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Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20
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] Aigsntleman whs Ehw iust; feturned from aEtrip tells of "a new tse thathas been found for electricity that even beats the telephone or the photograph. It is a device By which the colored sleeping car porter can be awakened at every station t It. is well knomnL% that Sthel normal condition of the colored person is to be asleep. The colored| person goes to sleep on the slightest provoca- ton. In the ordinary affairs of life this eccentricity can be coyefleozed and pro- vided for, but the business of sleeping car porters hasbafaed scientists to devise a method :, of keeping them awake. A porter can keep awake by constantly whistling, but this practice has ten dency to awaken passengers who do not desire to he Yawakened, ,Fhe in ventor has adapted electricity tot this branch of railroading in such a manner that the colored persons usefulness is increased,
 at t3very Httles expense fG is desirabIe that the. porter should be awake teaeif station where the sleeper stops, in order to snatch the small baggage of those who get aboard, and throw it under the seats. A wire runs from the engine under the cars, and is connected with an electric dice in the cushion: of the hind seat of the sleeper, where the colored man is apt to congregate, and2at! tRe same moment that the engineer rings the bell on approarhiug2a station, he touches the thingumbob attached to the wire. Suppose! the porter to be seated in his accustomed place, peacefully dreaming the happy hours away, snoring. for all that is out, aha dreaming -ofshis Nancy in St. Louis, for instance. His head is
 thrown back, his eyeballs are in repose,
 his mouth is open like an approach to a tunnel. "A He is sitting on the electric dice: The hand of the engineer pla yfG1ly touches the cornucopia, the lightning flashes bask sto the sleeper charge of electricity gees meandering up. thespinaI column of the, African, he is raised up to the roof of the car, and when he comes down he is wide-awake and ready for business. There is no other thing on earth that will fetch & porter except electricity. A conductors boot has been known tp .::do. it, hut it takes several applications, and the repult is not quite as satisfactory, Railroad companies that have adopted the telegraph-awakener in the South are receiving the encomiums of the people. Y Fhis aiss indeed, an age of improvement &Ee eYsi5 '5ess>Gs ,..sH
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20
Robberies in Italy.s,.

, There have been two yrobbefies of great magnitude in Ital yA-ono of $s0e,- 900 from the National Bank and the other one of $500, ,0OO from the heirs of
 the Narehese rd'Andrea.z On October
 19, the branch of the bank at Ancona
 received a telegram from the ofices at Genoa to send them $500 s000. The notes were taken from the safe, counted
 over by the cashier in, presence of the
 director,,I and put into three leather, bags, ittwcssof which were co2efed alike canvas and the other strappef xeaads;i the bags were tied at the handles and sealed, and given to the. cashier, 8 clerk.
 and porter to take to Genoa. Thetrain Twas to start at night, and the cashier went to see some friends, telling the clerk and porter to meet him at the sta tion with the money; and then all three went with the bags. The three bags
 were put into the safe at night without
 examining the contents; and the next morning when they came to be taken out it was found that one of the two canvas covered bags had been changed, and in it's place was a;bag, like in appearance, sealed with common seal, containing a lqLantity of shayings: instead of the $5OO, 900 which should have been there.
 The cashier had gone to Milan, but was arrested there. The other two men were arrested at Genoa but whether f the bag was changed there after deliv- cry, whether it disappeared during the absence of the cashier, or whether some conjuring was practised in the office at Ancona, was a mystery which the police could not solve. The other robbery was less remarkable. A certain Marchese d'Andrea lived for many years in house
 belonging to five sisters at Naples. A short time ago he died j; and his heirs, two nephews, found the property to be less than they expected, and began to make inquiries. Suspicion pointed to the five sisters, and they were arrested and searched.o On one of them was
 found sewn up in her clothes about $S,- 900 of Rents, and each of them had her share of the plunder concealed some where. The servants were then arrested,
 and found to have, g large quantity of bonds in their lodgings, and about $600, ,000 has been recovere d. sT 4
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20
A Beer . Drinking Horse,


 It isjargued by those who desire an excuse for using alcoholic stimulents that it is a taste natural to man, and dis tinguishes man more than, anything else from the beast. Dr. Richardson, who has himself tested the matter, asserts that cats; dogs, horses,- birds, and all animals upon which he has. made the ex- pertinent grow fond of alcoholic stimu- Tents from frequent use. One instance he relates is of horse which learned to drink beer. He says: One day when was riding in hired carriage near to Canterbury, the horse stopped short at a wayside, public house. I asked the driver what that vas for. 'The horse. l" said he, "always stors here for his beer but he wouldn't go by on no &C., count you couldn't whip him by, sir, nntilshe has had his beer. His former master taught him to drink beer, and in- variably treated him to it at this house, and here he'll stop till he gets it." It was fact. A large tankard of beer was brought out for that horse, and he dis posed of the fluid with as much relish as his master, and then went on his way. " It's a shame,," added the driver, |" but young fellows from London, who like a Joke, and who also like beer themselves; will sometimes give him a lot and make him very drunk. Then he is very awk- ward to drive, and bad for two or three days afterwards, and we have to give him more beer to keep him up, which costs al lot" He facetiously remarks that over worked oxen (apd street-car mules should have little "bourbon put into their drinking water to keep them up and make themively.">, ; v : :'' sS ,
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20
MISFIT CARPETS; ENGLISH BRUSSELS, oTHREE-PLy. AND INGRAM, very cheap, atths Old pace,
 .s,n, LIE FRltop sto New York. VI Can or send for price list. J. A. BENDAI.1.s
.,.,.., si ..!sa.up lH-. Lt,,- :, ts' MAGNETISM As, ,A CURATIyE AGENT.

During the past century there has been great rsy, oltion in the department of ineaictne as ip every thing else The old me hods, t9 great extent hsxs nid away forever, aIld guided by new H6leptlnC di- -coyeries and the of hitherto hidden truths the people of to-day see clearly and aureys where before they saw tlr ugh aglass darkly Among the yreatest exenlplars of this new regime, and the brightest lights in the healing profession stand pres e.ninenttA the naInesI of the renowned msgnetio from lO to4 daily. Drs Darrn come with the hehcst references from people cured byll lheir Eystem of treHtnent Anionx T the a9Py M Me ,2snt,9p fRe iol0w County N, Y, writes that she was perfectly Sarea four ago, of spna complaint, Rnd paralysis Of limbs and bowels John Helmes, 1e Roy. N. V, kid. ney, liver complaint, and dyspepSia cnredY RoheTt Fountain. Auburn, N ys, partfap parBSysts of Che whole system, restoIed, and gained a poun in six weeks Mrs Cook Kingston. N Y., rbenna atism tom years, cured and ies crptches Mrs Castor Wolcott, Ga1iy Hanfords Landing N. T.. asthma seven years, cured. Isaac Johnson BTockp N Y deafness and dizziness nine years, cured, .Mr Roraback BroQs- port, cancer, cured. Wm. Mehus, poughkeepsie, lsciatic rheumat sn. cured. Tl he Rev. Wm. Long, Rochester heated condition of the head with constant
 Hull pain, difficulty ut hearing and dizznese restored.
 The Rev. Mrs. Howell. Mount Morris. N. Y., reports sc ores of othere. .AExSAafil6 SistN-' ~
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20

TIE LAST OF. Astronomers tell us that if there was a telegraphic wire from the earth to the nebulse in Andro- medarit would take 1,25O, 900 years for a dispatch from here. to reach its destina- 'tion. And .suppusei the rate was 40 cents, and, you sent the message to be paid at the end ot the line, how like all eternity the interest would pile up on the other fellow by the time the boy handed him the message. Figure it up, some of you.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20
The Great Lakes.

MT. George Nav, F, l.. S., discussing in the Geotogacal Magaztn,e the origin of the great lakes, states, among other facts, that the bottom of Lake Ontario is 365 feet below the sea- level and 600 feet below its own outlet into the St. bawrence; .of' Erie, ,462' feet above the same; of Huron, -145 feet above;;- of Lake Superior, 65 feet below the sea- level; and concludes that the idea of the excavation of Ontario to depth of 600 feet by glacier action is wholly un- tenahle, ahal that the theory of glacial excavation for the chain of large lakes must be set aside, in which, says the American Journal of Science, he is plainly right. MT. Nav claims that the lake depreseions, are, of post glacial origin / E9
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20

D1sENDowED LANDs.-The Commis- sioners appointed to sell the lands of the disendowed Church of Ireland are adver rtising for sale small properties in various counties, ranging from rental of $sO year to $2,OO0. Many are boughtT by tenants, who are offered the chance. It is hoped that, the sale of these lands will considerably increase the number of small owners.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20

SATAN HAS HIN. Rev, MT. TaImage of Brooklyn, said ii in 5,hhis his Sunday discus sion :-Give a young man plenty of wine and plenty of cigars and plenty of fine horses, and Satan has no anxiety about that mans coming out of his place. He ceases to watch him, only giving direc- tions about his reception when he shall arrive at the end of his journey. Laughter.)
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20

A HEAP dF.T 1T TRoubLRr-lt teek three men, two boys apd a hrindle dog an hour and half to drive sandy pig dis tance. of two blocks down to the BurlingLl ton ferry-boat. When the. ;wsaris ome drive was ended, the dog was bit in three places, the boy, had sprained his ankle, bfoken two windows by ttrowing stones at the pig, one of the men was tired to death and the other two were drunk, and the pig was two miles, back from the river going west, " ahd sarcastitcallly ask, ing people it met if they could tell it where the But1hgtnn lfetry ,erossed the: Mississippi. s*s@. ,--. Q '.,..- !. :, "a
 -ghe stock retarns of New South Wales (capital, sydhey),, the oldest of the Australian colonies, for 1s77-8, show that in the first tquarter of this yearthere were in the colony ta5, ,66as stock o#hers- Gan increase of 1,981 over last :,yeaf), with grand total of horses, sheep and 1eattleof 24, 22S, ,456. Over 3S, 600 horses, 384, ,e2s cattle, and 8,,541,,144 sheep died last year from g ] 'tRlilFSt'AEliIf llFS IA
 .,-Lyman Pottef,i wti6 has for seven months been pushing R- @hee4barrow across the continent, has arrived in, San Francisco. He declaresi thaE he walked all the way, and man who professedly watched him throughout the Journey, seeing him once every day or oftener, says that there was no fraud. Potter walked nearly if not the entire distance of about 5000 miles in 215 days, and showed much pluck and endurance.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20
r,,.i .. N .-.- VI VT 17TT " .'N3 " ?. 'Whitcomb's Remedy
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 Rose Gold aud Hay Fever,

The late Jonas Whitcomb of Boston, visited Europe a few, years since for the benefit of his health, which was impaired by frequent attacks of Spas n,odic Astbnad. While under the treat ment of an eminent German physician his asthma disappeared; he procured the recipe which had done so much for him. This remedy has been used in thousands of the worst cases with aston ishing and uniform success. .Itcontains no injurious properties whatever.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20

AMONG TEE nPRrrERs,-fnM Memphis, out of seventy printers, thirty four re- mained in the city during the epidemic,
 of this number thirty one were attacked by the fever and nineteen, died.: This is sad fatality. ;.v s. s,,~-'---s .s'
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20

Bees swarmed into Shelbyville, Ind, recently, in such countless Bum- bers that the merchants had to close their stores.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20

One of the articles shipped from India to China is salted rats, which are, as is well, known, highly appreciated, in China as an article of food.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20
TESTIMONIALS.

ST., LOUIS, Nov. 10, 1s77.. Messrs. J., BURNETT & Co.: The relief the Jonas Whitcomb's Asthma Remedy afforded -tne--was perfect; have not had . bad night, since taking it, and I have ill no. case found any relief until youf Remedy came.to hand. most cheerfully recommend it to any one troubled with Hay Fever or Asthma, flor it is the only remedy eyer used by me with any good effects.
 4 Yours truly, ,-.. e...1tu1E
 VIM. T.. MASON, .ys. ,V Of Messrs. MASON & GoRDoS, La'cyers,
 51T1h Chestnut Street.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20
SMALL FARMS.

George May Powell fuxnisheRa paper to the American Farmers Club on small farms. By, the encouragement of fsniail farms, Say of loo acres each, the gentle
 man believed the permanence of home ideas and institutions will be pfotnptsds The world. said he, has wondered at the material strength pf France. Us it strange that this phenomenal vigor should be found in 8 people possessing the highest ratio of rural homes, owned by those "to the manner born,'' of any nation 1t is especially significant also that os about five sahd< one lhaN million farms in France more than five millions are less than six acres in extent. The soil ing system, whereby an acre will keep seven times as many cattle and sheep as can be done by pasturing, is understood and practiced there. Trenching as we'll as draining 'land, as they dp very largely, increases It's productive power. Instead of throwing away hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fertilizers annually in the matter of human excrement alone as we do, they save this and other wastes of plant foods. Model small farms, in- stead of large ones. may we'll engage the attention of agricul tural societies. With approximately the same number of peo- pie as either France or Germany we have many times as much territory as both of them combined. Tens of thou sands of acres in New England where were once happy and thrifty rural home, steads are, now so deserted that the very location of the old hearthstone is ob- liberated. This is condition typical of the great republic a century or so in the future unless the '' 'small farm'' idea obtains vigorously, unless more of the farmers in the country make itthe means to enable them and their sons to stay there, unless it. is made the means of giving relief to our overgrowing towns and cities.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20

Messrs. JOSEPH BURNETT & Co.,, ~N ts-.; .-. -.r Boston, Mass: ; Ge1tlemen,-In the fall of 1877 used Jonas Whitcomb's Asthma Remedy and received immediate relief, and would most cheerfully recommend it 10 any person troubled with Hay Fever or Asthma. MRS. R. SHERMAN.
 1so Ellis Aye, CHICAGO, ILL. |. 10. ., For sale by au respectable Druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20

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 Fdct5 This combination with Pho8pho- NtttTiti7le itnparts to the Cod Liver Oi0 curative and restora- tive property and power which seem mysterious, but
 These Five Facts suggest the reason why PHILLIPsh PALATABLE Cop LIVER OIL CoMBIsED wITH PHospHo NUTRITrNE effects such invaTiablys y shsPpy results in Con8tt tfofl, E7rGciutfo, WnStl, ScL0 JlG, Rickets, and Wedk7.esses and Dtsedses Qf thd LMn0s: d6so, ,ToT NuTsiNV Mothers. Hs, ., ,.'
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Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20


 arguments used, by the authorities, and left the scene of the riot, but the bolder spirits, seeing their power for mischief, Kept the remnant we'll in hand and were deaf to all entrea6es. tThe;IaWwless men proceeded to the jail, in which were con- fned.a number of the students of the college, and. despite the presel ce of body of military that had as last re- source been called out, hurled; stones, and oth Ter missiles at the authorities who were present. Baron Steuben and John Jay were both hit, and the latter was wounded pretty severely In all there were pTobably about twenty-five or fifty soldiers on the, spot, and ,as they march, Fed through tie 7Sdfg fgg1ng mass ss'o of excited men they were met by derisive laughter. Finally they were surrounded and their muskets taken away from them Thus disarmed, they scattered in all direc- tions.
 Reinforcements of troops now began; to arrive, and as theEtoek thAir1 stand, , directly in front of the jail, their glis- tenfng bayonets. served for an instant to quell the spirit of the mob. But the, timid 'naannerin which the Mayor had acted served to reassure the rioters, and they charged upon the building, tearing as they did so the iron- pickets of the. fence, which trey used nj endeavoor1ing to reach the, windows u:.t."':'t. .-,'>. ! The keepers and others within, the jail, kh6wing what their fate would be If 'theH fell into the hands of the mob, fought with desperation, and were seconded by the military, who now be- gan to drive 8 portion of the crowd back. A long line of troops were seen marching upon the flank of the rioters, but they were greeted with shouts of defiance. Brickbats and paving stones
Connecticut western news., 1878-11-20


 arrested for the embezzlement of s15.- 900. The money was made up. by the Commissioners, and the case was kept quiet for six weeks, when the arrest followedIts publication. ,...-.- . The New York banks will treat gold as currency after January l, but will re- ceive silver dollars on deposit only under special contract to withdraw the same in k'nd; .Oal , 9S = It is asserted that the Pope will make direct appeal to the Czar on be- half of the Polish Catholics, and if the appeal be ffuitless win issue an ency- clical denpppHcin3g the conduct of Russia. The trial of Mrs. Kate M. Cobb of Norwich for poisoning her husband has been postponed until January. Bishop has confessed once more, and this time admits that he administered strychnine to Cobb, but claims that the only effect was to make him i'll. t:u.i'.i">' '' '''' "A meeting of the committee co aitts se of the Kent and Sussex Laborers' Union has unanimously resolHed.2to accept the offer of the Canadian Government to set of 5000 acres of land for the locked-out iaborers who may emigrate to Canada:
 -CaptaAbra1n 'Bancker, who was the first to fifnish ship-news to New York newspapers and who was the agent at the Isthmus of Commodore Vanderbilt's s steamships, died in Brooklyn few days ago.
 "A Jacksonville (Fla. despatch says that the election of Bisbee (Rep.) for Congress in the Second District is now conceded by about 225 majority.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-12-03

A heavy judgement has just been
rendered in a San Francisco court.
In 1854 George Il. Walker gave his
note to William Hood for 1880 pay
able in six months and bearing in
tcrest at three per cent per month,
which was to be compounded and
added TO the principal If not paid
each month. Walker went TO Next
co and the interest was never paid.
A short time ago he returned TO San
Francisco and suit was brough ont
the note. The arithmeticians of the
court figured up the sum in COM
pound interest and brought in the
answer s., OOO,o 900, for which amount
judgement was rendered in default.
AS soon as Walker heard OF the
judgement he left for Mexico, leav-
ing Hood to settle the costs of court
Three per cent. a month compound
interest is, according to this showing
likely TO eat up the profit in small
business.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-12-03

~. d. Young's Letter to Washington Star.
We are to have a lively winters
session, but there is little that will
be done for the benefit of the coun-
try or mankind in general. The late
elections have upset thing; complete
". In the last session the Demo-
Gratis, flushed with victory and with
the game in their own hands, lost
their heads and did nothing that was
of benefit to the people. The cheap
fellows got in the lead cheek was
the order of the day; wisdom and
common sense were at discount.
And il is singular, too for when you
come to analyze the leaders of the
two parties, it is toss up as TO which
side is in advantage. But expert
ence shows TO us all that brains and
wisdom do not always hang togeth-
err. The Democrats in Congress have
the brains, but, somehow or other,
they don't seem TO have the sense of
their opponents. They say tits want
OF luck, but any one can blame his
faults on luck. II is an easy thing 10
do. 1t is like the fellow who will not
work, or will not save money when
heis at work, for the reason that "the
Lord placed him here, and therefore
He is bound'to take care of him.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-12-03
Where i. the Massacre.


tSew Orleans Democrat
The Chicago Tribune has out
HerOded the Inter Ocean in its
bloody shirt war. 1t overdoes the
business, however, a little, and oc-
casionally spoils its case by using too
bloody and violent "head-lines." The
so-called South Carolina tissue paper
frauds are called "Outrages," and
made to do the same duty as the
wild stories of negro slaughters in
former campaigns. Even that little
affair over in st. Mary is made out
as grand outrage, being headed, in
glowing lines, the "St. Mary Mas
socre." What we want TO know is,
where the massacre comes in9 There
was only one man killed, and he
was Democrat. Does the Tribune
mean that it was massacre of Dem
ocrats? Not Republican or negro
was killed, wounded, or even hurt
in the affair, the worst that was done
to any member of the Republican
party being TO scare him. We mild.
ly submit TO the Tribune that the
word massacre is too severe and
strong an expression for simply scar
ing man it is, to say the least, a
slight exaggeration. l. 3D..
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1878-12-03
THE MESSAGE.

The Presidents message is before
our readers. We can speak of IL to-
night only in sadness. The wo-' Of
the inyetcratc encmio- d the South
has been dor. only too well, and we
who nave seen an election pass of as
it has generally through the South,
with the ballot free, all mems
rights respected, black or white,
read TRADE against us which paints
us in colors to delight the heart of
the most radical Radical.