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Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16
VOL. XIV.

the promise. 'Never come into Wall street again and have no more to do with this blanked scoundrel whose lies have cost you so dearly"
 The promise was gladly exchanged fol the money, and the old lady went her way. But this was not the only sequel to this speculation. Three or four days ago dapper little fellow with face weazened around pair of twinkling ad. der eyes thrust himself into this same brokerage office. He sought the mana ger and said he wanted to buy some stock on margin. He had brought one thousand dollar note along to put up as the necessary deposit. He was just ready to hand over his money when of a sudden he looked into the brokers face and ejac- ulated, "You've got a bright eye; may draw this bank note across them just for second?" The broker was astonished, but to humor customer, whom he SUD- posed to be only in jovial mood, he consented, and the bill blindfolded him momentarily. The customer closed his own eyes, withdrew the bill, and ejacu- lated as if to himself alone, "Correct; :; perfectly correct!" He deposited his money, and was about to leave when sud- denly the broker, urged by strange sus- picion, called him and said: "Will you tell me why you went through that per formanee of putting that bill over my eyes2" Certainly, certainlyw ejaculat- ed the sallow fellow. Certainly; was testing the information I had. am an astrologer, and"
 "Are you the man that sent Mrs. X here to buy stock?"
 "Yes, oh yesr' and the adder-eyed customer rubbed his hands ecstatically ''Yes. oh yesl I told her to come here. :"
 'You swindled her, you scoundrel. :"
 The brokers voice wasn't sweet to listen to, and the astrologer looked more than little scared.
 "Why, believe in the powers myself" he whined, "or, of course, wouldn't be putting up my own money" It was only because there is Police Court in this town that the fellow was not sum- marily kicked into the street. As it was the broker contented himself with saying: 'fYour account will be closed in this office tonight. If there is anything due you you can have it at o'clock. Get out of hefe now, quick" At o'clock when the gentleman called he found that something had run afoul of the market during the day and his 200 shares of stock had fallen enough in couple of hours to wipe out every cent of his $1, 900 margin. And I betray only little bit of confidence in saying that the fellow wouldn't have been far wrong if he had suspected that his own broker was re- sponsible himself for the sudden decline, having hammered the market and paci- fled his conscience somewhat in remem- brance of the duped old lady whose fortune had gone at the idle dictation of the arrant humbug who now to some ex- tent was doing penance for her sorrow Neao Fork Times.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16
Washington and Bunker HlII.

It was on the 18th day of June, 1775, that George Washington was chosen Commander-in-C Chief of the American army. The next day he made his answer to Congress, in which he declared that he accepted the office, but that he would take no pay. He left Philadelphia on his way to Boston June 21, escorted by troop of horsemeu, and accompanied by Schuyler and Lee, who had just been made major-generals by Congress. They had gone about twenty miles when they saw man on horseback coming rapidly down the road. It was messenger ri- ding post haste to Philadelphia, and carrying to Congress news of the battle of Bunker Hill. Everybody was stirred by the news and wanted to know the particulars. .
 "Why were the Provincials compelled to retreat7" he was asked.
 'It was for want of ammunition, 1" he replied.
 ''Did they stand the fire of tho regular troops9" asked Washington anxi- ously.
 ''That they did, and held their own fire reserve until the enemy was within eight rods."
 ''Then the liberties of the country arc safe!" exclaimed Washington. He re. membered we'll the scenes under Brad- dock, and he knew what sight it must have been to those New England farm CTS when a compact body of uniformed soldiers came marching up from tho boats at Charlestown. If they could stand fearlessly, there was stuff in them for soldiers. .-.St. Nicholas
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16
On the Wrong Sidee

A temperance missionary in Glasgow left few tracts with young woman one morning.
 Calling at the same house the next day, the tracts doing duty as curl papers on the head of the girl to whom he had given them.
 "Weel, my lassie," he remarked, q see you have used the tracts left wi'ye ]; but, ;" he added in time to turn her merri- ment into confusion, Eye have putten then on the wrang side o'your held, ma womanina-ZnGspSnd1nt.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16

On the eastern bank of the Rio Grande river and about six miles from Las Cru ces, N. M., is colony of people whose customs, history and religion are the most peculiar to be found in the country. They call themselves ''Faithists," have a Bible w1itten by one of themselves, have new calendar in which the days, Sab baths and holidays are changed, and the months arc called signs; eat only two meals day, while fish and flesh are for. ever forbidden as an article of food.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.

A physician says that if arnica with which bruised limbs are bathed is heated its good effects are perceptible much sooner than if applied while cold.
 A standing antidote for poison by poi son oak, ivy, etc., is to take handful of quicklime, dissolve in water, let it stand half an hour, then paint the poisoned part with it. Three or four applica- tions, it is said, will cure the most ag- gravated cases.
 A retired phisician living in Ohio, and suffering with diabetes, claims to find great relief in diet consisting wholly of buckwheat. He states that when he confines himself to buckwheat diet ex- clusively, the disturbance in the stomach is relieved, as is also the pain in the eyes, due to the disease from which he has so long suffered. This remedy is very simple one, and we'll worth trying.
 For ordinary nervous system being out Of order or by excessive fatigue, hot
 
 will naturally follow, and upon getting Up the patient will feel very much re- freshed and the toothache gone. For what is known as '.jumping" toothache, bot, dry flannel applied to the face and ueck is very effective. For common toothache, which is caused by indiges- tion, or by strong, sweet acid or any thing very hot or cold in decayed tooth, little piece of cotton steeped in strong camphor or oil of cloves is good remedy. Care in the diet, especially when the bowels are disordered, is helpful to miti- gate toothache. If the tooth is much de- cayed, nothing is better than it's extrac- tion
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16
The Grizzly Boar.

The grizzly bear is the most formida. ble of all the game animals of this coun- try, and is dreaded by all animals alike, with, perhaps, the exception of the noun tain lion. It is the largest of the bear
 tribe, often attaining the weight of over 800 pounds, and a length of nine feet
 It's strength is enormous; with a single blow it can fell bullock, breaking its back, and one has been seen walking off carrying large buck beneath its arms. Hss chief weapons are it's long, sharp,
 cshNeEedged claws, that are gouge-shaped als6, and terribly effective in tearing or taceratiaHa foe. The grizzly is found all
 along the range of the Rockies, and, as we have seen, in the Sierra Madre, and
 as far north as latitude 61o. In the north they feed more upon flesh than in the south; there the deer and bison often falling victims to it's ts.ferocity, anda large grizzly has been seen to kill powerful bison with a single blow of its paw. All the rest of the bear family flee from man,
 but the grizzly attacks the hunter un- challenged and is dreaded and respect ed opponent. Old hunters attribute many strange customs to the grizzly.
 They say it will never touch dead ani- mal. or one that has not fallen by its own prowess; also that it digs pits for it's vic- tims, and covers themup. It is said that wounded hunters often take advantage of the former habit and feign death, and
 50 escape, the bear rarely molesting them if the ruse is successfully carried out. The grizzly is dangerous game, for the reason that it is extremely tenacious
 of life. Thus, if the sportsman waits un- til the animal is directly upon him and fires into the heart, he cannot always de- pend upon the immediate death of the beast. It may develop energy enough to do great damage, and many instances are on record where the body has been completely riddled with bullets, yet the animal has killed several men before it finally succumbed. .-Sa1a Francisco CaN
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16
The Cuban Milkman:

In a letter from Havana a Chicago Neaos correspondent says: The lechero and his system here are worthy of maga- zine illustration. Milk for the markets and hotels is brought into the city by immense ox-carts in cans having the ap- pearance of diminutive cylindrical pago. das, but large proportion of the inhabi- tants cling with obstinate conservatism to the ancient method of supply. At all hours of the morning I have met on the highways away out in the suburbs sober droves of a half-dozen cows accompanied by half-dozen muzzled calves as they were being leisurely driven into the city by a brown-faced eountryman and two or three of his barefooted boys. Arrived in Havana these rustic groups became the travelling milk supply. Almost with out guidance the animals seek the be- ginning of the "milk route," and on reaching the door of the first GUS toner, come to halt, the COWS and calves taking position with military pre- cislon, in single file, along the flag stone footways of the narrow street. Our guajiro or countryman is now the city lechero or milkman. The urchins run into the customers house, secures the order, and the letchero milks the requir- ed quantity there and then before the very eyes of the housemaid, the portero or el senior himself. In this way from house to house the queer cavalcade passes, until COW after COW is milked clean, when the muzzle is in turn re. moved from each mothers calf, and the little ternerillas are free to take undis- putcd possession of the "strippings. J The system has obvious advantages, The milk is assuredly fresh. It would be difficult for the lechero to secrete wa ter-butt about his person.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16

In Bordeaux, France, workmen may dine as follows: A large plate of vege- table soup, 9 cents; large piece of bread, 3 cents; large plate of red hari- cot beans, 9 cents; half a plate of roast veal (thc quantity being ample for an ordinary mau), 4 cents; plate of rice, 1 cent, and half bottle of win ordinairc, 4 cents. This is good deal of dinner for fl teen cents, but it must be borne in mind that in Bordeaux fifteen cents is good deal of money to working
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16
arntng Farming in Dakota.

The past week an 18-year-old young man, heir to large English estate, ar- rived in the Red river valley, consigned to large farmer by his guardian, who pays the farmer $50 besides his services tor instruction in Dakota farming for one year. There are thorough, first-class farmers in Dakota, but it has not been supposed that England was without ex- perts in that line. It is probable that the considered healthfulness of the cli- mate was one of tho reasons for the con. dgnment.-6k Haul lMinn) Globs.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16

It will hardly be thought that there arc not on the whole globe fifty cities containing 200, 900 people; but such is the fact, and anyone may convince him. self of it by consulting geographical dictionary. It would seem at first that there must be at least 200 cities of 200, 900 population, but there is not one- fourth of the number. Of these, Great Britain has about 9; France, 8; Italy, 4; Germany (proper), 5 or 6; China, some 9; India, or 9, and the United States, according to the latest census, 9 or 1o. It is somewhat remarkable that coun- try only 100 years old should have as many Gf not more) large cities as the oldest lands; but it is not improbable that, before another century, we shall count as large number of cities of 200,- 900 inhabitants as there are now in the whole world. We are inclined to think that old and famous capitals, like Cordo- va, Granada, Cadiz, Florence, Venice, Padua, Verona, Bologna, Warsaw, Crac COW, Antwerp, Ghent, Rotterdam, Ley deH, Leipsic, must be very large, though they really have no more than from 70, . 900 to 40, ,ooo or 15o, 900 people each. The cities that can lay claim to 100, 900 population and upward are perhaps about 15O, and these include many of those which at first thought we should suppose contained two or three times the number. This planet is very little after all. Its millions are not so near numer- ous as it would seem that they ought to be, and the bulk of these do not como within our idea of civilization, any more than we come within their idea ot h,
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16
Room f0 Ronf.

"Had terrible shock this mawnin'. Awthaw. Met low fellow who asked me if had rooms to rent; actually took me for beggarly landlord"
 "Oh, no, Percy. I daresay he only meant to insinuate that you had an empty head"
 ''Do you think so3 Quite relief, as- vuah you. So awful to suspect that looked like low landioard. 0--Ca1f.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16

Compliments pass when quality meet,
 more particularly when it is Chinese quail ity. When the outgoing Chinese minis ter goes to call on his successor, he goes Tn all his clothes, top-knot, peacock feathers and blue petticoat. In the house, says Washington correspondent, he wears bonnet, which he takes of when he goes into the street, as Chinese etiquette goes according to the rule of
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16
The Kansas City Journal remarks tha

The Kansas City Journal remarks that the suggestion that the penitentiary should be cn ideal home for Socialists has great deal of truth in it as we'll as grim humor In the penitentiary no man can acquire property, no man can dress better or eat better food than another. There is to be found the most complete application of the leveling doc Urine. The former capitalist works side by side with the railroad navvy, eats with him, sleeps in his cell, perhaps is chained to him. Let Parsons, Spies and company try the penitentiary at Joliet.
Connecticut western news., 1886-06-16
The Sailors Outfit.

"What is sailors outfit for long voyage2'' repeated a weather-beaten old tar recently, as he munched piece of old navy and gazed respectively into his glass of grog in Front street saloon. 'sWhy, as for that matter, no two sail ors are alike. One will go to sea with nice outfit of long togs for nights ashore and sea rig large enough to start sec ond- hand clothing store on South street; and another will fire all his poodle away in a nights jolifcation, and away to sea the next day for a voyage around the Horn with the suit he stands in and a ragged suit of oilskins that have wealth cred both capes and the storms of three seasons.
 "Well, take the average sailor, and give me an inventory of the contents of his chest"
 'T think I will tell you what we found in the chest of one of our men who died last voyage; it would hit the mark, perhaps. We had been struck by squall of Hatteras and had hard work to get the muslin off the ship before the gale which quickly followed hove us to under close-reefed maintopsail. As the men lay down from aloft one of them was pitched headlong overheard by the parting of a ratlin, and he was astern and swallowed up by the angry waves before any effort could be made to save him. As is the custom, his chest was brought aft, opened, and an inventory made of his effects, that might be for warded to his friends. In addition to the heavy clothes for bad weather, and the light ones for use under sunny skies, were found many little presents which the dead man had picked up and was taking to his friends at home. There were dress patterns of rich China silks, pretty toilet boxes, and bits of fancy carving. Each was wrapped up and the address of the recipient written upon it. From letters which were found in the till of Jacks chest we learned that he hailed from an inland town of Pennsyl- vania, and the gifts were intended for a mother and sisters there, who will wait long for the return of their sailor boy" )" -New Fork Aal and Erpress
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Always pronounced wrong, even by the best scholaFs--Wrona.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-27
Texas Republican Convention.

by Telegraph 10 tue DlspAtcH.l
WACO, TEXAS, August 26.-The
Republican State Convention to-day
nominated the following ticket For
Governor, A. NJ. Cochran, of Dallas ;
for Lieutenant Governor, Lock Nc
Daniels, of Grimes for Assistant JUS
tice Of the Supreme Court, W. IL.
Burkhsrdt, of Fort Bend for State
Treasurer. Frank Cleves, of Coke for
Comptroller, j. NJ. Brown, of Tarrant {;
for Commissioner of the Land.Ollice,
A. Zadick, of Navarro for Attorney
General, G. W. Johnson, Of Young for
Superintendent Of Public Instruction,
Ii. Kline, of Harris.
The platform adopted by the Conven-
ton favors thesubmission Of q prohi-
bilion amendment to the Constitution
to a vote Of the people; opposes the
leasing OF cOnyicts, and demands their
confinement within the walls of the
penitsntiaries denounces the oppres-
sion of mercantile and lIboring interests
by monopolies, and favors the Blair
educational bill.
Resolutions Of respect to the memory
Of Judge c. c. Brinkly, General Grant,
and Samuel j. Tilden were adopted.
The Republicans of the State declare
they have no hope of electing their
ticket.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-27
Tie Situation In Belfast.

by Anglo-Amercan cable 10 the Dispatch
BELFAST, August 2G.-Eyerything
is quiet here to-cay. Loose paving
stones that have been used as missiles
and broken glass mark the scene of
last nights riot. The Orangemen have
called a meeting for tonight to con-
sider and adopt the best means Of
helping to restore order.
Rev. Hugh Hanna, D. D., Of S..
Enoch's church, has published a letter
in reference to tho rioting yesterday
evening on the Sbank.Ilill road. lie ad-
vises all respectable residents Of Bel
fast to remain at their homes as closely
as possible for some days Ho says be
fears the Belfast disorders are to be re-
vived in worse form than ever, and
that the future loss OF life in riots will
be much more dreadful than it has been
hitherto. Thi soldiers, the Doctor says,
will be obliged to fire upon the citi-
zens.
Thirty men who had been convicted
OF taking An active part in the recent
riots were sentenced to-day TO various
terms Of inprisonment--one OF them to
thirteen months. A number Of other
men arrested on the same charge werc
committed for trial.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-08-27
HIehjGnn Republican Nominations
lBy telegraph to the Dispatch.l

GRAND RAPIDS, MIcH.. August
26.-The Republican State Convention
met here yesterday and completed its
labors to-day. The ticket is as fol-
lows: Cyrus G. Luce, Governor ;
James II. Mcdonald, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Gill;. r. osmun, Secretary OF
State George L.. Maltz, Treasurer ;
Henry II. Aplin, Auditor; General
Moses Taggart, Attorney-General ;
Roscoe D. Dix, Commissioner Of Land
Office; Joseph S. Estabrook, Superin-
tendent OF Public Instruction; S. S.
Babcock, member of the State Board
Of Education.
The platform declares in favor of
tariff upon imported products of low
priced foreign labor fairly and justly
distributed, so as to protect the in
terests Of American wage-workers
without adding to their burdens.
1t favors intelligent organizations Of
labor for such worthy purposes as mu-
tual education, and for the protection of
their interests in all things relating to
their welfare and to the industrial well
fare Of the country, and favors the en-
actment Of State and national laws
providing for the settlement of contro-
yersies between employers and EN-
ployees by methods of voluntary arbi-
tration, or by the establishment of
courts Of Cancellation, which will avoid
the waste, loss, and i'll feeling result
ing from strikes and lockouts, and the
usual burden and expense of litigation.
1t opposes further importation Of
Chinese in this country, or Of any other
foreign laborers under the contract sys-
TEN, and favors any plan for the relief
of free labor from competition of con-
Wet labor which does not impose upon
free labor a greater expense Of support
ing oonvicts in idleness or useless labor,
and favors the adoption Of laws pro-
yiding for the protection Of workers in
our mines and other hazardous callings !;
for the regulation Of the labor of chill
dren, and for such other measures as
will sustain and improve the material
and social welfare OF our industrial
population.
Itopposes the doctrine of the so-callsd
Anarchists, and believes in the most
perfect protection to each and every in
dividual in the enjoyment of the fruits OF
all of his personal efforts to earn an
honest livelihood.
1t expresses sympathy with the op.
pressed of other lands, and especially
with The Irish nation in their gallant
struggle for the sacred RICH: Of self
government. Their cause is one which
should not appeal in vain to liberty
loving and libsrty-enjoying people, and
we congratulate them that, under the
leadership of Charles Stewart Parnell,
the cause has been eSpoused by the
Liberal party Of Great Britain aud cham
pioned by Gladstone, the greatest Eng
lishman of the age.