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Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
Facts About Owls.

As was seated on the piazza of our hotel last evening, watching the moon as it came out by the sea, an owl glided by, and only for moment was seen as 1t passed window, through which the light was streaming, intent, no doubt, upon its mission and apparent ly undisturbed by the music, the hum of voices, and the red and green lights that flashed up from the lawns on Ocean avenue. Owls may often sail around the pier hotel at night, for aught know. but 1t is not often that they are seen. Back in the woods they make their homes, and there their hooting is as familiar sound as the croaking of the frogs. The farmer has no better friend than the owl, and he who kills one does the public and him. self an injury. White, or Selborne, after tanning pair of owls, was con vinced that they brought a mouse to the nest on an average of every five minutes from sunset to daylight.
 Owls were never an epicurean feast, but there was formerly an eccentric genius in Newport, Benjamin Had win, who ate them, and for that mat ter anything that once had the breath of life Soutney once had an owl roasted for himself and Mir. and Mrs. Worth. give the sequel in his words :: "We agreed that there could be no pretext for making owls game and killing them as delicacies, but If ever you eat one, by all means try it boiled with onion sauce"
 An omelette made of owls eggs is said to be a cure for drunkenness. Owls are sometimes stuffed-not for the table, but to draw crows within range of the sportsman's gun. No love is lost between the crow and the owl, and when the latter is pearched upon limb the former goes for him with the celerity and disregard of all those cautionary measures that usu- ally mark the movements of a crow. So eager is he to meet the object of his aversion that he does not see the gum ner until 1t is too late to beat safe retreat. The Italians use an owl to catch small birds, only in their case the owl is tied to perch in open ground in broad sunlight, and the birds that gyrate around him alight upon twigs smeared with bird lime. In this way they become an easy prey. -Pro0ideace Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
Birds Forced to Take Medicine.

"He's got a sore eye" was the ex- planation of a clerk in a bird store who was carrying little green squawking parrot. He cleaned 1t with a stick, and the parrot struggled to get away, uttering most doleful cries, but was firmly held until sufficiently treat ed, and was then put back in it's cage, where 1t sat and sobbed and moaned pitifully. "We don't have many such things to care for, and it's a good thing, for they are hard to manage: A sore eye is dangerous always, be: cause we can't always be sure how t should be treated. Besides it spells the market value of the bird. No body wants to buy sore-eyed parrot and one that has very bad eye is apt to forget how to talk. Parrots seem almost human when they are sick, Cor they cry and groan and act dumpish, and will submit to medicine easily, unless 1t is very painful, and then they resist, just like the rest of the animal creation.
 "Other birds act differently. Wild birds will not take medicine. You have to force it down, duck them un- der water when they won't bathe, stuff the food down their throats when they won't eat, and so on. Ca- naries dislike doctoring, but are very intelligent, and take it more easily than other birds. Bobolinks are like them, only more obstinate, and mock ing birds will sometimes die of sullen- ness rather than take drugs. They are hardy, stronger, and rarely sick. Red birds, though, are more delicate, and so wild they won't take medicine. ."- Mem Yo1.k ,SSL91 ... +.- a... .--
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
A Home Remedy.

The way to get the better of the bilious system without blue pills or quinine is to take the juice of one, two or three lemons, as appetite craves. in as much water as makes it pleasant to drink, without sugar, be- fore going to bed. In the morning, on rising, at least half an hour before breakfast, take the juice of one lemon in goblet of water. This will clear the system of humor and bile with efficiency, without any of the weaken ing effects of calomel. People should not irritate the stomach by eating lemons clear; the powerful acid of the juice, which is always most corrosive, invariably produces inflammation after while, but properly diluted, so that 1t does not burn or draw the throat. 1t does it's medicinal work without harm, and, when the stomach is clear of food, has abundant opportunity to work over the system throughly.- Neto York Herald. ......s-
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
What an Egg VIII DO.


 For burns and scalds nothing is more soothing than the white of egg, which may be poured over the wound. It is softer as a varnish for burn than collodion, and, being always at hand, can be applied. It is also more cooling than the sweet oil and cotton which was formerly supposed to be the surest application to allay the smarting pain. It is the contact with the air which gives the extreme dis. comfort experienced from the ordinary accident of this kind, and anything that excludes the air and prevents inflammation is the thing to be at once applied. .......-.. ....
 The egg is considered one of the best of remedies for dysentery. Beat en up slightly, with or without sugar, and swallowed at a gulp, it tends by It's emollient qualities, to lessen the inflammation of the stomach and in- testines, and by forming transient coating on these organs, to enable nature to resume her healthful sway over diseased body. Two, or at most three eggs per day would be all that is required in ordinary cases; and since egg is not merely medicine. but food as well. tho lighter the diet otherwise and the quieter the patient is kept, the more certain and rapid is the recovery.
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
Two Singular Lunatics.

A lunatic at the Morris Plains 11Aksylum was mute for five years. Even the physicians thought he had lost the power of speech. One day two of his fingers were mangled in a washing machine. To the astonishment of everybody who heard him he exclaim- ed: By the great and jumping Moses, a devil is better than an inventor" That was three years ago, and he has not spoken since. Another patient, a boy in the same institution, is a light ming calculator. The most intricate problems are solved by him in frac- tions of a minute. The boy believes that his head is filled with little blocks with figures upon them, and they in- stantly fall into different positions and work out the problems. He thinks his brain, in fact, is a multiplication table. His insanity seems pardonable, for only few sane men can compete with him as a mathematician. Every day he soaks his head in water to prevent the blocks from rattling, and occasion ally he begs for oil to put into his ears so that the imaginary squares will slip upon each other more easily.-MorTtS- totOf JeTSegInaH. @
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22

arms and unsubdued. By constant fighting they have been cleared out of a space of about twenty square miles around the port af Acheen. This the Dutch win continue to hold by means of redoubts and large force The blockade of the other ports has been raised; two of them only, oleleh and Pedls, are to be retained by force said to number $500 men. The rest of the Dutch forces are to be with drawn, and the war is at an end until the sultan likes to resume his attacks on the fort"
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
A Mountain Railroad.

The great tunnel of Galera, by which the pinnacle of the Andes is pierced, will be, when completed, $500 feet long, and will be the highest ele- vation on the earth's surface where any such work has been undertaken. Besides boring the mountains of gram ite and blasting clefts along their sides to rest the track upon, steep cut tings and superb bridges, the system of reverse tangents had to be adopted in canons that were too narrow for curve. So the track zigzags up the mountain side, on the switch and back-up principle, the trains taking one leap forward, and after being switched on to another track another leap backward, until the summit is won; so that often there are four or Ave lines of track parallel to each other, one above the other, on the mountain Eida~
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
glucose FIRures.

The manufacture ofglucose or grape sugar in this country now employs a capital of s1ooOo,ooOl employs 4575 workmen. who are yearly paid s2,05e,- 75o in wages consumes slS, EOS. 900 worth of raw and manufactured ma terial yearly, and in the same time yields product worth els.270. GOO Each year there can be made about 6l0,0O00O0 pounds of corn sugar and 6l,000 bushels of corn used daily, each bushel giving thirty-two pounds of glucose The glucose sugar can be made with profit, it is said. at two cents pounl
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22

So Uncle Phineas did not keep his niece Rosamond very long after all. But the fact that she was alive and near him was enough to give him a new lease of life Aud on her we'd ding day, the old man actually relented so far as to give her another hundred dollar bill out of the old green chest that he kept back of the cherrywood bedstead.
 George Hand is a smart, forehand- ed lad" said he. "And Rosamond is 8 good girl-a very good girl P'-Helen Forest Grdpes.
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
==a~=a=a=aa-s-a4ss= THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
Lemons for Malaria.

Dr. Crudell. of Rome, gives the following directions for preparing a remedy for malaria which may be worth trying, as it is said to have proved efficacious when quinine has given no relief Cut up lemon, peel and pulp, in thin slices, aud boil 1t in a pint and half of water until it is reduced to half pint Strain through linen cloth, squeezing the remains of the boiled lemon, and set 1t aside until cold. The entire liquid is taken fast ing. @ s
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
The Ten Finest Buildings.

"The ten finest buildings in this country, according to the majority vote given in the Boston American Archttsct, are Trinity church, Boston, the capitol at Washington; W. K. Vanderbilts house, Trinity church and the Jefferson market court house, New York; the city hall, Hartford; city hall and state capitol, Albany Sever hall, Cambridge, Mass, and town ball, North Tastop. MAAs."
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
The Beauties of Mexican Feather
 Work


 While in Mexico I tried hard to find out how they made the lovely birds on cards which they offered for sale on the streets. A friend took me to the house of one of these artists. It was a little hovel, where be sat on the mud floor and toiled. But when he heard us coming he put away all his work and would not let us see It. He was an Indian, with brown skin and black, straight hair. He wore ragged clothes and had an old blanket to keep him warm at night. Poor as he was, no money would tempt him to show us the secret process he had learned from his father, which had been kept in the family for hundreds of years Great skill is required to produce a perfect picture. First, the Indian traces on the cord the outlines of the body of the bird in wax, just enough for the feathers to stick to. Then he begins at the lower part and places them on, one at time, one row tapping over the other as a slater lays slates. He works very slowly and patiently. Perhaps this Is the secret of his perfect work, and the reason that no other people have been able to equal him. The re- ult is, bird that looks as if it might sing or fly. The eyes are made with small glass beads, and the bill and feet are painted so nicely that they appear to be part of the bird. Then he paints twig or branch for it to rest on, or makes one from a feather. and his work is done.-Sdn Antonia Light
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22

A German, who has studiously watched every movement of the honey bee, asserts that they are excellent storm-warners. He says that on the approach of thunder-storms, bees, otherwise gentle and harmless, become very irritable, and will at once attack anyone, even their usual attendant, approaching their hives A succession of instances are given in which the barometer and hygrometer foretold a storm, the bees remaining quiet, and no storm occurred; or the instruments gave no intimation of storm, but the bees for hours before were irritable, and it came.
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
A Sign Suggestion.

Smith keeps savage dog on his premises, and near its kennel a board is displayed, with the warning in large letters, "Beware of the dog"
 "I suppose" said Jones, pointing to the warning, you have painted that sign in large letters so that he who runs may read"
 No" said Smith, "but that he who reads may run"
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22

the tarnal varmint that brought about the happy change in Sary Jane, an thar" pointing to white-haired old lady who sat rocking and smiling in a corner of the room, "sm the old gal herself" PhflddelDhfn Times.
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
BIessed Idan

Thers ar~ many blessed Islands
 Lying in the soa of dreams, From whose glorious palm-orownsd hlshlands
 Daylight never dlss, it sesmsl Where in the hushss of the thunder Of the surf iAlls down the wonder
 ofson, slvor singing stroama, And forever drifting, drining
 Past thOir ourblng shoros of sand, . You and I, sad eyes upllfting,
 pass and bass, but dare not lend. What though singing sircns boo.' 1here has never touched, l renkof
 Mortal bark upon that strand
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
Only her Father

Miss De We're: Don't you sing. Mir LisleY"
 MT. Lisle (of the Harvard giee club): "oh. yes; but we are not alone That ugly old duffer in the corner has been watching us the last half houh"
 Miss De We're; "oh. never mind him; he only my father"
 Mir. Lisls tries to explain.-~Raw- blsr.
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22

In the German Agricultural Insti
 ute at Halle much attention is paid to improving breeds of domestic ani- mals. Crossing of the domestic sheep with tho "mouflon" or wild sheep of Corsica, has been so successful to the fourth generation that 1t is now sup posed that the "moufion is the ances- tor of the domesticated fiocks. Ad. dltiOnal light Is expected to be thrown upon tho subject by the recent acces- sion in the gardens of two new pairs of wild sheep. the American "bighorn," l" and Persian species, neither of which have ever before been seen in Europe alive Experiments as to crossing these with domestic breeds will be begun at once. @
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22

A Russian traveller predicts that Thibet will prove to be second Cali fornia, as during a recent visit there, he found the natives gold-washing in the crudest way. but with the richest results If the same class of men should be attracted to the gold-bearing districts of that barbaric country as went to California in '49, remarks the Current, it is very probable that the civilization of the region would be accomplished with degree of rapidity which would prove most salutary in it's lessons to the czars. emperors, queens and ameers who are struggling for empire in that part of the world, after the manner of the middle ages. aa
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22

It Is populaFly supposed that rice is the staple ctop and universal food throughout India This however, is very far from being the case. for north of Behar wheat and other grains form the chief articles of food, and in these districts rice is no part of the diet of the people. Rice is only grown in the deltas of the great rivers and along the western coast, and besides this it is raised in patches in all hill valleys. In those regions where rice is grown largely, however. 1t is the only crop. The quality varies much according to the place where 1t grows; even in a single district in Bengal 1t is said there are as many as three hundred different kinds.
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
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she moves in a mysterious way, Ignoring callers day by daYi With firm resolve and solemn faoo. With quiet air and qussnly grooo, Following up each firm endeavor, Seldom converaing--pmiLling never, Her meals she orunohcs all alone, As silently as bricks or stone, What, think you, makes thls maiden fair Move with sad and solemn airi Why docs she never sulle aRnin, On ought in rangc Of mortal keni Ask of her dentist, he can toll, He understands her reason well, He knows what all her griei' about All her front teeth have been pulled outi
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
HUMOROUS.

A one legged man VII never be troubled with wet fcer
 A country seat that always rents-- The barbed wire fenoe
 What causes the flowers to shoot is that they all carry piktils.
 To the pure all things arc pure ex- cept city milk and cheap groceries.
 It was German who pronounced cricket such bat and wicket game.
 This Is the season cg n year when the hook and sin' starsI hn the air oThe Pilgrim Fatheui wherosro thsyfs
 The shouting eohool-boy said,
 While the sleepy boy In the corner criod'
 "I think they must be doadf"
 ''The richest man In Oregon began business by tanning calfskins," says an exchange. This is reversing tho rule Most men begin by being tanned.
 Young housewife: "NYhat misera- ble little eggs again. You really must tell them, Jane. to let the hens sit on them little longer"
 People who raise green apples have only their labor for their pains" People who eat green apples generally have pains for their labor.
 "what must do." asked n mean and conceited man of a friend who knew him well. ''to get a picture of the one I love mostp" Sit for your own portrait" was the reply.
 A child who had once seen a grab bag in church, after the contribution box had passed by one Sunday. whls- pered to her mother: "How much did you get9 I grabbed quarter"
 "out of every one hundred and nine female school teachers." says an ex- change, seven marry every year." How many times do the remaining 102 marryP Give us all the facts.
 The composer of "Putme in my little bed" announces that he got ten dollars for writing that interesting lyric, and hints that 1t was not enough. It was not; he ought to have got ten yearA
 "Is the man honest9r asked old Tyson. "Honest as the day Is long," was the reply. "Ye-es," said old Tyson; "but then he won't do at all. want him for a night watchman."
 "How old are you my little man P asked a gentleman of youngster of three years to whom he was being in- troduced. "rm not old at Rll." re- piled the little man; q am almost new"
 Coddlepate used to rave over Mim Gurligurl's hyacinthine curlA Since he has discovered that they are fast ened on with hairpins he has chosen 8 new floral emblem and now calls them i''lie-locks"
 The discovery has been made that the world does not revolve with the same momentum 1t did e thousand years ago, but it stiii swings round fast enough to satisfy the man with a heavy bill coming due.
 ''Give stock plenty of light is the advice of an agricultural paper. That is all right as far as it goes, but we have the word of an eminent 6nRncler that it should be well watered if the man expects to make any money out of 1t.
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22

There are mosquitos in Alaska A recent tEateller in that part says: "I camped for some days on the Kenia River, near Lake Skeloka, of which 1t Is the outlet, and of all the poisonous. persistent, unsuitable pests that ever lived, found them there in the form of mosquitos and black flies. The mosquitoes resemble those we have in the East, but, to correspond with everything else in that land of won ders. they are built on A much grander scale. They have a proboscis that I will wager could drill, saw and chop a hole through the hide of Jumbo in less time than the most expert and able bodied Jersey mosquito could tap the outicle of three months old ta5y."
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22

The New York Sun has the follow
 ing: Exactly ten years ago the
 Dutch government began a war at Ac- heen, in the north of Sumatra, which has continued with interruption down to last month. The forces of Holland have been perpetually engaged, most ly around the town of Acheen, but occasionally elsewhere in northern Sumatra- The war has weighed down the Dutch East Indies, the national budget of which has shown an annual dsHcit of from 9,000,000 to 15,000,000 of norins, caused mainly by it. An army of about 10000 men has had to be maintained, fighting almost under the equator, by constant drafts from Java and ultimately from home. The result of efforts of such magnitude continued over ten years has been AeAhinS The Achssnssa are stu in
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22

It is said that the permanence of the California mountain forests is seriously threatened by the herds of sheep and cattle which are driven into the mountains every year to grass From the foothills to the highest meadows every blade of herbage and every seeding shrub and tree is de- voured. Young trees are parked and ruined, and the roots of grasses are trodden out by the hoofs of animals. The life of any forest in which all young trees are destroyed Is limited to the life of the full-grown trees which compose 1t.
Connecticut western news., 1885-07-22
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

There are three political parties in Japan-the juitos, who are in favor of a republic; the kohentos, who are impsrialists, and the kaishintos, whose general principles are ito be agln the government" At present the kohen- tos appear to have the upper hand.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-07
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
George Humphreys Makes a jun
which Cost Him His Life.

George Humphreys Makes a Jump
which Cost Him His Life.
ATLANTA, Aug. 6.-This afternoon at 4
O'Clock George p. Humphreys, popular
architect of this city, also General South
ern Passenger Agent of the New York,
Pennsylvania and Ohio railroad, met with
q shocking accident near West End which
caused his death three hours later. Mr..
Humphreys was engaged in building a
number of houses at Sheffield and return
ed to Atlanta to-day. As the West Point
train passed through West End he jump
ed off, as WAS his custom, to 10 to his
home in that locality. AS he jumped
from the steps he was tripped by his um-
brelIa and fell. The train was going at
good speed at the time. A step struck
the back of his head, crushing It fearfully.
He was knocked under the car, and when
picked up both legs were feariuly
crushed, one foot was mashed off, three
ribs were broken, and number of other
injuries not less serious had been sus-
tanned. His entire body was badly
crushed and mutilated. He was a mem
Der of the Knights Of Honor in the Atlanta
lodge.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-07
LIFE'S SIN AND SORROW.
A PHYSICIAN KNITTED BY A MAD
FELLOW-PRACTITIONER.

The Wounds Probably FataI-A vir-
gtnia WidOwer Slowly starves His
Children to Death 30 Please the
Woman He woOes Deaths by ACcl-
dent Near Rome.
ATTICA, IND, Aug. Cdr. Orin Aborn,
Of Marshfeld, has for some months been
insane, and he was to have been taken to
an asylum yesterday. DR.. Boyer, a friend
of the insane man, agreed to stop with
DR.. Aborn's family Tuesday night for
their better security. AT midnight DR..
Aborn pretended to exhibit to his friend
a case OF surgical instruments, but sud-
denly he seized one Of the sharp two
edged knives, and started for his wife's
room. She had suspected his iuten-
tions when he first got out his
instrument case, and had fed
from the house and escaped. DIR. AbOrn
then cut his friends throat and stabbed
him In dozen places. In the stru gle
DR.. Boyer caught the knife with both
hands, and DR.. Aborn turned and twisted
it so that Boyer's hands were nearly cut
in two. DR.. Aborn then stopped for rest,
and Or. Boyer escaped from the house,
bleeding from a dozen wounds. DIR.
AbOrn held possession of the house for
some time, though the street was fun OF
men. He finally walked out In the yard.
plunged the knife In his own throat and
drank a quantity of i0dide. He lived sew
eral hours. DR.. Boyer WAS taken to
Williamsport in dying condition.