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The Press., 1914-12-02
WELLINGTON,

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 + The schools resumed work Monday
 morning. l Miss Pratt and guest have returned Ito Suffield.
 Mrs Cummings has been in Massa chusetts visiting relatives for a week or more.
 Lovely chrysanthemums from Mrs. F. W. Pratt lent beauty and grace to
 the church decorations Sunday morn.
 ing.
 f Mrs. Edwards, who is one of the nurses at the Epeleptic Colony at Mansfield, visited her parents, MT. ] and Mrs. Warren Ayers Tuesday. Thanksgiving passed quietly and pleasantly with family and neighbor- hood gatherings, and the meeting to- gether of most at the very pleasant service of thanks at the conference aFoom in the evening.
 Thanksgiving night a play, repre- scouting the Pilgrims Thanksgiving, was given by the Daleville school, teacher, Anastasia Wostrel, to obtain funds for lamps for the school. Af- ter the play recitations, music and refreshments concluded the program. Besides the children, ninety people were present.
 The young people at South Willing xr71r0 AlNa '' A tale of hat ' so effectively last week have very kindly volunteered to repeat the program on the Hill, the proceeds to go toward Christmas gifts for the Sunday school. At church, through misunderstanding, this was given out for Saturday night, but later was changed to Friday night at 8 o'clock at the town hall. A large attendance is expected. Admission, 20 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. The repetition of this amusing and we'll rendered little play strengthens fraternal relations and aocentuates the fact that we are one church.
 The weather Sunday morning was very pleasant, there were v at Sun day school. Christmas music was reheaTsed as a preliminary exercise The increasing attendance and interest in the bihle school has made different arrangements, new screens and chairs, purchased at Baker Brothers, Stafford Springs, necessary, and the cheer fnlness with which such expenses are met is gratifying, Pastor Darrow s earnest, admonitory sermon was from Genesis 15: 1. The notices included that of the soclal at conference room Thursday evening with reports of dele gates to the autumnal conventions, postponed on account of the weather two weeks ago. Refreshments will be served. The invitation is general.
 Moose Meadow.
 Mrs J. A. Dimock has returned from her vacation at Winsted.
 About 50 friends and neighbors of Miss Kihl surprised her at her home last Saturday night, refreshments were served followed by dancing. A very good time was reported by all.
The Press., 1914-12-02
TORPEDO BOAT OESTROYERS.
Work They Are Supposed to Perform
 Tn Time of War.


 As the name implies. torpedo boat destroyers were originally built to combat the smaller torpedo boat, which had become such d serious menace to the battleships and the large cruisers that searchlights and rapid fire guns could not be depended upon for pro- lection, says writer ill Scribner's Magazine. Gradually, however, the duties of the destroyer were extended until they included all that was former ly done by the torpedo boat and much besides
 The mere fact that Il modern de stroyer is three or four times as large as one of the earlier boats renders it so much more seaworthy and capable of carrying so much more fuel that the radius of action of torpedo boat craft has been enormously increased. and they have become more and more dangerous to an enemy's fleet.
 The duties of modern tOtila may be tabulated in this way:
 First Scouting. This comprises To eating and reporting the position of the enemy and keeping in touch with him aS long as may be necessary.
 SecOnd.-Protection of ones own fleet from night attacks of the enemy's de strOyers This includes not only locat ing and reporting the position of the hostile torpedo craft. but, if necessary. attacking them with your guns and sinking or driving them away before they eau force home an attack against hattleshins.
 Third. Attacking the hattleships of the enemy with your tOrpedoes. This is. of course. the paramount duty of every vessel L the tlotilla
 Fourth. addition to the above regular" duties. destroyers are fire quently used in what might be called 'gunboat work" k"--patrolling the enc. my's coast. running up his rivers where the big ships cannot go. overtaking and capturing his merchant vessels and firing on troops and field batteries ashore
The Press., 1914-12-02
WHAT WAR MEANS.
Wanton Destruction May Mark tn
 @ Progress of an Army.

| Wanton Destruction May Mark the Progress of an Army.
 All is fair in love and war;" runs the l old spying and Mir E A ViZetelIy in his volume of "reminiscences. My Days of Adventure" proves the truth of it Referring to the appearance of the riil way station at Nantes during the Eranrn-German war. he says
 Never since have l seen anything re Semblins it. A thousand paneS of glass hp'Ongin9 to windows or roofing had been ShiverPd to atoms Every mirror in either whiting or refreshment rooms had been pounded to pieces, every gilt frame broken into little bits The clock lay about in small fragments, account books and printed forms had been torn to scraps: partitions. chairs. tables bPnrheS boxes. nests of draw wers, had Eren hacked, split. broken, reduced to mere strips of wood; the large stoves were overturned and broken, and the marble refreShnent counter. some thir ty feet long and previously one of the features of the station. now Strewed the floor in particles. suggesting gravel It was indeed an amnzing sight, the more amazing as no such work of de Stru" :ion rOull have been accomplished without extreme labor.
 When we returned to the inn for dinner asked some questions.
 "'Who did itY
 ""The first German troops that came here was the answer
 "'Why did they do It? Was 1t be cause your men had cut the telegraph wires and destroyed some of the per manent way?'
 "'Oh. no They expected to find something to drink in the refreshment room. and when they discovered that everything had been taken away they set about breaking the fixtures
The Press., 1914-12-02
BOWLING.

The Manufacturers by taking three points from the Clerks on Tuesday led the league at the end of the fifth week. The score:
The Press., 1914-12-02
Steam Power-

The name of the first man to dis, be known As early as l80 B C.. at Alexandria. Egypt, we hear of "Hero's engine" sort of steam using engine From the time of Hero to the seven teenth century the subject is unheard of. About 1891, Giovanni Battista del Ia Porta wrote treatise on the steam engine The great name in the his tory of steam and it's application Is James Watt. l763
The Press., 1914-12-02
sTAFFoRD SPRINGS.


 John Young and wife have been the guests of MT and Mrs. Thomas Young
 MT. and Mrs Freeman Gilman o1 Attleboro were in town over Thanks giving.
 Miss Gretta McIntire of Springfield giving.
 Miss Grace Blatclforl of Williman. tic visited Miss Lillian Benton over Sunday.
 There will be a special meeting of Buker chapter, Eastern Star on Thurs day evening for work.
 Beginning on Tuesday, December the first, the telephone company will be compelled to collect the General war tax from all persons passing tele- phone calls or sending telegrams from public pay stations where the charge exceeds fifteen cents. This is in 1 accordance with the law called the emergency revenue law passed by con- gress. The collection of the one cent tax will be included on the regular bills sent out by the company. When using public telephone the customer will be requested to drop the extra cent in the twenty five cent slot.
 Clifford Leigh, the boy who was assaulted last June and who has since been in the Johnson hospital, is in good shape considering what he has been through. His case is a very unusual one, as he has had about four square inches of his skull bone re- moved, and very, soon there will be an operation to place a metal plate on the orifice Dr. J. P. Hanley has had charge of the case assisted by a Hartford surgeon John Tremko, the man responsible for Leigh's condition, is serving term in state prison of not less than two or more than four years. Polster could not be connected with the assault on Leigh and got away with fine for breach of peace. Hughes, the boys uncle, who was in the melee, was beaten up some at the time but has made good recovery.
The Press., 1914-12-02

439 40 4OS 1856 On Tuesday night the Warrens won all three points from the Crescents. The score:
The Press., 1914-12-02
HOME NEWS.
JOG AG. NOTICES.

' NN' NF NNBTHN'F FGNe
 Natter m fer hts head 10 cents per ne
 HI. M Swartfiguer, the optician, will be at Burwell's store next Friday.
 There is no pleasure in life when you have indiges ion. gastritls or sour stom- ach Mi-o-na is the safe, immediate 8 d effective remedy that we guarantee for all stOmachslnts' ry. Anders J .cobsen. ,
The Press., 1914-12-02
A BRIGHT .:.LIGHT.:.

outside your store will demand attention and pull business your way. It will more than pay for itself. You will lose more business than the lamp costs if you do not take advantage of our Display Window Lighting rate with this light
The Press., 1914-12-02
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Notice is hereby given that have this day made application to the stafford Savings Bank For the payment 0f money on deposit with them savinrs Hank of Stafford Springs and No 445i in the Stafford Savings Bank. the pass books representina both of these accounts having been lost. Any one finding same or having same ln their possession are hereby notified to return the books ko said bank or to me
 GEORGE C. BENTON, Grange, Mass. November IS, 1914. sW
The Press., 1914-12-02

432 423 413 126S On Wednesday night the Independ- ents secured two points to the Mer. chants one. The score:
The Press., 1914-12-02

4O3 395 4O7 1905
 Standing of the league at the end of the week
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-30
POWER ON THE FARM

Notwithstanding advances made in all lines of agriculture in the past few decades, st;'l there are many farmers who get along without any form of power except their horses. For vari- ous kinds of Worl, the engine is super for to the horse.
 There was a time when all work was done by horse power. Men were slow to accept the power furnished by steam and gas engines. Finally they did accept it for the heavier work and kept on doing lighter work by hand or horse power.
 The underlying reason for this is that men are slow to adopt the new things, and slow to see their advant1 ages, afraid to try them lest they should fail. A small portable gaso- line engine is no longer an expert ment. It has proved itself a great time and labor saving machine for the busy farmer.
 When small portable, well bal anced engine of from 212 to 4 horse power can be purchased for from $100 to S150 there is little reason why farmers should not make much of their labor easier.
 These engines are now perfected so that they will work with very little fastening to the ground and so they can be easily taken from place to place for the various jobs for which their services are needed.
 Such work as running cream sep arators, pumping water, saving wood, grinding feed, running washing ma chimes and many other duties may be easily and quickly accomplished by this handy man.
 If you have work which a small gasoline engine can do, investigate some of the different makes on the market and make your purchase so that you may have this power at your command as soon as possible.
 W. R. Wheelock, Extension Service, College of Agri-
 culture.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-30

many mothers that intelligent study of child development, child nature, and child rights will result in better condi- tions for children and the home, and an easier, happier life for the mother and father. Naturally this realization has created among parents, and particu- larly among mothers, strong demand for practical information about the care and feeding, clothing and train ing of their children. To meet this demand this new service has been created and in connection with it the following Mother Calendar for Jan uary appears. It is really a set of New Year resolutions for mothers
 Recognizing that the health and happiness of my family, during the coming year, will depend largely on myself as the home-maker, am Resolved:.
 i. That will guard my own health and nerve force in every possible way.
 ?. That every member of my fam fly including myself, shall have the proper amount of fresh air in our home.
 3. That I will do my housework in properly ventilated rooms and allow myself at least one hour of outdoor eX- ercise daily.
 1. That 1 will recuperate my physi- cal and nervous strength by lying down at least half an hour each day.
 5. That I will conserve my health by sitting down at my work whenever this is possible
 6. That 1 will simplify the dishes served on my table.
 '. That 1 will place safety first by knowing the source of our ice and milk supply, by demanding good drainage from my house and by fighting flies and mosquitoes.
 8. That l will join hands with my neighbors in fighting conditions which imperil the heath and hygiene of the individual family and the community.
 9. "Chat | will give a little time each day to the intelligent study of child life, the care aud feeding ct in- fauts, diet for older children discipline ad the formation Of good habits. TO- That in January 1916 will nave better hcatl. better home and battar children because ! have lived ID to these resolutions" "
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-30
A QUIXOTIC COMMISSION
Boston Transcript.

It would be interesting to know from what clause in the law creating the Commission on Industrial Rela- tions it derives it's authority to em- bark upon the proposed investigation of the Rockefeller, the Sage and the Cleveland Foundations, the Baron de Hirsch Fund, the Carnegie philan- thropic fund and similar organiza- tions that loom large in the country's charities. It is only be very circuit ous processes that it can claim any jurisdiction over these matters. The commission has already spent over S300,000 in it's so-called labors. It has made it's first annual report. The mountain has labored and brought forth mouse. The most specific duty assigned it was to discover and report upon ''the underlying causes of dis atisfaction in the industrial situation The report upon this question was sim ply an undigested mass of platitudes, rehearsing what is common knowledge and with no pretense of recommending a remedy unless it might be one that the country has long been striving for but without success.
 That report fell flat upon the coun- try, and apparently something must be done to revive interest in the com missions aRtivity. What so likely to bring it back into the limelight and at test it's zeal as an attack upon the funds and foundations established by our wealthiest citizens? What all this has to do with our industrial re- lations it is not easy to see. The Rockefellers are large employers of labor in their various industries, but if there has been a violation of law or disregard of labor's interests in their dealing with them, why not carry the attack directly against the individuals and not against the good that they may have done? This crusade is started on the ground that these 'mglcIactors of great wealth" are a menace, not only to the country's in- dustrial interests, but to our republi- can institutions as well. for it has been represented to the commission that fear exists that the Rockefel- Ter and similar self-perpetuating in stitutiOns controlling great wealth will, if not checked by legislation, be used as a basis to change the form of government of the United States at a future day, to-wit: 9 monarchy
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-30
Obedient

Willie was struggling through the story in his reading lesson.
 "No,' said the captain" he read, "Tt was not a sloop. It was a larger vessel. By the rig l judged her to be a-a-a-a-a-'"
 The word was new to him.
 "Barque," supplied the teacher.
 Still Willie hesitated.
 "Barque" repeated the teacher, this time sharply.
 Willie looked as though h. had not heard aright Then with an appre-- hensive glance around the class, he shouted: "Bow-Wow"
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-30
It Really Roes Relieve Rheumatic,

Everybody who is afflicted with Rheumatism in any form should by all means keep a bottle of Sloan's iini. ment on hand. The minute you feel pain or soreness in a joint or muscle. bathe it with Sloan's Liniment. Do not rub it. Sloan's penetrates almost immediately right to the seat of pain. relieving the hot, tender swollen feel ing and making the part easy and con- fortable. Get a bottle of Sloan's Lin iment for 25 cents of any druggist and have it in the households, Sore and Swollen Joints, Lumbago, Sciatica and like ailments. Your money back if not satisfied. but it does give almost instant relief. Buy a bottle today.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-30
Ten New Year Resolutions for Your
 Mother.

In the January Woman's Home Companion the Better Babies Bureau of that publication begins a new ser vice to mothers, mothers-to-be, and SO cial workers. One result of the Better Babies Contests held during the past few years has been the discovery by
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-30

The reply was that they would Tu hundred and eight hogs Were +,,, IVY into the pasture Monday night Tnos day morning, by II o'clock. 15 of +hos.a were dead. Two of the hogs that b.s been poisoned by the berries were sa,, ed by having slacked lime forced do,. their threats. IVY"
 Statistics compiled by the Coloroa. State Chamber of Commerce sho~, that Colorado's agricultural ontn,,. this year will exceed $1O0,OOO,0OO for the first time in the history of tbo state. 1t gives the total value of the output at current prices as Sl03 oo0 900, an increase of S15,O0O.OOO ovar last year. New land under cultiva tion totals 14,530,000 acres. Nou, families who have located in Coloroaa exclusive of Denver, number II OO0 A 10 per cent increase in the valua of livestock output is reported, givino total of $53,00000. The increase in value of farm property is S22 OOO m The report says that wool, usually in cluded in the agricultural output ;s not included in the figures. Colorado for the first time produced all the turkeys and poultry used in the state Thanksgiving trade.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-30
Ou;cI1. Docl the Needle,

King ictor Emmanuel has appoint cd Narconi 8 Senator, which is about the only way a wireless" Senator could hope to land the job.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-12-30
SI F T N G s Farm and Ranch.

Eight million members in 27 states indicates the 12 years growth of the Farmers Educational and Coopera- tive Union in the United States. At its 11th annual meeting at Fort Worth, Texas, two-thirds of the states in the Union were represented.
 Increased productivity of factory hands is quick result of the prohi bition of the sale of alcohol in Rus sia. In some industries the produc- tivity of the workmen is said to have increased by from 90 to 40 per cent, their wages having been augmented in like proportion.
 The warning nations of Europe are using approximately 100000 horse shoes daily, according to Pittsburg dealer. He said that the rough ground over which cavalry horses and supply trains have to travel, together with the great mortality among horses, makes the demand abnormal.
 During the last year potato grow ing contest among boys and girls was conducted in Connecticut by the Connecticut Potato Club. In this con- test Miss Bertha Green raised go bushels of potatoes from one-eighth acre, or at the rate of 400 bushels per acre.
 A government report shows that from August 1 to November 1 there were collected $735000 as tolls from the owners of vessels that used the Panama canal. Ninety per cent of this sum came from coast-wise trad CTS who would have been exempt from any payment whatever if the presidents opponents in congress had had their way. Instead of being in the United States treasury it would have been in the colfers of the ship owners.
 Wild china berries in the pasture where Col. Alba HeyWcod had hogs feeding, proved fatal Tuesday to 15 of the herd. Examinations by veterm- ariaas proved that the hogs had died from nod iaeaso but, on the contrary, they showed symptoms of having 5ven poisoned. Col. Haywood imme- diateiy wired to the <. & N. College, at College station, asking whether or not China Berries would kill hogs
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-22

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The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-22
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The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-22
JAPAN GETS
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CONTINUED FsoM FACE oNE

corlaRce vith the AnE aJananese 3
 nance. one of whose objects ts rhe preservatsoa ot tae commegcial 5Eter- eSts ot aB powers la China and tfe peogie of equal 0pporguasty to al-
 Third. ,hat h case of 5istaraauc B sn the interior ot China g ropsa- ogt e. the unsettled state of affairs .n tae lar east, Jap8a as matter 3t cor voald consult 5be United States bs- fore taking steps osyond' aoa-ari q the territory ot ktao Chow
 This last prueedure. F &as c1at 1 oat ,o Japan follows jn nanra s- Qgence the arrams smeat ceasuw- mated ss sae t.saa of tas 6eNe- rhl- bou aetweeu Japan and r 3utal states. whereby tae avlaeG .e-ces -. ts5s government sre a-1 w-e thgse oE ogaer nat<ns ga march ca Peklae for tae safes
The Sentinel=record., 1914-08-22

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 The Japanese am assa5ar Is e eol ssant comaea cation wta E ernuznt at Tekio aat a- uataiu- of any repy from Ge-a-s y tn Saturdays 5l.lt--