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Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
ANOTHER LARGE TUNNEL

ANOTHER LARGE TUNNEL. More long tunnels are projected. The St. Gcthard Railway, with tunnel about as long as that through Mont Cenis, will be soon begun. For the tunnel alone it is esti- mated that about twelve millions of dol lars, gold, will be required /; ald for the connecting lines to join with the Italian and Sw.ss railways, about twenty-five millions more. This makes thirty Seven millions in, all, toward which Germany, Italy and Switzerland have already voted subsidies to the extent of seven teen millions. The remaining twenty millions are to be taken by a "'syndi- cate, thirteen millions in bonds bearing five per cent. interest, and severn millions in shares. Eight years are assigned for the completion of the work but i'm provGments in machinery often cause estimates like these to be anticipated, and this may be the case with the St. Cothard Tunnel
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03

tThe following we extract little book Chronic 6y s h or nsau little book pospad by enclosing one postage stamp to the doctor.l
 SYMPTOMS In the early stages of the dis ease the patient may be annoyed with only a slight dropping in the throat" as many express it, the amount of discharge from the air passages of the head at this stage of the disease being only slightly in excess of health. In some cases the discharge is thick, ropy and tough, requiring frequent and strong effort in the way of hawking, blowing and splitting to remove it from the throat, where it frequently lodges In other cases, or in other stages'of the same case, the disharge is thin watery, acrid, irritating and profuse. The nose may be stopped up from the swollened and thick ened condition of the lining mucous mem- brane, so as to necessitate respiration through the mouth, giving to the voice a disagreeable nasal twang. The disease sometimes assumes dry form there being very little or no dis charge. In some cases the patient suffers from headache great portion of the time, or may experience dull, heavy, disagreeable fullness or pressure in the head, with confu- sion of his ideas, which renders him quite unfit for business, especially such as requires deep thought, and mental labor. Memory may be more or less affected, and the dispo- Il often rendered irritable, or morose and des- pondent > The mental faculties suffer to such extent in some cases as to result in insanity These of smell is in many cases impaired and sometimes entirely lost, and the senses of taste and hearing may bemore or less affected.
 The secretion which is thrown out in the more advanced stages of Chronic Catarrh be comes so acrid, unhealthy and poisonous, that it produces severe irritation and inflammation which are followed by excoriation and ulcera- .tion of the delicate lining membrane Of the air passages in the head. As the alteration eats its way up among the small bones the discharge generally becomes profuse and often excessively fetid, requires the frequent use of the handk erchief and renders the poor sui ferer disagreeable both to himself and those with whom he associates. Thick, tough, brownish incrustations or hardened Jumps, are many times formed in the head by the evaporation of the watery portion of the dis chafge These Jumps are sometimes so large and tough that it is with great difficulty that they can be removed. They are usually dis charged every day or two, but only to be sue ceeded by another crop. It is painfully un- pleasant to witness the ravages of this terri ble disease, and observe the extent to which it sometimes progresses. Holes are eaten through the roof of the mouth, and great cavi. ties exoavated into the solid bones of the face, and in such cases only the best and most thorough treatment, both local and constitu- tional, will check the progress and fatal ter. imitation of the disease. .
 Only few of the large number of symp
 toms which I have described as common tc the different stages of Catarrh will be likely to be manifested at one time in a single case
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03

MT. Parsons, III -his-lecture on Paris; tells about ag young daughter of the keeper of the Morgne, who is in the habit of entering the room where the dead are lying on, the, narble-slabs, in the middle of.tffe night, and passing her hand over the clammy faces to see if the jets of cold water, which are kept play
 ng upon the bodies, were, falling al
 ey ought. ..aas..-. Ia...
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
Pensions. and to Whom Paid.

The following facts in relation to the pension system have been compiled from data prepared for the support of the Commissioner of Pensions: ' @.@ '-
 "The aggregate annual amount of pensions of widows and dependent rela- tives upon the, roll June 30, 1871, was less than on the Both of June, 1870. This was owing to the lessening of indi- vidual pensions by minors reaching the age of sixteen years. There were 57, ,623 Revolutionary soldiers pensioned for ser vices, II, 1908 soldiers of the Mexican war, and 1O3,79 soldiers of the war of l861-5 pensioned as. invalids. It is thought that the annual. expenditures for pensions for other than the latter class have nearly reached their maxi mum, and that during the next ten years they will gradually and materially de- crease" .. . :.i,l,
 The following is correct statement, compiled with great care in the Pension Office, of the total number of soldiers serving in, the wars, &c., in which the nation has engaged in since 1775. It will appear in the forthcoming report of the Commissioner of Pensions
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
Chicago.

Blackened and bleeding, helpless, panting,
 prone, On the charred fragments of her shattered
 throne
 Lies she who stood but yesterday alone. Queen of the West by some euchanter taught To lift the glory of Aladdins court, TAen lose the spell that all that wonder
 wrought. Like her own prairies by some chance seed
 sown, .p Like her own prair1es in one brief day grown, Like her own prairies in one fierce night mown. She lifts her voice, and in her pleading call We hear the cry of Macedon to Paul The cry for help that makes her kin to all. But haply with wan fingers may she feel The silver cup hid in the proffered meal The gifts her hnship and our loves reveal.
 October 10, 1871. By Bret Hdrte.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03

FRENCH ToAsT.-Beat four eggs very light, and stir with them a pint of milk :; slice some bakers bread, dip the pieces into the, egg, then lay them in a pan of hct lard and fry brown sprinkle little powdered sugar and cinnamon on each piece, and serve hot. If nicely prepar- ed, this is an excellent dish for breakfast or tea :; quite equal to waff1es ; n..
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
- '".a -. F-| . .
 FireOrOOf Buildings.

Scarcely any modern structures merit the epiGhet of ''freproof." ,. It has been said on good authority that in the city of London only one. building the New Record Office really deserves to be call ed so. This is built of iron and stone, and has no room larger than seventeen by twenty-five, and seventeen feet high. Noaae of he. rooms tlpela into others, but @ vaulted passage, by means of iron doors, and if the documents in one appartment were to take fire, they would burn out with as little effect on the rest of the edi- flee as if they were ceals ma grate. Of course, buildings intended for trade can not often be constructed in this way, but the system might be in more general use than it is The French practice in build ings is good one. Instead of using fimsy laths for thin partitions, they em ploy stout pieces of oak, as thick as gar den palings. These they nail firmly on each side of the framing of the partition, and fill the space between with rubble and plaster of Paris. They coat the whole with the plaster. The floors are managed in the same way, as well as the underside of the stairs. Houses are thus rendered almost. as near '.fireproof'' as ii built of stone throughout. In Nettin- ham, England, where they have gypsum in the neighborhood,a as in Paris, they form their floors and partitions in the same solid manner consequently 8 building is rarely burnt down in that populous man IacIurlnS toWH.. =. s.r.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03

The rage for tortoise-shel jewelry has so increased that it is. feared the day will shortly come when no more will the voice of the turtle be heard in the land.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03

sealskin will he as much worn as ever this Winter. We have seen some sets of this most beautifully adorned with trim mings of wild duck feathers. -,....,,.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03

WOMEN IN ENGLAND. lady in a re- cent letter from Liverpool says C Here, as in every other hotel in England, I found ladies at the bar, keeping the re- gister of arrivals, and assigning rooms to guests, receiving payment Of bills; &c. So in the telegraph office, and in all the stores and shops, young and well- dressed ladies form large portion of the attendance: I was greatly struck with it, and believe it, would be well for our people to adopt tbe custom of thus fur nishing employment to a large and most dependent class of our people. Where ever there is light and nimble work to be done, we found universally ladies' em- ployed. In the extensive draper estab- lishment of Lee, in Liverpool, frequent ed and patronized by the nobility and wealthy of the land, the long lines of counters were attended by scores of beau tiful young girls, tastefully dressed, and who were waiting upon the crowds. of ladies and gentlemen, purchasing SUD- plies.''
 | A REMARKABLE CAsE.-The Syracuse | Courier tells a remarkable story of son. nambulism. A few days ago lady liv- l ing in Onandaga South; Hollow, dreamt that her father was flat Hastings, Oswe- go County, and needed her. She rose, dressed herself, and started on foot fol Liverpool, there to take the cars fol Hastings. She reached the town lit, tie after daylight, and stopped at the house of MT. Fay, 8 justice of the peace, having been asleep all the time. The story does not bear great evidence of be- ing true, for somnambulists rarely, il ever, remember the dreams which make them walk
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03

TREAr1Ne.- party of gentlemen in a
 liquor saloon disputing whether the American system of not treating was preferable couldn't settle the matter by talking, and so they went to work, test ing the matter by practice. First each man took a drink by himself. After that each single friend returned the compli- ment. And finally each man in the party there were six of them-asked all the rest to drink. When all that was accom- plished, not a soul in the room could tell where the discussion originated, ol what it was about. r. :, .n > :: .. . =.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03

Soldiers of the War of the Revolution. 275,OOO Soldiers of the War of 1872 12............. 537,631 Soldiers of the Seminole War of 1877 5,911 Soldiers of the Black Hawk War of 1632.... 5,O3E Soldiers of the Florida War of 1888 to 1842 29 953 Soldiers of the Creek disturbance of 1836. J12463 Soldiers of the southwestern disturbances
 Ol Ic0O l,cU0
 ances of 1887 .............:.......... s,sso Soldiers of the New York frontier disturb
 ances, and of the Canadian rebellion, 1888 1,128 Soldiers of the Mexican War of 1846. 73,26O Soldiers of the War of 1S61 688, ,523
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
Special Notices, 50 per cent. in advance of tn

Special N0tlces, bU per cent III aUVahce ot tho above fates
 One inch si ce constitutes square.
 Cards in Business Directory, occupying five lines or less, $500 per year; over five lines, s1.00 per line. ,-
 Regular advertisers, to pay quarterly. Tran sient advertisements must be paid for in ad- vance,.
 Notises of Marriages and Deatl.s free of charge.. All additions to ordinary announce ments 10 cents per line.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
CATARRH.

fThe following we extract from little book on Chrop Diseases, by R. V. PIERCE, M. D.; of Buffalo. N Y Our readers receive this interesting and useful tt book postpaid by enclosing postage stamp to thu
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-23
A,young man named MoCardie, twen

A,young man named McCardie, twen
ty-two years OF age, and recently from
Kentucky, while hunting near lake
Jessup, Florida. in company with Mr..
Brock. and another gentleman. was in
stantly killed by the accidental discharge
of Brooks gun. The entire load Of
buck-shot passed through his head.
Speaking of the majority report on
Ku Klux outrages, the Selma (Alabama)
Times says: 1--WE brand the report, in
the nnme OF the Southern people, as an
infamous slander, and in regular accord
with the system Of lying and misrepre.
sentation adopted as the cardinal princi-
pies Of the Radical party"
Judge Barnard, of New York, has de-
oided that if q man and woman publicly
live together AZ husband and wife, and
acknowledge the marital relations, it il
not necessary that formal murriuge
ceremony should have been performed
TO entitle the reputed wife to all her legal
rights.
The Missouri Legislature has passed n
bill authorizing the sale of all the arms
and accoutrements belonging to the
State, and directing the Adjutant- &C.
neral to call iu all arms belonging to the
State from all the Counties except st.
Louis. This will disurm the State mill
tin.
A Richmond paper says that not less
than 10000 Southerners, many of whom
took part in the war on the rebel side,
are now residing permanently in New
York, and adds that nearly all of them
are poor.
In Cleveland, Ohio. on Friday last. q
steam boiler exploded, instantly killing
Byram j. Beers, fatally wonnding his
brother, Benjamin J. Beers, aud dnnger-
ously injuring their father, B. p. Beers.
Twenty-Five bridges in Morgan Conn-
ty, ILL.,, were swept away by the recent
flood. The damage to property is i'm
mense
Dresden has is Niobe. An afflicted
mother living there has lost in the war
tive sons and six sons-in-luw.
A cartridge factory ut Chaucey,
France, recently exploded, and eighteen
persons were killed and forty wounded.
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A GARD.
March % !

Aware OF the fact that most all our mtr.
chants South have bought very light for the
summer, We have purchased heavier than
ever, and to-day own the most valuable stock
we ever handled. Our idea is that in every
community there are prudent people, who al
ways have money laid away for "rainy days"
These will want goods, and nice goods, and
wo want to supply them; therefore, wo have
established n Sample Bureau with our busi-
ne-s, from which we send samples of all
goods requested for selection, and then for
ward the goods by Expross, G.. o. D. in all
cascs, guaranteeing entire satisfaction. Per-
sons desiring to avail themselves Of having u
ono hundred and fifty thousand dollar stock
spread out, "a it wero, almost ut their doDr to
select from, will order samples Of such goods
as they desire to buy, and we will guarantee
they can savo ton dollars on every forty bought
Of our house. Samples sent FREQ except to
points not reached by mail. Address
r. G. SILVER & CO.,
Columbia, e. G.
Il. c. SM1vgu.
DAVID JONES. March % 3mo
eB- Every paper in the State within 100
miles 0f Conmbia COPY once a nd aend bill.
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Acacia Lodge No. 90, A. F. M.

IA REGULAR Communication of this
NyATLodSe will be held in Masonic Hall
W. THIS (Thursday) EVENING, at 7
O'Clock. AL members in arrears are hereby
summoned to attend. Article 10. Section 2,
Of tho Bylaws will positively be enforced.
BY order IF tho w. M.
+. NJ. BRENNAN, Jn., Secretary.
March %
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CAS CONSUMERS are hereby notified
VI that all such who have bills unpaid to
lot OF March, will be deprived OF the light IN
less immediately settled. The price being
now reduced, it is necessary that all bills ut
tho old price be paid up at once, n no bill will
be allowed to run over one month.
JACOB LEVIN
March %
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StTs lion. LINTON EEEPAkNb 0fEhSta IN
Louisville lky.) Jster-
sonfnn Democrat publishes Hon. Linton
Stephens Augusta speech, with the fol-
lowing editorial comments:
.sTHE SEED TINS OF IDEAS. This
expression occurs in the speech we pub
Iish this week. Mr.. Stephens occupies
in this speech the ground taken by us
more than two years ago, and ulready re.
iterate aud reiterated in this journal,
that it is now necessary to rediscuss the
broad principle and theory upon wh,oh
our institutions were first planted.
There is no help but in readjnstment
of our institutions, and in q renewal Of
our constitutions. This is pre-eminently
the work of the tinkers, and the agita-
lion of thorough public discussion of
fundamental principles will, indeed, be
the seed time Of ideas.
We are glad Mr.. Stephens is for the
country aud the States more than +. r
party, and that he can see promise that
the Southern people "will be uuited in
the resolve to cognize no alliance with
any party" that will not stand by Demo
cracy aud lead in the agitation which
shall curry the country back to the Re
publican tack. This is the only issue Of
real Importance to the people. The
crime Of reconstruction produces aliena-
tion aud anarchy, and there is no escape
but in restoratiOn; aye, we go further,
and demand REIMBURSEMENT Of onr in-
stitutious upon renewed constitutions
We propose to rally on deeper and
more significant cry than ''the Constitu-
ton ia the cause of US nll." Democra-
cy, the State, the country, the liberty of
self-governm"nt is the cause Of us ull.
The yacht Maria, engaged for years in
tho West Iudia fruit business, is sup
posed to have been lost III the storm of
October 9th, us nothing has been heard
from her since September last. when she
sailed from St. Andrews for New York.
1t is though; all on board-tweuty-fv five
or thirty, perhaps forty, persons-,nust
have gone down with her.
Suicide often seems as hereditary a
disease rs consumption. Royal Briggs
destroyed himself, at Sherman, Conn, q
day or two ago, the last of six brothers
who had Ibid violent hands on them
selves. He made several attempts on his
life before he achieved success.
A colored man has been found in
Sauinna who hns reuched the age of 100
years. He was originally native
African; has lived in Java. Madeira,
Sicily, Malta. the Bermudas, and Ha-
vana, aud is still in full possession of his
senses.
The inventor of new microscopical
writing machine in England claims that
the entire contents of the Bible can,
with the help of his contrivance. be
written twenty-five times in the space oi
q square inch.
The stables of the Bladen Land Com.
pauy. Abbottsville, N. c.. were totally
destroyed by fire on Thursday night last
Loss $1,000.
The Japanese Mt last have a news
paper. 1t appears once month in the
form of stitched pamphlet of about lOt
pages.
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United States Internal Revenue,

United States Internal Revenue,
ASSISTANT ASSESSORS OFFICE.
COLUMBIA, March q, 1871.
A ii. persons having Il gross income Of
N - 00D during the year 1870, arc hereby
notified TO make return Of the same, to the
undersigned. on or before tho ISL DAY cr
APRIL, 1871. as the same are now dine. A
penalty of Sd per cent. attaches by law on all
returns not made by the above tiE,e.
q. A. DARLING,
Assistant Assessor.
Oilico over ScOtts Bank March %
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NIX, ItDITONs OuVo DOtlCou AoT SOtuV
time swarms of idlers, mostly men, loaf
Jog about the streets. standing about the
corners, byways aud highways, as if tie
curse resting on man had been removed
lin the sweat of thy face shalt thon
eat bread" They might loaf through
the streets for me, but no, they have to
eat aud be clothed, and this must be
done, and how? Every merchant can
tell you; as Josh Billings says. every
thing "lying loose" about their stores
are fobbed, missing, gono-where is it?
II some ones needy stomach, back,
head or feet could speak, they could tell.
This is the natural consequence of eide.
ness," which is the ''mother Of vice
Mr. Editor, the question ia, can this
evil be remedied? / would answer, yes,
in less time than a week, if our city fn
TIERS will apply the proper remedy. l
will cite circumstance which occurred
in Spartanburg, the year after the late
war closed, in explanation of my remedy
and its workings. 1t was about this sea
son Of the year, when planters were or
should have been busy on their plnnta-
tions. The streets were daily crowded
with idlers, Us ours are now. This was
brought to the notice Of the officer i'll
charge Of the place, who Immediately
took up all able-bodied young men who
could not show that they were properly
employed, and put one of his meu over
them to work the streets. cleaning ont
drains. filling up gullies. etc. The first
day he had large gang of hands; the
second. hands were pretty scarce; and
the third, all we're missing and gone into
the country, made engagements, aud
went to work.
Mr.. E,litor. I think and Eope that
those in authority will see the impor-
tance of applying tho same remedy. and
compel all idlers, not only in our city.
bnt throughout the State, to go to work.
This remedy properly and judiciously
applied to all able-bodied lonfers, would
soon remedy the evil. No more use for
the Ku Klux; they would soon dry up
and 60 to work also.
have never aeeu O K. K. Il. to my
knowledge, but have always supposed
that if there ever was an organized body,
it was to match the Union League. II
is said they wear great long horns OIL
their heads and dreadful faces. do no,
know whether the members of the Union
League wear horns or not. have never
met with either party to my knowledge.
go ont but little ut night. and sup
pose that is their time to stray about
If you have ever seen one, Mr.. Editor,
or if any of your friends have. would
like very much to have a description oi
them, 80 that would know them on
sight, and be frightened or not, as the
case might bel mean both the U. L..
nud K X. IS. CITIZEN.
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Gas Reading Lights,

XXTITH French Gutta Percha TUBING,
w from the celebrated factory of Corne-
Illus 4 Sons, received this day and for sale at
SrANLkY'S.
N. B. Orders taken for Cornelius II Sons
Gas Fixtures. Photographs Of all the latest
styles exhibition. March %
T OsT.-A Gold EAH-DkOP, somewhere
IL between the Nickerson House and Colum-
bia Hotel The Ear-Drop is of no value to
any one except the owner, by whom it is
priced for it's associations. A liberal reward
will be paid to any one leaving the same at
Mr. Isaac Sulzbacher's Jeweiry Store.
March %
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Natural Frozen Ice.

Natural FrOZen Ice.
A tho summer season is now approaching,
IN 1 wish to inform my old customers, and
good crop Of natural fcz.n lake ICE. this
winter, no are prepared 10 furnish it, in any
qnantity. as low al any that can bo procured
here, that is. from ono to ono and n half cpnte
heen selling ut that prica since tho lat of
January. J. D. bArEMAN, Ag't,
March II Emo GOlun bia Ice Houkr.
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Lippmans Bitters are for sale by all drug
gists and dealers. Depot in Columbia, y. q,
at GfiGEn x McGREooR's, Druggists. s 18
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LIST OF NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Acts of the Legislature.
Dollar Store.
r. G. Shiver & Cc.-A Card.
Jacob Levin-Gas.
Stanley 's-Gns Reading.
Meeting Acacia Lodge.
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A STATISTICAL FACr.-If all tho bedbugs,
rats, mice and reaches that have be-, u slal.
by IsAAcsEN's ''eunE POP" were laid out in
single file, it is calculated that the line wnnld
bo twice AZ long as tho Atlantic cable. Sold
by all druggists. F1Gth