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Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29

Lieutenant Stoney, who was sent out by the United States Government to ex- plore Putnam river, Alaska, which was discovered by him in 1883, has found a r1ver to the north which the natives say empties into the Arctic near Point Bar row. The river is supposed to be the same as the one at the mouth of which Lieutenant Ray established his head quarters during his observing expedition. Along the banks of this river were Indians who had never before seen white man. Lieutenant Stoney afterwards explored Noatak river to it's headwaters, and found it longer than the Putnam. He intended starting on series of explorations east and north.
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29
Professi ,nal Writers of Olden Times.

GEOlcbSA Juul VAAOIc VI VAucu AluOSs
 In the days of King John, people had so littlo idea of the possibility of the printing press that they were almost equally ignorant of such material as paper for literary purposes. Yet it is huge mistake, which has not been explod- cd as it ought to be, that reading and writing were rare accomplishments in the 1sh century. Knowledge of certain kind was disseminated far more effec- lively and far more universally than is generally believed. The country parson was expected to be the schoolmaster of the parish, and generally was so; and there was hardly village in England during the reign of Henry HI. in whiol there were not one or more persons who could write clerkly hand, draw up accounts in Latin, and keep the records of the various petty courts md gather ings that were continually being held, sometimes to the annoyance and grievous vexation of the rural population. The professional writers were so numerous and their training so severe, that they had got for themselves privileges of very exceptional kind; the clerk took rank with the clergyman. and the writer of a book was almost as much esteemed as it's author. The scnptorium of a great monastery was at once the printing press and the publishing office. It was the place where books were written and whence they issued to the world. With the traditional cxclusiveness of the older monasteries, there was less desire, no doubt, to diffuse and disperse than to accumulate books, but the composing and multiplication of books was always going on. The scriptorium was great writing school, too, and the rules of the art of writing which were laid down there were so rigidly and severely ad- hered to that to this day it is not difficult to decide at a glance whether a book was written in St. Alban's or St. Edmund's abbey. Sometimes as many as 20 writers were employed an once and besides these there were occasionally supcrnumeraries who were professional scribes, and who were paid for their services; but nothing short of perfect penmanship, such trained skill, for in. stance, as would now be required of an engraver, would qualify copyist to take part in the finished work which the copying of important books required. .-
 Quarterly Reuie,o.
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29
HUMOROUS.

A temperance league-Thrce miles of wAter
 There is usually cold snap when an icicle falls.
 Is tramp idle when he labors under an impression9
 A black eye is sign of beauty in one sex, of collision in the other.
 Speaking of farming, nobody ever heard of hen complaining of poor crop. @
 ''Thcre's very little change in mems trousers this fall," remarked tailor as he failed to collect bill.
 sI never was in war; but have often faced the powder" said young man after kissing his fair one.
 "Those who use our goods are very much attached to them," is what 8 porous plaster company advertises.
 A singer named Limburger is attract ing some attention iu Germany. He ought to have very strong voice.
 An article is going the rounds of the press, headed "How to Manage a Wife" Of couse the writer was single man.
 ''I haven't rag on my back," re. marked the tramp after some one had presented him with new suit of cloths.
 A Los Angeles (Cal.) lady, 40 years of age, is selling vegetables to educate her. self in music. She is determined not to be beet.
 He-I wonder when you will be ablc to set as good table as my mother doesa Shelly the time you are able to pro. :, vide as good table as your father does, my dear.
 'That's what call hush money" re-, marked the daddy as he plankcd down the cash for a bottle of parogoric to take home for use in the infantile por-- ton of the family.
 An editor with nine unmarried daugh- ters was recently made justly indignant by the misconstruction his coDtcmpor- aries put upon his able leader on "The Demand for More Men,"
 Slimkins and his young wife had just completed their first quarrel. 'T wish ] was dead" she sobbed. ''I wish was too," he blubbered. "Then l don't wish l was," and the war continued.
 "On $1,OOo, 900 of gold sent from London to this country there is loss by friction of from $100 to $25O" Send ua the gold. We won't be mean enough to make fuss about the friction. farm journal gives instructions for ''Shoeing Kicking Mule." A better and safer way is to hand the mule over to blacksmith and then climb tree and stay there until the job is finished.
 An old parish clerk wns courteously thanking church dignitary for kindly taking on emergency a village service; "A poorer preacher would have done us, sir" he said, eff we only knew where to find him."
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29
Snidpr Silk.

The female spider is fiercer and larger than the male. In one tribe of spiders the female is 1900 times larger than the male. The spiders thread is composed
 of innumerable small threads or flores.
 One of these small threads has been esti- mated to be one two-milllonth of the thickness of hair. A scientific experi- menter once drew out from the body of single spider s4So yards of thread or spider silk-a length little short of three miles. Silk may be woven of spi- der's thread, and it is moro glossy and brilliant than that of the silk worm, being of a golden co.o:. An enthusiastic ento- mologist secured enough of it for the weaving of suit of clothes for Louis XIV,-E 'ectricdl ReUieD.
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29
Medical Instinct in Animals.

Animals get rid of their parasites by using dust. mud, clay, etc. Those sue- fering from fever restrict their diet, keep quiet, seek dark, airy places, drink water and sometimes plunge into it. When a dog has lost its appetite it eats that species of grass known as dogs grass, which acts as an emetic and a purgative. Cats also eat grass. Sheep and cows, when ill, seek out certain herbs. An animal suffering from chronic rheumatism Always keeps as far as possible in the sun. The warrior ants have regularly organ ized ambulances.
 Latreilie cut the antenn of the ant and other ants came and covered the wounded part with transparent fluid secreted in their mouths If chimpan- zee is wounded it stops the bleeding by placing it's hand on the wound or dress ing it with leaves and grass. When an animal has a wounded leg or arm hang ing on it completes the amputation by means of it's teeth. A dog, on being stung on the muzzle by viper, was observed to plunge his head repeatedly for several days into running water. This animal eventu- ally recovered. A sporting dog was run over by. carriage. During three weeks in winter it remained lying in brook, where it's food was taken to it. This animal recovered. A terrier hurt its right eye. It remained under counter, avoiding light and heat, although it habitually kept close to the fire. It adopted a general treatment, rest and abstinence from food. The local treat. ment consisted in licking the upper sur- face of the paw, which is applied to the wounded eye; again licking the paw when it became dry. Animals suffering from traumatic fever treat themselves by the continued application of cold water, which M. Delaunay considers to be more certain than any of the other methods. In view of these interesting facts we are, | he thinks, forced to admit that hygenie and therapeutics, as produced by animals may, in the interest of psychology, be studied with advantage.
 Many physicians have been keen ob- servers of animals, their diseases, and the methods adopted by them in their in. stinct to cure themselves, and have avail. ed of the knowledge so brought unde, | their observation in their practice.
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29

The New York Commercial says it is Q mistake to suppose that criminals of the higher grade-like burglars, forgers and bank robbers-are coarse, ignorant, vulgar men. If they were they would not succeed. Their dishonest trade re- quires intelligence, mental training and large amount of self-restraint. Many of them have been clever mechanics, while some are cultured and of good anteced- ents. Louis c. Clermont, the notorious bank robber, who died three years ago, was southerner by birth, his parents being rich and highly respectable. He was college graduate, but being with out principle and extravagant, his father got tired of furnishing him with money, and he determined to get it for himself by what he thought the easiest means. He became acquainted with several notorious forgers and check raisers, adopted their calling, and pro6ted by it. He went abroad and in Germany fell in with Max Shinburn, a noted bank robber, who got rich by plying his profession here, crossed the sea, purchased the title of baron and settled down as a member of the old aristocracy. Clermont probably gained valuable knowledge from Shinburn. He returned to his native land, took up his abode in Philadelphia, and, by his hand some person, agreeable manners and bright conversation, gained some social position. He assumed to be Cuban refugee, and his dark eyes, hair and complexion, with his fuency in Spanish, assisted the assumption. He paid court to pretty widow, Mrs. Joseph Dumel1 and married her. They decided to ge abroad for bridal tour. She got hel valuables, together with $20, 900 in cash and they were ready to start, when ht asked her to carry note somewhere fol him, while he took charge of her things When she returned, he had disappeared
 He was engaged in several bank rob berries afterward, under the name O Colonel Ralph Pollard, formerly of thu Louisiana Tigers. In one of these h.
 was arrested, sent to prison for twelv' years, and ended his life there.
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29
An Otter Hunting Q Man.

A hunter ought to understand his busi- ness and be ready for any danger; but some men lose their presence of mind and courage, and are hunted by their game. The following story is told by the Galla- tin (Mo.) Democrat:
 MT. William Prewitt, while out hunt ing rabbits in Daviess county, found several la1ge otters, one of which he shot. Thinking the animal was dead, he ap- preached very near, when, to his surprise, it made furious attack. Mir. P. imme- diately fled, closely pursued by the infuri- ated animal. A very low rail fence was close at hand, and our friend sprang nimbly over; but equally nimble was the otter, which, as MT. P. went over the fence, went through. Our now very much frightened friend, seeing his foe on the same side of the fence, sprang nimbly back. This game was kept up for some time, until, completely exhaust ed, MT. P. made several frantic leaps, and finding the animal just passing through the fence, he, in desperation, grasped it by the tail, and catching it's leg through another crack, sank ex- hausted to the ground. The shrieks and cries of MT. Prewitt for help, mingled with the enraged snarls and fighting of the animal, were heard at the farm, near ly mile distant, and he was soon re- lleved from his awkward situation, but so exhausted and enfeebled by the fright that it was some time before he could walk sufficiently to get to the house.
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29

An-o organization with 2 noble purpose has been founded in Europe. A society has been formed whose aim is not only to protect strangers, but girls of all nationalities who are beset by any diff. culties, material, moral or spiritual. The general headquarters are at Neuf- chatel, but the society has branch offices all over France, Tn Algiers, Germany and England. All girls who are without shelter of home may thus find protect ing hand in this widespreading charity, which has been founded and is carried by women.
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29
APriza of $1,OOO,OoO.

Probably the largest literary prize ever offered is one of $1, 100000 to be given in 1925 by the Russian National Academy for the best work on the life and reign of Alexander I. In 1895, shortly after the death of Alexander l., the sum of 50, 900 rubles was offered by one of his favorite Ministers to be given as a prize century after his death, and it is this sum at compound interest which srlll amount in 1925 to $1. 0o0. 900.
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29
Regardless of Cost.

Clerk to employer)-What shall mark that new lot of black silk at2
 Employer--Mark the selling price $s a yard.
 C!erk-But it only cost $1 yard.
 Employer-I don't care what it cost. am selling off regardless of cost. -Ne,s York Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29

Tho modesty of tho red man is not pro. vcsbial, and docs not promise to be. Red Cloud, Sioux chief, believes that it is better to get living out of the white than to quarrel with them. ''What we want," says he, ''is white men to plant our corn, hoe it, harvest it and put it into the barns which they build for us. Warriors don't work"
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29
Time and |.

We arc two travellers, Time and l,
 Through gay or gloomy weather And since he hailed me at my birth,
 We've always be n together. Ee led me through the land of youth,
 He journeys onward ever, And helped my toiling footsteps climb The hills of right endeavor. We are two travellers, Time and I,
 Through harsh or happy weather. Unsolveli the secrets of his soul,
 Though we have walked togetherl He guards the mysteries of the world,
 Life, Death, Disease and Sorrow; Ht knows so much, so little I,
 And we must part tomorrow. -Fn,. 1T. Hayne in Youths Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29
Submarine Navigation.

''This is wonderful age. Just think of that submarine boat going under the water and staying under for half an bour."
 "rhat's nothing. The Oregon went under the water months ago, and she is there yet, Sittiags.
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29

A large town is growing up around the shore of Lake Elsinore, Cal, sheet of water which is seven miles long and three miles wide. A peculiarly of the town is that the people go from street to street almost entirely by boat. s In fact the principal street of the town is circt- lar and can be touched by boat at any r,oint
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29
The Woods.

 Alone the forest depths roam, In ancient, mythic mood, and find Some animating soul enshrined Beneath each leafy, sylvan dome. Yet thought returns, and soon revolves Again with analytic skill, And marks how inborn fancies fill The earth with schemes that time dissolves. So minc is past or present life Along the verdant avenues, As fancy mystic dreams pursues, Or fact with solid themes is rife. But thus evoked by leaf and tree, My contemplations still inquire Do I the forest scene inspire, Or do the woods breath into me
 70. c. Lord in Boston Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1886-09-29
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The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-16
ST. LOUIS.
January Z.

~ is3 now January.
Flour steady, family, S3.70@3 80, choice,
4.OO04.Ol, Xxx, So Asa 3.55, fancy, 4.5O@
4.9O, patents, $5.2505.60. Wheat, higher, No.2
red Fail, 9211c, cash. Corn higher, No
q. mixed, 321sc cash. Oats, lower,
26X cash. Hay, firm, $l0.000l3.50. Bran
steady, sacked, $4,000 Corn meal higher,
81 6501 20. Pork, steady $90o0l0 90. Lard.
stedy, 5 5000 So. Bulk meats: long clear sides
75c, short rib IS, short clear 5 OOc.
Bacon: long clear, $3.50. short rib, IS
20 short clear 8 851a05 9Oc. Boxed
lots: long clear, 4 SO04 IS, short rib, 95
Whisky steady. 81 10. Hams.Ss 5001l 0Oc
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-16
GRAIN AND PRovIsIoNs.

Sugar, higher: opel KETTLE choice,
Zig strictly prime, ,; rhine, Tsd: good
to fully fair, Az good common to
fair 40 49sc; intDrier' to conn on, $40
&c, centrifugal plantation granulated. csc
9 $40 off graduated, 611c, choice white,
6@61c, off white. &c; greywhite,
SIC, Choice yellow clarified 1l-l7c, prime
yellow clarified, 81, off clarified,
ago aMolasses quiet,
6S6n ketpe,s cho6A 90, strictly prime,
49, gold prime, 2O0S2c, prime, s1S@2Sc.
good fair, 25{92Sc, good common, 17c. CEN
tlifugal. strictly prime, 10000, good prime,
l24e, fairko prime, 20@24:, common to good
cdmmOn, 100 l6cs infeFior 140l5c. Rice
Steady, ordinary to prime, 3H05}1c.
Flour, dull, Choice. $4.4O, Fancy, $1,000,
Extra Fancy 40, Minnesota patents, 81
below, .44(b 4Sc. while 42043c. Oats firm,
choice western, 37Hc. Texas, 34c. Corn meal
quiet, $500. Hay firm, prime, $l5016O0,
ehoices &7 OILS 90. Pork quiet, 1915
Lard quiet, b1c. Bulk meats steady,
shoulders. $3.50, long clear, 5000, clear rib
eides, SEQ Baconssteady, shoulders, SIC,
long clear, 5szc, clear rib 5X. Hams choice
sugar cured, 91x@10c. Whisky dull, West
ern rectified, $l.OO01.25. Coffee, quiet,
cargoes common to prime, 709Mc. Bran
dull, S2Kc. Cotton seed oil, dull, crude,
new, 22X023, refined, 3011(g31c, +. 0, b,
cake, IS 12@i91zc, meal, l91zc.
~ .}'ia~ ST. LOUIS.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-16

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srisodi. as dsSt II ny
speech;, 4; 81 naYa ..bnt s;aa .aken
hold 81 / s. fhSvlsdke with a
90 srIl - ] Mid 81 4 Started Tor
Yale 0lsh s4.ss In my pocket and two
sualI carpetsbags ia ny hands-one
with my few books. - Eet ~ my
lev clothes. / Cd nm lSef ring Two
carpet.bags with vIvidnsss to-day.
They looked - II II lhsd t]f41
covered aa4 y, MIGHT s.ls s!t,
At any moment break oYt WitPrjt
again. AZ the unisersltY1 tfS8j
BY family and friends, more than once
10 sIve'itY{ Il lae winter ] lived for
four months ona diet that cost just
az ',y q. y - "a ssIl s Eg s Ss.
good deal too much water! ! went
through 49, tkvss Aasodper11 4 don't
remember AGeI ut as&eek.',si.tr
The late Judge Bailey, of Opeio6sas,
related to the. present writer several
years ago almost precisely a similar
experieneas during Ais stay at Yale
college, Notwithstanding which, how,
ever, he bore away the ar4 hdnos of
the graduating class Of mat yeat. 3 ?
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-16

Louisiana representatives get the
following congressional committee
appointments: -ys%s ~
st. Martin, accounts al Prlya9
land claims; Blanchard, rivers and
harbors and civil service reform; Irion,
banking and cusReneN and railways
and canals; Gay, District of Columbia
and mines and mining; Hahn, judi
ciary; King, Mississippi river improve
ment. Aassvss ss,.ssr 's,.ss~sa,.A-,si,.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-16

=
EXECUTIVE DnPAnrxsxy.
State Of Louisiana. =
To the Returning Officers Of the Parishes Of
Caldwell. Franklin. Jackson, Ouachita
and Richland:
WHEREAS, by the resignation Of the
w Hon. Calvin III. Moore and Thoma1,
Y. Ably. Senators from the Twenty.third
Senatorial District Of this State, vacancies
in the General Assembly of this State.
And whereas it il made the duty OF the
Executive to order an election to supply
such vacancies.
Now, therefore, I, Samuel d. Non.srv.
Governor Of the State Of IOuisisna. hoyc
thought proper to issue this my proolama-
ton, directing an election to take plaOo In
the parishes Of Caldwell, Franklin. JAcE.
son, Ouachita and Richland, conotitutipe
the Twenty-third Senatorial District Of this.
State, on day to be named byAyou. for
two Senators to represent the Twenty.
third Senatorial District Of this State. to All
the unexpired terms Of the Hon. Celvin-
HI. Moore and Thomas Y. Ably, resiene6.
and I do hereby direct and require yo,;
and each of you, the said returning oA3eers
and all other officers therein conc3rnod. Ia
cause said election to held and Cond ucfeN
and the returns thereof to be made 10 ~
manner required for general olsctious.
Given under my signature and the saal
of he State of Louisiana. ct the Citv ~
Baton Rouge, this 4th day OF January A.
d. 1886. .,r~--- =
SD. MozNRRy.
By the Governor:
OSCAR ARROYO,
Secretary of State. 4
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-16
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January Z.
Jan. ~ s3i, 1e cotton. "a 4o (
Cotton market steady and unchanged
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The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-16

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The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-16
BoAKD'sc.

MRS. M. J. DOWDEN'S,
Immediately opposite the TELEGRAPH
Office. Terms reasonable and fare good.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-16

MONROE RESTAURANT, ..
No. 26 reSiard Street, Monroe, la.
supplied
nge ..-".tO
Boardp $500.
T. =. HAUGH, PropriAtor.
The Daily telegraph. (Monroe, La.) 1870-1886, 1886-01-16
BANK OF MONROE.

Eronean exchange for sale: also drafts Louis New
Vcksbg Muteted money foreign coin bought at
deposits Collections promptly attended to in Mono
Farmervie Vienna Columbia, Ouachita City, etc.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-28

,noINU AuoIr TOWN.

The price Of egg. viii soon take 70
tumble.
Travel is getting hight again on all
the rOnds
II viii be q long time before spring
chicken, will come in ,casOn again,
Chus l., Davis $4,000 challenge
baud VIII make music for our citizens
to-day.
The south bound Missouri Pacific
train was bulletined three hours late
yesterday.
The electric light poles have been
planted on Washington from Fourth
to Eleventh streets.
1t seems ms if the ice harvest IL
closed, aud we will not see Il great
deal more hi, winter
There I. very Iit'lr building going
on the city Just now, aud ihrle are ,
score or more of Idle carpenters
AIR, W. Edmuuis will erect tw,
store-hou,c-, one ON either side thC
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-01-28
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lhr new Waco supply market hr.
just Opened tu-da, W tur corner of
lIgMh and Austin streets, wh'r.
N,,-r- Dick webb uud Henry ku.t-
uorbo'h practical butchers, via servo
tine hr-i beet mutton, pork sausage.
etc.. thn' cnn hc had loo his market.
We guarantee best quality. courteous
treatment, lowest Possible prices and
fall sixteen ounce pounds every time,
and Wc shall leave II thing mdonc
that cpn b" done to merit ,hHrc of
th" patronage. Please give MS .tripl
On this department. Most ulhulN
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