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Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
S0mc Fallacies in Regard to Diet.

1. That there is any nutriment in beef tea made from extracts. There is none whatever. 2. That gelatine is nutritious. It will not keep cat alive. Beef-tea ind gelatine, however, possess certain reparative power, we. know not what. 8. That an egg is equal to pound of meat, and that every sick person can eat them. Many, especially those of nerv- ous or bilious temperament, cannot eat them, and to suck eggs are injurious. 4. That because milk is an important article of food it must be forced upon patient. Food that person cannot endure w.ll not cure. 5. That arrow-root is nutr:- tious. It is simply starch and water, useful as restorative, quickly prepared. 6. That cheese is injurious in all cases. It is, as a rule, contra-indi- cated being usually indigeetible; but it is concentrated nutri ment, waste-repairer, and often craved. 2. That the cravings of a pa- tient are whims and should be denied. The stomach often needs, craves for, and digests articles not laid down in any dietary. Such are, for example, fruit, pickles, jams, cake, ham or bacon, with fat; cheese, butter and milk. 8. That an infexible diet may be marked out which shall apply to every case. Choice of given list of articles allowable in. a given case must be decided by the opinion of the stomach. The stomach is right and theory wrong, and the judgment admits no appeal. A diet which would keep a healthy man healthy might kill sick man; and a diet suficien to sustain a sick man would not keep we'll man alive. h. creased quantity of food, especially of liquids, does not mean increased nutri- ment; rather decrease, since the diges- tion is overtaxed and weakened. Strive to give the food in as concentrated a form as possible, Technics.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
DoctOrfng an African King.

Dr. R. w. Felkin says in the Scottish Geographical Magazine: It is no joke to be doctor to the King of Uganda, for whenever I took him a new supply of medicine had always to take a dose my self, and to administer one to seven of the persons who might happen to be pre- sent. Should one of these seven unfortu- mates die within week it would be con- sidered that had attempted to poison the King. If the King had to take pill, I had always to hold two in my hand :; he chose one and I had to swallow the other unless had friend with me who kindly undertook the office. I soon noticed, however, that Mtesa always chose the smallest, and so I arranged &C., cordingly. One day, Mtesa played me a nice trick. had been to the palace to take him lotion, and had warned him particularly not to drink it. After had left he sent page after me with gourd of mwengi, asking me to to taste it, and say if he might have some. did so. and said "Yes." It being very hot afternoon, my friend drank the re- maiuder; but it soon became evident that the King had doctored the wine, fo, my friend became violently sick. It turned out afterward that Mtesa wished to sec what effect the lotion would have upon me
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
PetrifYing Human Bodies.

A New York undertaken ard embalmer said to Mail and Express reporter that he believed the time was not far distant when the lost art of mummifying bodies would be discovered.
 "What struck me with that idea was the great state of preservation the body of Preller, killed by Maxwell in St. Louis, was found when exhumed to un- dergo an examination by the physicians. The body d been buried some time, and the lawyers for the defense imagined that it would be so decayed no post mortem, examination could be made in a scientific way to discover the traces, of disease such as Maxwell said he had. The embalmer had done bis work we'll, and the body was in fine state of pres ervation. I think some fluid will be dis covered that will petrify flesh, and thus the ancient Egyptians will be outdone. That is my great hobby-to petrify the human body after death. It will hand down to ages yet unknown the exact features and proportions of the present race. Our skilled chemists who dream their lives away over the retort, it looks to me, should turn their attention in this direction. The bones of mastodons have been preserved for thousands of years, and why not man's2 Anything the brain can conceive of think can in a meas ure, be accomplished in tim '" ,
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
Ladies Carried Across Wet Streets.

A letter from Mexico to the Boston Iranseript says: When the streets be- come flooded by the heavy summer showers, multitudes of ''cargadores'' standing upon either pavement, with their trousers rolled up, ply lively busi- ness carrying pedestrians across upon their backs. They make nothing of hoisting lady, as though she were a sack of potatoes, with her reticule, fan, parasol and other paraphernalia, and trotting away with her-while her little feet dangle and generally beat tattoo upon his back, and her fingers clutch him nervously amid series of shrleks- and dump her, dry shod, upon the other side, all for six cents! When a family party comes along mother, maids and children-it is funny sight to see them transported, one by one, over three foot-wide, six-inch-deep. torrent, with more fuss than Barnum's menageric, white elephant and all, would mako in crossing the Mississippi.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
Docs Gold GroW.3

Years ago wrote and published in a London magazine an article in which 1 undertook to prove that gold grows grows the same as grain or potatoes, Q, anything else. Ireckon I did my work crudely, not knowing anything about chemistry or even the ordinary terms of expression about such matters, and so my earnest and entirely correct sketch was torn all to pieces and laughed to scorn.
 We'll, have at last found positive proof of my general statement right here in these mountains by the Pacific sea. Briefly and simply, have found piece of peterified wood with little vein o, thread of gold in it. How did that gold get into this piece of wooda Was it placed there by the finger of God on the morning of creation, as men have claimed was the case with the gold found ia the veins of the mountains? Nonsense!
 Gold grows! Certain conditions ol the air, or certain combinations of earth and air and water, and whatever chemi- calls may be required, and then rock, a piece of quartz, or petrified tree, for the gold to grow in, and there is your gold crop! Of course, gold grows slowly. Centuries upon centuries, it may be, are required to make the least sign oi growth. But it grows just as asserted years ago; and here at last I hold in my hand such testimony as no man in this world will be rash enough to question: a portion of petrlfed tree with a thread of gold in it.-Joaquin Miller
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
Making B0seballs.

The interesting fact was learned by New York Mail and E press reporter that the hides of about 1000 horses and the skins of at least ten times as many sheep are cut up into coverings for base balls in this city every season. By one are used year for the insides of base balls. The hide and skin used is per fectly white, being alum tanned, and comes from Philadelphia. Out of one horses hide the coverings for twelve dozen balls are cut, and out of one sheep skin three dozen. Two strips of the leather are required for each ball, cut wide and rounding at each end so that they it into each other when put around the yarn ball. Each piece, for LeasHe ball, is seven inches long, by two inches wide at the rounded ends. The pieces are cut with die. Old fashioned blue Shaker yarn is used for the inside of League ball, which is wound tightly around small rubber ball, weighing exactly one ounce. The improved League ball has now double coverings of horsehide, which is regarded as great improvement. It is also stitched with gut. The balls arc made entirely by hand and 1t requires no little skill to shape them perfectly round. This is done by placing them in an iron cup about the size of the ball and striking it with a mallet at, different stages of the winding. Men do this work; they easi- ly make ten dozen League balls in a day and from forty to fifty dozen ordinary basebails in the same length of time Their wages are $2 50 day. Women sew the coverings together on the ball; this requires considerable skill and strong finger muscle; they can sew from two and a half to three dozen League balls day, and from IA to 16 dozen of the cheaper grades; they are paid by the piece, ninety cents dozen for the League work and ten cents dozen for the others. They earn about $12 week. The balls are scwed with what is known as Barker's flax, which comes in rcd, blue, orange and pink colors. The finest balls arc sewed with pink. Horsehide cover cd balls are made in fourteen different varities.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
At Niglltmll.

 Slow fades the day; beyond the western heights The sunset fires have paled to ashen gray, And through low-leaning mists young moon lights With fitful gleams the solitary way. Down dropping to the woodland dim and lone As some bright starbeam that the winds have blown
 From the far East, single glowworm shines,- A golden light amid the shadowy pines Through soft wilderness of purple bloom, Where twilight spills her silver moisture Ger tangled paths, and by the fringed pool A lonely traveller in the valleys bloom Quickens his footsteps, for the winds half sigh Dmly recalls some olden memory And through the dusk the glowworm's twink ling light Brings ten wis ons of heartstone bright And love and rest beyond the forest aisles. "Welcome awaits mo when my journey ends,"
 He whispers to the shadowy night-,.nd so beguiles The long, sad hours with dreams of Eome aud friends.
 -Adclaide D. Rollston, i,, the Current.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

A writer for Springfield, Ill.,, paper asserts that he has recently found in Q gravel stratum along the Sangamon river in that State, three rough diamonds of the first water, and at least a dozen to- pages, all found in the same locality. He also states that he has found a large number of pearls in mussels from the .Sangamon. The gentleman, whose . name is not given, is vouched for as a man of trustworthiness and education, and is understood to have had experience in the diamond mines of Brazil. These stones have already been tested, by an ex- perienced lapidary and pronounced to be diamonds. The topazes are easily dis tinguished as such. They are all large enough to be cut to fair advantage. While the finder lays no claim to having made anything like an extensive dis covery, he believes occasional precious stopes will be found wherever this stra. tum of gravel ovcrlies the limestone. He is reticent about the exact place of the find, but it is know to be within less than eight miles of Springfield
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
The Garfield Family.

The Garfield home on Prospect street, where Mrs. Garfield has lived since President Garfeld's death, is empty and for sale. Mrs. Garfield and her family have gone to live at the Mentor farm, where, she says, she can find more peace and comfort than anywhere else. Before she went there the house on the farm was remodelled and added to. Still, it was much too small for the equipments of the city house, and few days ago a private sale was held, at which great many things were disposed of at fabu. lous pric.s. During the unsettled period Grandma Garfield went to her old home at Solon, village twelve miles from town, and near Hiram College, where her boy was taught and taught others. The old lady is pcstered almost to sickness by autograph hunters, and will attend to them no more. She is strong and very clear of mind, as of old. Since the removal of Mrs. Garfield to Mentor grandma has rcjoiued hsr.-
 One reason why the house on the farm was enlarged was the need of room where President Garfeld's effects and papers could be placed. These have all been arranged with the utmost care, and placed in systematic order. The articles in the memorial room of the Prospect street house have also been removed to specially built room in the Mentor home, and rare collection of tributes from nearly every State in the Union, and from nearly every civilized nation ir the world. Mrs. Garield's father, Mir. Zeff Rudolph, is with her. He and grandma are nearly of the same age about 83. Harry Garfield is at home He has returned from St. Paul school near Concord, N. H., where he has been teaching. James R. is studying law with Judges Boynton and Hale of this city, and is going to make a good, and perhaps great lawyer. He is close student, and has his fathers retentive and legal mind.
 Molly is with her mother at Mentor, but often comes to town. She is Presi- dent of the McAll Mission Society, an organization for missionary work ir Paris. Mrs. Garfield looks we'll, bu lives very quietly, and retains her gar. mcnts of black. She gave $50, 900 for the Prospect street house, and has only as yet, been offered $45, 000.- Clevelant (Ob;ol TeoIe,
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

The beautiful late at Clumber park, the Duke of Newcastle's place in Notts, says the London Truth, was recently drained, and the fish. were driven into extensive dams which adjoin it. The lake has just been reflled and the fish have been restored to their old quarters. Abont 12, 900 pike were put back, and several thousands of carp and cells. Many of the pike were very large, some of them weighing 40 pounds. There were shoals of tcnch an1 perch, and tho carp were also of immense size. Clumber lake had not been disturbed for two hundred years, so it is probable that many of the pike and carp have at- tained a patriarchal age. The biggest fish were carried by the keepers in their arms, and those under 30 pounds were conveyed in tanks.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
A Prayer for a Professor.

Young ministers of the Scotch kirk are obliged to preach a certain number of trial sermons, and very queer discourses these often turn out. Dr. Boyd, of St. Andrews, relates q story of how probationer, when he "offered" the preliminary prayer took the oppor- tunity of supplicating the Almighty on behalf of the professor who had instruct ed him, and who was among tho con- gregaton when his zealous pupil "prayed att him.
 Lord [said he], have mercy on our professor, for he is weak and ignorant. Strengthen his feeble hands, confirm his tottering knees, and grant that he may go out and in before us like the he-eoat before Thy flock. Truth.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
A Singular Custom of Grizzlies.

The Cheyenne (Wyoming) Leader says that Hendrick, hunter, who camped recently on Bear R yer in Colorado, With him was young tenderfoot just from the East. Trapping was pretty good, and the two men let the meat supply of the camp run down until there was noth- ing left but Gin trappers' phrase coined for city society," ''sow abdomen" So one evening the hunter and the tender foot started out after fresh meat.
 They soon found it, for scarcely mile from camp they ran on to a whole fami- y ofgrizzlies, half dozen in all. As the bear family showed decided -in- elination for closer acquaintance the introdnction at once took place,thc rifles of the hunters serving g. 2ss g masters of ccre- monies. Though the mcn fired as fast as they could anl bear after bear was knocked down the brutes rose to their feet again and the bruin family still came on. The rifles kept up their inccs- ant crack, however, and at distance of twenty yards, the old she bear, the lead CT of the family, fell to rise no more Forty shots had now been fired and with only three cartridges left between tn em the hunters were g.ad indeed to see the ringleader of the savage party turn tail and disappear among the surrounding rocks and bushes
 On examination eight bullet holes were found in the old she bear, five of the eight having lodged in vital parts. The next morning the hunters took the bloody trails leading in various direc- tions, and in an hours time all the re- maining bears were found dead, making six bears bagged in bunch.
 During the fight the wounded brutes indulged frequently in the singular cus- tom, called in hunter and trapper per- lance, Shaking up." Whenever bear was struck by bullet it would at once seize one of its companions and rough and tumble fight would ensue. The old she bear on several occasions grabbed her cubs and tossed them high in the air, catching them as they fell, and unmerci- fully "chawing" them. It was to this singular custom that the hunters proba- ply owed their lives, as it delayed the progress of the ferocious family until the deadly rifles were able to check it entirely.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
HUMOROUS.

A sound sleeper-One who snores.
 A crack yacht does not necessarily leak.
 A Western man has cyclone cellar which he retircs to when his wife com mences house-cleaning.
 If these professional glass eaters are not more caceful they will soon have panes in their stomachs.
 "Those who use our goods are very much attached to them," is what aporous plaster company advertises.
 He (on horseback ck)-Shall we take the highway home9 She-No; would pre- fer the bridal-path, think.
 It is always safe to say hailstones were as big as hens eggs. They are never preserved to confront witness.
 A 25-cent hat is rather common kind of head covering, but it will go long way if overtaken by good stiff breeze.
 A man breathes twenty times minute except when he is about to put the i'm portant question to his best girl. Then he breathes twenty timesa second. /
 Is.there anything more excruciating than the music of a Japanese tom-tom orchestral" asks writer. Did you ever hear the music of an American tom- tom cat9
 "Papa," said little ffive-year old, pointing to a turkey gobler strutting around in a neighbours Jard, "ain't that red-nosed chicken gpt an awful big bustle2" E sss
 Little Harry had been out in the kitchen with the cook, who was making cake, and had broken an egg. Running in to mamma, he said: "See, mamma, broke an egg, and got the gravy all over my handsW
 Suitor-Sir, you are undoubtedly aware of the object of my visit. Father Il believe you desire to make my daugh- ter happy. Do you really mean ita suito' -Unquestionably. Father--Well, don't marry her, then.
 Johnny was telling his mamma how he was going to dress and show off when he was man. His mamma asked, "Johnny, what do you expect to do for a living when you get to be mani" 'Well, I'll get married and lodge with my wife's m 0
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
A Case of Suicide.

A Boston letter to the Providence Journal contains an anecdote of Mr. Somerby, who was counsel for the de. fense in the notorious Alley murder case. It may be remarked for the benefit of those who do not remember that cause celebre, that the body of the murdered man was found brutally hacked to pieces and slowed into a barrel which was dis covered floating in the harbor. Soon after the conclusion of the case Mr. Som- erby, who had worked very hard in it, went to the Isle of Shoals for rest, and while there sat smoking on the hotel piazza one evening, in company with other guests of the house only slightly known to him. One of the latter, a man Of the sort gifted by nature with the faculty of making awkward speeches, suddenly turned to the lawyer and said:
 "We have all had good deal of curi. osity, Mr. Somerby, about the Alley case. and wish Yon would tell us frank ly, precisely, what you think is the truth of the whole matter"
 q think" Mir. Somerby returned gravely, regarding the other with an ai, of the utmost candor, T think that i, was clearly and unmistakably case ot suicide"
 The questioner began to frame an in- quiry how suicide could dismember his remains and bestow them in a barrel, when a shout of laughter gave him a dim hint that he had been snubbed, and the conversation on the Alley case came to an abrupt conclusion.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

Not long ago Patagonia was believed to be one of the most desolate and unin- viting parts of the world. We have learned within the past three years, how ever,. that great deal of Patagonia is not to be judged by the bleak and yer dure!ess Atlantic scaboard. The Argen- tine military expeditions have brought home some astonishing reports, which are now supplemented by the discoveries of Col. Fontana. This entleman, the Argentine Governor of the Chubut province, has just explored the Chubut River from its mouth on the Atlantic coast to its head streams in the Cordil- leras,: travelling 5000 miles, and cross ing in various directions large region extending 250 miles south of 4s degrees South latitude, In letter which the President of the Argentine Republic re- ceived from him a few weeks ago, Col. Fantana said that he had discovered many fertile valleys, well-watered plains, immense tracts of rich pasturage, num- Der of lakes, and extensive forests con- taining trees of unusual size. 'T have found," he writes, thew lands of supe- rior quality, we'll adapted for coloniza- tion and cattle raising, with healthful climate, an abundance of wood, and useful minerals. This region, I believe, is destined to become one of the most beautiful and prosperous parts of the Argentine possessions. The country explored by Col. Fontana lies just lit tie south of he regions concerning which .previous expeditions make almost equally glowing reports. "
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
Heavy Rains.

"Speaking of heavy rains,p remarked one farmer to another oni Bank street yesterday, reminds me If one we had last spring. 1Put barrel out in the yard, bung up, Sand it Twas filled with rain water through the bung in just ten minutes by the wstcb!' "That's noth- ing" said farmer ND. 9. 'T put bar. rel in my yard with both heads out. It rained so hard and the water went through the bunghole so fast that it could not run out and consequently ovcrfowed at the bung." The farmers saluted each other and then drove on.- New London Telegraph.
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

The dial faces of the huge clock-the second largest in the world-which arc to 90 into the tower of the Public Build ings in Philadelphia, will be 25 feet in circumference. The minute hand will be twelve feet in length, and at the ex- piration of every sixty seconds will move over thirteen inches. The hour hand, one foot shorter, will move more than 6 1-2 feet every hour. Chimes of bells will probably be connected with the elaborate mechanism, so that the quarters, halves and hours will be musically announced
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
In a Big Hurry.

'If I buy some dress goods," asked a lady in dry goods store, "can you de- liver them at once2"
 "Yes'm," said the clerk.
 'There will be no delay2" " 'sNo'm," said the clerk.
 ''Because I am in great haste"
 'Yes'm," said the clerk.
 ''Very we'll, you may show me your summer silks"
 In four hours and forty minutes the lady had selected what she wanted, and the tired clerk ordered the goods deliv- cred at once.-N r. Sun,
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28
Very Much of n Hint.

Dilly-dallying Lover.-Look at those two birds, Maria. What a chattering they keep up around the door of that rustic bird house! It is charmingly rural, isn't it2"
 Disheartened Maria (crisply)-Yes.
 "What do you think they car be say ing to each other2"
 "They are saying: let us get married and keep house. '"-QaM
Connecticut western news., 1886-07-28

A dollar month will keep Bengal Ondia) man alive. Here is certainly the spot on earth where contentment, suffi- cicncy, paradise should be. A dis tinguished Brahmin recently quoted from official reports the statement that 80, 900, 900 of tho Hindus are always in state of scmi-s arvation; that most of the diseases are the result of hunger: that 5000, 900 or 4,Ooo, 900 die every eleventh year of acute famine. Over Q large portion of China famine is chronic. Only few years ago :, 1000, 900 starved to death in one visitation.