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STALLIONS.

Frank W. Foskitt, Putnam, stallion for working, 2d, $5. O. P. Bolles, Wilbraham, Mass. stallion for work ing, 1st, $8. G.. O. Flynt, Monson, stallion for driving, 1st, $s. G. Az Needham, N. Y. city, stallion for driving, 2d, $5. .-~ <A. ~':.~5 ;
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TT OST- Gent GUl,i Watch at Stafford I Fair, Wednesday, Oct l5 Finder return to Press office and receive reward.
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DEMEMBER-I am now agent for the h Pope Manufacturing Co. If you are going to buy bicycle or motor cycle get 'Popes." have everything in the line of bicycles, both new and second hand. Repairs immediately done All work guaranteed. Shop open from a. m. to p. m. Tel 52 A. JOHN SENA. ENGRAVED CARDS furnished at The lL Press ofhce-5O cards and script plate 90 cents 50 cards and Old English plate from Sl.50 kO k2.bO
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Harsh physics react, weaken the bow; els, will lead to chronic constipation. Doan's Regulets operate easily 25es Ia box at all stores.
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ASSESSORS NOTICE.
First Day of November Next
Town of Stafford.

All persons residing in the town of stafford, liable to'pay taxes are hereby notified to return to the Assessors on or before the
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SA' ANTED A hOusekeeper. Three w, in family. Light work Pay $5 per week Address: GEO. c BARTLETT, Holland Street, TOlland, Conn.
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FOR SALE Rabbit and Squirrel III Hounds, months old. Fine hunting stock :! "3w3O PAUL GINHOLT, Orcuttville.
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TO .LET-Rooms with Board or rooms for light housekeeping. near the Rhode Island mill. MkS. H. GILMARTIN, at the Keefe place.
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EHOR SALE.-One and fourth of an 1' acre, more or less with buildings thereon, situated at West Wilmington, Glass Factory. Cash down. No foreigners need apply. Inquire of K. L BURR, Stafford Springs
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NTEACHER IN PIANO and VOICE. aA l-. MISS LULU l. IDE, Stafford.
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UTRECHT Piano for Sale-In first @O class condition. For particulars address Box 625, Stafford Springs. 23tf
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w ANTED-Anyone wishing to dis a w pose of secondhand bicycles or any parts of them. Tel. 52-4. 3tf JOHN SENA.
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,ELUFF RUGS made to order from GI your old ingram carpet, and weaving car pet. Write for particulars. C.. SCHULZE, Chamberlain St., Rock vile, Conn.
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EOR SALE-Clean Seed Rye. Best I quality. Low price. GEO. TOWN, Union Telephone 2912.
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CHOICE BUILDING LOTS for Sale N on Stafford Heights, for cash or on very easy terms. Apply to 6. W. RATION.
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EHOR SALE A good free driving horse
 1' Will work in any harness. single or double. Inquire of Carmlne Kemp. MOnsOn road '2W3O
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FNO RENT-Four rooms. For sale-1
 1 Team Wagon. Double Harness, Carriage and Horse. Inquire of F. L. JOSLYN, stafford Spring 8, R. F. b. 3.
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BETRAYED. away or stolen-A large 0 black and white shepherd Dog, named Kriss Kringle, tag No. 6842O. Owner Miss Alice M. Preston. Hillside Farm, Wilmington Hill. Telephone 293-4.
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hk OUND, between West Stafford and I1 Somers. doctors or nurse outfit. Owner can have same by calling at this office and pay ing for this ad. H3w29
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aFOR ALE-My rnbber-tired, open Q runabOut. Bicycle wheels. Price low
 i 3W28 c. H. MOORE.
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.N ANTED A maid at Johnson Me 1 w morial Hospital
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THE Assessors of the town of Union fH will meet at the town hall from a. m. to 5
 p: m, on October 17th, 24th and 3lst for the pur- pose of assisting tax payers to make out lists { E. G. WALKER, Chairman.
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IVY OOD, SAVING . Having purchased w a wood saving machine, am prepared to do work In the above line at short notice. Good work and prompt service,
 EeE 524. .+t ..:.* a JOHN SENA.
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.IOR SALE Real estate of Samuel Q' Dwight Lamb, deceased, late of Willington, Conn.,, consisting of four parcels of land, situ- ated partly in said Wilmington and partly in the town of Ashford, containing 112 acres, more or less. ELVIRA c. LAMB, Executrix.
 Wilmington, Conn.,, Oct. 2, 1913.
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YTNO settle the estate of the late A. D. i 4 Brown. Ofrer for sale the following proper ty2- he Hotel known as the Stafford House and sne e, block & now VI occupied by Mr. Pero' also seV- fur her informal on impure of =, s,.*.
 [ A. M. CADY, Rockville, Conn 29tf
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H M. SWARTFIGUER, Optometrist H. and Optictan, will make next visit to Stafford Springs, Thursday Oct 23d-hours, to 8 p. m Burwells Jewelry Store.
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EOUND-A red and white heifer calf, E yearling Owner may have same by paying Xpenses. II. R. GILLINGHAM, Statfordville.
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NOTICE is hereby given that the CO., lN partnership heretofore existing between Ladislaw Q. Janowski and Harry HotkowsLi under the firm name of JanOwSki x Co. is hereby dissolved. All persons owing any bills to said firm will please pay the same to Harry Hotko- wski LADISLAW o. JANOWSKI, HARRY HOTKOWSKI.
 Stafford Springs, Conn.,, Oct 16 19I3 s3w3O
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Notice

Wilmington, Conn.,, Oct. l1th, 1913.
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now lies in the Cathedral at Seville. Cow
cred by the Stars and Stripes they Will
carry him to the warship, and then VIII
begin his last journey over the same route
which he followed more than 400 years
ago.
When the ship of war drops anchor Off
the American coast Colon. the city named
in his memory. will roar its welcome.
Then. as the great vessel is lifted from
lock to lock, and lowered again into the
waters of the Pacific. the dream of Co
lumbus will be realized. After the passing
of the centuries will he find what he so
long sought the passage 20 the hides.
In the western ocean the three copies of
the ships of his first fleet lie awaiting
him. They will escort him northward
to San Francisco, where there will be in
progress the greatest of celebrations, in
honor of the fulfillment of his vision, the
opening of the short trade route to
Cipango. Then, of course, the celebra-
ton completed. the body will be borne
ba ok to Spain.
This paceant is sure to lead to an in
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Worcester. They were written upon the
Eve of his retirement from his dozen years
of duty as secretary of the interior of
the Philippine Islands
In this same document he makes definite
charges that slavery in its most repulsive
forms. still exists in our oriental archi-
pelago and he presents startling evidence
supporting his complaints.
These charges have created a sensation
In official circles as well as much bitter
ness among certain native officials
Few Americans have hitherto suspected
that at this late day-that within this
very year of our semi-centennial of Get
tysburg-commerce in human beings still
fiourishes within the shadow Of Old Glory.
Such is the fact, unless Prof. Worces-
ter and a considerable army of Ameri can
officials in the Philippines have been "see-
ing things"
And il may be added that even since
Prof. Worcester's retirement the War De-
partment has received from another
American official, w. III. Phipps. auditor
OF the Philippines. similar report. giving
further details OF these atrocities. From
the several hundred pages contained in
these two documents l will CLEAN the gist
OF the conditions described and give IL to
you in compact form.
The armed slave hunters of the Philip
pines are found TO have been preying
upon the Negritos, Ifugaos. Tinguians,
Igorotes. Manobos Mandayas, Moros.
Taganuas. Filipinos and people of
other tribes. To obtain these I'M
foTtunates they have often killed their
parents or other natural defenders
and have sold the captives to persons
who hold them as chattels, without pay
for their services Some are shipped to
China Some are bought outright. for
cash. from their parents. Indeed, even
the pupSs in the schools instituted by
Uncle sam have been secretly enticed
from their homes by false promises and
have been sold into both slavery and
peonage.
Those black dwarfs, the Negritos.
whom many of us saw at the st. Louis
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Today Is Columbus
Day Movement on
Foot TO Exhume His
Remains and Garry
Them on the First Ship
That Passes Through
the Panama Canals
the Popular Conception
of Columbus Correct2
His Personal Appear
ance a Mooted Question
w h e n Was He
Born ?-Why Was He
SO SeCretive as to His
Parentage? Disputed
Points Give Rise to In
tereSting Speculation.
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A father and mother both die their or
phans being left with no one to care for
them. So the head men of their tribe,
according to the native custom. become
responsible for the disposition of the or
phans, who are considered burden upon
society.
To appease the gods and relieve the
tribe of this burden it used to be the Gus
tom for the headmen to hold solemn
session and condemn all these orphans
to death. But as times have been hard
in the hills in lieu of this slaughter OF
the innocents it has become the custom
of the headmen to enter into negotiations
for the sale of orphans. This procedure
has now become quite popular as well as
lucrative, so that agents in the Negrito
country are furnishing slaves for people
even in Manila. Thus during the pres
ent year Negrito boy about ten years
old was bought through residents of San
Fernando, Pampanga, by Joaquin Aide
Goa, who paid $50 for him and took him
to Manila by train. Scores of similar
cases are reported to the War Depart
ment by name.
1t is customary for the purchaser to
call in priest and have his slave bap-
tiZed as soon as it is purchased, this
ceremony, according to the ancient tradi-
ton, establishing ownership on the bap-
tismal records. just as does the registra-
as an excuse for the statement that the
slave has been adopted into the family of
the purchaser. as is ALWAYS claimed
supply sergeant disguised as a slave
trader OF Pangasinan went into the
cockpits of the Negrito villages and
gathered some interesting evidence One
Macario Ayson of Angeles told him that
III he went 10 Porac he could probably
get Negritos there; or, in case there
were none for sale, he could get any
number of persons to go out and capture
them for him.
A party of fifteen hostile Fflipinos, pre-
sumably ladrones. armed mostly with
bolos, entered small Negrito village a
mile and a half from Camp Stotsen-
burg, and after killing three men car
ried away two small children. Lieut.
Kyle Rucker of the 14th Cavalry pro-
eeeded to the village, where he found the
body of one victim with head, feet and
hands severed from the body. The two
children carried away, after their rather
had been murdered. were found AFTER
ward in the possession of one Ambrocio
David who said he paid $50 for them
Although one OF the kidnapers was
caught and convicted of murder, no
penalty could be imposed. under the law.
for the selling or purchasing OF the chill
dren.
A common procedure of the slave trad
ers is to get Negrto parents intoxicated
with ''yino," of which they are fnordi-
nately fond, and then buy their children
from them while they are drunk. When
the improvident NegritoSis suffering from
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composed OF eighty-one natives has frus-
trated the attempt by laying the commits
sion bill on the table. without discussion
and without assigning any reason what
soever for such n course. The oniy' APP
oroach TO n reason was a committee rec
0inmendatiOn. four years ago that the
word slavery be stricken out OF the title
of the act. because IL does not exist in
the Philippines
Some time ago the resident commissions
er of the Philippines in Washington.
Senior Manuel Quezon. rose in his wrath
and stated:
IF there il anything in the Philippines
akin To slavery or compulsory service. IL
cannot be found in the provinces to which
she legislative jurisdiction OF the aRsen.-
5liy extends. Should there be such a
thing in the territories inhabited by the
sew non-Chr s,ian E'ilpinos. which are
under the exclusive control of the Philip
pine commission, / am sure the slave
holders can only be the government OFF,
Gals. who are appointed by the secretary
of the inferior. the Hon. Dean c. Wor-
cester. the head OF the executive depart
ment in oharea Of said territories
But the reports lately received by the
Secretary OF War state slavery does exist
in the territory under the authority OF
the Philippine assembly.
Tncluoel I'll this territory are PAM
panga, where the little Nesr.to orphans
are sold after tine manner already de-
scrihed Gagayan, where children are re-
ported hy 4 district official To be ensiav-
ed, whipped ana subject to work IT all
tines: Isabella where Prof Worcester
says slavery is st.l common; Romblon.
whose native lieutenant governor dur
ing the summer just passed nas report
ed on his recent efforts 10 have returned
TO their parents large group of children
enticed from school, sold for 50 APIECE;
also Tarloc Bataan Zambales and
numerous other provinces where Prof.
Worcester says slavery prevails All
of these have representatives in the as
sen1bIy.
A bill TO abolish Philippine slavery and
peonage in every form is to be introduced
in our Congress by Senator Borah of
Idaho, whose resolution calling upon the
Secretary of War brought to light the
facts in the Worcester report and who is
appalled, By the further revelations of the
Phipps report.
After returning TO the United States
Prof. Worcester will devote some time to
lecturing in favor of abolition of slavery
in the archipelago
Copyright, 1918, by John Eifreth watkIns)
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Whether this pilot really existed or not
in no way affects the honor due the dis
coverer. Columbus alone showed the
daring, the hardihood and sufficient spirit
of adventure to brave the perils Of the
vast unknown. The voyage which the
intrepid navigator undertook to the arctic
regions would alone stamp him as man
of unusual character. But the skepticai
even doubt the truth of this journey.
The more one endeavors to solve the
mysteries of this giant personality the
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families named Columbus OF course it
was natural that all who bore the name
should col'et kinship with the explorer of
the unknown seas. out of this con-
fusion of names has arisen the very re-
cent contention that Christopher was not
n sGenoese nor Catholic. but 4 Spanish
jew Senior don Garcia de la Riega a
Spanish scholar of Pontevedra. in Ga
licia, discovered in the archives of his
town that in the fifteenth century
family was established there of the name
OF Colon. whose members bore the same
forenames as the Columbus of Genoa.
He found Domingo Colon. a cristobo
Colon, and a Barthoiome Colon What
is more curious ne found that at Ponte-
vedra there lived a F'onlerossa family
supposed to be Jews and intimates OF
the Colon family From these data,
especially the fact that Columbus moth
er-s name was Fonterossa, the spanish
scholar proceeds to prove his hypothesis
that the discoverer of America was born
on Spanish soil OF Jewish parentage.
AS contributory evidence. he states that
Columbus wrote in a biblical style; that
he preferred books of either biblical or
Jewish origin; that he wrote a book of
prophesies: that a jew received a legacy
from him; that he was under the protec-
ton of Jewish family, and finally that
he was highly avaricious. The originator
of this novel theory concerning the ma
ti6naliiy and creed of Christopher Co
lurnbus has iectured several times before
the Royal Geographical Society of Mad
rid. and his exposition was received as
an interesting revelation which would
alter history.
1t seems to have been the will of CO.
Llnsbus himself that a veil should be
drawn across the early years of his life.
From such letters as he left 1t Is clearly
inferred that he was ashamed OF his
humble origin Documents that have
been discovered in Genoa conclusively
prove that he followed his fathers trade
OF weaver, long after the time which he
himself gives as the date of his first GO
ing to sea Again. he is anxious to giye
the impression that he had what nova
days would be called a college education
he preten ds to have been student at
the University of Pavia, although how he
reconeiles this with the fact that most
of his life from the age of fourteen years
had been passed at sea is difficult To
understand.
His historians also credit him with a
large knowledge of cosmography, astrom-
ony and navigation, but several cotem-
poreaneous writers belittle his preten-
sions to these attachments. There exists
a single copy of a curious letter which
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COLUMBUS MEMORIAL IN FRONT OF THE UNION STATION.

idealistic conception. We are all familiar
with the strong, clean-Shaven face from
which deep, expressive eyes look out I'M
der a broad brow. The heavy lines from
the nose to the corners of the mouth sare
also characteristic of the popular por-
traits. But this is no picture of the man
who discovered America.
Columbus had red hair. Also, as was
the almost universal custom of the sail
ors at that period. he wore a beard. On
this point is the evidence of Las Casas,
his shipnate and historian. He states
that THE admiral was man of sturdy
stature, rather above the average height,
of a very rudy complexion, with freckles
and red hair when he was young. The
latter soon turned white. which was also
the color of his beard This descrip-
ton in no way fits in with the picture
OF Columbus on the centennial stamps.
There is reason to believe that the
famous Spanish sculptor, Vallmitjana, in
his Columbus in Chains" depicts the
most probable likeness. His beautiful
statue pictures the great navigator at the
age of sixty years, in irons on his way
to Spain. Vallmtjana has caught a
splendid expression in his chiseling.
X X
The face of the stat lie shows great
mental anguish, deep melancholy and res
ignation to the disappointments of his
last years. There is more than this in
the monument. The artist, Intentionally
or not, has given the features of Column
bus "a cast that is distinctly Hebraic
Most noticeable is highly aquiline nose
and a flowing beard. These lend the
figure patriarchal air that somehow
brings to mind associations of Moses
Vallmitiana had access to all the ar
chives of Spain that threw any light on
the subject of the personal appearance
of Columbus. He gave much time to a
careful sitting of the whole evidence in
the matter: therefore, it seems, his
should be an accurate depletion of the
discoverer of America.
But more than in the matter Of his per-
sonal appearance is there confusion as
to the true history of the navigators
early life. He was over forty years
old when he made good" Heretofore we
have had to rely on what Columbus his
son Ferdinand and his early historian.
Las Casas. were pleased to chronicle in
our search for information on the life
of the navigator And 1t is just these
sources that have led us into error.
When Columbus wrote up his Who's
Who" copy. instead of saying columbus,
Christopher, discoverer,'' and letting it
go at that, he padded it out with a lot
of imaginative data. If modern slang
MUM may Dc lie IdkeO
genealogical tree that put his forbears
in the aristocracy, when as a matter of
fact they were honest working people.
X
He also claimed to be in correspond
ence with the scientists of his time. and
proved how he received his ideas Of q
western continent from a letter and map
sent him by Toscanelli, a Florentine sa-
want, and he tried in other ways to alb
sterge the fact that he was a self-made
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sea captain. But lately those who have
made a thorough examination of all docu-
ments, court records, and so forth. per-
tanning to the subject have demolished
this ex parte evidence.
Curiously enough all that has been dug
out only adds TO the honor of Columbus
The achievement of the Genoese is the
greatest event in the worlds history.
The fact that he lifted the curtain and
revealed the existence of the hitherto
unknown half OF the globe. and the glory
due thereof, cannot be dimined, no mat
ter what records of the mans petty
vanities may come to light. Self made
personalities were looked down upon at
the Spanish court when Columbus re-
turned from America. Not to belong to
the aristocracy was TO be without honor
regardless of what one may have accom-
plished. And SO this great man or hum
bic origin felt it necessary to recon-
struct his lineage
Even the date of the birth of Columbus
has not been fixed with absolute accu-
racy. Although in his diary he writes
freely of the forty years he followed
the sea, the seven years he importpned
the throne of Spain and the early period
of his homeleaving, yet so does this data
conflict with known dates that one must
conclude he either made willful errors or
was very careless. No one any longer
believes that he was born in 1895 But
whether the year OF his birth was 1876
1tH or 1451 is still disputed.
The authority for this last date now
accepted by many correct, is based
upon a note for forty-eight lires and
thirteen centissimos that Columbus and
his father gave in payment for Il cask
of wine. On this note it is set forth
that Columbus was of age when he made
it. The note was executed in favor OF a
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ODAY is Columbus
day. In fifteen
states of the Union
the anniversary is
celebrated as a
legal holiday. In
various cities of the
United States me-
mortal exercises are
held, and all over
the country there
is an increasing
sentiment to do