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Connecticut western news., 1878-01-31
Distress Among English Miners.

The most terrible suffering prevails in the coal and iron districts of South Wales. Of 800 colleries in Monmouth and Glamorgap only twenty are working full time. At the Ocean collie ries, Trearky, where 1000 men are en- ployed, only thirteen days work were given last month at Abergarky, only seventeen days in six weeks At Merthyr only one of the three iron works is open, and none of the twenty collieries work more than three days in week. At Pe- martin the docks are deserted. At New port all who can are emigrating to Aus tralia. Since 1875 the price of coal has has been falling steadily, and the miners have been living in part on their savings. From 92 to 93 a month, with three hours work day, has been the rate of wages earned, and of this the collier has to pay 13 shillings for rent, the subscription to the doctor, the candles he uses and the coal he takes home. About or shil- ings week IS all he can take home to support his family, usually large one. In hundreds or perhaps thousands of cases the collier goes to work in the morning with no food but slice of bread and an onion sometimes the bread is not to be had, and raw cabbage is sub stituted. And this is when work is to be had.
 Now that the mines are nearly all closed, the distress of the 3O,OOO people in the Rhondda valley can be imagined. At Cardiff the board room and offices of the workhouse have had to be given up for beds. At Swansea the number of paupers has risen from 264 to 427. At Penarth private gentlemen have agreed to open their kitchens every morning and serve out soup to applicants who come by hundreds. At Pontypridd the office of the relieving officer is besieged for hours every evening by crowds of men, women and children, many of the latter without shoes or stockings, the adults very scantily clothed, and shivering with cold, the children crying for food. At the Pentre Rhonda many families have subsisted for days on potato peelings and wash intended for pigs. At Tonypaudy several of the colliers have been known to have nothing but raw cabbage leaves to eat while at work. At Mountain Ash, owing to the great distress, many colIlers have gone to work at morning without food, leaving their families to beg for food during the day, and returned at night only to receive the bread that the children had been able to procure by begging. Lady Aberdare has lustopen- ed soup kitchen, where soup is distrib- uted every day. Men have been known to take their food-tins to work empty, as they were ashamed to show their pover- ty At Aberdare there is also a great amount of Restitution, while hundreds of Merthyr poor come over the mountain begging. One day three weeks ago 8 lady found in one of the cottages widow with six children who had been two days without food or fire. In another house she found woman unable to stand from want of food, while corener's juries have in some cases found verdicts of death from absolute starvation.
Connecticut western news., 1878-01-31
Settling With 'Em.

1st Business Man" Happy New Year, John, have not seen you for long time, how are things with you?"
 2d B. M.-"Well, about the same as they are with great many. I am settling with my creditors. ;"
 1st B. M. (sympathizingly)-"You don't say SO. I am sorry to hear you are in trouble. How much have you been able to pay?"
 2d B. M.-"One hundred cents on a dollar ]"
 They both grin, and then go some where to smile.
Connecticut western news., 1878-01-31
4 TRANSLA TION.

Thou who comest from above,
 All our pain and suffering stillest, The disconsolate with love
 And with cheering comfort fllest. Tired of ecstacy, unwitty Am I, of incessant smart, Peace, have pity! Take possession of my heart In the tops, ;he highest
 Is rest, And thou espiest
 Naught but blest Stiffness around. .. Thou wilt, like the birds out of number, Fall into slumber Tranquil and sound.
Connecticut western news., 1878-01-31

A man at Harrisburg, Pa., invited shis friends, recently, to his "grand an- nual bawl p He has been married eleven years and has eleven children.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

The Princess Thyra, daughter Of the
king Of Denmark, whose betrothal to
the duke of Cumberland has been an
nounced, is not SO fortunate in worldly
sense, as her elder sisters The foot of
one 1.-THE princess of Wales, is ready to
mount the throne of England. The
other is but waiting the death Of the
car to become the wife of the autocrat
Of all the Russias.D Cumberland is a
poor, propertyless fellow, "the disin-
herited heir to a kingdom that has dis
appeared" and while his relationship
10 the royal house of England assures
him simple social recognition, it doesn't
lay IN winter stock of potatoes and
things. Still, between England and
Denmark, the Hanoverian will be able
to make out a living.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

SULEIMAN PAsHA, who persisted in
making hopeless fight against the Rus
slams at Schipka Pass. and who managed
the retreat from Sophia, and was
driven into the mountains by General
Gourkho, has been degraded and SEN
fenced to imprisonment. His old CO.
laborer and rival, Mehemet Ali, was
killed by insurgents few week ago.
Moukhtar Pasha has been sent to
Thessaly; and Osman Pasha, the de-
fender of Pleyna, is supposed to exert
considerable influence at CONSTANT
nople. While Suleiman's stubbornnes
crippled the then Commander-in-chief,
Mehemet Ali, it made Osman the COM
ing man. '..'' '.3-.. 80 '.'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

THERE are several close contests for
the legislature in Missouri. In Adalr
county the successful candidate has a
majority ofonly 6; in Hickory county
the majority is Z. in Lewis county 5, IN
Phelps county 8, in Shannon county l;
IN fifteen other counties the majority is
less that so, and in seventeen others less
than 100. There are 81 democrats, 5
republicans, and 2greenback democrats
in the senate, and 1O1 democrats, Ii re-
publicans, 5 greenback democrats, 6
greenback republicans, independent
democrats, independent republicans,
and 7 greenbackers in the house.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11
Naming the Baby.
Inter-O

"What shall we name the baby?" is
an important question this year, for the
crop. like the wheat, was never better.
1t is rather soon to grade them as No.
l, No. 2, or rejected" and your head
and reputation are both safer to pro-
nounce the entire lot No. 1; but the
question as to names must be settled at
once. One would think nothing was
easier than naming the baby, for the
world has been full of names for 5000
years, yet it is subject that ELECTS the
gravest discussion in the family, and
reaches out to the advisory board Of
the neighborhood, and often ends in
open dissatisfaction, or compromise
by which the poor child goes through
life carrying a prenomen crushing
enough to break a constitution and
make the life Of the bearer miserable.
A long name is always disadvantage.
For boy who enters the marts Of trade
a double name is often safeguard, and
especially so when the middle letter is
one seldom used in proper names. The
leading name should be short and easily
spoken, as the fact is too apparent to
every one that if such is not the case a
nickname IS sure to follow. The case
of the girl is entirely different. No
girl should be burdened with a double
name, no matter how many aunts and
grandmothers are to be honored by SO
doing. A girl should have a single
name, and that should be pronounce
able and musical. Mehitabel or Jerusha,
and like names, may be good and sub
stantial enough, but young lady, as a
matter of course. expects to marry, and
should not lose her family name by SO
doing: but simply add that of her hus-
band. She should get her double name
by this important act Of her life, and
not before
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

both temporary and permanent, that the low
lands in front of The city, now subject
to tidal overflow, should be reclaimed
Ia their present condition these flats obStruct the
drainage of the city and p dangerous source
of malarial poison. The reclamation will i'm
prove the navigation of the river by restricting
and consequently deepening it's channel, and is
also of Importance when considered in COnneC-
ton wi tn the extension of the public ground and
the enlargement OF the park west and south Of
the Washington monument The report of the
board of survey heretofore ordered by a com
mlttee of congress on the improvement of the
harbor of Washington and Georgetown. is re-
Spectfully commended to consideration. The
port OF the commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia presented a detailed statement of affairs
of the District. The relative expenditures by the
United States and the District for local purposes
is cOntrasted, showing that expenditures by the
people of the district greatly exceed those of the
general government. The exhibit is made in con-
nection with estimates for the requisite repair of
the defective pavements and of the city, which
IS work of immediate necessity and in the same
connection a plan is presented for the permanent
funding OF The outstanding securities of the district
BENEVOLENT INSTITUTIONS.
The benevolent reformatory and penal institutions
of the district all entitled to the favorable
tentlon OF congress. The reform school needs ad-
dltlonal buildings and teachers and appropriations
which will place all of these institutions in condi-
ton to become models Of usefulness and benefcience
will be regarded by the country as literally and
wisely bestowed. The commissioners with evident
justice request attention to the discrimination
ma0e the donag5nn against the district
support OF the public schools and ask that the
same liberaty that has been shown to the inhabi-
United States may be extended to the district of
Columbia. The commissioners also invite
attention to the damage inflicted on pub
lie and private interests by the
present location of the and
switching tracks of the several railroads entering
the city, and ask for legislation looking to their
removal. The recommendations and suggestions
contained in the report will, trust, receive the
careful consideration of congress- Sufficient
time has perhaps elapsed since the reorganiza-
ton of the government of the district
under the recent legislation of congress
Tor the expression of confident
opinion as to its successful operation, but the
practical results already attained Satisfac-
tory that the friends Of the new government may
well urge upon congress the wisdom Of
its continuance without essential modification till
by actual experience its advantages and defects
may be more fully ascertained.
lS1gnedl r. b. HAYES.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

A SIMPLE method by which the purity
of water may be tested is the following:
A pint Of water is to be placed in a
clear bottle perfectly clean, and lump
about the size of pea of the purest
and whitest loafsugar is to be dropped
into it. The bottle is then to be laid on
sheet of paper, and exposed to the
sun on shelf or window of the room,
and allowed to remain eight or ten days.
If after time the water becomes tur-
bid, it shows that it contains foreign or
ganic matter, probably resulting from
sewerage infltration. According to
Prof. Franklin, who suggests the exper-
iment, the coloration of the water re-
suits from the flngoid growth which are
developed by the sugar, and from traces
of phosphoric acid derived from the
organic matter.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

It was Gen. Josiah Harlan. a native
of Philadelphia, who once commanded
the army of Dost Mahomed, ameer OF
Cabul. He returned to this country
after twenty-five years absence, and
published book concerning the politi-
cal state of India and Afghanistan.
During our civil war he served as colo
mel of the Eleventh Pennsylvania cav
airy, until the ills caused by advanced
age compelled his resignation. He died
at San Francisco in 1871, at the age of
SeYentY-SiX
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

A NEW exploration of the vast districts
between the Gulf of Carpentaria and
the Indian Ocean, in the so-called Nor
them Territory Of South Australia, is
about being undertaken by Mr.. Ernest
Giles, the well-known and successful
traveller. The object is to carry some
&c. 900 to $4,000 sheep and 10000 cattle
across the continent to the vast tracts Of
grass lands along or lying near the In
dian Ocean in the Northern Territory.
These animals will be divided among
several parties, each under it's proper
head, ard all controlled by Mr.. Giles.
The time occupied on the journey will
be, at least seven months.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

The Toronto Globe does not believe
that disaster will befall the British
troops in Khyber pass, but says: eff a
heavy disaster should befall the British
troops. it would be far more likely to
occur during the march in the difficult
passes beyond Jellalabad. Il was in
these passes that the fearful massacre
of1S42 was perpetrated. If the British
should be defeated in an assault upon
Cabul, and then should find the passes
through which they would have to re-
treat on Jellalabad occupied in force,
the Cabul massacre might be repeated.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

THE will of Thomas H. Powers, the
fever and ague millionaire of Philadel-
phia, contains public requests as fol-
2ows: An annuity Of $4,000 to the How
ard Hospital and Infrmary for Incura-
bles fos ten years; an annuity Of $4,000
to the sustenation fund of the Reform
ed Episcopal church for twenty years;
"a twelfth interest in his residuary estate
to the American Sunday-school union;
a twelfth to the Howard hospital, and
two-twelfths to the sustenat.on fund of
the Reformed Episcopal church, these
last three requests being payable only
on the failure of lineal descendants.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11
Never Return,

It is said that one out of every four
real inyalids who 60 to Denver, Col, to
recover health, meyer return to the East
Or South except as corpse. The I'M
dertakers, ne1t to the hotel keepers,
have the most profitable business. This
excessive mortality may be prevented
and patients saved and cured under the
care Of friends and loved ones at home,
if they y1l Putuse Hop Bitters in time.
This We know, See other column.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

Mexico has four presidential candl-
dates, and not one of them general.
Three are lawyers, and one a coffee
planter. The election takes place in
1880. Thirty or forty brigadiers may
pop up before election day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

A rumor recently circulated to the
effect that Senator Christiancy, of Mich
igan was rapidly failing, both physically
and mentally, is authoritatively pro-
7,o11nced sensational and untrue.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

Hon. JOHN S. POTTER, the American
consul at Wurtemburg, makes a report
to the state department by which it ap-
pears that 1000 Americans go to Eu-
rome annually.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

AN old gentleman who was living with
his sixth wife, and had always been no
ted for the ease with which he managed
his spouses, on being asked to commu-
nicate his secret, replied: 1t is the
simplest thing in the world. If you
want to use woman up, just let her
have her own way in everything all the
time. There was never woman born
who could survive that long,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

A RESIDENT OF Plymouth, England,
got married on Saturday, quarrelled
with his wife and thrashed her during
the second hour of the honeymoon,
thrashed her again at night after club
bling the wedding guests out of the
house, spent Monday at the tavern, SELL
ing all his clothes except his trousers
for drink, and on Tuesday was sent to
Jail for a month.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

A LARGE force is at work grading the
Texas and Pacific from Fort Worth to
Weatherford.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

THUS far Bosnia has cost Austria
S60,0OO,0OO. ..s s.. ..-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

WINTERS outlook promises cheap
coal and plenty of it.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11
GENERAL NEWS.

PLENTY of sleighing in England.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.

The following is llll text of the
presidents message read to the two
houses of congress in joint session,
Doc 0nd
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-12-11

The attention of congress is again invited to
the condition Of the river front of the city o
Washington. 1t is matter Of vital Importance
to the health Of residents of the national capital
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-27
DR.. J. r. Walker. 1870 Delord street.

BRUSH AWAY THE BLUE-TAILED Fly. THE
flies are holding indignation meetings on Ba-
rome street, in the neighborhood of Otto
Schwaners loan Office. 1t seems this enter
prising gentleman. seeing the great necessity
that exists in this community of keeping those
pestiferous little insects. flies. from taking lib
critics with our persons and invading the pri-
vacy Of our home circles-in other words. en-
tangling their legs in our butter and accompa-
nying the bread which we put into our mouths
aspires to become public benefactor and wage
an exter.minating warfare against flies; His
weapon is a brush. which Is peculiar in con
been demonstrated in mum beress instances.
This brush is such an ingenious, contriv-
ance that. in It's use with quick, yibra-
tory motion it keeps the flies in an excited and
anxious state, drives them to the wal, from
which perch they dare not descend. fearful OF
the deadly effects of this terrible instrument,
Mr.. Schwaner has them for SALE and as the
price is exceedingly moderate, every TYPES
tered individual can purchase one without
danger of depicting his purse.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-27
A Tender Of silver Coin Refused.

The Philadelphia Telegraph says that the
following interesting case came up for argu-
ment in. the Supreme Court in that city on
Wednesday morning:
Israel MauIe ct al. VS.. Annie J. Stokes.
Error to Common Pleas No. 4.-1hs was an
action in the court below on ground rent
deed dated in 1906, eovenanting 10 pay $50
semi-annually in current silver money OF the
United States For the six months
ground rent accruing January /. 1876,
plaintiff in error rendered $50 in five
and ten cent pieces coined before
February II. 1853. This was refused by de-
PENDANT in error, who claimed gold Suit was
brought, and the court below held that the
money rendered was not q legal tender to the
amount of $50 and entered judgment for
plaintiff below in gold coin. This was as
signed for error. Plaintiff in error contends
that the coin rendered. being coined prior to
1853, when debased coinage was issued were
not limited as u legal tender to the amount of
SIS, and that the act of 1873 only limits the
circulation OF silver coins of the grade of
flneness mentioned in the act, and did not de-
monetize coinage of finer grade. For the
defendant in error it is contended that the act
Of 1878 expressly repeats all former acts on
the subject and limits all silver coin as legal
tender to the amount of So
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-27
THE NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, SUNDAY JANUARY 27 1878
you have by far too many consumers and too

you have by far too many consumers and too
few producers Of food.
educated into powerful bands. which. unwilling
and untitled to return to agricultural life,
threaten the Temptations of society by their de,
demand OF the State cloth coats and crimson
farlhngales libraries, and philosophical in
struments. II you tell them thess should be
industry and economy-why. they will ask. did
you cultivate and excite a taste for luxuries and
ba which a BY eur WV af 9 we VIII
leave intellectual education, knowledge Of
geography. mathematics. history and natural
philosophy, and chemistry to be the reward OF
individual industry and economy?
What motive to industry and economy SO
strong as that of parental loye, desiring to ad
education. moIal, physical and intellectual
BY this natural process the whole family rise
and advance together, The very mode Of life
tine hab t5o q patient toll and frngaity in the
educate their children. tend to elevate both
together. But when the State takes the
daughter Of the washer ys from her
an intellectual cultivation equal to that
OF the children of tho most refined and cul-
bapp n bar S na
or with her mothers associates. Her moral
and social training does not fit her for tho soc-
city OF the refined and cultivated. What Is to
become Of her, where can she gof Her proba-
bic fate is too horrible to mention. The butch
err g boy. under the same training-unltted by
his high school education for the society of his
fathers friends. untitled by his home training
for the society of gentlemen-becomes aprize-
fighter. a burglar forger or q confidence man
Education moral religious. intellectual and
social. and physical-all proceeding in proper
tionate degrees-is the only mode of human
progress. The State confined to intellectual
training, negleeting az she must the moral. re-
ligious and social. and physical. is she. doing
the wisest and best that can be done for the
race? Is she not doing incalculable harm, being
carried away by the educational mania that be-
sets the country SANITAS.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-27
The Reduction Of the Army.
[Chicago Times


WASHINGTON, Jan. 1p-To reduce the army
is the problem under consideration by several
committees. One reduction is embraced in
the military academy bill reported to-day
The recommendations made Is one of the best
that has been recently offered to Congress, as
it provides for the reduction Of the present
force OF officers. This high-paid branch of
the army has increased in o greatly dispropOr-
tionote degree. The bill does not provide for
the dismissal Of any officers at present in the
service, but restricts future appointments
within proper limits. 1t first provides that
second lieutenant from civil life until all the
graduates of West Point are disposed of 1t
further provides, in case of any cadet being
dropped from his class for any other causes
than physical ones, that his place shall not
be filled until the expiration OF the four years
term to which he was appointed. This would
result In very small graduating class to be
disposed of annually. This last recommcn-
ddation has the approval of Gen. Schoiield and
the Secretary Of War
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-27

BosToN FIsH CHowDER, prepared by W. X.
Lewis Brothers, Is :, one Of the newest canned
packing establishments located on the coast of
Maine and Nova Scotia, which enables them to
obtain directly from the sea the freshest and
finest fish. This article has never been offered
to the public before, consequently it is very
little known; but we think that it is destined TO
acquire high reputation among those who de-
sire good article in the fish line. Messrs.
Amos Patten & Co.. SO Tchouptoulas street.
have Just received o large quantity of these
'canned pooda
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-27

Rumors which have been current for several
days past are fully confirmed from Carnival
has reached Port Said with His Grace the Duke
Of Hong Kong on board. awaiting His Majesty
Rex's arrival. The Celestial Empire has pro-
ceeded hither. bearing valuable cargo of tea
for the loYal smhects Of Lousiana