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Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25
Bone Caves in Ireland.

The bone cave at Shandon, near Dun- garvan, in the County of Waterford, accidentally discovered some 20 years ago, was the first Irish cave which pro- duced animal remains belonging to the pleistocene period. In it were found re- mains of the mammoth horse, bear, wolf, and reindeer. Prof. Leith Adams, in his report on the exploration of this cave, (1S76), surmised that it was an enormous shelter-shed where the wild denizens repaired to end their days or for the purpose of dragging in their prey, and he suggested that it required only funds and some enterprise to dis cover other caverns in the neighborhood of this ore containing abundance of plelstocene animal remains. One such has within the last few weeks been dis. covered near Cappoquin, at a distance or about seven miles from the Shandon cave, by Mir. Ussher, of Cappagh. This new cavern is of large size, and appears to have been occupied at very remote period by bears, portions of whose skeletons are to be met with in the lower deposits of the floor; but the chief in- terest in this discovery rests in the fact that remains of the great Irish elk (Megoceros Habe7nic1s) were found in 1t, in conjunction with the bones of other deer and of bears, and along with pol ished greensboro celt (neoli thic) and several stone rubbers. There were also some very remarkable and strong evil dences met with of the association of man with the great Irish elk, for, on the authority of Prof. Leith Adams. in whose presence these remains were taken out of the cave, and by whom they were packed up for further observation, we learn that many of the bones of the megaceros were evidently split for their marrow, and several elk cannon bones were found fashioned into awls and gauges, showing that man was not only contemporaneous with the giant stag of Ireland, but also may have in some measure helped to exterminate it. The explorations of th1s cave are st1ll going on, and they promise to open out new era in the prehistoric history of Ireland.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25
A Sensible Girl.


 "Some months ago." says a writer, ]" T met young English woman who came to New York to marry young man to whom she was affianced in England, and who had come to this country two years previously to engage in business. She was to marry him at the home of his mother, with whom she was staying. During the time she was making up her wedding outfit he came to see her one evening when he was just drunk enough to be foolish. She was shocked and pained beyond measure. She then learned for the first time that he was in the habit of drinking, frequently to ex- cess. She immediately stopped her preparations, and told him she could not marry him. He protested she would drive him to distraction, and that he would never drink another drop. sNo, she said, T dare not trust my future happiness to 8 man who has formed such habit. I came three thousand miles to marry the man loved, and now rather than marry him will go three thousand miles back again And she went, and thus proved herself wise and strong"
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25
History of the Alphabet.

We are indebted to the Israelites fol something of the art of writing, for it is spoken of 1n Exodus as familiar to them. Probably the Canaanites were also &C., quainted with the art, as one of their towns was called "The Town of Books. " There was an Irish tradition that @ great grandson of Seth invented the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and naturally the Irish alphabets. On tracing the letters back to their origin, we fad they consisted of pictures. This practice still finds favor with the American Indians. The Mexi- cans also wrote their history by means of pictures; but, on their discovery, they were destroyed by superstitious hand, and now but few are extant.
 Among the Chaldeans the following is an instance of the change g sign under went. Probably on account of the wear ing of combs by ladies, the sign of comb stood for women, but afterward became the sign for the feminine gender. The Persian alphabet is very large. In the Egyptian language pair of eyes signifed vision flight of steps, ascent ; bird catching fish, fishing, and so on. But the Egyptians had large number of signs for one letter, there be1ng twelve signs for the letter s, for instance. They also appear to have written indistinctly, for after writing word they would affi \ picture of the meaning they intended to convey. The English alphabet comes, perhaps, from the Egyptian at all events the principles upon which both are founded agree. Our alphabet is direct ly derived from the Ph@nicians, race we'll qualified to disseminate language. The Greeks have 8 tradition that theii alphabet was also derived from the Ph@ nician. The Phe aicians introduced the alphabet into Italy, and from Italy ii was adopted by almost all European na'
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25

think of her untitnees to be his wife, o. her scorn, her wild impulses, her quicl temper. Like many another man il his case, he thought only of her beauty and her sweetness, and felt that sht must love him, or he would be miser able. Blessed ordination of things Il men or women chose their mates as they do their shoes or their books, with de liberation and cool judgment, this dear delightful, naughty old world would come to Q sudden end it is the wisdom of Providence that they never do.
 It seemed an hour to both of these as tonished people, yet it was barely five minutes, before Dora looked up at MT, Horton and said, ss I don't know how to thank you. I can acknowledge now il is good to mind man-sometimes. 2 There was soft arch look in the beauti- ful dark eyes that contradicted the qu1vering lips; but the loving blushing face told what Dora never meant to tell. Mr. Horton knelt down on the grass be- side her.
 "Oh, Dora, I would not be a tyrant, " he said and Dora dropped her head so low it rested on his shoulder.
 Mrs. Horton declared her husband never asked her to marry him, which he indignantly denied as often as she as- serted it; but however the union came about, it was true-for every body said so-that no gentler, sweeter, happier minister's wife ever filled that difficult position in the city of Ludlow, where MT. Horton was settled; even Grace Hamilton could not find fault with this match, though she had predicted all sorts of sorrows from its ssradical unfit ness." But time had not softened Grace's native spite, though she con- trolled it during her brief visit at the parsonage. On the next Christmas morning package came by express, di- rected to Mrs. Horton; on the inner cover of the tin box was written, "For Dolls room ;" and as the last fold of tissue-paper was lifted, an elaborately Illuminated motto appeared:
 "Come when you're called,
 Do as you're bid,
 Shut the door after you,
 And you'll never be chid." Her husband was looking over Dora s shoulder, and they both laughed. Grace's arrow was pointless for such trust and happiness.
 "I I've only changed my mind," said Dora, s'and that is every woman's privi- lege."
 "And I have only abdicated, and that any king may do," retorted her hus- band.
 "Have you ?" said his wife incredu- lously.
 The truth was that neither knew how to differ from the other with comfort.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25
Oregon's Smoking Volcano.

Says the Portland (Oregon) Bee, any person observing Mount Hood could have noticed with the naked eye 8 changing cloud of smoke that hung upon the south side of the mountain, far above the snow line, and climbing almost to the summit. Observing this carefully with a glass, it was plainly to be seen that the smoke changed its form and movement constantly, apparently pour ing out of the south side of the mountain from half to one-quarter of mile below the summit. Those who have ascended the mountain fix the site of an old crater on the southwest side, some distance below the summit. They have to cross this place to make the ascent, and always find sulphurous fumes issuing from the crevices, and the rocks heated by internal fires.
 There is no doubt that Mount Hood at times sends forth eruptions of smoke, though such manifestations are not of frequent occurrence, or at least are not often reported. We have lived within view of the mountain for nearly thirty years, and have only once before, about fifteen years ago, seen unmistakable emission of smoke, which lasted about an hour, and came from the same part of the mountain that we observed it, and each time the fact of it's being smoke was not to be doubted. Fifteen years ago the phenomenon occurred upon winter day, when the sky was blue, without speck of cloud to heck it, and the smoke stream ed northward from the mountain in a dense, black cloud. We have seen the time when excitement was created, some years ago, by the rumor that Mount Hood was smoking. A crowd gathered on a high roof and observed it with glasses, bat the phenomenon was caused by atmospheric conditions that drew the mists and fogs from the lower gorges, and made them wreathe around the summit. The difference between this light-colored, enveloping mist, rising from the base of the mountain, and the black, sulphurous appearance of the smoke pouring directly out of the side of it, from among the snows, was evident to any practical eye. One morning the sky was clear, with slight haze and g few light, heecy clouds han nging above the Cascade range at intervals, but the whole base and summit of Mount Hood were clear of them, while the un mistakable wreath of sulphur smoke hung just below the very summit, re- naining there for over two hours, con torted by the movement of the winds Toward noon feecy clouds enveloped tn. mountain, and for while the difference between cloud and smoke was distinctly visible, but afterwards the outlines ot the snowy peak were obscured, ani when they were plain again, at two o'clock p. m., there was no smoke to bt seen.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25
Rearing of Calves.

The calf is the making of the COW. | the young animal is neglected and stunt ed, it's constitution is weakened and it
 vigor in after life is diminished. If thi 1 is permitted, the value of the future ani
 nal is depreciated. ''It is poor rul,
 which will not work both ways," and
 race of animals, as the Jersey, tn.
 Ayrshire, or the Short horn breeds, fo | instance, have been so improved ant
 developed by careful culture that eacl
 is in every respect different from it
 original type from which the course O
 improvement started, it is equally req
 sonable to believe that an animal may
 be quickly degraded and impoverished
 by neglect. No other principle is SC well established among breeders and naturalists as this, and in practical life upon the farm it should be made the rule for our guidance in the treatment of our young animals. It should also be remembered that while this is true physically, it is also true in other re. spects, and while the body of an animal may be developed, so its disposition and temper may be modified by early treat. ment and training. It is not enough, therefore, that young calves should be well fed and cared for, and they should be trained by kindness and familiarity for a future life of usefulness and do- cility. The young calf does not need full milk at all after the fourth day of it's life; as soon as the dam's milk is fit for use in the dairy, the calf may be fed upon skinned milk, warmed at first to the natural heat of the new milk. This is very important, as the cooling down of the calf's stomach by the drinking of several quarts of cold milk in day is injurious and prevents growth. The calf should have warm milk for at least three months, and the work of warming the milk up to 80 degrees for month longer will be amply repaid. During the latter two months of this period the calf will easily learn to eat grass and hay cut and mixed with little meal, bran or middlings. These must be fed very cautiously, lest by over-liberality the stomach, incapable of perfectly digest ing the novel food, should be disordered and weakening diarrhea should result. When brought successfully up to this age, there is no trouble in continuing the progressive treatment with satisfac- tory results up to the maturity of the calf, and it becomes COW. This may happen at two years of age, and the earlier the young animal comes into profit the better. By cautious handling, kind treatment, and familiarizing her with her owners and the whole family, the young heifer is brought to the pail without trouble, and in dairy thus managed, kicking, self-sucking, and other disagreeable vices are never or hardly ever known, and if they should happen, they are cured without diff culty,
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25

Here are couple of "ladies'-car" " decisions which will be of interest. In one the lone bachelor crowded past the brakeman who was guarding the entrance to the ladies' car, and the brakeman dragged him back and put him off. The Court held that that was lawful the company had the right to appropriate special car for ladies and gentlemen with ladies, and to station guard to exclude others, and the guard might use such force as was necessary to carry out the regulation. In the second case there was no guard, only placard i; the pas senger entered peaceably and unopposed; but when the conductor came through and detected the intruder, he had him put out. The Court held this was going beyond the law. After the passenger had been allowed to enter and take his seat he could not be expelled.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25
THE ,SAFEG UARD.

A baby crept to his fathers knee,
 And was lifted up and lulled to rest Till his blue eyes closed, so til ed was he; And his little head fell peacefully At ease on the ready shoulder there, While the baby hand so soft and fair
 Lay like shield on his fathers breast. Of old twas said when men draw near
 To fierce temptation of deadly strife, And loft their way in maze of fear, Or periled their sou uls for worldly gear, By an unknown way an angel hand Would lead them out of the dangerous land
 Into the light of nobler life. The story is true for the world to-day;
 We sec no white rohed angel mild; But out of the dark and perilous way, Where men and women forget to pray, Into the peace of purer land They are led by gentle, shielding hand,
 The hand of little helpless child.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25
Condition of Women.
THEIR PAST AND THEIR FUTURE.

The ages of animal passions, of mus cular supremacy, of conflict with vii, animals, of barbarian wars-in short, tn ages of physical prowess, when the onl. ordeal was one of muscle-belong in disputably to man. The subservienc. of woman was one of the conditions O progress in those rude phases of human existence. But it does not follow tha this will always be the case. It is !, generally recognized principle that tho stepping stones of one generation are likely to become the stumbling blocks of succeeding one and MT. Spencer even uses the argument of presumptive evidence against opinions which have arisen in barbarous age.
 Legouve says: "The protracted sub- iection of woman proves but one thing that the world so far has had more need of the dominant. qualities of man, and that her hour has not yet come. We have no reason to conclude from this fact that it will not come." And he forsakes his position with the following striking position: "How many centuries did it take to produce this simple maxim of common sense-'All men are equal be- fore the lawl' The tardy advent of an idea, so far from proving its usefulness and fallacy, is often an argument in favor of it's grandeur. The principles of lib- erty, charity, fraternity, are all modern principles"
 It remains for these principles to be- come still further modernized by their extension to women as part of the hu- man family. Their persistence, with certain curious "survivals from the ages of muscle, supplies striking ex- ample of the remarkable toleranceof the average human mind for incongruous ideas, provided these ideas have been associated for sufficient length of time. In England, until the reign of William and Mary, women were refused the ben eft of clergy, and in the time of Henry VIII an English Parliament prohibited the reading of the New Testament in English by women and others of low estate.
 The male Mahommedan to-day indig- nantly rejects the idea that his female companion, as we'll as himself, may have a soul. Among the Hindoos women are excluded from the advantages of reading and writing, and, with few exceptions, the higher institutions of learning are everywhere still monopolized by the more muscular sex. That these facts, gath cred from widely separated ages and countries, harmonize in spirit and prin- ciple, thus revealing common origin, scarcely needs to be pointed out, the laws of heredity and descent are therein conspicuously illustrated, and, as be- tween men and women, the age of muscle still exists. Westminster RevSeaO.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25
The state of mind oppressed with

The state of mind oppressed with a sudden calamity is like that of the fabulous inhabitants of the new created earth, who, when the first night came upon them, supposed the day would never return. When the clouds of sorrow gather over us, we see nothing beyond them, nor can imagine how they will be dispelled yet new day suc- ceeded to the night. and sorrow is never long without dawn of ease.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25

The season is at hand, says the Bos- ton Courier, when 8 whole family will carry their dinner three or four miles into the woods, and sit down among the bugs and ants and gnakes to eat it. They call it picnic.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25

An Eastern man, according to the Cincinnati Saturday Night, advised his absolute son to go West and run down with the country.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25

If lady wants favor of boy she praises him of 8 young man, she hires him of an old man, she hatters him.
Connecticut western news., 1879-06-25
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The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-05-02
SUPERINTENDENT L. S. IS.
The exhibition of Mr.. S. r. Mclli

The exhibition of Mr.. S. r. Melli-
champs School appointed for last
Wednesday night was conducted in
the court room, and was quite an in
teresting occasion, creditable alike to
the teacher and the little ones en-
trusted To- his tuition, Where so
many children performed their parts
SO well il would be difficult to say
which excelled, but "well done"
might be written opposite each name
on the programme. The decorations
of the room were we'll designed and
tastelully arranged and added not a
little to the pleasure of the occasion.
The music was fine, indeed it could
scarcely have been better, and con-
tiibuted its full share to the success
of The exercises: The attendance was
large which testified to the interest
our citizens feel in the education of
the youth Of tfie land.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-05-02

THERE has been a rumor current
in our midst for sometime, started by
some one for what purpose we are at
a loss to understand, that certain
members of our Town Council re-
ceiya pay for their services. We
have been assured that this is not
tho case. These gentlemen attend
to the interest and do the very best
for the citizens of the town without
ono cent of pay. There is but one
paying position and that is the Clerk
of Council whose salary is the small
amount of one hundred and twenty
five dollars per year. We would
call the attention of aspirants for
power and honor to the above facts.
There is no money in it, gentlemen,
and o heap of cussing,
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-05-02

CROWDS Of our citizens availed
themselves of the opportunity to vis-
it the "City by the Sea" at the low
fare offered by the South Carolina
Ra. road. Pleasure and business CON-
bineo made the trip enjoyable. A
o. sat deal Of money was spent in
Charleston by visitors from other
sections of the State and but little
by those of Orangeburg. The rea.
son of this is our citizens desire to
encourage home enterprise ami zeal
and they find out that our merchants
are just as liberal and sell their
goods just as cheap as any merchants
in the State. In fact our leader In
low prices, MIR. G. ?. KorUohn, sells
goods lower than we can buy them on
East Bay or King-street. How it is
done we know not, but true it is,
and this we know from personal ex-
perience. We have heard all such
remarks as under ground rail road
freight. Selling goods below cost,
&c. But it seems strange to us that
this house who has the reputation Of
selling goods below cost and all
sorts of remarks made about their
goods by their apponents, continues
to survive, and has established such
large and floulishing trade. But
the whole secret is they sell low and
for the cash. Now if any reader of
the Democrat has the cash and can't
get pleased in the quality and guam
tity of goods needed, just call at
our sanctum and takeour old hat.
1t is useless to disguise facts. This
revolution in trade started by friend
Kortjohn and his able assistants has
been benefit to the whole county ,and
we are glad to see his growing pros
perity. So long as lie does right we
will praise him. When ho does wrong
we will handle him without gloves =
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-05-02
To the Farmers.

It having been established beyond
q doubt both by practical results oh.
tanned out West as also by expert
ments made at the Department of
Agriculture in Washington, that as
good an article Of Sugar and just as
readily can be obtained from tile COM
mon sorgho or Sugar Mi!let as is
made from the best cane Of the T.rop-
les, have concluded to establish
Refinery here to work Up the molass-
es as it is made on the plantations,
into sugar. 1t is necessary that the
juice in being boiled into syrup be
treated by certain chemicals which
will furnish to all parties at the time
necessary. Sandy uplands being best
suited to the cultivation of the Sor-
gho and the juice of such being rich
est in sacharinc matter it is evident
that our lands are especially suited
for this purpose. It is Of course not
expected that this crop willever su
persede cottQn rs the staple crop Of
the country, but in rs much as it will
not at all interfere with the cotton
crop, and as. it will at least diversity
our planting it is splendid auxiliary
and this is SO much advocated by our
most prominent planters. :.
AS it is too late this season to
plant the Sorgho to any large extent
still I think all our farmers may try
a little of it say from ! to 20 acres
as they have idle lapd.: It has also
been proved in this county by actual
experiments that our stubble land
after the small grain has been remov-
ed, yields good syrup, and I would
advise all those, not having any land
ready now, to try some Of that as
every body I hope has planted oats
if no other small grain. BY later ex-
periments I think it will be found
that our clay pea will splendid be
manure for the Sorgho, if applied same
as in Louisiana by being planted in
the cane and plowed under the fol-
lowing fa.l ard winter. We will be
able by planting the early variety
another season to make two crops
from one planting.
Anyone wishing any further infpr-
nation on this subject or seed to
plant can obtain the same any time
upon application, and it is especially
urged upon all to try the experiment
upon any scale they may choose SO
as to get it introduced here.
Respectfully yours,
GEO. II. CoENELsoN.