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Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17
A prominent electrician of Philadelphia

A prominent electrician of Philadelphia has received letters patent for an invcn- ton which he says will revolutionize the meil, telegraphic and telephonic systems now in use. His plan is termed and cleo tro-pneumatic transit and is designed to carry letters and packages from city to city at a rate of nine miles 0 minute. The tube will be of brass incased in iron, through which close-fitting me- tallic carriage containing the articles will be projected by volume of con- pressed air. Intermediate cities and towns will have tubes connecting with the main tube, and the destination of the carriage will be under the control of the operator at the main office, who will man. ipulate the switches by electricity, and thus be enabled to send the carriage to any desired point. It is also intended to introduce 1t for local use, to take the place, in measure, of the telephone.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17

An electric boy has been on exhibition in Edinburg, and 0 gentleman who writes to the electrician says he made such q thorough examination of the case as to satisfy him that there was no deception. He was colorcd boy. The writer says: "I had the boy stripped naked. While thus naked he walked In my presence, and also eat on wooden seat with his feet of the ground. In every position in which tried him 1 found electricity proceeded from his body when touched it with one finger. The electricity came with tho greatest freedom from the upper half of his body, and especially from his tOnen1eH
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17
Exercise for Aged People.

M Bouchardat, professor of hygiene at the Paris faculty of medicine, protested in strong terms at a recent lecture against the advice given by some hygienists who recommend almost complete rest to the agod, in the following terms: T protest against the oft repeated adagesthat old age is the age of rest" This sentence has led to very great error in hygiene. The regular general exercise of all organs of nutrition and of locomotion is necessa- " to persons of all ages The greatest attention on this point Is all the moro necessary that the tendency to rest brings on a gradual deminution of the strength.
 If the old man does not resist, his strength will visibly and progressively diminish, and the few days he may have to live may Do transformed into just so many hours In proof that regular daily exercise Is beneficial to the aged one has only to observe the results in some of the handsomest old men, who take little or no rest. Moderate exercise, particularly walking, should be the leading precept of. the hygiene of the aged, without which longevity is well nigh impossible. :"
 Professor Bouchardat also recommends that old people should maintain their in tellectual faculties, or otherwise they will get into state of incurable torpor. This is best accomplished by having some steady intellectual pursuit, and by taking an active interest in the events and pro- gress of the day. In our boyhood we re- member very old man, who told us he kept in as perfect health as an old man can be by chopping wood for an hour or two every day. This he regarded as suf- ficient exercise for him. Another old man we know finds his health greatly benefited by saving wood with the ordi nary buck saw.-Herad qf Health.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17
Curing FrOstbItes.

Dr. Lapatin, in the Proceedings of the Caucasian Medical Society,"" advises that fingers and toes which have been slightly frostbitten, and which subse- quently suffer from burning, itching, and picking sensations, should be painted, at first once and afterwards twice day, with mixture of diluted nitric acid and peppermint water in equal proportions. After this application has been made for three or four days the skin becomes darkened and the cpidermis is shed, healthy skin appearing under 1t. The cure is effected in from ten to fourteen days. The author has found this plan very effectual among soldiers who were unabled to wear their boots in conse- quence of having had frozen feet. They were, in this way, soon rendered capable of returning to duty.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17

The peasant of the south of France seems to live about as frugally as any body. It has been computed that he spends for food for family of five m average of four cents day. For break fast be has bread with O preparation of salt fish, which he smears upon it, for dinner, stockflsh or a vegetable soup and salad, and for supper, lentils, beans, or other vegetables. In the season, raw to- matoes and dry bread frequently mako @ meal. Coffee and macaroni are too cx- pensive for more than infrequent use, but thero are always onions and garlic. Water is his drink, with 0 little very thin wine once in while. Rabbit he has occasionally as flavor in vegetable stew, but that Is luxury. Beef or nut ton he tastes hardly once month. He dresses poorly, and hardly looks as if the world treated him well. But his self denial Is not for nothing. He has bank account, and In the matter of hard money b well enough off.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17

Like all inventors, M. Pasteur must naturally expect 0 certain amount of ridi- cule, and the wicked Paris press is just now making fun of him. For instance: Scene, M. Pasteur's studio. Enter a re- turned Tonquin expeditionist, who re- marks: i" I would like to be inoculated against the hydrophobia. M. Pasteur -" When were you bitten2" Expedi- tionist-" Well, I was not exactly bit ten, but entertain suspicious about one of tho dogs which I ate"
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17
A Character of the Frontier.

A recent number of the Chicago Her. aM says: There came to tho city yester- day and slapped his name on one of the hotel registers one of the simon-pure ori- ginals of the wild West. It was "Jim" Whitlach, of Nevada. "Jim" Whttlach prospector in tho far West for moro than twenty years. He is one of the best un- scientific minersin tho country, and next to Senator Fair and George Hearst, d California, the best judga of mineral prospect tho mining regions have ever known. When "Jm" Whitlach looks down O shaft or ''skins" his eyo along @ hanging wall ho seems to know intuitive- ly what is behind 1t. When the great bonanza was discovered fin 1874, in Vir- g,nia City, Whitlaoh went into the mine and made the closest guess of all as to the extent and value of the deposit. And there were many wild guesses made by very scientific persons. A Yaleprofessor said the great bonanza was worth S700,- 900, ,o0O. Phil Diedesheimer, a German mining expert and geologist, went nearly crazy over the find, and wildly asserted that the bonanza was worth s1, 800, O0O, = 900. He had bought 6 little stock and on the strength of the millions he was going to make he went to big hotel in San Francisco, hired a suit of eight rooms, stocked them with champagne and cigars, and kept open house for g week. Everybody laughed at the crazy German. Even John W. Mackay guess. cd wide of tho mark on the value of the find. He put 1t at $500, 900, 900 and de- clared that 1t would take ten years to ex. haust the mine. But Whitlach guessed within few millions of the truth. He said there was e125, 900, 900, in the bo' nanza, and that 12O stamps would use uI the orc in five years. The actual yield o1 the mine was $118, 900, 900, and the pay ore was exhausted In four years and eight months after the mine was opened.
 In 1864 Whitlach himself made dis covery in White Pine, Nevada, whicf | showed some of the richest silver ort ever found in this country. His mine contained ore worth $14, 900 a ton. Ht sold it for $175, ,o0O, put the money int the San Francisco stock market, and 1, two months he was again In tho saddle and with little pack mule trailing be hind, en route to the mountains. Whit lach is now securing Colorado for nov mines, with Leadville as his headquarters He says there Is more money underground at Leadville than has ever been takel
 out. '"The camp hasn't begun to boon 1 yet, n he says.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17

In order to settle the question os to tho proper treatment for persons who have been frozen. Dr. Laptchinkski has made series of very careful experiments upon dogs. He found that, of twenty animals treated by the method of gradual resus- citation in a cold room, fourteen per- ished; of twenty placed at once in a warm room, eight died, while twenty put immediately into a hot bath recovered quickly and without accident.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17
HUMOROUS.

Tho spdng-time of life-Whcn you discover bent pin under you.
 Can man bo called temperance man of long standing who wears tight shocsa "Struck down." as tho barber said when ho shaved the first crop of fuss from youths chin.
 ''say, wniter, this beofstead looks aaH it had boon hammered on an anvil" "Yes, sir, wc buy it by the pound"
 'f l cannot have the fat of tho land Q can tako little lean," said Q tramp e he rested his shoulder against lamp~ post.
 The wealth of o,E language ds shown by tho fact that 'hang N up" and '(chalk it down" mean precisely tho sanc thing.
 Playwnght-Do you think my new tragedy will survive first pcrformance9 Crtio-Your tragody-may be, tho epec- tators-hardly.
 It is eaid that person who eats onions will keep secret. But such a person cannot keep secret the fact that ho hns been eating onions.
 Uncle Gcorgo-"And 80 you go to school now, Johnny9 What part of tho exercises do you like bcstW Johnny 'sThe exercises WIG get at reoeas.s
 '"Yes gentlemen,"- said tho barber. 'swe are standing on free soiLs 'Noal you're not,s said the shoemaker, ':you arc standing in shoes not paid fol"
 A little girl busy in making pair of worsted slippers, said to young corn- panion near hnri ."You arc lucky, you arc. Your papa has only got ono leg"
 There ts not so much difference bes tween Q restaurant and cattle harH Qs one would at first suppose. The forniu hA many tables, and the latter has its stables, too.
 Farmers are pouring into Western Texas so fast that ranchmen have just time enough to move their cattle out and prevent their tails being chopped of oy the advancing hoe.
 A school board recently asked tho fok lowing question of little girk ~Whaf Is the plural of many 'rMen.~ "Very well, and what is tho plural of childq" ''Twinh i" immediately replied tho little girl.
 During a rccent cyclone in the West ia church was lifted to height of thirty fect.s The members of the oongrega. ton were deeply chagrined when they saw their ediAce become O high church so suddenly.
 Grandpa-'1Tell mo, Ethel why do you have dx buttons on your gloveeis E4heL"Yea, grandpa dear, I will Aeii you. The-reason is, If I had scvcp 6ns- tons or five, they would not match tho six buttonholea~
 'WhaA do these letters etaDd for% asked O curious wife of he9 husband e she looked at his Masonic soa1. 'WhQr really, mylove" he replied ouoourag- ingly, '1presdme 1t Is because they cans sit down." 6he postponed further ques- tioning.
 'Oh, mamma, you'd be surprised Ao know how dumb Besse Barton is! She took mo into what she said was the apiary. What do you think ! sau there9" "1 don't know, deaL" Why nothing but lot of bechivcs. There were no apes therc; not even @ monkey \
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17
A Secret Craft In Prison Life.

It has frequently been surmised that in prison life there Is secret craft by means of which men confined have knowledge of what is going on about them, and contrive to communicate with each other in spite of the strictest pre- ventive measures. The other 1, 600 con- victs were all locked in their cells at the time Dan McAllister, tho notorious crim- inal, escaped; but in less than an hour every convict in the prison seemed to be aware that the daring criminal was free, and such buzzing of suppressed talk and excitement as was manifested throughout the great cen-house, usually so silent, was astonishing to the oldest guard.
 This mysterious power of communica- ton has been used for much more dangerous purposes than the meSe dis semination of news. A few years ago conspiracies to kill their guards and es- cape were of almost monthly occurrence. Usually the Warden would be bored with them. A day or two before the time fixed for their consummation, he had little time for any other business than hearing conspirators who were anxious to ''give away" their pals, each believing himself to be the only one to tell, and all anxious to curry favor and get the credit. McAllister is the only life prisoner that ever succeeded in making his escape from Joliet prison, and his escape is the only one of any importance that has occurred in over ten years. One thousand eight hundred and eighty men and twenty women composed the largest number of convicts ever confined at Joliet Ol.) at one time. This was on the 18th day of March, 1878, when the prison count reached 1900. The opening of the South ern Penitentiary at Chester, m.) at about that time, accounts for tho reduo- ed number of convicts at Joliet at the present time, yet the prison hero now contains larger number of inmates than any similar institution in the country, and still bears the palm of being the model penal institution of the United States The cornerstone of the prison was laid in 1857, but the buildings and walls were not fully completed until some twelve years later, the finishing touches being given in 1seo.-Glode- | De,nacr1t
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17
Sha Was SOtiaf1 cd.

'Doctor," said an old lady to her phys ician, ''kin you tell me how 'tis some folks arc born dumb2"
 'Why, certainly, madam" replied the doctor. 'It is owing to the fact that they come into the world minus the pow CT of speech"
 La, my!" exclaimed the old lady; ''now just see what it is to have physie education. I've axed my ole man hun. dred times that a1r same thing, and all thatI could ever get out of him was, kase they isl''
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17

There is a patient in Scotch infirmary suffering from painful disease in which every person who uses cano Is inter- csted. It is sore of the hand, brought on by the pressure of a roundknobbed stick against the palm; in this case it has affected the muscles from the fingers to above the wrist A speedy cure is not probable. The surgeons say that stick with handle, instead of Q knob on which the palm must press, is the thing
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17
70 carry.

The queen of Madagascar goes to Sun day-school, but she passes into the chapel, where guards, with fixed bayon- cts, Stand ten deep. Within the chapel, where one thousand persons may find seats, the queen sits high upon throne at the side of the pulpit. An English. man, who attended service of the school recently, was struck with the fre- quent use of the word "civilization" by those who spoke and prayed in the na- tive tongue
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17
A SunerfluOus Fem0Ies

The surplusage of females in tho pop ulation of Massachusetts is constantly the cause for annoyance. It was at juvcn- file party the other day that mother noticed her five-year-old daughter had not joined the march to the refreshment room.
 "Why did you not go in with the other children, my dear9"
 "Becaose l could not find any little boy to hold op to-" was the wall of the Ingenious unfortunate. .-LoacSW C1tiSen.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17

Tho number of people who find death st Niagara Is increasing yearly. Last summer and fall fifteen people went over the falls, and of these more than half arc thought to have been suicidcs.
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17
Tho Wonderful Weayo0

There's o wonderful weaver High up in tho air, And he weaves a white msntas For cold earth to wear. With the wind for his shuttlA The cloud for his loom, How he weaves, how he weaves In the light, in the glooml Ohl with the finest of laces
 He decks bush and tree; On the bare, flinty meadows A cover lays he Then a quaint cap he places On pillar and post; And he changes tho pump
 To a grim, silent ghostl But this wonderful weaycr
 Grows weary at last; And the shuttle lies idle
 That once flew so fast. Then thesun peeps abroad
 On the work that is done; And he smiles; "Ill unravd
 It nll, just for funw
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17

One Star. OHs star upon the brow of Night O6e etaf, ono only gem 03eams uke a jewel rarely bright, U6cn Q Queenly forehead white, fn royal diadem- One star upon the brow of Night b all that greets mine eyes, A, from lonely mountain height, fstt and watch the crimson light Of sunset leave the skies. -4nna u Carpenter in Cusseu
Connecticut western news., 1886-02-17
S (. BECKLEY, Editor and Proprietor.
Local News n Speciality.
TERMS.

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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-28
ruzzlea Negro Farm Hands.


In many of the Southern States the negro
farm hands work on what is known az the
share system. The land owner furnishes the
land, mules and farm implements and adj
vances the supplies. AT the end Of the crop
season the laborer usually gets one-third Of
the product of corn, cotton, &c. A farmer
In Sunfiower county, Miss, in recontracting
the first of the present year with his lnborers
for the year 1886, found several OF them
who We're unwilling to remain with him for
one-third of what they produced. How
much more do You want" inquired the
farmer. s4
We want n fort dat's what Mister
Mitchell's gwine to glib hes hans dis yenrh. y
The farmer laughed. and, calling to his
wife, asked her to bring ont couple of
apple pies she had just baked, and when the
pies were produced he cut one of them into
three equal parts and the other into four
and invited the darkies to help themselves,
each to piece 1t is needless to say that
the pie that had been cut into three pieces
was the one first attacked.
NOW, said the farmer, pointing to the
thirds, " that is what propose to give You
and that, y pointing to the fourths, !. Is whai
you say Mr.. Mitchell is going to give you +
which had you rather have ~
The darkies opened their eyes and stirred
OF one another, when the Spokesman ex-
claimed:
. Welt dat pie business do prove dat q
free is bigger'n TO-. Whar dat contract,
Marse Bob p
The contract was produced the last
one Of them signed il.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-28
A shabby UmlDr..hn.

The average man Is openly ashamed OF q
shabby umbrella lone Of these slouchy,
corpulent affairs, with the bleached-out di-
vorced from third Of the rib tips, and
shoe-string clasped around It's waist in lieu
of the long vanished elastic.
He will hide IL as far as possible under
his arm, run 1t up his coat sleeve, tuck it
away beneath the folds of his coat, keep It
between himself and the wall, and when he
gets in the bus, how careful he Is to dispose
Of 1t In the darkest possible corner.
And II, perchance, anybody spies it out,
how quick he Is to head of criticism by ex-
planning that it Ia the one he keeps in the
Offices convenient to have one there, you
know; one that you know nobody will
steal-ha In
Or maybe he will go o step further
the lying rascal land say he borrowed 1t,
and II he didn't return 1t, old Grimshaw
would never forgive him--ha hal
But when the clouds lower and the rain
drops begin to patter, who SO at ease, SO
proud and happy, as the man with the shah
by umbrella, as he stalks between rows; Of
unprotected men and women with his de-
spised umbrella dripping liquid harvest in
discriminatory on the just and unjust
Verify, there is nothing in this life wholly
good or wholly bad.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-28

Did you ever read of an African thunder
Storm It ia said that it is unequalled in
any other part Of the world.> l lay one
evening, an hour before sunset, in my tent,
after toilsome days journey. Without a
moments warning a sudden crash was
heard, another in quick succession and
again another, louder and more vehement
than If hundred parks of artillery were
fred about my ears Then the rattle and
the binding flashes of blue-green lightning
sending its bolts into the earth all around,
killing everything, both animals and plants,
within its reach. My nerves got complete
" unstrung, and would have given worlds
ior some dark cavern to crawl into to hide
my own nothingness. There Ind to stand,
paralyzed with awe, expecting every mo-
ment the dread messengers that were float.
ingabout me would summon me to the other
life. Now began to fall heavy drops Of
crystal water on my tent, increasing every
instant till 1t seemed to descend in one solid
sheet. Then the wind roared through the
trees and was startled almost into uncon-
seriousness by heavy thud ON the ground
near me. In all my long life / never ex-
perienced anything SO awful as the storm
that night in the Transvaal. After about
an hour of this terrible din of the elements
there was sudden cease to all just as sud-
denly as it began. The red sun appeared
near the horizon, the clouds all passed
away, leaving the atmosphere deliciously
cool and refreshing, and when the sun Dip
ped behind the mountain 1t was succeeded
bys.a silvery moon that looked like glitter
ing crescent in the beautiful blue sky. The
shock of the system was succeeded by o
quiet repose that was indescribable.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-04-28
Good use Of HIP Pockets.

The general practitioner Is frequently
asked by anxious parents /" What shall ]
do for my boy, he is getting so awfully stoop
shouldered that am afraid he win get con.
sumption; will have 10 get him brace.
What would you recommend ~ Itrequirea
no extended argument to prove the import.
ance Of well expanded chest. Apart from
the incalculable benefits to health, an erect
carriage and graceful movements attract the
attention of the most humble. IL causes
them to correct as far as they are able in
their children any tendency to awkward,
STOPPING or ungainly positions. Apart from
tho cost and Inconvenience Of expensive in
struments but few meet the requirements.
In many cases better results may be OBJ
tanned by attending to few simple details
within the roach of every one, in the ordi-
nary clothing. The boys pockets are to
him very important part of his dress, and
the natural tendency is 10 keep his hands
in them. When not actively engaged there
they arc usually found, and IL the pockets
are properly placed they will inadvertently
cause him TO throw back the shoulders and
more or less expand the chest. For in
stance, the jacket or overcoat should have
what are called breast pockets, the opening
should be high and as far back as possible,
parallel with and Ia the line Of the body,
instead of low down and transverse, as usu-
ally found in the ordinary jacket or over
coat. The pants should have what are
called " hip pockets" and no others. II
will then be apparent that, while the hands
are in the pockets, better, If not per-
feet position will be assumed and the boy
spared the many admonitions to keep
your hands out OF your pockets" and the
accompanying box on the ears.