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Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Under the call of States, General Viele of New York; has introduced bill placing the name of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, widow of U. s. Grant, deceased, on the pension roll and to pay her pension during her natural life at the rate ot S5,000 per annum from and after the 23d of July, 1885. Already the names of Mrs. Tyler, Mrs. Polk and Mrs. Garfield, widows of ex-Presidents are on the pension roll, each receiving $5,00O year.
 A bill has been introduced in the Senate to repeal the silver coinage law. It comes from Senator McPherson, a Democrat from New Jersey. It is in direct accord with the views and recommendations of President Cleveland.
 The merchant navy of the United States has 6,2S4 sea-going sailing vessels Of Z, l36 ooO tons, and 355 steamers of 545, ,1S7 tons The total number of vessels employed in the diff ferent coasting trades and fisheries of the At lantic and Pacific coasts, including the Vest ern rivers and all inland navigation, excepting the Northern lakes, on June 30, 1885, was 19,- 123 and their tonnage 2, 455, 7Z0 Of this num- Der Is, ,S62 were sailing vessels, All steam vessels, 256 canal boats and 894 barges. The total number of vessels engaged in the coast wise trade, including those engaged in the fist eri and upon The Northern lakes and Western rivers, is 15,018 and their tonnage 2,001, 917. So.says the Commissioner of Navi- gation
 The total values of the exports of domestic cattle and hogs, and of beef, pork and dairy products from the United States during the month of November, 1885, and for the eleven months ended November 30 1885, also of dairy products for the seven months ended the same, as compared with similar products during the c0rrespon ding periods of the pre- eeeding year were as foilows November, 1885 = 6, ,40S, 841 1884 S7, 283, 12l. Eleven months ended November Is - $85, ,23 '.047; 1s84- S85, 2l5, Al Dairy pro- ucts for seven months ended November 30, 188o-$8, 041 ,118; 1884 $11. .Sl0, ,230.
 Representative Weaver, of Iowa. will in- trodnce in the House on the fl st opportunity bill to create a department of labor, with a secretary and assistant secretary, the fo- mer Of whom shall be Cabinet officer.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
Handling EnSIlace.

Elder Evans, of Mount Lebanon, N. Y, gives the following as his method of taking corn-stalks from the field: He uses two poles about twenty feet long, extending the wheels. The corn stalks are put across these. This is a very handy loading and unloading. eve cut up load," he says 'in about five minutes. It is carried up sixteen feet above the driving floor in the south and north corners of the barn, which is built of stone, and is 196 feet long and 50 wide. A floor strong enough for all weights, say barrels of sand, is built over the driving floor, extending from the top of one silo to the other. Here they are entirely out of the way. We have doors into the silos on each floor. The silos are thirty-seven floors, where the cattle stand. When we open silo, we take off all the weights and cut tunnel down to the middle floor, just large enough to throw the ensilage down. There we have trap door in the next floor, through which we pass it by tube into box on wheels, containing enough to feed all the stock on one side of the stables. We use movable iron boxes to feed in. They swing in and out. Thus we take the ensilage from the whole top every day. We are now feeding ensilage twice day to our whole herd of seventy-fve head"
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
Household Hinta.

It rests you in sewing to change your position frequently.
 Rusty fat-irons should be rubbed over with bees wax and lard.
 Well-ventilated bedrooms will pre- vent morning headache and lassitude
 When eggs are scarce, remember one tablespoon of corn-starch will take the place of an egg in anything you cook.
 Aolittle borax put in the water in which scarlet napkins and red bordered towels are to be washed will prevent fading.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
Unable 10 Walk Forward

pr. Mazzotti tells of man who had scorbutic affection. which he set about to cure with whisky. He got well of this trouble. but became hard drinker, and soon found himself the victim of rare disease called opistho- poria- This curious affection consist in inability to walk forward. When the patient was told to advance, he used every effort to do so, but could only succeed in going backward. and he continued to do so until he died.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
The Largest Nugget of Gold.

Louis Banding says that the gen. erally accepted statement that the largest nugget ever found in Califor- nia was worth little more than $2l,- 900 is an erroneous one, says the Virginia City Enterprise. He says that J. J. Finney, "Old Virginia" found piece of gold about six miles from Downieville, Sierra County, on the 21st day of August, 1857, that weighed 5000 ounces. The gold of that vicinity was worth SIS an ounce, which would make the value of the nugget some $90,000. This would make the Finney nugget the largest
 piece of pure gold ever discovered, so far as accounts go. Heretofore the Australian nugget, found in the Bal larat gold fields, has been considered the largest. It was valued at s6O,OOO
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
A Mirage.

Something akin to mirage may often be seen at Lake Griffin, Fla. If one ,oks north across the lake from the south, as a rainstorm is approach ing from either north or south, he will see the timber and other objects at the north end stand out in bold relief as if they were in the middle of the lake and half the distance they really are away. The change is striking and un- accountable.-Bartoto (Fza.) Iraform- 09yt
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

ALL employees of the New York, P ennsylvania and Ohio Railroad, whose d uties require them to observe signals, have recently been examined for color b kindness, and about four per cent. were ound to have defective sight, One of { he oldest and most lucky passenger en- g ineors was found totally blind to any q Inference between red and green,
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
OHerr PrnfeSSOr.O

"Why don't you address the profes- sion with miste ?" inquired a long haired German of an American friend who had just grr eted an acquaintanc. with "IIello, Professorr' "Now in my country we always say Herr Profes- sor." .-s
 Hair professorl we'll by jove. that accounts for your professors eing so well supplied with it."--Arkansaao Tg1ueIZeT.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

T gives great easure state that the merchant who reported to be atthe point of death from attack of Pneumonia haa entirely recovered by tho use of DR. VIM HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS Naturally he feels grateful for tho benefits derived from using this remedy for the lungs and throat and in giving publicity Co this statement we actuated by motives of public bcnsfaction trust ing that others may be benefited n similar mannar
 FoR SPECIAL RATES for advertising in this pc per apply to tho publisher of tho papar. U5I
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

TIE Mosr MISERABLE CREATURE among all mankind is the confirmed dyspeptic, who always looks as though life had no charms left for him; and yet the very worst of this class may be brought back to health and happiness by using VINEGAR BGrTERs, remedy that even the most skeptical modern practitioners are beginning to use in their practice.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

A NEW HAVEN boy recently, flor fun, inserted an advertisement in a lo- cal paper for n husband. A Western farmer answered it, and the young man wrote at length, describing himself as a handsome, middle-aged woman, with g long bank account. The granger came on last week to see the woman. He is now after the young man with suit for fraud and loss of time and money.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
Not Called Back.

"And so your husband has deserted you. Mrs. Gibbs2n
 "Yes, it seems so, At least the rascal has run off."
 ''What are you going to do about itl Will you get divorce"
 Not by a right smart won't. I'll get cowhide, and then want to sec the shiftless yagabond undertake to sneak back again. .n- Chicago Ledger
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
HtreatA.

Don't say there is no help for CatRrrh, Hay Fever and Cold in Head since thousands tes- tify that Ely's Cream Balm has entirely cured them. lt supcrsedes the dangerous use of liquids and snuffs. lt is easily applied with the finger and gives relief at once Price 50 cts. at druggists. 60cents by mail. Send for circular. Fly Bros, Owego, N. Y.
 I have had catarrh in head and nostrils for ton years SO bad that there was great sores in my nose, and one place was eaten through. | got Ely'a Cream Balm. Two bottles did the work, but am still using it. My nose and head is we'll. l feel like another mHn.-Chns. S. hcNllen, Sibley, Jackson Co. Mo.
 Ely Bros, have been afflicted with cRtarrh. ] purchased bottle of yo3r Cream Balm, II has effected complete curc.--ll. c, Abbot, H7 Grant Ave, Allegheny City, Pa.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

Laconic patient to physician: Caught cold. Physician; Take Red Star Cough Cure; no morphia, no poisons. On y twenty-five cents. St. Jacobs Oil cures pain.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

'BUT tell you the man has no incen- tive" And I tell you that he has. He has got wife and three children, and if that ain't incentive enough to keep any ordinary man scratching don't know what is. .n
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

Prso's REMEDY for Catarrh Is agreeable to use It Is not liquid or snun. 50c.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

WHY go limping around with your boots run over, when i.yons's Heel Stiffeners will keep them straightf
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23


 There iS evidence that the use of certain kinds of carriages dates from very remote antiquity, When Pharaoh advanced Joseph to the second place in Egypt "hs made him to ride In the second chariot which he hAd." and later, Joseph, by command of the kinH sent wagons out of the land of Egypt to convey Jacob and my mother has been afictsd with Bronchitis for about 20 years, and very bad at times. She is using Pso's Curo for Consumption, and it gives her more relief than anything she has ever taken.
 JH. cLELvroS. Union Centre, Ill.,, March g. 1sss.
 his whole family to the land of his adoption. Thus at this early period there were two dis tinct types of carriage in use among the ciyll- izsd inhabitants of Egypt-A country which from its level character presented facilities for the development of this species of conveyance. The vse of ehariots in Egypt and among the OhhA9 haAAohA kehetAlAg NhA E@AeENcA AaI rulers and warlike leaders.
 It was among the Romans that the use of carriages as a private conysyAnes was nrst cs- tabllshod, and with that people carriages at- tAined great variety of form as well As richness of recommendation. At all times the employ msnt of carriages depended greatly on the condition of the roads over which they had to be driven, and the establishment of good roads, such aA the Appisn Way, constructed s9i n. c. and others, greatly facilitated the development of carriage travelling among the RsmAns. In Rome itself, and pr osablY Also in ether large towns, 1t was necessary to restrict travelling In carriages to few persons of hiEh rank. owing to the narrowness and crowded state of the
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
Ernzer Axle 1srnn.r.

Tho Frazer Axle Grease is better and cheaper than any other, at double the price. Ask your dealer for it. and take no other.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
A OuIck Recovery.

Robins with mushrooms Is the latest dish at Florida hotels.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
Ancient Cnrrinass.

A recent census of Greenland indicates q population of l0OO.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
"The light that lies,

In womAn's syes,"
 is a ray of heavens own brightness; but it is alasl often dimmed or qusnched by some wear ing disease, perhaps silently borne but taking all comfort and enjoyment out of life. That light of the household can be rekindlsd and made to glow with its natural brightness. Dr. R. " Plerce's "Favorite Prescription" is a potent specific Tor most of the chronic weaknesses and diseases peculiar to women.
 Professor Agassiz is the wealthiest of American scientists
 FoR DYSPEPSIA INDIGESTION depression ofaptr its and general debility in their various forms also as a pre- entiye against fever and ague and otherintermittent feycrs, the "Ferro-Phcsphor- ated Elixir of Calisaya," made by Caswel, Hazard X Co, New York, and sold by all Drug gists, is the best tonic and for patients recover ing from fever or other sickness 1t has no equal
 An Englishman las designated that a snai can creep 300 feet etween sunrise and snnset
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

Hates the food regulates tho stomach and bow els giving healthy and natural GlCep.
 Vinegar HItters is tho great disease pro venter, and stands nt the head uf nl family reta' cdieS. No house should ever Dc without it.
 Vinegar WI1ters cures MnlarlAl, Bilious and other fovers, diseaRes of tho Heart Liver and Kidneys, and q hundred other painful dieorderH
 send for either Of our valuable reference books for ladies, for farmers, Tor mptchnntn, our Medical Treatise on Diseases, or our 1aiephhqn on Intemperanoe aud Tobacco, which lnHt should be In the hands of every child and youth in tho country,
 Any two of the above hoolts mailed freo on receipt of four cents for registration fees il H. McDonnld Drug Co Washington Ni.. r V
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
seIffti

'TStand back, gentlemenl Clear the trackin shouted the police, and as the quickly-gath- ering crowd surged back steamer No 4 came up tho street. the magnihicient black horss striking fire from the pavement
 But holdi A wheel comes of the steamer is overturned, and ths brave hremen nro picked up bleeding and senselessl
 An investigation revealed the fact in oling the steamer that morning the steward had neglected to put in the lineh-pin. A llt. tie neglect on his part had caused loss of half million dollarS The busy marts of trade are full of men who arc making the same fatal mistake. They neglect their kidneys, thinking they mood no attention, whereas if they made occasional use of Warmers safe cure they would nsrsr say they don't feel quite woll; that tired feel. with indlgeStion; that their brain refuses to respond at call; that their nerves are all un- strung Fire Journal
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

Vinegar Ettttern, . pnr- railYo and t0nic, purltieh inc blood, strengthens iite liver and kldncyH and wlil restore health, however loui,
 Vinegar Wiitcrs in tho hcrt nmydy discovered for promoting digestion, curing hendarbc and incfeasiug tho vital powers.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

Don't growl when the doctor orders bark
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

Young or middls-aEsd mes suffer ing from nervous debility or other delicate diseases. however induced, speedily and per mAnenuy cured. Address Worlds DiGpennarY Medical Association, BufrAlo, N. Y.
 The tourist season in Switzerland. despite hard times, has been fairly successful.
 The huge, drastic, griping eksninE pIlls are fast being superseded by pr. Pisrss's "PurRa- tive Psllsts." Sold by druggists.
Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23
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Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

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Connecticut western news., 1885-12-23

Professor Agassiz is the wealthiest oi American scientists.
The Portland daily press., 1885-09-14
Portland and Worcester Line.
Portland & Rochester r.. r..
ARRANGEMENT 0E TRAINS.

On and after Monday, June %,
sessE SS5, Passenger Trains will leave
Ezs5=== - Portland at 7.3O a. M, and
10 p. M, arriving at Worcester
at 2.15 p. m. and 7.25 p. m. Returning leave
Union Depot, Worcester, at 7.30 a. m. and lib
a. m arriving at Portland at 1880 p m. and $40
p. m.
For Clinton, Aver Junction, Fitchburg,
Nashua, Lowell, Windham, and Ripping
at 5.3O a. ma. and 1.1O p. mn.
For Manchester, Concord and points North
at 1.1Op. m.
For Rochester, Springvale, Alfred, Wafer
borO and saco River, z.3O "A. m, 10
p. m. and (mixed) at $50 p. mn. Returning
leave Rochester at (mixed) 6.45 a. M, 11.00 a.
m. and $50 p m, arriving at Portland (mixed)
$40 a. M, so p. M and $40 p. m.
For G0fham, Saccarappa, Cumberland
Willis, Westbr0Ok and WOOdfOrd's at 7.30
a. M. Ito, 800 and mixed at $3.50 p. m.
The lilo ID. ma. from Portland connects at
Aver j unct. with HOOsac Tunnel Route for
the West, and at Union Depot, Worcester, for
New York via Norwich Line and all rail.
via Springfield, N. Y. 81 N. e. II. r.,
c'Steamer Maryland Route'') for Philadelphia,
Baltimore, Washington, and the south and
with Boston a. Albany IL. r.. for the West.
Close connections made at WestbrOOk june
ton with through train of Maine Central r. R.,
at Grand Trunk Transfer, Portland, with through
trains of Grand Trunk r. II.
Through tickets to all points West and South
may be had of S. H. HELEN, Ticket Agent, Port
land & Rochester Depot at foot of Preble ST., and
of Rollins & Adams, No. % Exchange st.
*Does not stop at Woodford's.
jn26dtf j. w. PETERS, Supt.
The Portland daily press., 1885-09-14

BOSTON, Sept IL, 1885.-The following are to-
days quotations of Provisions, etc.:
Pork-Long cut 70 1898 o0i short cuts ID 90
@13 so; backs 13 00@13 so; light backs II Oog
II so; lean ends IL 50@13 90; prime mess Ii 90
@13 so; extra prime 10 5o@11 90; mess IL o09
II so.
Lard SIS @714c p ID for tierces; 71497$4c for
lob pas 7s4 csc for BIB pals; snslAe for 3-fb
pals.
Hams at 1o91019c p ID, according to size and
cure: small 11(01112c.
Butter-Northern creamery, good to extra, at 81
@23c; fancy 24c; New York dairy 1St92oc; Yer
mont dairy at 21@22c selections higher; extra
Western fresh made creamery 22G23; fancy 2312
0124c; com. to good 1S@20c; Western ladle pack
ed 1o912c; do fair to good at 9@11c; imitation
creamery, choice, 16@17c. Jobbing prices range
1d2c higher than these quotations.
Cheese-Chuice North atI7s4 csc; lower grades
according to quality; Western at 71a@Sc. Job
lots 12c higher.
Eggs-Eastern extras 181a@19 Eastern firsts
17@1712c; New York and Vermont at IS; North
17c; Western at 16@161ac; Island lie; at
1619@17c.
Beans-Choce large hand picked peas at go
ed do 6501 TO- small vt hand picked peas SIS
9170 ;comlto good 45D1 soc ;choice screened do
4091 As; hand picked medium 155d60; choice
screened DOL 45@1 so common do 10@1 20;
choice improved yellow eyes at 1901 70; old
fashioned yellow eyes at 6o91 65; red kidneys
100.
Fruit-Evaporated apples 61a@71ae p Ii fancy
SC, and North and East quartered and sliced 4c.
Messina oranges 5015 90; Palermo do 4 OO0
so. New apples 1902 70 ~ Dbl.
Hay-Choice prime hay $21G$22 fancy $2212 !;
fair to good, $19@$20; choice East fine S179S18;
fair to good at $161$17; poor do $(914g15. Rye
straw, choice $15@16 so.
The Portland daily press., 1885-09-14
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
and Connecting Steamboat Lines.
On and after MONDAY, June 80,
1855, Passenger Trains leave
Portland as follows:

For Bangor, VancebOrO, st. John, Hall
fax, and the Provinces, st. stephen and
AroostoOlx County, 1890 p. M, via Lewis
ton, 1886 and til p. M, via Augusta; and
for Bangor at BIB p m. for Bangor 81 Pts
cataquis IL. r., +l115 p. m, for Skowhe-
gam, Belfast and Dexter, 12.3 80, IL. 35, til is
p. M; Waterviile, GAS a. M, 1890, 1896,
5.15 and 411.15 p M. for Augusta, Hal
lowell, Gardiner and Brunswiclx, 6.45
a. M, 1885, 5.15, +11.15p M; Bath, 6,45 a.
11.15 p M. ROckIand and Knox & Lin
coin H. r., 6.45 a. M, 1895, and on Satur-
days only at 515 a. M, Auburn and Lewis
ton at $40 a. m, 1890, BIO p. M. Lewiston
via Brunswick, GAS a. M, +11-15 p. M;
Pennington, Monmouth, winthrop and
land and North Arson, 1880 p. M;
Pennington via Brunswick, % 40 a. m, and
1895 p. m.
From Congress Street at 12.35 p. M,
Fast express train for Ellsworth and Bar
Harbor, stopping at Brunswick, Gardiner, Hal
lowell, Augusta, Waterville and Bangor only
This train must be taken at Congress Street sta
ton as it is through train from Boston to
Harbor.
The IL 10 p m. train also runs through to Bar
Harbor and may be taken at Portland station.
THE 11.15 p. m. train is the night express with
sleeping car attached and runs every night Sun
days included, but not through to Skowhegan o
Monday mornings or to Belfast and Dexter
beyond Bangor, excepting to Bar Harbor, on
Sunday mornings.
Trains are due in Portland as follows: The morn
ing trains from Augusta and Bath 8.35 a. m. /;
Lewiston, $40 a. m. the day trains from Ban
gor and all intermediate stations and connecting
trains from Maranacook, Waterville, Augusta,
Bath, Rockland and Lewiston at 5.35 p. IN. Fly
ing Yankee at 545 p. m. /; the night Pullman Ex-
press train at 1.50 a. m.
The Portland daily press., 1885-09-14
Cancer of the Tongue.
A Case Resembling that Of Gen. Grant

Some ten years ago had scrofulous sore on
my right hand which gave me great trouble, and
under the old-time treatment healed up but it had
only been driven into the system by the use of
potash and mercury and in March, 1882, it broke
out in my throat and concentrated in what some
of the doctors called cancer, eating through my
cheek, destroying the roof of my mouth and upper
lip, then attacked my tongue, palate and lower
ipdesroying the palate and under lip entirely and
half my tongue, eating out to the top of my left
cheek bone and up to the left eye. 1 could not
eat any solid food but subsisted liquids and my
tongue was so far gone / could not talk. Such
was my wretched helpless condition the first of
last October (1S84), when my friends commenced
giving me Swifts Specific. In less than month
the eating. places stopped and healing COM
menced, and the fearful aperture in my cheek has
been closed and firmly knitted together A pro-
cess of new under lip is progressing finely and
the tongue which was almost destroyed is being
recovered, and it seems that nature is supplying
new tongue. / can talk so that my friends can
readily understand me, and can also eat solid
food again. Ii any doubt these facts, | would re-
fer them to Hon. John III. Trayl0r, State Senator
of this district and to DR.. t. S. Bradfeld, of La
Grange, Ga
MRS. MARY L. CONFER
LAGRANGE. Ca, May IA, 1886.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 8, Atlanta,
Ga. N Y, 1857 W. 23d st.
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