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Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
The Ladies' Darling.

A writer says of "ladies' darlings" : The creature is delighted if he can per suade himself that he has reason to think that score or so of girls are over head and ears in love with him, and there is ground for believing that he would become exhilarated to the last degree if he were informed that some foolish damsel had pined away and died of broken heart on his account. The fact that so long as his vanity is minis tered to he is indifferent as to what un- happiness devolves upon others affordsa not altogether agreeable but thorougl ly reliable index to his character. If he had any conscience deserving of mention he would not systematically make love-di- rectly or indirectly-with whom he is thrown in contact, but being, as he is, utterly reckless of the feelings of his neighbors, he does his best to enslave the fancy of nine tenths of the attrac- tive ones whom he meets under circum- stances favorable to Irritation.
 It would be injudicious to deny that he achieves success. It would be unwise to declare that he does not ob- tain many triumphs; for some girls are so silly and have such susceptible hearts that they would become fascinated with mop stick provided that itwas skillful- ly set up and dressed in male habili- ments, and called aman, and others, who are trife wiser than to be guilty of such stupidity, are still foolish enough to be- ieve nine-tenths of what every shallow pated noodle tells them.
 But though this is so, there is cause to hope that the career of the would-be ladies darling is not one of uninterrupt- ed success, and that he is not the object of so much admiration as he generally imagines. Occasionally he receives a prompt and decided check from ladies who have no wish to be made fools of, or to suffer in reputation, however slightly, in order that he may be glorihed; while not few females play up to him before his face and pour unmeasured con- tempt upon him behind his back. Nor is 1t surprising that they should do so, for he gives them every reason to think that he is shallow and egotistical fool. His conversation consists of 8 series of dreary insanities, ridiculous comph- ments, which are as insincere as they are in bad taste, and melancholy jokes which consist for the most part of ill natured speeches at the expense of some unfor tunate victim or other.
 He seldom assumes that his lady friends have brains enough to under stand anything except the most super fcial matters, and when he does ven ture to touch on the last new book, new play, new parson or new sensation, he merely repeats the cant jargon which is current in the set in which he moves, and which frequently condemns what is good and praises what is bad. Beside his manner is affected, he wears on his face continual grin, and he is dressed up in such fashion and has such a sinking way about him that he appears altogether as much unlike a genuine man as he could we'll do. For the rest, he lowers the moral tone of those with whom he associates, and scoffs at every thing in which people of correct feeling take an interest.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
How Advertising Affects Business.

The man who advertises his business, if what he offers for sale is honestly what he represents it to be, or what it ought to be, is constantly assisted in his business by those who have been attract ed to him and tested him. A buyer has read his advertisement, and gone to his store, or workshop, or warehouse, or whatever the place may be, and tried what was recommended. If it has satis- fed him, he is pleased, and recommends it to his neighbor, who is likely to go to the same place, and tell his neighbors in turn. And thus little rills started by his advertisement flow in upon him from all sides, and the current of his business grows stronger and wider, and more rapid, all because to strict atten- tion to business he added judicious ad- vertising. But for this he might have fingered on in the community for years, and his business would scarcely have been heard of.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
Why Fires Occur.

It was startling account of tho pre- valence of the crime of incendiarism that was given to the convention of the United States fire underwriters. The committee on the subject reported that thirty-five per cent. of all the fires of last year originated from incendiarism, and that fifty-five per cent. of the whole amount of property destroyed by fire was through incendiarism, or. ill other words, that the losses by this crime for the year in the United States and Canada ran up to fifty millions of dollars. The report did not suggest any very promis- ing way of dealing with this tremendous evil, but merely proposed the offer of small rewards for the arrest and con- viction of incendiaries. We should think that 8 properly trained force of capable detectives in the service of the board of fire underwriters would be more effective. The penalties against incendiarism are severe enough to be 8 warning to the guilty, if vigilantly ap- piled. A kind of crime that costs fifty millions year should be suppressed at any expense.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
A Husband Trapped.

Writing of the carnival ball at Rome, correspondent of the Memphis ArGlanche says: But before I end my account must tell you of a carnival ad- venture in which an American gentle man figured, that has set all Rome to laughing. How it became public property no one can tell, but certain it is that every one knows it, and violate no confidence in it's mention.
 He went with his wife to one of the carnival balls. Here he was to meet an Italian bella donna for whom he had a tendresse. They were to recognize each other by the usual time worn devices-a blue ribbon in his button hole, an al. mond blossom in her dark hair.
 Naturally he had not made his wife the confdant of his little affair, and had carefully concealed from her the cos tune he had selected-that of a Spanish don. But he could not guard all the avenues to his secret, and his wife was quite clever enough to find an open one. She found out every detail of his dress, and kept the knowledge to her self, together with little secret of her own, with which she promised herself some sport.
 The ball was at it's height. From one o'clock to three the American had danced attendance to his Dulcinea he was hurrying off to get her an ice, when 8 little figure in blue domino, whom he recognized as his wife, stopped the way.
 She Gin the high carnival voice)-" I've found you out, have Ia"
 He" Oh, do let me alone,"
 She" Indeed won't. I know your tricks and manners. I've been watch ing your Irritation in the corner. Pretty goings on at your time of life."
 He-"It don't become you to throw stones my dear. You are not as young as you were. Remember your hair dye" !"
 She" My hair is my own, at all events. I wonder if your languid siRnorina knows that you take yours off at nighta 2"
 He-"I declare, Maria Jane, you get more aggravsting every day. It's nag, nag, nag from morning till night. You'll be as bad as your Aunt Hicklin if you keep on."
 She Qaughing very much)-" Indeed As bad as Aunt Hicklin 2"
 He-"Yes; and you couldn't be worse-unless you were the "-
 At this point in the dialogue second domino came up, identical with the one at his side, and to his amazement the voice of his wife said, sweetly:
 "John, dear, it is time we were going home, is it not3"
 "But who is this 2" he gasped.
 "Oh that is Aunt Hicklin."
 (Aunt Hicklin, be it remarked, was maiden aunt with sheckels.)
 We are just of height, yon know," continued the wife, &hand we made up a plan to dress exactly alike and not let any one know. It's been such fun 1; hain't it, aunty, dear9"
 Aunty, dear, took of her mask, grinned like wicked fairy, and said she thought it had. I am informed that the maiden with the almond blossoms waited in vain for her ice. John, who came in like lion, went out like lamb, and his domino was found in his dressing room the next morning torn into small shrcds.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
Snuff Dipping.

The Hopkinsville (Ky.) Democrat says: Talk about the opium eater or the whisky thinker, how much more are they to be pitied than the lady who is addicted to dipping snuff We believe there is more snuff used in Ropkinsville than in apy other place of it's size in Kentucky, and it's use is steadily on the increase. Hopkinsville has reputation for beautiful women, but how long that reputation will last 'tis hard to tell. Some of the prettiest women we knew ten or twelve years ago are now nothing but faded flowers. Lips that once looked like wild cherries, and for one kiss from which man would almost give his right arm, now look more like dried apples than anything else we can think of. The cheek once full and rosy is now sunken and colorless. The chin, which looks longer, now glories in 8 bronze colored stripe, which reaches down to the throat.
 Snuff is robbing women of their beauty and depriving them of husbands. It is more harmful than smoking, and more repulsive than chewing, and it's use by ladies is almost as much to be condemned as the drinking of whisky by men and if the ladies have grounds to talk about men drinking and smoking, they are assured that snuff dipping in the eyes of men is about as repulsive as the smell of two cent and a-haf cigar, or a sniff of "rife whisky to the olfactories of the fair sex.
 We indulge the hope that soon there will be an anti-snuff society formed, which will be twin sister of our tenn perance society. We have no idea how many ladies in our city will take excep tion to this article. If all that use snuff were to get after us, we would call their name legion, but we are upheld in our action by some of the most sensible mothers in town, in entering protest against habit, the adoption of which by girl is almost as much to be dreaded by parent as is the first taste of liquor by his boy.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
SALISBURY, CONN.,, FRIDAY, 12, 1876.

the foliage was much thicker, the sap hing being about thirteen to fourteen inches in height. A fourth time, and the little miniature tree, now about eighteen inches in height, had ten or twelve mangoes about the size of wal nuts hanging about it's branches. Final ly, after the lapse of three or four min utes, the cloth was altogether removed and the fruit, having attained the per lection of size, though not maturity, was plucked, and handed to the specta- tors, and, on being tasted, was found to be approaching ripeness,. being "sweet- ly acid"
 This concluded the entertainment, and the jugglers, having been rewarded, made their obeisance and retired well pl ased.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
How it is Done.

A telegraph official explains how cables are broken by the anchors of fishing craft: The skipper hooks the cable, heaves up his chain as far as he is able, putting a severe strain on the telegraph cable, and then swings to it; 8 heavy sea strikes him, or a tremendous ground swell throws him upward like cork, and something has got to smash. That something is generally the cable, being weakest. But on one occasion I remember that we brought up an anchor fast to the cable while repairing. In that case the chain was, no doubt, the weakest but this is rarely the fact.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
Thoughts for Saturday Night.


 A straight line is the shortest in morals as well as in geometry.
 Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.
 Good words and good deeds are the rent we owe for the air we breathe.
 People shouldn't talk about having the second sober thought who never had the first
 The man who is honest from policy is the most dangerous customer we have to deal with.
 When men publish their acts of chari. ty they doubt the ability of the Lord to keep accounts.
 A willing heart adds feathers to the heel, and makes the clown @ winged Mercury.
 What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of mothers love, fixed in per- manent outline forever7
 A singular fact, that, when @ man is brute he is the most sensual and loath- some of all brutes.
 "He who laughs can commit no dead ly sin, said the wise and sweet-hearted woman who was the mother of Goethe. Self-depreciation is not humility, though often mistaken forit. Itssourc is oftener mortified pride.
 Truth is naked and open daylight, that doth not show the masks and mum meries of the world half so stately and daintily as candlelights.
 God is the only being who has time enough, but prudent man who knows how to seize occasion, can commonly make shift to find as much as he needs. Philosophy is but dry bread; men will mt 1ivo Y1YlOD if hoxvoxror. xuho1osopao. they require the succulent food and ex, citing cup of religion.
 Folly soon wears her shoes. She dances so fast we are all of us tired. Golden wires may annoy us as much as steel bars, if they keep us behind prison windows. =. -. e. ,as- 'r Your disposition will be suitable to that which you most frequently think on; for the soul is, as it were, fringed with the color and complexion of its own thoughts.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
No Use for Stimulants.

Experience has taught men who are subject to severe and prolonged expo sure to cold that there is danger in taking alcoholic stimulants while the ex- posture continues. The lumberers in Canada, who are engaged in folling tim Der in the pine forests, living there all winter, sleeping in holes dug in the snow, and lying on spruce branches GOV cred with buffalo robes, allow no spirits in their camp, and destroy any that may be found there. The experience of arctic travellers on this subject is nearly unanimous, and to the samo effect.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
The Shepherd Boys Love,

1H0 SHepHeFO BOy'S Love- Twas my name she utter'd !. Twas mine
 oh, what joy! She knew, then, I loved her-oh, blissful de-
 light! Her love would ennoble tho poor shepherd
 boy Bright day would succeed to despairing dark
 night! Whilst watching my Hooks as sat by the
 stream, So fair and so lovely one morning she
 came A vision of beauty Ifosr'd twas dream And ss she came nearer, she utter'd my
 name. sprung up to meet her, to tell her my love, Again she called |" Carlo "-h how tender her
 tone! The joy then felt was removed far above My hopes when languish'd unloyed and
 alone. How odd was her smile when cried "I am
 thine J" And in answer she called me "bumpkin
 and noodle ;" look'd back behind me, T heard low whine, And found that my lady was calling her poodle
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12

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 HENRY SNYDER
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
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Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12

If men would set good examples, they might hatch better habits.
Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
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Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
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The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-03-26

unanimously to report : joint resolution au-
thoriziDg and directing Ehe President to send
ct once to the Rio Grsndb frontier, in addition
TO the infantry doing garrison duty there,
two full regiments of the best cavslry, each
regiment to consist Of twelve companies, and
each company of 100 men. In order to fill
these regiments mp, as they now have only
about 400 men each, the President is authori-
zed to recruit sufficient number. The second
section directs the President to order the COM
mander of the United States troops on the
border to cross the Rio GrRnde whenever it is
necessary for the purpose of punishing cattle
thieves and murderere, and recovering stolen
property.
MIss1ss1PPI.-Formal Judgment in the case
of Lieut. Gov. Davis was pronounced on the
23rd, being his removal from office and dis
qualification hereafter from holding any office
of honor, trust or profit. Upon request of tbo
House, the Senate discontinued proceedings
against ex-Superinten6ent of Education Cac.
dozo, who has been allowed to resign, as the
time necessary for his trial can be more prof.
tably employed. Ames' trial will commence
next Tuesday: Gen. Roger A. Pryor has been
retained for his defence.
. Nz1scELLaryEous.
Moses, Judge of the Seventh Circuit Court
of South Carolina, has been found guilty Of
high crimes by the Senate and has been dis
missed.-On the Goth there was $500 600
FIRE in Charleston. The boundaries of the
burnt district are on South, Columbus street,
and Roger Alley, on north Race Course, on
eAst South Caroline Rsilroad, and on west st.
Philip and Percy atEAatss-S--O % -sshe 4SS& there
was a $40 coo fire in jackson, La Most Of the
business part of the city was destroyed.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-03-26
THE VATICAN.

Rome, February 26-His Holiness continues
in bis nsual health, and has daily audiences.
The parish priests in Rene and the Lepten
preachers were received on the oath by the
Holy Father, who addressed to them short
previously several families of English and
American converts we're admitted to audience,
and among them were Mr. William Hutchison,
a graduate of Oxford University, and formerly
an Anglican clergyman in the diocese Of Exeter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hutcbison brought with them
their youngest son. little boy of six years old,
dressed in the uniform of the Swiss Guard.
The Holy Father, seeing the little boy kneelipg
and making the military salute, smiled, aud
shouidipg his walking cane in military fashion
said, SwitEar, where is your halbePdT The
child then kissed the feet and hand of the
Pontiff, and standing up placed himself in
position like Swiss, and keeping his eyes
fixed lovingly on che Pope's face. uttered in
good Italian, with animation, and with angelic
simplicity, what was evidently the cherished
desire of his young heart: "Holy Father, l
hope, if God grants me health, when am
grown mp, to carry your Holiness's banner"
The Pope bent over him and smiled, and innita-
ting with his hands the motion of drummer
said Well done, my son, but you must begin
by beating the drum :" and with paternAl Af-
fection laid his right hand on the chiId's head.
His Holiness then addressed all present in
words of kindness and consolation, and before
giving the benediction he turned 10 tho little
boy, lifted both his hands over him and said
MAY God bless thee, my witzSr, and preserve
thee to become q defender in His o Wn good
time of the Holy See!
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-03-26

stndiousiy avoided. The object OF the tesla.
triX was quite transparent. She wished to
avoid all collision with the new constitution,
and named the man and made the bequest as
though no ecclesiastical office or rank was
thought of. In this the Supreme court has
declared she perpetrated fraud. She thought
to do by stealth what she durst not do in open
terms. The will, being written Instrument,
could not be voided by parole testimony; but
the plea of fraud having been set up. the tes-
timony of witnesses WAS relevant. The pris-
cipal witness was the Archbishop himself. In
his evidence he stated what he understood to
be the desire of the testatrix, and expressed
his determination to execute what he conceiv cd
to be an implicit trust. Nothing palmer or
more explicit than the Archbishop's testimon y
could have been desired. He could have
refused to testify. He could have protected
himself behind reserves aud Quibbles; but
His Grace answered promptly, explicitly and
unreservedly, SO ss to awake the admiration
even OF the opposing counsel. The Aroh-
bishop has fought this matter through all the
courts mp to the Supreme Court of the State.
What his further intentions are We cannot
state at present. SnAkee IL to cay, that in this
as in the famous Cummings case the Arch
bishop has been aotuated by D pure love of
principle and determination to uphold the
rights of the Church. He would not have
been one farthing richer to-day hadSthe su-
that this iniquity of the Drake constitution
will stand the test Of the courts, and that the
Archbishep will have his heavy cost of court
for his pains; however that may be, he will
have the satisfaction Of kno wing that the pocg
parish of the Old Mines has not been Bwiudled
out of its property by any neglect or indifer-
ence of his.
The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-03-26

The following touching incident 10 taken
from the Life of Catherine McAuley, foundress 6
and frat Superioress of the Sisters of Mercy:
Sister Mary Rosa D1be had for some time
been fading away gently as sunbeam. Weak
ness exhaustion and hectic fever indicated
consumption in this case, but none Of its more
painful symptoms were present
This sweet Sister, who had learned fro n her
sanity guide that the spirit of labor 10 an
essential ingredient of holy poverty, begged
to be permitted to sew for the Door, but her
debility was 30 great that the TOundFesB re-
fused. The invalid insisting that she was
strong enough to help the poor in some man.
ner, Mother McAuley, to smuse her, gave
and cheered her with the hope of making .
few old women happy by furnishing their
baskets for the approaching nattOnsl feStival.
Every piece of bright-colored silk or ribbon
she could get was brought to her Industrious
patient, whom she amused by giving pleasant
account Of something that had occurred daring
the day.
A goodly pile of eross 30" garnished the in
6rmsry table very soon, and though sister II.
Rose had received the last Sacramento, she
worked away with increasing ardoE, rejoicing
that from her bed Of death she could assist the
poor. At last, on the 11th Of March, che sank
back gently ON her pillow, and putting the
needle carefully back in the unfinished Pat
Eieks cross" rested her white, Transparent
iugers, and BofEly closed her tOo-brilliSnt eyes.
The Sisters gathered around her, and the
last prayers were hardly eRded when their
gentle, young companion, after smiling her
adieux to those she loved 30 we'll, fell aRlCep
on her fond mothers bosom.
The weeping indEmarian then took Of the
thimble Of her departed patient, and removed
the unfinished "croos" from the bed Of death,