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Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
WarmOth.

The correspondent of the Troy Times says that, with all his acts, Warmoth is a man of brains, of tact, of good breeding, and of remarkable personal magnetism. He has been catalogued as the handsomest man in Washington by more than million ladies ever since his arrival here. Instead of being summed, he has been courted. He is lion. Knowing how to make the most of his personal attractions, shrewd enough to conceal his inordinate vanity, he has made his stay here continual ovation. In the Hobbies of the Capitol he is always the centre of crowd. Per haps they are not admirers in theirsoul, but externally they are, and it answers the same purpose. He has joke and retort for the Senator, the Congress- man, and the layman. He speaks of the chaos that brushes Louisiana as "my little affair down there," and to his laugh there is always responsive laugh. In the ballroom, which he af- fects, he is still the centre of circle. The wives and the daughters of the Congressman initiate theaping example of their husbands and their fathers and who can blame them? "How charming and handsome he is, to be sure and so wicked besides "-that is the formula whenever Warmoth is the topic. The fact of the wickedness seems to highten the fascination. To be pre- sented to Warmoth, in proper style, is as great an event in the history of a young lady as to be presented to the President, and if he smiles and shows signs of being unusually interested, oh heavens, what bliss
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
Water i'm the Earth.

In years past an impression prevailed very generally that water could be pro- cured by sinking shaft in the earth at almost any point. A vast amount of fruitless labor and useless expense was the result of this belief. But now sci ence has advanced so far that men are able to tell with almost unerring cer- tainty whether water can be obtained in any given place by such agencies. A peculiar geological formation and cer- tain relative position for the we'll are the prerequisites of success. Water finds it's way from the surface of the earth to the interior through crevices and chasms in the rocks, and through the rocks themselves when they are porous. In nearly all geological formations there are certain strata, often far down, which are water-tight, and these form the beds of the subterranean streams. As the water presses down, from above, 1t forces the streams along, and they either burst forth in springs or remain locked in huge reservoirs. When we'll is sunk until it strikes one of these or hits rapid current, the pressure drives the water to the surface, exactly. as in our cities the fluid in the storage reser- voirs is forced into our bathrooms and bed-chambers. The geysers of Iceland and of the Yellowstone Valley are at tributable in part to the same agencies. They come from natural artesian wells, probably of vast depth, for the water in many cases is elected at boiling heat. Steam, as we'll as hydrostatic pressure, is often the power that operates these extraordinary fountains.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
City Rivalry.

A case now pending in the St. Louis courts gives an amusing illustration of the bitter rivalry between the merch- ants of St. Louis and Chicago. In the former city there is 8 hardware dealer who has been doing large business in the sale of steel buggy springs at two dollars pair. A Chicago firm, also en- gagged in the hardware line, flooded the region around St. Louis with circulars offering to sell the same article at $1. 25 pair. The St. Louis man at once be- gan purchasing his springs of the Chicago firm, who, it is claimed, were selling their goods for less than cost to entice St. Louis trade to Chicago, and then sold them to his customers at a handsome profit. The Chicago man, encouraged by the demand for springs from St. Louis, made further reduc- tion in prices, offering them at one dol lar pair, when the St. Louis man tel egraphed an order for 2,OOO pairs, at the same time sending Q draft to pay for them. By this time the Chicago firm began to be suspicious, and refused to send the goods but one of the firm, being in St. Louis shortly afterward, was sued for breach of contract, dam ages being laid at $5 1000. The St. Louis journals are joyful over this capture of one of the Philistines, and exultingly call attention to the fact that the public enemy must defend the suit in their own courts, which of course they con- slider infinitely more honest than those of Chicapo
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
The Atmosphere of sprsnr.

With every change of season we have change in the hygienic character of the air. In the spring is impregnated, especially in low lylng, wet dis tricts, with mcphitic vapors, which generate chils and fever, rheumatism, indigo tion bilious ness and diseases of the organs of respiration It
 is therefore particularly necessary at this time of the year to invigorate and regulate the system so as to enable it to repel the morbid influences to which it is more or less subjected. The stomach should be toned, the bowels freed from obstruc- tions, the blood purified, and the nerves braced and strengthened. This can be easily done. Hos tetters Stomach Bttters are everywhere procur- able and in the whole range of remedies and pre- ventives prescribed by the faculty or recommend ed through the press, there is not one that com pines in such an eminent degree great efficiency and perfect harmlessness It is positive antidote to malaria. Whoever takes it habitually may breathe the atmosphere of the worst fever and ague locality without danger Damp and chilling winds make little or no impression on the organization reinforced with this powerful vegetable invigo- rant, and consequently 1t is 8 good safeguard against asthma, coughs, colds, and other pulmo- nary complaints. It is not recommended 8 remedy for this latter class of maladies but simply as means of strengthening the system against the erial conditions and changes which often pro- duce them. As a spring invigorant and alterative 1t will be found extremely beneficial to per who are peculiarly sensitive to unhealthy atmospheric influences.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
A Big Pile of Edgings Burned.

For thirty years or more, says the Machias (Maine) Union, edgings and refuse wood had been accommodating in close proximity to the saw-mills in Whitneyville. The piles were of im- mense proportions, one pile alone cov- ering an acre and twenty to thirty feet deep. By careful and a low estimate this one pile contained 10000 cords. The mill-owners have long desired to get rid of the edgings, but never had seen the time when they felt like afford ing the risk to apply fire. This winter, snow, ice, and water being favorable, after trenching and ditching and using all precautionary measures, fire was put into the mountain of wood Feb. 24th. Some people became alarmed, antici- pating sweep of the mills and of the whole town. Word came to Machias for help. The fire department dis patched one of their engines and men to care for it. The engine at Whitney vile was put in readiness. All day Monday the pile shrunk before the flame, and all night careful watch was had. The wind was favorable, so that by Tuesday night the fire had made it's conquest, the great pile had nearly dis appeared, and no damage occurred to the mills or property of any kind. By the removal of this pile of combustible material the mills are more valuable and the whole town is freed from a great exposure by fire, which might oc- cur most destructively in a summers drouth.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
An Ingenious Convict,

The convict Smith, who recently es- capped from his cell in Sing Sing Prison, made use of 8 most ingenious device for unlocking his cell-door. It con- sisted of bar of wood, about eighteen inches long, from the end of which an other bar reached down at right angles, about four inches in length. In the lower end of this shorter bar recepta- cle was hollowed out for the purpose of holding cunningly-contrived false key, and on the lower bar was arranged twisted leather bslt, passing over up right pins, and worked by crank so nicely adjusted that by turning the crank the key would also be turned at the other extremity of the bar. Having made these arrangements, he quietly awaited an occasion when the regular keeper was absent and relief keeper locked up the cells on his gallery. This keeper having convinced himself that Smith was in his cell, passed on to the other end of the corridor, and the most plausible theory is that while he was thus engaged Smith thrust the machine through the bars of the square grating above the lock, dropping it till the false key fitted in the keyhole, and then turning the crank, unlocked his door (throwing the bar and crank on his bed, where it was afterwards found) and quietly walked out past the keepers at the north end of the corridor. The oldest Keepers at the prison are con- pletely baf1ed by the brilliancy of this exploit, and assert that no such elabo- rate method of escape has ever been devised by any other prisoner. As mo- body actually saw him pass beyond the confines of the prison, there is still & "stowed away" within the walls or en- toying his coveted freedom in the world at large.-New York Paper.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
A Mormon Funeral.

Mrs. Stenhouse, in her lecture on Mormon life, told the funny story of Sister Picknel's funeral. The follow ing was Bishop Hardy's sermon: "Wal, bruthrun and sisters, you are all here, I pose, and so we'll begin. Wal, our sister is dead !; let her rest. Our sister has suffered and made others suffer, but now she's dead we'll let her rest. She opened the door to the devils and let them in five years ago when her husband took his young wife. I told her then they would kill her if she did not take care, and now they've done it. She was torment to her husband, and I guess if he'd know'd that she'd a bin such torment he'd never married her. Ain't that so, Brother Picknel ?' "That's so, Bishop" "Wal, Brother Picknel, have you got anything to say? "Not as I know'd on, but I s'pose ought ter say sum at, and if do shall be sure to offend some of the sisters, so s'pose we'd better close the meetin'." Thus ended the funeral ser vice.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
Sun-Worship Among the Amazon
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A traveller has been exploring some of the tributaries of the Amazon, and has given us an account of the sun-worship of the South American Indians. The Peruvians, it will be remembered, wor- shiped the sun in the days of Pizarro ]; so did the Mexicans before the con- quests of Cortez. To this day the Am azon Indians annually set apart fes- tival for the worship of the sun. It is Q question whether CT not this is 8 rem nant of a religion once held by 8 great part of the tribes of Mexlco and South America.
 The traveller to whom we are indebt- ed for an account of the South American sun-worshipers had been in search of gold in the mountains, where his quest had not been successful. This is the country in which Sir Walter Raleigh placed his Ell Dorado. It is believed by some that there are mines in the mountains which the Spaniards opened and deserted. The Indians of that country, it is thought, have the secret of their location.
 On the return of our travellers from their expedition, they came upon a town through which they had passed on odoAA AA"H1u JouAAOJ "usA "IAoa oAAo J now found entirely deserted. Not a man, woman, or child was to be seen, and the malocca. or council-house, was stripped of all it's trophies, flags, and feather dresses.
 "While," says the traveller, "we stood speculating on what had become of our friends, sound fell upon our ears that seemed to issue from the depths of distant cavern. We could tell it to be chorus of voices, chanting some sad or solemn refrain. As we listened, it grew louder, as if the chant. CTS were drawing nearer and in the same degree it was becoming more joy. full. All at once procession appeared approaching the spot, men marching two and two, with files of women inter. mingled.
 "As its head emerged from among the Understanding tree trunks, we rec. ognized our old Zummate friends, dressed in all the gala of grand holi day-with plumed circlets upon thei1 heads, feather armlets. and garters oi the same, girt just below the knee.
 "On reaching the malocca, they broke ranks, at the same time bursting into peaas of joyous laughter. Ther surrounding, they embraced us, the chief in speech again making us vel come to their village"
 They were returning from their an nual ceremony of un-worship, to whicl every person, young and old, in the vii lage had departed.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
The Catastrophe at Smyrna.

The Smyrna correspondent of the LeVd,,t Herald gives an account of the melancholy accident in that town, which was briefly noted in the cable despatches day or two later "On Sunday night, the Cafe Kivoto, built upon piles over the sea, broke down suddenly, during a performance given by company of acrobats. The proprietor of the cafe says he only sold los tickets, but the people saved declare there were 200 persons present. Most of them were of the poorer class, and there were not many Turks there, or young men of respectable families. At 10 o'clock loud cracking was heard, and within five minutes the entire cafe had disap- peared under water. A few of the persons near the entrance contrived to effect their escape, and some persons saved themselves by jumping through the windows into the sea. The boat men rowed up ill numbers, but their efforts to save life were in vain. Sureya Pasha, the Governor General Ibrahim Agna, Chief of Police, and Tahir Bey, commander of the gendarmerie, who where at once on the spot, exerted themselves strenuously, but fruitlessly, with the same object. The profound silence which succeeded the piercing cries of despair told too plainly the terrible character of the disaster. The Catholic and Greek Archbishops were on the spot early the following morning. Yesterday forenoon the workmen of the Quay Company were actively engaged in removing the roof of the submerged cafe. The search after the dead bodies was sad spectacle the acrobats were withdrawn from the water in their showy costumes of the previous night :; the limbs of all the bodies were con- tracted with pain. Two hearses were engaged the whole of the day in con- veying the remains discovered to the hospital. Of the fifty bodies deposited at the Greek hospital, twenty-eigh were claimed up to o'clock yesterday afternoon, and eleven were claimed at the Catholic hospital. Divers were busy at work all day, and every minute 8 fresh body was brought up. To-day they recommended their melancholy task at daybreak, and twenty more bodies were found. The total number of bodies found up to the present is eighty, and it is supposed there are still fifty more in the water. An English captain, two Turkish merchants, a young man of good connections, an Italian captain, telegraph clerk, and some commercial clerks are among the victims. The feeling of grief and con- sternation is general, and the ball adver- tised to be held in the Casino has been countermanded. The police have closed all the other cafes built upon piles on the sea. One man saved has been rendered dumb. The company of acrobats consisted of seven persons, of whom three were women, and one of these latter only survives. The Govern ment will institute proceedings against the proprietor of the cafe, who did not pay heed to the warning of danger which was given him in time.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
The King of the Washington Lobby,

Sam Ward, is thus graphically sketched by Edmund Yates:
 Who is this that cometh, not with banner and priest, as Tennyson has it, but with composite manner, in which the gravity of the business man strives with the unction of the bon viva,at and the humor of the racoaate,tr-a man of middle height, with his bald head firm ly implanted on his broad shoulders, with but little interval of neck-a man of small and twinkling eyes imbedded behind high cheek bones-a we'll cut nose, great, sweeping mustache and a curling imperial, both pleasant his well-cut, closely. fitting suit of clothes is the dress of an English country gentle man, but his head is the head of an old French marshal. Put on him shako and he would pass for Pel- issier or for old Bugeaud, of whom the Chasseurs d'Afrique used to sing:
 As-tu vu la casquette, la casquette,
 As-tu vu Ia casquette du Pere Bugeaud?
 He could sing it himself, too, and in accents that would do your ear good. For this is the famous Sam Ward, one of the fnestlinguists, cleverest classical scholars and men of widest reading on this Continent, who has seen life enough to furnish material for dozen novels and who is not merely the king of the lobby, but the prince of good fellows. What freak of nature threw s. W. into this age and into this country? He would have been thoroughly happy un- der the Roman Empire, when Horace would have been charmed with his wit and Apicius would have envied him his skill in ordering dinner. Somehow one can never think of Sam Ward and the stern simplicity of the Republic as going together in unison.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
Old Churchill.

A correspondent of the Portland Transcript says: Some, and they are not few, can remember old Churchill, and his peculiar ways. One day he was riding on horseback, when he was met by an old woman, who had not so many of this worlds good things as he had. Taking out his- wallet he handed her quarter of 8 dollar, and rode on.
 He had ridden only short distance, when he began to soliloquize thus:
 Now wouldn't have done better to have kept that money, and bought my self something?"
 Wheeling his horse round, he rode back to where the old lady was stand ing, and said:
 "Give me that money!"
 She handedit to him, wondering what he meant. Placing it in his wallet, and at the same time handingher fve-dol- lar bill, he exclaimed:
 "There, Self, now guess you'll wish you had kept still P
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
Eighty.fiye Miles of Solid Ice on Lake
 Michigan.

The propeller City of Fremont left for Grand Haven for the third time, but was compelled to return, after having penetrated the ice belt 8 distance of only fourteen miles. During the high easterly winds the ice was never at any time out of sight of land. At this point since then it has constantly been added to, so that it now once more fills the bay. In view of all the facts that can be ascertained, we have no hesitation in saying that Lake Michigan at this point, where it's width is eighty-fve miles, is now entirely bridged over with ice vary ing in thickness from one to twelve feet. Never before in the memory of the oldest inhabitant has this been known to occur. It will require high southerly wind of at least one weeks duration to break up and drive this formidable belt towards the lower end of the lake and enable the steamers of the Engelman line to cross. In the meantime the Manistee and Messenger remain in the condition reported last week, off Whitehall, and receiving oc- casional supplies of food from the shore.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
The Wheat Field of America
Healthful Climate, Free Homes, Good
 Markets.

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 GRAIN can be shipped hence by lake to market as cheaply from Eastern Iowa or Central Illinois Cars now run through these lands from La ke Su- perior to Dakota Price of land close to track $00 $500 per acre; further away S2.50 to S400 SEVEN YEARS CREDIT; Warrantee Deeds; Northern Pa cic 70 Bonds selling at par, received for land at S1.1o No other unocupied lands present snch advantages to settlers.
 SOLDIERS under the New Law Cdarch, 1s70 get 160 acres FREE, near the railroad, by one and two years residence.
 TRANSFORMATIONS AT REDUCED RATES fur nished from all principal points East to purchasers of Railroad Lands, and to Settlers on Government Homesteads. Purchasers, their wives and children carried free over the Northern Pacific Road Now is the time Settlers and Colonies to get Railroad Lands and Government Homesteads close to the track.
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Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28
New Arctic Exploring Expedition.

The movement of the United Scien- tifc Societies in England to induce the government to undertake the expense of an arctic exploring expedition, is already well advanced. We learn, ffom Nature, that Sir Henry Rawlinson will address letter to the president of the Royal Society, urging that that body take the lead in advocating the cause. In the mean time, it is stated that MT. Leigh Smith proposes to undertake 8 third voyage of arctic discovery in the spring. He has fine, strong steamer, the Diana, we'll adapted for the pur- pose, and will>undoubtedly achieve all that can be done in the way of discovl cry in the Spitzbergen seas during the season of 1873. MT, Smith having now become a veteran arctic voyager. In 1871 he made the most remarkable voy- age in that direction since 1707, discov- ering large extent of coast-line, both on the north and south sides of North east Land. He also attained the high est latitude that has been reached in a ship, except by Scoresby and the Swedes. In 1872, during second ex- pedition, he succeeded in taking very important series of observations of sea- temperatures at various depths. The anticipated expedition in 1878 will be more fully equipped, and undertaken in @ steamer instead of sailing-yessel.
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Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28

LANGUAGE AMONG AN1MALs.-M. Hou- zeau maintains that not only does each group of animals possess language which is understood by other members of the same group, but that they can learn to understand the language of other groups. His dog, for instance, perfectly understood his poultry. Cocks and hens have one danger signal for the approach of bird of prey, another for that of terrestrial animal, or for a man. When the latter was sounded, the dogs would rush out and bark, while to the former they paid no atten- tion whatever. He therefore concludes that fowls have the power of expressing slightly different but closely allied ideas, and dogs can learn to understand these differences.
Connecticut western news., 1873-03-28

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