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Connecticut western news., 1875-04-09
BOILER EXPLOSIONS.
Meeting of the United States Commission Appointed to Investigate the Subiect--Im- pOrtant Discovery.

| pOrtant Discovery.
 The commissioners appointed by the United States government to determine the cause of boiler explosions have just completed their sessions. The commits sion is composed of some of the ablest professors and mechanical engineers in the country, and consists of Prof. Win lock, of Harvard University; Prof. Technology l; Isaac V. Holmes, Charles W. Copeland, and J. R. Robinson, me, chanical engineers. Prof. Winlock, who presided at all the sessions, served in place of Supervising General Inspector ton was appointed to fill the place of Prof. Benjamin Crawford, deceased. The sessions just held are the first since the experiments at Sandy Hook and Pittsburgh, and since the appointment of the new members. The experiments which have been made have been of con- siderable value, but the chief object which was to be determined, namely, the discovery of what caused the extraor- dinary pressure or sudden occasion which caused boiler explosions, was defeated by the fact that experiment. de- monstrated that as yet there have been made no reliable pressure or head gauges which determine the exact pressure and heat in boiler. This was Illustrated at Pittsburgh, where several pressure gauges were attached to the same boiler, which was being experimented upon, and after the pressure had reached 300 pounds variation of 150 pounds was discovered between the different instru- ments. It was then determined that be- fore further experiments should be made, the efforts of the members of the commission should be directed toward the construction of pyrometer, which should accurately determine the heat and pressure upon Q boiler. This was the subject discussed at the meetings, and from experiments which have been made by MT. Robinson it is believed that 8 perfect instrument can be con- structed. It is characterized as dis covery, rather than an invention, and it Is stated that 1t will be possible, in case the water is lifted from the bottom of a boiler by heat or otherwise, to indicate that fact instantaneously by the new in- strument, thus recording the exact tenn peratrlre and furnishing most valuable information as to the causes of the sud den and extreme pressure which, being more than the resisting power of the iron, causes the explosion of the boiler. Should the hopes and expectations in re- gard to this instrument prove correct, it will be placed in the Smithsonian Insti- tute at Washington, where it will be used as the standard gauge for pressure throughout the country. It was decided to resume operations at Sandy Hook about the middle of June. The amount originally appropriated for the expert ments was $100,0OO A considerable DOT tion of this sum has been expended in instruments which are of considerable value, but it is stated that there yet re- main about $40,000.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-09
A Terrible System.

We read an interesting account of the "silent system" which is in operation at the Holloway model prison in London: It is an otfense for prisoner to speak one word, and he is never addressed ex- cept in whispers, so that he may be in prison two years without hearing the natural sound of the human voice. The effect of this is so terrible on the mind that prisoners will speak out ill despera tion, at the risk of any punishment, rather than endure that horrible silence. They never see one another, but remain in perpetual solitude. There is a fine hole in each cell, and as the wardens wear India rubber soles they can never be sure of being unwatched. Every day the prisoners are taken to chapel so arranged that they can see no one save the chaplain, and him only through an iron grating. And thus is the order of devotion observed. Wardens are con- stantly on the watch, lest for single instant they, through the whole of the service, depart from the rigid rule of "eyes right" They must look stead lastly at the preacher; must raise and lower their prayer-book with the elbows squared, and all at once, like soldiers at drill. They may not scrape their feet without having afterward to explain the movement. They scarcely wink an eye or sigh without danger of rebuke or punishment.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-09
Willing to be Cheated.

Not long since I met Jack Spooler in at our provision store. He wanted @ piece of meat sent home for dinner.
 "Say, old chap" he cried, when the price of the meat had been announced, ''isn't that rather steepa'
 The dealer assured him it was as cheap as he could sell, and get out of it whole.
 But," said Jack, "you know how things are. By gracious things must come down pretty soon, or I'll have to go without beefsteak.
 From the provision store I went to the bakers, and Jack happened to be bound the same way. He was going to pay his monthly bill for "brown bread"
 ssLook here!'' he demanded, quite vigorously, as he looked over the &C., count, "you are still charging fifteen cents loaf"
 "Yes," said the attendant "You have the bread with raisins in it."
 "Well, what do you charge for it without raisins ?''
 "Ten cents"
 "Then hereafter you may send up the bread without raisins. Now remember, Goodness mercy! I've got to cut off these extra bits somewhere !'
 Jack Spooler. may or may not have thought that his wife and children pre- ferred the bread with the plums in it. Probably he thought nothing about it, for he was good-hearted man, and meant to do right.
 On the evening of that self-same day, I saw Jack Spooler in at the "White Buzzard." I heard him ask 8 friend up to drink. They took plain whisky, and Jack paid thirty cents for the two drinks. The amount each drank could not have been worth more than two or three cents. Jack did not certainly drink more than two cents worth; but not 8 word had he to say touching the price charged. He paid it with 8 smile, and even seemed to enjoy it.
 Suppose the baker had charged him fifteen cents for two penny buns Mercy! what scene there would have been.
 I need not enlarge upon it. The reader, especially if he has been there and seen, can readily judge the direction of my reflections on that occasion.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-09
GuanO Not an Excrement.

The long received opinion that guano is the deposit of myriads of sea birds, accumulating through long ages, is ren- dered untenable by the recent investi- gations of Dr. Habel. After treating the guano with an acid, microscopical and chemical examination revealed that the insoluble residue was composed of fossil sponges and other marine animals and plants precisely similar in construc- tion to such as still exist in those seas. The fact that the anchors of ships in the neighborhood of the guano islands often bring up guano from the bottom of the ocean is quite in opposition to the preva- lent belief. Dr. Habel therefore con- siders that the deposits of guano must be the result of the accumulation of fossil plants and animals whose organic matter has been tranformed into nitro geneous substance, the mineral portion remaining intact,
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-09

she was near me, as the squaw that had been good to me said: "Little sister with Stone Calf" Atlast Medicine Water came to my lodge and told me I was to be given up. I asked him to let me see Sophia, and he answered, "Sister dead. " did not believe him, and one day Stone Calf told me she was alive and we'll. About two weeks ago saw Q four-horse wagon coming toward our camp, and as soon as it was near enough I started to run out and meet it. The Indians would not let me, but made me go into tent. Soon Romeo came to me and spoke to me ill English. It was the first time had heard it for months. He said I might go with him and he would take good care of me. I got into the ambulance, and there for the first time in two months saw Sophia. We at once left the Indians behind and in two days came in sight of the soldiers tents, where I saw General Neil, Mrs. Miles and all the rest who were so kind to me. could not help crying. Mrs Miles is as kind as a mother to us.
 "Did they take all the clothes away from you at the time you were captured2"
 "Yes. and only gave me an old blanket to keep warm with.
 "Can you identify the Indians who made the attack on your family9"
 "I have seen them all fifty times since and can tell them al."
 "How many of them was there?"
 "Seventeen men and two squaws."
 Have you seen the squaw that hit your father with an axe since 2"
 "Only once."
 "Was Medicine Water one of the war party?"
 "He seemed to be the leader"
 "Did they scalp all the family after they were killed2"
 ''All expect Johanna. She had been sick and her hair was very short"
 "How was Sophia treated after she left you?"
 "From what she tells me she had much easier time than I had. She was only whipped once or twice, and did not have to carry so much wood and water"
 "Where will you go, now that you are rescued from the Indians2"
 "I don't know yet," she replied. 1T would prefer to remain here rather than go back to Georgia. If Sophia and I can get good school education here I would rather stay here than go anywhere they are so good to me-"
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-09
Describing a Husband.

A married lady, compelled to show her letters to her husband, sent the follow ing to Q friend:
 cannot be satisfied, my dearest friend, blest as I am in the matrimonial state, unless pour into your friendly bosom, which was always ill unison with mine, the various sensations which swell with the hveliest emotions of pleasure, my almost burning heart. My dear husband is the most amiable of men. have never found the least reason to repent the act, as my husband is in person and manners unlike the ugly, cross, disagreeable and jealous men, who think by confning to secure, A wife 1t is his maxim to treat as a bosom friend and companion, not as a menial, slave, or plaything the woman of his choice ----. Neither party, he says, should always obey implicitly, but yield to each other in turns. An ancient maiden aunt, near seventy, 8 cheerful, venerable and kind old lady, is staying with us---she is the de- light of both young and old; she is ci- vii to all the neighborhood around, generous and charitable to the poor. My husband likes nothing better than he does me; he fatters me more than the glass and his intoxication (for so I call the excess of his love) makes me blush for the unworthiness of it's object. I wish I was deserving of the man whose name I bear. To say all in one word ---- and to crown the whole--my former love is now my own husband, my fondness is returned, and I might have had a prince, without the felicity find in him. Adieu! Be you as blest, as r m un- able to wish that I could be more happy.
 AFFIRMATION. N.-Read the first line, and then every other only.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-09
A Drunken Boys Power.

A "blower's boy," employed at a Pittsburgh (Pa.) windowglass factory, became intoxicated, and when he came to the factory still drunk, the firm dis charged him. The other boys employed in Q similar capacity then refused to work unless the firm reinstated the boy in his place. A member of the firm sent for the boys and other helpers and told them that he intended to run that fac tory to suit the views of the proprietors. Two of the 'bOys " who happened to be married said that they would go to work anyhow. At this the others demanded that the firm should not only reinstate the drunken boy but should discharge the two men who had offered to go to work. The firm then discharged all the boys and told the men to hire others This, the latter said, was not their busi- ness, and, to bring matters to focus, the proprietors put out the fires and shut up the factory, with a determination not to reopen it until next September. Thus were seventy-five persons thrown out of employment by drunken boy.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-09
MOtherIy Devotion.

A story is told by Q farmer at Bloom field, Pa, which seems to indicate req soning power and bit of the heroic ele- ment in common rat. Two rats, an old gray matron of the corncrib and her off spring, had been caught together in a common box trap. Through crack the pair could be seen together within, lov- ing enough, till the farm dog was brought to the mouth of the trap. As soon as the mother rat scented the dog she seemed immediately to divine the approaching fate, and giving a terrible squeal, she caught the little rat by the neck and bit him sharply, causing almost instant death. The trap was opened an instant after, and the old rat, which had thus killed her offspring rather than have it murdered by the dog, quietly sub mitted to her fate.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-09
Home.

But where to find that happiest spot below, Who can direct. whom all pretend to know? The shudd'ring tenant of the frigid zone Boldly proclaims that happiest spot his own; Extols the treasures of his stormy seas, And his long nights of revely and ease: The naked negro, painting at the line, Boasts of his golden sands and palmy wine Basks in the glare or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave, Such is the patriots boast, whereer we roam, His first, best country, ever is at home. < D And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots tatter, still shall wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mank kind; ..... AS different good by art, or nature given, To different nations makes their blessings even
 7'.''+'t OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-09
Verses Written i'm an Album.

Here is one leaf reserved for me, s..y1 From all thy sweet memorials free And here my simple song might tell The feelings thou must guess 80 we'll But could I thus, within thy, mind.
 One little vacant corner find, -o.t Where no impression yet is seen. s. 5. Where no memorial yet has been, l. O, it should be my sweetest care .w To write my name forever there!, "t47
 Tons. MooRE.
Connecticut western news., 1875-04-09

It is shown by scientific analysis that guano is not the deposit of sea birds, but is composed of fossil of sponges and other marine animals and plants,
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-08-03
II U u 0 R0 US.
A Nonplussed ATTORNEY.


a correspondent at Fredonia, New York,
writes: Being in attendance at the Circuit
Court in Albany, in the year 1870, I hap
peved to hear the trial of breach of promise
case. The plaintiff was n young lady of
rather delicate nerves, and although, through
the aid of her counsel, Hon. Lyman Tremain,
her case was looking well, yet when she came
to be cross>examined by the opposite attorney,
Hon. Henry Smith, she quailed before his
searching examination, and finally fell down
in swoon. The sympathies of every one
were aroused, and Mr.. Smith saw that he must
do something. The young lady's face was of
. purpIe-red during her swoon, and so, when
the next witness was called middle-aged
LADY,. Mr.. Smith said:
"Witness, you saw the plaintiff faint short
time ago ?''
ayes sir" said the witness.
"Weil, people turn pale when they faint,
The witness hesitated moment, then said:
emo, not always"
''Did yOu ever hear of case of faintins
where the party did not turn pale 2"
s'Yes, sir"
did you ever see such case.?"
'Yes, sir."
-'When7"
.'AbOut year ago." .
"Where was il 2'
In this city"
''Who was it p
s'Twas niger"
The plaintiff won the case.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-08-03
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-08-03

: The son of clergyman was delivering
a college valedictory, when, in pulling out his
handkerchief, he pulled out pack of cards.
''Hulloa" he exclaimed, 'tI've got on my
fathers coat ="
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-08-03

Dr. Barnes, when ninety-fve years of
about it by friend, insisted hc had been
awake all the time "Well, then" said his
friend scan you tell me what the sermon is
about 2" sYes, 1 can" he answered SIT
was about half an hour too long"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1875-08-03

= A certain Western editor, who was pre-
sented with box of collars in pay for an ad-
vertisement, is waiting in daily expectation
that some one will present him with shirt