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would not serve against them, and if therefore the king wanted his com mission, why. there it was. The king did not want it. however, but sent Pitt to help fight through the siege of Gibraltar, from which he came home to be first lord of the admiralty and privy councillor. Later he was at the head of that unlucky expedition to Walcheren which provoked the his toric epigram:
 Great Chatham, with his saber drawn,
 Stood waiting for Sir Richard Strachan.
 Sir Richard, longing to be at 'em,
 Stood waiting for the Earl of Chatham.
 Augustus Keppel, Viscount Keppel, son of the Earl of Albemarle, one of the most prominent officers of the navy. also refused to fight the Ameri- cans. That was ill 1775. The next year he was put ill command of the channel fleet. and two years later, as admiral of the blue, he was com mander of the grand fleet against the French. His career was marked with inefiiciencies and scandals, but he nev- CT suffered for his refusal to obey or ders against America. s..
 Lord Frederick Cavendish, mem- Der of one of the grea test historic fam flies of England, was another of the mutineers of 1775. He was then a major general. but he was not reqllir- ed to give up his commission. On the contrary he was made full general in 1782 and later became field marshal. He was one of the famous quartet of officers who at the beginning of the French and Indian or Seven Years war took an oath not to marry until France had been conquered. The oth- CTS were Keppel. named above: None ton and Wolfe. the hero of Quebec The sequel was that not one of them ever married. Wolfe. indeed. became engaged to Miss Lowther just before he sailed for Canatln.. but a hero's death claimed him before his intended bride. .,....- r ..,lz.t.. r. Also there was Henry Seymour Baron Conway. veteran of Fontenoy and CullOden. He had been conspicu- ous as a traitor" in parliament and in the cabinet. It was he who moved for the repeal of the stamp act. at which moment. said Burke. his face was as it were the face of an angel" He SwOre that he would not raise D hand against the Americans. But that rank mutiny did not prevent him from being field marshal and commander in chief and after the war a member of the cabinet again. It was he. by the way. who offered the resolution i'll par liament which compelled Lord North to resign.
 The Earl of Effinghum. a member of the illustrious house of Howard, open ly refused to fight against the Ameri- cans and was commended for so do- ing by the corporations of the cities of London and Dublin in public addresses, and testinonials.-New York Tribune [
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China's Millions.

Any figures for the population of China must necessarily be more or less unreliable, inasmuch as the census man is not much in evidence in the land of the Celestials. The estimate, which is probably somewhere near correct, is 4O2, 100000. AS to whether the mill lions of China will ever become thor oughly mOderniZed in the sense that the Japanese are remains to be seen. The Chinaman possesses plenty of good sense and there seems to be no valid reason why he should not some time ''catch on'' to things and forge ahead with the rest of the folks.-New York Journal.
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General Shafter'S
 Fourth of July

s A SKED to give an account of his N most interesting Fourth of A July. the late General William
 R. Shafter who commanded the American troops at the battle or Santiago, Cuba. wrote:
 "WhOlesome enthusiasm, whether fired by the battery of words or gun stir our brave men to greater deeds of valor l feel that we cannot celebrate too much for the gIorilication of the greatest day in the history of our Un- ion. When was Il l4ttS' boy l looked forward to the Fourth of JulS with all of the pleasurable anticipations of childhood and saved my pennies from Christmas time to Indep ,ndence dny to buy the wherewithal for the fit ng and noisy celebration.
 ''I think. however, my most exciting Fourth was in the Cuban campaign of 1898. The morning nfter the Santlng0 battle an orderly brought me Il pnper containing original doggereI In seven heroic verses.o They were entitled 'Phat General Shafter Wint Afther,' and the first stanZa began: ''Now. when General Toral. n Spanish
 dago
 Met General Shafter at 6nntIngo SeZ General Toral to General Shnfter, Be jabers old man, now phat are yoy
 after?'
 And General Shafter geZ. 'Phnt d yoz
 think?
 And gave him the aliost sort of a wink. nh fFA nFt Hs.n.. Shafter.
 'I think that the Fourth of 1898 was the only celebration l ever took part in that inspired the muse, for which l am grateful"
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Spirit of the Yankees.

Gerard Hamilton, an Englishman known in history as Single Speech" Hamilton, because when a member of parliament he made only one speech. visited America shortly before the Revolution Writing to a friend in England, he said, "In the Massachu- setts government in particular there is an express law by which every man is obliged to have a musket, a pound of powder and pound of bullets always near him.. so there is nothing wanting but knapsacks tor old stockings which will do as welD to equip an army for marching and nothing more than Sartonious or Spartacus at their head requisite to beat your troops and your custom house officers out of the coun- try and set your laws at defiance"
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COVENTRY. South Coventry.

Addison Kingsbury, 7S, died of
 heart trouble, Thursday night at his
 home. He was born in Coventry,
 November 15, 1885, a son of Alvah
 and Emeline Kingsbury. After finish
 ing his education in the public schools
 and in a private school in his native
 town, he began work in his father s
 woolen mills. In 1858 he moved
 with his father to Green Point, now
 Brooklyn. There entered the employ
 of the Connecticut Tract society, and
 four years later returned to Coventry
 to become a bookkeeper for his uncle,
 Nelson Kingsbury, a woolen manufac- turer who had his mill in Coventry,
 but lived in Hartford. MT. Kings
 bury began later to manufacture paper boxes in 8 small way, which busi- ness has since seen a remarkable growth, until now there are three plants in operation, one in South Coventry, another in Whitman, Mass. and a third in Northampton, Mass. MT. Kingsbury was of an inventive turn of mind, and patented many machines which became of great value to his business. Since 1883 his son, Lilley Kingsbury, has been a partner in his business. Although a resident of South Coventry, he was engaged in manufacturing, and banking interests in He was deacon of the Congregational church of South Gov. entry, and for thirty five years it's clerk. He was married three times His first wife, Charlotte Elizabeth died September 30, 1879. His second wife, Sarah Melissa, whom ne married October ', 1881, died on April 29, 1900. Ida M. (Warner) Robertson, widow of George Harbison, was his third wife. Three children were born of the first marriage, Arthur Lilley Kingsbury, Louis Addison and Lottie Gertrude Kings bury, the last named now being dead. Several grandchildl en are living. The funeral was held Monday afternoon at o'clock. The burial was in the Nathan Hale cemetery.
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BRITISH OFFICERS i.
 WOULDN'T FIGHT.
Sympathized With Rebellious Ameri-
 cans of 1776. .' 7

When King George III. of England wanted his army to cOerce his Ameri- can colonies into Obeying the will of parliament there was mutiny-rank mutiny-by a lot of the most eminent officers of the time, with correspond ing disaffection among the rank and file to such an extent that the king did not dare to try to send many of his own troops to America, but sent instead, first to Russia and then to Hesse and elsewhere, to hire mer- cenary officers and troops.
 John Pitt. eldest son of EngIand's greatest statesman and his successor as Earl of Chatham, was then ris- ing officer of the army. He inherited so much of his fathers zeal for the American rebels that he vowed he
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SOMERS.

Miss Margaret Baloom has gone to her home in Stepney Depot.
 Rev. F. A. BaIcom of Monroe is a guest at Mrs. Alice Pease's.
 MT. and Mrs. Earl Daniels were week end guests at William Dimock's.
 Jairus Kibbe of Staten Island has been visiting his niece, Mrs. Hiram Hunt.
 Fred Bans of New Haven is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Earl H. Thayer.
 Miss Marguerite Bugbee has gone to Boston, where she will spend sev- eral weeks.
 Mrs. Walter Allen of Hartford is visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs. H. Wardwell.
 Miss Martha Harvey fell from a cherry tree Wednesday morning and broke her arm. l.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry L. Burdick of Chicopee Falls spent Sunday with MT. Mrs. H. NJ. Gager.
 Mrs. Samuel P Hurlburt has gone to her cottage at the Willimantio Camp Grounds forsthe season.
 Mrs. E. W. Avery and daughter, Elizabeth, have been visiting Miss Florence Warriner in Warren.
 D. L. Ellis, who injured his knee and has been confined to his home, is now able to be about on crutches.
 Misses Gertrude and Lynola Avery have returned from Stratford to spend the summer vacation with their pa- rents.
 Misses Lena and Alice Russell are spending the summer vacation with their parents, MT. and Mrs. l. W. Russell.
 Mrs. Edward Lymon has returned home after spending several days with her sister, Mrs. Amos Beauty, in Forestville.
 MT. and Mrs. Benjamin A. Gager, who have been spending some time with MT. and Mrs. H. M. Gager, have returned to their home in Brooklyn, N. Y.
 Miss Mabelle P. Gager has returned from her studies in the Willimantic Normal school and will spend the summer with her parents, MT. and Mrs. Charles M Gager.
 Miss Harriet Pease has returned to her home after spending the past year as teacher in the Greenfield high school. She was accompanied by Miss Mildred Hartin of Maynard, Mass. who will spend the month of July with her.
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FORGE OF VIBRATION.
A Musical Chord That Shattered a
 Huge Glass Bowl.

A Musical Chord That Shattered
 Huge Glass Bowl.
 Discussing the proposition that winegIass ,In be broken or shattered to pieces by musical chord. Edgar Lucicn T.arkin in the New York Amer ican says:
 "I had huge glass bowl one foot In diameter resting on it's glass stand. The flint glass was from One-qunrter to three-quartcrS of an inch thick. l roS- ined Il violin bow. drew 1t across the edge. and the entire hemisphere of ,'olid glass t!sintcgITted into hundreds of small pieces. The sound of break ing into fragments wnS entirely In. known 10 nc, Il cracking or grinding, and the blt1 of glass flew fur apart.
 "I had used this same bOi,I before cIasscN for several y"urs with violin bows Bnl on this pni tIcullr day the studrntM uH well nsel were surIbrIscd nI the brenklnc and un"Irihly n0Ise.
 '"rhc fact iA hnpI cncd to vlbrntc the bowl with itA key notc- thnt K. set harmonic rate. which means the ore else rate lllI which It wuA mIlr tu VI. brnte tO scnh forth thnt note. for notes nr" nt~ of vibration. and they all 'br" M"Id nud bcnmi"ul harmonic t'"UaticII laws md i'Ic4c agree Wl!h other ct and fixed lhwN"
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Tho Great LeveIer.

\ well known New York mllli InnIre tid lItE wi" went lJ II t'oitrry one aft rrh""u With lll" ihcH of cong Il little lirui ulto d'u ng, One of inc IrufcS 'ionGl parlu' rA nppro1 hrd.
 May 1 Inv" tl" p"iHurcf he said The Indy Wns grnt IuIs. and they whi"l"l off into II lively OnpAiep. When IlIc number Was over the rich mans w.f" C mpliInrnted the professional on his dancing.
 '"Thnnk "Ou. Mrs. Blank" he mUr- mllrcd, calling her by her real name The husband pricked up hs ears. How the deuce did you. know who we wcrp:' hc asked.
 "Why. don't you remember mc?" said the profrS :iOnAl cavalier. strais htpning his beautifully tailored figure "I was your chauffeur two years ago. "-Ncw York Post.
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Enrone In Africa.

The Africa of today is partitioncd of among the following nations: Gre 4 Britain. France. Germany. Italy. For tugal. Belgium and Spain. Gre 1t Brit ain has the fairpr portions. her South African possessions having a fine eli mate and being ill every way perfectly adapted to the white race. The French and Italian possessions along the MeGi' terranean are also well enough as re gards climate. but are lacking along agricultural and other lines. It is OK ceedingly doubtful if much of German Belgium and Portuguese Africa will ever become the seats of white civiliZa tiOn
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Penalties For Sabbath Breaking.

Sabbath breaking in Dundee was an expensive business in former times, to judge by the table of fines, etc., drawn up by the local Guild of Bonnetmakers in 1865. For travelling or drinking in a tavern on Sunday the fine was fixed at 40 shillings for each offense. For hanging out bOnnets, clothing or fish to dry-penalty for bonnets, 6s. 3d.: for clothes, shillings; for fish, 8 shil- lings. Carrying water from the we'll or washing meat thereat in time of sermon, penalty, 8 shillings; gathering kali in time of sermon, penalty, 5 shii- lings; going to neighbors' houses in time of sermon without lawful excuse, such as sickness, penalty for first fault, 12 shillings, and for second twice as much, with rebuke before the craft, and for the third, summons be- fore the kirk session. Chron- icle
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Bismarck's Appetite.

Bismarck, the Iron Chancellor, ~-had an enormous capacity for eating and drinking. He once told a friend that the largest number of oysters he ever ate was 175. He first ordered twenty five; then, as they were very good fifty more, and, consuming these, de termined to eat nothing else and or dered another hundred, to the great of those present. Bismarck was then twenty-six and had just re turned from England.
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KING GEORGE III.

wildly as he paced up and down the apartment during few minutes, o God, it is all over!' words which he repeated many times under emotions of the deepest consternation and dis tress."
 Lord George sent dispatch to the king, who was then at Kew. The king wrote calm letter in reply, but it was remarked as evidence of unusual emo tion that he had omitted to mark the hour and minute of his writing, which he was always accustomed to do with scrupulous precision. Yet the hand writing showed composure of mind.
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A PAEAN AND
 A WARNING

Spread your bunting, hang your wreathR Let your banners be unfurled, Shout until the welllin seethes
 All about the deafened world, Get your old time speeches out,
 Cheer until you split the skies, But be careful while you spout
 Of your eyes. Drag the ancient cannon forth,
 Load 1t to the muzzle brim; Let the east south, west and north Echo with its -blam-blim! Let the crackers hiss and spit.
 Rocket sticks come down kerplunk, But be careful how you sit .
 On the punk. .-t Let the roman candles flare
 All the darkened heavens through; Let the mortars fill the air
 Full of stars red, white and blue; Let the fluent red lights flow,
 Dimming both the moon and sun, But be careful how you blow Down your gun. Roar, rejoice and speechify;
 Go through all the bag of tricks With which now we glorify
 Heroes of old seventy-six; But, no matter what your glee Mid the roar of bursting bombs, Careful, oh, most careful be ;: F." Of your thumbs! Liberty a blessing is Worthy to be glorifed, Worthy of the fiery whiz
 Of a nation full of pride, But it seems a bauble vain,
 Empty, useless thing of chance, When there follows in it's train .. An ambulance. John Kendrick Bangs in Harper's Week. Nv, ..-"- .-.,.-
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Qlnw Death

In certain literary club years ago one of the members, in proposing the name of. a candidate for membership, mentioned among his qualifications that he could speak several dead Ian guages. To this an opponent replied that he never heard the gentleman in question speak but one language and he murdered that as he went along San Antonio Express.
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 We are always glad to have ns1cs items sent in, but request that they reach us by Tuesday noon, or earlier, if possible. It Is often neces- sary to Rbridge items that are received the lat ter part of Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. Forms closed Wednesday st 10 a. m
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Her Iimitationa.

These pianos look too cheap" said the young woman. her brows contract ing slightly. ''Show me some of the best you've got"
 "Yes, ma'am." said the salesman May ask how high you care to go2'
 Me? Oh, only go to G, but want one with all the octaves just the same. !" Chicago Tribune.
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As She Is snoke In Lancashire.

 First Lancashire schoolboy from the top of a passing tramcar to a school friend: "Gooin' tn 'all t'neetY' Second l.. S.-Yi. "Hayve past?" "Aw rect" The two. explains the Manchester Guardian, have made an appointment to meet at half past 6 for the first show of the local picture hall, which will be faithfully kept.
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henTEIanEA.

"NOw. children" said the teacher to the junior class in arithmetic, "if l had nine yards of cloth and used five to make skirt and three to make d jacket. what would have left?''
 "A lot of scraps." promptly answered the little girl at the foot.-Chicago News.
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DIsrRICT OF STAFFORD. ss. Pro.

y bate court, June 27, A. D. 1914.
 Estate of JampS and EllenbkAna, Of SGaHOrd, in said district, min IS.
 Upon the application Of ndrew Kena. guardl- an praying that an order may be granted to sell a right Of way, on which to erect poles and towers for the transmission of electric current uCon laLd of satC minors, by said application fully apPe"rs. It is
 Uider d, That sqid application be heard and deteTTrtnen at he Probate once ln stafford, in said dIstrict, on the 7th day of July, A. D 1914. at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice Le given or the pendency of said ap- plica ion and time and place of hearing thereon, by publishing copy of this order once In a newspaper having circulation in said District, at least five days before said hearing 't RORERT II FISK, Judge.
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''5''s.''E''5''t''t ; TEACHING OF THE FOURTH.
By Rev. Francis E. Clark

, By Rev. Francis E. Clark. . Our nation has been marvel , ously prospered in the past be- . cause the great heart of the pep pie has been sound and true, . We have been, for the most part. true to the traditions of the fathers. We have kept in good degree to the simplicity , and God fearing purpose of the pilgrims. We have sought to , make America an asylum for the oppressed and to stand for , righteousness and liberty and . peace among the nations of the , world. Because of this great . underlying purpose. in spite of many mistakes and wanderings from the highest ideal. God has wonderfully blessed us. We are among the live and living ma tions of the day. as Lord Sails , bury expresses it. and not among the dying nations. Then. in con- clusion. let one with seven gen erations of American and Puri- tan blood in his veins urge you. patriotic young Christian Ameri- cans, to be true to your great inheritance. to remember all the way in which God has led us in the past. to stand for our coun- try when she is right. but nev- CT for "our country right or wrong::" to use the victories of
 the past as not abusing them,
 and to resolve that because of
 the great favor of our God we
 will do our very. best to make
 our beloved land a righteous,
 God fearing. peace loving na-
 tion. ever the refuge and the
 champion of the oppressed and
 never bombastic bully among
 the nations of the earth. s' ~ -. -. 4..A..
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HonalaRa.

We wish. madam. to enlist your aid in influencing your husband for the public good. He holds the key to a very interesting situation and"-
 ''I don't see how can be of any as- sistance to you John never could find a keyhole. ."-HOuStOn Post.
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ELLINGTON. 0ryStal Lake.

The strawberry social and supper will be held Thursday evening.
 Mn- H. n. Dimook is spending the weak with relatives in Blandford, Mas.
 Warren Skinner of Rockville is gpending his vacation with his grand parents. Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Aborn.
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WHEN FREEDOM WAS WON.
King George III. Was Told by Messen-

King George III. Was Told by Messen-
 ger of Corvallis Surrender.
 In his Historical Memoirs of Our Own Times Sir N. w. Wraxall has left an interesting record of the effect of the news of the surrender of Lord Cornwallis Ghe real end of the RevO- lutionary war) on the mind of Lord North and King George III.
 Wraxall asked Lord George Germain how North took the communication i ,''As he would have taken d cannon ball in his breast" replied Lord George, flor he opened his arms, exclaiming
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Eaav to Renember.

Beg pardon, sir," observed the tough looking waiter suggestively. "Gentlemen who dine at this table usu- ally-er-remember me, sir"
 'I don't wonder" said the customer cordially. "That mug of yours would le hard to forget "-Dallas News.
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Discretion,

Singleton Have you decided what you are going to call the baby. old man? Wedderton - Certainly am going to call him whatever my wife names him.-London Tit-Bits.
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Unreasonable.

Mrs. Henrypeck docking up from her reading)-This writer says that the widows make the best wives. Mir. Henrypeck-But really, my dear, you can hardly expect me to die just in order to make a good wife of yOu.- Stray Stories.
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lA T 4 Conrt of Prohate holden at staf

"A n a Court of Probate holden at Staf "A for6Syithin and for the District of stafford, on the 29bh day of June, AS D. .19l4
 Present, ROBERT U. FISK, Judge.
 On motion of the administrator on the estate ori enry M, Chase, late of Stanord, within said district. deceased @3'|' '.
 1t is ordered yby,-this court that notice shall be given that the administration account in said est ate will be exhibited for settlement at the Probate Oflce in said district, on the Sth day Of July. 1914, at 10 o'clock, forenoon, by posting a copy of this order on the public sign post in said town of stafford, and by adver- Using the same in "a newspaper published in StafToTd and having circulation in said dis trict. Attest, MARCUS B. FISK, Clerk.
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Poverty.

Her Suitor-I admit I am poor. but poverty Is no crime. Her Father-Er- no. Not until you commit something eise.-Judge.
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DIsTRICr OF HOLLAND, ss. Pro

nISTRIC'T OF HOLLAND, ss. Pro. lJ bate Court, June 24, 1914
 Estate of Celinda J. Waldo, late Of Wilmington, in said distTicE.
 The administrator, having exhibited his ad- account with said estate to this court for allowance, 1t is %fa
 Ordered-That said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office in Holland, in said district, on the 7th day of July, A. D. 19It, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice be given Of the pendency of said application and time and place of hearing thereon by publishing this order once. in some newspaper having circulation in said district, and by post ing copy thereof. on the public sign-po in ehe town of Wilmington, where the deceased last dwelt, at least six day before said day of hear fhg. Certified from Record. .-s,. ..sFt. ,. EDWIN s AGARn, Judge.
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Goe. the Rounds.

''1'hey tell me that woman is a gos- sip. Do you think she is reliableY'
 ''l know that whatever she says gees - Baltimore American.
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Eiua Rna4ana

Chinese coats have five buttons, sig nifying the five Confucian virtues humanity. justice. order, prudence and rectitude.