schmidt that I shall not trust any longer to the balustrade next the river. And I acquaint Herr Sacrist Schmidt, fourth, that will not have any more correspondence with him.
 FREDERICK.
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Cheapest accident insurance D T. anS % haols Ihe wound Ali drnggistI seIi
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Be wiser than other people If you :an. but do not tell them so.-Chester 6eld.
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Trolley Lines.
WEEK DAYS.

WEEK DAYS. Lv. Stafford Springs 6.2O a. m. and ev cry hour until 1920 p. m., arriving al Rockville on the hour. Last car to Hart ford 1920 p. m.
 The Interurban service cars, with a change at East Hartford. leave Hartford for Stafford Springs at 6.37 a. m and ev sry hour until 1O.37 p. m.
 Surface trolley cars leave Rockville for Hartford at 6.22 &. m. and every hour at 22 until 1922 p. m., and leave Hartford for Rockville at TOT m. and every hour until 10.O7 pm. Connects for Stafford at Rockville.
 SUNDAYS.
 Lv. Stafford Springs 72O a. m. and ev, cry hour until 12 20 p. m
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her a favor With your ability" he hastened to say, you can always find opportunity
 Something in her face checked him. They remained silent, looking into each others eyes.
 "A home for me-" she said almost in A wbispa-.
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Dauntless.

He cleared the sill at hound and vanished in the darkness" related Ro- nance breathleSSlv.
 But" Scoffed Realism. "only a mo- ment ago he was rivrted to the spot. Did he file the rivpts?'
 "Oh. nO!" reioined Romance, nothing daunted. "Fortunately it was only a small spot. so that by a superhuman effort he wrenched it loose and car ried 1t along with him."-Puck.
 Feel languid, weak, run-down2 Head ache? Stomach "off"?-Just plain case of lazy liver. Burdock Blood Bitters tones liver and stomach, promotes di gestion, purifies the blood.