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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-08-21
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Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
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 To Exterminate Rats.

Being sadly plagued with rats about my house and farm buildings, I tried in vain to, catch them they are too cum hing to be trapped, and to lay poison I dare not for fear of killing my dogs, cats and hogs, and to wait for them with Q gun was a loss of too much time, though have dropped three at shot, At last I purchased two goats, which I kept about my fold, barn and stable, the pig styes being in theifoldta In 8 short time ! all the rats en1igrated a-they evacuated the place, cleared right outevery Jack of them, and I have not seen a single rat about the place for upwards of three years, but my neighbors who are within eighty rods have plenty of all sizes and ages. Perhaps fit xSis not generally known that where therearema horses stabbed togetherlvery little, sickness pre- 'vails if there is a goat about the yard and stables. R
 A friend of mine in Iowa was so infest- ed with rats that they were to be seen running about his fold and farm build ings by the half-dozen at a time and playing like rabbits (his farm buildings are extensive). He tried the goat sys- lem, and to his astonishment entirely cleared his premises. He could not leave a rug or buffalo robe in the stable single night, without having it cut to pieces by the rats. The smell of the goat is ob- noxious to the nostrils of the rats, and the two won't be friends and companions on any account whatever. Farmers and livery y-stable keepers, try the goat.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
A Nevada Silver Mine.

Says correspondent: put on an old suit of cloths, and, with the Superinten- dent of;the Grown Point Mine, dropped suddenly down perpendicular shaft one thousand feet into the earth. The tenn perature was at more than one hundred degrees Fahrenheit, and the miners were sweltering at their labor like the work men in a rolling mill. The only air they get to breathe is forced down in air pumps from above, and with the best appliances the thermometer rarely goes beyond 100 degrees, and from that to 11O and sometimes 120. asked the super intendent how men could stand it to work in such temperature. "They have to stand it, said he. Sometimes fellow faints and has to be hoisted up, but gen. erally they sweat it through. .'' "Is it not unhealthy ?'' I asked. ''On the contrary it seems to be very healthy
 Men are rarely sick who work in the mines, and they are never troubled with the ordinary colds that so annoy us poor devils above ground" "What wages do they get p Four dollars day. J How many hours do they work ?' !" Eight hours at time. There are three relays in every twenty-four hours, and tho work goes on day and night without stopping. "How much further do you suppose this vein goes ?'' 'I don't know, but the probabilities are that we shall never reach the end of it.'' "And it grows warmer the further you go 9 " Yes, warmer and warmer"
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
Leading the Jews Back to Palestine,

An ambitious project has been formed by small knot of rabbis at Frankfort, viz, to lead the scattered children of Israel back to Palestine, and to estab- fish Jewish kingdom there once more, Invitations to join the project have been printed in great numbers, and are by this time circulating among the numer- ous members of the ancient race through out Germany and, five may credit the report of newspapers friendly to Judaism, influential moneyed men in the old im- perial capital the headquarters of. Ger man Jews have given it their substan- tial support. The originators endeavor to prove that the undertaking is by no means as impracticable as it at first sight seems, and remind their fellow-creeds- men that it is what they pray for if they pray at all-three or four times every. day-viz., in the Shemoneh Esrech, in their noon and evening, and, in fact, in every prayer sanctioned by their law. Moreover, they interpret the Bible passage '' Return to lne and will return to you,' as meaning literally that on the Jews returning to Jerusalem the Lord, and with Him power and prosper ity, will return to them. ' ..'
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
Cape Horn.

Cape Horn Island is the southern most extremity of Terra del Fuego, in south latitude 55 deg 58 min. It is the south ern termination of a group of rocky islands surmounted with dome-hke hill out of which IS 8 projection like straight horn. But chouten, the Dutch discov- erer, is said to have named Cape Horn from Roorn, in the Netherlands, his native place. The whole hill is bare rock; indeed, how could any thing, even the lowest forms of vegetable life, find root on place smitten as this is by the waves :? Only the ichens, stealing with seeming compassion over every form ill nature doomed to barrenness, succeed in holding on to these rocks. The hill is about eight hundred feet high, it's base environed by low, black rocks with not sign even of marine vegetation. One line of these rocks looks like fort, the seeming gateway, higher than the rest of the wall being composed of per- pendicular fragments. All along the base of the rough hill, low, irregular piles, like growth of thorns and bram- bles around boulder in field, consti- tute fringe, as thoug gh nature felt that the place needed some appropriate deco
 
 that which she has here given? For a long space toward the termination of the Cape, sharp rocks stand up in groups, and some apart, making gradual end ing of the scene, all in agreement with the wildness which marks the region.
 The sight of this spot, the landmark of our continent, can never fade from the memory of the beholder. Like many remarkable object, it is of moderate size, it's impressiveness being due, not to it's bulk or height, but to it's position. At first you are disappointed in not see, ing at such place something colossal you would have it mountainous at least you would have thought that it would be columnar. Nothing of this; you have the disappointment which you feel or seeing for the first time distinguished man whom you find to be of low stature whereas you would have had him O. imposing appearance But soon, how ever, you feel that you are at one. of tht ends of the earth. Here the, Atlantic and Pacific oceans begin, the great deer dividing itself into those two principa features of our globe. Any thing monu mental, any thing statuesque, or ever picturesque, here, you feel would b' tritiing. Like silence, more expressiy' at times than speech, the total absenc' of all display here is sublimity itself you would not have it otherwise than al infinite solitude, unpretentious, witho11 form, almostPchaotic. Around this poin it is as though there were contest t' which ocean. each pillow shall divide here the winds and waters make inces sant war the sea. always roars and tn fullness thereof. The rocks which inall. terminate the Cape stand apart, as yo1 sometimes see corners of blocks of build ings where an extensive fire has ragged and the most of the walls have fallen in but here and there a shoulder of wal overhangs the ruins. ai!isadAI ,ral : We stood together as we passed tn last landmarks, and sang ;na4 .....
 "Praise God from whom all blessings flow" -Rev. Dr.. NehenaiabtAdoqns
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
Commercial Statistics.

The trade of the Ohio River, from Pittsburgh to Cairo, amounts to the fab ulous sum of $716, GOO, ,OOO per annum, ot which Cincinnatti claims S312, GOO, ,OOO
 Pittsburgh S15O, ,OcO,OOO; Wheeling $3O,- '0OO,OJ0. The. imports and exports oi Cincinnatti combinedreach S505, GOO, GOO. She nas $8O,OO0,0O0 invested in man11- facttlres; works up $66, 900, 900 raw mate rial into S127, 100000, thus adding $61,- 900, 900, or nearly doubling the raw ma terial. The population of 218,OO0 shows an increase in ten years of 36 per cent. The whole value of the property is esti. mated at $300,0OO,000, or about one. seventh of the national debt. At the same rate New York should be worth
 $1, ,5O0, ,O00,O00. The entire wealth of the United States is estimated at $2O,OOO,. 100000. If any of our readers are anx- ious to spend part of the eternity be-
 fore them in counting this little sum, we can tell them that it will require but 1870 years, counting 60 per minute anc twelve hours each day. t,.. :.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
WASTE PAPER.-Never throw away

WASTE PAPER. Never throw away old paper. If you have no wish to sell it use it in the house. Some house. keepers prefer it to cloth for cleaning many articles of furniture. For instance, volume written by lady who prided herself on her experience and tact, says: ''After,a stove has been blacked, 1t can be kept looking very well for long time by rubbing, it with paper every morning.
 Rubbing with paper is much nicer way of keeping the outside of @ tea kettle, cofee-pot and teapot bright and clean, than. the old way of washing them in suds. Rubbing with paper is also the best way of, polishing knives and tin ware and spoons; they shine like new sill yer. For polishing mirrors, windows, -lamp-chimneys, etc., paper is better than dry cloth. Preserves and pickles keep much better if brown paper instead of cloth, is tied over the jar Canned fruit is not so apt to mould if piece of writing paper, cut to fit the can, is laid directly on the fruit. Paper is much better to put under carpet than straw. It is warmer, thinner, and makes less noise when one walks over it. ...
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
Chicago.

1t is estimated, upon what may be re- garded as. good authority, that the fire covered over 5000 acres in the heart of the city;fover 20, 600 buildings were de- stroyed, and ninety-three thousand per sons dispossessed of their homes; ninety thousand buildings are left standing, fifty thousand people have left the city, and two hundred and eighty thousand burned; with one million, six hundred thousand bushels of grain; eleven ele- vators remain uninjured, containing five million bushels of grain. One-half the entire pork product was burned, with the same proportion of flour. Eighty thousand tons of coal were consumed, and about the same amount is on hand. Fifty million feet of lumber were burn ed, and two hundred and forty million feet remain nharmed-nearly one quar- ter enough to rebuild the waste places. The stock of leather was reduced about one-quarter, the value of that burned being about $95. 1000. The greater DOT tion of the stocks of groceries, dry goods, and boots and shoes were burned up, with more than one-half the ready-made clothing, but the quantities destroyed were scarcely equal to three weeks sup ply, aud are being rapidly replaced. Tea per cent. of the currency was burned. A careful average of these larger items with smaller ones shows that the city has suffered @ loss of not less than twen- ty nor more than twenty-five per cent. on her total assets, real and personal. The terrible personal experiences published in the Eastern papers are stated, almost without exception, to be fabrications.
 The banks are all in full operation.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03

A BATTLE F1AG-It will be remember ed that the Germans lost one flag in the late war, and that Menotti Garibaldi took pains to inform his antagonist that it was not taken in battle, but found on the field covered with the bodies of it's guards. The Emperor William has presented new colors to the battalion, on the ground that the loss twas one of those lamentable events which are the result of untoward circumstances, and for which no one can be held responsible
 The flag was neither taken by victorious enemy, nor abandoned by discouraged troop of soldiers it's position on the battlefield, amid the corpses of its brave defenders, bears honorable testimony to the character of the men before whom it was borne until the approach of night hid it from the eyes of its guardians.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
Marriage Relations in Fracce.

The following statistical statement of the number of applications for divorce, or rather for legal separations, in France, is interesting. In 1869 the petitions for separations rose from 1909, which was the number Tn the previous year,, to B., 056. Of these, 2,611 came from the wife, and only 445 from the husband. Four-tenths of the whole number, that is 1,29O, emanated from the working classes, 545 from landed proprietors, 49O from peasants, and 485 from the commercial classes. In 442 cases the judge succeeded in effecting a @ recon ciliation, in 282 the petition was rejected, and in 2,332 the decree of separation was pronounced. The reasons given in support of the petitions throw light on the character of the lower classes of French society. In 147 cases the wife had been guilty of adultery in 65 the man had kept a concubine in the same house with his wife in 230 one of the parties had suffered degrading punish ment, and in 2,959 excesses, insults and ill-treatment were the cause of the separ- atiOn
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03

LUMINOUS PLANTS. Tt will be new fact to many that plants emit light
 From an article on this subject in the BolOdoin -Scieatyfc Reuieao we learn " that vague ideas of the existence of luminous plants. in India and the neighboring countries still float about, as in the days of the old Hindoos and Greeks. There
 is a vague report that in Afghanistan grows bush which at night from dis tance appears on fire. Baron Huge says that he was told that the Aux River, when swollen with rain, brings down from Thibet pieces of timber which {" shine in the dark as long as they con- tinue moist" The root of grass in the Himalayas is said occasionally to be luminous at night during the rainy sea- son. An inf1ammable atmosphere is generated about the European Dittany on calm, still evening, due to the eva poration of a volatile oil. If candle be brought near it, this plant is envelop- ed by. transient flame, without sustain ing injury" The tuberose is said, on doubtful authority, to have been observ- ed of sultry evening, after thunder, te dart small sparks in great abundance from such of its flowers as were fading.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
Salvation Through Poverty.

SdAfutIOH 1UIVuSh IOtOEbJs
 Dying alone
 Because he is poor 1-=t Going through the invisible door
 To the unknown, - -"- AM unatteAAedN' --r
 All unbefriended- i-. No one t2 see 5.a9s it all over sn!d and ended,
 No one to pray i'-- .4
 No one to say Goodbye to the spirit departing to-day
 '1 s1 Because he is poor. ra4 Open your doors, t...-.., .4..D Ye angels that take Unfricnded mortals for charity's sake -' 70 < Upto your floors; -E sira= Say, have ye places :. . - Where Loves lighted faces Shall welcome him, freed from the earth's cold 7If'.T -s5 iF Where he was torn | s!f By talons of scorn-- -.f..4 4I Manfully borne All night through, though ever more crying ..- .., Because he was poor
 He died alone,
 Because-he was poor; '2 s' tV.4 None fingered or watched at the sad earthly door, 7
 t'- For hearts are atone 's a ,r ..t.7sL Not one to ache a... .. ..
 For his pitiful sake Ahl well that the morning was only to break ...,. .,..f There by his bed;
 None at his head
 ~"' .i Save invisible dead s7 l Who come in, our places to watch, it is said-L
 Because he was poor. I see how it is-'l ~ "' :" '''-t to..- How it seems to me-. .srn ii! s5 He treads the bright floors, which barely see. And the Heavens are hls;
 His sickness, health y-.,.r-.
 His penury, wealth. .. And bliss lnsupportable comes, as by stealth stsT R; s-.I4 From endless skies. 5
 This is the prize 't Of one who dies q" i.i .E Unsunned in the warmth of our human eyes Z! Because he is poor.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
Harmless Amusements Necessary.

No particular possession, or condition
 or course of conduct, ins1lres happiness.
 The rich pine over what, when poor,
 they thought would be sure to make them happy. He who ir his days of toll, has sighed for leisure. finds, when 1t has been obtained, that the pains of vacuity are not less than those of op- pressive labor. Rigid adherence to par ticular systems are alike found to disap- point their votaries of the calm felicity which was expected from them. But let us think what sort of world it would be,
 if only one particular tangible thing, or one particular condition, or one particu- lar course of conduct, were to confer happiness. Evidently it would be 8 world of utter sameness and languor, in- stead of the world of infinite variety and incessant activity which it really is. We may be satisfied then, that happiness was not designed to be the invariable con comitant of any such particular things, but to be temptation toward an infinite variety of pursuits, and perpetual &C., tivity of our faculties. How otherwise could we have been active beings How otherwise could the whole of our facul- ties have received employment It is true that some things continue longer to give satisfaction than others, and that some of the highest of our sentiments and affections never tire of exercise. We do not, for instance, so soon weary of bread, or sound animal food, or any other of the staple articles of life, as of the luxuries which are more rarely presented. Nor can the practice of any lofty duty ever appear less excellent than al first, but rather the contrary, ''as streams their channels deeper wear. , But, while the reasons for their pecu- liarities of our economy are obvious, it is equally clear that changes in diet, and varieties of object and of employment are necessary, in order to maintain the stimulus of life. There ought to be much amusement, and ample facilities for ob
 taining settlements of an innocent kind. Mental laborers should endeavor to ob- tain occasional physical employment. Every one should endeavor so to vary his employments, and so to mix them up with amusements and recreation, as to obviate the inevitable consequences of monotony.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
Facts and FancieS.

The world is like a treadmill which turns necessarily and leaves no choice but to sink or climb
 A Tennessean, who is already blind of one eye, has been obliged to have his teeth extracted to save the other one.
 Many young ladies are accused of wearing their engagement rings in their pockets except when che" is around.
 It is said that the three hardest words of the English language to pronounce, consecutively, are-'' was mistaken"
 It is sweet to have friends you can trust, and convenient sometimes to have friends who are not afraid to trust you.
 When see mans name
 Scratch'd upon a glass,
 know he owns diamond, And his father owns an ass.
 A vermont contemporary is in favor of keeping hens, for the reason that every kernel of grain they eat they give a peck.
 A cover-id knit of shell-work pattern was recently exhibited at a fair in Maine, that contained 786, 240 stitches, all knit by hand.
 The average wages for laborers in the Chicago ruins are $1.75 per day for teams, $4.50; for carpenters, $3 to $3.50; bricklayers, S3 to $3.25.
 Young ladies declare that this season s bonnets are perfectly lovely" Their shape is something indescribable :; they become most girls, and cost outrageous ly. -ft u. s. ... ss
 It is claimed that when the necessary works are completed coal can be mined in Alaska, and delivered at San Fran cisco at cost of from $5.60 to $6 per ton, In northern Iowa, notwithstanding the ravages of the potato bug at the begin ming of the season, potatoes have not been so large or plentiful for years as at present. They are selling at twenty-five cents bushel. ...t ..- ...H ....
 The prize of the Cleveland County | (Tenn.) Fair for the best butter exhibit ed, was awarded to Mrs. Patterson, who was mistress of the White House dur. ing the administration of her father, ex. President Johnson. .. | A lady teacher in an Iowa school made boy stand up and show how he kissed the big girls in the woodshed, in hopes that he would shed tears and promise tC do so no more, all the boys are leaving the other schools now, and going to this lady teacher.
 A witty clergyman, accosted by an old acquaintance by the name of Cobb replied: CT don't know you, sir. , "My name is Cobb, ]" rejoined the man, who was about half seas over. "Ah sir,' said the minister, "vou have SC much corn on you that I did not see the cob"
 It is said that a number of French soldiers, who were taken prisoners py the Germans and afterwards escaped are now lurking in the forests of Ger many, and that many of them have form ed themselves into regular bands of out laws, who subsist by robbery and dep relation.
 A Chicago, young lady. writes to he, lover postponing the wedding year and remarks that he would be surprised to see her after the fire, from which she emerged with a wardrobe consisting oi pair of pantaloons, one slipper, and 2 waterproof After that suit the youtl failed to press his. He, too, is Chicago 1 sufferer
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
A Remarkable Family.

Here is the history of @ remarkable Kentucky family, as told by Kentucky paper: About one mile from Jamestown, Russell County, there lives one of the most remarkable families in all this com monwealth, and probably in the United States. MT. James Jeffries, who is now in this city, serving upon the petit jury in the United States Court, tells his own story, and says that he was married be- fore he was seventeen years old, his wife being only five days younger than him. self. They lived together seven years without children, when his wife gave birth to twins, a boy and girl. In the fifteen years which followed, nineteen children were born to the happy couple, each of the first three births being twins, and each subsequent birth alternating between twins and single births, until the fifteen years were accomplished and nine teen children composed the family circle, seven pair of twins being born during the tune. MT. Jeffries is only 45 years old, and is still youthful in appearance and very stout His wife never had bet ter health in all her life than at present, though she will not weigh hundred pounds. Her greatest weight at any time was ahundred and ten pounds. The boy of the first twins now weighs hun dred and sixty-fve pounds, the girl a hundred and twenty-five pounds. All the boys who are grown have made large men; the girls are of good size and all the children healthy. But five out of nineteen have died. MT. Jeffries has ten brothers, all of whom are large men, and within the families of these eleven bro- liners there are thirty-seven pairs of twins, making seventy four twin children, to say nothing of the host of single births
 Five of MT. Jeffries' children are mar ried, and, added to all these singular facts, notwithstanding the absence of silvery locks on his head, he IS the grand father of five children.
Connecticut western news., 1871-11-03
REPUTED CURE FOR SNAKE BITES

REPUTED CURE FOR SNAKE BITES. - MT. Hetiodoro Ruiz, of Opin in Colom- bia (New Granada, reports to his gov. .ernment the successful treatment of snake bites by cauterization. That country abounds in venomous snakes, and their bites are quite frequent In all, this gentleman had treated some seventy cases. His method is to drop melted sea1ing-wax on all the fang marks, and he looks upon the result as due not so much to the cauterant action of the hot wax as to the complete exclu- sion of the air which the adhesion of the wax secures. At first the wax was given internally as well as applied to the wound, but that part of the treatment has since been abandoned as useless.