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Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
CeylOn.

The island of Ceylon is very beauti- full, the scenery lovely, and the soil pro- ductive in spices and many kinds of fruit; indeed, it is said that it alone might produce sufficient coffee for, the consumption of the entire world. The natives, however, are far from pleasing. They arc generally of short stature, very efeminate-looking, apathetic, and such liars that it is impossible to depend upon their word, If they may but re- pose for hour after hour under a tree, with piece of bread fruit beside them, they seem to care for little else. The men wear their hair turned up behind with comb, the height of the comb denoting the rank of the wearer. This, and the small features, gives them al- together such an effeminate appearance, that it is difficult for European to dis tinguish them from the females, A visitor lately entered one of the schools, and, seeing 8 row of boys with their backs towards him, and each with 8 comb in his head, unconsciously asked if the boys and girls were educated rank was lately called on to give eTii- dence at trial, and swore such com plete falsehoods, that he was imprisoned for perjury. He applied to the English Government, and, with surprise, asked why he should be punished for what his people did. "My father, ,'' he said, F' was a liar, and my grandfather was a liar, and we are all liars. It is the cus- of my country. Why should I be punished?"
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
A Singular Idea.

The enterprising individual who earned few dollars by charging sight seers for admission to the house where his father had been murdered, has rival in the London proprietor of music hall who hired for exhibition ten of the survivors of the Northheet dis aster. Penniless as they were, they consented, and the very night after the catastrophe, less than twenty-four hours since the terrible tragedy in real life had been enacted, these ten men found themselves seated upon concert saloon stage with the curtain rising and re- vealing them amid loud cheers to very large and uncontrollably enthusiastic audience. The entertainment was re-
 peated again and again, the contract being for twelve nights. Crowds greeted them every evening and financially it was great success. 1t is singular illustration of the freaks of fortune that the calamity which shocked the whole news-reading world and sent more than three hundred souls into eternity should have filled the pockets of this saloon keeper with money and brought upon the uncouth, disappearing men round after round of applause for merely sitting upon stage from which forty-eight hours before they would have been ignominiously driven. The temporary victory over death makes 8 man something of 8 hero after all, even if it is certain that the victory is really, at best, but a check. T77" 7a,' .'#
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
Discoveries of Tin in Queensland.

The most recent reports substantiate the fact that tin fields of unexampled richness have been discovered in the English colony of Queensland, Eastern Australia, the presence of the metal be- ing detected over an area of $50 square miles. MT. T. F. Gregory, the mineral land commissioner, states that, at the present time, only about 225 square miles of this area have hitherto been found sufficiently rich for working, but there are many instances of tin being found in paying quantities beyond these limits. The physical and geological character of nearly the whole of the area described is that of an elevated granite table land, intersected byranges of abrupt hills, the highest limits of which are about 5000 feet above the sea-. The portion of the district over which the deposits of tin ore are dis tributed is that comprised by the water shed of the Severn river. The richest deposits have been found in the stream beds and huvial flats, the paying ground varying from few yards to five chains in width, occasionally broken by rocky bars; but even in these instances large deposits are frequently lodged in the pockets and crevices betweenthe granite boulders. pes s5e- s9 sa@ e-s4sl.raH .-..
 The probable yield of ore is stated at ten tuns per ineal chain of the beds on the various creeks. In some in stances, this has been found to extend to thirty tuns per chain. As the 1odes and veins have as yet been but very partially tested, it would be premature to give any decided opinion upon them
 It is probable that they will prove g source of great wealth, and perhaps render Australia one of the first tin pro
 ducing countries in the world. j a
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
PaDer Car.WheeIs.

The numerous uses to which paper and paper-pulp are applied in the vari- ous departments of general industry, form one of the most interesting chap ters in the history of recent mechanical and chemical progress. We have paper doors and window blinds, paper billiard balls, boats, and wash basins, paper clothes and curtains, and, not the least important, as recent experiments have demonstrated, paper car-wheels. From an exchange we learn that a Connecticut railroad is about to make trial of these new wheels, which have been known to car-builders for some time, though their. general introduction has been hindered by the expense. These wheels are made by the following process Sheets of common straw paper are forced into compact mass by 8 pres sure of, three hundred and fifty tons. The solid mass of paper thus formed is placed in a lathe and turned perfectly round. After which, hub is forced into @ hole in the center, underIa pressure of twenty-five tons. This paper wheel, or disk, is now forced, under pressure of two hundred and fifty tons, into a steel tire, with one-half inch bevel upon it's inner circumference. Two circular iron plates are then bolted on to the tire to keep the paper, filing in place. By this arrang cement the steel Wire rests upon the paper only. and is thus rendered more elastic, quality of great importance, as regards both the safety and comfort of travellers.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
The Moon a Dead World.

Among the Illusions swept away by modern science was the pleasant fancy that the moon was habitable globe, like the earth, it's surface diversified with seas, lakes, continents, and islands, and varied forms of vegetation. Theo- logians and saU0rets gravely discussed the probabilities of it's being inhabited by race of sentient beings, with forms and faculties like our own, and even propounded schemes for opening com munication with them, in case they ex- isted. One of these was to construct on the broad highlands of Asia a series of geometrical figures on scale so gi- gantic as to be visible from our plane tary neighbor, on the supposition that the moon people would recognize the object, and immediately construct simi- lar figures in reply! Extravagant and absurd as it may appear in the light of modern men from making fools of them selves, stood in the way of actual ex- pertinent; but the discussion was kept up at intervals, until it was discovered that if there were people in the moon they must be able to live without breath ing, or eating, or drinking. Then it ceased i'"' '+i '[
 There can be no life without air. Beautiful to the eye of the distant ob- server, the moon is sepulchral orb world of death and silence. No vege- tation clothes it's vast plains. of stony desolation, traversed by monstrous crev- ices, broken by enormous peaks that rise like gigantic tombstones into space; no lovely forms of cloud float in the blackness of it's sky. There daytime is only night lighted by rayless sun. There is no rosy dawn in the morning, no twilight in the evening. The nights are pitch-dark. In daytime the solar beams are lost tagainst the jagged ridges, the sharp points of~the rocks, or the steep sides of profound abysses; and the eye sees only grotesque shapes re- ieved against fantastic shadows black as ink, with none of that pleasant gra- dation and diffusion of light, none of the subtitle blending of light and shad- ow, which makes the charm of terres- trial landscape. There is no color, nothing but dead white. and black. The rocks reflect passively the light ot the sun; the craters and abysses re- main wrapped in shade; fantastic peaks rise like phantoms in their glacial ceme. tery; the stars appear like spots in the blackness of space. The moon is g dead world: she has no atmosphere.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
A Romance of the Peerage.

The readers of Samuel Warren s "Ten Thousand 8 Year." an amusing law story, terribly spun out and over laid with religious sentiment, have probably condemned the plot, in which,
 with the assistance of Messrs. Quirk, Cannon & Snap, firm of rascally thieves attorneys in London, Charles Aubrey, M. F., who has inherited the rich estate of Yatton, in Yorkshire, from his father, has 8 law suit brought against him by certain Tittlebat Tit mouse, then all but starving as 8 shop man, at e35 per year and his board, to Tag-rag & Co.,, soft goods retailers in London, which lawsuit ends in MT.
 Aubrey's having to surrender the estate to. the said Tittlebat Titmouse, with a debt of G60,0O0, on account of "t the mesne profits" /" the legal term for six years back rents. Something in this line, romantic and true, is now on the tdaois in the Scottish law courts. The fifteenth Earl of Eglingtoun and Win toun, who, in 1880, revived on his own estate, in the west of Scotland, the tournament of the Middle Ages, died in October, 1861, and was succeeded by his eldest son, who has been in posses sion of the family titles and estates ever since. These have been lately claimed by Stephen John Fulton, who served in the Crimean War as 8 private in the Royal Irish Hussars, and left the army with pension of sixteen cents a day for life. He lately appeared in the Sheriff's Court at Edinburgh, where he made declaration in regard to an ap- plcation to receive the benefit of the poor's roll, in reference to his contem- plated action. He may sue if he pleases ''ia fornea pa,lperis," as a poor man, if he can show his poverty. We have not heard on whatgrounds he challenges the de factoy Earl of Eglingtoun but, having examined the family pedigree, as given in Burke's Peerage, conclude that his only show would be by imput, ing illegitimacy to the fifteenth Earl the tournament man--who was born ir Palermo in 1872. As the Earlingtour estates are worth $200, ,000 per annum
 and the six years mesne profits would amount to $1 300, ,OOO, the prize is wortl striving for. If won it will throw Charles Aubrey's "Ten Thousand 1, Year" completely in the shade. a' "-
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
People you Object to Meet.

Mr. Whiner, who never sees you without saying how very fat you've grown, or how pale you look. s -a.,
 MT. Humdrum, who, when in society, confines his conversation to the changes of the weather, and the rising price of
 Mrs. Dwaddler, who, if you meet her in the Park, is pretty sure to ask you to carry her fat lap-dog for her. | '7s'' -- M. Quaver, who raves about the music of the future,s and never saysla 8 word of sense about the music of the present.
 Captain Blunterham, who bellows out your name when he meets you in the street, and shakes you by the hand till he nearly wrings your fingers off. fa~
 MT. Wheezer, who fancies that he is an invalid, and explains to you the symptoms of his latest ailment. .-,ga.s
 Mir. Harduppe, who, upon the strength of old school-fellowship, will never miss 8 chance of borrowing five dollars eff you. .,-,-.r
 MT. Borer, who even now discusses the merits of the Tichborne case. Na. | Messrs. Sawbones and Pilgarlic, who, 1 when they happen to meet at dinner, invariably talk shop together, and take away your appetite. a ' l.N @s -
 MT. Jeremiah Doldrum, who thinks he has 8 grievance against one of your best, friends, and takes you by the button-hole in in order to explain it. ..
 Baron Munchausen, IT,, who was once captured by the brigands, and every time he sees you embeAishes the incident. -r
 MT. and Mrs. Cadger, who, if you l invite them for . day or two, always come provided with luggage for fort night. t.s-sl .!s-3s.a a ss s --Ee,-.s ss azf.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
A Peculiar Sect.

Battle Creek in Michigan is the head quarters of one of the most peculiar re- igious sects to be found in this coun- try. It is called the Seventh Day Ad- ventists, and it's members differ from the denomination generally known as Adventists, in looking for the second coming of Christ soon, without assu- ming to fix on any particular time for his appearance. They constitute large and wealthy portion of the inhabitants of Battle Creek, where they are greatly respected for their strict integrity, their exactitude in their dealings, and their devout, conscientious adherence to the principles of religion and morality. They occupy distinct quarter of the city known as the Advent Settlement, which is distinguished for the scrupu- 1ous cleanliness which prevails every whera. They are strct hygienists, and an extensive water cure, which attracts visitors from all parts of the United States, forms one of their enterprises. They have large publishing house where denominational books, tracts, periodicals and the like are printed, employing fifty hands: The most sin gular thing about them, however, is O4lO Ac1Cb I1AtdO o14 LII GuO pIdC01Cd1, uOuOy- getting members of this denomination in Battle Creek are under the absolute domination of a woman named White, who professes to receive revelations, and is regarded as the inspired medium of supernatural communications. There is. not one of these Adventists who does not place implicit faith in the revela- tions of Mrs. White and they unhesi- tatihgly obey her directions in all things both spiritual and temporal. Should she require one or more members of the church to remove from the city, or to give up a profitable business, the in- junction is acted on without murmur. The Seventh Day Adventists observe Saturday as their Sabbath, which be. gins on Friday evening at sunset and lasts until the same hour on Saturday. On Sunday their workshops and places Eof business are alive with activity, and such amusements as they indulge in are apparently enjoyed with unusual zest on that day.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
Marriageable Women.

One of the great social problems of the day is. to explain why there are so many marriageable women who never get married. Some say that it is owing to an excess in numbers of women over men, in consequence of which there are not husbands enough to go round. This, however, is disproved by statis- tics. Take the world through, and the figures show that there are as many men in 1t as there are women. Others attribute it to the responsiveness of modern life. Men do not marry be- cause, it is said, they cannot afford to. But the fact is, that no man who truly loved 8 woman ever hesitated to become engaged to her and eventually marry her because of poverty. There are cold blooded men, with no idea of any feel ing for woman stronger than languid admiration, who may be deterred from assuming what they regard as burden in the shape of wife, unless assured of a liberal income; but most are not so calculating. Others, again, attribute the evil to women's fastidiousness. They expect too much in a husband, and, while waiting for an impossible shadow, let the possible substance slip through their fingers. This is libel on the sex. As rule, they are no more fastidious than men are, and are just as susceptible as men to that enchantment of love which invests it's object with every perfection, and covers up every fault. So far as men and women them selves are concerned, they are as prone to marriage now as in any period of the worlds history. Nevertheless, there the women are wanting for husbands, and not getting them. Every social circle is full of them. They are pretty, they are accomplished, they are sensi- ble, and under proper training they would make excellent wives and moth CTS; but they never get chance. What seems to be needed is more thorough method of bringing men and women into social contact with each other
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
Revision of the Testament.

We understand that the Old Testament Company, engaged in the revision of the Bible, having gone a first time through the Pentateuch, have now ar rived at their final revision of the Book of Numbers, and there can be no doubt that in the spring they will have com pleted the revision of this part of the Scriptures We believe that many members of the company are favorable to an immediate publication of the re- vised Pentateuch. Weare sure that the public would be glad to see g specimen of their labor in this division. of the Bible, and, so far as we can see, the only question interfering with publica- tion is connected with the labors of the American revisers; who, in companies similarly formed, are engaged on the same work. Of course, the revised Bible would have greater authority among English-speaking people, ii it came with the the approval of the New as we'll as the Old World, and 1t IS not improbable that conference will be arranged, with view, if possible, to secure such agreement.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
The Chicago City Lots Swindle.

The Chicago Tribune publishes a full expose of the swindle in so-called Chi cago City lots which appears to have already numbered its victims by thou sands and to be still adding to the num- Der in the Eastern States. It appears from this account that one G. w. Scott purchased a quantity of swamp. land about twenty miles from the Court House at $9 per acre, and divided it into lots which have been sold at $200 each to hundreds of people in this city.
 The Tribune publishes list of over 1000 purchasers, besides many persons in other sections of the country. An ex- animation of the plot of this sub division, which was dubbed the Boule- yard Subdivision, shows that the lots ranged in size from fifteen by thirty-five to nine by twenty feet; the streets aver aged six feet in width and the alleys thirteen inches. Letters are being constantly received from parties East inquiring as to the value of lots in this subdivision, which shows that some parties are offering them for sale throughout!the country. H.la as9s- IS
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
The Coal Combination Prices Ad-
 t Yanced. . --

The New York Post says that the publication of the scale of prices adopt ed for March by the Philadelphia and Reading Goal Company, and the rates of freight and toll to be charged by the Reading Railroad and Schuylkill Canal, has infused new life into fhe coal trade, and dealers are, now beginning to make contracts for the spring season.
 Some opposition is still shown to- wards the new consolidation movement, by agents and ''middlemen" in this city, but it is generally acknowledged that longer resistance to the scheme is practically useless, as all the avenues and means of transportation are in, the possession of the leaders of the "pool," !" who, they say, can dictate whatever terms they choose. na .sa.' ."f | The rapid advance in the price of coal, which has been brought about by the, com bination of mlne-owners with the great carrying companies, seems to have weakened many opponents of the movement, who are now anxious to range themselves among the. followers of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail road Company, in order that they may reap the benefit of the high prices, which, it is expected, will prevail dur ing the year. a" e5a uadt ra.1 r.Ha.t gd
 Dealers who still refuse to have their coal sold by the above company say that they must soon submit to the new ord CT of things, or suffer many draw backs, with probable loss.
 When the combination was first sug- gested by the president of the Reading Railroad to the coal dealers of this city, the officers of the Pennsylvania Coal Company, one of the largest mining corporations of eastern Pennsylvania, refused to join it, and have since main tained an entirely neutral position.
 The following schedule of prices at which coal will be delivered during March by this company, shows, how CT rates Lump, $4.50; Steamer, $4. 50; Egg, $4.70; Stove, c$5. .O0; Chest nut, $4.O0.4a eaT .rius la7aa.1 --g.E s..
 This coal is deliverable, at Weehaw- ken, and the freight to New York is 1 fixed at 40 cents ton.
 The regular monthly auction sale ot Scranton coal, has also served to excite the coal trade, as it was thought that ] the prices obtained would influence the I rates to be adopted for March by the ! Wilkesbarre Coal Company and the l Delaware and Hudson Coal Company.
 The attendance at the sale was very large, and comprised many agents oi steamboat lines and owners of retail I yards. Ninety thousand tons were offered by John H. Draper, in behalf of the Delaware, Lackawanna and West- ern Company. The bidding was very spirited, especially for stove coal, which was in great demand by retailers, and sold rapidly, buyers being allowed the f privilege of purchasing five thousand I tons. 'F'' F The result of the sale showed an aver d age increase of nearly twenty cents { ton over the prices of January 29.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-14
Singular Stone.

The Sacramento 7 Union describes 8 curiosity found in bed of gravel in that city, fourteen feet below the sur face, while the discoverer was digging 8 we'll! BaIt is composed of rock, hard as flint, dark green in color, with white specks, perfectly round and smooth,
 about 8 inches in length, about an inch in diameter in the centre, and tapering to point at either end. About half an inch from one end hole has has been drilled through it and 8 groove cut from the hole around the end of the, stone, as if it was intended to pass line, through the hole and suspend the stone by it. ~ The rock,
 however, is so excessively hard that 1t is almost impossible to scratch it, and the question therefore arises as to what sort, of an instrument the aborigine that, did the drilling g-which was prob ably performed hundreds of years ago E rsad asFA~a @sA -s,s+t.a&Es' 'A*se so sesETia