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Connecticut western news., 1881-12-14
The Wrong Woman

A Cuban planter visiting New York saw charming woman on Brooklyn terryboat and fell in love with her. He traced her to her home and learned that she was a widow, respectfully connected. He was called to Cuba, whence he wrote 9 letter full of affection. Her friends inquired and found that he would make desirable husband. She wrote until there was an offer of marriage and an acceptance, and the wedding day was fixed. She prepared her bridal-robe and returned to New York. They met at the house of one of friends-she wondering how he looked, he antcipat- ing second vision of beauty. She saw a handsome man. He looked and screamed "You are the wrong wom. anp And so it was,
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-14
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 A Man Who Kept His Word.

Many years ago an orphan boy was taken from the House of Refuge in New York to work for a. Paterson far mers After while he complained that he Was overworked and beaten, and at last he ran' away telling the neighbors before he went that he intended to come back again when a man and "square off" with h1s unkind employer. On Tbanksgivipgy Day. 2 stalwart, yeung Ma called on the farmer. and an 14uhesdA that he1 was the identical "orphan," and that he had come to "square off with him, which he pro- ceeded te 6o in the. most emphatic style, giving the man sound thrash iHgf His wife came to the rescue, but the Hyoung man also, 'taquared of" with her, and when 2 .blg dog was set on him he polished of the dog, too. He them hnnounce that the accounts were all "squared of" and he would return to his Western home,- whence he had c6me efpnessly for the purpose of full filing his :. threat made when boy.
 Before warrant could be issued for his arrest he was many miles on his way
 rom Eaterson. r qLff t-...rt.. s'.rtf
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-14
Why Buildings RuT.n

The cause of nine tenths of the fires in New York during the last thirteen years was careless in some form, as SD. pears from the reports of the Fire Com. missioners. Of 17,5O0 fires 4,6OO, o1 about one-fourth, were caused by gross carelessness in throwing away matches, lights, cigars, hot ashes, etc. Another fruitful cause of fires, due to neglect rather than actual carelessness, was that of foul chimneys. Coal-ol lamps caused l 2S7 fires and children playing with matches 887. Over 300 fires were caused by curtains being fired by gas iets,s and several hundred were due to ignorance or carelessness in building fues and fur naces and erecting stoves. A great deal of the money lost through 5carelessness might be saved if everybody could be made as careful in preventing fires as they are ready to help in putting them out after they are started. d.-PHizadel- aobi0 Ledger.
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-14
VENEZUELA,
To the Senate and House of =Reorese,

The Government, of Venezuela main. tains its attitude of warm. friendship. and continues with great regularity it's payment of she monthly quota of the diplomatic debt, Without suggesting
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-14
THE NIGHT BEFORE EGHRLSTMAs g.
BY CLEMENT MOORE

F. l. a. BY CLEMENT c. MOORE t'
 Twas the night before Christmas, when all through
 Not creature was stirring, not evena mouse;
 The stockings were hung by the chimney with
 care, -.-----. '--
 In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be .here.
 The ehilaren Were nestled allenug in their beds,
 While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads, And mamma in her kerchief, and in my cap,' -.iz
 Had just settled our brains for a long winters .I4.4 nap-t. l,.!'tt<sA. a.Eip ti s=. When out on the lawn there arose such chatter,
 spfang from my bed to see what was the matter
 Away to the window I flew like flash, s.' < Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. ' The moon, on the breast of the new-fallen snow,
 Gave hster of midday to objects below; 4 When, what to my, wondering eyes should appear. But miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
 With little old driver, SO lively and quick, -a l knew ina moment it must be St. Nick. N-i More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, ' And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by : f name ~z{ Uri,ESg Ez3 :. Now, DasherI now, Dancerl now, Prancer and Vixen! l ..., ----. tf .5.,. .-.+.. ' On, Comet on, Cupidl on, Donder and Bitzen- To the top of tie pos ;h, to the top of the wall!
 Now, dash away, aash away, dash away all !" .. As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky So, mp to the house-top the cpursers they flew, VI With the sleigh full of teys-and St. Nichols too '' And then in twinkling heard on the roof . The prancing and paving of each little hoof. ..r As drew in ny head, and was turning around l . Down the chimney St, Nicholas came with bound. He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and 1 I.s h0fL ~ . = L. A'bundle of toys he had flung on his back, y.., s. And he looked like peddler just opening his pack His eyes how they twinkled I his dimples how .5t.r merry! zllaE -i '-4ss-Jt is- i' -Jttt =t His cheeks like roses, his nose like cherrv His drol little mouth was drawn up like bow, -, And d the beard on m his chin was as white as ths l snow. w.-5',..-',. ',.,' .T,, +@,.,r.s.,r,.---, . The: stump of pipe, he held tight in his teeth, And the smoke, it encircled his sliead like a wreath He had broad face and little round belly i@s
 That shook, when he laughed, like bowl full of
 jelly: '..,' ' ''t z ' ...-. ..-''2 ''-
 He was chubby and plump-a right jolly old elf And laughed when him, in spite of myself A wink of his eye, and twist of his head
 Soon gave meto know had nothing to dread He spoke not aword, but went straight to his work And filled all the stockings-then turned with a. 2i jerk, i''st ''''. .'' t' ,'"'.s g And laying his finger aside of his nose, . m. And giving nod, up the chimney he rose. - He spfang to his sleigh, to his team gave whistle And away they all flew like the down of a thistle But heard him exclain ere he drove out of sight, Happy Christmas to a and to all good-night!"
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-14
astoria -ss -ssny. Dose.

EDPD GCtHIs. M A 1HUCHtTS C remedy for sleepless and irritable
 Children. The Recipe of Old D-. -sfrREfitchsr, Freef from Morphine, ana not Narcotic.I Formula published T with each. bottle. For Flatulency, Ssssimi1ating the food, Sour Stomach, -''~F eFeflshhess, Worms. and: Disor-
 dered Bowels, Castoria has the larg-
 est sale of any article dispensed by
 Druggists. s.
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-14

1OgEr by one the beautifut legends of thelW0Tld are fading into inonentities. Itis now said there is po race of tailed men in Borneo. Perhaps they didn't put the premium lists high enough and ths men lw0ildn't race. ANe,Do HuVeN Register,D .Fs51sa, Y
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-14

xhe Peruvian Syrup. has cured thou. seAdss&h6 were suffering from Dyspep, c. BsbiitEs bivsr Complains, oBoil5,; Hamoesg sHsmale1 6mplsints.. etc. M1nhle&s free to any daadrsss. Nsth ". f0w5s q Sens, Boston,
Connecticut western news., 1881-12-14

Have Wistaros BaIsam ofWild Cherry al@AyGat hand It cures Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Group, Tnfinenza, Consumption, and all Throat and Lang Complaints. 30 cents and a
National Republican., 1881-12-07
SOME FUN.

Six different women were fatally
burned this fall while making soft soap. How
much safer and better to rub the childrens faces
with brick.
"A variety belle, wishing to be very
severe on rival said the only thing that wasn't
false about her was the hole in her stocking.-
Phtlddeiphia Chronicle,
--Sawdust brandy might do for the
old Cabinet of Mr.. Hayes, who liked economy In
all things, but you amt pass amy oleomargarine
stuif like that of on the new
"A New Haven girl has twice post
poned her marriage aitor the wedding guests had
assembled, giving no reason except that she was
not quite ready. Young men are not often so
lucky as this.
"A society paper estimates the cost of
flrst-class wedding at from 81 900 to $780, Peo-
pie can now understand why Bingham Young
made 1t rule not TO marry more than once u
month.
The young man goes to see his girl,
And then what does he do?
He wonders II Sc week
Is money enough for two.
-"I have little poem that tossed off
in an idle hour the other day; what shall do
with it," writes young lady in Iowa. Go up on
the roof and toss II of again. selecting day when
the wind Is high. Pcrchance II may fall in waste
places and nobody ever be bothered by it.
National Republican., 1881-12-07
PURELY PLATONIC.

A youth and maid on n lonely veranda
Were taking n purely patonic" meander,
An anchorite he, and oil will agree
They never delight In n sweet oscuation,
But anchorite sometimes must have "a vacation,
And then they indulge In their own inclination.
He murmured, 81 start on the morn for Montana
He sighed and his eyes sought the eyes of his Anna
Her eyes were so blue, so near TO him, too,
That what could poor human anchorite do?
ask, gentle reader, this question Of you
(Unless you're cynic you'd have but one view.)
So breathing devotion, he bent his head over
For II dawned on his mind that he'd "lt upon
clover"
His eyes answered back, Look out for n smack"
And-no tho wish could say that he kissed her,
have TO record that she had small sister,
Who "bobbed up serenely" Just then, he missed
National Republican., 1881-12-07
I'M is announced anal Miss EMILY

IT is announced that Miss Emily
schaumberg, OF Philadelphia, an accomplished
lady, long and well known in the society of that
city, Washington, and New York. who for some
time past has resided in Europe, is about to be
married early In January to Major Francis Charles
Hughes Hallett, formerly Of the Royal Artillery,
and now of the Antrim Artillery, of which Sir
Richard Wallace is Colonel and Lord Massareene
and Ferrard, who visited this country with the
Irish Rife Team, Northumberland Major
Hughes Haiiett is a widower with two children.
Miss Schaumberg is one of the co heiresses Of her
bachelor uncles Colonel James Page, 50 long the
Postmaster of Philadelphia, and Mr.. George W.
Page
National Republican., 1881-12-07

The Hon. David p. Nichols, State
treasurer of Connecticut has been i'll at his home,
in Danbury, for two weeks with heart disease
On Saturday he became unconscious, and special
dispatch received there this afternoon says he is
falling There is no hope of his recovery. Mr.
chols was first elected State treasurer on the Re-
publican II ok ct with Governor Buckingham dur
ing the war. lie has since served as member Of
the Legislature, and was member Of the special
insurance commission in 1877. A year ago he was
re- e-elected tire asurer for two years. Few men in
the State have enjoyed public confidence equal to
tn at he has enjoyed since he first entered public
life
National Republican., 1881-12-07
THE SPIDER AND THE FLY.

"Will you walk into my parlor?"
Said the spider 70 the fly,
And the fly responded gaily,
"You may bet your life III try"
Then he walked into the parlor,
Where they closed In deadly fight,
And the fly he stung the spider
Sent him up the golden fiight.
You may think this little story
lisa wicked campaign lie;
But II isn't never spider
Slew the bold ichneumon fly.
National Republican., 1881-12-07
TnE AWFUL FATE AWAITING ME

for having become renegade. Sooner or later /
shall be murdered but the deed will be done In
such way that there will be no clue 20 the perpe-
traitor. The national weapon Of the Italian Is the
steletto | cannot tell why, but whim impelled
me TO advertise in the way did felt the blood
hounds on my track and wished 10 have one con.
fdant at least ere / died. Should you at any
future time hear of my DEATH then search on my
eft for the lettet (perfdd traitoress) rudely
cut and II you find II you will know met my
death at the hands of the vendetta. But where is
the daggerY" AS she finished the reporter was
puzzled. The woman appeared sane rational,
and Intelligent; was she then imposing
on his credulity or was she the victim Of some
horrible deiusion2 And yet her story was given
with such apparent TRUTH without hesitation or
reserve that ii seemed hard 90 believe the narrator
TO be either wilfnly or unntentionaly misleading
him. IL was Il mystery When she was informed
that the dagger had been accidentally left at home
she seemed annoyed, but the reporter promised TO
send II to her the next evening, and after few
minutes conversation left As he walked home
he could not get the lovely, sorrownl face out Of
his head, and 1t seemed, the more he thought
of IT, TO become greater mystery than ever,
and lie determined TO probe 1t to tho bottom.
AS he walked home the shades of night falling
thlckly about him. his mind was haunted by the
vision of lovely upturned face floating on the
cold waters of the Potomac, the rounded symmetry
of the left arm marked by the letter cut in the
tender flesh, the aabasterllke whtteness of the
marble skin soiled by few drops of clotted blood
her luxuriant black hair lying loose on her breast
II Is mystery, and as II Is believed no confidence
win be violated by printing it, II is given wi the
hope that such steps will bo taken that will pre-
vent the consummation OF an awful tragedy,
National Republican., 1881-12-07

HAVING used Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup for the last
few days, to my qualification l find II did me
great deal OF good. ! had a very severe cold,
which 1t cured in very few days.
G. G. ROBERTSON,
l39 Main street. Lynchburg, Va.
National Republican., 1881-12-07

HATCH 81 FOOTB,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-03
DebIlitated d ge.tion.

In the memoirs of Count Segur"
there is the following anecdote: 'My
mother, the Countess De Segur, being
asked by Voltaire respecting her health,
told him that the most painful feeling
she had arose from the decay of her
stomach and the difficulty of finding any
kind of ailment that it could bear. Vol
taire, by way of consolation, assured her
that he was once for nearly year in the
same state, and believed to be incurable,
but that, nevertheless, very simple
remedy had restored him. It consisted
in taking no other nourishment than the
yelks of eggs beaten up with the -four of
potatoes and water" Though this cir
cumstance took place as far back as fifty
years ago, and respected SO ex-
traordinary person as Voltaire, it is as
tonishing how little is known and how
rarely the remedy has been practiced.
Its efficacy, however, in cases of debility,
cannot be questioned, and the following
is the mode of preparing this valuable
article of food as recommended by Sir
John Sinclair: s'Beat up an egg in a
bowl and then add six tablespoonsful of
cold water, mixing the whole well to-
gether, then add two tablespoonsful Of
farina of potatoes; let it be mixed
thoroughly with the liquor in the bowl.
Then pour in as much boiling water as
will convert the whole into jelly and
mix it WELL It may be taken alone or
with the addition of q little milk, in case
of stomachic debility or consumptive dis
orders This dish is light and easily
digested, extremely wholesome and nour-
ishing. Bread or biscuit may be taken
with it as the stomach gets stronger"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-03
the New Railroad Deal in GeorgIs.

The action of the Georgia Railroad
Board of Directors in leasing their road
nominally to the South Carolina Rail-
road Company, but practically to the
Georgia Central, places under one sys-
tenn thirteen hundred miles of road in
Georgia and South Carolina, and was
done to protect the South Atlantic ports
and railway systems from the encroach-
ments of the Richmond and Danville.
Savannah and Charleston are now fully
covered, and in short time a new line
of steamships will be placed on the
Charleston and New York line, similar
to those of the Ocean Steamship Com
pany from Savannah, General Alexan-
der, Vice President of the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad, fully approves of
the lease, which places the great West
ern railway system in sympathy with his
combination. It is rumored that the
Richmond and Danville is reaching out
to buy up the Atlanta and West Point
Railway, and the Western Railway of
Alabama, which, with the Atlanta and
Charlotte Airline, recently acquired,
will give it an almost unbroken line from
Norfolk to New Orleans. The lease con-
tract between William M. Wadley and
associates and the officials of the Georgia
Railroad was signed at Augusta, Ga,
and the lessees have takeu possession OF
the road. The Georgia sold at Augusta
at 150@152 share and the Central stock
at 107A102
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-03

wall p. per and Gliding.

A wall paper should never be obtru-
sive. 1t is net intended for decoration
as many would seem to think, but for
the background Of decoration; the mir
rors, pictures, brackets, cups-these are
the decorations; and the wall paper is
of finest effect when of no effect at all,
and the objects of plastic art stand out
from it in strong relief, as from their own
canvas. Many people make their wall
paper so much principal subject, make
it SO observable with its spots and
figures and colors. that all paintings and
sculptures become merely secondary,
and their rooms look incongruous. That
unfortunate result will surely be avoided
if the same-fgured paper. the softly
calendered, the diapered, with its Byzan-
tine suggestions, or the smooth, even
tinted, perfectly plain paper be adopted.
Gliding, again, is something that
should be very sparingly used. The
drawing room is usually the better for a
little of it carefully administered, and no
other room, except, perhaps, the dining
room. The family sitting room is cosier
and more harmonious without it; it's
glare is utterly unfit for sleeping-rooms.
The common idea holds that when you
have secured gilded paper you can go
no farther; but it is seldom that gilded
paper is really choice one; and it is
more frequently hideous in design and
effect-in one light comes binding daz-
zle OF gold, in another as dark blot
as if the walls were smoother; the
effect of the room does not remain the
same for five minutes together, and is
never the same to two different per-
sons.-I Harper's Bazaar.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-03
The Fuel Of the Future.

The National Gazette makes the follow
ing announcements in regard to the use Of
petroleum as fuel:
We shall soon be able to announce
wonderful stride in the mechanical ap-
pliances for using liquid fuel for gener
ating steam in both marine and land
boilers. The matter is in the hands of
practical men, who will soon demonstrate
that they can make from % to 30 gallons
of crude petroleum, costing about 85 to
80 cents, do the work of ton of coal,
costing from 81 to 81 25, and without
dirt or smoke, and when, in the case of q
large steamer carrying from 40 to45 men
in the fire-room, one man in each will be
amply sufficient to keep up uniform
pressure of steam at all times. Liquid
fuel is the intervening step between coal
and electricity, which will in due time
furnish motion for the world. But un-
til we arrive at thorough knowledge of
this subject of motive power, liquid fuel
will have had it's day and generation,
wiping out the last remnant of barbar-
ism-coal. The fireman of the future
can wear broadcloth in the fre-room,
while the coal-passer will have laid down
his ''shove1 and hoe" to become memo
ries of the past. This conception of
things is near at hand.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-03
Italian CarnlyaIs.

The carnival at Nice was opened by
that charming and graceful tournament
known as the bataille des feurs The
bataille des feures is principally carried
on between the occupants of the car
riages who pelt each other as they pass
with such missiles as violets, forget-me-
nots, camelias, heliotropes, hyacinths,
etc., done up into bouquets OF various
sizes; some of these bouquets are of mi
croscopic dimensions while others are of
such handsome proportions that they
cannot and are not intended to be thrown
but are, after preliminary skirmish with
the smaller ones, sent by footman and
presented to your whilom foe as mark
OF your courtesy and amiab1lity.
It is customary before beginning an
assault to bow to those you have chosen
as your opponents, and hold up your
flowers as if you were to throw them !;
this is the provocation. If they happen
to be acquaintance or friends perfect
rain OF bouquets is showered about your
face and ears. and before you have time
to recover from this torrential shower of
roses and camelias and attack in your
turn, the enemy is carried off by the per-
petually moving stream of carriages, and
is beyond the reach of reprisals, while
opposite you is fresh batch of ardent
and eager assailants, and you are en-
gagged in merry combat of offense and
defense, the charm of which is enhanced
by the saucy laughter and charming
bows they bestow on you as they are
gliding out of sight.
Among the curious and interesting
features Of this fete must figure the
''gamins, +" who follow In the wake of the
carriages, darting and diving under the
horses hoofs and wheels, at the immi-
nent risk of life and limb, to pick up
fallen bouquets, not to give them to
those for whom they were originally in
tended, but to resell to those ill-supplied
or reckless persons whose stock of flow
ers has run out, and who, warmed by the
strife and eager to continue it, must have
more flowers at any price.
In the early stage of the battle the
urchins will not part with their spoils
for less than six, seven and eight francs
the s'pannier," but as time goes on the
prices are lowered with astonishing
rapidity; about five o'clock you can half
fill your carriage with flowers for two
francs; half an hour later the ttgamins''
will cluster and clamor round you MAX
ing frantic appeals for bids for the
modest sums of fifty, thirty, or even
twenty centimes, a pile of mutilated,
limp and dust-covered bouquets are laid
at your feet, and with these worn-out
and soiled veterans you flight your bat
ties over again" You no longer invite
the enemy to cover you with violets and
forget-me-nots, but pelt and shelter
yourself from attack as well as you can.
This is the veritable battle and the
finale. The short twilight of the South
is rapidly disappearing before the darker
shades of night; balconies, terraces and
windows are almost deserted; the crowd
is dispensing in all directions, and the
few remaining carriages are whirling off
with their occupants to their respective
hotels and villas.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1881-06-03
H0me-Made Candy.

ALI children are fond of candy, and if
pure a moderate amount is not injurious.
In these days of adulteration, that made
at home is the safest to give them. It is
a simple matter to make chocolate cara
mels; ell that is needed is one cup of
sweet milk, one cup of molases, half a
cup of sugar, half cup of grated choco-
late, piece of butter the size of a wal
nut; stir constantly and let it boil until
it is thick, then turn it out on to but
tered plates; when it begins to stiffen
mark it into squares, SO that it will break
readily when cold. Cocoanut caramels
are made of two cups of grated cocoa
nut, one cup of sugar. two tablespoon
fuls of flour, the whites of three eggs
beaten stiff; bake on a buttered paper
in quick oven. Nice white candy is
easily made. Take one quart of granu
lated sugar, one pint of water; two table,
spoonfuls Of vinegar; boil just as yon do
molases candy, but do not stir it; you can
tell when it; you can tell when it is done
by trying it in cold water. Pull it as if it
were molases candy; have II dish near by
with some vanilla in it, and work in
enough to flavor it as you pull; put it in
a cold room, and the next day You will
have delicious candy.