Connecticut western news., 1879-08-13
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 e1Fsprs Aar7 sdsns val #jt- nessd on the Dee1n England few days
 ago. A storm washed a quantity of poisonous liquids from Pickhill Brook, which drains several lime and lead
 works, into the Dee, and the fish i'm
 mediately began to sicken and die. They hastened to escape the poisonous water, and came floating down the river in thousands. Some were dead, and others ,WeEe hurgielly rushing 'fown Istream to letcape out to bdaz At6he caueeWa1 be- side the old Dee mill large crowd had congregated to see salmon and salmon trout, pike, roach, and bream frantically endeavoring to throw themselves over.
 Hundreds of men and boys lined the river, busily engaged in killing fish, and several fine salmon were caught. A boy secured a large salmon by the tail, and the monster would have dragged him into the, water. had he not relaxed his hold. It is believed, that the river has
 been cleared of fish for fourteen miles
 'H-The newspapers in the West very properly resent the insinuation that men who have neither the wit nor the energy tQ@st on iRthF East wii4lS Ssucceed in the >Wee T69 Rep1eA Nssss we'll says Tins is conspicuous1y good country for brainy and energetic young men just starting in the world, but to succeed here they must have the ability that wouad assure success at home. With that, their progress with us is likely to be more rapid. But middle-aged peo- pie who have had @ start, especially in the professions, and failed, seldom get on their legs again in a new State. There is screw loose about them, as general rule! An they can do is to drift from pillar to post, hunting for com munitysfhat will appreciate them. until the grave closes upon their disappointed and embittered lives. The Nesvs is undoubtedly right when 1t declares that men who cannot obtain footbold in their native homes, where fhey have the advantage of relatives, friends and life aoquaiAtances, delude themselves when they take it for. granted that upon the rude frontier their feeble capacities will be ii great demand, and that by con- cea]in5 their weak spots they can be- com @ eminent in their respective walks ~ "A correspondent wrote to the Bur- lington HaaOkeye to ask what the con- science fund is, and -Burdette answers, perhaps not too wisely but too we'll: " We'll, it is a fund in the Treasury De- partment kept up by voluntary contri- buttons made by men who estimate their respective consciences at 8 fair cash value, and buy them up. Thus, if a man, steals $500 from the Gov ernment, it is customary for him to send $5OO to $1> >00O to the conscience fund.- and then everybody exclaims, 'Oh, what a good, honest man."
 -Tidings of the Russian advance in the direction of Merv have been received with singular composure by the Eng fish press with, one exception. That exception is, of course, Zhe Pazz Mall Gazette, which bristles at every point
 "A powerful Russian force in or near Merv,'' it observes, "will assuredly produce quite as strong an effect upon the minds of the Afghans as our rectifi- cations of frontier or the presence of Resident at Cabut. If there really ex- ists an agreement between gland and Russia for the partition of territory and influence in Central Asia. may we not be permitted to know it |? At present, neither in regard to Constantinople nor in Asia Minor nor Persia, does the Gov ernment give the slightest evidence of that trust in the people of which Sir Stafford Northcote lately spoke. All that cap be discerned is 8 continuous rise of Russian influence at these i'm portant points and continuous advance of Russian aggression near India.''
 While the House of Commons has been engagad on the humanities 7" in connection with the "cat," the House of Lords has been discussing vivisection. A fortnight ago Lord Truro, byno means bright and, shining luminary of his order, moved the second reading of bill to entirely prohibit vivisection, mere restriction, as in force at present; being, in his opinion, entirely failure e. Lord Beauchamp, in opposing the mo- tion, ,adverted to the pronounced opinion of very high authority that were the medical profession precluded from &C., quiring knowledge by vivisection of animals they would be driven. to experi- ment on their patients. The venerable philanthropist. Lord Shaftesbury, on the other hand, supported Lord Truro, and quoted the following brutalizing" case from work of Prof. Goltz, of Strasburg: "A very clever, lively young dog, which>had learnt to shake hands with both forepaws, had the left side of the brain washed out through two hoIaa. On Daoorobor i 1o7S Tl,;c