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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-08-20

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Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08
A Snug Town In One Building.

D.d you ever S op to think that in any one of the big off. buildings in Chicago there is a whole town2 Take, for in- stance, the Chicago Opera House Block, not by any means the largest office build- ings in Chicago. On the ground floor there are dozen stores besides the big theatre. Upstairs there are 300 rooms. In these 300 rooms there are 155 tenants, sub- letting rooms or desks to others. Among the occupants are seventy-nine lawyers, eighteen doctors, five dentist, and so on. During one day last week 5000 people used the four elevators. AL together there are in this one building more than a thousand tenants and en- ploycs, equal to the business and pro- fessioral population of a town of 5000 people. Each of two or three of the largest of the new office buildings now under the workmen's hands in this city will when finished and fully occupied contain 20O0 people, equivalent to the business and professional population of a city of 10000 souls. One of the direc- tions in which the growth of Chicago conspcuously tends is upward. Chicago He,0id
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08
New Kind of Glass.

Professor Abbey and Dr. Scott, aided financially by the Prussian government, have, it is said, invented new and val uable glass. The ordinary glass contains six substances. The new glass made by Profes sor Abbey and Dr. Scott contains fourteen. The most essential elements of which it is composed arc phosphorus and boron, neither of which is used in com- mon glass. With the old glass the full power of the microscope was the dis cernment of the one five hundred thou- ss.ldth part of an inch, and with the new glass it is claimed that the one two hun- dred and four million seven hundred thousandth part of an inch can be dis tinouished. When the discovery was first made by Cari Zeiss, the manufacturer, in whose place the experimcntalists had worked, was in favor of getting out patent, so that the discovery might prove a most profitable one, but the fact of the experiments having been conducted with funds supplied by the Prussian govern ment prevented the dicoverers from mak- ing it private enterprise and compels them to make it public benefit. The d ference between the new and the old glass consists in the refraction of light. The glass is not on the market yet, but will be very shortly. It will be used entirely for hiph power Instruments Putsburg Dispatch.
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08
Not Mines But Ours.

Tn sweat of face shalt thou at bread, - A fiat To d, a summons dread,
 Loudly, lowly, s~ iftly. slowly Told. that human souls might know Of Wors and Wages, we and woe. A mystery deep, this life of ou S, Birth, Life and Death. Infinite powers,
 ''Meek and lowly," boundless, holy, Only may unloose the cord. That binds mankind to that one word, Of Work, while lifes full day we spend; Of Work To- Day, and to The End;
 To Day, To-Morrow-joy and sorrow, All the days of earthly life Must have their need of toll and strife; Of toll for bread, for wealth, for fame, In reaching high for niche and name,
 Some ines gladly, so eti es sailJ; And tn y who toll have least a Toy ''Who sow in tears to reap in joy" ''Gve Us This Day Our Daily Bread,"- 1u Galilee this first was sa d.,
 In softly, lowly tones and holy, These sacred wo', were simply told To mortal man in day, of old. "Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread,"- We read this as Divinely said,
 Too of ,en lightly, only rightly, When unselfshly we say and pray, Give US-not me-ou7 bread this day.
 -Clark " Bryan, in Work and Wage
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08
Mexican Scenery.

General Jackson, ex-minister to Mexico, says: "The scenery of Mexico exceeds anything in the world that has ever come under my observation, either on this continent or in Europe. The city of Mexico is 74OO feet above the level of the sea. It is in what is called the cold country. Next to it, toward the gulf, is the temperate country, and from there one passes into the hot coun- try. The country about Jalapa was pro- nounccd by Humboldt the garden spot of the world. It is distinguished from all other grand and beautiful scenery in the world by the fact that at the foot of Mount Orizava there reigns perpetual summer, while the mountain itself rises into the region of eternal snow. have seen the mountains of Switzerland, but I never saw one that I thought compara- ble in grandeur and beauty to Orizava. have watched upon an orange tree the development of the fruit from the bud, through the blossom, to the ripe orange, there in the very sight of the snow covered mountains. I have drunk ice water flowing from Orizava, and at the same time had in reach splendid ripe pine-apples.
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08
HiStOry of Rice,

Its use by tbe inhabitants of China and India extends as far back as the earliest records of either country. A Chinese classic describes miuutley the drainage and irrigation works construct cd by the Emperor Yu on the Yang tse- kiang, 4, 236 years ago. It was cultivatals in Egypt fully 50 centuries ago, though not the principal food of the latter coun- try. Frequent biblical references to rice are found. Heredotus fully describes it, as does Pliny in his treatise upon the food plants of India. While Gibbons considers that it was cultivated in Spain at the time of the Roman occupation, it certainly as an industry attained no prominence in Europe until comparative ly modern times, and it is generally be- lieved to have been introduced by the Moors into Andalusia during the eleventh century, and to have crossed from Spain into Italy about century later.
 Riceis now grown in nearly every DOT tion of the globe-in Java, Brazil, Ha- waii, America, Italy, Japan, India, but principally in China and Burmah. The Burmese crop is nearly all exported, the inhabitants subsisting on some cheaper food, as millet or dourrha; that of China is principally consumed at home, though good deal finds its way into this coun- try
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08
How Languages Are FOrme

It has been a perplexity to scholars how such vast variety of languages and dialects can have originated in our world, especially if they all grew out of one original tongue. Mir. Horatio Hale says in Science that the pcrpexity will be removed if scholars will look low enough, and take in children as we'll as adults. He gives several striking cases of groups of children accustomed to play with each other, and left mostly to themselves, who formed languages which they used with perfect freedom, and understood with ease, but which were quite unintelligible to others. If children could do this in play, it would be simple matter for adults, placed in an isolated position, and cut off from communication with the rest of the world, to make new language for their own benefit. Mir. Hale offers some substantial arguments to prove that language-speaking men have not existed in our world for more than seven thousand years. - Youths' Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08
Music LOyinp CcntiDeGes.

A curious fact connected with centi- pedes is worthy of relating. A young man living north a few miles had been somewhat concerned at the appearance nightly in his dugout of great number of these unwelcome visitors. Ncighbors seldom or ever saw them, but he was visited to an alarming extent. He could not understand till some one learning that he was in the habit of playing on the violin suggested that the music attracted them. He suspended the concerts and the centipedes inter- rupted him no morc.--R;cAyseld (Kan. S0atthDeSt
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08

The experiment of turning cats loose in Australia to destroy the swarms of rabbits is reported to have proved emil nentiy successful. In one of the worst infected districts of Victoria 250 cats were bought at shilling a head, in- closed for time in limited space by means of wire nett ng, fed on rabbits, are afterwards turned loose in patches, food having been still supplied in a rough building for any cats which might not at once support themselves by hunt ing. Not single cat is known to have found its way to it's original home, and, as to the result of the experiment, the special reporter of the Melbourne Far mers' Gazette says: During thorough inspection of the hummucks just little before twilight our party succeeded in seeing only three rabbits. The cats, on the other hand, were to be met with everywhere, and mangled rabbits, some slaughtered but recently and other dead for weeks, were come across in all direc- tions. The cats were evidently the com plete masters of the situation" The writer goes on to express the opinion that there is no doubt whatever as to the suc- cess of the experiment, which is, more- over, as inexpensive as it is successful.
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08

Near Danbury, Conn.,, there is a rude little church at which the sect known as Sandemanlans still worship. The founder of the sect was Robert Sande- man, who died in Dlnbury in 1171, and the peculiar tenets of his followers be- lief are the simple assent to the teach ing and divinity of Christ and the re- jection of all mystical sense from the scriptures. Among their customs is that of kissing, and it is quite the thing during the religious exercises for the brothers and sisters thus toexchang ge greetings. The sect has not made much headway, there being no other Sande- manian church in America and but two in Europe.
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08
VOL. XVI.
Treatment of COrpuIence.

The treatment of corpulence must vary with the cause. No rigid rules can be framed that will serve in all cases. If there is a strong hereditary tendency to it, a radical cure cannot be expected-only an improvement can he promised, and even this cannot always be secured. The prevention of it should be undertaken when a young person shows tendency to put on an exces- sive amount of ,adipose tissue. One of the first things to be done in this direc- ton is to regulate the diet. Immoderate indulgence at table must be rigidiy for bidden, yet tho food must be in suffi cient amount to secure all that the body requires for its needs. No starvation should be countenanced. Fatal weak ness of the heart or permanent disorder of the digestion often results from ira tional restrictions of diet. The tempo rary thinning is usually followed by a marked increase in the corpulence be- yond what existed before the "Tanner plan" was adopted. A much better plan is to avoid exciting the appetite by too great variety of food. Prince Bismarck's physician succeeded in curing his patient by the very simple plan of making the meal consist of only one kind of food, of which he should eat as much as he pleased, and no drink of any kind to be taken at meals or until two hours afterward. By this means no unnatural appetite was encouraged, and the patient ate only what the necessities of the system really demanded. The diet should contain an abundance of Il bumen, little fat and still less starch or sugar, when an earnest effort is being made to reduce corpulence or provide against its making its appearance. Some fa-s have to be taken, or the albumino ous foods will not be digested or appropriated by the system. If signs of d1sordered digestion appear, the diet must be modified from time to time by the ad- dition of articles which are usually for bidden. It is better to incur some of the prospective discomforts or even dangers of obesity than to ruin the digestion in the attempt to avoid them. Globe Dsmo- rrat.
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08
CANAAN. CONN.,. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER
Il think you ought, indeed," was Miss

''I think you ought, indeed, " was Miss Hays calm reply.
 II did't knows you cared nothin' for them quinces" nluttered Mrs. Blggard, Cor wouldn't hcv touched lem, not on no account"
 'You might at least have pad us the compliment of asking us," said Mary, curtly.
 And she put the fve-dollar bill in the little blue ribboned "collection- basket" which was Miss Zeruiah Biggard's especial care.
 Mir. Mildmay walked home with her that evening. She did not tell him the story of the quinces, to her credit be it spoken. Mary Hay was not one to strike a fallen enemy. And perhaps she and Mir. Midmay had pleasanter topics of conversation than any faults aud failings of Mrs. Biggard.
 But honest Luke Larrabee was by no means so reticent. He related the little incident of the moonlight raid on the quincc orchard high and low.
 And them Biggards is always a-quo- tin Scripter texts," said he. "And the old lady sings hymns the loudest of any one in church, and Zeruiah settin' her cap at the young minister. I'd jest like to see her face when she hears that Mr. Mildmay and Mary Hay is to be married in the spring."
 But if you want to shut up the old lady's mouth any time, all you've g~t to ask her for her recipe for "puttin' up quinces r'-Helen Forest Graves
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08
Henry Clay in a Duel

It may seem curious to many that the two greatest statesmen of the first half of the nineteenth century should have been induced to settle personal difficult ties by exchanging .cartels to fight a duel. On the Virginia banks of the Potomac, across from Washington, Henry Clay, Secretary of State, and John Randolph, Senator from Virginia, met in 1926, on account of political disagreement. The two names are in- seperable on the pages of American his- tory. They were stanch personal friends, though bitter political enemies. On the eve of the encounter, when told of the unconsciousness of the meeting of the child and wife of his opponent, the Virginian replied, with a smile, "1 will do nothing on the morrow to disturb the repose or sleep of child or mother"
 While arranging the preliminary de- tails at the scene of the encounter, and before Mir. Clay took his position, the piSCoA OA lCduuoipiA was dSCiuCuld1ly Olo- charged. This was very humiliating to his sense of honor, as he we'll knew that it would give rise to unpleasant reports by his enemies, and his reputation as a gentleman would be assailed, but Clay magnanimousy came forward and said that it was an accident When the de- tails were finally arranged the two prin- cipals took their positions. There was a stump just behind Clay and a gravel walk behind Randolph. The seconds and attendants retired, and the word given, the reports of pistols sounded simultaneously, and Clay advanced quickly toward Randolph, exclaiming l: 'I trust in God, my deao sir you are untouched; I would not have harmed you for thousand worlds" Randolph had fired in the air, but Cay's bullet went through Randolph's coat. "You owe me coat, Mir. Clay," jocosely re- marked Randolph, when he saw the rent made by the bullet. "I am glad the debt is no greater" replied Clay. They then shook hands and returned to the city the very best of friends. - Wash- iz0t0n C0DitdL
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08
The Wea(thlest of Indians.

The Osage is the wealthiest tribe Of Indians in the United States. This is due not so much to their personal abili- ty as fnanciers, as to a succession ot favorable circumstan ces and to the good guardianship of the United States government. The Osages, long years ago, occupied the country about St. Louis. They were removed from there to reservation at Westport, Mo-, near Kansas City, then to the valley of the Neosho, then to reservation in south ern Kansas, and finally to their present home in Indian Territory. The Osages were powerful tribe, and to get them off of coveted lands Uncle Sam seems to have been willing to pay them more liberally than other wards of the nation. In this way the Osages have come into their present possessions, which includes tract of land in Indian Territory fifty miles square. or about 1,500, 900 acres, and an annuity of $250, 900. This is the interest on United States bonds given them in exchange for their former lands Tn Kansas and Missouri, and held in trust by the government, which pays the annuity in semi annual payments. There are about 400 families, averaging about four to famiy--a total of about l. 600 people. Out of this interest fund the Indians draw $165 year for each man, woman anl child-so that the larger his family the more the head of the family is enabled to draw. This system would apparently foster lapid increase of population, but strange to say, the ful.- blood Indians are decreas- ing in numbers. The full blood families are small and the tribe is doomed to ex- tinction. Th's is probably due to two causes-the c anged physical condition of their life and the loss of all ambition as race. .-Burtington Hawkeye.
Connecticut western news., 1886-12-08
HUMOROUS.

Yellow fever-Greed for gold.
 The man that ought to suit you we'll your tailor.
 Young boys stomachs are always in app!e-pie order,
 A few closing words: "Shut up" "Hold your tongue!"
 "Excuse the liberty take," remarked the escaping convict.
 P.hysic beats the faith cure, because it has the inside track.
 A philosopher says: A girl should marry for protection-not for revenue only. .
 The eagle is tough bird, but when it is put on the back of dollar it is legal ten der
 The work is easy enough when you succeed in getting your hand in, as the pickpocket said.
 "How many women marry good,s sensible man?" asks Kate Field. Only one, if the man can help it.
 A physician says eff child does not thrive on fresh milk, boil it." This is too severe. Why not spank it.
 When an idler enters the sanctum of busy editor, and the editor says, "Glad to see you're back" what does he mean~
 Clocks can be looked upon as among the most lasting articles of per- sonal property. They rarely change hands.
 A clergyman in recent sermo n, ex horted his congregation to "vote as you pray" and later on he advised them to "pray often." ...
 s'Was early man a savage2' asks magazine writer. That depends on whether the early man had cold coffee | for breakfast. Several tribes of Indians arc organiz- ing brass bands. Somehow, if an h. dian is not employed in one kind oi | crime he is in another. The cable says European magazines are full ofpowder and shell. American magazines resemble them a great deal, as they are full of war articles. Algernon: "I should like vewy much to go for dwive with you, old chap, but cahn't do it; I have to pwactice. Adolphus: "Gwacious! You are not studying anything, are you9" Algernon: No dear boy, but I pwactite an hour n day twying to learn to keep my eye glass in my cyc."