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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-20
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1877-06-20

WASHINGTON, June IL.
The President to day issued proc
lamation declaring that public sale of
valuable Government lands be held at
the Land Office at Harrison, Arkansas,
October 1st, under the Act of Congress
of July 4th, 1876, re-opening to the
public Government land in Arkansas,
Louisiana. Mississippi, Alabama and
Florida which had previously been sub
ject only to homestead settlements.
The lands consis: of several hundred
thousand acres in Arkansas. No bid
less than Government minimum of one
dollar and a quarter per acre will be
entertained, and any lands not dis
posed of will be subject to private entry
at one dollar and quarter per acre. A
similar proclamation will be issued for
the sale of lands in the other States
named as soon as the necessary lists
can be prepared. No public lands have
been offered in this way for many years.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16
A Miraculous POmade.

A lady of 30, plump jolly brunette, sees with some anxiety a dark dOwny line penciling itself on her superior lip. She does not care to compete with the bearded women and co1sults the ad- vertisements. She finds just what she wants-a delipatory pomade, warrant ed to remove the most obnoxious mus tache woman ever had in five appli- cations. She obtains box at a price of 10 francs, and follows the directions on the label with care. The mustache thrives on the depi1atory, and after while madame yields to the inevita- ble, and consoles herself by refecting that it might be worse.
 Three or four years roll by, and she sees with alarm that her hairis begin ming to thin. A trifle of mustache can be borne, but bald head never, and again she has resource to the adver- I tisements. She finds the article she needs-a miraculous pomade-to in- crease the thickness and beauty of the hair. On visiting the shop she is stu pefed. It is the same shop, the same attendant, the same bottle at the same price, the same pomade, so far as she can judge from appearances Only the label has been changed. .-I.- -.-
 The merchant, on being severely ex- amined, admits that it is the same po- made. It failed so utterly to remove hair that he turned it into hair invig- orator. With great joy the customer buys 8 pot and applies it-and ner hair goes on falling out faster than ever!
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16
Tree-C0m mns.

2 An ancient burial place was dis covered ui Selby, England, in 1857, and at depth of six or. seven feet several eoffins formed of the trunks of trees, split .in3 two and hollowed out were exhumed. One of these, now preserved in the museum at York, con- tainea the skeleton of a woman, and nearsthe neck were lying seven beads of graduated size and oval shape" In the centre of the skull round hole was detected. resembling the perforation in the skull of Roman lady, recently dis covered in'an old cemetery at York In the summer ol 1876, on the rebuilding of house in Selby, some fifteen or twenty other tree collins were disin- tered. They. were closely packed to- gether at a distance of from five to eight feet; and at the head of several an up. right oaken post, three feet high, were standing. In four out of seven cotfins examined, hazel rods or twigs were found in the right hand of the corpse. There is record of similar rods having beer found in a cemetery at 0berflact, | Suabia.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16
Temple Bar and Charles Lamb.

-. But we pause in the almost impossi- baeftask of endeavoring to bring to mind the names of the authors, wits, and
 poets,owho have most contributed to sustain and, it may be added, popular ize the fame of Temple Bar, to ask our
 selves the question! who of them is it, after, all, that has most endeared it's memory to us? a It. has not been Dry den, nor yet Pope. We find but scarce
 allusion to it in the writings of Swift, Steele, or Addison. Neither Sterne the
 most pathetic, nor Smollett the wittiest
 of writers, nor Congreve the most court 1y of Gramatists, nor Garth the poetical physician, has given us pleasant recol-. lection of its. presence in anything that he has penned. Dr. Johnson has left. us plenty of glimpses of it through the. diary of his familiar Boswell, but not of kind that makes us yearn toward it -1withsmuch of kindly concern. We nat .urally love to think of the old gateway in connection with genial Oliver Gold smith and his thougbtless vanity; of how he, scores of times, in that exqui- site suit of Tyrian bloom, satin grain, and dark blue silk brooches, must have walked gay1y by it to vex the kindly soul of Reynolds at the studio in Leices- ter Fields by his preposterous extrava- : ganee. We have Burke in our eye, and 'aGarrick the poets Gay and Thomson, and the clever artist who drew the char aeter of Squire Western; Gibbon has
 strolfed past the grimy walls; and Rich ard Savage and Richardson, hard-work- ing printer and admirable novelist;
 Rogers the banker-poet; poor, nervous,
 unstrung Cowper, in the days of his terrible malady; Sheridan, on his way
 to the sponglng- house; Samuel Taylor
 Coleridge ruminating, mayhap, over the terrible seductions of his unfortu- -ianate passion: all these excellent and worthy representatives of England's literature have at some time or other
 halted at the very spot where we our : selves have stood in our journeyings
 through London, contemplating the
 mud -be-spattered face and rueful out line of the much maligned, oft abused, but patient-lookingg memorial. But
 these were not the men who made us
 feel the kindlier toward the old Bar,
 because they so often passed and strayed
 within it's shadow. Who, then, has it
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16
POND's EXTRACT.
 ' PONDS EXTRACT.
The Peoples Remedy. The Universal Pain Extractor, Note: Ask for Ponds Extract.
 Take no other.
Take no other.

ssHFear, for wlli speak Or excellent - -s# things"
 PONDS EXTRACT-The great Vegetable
 Pain Destroy CT. Has been in use over
 thirty years, and for cleanliness and
 prompt curative virtues cannot be excehed. CHILDREN. Na family can afTord to be
 Bruises, Commissions, Cuts, spr.Ains,
 are relieved almost instantly by external
 pGSt0s lEemRty rssEss paeCs Cn U
 ffnKs, ola Sores, BotAs, kcl0ns,
 Corns, etc. Arrests iIfammaio ion, reduces
 swellngs, stops bleeding, removes oiscolor- LADIES fndit their best friend. It assuages Ia the pains to t which l1nly they are psc1idarly
 the head, nausea, vertigo, &c. It promptly -T ameliorates and permanently heals all kinds AUTHORIZATIONS or PILES ind in this
 theonly immediate relief and ultimate cure.
 No case. however chronic or obstinate can sssSs 1t is the only sure cue
 KIDNEY BasEAsES. It has no equal for
 BLEEDINe q from any cause. For this it is Q spt ctfic. It has saved hundreds Of lives FNa wien all other remedies ralled to arrest
 bleeding from nose, stomach, lunESs TOOTH ACHE, Earache, Neuralgia and RheumAutsm are all alike relieved, and often permanently cured.
 PHYSICIANB of all schools who are ac quaiuted with Ponds Extract of W itch Hazel recommend 1t in their practice. We hayeietters of commendation from hundreds of PhysicanS, many of whom order 1t for use in their own practice. In addition to the foregoing, they order It's use for Swellfngs of all kinds. Qutnsy, Sore Threat, Aaa- D. famed T0mstls, simple and chronic | Diarrh Oea, GatRrrh ter which 1t is a SpecJfe), Ghtlblains, Frosted Feet, ! StfnSs of Insects, MOsqutaOea, Chopped Han0s, Faces ana indeed ali manner of skin diseases.
 TOILEE4 USE. Removes Soreness, k0nghness and SmarttnRs heals Gskts F., Erupttons ana Ptmples. 1t rcvives, tn- vtgo' dtes and refsesRes, while wonderfully im- TO ~FARMERS = R0md's Extract. No 1T Stock Breeder, no Livery Man can aflord to be without 1t. It is used by all the leading \ A 1 Livery Stables, Street Railroads and first | ~l A1rsemen in New York City. It has no equal for Sprains, Harness or Saddle ChanngS, Stlffness, scratches. Sweliings, Cuts, Lacera- | tions, Bleedings, Pneumonia, Colic, Dlar- | rhBa, Chiils, Colds &c. It's range of action | is wide, and the relief it afiords is so prompt | 5 that It is invaluable in every Farm-yard as well as in every Farm-house. Let 1t be tried r once and you will never be without it. CAUTAONi Ponds Extract has been im- | lJated. The genuine article has the words | ! Ponds Extract blown in each bottle. It | IS prepared by the only persons living who ever knew how to prepare 1t properly. | Refuse all other preparations of Witch Hazel. | This IS the only article used by Physicians, Ir and in the hospitals of this country and | Europe.
 | MIsTOR Y and Uses of POnd's Extract, | Tn pamphlet form. sent tree on application to l POND'S EXTRACT COMPANY, ss IJ Maiden Lane, New York.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16
WhOOping CougH.
TMiddletown, Pa., April 2

.~tr ,Middletown, Pa., April A.
 Messrs. s. W. Fowle &. Co. X ,r,'.
 About seventeen months since l was severely afflicted with whooping cough, and had almost given up the hope of re- covery. It was most violent attack of this, destructive and dangerous dis- ease. Ihad tried every remedy which l had heard recommended, but they all failed entirely until trial of DR. Wis :TAR's BALsAM OF WILD CHERRY was commenced, the use of which gave im- mediate relief. Under similar circum- stances, rather than be without the Balsam, would pay fifty dollars for a bottle of it. believing that it is the only certain -antidote for this disease. I most cheerfully recommend this invaluable remedy to the public. 3ss7ofs@ .eS', 5 '' GEO. W. ETrER. 90 cents and $l,a bottle. Sold by all druggists. ''E-''i'+
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16
; E1ANESCENCE

What's the brightness of brow? 5
 Whats smoutha of pearls and corals Beauty vanishes like s vapor, Preach the men Of nusty morals. E Should the crowd. then, ages since,
 Havelshut their ears tosinging Homer, Because the music fled as soon
 AS aeets'theIviolets aroma? sw , An, for nie,a1thrill. .to see A The bloom velvet cheek discIoses: @ Made Of dust II Iwen believe it!
 sosare lhesl so are roses. s.--4e
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16
SSEe i'm the Eve.

Size with. the eye, as with the brain, is generally conceded to be measure of capacity. A large eye has wider range of vision, as it unquestionably has of expression than a small one. A large eye will take in more at glance, though, perhaps, with less attention to details than a small one. Generally speaking, large eyes see things in gen. eral, and small eyes in particular. The one sees many things as a whole, con- sidering them in a philosophical and speculative way, often seeing through and beyond them; the other sees fewer things, but usually looks keenly into them, and is appreciative of detail
 Some eyes, however, look at every thing and yet see nothing. Fullness of the eye, causing bulging of the lower eye lids, is well-known sign of language. Persons with this sign large, have not only a aspeaking eye, but also speaking tongue, whereof their fellows do moi long remain in ignorance. A general projection or fullness of the eye above and below, which brings the eyeball forward on a line with the face and eyebrow, denotes the quality of physi. cal perception, or the capacity to sec quickly whatever appears on the sur face of things. A person with such ar eye on entering room for the frs time would note rapidly the shape, size arrangement, and general appearance of the different articles of furniture ir it, and the color of the walls, curtains etc., take in with equal felicity the feat
 ures, the color of the eyes and hair size and appearance of any, person wht might be present. In looking at'a piet
 ure such person would at once incline to examine the color, number, group
 ing, attitude and costumes of the figures ] composing it.-Seienti.fc Amscricnn.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

IT RECALLS what Dundreary said about it: "Yass, she was n-nice girl; l was g-goiug to marry her m-myself, but d. didn't get up that m-morning, or something of that sort; I d-don't w-wecollect now iu uth what it wath. 5
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

A FRIEND who makes very flaky pie crust with but little lard, kindly gave me what she thinks is the secret of it.. She mixes little lard with flour and cold water until quite stiff, then rolls it out, spreads on a little lard, sprinkles flour over it and folds it over so it is double; then rolls out and spreads on again, repeating the process two or three times after the last time, instead of rolling up, as some do, she folds it up once or twice and cuts the pieces for use from the edge. @F
 Her idea is to keep the layers of shortening as near horizontal as possi ble, avoiding mixing them up, as one does in holding or rolling, and there seems to be deal of reason in it.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

IT IS SAID that we'll known novelist lately entered a printing office and &C.,
 cused a printer of not punctuating properly, when the typo earnestly re- plied-'I'm not a pointer, I'm setter.', ,,
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

TEACHER (to little boy)-"Well, my boy, do you. know yourrtables?" Pupi -"Yes madam; reakfast table, dinner table and supper table.'' The boy goes to the head of the holiday class.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

IT MAY be of some value 10 telegraph operators who have marble based in struments, and housekeepers who have marble-top furniture, to know that the common solution of gum arabic is an excellent absorbent, and will remove dirt, &c.,, from marble. First. Brush the dust off the place to be cleaned, then apply with brush a good coat of gum arabic, about the consistency of thick office mucilage, expose it to the sun or dry wind, or both. In a short time it will crack and peel off. If all the gum should not peel off, wash it with clean
 water and clean cloth. Of course if the first application does not have the desired effect it should be applied again. Second, make a paste with soft soap and whiting, wash the marble with it, and then leave a coat of paste upon it for two or three days. Afterwards wash off with warm (not hot) water and soap. -Scienti6c American. 70 ri
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

LADY-"Well, Tibbets, and how is your son John getting .on?" Nurse ''oh, he be getting ion drstelass, than k 'ee4 mum. d. He told us yesterday as how he'd been and joined one O those 'ere burial societies. So he's pro vided for all right. ."-London Fun. ~s
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

CURE FOR CHAPPED HANDs.-One part of glycerine, four of Ponds Extract or Witch Hazel, four of water; put in a bottle and shake we'll; it is ready for use immediately; it is we'll to shake thoroughly each time of using.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

POLITE census official in Paris-Any children, madame? Lady questioned I have never been married. F. c. o. Excuse me, but that is not answering my question.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

BUTTER SAUCE FOR MAcKEREL.-Half- cup of flour mixed with cold water till a smooth paste; stir enough of this paste into half pint of boiling water over the fire to form thick cream; add a little salt, and stir steadily with an egg-whip for two minutes; then re- move from the fire and stir in quarter pound of butter, two tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley and the juice of half a lemon. Set it on the back part of the stove to keep warm, but on no account let it boil. (No sauce should be boiled after the butter has been added, or it will have rancid taste; and to boil after lemon juice has been beaten in will turn the lemon bitter.) Having broiled the fish, lay it carefully into . hot platter with parsley, water cress, or slice of lemon upon it, and serve. Do not put the sauce over the fish, but send it to the table ill sauce boat.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

CHOCOLATE CARAMELs.-One cup of milk; two cups of sugar; two cups of molasses; one cake of chocolate grated fine. Boil till it candies. Pour out on a flat dish and cut in squares.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

INVALID Pensions increased, Mexi- tcan, Florida, Black Hawk Wars. Hor- ses lost or killed in the army. Patents obtained at half usual fees. Write to Col. L. Bingham & Co.,, Att'ys for Claims and Patent Law Advocates, Washington, D. c.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

-Gen. Spinner is sending North most poetic and tantalizing letters describing the florida peach blossoms and ripe strawberries among which he dwells. &
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

BY PLACING piece of camphor the size of hickory nut in the stove-black- ing 1t will be made adhesive through a great heat.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

Ut takes forty pounds of live cells to feed the whale in the New York Aqua rum each day. They are the same to him as vermicelli soup is to the human animal.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

OYSTER PIE.-Make rich puff paste :; line baking dish with it, and fill with bread crumbs; butter the edges of the dish, put on the top cover, and edge with leaves cut out of the paste, and bake in. a moderate oven; wash the oysters in water, strain the liquor, put it in a saucepan over the fire, and let it come to boil; put in your oysters, which should be large and fresh, season with salt, cayenne pepper, mace and nutmeg; thicken with yolk hard boiled egg, grated and fine bread crumbs, add butter; when the oysters are plump, ana tle paste baked, take of the top as possible, put on the cover and send to table.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

A GIRL at twenty says, "Whom shall I have?" At thirty she asks, "Whc will have me?0 sS E. r%5 IT.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

"Do YOU KNOW what bull dozing is ?' asked man of an old farmer. "I thought did,'' said the granger, 'sbut the bull wasn't dozing; he was only making believe and beingin the middle of a forty acre lot, naturally had to make pretty quick, time to reach the fence ahead of him. 5 &I %s&E5
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

WHEN does hip.of war become a ship of peace?-When she drops hel rancour. & s .z~ F
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

BEEF ExrRAcr.-Take pound of good juicy beef, from which all the skin and fat has been cut away, chop it up like sausage-meat; mix it thor oughly with pint of cold water, place it on the side of the stove to heat very slowly, and give an occasional stir. It may stand two or three hours before it is allowed to simmer, and will then re- quire but fifteen minutes of gentle boil ing. Salt should be added when the boiling first commences, and this, for invalids, in general, is the only season. ing required. When the extract is thus far prepared, it may be poured from the meat into basin, and allowed to stand until any particles of fat on the surface can be skinned off, and the sediment has subsided and left the soup quite clear, when it may be poured off gently, heated in a clean saucepan, and served. The scum should be we'll cleared as it accumulates.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

IRoN1NG.-To iron smoothly, purchase few cents worth of beeswax and rub it over the leaves ofa thin pamphlet which have been heated through with the flat-iron. Keep it with the ironing sheet and blanket, and when the flat irons are to be used rub them over the waxed surface; then wipe gently on a soft cloth. Shirt bosoms can be easily ironed in this manner. e-S
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

Fluids of the Mouth. -Dr. Hodson wisely calls attention in the Medical Record to the fact that, in any illness involving feverish condition, the flu Ids of the mouth are constantly as in tensely acid as respects the teeth as any medicine administered by the phy- sician, and, moreover, from the high temperature of the buccal cavity at such times, the power of these acids for evil is greatly augmented. Further, direct consequence of these condi- tion and decomposition of all food lodged between and around the teeth, and the consequent elimination of other deleterious acids. pr. Hodson recom- mends rinslng the mouth with tiquor calcis Qime water), diluted according to the sensitiveness of the mucous mem mbrane, and favored with few drops of wintergreen or peppermint to make it agreeable.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

| HE PURCHASED his sweetheart pair of ten button ~ gloves and handed them in at the door himself. The servant-girl took them and goingto to the foot of the stairs, bawled up:~.,..-
 Please, miss,s 'ere's young man ez has brought you a pair. of leggings.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

A MAN should always live within his income, even if he has to borrow to do it.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

TulC IC By sending 3Sc., with age height color UtO lo of eyes and hair, you will receive by Mn turn mail a correct photograph of your Wu future husband or wife, with name and ssr aRmnsla date of marriage. Address, w. FOX, HUMBUG, P. 0, Drawer No. %, Fuitonvtile, N. Y.
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Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

THE man who keeps his word-The man who never speaks. .--,
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

According to one of the French tech nical journals, considerable attention has been given of late, in Belgium, to a method for refining cast iron, to a certain degree, previous to pudding 8 method put into successful practice, it seems by M. Hamour, metallurgist of Maubeuge- As described, the pro- cess is quite simple. Itconsists in sub hitting the cast iron, at the instant it is tapped from the blast furnace, to a current of air from the same blast that itself. This unique process is repre- sented to be very rapid, and the appa- ratus for effecting it is quite inexpen- sive and free from complication, while the advantage obtained is the pig iron is so far refined that one charge more per twenty-four hours can be worked in the pudding furnace.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

The novel uses to which paper has been put of late years as a substitute for wood, iron, cloth etc., have not ex- hausted the directions in which-iU may be made servicable to mankind. It is reported from England that an officer of the royal navy has obtained a patent for sheathing iron vessels with paper to protect them from corrosion and the gathering on them of sea grasses and barnacles. It is said that paper was used on the bottom of vessel in the dock at Portsmouth for some other purpose, and that the officer obtained his patent because on the return of the vessel to the dock, after voyage, he discovered that every part of the vessel below the water line was covered with weeds, grasses and barnacles except the papered portion. He has since ex- perimented with paper as protector of ships bottoms, and finds that when cement or waterproof paper is used, it is the best and cheapest material for protecting iron.
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

dhS0 You want one. 95 cts. for particulars. Phila- De0s delpha Purchasing Agency, IA $. 3rd St., room 4 2-12-4t
Connecticut western news., 1877-03-16

" The Blue of the Sky.-The. color of the sky is said to be due to the trans mission of rays of light through cloud of dust which collects above the earth. Professor Nordenskiold examined the snow which covered the icebergs as far north as 80 deg, and found it strewn with multitude of minute black par ticles, spread over the surface, or situ- ated at the bottom of little pits, a num- Der of which were seen on the outward layer of snow. Many of such particles were lodged in the inferior state. This dust, which becomes gray on drying, contained large proportion of metallic particle attracted by the magnet, and capable of decomposing sulphate of copper. An observation made little later upon other icebergs proved the presence of similar dust in a layer of granular crystalline snow, situated be- meath another stratum of light, fresh hardened snow. Upon analysis. this mat ter was found to be composed ofme- talic iron, phosphorus, tolbat and frag- ments of diatomaceB. It bears the greatest analogy to the dust previously collected by the professor in the snow of Greenland and described by him un- der the name of "kry yokonite."