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Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

MORALITY AMoNe RAILROAD MEN The Drakemen on our roads fiud it quite difficult to get their lives insured. It is estimated that there at least ten brakemen killed throughout the country every day. The reader of the daily newspaper learns how this class of men are killed or maimed, while coupling cars and making up trains, while others are knocked rom the tops of cars bysbridges or slip or fall, or are injured or killed in collisions Then there must be at least three times as many oraKemen injured as are killed, whom the puoiic knows nothing about or gets no ac. count.
 At the lowest calculation, if ten brakemer are Killed every day, that would be equivalent to $, 65O during the year, which, added to the number injured in various ways while on duty would give tho sum total of deaths about IA oOO year. These are frightful figures of a fatality, loss of life or injury to the body that is attributable either to accidents. ca,e iessness or negligence .
 we therefore venture to assert that it is i Tact that the pubic has no idea of the numbe, or accidents that occur on the various rail roads throughout the country every day and IL IS also true that there is no vocation st iraught with danger to life and limb as thal ol oraReman on our railroads particularly on freight trains. men on messenger trains havinga great many lives entrusted to their care, and consequently have greater respou- sibiiity resting upon them than that whicI rests with the freight men.
 Indeed, the life of freight brakeman is precarlous one. Some insurance agents, i, some parts of the country, do not take risk on employees on freight trains; but conduc tors ana orakemen on passenger trains are in sured oy their paying an extra per centum Railroad men say that only about twenty fiv per centum of the brakemen of freioht Iain die a natural death also. that the averar lie of brakeman, after he goes on the road IS about ten years. Boston Oomqaercias But
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

A GAME WITH MoRPHY.-"What odds do you require2" he said; "a castle, a knight, pawn, and two moves? Choose" My self. esteem-and 1 have some-prompted me to ask simply the last banned advantage. ''Let us commence" said 1. Behold me, then. pushing out my kings and queeu's pawns two squares, setting forth bishops, knights. queen. backed up by my PtOns- Daons. unmasking my batteries, bombarding and blasting the enemies positions, succeeding in forcing the white tyrant to quit his place and to seek a shelter against the missiles which rained frou, everywhere ! was rather short sighted, but as compensation l have very good ears. could hear round about me these flattering prognostics: "That--devil Delannoy is inspired. He plays wonderfully-he shall win." My position, in appearance, was, ln. deed, magnificent. All at once 1 moved
 piece attacking bishop, hot orained fellow, strutting like frog before the bullock, and cried, "Go away you fool!" Morphy rested 23 minutes before he moved. I could not un- derstand the hesitation of the master to ore. serve this bishop. No, he lets me take the bishop, and moves only and quietly a rock.
 seized this proud bishop. am rather satir- acal, and 1 cried out, 1t was really of no use crossing the Atlantic to show us such move is that" ''Well. you have taken my piece. '' "Of course, PGrbku! It lies there skinned. spitted, ready for the cook" ''Now, 1 am going to give you another, castle you will be obliged to take, but nine moves after, give you a check mate." Hes said right. Many people pretended that played wrong the last nine moves. l bet against them and won all bets.-BrentanO's Chess Monthly.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30
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Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

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Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Ut is an old story m England, the heartless Instructions placed, ln the path Of young inventors, authors and others. seeking for recognition Tn America anybody, everybody. is ,ps;dered entitled ,n hearing. Why do we get along SO welli, shIs great establishment, and how IS it every man and boy about the place looks so earncs, ana So hopeful ?" asked the chief of a remark. soie New Yerk institutiou. reueaiiug myuues, ton "Because every boy and man in tL.. place knows that. be has "a clear prospect ia,f advaBeemeftI If the lad who sweeps the of
 nee comes to me tomorrow mormi ng and says, DIT. Ithink have discovered plan whereby you can save an hour or dollar in partic,,. lar operation, should listen to him win re. spect and attention. In your country I an, told ne would very likely be kicked out of the place for his impertinence. He had STUCK Inc true cause of much of the hope
 lessness of the prevailing toil among the En. glsll masses To dag in America- -Josepl HGtt0n
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

EDISON. Edison and Maxim have declared a truce in the war of back handed compliments which has been going on between them for the last year, and are really at work getting ready to light New York by electricity in- stead of calling each other liars and thieves. Edison now has 400 men at work in his differ ent workshops and claims that he has made enormous improvements in his machinery and lamps since the Menlo Park experiments of two years ago He has been making 80 much money by his magnetic separator for getting pure iron out of the black sea sand along the Long Island shore near Quogue, that his friends feared at one time that it might Inter - rupt his work upon the electric light, for like ali inventors he is liable to drop important work for some toy. Many inventors have tried to get the iron out of the Quogue sea sand, for there are millions of tons of sand there con- taining 26 percent. of pure iron of splendid quality; but the same also contains particles of titanite iron, a substance also magnetic, but which renders iron unfit for use. Inventors came to grief with this titanite iron, seeing no way of separating it from the pure iron. Edi
 son found out that the titanite particles are less attracted by magnet than the pure iron He let stream of sand fall and defected the shower by means of powerful magnets. The pure iron, which is attracted most strongly, IaliS III one DoX, Cne GlCanlCc lrou IS not aC- tracted 30 much and falls in another box, and the sand not being dehected at all falls straight down into third. One boy can manage such machine turning out 20 ton of pure iron day from 100 tons of sand Men with carts keep his hopper full. Such machine costs $700 to build. There are now seven at work turning out 140 tons day of superb iron, which costs the company $2 ton to produce and sells for $6. Edison has refused large sums of money for the patent, preferring to receive royalty of $1 a ton upon the iron produced. He therefore is now receiving $40 day royalty. The most important news in the Maxium company is the admission by the secretary of the company that their incan- descent lights will cost more than gas. The company hopes" that when well under way they will be able to reduce the price, but for the present it will cost about one-third more than gas for the same amount of light.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30
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Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

THE EVOLUTION OF THE VIoLN.-The vio .~l lin is not an-invention, it is growth. It is the survival of the ittest. The undeveloped elements of the geeus viel, out of which grew the species violin are to be found latent in the rebek, the crowth and the rotta. In the strug. gle for existence each succumbed, leaving on ly it's useful and vital elements to be recon bined The rebek bequeathed it's rounded form pierced in the belly with two sound holes the bridge, tail-piece, screw box, doubt less sound-post, and that odd crook of a violin bow often seen in thes hands of stone akgels in cathedrals of the fourteenth century. two vigratiDg boards joined by ribs; while from the rotta, or guitar tribe, comes the low CT end, and the upper end comes ffrom the rebek-the elongated neck separate from the body, the frets; which for l50 years delayed the advent of the violin, and the two concave side curves so needful for the manipulation of the bow. This viol-of no particular size or settled shape, or rather of all shapes and sizes, usually with & fiat gbacks and "a round belly-was madein great profusion in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Any one whe will glance at the case of ancient yiols in the South Kensington Museum will be sar- pla7gds nen. was tie knee gio, the bass vioB the xioIdi Gamba, theviolone, and the viol d .Amore Some of these were inlaid withfortoise. shell and ivory, others elaborate ly carved and overpurded most inter- esting to the connoisseur,s and marking per iod when cabinet work was at it's zenith and musical sound in it's infancy. The va riety and number of strings in these old viols is often childish. It looks like (what it was) playing with newly discovered resources-the real wealth of which it took 200 years more to learn. If in bowed instruments you have more strings than fingers the hand with diff culty overlays them; of course in the guitar tribe the work is divided between 10 fingers instead of 4. In the viol dAmnre an odd at tempt was made to improve the tima6re by J set of steel wires tuned sympathetically and running beneath the gut stril gs. It took 200 years to convince people that the tinabre lay with the wood, not the wires, nor could the old masters see that tone would only arrive with an extended study in the properties of wook and a radical change of model -Ho- soets, in Good Worlds.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

The GREATEST LIVING AUTHORS, such stone, James A. FrOude. Prof. Huxley, R. A.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30
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R. H. EDD I,

No. 76 STATE ST., opposite Kilby BOSTON, Secures Patents in the United States also in Great Britain, France, and other foreign countries Copies of the claims of any Patent furnished by remittnR one dollar. Assignments recorded at Washington NO Agency in the United States possesses superior aefities for obtaiig Patents GscertGinlg the patentGbiifN of is'UenttoAs. R. H. EDDY. Solicitor of Patents "I regard Mir. Eddy one of the most capable and successfut practitioners with whom have had official intercourse. -t l''-'
 CHAs. MASON, Commissioner of Patents" inventors cannot employ person more ustwor. thy or more capable of securing for them an early and favorable consideration ct the Patent Ofice.
 EDMUND BURKE, late Commissioner of Patents.
 BOSTON, October ls 1870. R. H. EDDY, EsQ-Dear Sir: you procured for me- in 1S4o, my first patent. Since then you have acted for and advised in hundreds of cases and cd many patents, reissues and extensions have oc- cas1onally employed the best agencies in New York Philadelphia and Washington, but still give you all most the whole of my business in your line and ad- wise others to employ you.
 1'' Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER. BosToE. January l. 1881. Al-lY
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30
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Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

Ihe heat is expanding everything except the time for thirty-day note.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

A Simsbury grand juror who can't help getting; drunk himself, but believes drunken. ness should be punished, draws up and signs complaints against his companions as soon as he is sober enough for the purpose.
 John BeckwtH a asdes1ufE agricf ltnrist of Salem, sold four large cakes of ine.lookine bayberry wax to New London firm, at a high price. Each cake contained several pounds qf pld iron faxes, c9gF FheeL etc. f 2 It is demonstrated that Bantam, Litchfield. is not pamed aftes sa dimiPatiFe but extremely. courageods hen, bnt1 is he scnrrnpti0a lif. the Indian word peaatun. which signifies praying. Verify. truth is stranger than felton, h b'~ 2 , A Norwich couple who hadIa pet cat which had grown helpless from age and extremely Atty, put it out of. it's misery by the agency of schloroform. They buried it in the garden and planted a rosebush over it's remain. The next morning it appeared at the door to be let Fin. and had the rosebush under it's arm. -
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

Why did you send rme such barrell of appls?a indignantIy exclaimed man to his grocer. -:G'What siled the applesa' Asked the grocer. 'Why, they opened we'll enough on the top. but grew worse all the way down. i" "The trouble was" said the grocer, ..tbat you opPned the barrel at the wrong end. If you had opened the other end first you would have found the apples growing better all the way down."
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30
g FReM THE. pAxBuRY NEWS.

water boy snatched man from the track and saved his life 9t, the srailwaysg station in New HsSea. LAYednesdsy. The man was so glad over his escape that he gave the boy two dollars. rxt
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

A San Francisco lady wanted her little girl to bathe in a room, the windows of which opened into the yard, sin which were some fowls. ''But," said the little girl, 'I don't want to bathe before the chickens" .'Oh, never mind the chickens" said the mother ''Well' said the little Roman, Il won't bathe before the rooster, anyhow"
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

A young painter says with an air of sincer 'ity, s'I don't want to brag, but cherish a humble conviction that possess all the excel. fences of Raphael and Machael Angelo with out any of their defects" "But," says one of theauditors, ''ipthat case you are snperi or pthem both. |" Thanks. old fel r, says the artist, pressing his hand warmly @sS
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

A Boston business man recently tried to umpirea game of base ball between two hines made up of his employees. and, before the fourth inning. he had discharged every one of wages of the scorers, and been thrown over 8 fence by the excited men.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-17
GEEAT, BEITAIw

LONDON Jan I5.-Tbe explosion q.
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Fenisn sttsmpt to blow Iup the srraory of
thesinfaBtry barracks. was heard for the
OF mile, The barracks are in very
DopuIcUs district; woman and boy were
fatally injured. Several thousand stand
CT arms in tho avmory at the tims we're
destroyed.
The report OF the Daks Of Richmond TO
the Conservative Com mission O. ASricul-
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ID to 1t IL understood that the ninori
ty of the Gem mission, including Lord Car.
lingsford, james Stsnefed and Joseph
Cowen. will present separate report,
recon- mendinR the adoption Of the three
Fs proposition.
LONDON. San, 16-Ths organization OF
series Of local demonstrations against coer
coin have been determined upon. Pre-
parations already being made for mon
ster meeting in Hyde Park.
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Land League.
Davitt spoke Sunday near kanturk
He vehe mently attacked the landlords
Government reporters were preseDt.
The Grand Orange Lodge have forward
ed memorial to the Qassn. praying Her
Majesty TO take steps 40 arrest the terror.
isn, caused By the Land Dsagus.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-17
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-17
IEl..EGl..As.Pl a. .PlE.HEa.11C. .HEa.11C
t7elegraphsd totae Rock leland Argus. !
XIV CONGRESS.
RoScsE

=.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The house
went into committee On the. funding bill
tor ten minutes debate. G
Mr.. Andersen,s amendment for the
rstiremen of national bank notes and the
issue of currency was considered.
Mr.. Price asked what Mr.. Anderson
expected to accomplish.
Mr. Anderson said that by the exchange
the United States would be the only
power having anything to do with the
money of the country. The amendment
was rejected, los to 46.
mr. Frye said he would offer an amend
ment TO the 6rst section, providing for the
issue of bonds and treasury notes to the
amount OF 1920 100000. bearing 81 per
cent. redesmable after one year.
MIR. Dibrell's anne ndment for an income
tax was ruled out as not germane,
Mr., BANDS amendment that resump-
tion be not reduced below $50,000,000,
was rejected,
Mr. Phillips offered an amendment that
certificates shall be issued in $40, $50 and
$50. either registered or coupon. Adopted.
MIR. Anderson nendment for 81 per
cent bonds. $40o. 900. 900 2-10 years; and
certificates $300,000.000. 81 per cent, 10
years, was rejected. SO to IS, party vote.
Mr.. MoLane's amendment, for $637.-
100000. at 81 per cent; payable in ten
years was rejected, 81 to los.
Messrs. McMahon. Morse Henry, Damn,
johnson, Warner. Morrison. Buekner,
Wells and Hutohins, Democrats voted in
the affirmative, and Updegrsf, of Iowa
and Washburue. of Minnesota, Republi-
cans, voted in the negative.
Mr. Carlisle's amendment that expenses
of refunding shall not exceed / of one per
cent was adopted. Also, by the same.
to strike out fourth section of bill, and to
insert authority to the Secretary of Treas
ury to use $50000,000 of gold and silver
coin in the redemption of the and per
cent bonds. which should then be Cancelled.
Mr Hutchins moved to strike out the
fifth section, fearing that the per cents
would not be taken. and that great and in-
furious contraction of the currency would
result.
Mr., Carlisle moved to strike out the fifth
section. and to insert therefore, that
after May /, 1891 the 3 per cent should be
the only bonds receivable as security, for
national bank circulation, and public de-
posits; and these bonds to be replaced by
others, as soon as their interest should
cease: sections $3.50 and $3.50 OF the Re-
vised Statutes are to be re-enacted, and
the fourth section of the sot of 1874
repealed.
The committee then arose and the
House adjourned.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-01-17
CRTHIE AZ.

CLEVELAND. Jan. Is. Frank SIM
monds, aliss Robert Wade, in Jail awaiting
Sentences for burglary. msds an inefficient
attempt to hang himself in bis cs II and
wrote vary badly spelled and ungranat
ical letter. saying he was tired of living 10
iails and peniteEtiaries which had been
bis home since eight yeara of age. Hs was
subsequently, sent up for four years. He
claim cd that burglary was necessary 10
procure something TO live on. a. he had
jus. been discharged psnniless from the
penitentiary.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 15.-D;spatches
from Tucson aud Deming report that the
stage from MessiiIa to Fort Cummings was
attacked by Indians last evening about a
miles from Fort Cummings. the bodies OF
the driver aud three men and one woman,