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Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22
HIS EMINENCE'S WATCH.
WHITE MAGIC BEFORE THE POPE AND THE
 CARDINALS.

The following is Count Edmond de Grissy's account of his performance be- fore the Pope and cardinals at Rome On the day prior to the performance, I was in the shop of one of the first watch makers of Rome, when Q servant came in to ask if his Eminence, the Cardinal de -'s watch was repaired.
 s'It will not be ready till this even- ing" the matchmaker replied, 1"and I will do myself the honor of carrying it to your master"
 When the servant retired, the trades man said to me:
 '"This is 8 handsome and capital watch. The cardinal to whom it be- longs values it at more than 10000 francs; for, as he ordered it himself of the celebrated Breguet, he fanoies it must be unique of its kind. Strangely enough, though, only two days ago a young scamp belonging to this city offered me a precisely similar watch, made by the same artist, for 1000 | francs"
 While the watch-maker was talking to me had already formed plan.
 "Do you think" said to him, "that this person is still inclined to dispose of his watch ?'
 Certainly" the watch-maker replied. "This young prodigal, who has spent all his fortune, is now reduced to sell his family jewels; hence the 1000 francs will be welcome"
 sIs he to be found ?"
 "Nothing easier; in gambling house he never quits."
 "Well, then, sir, I am anxious tc
 purchase the watch; but it must be to
 day. Have the kindness, then, to buy
 it for me. After that you will engrave
 on it his Eminence's arms, so that the
 two watches may be perfectly similar
 and on your discretion the profit yor
 make by the transaction will depend" The watch-maker knew me, and prob
 ably suspected the use I intended to
 make of the watch; but he was assured of my discretion, as the honor of m, success would depend on it. Hence, h, said:
 'I only require quarter of an hou to go to the gambling-house, and an confident your offer will be accepted. i" The quarter of an hour had no ] elapsed ere my negotiator returned witt ) the chronometer in his hand. , "Here it is l" he said, with an air C triumph. "My man gave me the watc without even counting the money. Te
 night all will be ready" s.. In fact, the same evening, the watct maker brought me the two chronome ? ters and handed me one. On compal ing them it was impossible to detet F the slightest difference. , The next day proceeded to the Por 8 tiff's palace, and at SIX o'clock, upon signal given by the Holy Father, !. stepped on the stage. had never al
 peared before such an imposing assen
 bly,. Plus VII, seated in large arm
 chair on dais, occupied the for' I ground near him were seated the ca s. dinals, and behind them were the diffe ), ent prelates and dignitaries of tt 1t Church.
 Il eff any gentleman among you,"
 said, "has 0 watch of rather large si, a' (this was the peculiarity of the Card P nal's) and would kindly lend it to me, e' should prefer it as better suited to u lh experiment. I need not say I will tai
 the greatest care of it; only wish
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22
Kate Shelley's HerOism.
IowA's LEGISLATORS RECOGNIZING THE MEMORABLE ACT OF A BRAVE YOUNG GIRL,

Iowa's State Legislature has voted, without dissenting voice, to confer a $50 gold medal and $200 in money up on Kate Shelley, @ girl whose cool cour- age and devotion entitle her to be chased with Grace Darling in public esteem. The daughter of poor widow, Kate was but little over fifteen, when in the first week of July last there came one of the most furious storms ever known in Iown. Railway bridges, cul- verts and tracks were swept away like floating cork. Over Honey Greek, in one of those gorges, was 8 high, long bridge. Kate had become familiar with the passage of the trains, and as the storm increased in fury, she went to a window overlooking the railroad and peered out into the darkness to watch the track, made visible only by the lightning flash. Soon she saw the ad- vancing headlight of locomotive ap- preaching Honey Greek bridge. It en- tered the bridge, the headlight swung to the right and left, and went down with Q crash. She knew there would soon follow the Pacific express train, and unless warned of the danger, it would sweep into the abyss. She at once determined to go to the rescue. Lighting small miners lamp, she im- provised lantern by placing the lamp inside lantern globe. Fully realizing the perilous task she was undertaking, she kissed her mother and sisters and hastened to the scene of danger. Her only course was up the banks of a high, abrupt bluff. This she climbed, and, drenched to the skin in the binding rain, by the lightning flash she followed the bluff to point opposite the bridge, where she descended the bluff, rending hands and clothes. Standing on the abutment of the bridge, she lowered her feeble lamp into the yawning chasm. and asked if any one was alive. There came back feeble response from the engineer, the only survivor of four strong men. He had been swept from his cab against the top of tree, but the whirling torrent, rapidly swelling, was sweeping logs and driftwood against his frail support. She was powerless to render him any aid, and she determined to hasten to Moingona, mile istant, and warn the Pacific ex- press of the impending peril. Cautious ly she felt her way along the narrow track at high grade until she reached tlIe long bridge over Des Moines River, and here her feeble light went out. The wind and rain nearly took away hel breath. She knew that to walk the bridge would be impossible, so, getting on her hands and knees, she crawled over the open bridge, doored only with the timbers on which the rails rested, for 500 feet, with the river rushing madly beneath her. With almost SUI per human strength the frail gir reached the farther side and hasteneG on to the station, quickly relating what she knew, and asking that the Pacific express, then already due, be stopped She fell in swoon upon the platform She was tenderly cared for, but fol several months she lay in bed. tortured by rheumatic pains and prostrated from | the terrible strain.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22
WEA VTNG THE WEI
From the Boston Transcript

From the Boston Transcript "This morn I will weave my web" she said AS she stood by her loom in the rosy light, And her young eyes, hopefully glad and clear,
 Followed afar the swallows flight. As soon as the days first tasks are done. While yet am fresh and strong," said she, l. s... I will hasten to weave the beautiful web Whose pattern is known to none but me ! "I will weave it fine, I will weave it fair, And ah :! how the colors will glow" she said, " So fadeless and strong will I weave my web, That perhaps it will live after am dead" But the morning hours sped on apace, The air grew sweet with the breath of June;
 And young Love hid by the waiting loom, Tangling the threads as he hummed tune. |" An life is so rich and full" she cried, "And morn is short, though the days are long
 This noon I will weave my beautiful web, I will weave it carefully, fine and strong;" But the sun rode high in the cloudless sky; The burden and heat of the day she bore ; And hither and thither she came and went, While the loom stood still as it, stood before. {" An life is too busy at noon, " she said, "My web must wait till the eventide, Till the common work of the day is done, And my heart grows calm in the silence wide P
 So, one by one, the hours passed on, Till the creeping shadows had longer grown;
 Till the house was still and the breezes slept,
 And the singing birds to their nests had flown. '" And now will weave my web," she said, As she turned to her loom ere set of sun. And laid her hand on the shining threads To set them in order, one by one. But hand was tired, and heart was weak clam not as strong as was," sighed she, |" And the pattern is blurred and the colors rare Are not so bright, or SO fair to seel q must wait, think, till another morn; must go to my rest with my work un- done. It is growing too dark to weave !" she cried, AS lower and lower sank the sum- She dropped the shuttle the loom stood still
 The weaver slept in the twilight gray, Dear heart Will she weave her beautiful web
 In tho golden light of & longer day
 JULIA c. R. DoRR.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22
Breaking Ground in Dakota.

OASus Tdtu6r buAn uOCSSS, 10TH Luo best breaking team, especially for the poorer settler. They are more phleg- matic and hardier to endure the rough pioneer work than horses are. Among the latter there is frequently great mortality during the first season of standardization, when coming from milder States to the rarefed air and severer temperature of the prairie. The tough, muscular French Canadian horses, however, preaccustomed to sim ilarly severe climatic conditions, seem to thrive we'll here, and at once become effective workers. All the horses need to be we'll grained for breaking (ground oats and corn mixed being the usual food), but oxen are frequently worked through the whole season with no other food than the prairie grazing affords-a very important consideration until the settlers first crop is harvested. A good yoke of oxen cost about $150 to $175; horses, fit for the blow, are worth $500 to $4O0 pair. A breaking-plow costs $30; harrow, suitable for the heavy sod, $30 to $35. The addition of 8 Western farm wagon, $75 to $sO, about completes the settlers absolutely nec- essary outfit for implements for the first year. ... a.E
 The ambition of the urban resident "oabined, cribbed, confined, bound-in" some dusty, musty hive of industry-is often manifested in an irrepressible hankering after the ownership of Vest ern acres and not few of this class have made their homes in Dakota. By personal experience, I fully understand the internal agonies and outward per- spirations of the unhappy wight who for the first time essays to put his hand to breaking-plow with 8 frisky yoke of steers hitched on-the united effort in carving out Q fortune from the Dakota soil. My first furrow would have struck terror to the heart of @ Down-East hus- bandman. The dire bewilderment about the ''haw" and .'gee," the overwhelming confusion when the patient OK discovered the verdancy of the driver, and the sub. sequent struggle for the mastery be- tween the oxen and their owner, the capacity for cussedness inherent in the breaking -plow, are all incidents provo cative of g laugh, now that the battle is over and the victory won but while tho initiation was in progress they were burdens almost greater than conld b' borne.
 The breaking season lasts from tn, middle of April to the middle of June varying according to the suitability o the weather. A good four-horse tean will average two acres to two and a hal a day, and 8 lively double yoke of oxel an acre and half to two acres. Tn furrow turned is twelve, fourteen, o sixteen inches wide, suited to the power of the team, and the depth of sod fror two and half to five inches, accordinI to the varying ideas of the settlers a advocates of shallow or deep breaking This,plowing is preparatory to @ crop tn following year, as wheat is not grow upon the newly broken sod. A partia crop of oats can be raised the first sea son upon the inverted soil aud helps t tide over the period between settlemen and the first wheat tharvest:-Cor. Philo Press.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22

A NEW F1oUR.-Potato flour, or the dried pulp of the potato, is attaining considerable importance in the arts-so much so, in fact, that in Lancashire, England, some 10000 tons of it are sold annually, and its market value is stated to be much greater than that of wheat flour. The article is extensively used for sizing and other manufacturing pur- poses, and, on being precipitated with acid, is converted into starch. After having been caleined it is used with ad- vantage as a dressing for silk.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22

HER ExcUsE.-Jennie Winterose eloped with John c. Miller at Little Rock, Ark, and when her parents up braided her for marrying against their wishes, she declared that she had done it for their sake; that Miller threatened to kill them if she did not become his wife. Mir. Winterose deemed his daughters excuse frivolous, and com pelled her to return home. That night Miller came to the house and shot him.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22
LOST IN THE FOG.


 of Saxon lineage, worked on farm out in Yellow Springs township. He was not rich, but he was industrious and just too pretty for anything. So was the daughter of the farmer for whom he worked. She was wealthier than Eras- mus, but she was not proud. When the chores were done in the winter even ings, she went with him to the singing school, and she walked by his side to church. She loved him; she had rather sit at her easement in the gloaming and hear him holler "poo-oo.ey p in long- drawn, mellow cadences, at the hour of the. feeding of the swine, than hear Campanini sing '' Macaroni del Vermi. cell1" from "Handorgzhanni in Vene- zuela." And he-he was clean gone on her. Mashed past all surgery. When they foolishly let the old man into their plans for each others happiness and half the farm, the wrathful agriculturist said If he heard one more word of such non. sense, just another word, he would lay that farm waste with physical havoc, and blight its winter wheat with the salt tears of his only child, and that was the kind of father-in-law he was inclined to be.
 Naturally, the young people deter mined to fly. Their plans were laid !; the night was set. So was the ladder. At it's foot waited the ardent Erasmus Ruggleson, gazing at the window for the appearance of his love. Presently the window opened softly, and face he loved appeared.
 "Rasmus p Florence p
 "Yes, dearest. Shall I drop my things right down?"
 "Yes, love I will catch them. Let the bundle fall"
 The glittering starlight of the clear March night fell on Erasmus's glad and upturned face. So did trunk, four feet high, four feet wide, and about eight feet long. It weighed about 2, 700 pounds. It contained few "things D that no woman could be expected to travel without, and Florence spent three weeks packing that trunk for her elope- ment.
 Erasmus Ruggleson did not scream. He did not moan. He couldn't. He had no show. Florence came down the ladder, having first, with maidenly sense of propriety, requested her lover to turn his back and look at the barn. He may nave heard her, but he didn't look at the barn. He was busily en- gagged in looking at the bottom of that trunk, and thinking how like all ere ation he would yell if he ever got his mouth outdoors again. .. Florence reached the foot of the lad der. "Did you get my trunk, Eras- mus ?" she said, looking around for him.
 "Oh, yes,' said hearse mocking voice at her elbow. "Oh, yes, he got it. Got 1t bad, too."
 She turned, knew her papa, shrieked once, twice, again, and once more for the boys, and tainted away.
 I never worried about it minute, ' 1 the heartless old man told his neigh. bors the next day, "though knowed well enough what was goin' on all the time. I've been married twice, an I've married off four daughters and two sons, an if don't know what baggage a woman carries when she travels, by this time, I'm too old to learn."
 And, Erasmus Ruggleson Tho jury brought in 8 verdict that he came to hi. death by habitual drunkenness, and the temperance papers didn't talk abou anything else for the next six weeks.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22

OBJECTIONS. The Duverdy-zola &C., tion has caused great deal of amuse. ment in Paris. One of the papers sug- gests that in future novels the charac- ters might be indicated by asterisks MT. *, Lord *, etc. Miss Braddon tells how she once took as a name in a novel for doctor Lucien Davoren, and received letter from a doctor bearing that name. She dis armed objection by assuring him that his namesake should in no way discredit him.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22
Detectives Detected.

Another Philadelphia ring-that of the detectives-has come to grief. All exchange says: The Mayor of the city, who fortunately possesses the power, has, with one exception, dismissed the whole force and appointed new men in their places. The charges against the accused officials are the most serious that could be preferred. It is alleged that they used their positions to ham, per instead of to advance the interests of justice. It is charged that they were in collusion with criminals and shielded notorious outlaws whom they should have brought to justice. .. .
 HApu mrzu arl nox nnotincr kha nil
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22

 Ii!niinent.

Ihe most Powerful, Penetrating and Pain-relieving remedy ever devised by man. It soothes Pain, 1t allays inflammation, 1t heals Wounds, and 1t cures ..
 RHEUMATISM, Scfatica, Lumbago, Sca1ds, Burns, Stiff Joints, Cuts, SweIla ings, 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- falgia, Palsy or disIocated limbs; and owners of horses, planters, me- chanics, merchants and professional men everywhere, unite in saying, that
 CENTAUR LTNIMENT brings relief when all other Lini, ments, Oils, Extracts and Embroca- tons have failed.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22

The Peruvian Syrup has cured thou. sands who were suffering from Dyspep, ain, Debility, Liver Complaint, Bolls, Humors, Female Complaints, etc. namphleas free to any addTsss. Sstl ", EoEss Q Sons, Boston.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22
(aStOria-ssDo.e. -ss Dose.

135 cents. A MOthers' remedy for sleepless and irritable Children. The Recipe of Old D~. Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and not Narcotic. Formula published with each bottle. For Flatulency, assimilating the food, Sour Stomach, Feverishness, Worms, and Disor- dered Bowels, CastOria has the larg- est sale of any article dispensed by Druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22

Have Wistar's BaIsam of Wild Cherry always at hand. It cures Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Group, Influenza, Consumption, and all Throat and Lung Complaints. 50 cents and $1 bottle.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22
Wei De Meyer

WEI DE MEYERS CETARRH Cure, Q Constitutional AnIdote for shis terrible malady. by Absorption.
 SRURTS OF 7-sgusting Mucous RnnHRes, Crackl Pains in tho Head, Tetid Breath, Deafness, and any CataHrhal ComplairII, can be contaminated by Wei De Meyers Catarrh Cure. The most important Discovery since Vaccination. Other remedies may relieve Catarrh, thil cures at any stage before CoAN'1mp- ton sets i'm.
 One package generally, sufacet Delivered by Druggists, OF by D. B Dewey 6 Ce., D82 Fulton St., N. Y, e1.OO compISte. Treatis oand rec markable statements by the ourse gaatled free.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22

DIVIDED. There is said to be a farm in Worcestershire, England, which stands in twelve parishes and pays fifty different rates.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22

VICTORY belongs to the most perse- yering.
Connecticut western news., 1882-03-22

HOPE IS THE sugar coating on the pill of life.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-25
The Bad and Worthless

Are never initiated or counter feited
This is especially true of a family
medicine, and it is positive proof
that the remedy initiated is of the
highest value. As soon as it had
been tested and proved by the whole
world that Hop Bitters was the pur-
est, best and most valuable family
medicine on earth, many limitations
sprung up and began to steal the
notices in which the press and peo
pie of the country had expressed
the merits of I'll. B., and in every
way trying to induce suffering inva-
lids to use their stuff instead, ex-
pecting to make money on the credit
and good name of II. B. Many
Others started nostrums put up in
similar style to II. B., with various
ly devised names in which the word
Hop" or Hops" were used in a
way to induce people to believe they
were the same as Hop Bitters. All
such pretended remedies or cures,
no matter what their style or name
is, and especially those with the
word Hop or 'Hops" i'll their
name or in any wav connected with
them or their name, are limitations
or counterfeits. Beware of them.
Touch none of them. Use nothing
but genuine Hop Bitters, with a
bunch or cluster of green Hops or
the white label. Trust nothing else.
Druggists and dealers are warned
against dealing in limitations or
cOunterfeits.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-10-25
Poisons and Their Antidotes

The following list contains some
OF the more common poisons and the
remedies likely to be at hand in the
household.
Acids-These cause great heat and
sensation of burning pain from the
mouth down to the stomach. Rene
dies: Magnesia, soda, pearlash or
soap dissolved in water; then use
the stomach pump or emetic.
Alkalies-The remedy is vinegar.
Ammonia = Remedies: lemon
juice or vinegar
Alcohol-First clean out the stom-
ach by an emetic, then dash cold
water on the head and give ammo
mia (spirits of hartshorn.)
Arsenic-In the first place evacu-
ate the stomach, then give the white
of an egg, lime water, or chalk and
water, charcoal, and the preparations
of iron, particularly hydrate.
White lead and sugar of lead
Remedies, alumni, cathartic, such as
castor-oil and epson salts especially.
Charcoal-In poisons by carbonic
acid gas, remove the patient to the
open air, dash cold water on the head
and body, and stimulate the nostris
and lungs by hartshorn, at the same
time rubbing the chest briskly.
Corrosive sublimate-Give white
of eggs and emetics.
Belladonna, night henbane-Give
emetics, and then give plenty of wa
ter and vinegar, or lemonade.
Observation-Disclosures, and then
plenty of water and vinegar. with
doses of either if handy.
Nitrate of silver (lunar caustic) -
Give a strong solution of common
salt, and then emetics.
Snake bites, etc.-Apply immedi-
ately strong hartshorn and then take
1T internally; also give sweet-oil
stinulants freely. Apply ligature
above the part bitten, and then ap-
ply a cupping glass.
Tartar emetic-Give large doses of
tea made of gals, Peruvian bark or
white oak bark.
White vitriol-Give plenty of
milk and water.
Opium-Give a strong emetic of
mustard and water, then strong cof.
fee and acid drinks; dash cold wa.
ter on the head of the patient.
Nux vomica-First give emetics,
then brandy
Oxalic acid, Frequently mistaken
for epson salts Give chalk. mag
nesia, or soap and water, and other
soothing drinks.
Prussic acid-When there is time
administer chlorine in the shape of
soda or lime. Hot brandy and wa
ter, hartshorn and turpentine are
also useful.-Medical PaDer.