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Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08

Then suddenly he burst out into 8 "Gute nacht,' German cradle song, and H1da, who, step by step, had drawn near to him, first uttered kind of sobbing gasp, and then her voice joined his, singing clear and strong and every word articulated distinctly.
 "In spite of his astonishment, Strahl had presence of mind to continue, but Nanny and I were overcome with as- tonishment, and made an imprudent motion towards Hilda, for she suddenly stopped, and would have fallen to the ground if I had not caught her.
 "After that, her improvement was steady. She did not say much, and her words were in German, but her memory had failed as to the past incidents of her life. It was only songs she remembered perfectly.
 "She has forgotten German, but in her sleep sometimes she cries out, 'O mutter mutter ? but she has no recol- lection of ner mother. You must hear her sing and play if you wish to enjoy the very spirit of melody"
 I lost sight of my friends the Gar stones for two years. Then in answer to a letter of mine came one from Paul Garstone. "You ask after 'Undine, ." he wrote. "Alas 'our house is left unto us desolate.'
 "You've been so good to me, mother she said, when dying, 'and I've had nothing but love to give you. I've been trying to remember something all my life, and I think it will come to me where I'm going.'"
 In that country beyond the stars, whatever the secret of her life may have been, the pure sweet spirit of Hilda has learned it.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
THE CLONMEL RIOT.
The Charge of the Hussars on the
 Mob-A Fearful Scene.

Further accounts from Clonmel say that the riot there, at sale of tenants property, commenced in the following way:-When Goddard, the agent of the Emergency Committee, was leaving court he was received with groans and misses. A priest was passing out of the building when the crowd made rush to enter. A policeman in the confusion laid his hand on the priests arm. At once cry went up that Father Maker had been arrested. The crowd became fearfully excited and the authorities at once concentrated the whole force of military and constabulary before the Court House. Bottles, stones, and brickbats poured in the police and sol diers. Captain Slack, resident magis- trate, threatened to read the Riot Act, and at that moment policeman was knocked senseless at his side with a stone. Captain Slack produced the act and several priests implored him not to read it, as, if he did, the consequences WOulu U0 GcII1U10s 1uC oGOu0 OuAo"AuS did not cease, and as Captain Slack, after reading the Riot Act, pronounced the words, "God save the Queen" a stone smashed the skull of another policeman standing beside him. The unfortunate man died. The police charged on the people with fixed bayo- nets, and at the same time the cavalry dashed in among the crowd.
 Ascene of frightful confusion followed. The charge of the cavalry down the short street was so impetuous that sev- eral horses and riders dashed through the shop windows at the end of the street. The ar was filled with stones and bricks, and the frightened shopkeepers who were endeavoring to put up their shutters were hurled to the ground and ridden over. Severa hussars were unhorsed by the crowd and were trampled on by the horses of their comrades coming behind them. The several charges through the streets lasted fully half an hour. A portion of the crowd fled, while others, undis- mayed, faced the charging horsemen and battered in their helmets with stones. The hussars used the fiat of their swords freely, the point and edge being strictly forbidden them. One hussar, in charg- ing around corner, met with serious mishap. His horse stumbled and fell and five or six of his comrades, who were following swiftly, fell over the prostrate. horse and rider. Before the men could recover themselves their horses had galloped up the street and the men had to defend themselves from the mob until they were rescued. Ow- ing to the exertions of the priests, sev- eral of whom received many hard knocks, the people were induced finally to dis perse. A soldier of the Forty eighth regiment was so seriously injured that his life is despaired of. The doctor states that the man, if he recovers, will be insane. About thirty citizens were seriously wounded.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
The Captive Zulu.

A gentleman who accompanied the sons of the Prince of Wales on their re- cent visit to Cetewayo, the captive Zu- lu, writes: ''With the two young Princes he was more direct. After the usual formal courtesies and change of photo graphs, the two boys arose and express ed a wish to see Cetewayo's wives. ''Stay, my children" said the ex-King, with dignifed wave of the hand, ."I have a word to say. Do you see that picture ?" pointing to a print of the Queen. "I think much when I look on that. You are the grandsons of that lady. Iwish you to give her message from me. I have been long down here; no one has yet told me what wrong I have Committed, nor given me an op- portunity of answering for my conduct. I do not know that I ever committed any wrong against the English. Yet they have taken me prisoner, and keep me here, and give no reasons. Tell your grandmother this, and say that when this war is over (the war in the Trans vaaD I would ask her to let me visit England.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
The Reynolds Monument.

Gems. Hancock, Franklin and Warren have written letters encouraging the project of placing a statue of General Reynolds in Fairmount Park, Philadel- phia. Gen. Hancock writes: [" I shall, of course, be ready and happy to unite my efforts with those of my comrades of the late war in this matter. I con- sider that it belongs peculiarly to Penn sylvania and Philadelphia. Reynolds was born and reared in our State, he died defending it, and, although his great fame and illustrious record belong to the whole country, it seems to me especially fitting that the Common wealth should, mainly at least, erect the proposed statue to his memory"
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
THE BROKEN PLEDGE

Dear wife first joy of my bright, hopeful life Passed sadly to the grave from this worlds
 strife, To that celestial home beyond the skies As from my careworn face and sickly eyes The sparkling lustre and brilliance faded; With fearful gaze, and humble, sad voice,
 pleaded She, angel of my life, that abstain From the intoxicating cup refrain. Then kissing backward those fast flowing tears drew my love to my heart-"Have no fears, This day swear to God, to thee, and nature, To be brave, a true, and loyal creature, And never sip again the flowing bowiA- For as I wish to join the heavenly roll; My boundless love for thee and high ambition Shall conquer self and world with it's fruition.n n Twas then my own love smiled, and in her
 eyes The light came back and went, fearing no lies Had fallen from the lips she'd sweetly kissed, When from her heart and home I'd not been
 missed: With high hopes forth wandered-but to fall
  Through darkened street to stagger reel, and
 roam Till from the court sadly sought my home.
 ". There found my faithful wife had given birth To a new life, an angel brought to earth Reformed by this we, tender pledge of love The father of this sweetest little dove stranger dark stood there on my threshold Grim death an uninvited guest made bold To claim his own-within the angels bright Danced on the beams of celestial light. They came to welcome this sweet babe to earth To point the way to Heaven, to realms of mirt; For the dear mother who no more could dwell In this cold world where her lov'd husband
 fell While fast the ties of this fond mothers life Were breaking there, the doctor said s'Your
 wife Cannot survive !" An ! o'ercome with grief I bowed heath sorrow, but found no relief.
 VI. My soul was racked and torn with bitter fears, My eyes poured forth the hearts blood turned
 to tears, And conscious nature throbbed at my lament Then to our God in Heaven my knees bent For strength there to reform, grace to survive My deep aff1Iction here in this worlds hive To bring repentance to my calloused heart; Since there forever my great sin must smart.
 VII. Leaving life's tenement for deaths dark vale, The spirit of my love breathed with lips pale: My husband rear ths sweet babe, pledge of
 love, And meet me, dear, again in Heaven above" While softly listening there, and deeply signing, Bending above the bedside of the dying The wreathed soul of my wife then whispered
 -"Light" The bowl was broken as love took its flight.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
" "WOn the Case, Anyhow"

Our New England forefathers had |" "Pine-tree shillings." Some of their descendants have had pine-tree law suits-that ate up all the shillings. Here is one instance:
 Upon the edge of farm in Maine, where the division lines were marked by "blazed " trees and piles of stones, stood large pine tree-a monarch of the forest, and one of the most valuable to be found in that region.
 A certain farmer cut it down, claiming that it was on his land but very short ly the farmer owning the land adjoining declared that the tree had stood upon his lot, and he demanded pay for it.
 Thereupon, the man who had cut down the tree ran the land by known bounds, and made out that it had been on his land. Then the other man ran the line, and made out that it had been on his land <; and again demanded pay for the tree, which Farmer Number One refused peremptorily to pay.
 Then Farmer Number Two, who claimed pay for the tree, entered suit at law, and instructed his lawyer to win it if he could.
 Farmer Number One engaged his lawyer, and bade him fight it to the bitter end. He had cut down his own tree, and he did not propose to be rob- bed of his rights.
 At the end of two years, Farmer Number Two won the case, and pay for the tree was awarded to him by the court. That judgment had been reached after numerous appeals for new trials, and was considered final.
 Said Farmer Number One:
 "You must get your pay for the tree as you can. have not dollar left. !"
 And Farmer Number Two, in the gaining of the case, had spent his last dollar of cash, besides mortgaging his farm for all it was worth.
 "I know it has broken me-" he said. "It has taken every dollar I owned i; but I won the case, anyhow" l"
 That is generally the quality of satis- faction felt (and the kind of reward reaped by quarrelsome people in their victories. It is very much like the brag- ging of Milton's Satan.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
CEN N1AuR
 Ii!niiment.

The most Powerful, Penetrating and Pain-relieving remedy ever devised by man. It ssoothes Pain, 1t allays inflammation, It heals Wounds, and it cures
 RHEUMATISM.
 Sciatica, LumbagO, Scalds. Burns, Stiff Joints, Cuts, Swell 1ngs, Frost bites, Quinsey, Salt Rheum, Itch, Sprains, Calls, and Lameness from any cause. Suf. ferers from
 PAIN IN THE BACK. ~. Fever Sores, EruptiOnS, Broken Breasts, contracted Cords, Neu- ralgia, Palsy or dislocated limbs; and owners of horses, planters, me- chanics, merchants and professional men everywhere, unite in saying, that
 CENTAUR LINIMENT brings relief when all other Lini- ments, Oils, Extracts and Embroca. tons have failed.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
Approximate Location.

One of the most striking facts shown by this table, says the Census Superin- tendent, is the westward movement of the population. The total oscillation in latitude during the past ninety years amounts to only 18.6 minutes, or about twenty-two miles, while the change in latitude from its position in 179O to the present time is but 12. 4 minutes, or less than sixteen miles. In this period of ninety years the total movement west ward amounts to 457 miles. The ratio between the total southward and west ward movement is one to twenty nine The greatest movement westward was during the decade which witnessed the settlement of the Mississippi valley and the rush to California, that between 1850 and 1860. The next greatest is the decade just passed. During this period the centre has moved decidedly south ward, nearly counterbalancing the move ment northward during the ten years preceding.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
A Kindly Act.

A Toronto paper says that two young ladies, actresses, on their way to this city from California, became interested in the story of poor widow whom they met in the train, and who was bringing the body of her husband and four .chil- dren from Chicago to Boston. Their sympathies were actively manifested, for, heading Q subscription liberally themselves, they collected fund of nearly $15O from their fellow travellers, and caused the widows tears to flow afrSsh by pre- ssnting it to her.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
AsH-1oNIC,

A Perfected Purifier of the System,
 ToNIc,-" Increasing the strength, o6riating tbs egScSV deothty, and restoring heaItty ftsncti0nS."
 For Indigestion, and Dyspepsia, the many forms of Liver Com plaint, Impure and Impoverished Blood, and Functional Derange- ments attendant upon Debility, and for Building up the weak, Ash Tonic is doubtless the most prompt and certain remedy yet devised. Iii 1-2 ID. bottles, 75 cents; Six bottles $4. Accredited Physicians and Clcrgymen, who may desire to test the Tonic, will be supplied with not exceeding six bottles, at one-half the retail price, money to accom- pany the order. Sold by Druggists, and by D. B. Dewey & Co.,, 46 Dey St., N. Y.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
HILDA.
BY MRS. MARIE B. WILLIAMS.

"So you wish to hear Hilda's story, , MT. Garstone said. pushing his Chair from the table where we had fingered after dessert
 I had not seen my old friend Paul Garstone for ten years, and had accept ed an invitation to dine with him at his eountry-house. near the city of S.. l knew that he had lost his only child, and had no near relatives, so that was astonished to be introduced by him to a very lovely girl as ''my daughter Hilda." Mrs. Garstone, too, seemed full of the tenderest maternal affection for her.
 There was something strange and pe- culiar about this girl, who could not have been more than sixteen years old Her beautiful face was full of intelli- gence and i interest in the topics dis cussed, but at times the brightness clouded over, and her eyes grew vacant and unmeaning.
 When Mrs. Garstone and the young lady left us after dinner, I asked 8 question which elicited the answer I have quoted,-
 "So you want to know who Hilda is" he continued meditatively. "Wen, now, that's a question I ask myself fifty times day
 Perhaps you remember to have heard of 8 most destructive tornado which swept over this section of the country about ten years ago. You must have been in California at that time, but the. papers were full of its ravages, and just around here it was at it's worst. All the houses in Hickory Flat, about 8 mile from this place, were blown flat to the ground, and I can't tell you how many lives were lost, and how many people maimed and wounded. You can follow the track of the storm even now in the forest between here and the Flat. It cut broad road just as clean and straight as the best engineer could do, and in the space of few minutes. . 'I had noticed lurid, churning look in the clouds about noon. You see I've been in tornadoes before in my life, and there are one or two peculiarities in the movement of the clouds common to all of them, so called to the old lady to make everything snug and wind-proof, and went out to the lawn yonder to take survey.
 sI declare to you, between the time I turned my spectacles up to the skies, and found myself jammed and impaled in that Cherokee rose-hedge at the fur thest end of the lawn, wasn't more than second. The hurricane was soon over, and I looked everywhere upon a scene of devastation. All my fine oaks on the lawn were gone, and every out building on the premises. Fortunately, my dwelling house was not on the di- rect track of the tempest, which only tore away the southern balcony.
 'I could scarcely walk I was so torn and bruised, and my clothes hung in ribbons around me. I could hear the women screaming in the house, but the wind was still high, and I had little strength to breast it. As I was making my way along, about fifty paces from my front steps, stumbled over some. thing. I looked down, and there lay 6 child, without stitch of clothing and apparently dead. By this time my wife had seen me, and came running ou
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08

FAsT1D1oUs.- spirited and fastidious Ottawa girl declined to be married, though the guests were assembled and the bridegroom waiting, because the train of her dress did not hang properly. Approximation was in vain. She said that she had put great amount of thought and money into the garment, and it would be a lifelong sorrow to her if she wore 1t when conscious that it was not success. The wedding was post. poned 8 week.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
The Centre of Population.
HOW IT HAS CHANGED DURING THE PAST
 NINETY YEARS,

The centre of population, :. e., the centre of gravity of the people of the country-is point to which much interest attaches. The following table shows it's position and movement since the date of the first census:
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
(aStOria-ssp.... Dose.

O35 cents. A Mothers remedy for sleepless and irritable Children. The Recipe of Old D-. Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and not Narcotic. Formula published Glth each bottle. For Flatulency, assimilating the food, Sour Stomach, IF Feverishness, Worms, and Disor- 'dered Bowels, Castoria has the larg- est sale of any article dispensed by Druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08

FLOUR. It is estimated by good judges that the mills of Minneapolis will grind the present year 2O,00O,O0O bushels of wheat. The increase in mill ing capacity has been growing every year, but at no period so fast as at pres ent.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08

JAY GounD didn't buy railroad last week, preferring to spend his money in taking his family to church fair.-- Philadelphia Pyese.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08

The Peruvian Syrup has cured thou sands who were suffering from Dyspep- sia, Debility, Liver Complaint, Bo1ls, Humors, Female Complaints, etc. Pamphlets free to any address. Seth W. Fowle < Sons, Boston.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08

Have Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Group, influenza, Consumption, and all Throat
 Tmng Complaints. % eeats and g
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
A FANTASIE.

The roofer got the pitch. The doorkeeper tried the key, The bellman gave his chord hitch, The clown joined in the glee. The cooper turned a slave,
 And the weigher ran the scale, While the barber by a shave
 Caught the air, with vail. The banker gave note,
 And the lawyer tried bar, The house-agent bet his coat They were all fiat SO far. .. The mason's lay was neat.
 And twas voted far the best Just then the cop on the beat
 Said he'd give them all rest.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
The KrOumirs as Fighters.

FLNT-LoCK GUNS, THEIR MOUNTAIN sTRoNGHoLDs AND THEIR DETERMINA- TION.
Connecticut western news., 1881-06-08
WIT AND WISDOM.

WHEN man applies for a situation as policeman it is supposed he has taste for club life.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-06-09

including Hayes, Garfield, Sherman and
Foster, were the leading spirits in a
movement, or you may call it a Conspira'
cy, to bring about the count of the ele,-
toral vote by Ferry, who was then Presi'
dent pro tenn of the Senate, and there is
every probability that they would have
succeeded had it not been for the deter.
mined and indignant opposition ofConk'
ling and Edmunds. These two Senators
labored night and day to thwart the
schemes which the Ohio clique were at
tempting to carry out. For their efforts
they were in private denounced and
bounded in manner and measure which
naturally exasperated them and from
that day to this they have had but little
respect for or confidence in the Ohio
crowd.
"You may remember that elaborate,
two days speech Conkling made on the
Electoral Commission bill. Instead OF
discussing the merits Of the bill he de-
voted all his time and strength to an ar.
gu nent against the authority or right OF
The President 0 I the Seua'e to count the
vote or to deci any disputed qa stion
hqtever. Tia spe ch Was iuten ed to
tcush that Ohio con pira y, and I did,
althJu-h J lin Sherman in the S nate
and CARTEL in the House afterwa d at
tempted TO counteraCt the effect of it by
making ingenious crafty pleas in support
of the theory that the Vice President
had the constitutional right to count the
vote.
"In the inner movements at that crisis
many things occurred which tended to
widen the Chasm between Conkling and
the Ohio crowd; and it has been growing
wider and wider from that day to this.
Public sentiment just now appears to be
strong against the recent course of Mr..
Conkling; but the public is ignorant OF
much that has happened during the last
five years. Mark thie:Senator Edmunds
though he may not approve of Conklings
bold method of opposing Garfield and
Blaine, has no more respect for these
two leaders of the Administration than
has Conkling."
These declarations came from an ex'
ceedngly well-informed public man, a
man peculiarly well informed on the
subject referred to.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-06-09
THE EARTH,s CRUST.

Mr.. Robert Ward, writing in the Jour.
nal of Science, considers that the as.
sumption is a fallacy that all but the
crust Of the earth is mass of liquid fire.
One of the results of the Challenger and
other explorations of deep ocean, he says
is to determine that the water towards
it's bottom is freezing old. Cc sidering
that the ocean GOV re- nearly three
ourths OF the ontir g ol e, thi act do %
10. sup 1ol 1.-THE the ry Of cent? alf eat a .
L mpanie | b. radiati n. The coldo t
water, it is true, inks y il great /
weight toward the bottom and that, (
may be said, accounts for its coldnet
but on the theory of radiation the wat r
OF the ocean has for long geological ages
supported upon the thin crust of the
earth, through which the central heat
has beer constantly escaping, and yet ii
is Of freezing coldness. ExI erience
would say that the heat cannot have es-
caped through the water without warm.
ing IL, because the capacity of water fol
heat 10 greater than that of any other
substance. We can no more, ne con-
cludes, imagine such radiation and con-
sequert accumulation Of heat in the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-06-09

An exchange says that "Glad stone
walks with slouCh,' but does net men
ton the slouch's name.
81 find that with light meal my health
improves" sail the Esguimaux; and
down went another candle.
"l his is what I like" said the tramp
good country board" as he laid himself
down on the floor of the barn.
The archery clubs have commenced
praCtcing, and the glass eye manufac
tory in Pittsburgh is working double
time,
A street railway conductor, arrested
for bigamy, p eaded for leniency on the
ground that it was his duty to collec
the fair.
The urchins who played Escaping
from the wreck, ," by using their mother'l
dough trough for life boat, we're lasheC
together.
Some one said a lawyers wife should
be named Sue. We differ. Itshould bt
Lie, and there ought to be a good dea
of her too.
A little boy was ked if he could tel
the length Of a wha e, and replied tina
the whales he caught home sometimes
seemed more than n hour long,
'Oh, give me an ything made of b ,ans,
exc aimed a Boston man taken aiCk il
the west, when asked what he woulC
have to eat. They gave him castor oil
"Why, Polly" said her mother, "wha
a time you've been. Where is the cot
ton l sent you for2" Polly, (who hac
lost the money)-"You shouldn't sent
little fngs like me to buy cotton"