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Connecticut western news., 1880-01-14
A characteristic anecdote of Napo

A characteristic anecdote of Napo- leon is told in the first part of the me- moirs of the famous Metternich-a book which has just appeared in Paris, in &C., cordance with the writer's command, twenty years after his death. The Prince declares that among the parodoxes which Napoleon was fond of sustaining on questions of medicine and physiology subjec for which he had kind of pre- dilection-he declared that death was often only the result of an absence of energetic will in men. cone day at St. Cloud he had dangerous fall he had been thrown from carriage upon post which had nearly entered his stomach, and the next day, when I asked him how he was, he answered, with the utmost gravity T yesterday completed my ex- periments on the power of the will. When my stomach was injured I felt life escaping from me I had only just time to say to myself that would not die, and am alive. Any one else would have died.'"
 It is no joke to offer testimony against the illicit distillers of Georgia. The moonshiners of Hickory Flats, in that State, recently hunted two witness es into swamp only twenty miles from Atlanta and besieged them there for six days. Some friends succeeded in get ting a little food to them or they must have been starved. At last they were delivered by 8 squad of mounted revenue officers sent out by Collector Clark, of Atlanta, in which city they were prompt ly concealed. Their testimony will be heard very soon in the United States Court. To save their lives, they will be then sent to part of the State remote from Hickory Flats, and purse will be made up to send their families after them.
 Referring to the 175 executions which took place in the United States last year, 75 of which were by lynch law, the New York Herald says: There is never any complaint about the inef- fectiveness of hanging as done by the lynche1s. They always run their man up smoothly and without delay, and there are only few cases on record where the same man had chance to be hanged twice. Cannot our several thou sands of sheriffs borrow wrinkle from the lynchers on this point?
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-14
Swearing OR.

Perhaps there is no fashion that is 50 universally ridiculed as the great Amer joan habit of swearing off, says M. Quad. It will be 8 couple of weeks yet before the jokes on this subject are due, but they will be here on time. There will be stories of diaries found with the following entry "January 1st-Will never drink another drop, etc., etc. !" Then further down will be the admis- sion, the resolution has failed and the diary is hereby consigned to the lower regions. The changes will be rung on the time-honored subject, and probably a good deal of fresh fun will be extracted from this by no means funny topic. Yet it is to be hoped that no one will refrain swearing off because good reso. lutions are broken and because merri- ment is made of these failures. Not withstanding individual opinion on the subject, the really perfect class is some what limited. No man will improve who knows he is perfect. The act of swearing off shows that the swearer knows his defects and is trying to rem edy them. If the good resolutions are only kept for week or partially kept by the year, the individual is propor- tionately benefited. The very desire for improvement is beneficial. Therefore swear of, renoun ce some bad habit, foreswear half a dozen of them, you will not run out of material, and if you can stick to even 8 third of what you start out for, you are lucky person, and if you fail entirely, it is more matter fol sorrow than fun still hundreds are in the same situation ; you will not be lonesome. Then when next year comes swear of again.
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-14
Crazed by Her LOver's Death. YOUNG WOMAN SHOOTING HER FATHER DEAD, THEN KILLING HERSELF.

Between twelve and one o'clock in the day Miss Frances Hovey, highly re- spected and amiable young lady of Ly- ons, Wayne county, N. Y., left her home in Lawrence street, ostensibly to mail some letters and then return home. The mailing of the letters she accomplished; but instead of going home, she went immediately to her fathers hat and cap store, in Canal street. On entering the store, no one but the father and the girl being pres ent, it is supposed that she went to the rear of the room, where her father sat reading by the stove, went behind him, as seen by the position of her huff and outerwrappings, took pistol from her pocket, and shot him in the right side of the head, placing the barrel against his temple, producing instant death. After this she reloaded the pistol, which was 8 small single -barreled one, went up stairs in the back room of the store, and sent a bullet through her own brain. A few minutes later one of her brothers returned from his dinner, and going to the rear of the store found his father sitting in his chair with blood trickling down his face. Having exam ined the wound, he immediately calleda physician, who pronounced the wound to be one made with @ bullet. A search of the premises was then made, and the girl was found lying on the floor slowly dying. She had small hand glass in her hand, and with the glass, it is sup posed, she saw how to take aim. The glass she had biought from her home.
 Miss Hovey has been insane at times lately on account of the death of 8 suit or, Eugene Raines of Rochester, who died some time in September. They are said to have been engaged for over four years. His death was a terrible blow to her and shattered her intellect. Miss Hovey was 8 leader in society, and one of the reigning bellies of Lyons. She was member of the Methodist Church, and most conscientious Christian. l One of the letters she mailed was to her pastor. In the letter she told how she intended to kill her dear, kind father, who had too much trouble, and then commit suicide. MT. Hovey leaves g wife who is crazed by the tragedy, and three sons, one about thirty-one years of age, another twenty, and the other sixteen. The girl caunot possibly sur | vivo
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-14
A SCHOOL, GIRL at Bellefontaine, Ohio

A SCHOOL GIRL at Bellefontaine, Ohio, offended her boy lover, and he refused to speak to her. She passed a note to hin asking forgiveness, but he refused. She wrote to him again, saying that she would kill herself if he did not make up, and he replied that he would be glad to go to her funeral. She then began her suicidal efforts by drinking bottle of black ink, which only made her sick. A bo tie of red ink had no deadlier effect. Finally, she cut her throat with pock- etknife, but not fatally, though she made a deep and dangerous gash,
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-14

SALT, in the East, is 8 symbol of f. delity a man who has partaken of salt with you is bound by the laws of hospi tality and thus bread and salt are eaten at She ratification of bargain or treaty, to make it binding on all parties. Salt is also an emblem of desolation; cen quered cities were sown with salt.
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-14

A TRAMP asked for a meal at resi- dence in Columbus, Ohio. The head of the family said, "Get along, or I'll set the dog on you." Then the tramp bet that within five minutes he would be invited to eat of the best that the house afforded. He won, too, because he proved that he was wandering son re- turned.
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-14

THE FOLLOWING are among the pro- minent sales of thoroughbreds for the year Falsetto, SIS, ,oOO; spendthrift, $15, ,000; Lord Murphy, $1O,OOO; Wal lenstein. $9. 900 Sly Dance, $s, 900, and Mistake. $5,000, besides many transfers ranging from $2, ,OOO to $5, 900 each.
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-14
A Shrewd Organ-Grinder.

An English paper says :-The organ man occasionally hits on shrewd device for enhancing his performance-as thus: Once upon time I saw man go about for months, with the case of his instru. ment perfectly empty of the usual sound creating machinery. Nevertheless, he perambulated in the usual manner, pausing awhile at every door, and turn ing his organ handle as assiduously as if he were eliciting the sweetest sounds. He was never known to utter word {: but every now and again he would open the case and direct attention to it's empty state. When asked for particular air no matter what-he would bow with the greatest gravity and change the mo- tion of the handle to suit the measure demanded. Nothing could be more ridiculous. At first people took the man for lunatic, and laughed without measure at his freak. But as he con- tinued his promenade day after day, with the same imperturbab1e business like demeanor, they began to think that there must be more in the matter than met the eye and, curiosity being thus excited, just the right sort of story to be greedily swallowed was put in circula- tion. It ran that upon the man of the empty barrel-organ it had been imposed by the lady of his love, as suitable test of affection, that he should parade for 8 certain period in this fashion. and cOI- lect specified sum, before she would consent to give him her hand. The story, of course, was fabrication but can answer for one thing, that no organ grinder, before or since, ever collected as much monsy as that one.
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-14

To PASS HIM as they would tree D were the instructions given to the labor CTS and tenants on the late. Duke of Portland's estates if they should at any time meet the Duke.
Connecticut western news., 1880-01-14
Connecticut Western News.
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Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-09
A Pittsburgh Accomplishment.


DIp you ever SEQ Pittsburghor get
a fake Of SCOT OF his faceP lilo never
ruhs il oii. To rub oil fake OF SCOT
dlsoloses the stranger II also leaves n
streak OF black, half an inch wide, In
place OF tho flake of SCOT as big as
three.ee pioc0. This is not an Inn
proyemont. The Pittsburgher 10 the
manner born blows it Oft tio Is ma
adept IN the art. II the llako nostles on
his nose, no protrudes his under ZIP.
gives one vigorous whin, and the ob-
noNlous Pittsburgh snowflake leaves
his face without mark. II II lights on
either cheek. the mouth is puckerudand
stretchad around ia the direction OF the
smut, with the unerring accuracy Of q
garden hoe. lt Is astonishing what al
most inaccessible portions OF the face
and head can be reached by native
bnrgher IN this way. have seen one
Who could pun a black flake OF the
back Of his mock. Sometimes the
beauty-spol will nss.ie close Ia behind
the loft ear. whore Il is apparently
secure from blow as a calm centor.
But the native simply gives u s pnu
clear around his hoad, from loft 70
right: the current passes oyNr the left
car. carams ON the right and comes
back and picks up the wanderer aud
blows him away They pun these
sable flakes in any position, a. easily ns
a weekly paper pues the summon eircn
Biiricite, ~ bbriRgioa ifaokfge'
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-09

or i;30. two mon dump the uarboys OF
acid into The sospstouu tanks and
mix them, while , third is filling
the glass Jars with glycorine. This
operation takes about an hour. Onc
draws the acid. another wclrhs Il, and
a third carries {, to the troughs. Alter
an interval, duCing which tho acids
cool, three men attend clasely to the
converting of tho elYcerine into tri-
nitro.glycerin0 Afterthe nltro.glycer-
Inc is dumped into the or.mnk. two
men arc employed in washing il, while
two wash the stone pitchers with water,
Tie ii0ors arc kept sccupnlously clean
and perfectly free ftom atoms ot
nitrn glyrerine, which, stepped upon
while the men aro at work.
might send thUm - eternity and
the binding 10 smithercouS The room
Is then prepared for next days opera
tions, and. by about Que or two % clock.
after six. or at most seven. hours work,
the days work j. done. Nowith-
standing the extreme care used 20 avoid
accidents. the Mowbray works have
heon blown up three times. and OF the
nine competent superutendcnts that
have been Ia charge. eight have been
killed outright and their bodies blown
10 fragments, whilo the ninth is yet
living. totally blind. .-- Asf7ms (H,iSs }
OR. Boston Herald
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-09
Fashion Noles.

saRRiNG is still a very popular trim.
ming.
Jaunty turhauS are made entirely OF
Grcbc feathers, with mUtS IN match.
Immensely larg0 round hats aud ux-
tremely small bonnets are equally pop
uiar
Evening dresses mNdo with high
uecks and long sleeves are again Ia
style, Extra long kid gloves are then
Ia order.
The Richelieu hat. which il something
after the style OF the Spanish students
hat 40 popaiar last season. is a decided
iayorito
Now nightrohos have full bishop
sleeves shifrcd at the wrists and edged
with lace, and small shoulder caps sim
ilarly trimmed.
The skirts 10 the JERSEY waists are
invariably Kilt plated, having a broad
sash covering that part Of the dress
whore the bodice Joins the skirt.
The dainty little ilowcr pouches now
fashionable are seen upon every even.
ing toilet, whore natural or artificial
flowers are used as garniture.
ColtiurrS arranged 10 Diana dc Poi
tcrs hair cuiled up after the fashion
Of the sculpturcd uymphs will. 1t is
predicted, soon take the place OF the
plain style of hairdrcssing called a
rAuglaise.
"Drap Anglais" Is n new fancy cloth
imported for winter suits. IL comes in
dark tiuts with faint dashes OF bright
color scarlet, gold and blue. The
suits are made up very simply, tailor
fashion. for travelling and walking cos
tunes.
1t is predicted that solid cnlosr in
silk hosiery will take the lead in fashion
in Paris; but at present the rage in
America, Mt least, Is for tho most elabo-
rately decorated STYLES, increasing rath-
er than diminishing ia richness and
tineneSs Of fabric and beauty OF color.
ing and Workmanship.
Tho Quokers are quite In style this
season. The soft, pinSish. dOye-culOr,
which they glove, has entirely replaced
the lately fashionable shade OF hello.
trope in Paris the Quaker style oi
dress SO much affected during the last
season 10y American ladies Is as pOpu.
lar as ever, and the trim little Quaker
isse's.sss. 80 -~s.sss t,lsris 1u.,ido.t q,
voritcs.
The new diroctoiro mantle Is mad,
very long and is exceedingly graceful.
This wrap is shirrcd about tho neck ant
I shoulders II is sometimes made d
! dark bronze Hiudoo cashmere, llnet
with gold-colored surah, and trimme,
1 with amber. bronze and gold beads an,
ornaments, aud also OF heavy blacl
Siciliennc. sparkling with Jet passe
menteries, pendants aud fringes.--N
I \ YbSf
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-09

Al mo- thnso terrible ionpusa ~ oursi
Arr we haii awagc eI ,hfir inivaty pnwrraf
lln We over tuluho eur hgads VI at
where th9 jest may str4kc ~ tho hint enay
The latesi shirp cf thst I" little tsr,i~
Thnt sp3cy sto .. "yUu must have huaui'--
We ivfh away " uur gossip rash.
And somebody Hiasi g az courst,, rufs smash.
whhi faruSs hgse hc,rn blasted aai hfoson.
What pestiient sinks have hcsn stirred.
ny Wpfd in llghtness spoken,
~ only an IDLE word.
4 snccr-a snrua-sa whispqr low
They ptn poisoned shafts tron IN amhushSsl
bNW.
shu, by thc coward thr foot sac knayci
They plcfct The mail % tae Ereaf ~ brave
Vain q hurktcr ~ wiSsium nnl prlto
To turn the plfilUss ppint Hsiues
The Hrs may cur with rareiess smile,
bat the heart dies hlss'a p drips hlu9i tho
white
Al inri what hoaris havr hcrn broken,
what riyrts OF tlood becn stirred
ity a WONT in taaico spoken,
iis oHly piiter word
A klndly word ans u trndcr tone
To 0uty God Is thcirNirtte known;
They rhn hfi nom she dust thr hhicct heal,
Tres can turn a Foe ~ = frirui ln-tc4d;
Tho heart, oiPse-barrud with passion ami
price
WA dgw AZ thor knock its portals Wide,
Aiti tns. hase that biights aud the scJru hist
sears
Will melt in the topntain e. chnallkc tears
What icsslound urirfs aasU teHu br'kep,
What rivers uf love bspu stirred
by word Va kindness sI.nken,
liy only gentie won't
-Sanagg Magdstns,
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-09
Tho Transitional American Woman.

TuE expression in the faces of the
past aud present woman indicates
change. \ certain noted physician, on
receiving q new case. always calls for
earlier aud later photographs of his pa
tiont, that he may compare the changes
wrought IN the course Of years, which
may have contributed TO the present
condition. Such a gallery of portraits
might help in a diagnosis OF our modern
woman, The peace aud equipOisc, the
hautour, united with Inconsistencies OF
sell. arc all gone. The face OF to-day
is stamped with restesspess, wandering
purpose, and soltConsCiousness The
religious aspect has vanished from con
ycrsatiou, a modern "luuchN affords
opportunity for testing ordinary icmi-
nine talk. which Is neypr bad or vulgar.
on the whole not even frivolous. but Is
marked by supoChojality in its discus.
sion Of novels aud subjects, though
showing great familiarity w,th All
known and 90 be known publications.
Each woman could talk far better than
she does, ii she were not hammered
by self-conSclousnCs An English
woman said, at home politics
aud party measures ara discussed
nj our ladies lunches, hut in America
one must tiiSt 20 to circulating library
before accepting MONDAY invitation" "
Latterly, suffrage has become feature
of conversation with rs but IN humor-
Gus or questioning vein rather than IN
Rn ar.yumentatiVe or serious manner,
except with the one ideaod, earnest
souls who can feel no charm In the
"touch-and-go" style Of refined society.
Gossip--not scandal--au illusions TO
conventional modes OF philanthropy
take the place of discussion OF yester-
DAYS sermon or the last Congressional
debate. II one wishes foreigner 10
form favorable opinion of women,
apart from any special vocation they
may have. he should be invited 20 q
ladies' lunch, pure and simple, and he
will be compelled 20 admit that our
American women are easy, brilliant
. kindly, cultivated, and altogether
charming. But ho will read restless
ness in many face. will notice an en-
pYcsStmclH Of manner, little hurry IN
the gait, quick tones Of voice, a business
air, suggestive of the surmiso that all
these women ar0 elm or lat some
thing" The loisurely, graceful ole'
ment is wanting.
Society has grown SO complex In both
town and country that Il is difficult "a
assert auy universal predicatos OF either
without fear OF contradiction. The
New England woman should bo takUr
as the largest representative OF tbs
whole country. because the Southern
woman Is minus her driving qualities
plus an added grace and piquant de
pertinent; aud the Western woman I
minus the Southern charm and the New
England self.consciousness and morbi,
conscientinusnoss plus an active self
assertion that has already resulted il
successful individual and oonoerie'
measures. In all iheie women, how
ever, progressive desire" the on
characteristic that separates the human
from the animal race, has made havoc
till now we have a few marked features
constituting the battle-ground ON wmcl
will be fought ont tho results OF thi
emancipation from old lines of conduct
- Rate GaaaeA Wells, ia tAe AtiaEt'
Moathiy.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-09

A YOUNG chap from ShutosburY,
Mass, having his girl along. took hor
TO dinner at hotel not FAR from Am-
herst tho other day and the pair were
seated together at the table. Directly
ia front 6f thom stood n glass contain.
ing celery, the white crisp stalks still
having tho green leaves ON thoni.
Nover having seen anything OF the
sort before, ana mistakiug II for some
thing ornamental. lac turned % his
swoetheArt and remarked, Ia 4 drnwl-
ing tone; "rhat's hefty bo'kay, ain't
itN
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-09
A Railway Incident.

OCCASIONALLY ono meets man OF
sense ON railroad train; y man who
knows how 10 get along with the stout
lady passenger who thinks she knows
the whole business, and would delay u
train tou minutes 10 argue with the
conductor question of bow the trains
run. Such wise person Is y gonile-
man who has for years travelled on a
certain New Hampshire railroad. selling
papers and assisting the conductor in
announcing stations, etc. One day re-
Gently no saw lady get into car and
heard her say she wanted To go TO
Springfield. lin know she had got into
the wrong car. and he went to her and
said: " Madam. this car doesn't go To
Springfield, She was stout lady
with very positive expression aud six
or seven bundles, IL had been heap
of work for her 20 get into the car, dis
tribute her bundles upon seats that
others would he sure 10 want, etc., and
she didn't liko the idea OF moving.
Resides, she had taken it into her head
that tho ear ought To SO to Springfield,
fit didn't, so she replied; "Oh, |
know Il does 20 therel Tn sure of itl'
A iicry-tempered man would have got
ten mad nj such q contradiction, Eyon
| an ordinarily swcet-tempered man
would have said. "Soe here, madam,
as I'm one OF the men VINO run this
train, guess know but ho didn
say that lIo wasted no words ON her.
lie didn't ask her "a take his statement
for Il, He mildly replicd well,
ma'Am, think I'm right, but Il you
believe this car goes TO Springfield, 10y
gosh. YOU can try Il and see" And
without further argument ho left her
But sho concluded not 70 try II, though
she quilted the car with the impression
that she owed the old gentleman "A per
sonal grudgo - Boston f0Sf.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-12-09

MAKING . Joke Is like spinning . top,
II ID DOESN'T come down ON It's point Il
viii not spin IN D. Herald. That's a
tlp-top slrnlo. IN Y. Ncios, Peg away J
We are right ter hum on this sort OF
thing. boston J0Nrnai Of Commerce.
Spin a long time we've heen called upon
top publish such jokes as these. This
a a lively whirlod, isn't itp--Moder1g
ArgO. We have concluded not TO string
this subject out any farther, button tho
whole have concluded 20 take another
turn. --Jdclb Stranss Oil stop this
hum. bug; this spun has revolved until
Il has got top be Typographical nul.
aanco. Ne,0 YORK. Commercial ddptr'
User.
The Red Cloud chief., 1880-01-08

hss -stAis was worth cvsr sts mi1sus
Gel Gpii l~i . harhe3uT hfs So several
wears. and bad r1sus "a the oAd iuHaa
ual Auskiirg hsrv. whSch wrrv ths 10
~rrt 4 The c3ab met e Ike to9B NJ
ore Supposed D. wys,hi sssF mskrTr. hut
= oyr3y lads IN NJ lihsosu cAgass,ci
him. and 81 ~ zbvas Winning hsr IL
was nuf "a rasy tAsk Her fsthrF. ths
Ecs lT. 5Auls e the frrs~ssaat Ee
coIsl ChsErrh. sxs a. flrsi noi tsnval%y
dtspo-s.i r. he GrHn. const~1sS thc
Cok1url a hs,le tns much gwen 81 tbs
WAys q fhe worid hat tka taAun~i him
III ~ equal - The MY. sd
probably csvcr pat has %iaseni.,e izul
rl.s - bc.Ier service. NeB uluch b" TIE
surpri~ 4 h~ 0ii Hartford As@a,-
b appeared one SurdsY IN ChTtst
Chnrrh. NsddlssaSH. As Caa,l 4atv 81
GpufTnsihsu. and thv ra1 q tzrglszu
scrc cpst1ctcsi by IN aigsa E~s Bs.h-
OPP l'ruNn.i' 4 thr dufc~s IL Cuna~f.
cut. assisted hv the Aszo air Bishop
william. Nj l"ng AGrT CD C"}i Il
Miss EllrsU~gh Il JAWS o. ih- altar.
;hc wedding h~in= ;h~ mas, bu.asa,
thr people f Mhddlea,wA hsd ait
ne,s~i. The bridal party lsh On = sr.~
cial trVin ."r Ne,s York. and IN a lev
week the Colonc! AMI his bride returned
IA Hartford 90 ocCupy the .pirnstid man
sion which ~ had provided.