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The Newtown bee., 1880-02-18
Desperate Fight With a Burglar.

Isadore Marechal, a noted burglar who has twice escaped from Sing Sing prison, was recently recognized at St. Albans, Vt., where he was in the employ of railroad company under an assumed name. He was wanted in Montreal for the theft of $l0, ,000 worth of goods from pawn shop and was arrest ed. He refused to go to Canada, and was accordingly put in charge ot Detective Jackson, who started with him for Sing Sing.
 They arrived at Troy, N. Y, at 5 30 P. NJ. just too late tor the connecting as the next train would not leave until Il P. M., the detective took the prisoner into the eating-room and gave him a supper. After supper each lighted q cigar and walked up and down the plat l form smoking, and then took a seat in | the gentlemen's waiting-room. At 10 P M the detective saw that the people knowing the desperate character of the man he had with him, thought it would | be we'll to get him into a car, so he awakened him from his apparent drowsiness and told him to come along. l Marechal asked to be allowed to step out for moment, and Jackson acceded. He removed the prisoners handcuffs, and the latter stepped into one of the little rooms. When he came out again, and as Jackson got ready to handcuff | him, without any warning whatever he dealt Jackson a stinging blow on the 1 forehead, and then butted him in the stomach with his head. Jackson was only slightly stunned, and grappled with his man. For five minutes the struggle was terrific one. The prisoner seized the detective in such way that he was ast getting the better of him, and the latter called loudly for help. The pris- oner kept his hold, exclaiming: Liberty is sweet; I've got to get out of here" Then Jackson got his right hand free, pulled his revolver and shot the prisoner in the face, the ball entering his right cheek and knocking two teeth out. As the burglar renewed the struggle with l increased desperation. Jackson took de- l liberate Aim and fired at his head. The l ball entered just behind the left ear. The prisoner grabbed for the revolver, and in the struggle theschambers of the weapon dropped out and fell on the floor, and Jackson kicked them to one side with his foot. By this time the wounded burglar was somewhat dazed, and he fought wildly. A policeman, having heard the reports of the pistol, hurried to the depot, when Marechal was secured and taken to the station \ house. A physician probed the wound
 but could not Ind the ball, and Jackson sat up with his man all night. The I next morning the physician decided that he could be moved, and Jackson
 took him to Albany and thence to Sing lSing.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-18
A Wooden Watch.

A North Carolina paper, the Abing- don Standard, has the following: Some time ago MT. E. A. Johnson, of John son Brothers, jewellers. of this place. m ,de plain, open-faced wooden watch that attracted great deal of attention. but was subsequently eclipsed by Mir. Doroit, of Bristol, in a watch some what more elaborate in design. Not to be outdone, MT. Johnson set 10 work on another watch, and has turned out a handsome double case stem-winder and stem-setter, every piece of which. save the main and hair springs and crystal. are oi wood and made entirely by his own hands. Even the springs to the cases are made of wood. It keeps splendid time, and is sufficiently strong to be used as a pocket time-keeper. It is of ordinary size, and when orna- mented, as he expects to do. will be a handsome tribute to his skill and in- genuity.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-18
Our Increasing Longevity.

A New York paper remarks: We have more than once called attention to the fact, for it is undeniably a fact, that the people of this republic are steadily increasing in duration of life. Almost any one can see this from observation, if he live in large city, or from read ing the death notices in the newspapers. In yesterday mornings journals, for in- stance, the deaths of not less than ten persons are recorded as over seventy two years of age, one of them seventy nine and two eighty-six. Nor is this in any way unusual. Almost any daily death record here will show prepon- derance of old people-m meaning those of sixty five or more. Sixty was con. sidered old even thirty or forty years ago; but now, when man of sixty dies, the comment often made is, ''he ought to have lived longer; young man yet" Indeed, persons of sound constitution, quick mind, active temperament, are, in a sense, young at sixty, for they are in possession of all their faculties, capable of any ordinary amount of work, aud still have considerable future. Many of the most responsible places in firms and corporations in this city are held by men of seventy or whereabouts, and they evince no disposition to retire. New York is noted for vigorous old men. In no city on the continent, and in hardly any city in Europe, can so many hale, active men of sixty-five and up | ward be found. Walking in Broadway. Wall or Broad street, in Fifth avenue or | any of the principal thoroughfares. one can hardly fail to be struck by the gray or white hairs and wrinkled faces, l coupled with erect, elastic forms and suppleness and rapidity of movement. There appear to be numberless ancient heeaa on comparatively young shoul- ders. The opinion. long prevailed that rural regions and rural pursuits favored
 longevity; but if it were so once, which is very dubious, it is not so now. Great centers supply ease, comforts, materia'
 facilities and save an endless amount ol | friction, while the country, its monot-
 ony, lack of interest. fatiguing round of small concerns and very hard work I wear on the strongest system. Men ir
 cities generally live not only much more but much longer.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-18
Boys and Their Mothers.

Oi all the love affairs in the world none can surpass the true love of the big boy for his mother. It is pure love and noble, honorable in the highest degree to both. I do not mean merely a duti- ful affection. I mean love which makes boy gallant and courteous to his mother, saying to everybody plainly that he is fairly in love with her. Next to the love of a husband, nothing so crowns woman's life with honor as this second love, this devotion of a son to her. And never yet knew a boy .'t turn out J bad who began by falling in love with his mother. Any man may fall in love with fresh-faced girl, and the man who is gallant with the girl may cruelty neglect the worn and weary wife. But the boy who is lover of his mother in her middle age, is a true knight, who will love his wife as much in the sear-leaved autumn as he did in the daisied spring time.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-18
The Two Mysteries.

We know not what it is, dear, this sleep SC
 deep and still, The folded hands, the awful calm, the cheek so pale and chill; The lids that will not lift again, though ws may call and call, The strange white solitude of peace that Set.
 ties over all. We know not what it means, dear, this desc.
 late heart pain, The dread to take our daily way and walk in it again. We know not to what sphere the loved who
 leave us go, Nor why we're left to wonder still, nor why
 we do not know; But this we know: Our loved and lost, if
 they should come this day Should come and ask us, "What is life?" not
 one of us could say Life is mystery, as deep as ever death can
 be; Yet, oh! how sweet it is to us-this life we
 live and see! Then might they say-these vanished ones
 and blessed is the thought, " So death is sweet to us, beloved. though we
 may tell you naught; We may not tell it to the quick, this mystery
 of death- Ye may not tell us, if ye would, the mystery
 of breath" The child who enters lite comes not with
 knowledge or intent, So those who enter death must go as little
 children sent. Nothing IS known. But believe that God is
 overhead And as life is to the living, so death is to the
 dead.
 -.Mdrv .Mapes Do1oe
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-18
Doing His Best,

He does well who does his best; Is he weary7 Let him rest Brothers have done my best, am weary-let me rest. Alter toiling oft in vain, Baffied, yet to struggle tain. After toiling long, to gain Little good with mickle pain, Let me rest. But jay me low Where the hedgeside roses blow; Where the little dasies grow, Where the winds a-Maying goi Where the footpath rnstics plod, Where the breeze bowed poplars nod: Where the old woods worship God, Where His pencil paints the sod; Where the welded throstle sings, Where the young bird tries his wings; Where the wailing glover swings |, Near the runlet's rushing springs, Where at times, the tempest's roar, Shaking distant sea and shore, Still will rave old Bsrnesdale OCT, To be heard by me no more '. There, beneath the breezy west, Tired and thankful, let me rest, Like a child that sleepeth best On its mothers gentle breast.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-18
Words of Wisdom .

Hope is such bait, it covers any hook.
 It is fruition and not possession that renders us unhappy.
 There is a heroic innocence, as we'll as heroic courage.
 Prosperity is great teacher; adver- sity is greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strength ems it.
 It is vain to expect any advantage from our profession of the truth, if we be not sincerely just and honest in our actions.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-18

George Myers was an athlete and a remarkably hearty eater. He was sent to prison in Philadelphia for two years, and the fare there was too scant and plain to please him. On getting out, he determined to gratify his appetite for a while at any'risk. Every night he broke into some pretentious house, and re- galed himself on choice viands and wine, often spending four or five hours at it. Nine of these burglaries were committed in as many nights before he was caught.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-18
MANUFACTURING PROPERTY
 FOR SALE.

Situated in the village of Sandy Hook, town of Newtown, Conn.,, on the Housatonic rail- road, nineteen miles from tide water, and near the proposed depot on the New York and New England railroad, now in process of com plction. Said property has been used as woolen mill, but is suitably arranged for any other business. Water power never failing Will be sold with or without machinery. For particulars inquire of
 MINoIT AUGUR, Receiver,
 Sandy Hook, Conn.
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-18
D A N D FL o N SYRUP, PILLS, RHTrERS.

 For all diseases of the Liver Stomach Bowels, Kidneys and Bladder; tor Gout Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Headache, Worms Salt Rheum, Eruptions and all skin troubles, take
 Ddndeyi0n PiIIs. They are anti-bilious and cathartic. The Best Family Physic known, and an excellent Dinner Pill.
 Dande1ion Bitters Will give you healthy appetite; will correct Sleeplessness, Hysteria, Hemicrauia, St. Vitus' Dance and Epilepsy. Will cure Dyspepsia, Debility and Nervous Prostration. They are an excellent cordial, to be taken with advan- tage when any prostration occurs from over work or any other cause; while
 DaatdeIi0n Syrup Cannot be surpassed as prompt and eficient remedy in all bronchial troubles. Coughs, colds and sore throat are immediately relieved, and the Syrup is consistently used with other medicines according to directions. Will cure such serious diseases as Catarrh, Influenza, Asthma, Pneumonia, Pleurisy and Consump- tiOn.
 These three Dandelion Medicines make a combination of Family Drugs that cannot be excelled for efficiency and reliability. No family should be without them another hour. Sold by all druggists. Manufactured only by the eDANDELION PILL CO, Stamford. Conn
The Newtown bee., 1880-02-18
Job Work

NEATLY EXECUTED AT VERY LOW fIauREs.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-01-07

ID ICHMOND & DANVILLE RAILROAD.
LII On and after NOVEMBER 10Th, 1879.
the trains on this road will run daily as follows
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Contiguous Colors.

This power Of contiguous colors to mod
lty the specific impression which each
makes upon the eye is one of the diff
culties which landscape painters have to
study and meet. If an artist paints the
colors which he thinks he sees, his pic
ture IS pretty sure to be wide of the mark
which has been aimed at. The colors of
natural objects are of very much lower
intensity than the tints which they sug-
gest. Distant fields, for instance, are
commonly clothed with gray containing
only faint tinge Of green, when they
seem to the eye to be intensely green.
The true colors Of the different parts of a
Landscape can only be correctly Iappre-
ciated when each is associated from its
companionship with the rest and Rus
kin has suggested that this discrimina-
ton Of tint can be most conveniently
made by examining each separate part Of
a view through a small square aperture
cut in white cardboard, and held at arm s
length from the eye. The colors used in
the composition of picture require to be
50 selected and grouped that they help
each other both by the influence of sym
pathy and contrast. Prof Rood remarks
that what an artist has to do is to seize
upon color-melodies as they occur in ma
ture, and to reproduce them upon canvas
with such notifications as his own in
stincts impel him to make. The great
distinction which he draws between
painting and the management of color in
the decorative arts is that in the first
color IS subordinate to form, while in the
second it is more important than form.
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EAST BOUND.

Mail train arrives at Richmond daily
except Sunday at 8:45 P. NJ
Express train arrives at Richmond
daily at 700 A NJ
Accommodation train arrives at Rich
mond daily except Sunday at 900 A NJ
Mixed train leaves Stanton at 6:45 A. NJ,
taking passengers from Virginia Midland train
from Washington, and arrives at Richmond at
$40 P. M
A connects with Virginia Midland train for
Lynchburg, Danville, and Atlantic Mississippi
& Ohio Railroad stations, and with Virginia Mid
land train, leaving at $40 P M for Washington
B connects with Virginia Midland train for
Lynchburg and Danville.
G connects with Valley railroad accommoda-
ton train, leaving at 3:15 P. M. for Harrison
burg.
D connects with Valley railroad train leaving
at Ills A M. for Harper's Ferry.
f connects with stages for Licking, n
F connects with c. B. S. and P. P steamers
for Portsmouth and Cincinnati
G connects with Scioto Valley railroad for
the Northwest
H connects with all lines diverging to the
West Northwest, and Southwest.
w. M S. DUNN
Engineer and superintendent
CONWAY R. HOWARD, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent.
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A connects for Milton n G.
B connects for Asheville and all points in west
ern North Carolina daily, except Sunday
c connects for Macon and all points in south
west Georgia
D connects for Jacksonville and all points in
Florida.
E connects for Macon and all points in south
west Georgia and Chattanooga, Nashville Mem
phis and all Texas points
F connects for Selma, Meridian, Jackson and
Vicksburg
G connects for Galveston and all Texas points.
Trains from the above-named points dTrive IL,
Richmond at 4:43 P. NJ. and $50 A. NJ
Trains between Greensboro and Salem run
daily except Sunday.
Trains on North Carolina division make con-
nection atGoldsboro' with the w & WRR. to
and from Weldon and Wilmington.
Pullman Palace Drawing-room and Sleeping
Cars run through on Train No 4S from N. York
and Richmond TO Atlanta and from Greensboro
to Augusta, and on Train No. AZ from n. York
and Richmond to Greensboro
Tickets sold to all points SOUTH south east and
south west and baggage checked through.
No lay-over checks given on local tickets.
j. R. MACMURDO,
General Passenger Agent, Richmond, Va.
I. M. R. TALCoTT, General Superintendent.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-01-07
A Good Experienoe.

God knows me better than l know my
self. He knows my gifts and powers, my
falllngs and my weaknesses, what [ can
do and not do. So desire to be led; to
follow Him, and am quite sure that He
has thus enabled me to do a great deal
more in ways which seem to me almost a
waste in life, ia advancing His kingdom,
than l could have done in any other way.
| am sure of that. Intellectually, | am
weak; in scholarship, nothing; in a thou
sand things baby. He knows this, and
so he has led me, and greatly blessed me,
who am nobody, to be some use to my
Church and fellow-men. How kind, how
good, how compassionate art thou, O God /!
0, my Father, keep me humblel Help
me to have respect toward my fellow-men,
to recognize these several gifts as from
Thee. Deliver me from the diabolical
sins of malice, envy, Or jealousy, and give
me hearty JOY in my brothers good, in
his work, in his gifts and talents, and
may be truly glad in his superiority to
myself, if God be glorifed. Root out all
weak vanity, all devilish pride, all that
is abhorrent to the mind of Christ. God
hear my prayer Grant me the won
drous JOY of humility, which is seeing
The, as all in all.-Dr Norman Nc.
LeodS Diary.
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In painting color has to be used as n
means of accomplishing an end whereas
in decoration it is itself the end. A
painting is a representation of an absent
beautiful object, but an ornamented sur
face is the beautiful object itself. 1t is
on this account that the realistic repre-
sentation of natural objects is untitled for
decorative art. In Modern Chromatics"
attention is drawn to a physiological rea-
son for certain effects of contrast in
artists work, which is worthy of notice
When light falls upon the nerves of the
eye, 1T produces a sensation which re-
mains for short interval after the ex-
citing cause has ceased to act. This
after sensation is identical in all respects
with the primary one, with the exception
that it grows gradually more and more
faint, until it fades quite away. When,
however, this after-image has finally dis
appeared, there springs suddenly up in
its place a secondary image of an alto
gether different character, and of a tint
that is complementary to that of the pri-
mary impression. Thus the immediate
after-image of red sensation is red but
the spectral image which follows when
the red impression has faded away is
greenish-blue, the tint that is compile
mentary to red. These negative, or COM
Elementary after-images necessarily ex-
ert an important influence in modifying
the character Of chromatic perceptions
The positive after-images have also a spe-
clfic operation of their own where NOV
ing objects are concerned The appear
ances characterizing water in motion
depend upon them to considerable
extent. The images perceived are really
made up OF an unconscious combination
OF successive pictures left upon the nerves
The elongated streaks noticed in waves
of the sea dancing in sunlight are really
not streaks, but SUGGESTIONS of round i'm
ages of the sun heightened out in conse-
quence of their motion. Instantaneous
photographs, for this reason, are by no
means such true transcripts of nature as
they pretend to be. The visual image of
waves breaking upon the beach is quite a
distinct thing from the instantaneous
photograph of the same objects The
visual image is made up of different
views rapidly succeeding each other, and
fusing themselves together into one COM
pound impression in the eye. But the
Photographic image is single hard tran
script of one of the series of successive
pictures. Prof Rood states, in reference
to the duration of visual impression
upon the retina of the eye, that it lasts
with undiminished force for the forty
eighth part of a second, but that its total
duration with decreasing strength is for
a much longer time, probably being as
much as third part of a second in many
instances. A white spot near the edge
Of i black elk disk Ldo5 revolving foTty-eight
of continuous white ring near the cir
conference of the disk. But the lumi-
Mostly of the ring is necessarily more
feeble than that Of the white spot be-
cause the light of the spot is scattered
over the comparatively larger surface of
the ring when the disk is caused to re-
volve.-THe Eo7in5luyA Reue,O.
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OLDDOMINIoN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
FOR NEW YORK.

This company will dispatch one of their splen-
did steamers, OLD DOMINION, WYAN0KE.
ISAAC-BELL, and RICHMOND every TUES
DAY, FRIDAY and SUNDAY, at high water.
These ships are entirely new, and well-buiK
expressly for this route
They have splendid saloons state-rooms and
bathrooms, and the fare, accommodations and
attentions are unsurpassed
Goods shipped by this line are landed regu-
larly at New York, on the cOmpany's covered
pier 81 North River
Freights for points beyond New York for
warded with dispatch, and no charge made ex-
cept actual expenses incurred
Freights received until P NJ, daily.
and SIS.
For further information apply to
GEO. w. ALLEN & CO. Agents.
Office: Company's wharf, Rockets
feb 12-1y
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Payable Strictly in Advance.
POSTAGE

This item of expense, now borne by the pub
fishers is equivalent to a reduction of 20 per
cent. on the cost TO subscribers in former years
CLUBS.
A discount Of twenty per cent will be allowed
to clubs Of four or more persons. Thus four
copies of Backwood or of one Review will be
sent to one address for $3.50; four copies of the
four Reviews and Blacxwood for $48 and so on
PREMIUMS
New subscribers (applying early) for the year
1879 may have without charge, the numbers for
She last quarter of 1878 Of such periodicals as
they may subscribe for.
Or instead, new subscribers to any two, three,
or four Of the above periodicals, may have one of
the -Four Reviews" for 1873 subscribers to all
FIVE may have two of the e" -Four Reviews" or
one set of Blackwood's Magazine for 1878.
Neither premiums to subscribers nor discount
to clubs can be allowed unless the money is re-
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can be given TO clubs
To secure premiums it will be necessary to
make early application, as the stock available
for that purpose is limited
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Diohmond, Fredericksburg and
LII Potomac Route


ON AND AFTER NOVEMBER 7th trains
on this road will run as follows:
NORTH BOUND.
8:12 A. M, leaves Byrd-Stree station daily lex
cept Sunday due at Washington
ITO p NJ; Baltimore 305 p M
Philadelphia, $50 p NJ; New York
1905 p NJ
500 P. NJ, leaves Byrd-St station daily, due at
Washington, 9:25 P. NJ Baltimore,
lips p. M. ; Philadelphia, 1926 A.
NJ N. York, Gas A. NJ
400 P. NJ, ACCOMMODATION TRAIN for
Junction leaves Broad St. station
daily Except Sunday)
SOUTH BOUND.
1915 P. NJ, arrives at Byrd-Street station daily
Except Sunday Leaves New York,
815 A. NJ; Philadelphia, 11:45 A.
NJ. Baltimore, $3.50 p M Wash
ington, $40 ?. NJ.
11:40 A. NJ, arrives at Byrd-Street station dali
". Leaves New York 1000 T. M. 4:
Philadelphia, ITO A. NJ; Balti-
more, 455 A. NJ; Washington, $50
A. NJ
943 A. NJ, ACCOMMODATION TRAIN ar
rives at Broad Street station daily
Except on Sundays)
@. A. TAYLOR.
General Ticket Agent.
Z. D. 7. MYERs, General Superintendent.
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James Lesson.

Once there was little girl named Jane
She was a pretty good little girl, but she
had habit Of not minding the first time
she was spoken to- She was sure to say,
Yes, in a minute, mother, and as her
minutes were apt to be rather long her
mother often had to speak several times
before she was obeyed.
One beautiful summer morning, Jane
was out in the back yard playing, and
her mother was sewing by the front win