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Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30
A Cocoa Plantation.

During visit to the West Indies,
 says correspondent, I passed some
 time on a cocoa plantation; it was in the mountains, several hundred feet above the level of the sea. The climate was quite European, the thermometer seldom
 rising above seventy-six, and very often
 steady at seventy. I had heard much oi
 the beauty of this estate, but it quite
 surpassed my expectations. The view
 from the house was charming. In the
 distance the deep blue sea; in the valley
 below the groves of cocoa trees inter
 spersed with cocoanut trees and stately
 palmistes; here and there @ patch of
 sugar canes; then negro hut peeping
 from the trees; nothing could be more
 charming. The immense variety of
 trees planted to shelter the cocoa renders
 cocoa estate unusually in ere sting and
 beautiful, and so shady that it is seldom
 too hot to walk at any hour of the day.
 The cocoa tree, so often confounded with the cocoanut tree, is about equal to a good sized apple tree; the pod that incases the bean, of which chocolate is made, is something the shape of lemon, but three times as large, and is of 8 deep orange color; the kind called "Caraccas cocoa is so deep as to be almost red. The pods grow on the branches and on the stem itself, quite down to the ground. The branches do not grow low, so that in looking down 8 cocoa piece of ground the vista is like 8 miniature forest hung with thousands of golden lamps. Anything more lovely cannot be imagined; it is perfectly unique. After the pods are picked they are cut open with cutlass; the beans, which are tightly packed together, and from forty to eighty in number, are dried in drawers in the sun, after having gone through 8 process called "sweat- ing," which is being packed close in a barrel and covered over. When the cocoa is dried it is put into bags, each containing one hundred and fifty pounds, and shipped. Of the trees planted to shelter the cocoa I will de- scribe but few. The "caracoli," as large as an elm, is planted in rows; it is an evergreen, bearing & sweet white blossom.
 Among the other very large trees are the bread fruit, the s6addock, and the glorious mango, which is the size of a large horse-chestnut, and is as thickly covered with leaves. The fruit is not uLl1Ae an egg plun Ill snape, UuU Cufee times as large, and of beautiful golden color streaked with red. A tree in full bearing is indeed sight worth seeing. Of the smaller trees the orange ranks first in beauty and usefulness. It grows to considerable size, and bears at the same time the delicious blossom, the ripe fruit, and the unripe green. Next comes the nutmeg, which is also of con siderable size. It is thickly covered with dark green leaves. The outer covering of the nutmeg looks exactly like large apricot. When ripe it burs ts open, disclosing the brown nutmeg covered with a network of mace of bright scarlet. It is extremely pretty, unlike any thing else. The clove tree also fourishes here; it is a large and pretty tree, covered with clusters of cloves, which are of delicate pink and white, looking like wax.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30
Hibernian Indian.

An anecdote told to Thurlow Weed by Father De Smet introduces us to @ new kind of Indian chieftain, the Hibernian Indian. A fierce war had been raging between two tribes when the missionary had succeeded in bringing the chiefs of both together in friendly council. They were sitting together solemnly, all of them smoking, and Father De Smet was receiving the overtures of the hostile tribe through an interpreter. Scarcely, however, had the interpreter finished speaking when one of the chiefs, who looked just like an Indian, sprang to his feet and rushing excitedly forward, ex- claimed in excellent Hibernian English, "Yer honor, the vagabond's lying to ye." He was an Irishman, originally from Canada, who had been so long among the Indians that he had adopted their habits, married squaw and be- come one of the chiefs of the tribe. He could not bear to see the missionary i'm posed upon, and in his excitement blurt- ed out the honest warning in his native tongue and with his native accent.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30
Cash Instead of Credit.

People who buy for cash always buy cheaply. They buy also more closely, and select more carefully. Purchases which are paid for when they are made are limited more exactly to the pur- chaser's wants. There is nothing like having to count the money out when the article is bought to make people economi- cal. The amount of indebtedness in- cured is not much considered when the payday is far off,
 Persous who do all their business on a cash basis know just where they stand and what they can afford; consequently they find after occasions for regretting, in 8 turn of times, that they have in dulged in this luxury or that, which they would have foregone had they seen what was coming.
 Real wants are few, and can be grati- fled for cash; at all events they should be limited to what can be paid for in cash. How much of anxiety, how many sleep less hours, how many heart -burnings, disappointments ts and regrets, would be avoided if this rule was always strictly adhered to.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30
THE DERVISHES.
Modes of Worship Among the Pneans
 Turkcy--The HOwIers aud the Spinners.

Modes of Worship Among the Pneans O
 Turkcy--The HOwIers and the SDinners.
 Writing of the Dervishes in Turkey the Constantinople correspondent of the Providence Journal says:
 Among the Mussulmen are two orders of Dervishes, who, while they devoutly hold to the teachings of the Koran, have a ritual of their own, which seems to the uninit1ated to be based upon the convic- tion that religious fervor is identified with high arterial action. These orders are of great antiquity, possess important influence, and their chief priests have hereditary succession, and enjoy special privileges at the high State ceremonials. They are known to others than Mussul- mans by the names of the "Spinners '" or " Howlers." Both, at their religious services, which are held publicly on two days in every week, go to work delib- erately and on physiological principles to get into an ecstasy. Each order num- bers about twenty performers. Both begin by intoning in unison passages from the Koran, accompanied by instru- mental music of weird character, all the time being seated ill a circle, and swaying the body to the time of the
 
 by others of 8 similar character, includ- ing prostrations, genufexions and marches in procession, the various bodily movements gradually becoming accel- erated, and the recitations more vehe- ment. Finally, the Spinners suddenly and all together cast of their outer robes of dun color, and appearing in their under dress of green gowns, commence %o 4,oS,, A<o ,1- %O%r with astonishing velocity, their arms be- against the breast. This is continued for so long time as to become positively painful for the spectator to witness, and not unfrequently the performers fall from exhaustion, and bleeding at the ears and nose. The Howlcrs have their kiosk at Scutari, on the Asiatic side. Their per formance differs from that of the Spin ners, mainly in the substitution for spin ming of what for want of better adjec- tives may be called chronometric howl ing to synchronous movement. After the preliminary exercises performed in 8 sitting posture, they arrange them selves in circle, standing shoulder to shoulder, and bend their bodies forward until their heads come within two feet of Iuo uOOI. 1ue ueAG mONelueuG IS tO curve the spine backward as far as possi- ble, and then swaying the body first to the right, then to the left, bow forward as at first. This is done at @ rate of speed which has successive increments of increase, regulated by the time of the music and the indications of the leader, who sits cross-legged upon @ sheepskin mat in the center of the circle, and from time to time claps his hands and directs the company. All are shouting in 8 prolonged vail phrase which was in- terpreted to me to mean: "Woe is me-" "Woe is me-" Finally the brain be- comes so congested that some of them fall struggling in an epileptic fit, and then sick children and diseased persons are brought in to touch the garments or persons of those thus affected and be healed.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30
" Is He Rich ?0

This is the question that floats around the circle of matrimonial ladies. Poor giddy fools, who seek happiness where there is neither brains nor morality good sense or high honor. Yes; he is rich-he has strong arms, pure heart, a clear head, a brave soul "Aye but has he cash and bonds, real estate and stocks, for new bonnets, fine clothing, costly houses and elegant equipages are needed" Go to, you generation of vi pers, you curses of humanity, who can not make an honest mans life and fate your own, and with him toll and live, that happiness and virtue may dwell under your roof, be it ever so lowly, that the next generation may, if they will, be better than the present, and the world lifted and mayed forward heaven ward.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30
A Miners Peril.

The Scranton (Pa) Republican gives 1 the following account of an accident to Richard Sturbridge, laborer at the Diamond mine, who for five hours lay buried beneath @ mass of coal ill the dark recesses of the mine, his leg | broken, and no human being cognizant of his fate
 It was little before five clock in the evening, when Strrbridge was loading the last car for the day. His compan- ions in the chamber had retired, and two track-layers, who had spoken to him but five minutes previously, had also left the mine. He was by the side of the car stopping to pick what he intended as the last lump of coal when he heard @ crash in the roof above him, and an in stant later an immense mass of coal de- scended upon him, burying him and the loaded car, and breaking his leg. For few minutes he was unconscious, but when he recovered he found that he lay beside the loaded car, in a narrow space, with one of his legs broken. The car alone saved him from being crushed into shapeless mass. A portion of the fallen heap lay upon the broken limb, and to extricate this was 8 painful task. Sturbridge set about it, however, and finally freed the aching member. Then came the dreaded suspicion of dying slowly in that dark, noxious tomb. All efforts to get away were futile, and all hopes of being relieved by his compan- ions were also given up, as they had retired from work for the night, and would not return until morning. He knew thatif he clay there all lnighthe would never again see the light of day, for he was very feeble, and cold precipitation was already flowing from every pore. The minutes seemed hours, the hours months as he lay there from five until ten o'clock. At length when exhausted by despair he heard the sounds of pick and shovel overhead. Relief was at hand and his comrades were digging for him. He was extricated and carried to his home, where he received due attention. It appears that little before ten o'clock his friends missed him, and seeing that he did not return home and that no one knew of his whereabouts, search was instituted which resulted in his discovery and happy release.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30
The Vineland Case.

| Uri Carruth, of the Vineland Zfade- ! pendent, has not been able to sit up or
 be removed to his home, and still lies in the little room adjoining his printing office. He cannot even be raised in bed, but the fact of his being alive even is sufficiently marvellous, considering that
 he was shot with @ terrible weapon at
 only eight feet distance, and that half
 ounce ball is still imbedded in his brain.
 MT. Carruth does not care to talk of the
 shooting, and his physician, Dr. TuHey,
 will not allow any one to question him
 about it. He has, however, contradicted
 the statement of Landis as to the words
 passed between them before the shoot
 ing. He has no recollection of anything
 being said. He also denies that he was
 armed at the time, and positively asserts
 that he never has at any time carried
 weapons since he lived there. He ex-
 pressed no animosity toward Landis,
 and is still hopeful of bis own recovery.
 Landis, who shot Carruth, still re- mains at the county jail. He has cell in the female department, of which he is the only occupant and is allowed the freedom of the corridor. His cell is scrupulously neat and clean, and as the prisoner has surrounded himself with his favorite books and pictures, his con- dition is as pleasant as circumstances will permit; but the confinement is very irksome to him and he is i'll. His lawyer and physicians allow him to see no one on business and he is not permitted to excite himself by talking of the shoot ing or the circumstances that led to it. The reports that Cal auth is slowly i'm proving lead MT. Landis to think that the wounded man will recover, and he expresses hope that he may. There is no immediate prospect of any effort be- ing made by the prisoners counsel to secure his release on bail under the Eng fish common law, which prevails in New Jersey. If Carruth should die within year and 8 day after the shooting, Lan- dis would be indicted and tried for mur- der. Should he recover or seem likely to recover beyond reasonable doubt, motion would be made by Landis' law yers for the production of the prisoner before the supreme court, and his release on bail for trial on charge of assault with intend to kill, for which the grand jury would then indict him in the meantime. Landis will not be indicted and the grand jury will take no action until either one of the contingencies arises which have stated. ' ''-8
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30
granny dear, and Minnie, too, and we shall be so happy"
The Lost Grave.

If you have ever passed the old de
 serted graveyard on Russell street, says
 the Detroit Free Press, you know tha
 there is not a more lonely spot in De
 troit. It is @ score of years since any one was buried there. The fences lear in or out; the few trees are ragged il
 limb and trunk; the weather beaten headstones lean this way or that or have fallen down. The rich and the poor who sleep under the ragged sod have been dust for years, and if any of them left friends behind they are scattered now and are not here to fill up the sunken graves and plant flower to take the gloom away.
 The other day people saw an old woman wandering in the graveyard, brush ing the moss from some of the head stones to look at the letters, and study ing long over the quaint characters carved into others. By-and-bye she crossed the street and sat down on the steps of cottage, and when people saw how old and feeble she was, and that her. She could not answer at first, but by-and-bye she told them that she had come hundreds of miles to take g last look at 8 grave which she could not find. Half century ago she buried a child there, and all through the long, long years, though moving here and there, her mothers heart had not for gotten the dead. Old now, her steps feeble and her locks gray, and feeling that she Lad but little longer to remain on earth, she had come clear across the State alone to have last look at the L L., L. Il she thought she could walk right to the spot, and there was half 8 hope in her heart that strangers hands might have kept the headstone white and the grave as when she last saw it. She found the old yard cut up by streets, the city all around and beyond, and of the hun dreds of mounds and headstones which she once saw but score or so were left. She sought among the leaning headstones, and she stood under the dying willows and searched the field for the small stone which bore the words "Our Willie," but the flight of time and the hand of progress were more powerful than 8 mothers love. Fifty years since the little dead body was lowered into it's grave Half century since the headstone was placed to mark the spot And yet her mothers heart brought her back in her old age, with the hope that her tears might fall upon the little grave, obiterated and passed from sight forever.
 It was sad enough to see tears falling down her wrinkled cheeks, and to know that her old heart was aching with dis appointment, and men spoke kind words to her, and women wiped their eyes in sympathy. Looking through her tears at the bleak and lonely field, it's loneli- ness relieved and yet made more lonely by the time-worn headstones and the clumps of briars, no wonder that the poor old woman felt it in her heart, and had to sob out
 "I'm afraid can't find him in heaven heavens so large!"
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30
A LOYer'S RaYenge.

The Leonardtown (Md.( Beacon pub- fishes report of the trial of James T. Graves, in the circuit courtfor St. Mark s county, Md, on the charge of setting fire to new dwelling house, owned by William Burch. The facts in the case, as developed at the trial, are somewhat extraordinary. Graves is young man who, up to the time he was charged with this crime, had borne a good character He was greatly in love with a beautiful young lady named Estelle Guy, but her parents disliked him, and favored the attentions of William Burch, who was also suitor for her hand. Graves was discarded, and it was generally under stood in the neighborhood that MT. Burch and Miss Guy were to be married. Burch's father built him a new house, into which he was to take his bride. In the meantime the rejected Graves took to hard drinking and became moody and remorse. One evening, about the time the house intended for the home of e couple was finished, he mounted his horse, rode to Mechanicsville, pur- chased bottle of coal oil, and then pro- ceeded to MT. Burch's new house. It was burned down that night, and those who first came to the fire smelled a strong odor of coal oil. Nobody doubted but.that Graves had set fire to the house. Estelle Guy died soon afterward, it is said, of a broken heart Graves was found guilty of the crime, and sentenced to two years imprisonment in the peni- tentiary.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30
FiIial Devotion.

A man who lives at the Cape came into Portland with his child, ten years old. The man got intoxicated, and during the evening his team stopped on Chestnut street. The driver thought he was going towards home. The poor old horses were completely tired out, and could not draw the wagon and it's load. Deputy Bridges took the man to the station and placed him in cell The child clung to him and refused to be separated from him. She said if her father was to pass an uncomfortable night she would stay with him, and nothing would induce her to leave the cell. At midnight they were both sleeping soundly on the bare boards.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30

A C1TYs GROWTH Louis has had an unofficial census of its population taken by the publishers of the city di- rectory, and the number residing within the limits of the city is stated at 49O, GOO, against 31O,864 returned by the federal census in 1870. This is an in crease in five years of about sixty per ooO4
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30
In fattening animals time is often

In fattening animals time is often a matter of importance to the feeder. Sometimes a month gained is equal to twenty per cent greater weight at later period. Cooking food renders its con stituents more soluble and digestible, therefore entering on flesh and fat. As a continent and appetizer for fattening animals, molasses has no equal. A small quantity of sweet upon hay will cause. d larger quantity to be eaten with relish.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30

The farmer who keeps ahead of his work can always take advantage of what ever circumstances he may be placed in he can use less muscular and more brain force than his neighbor who is always working at a disadvantage hy following instead of leading. Y
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30

A lady who herself has fortune of Il million, says: When I was girl we never drealnt of habitually wearing silk dresses. If girl went out to pay a visit in her best dress, often the only silk she had, she would exchanges it on reaching home for less costly attire
 But nowadays the most expensive materials seem reckoned none too good for young girls every day wear
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30
About the Eggs.

A certain huckster, who deals prin- cipally in butter and poultry, invariably asks little more for these luxu1ies than any of his neighbors. When asked his reason for so doing, he always replies after this fashion:
 Well, sir, that's an extra quality of butter. It was made by my wifes aunt, sir-one of the best housekeepers in the State. These chickens are a superior article, sir. They were raised by my wife's aunt, sir, and what she doesn't know about raising chickens ain't worth knowing"
 This peculiarity has been remarked by his customers, and they are in the habit of commenting on it quite freely behind his back. The other day very solemn looking individual entered the store, and walkingup to basket of eggs, inquired
 "What do you ask for eggs?"
 "Fifteen centsa dozen," was the bland reply:
 "Fifteen cents?" exclaimed the mel ancholy customer. "I can buy them anywhere aG ten-but maybe your wife's aunt laid these eggs %
 The owner of the hen fruit hung his head, looked thoughtful moment, and replied
 "Take 'em along at ten p
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30

There is no grade of wool in stronger demand just now than that produced by crossing merino ewes with CotawOld rams.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30

A SERMON. is one of President Porter's sermons to the Yale students. He could not have made more of it if he had preached an hour: Don't drink Don't chew. Don't smoke. Don't swear, Don't deceive Don'treadnovels. Don't marry until you can support 8 wifs Be earnest. Be self reliant. Be generous. Be civil. Read the papers. Advertise your business. Make money, and do good with it. Love God and your fellow men.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-30

The aggregate cost of construction of all the railroads in the State of Illinois is S536, ,000, ,000, on which the net earnings reported are &30, 570, ,0O0-l"as that five per cent,
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-12-02
SILVER CITY, NEVADA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 49,

the Government in the aid of the
construction of the road" Tho
subsequent Act of Congress in re-
lation to the bringing of suits in
the Court of Claims are alluded to
and the Court finally concludes as
follows 1--WE cannot go into an
argument on the consequences
which may follow our decision.
Consequences are not an argument
to be considered in the determina-
tion of questions. Whether an act
of incorporation is less advantage
GUS to the Government than was
supposed, or whether al Act of
Congress is more or less polite and
wise it is not our province to de-
termine. When we have declared
the justice of it if there be power to
pass it our duty in connection with
it is ended. The Judgment of the
Court of Claims is affirmed"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-12-02
JAMES CARDWELL, Proprietor

1uNHE GRAND CENTRAL OFFERS BET
ter inducements to Tourists than any
other Hotel on the Lake Shore. It's rooms
are large. we'll furnished and nicely kept and
its table supplied with the staples and ali
the delicacies of the season. The patronage
of the public is solicited. with an assurance
that the house once visited, will be the
favorite stopping place afterwsrd. The
Summit House is also kept in frst-ciass style
~ Stages Kun Regularly from
Summit Station, via Truckee, to Tahoe City,
making close connection with the steamer
" Gov. Stanford" for all points on the Lake.