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GeOgraphicaI Knowledge

Have been made by the indefstigable explorers of Africa. h. .,f' - f.'.. ...5 ,--
 The great political revolutions of the last decade, with the natural result of the lapse of time, have brought into public view a multitude of new men, whose names are in every enes mouth, and of whose lives every one is curious to know the particulars
 Great battles been fought and important sieges maintained of which the details are yet preserved only in the newspapers in the transient publications Of tae day but which ought take their place in
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.:"FOURT ZEN. VOLUMES NOW READY !... suceeedihg volumes completion, win be issued once intwo months. ali Hs '=', ii" s .iIs,. ,f.ai l.sB- Specimen pages of THE, AMERICAN CYCLO- PEPIA, showing type, illustrations, etc, will be sent gratis on application.
 Address, '''' V '.' |. n. HOLMES, General Agent, "'
 Es-u .. IA North Pearl St.. Albany. N. Y::-
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East Cornwall,

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 Numbers have been taking advantage of the sleigAhe lK dfaE Da1d mill, etc. 'ltlr-Lsst Thursday Mrs, Alfred, Child, met z, with sad saesclideht. s while cutting wood at is4ha door.h As he was trying % toa ,spiiit. ick hig EF ianeea n ascnsSay sepaa o scntan Rgly gasll;iR his wrlss s.Dr.s ReaSh was immediately sammoned,a ana dtessAd the.wound. l.dkt.ilfaIp fuYpa .I -. .HD tl1 ddli4dA
 .nuLAdI YHNdia JACK. ! fl2 cfEi .si is4b bIetidastI
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HE AMERICAN cYCtoPEDtA

Within the astten years the pfogress of dfscdVefy in every department of knowledge has made new work of reference an imperative want.
 The movement of political affairs has kept pace with the discoveries of scieHce and their fruitful apphca tion to industrial and useful arts the conyen- fence and refinement f social life. Great wars ard consequent revolutions have occurrsd involving ha tional changes of peculiar moment. The civil war of our country, which WAS at its height when the last volume of the old work appeared, has happily been ended. and new course of commercial aId ins dustral activity has been commenced. Large acces-1 oif, foa
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 ,Hi:n-siIR1i. AnuI99uHW uTCHFiElD, CONN.
EIJJIaER CLUBBING RATEs.

Our LitchfeldI ounty tysubseribers maynot sf- sn bs Able totake advantagsof the low rates
 fs:od l.rs, clubs by most magazines and peri tic ats: For their coaveniencesnd as anextra Adl,,n snt to aeY county subscribers ser we will
 sal:a oHoailS Deriedieslsto county suoscrlb- CTS, il connection with the ENQUIRER at the
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WoodhurY.

,,x .s1'fH iieqmuaA ' Bishop Williams oficiated, morning and evening at the Episcopal church, last Sab hashs pAasche l2sA. Twenty persons were confirmed. the church was filled. and it was season of much interest.
 Our. v. IA. has made; good be- ginning. many trees have been put in bet ter shape. and five Lsmps are already in position. ;... .,.. gfl12;
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The work originally puilishea under the title of THE NEW AMERICAN CYGLOPEDIA was completed has atained in all parts of the United and the signal developments which hsve taken place in every branch of science, literature. and art have induced the editions and publishers to submit it to an exact and thorough revision and new edition entitled
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 The seventh district school closed Fri day last. It has been taught by Miss Emma Nickerson. ., V sQa Friday~ St, PatpGk,s day. a pasty sof sptsdihsiaR acepmssGe acepms bf eaae Washington and valet, passed. through tdah, faSbsbiy son tkaiir va to Assdeaar- tfst5iarss e5 ssxsY sscs 1s<.s:sdtsn ssFr
 We have fine sleighipg, now and the farmers are busy drawing wood. H. .-..,,,.. .se thS4 SLi t1
 Town news has been very scarce fgr the pase few weeeks-as scarce as spring 'tatdssiheeshezlas ! seosa ssaaps On Sun h,asy m0reiRg the pszzissrz fell ta hsFqr Fsa4- -IIysets 4sslttls political iekcitensns in tsoans sas setes We hkwsafookedss Wash ington fof'tEatao late. "Hst the eDsno- orstiS 4fssef6tTgpe sg yigilset and success. fulln exposing corruption in their owu ranks as Secretary; sBristowthaS besni.i 'And tuey mlgut pernapS come C0 De real re- formers. '' VIZ s'''sE '"' v"
 # Fht stock belopSf&t4t tde esA Oi the late E. M. Rogers was sold at aucGon on WsdnsSdaglstvA afxIS ele
 eskzQns Friday this village Ess. isnliSysRssd ky listlea by sh. ..cenSenniai .sleigAing' partJ fne ol T7aff aAYAfY6A Sshd.h lsaip bse .ssfeiataz a'sEom Hart dAlish baassa saeps Iia semislAai
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FOR SAIl.fC!I

A DWEEEING HOUSE and BARN, wisR aB1at two scrss of l.9d eight ten buifding lots ad- Soil dry. and fronting on two streets. Inquire of
 oxsa.,..x.r |. I. JUDD or E. 0. CHAMRLIN.
 HVTcnng d, 9sngafy i2th, 1876 'nf n0l ot ; N6 .e:tisK I,,rtftsJ ., ;,
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Price and Style of, Binding.

In extra Cloth. per volume, u a:.., si.: S a In Library Leather, per volume, ,, 6 O In Half Turkey Morocco, per volume, r e In Haif Russia, extra gilt, per volume; .' Ens'd In Full Morocco, antique, gilt edges. per vol, I09 Ip Fpll Russia, per yolumec 10O
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N1NEM We are giving s65 Sewing Valentines, 0tW EV Hunting Case Watches, veivet vests, and
 ,'''"" "Bhck SiIk Dresses, freS with our Green: EUEE' back Packages. Send to InVentbts Uhioh TREE 1T3 Greenwich Street, New Y6fk;;' '"" 4k4s
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Claims to the Discovery Of America.

Probably no archaeological mystery is
enshrouded with more interest and a great
er charm than the discovery of the west
ern continent. This fact is attested by the
devotion and zeal of galaxy of men of
genius, such as Humboldt, Kingsborough,
Stephens, Rain, and well nigh a score of
others. The various theories for the So
luton of this perplexing problem, many of
them iugeniously spun, are too numerous
for mention here. Only the principal
claims to discovery and colonization can
receive attention. Ancient America, with
its noble monuments Of once grand civ
ilization, is to us land of darkness, and
its history one Of uncertainty. In our in
quiries fact must in measure be exchang-
ed for conjecture. Very scanty are the
records that come to us from the ancients
concerning their knowledge of the Attain
tic and the islands hidden in its bosom,
though those indomitable sailors, the
Pheniciaus, had passed the pillars of Her.
cules and established colonies on the west
ern coast Of Africa, in the ninth century
before Christ. Three hundred years later
(B. c. 500, according to Herodotus, Pha-
rob Neeho fitted out an expedition manned
by Phenician sailors, and sent it around
the entire coast of Africa. That the Ca
nary Islands were discovered and colonized
by the Phenicians, there is no doubt.
Strabo, speaking of the Islands Of the
Blessed, or Fortunate Isles, as they were
afterward called, adds, " That those who
pointed out those things were the Pheni-
clans, who before the time of Homer had
possession of the best part of Africa and
Spain" 1t is a well known fact that these
hardy adventures of the seas were in the
habit of preserving with the strictest se-
cresy the names aud location of the dis
tant lands with which they engaged in
commerce, Where they sailed and trad
cd, other than in the ports of the British
isles, must remain unknown. Whether
furnished by this nation of sailors or not,
the ancients seem to have had some re-
markable information concerning an island
or continent hidden in the Sea Of Dark
ness, as the Atlantic was called. The first
mention of this is made by Theopompus,
a celebrated Greek orator and historian
who fourished in the time Of Alexander
the Great. His description of this dis
tant island, Of great dimensions, and in.
habited by strauge people, is preserved
in Elian's " Varia Historic, written dur
ing the reign Of Alexander severus.-
The GALAXY.
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Robinson orusoe's Island.

Every boy who has read the story o.
Robinson Crusoe (and who has not p viii
be glad to know how that island looks to
day. The late Professor Agassiz visited
it not long before his death, and he wrote
thus :-"The island Of Juan Fernandez il
more famous from De Foes fiction than
from Selkirk's history Fernandez dis
covered the island in 1913, and introduced
goats. In l771 an Indian was left there,
and subsisted on goats three years before
he was taken off. In October, 1904, a
Scotch sailor-Alexander Selkirk-was
left here, and was taken off in 1909, hay
ing lived here four years and four months
in solitude--living, like bis Indian prede-
cessor, mostly on goat's-Aesh. He told
his story to De Foe, and out of it grew
Robinson Crusoe." The wild goats are
still numerous here, and Aocks Of hundreds
of them may be seen upon the mountain.
The island is about ten or twelve miles
long by four in breadth-the shores mostly
precipitous, and the mountain ridgestiree
thousand feet in height. The water around
the island is deep, aud the whole appear
ance is as if there had once been an ex.
tensiye island, with a splendid rugged
chain upon it; that suddenly the bottom
had been knocked from under all except
this patch of ten miles by four and that
all but this patch had sunk into the sea.
Valleys and mountains spurs and gentle
slopes are oil cut of by this precipitous
edge; and there are but few places on the
island where you can effect landing.
There are to-day twelve persons, including
several children, living on the island.
They have good poultry and vegetables,
splendid beef, and can get goats by climb
ing after them. Other things they pur-
chase with the proceeds of their beef,
milk, and poultry, for which they find q
market in passing ships-especially in
American whalers. We spent May-day
in rambling on the island and about its
shore, cunning, fishing, herborizing, and
collecting generally. Sharks, crabs, cray
fish, shrimps, molusks of various sorts,
star fish, and sea urchins of divers kinds,
few insects, some humming birds, &C.,
were among the fruits of our labor. The
plants of the island bore general resem-
blance to those Of the continent for hun
dreds Of miles to the eastward-which
surprised me, as both the prevailing winds
and ocean currents are opposed to any
transmigratiOn from the southern part of
the continent"
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A Strange Hermit.

A Canadian newspaper publishes the
following story, and says it is an authentic
fact, to which hundreds can bear testimo.
ny;-About forty years ago young man
named Wilson, residing near Perth, con
ceiyed the lunatic idea of leading her
mit's life. The youth had from his early
age shown symptoms of arrangement, aud
this proceeding on his part was not con-
sidered strange by his friends. The chos.
en- place of his hermitage was off about
three-quarters Of mile from his parental
homestead, in recess of dense bush,
where he erected small hovel, and fur.
nished it with an old log canoe which he
used as a couch to sleep in. Divesting
himself of all his clothing he has ever since
remained perfectly nude, with the cxcep-
tion Of tattered remnant Of shirt, which
his fancy leads him to retain. In this
nude state for forty years he has lived,
walking in the depths of winter through
the snow, and yet he has never been known
to receive frost bite. When he requires
drink he walks deliberately into the riv-
er, it matters not to him what season Of
the year it may be, and wades out till the
water reaches his waist and then stoops 10
quench his thirst
His food is brought to him by his
friends, and when given to him is eaten
with the voraciousness Of an animal, which
he now resembles more than a man, his
body being as heavily coated with hair as
that Of q COW. He never shows q dan
gerous disposition, and chatters in mono
syllables. When people cross his path he
invariably begs for tobacco, for'which he
has an evident partiality, and in chatter
ing tones will utter. abacca" until his re-
quest Is granted. His hair is long, gray,
and unkempt. falling over his shoulders,
and his beard, which is similar, reaches
down below his waist. He is now between
so and 20 years of age, and is possibly the
only living being ever known to have lived
gear after year, perfectly naked and ex-
posed to all inclemenciss of weather which
mark our Canadian winters.
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Lace, made Of fine threads of gold, sill
yer, silk, fax, cotton, hairs, or other deli
cate 6bres, has been in use for centuries
in all the countries of Europe. But long
before the appearance of lace, properly so
called, attempts Of various kinds were made
to produce open, gauzy tissues resembling
the spider-web. Specimens Of primitive
needework are abundant, in which this
opennesS is secured in various ways. The
''ine.twined linen, the "nets of checker
work" and the embroidery" of the Old
Testament are examples. This ornamen-
tai needle-work was early held in great
esteem by the Church, and was the daily
employment of the convent. For long
time the art Of making it was church
secret, and it was known as nuns work.
Even monks were commended for their
skill in embroidery.
A kind of primitive lace, in use cen
turies ago in Europe, and specimens Of
which are still abundant, il called cut-work.
1t was made in many ways. Sometimes
a network of threads was arranged upon
a small frame, beneath which was gummed
a piece Of fine cloth, open, like canvas.
Then, with a needle, the network was
sewed to thes cloth, and the superfuous
cloth was cut away; hence the name Of
cut-work. Another lace-like fabric Of
very ancient date, and known as drawn
work, was made by drawing out portion
Of the warp and weft threads from linen,
and leaving square network Of threads,
which were made firm by stick at each
corner of the mesh. Sometimes these
netted grounds were embroidered with
colors
Still another ancient lace, called "darn-
ed-netting," was made by embroidering
figures upon plain net, like ordinary
nets of the present day. Lace was also
formed Of threads, radiating from a COM
mon centre at equal distances, and united
by squares, triangles, rosettes, and other
geometrical forms, which were worked
over with button-hole stitch, and the net
thus made was more or less ornamented
with embroidery. Church vestments, altar
cloths and grave cloths were elaborately
decorated with it. An eyewitness of the
disinterment Of St. Cuthbert, 10 the twelfth
century, says There had been put over
him sheet which had fringe of linen
thread of fingers length; upon its sides
and ends was woven a border of the thread,
bearing the figures of birds, beasts and
branching trees" This sheet was kept
for centuries in the Cathedral of Durham
as specimen of drawn or cut work
Darned-netting and drawn and cut work
are still made by the peasants in many
countries.-Popular Science Monthly.
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: The Mystery Of Perfume.

! No one has yet been able to analyze or
demonstrate the essential action of per-
ifume. Gas can be weighed but not scents:
the smallest known creatures--the very
monads Of life-can be caught by mi.
croscope lens and made TO deliver up the
secrets Of their organization; but what it
Is that emanates from the pouch of the
musk-deer that fills whole space for years
and years with its penetrating odor-an
odor which an illimitable number of ex-
traneous substances can carry on without
diminishing its size and weight--and what
1t is that the warm summer air brings to
Us from the flowers, no man has yet been
able 70 determine. 50 fine, 50 subtitle, so
imponderable, ID has eluded both our most
delicate weights and measures aud our
strongest senses. If we come to the es-
seuce Of each odor, we should have made
an enormous stride forward, both 10 by.
giene aud 10 chemistry; and none would
profit more than the medical profession, II
II could be as conclusively demonstrated
that such an odor proceeded from such .
cause, as we already know Of sulphur, sui
phurated hydrogen, ammonia, and th'
ItEs ts.ltiIsN 4.t 70 s r.. .rA
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Ono of the most curious things at the
Philadelphia exposition will be an archi-
tectural plan Of the city of Mexico. It's
dimensions are $50 by 23l feet. 1t will
display all the characteristics of the city,
and viii be peopled by 10000 leaden fig
ures dressed in appropriate costumes, some
for the opera, ball, social party, and others
vending fruits and ice cream, carrying
baskets and rolling barrels. In the streets
will be 1900 coaches, au equal number
Of other vehicles, and lot of artillery
pieces Some of the most noted citizens
Of Mexico are at the head of the under
taking,
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American Composition with ahsilsld.

Some time ago the Sheffield Chamber
Of Commerce in England elected nes
President, and upon taking the chair at
the annual meeting, the new official, Mr..
w. X. Pearce, made an addruss which
shows how closely American competition u
pushing the famous Eng.Sh cutlery mnrt.
Mr.. Pearce, among other things, said that
II was not at all likely that She}Eeld ever
again would have anything like the trade
with the United States she has enjoyed in
the past Ifthe same proportion of Ehef.
field goods to German, French and Anar-
lean goods was sold In TIC United States
now as thirty years ago, Il would have been
impossible for half dozen Shel6oIds 10
have supplied them. Tvonty yearu 40
an American hardware store contained
chiefly Sheffield, birmingham and VOL.
verhampton goods, whilst small space IN
the back part Of The premises wss devoted
10 American "notious.n Nov the state u
Affairs Is reversed. The Shelicld and BIZ
mingham goods are put IN = eorner,'
whilst the manufacturer Of Afnoriss have
extended so as to ill almost tho sutlre
store Mr.. Pearce went On 10 ny ~
that he had never neen any establishes
American manuiacture, il his exporieuce
that was not good ofits kind. He exlolI
cd the perfection which Anerioau nnann
| facturers had reached il ares and rn1u
and also in the inanufzoture Of 6Ies. Ghsi
field was Of the opinion thnl 6I4 conI|
only be made By la1d, boE tho AnIeriol1
were produoins ieaI|y 6rskc|szs 1|ca y.
mnchin<ry we're und>1elIInS 6h>1e|d
and that city would probably Soon Iuue X
remnant Of he Amefic<n Az tnds, es
had already lost fhe aaV trade. He o||ui
cd % the proposed changes IL DC It'll
but said that y sPl,o sf any po1s1tIs ~
i6cukions Of iho Asuesi1a6 l1p1ll i1iis
Shefield would hexaall1x fn& I1<m;1a<|
compositions ID tbe Anezioan n6no|,|
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One other scene may properly be added
to this brief record of the struggles and
triumphs Of old New York. There came
suushiny day in April, 1889, when
George Washington, President-elect Of the
United States by the unanimous voice Of
the people, stood on balcony in front Of
the Senate Chamber in the old Federal
Hall on Wall street, to take the oath Of
Office. An immense multitude filled the
streets, and the windows and roofs Of the
adjoining houses. Clad in suit Of dark
brown cloth of American manufacture,
with hair powdered, and with white silk
stockings, silver shoe-buckles and steel
hilted dress sword, the hero who had led
the colonies to their independence came
modestly forward to take up the burdens
that peace had brought. Profound silence
fell upon the multitude as Washington re.
sponded solemnly to the reading of the
oath of Office, 81 swear-so help me God. y
Then, amid cheers, the display Of flags,
and the ringing of all the bells in the city,
our first President turned to face the du'
ties his countrymen had imposed upon
him. In sight of those who would have
made an idol Of him, Washington's first
act was to seek the aid Of other strength
than his own, In the calm sunshine Of
that April afternoon, fragrant with the
presence of seed.time and the promise Of
harvest, we leave him on his knees in Old
St. Pauls, bowed with the simplicity Of q
child at the feet Of the Supreme Ruler Of
the Universe. e.-.Scri5ner for February.
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miles. Wrecks are frequent on these
coral reefs but IL Is believed that many
Of the vessels that are strande here are
purposely' wrecked. The large majority
Of lost vessels have straddled their fatal
reef in the day time. D. rnn % ,ia'aetNef
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tbs OLDEST DEoLARArtoS OF INDIE
pENDBNoE.--We have been shown the
original manuscript of the Declaration Of
Independence made and signed by the
revolutionary patriots Of Hartford county,
at n meeting held at Hartford Town on the
22d March, 1875. This declaration is
older than that Of Mecklenburg, North
Carolina, which was made 10 May, 1775,
and antedates by more than year the
Declaration Of Independence by the Con-
tinental Congress, July 4th, l776. Har.
ford Town Is Bush Of the present day, and
the house in which the meeting was held
was an old tavern stand, the ruins Of which
are yet to be seen at Bush. The sugges
ton is made that the descendants Of these
signers hold a meeting In Belair on the
22d Of day March, for the purpose o
duly celebrating the one hundred and frsl
anniversary of the Hartford Declaration o.
Independence, -Ha.ford, Nd, Democrat
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J Soue careful and deep.thinking student
has discovered that the word debt Is
composed Of the initials Of "Dan every
body twice. Credits Is formed Of the
initial lstsers ofIeCall regularly every day
IN trust.n a uiisA "A sr5s ID
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Charles Francis Adams, Jr., has made
a series Of investigations and compiled
statistics showing that only one railroad
passenger in 100000 Is killed, and only
one to 100000 is even so much as bruised,
In the year 1874 only one person was
killed on al the Massachusetts, railroads,
while seyenty-six were killed BY accidents
in the city Of Boston.
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A single manufacturer Of perfumery at
Cannes, France, uses annually 100000
pounds Of orange blossoms, 129, 900 pounds
Of acacia flowers, 100000 pounds of rose
leaves, $4,000 pounds Of viotes, 5000
pounds Of tuberoses, and rosemary, mint,
thyme, lemons, aud citrons in proportion
ate quantities. Nice and Cannes together
consume annually over 20 tons Of violess,
and Nice alone 100 tons of orange bios
SONS.
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Everybody seems dissatisfied with tlleil
lot, but if they should change places viii
the fzst man that they met they would n
be willing to give something % boot i
trade tomorrow.
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Old age is often beautiful, and properly
50, for It is the childhood Of immortality.
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Fortune knocks once at least at every
mans gate. ss'ais afseasl