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Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
Expenses of British Flee ion Candi-
 date.


 A, most important provision is con- tained in the statute of the 25 and 26 Victoria, chapter 30: 'No payment shall be made by or on behalf of any candidate, otherwise than through his authorized agents" This rule still holds, and the little paragraph is practically the basis upon which tho British elcc- ton laws stand.
 When person wishes to stand for a constituency, he first secures the services of an election agent, through whose hands must pass every penny spent by the candidate to secure his return, who, at the end of the campaign, must ac- count, upon oath, for every penny he has expended on behalf of his employer. Nor are his expenses capable of indef- nate imitation. Statute after statute has fixed what shall be pail by the candi- date for each step his agent takes in his behalf. Although tho allowances, in view of the cheaper rates of living in England, arc calculated on most iber- al scale, yet almost any candidate in this country who "gets off " as easily as his English brother might congratulate him. self on his good fortune. - Ne,o Fork Sun
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
The Rich New Workers Villa.

When I was driving through these vil- las on the Hudson, two mental results came to me. In the first place, thought that wealth was monotonous-there were too many of these villas to make any one of them a special delight. In the next place, they affected me as insufficient re- suits of so much scheming and skinning. To see these men who have been down in the city all day looking over fgules, hir- ing brokers and creating revolutions, having no greater satisfaction than to come out to country house which looks like every other country house, more or less, around it, seemed to be extremely moderate pleasure where so many millions were involved. Few of these men can go away and not take their business with them. The average man of next to no income can almost always go to Europe and forget everything. Your rich man has lost the zest for historical inquiry, and he is pursued by the phantom he has with infinite pain created. All that he gets out of this life is regular newspaper abuse from day to day; regular slavery in public office of the city, and regular repose at night in the midst of family which has all the restlessness and ambi- tion of every other family, with the added restlessness of knowing that there is money enough around the house to get them great deal more than they can get out of life. .-George Alfred I'oaonse1ad.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
HUMOROUS.

A small country scat-The milk stool.
 Working like a horse--A lawyer draw ing Q conveyance.
 Solomon was ono of the first to pro- pose parting the heir in the middle.
 Why is tho little boy like postage stampa He often gets stuck on letter.
 An Illinois hen lays two eggs every day except Sundays. On Sundays she lays off.
 ''It's poor rule that won't work both ways" exclaimed the boy as ho threw the ferrule at the schoolmastcr's head.
 ''Mamma," said an interesting juve- nile, 'do sheep write2" "No child.' ''Then why are they provided with pcns"
 The stump orator is more like bal loon than nything else. The balloon comes down fiat enough after its gas es. capes.
 A young man wants to know how to bring out moustachc. Tie cord around it tightly, hitch the cord to . post, and then run backward.
 Mir. Faintheart-Do you think it would be safe for me to approach your pa on the subject9 Miss Fair Lady--Oh, per- fectly; he has the gou. again.
 'I wish Columbus had never been born" was what London merchant said when he heard that his cashier had left for New York with all the assets.
 "Fine complexion Mrs. H. has got" said Brown to his friend Bristles, the artist. 'I know it," replied Bristles, "she and buy our colors at the same shop"
 A young man was recently asked to go duck hunting and refused, giving as a reason that the aquatic birds were too personal in their remarks. He was a physician.
 "Wcre you ever in an engagementw | inquired an innocent individual of militiaman. "Yes, one," replied the son of Mars; ''but she sued me for breach of promise" |"
 My good man," said the philanthro- pist to the street laborer, "do you never have cause to grumble at your position" ''No, sir" was the answer, "I took my pick at the start"
 Little Charlie-'Papa, will you buy me drum" Fond father-"Ah, but, my boy, you will disturb me very much if I do." Charlie-''Oh, no, papa, I won't drum except when you're asleep"
 'T am satisfied on every point but one," said gentleman to an applicant for service. ''I cannot get over your nose" ''That is not to be wondered at, sir" replied the applicant 'for the bridge is broken"
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
Paper Hats.

Paper is about to revolutionizc another branch of industry, which is no less a one than the making of gentleman's headgear. By new process of manipu- lation hats more serviceabe and finer than anything now on the market are made of wood pulp. They are imper- vious to water and not wanting in fcx- ibility. It is believed that felt hats will have to take back seat as soon as these new hats can be placed in tn m ,rlct in sufficient numbers to supply the demand. They are certain to revolutionizc the hatter's trade, as they can be moulded into any shape or style desired, and col orcd to meet the taste of the public. They can be made to represent glossy or happy appearance.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
A Maori Joke,

On the Walkato river, below Lake Taupo, are large falls, says new Zealand letter to the Salt Lake Tribune. In a place where there are prccipitous banks the broad stream is crowded into chan nel about thirty feet wide. Through this the waters roar and surge in great pillows for distance of over 200 yards; they then make perpendicular leap of fifty feet, when they rush along other rapids and narrows for long distance among rocks before becoming quiet. It is related that the resident Maories once tauntcd a party of sixty strangers into an attempt to shoot the falls. Not a man of the party came out alive. The natives about the lake consider this the most brilliant joke ever played eff by them-it is the pride of the tribe.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
A Shying HOrSc.

To the inquiry, Why docs a horse shy7 the National Lipe Stocs Journal replies: Because he sees something which he does not understand, and is filled with a greater or less degree of fear, something as the boy feels when he shies at the burying- ground, and goes around to keep clear of it. It may be some new or unus-, ual object that the horse secs, or it may be an imperfect view of it. Even fa- mlliar object, if it comes to view sudden ly and unexpectedly, will cause horse to shy or jump, just as an unexpected ob- ject or sound causes a nervous person to start. When person is so startled, how much would it improve the matter to'-abcs scoldcd at or given cut with whip? Just as much as the same treatment would in the case of horse. Harshness only aggravates the matter.
 The more the horse is scolded and whipped, the more nervous he gets; and every time he passes the place where the fright and whipping occurred, he will recollect the unpleasant aff .ir, and ho will begin to prick up his ears and fdget, ready for another jump. Give him the lines and he will go by in a hurry. The proper way is never to strike or scold a horse that is startled or frightened. Speak to him coolly, calmly, and kindly; give him time to see and collect his scattered senses, and make him feel that you are his friend and protector. When he sees that all is right, there is an end to all further trouble. We have seen a horse refuse to cross an unsafe-l looking bridge; but when the driver took him by the bits and walked ahead, the horse cautiously followed. Next time he re- quired no coaxing or urging to cross the bridge. He might have been whipped into it at first, but was not the milder course, although little trouble, the bet ter one? The horse showed his con- fidence in the driver ever afterward.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
A Diet of Sugar.

A note appears in Ihe Apothekcr Zeituny, by Dr. Phipson, on sugar as a regular article of dict, in which tho writer opposes the z neral prejudice against that article. He declares that, during period of forty years, he has eaten very largely of it, at least quarter of pound daily, not including sugar. forming substances taken at the samo time. During all this period he has not been under the necessity of taking mcai- cine, and has not suffered from atty complaint, except brief attacks due to irregularities in eating or in dress. He declares thatt the condition of men would be much ir proved if tho use of sugar should sub titutc that of alcohol.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
Gets Mad at Truth.

Experience in publishing tho Aadea proves that nine times out of ten when Q person gets mad at something in the paper it is because too much truth has been told. When man is innocent he either ignores the item or article about him or else he comes or sends respect fully and gentlemanly to the office and gives his version of the matter, and it is received by the editor in similar man. ner, the desired contradiction or expla- nation being cheerfuily published, with a resolve by the editor that the concoctor of falsehoods shall not again be allowed to decelve the readers of the paper Hacken sack (N. J.) Iadec.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
CANAAN CONN.,, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, lsss.
Tho Customs of the SnccZa.

Why is it. asks some mir reader of the Hera1d, that we ask blessing on per son who sneczas Why do we say "G od bless you'' when in our presence the sternutative explosion occurs The scribe can only say this is said to be the oldest and most universal supcrst tion among men; that there is not nation on the face of the earth, from the most savage to tho most civilized, which docs not have it.
 The Jewish rabbis say that originally a sneeze was fatal to the sneczer, but that at the intercession of Jacob the penalty of death was removed. Recollecting the original terrors of snceza the Jews say to this day when friend indulgcs in a sneeze: "Long life to you.''
 The old Romans used to say on such occasions, Salve, which the Irish render ''May you live thousand years and never dic." The Greeks said ''Livc. D One of the Greek epigrams IS on an an- cient Athenian, whose nose was so long and the end so far away from his ears that ho could not hear himself snccz,, and consequently could not cry: "Jovc, help me-" when he sneezed. Thcm:ss tocles found in sneezc to the right an omen of victory over Xerxes, buta sncczc to the left was regarded as unlucky.
 So the custom has been traced among all nations and people. Spoke and Grant in their travels among the savages of equatorial Africa could find no trace of any religious ideas, except custom of uttcring an ejaculation or prayer when person sneezed. The same custom has been found to prevail among the South Sea Islanders. ......
 Fifty years ago among ourselves it was considered gross breach of propricty not to say ''God bless you" when friend sneezed, and even now we occasionally hear it. TEere is this to said for it, that whatever its origin it is not an unpleas- ant custom, and if it has any effect in keeping away evil perhaps had better be revived. Chicago Herad.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
Tho Refrigerator.

"George! When you get throush teasing that beautiful dog and regain your senses, have something to say"
 George had been tying the tail of the pup in an elegant bow of old-gold rib- bon, and was getting ready the tape and the sealing-wax to stamp his wife's initials on the knot, in accordance with his view of the latest fashion.
 George! Do you hear mel George, want refrigerator.
 "Arhat, my dear2"
 "A;refri gerator."
 "What for2'
 Mot to keep you in, although I think Ell have to put ice on your head present. Iy. For meat"
 ''Dog's meat!"
 'No. Not dog's meat. Fools meat. Pm going to get a refrigerator, and Pm going to keep whole lamb in it at time"
 "All right. Tell me when you want the lamb."
 Several days after he ordered lamb at her request, had it carefully dismem- bered and sent home. The refrigerator was ready. When he got off the car in the evening he went around the house looking for that refrigerator. Sho met him.
 "What are you looking for7" ''For the refrigerator" ''The refrig gerator! You didn't expect to find it there, did you!' "Where is it?''
 "Why, in the conservatory, you goose "a perfectly lovely place made for it. !" And it was not until he went up to the thermometer and said: "Eighty-two de grees in the shade it ought to be good place for refrigerator" that she found out why he burst out laughing when she told him where she had put it.-San Fyancisco Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25

Alfred Cowles, Jr., son of the rich publisher of the Chicago Tribune, is, after Robert Cook, as remarkable an aarsman as Yale has ever had. He has done more racing for the university, with that one exception, than any young man in the last twelve years. He is not yet 21, more than feet tall, deep chested, and he has the sloping shoulders admired by rowers and pugilsts. In college slang, he is 'boHds sman," and his graduation this ycur fs extraordinary, because very few students are graduated nowadays before 22. Years ago students got through in their teens; for then the freshmen requirements were not nearly so severe as at present. Young Cowles returns to New Haven to study law, and has relfnquishcd the oars for some time to come. His father does not wish him to enter journalism, because he regards it as an unremunerative profession, one in which very few attain any prom thence, and when they do it is of small avail
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
About yegctnbles.

Spinach has direct effect upon com- plaints of the kidneys; the common dandclion, used as greens, is excellent for the same trouble; asparagus purges the blood; celery acts admirably upon the nervous system, and is cure for rheumatism and neuralgia; tomatoes act upon the liver; beets and turnips are excellent appetizers; lettuce and cucum- bers are cooling in their effect upon the system; beans are a very nutritious and strengthening vegetable, while onions, garlic, lecks, olives and shallots, all of which are similar, posses medicinal vir- tues of marked character, stimulating tho circulatory system, and the conse- quent increase of the saliva and the gas- tric juice promoting digestion. Red onions arc an excellent diuretic, and the white ones are recommended eaten raw as remedy for insomnia. They are a tonic and nutritious. A soup made from onions is regarded by the French as an excellent restorative in debility of the digestive organs. With vegetables, as with everything else, much depends upon the cooking and the care and preparation beforehand. Washing in several waters is necessary to prepare nearly all kinds of green vegetables for the table, and great care must be given in examining spinach, lettuce, greens and caulifowcr, as often very minute insects are lurking in or under the leaves of <booo
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25

The city of Paris has become lately the possessor of remarkable collection of documents, which will have great in tercst in years to come for historical ln- vcstigators. This was the series of death warrants, extending from April 2, 1908, to December 8, 1882, belonging to Sam son, the notorious headsman of the rev olution. The collection was bound up in nineteen volumes, and Samson has pre- fixed to each volume summary of the contents. It appears that during twenty five years he executed 7143 capital sen- tences, being an average of 217 execu. tions in each year-rather busy life. During the twenty-five years he only as- cended the scatfold twice without fatal result-once in 1915, when General Count Lavalette was to have been executed for complicity in the return of Napoleon, but escaped the night before his intended execution through the heroisn of his wife. The second time was in 1917, when Philippe Jean Antoine, a noted coincr, was respited at tie last moment by Louis XVIII.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
Mu' ability.

A song is finished, and Q chapter read; A task completed, and day Passed on; heart beats quickly and is dead; A pleasant day dream fades away. The thrones upbuldei, soon in ruins fall; The shaft of marble topples o'er; The waves of time tear down each mighty
 wall,
 And strew i.s fragments on the shore. We place an idol in the bosom's shrine, And unseen powers cast it down; We dream, and on a regal throne recline; But wake, to mourn missing crown.
 -Franklyn ". Lee in the Current
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25

Things arc not always what they seem. A Philadelphia physician says that a great deal of what passes for heart dis case is only mild dyspepsia, that nervous ness commonly is bad temper and that two-thirds of the so.calcd malaria is nothing but laziness. Imagination, he says, is responsible for a multitude of ills, ard he gives as an instance the case of a clergyman who, after preaching sermon, would take teaspoonful of swcetened water and dozc off like a babe, under the impression that it was a bona fide sedat we.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
The Song of tho Mowers.

1u6 SUuS tuC NkOW6ISs With harvests ripe the gooi old farm Our gaping barns must fill, Because, with sturdy heart and arm, We work it with will; And reused from sleep at daybreak bGthe Aero the fields we pass, With swish and sweep of many scythe To mow the meadow grass The farm-wife is astir, we know, Tho farmer soon comes round And goodly swathes must lie arrow Ere breakfast horns shall sound; But every man must win bis keep, As every lad his lass Full froad and deep, with swish and sweep, We mow the meadow grass Inc noontide brings fits hour of rest, Our sweating brows to dry, Again with careless laugh and jest The whisting hone we ply; And then once moro, without the toss Of tankard or of glass, With swish and sweep, and far across, We mow the madow grass Tis se. of sun, low lie the ranks That fouted us at morn, The farmer smiles his silent thanks At sight of acres shorn; The farm-wife beckons from the 6oee The cattle homeward pass. Ret brother, rest, cur task is OCT, We've moved the meadow grass.
 -Nathan D. UI.ner.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
X Successful DjurnOSi;.

A young physician while q agnosing a case fired number of questions tt his patient which flew wide of the mark. He was finally successful, however.
 "You-cr-somctim have a-cr--- tired feeling corc over you, which,"
 "Yes," interrupted the patient, "l feel it now. Pm tired, very tired"
 ''Just as I thought" said the young physician. II am seldom III stikcn in ny diagnosis of case. ."--No,o HosL 6usA
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25

Horse growing, according to the St. Paul Globe, is becoming one of the i'm. portant industries of Montana. It is now where the cattle industry was ten years ago. Then the road to the East ern market had just been opened, and cattlemen where only just beginning to realize the importance of their occupa- ton. Horsemcn have only just now realized that they can market their stock proftably in the States, and are begin ming to understand that the horse inter- est is liable to develop into one of scarce ly less importance than cattle growing. They are not quite so sanguine as beef growers were, for horses are not m ,rket- ed for their flesh, but few moro years of success will allay their fears. The horse shipments of last year arc estimated at 1000 head, but when they reach 2O, |. 900 or 30, 900, which will not be great many years, things will look quite diff. ferent. It must be remembered, also, that the quality of our horses Will lm- prove, says the Globe, and that, too, as rapidly as the numbers increase, and by the time our output reaches 10, 900 head, instead of ten and eleven hundrcd-pound horses being the best, there will scarcely be an animal shipped that does not weigh above these figures. The horse in crest of the territory is moving rapidly along, and will increase in importance more rapidly than either sheep or cattle did at the dates referred to. The Mon- tana horse will soon cut as important a figure in the industrial world as do our wool and cattle in the leading trade centres, and the horse growers will be growing wealthy quite as rapidly as any class in the territory that IS follow. ing any safe and legitimate calling.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
Would Never Get IL.

'T owe more to my mother, "said Bab- ster, ethan to any other being on cal th."
 "Well, she will never get it," said Spook.
 "Gct whatw
 "NVhat you owe her. You have been owing me $10 for the past twenty years and l never expect to get cent of it. l wouldn't give your mother four cents on a dollar for what you owe her.-Lynn Unoin
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25

European cultivators pay much atten- tion to educating the masses concerning insects, both injurious and useful. As one means to this end, exhibitions of insects are made at fairs and shows, being stimulated hy premiums. This is a practical and valuable hint for adoption in this country. Many moth or butter fly that is now admsrel and allowed to escape would be destroyed if its true nature were known.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25

Women have not yet been employed in the departments in Washington quarter of century. The first female clerk em- ploycd by the government was Miss Jennie Douglass, who was appointed in the treasury department in the summer of 1862, upon the recommendation of Treas urer Spinner, and was put to work trim ming the first issue of legal tender United States notes. In the fall seven ladies were appointed as counters
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
Very Important.

Clara Bobby's big sisteD-I heard father calling you a little while ago, Bobby-Dd he say Robert or Bobby? Clara-He said Robert.
 Bobby (with serious look in his eyes) Then guess had better sec what he wants.-H4rper' Ba.ar.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25

Black walnut has advanced in pricc so much that tho Indiana farmers, who have been using it for fences, are now selling the seasoned sticks for prices thatswill c.low them to refcnce with pine and give them profit.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25

Prince Bismarck has 76 decorations. but he says he is prouder of a little silver medal which was given him for rescuing a soldier from drowning while he was a sub-l 'eutenant in a cavalry regiment than of all the rest put together
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
In a Restaurant.

"Look here, waiter, this piece of cheese is mouldy."
 The waiter looked at the piece of cheese and perceived that it was really green and blue on top, and did not look nice. Tax ng it in his hand, he turned it upside Town on the plate, so that the good side was uppermost and remarked 1:
 "There ! thN's the way it belongs. " SVtings.
Connecticut western news., 1886-08-25
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