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Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

IRON WORK may be effectually secured from rust by treating it with melted paraftin whilst heated under pressure. If paint is used where heat is impracti- cable, it should always be mixed with the best linseed oil, and turpentine must be most carefully avoided.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

ANOTHER story of the wife of the late Dr. Lord, of Buffalo, is appearing in the newspapers. Her friends having objected to the marriage, it was decided to wed without their permission. When her absence from home was noted, there was found addressed to her rela- tives, note from her chosen husband which explained matters briefly, as fol- lows; ''The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name ot the Lord.' al.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

DRY YEAsT.-In pint of water boil 8 handful of hops till one-third of the water is boiled away, pour this, boiling hot, through a sieve on to two table spoonfuls of sifted flour. Stir the mix ture till smooth, and add cup of fresh bread bowl, and mix It with corn shapes and dry in the shade. When thoroughly dry, put them in paper bag and hang in dry place. For use, dissolve one of the cakes in a cup of water, stir in flour to form batter, and when light, set sponge for bread.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

Nobody likes to be nobody; but everybody is pleased to think himself somebody. And everybody is some- body; but when anybody thinks him. self to be somebody, he generally thinks everybody else to be nobody.
 Whales and seals suckle their young.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

An extra session of Congress in June is 8 boon the boarding house keepers of Washington do not often en- joy. They indorse the new adminis- tration.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

Is IT NOT 8 matter of doubt whether the best-plough problem has yet been solved so long as we have thousand
 different kinds made, more or less, none
 of which seems entirely to satisfy either
 inventor or farmer that we have per- feet plough?
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27
FRENCH POLISH FOR Boors AND SHo1

FRENCH POLISH FOR BooTs AND SHOES. Mix together two pints of the best vinegar, and one pint of soft water ]; stir into it a quarter of pound of glue, broken up, half a pound of logwood chips, quarter of an ounce of finely powdered indigo, a quarter of an ounce of the best sott soap, and quarter of an ounce of isinglass. Put the mixture over the fire, and let it boil for ten minutes or more. Then strain the liquid and bottle and cork it. When cold, it is it for use. The polish should be ap- piled with clean sponge.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

COMBINATION OF DOORS. - By the blending of primary odors, perfumers can obtain any desired odor they wish. Jasmine and orange flowers blended, give the scent of sweet-pea; jasmine and tuberose combined, will give the Roses, orange blossoms, jasmine, violets, geranium, tuberoses, and jonquil, con tain types of nearly all flower odors.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

STEwED MAcCARoN1. - Cook one fourth pound or more of maccaroni in water, or in strong beef stock, till tender, then drain nearly dry. Ii cooked in water, add two Jeaspoonfuls of condensed milk, butter size of an egg, stir grated cheese through it, and put some over it, and serve hot. Ii cooked in beef-stock, add the cheese only, or send the cheese around at the table.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

IT WAS country member who, fall- ing asleep during session of the House." awoke just as an appropria- tion was to be made, and asked his neighbor what the object was. "Bridges and draws" was the reply, and the drowsy one stood up, and apologizing for inattention, asked nervously, "HoW much was to be spent for brooches and drawers ?"
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

IMPORTANT FAcT.-If you are very warm, perspiring profusely, and are. very properly, afraid of cooling off too quickly, fill basin three parts full of warm water, and paddle the hands in and out; the layer of the water touch ing the skin is converted into steam the moment the hand is out of the water, thus causing rapid carrying off of heat by way of evaporation.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

AN OLD MAID was heard to exclaim, while sitting at her toilet tine other day :: II can bear diversity, I can encounter hardships, and withstand the changes of tickle fortune; but oh, to live, and droop, and die like single pink-I can't endure it; and what's more, l Won't.''
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

Dyesng Blue Grey on Gause.-For 2a lbs. stuff, take through a water contain ing 17 ozs. sulphuric acid, and rinse we'll; and, then, at I76 deg. Fah., through a fresh beck of 3t ozs. nigrosin and 9 lbs. ozs. alum, aud dry.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

Compressed Air for PoaUer.-In using compressed air as means of transmit ting power, velocity of about 40 feet per second for the air in its compressed state has been found to answer in prac
 tice. When the diameter of the pipe is so adjusted as to secure this velocity, the pressure expended in overcoming friction may be estimated at one per cent of the total or absolute pressure of the air, for every five hundred diam eters of the pipe in length.-Rankine-
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

LITTLE AGNES, aged three years, heard for the first time the report of a cannon announcing the arrival of a steamship. ''Hear the gun," said her sister. To which she replied: "Whose hat dun soottingP Is him tilling a Wabbitt ?0
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

PATENTEES AND INVENTORS should read advertisement of Edson Bros. in another column. 9-3t-e-o-w
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27
I NATURES REMEDY. WEGETINEm
 HE GREAT BLoop PualnER,<
Recommend it Heartily

. SOUTH BIsToN. MR. STEVENS: Dear Sir-I have taken several bottles of your VEGETINE, and am convinced 1t is valuable remedy for Dyspepsia, Kidney Complaint, and general debility of the system.
 I can heartily recommend it to all suffering from the above complaints Yours respectfully,
 MRS. MUNROE PARKER,
 sse Athens Street.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

GOLD CAKE.-Yolks of eggs, 1A cups butter, 1a cup milk, l1 cups flour l cup sugar, two spoonsfuls baking. powder.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

AN INEBRIATE ~lrishman on being kindly questioned in a very narrow lane, across which he was reeling, as to the length of the road he. had travelled, re- piled, "Faith it is not so much the length of it as the breadth of it that tired me-"
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

A GOOD NAME for 8 fortune.teller- Prognostic- Kate.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

s'DoN'T STAND there loaf1ng," said 8 professor in one of our colleges, to three students, standing where they shouldn't. ''We are not loafng," responded Charley, "there are only three of us, and itDtakes 'leven to make loaf" x
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

JOSH BILLINGS wants to know who ever heard a rich man sing. Why should rich man want to sing, when he can hire some one to do it for him so much better?
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

Sapolio contains (besides organic matter) soda, iron, alumina, lime, and hydrochloric, snlphurio. carbonic, and siliclc acids.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

THE only suits that last longer thar you want are law suits.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

WONDER in what sort of a vehicle the man rode who was driven frantic?
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

A LOCK THAT burglars cannot pick w dock.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

DEFUNcT: the expression "The cen tennial year."
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

Artificial Footing Blocks.-The slag or scoriB that results from blast fur mace work has always been trouble some by product, and various attempts have been made to utilize it. Run into blocks, it has been used for paving with more or less success, but new process of casting and annealing is claimed to furnish good and uniform material that resists wear, and gives good footing for horses. This process con sists in taking the slag as it flows from the furnace and running it into molds placed upon a circular table. As fast as the molds are filled, they are moved away, and left to cool down to dull- red color. The molds are then opened and the blocks are taken out and an healed in furnace kept at 8 particular temperature for twentyfour hours. They are then finished, and be used at once. The chief novelty in this pro- cess seems to be in the annealing of the blocks of slag.-Scribner.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

Alcohol and Oold.-At a meeting given to the Good Templars of the English arctic expedition, MT. William Malley, of the Alert, in relating his ex- periences, said that, among the few men who escaped scurvy. and did any sledging worthy of notice, were four teetotallers, who enjoyed perfect inn
 munlty from all sickness, establishing beyond the shadow of doubt that the intense cold of the polar regions could be well endured without stimulants.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

Dyeing Light Rose.-For 22 lbs. fabric use 104 Ozs. oxalic acid, 54 ozs. tin CT ys- tals, f oz. cochineal. Boil, cool. enter and dye at boil. Both dark and light rose shades are much better produced with eosine. For dye1ng chamois on for 22 lbs. fabric, from to oz. faVin, according to shade.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

AN oLD-FAsHIoNED clergyman, named Moore, was riding on horseback one stormy day, enveloped in 8 loose cloak of large proportions and having 8 broad scarlet collar. By the action of the wind the cloak was tossing about in all on spirited horse, which shied and of yours would frighten the devil," said the gentleman, ''You don't say sop replied MT. Moore: ''why, that's just my trade."
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

A DELICIOUS SouP.-Peel and slice six large onions, six potatoes, six car rots, and four turnips; fry them in half a pound of butter and pour on them four quarts of boiling water. Toast 8 crust of bread as brown and hard as possible, but do not burn it, and put in, with some celery, sweet herbs, white pepper, and salt. Stew all gently for four hours, and then strain it through a coarse cloth. Have ready thinly sliced carrot, celery, and 8 little turnip. Add them to your liking, and stew them tender in the soup. If approved of, an anchovy and spoonful of catsup may be added.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

A WELL-DREssED WOMAN, after in specting with look of mingled curi- osity and awe the rare collection of statuary in the Corcoran gallery at Washington the other day, approached a couple of amateurs and astonished them with this question: "Are those, , waving her hand in the direction of 8 group of torsos and other fragments ot antique art, ''are those-those limbless persons people who fell-in the Revolu- tion?'
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

LIGHT at last-The Shoemaker candle.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

Intense Light for Taking Photoaraphs. A very brilliant; perfectly white. and very actinic light, which may be used for taking. photographs, is produced as follows: Place some perfectly dry pow dered nitre in suitable clay vessel, and powder place piece of phosphorus and ignite it. While it burns, the nitre melts and quantity of oxygen gas is given off, producing and intense tight.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

E FRENCH CREAM CAKE.-Beat three eggs and one cup of sugar together thoroughly; add two tablespoontuls of cold water stir teaspoonful of bak- ing powder into cup and half of flour; sift the flour in, stirring all the time in one direction. Bake in two thin cakes; split the cakes while hot, and fill in the cream prepared in the following manner: To pint of new milk, add two tablespoonfuls of corn starch, one beaten egg. one-half cup of sugar, stir while cooking, and when hot put in piece of butter the size of an egg; flavor the cream slightly with lemon, vanilla or pineapple.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27
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Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

A THOROUGH washerwoman-sal Soda.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

DuNCInNC- No matter how slightly disabled. IHVNIUNO Increases pald. Advice and cirou- iar free. T. McMICHAEL, Atty, 7o7 Sansom St, Phna., Pa. S-S-lSt
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

TYPICAL TREES: For gouty people, the achecorn; for antiQuarians, the date; for school boys, the birch; for
 Irishman, the och; for conjurers, the palm; for negroes, see dah; for young ladies, the man go; for farmers, the plant'in; for fashionable women, a set of frs; for dandies, the spruce; for actors, the poplar; for physicians, syc more; for your wife, her will, O; tor lovers, the sigh press; for the dis consolate, the pine; tor engaged people, the pear; for sewing machine people, the hemlock; for boarding house keepers, lash; always on hand, the pawpaw; who is this written for? yew.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

00 Lovely bird cards with name loo, Is elegant S0U Floral cards l5c. 0. VANN Co.,, North Chatham, N. Y. 2-26-6t -
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

The sting of reproach is the truth of it.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

STANDING WArER.-A very 1mpor- tant work is to let of any water that ac- cumulates upon the surface. This requires constant attention and the use of hoe or shovel. Whether there is a crop in the ground or not, it is equally necessary to do this thoroughly, else the soil is soaked and dries very slowly. The amount lost through water remain ing upon fields, would each year buy for every farmer who permits it, good paper and more books than he could well study in 8 year.
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

ACADEMY: Both males and
 1 females admitted to the PottsJown Tele- graph School at any time. Reading by sound a speciality. Terms $sS. Send for circular E A. LEOPOLD Pottstown, Pa s-20-1t
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

CANARY SEED.-With the immense in- crease in the consumption of this com- monly used seed, 1t seems strange that or oats, and yields politically. Forty or fifty bushels per acre can be readily produced, and while it may not be 8 hardy plant 1t will stand considerable frost, and our seasons will give ample time to plant and mature crop. A few acres devoted to growing canary seed
 will return large profits, as it is now all imported and pays duty. Some enter
 prising farmer can set an example and
 not only demonstrate the fact, but put rmoney in his pocket. Let us be pro- ducers instead of imnnrters
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

On Finest and Latest Style ourds with name for OO 10 cents. 26 Transparent Chrds, 10 cents. @. GARDNER, Jacksyille. Pa S-29-1t
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

VVHREES, Grape Vines. at lowest cash rates. 1 Roses, Shrubs, &c. Catalogues fir e.. Ad- dress MERRILL COLEMAN, Nurserymen. Gene va, N. Y. S-1e-2t
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

nE FANCY MIXED CARDS, no two alike, loo AC Nassau Card Co.,, Nassau, N. Y. 226-4t
Connecticut western news., 1877-04-27

06 FANCY VISITING CARDS, white or mixed LC colors, by return mail only 10 cents. Garwln Co.,. Bethlehem, Pa. S-Slm
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-01-11
Learn About the Pulse.

Every Intelligent person should
know how to ascertain the state of
the pulse In health; tben by compar-
ing it with what it is when he is all
ing, he may have some idea of the ur-
gency of his case. Parents should
know the healthy pulse of each child
AS now and then person is born
with peculiarly slow or fast pulse,
and the very case In hand may be of
that popularity.
An infants pulse is one hundred
and forty; child of seven, about
eighty; and forty TO sixty years, it is
seventy beats q minute, declining TO
sixty at fourscore. A bealthful grown
PERSONS pulse beats seventy times In q
minute; there may be good health
down to sixty but II the pulse always
exceeds seventy there Is disease the
machine ia working itself out, there
is fever or Inflammation somewhere
and the body Is feeding on itself; as
In consumption, when the pulse Is
quick, that is, over seventy, gradually
increasing with decreased chances of
cure, until it reaches one hundred and
ten or one hundred and twenty,
when death comes before many days.
When the pulse is over seventy for
months, and there is slight cough,
the lungs are affected.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-01-11
The Wrong Heaven.

An American minister of fine des-
criptive power, was on one occasion
preaching about Heaven, and to show
the absurdity of Emanuel Sweden
borg on the subject, drew graphic
picture of the Swedenborgian heaven
with its beautiful fields, fine houses,
COWS, and pretty women and in the
midst of his glowing description, a
good old sister, carried away with the
scene, went into raptures, and ex-
claimed, GLORY, glory, glory! The
preacher was so disconnected that he
paused, seeming hardly to know what
next to do, till the presiding elder, in
the stand behind him cried out to the
shouter, Hold on, there, sister; you
are shouting over the wrong heaven ,
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-01-11

To TAN THE SHEEPSKIN WITH THE
Wool oN.-If you wish to tan the
sheep skin with the wool on, stretch
1t to its full size In all directions, and
nail it on board to dry. Dress the
flesh side with mixture of equal parts
of rock salt and alum, dissolved in
water, with coarse -four added, to
make it about the consistency of thick
cream. Spread this all over the skin
a quarter of an inch thick or more,
and let it dry, after which scrape off
with dull knife. If the skin does
not appear to lie well tanned, repeat
the operation then when well cleaned
rub and beat the skin until it is soft
and pliable.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-01-11
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Nebraska advertiser., 1877-01-11

The great railroad engineer, George
Stephenson, who ran his engines at q
mile minute, said his doubt was not
how fast he could make them go, but
at what pace it would be proper to
stop. He said that he could make
them travel with greater speed than
any bird can cleave the air, and he
had ascertained that four hundred
miles an hour was the extreme veloc-
ity which the human frame could en-
dure, at which it could move and live.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-01-11

81 understand you make very good
clder?" "Yaw" said the Dutchman !;
Hans. my boy, go pring mugfal."
Hans soon returned with mug brim-
ming full, and handed it to the Dutch
man who drained it to the bottom
atone draught; then turning to the as
tonished visitor. said: "Dere, now,
if you dosh not tink dat is goot cider,
yoost schmell of te mug.
Nebraska advertiser., 1877-01-11

you will oblige me by accepting the
loan of the two hundred rubles in
question:
Prince. am not worthy OF your
kindness, for dOn't know if / shall
ever be able to pay the loan, answered
the young man, In voice tremulous
with emotion.
Take the money, at all events, /
can wait until you are able to return
| it.
Thereupon the prince held out two
notes of a hundred rubles each, and
coming close up to him, whispered a
few words very softly. There was a
sudden lighting up of the officers
face. He Immediately took the two
notes, and turning toward the lady,
handed them to her, with a polite
bow.
Il hope, madam, you are Satisfied
With malicious smile, she reach
ed out her hand for the money.
Yes; now I am satisfied
With q scornfuI glance over the
crowd of spectators, she prepared to
leave the courtroom on her husbands
arm.
Stop, madam said the officer, who
suddenly became like another man,
with a firm and confident manner.
what do you wantP'
The look that the young woman
cast upon him was as insulting as
possible.
Il want my Dress he answered
with a slight but still perfectly polite
bow.
Give me your address, and will
send it to you.'
%, no, my dear madam; 1 am in
the habit of taking my purchase with
me at once. Favor me with the dress,
Immediately
A shout of appreciation came from
the gallery.
Order y cried the judge.
What an insane demand y said the
lady's husband. My wife cannot un-
dress herself here.'
i have nothing to do with you, sir,
In this matter, but only with the
complainant. Be so good, madam, as
to give me, the dress Immediately. 1
am in a great hurry, my affairs are
urgent, and cannot wait a moment
longer
The pleasure of the audience at the
expense of the lady increased with ev-
cry word, until it was hard to enforce
any approach to quiet, so that either
party could be heard.
DO not jest any more about 1t. I
will hurry and send yea the dress as
soon as possible
L am not jesting. demand from
the representatives. of the law my own
property-that dress. said the officer,
raising his voice.
Thejudge, thus appealed to, decid-
ed promptly.
The officer is right, madam. You
are obliged to hand him over the
dress on the spot
Il can't undress myself here before
all these people, and go home without
any dress on said the young woman
with anger and tears.
You should have thought of that
sooner. Now you have no time to
lose. Either give up the dress, of your
own accord, Or A nod that could
not be misunderstood, brought to the
lady's side two officers of justice, who
seemed about to take upon themselves
the office of my lady's maid.
Take your money back, and leave
me my Dress
%, no, madam that dress is now
worth more than two hundred rubles
to me-
How much do you ask for it?'
Two thousand rubles, said the off,
Ger firmly.
L will pay the sum. the weeping la
dy's husband responded promptly
Il have here five hundred rubles.-
Give me pen and paper, and 1 will
write an order upon my banker for
the remaining fifteen hundred
After he had written, the draft, the
worthy pair withdrew, amidst Misses
from the audience.