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Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17

James A. Briggs, writes to Cleveland paper that it is fifty years since he left Lancsboro, Massachusetts, on the outside of stagccoach. Then, he says, Buffa- To had 1000 inhabitants; Cleveland, about 1, 500; Ohio, some 900. 900; Mch- igan, 31,OO0; Indiana. 35O, 900; Illinois, 157, 900. Chicago was then known only as Fort Dearborn, and is now threaten ing to become the second city of the re- public. In 1882 Lake Michigan bore on it's bosom tho first steam vessel, the Hcn- fy Clay, on whichGcncral Scott and reg ment of soldiers embarked to fight the Indians in the Black Hawk war. At that time the nor thwestcrn part of Ohio, was occupied by the aboriginals, and Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and all the adjacent region were uninhabitcd by the whites
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
A Birds Eye View of the Earth.

If we imagine an observer contempla- ting the earth from convenient distance in space, and scrutinizing it's features as it rolls before him, we may suppose him to be struck with the fact that eleven sixteenths of its surface are covered with water, and that the land is SO unequally Distributed that from one point of view he would see hemisphere almost exclu- lively oceanic, while nearly the whole of the dry land is gathered in the opposite hemisphere. He might observe that the great oceanic area of the Pacific and Antarctic OceansAis dotted with islands like shallow pool with stones rising above it's surface--as if its general depth were small in comparison with its area. He might also notice that mass or belt of land surrounds each pole, and that the northern ring sends off to the south ward three vast tongues of land and of mountain-chains, terminating respect ively in South America, South Africa, and Australia, toward which fecbler and insular processes are given off by the Antartic continental mass. This, as some geographcrs have observed, gives rudcly three-ribbcd as- pect to the earth, though two of the three ribs are crowded together and form the Europ-Asian mass or double continent, while the third is isolated in the single Continent of America. He might also observe that the northern girdle is cut across, so that the Atlantic opens by wide space into the Arctic Sei, while the Pacific is contracted to- ward the north, but continent with the Antarctic Ocean. The Atlantic is also relatively deeper and less cumbercd with islands than the Pacific, which has the higher ridges near Its shores, constituting what some visitors to the Pacific coast of America have not inaptly called the
 "back of the world" while the wider slopes face the narrower ocean, into which for this reason the greater part ol the drainage of the land is poured. The Pacific and Atlantic, though both de
 pressions or flattenings of the earth, art different in age, character and condi tions; and the Atlantic, though thu
 smaller, is the older, and from the geo
 logical point of view, in some re
 spects, the more important of the two. =
 Pop,lar Science Monthly.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
Tho umbrella industry is great one

The umbrella industry is a great one in this country, the principal of it being here and In Philadelphia. The whole number made annu,lly in the United States is estimated at about s. 900, 900, which according to the last na- tional census, would be but one to every six persons. A good many of them must, it is plain, be family umbrellas. Some 800, 900 are imported, principally from France and England. Only in 1900 did we begin to make our own um brellas, derived from the Italian word ombrella, meaning little shade. The i umbrella is, in the East, very old and primitive symbol of royal authority, and is doubtless borrowed from the gigantic leavee of the palm. Its origin is very ancient, as it has been found sculptured on the ruins of Nineveh and the monu ments of Egypt. It seems to have had religious significance, since in one of the sacred books or tho Hindus Vishun is described as going tt the neither world with an umbrella II his hand. The old Greeks and Roman had umbrellas very similar to ours; bu they were carried cnly by women. Som time after their introduction hero thei use by men was thought to be effeminate A large number of patents have bee' taken out in Europe and the Unite
 States; but the umbrella has not bce ematerially improved, except in iightness in thousand years.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
HUMOROUS.
False hare-Stewed cat.

False hare--Stewed cat.
 Carpenters generally talk plane.
 Buebeard's Grade evidently was that of belle hanger.
 'The seasons over said Fogg as he capsized the pepper box.
 Whcn-a woman "knits her brows" it isprobably because shc. is out of yarn.
 Teacher Hans namo thrcc beasts of prey" Hans-.'Two lions and tiger" A stitch in time saves ninety mine, but stitch in the side won't save doctors bill.
 Frogs legs arc said to be unusually high thissyear. They always were on tho jump. 4,
 A Boston man drinks kerosene e beverage. This ought to make him tolerably light-headed. A girl, speaking of certain youth, says that the only thing about him that isn't fresh are his tears. Lucy Larcom inquiries "How will the leaves be when the woods turn brownT Brown, too, we believe.
 Can man lose anything he never owned9 Why, certainly; people loss railroad trains every day.
 Thosnan boy learning the alphabet is very much like the postage stamp. He often gets stuck on letter. <
 Another peaceful Indian has hesxdis- covered in Montana. Hes<nas been petrified for over 1 1000 years. l--.An exchange says salt is a remark. able remedial agent. So it is indeed. It has been known to even euro ham.
 A coal stove is cast-ircn paradox. Ii won't burn unless you put it up, and then it won't burn unlcss you shake h down.
 "Bcssie, temper is m awful thing. You ought to get rid of it." "Why, mamma, only yesterday you told me to keep it."
 "What is afoot now7r asked m ac. quaintancc of reporter who wns run- ming for tho office. "Teclvc inchee still,' said the scribe as he shot out oi sight.
 It is said that tho lady who wrote 'sIs the G!oaming' made f3Oo0 out of it. \ good many of the girls who tackle is nowadays only make the night hideous out fl it.
 Eyes yet they sec not-potatocs. Fan yet they hear not-corn. Mouths yet they speak not-rivcrs. Hands yet they feed notebooks. Brains yet they think not--Iudcs.
 "What makes that girl walk so funny r inquired De smythe of Browpe. 'Is shs intoxicatcdp "Ob, no; she's not inr toxicatcd," responded Browne. 'Tra only her shoes that are tight"
 It is pretty nearly haIf-past eleven o'clock when he began to sing "Hov Can Leave Thee?' to his best gin. Pretty soon her papa came down stain aud found out how easy it was.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17

If experiments which have been made by dentist in San Francisco bear the test of time, radical change in dentist " seems impending. Dr. Younger, following the lead of the great John Hunter, has found that teeth freshly drawn can be transpIantcd to cocks comb and retain their vitality for a month. They will also live in warm water for about two days. These, placed in the natural sockets from which other teeth have been taken and then temporarily secured become fixed and grow as if indigenous to the soil. But more than this, new sockets can be drilled and teeth inserted within them and the result shows that here again tho newcomer takes firm hold of the adj l. cent bone and becomes . strong and useful masticator.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17

Those interested in the wonderful ap- plicatiou of natural gas in the region around Pittsburg claim that the supply is inexhaustible, and that wells which began spouting gas twenty five years ago show no abatement. The area extends over some portions of western Pennsyl- vania, of West Virginia and of Ohio and Kentucky. It is said there are hundreds of thousands of acres of excellent 'sgas territory"in western Pennsylvania still untouched. The theory is that the gas is forming in the earth constantly. The daily consumption of the wells at Pitts burg is s57, 900, 900 feet, supplying the factories and ten thousand houses Ind taking the place of 4,oOO, 900 tons of goal year. Sksl
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
Starvation vs. Surfelt.

''Sir," said the tramp, 'I have not tasted food tor seven days. Another half hour of fasting and must die" "Then," exclaimed the phianthropist, 'syou shall live Take this ticket; it will admit you in my stead to sumptu- ous banquet, course after course, meats, wines and desserts, feast three hours long, glorious company, MT. Efforts, Mir. Toofew, MT. Jiggold, Mr. Peeled and other eminent men," "Will there be after dinner speeches a' asked the starving one. "Colemns of 'em," said the philanthropist. And the tramI handed back the ticket and crawled wcarily away into silent lumber yard to die.- Burdette.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
Oil We'll Secrecy.

An oil well is a mystery" when fts yield is kept secret by the owners, fos the purpose of making money by affect ing the price of oil in the market. If a new well proves to be gusher, the price of oil is lowered; if but s'sman producer or dry hole, prices go up. So, by keeping secret the character of . new well, those on the "inside" arc able to take advantage of any changes that occur in the price of oil through tho rumors which immediately get afloat con- corning it, and to make money by buy ing and selling oil-speculating, as it is called. It sometimes happens, even, that false rumors are circulated by in- tcrested persons. Every effort is made. however, to discover what the mystery really is. "Scouts" are sent out for that especial purpose, and they use every de- vice and stratagem to obtain the desired information, sometimes even climbing trees and endcavoring with field glasses to spy out the secret. On the other hand, every effort is made to prevent them from learning anything; and some amusing and exciting incidents occur in consequence. A guard is on duty ai the well, day and night, and outsidero are kept at as great distance as possi- ble.-S. Nicholds
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
waSD StingO,

"Clay or common earth mixed to a plaster with water is remedy com monly recommended for wasp stings. Not long ago a member of my family, s.ys an Illinois farmer, was stung on the finger and suffered terribly from it. We applied the usual remedy with no effect though it must be confessed there was very little clay in the soil used, and perhaps that would do better. We next resorted to the article that is, or ought to be, in every household, so useful is it, viz, ammonia, and use it full strength. It eased the pain like magic and, after holding the finger in ammonia fir some time, it was entirely relieved and the sting could hardly be discerned. About an hour later, upon using the hand, the sanY tsssible pain, Extending to the elbaw, began again, The skin was too raw aU bear mosepure ammonia and, ssWhen much diluted, it did no good. We then scraped some fat from ham, mak- ing soft plaster, and put it on. In a short time the pain and swelling both disappeared. A sting causes some peo- pie great swelling and intense pain. We were at our wits end to know what to do in the. above case. Perhaps this experience may be useful to some one in a like emergency.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
Tho Old Front Gate.

Oh, the old front gal, the old front gatsl How often it comes to mind. How oft has the dude there fingered latA When the maiden was soft inclined. How oft has the bulldog wiggled his nose Through the bars to get chance To disturb the dudes statuesque reposo And likewise tn, fit of his pants Oh, the old front gate, the old front gatel How often has its tireless squeak Made papa inquire, when the hour was late, If that dude meant to stay there a week. And then, when the gloaming had peacefully
 gloamed,
 When Luna had long graced the night, Her pa with club from the back entrance
 roamed- But Adolphus had vanished from sight. Oh, the old front gate, the old front gatel Decayed was your storm beaten frame. But night after night you upheld the weighs Of maiden and dude, just the same And bulldog and papa and heartess wit Will vainly combine 'gainst fate, For they'll come each night when the start
 are lit
 And spoon at the old front ga'e
 -Mcrchont Trupctlcr.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
When She Loved Him.

The Sunday school teacher was i'm pressing upon her class the importance of honoring their parents.
 "Now, children" said she, "whcn you are naughty and cross, your mamma does not want you to be near her where she can see your naughty ways. But when you arc good she loves to have you by her.
 "Now, Tommy, when do you think your mamma loves you besta"
 "When Pm asleep" replied Tommy stoutly. ''She says 50. ."-Xsrchan' Traoelsr.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
Drawing the Line.

Magistrate-You say you are tourists Prisoner-Yes, sir. l love nature in all her radiant beauty
 Magistrate (hastily)-Never mind that ]! How much money have you about your clothes?
 Prisoner-Seventy-f cents!
 Magistrate (severely)-Then l shal commit you as a tramp. We draw the line between touri-ts and tramps at S1. -Philadelphia Gull.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
A New Venture,

Minister Gin grocery store)-1 am pleased to see, Mr. Sugarsand, that mot to on the wall, "Honcsty is the best policy" It will pay you from business point of view, to say nothing of any thing else.
 Mr. Sugarsand (hopcfully)-I hope SO, sir, but haven't tried it long enough yet to make a fair test of it.-N Y. Sun
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
The Diet of Con nsumptiv es.

Tho diet of consumptive patients, says Dr. B. w. Richardson, in Popular Science Monthly, should be ample, and should contain larger pro- portion of the respiratory constituents ot food than is required in health.
 The appetite of consumptive patients is.very capricious, and daily grows more sosif it be not sharpened up by exercise. When the food taken is not applied to the purposes of nutrition, it is better left untasted; for otherwise it lies un- di4sted tn tho salimentary scaaal, and set sp ssF Fious train of dyspeptic symp- ton nausea and diarrhe.s Kind frie4ls oftsh, with the most provoking andfmistakep good-nature, thrust upon the sonsumptive relays of the most i'm proper food, because the necessity for nousishment Is so so5obvious. But the fact is that, whef the lungs are actingtsin- diffcrcntly digestion can not go on actively, sincA as Arbuthnot we'll ob- served, respiration Is '.the second diges- tion." Hence tho quantity of food taken by th1 consumptive person should be small At each meal; but Ahe meals msy,. is the sensations ssat the patient s require it, be more frequent than in health. Of animal foods, mutton is the best: Fattfsnd oily foods, which constitute the re- spiratory class, should predominate, and fresh butter, with bread, may be taken almost ad Hbitum, so long as it agrees with the stomach. Cream, too, is excel lent, and the luxury of curds and cream is very suitable. Milk, whenever it suits, is advisable as constant drink food, and good cows milk, new, an- swers every purpose. There are, as far as can gather from numerous cases in which I have seen them tried, no such specific virtues in asses milk and goats milk as some have supposed. Tea may be taken, in moderation, with perfect safety. Fresh vegetable diets should not be omitted; and fruits, especially roasted apples, are always admissible, except in instances where they excite irregular action of the bowels. The Iceland moss has had a great reputation, as have jellics of diff rent kinds, but these ofter are slow in digestion, and they have nc specific value.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
Cordial Re niiOns.

"Arc their relations cordial" asked one friend of another, respecting cou- pie of politicians.
 "Blamed if could tell. You sec was over in the corner when they cane up to the bar, and could only eco th@g neck of the bottle, but it looked mos4a liko whiskey."- Washington Critic.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17

> The light from an electric lamp tower in Davenport Ia., falls full upon Q flower garden about 100 feet away, and during the past summer the owner has observed that lilies which have usually bloomed only in the day, have opened in the night, and that morning glories have unclosed thelr blossoms as soon as the electric light fell on them.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17

The Adcocats, Washington, a journa published in the interest of the colored race, has collected information in regard to the wealth of the most prosperous negroes in the states of the Union, and the showing is really astonishing. In South Carolina for instance, the property owned\ by negroes is estimated as worth 10000, 900. In Georgia ne- groes pay taxes on an assessment of near ly $s, 900, 900, and other states show equally remarkable statistics.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17

There are a good many men who would give considerable to be served as was Henry Dumble, of Kingston, Cana da. He is 6S years old, and for years has been perfectly bald; but last spring hair began to grow on his head, and now he has fine crop of elegant back hair,
 and his whiskers, which have been gray for twenty years, arc turning black.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17

You may say what you will about pictures of astonishment, but you just ought to see frog try to jump into a pool of water that is frozen over. He don't say much, but what he does say can bs relied upon.
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
Endurance

EnQuronco We wend our way along this vlle of tears With troubles thorns beneath our shrinking fea.; Oa Times harsh scroll we notch the phantom years, While life's long toll is left all incomplete. We feel the agony of mortal pain, And writhe bene .th the surgeons probing krife; We starve, we thirst, we wait for love in vain, And wrestle with despair in deadly s.rife Above the graves that shrine our treasures lost We bare our brea ts to Him who dealt the blow, While round our numbing hearts dissolves the frost, And grisrs full fount finds saving over flow And SO We climb the rounds of care and pain, And serve in suffering till the goal we gain
 -Detroit Frse Press
Connecticut western news., 1886-11-17
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-22
An Uncommon Candidate.

The man who ran for Congress
against John G. Carlisle Is a mechanic.
He ran as a workingman, on a work
ingman's ticket, on workingman's prin-
ciples. He ran against a professional
politician. an aristocrat's ticket, and
Acknowledgements Ii. e. free trade)
principles 1t was an unequal contest.
On the one side were money. standing,
organization, sentiment and pride 1t
was the Kentucky oligarch. the cham
pion free-trade apostle, the speaker of
the House. the leader of the dominant
party. On the other was nothing save
an appeal to principle, the rights of
men, and economic prudence.
Mr.. Thoebe ran in a workmanlike
manner. He did not engage in political
trickery, abandon his bench. levy con-
tributions. haunt saloons, organize
ranters. On the contrary, he remained
steadfastly at his work. 1t was time,
he said, to quit work when his duty
called him away. At present he was a
workman, and would remain true to his
calling until asked to do something else.
He worked every day during the cam
paign, and on election day put in full
hours. His total expenses for The cam
paign were S16.75, not more than
enough to pay for the printing of the
ballots.
The day after election he resumed
work as usual. He made no parade of
his occupation nor pushed it forward
as reason why he should be supported.
The evidence seems to be that he was
fairly elected. Aside from all other
considerations it is pity that such a
man should be defeated. There is no
doubt of his making good legislator.
He would conduct himself there just as
he did during the attend to his
business.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-22
The Bank ofEngIend Note.

"The Bank of England note saws
the Family TatOr, possesses no securi-
ty which may not be known BY any
person who will make himself acquaint-
ed with the following characteristics of
the paper, the plate printing, and the
type printing of the note. The paper is
distinguished:
81. BY its peculiar color, such as is
neither sold in the shops nor used for
any other purpose.
-. BY its thinness and transparency
qualities which prevent any portion of
the printing on the note being washed
or scratched out without hole being
made.
20. By its characteristic feel, which
consists of a singular crispness and
toughness, owing to the fact that the
bank paper is made from new linen and
cotton. not from rags.
ID By the peculiar wire-mark or
water-mark, which can only be pro-
duced when the paper is in a state of
pulp; consequently the forger must pro-
cure mold and make his own paper,
both requiring the skill of such first-rate
artisans as are not likely to be met with
in the haunts of crime,
IS. By the three deckie or rough
edges. These edges are produced when
the paper is in pulp, two notes being
placed in the mold and divided length
ways. The deckle is the raw edge of
the paper and cannot be initiated by
cutting.
sc. BY the strength of the paper; a
bank-note will lift hundred-weight if
carefully adjusted.
THE printing is of two kinds, type
and plate. The paper is moistened by
water driven through its pores by the
pressure of the atmosphere; $4,000
double notes are thus moistened in the
space of an hour. The ink used is
made at the bank from linseed-oil and
the charred husks and vines of Rhenish
grapes. This gives peculiar velvety
black to the mark in the left-hand cor
ner of the note.
''The notes are numbered by ma
chine which cannot err; and, lastly, are
authorized by the signature of the clerk.
The bank-notes are printed on the side
OF the paper which receives the water
mark, so that if the paper be split the
imprinted surface only retains the slight
est trace of that mark. "-English EG.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-11-22

"a perfectly millennial girl came to
me yesterday to see about a situation
for one of her friends just after had
engaged an untutored, intelligence
office maid, says Bos, on housckeeper.
This ideal creature had the October
Century in her hand She had evil
IDENTITY been reading it as she came up
in the horse-car. She had on an ex-
tremely simple, well-fitting dress and
jacket, and she spoke much better En-
glish than my Latin school son, except
when he is on his good behavior. She
told me that she lives with Mrs. B.,
then / remembered about her. She has
lived with my friend seven years. All
of the family think everything of her.
She is simply piece of domestic per-
fiction, and she knows it and is proud
of it. and makes it her mission to try to
get other girls to be like her. She said
her friend is very much like her-what
a pity l haven't chance to try herp
You ought to have heard her talk Il
wish my friend could come to you,'
she said. i think it is so much better
for girl to live in family of refine
ment and culture where she knows it is
her place to serve and where she feels it
than to live with commoner people who
try to make her feel her place less
hard Yes, that's the way she talked.
She said exactly those words refine
ment and culture Wouldn't it be a
supernatural state of things if she
should have few disciplesP She likes
her work and respects herself in it and
makes it really her responsibility and
her interest. No wonder the family
she serves all look happy and healthy.
No wonder her mistress looks year
prettier and younger every succeeding
winterrh Boston record