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Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
Chinese superstitions.

The Chinese idea of heaven is a singular mixture of spiritualism and materialism. They seem to believe that the unseen world is, in a certain way, a counterpart of things visible, and that the spirits of the departed stand in need of the same support as they did when living clothes. and houses-reduced, however, to a state suitable for the invisible, which they seem to imagine is to be attained by the process of burning They have a curious way of carrying their super stition into effect. Having to provide, not on the day of the funeral alone, but in perpetuity, for the comfort of the departed, they take care that clothing, furniture, and money shall cost them as little as possible. They therefore manufacture limitations of these neces- saries in paper, the paper money being covered with tin or gilt foil and on some occasions paper house, ready furnished, is burned and passed entire into the unseen world. The food of the spirits is managed more simply still. The feast is spread, hot and steam;ng; and the steam and fumes arising from the repast appear to form the nutriment of the spirits, for the substantial food is afterward consumed by relatives. From this feeling with regard to ancestral worship results the strong desire of every Chinaman to have a son instead of daughter for should the male line of his family fail, the ancestral feasts cannot be properly performed, and then not only will his own spirit be starved, but all his anees- tors will be reduced. to a state of beg ororu 5 ss4=&a- s-ssr
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
American Women.

It is melancholy fact, that American women have degenerated in point of health and physique, until they have become literally race of invalids. How sad it is to look around us and compare the frail and effeminate looking lady of to-day with the hale, hearty and buxom ladies of days gone by. To all such the late discovery of DR. WALKER, of Cali fornia, which is known as VINEGAR B1r- TIERS, is priceless boon indeed. For this class of diseases it is certain and safe, and any lady, old or young, can take it with entire confidence in the re- suit, and thus avoid what to thousands is stumbling block never overcome, viz.-a consultation with family physi- clan. Iris true there may be cases of years standing, that will necessitate more powerful treatment, but in nine cases out of ten this remedy will reach the disease, and after little time effect cure. The number of ladies cured by it are numbered by thousands, and are scattered through every State in the Union,-COn1
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
How the ScaIpers Live.

There is class of dealers in railroad tickets at the West who live by selling tickets at low rates. A scalper thus explains the naodus oper0'adi::
 For instance, person in New York coming to Cincinnati will buy ticket to St. Louis, Chicago, or some point further west, and whan he gets here, not wishing to go any further, he brings his ticket to us, for which we pay him fair price, and he thus gets his ride from New York at 8 saving perhaps of twenty-five per cent. To make this more plain, let me illustrate: Suppose you were in Chicago and wanted to come to Cincinnati. A few weeks ago, before the present ( cut between the railroads, the regular fare from Chicago to Boston was $S24. Well, you would buy ticket in Chicago to Boston for $s24, and ride on it to. Gin cinnati not wishing to go any fur ther, you bring the balance of your ticket to me, for which I pay you eighteen dollars. Thus you get your ride from Chicago for $6, the regular fare being $19. In comes MT. B. and wants to go to New York. I produce the Boston ticket which I bought of you and sell it for $21 to MT. B., who rides on it to New York, and there sells the Boston coupon for $5., Thus MT. B. gets to New York for $16, the reg ular fare being $2O. The purchaser of the Boston coupon makes $1 and the railroad company have received their full rate. The courts have decided that railroad ticket represents an agreement between the holder and pur- chaser and the, railroad company sell. ing the ticket. Thus, ticket regularly issued is good for one ride between the points named on it, no matter whose hands it is in, nor when it was used. We do not claim to be able to furnish tickets to all points at all times, but most generally we have tickets to the principal points at a discount of 10 to 30 per cent"
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
Interesting to Invalid Ladies.

HARLEMv1LIE, Columbia Co.,, N. Y., July g,
 1873
 R. V. PIERCE, M D.:
 Dear Sir-Your favor is just received. in- tended to have written to you several weeks since concerning the improvement in my health, which is now very apparent. have used one bottle of Favorite Prescription with the best results, although will admit I was somewhat discouraged after it's use (for short time only). took it under very disadvantageous circumstances-havingt the supervision of the house and during the season of ''house clean ing" was obliged, through the incompetency course, suffered dreadfully, lifted when I ought not to have raised my hand, and did all l could to bring '' order out of chaos, but upon lying aside all cares and continuing the remedy find after using less than one bottle to be so much benefited that I have discon- tinued the use with no return of the symptoms of which I wrote you. have suffered terribly and what added to my distress was the con- sciousness of not procuring relief from odinary sources at times it seemed about impossible to stand great was the distress. All of those severe neuralgia pains have disappeared they were so bad at times could hardly walk without some external pressure. They seem to have left me like magic, suddenly, and have had no return all other symptoms have been removed. The severe weakness and faintness have disappeared, and go up stairs with comparative ease now would have informed you ere this of my improvement for l appre- ciated it, but was fearful it was only transient benefit was receiving, but think sufficient suits permanent Accept my best wishes fo- your future success and your kindness in adr vsing me. Yours truly
 MRS. M. NETTIE SNYDER
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
A French Story.

A French paper tells singular story of marriage in high circles that comes quite up to our American ways of mar riage and divorce. A certain Count X. , it seems, was desperately in love with a beautiful girl. He would have married her if it had not been for the persistent opposition of his parents to any alliance with the bourgeois class. He kept up his relation with the girl for some time, all the while bothering his brains to find out a way in which he could marry her with the consent of his parents. Finally, he poured out his troubles to friend of ready wit, who at once suggested 8 solution. A bankrupt young Count Y., of ancient family, was just then haunting the streets of Paris, and the suggestion was that this spendthrift be hired to marry the girl, and thus make her a:countess. No sooner said than done. Count Y. was found and only too glad to make $1, 900 and two diamond stnds, the lat ter being stipulated for by him in ad- dition to the ready money, because he forsaw the probability of pawning something after the money should have been spent. The contract was accord ingly drawn up, it's chief provision be- ing that Count Y. obliged himself, "im- mediately after the marriage, to cede his wife unto the said Count X., and immediately thereafter to institute a suit for divorce on the ground of will full desertion." The marriage then took place, and the pretty girl, now Countess r., returned with Count K. to her lodings, the whole party having first enjoyed a splendid dinner, at which Count Y. was the gayest of the gay. He faithfully kept his word a divorce was soon obtained, and Count X. told his parents that he would marry no other person than Countess Y. No objection could be interposed, and everybody was made happy.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

Perry Davis Pai1l-Killer has been before the public over thirty years, and has wider and better reputation than any other proprietary medicine of the present day. At this period there are but few unacquainted with the merits of the Pain-Killer; but while some extol it as liniment, they know but little of it's power in easing pain when taken internally, while others use it internally with great success, but who are equally ignorant of it's healing virtues when applied externally. We therefore wish to say to all that it is equally successful used internally or externally, and it stands to-day, unrivaled by all the great catalogue of Family Medicines. It is sufficient evidence of it's virtues as a standard medicine, to know that 1t is now used in all parts of the world and that it's sale is constantly increasing. No curative agent has had more widespread sale or given such universal satisfaction. It is purely vegetable compound, and perfectly safe, even in unskilled hands, Com.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
A Strange Visitor.

At Washington, as a police officer was passing the Presidents house, he saw 8 man on horseback in the portico trying to ride into the front door. The officer took the adventurous horseman into custody. He gave his name as Joseph G. Sypher. On hls person was found a loaded pistol, and after being searched he was locked up and kept until morn ing, when he was conveyed to the Po- s1d lice Court and charged ,.N1 with carrying case, the court imposed fine of thirty dollars. It is stated that Sypher is from Cincinnati, and has been lounging about the Executive Mansion for some time, and has latterly been denied ad- mission there. He determined to take tour of the house on horseback. He had no excuse to offer. It is thought he is slightly deranged.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
A "MOrganatic O Wife.

The King of Italy is married mor- ganatically to the Countess of Mirafiori and would raise her to the throne did not reasons of state interfere. The lady has proved good and faithful wife, and has borne to the King several children. Of the epithet "morganatic' a London paper says:
 "The derivation of this epithet is a matter of controversy. However, the common theory is that it is derived from the Fata Morgana, the strange mirage which is witnessed at times on the Sicilian waters. Islands crowned with palaces are seen by mariners rising from the sea, and then fade away as rapidly as they appeared. The inter pretatlon IS ominous of the heeting character of royal unions not ratified by law. But experience shows that, whatever the signifcation of their name may be-, these morganatic marriages are of a very lasting character.
 s'The custom of these half-recognized, half-disavowed marriages between royal personages and ladies not of the kingly caste has, we believe, it's origin in Ger many. In the old days, when princes were regarded in the Fatherland as be- longing to caste set by Heaven itself above the rest of mankind, 8 noeSalli- once between sovereign and private citizen was an absolute impossibility, not so much by law as by ap unwritten code. Love, everybody knows, can work miracles but to make lady, in whose veins no royal blood runs, g crowned sovereign, was miracle utterly beyond the power of the maddest leu tonic passion. On the other hand, the German princes were of an uxorious and domestic disposition, and very often gave their hearts where thei1 hands could not be given. So the prac tice sprang up of these left-hande6 marriages, where the lady was supposed to have all the privilege of marriage except that of sharing the rank anc title of her royal husband. The toler ant Lutheran Church made no difficulty about conferring the sanction of some sort of religious ceremony upon these unions and probably these irregula, VOWS were not more often broken thar those contracted with the sanction O. | the law"
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
Bridal Wreaths.

Wedding garlands or wreaths are of remote antiquity; they were used among the Romans. Vaughan (16O6) states, that "when the marriage day was come, the bride was bound to have 8 chaplet of flowers or herbs upon her head. :" Garlands at weddings were used among the Anglo 5axons. At the termination of the marriage ceremony in the church, the bride and bridegroom both were crowned with wreaths of flowers, which were kept in the church for that pur- pose. Chaplets of flowers used in the Eastern church on this occasion are said to have been blessed. At a later period sprigs of myrtle and ears of corn were sometimes used. In Henry VIII's reign the bride wore wreath of corn ears sometimes of flowers. Field, in his Amends for Ladies'" 1889, men tions garlands being placed "'upon the heads of the maid and widow that are to be married.' Dallaway writes of the Greek Church, that marriage is by them (of this church) called. the matri- moniai coronation, from the crowns of garlands with which the parties are decorated, and which they solemnly dissolve on the eighth day following '''
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Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
A Huge Alligator,

"The largest alligator I ever saw measured" says Florida man, "was sixteen and half feet long, but I have seen one that I believe was near twenty feet long,. I can tell you where to find him, too. He lives in a den near Pep per Hummock, on the Banana river.= It has been seen about that river for the last thirty or forty years, and I expect that he has killed hundreds of dollars worth of stock; as to dogs, they say that, first and last, he has eaten up a pack of hounds. There was man fire m Georgia& named Brown came in before the war and settled in that hummock. and I give you my word that old gator ate so many of his hogs that he was forced to move away: he couldn't afford to live in Pepper Hummock, he said" -s.ta
 "Couldn't any one shoot him ?'' asked Morris. '-. sA
 "Shoot him? I'll bet that gator has got fifty pounds of lead in him. Year after year parties have gone after him, but he wasn't there. He's as cunning as an Indian. I saw him about three years ago, when I was going with a party down the river. We came round tuo Deuu oA buo creek, SallAuS W1Ln 8 fair wind, and the big brute was lying on the bank. As soon as he saw us he took to the water and swan right across our bow. I didn't know but what he was coming aboard of us, so catched my gun and gave him two barrels right in the face and eyes. He gave a lick at the boat with his tail, and made the water fly, I tell you. One of them New Workers was that scared that I thought he would have fainted."
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
GA11nEo's MONUMENT. = Galile

GAL1LEo's MONUMENT. = Galileo's monument, recently erected by citizens of Florence at a cost of two thousand dollars, consists of yestibule, the in- terior of which is lined with historic frescoes beyond this is small rec- tangular hall, at one end of which is a statue of Calico, by Costol. In nu- merous niches are placed certain in- struments used by Calico /; these, in addition to the interest of their associ- ates, are of value in showing the ad- vances made in the form and construc- tion of optical and philosophical appa- ratus since the day when Calico watch ed the swinging lamp in the Cathedral of Pisa. EsEs 8@Es
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

It has been found by the German insurance companies that during the past seven years there has been great decrease in the number of fires arising from strokes of lightning, in compari- son with the number of houses struck. They attribute this to the marked in- crease of metallic or slated roofs.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

The Duke of Devonshire has pur- chased for two. thousand guineas a red two-year-old short-horned bull, the "Fifth Duke of Wetherby," from the famous herd belonging to Col. Gunter of Wetherby Grange, in England. The price is the highest ever known to have been given for bull.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

It is quite remarkable fact, which, doubtless, has not escaped the notice of the more. observing of. us,., that Ichurch -goerslwho are sensitive about their false teeth seldom fall asleep in an upright attitude.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
Try WrsrARs BALsAM for your cough. -[Com

JoEnson's Anodyee Liain,ent is, without doubt, the safest, surest, and best remedy that has ever been invented for internal and external use It is applicable to great variety of complaints, and is equally beneficial for man or beast.-[Com.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
Mason & Hamlin Cabinet Organs in
 Russia.

These instruments are making their excellence known to the sovereigns of Europe as well as those of America. London alone has had nearly one thou sand of them since the beginning of last year, and the London Choir men, tions it as significant that one of the best portraits of the Russian Princess. whose recent marriage to the Duke of Edinburg is so magnifcently celebrated, represents her as playing on one of these popular American organs.-Con,.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

To have the money needlessly spent almost every person. To have the money saved by buying SILVER TIPPED boots and shoes would buy each parent every year new pair of shoes -GCom
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

Believe in no Old Woman's recipe for & bad cough Delay not an hour in using HALE's HONEY OF HoREHoUND AND TAR. It is infallible, e,-[Com.
 Pike's Toothache Drops cure in one minute.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
We hava seen if state

We have seen it stated in various papers throughout the country, that Agents for the sale of iSheriddms Cdualry Condition Potoders were authorized to refund the money to any person who should use them and not be satisfied with the result. We doubted this at first, but the proprietors authorize us to say that it is true.-TCom.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

stHow fortunes are made in Wall st., D is the title of new book, explaining how any person can make money on stock speculations by investing from $1O to $10O. Mailed free to any address by l.. w. HAMILTON & Co.,, Bankers, 48 Broad street, New York; Com.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

LIKE LIGHTNING are the miraculous Cures effected with Flagg's Instant Relief. Aches, Pains, Sprains, Bowel Complaints, etc., cannot eztst If this great medicine Is used. na- lief wAyrsnted or money rsfundsd.- co-n.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

It isn't every man who is lucky paper for wife MT Lewis Walker, 3i d 6s ge Sedess5 sss sSs 1sssd for his. temporasy ,absense, SI and Tsen then bsS9gAt him put her nsEYsRaper, pa s United States Senate, with a most touching editorial setting forth his honesty, aintegrity, genius, learning, incorrnptibility and special, capacity for public affairss How Mrs Lewis Walker took this sort of thing when he got home we are not informed;
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

THE BROWNS AND BLACKS produced by that sterling preparation, CRIsTADoRo's EXCEL s1oR HAIR DYE, cannot be excelled by Nature it's .tints challenge comparison with Natures most favored productions, and defy detection.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
THIRTY YEARS EXPMRIENCE OF
 AN OLD NURSE.

MRS. wlNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP IS THE PRESCRIPTION OF one ofthe best Female Physi clans and Nurses in the United States, and hai been thirty years with never failing safety and success by millions o mothers and children from the feeble infant of week old to the ad ul It corrects acidity of the stomach, relieves wind colic regulates the bowels, and gives resi- health and comfort to mother and child. We believe 1t tc be the Best and surest Remedy in the World in al cases of DYsENTERY and DIARRHGA IN CHIL DREN, whether it arises from Teething or from an other cause. Full directions for using will ac company each bottle. None Genuine unless the fac-simile of CURTIS PERKINS is on the outside wrapper.
 SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

HEARING REsToRED.-A great inven- tion. Send stamp for particulars, to George J. Wood Madison. Ind-[Com.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
FMPI OVERS OF GERMANS I

Please inform them that tho cheapest Emigration to New York is by the new popular direct steamers from Rotterdam. South Germans and Swiss save eight dollar tIavelipR plea sanity. From sta
 lions Rhine free to Rotterdam. Packages sont 10 and received from Europe Write to MORRIS EUROPEAN EXPRESS 50 B'dw'y,N.Y Agents wanted.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

Here is the newest floral sentiment ." If you wish for hearts ease, doa't look to mariRold," HI
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

cures all Humors from the worst Scrof. ula to a common Blotch or Pimple. cure Salt Rheum or Tetter, PfmpIes Liver Complaint. Six to twelve bot SWellfngs and Sores and all skin and Blood Diseases. By its wonderful PectOral properties 1t will cure the most severe recent or lingering Cough in half and is perfectly safe, loosening cough, sooth- ing irritation, and relieving soreness. Sold by all Druggists. R. V. PIERCE, M. D.. Worlds Dispensary, Buffalo, x, II.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

Massachusetts has an army of 5,529 officers and men, which cost the State last year S17O, 900, 57''' Y
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

NOTHING BETTER" Cutler Bros. Boston
 pr, John Ware. celebrated VEGETABLE PULMONARY BALsAM, for Colds and Consum ption.
 Best and Oldest Family Medicine.-Sdn lords Liver InVisordtera purely Vegetable Cdthdr tic and Tonic-for Dyspepsia Debility Sick Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all derange ments of Liver, Stomach andBowels Ask your Druggi for it. BeWnre 0f in1itGtions.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

WilbOr's Cod Liver Oil and Lime.-The friends of persons who have been restored from confirmed consumption by the use of this original prepar ration, and the grateful parties themselves, have, by recommending it and acknowledging it's wonderful efficacy, given the article vast popu- larity in New England. The Cod Liver Oil is in tlfis combination robbed of its unpleasant taste, and is renoered douby effective in being coupled with the lime, which is itself restorative princi pie, supplying nature with just the agent and as: sistance required to heal and reform the diseased lungs. A. B. WILBoR, Boston, is the proprietor. Sold by all druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27
Ho! FOR COLORADO!

With it's glorious climate, magnihce scenery, mining resources, stock growing farming and health ad vantage General and special tnforma. ton given free. Address A. H. PATTERSON, Fort
Connecticut western news., 1874-02-27

N. r. \. U.-No. 8.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-15
Western Coal.

The st. Louis Republican says "On
both sides of the Mississippi, from
Cairo up to point not yet ascertained,
the coal-felds stretch out in almost
illimitable productiveness indeed, it is
questionable whether we are richer in
metal or carbon. The one is indispens-
able to the other, and our wealth in
both is boundless. England has the
one, but she has worn out her supply of
the other, and she must either purchase
her coal or suffer her iron trade to leave
her. In either event our coal-fields in
a brief time will make us masters of
the field, and the red fires Of the future
Birminghams and Sheff1elds will dot the
river banks from this to the mouth.
There is another feature which connects
itself with this directly, and that is,
England may buy her coal of the West
It is not wild idea to conceive that
when the West shall procure an appro-
priation for an improvement of the river
which floats by us to the sea, that En-
glish ships may land their cargoes at
the port of ST. Louis and take back coal
in ballast. While our vast mineral
wealth will conduce to the development
of our greatness as nation, the impor-
lance of our boundless supply of coal
should not be underestimated or under
valued"