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Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26
George ElliOtt's Savings.

The commonest man, who bas his ounce of sense and feeling, is conscious of the diff ference between lovely, delicate woman and coarse one. Even dog feels a diff ference in their presence. The man may be DO better able than the dog to explain the influence the more refined beauty has on him, but he feels it.
 It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient.
 Let evil words die as soon as they're spo- ken.
 As to people saying few idle words about us, we must not mind that, any more than the old church steeple minds the rocks that are cawing about it.
 like breakfast time better than any other moment. in the day. No dust has settled on ontvs mind then and it presents clear mirror to tho rays of things.
 When what is good comes of age and is likely to live, there is reason for reioic- ing.
 No man can be wise on an empty sto- mach.
 A man can't very we'll steal banknote unless the banknote lies within convenient reach: but he wont make us think hlm an honest man because Ee begins to howl at the banknote for falling in his way.
 A man can never do anything at var ance with his own nature. He carries within him the germ of his most excention- al action; and if VIC wise people make emminent fools of ourselves on any partic- ular occasion. we must endure the legitimate conclusion that we carry a few grains of folly to our ounce of wisdom.
 When I've made up my mind that l can't afford to buy tempting dog, I take no notice of him, because if he took a strong fancy to mo, and looked lovingly at me, the struggle between arithmetic and inclination might become unpleasantly severe. l pique myself on my wisdom there.
 Consequences are unpitying Our deeds carry their terrible consequences, quite apart from any fluctuations that went bef"re-c consequences that are hardly ever confined to ourselves. And it is best ta fix our minds on that certainty, instead oI considering what may be the elements ot excuse for US.
 There is no sort of wrong deed of which a man can bear the punishment alone you can isolate yourself and say that the evil which is on you shall not spread. Men'slives are as thoroughly blended with each other as the air they breathe; evil spreads as necessarily as disease.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26
Castor Oil.

Breathes there man with soul so lead that he does not recCllect the cas- tor-oiling which his poor machine used to undergo at stated periods of his life |? To castor oil a child of two or seven years of age requires three or four strong women, Q spoon, magnum bottle of the fluid. lump of sugar, 8 towel, jump ing-jack and seraphic temper. The first motion is to endeavor to ring in the medicine on the unsuspecting babe thin ly disguised with milk. This maneu- yer failing, you barley with the enemy and attempt to corrupt it's infantile integrity with bribes of pas. gold watch. imperial revenues of small change, and Hesperides of small oranges. After having tempted it thrice to put the spoon of Tantalus to it's lips, it refuses point blank to touch the nasty thing. There upon your sr1rcharged indignation finds vent in corporeal chastisement of the re- bellious infant. It howls. Peace being restored, you bring up re-enforcements, and, strategy and diplomacy having failed, determined to accept nothing but unconditional surrender, and prepare to march at once upon the enemy's works. A grand combined attack is made. The left wing firmly holds the child's hands. The right wing pipches its nose, so as to compel it to open it's mouth, into which the center pours deadly fire from the spoon. Meanwhile the reserve holds up a lump of sugar, commiserately saying, "poor itti tootsy pootsy, was it nassy medley, eh?" and keeps the towel ready The baby yells and chokes, the young mother, afraid of killing it, lets go of it's nose, the infant, catching breath, dis charges the whole dose upon her, and ruins all the front breadthS, of her black silk, and follows up it's advantage by so heart breaking yell that the attacking party surrender at discretion and calls it ''pocr, injured, mamsie's own tootens and it won't take any more nassy castor oil, if it don't want to-" A treaty of peace is then ratified, whereby the infant is ceded immunity from castor oil, and an ample indemnity to lollipops, and then the mother enters into war with the infant grandmother, who vigorously reprehends the weakness exhibited in dealing with children nowadays. People have tried all sorts of expedierts. Taken spoon; every way. But no later Frank lin has ever been able to overcome and annihilate the nastiness of taking castor oil. It has sluggish cold aperiant look about it, like an ll-omened pool in deadly swamp. It uncoils itself into the fatal spoon like boiled rattle-snake It tastes like molten graveyards. But the feeling, when it has been achieved, IS that ones inside is full of earth-worms and eork-screws.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26
The Last of LOngfelIOW.

Harry Bassett retrieved his laurels at Saratoga by winning the Saratoga Cup and beating Longfellow in dash of two miles and quarter, making the distance ;n 3.59. Longfellow cut 8 sinew just above the fetlock sometime during the race, but the unprecedented time shows that, as he came in only length behind Basset!, he could not have been greatly retarded. However, racing men pro- nounce his racing days over and he will probably go to the stud.
 After hls successful effsrt at Long Branch, the course which he opened so brilliantly IS cut short. A visit by a re- porter to John Harper's stable shows that Longfellow is very seriously hurt During the race he wrenched the plate of his near fore foot and doubled it com pletely up. His ankle is also badly sprained and the back sinew broken. During the race the top of his ankle was also hit by one of his hind feet, and still bears the mark of the blow.
 The horse was evidently in much pain, and could not put his foot to the ground ; all the muscles of the leg were constant ly twitching with quick. nervous move ment. Longfellow is, ill the opinion of many horsemen, hopelessly broken down as a race horse, but MT. Harper hopes in a year he will again be of some use. If, as is claimed by some, Longfelow made the last three. quarters of mile on three legs it shows him the pluckiest animal on the turf
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26

HE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR.-I he annual exhibition of the American Insti- tnte will be opened at the rink, in New York City on the 4th of September, and continue until the 18th of October. The opening address will be delivered ab two o'clock P. M. on the first day, after which the first instrumental concert will be given. The closing address on the 18th of November will also be given at two o'clock, P. M. and the awards of the Board of Managers will then be an- nounced. For the accommodation of the exhibitors of heavy machinery in actual operation, all parts of the building to be their use on the 10th of August On the 25th of that month the entire build ing will be ready for the reception of goods to be exhibited. After the exhi- bition is open to the public no goods will be received without special permis- sion from the Board of Managers. The Institute will this year resume its former custom of awarding medals and diplo- mas. The "Great medal of honor" will be awarded for new machine or pro- cess of such character as will work a revolution in some branch of the useful arts. To encourage efforts for the pro- duction of superior American leather, Jackson s. Schultz has offered three gold medals; one for the best pure oak tannage, one for the best pure hemlock tannage, and one for the best mixed tan mage. These medals will be awarded by the Institute, the leather exhibited being governed by the rules to which other ar. ticles are subject.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26
Will He Come Back!

There is some curious club talk in regard to the great explorer Livingston, says London letter. It is conjectured that Stanley dit. not tell all he knows, or else that Livingstone did not permit hlm to dis cover all there was to be found out. A story is revived that was current some years since, but which, when it came to light, was so vigorously pooh-poohed. that men fancied there was no foundation for it. This story was to the effect that the reason why Livingston did not come home was that he was happily married in Central Africa, and could neither bring his dear princess with him nor tear himself away from her fascinating embraces. The story, it will be remembered. was said to have been brought down to Zanzibar by Arab, trading with Uzizi. It will be remem- bered, moreover, that long before Kirk or any one claimed to have tidings of Living stone, either direct or indirect, the late Sir Roderick Munchison was in the habit of expressing himself as being assured of the travellers visibility, and hooting at the notion that there was any truth in the report of his having been murdered.
 Gossip points to the well-known im- patience of civilization manifested by Livingstone on his former visit-his horror of llonlzing, his disgust with hook and quotes his declaration that it was easier to explore Africa than to tell about it. There is talk of his naturally nomadic disposition, and the well-ascertained fact that habits of life such as he had followed for 50 many years, joined to rowing spirit, become inveterate and uncomfortable. The quid nuncs shake their heads and tell of Rajah Brooke, Hester Stanhope, Lady Peterborough, and many other English women and men who, crazed from ''form- sickness" have broken bonds and fled to savagery fer lite. Livingstone, they say, expects to come back "some of these days" when the Ulysses spirit has quite worn out of him, but he has no definite intentions to return at any particular time, and his fixing two years as the period of time necessary to complete his discoveries by the exploration of 18O miles of river, was mere subterfuge to get rid of Stanley. 1t IS further insinuated that this repatriation of himself is an old plan; that he himself made up the story of his murder brought back by his Makaloro attendants, and that he has always prevented Dr. Kirk from getting news of him, and declined to con- muDicate with hin until the pursuit grew so strong he could no longer keep his ex- istence secret. send you this gossip for what it is worth.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26

. MEDICAL GUEsswORK.-The profession al tre'tment of disease is in great meas ure experimental. If one medicine fails another is tried, and sometimes this hit or miss practice is pursued until the resourc- es of the faculty is exhausted. This, in the truest sense of the word, is emp5ricism But when the physician has made valua- ble discovery, he is called by his profess sional brethren an Empiric because he ad- vertises the result of his labor and research When Dr. Walker of California introduced his celebrated VINEGAR B1rTERs as a remedy for all blood diseases, he struck a tremendous blow at the enaptricoJ system, as applied in our hospitals, and in private practice. It was soon apparent that his medicine was not a mere palliative or al- leviative that only modified the symptoms of disorder; but that it reached the very scource of the malady in the blood and the secretions, and literally rooted it out. The process of renovation and disinfection went on together, vigor was imparted to the organs from which the virus of dis ease had been expelled. That such is the effect of this popular vegetable remedy, no one who has had opportunities of observ- ing it's operation in cases of liver com plaint, indigestion, affections of the bowels, gout rheumatism, aud pulmonary disor- ders, can possibly doubt.-Com.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26

ANOTHER SENTENCE notability of the Commune named Gaston Dacosta, was condemned to death by a court martial at Versailles of June 27. Dacosta was private secretary to the sanguinary Prefect of Police, Raoul Rigault, and naturally shared in the crimes of that individual. The excuse of the prisoner of course was that he had merely obeyed orders, and could not be held responsi- ble for the massacre of the hostages and the other orders he had signed. A police agent, however, swore that Da- costa sat on the right of Raoul Rigault when the fate of the hostages was being decided, and it was also asserted that the Prefect and his secretary played game of 6cart6 for the life of one of the victims. There was overwhelming evi- dence to show that Dacosta took some thing more than 8 subordinate part in the instruction. During the course of the proceedings the Colonel who acted as President said: ''I am we'll aware that if revolution takes place I shall be one of the first persons arrested but I give you my word that you will not ac- complish your object, before with my regiment have stretched few of you on mother earth"
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26

A MINISTER DRAGGED FROM BED.- A report reaches us of the severe Hog. ging of the Rev. Thomas Callahan, near Centerville, Reynolds County, Mo-, by a band of disguised men. Callahan says that while he was watching his sick wife, men with blackened faces entered his house, and dragged his wife from bed, plundered the house and bound and took him half mile away, and after at tempting to make him tell who set fire to the courthouse. which had been twice burned, gave him seventy. five lashes on the bare back with switches, and then ordered him to leave the country on pen alty of death. He says there is corrupt court house ring in Reynolds Cot nty, against whom he was strongly opposed, and who were interested in the destruc- tion of the county records to cover up their frauds in titles. United States Commissioner Eaton has issued warrants for the perpetrators, and United States Marshal Newconb has sent deputies to Reynolds County to arrest and bring them to St. Louis.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26

USING UP SMoKE.-Several officers of the Austrian naval service have united in experiments which have resulted in an invention promising to be of greatest importance to war steamers and to steam vessels generally. It is 8 method or conveying away under water the smoke from the steam engine, thus dispensing with the use of a funnel. They make use of double ventilators, which compress the smoke and force it overheard. For propelhng these ventilators they employ in large ships the pressure of the water between its surface and the place where this apparatus is fixed for smaller ves- sells, steam power. One great advantage of this invention is the additional secn- rity its adoption will give to iron-clad ships of war through the absence of what is now their most vulnerable part, the funnel. Other advantages claimed for it are the saving of space now occu- pied by tlt passage of the funnel through every deck, less danger from fire, com plete regulation of the draught, saving of fuel, and better ventilation of the boiler. It is said that trials have been made of the apparatus, resulting success fully even to the smallest details.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26
Destroyed by an EarthGuake.

. A correspondent of the Hong Kong Press writes as follows: "With refer enoe to the earthquake, I have since learned that it almost completely de- stroyed the large sea- port town of Ha- mada, the capital of Sekishu, situated on the west coast of Japan, in 45o north latitude and 123o east longitude, being 1S0 English miles almost due west of Kobe. From what can gather this ap- pears to to have been the ceNtre of the earthquake. On the first shock, which was the most severe, the people had barely time to get clear from their houses before they saw them tumble to pieces
 The number of people killed is estimated roundly at 500. As the earthquake oc- cured at about the hour devoted to the evening meal, the remains of the kitchen fires were still smouldering and igniting the debyis of foreign timber it fared up into a confagration, thus adding to the terror of the sufferers and completing the awful calamity originated by the convulsive throes of the earth. The earthquake appears to have lasted con- siderable time and so severe were the shocks that the or-strickenpopu!ation were unable to walk, and were obliged to crawl away on their hands and kness as best they could, in search of some place of safety, generally making for the nearest bamboo groves, as the Japanese consider them the safest resorts in such dire emergencies, it being their opinion that the complete network formed by the inter]aced roots of the bamboos underground binds the earth together, and thus lessens its liability to open and swallow them up. Many large Assures and crevices opened up in and about the town, from which the sea-water gushed forth in plentiful streams.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26
Up in a Balloon.

The Boston Iraoeller gives the follow ing lively account ot voyage through upper air made by one Of it's reporters
 Tie danger of journey through the clouds in company with two lunatics was experienced by the writer last eve- ming at an hour past o'clock. IA com pany with friend he took passage in the balloon "Castle in the Air." under the charge of Prof. Allen, of Providence, R. I. The passenger list comprised the Professor himself, the two parties above alluded to and pair of thick-skulled, drupken Irishmen with bottle of whis- key. The fact that these men were drunk uor, however, was not known until after the ascension had commenced.
 At first one of the men, a burly fellow of 180 pounds weight, refused to obey the orders of the aeronaut, insisting up- on sitting at one end of the basket, where his weight caused the load to ca reen in very dangerous manner. Not satisfied with this, he opened the bottle of liquor and drained it's contents at a draught, throwing the vessel at the crowd one thousand feet below. He next attempted to dance jig, and tried to gain possession of the cord attached to the safety valve, but was finally in duced to sit still for a moment. The wind was blowing strongly at that time, and it was at the best 8 difficult task to preserve the proper equilibrium. Prof. Allen, therefore, decided to descend and made the usual signal to the engineer. The lunatic, for such it would be char itable to call him, couDtermanded the orders of the Professor to the crowd be- low, and did all he could not only to en- danger his own worthless life, but to i'm peril the safety of all the. passengers in the basket. .-.>.-
 A thrill of horror ran through the spectators as they began to realize the horrors of the situation. The basket swayed hither and thither at the mercy of a drunken idiot, and it was apparent to all that sudden death was imminent to the unfortunate balloonists. Prof. Allen himself fully realized the dangers of tho position in which we were placed, and it was difficult for him to preserve the necessary coolness with which to super intend the working of the balloon. Fi. nally, he managed to convey his orders to the attendants below, and the balloon was slowly drawn down through calm CT region of air to the ground. The oc- cupants disembarked unharmed, and were showered with greetings by the eager crowd, who had, many times, given up all hopes of ever seeing them alive.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26
SnRO1Al NOf1nRS


 The Career of a Gre .t Remedy.
 Twenty summers have elapsed since it was briefly an nounced that vegetable and ateratve bear ing the of Hostetters Stomach Btters had been added to the list of Preventive and Restorative med- cnes. Tho modest advertisement which invited atten-
 ton to the preparation had used with great success, private practice for dyspepsia bilious complaints constipation and intermittent fever It discovered that the article possessed extra ordinary properties. The people, of every class tested it's merits tonic stmuant corrective and restora- tve and found that it's effects more than fulfilled ther hopes and expectations From that time to the present it's has been upward and onward and it stands day the head of all medicines of its class American imported in the magnitude of it's sales and it's repu- taton safe agreeable and potent invigorant and restorative. For languor and debility lack of appetite and gastric disturbances, during the months it is absolutely infalble Indigestion, bilious disorders constipation, nervousness periodical fevers and all the ordinary complaints generated by vtiaed and humid atmosphere vanish under it's renovating and regulating influence. This is its record avouched by volumes of intelligent testimony extending perou of fifth ot century and comprehendng the of thousands of well-snown citizens belonging to every class and calling In Europe it is thought great thing to obtain the patronage of royalty for patent med- cne, but Hostetters Bitters has been spontaneously approved by millions of independent sovereigns and its patent consi, ts in their endorsement.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26

Clap-trap and Cant.-Invalid reader if you unwise enough to put you self outside of any of stimulant' you will inevitably come to grief Ask your physician if any liquid preparation destitute of stimula ing properties, is worthy of the name of tonic He will tell you Shun all such nauseous catchpennies. PLANTATION B1TrERs, the most wholesome invigorant in the world owes the rapid ity with which it relieves the disordered stomach and the snattered to the diusve agent which conveys it's medicinal ingredients the seat of the complaint. That agent is the spirit of the sugar cane, the most nutritious and agreeable of all the varieties of alcohol. The medicinal ingredients of the Bitters valuable they are, would be compara- lively useless without this dstributive basis They would feement and sour. Beware, you hope for health, of the horrible compounds of refuse drugs in state of fermentation which humbugs are endeav- 'oripg to foistupon the public ss medicines.-lCo
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26

THE SMALLPOX THEoRY.-The curious theory is propounded by physician in Germany that smallpox originates from an excess of albuminous matter in the blood, and that this is to be prevented by the administration of common salt. The habit of children indulging over freely iR sweetmeats he considers one great cause of this undue development of albumen, and coffee and tea, if high ly sugared, tend also to excite it in juice, he considers the best means of freeing the blood when clogged up with too much albumen; and he alleges that by taking these simple remedies. in the way of precaution, he has, for upward of twelve years past, frequented or taken up his abode in the most pestilential small pox hospitals in Europe and South America with entire impunity.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26

A FOOLISH WAeER.-Mr. Steinmeet tells us tA.at, in 1913, MT. Ogden wagered 1000 guineas to one that |" seven" would not be thrown with pair of dice ten successive times. The wager was &C., cepted, (though it was egregiously un- fair, and, strange to say, his opponent threw ''seven'' nine times running. At this point MT. Ogden offered 47O guineas to be off the bet. But his opponent de- clined, (though the price offered was far beyond the real value of his chance ] He cast yet once more, and threw "nine," so that MT Ogden won his guinea, a,-INe CornhIl.
Connecticut western news., 1872-07-26

ABOVE THE CLOUDS IN THUNDER STORM. Jackson, who made an as- cent in balloon from the Derby Arbo- return during thunder storm on Mon- day evening, sends to the Derby Ncrcury an account of what he saw "I believe I witnessed sight that has never yet been seen before. In one direction the black storm was raging in all it's fury. At times the lightning ran from top to bot tom in zig-zag form. This produc d rolling thunder. At other times the great black block would split open, and loud clap of thunder would follow.
 The lightning appeared bluer and the thunder appeared more hollow than is seen and heard from the earth. Over those parts that the storm had passed there appeared light clouds moving in another direction, and looked like white smoke issuing from fire without flame.