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The Press., 1914-02-18
No ReStiul Sleep for Seventeen Months
Dangerous, distressing Kidney ard Bladder Trouble removed by Dr..
 kennedy'S FaVOriie Remedy.

MT. 0. H., Smith, 320 Washington St., Providence, R. l., writes; "I thank you for the free sample bottle of Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy you sent me. Since taking this have continued it's use and have used three large bottles, with much relief. had been troubled severely with constipation for years. My case was sup- posed to be chronic. Now my bowels are regular. was also great sufferer from Kidney and Bladder trouble and for seven- teen months I had no rest at night, as it was necessary to get up so often, sometimes as often as twice an hour. I am pleased to say that now do not have to get up more than twice during the night and sometimes only once. Your Favorite Remedy has proved blessing to me. feel better all over. The heavy ''loggy'' feeling has left me, aI well as the bloated eyes. sincerely thank you, for if I had not first tried the sample bottle would to-day probably be in the same old condition, with aches and pains and all tired out"
 Write Dr. David Kennedy Go, Eondout, N. Y., for free sample and helpful booklet. A standard Kidney, Liver and Blood rem. edy. 40 yeSrs succossfsl All druggists.
The Press., 1914-02-18
The Finest Laxative
 In 5000 Years
PURE CASTOR OIL, TASTELESS.
Tasteless in the True Sense. Not Fla Ored or Altered. The Smell
 and Taste Removed.

For 5000 years castor oil has been the worlds best laxative, but until now an offensive, sickening taste has limited it's use.
 For 3, 900 years chemists have tried to remove the taste.
 Kellogg s Tasteless Castor Oil is just what the name means "a pure, clean, refined oil without any taste It is a new discovery of Spencer Kellogg & Sons of Buffalo, large refiners of vegetables oils.
 Anybody can disguise the taste of castor oil by mixing it with alcohol, wintergreen peppermint or other flavors but it remained for the Kel- logg's to keep the oil pure and make it tasteless. Kellogg's Tasteless Castor Oil works even better than the old, evil dose, without pain or gIiping. Children take it easily.
 Sold now in'all drug stores 25c and 5Oc Ask for Kellogg's Ta4teless Castor Oil and look for the trade mark on the label-a green castor leaf, bearing the Kellogg's Signature. Made only by Spencer Kellogg 6 Sons, Inc, Buffalo, N. Y., refiners of vege- table oils. : =
The Press., 1914-02-18
BATTLES IN POETRY.
In Tuscany Even the PeGsa nts InduIge In This PastIme

In Tuscany Even the Peasants Indulge In This Pastrne.
 Visit the home of d peasant in Tus rany On some winters evening and you will be surprised and charmed. writes Mir Richard RAgOt in ''The Italians of To-day" Gathered round the kitchen fire after the days work k done. these ~ppa&;,MtS fresh from their rough labor in the fields and vinryHrtlS vie with each other in rrrit:n" poetry and tell ing StUrIt'N Generally both are eXIem pOranp0uS. and often they have good heal of poetic grace and imagination
 Tn" gift of reriting imprOviSed poetry iS net however confined to the peas ants in Tuscany know of an in stance that occurred in my own neigh bOrEmh not SD very long ago that ger tainll could not have occurred any whprt. but in Tuscany A local doctor was driving 10 catch train at a sta tiOn few miles from me. and on his way ne was accOSted by d colleague who hnpl'entl to be looking over his garden wall The colleague shouted out il line of iInprOviSpd verse tO him upon which the other instantly pulled up his horse and capped the fine with unOlhp
 Doctor No , responded. and for three hours the poetic contest was con tinutd without cessation In the mean time the hole of the village had turn t.d out tu listen and to make wagprS on which would be the first to lack an in $piratiOu II wa~ only nS dusk came on that dH'tOr No l remembered thh; he WH& on his way tO catch train {,
 Whether a patient was exl~Ctin" him l know not. but feel convinced that such detail would not have been allowed t0 interfere with this war of verses
 It l. IntpI ''StIn2 tU see that even the IIlitpratt pe;ISantS detect at once the slightest departure from the form in which the original lines are set and consider the offender to have lost the match
The Press., 1914-02-18
Across the Border A Scientist Believes He Was Assisted by His De.
 parted Wife
By E. A. MITCHELL

When at college my predilections for science were so marked that on gradu- Ating was sent to Germany to study in the laboratory of d famous chemist, and under his tuition and after three years spent In this way returned to my alma mater as full fedged pro fessOr of analytical chemistry. The university was a coed institution, and a number of the girl students took my course, working under my instruction in the laboratory.
 Della Thorne was the only one Of these who showed pre-eminent pro- ficlency at first as a student and after ward as an original investigator. At her graduation I recommended her for the position of my assistant, and she was appointed. She relieved me of a great deal Of work instruct1ng be- ginners. and she and l soon drlfted into original research together, Natu- rally we became attached to each oth- CT and were married
 Our marriage occurred about the time that Professor and Mime. Curie, AOkCAnCE HI oNNNO~O~N Iu discovering radium, or rather sepa- rating 1t from uranium. When their announcement of the fact was made to the world l said to my wife:
 Wouldn't it be pleasant If we could make such an important discovery
 Perhaps we will" she said, with that hopefulness characteristic of wo- men.
 I smiled at her optimism, remarking that scientists must be plodders; that only about once In a century had the world seen a shining light like liar vey, the dIscoverer of the circulation of the blood, or Jenner. who gave us vaccination, but my wife said that where there had been one in each of preceding centuries there would be dozen or more in subsequent centuries, statement which will probably be fulfilled
 When -ROentgen gave us his X ray was experimenting in photography. and 1t occurred to me that here was a new agent which might give new results in .photographing objects too delicate to be perceived by the eye. I experiment. ed for a long while, endeavOring to
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OH. MY DGAR, WHAT AHE YOU SAYING bring out objects that had not been photographed before, but failed. When the Curies gave us radium my wife suggested that we resume the expert ments that had made with the x ray, using radium instead. We did so, but though we continued to hunt for sub stances beyond the scope of the human eye that had not already been photo Rraphed we met with no success.
 At this time my wife was taken Ill with a disease from which she did not recover. Shortly before her death she said to me:
 "l am a firm believer in matter as the foundation-if we can call any substance infinitely attenuated a foun- datiOn-Of all things, even that which has been considered spiritual l be lieve that my soul Is material rather than the ghOstly thing souls have been considered. have never forgotten your remark that it would be pleasant if you and l could make a discovery similar to that made by Professor and Mme. Curie. There is in me a faith that We shall make such a discovery, but in order to achieve what have in mind we must be In different spheres. you in the mortal. I in the immortal. We shall take up the investigation where the Curies left oH''
 What do you mean. my dearP' I asked. powerfully moved by what she had snid
 That you go on with your photo Krul hic experiments. endeavor1ng to prUluce an image of that which is too .atI.nmated- for the human eye to see. If It is possible for me to aid you from the other existence I shall do so. By transrerence of thOught-a purely ma terial process. belleve-I hope may suggest to you agents or processes to be used in your experiments. and l shall myself take position where can
 re photographed. Bring your camera % tear on the spot where I have been Hse.i '. work in the laboratory"
 ''t)tI my dear what are you sayingF'
 "1 am simply suggesting c posSibil- lty. Use the same general plan used In star photOgraphy-that is, duration of exposure. The stars image Is brought nearer to us by means of the telescope, but not near enough to be detected by the human eye. If l can be in the place I have indicated and you have hit upon a process delicate enough to photograph me you may give to the world a discovery equal to that of radium.
 ''I believe, as 1 have said, that l shall exist after death as a material thing. but even if can come near you no one Of your senses Is sufficiently delicate to detect me. Star photogra- phy has indicated the only plan by which it seems possible that l should be revealed to you"
 All this was said to me by my dear wife as coOlly as If she were standing before her working table in the labora- tory with a rack full of test tubes be fore her. confess that, while I was impressed with her reason ing. regarded any attainment of the purpose she enunciated as chfmericaI
 My wife passed away soon after this tnjunctiCn,. and was fortunate In having an object to occupy my mind
The Press., 1914-02-18
rnaa and Eaala.

Any fool can destroy trees- They cannot run away, and if they could sney would still be destroyed-chased end hunted down as long as fun or a dollar could be got out of their bark hides, branching horns .or magnificent bole backbOnes. Few that fell trees plant them. Nor would planting avail much toward getting back anything Nike the noble primeval forests. Dur ing a mans life only saplfngs can be Krown in the place of the old trees, tens of centuries old. that have been destroyed. 1t took more than SOOO yoars to make some of the trees in aAsee western woOds-trees that are uGdn standing in perfect strength apd beauty, waving and singing in the mighty forests of the Sierras- God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought. disease, avalanehes and thousand training, leveling tempests and floods. but he cannot save them from fools. Only Uncle Sam can do khat-JOhD Muir.
The Press., 1914-02-18
NERVE IN BASEBALL.
RosulG of a Wild Throw to Third With
 the BaOe0 Full.

RosuIt Of Wild Throw to Third With
 the 1aOes Full.
 Charley ~Dooin, one of the famous catchers of the National league, tells a story to the effect that after a brief trial with the St. Paul club in 1889 Charles A. Comiskey, then it's manager, advised him to return to the tailoring business and stick to 1t. ~~~
 Another yarn concerning DoOin tells still little more than a youth and weighing in the neighborhood of 115 pounds, he wished himself upon Man. ager McKibben of the St. Joseph club. When Dooin reported Mac walked around him twice and then announced that he wanted a catcher and not a jockey. Injuries to regulars, however, gave the boy his chance, and he was sent iH to backstop for Big Jim" WIggs.
 In his first game Dooin wanted to prove that in addition to being a catcher he was some thrower. When he heaved to second the baseman would have needed ladder to get the ball; to third his pegs were ,loSw, and his shoots to first nearly took the SackeF of his feet. After his wild throws had filled the bases in one in- ming he threw to third again to catch a runner of the cushion. The ball went so high the left fielder almost got to it on the fly, while everybody came home"
 When the inning was over Dooin had four errors charged against him, and he walked to the clubhouse and began to pack up his clothes. McKibben stopped him, saying his nerve in dar- ing to throw to third to catch man off with the bases full, caused by his previous bad throws, deserved another chance. DOOin stuck and caught all most every game that season. His next jump was to the Phillies, and his was made.-Ed A. Goewey in Leslie's.
The Press., 1914-02-18
couLTER's QUEER STORY.
I& Was Thought He Had Discovered
 HadOs, but He Hadn't.

At a gathering in Milwaukee a well known minister was called on to tell a story, and this is what he told:
 Did you ever hear of Coulter's hell7 Of the two men lost by the great Lewis and Clark expedition of 1903 on It's long journey through the northwest one was a man named Coulter. He was captured by Indians, who stripped him and set him to running the gantlet.
 "Outrunning their blows, he snatch ed spear from the last Indian, killed him with 1t and ran into the noun tains naked and wounded, but at last free and armed. Wandering toward the southeast, he presently found him. self in a land where the forces of na- ture appeared to have gone mad to- gether. Rivers from which he sought to drink ran hot water, boiling foun- talns gushed hundreds of feet in the air, volcanoes of black mud vomited at him, bubbling fountains of snow white mud gushed around, with others of crimson and blue and green. A noun tain of pure sulphur crystals rose on one hand, and from beside a stream rose another composed of black glass almost as clear as a window pane.
 At last, escaping from the place. he was found by some trappers, who clothed him and took him to St. Louis, where they reported him as one whose mind had been wrecked by his experi- enceS. Wherever he told of the fright ful country which he swOre he had seen men r0ared with mirth at the yarn and made him tell and retell it till within a few years it wentSall over the west as an example of the effect of the horrors of being lost on the hu- man mind. It was commonly known as the story of Coulter's hell,' and un- der that name 1t frequently appeared in the eastern papers in the early thir- ties and forties. Coulter himself final ly died regarded to the last as a hope less maniac.
 And then in 1869 some Montana trappers wandered into the region and came back with the astounding tale that Coulter had told the truth and had never been insane at all. The govern ment Immediately rushed soldiers and scientists into the country, and before long 1t became the Yellowstone Ma tional park. And that is the story of Coulter's hell."-Milwaukee Journal.
The Press., 1914-02-18
MoNs0N.

Lyman O. Flynt and Rev. George A. Andrews are going to Pinehurst. This will give them an opportunity to get in little extra golf practice.
 Arthur Norcross, who has been spending a week with his parents, MT. a"d Mrs. A.D. Norcross, has returned to his studies at the Columbia univer- sity in New York city.
 Dr. A. K. Yoosuf of Worcester will give an illustrated lecture on the Balkan war in Memorial hall the evening of Feb. 23. MT. Paine of Springfield, with a large stereopticon lantern, has cen engaged for the lec- ture. Dr. Yoosuf had some very ex- citing personal experiences in the Balkan war and the lecture is replete with interest.
 Franklin Bradway narrowly es- capped serious injury in Anderson's drug store Saturday afternoon. MT. Bradway bought quantity of muriatic acid, presenting his own bottle to be filled. Upon receiving the bottle he shook it up and it exploded, throwing the acid on his right hand and cloth ing, narrowly missing his face. Up- on investigation it was found there had been zinc in the bottle, and the acid acting on it generated gas which burst the bottle.
 The fourth quarterly meeting of the official hoard of the Methodist church was held last week Thursday evening. Super intendent of the dis trict, J. F. Kennedy, was present. It was unanimously voted to return Rev. F. A. Kilmer for another year. The following officers were elected: Stew ards, Horace Squier, G. L. Keeney, w. H. Charles, R. A. Beckwith, F. I J. Flynt, William Moffett, M. B. Wright, Charles A. Bradway, R. B. Webster, F. N. Wood, Morris Moore, Daniel Watson, Frank R. Rees, Fred Hirst, F. M King, Gustav Lundgren i; stewardesses, Mrs. G.L. Keeney, Mrs. ID. B. Needham; trustees, F. M. King, w. H. Underwood, F. H. Moore, c. A Bradway, Horace Squier, H. G. Roge.s, A. w. Leonard, W. A. Charles, M. E. Wright; recording steward, Charles A. Bradway; dis trict steward, William A. Charles ; auditors, G. L. Keeney, Morris Moore ; finance committee, treasurer, R. D. Webster, G. L. Keeney, F. M. King, Fr. R. Rees music committee, G.. l.. Keeney, l.. L. Bliss, Claude Dun- can. The treasurer's report showed the society to be i'll sound financial condition. The organ has recently been thoroughly overhauled.
The Press., 1914-02-18
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
February aI Iss4.
tenn of local interest JaKen from the oiunn
 of The Pr sss. thtrGy years ago

An ordinance has been passed estab- fishing borough fire department.
 James M. Washburn, of West Staf- ford, who has for some years been in poor health, is about removing to To- peka, Kansas.
 The telephone office is this week removed from w. R. Small's store to the second floor of the National bank building, and is in charge of Miss Celia O. Cross of Willimantic, the business having grown to demand the entire time of one person.
 Albert c. Scripture has traded his farm on Stafford Street for village real estate in Amherst, Mass. MT. Witt, with whom he has traded, will next week remove to the farm, and MT. Scripture will remove to Stafford Hollow, having made an engagement with J. R. Buck, who is to run 8 store and meat market at the present stand of J. E. Pasco.
 Born. -Willington, 7lh, son to Alfred DeWolf.
 Married. - Statfordville, 18th, by Rev. J. P. Hawley of Stafford Springs, at the residence of the brides father, Geo. F. Washburn, Herbert B. Chaf. fee of Warren, Mass and Georgie A. Washburn.
 Holland, Mass, 9th, Charles R, Webster of Uninn, uml Carrie M. Blodgett.
The Press., 1914-02-18
A Popular Verdict
Based on Evidence of Stafford Springs
 -. People.

Based on Evidence of Stafford Springs >. People.
 Grateful thousands tell it
 Of weak backs made strong
 Of weak kidneys made well
 Urinary disorders corrected.
 Stafford Springs people add their testimony. ~
 They praise Doan's Kidney Pills.
 Stafford Springs evidence is now complete.
 Stafford Springs testimony is con- firmed.
 Reports of early relief substanti- ated.
 Merit doubly proved by test of time.
 Let a Stafford Springs citizen speak.
 Mrs. F.G. Lynch, Stafford Springs, Conn. says: 1T am pleased to say a few words in praise of Doan's Kid. ney Pills. Both and another of my family have used them with good results for kidney disorders. We have procured our supply of Doan's Kidney Pills at the Eaton Drug Store and have never used another remedy that has given such great benefit. ;
 For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster -Milburn O., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United. States.
 Remember the name-Doan's and take no other.
The Press., 1914-02-18
LIbsrAI EdueaGIsn.

That man, think. has had liberal education who has been so trained in youth that hIs body is the ready serV- aae of his win and does with ease and pleasure all the work ahat as a mech anism 1t is capable of;swhose intellect h a clear, cold, logic engine, with all it's parts of equal strength, and in smooth working order: ready, like steam engine, to be turned to any kind oe work and spin the gossamers as well as forge the anchors of the mind; whoss mind Is stored with q knowi- cage of the great and fundamental truths of nature and of the laws of har operations; one who, no stunted AscstIc, Is full of life and Are. but whOse passions are trained to come to hoal by a vigorous will, the servant of c tender conscience; who has learned eO love all beauty, whether of nature or of art; to hate all yileness and to Respect others as himself.
 Such a man and no. other, con esave, has had a nberal educatiOn- Thomas Henry Huxley in Lay Ser mona"
The Press., 1914-02-18
Maehanies of Grand Opera.

On account of the magnitude Cf the productions and the care of detail work the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, it is stated, has from 50 to 100 men around the stage during the production of An opera, each aiding In the mechanical success of the opera. Ap idea of the wonderful mechanical training of the men directing things behind the curtain Is given In the pFo- dnetiOn of '"The Magic Flute" TSas has been called the most difficult opera in the world to stage. There are flf- teen changes of scenes, but the long est wait at the Metropolitan Is from fifty seconds to one and quarter min- Mechanics.
The Press., 1914-02-18
MANaKrRLn.

Judge M. H. Holcomb of the su. perior court has decided in favor of Gilbert w. Storrs in the latter's suit against Alfred ]. Oden. The judg- ment is for $450O and interest from January, 1911. The claim of Mir Storrs was that Mir. oden induced him to invest $5000 in the Argus Battery company of willimantic on a certain representation. Later the company went to the wall, and Mir Storrs lost his money. He brought suit against Mr Oden.
The Press., 1914-02-18
The Oyster.

The Oy&tpI iS d very ancient ln$t1tn tiOn and a most honorable one From time imn"m"ri;lI poets have sung of him and orators have dwelt upon his ,.llarnl> lt!vpnHl the most illuStriOus If :!l ~;I;:ri$tS enIivpnpd the literary ..harlm& of rllt rrignS of Trojan and Hadrinn with hiS comments on the uyStpI and thp comments were not <atirit'al "i:h huI warmly commend atOrA The oyster tn" true cOSInOp" lite. iS found prptt! nearly everywhere and was the delight of the world for ages upon ages before the man from Genoa found the shores of America
The Press., 1914-02-18
BRIMFIELD.

Silvio Gagliadi of Brimfield lost $55O on visit to Springfield, by means of the well-known swindle in which he deposited his money with that of two rich strangers in hand
 kerchief, which he himself took to the bank, only to find it stuffed with paper. MT. Gagliadi met the two strangers on Main street, near Court Square, Thursday morning, and they asked him about the rate of exchange, saying they had $2OOO. They said they were strangers in this city and wished to exchange their money, as they were to return to Italy in few days, but did not know where to ex- change it. They thought they would be willing to trust it to MT. Gagliad but wished him to prove his good faith by showing what money he had. The strangers then suggested that his money, amounting to $500, and their $2OOO should all be placel together in a handkerchief, and that under those circumstances they would trust him as guardian of their money. He was to take the money to an Italian bank and get their share of it ex- changed for them, aud the two trust ing strangers would meet him at Court Square again as soon as the exchange could be effected. Blithely MT. Gag liadi went on his way to the bank, hut when he got there the handker- chief contained nothing but waste paper, his own $55O having disap- peared with the $2OOO, and presum- ably with the two strangers who had left Court Square for parts unknown. The description of the strangers which he gave to the police is as follows: Stranger No. 1, age 80, height five feet two inches, weight l4O pounds; stranger Mo- ?, age 35, height five eet six inches, weight 40.
The Press., 1914-02-18
Wanted sems4hinu Quicker.

Some few years ago l issued a pol icy on the life of a man who was far from being a model husband. I called for the premium every week and rare ly got it without a grumbIe from the wife. The last time I called she said:
 ''I ain't going to pay you any more. There's Mrs. Smith only had her old man in Ms society three months, and he's dead, and she's got the money. Pm going to put my old man in that, 30 you needn't call again."-LiverpoOl Mercury. @-4 4sFff f'F-
The Press., 1914-02-18
AAada Her Mora Marxnus.

She was rather a nervous old lady and, fearful of being robbed of her purse, kept it in a pocket of her un- derskirt. Taking a cab, she, at the end of the journey, began searching. as ladies do, for the carefully conceal ed pocket. The cabby, misconstruing her movements, looked on grimly.
 Well, mem." he broke in, when you've done a-scratching, me fares IS generalization Tatler.