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Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09

A CANINE MARrYR.-The following story is from the Nashville Union: When contumely is sought to be given a person the name of the dog is often used, and yet this brute most frequently of any other is mans best friend and faithful protector. Wednesday afternoon as Mrs. w. G. Woodruff was in her yard near the race track she saw mad dog making towards her, evidently desirous of making an at- tack. Being some distance from the house too far, in fact, to reach the door before the mad dog could seize her, the alright ed lady thought of her own faithful dog, which she called to her assistance. Hear. ing the screams and call of her mistress, the dog, with an alacrity which seemed to spring from consciousness of impending danger, bounded forward in time to attack the mad dog just as the infuriated beast was about to seize Mrs. Woodruff. Now ensued conflict between the two dogs which lasted two or three minutes. ena- bling Mrs. Woodruff to get into her house and shut the door. It was doubtful which would prove the mastery, when colored man came to the scene of conflict. No sooner had he neared the dogs than the rabid one attacked the colored man, who, having picked up fence rail, defended himself as best he could. It was with difficulty he kept clear of the dog, which endeavored to spring upon him, but was finally felled to the ground and then killed by the colored man. Mrs. Woodruff's faithful animal was badly bitten and con- siderably worsted, though it had saved the life of it's mistress. Afterwards this dog gave evidence of hydrophobia. when it was found necessary to kill the animal which had saved human being from a horrid fate.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09
The College Regatta.

The result of the college regatta at Springfield, says the World, will un doubtedly encourage boat-racing. The prestige of Harvard, notwithstanding the defeat of Harvard last year, was still so strong, that if either Harvard or Yale had won the race, the effect upon the smaller colleges would have been to dis hearten them. The cost of equipping and furnishing a university crew is felt even by the large constituencies of Har- yard and Yale, and in the smaller col leges, where the cost remains the same and there are fewer students to bear 1t, it becomes 0 real burden. It will not be undertaken unless there seems fair chance of winning, and a victory by either Harvard or Yale this year would have made that chance seem small to the most sanguine undergraduate. But Yale, in @ field of six, was very bad sixth, not because the crew was q bad crew, but because the crew adhered to an ex although Harvard pulled capital race and came in ali excellent second, did not win. Next years race is utterly un- certain, and next years race will conse' quently not lack for contestants If it IS 0SCaOllSueu IIdL UOaGluS duO UOdU~EuC- ing are to increase and prosper in our colleges we have to face the question whether the growth of boating and boat racing is good thing. And about this question we have very little doubt. It is true enongh that study is the business of student, and that whatever takes him from it is an injury to him. But in fact the hardest students are very often the best oarsmen. The members of the six crews which rowed at Springfield, stand, as we are informed, much above the average in their classes, and more than one boat held the best men in their classes. If a student does not subordin ate boating to it's proper place it is not because it makes hlm less studious.- The choice is not between boating and study, but between boating and other diver, sions, most of which offer no compen. sation at all for the time and money they cost. This cannot be said of boating. It is surely a good thing that man should have sound body whether or not he is able or anxious to enclose 8 sound mind in it,
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09
Fattening Animals.

Numerous experiments have been made on geese, ducks, pigs, bees, &o., which go to prove that these animals accumulate much more fat than can be accounted for ny the quantity present in the food. M. Flourens had the bears in the Jardin des Plantes fed exclusively on bread, and they become excessively fat. Bees confined to a diet of purified sugar continue to produce wax, which strictly belongs to the group of fats. But, whatever its source, the excessive use of non-nitrogen- ous food, conjnined with inactivity, fre- quently leads to the deposit of an inor- dinate amount of oleaginous matter. This fact is illustrated by numerous instances both among the lower animals and among men. At Strasbourg, the geese are fat tened by shutting them up in darknened GOODS within a heated room, and stuffing them constantly with food. The high temperature lessens the escape of heat, and thus favors the process. Here all the conditions for insuring obesity are re- sorted to, viz. external heat, obscurity inactivity, and the cramming of the ani- mals with fattening food. A still greater refinement for pandering to the appetite is resorted to by the Italians, who relish the fat of the ortolan. To procure this in perfection the natural habits of the bird were watched, and, it having been found that it only takes food at the rising of the sun, they cheat the birds by producing an artificial sunrise. To effect this, the orto- lans are placed in dark, warm cham Der which has but one aperture in the wall. Food being scattered over the floor. lantern is placed at certain hour in the opening, when the birds, misled by the dim light, at once commence feeding. The meal finished, the lantern is with drawn and more food scattered about. when the ortolans sleep. Two or three hours having elapsed, and digestion being completed, the lantern is again made tc throw it's light into the apartment. The rising sun recalls the birds to the habit oi again feeding, and they again sleep with returning darkness. This process is re peated several times in the twenty -foul hours, and in very short time the orto Ian becomes literally ball of fat, which strung on 8 wick. is said to make an ex cellent lam.p-THe Popular Scienc, Monthly.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09

ATTEMPTED ExroRr1oN.-The burning of Chicago involved the loss of all the off, cial records of title to real estate in Oook county, and last winter law was passed by the Illinois Legislature for the relic f of property holders, which provided for the purchase at fair price of certain books and abstracts of title which were preserved from the flames, and are the property of private parties. These books comprise in all about two hundred vol. tunes and belong to three firms who act AS one party in thei. negotiations with the authorities. It appears that fair price for these books, which tend to show a continuous chain of title to all the real estate in Cook county. according to the views of the owners is $75O,000. The county Board is unable to see the matter in that light, but do not know what they can do about it. The Tribune proposes to call in commission of disinterested parties. as in the case of the condemns ton of land for public uses, to decide what would be fair price for the records but does not say by what authority it would compell the abstract men to ac- quiese in the decision of such commis- sion,
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09
The American Institute.

The forty first annual exhibition of the American Institute will be opened in the Empire Rink, New York, which Is now owned by the Institute, Septem- Der 4. and will continue until November 13. The building has been thoroughly repaired throughout. and the Board of Managers have decided to open the de- partment for massive machinery August 15, to give sufficient tina for the erec- tion of foundations and the making of necessary connections with motive pow CT. The rest of the building will be ready August 26 for the reception of goods, and the managers hope that com petitors will be prompt Tn placing their articles for exhibition. It is expected that the display of machinery will be larger than ever before, the space form erly devoted to this department having been extended. More efficient appar- atus has been provided for testing ma chinery than last year.
 All applications to enter goods for competition or examination must be ac- companied by 8 fee of $5, which will be increased to S7. 50 after the opening day, Applications for exhibition without ex animation require an entrance fee of $15 The department will be subdivided into groups, and any entry for more than one group will require an additional en' trance fee. Exhibitors will receive { free ticket of admission. The managers will provide shafting, pulleys, gas anc water pipes, and steam power but per mission to use these will not be granted except by direction of the Department Committees. Blank applications fol space, pamphlets containing full details of the conditions of entry, and other in formation can be had by addressing tho Corresponding Secretary of the American Institute, New York.
 | The articles exhibited will be classified in the following departments First Fine arts and education. Second-Th, dwelling. Third-Dress and handicraft Fourth - Chemistry and mineralogy Fifth-Engines and machinery. Sixtl -intercommunicatio Seventh-Agri culture and horticulture. The manager declare it essential that all who desir, to exhibit should make early application and as the applications thus far have beer numerous, large and interesting exhi bition is expected.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09
The Old Couple.
hey sat in the sun together

They sat in the sun together. Till the day was alm est dene And then at it's close an angel
 Stepped over the threshold stone. He folded their hands together,
 He touched their eyelids with balm. And their last breath floated upward Like the close of solemn psalm. Like bridal pair they traversed
 The unseen, mystical road, That leads to the Beautiful City,
 Whose Builder and Maker is God. Perhaps, in that miracle country,
 They will give her lost youth back, And the flowers of vanished Spring-timt Shall bloom in the spirits track. One draught of the living waters
 Shall restore hls manhood's prime, And eternal years shall measure
 The love that outlives time. But the shades they left behind them The wrinkles and silver hair Made sacred to us by the kisses
 The angel imprinted there We'll hide away in the meadow
 When the sun is low in the west, Where the moonbeams cannot find them, Nor the wind disturb their rest. But we'll let no tell-tale tombstone,
 With it's age and date, arise Der tho two who are old no longer
 In their Fathers house in the skies.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09

SANDsPoUrs IN NEvADA.-For several hours there were visible from Virginia City, Nevada, on Twenty-one mile Des- ert, five or six tall columns of sand, sucked up by as many whirlwinds. At sea, these would have been waterspouts, but upon the desert they were only what we call sandspouts. The columns appeared to be ten feet in diameter and one thousand feet in height. Although they waltzed about over the plain for two or three hours, they never came to- gether or never lost their cylindrical form, and when they dld go down they went down at once all falling together. These sandspouts, says local paper, are we'll known to all old prospectors and seem to indicate change of weather. We have frequently seen in the Forty mile Desert. east of the lower Sink of the Carson, not less than ten or fifteen of these tall sand columns moving about over the plains at the same time. It is seldom that they come together, but when they do they dart forward like two fnshes of lightning, and an explosion like heavy blast ends all, and the two columns of sand at once fall to the ground Those who have not been upon our great deserts and who have never wit messed the,e grand sandspouts or the wonderful mirages, have bRt little idea of the romantic grandeur of these ap- parently uninteresting wastes of sand.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09
The African as He Is.

Dr. Livingstone in letter says: At present let me give glimpse of the slave trade, to which the search and dis covery of most of the Nile fountains have brought me face to face. The whole traffic, whether by land or ocean, is gross outrage on the common law ot mankind. It is carried on from age to age, and in addition to the untold evils it infiicts, presents almost insurmouDt- able obstacles to intercourse between different portions of the human family. This open sore in the world is partly owing to human cupidity, partly to the ignorance of the more civilized of man. kind of the blight which hghts chiefly on more degraded piracies on high seas. It was once as common as slave trading is now, but as it became thoroughly known, the whole civilized world rose against it.
 In now trying to make Eastern African slave trade better known to Americans, l indulge the hope I am aiding on, though in small degree, the good time coming yet when slavery as well as pira- cy will be chased from the world. Many have but faint idea of the evils that trading in slaves inficts on the victims OA AtS dtIOCALASSs GANSs pcOPlO AuuSAAo that negroes, after being brutalized by a long course of servitude, with but few of the ameliorating influences that elevate the more favored races, are fair average specimens of the African nan. Our ideas are derived from slaves of the west coast, who have for ages been subject to domestic bondage anl all the depressing agencies of @ most unhealthy climate These have told most ihiuriously on their physical frames, while fraud and the rum trade have ruined their moral natures so as not to discriminate the diff ference of the monstrous iniustice.
 The main body of the population liv- ing free in the interior, under their own chiefs and laws, cultivating their own farms, catching fish in their own rivers, or fighting bravely with the grand old denizens of the forests, winch in more recent continents, can only be reached in rocky strata or under perennial ice. Winwood Reade hit the truth when he said the ancient Egyptian, with his large, round, black eyes, full, luscious lips, and somewhat depressed nose, is far nearer the typical negro than the west coast African, who has been debased by the unhealthy land he lives in. The slaves generally. and especially those on the west coast, at Zanzibar, and else where are extremely ugly. I have no prejudice against their color; indeed any one who lives long among them for gets they are black, and feels they are
 just fellow men; but the low, retreating forehead, preparations jaws, lark heels, and other physical peculiarities common among slaves and West African negroes, alwa5 awaken some feelings of aversion in those, with which we view specimens of the Bill Sykes and "Bruiser" class in England. I would not utter a syllable calculated to press down either class more deeply in the mire in which it is already sunk, but I wish to point out that these are not typical Africans any more than typical Englishmen, and that the natives on nearly all the high lands of the interior continent are, as a rule, fair average specim sns of humanity.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09

THE ELECTORAL VoTE.-Presidentia electors in the United States are voted for by the people. every State being en- titled to as many electors as it has Sen ators and Representatives iu Congress. The electors who are chosen meet at the capitals of their respective States on the list day of January next after their cleo tion, and cast their votes for President and vice-Presldent. These votes are then sealed up and carried by special messengers to Washington. where they are opened and counted in the presence of both houses of Congress, and the re suit proclaimed by the President of the Senate. It will be seen that neither the President nor Vice. President is voted for directly, and that persons wishing to vote for one candidate on either ticket must vote for both.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09

FRANKLIN's INDEPENDENCE af- ter his establishment in Philadelphia, Franklin was waited upon by one of the wealthlest men of the city, who offered him an article for publication in his newspaper. The publisher glanced his eyes over the piece, ana requested the the following day the author called, his article. "Why sir, rejoined Frank lin, 1T am sorry to say that I think it grossly scurrilous and defamatory. I have concluded not to publish it. ? "Sir!n cried the gentleman, in amaze, "do you know what yon are doing Do you think what the influence of my
 self and my friends may be, either for or against you, as we choose to exertit?" 1T have thought of it, said Franklin, with solemn earnestness. son account of my poverty hesitated, and tried to persuade myself that the publication of the article in the present issue of my paper would be pardonable. Last night, when my work was done, I bought a two-penny loaf, on which, with a mug of water, I made my evenings meal. Then I laid me down in my greatcoat, with roll of paper for my pillow, and slept soundly until the break of day, when another two-penny loaf and mug of water afforded me sufficient breakfast. And now, sir, since live very comfort ably in this manner, why should pros- titute my press to personal hatred or party passion and malice, for 8 more luxurious living ?" The gentleman de- parted utterly unable to longer face the incorruptible man /; but he dld not he. come Franklin's enemy. On the con- trary, his admiration for the sterling character and moral worth of the poor printer, led him to offer his devoted friendship, which was accepted, aud which remained true to the end.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09
A GREAT OFFER!
MAGUIRE'S BENNE PLANT.

This extraordinary medicine, the fame of which Is spread broadcast thro ghout the country is un- doubtedly superior to any remedy ever offered to the public for the complaints for which 1t intend- cd. We have in oar possession testimonials fur nished Nolnntary by Col. Long, late Chief Topo. graphical Engineer Bureau at Washington; General the army; Father F. J. DeSmet, the celebrated In- dian missionary also, officers of the navy, surgeons, hospital stewards, commanders of nearly every steamer plying on tho Mississippi and tributary riv- srS and ers o to ton: Likewise highest enconums of the press, press, est terms. No other medicine has such recommen- dations: We can also refer to his excelleney, E. r. Blair. Jr., U. 8. Senator, and Hon. Joseph Brown, Mayor of tho city of St. Louis, and many other State officials for which there is space In this adyertisement. AeENTs,,lMcKesson 4 Rob bins, Nos. 9l and 93 Fulton st., New York. Sold by druggists and medicine dealers everywhere.
 J. <& q. .MAGUKRE, Sole Proprietors,
 s. W. corner of Olive aud Second sts., St. Louis, Mo. Price, 7S cents per bottle.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09
CORONATION OF THE EMPEROR or

CORONATION OF THE EMPEROR or ETHIOPIA. Prince Kassa, of Tigra, King of Kings of Ethiopia by the will ed Youaruisse, otherwise John, Emperor of Ethiopia, in June. The ceremony passed off very well and penceably. There were upward of 3OO.0 .0OO people present. The camp reachel for about eiglt miles; the plain of Auxum was covered and the feast lasted for ten days. A shed was built reaching nearly mile, where all the people feasted. About 2o,0Oo COWS were killed, and 40, ,ooo gal. Ions of honey wine drunk.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09

NINE HoURs.-The great lockout in the building trade which occurred in London q short time ago has terminated by compromise between the master builders and the workmen, which is sub. stantially triumph for the nine-hour movement. The master masons have made an arrangement by which hereafter niue bours are to constitute day 8 work but the reckoning is to be made by taking the average of the whole year, giving less than nine hours in winter and enough more than nlne hours in summer to equalize the time. The carpenters agreed to abide by a code of working rules to be settled by board composed of an equal number of employers and workmen,
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09

A MAN MOVED ALL TO P1EcEs.-The Indianapolis Ne,cs says: William Hamil:- ton, who lived near Tipton, was thrown across the cutter bar of moving ma chine by the giving way of seat. The guards caught his right foot and jerked the whole body in front of the knives, and he was mangled from feet to hips. The right foot was cut nearly in two, the right heel cut completely of, the calf cut to the bone in many places, and huge gash cut in the right thigh. On the left side be lost toe, and tho heel and ankle were badly cut and two fingers were cut from the right hand. His right leg was amputated~ at the ankle, and toe and two fingers taken from the left side. He died the same night.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09

Triumphant for Twenty Years.-More than twenty years ago the MUSTANG LrNIMENT made its in the Vest Its cures of the various external diseases of horses and cate astonished the planters and farmers of the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, and Q demand for 1t sprung up which nscessitateh its manufacture on an extensive scale. Soon the rheumatism gout. neuralgia, earache, toothache and other external ailments of mankind. Then 1t was tried healing. pain killing application. in cases of outward injury such as cuts bruises burns spasms, &c and was found equally serviceable The fame of the new remedy for some of the most painful ills that afict mankind aud the lower ani mals, spread rapidly, and MUSTANG LINIMENT soon took rank in every State and Territory of the Union as a STANDARD CURE,-ICom
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09
A chinaman dying left eleven shee

A Chinaman dying left eleven sheep and three sons-and making will, left one-half of his estate to his oldest boy, one-fourth to the next, md one sixth to the third son. They wished to divide without killing 8 sheep, but could not see how to do it; so they sent for wise man. Sending to his own fold for a sheep, he put it in with eleven. Now take your half said he to the oldest, and he did so,-6, the second, take your fourth-3; the younger, take your one- sixth, and begone-2; and they all did so, when the wise man drove his own sheep home. Was the division accord ing to the will?
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09
Speclal Notloes.
 The Vital Drain.

The Vital Drain.
 It necessary to the health of the body that its hausted aud refused particles should be carried off by excretory and it is equally that the waste matter thus expelled should be replaced by new clements derived from dgested and sssimilated food is evident therefore that good digestion and perfect assm ation are essential bodily visor and Is cause Hostetters Stomach Bitters powerfully assist these processes that is regarded by the intelligent classes whose opinions founded observation, the only absoste specific for dyspepsia and its attendant ils at present known. When the system. either from constitutional oauses overwor excess anxiety act ual disease is In an unnaturaly relaxed condition something more than it's exhausted particles passes through the pores Vitality leaks through these venta ges. Elements which should remain in the blood and enrich it evolved and that fluid becomes then wat and incapable of removing the -ods of the body fast as they decay The consequences emaciation debility, nervousness loss of spirits and general perhaps rapid decline of all powers of life. It Is in cases like this that the soratve properties of Hostet ters Bitters most conspicuous. The first two or three doses sometimes produce change in the feelings and aspect the invalid that s perfectly astonishing and by persevering of this superatve vegetable tonic aeratve the vital drain is to be arrest ed ths strength reinsateo the flesh restored the sttution reinforced and the brain relieved of the cloud that obscured 1t.
Connecticut western news., 1872-08-09

HoNEY.-A Louisianian has invented a method of extracting bee honey from the comb by means of centrifugal pro- cess, which accomplishes its work with. out breaking the comb further than un- capping the cells. The comb is then replaced in sliding compartments fitted to the hive, and the bees at once com mence to refill the cells, thus saving the labor of constructing twenty pounds of comb, bee bread and wnx, in order to preserve one pound of honey.