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Connecticut western news., 1879-06-04
CANAAN, CONN.,, WEDNESDAY, JUNE
was no appearance of company, it looked almost deserted in it's wintry garden.

almost deserted in it's wintry garden.
 An exceedingly pretty woman, though evidently in frail and failing health, opened the door for him, saying, in an inquiring voice, " You want the signor, sar ?"
 "No, I wish to see Mrs. Downe's ]; she is here, I believe p
 "Ah, yes; she is here. If you will please to go up one stair. am so weak and tired always"
 She peinted to the stairs, and George went thoughtfully up them. Half way there was little landing and door, and here he heard 9 strange musical voice, and then his wife's merry laugh to it's observation. It nettled George; he knocked sharply, and before an answer could be given opened the door and went into the room.
 "Oh, Geo1ge, how provokingl What made you come, dear?" His wife was sitting in all her bridal finery on little elevated platform, and Signor Sari was putting the last touches to very lovely portrait of her.
 "I meant it for your Christmas gift, George, and you have peeped before hand. Is not that too bad? ?"
 "Indeed it is, Emma" But Emma was almost satisfied with his peeping, so proudly and lovingly did he take her home.
 "How did you find me out, George ?"
 "Oh, you are easy to find out, Em- ma. Of course I knew if you went out in carriage, that you got the carriage at Morrels. But how do you come to know this Frenchman?"
 "You think all foreigners are French men, George. He is an Italian, and so is his beautiful wife. He came from London to paint my lord bishop and the cathedral, and the signora was so much better here that he resolved to spend the winter in Yorkshire, and try to make enough to take her home to Italy in the spring. My lcr1 asked me to have my picture done, and papa paid for it in or der to surprise you. I think, George dear, you had better not let papa know you have spoiled his surprise"
 George felt more and more sorry and humiliated as he looked in the pretty, frank face, and thought how cheerfully, after all, she had taken the forestallment of her Christmas secret.
 "I will do as you say, Emma. Has the signor plenty of work g.
 "He is painting many of the principal ladies in the city. The bishop thinks very highly of him. Indeed, have seen his lordship there at nearly all my visits.
 George let the subject drop now af quickly as possible to Emma but he talked good deal about it-and in no very good temper-to his godfather. For once Mark had no excuse for his suspicious. He was quite awed by the fact that he had dared to think wrong of interviews which the bishop had ar- ranged and honored with his presence.
 He had le st faith iu his own penetra- ton regarding the sex, and George and Emma were quietly at some pains to con- vince him that good and true wonen arc the rule, and not the exception.
 And though cannot describe exactly how it came about, know that the next Christmas Mark was the gayest old bachelor in Ripon, and opened the fes- tival ball at Georges house with Signor Sarti's handsome sister-the very same lady whom the bishop himself, very soon afterward, made Mrs. Mark Ripon.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-04
The NihiIist.

The first Nihilist societies were formed by Russian students about the year 1859, and the doctrines they adopted were chiefly derived from book which is not generally supposed to have any Mi hilist tendencies, Buchner's s' Force and Matter" The circulation of this work in Russia was forbidden by the Govern ment; but it was secretly introduced into the country, and read with avidity by the Russian youth, together with an- other German work, by Max Stirner, called Property and the Individual" " which had also fallen under the ban of the Russian censors. Out of these two books, the former of which preached materialism and the latter socialism, the Russians evolved the doctrine of Nihil- ism, which they also professed to find in other popular works, notably Buckles " History of Civilization" The new Nihilist societies were formed among the students of the Agricultural College of Potrouski, near Moscow. The Gov ernment treated the students with ex- treme severity; many innocent young men were confined in prison for many years without trial and it was at this time that Vera Sassulitch, who was then thirteen years old, was imprisoned with her brother for three years. After the Franco-German war the Nihilists adopt. ed the Panslavist cause, and thereby gained certain amount of popularity
 but the acquittal of Vera Sassuli tel again directed their attention to home affairs. They turned round upon theil
 prosecutors and threatened them witt
 death, believing that Russian societ,
 would hail them as its saviors if the.
 should succeed in destroying the bureau
 cracy that letters it.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-04
WHEN ALL IS DONE.

The sun comes up and the sun goes down And the day and the night are the same as
 one; ' The year grows green and the year grows
 brown, And what is it all when all is done?
 Grains of sombrc or shiping sand
 Sliding into and out of the hand. And men go down in ships to the seas. And hundred ships are the same as one; An backward and forward blows the breeze, And what is it all when all is done
 A tide with never a shore in sight
 Setting steadily on toward night. The fisherman droppeth his net in the stream, And hundred streams are the same us one; The maiden dreamcth her love-lit dream, And what is it all when all is done2
 The fishers net tue burden breaks, And after the dreaming the dreamer
 awakes.
 -Vd,Tlson Milldrd.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-04
CHANGING CONSTANCE.

Changing Constance, let mo see If by any simile Pen and paper can express Your artistic chapgefuiness, Showing how your nature is Your names complete antithesis. Like sunbeam on a stream; Like the passage of dream; Like the varied witchery Of wild music in the sky; Like the transient tints of rcd When tho sun has sunk to bed, Or the still more transient gold When the midnight mists unfold, And the earliest streaks of morn Tremble through the eastern dawn; Like the breath of summer breeze Wandering through the lazy trees, When the sleep of still July Sings the loud blasts lullaby; Like the ripples of lake That on placid shingles break In the lonely tropic hills; Like the noise of bubhling rills Running down valley-s'de; Like an autumn corn field wide, Waving in the waving wind; Like a thought within the mind, Scarcely grasped yet partly known; Like young bird newly flown; Like a flake of feathery snow; Like-what more do not know. So, my dear, I'll leave your praise To some bard of later days; Younger eyes, when am old, Will watch each infant grace unfold, See the budding tender shoot Open, blossom and bear fruit; Other hands when these arc cold Will write what now remains untold; Other hearts when mine is still At your glances move and thrill; Other souls know hope and fear, Young love's fancy, young loves tear What! so late? Goodnight. my dear
 III rper's Bdzdr.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-04

That was 8 cute dodge of the boot black who, after dressing himself in Uncle Sauue1's cerulean raiment, la- belled his chair, " served in the Rebel ion." Of course it was the chair that was in the Rebellion, but hardly any. body ss takes
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-04

ENGLISH CRoPs. reports from all parts of England are that the grain crops are backward, and in many dis tricts thin and poor, and that vegetation is later than has been remembered in many years. The genial change in the weather that has just set in, should it prove permanent, will soon doubtless repair much of the damage that has been done.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-04

A MAN on an Evansville and Terre Haute Railroad train tried to push his wife out through window, and had nearly succeeded before the frightened woman was rescued.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-04

Two MEN were sentenced at Limerick, Ireland, to a months imprisonment for throwing eggs at amateur actors during 6 performance.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-04
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Connecticut western news., 1879-06-04

An Irishman tells of fight in which there was only one whole nose left in the whole crowd, and that belonged to the tea-kettle,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-06
The PURITY OF THE BALLOT Bo,

The PURITY OF THE BALLOT Box.
In the United States Circuit
Court in Baltimore on Monday,
Judge Bond presiding, Policeman
Louis Norris was called to answer
an Indictment charging him with
having stuffed ballot-box in the
sixth ward ut the late congressional
election. The defendant entered a
general demurrer, alleging that un-
der the statutes Of the United
States stufing o ballot box is not q
penal offence The demurrer was
sustained and the prisoner dis
charged.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-06

The Democrats Of the Senate Ju..
diclary Committee have authorized
st. Joromo Edmunds to report Il
joint resolution proposing consti-
tutlonal amendment prohipiting tho
payment of claims of disloyal per-
sons Tor property destroyed during
the war. The report docs not GO
far enough. 1t should include
loyal persons also, in order to please
General Bragg.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-06

The OUTRAGEOUS TAX ON QU1N1NE
There is loud call from various
parts of the country for the repeal
Of the duty on quinine, which is
characterized as a "blood tax.
The wholesale price Of quinine in
this country is about $500 an
ounce, and in the foreign market
about So an ounce, a price at which,
but for the duty Of twenty per cent
ad oalorene, it could be placed on
sale in our own markets. The diff
ference of sixty cents on ounce goes
it is stated, almost without deduc.
tion into the pockets of the two
philadelphia monopo]ists and on
an estimate that tho consumption of
quinine in this country is 1,200, 900
ounces year, the American people
have been paying $720,000 a year
to two firms, whose estimated
wealth is twenty millions. Natur-
ally strong lobby is working here
to, defeat the bill of Representative
Morrison repeating the duty on qui-
nine, but in view Of The pub
lie feeling expressed in opposition
to tho tax, which benrs SO oppres-
sively on the sick and needy, it is to
be hoped tbat they will not succeed.
- Washsa'gton Star.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-06
TEA CULTURE IN GEORGIA.

we had the pleasure OF q visit
yesterday morning, from Mr.. M.
Gillet Gill, of the firm of Martin
Gillet q Co., tea growers and inn
porters, Baltimore. The firm of
which Mr.. Gill is member are
experimenting with tea growing in
tho South, and are tho parties who
interested the National Department
of Agriculture in tho movement, by
sending to tho Commissioner
specimens Of toa grown by DR..
Foster, of Georgetown, South
Carolina. He comes South to try
and interest the people in ten Gull
turo, and bears q commcndatory
letter from tho Commissioners of
Agriculture. Mr.. Gill is thorough-
ly conversant with his subject,
having spent severalyears Of his life at
Yoko hama, whore he wo7, Engaged
in the planting and manipulation of
tae. He is confident that tea culture in
Georgia and some of the other
Southern States can be made
successful and highly profitable, if
properly conducted. But he docs
not believe that much can be accom-
plished by individual efforts. Stock
companies and associations must
undertake it, plant large tracts of
ground and have capital sufficient
for the purchase of the machinery
required in tho preparation of the
leaf for the market. Very few
persons have believed that tea
could be cultivated profitably in this
country, because Of tho labor re-
quired in it's manipulation. Labor
ers can be obtained in China for a
few cents a.day and it would bo i'm
possible to pay the pricc command
ed by American labor and compete
successfully with the Chinese. But
tho house with which Mr.. Gill is
connected is perfecting machinery
which willtlo most of the work now
done by hand, and place the South,
ern tea growers on an equality with
those Of tho Chinese empire. Tea
culture failed in South America
because the Chinese system was
scrupulously initiated. Ten culture
has succeeded in India because ma.
chinery has been largely employed
and the growers have confined their
efforts to producing q pure tea
without resorting to oil the manip-
ulations and adulterations practised
in China. In India tea is cultivated
by q largo stock company, the
shares of which command promi-
um of one hundred per cent. and
the annual dividends of which
amount to fifteen per cent. Mr..
Gill is satisfied that if properly
undertaken tea culture can be made
to pay well in the State of South
Carolina. We hope that he may be
right in his conclusion and that q
now and valuable article of COM
merce may be added to our pro
ucts.--Chronicle.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-06

Major General Commanding,

PRoTEoT1Na TILE R1aHr OF TRIAL
DY JURY.--A Democratic caucus on
Monday night discussed the ques-
tion of the selection Of jurors in
Federal Courts. The selection of
jurors in the South because of their
Republican proclivities was alluded
to. It was unanimously agreed
that on amendment bo offered to
one of the general appropriation
bills in order to clearly carry out the
clause Of the Judiciary act which
provides that Jurors to serve in
United States Courts shall havo the
same qualifications and be entitled
to the same exemptions as the
jurors of the highest court of the
State wherein they serve. The
amendment will also propose the
repeal Of the sections of the act i'm
posing test oath on jurors.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-06

Mr.. Justice Miller severely criti-
clsos tho rule Of law which makes
courts spend weeks in finding n
Juryman SO ignorant that he has
never hcarl or formed an opinion
OF case that has attracted public
attention.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-06

It makes a person feel sad to hear
a crying baby, suffering probably
from some slight pain, which could
be easily relieved by the usc of DR..
Bulls Baby Syrup, which is for sale
at all drug stores.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-06
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-06

A man in Henrietta, Mich, who
lost member of his family recent
ly, has made trouble for the grave
robbers by burying the body in o
grave twelve feet deep and mixing
a quantity Of stones with the earth.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-06

P1rH AND Po1Nr.-A compositor
becomes o prossman whenever he
hugs his sweetheart.
Why is half o pie like natural
vacuum in q pine board? Because
it is knot hole.
The fellow who "makes no bonos
about it" is evidently not profess
sional grave robber.
Now who can tell how much The
horned horse gnu?
Nobbs says that whenever he
goes to harness his mare, he takes q
bride to--her.
"Thus runs the world away" but
our landlord sticks like shoemaker 8
wax.
When mountains strive for prizos,
the Alps will draw Blanc.
Of course you never saw anybody
swallow barn, and yet you proba--
bly, often saw o barn-swallow. NeD
York Neaos.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-06
PURCHASE FROM US,
J. r. McMASTER Il GO.
ASSIGNEE'S SALE.

nN Monday, the 10th day of February,
~ 1879, commencing at IL o'clook in
tho forenoon, we will offer for sale at
public auction, to tho high est bid der,
for cash, all that stock Of merohan d ise,
consisting Of groceries. liquors, sogars,
tobacco, otc., now in tho store In Winns,
boro lately occupied by r. j. MoCarlay.
Also oil tho fixtures and equipments Of
said store, including one iron, safo,
j. s. GI.ADNEY,
J.J. NEIL, ~
Agent for Creditors.
Jan 23-t8 :;
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-06

Pay Your oubssriptien ts the
Msus 4ae H4ssA1s.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-08-21
THAT GERMAN TEACHER.

And q Highly Unsatisfactory Interview.
Ibid he come after you with a shot gun ?'
"Yaw he shoots init me, l tinks."
Had you given him any cause Of offence?"
"Nein, wash not dere"
Wasn't there7 Didn't he try to shoot you2"
"Mine friend, 1t wash not him."
"Not whO2"
. ''Vell, dose newsbabers not got him right"
"Didn'tth large gentleman from Washington
try to stop him from shooting you ?"
. He wash pritty mad at dat man, tells your
Mad at the gentleman a .a. isr.
''Vell i links So" .- ID ..u..
"Why, / thought he was after your
ss "Yaw, he comes nit me nit his gun lbut-"
"But whai2" rs ttl .
"Vell, dere vas leetle mishstake. l wash com.
ing nit der oder rote and he meet me and says
By. Say you goes for to brlnt dis in der pa.
PERI"
Never mind about that
"Nein. knows noding at all apoutit."
"Ain't you the German music teacher whose
brains he wanted to blow out3"
HE wanted ter plow all der prains out He wash
eggzited."
"well, what did he want to blow your brains
out foi2"
Mine friend, 1 ish not at liberty to say Veil,
ish der man he pints der gun at, but he wash more
madder at aomepodles elFe."-N. Y Graphic.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-08-21
A GREYPoRT LEGEND.
BRET HARTE.

BRET HARTE
They ran through the streets Of the seaport town,
They peered from the decks Of the ships that lay
The cold sea-fog that came whitening down
Was never so cold or white as they. Hu.iF. id .
"Ho staTbuck, Pinckney, and Tenterden! Hf
Run for your shallops, gather your men, H. DO
Scatter your boats on the lower bay au.
Good cause for fearl In the thick midday, e.
Tho hulk that lay by the rottng pier
Filled with the children In happy play, u s.
Parted Its moorings and drlfted clear
Drifted clear beyond reach or call,- ,r.. .
Thirteen children they were in ALL ..........
All adrlft in the lower bay
Said hard.faced skipper, "God help as all
She will not float till the turning tidel" a.af.
Said his wife, my darling will hear my call,
Whether in sea or heaven she bide."
And she lifted a quavering voice and high,
Wild and strange as the sea.birds cry,
TIL they shuddered and wondered, at her side,
The fog drove down on each labOrlng crew, t
Yelled each from EACH and the sky and shore.
There was not sound but the breath they drew,
And the lap OF water and creak Of oar;
And they felt the breath of che downs fresh blown
Der leagues Of clover and cold gray stone,
But not from the lips that had gone before.
They came no more. But they tell the tale
That, when fogs are thick on the harbor.reef
The mackerel fishers shorten sail,
For the signal they know will bring relief,
For the voices of children still at play
In a phantom hulk that drifts away
Through channels whose waters never fail.
It Is but foolish shipmans tale,
A theme for q poets idle page
But still when the mists OF doubt prevail,
And we lie beCalmed by the shores Of age,
We hear from the misty troubled shore
The voice OF the children gone before, l.
Drawing the soul to its anchorage.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-08-21
9neMn..l
DID YoU EVER


s isa 7o DID YOU EVERa rf ..s-
Did you ever see beauty who was not little vain
DID you ever see peddler who would bargain with
pa out gainf G ' telfA 0lV - Fgtv
Did you ever see a braggArs that was really frank
SIS and bold? a .a Ulalfl
Did you ever see. miser who would sacrifice his
-tr Neveri .......
What-neverf
Well hardly ever. ...
Did you ever see brewer who would not praise his
Did you ever see fisherman who'd say, my fish
are staleS"
Did you oversee usurer who would not shave q
note?
Or candidate for Office who would not take vote
Never 4.t. .t. f
What-never?
Well, hardly ever.
Did you ever see mOther-inaw assert her rights in
Did you ever see widow fair who would not wed
again?
Did you ever see an old maid who did not keep
petG
Did you ever see spendthrlft wild who never was
in debt?
Neverl
4 u. Id What-neverf
t... Well, hardly ever.
Did you ever see callow youth who did not want a
Did you ever see an eplcure who would avoid
.ft spread? Ha. la 1a a,
Did you ever In old age see gambler with money ?
Did you ever see busy undertaken who was funny ?
What-never?
Well, hardly ever.
Did you ever see halfgrown miss who didn't went
beau9 Trfa U.
Did you ever hear fair belle TO millionaire say
Did you ever know aspinster who Of marriage didn't
i' dream2
Did you ever take lady out who didn't like Ice.
cream?
Neverl
What-never?
Well, hardly ever.
Did you ever know horse dealer who always spoke
the truth?
Or an aged wOrn.out debauchee who did not envy
youthH
Did you ever know Yankee not famous for In
venting?
Or chronic whlsky.drinker who was not always re-
pentlng?
.a,4 Never!
What-never?
Well, hardly ever.
Did you ever know q hypOcrite who'd not abuse his
nelghbOr?
Did you ever know beggar who was not afraid to
labor?
Did you ever see murderer who didn't hate the
law?
Did you ever see man so rich he didn't ask for
E moreS
tN' Never!
What-never? '''
.. Well, hardly ever. ".