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Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21
CUSHINGS MANUAL
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Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21
CAuTION

u Be not deceived. Call for ALIENS LUNG BAIL SAM, and take no other.
 Directions accompany each bottle.
Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21
UNSOLICITED EVIDENCE OF ITS MERITS.

DR. A. l.. SCOVILL is the inventor of several medical preparations which have become very popular, and have been literally used. Among his inventions are Halls Balsam for the Lungs, !" and :, " Li iverworth and Tar" For the past ten years a better remedy has been offered to the public Read the following letter from DR. sCOvILL referring to it. MEssRs. J. N HARRIS 6 O.,
 Gents-I make the following statement from perfect conviction and knowledge of the ben efts ALIENS LUNG BALsAM in curing the most deep seated Pulmonary ConsAnaptioni have witnessed say that 1t is by far the best expectorant remedy with which am acquainted. For Coughs, and all to be certain cure, and if every family would keep pearance of disease about the Lungs, there would be very few cases of fatal consumption. It causes the phlegm and matter to raise without nQ those delicate organs (the Lungs), and without producing constipation of the bowels It also gives strength to the system, stops the night-sweats, and changes all the morbid secretions to a healthy state. Yours, respectfully,
 A. L. SCOVILL
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d Y N U---No 4f
CHICAGO,
 MILWAUKEE
 6 ST. PAUL RAILWAY.

Extending from Chicago to Milwaukee, La Crosse, Winona, Hastings, St. Paul, and MinfleapOIis. Also to Madison, Prairie tlu Mason City and Algona also to Janesvtlle, Monroe, Ripon, Berlin and Oshkosh. Embracing more BusinessCentresa and Plcas- ure Resorts than any other Northwestern line. CHICAGO DEPOT-COrner Canal and Madison Streets,w Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Penns ania and Chicago, Alton St. Louis R'ys) MILWAUKEE DEPOT Corner Reed and South Water Streets.
 Connecting in St. Paul with all Railways diverg- ing thence.
 NEW YORK OFFIoE-S19 Broadway.
 BOSTON OFFIcB-1 Court Street.
 GENERAL OFFICEs-Milwaukee, Wis.
 g. s. MERRILL, Gen. Manager, JNO. c. GAULT, Asst Gen. Manager.
 A. V. H. CARPENTER, G. P. and T. 4 gent
Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21

SAHls ana Iake no other. Directions accompany each bottle.
 J. N. HARRIS 6 CO, Cincinnati, O.,
 PRoPRIEToRs.
 FOR SALE WHOLESALE BY JOHN B. HENRY, New York. JoRHsoS S 2oMoW&Y oS o6 6oseG1 PPiiadepha THIRTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF
 AN OLD NURSE.
 MRS. wINsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP IS THE PRESCRIPTION OF one Of the best Female Physi- clans and Nurses in the United States, and has been used for thirty years with failing safety and success by millions of mothers and children from the feeble infant of week old to the adult It corrects acidity of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates the bowels and gives rest, health and comfort to mother and child. We believe 1t to be the Best and surest Remedy in the world in all cases of DYSENTERI and DIARRHEA IN CHILL Fa fop 0F @ company each bottle. None Genuine unless the wrapper.
 SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS CHILDREN OFTEN LOOK PALE AND from no other cause than having worms in the stomach.
 BROWNS vERMIFUGE COMETS will destroy worms without injury to the child being perfectly WHITE, and free from all coloring or other injurious ingredients usually used in worm preparations.
 CURTIS 6 BROWN, Proprietors,
 No. 215 Fulton Street, New York Ss!d by DrMggtsts ard Chemists, and dealers sn Medsr nes ct TWENTY-FIVE GENTS Box.
 THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA, AND
 FAMILY LINIMENT Is the best remedy in the world for the following complaints, viz.: Cramps in the Limbs and stom- ach, Pain in the Stomach, Bowels or Side, Rheu- matism in all it's forms, Bilious Colic, Neuralgia Cholera, Dysentery, Colds, Flesh Wounds, Burns, Sore Throat, Spinal Complaints, sprains and Bruises, Chills and Fever. For Internal and Ex ternal use. but entirely removes the cause of the compiaint:: It penetrates and pervades the whole system re. ening the blood. 'N-- W - -'' D'- ''' '-D e"i'A- THE HOUSEHOLD PANAcEA IS PURELY yEe etable and All Healing
 Prepared by
 CURTIS 6 BROWN
 No. 215 Fulton Street, New York, For sale by all Druggists.
 BROWNS IA COUGH, COLD, SORE THROAT TROGHEs Requires immediate attention, and
 Eo1 should be Checked. If allowed to COUGHS Permanent Throat Affeotion or a an n
 AND Incurable Lung Disease, is often
 BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRoGHEs Having direct influence on the parts, give imme- date relief For Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, Consumptive and Throat Diseases, Troches are used t0ith great success.
 SINGERS AND PUBLIC STEAMERS Will find Troches useful in clearing the voice when taben before Singing or Speaking, and relieving the throat after an unusual exertion of the vocal organs.
 Obtain only "Brown's Bronchial Troches," and do not take any of the worthless limitations that may be offered. Sold EverytChere. Best and Oldest Family Medicine..Sam fOrdS LfUer InUig0rGt0T-a purely Vegetable Cathar tie and Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility Sick Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derange ments of Liver Stomach ndBowels. Ask your Druggist for it. Betoare of imitGtions. THE LUNGS are Strained and Hacked by a per sistent Cough, the general strength was ted, and an incurab1e complaint established thereby Dr, Jayne's Expectorant is effective remedy fo r Coughs and Colds, and exerts beneficial effect on
Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21
Drilling In Wheat.

A correspondent of an agricultural paper writes that for several years in succession he got six bushels more wheat to the acre when drilled in than when it was sown broadcast. Our Ga yuga farmers not only drill in their wheat, but they tile-drain the field and SOW superphosphate with the seed. The clayey soils which were once the only wheat bearing soils, now fail to grow as good wheat crops as the beech and maple soils when well drained and ma- nura1
Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21

Best and Oldest Family RIedicine.- .-San fords Ldver InUigorator- purely Vegetable Cathar tic and Tonic Dyspepsia, stipation, biity Sick Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derange ments of Liver, Stomach andBowels. Ask your Druggist for it. Betonre of ianitdtions.
 THE LUNGS Strained and Hacked by a per- sistent Cough, the general strength wasted, and an incurable com mplaint established thereby. Dr. Jayne's Expectorant is effective remedy fol Coughs and Colds, and exerts beneficial effect on the Pulmonary and Bronchial Organs.
Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21

BROWNS IA COUGH, COLD, SORE THROAT TRO6TJES Requires immediate attention, and Eoe should be Checked. If allowed to ~,oTTGrre continue Irritation of the Lungs, a OOoEaS Permanent Throat Affection or an AND Incurable Lung Disease, is often COLDS. lthe result.
Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21
BROWNS BRONCHIAL TRosHEs

Having direct influence on the parts, give imme- diate relief For Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh Consumptive and Throat Diseases, Troches are used t0ith great sMccesS
Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21
Wintering Bees.

J. B. w., Steuben county, N. r., gives his method for wintering bees. He says: ;" Place them on bench, one foot from the ground, closely packed : encircle them with boards, one foot from the skips, then fill in closely with dry saw-dust, from the ground upward, till they are covered one foot over the skips, securing them so that the saw dust cannot get on the inside; cover with boards for 8 roof if you choose. Pack them as soon as winter sets in, and take them out the last of March or lst of April, when the warm weather begins"
Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21

SINGERS AND PUBLIC STEAMERS Will find Troches useful in clearing the voice when taben before Singing or Speaking, and relieving the throat after an unusual exertion of the vocal organs.
 Obtain only "Brown's Bronchial Troches," and do not take any of the worthless limitations that may be offered. Sold EverutChere
Connecticut western news., 1873-11-21

J. N. HARRIS 6 CO.,, Cincinnati, O.,
 PRoPRIEToRs
 FOR SALE WHOLESALE BY JOHN F. HENRY, New York GEO. 0. GOODWIN 6 CO.,, Boston, JOHNSON. HOLLOWAY O.. Philadelphia
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
Turning Points in Life.

The Rev. Friedrich Arnold, in his capital
book of this name, thus happily illustrates
the difference between the providence that
shapes our ends and what men call 'Iuek''
and "chance :"
"What we call a turning point is simply
an occasion which sums up and brings to a
result previous training. Accidental cir
cumstances are nothing except to men who
have been trained TO take advantage of
them. Erskine made himself famous when
the chance came to him of making a great
forensic display; but unless he had trained
himself for the chance, the chance would
only have made him ridiculous.
There is the story told of some gentle
man who, on battlefield, happening to
bow with much grace to some officer who
addressed him, a cannon ball Just went
through his hair, and took off the head of
one behind him. The officer, when he saw
the marvellous escape, justly observed that
no man ever lost by politeness.
"There is a man in Berkshire, England,
who has park with wall frontage of seven
miles, and he tells of a beautiful little ope-
ration which made a nice little addition to
his fortune. He was in Australia when the
first discoveries of gold were made. The
miners brought in their nuggets, and took
them to the local banks. The bankers were
little nervous about the business uncer-
tain about the quality of the gold, and
waited to see its character established. This
man had a taste for natural sciences and
knew something about mettalurgy. He
tried each test, solid and fluid, satisfied hinl-
self of the quality of the gold, and then,
with all the money he had or could borrow,
he bought as much gold as might be, and
showed profit of 9lO0,0 900 in the course of
a day or two. His luck was observation
and knowledge, and happy tact in apply
ing them.
The late Joseph Hume went out to India.
and while he was still young man he accu-
INFLATED a considerable fortune. He applied
himself to the hard work of mastering the
native languages, and turned the knowl-
edge to most profitable account. On one
occasion when all the gunpowder had failed
the British army, he succeeded in scraping
together large amount of the necessary ma
terials, and manufactured it for the troops
When he returned to England he canvassed
with so much ability and earnestness for a
seat in the East India Directorate that he
might carry out his scheme Of reform, while
he failed to get the vote of certain large
proprietor of stock, he won his daughters
heart, and made prosperous marriage
And marriage is, after ALL the luckiest
bit of luck when it is all it should be-
lnere is, then, IN truth no luck There
are turning points in life, moments critical
moments, that are worth more than years
nevertheless, great occasion is only worth
to a man what his antecedents have enabled
him to make of it, and our business in life
is to prepare for these supreme moments
these hours when life depends on the decis-
ion of the instant. Whatever of truth is
vailed under the popular idea of luck and
chance is, rightly considered, an incentive
to the busiest industry, not an excuse for
folded hands and idle dreams"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
The Spirit Of Discomfort.

The other day we stood by a cooper who
was playing a merry tune with his ADJ round
a cask.
"Ah!" said he, "mine is a hard lot-for-
ever trotting like dog-driving a hoop"
Heigh-ho" sighed the blacksmith on a
hot summer day, as he wiped the perspira-
tion from his brow, while the red iron glowed
on the anvil; " this is life with a vengeance
melting and frying ones self over fire. -
Oh that / was carpenter" calculated
the shoemaker, as he bent over his lapstone.
Here / am, day after day, wearing my soul
away, making soles for others-cooped up
in this little seven-by-nine room. Hi-ho-
hum
I'm sick of this outdoor work." ex-
claimed the bricklayer; boiling under the
sweltering sun or exposed to the inclemency
of the weather. | wish l were a tailor"
"This is too bad !" petulantly cried the
tailor, "to be compelled to sit perched up
here plying the needle all the time; Would
that mine were more active life"
Last day of grace banks won't dis
count-customers won't pay-what shall |
do ~ grumbles the merchant. / had rather
be truck horse, a dog, or anything else"
Happy fellows!" groaDs the law, as he
scratches his head over some dry musty
records happy fellows! had rather ham
mer stones all day than puzzle my head on
these tedious, vexatious questions"
And through all the ramifcations of so
ciety all are complaining of their condition
finding fault with their calling. IF it were
only this, that, or any other, l should be
content" is the universal cry. Anything
but what I am" So wags the world 50 has
| it wagged, and so it will wag.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
VARIETIES.

At the recent exercises of the State
Normal School, in Salem, Mass, mo
Their and daughter were in the graduating
class together.
The first meeting of the Women's Cen
tennial Association, in New York, is an
nounced to take place in that city on the
9th inst.
Nearly every jeweller in London ex-
hibits in his shop window some ornament
said to have been owned by the Empress
Eugene.
A New York railroad company is said
to have completed its equipment by APP
pointing an amputating agent for each
division of the road.
The Shakers at Alfred, Mo-, think of
contributing to the Centennial Exposi-
ton an old lady, named Lucy Langdon
NOVEL;, who was born on the 4th of Ju-
ly, 1776.
1t is announced that machines for ag-
riculture, mining, and tor use in the arts
and sciences, intended for the CHILEAN
Exposition of 1875, will be admitted free
of duty.
The steam-whistle recently placed at
Cape Race, Newfoundland, by the Do
minion Government, will be of great use
to mariners over that foggy and danger
Gus coast.
1t is customary in Germany for the
programmes for the evening of all the
theatres to be posted during the day on
circular buildings erected for the pur-
pose on the thoroughfares.
A correspondent complains of the prac-
tice of shaking carpets on the roofs of
houses, and thinks that transferring the
dirt from the feet of one family to the
heads of their neighbors is nuisance
which should be abated.
1t is stated that since the year 1848,
in which gold was first discovered in Cal
ifornia, that State has produced 81, $780,
700, 900 worth of the precious metal.
The greatest yield was in 1858, in which
year the product was sos, 00O,00
Husband, who had been out West on
business and left his wife some blank
checks, i" Mary, | find you have consid-
ably overdrawn at the bank" Mary
Nonsense, John, how can that be? I've
two of those blank checks left yet"
A gentleman in Oswego, n. Y, was
recently charged with rubbing boiled po-
tatoes into his wife's hair and gently
choking her. Ihe jury thought that po-
tatoes were not calculated to promote the
growth of the hair, and that choking,
however gentle, was dangerous, and fined
the too attentive husband $3.50.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
Boys, Read This.

A gentlemen advertised for a boy 10 assist
him in his office, and nearly fifty applicants
presented themselves TO him Out Of the
whole number he in a short time selected
one and dismissed the rest.
IL should like 10 know" said a friend
con what ground you selected that boy, who
has not single recommendation p
"You are mistaken" said the gentleman /;
che has great many. He wiped his feet
when he came in, and closed the door after
him, showing that he was careful. He gave
up his seat instantly to that lame old man,
showing that he was kind and thoughtful.
He took off his cap when he came in, and
answered my questions promptly and re-
spectfully, showing that he was polite and
gentlemanly. He picked up the book which
had purposely laid on the floor, and re-
placed il on the table, while all the rest
stepped over it, or showed it aside and he
waited quietly for his turn, instead Of push
ing and crowding, showing that he was hon
est and orderly. When / spoke TO him,
noticed that his clothes were carefully
brushed, his hair in nice order and his teeth
as white as milk and when he wrote his
name, / noticed that his finger nails were
clean, instead of being tipped with jet, like
that handsome little fellow in the blue Jack
ct. Don't you call these letters of recon-
mendation l do, and I would give more
for what could tell about boy, by using
my eyes ten minutes, than all the letters he
can bring me-"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
A Romantic story.

The Utica Herald relates the follow
ing: "The truth that is stranger than
fiction sometimes develops itself in very
romantic capers, even in the prosaic and
matter-of-fact nineteenth century. The
following instance is d case in point ::
Nineteen ) ears ago, gentleman by the
name of Tillinghast, who is now living
in this city, resided in New Bedford,
Mass. He was n married man and the
father of two children. Both were boys,
one well advanced from boyhood, but the
other was still in swaddling clothes
When the younger boy was not ever six
months old, the mother died. The father
procured board with good-natured fam
lily by the name of Price, and kept the
older one with himself. At the end of
the year Mr.. Tillinghast told the Price
family that he must take the baby to live
with himself, because be could not afford
to pay for its board any longer But
Mrs Price had become so attached to the
child that she preferred to board it free
than to part with it. Soon after Mr.. Til
linghast went to Albany to reside. While
there he lost track of the Price family.
He made several journeys to New Bed
Finally he gave up his child as lost.
Shortly afterwards he moved to this city,
where he still resides, making no efforts
of late years to find his baby.
g 1t was but a day or two since that
Mr. Tillinghast received a letter from
Providence, Rhode Island, which made
him put on his hat, pack clean shirt in
n hand-satchel, buy ticket and take
Vanderbilt's coach for Providence. The
long lost boy had been found. The de-
nouement came about in a romantic man
ner 1t seems that Mr.. Tillinghast has
half brother working in the clothing
house of Rodman q Morton, in that city.
Some five years since bright, likely
youth named Price was received into the
employ of the firm. For five years the
two, Mr. Tiilinghast's half brother and
the boy Price, worked side by side. A
taken. Some of the girls wished one Of
them to paste up in the work room with
a number of others. While showing the
various copies, Mr.. Tillinghast's half
brother was looking over Prices shoulder.
Among the various pictures shown by
the boy was one which the half brother
recognized 1t was that of his own
father. He questioned the boy. Price
said he had been told that the picture
was that of his grandfather, but since
he was old enough to reeollect, he had
seen neither his grandfather DOR his
father. The identification was perfect.
The boy-a boy no longer-was taken
home to Mr.. Tillinghast's half brothers
house, and there general jolifcation
ensned."
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
Curious Flowers.

To begin with a plant brought from
New Granada, an extensive country in
South America, now part of Colum bia,
and which is called the COridrid hymifo-
LA, or ink plant. The juice which is ex-
tracted from it, and which is called ''can-
chi" is at first of a reddish tint, but in
the space of a few hours assumes a hue
of the deepest black, and can be used in
its natural state without preparation. The
merit of this canchi consists in its not
affecting steel pens as the ordinary ink
does. and besides, it will resist the action
of time, and the influence of chemical
agencies. During the Spanish regime
all the public documents were written
with this ink otherwise they would have
been rendered illegible by the action of
sea-water. Some of our botanists are
engaged in the acclimatization of this
plant, which will enter into competition
with our own ink manufacturers
An extremely curious flower has been
recently described by an eyewitness al
Constantinople, at which place it is said
the vegetable treasures of the Eastern
world were first collected. This flower
belongs to the Narcissus kind of bulbs,
and bears the botanical name of Ophrys
mo,fehe. There were three naked flowers
on the stalk, hanging on one side. The
underneath one was fading, but the other
two were in all their beauty They re-
presented perfect humning- bird. The
breast, of bright emerald green, is a
complete copy of this bird, and The
throat, head, beak, and eyes are a mos
Derfect imitation. The hinder part OF
the body and the two outstretched wings
are bright rose-color; and the under par
of the flower is of deep brown tint, il
the form of two-winged gad-hy, anC
here the seeds are found.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-10-23
ES RHEES.

Rife men-Pickpockets.
Men who always see through a glass
darkly-Topers.
The bone of contention is said to be
the jaw-bone.
In what tone does a ghost speak? In
tombstone.
How to make a tall man short-Ask
him to lend you five dollars.
When is a ship like a railroad track
When the cargo's off it.
Query-Would it be proper to call a
dancing master hop merchant?
Smiggins says that his idea of grain
elevator il realized in rye whisky.
Though lost to sight to memory dear,
as the man said when he paid his dinner
bill
Did the man who wrote the song,
"There's music in the midnight breeze,
refer to cats.
The bottom of a well must be a shock
ing bad place, for even truth is said to lie
there
Just the Reverse. a clock is
wound mp it goes. When firm is wound
up it stops.