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Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
The Worlds Greatest Desert,

One-half of the earth's solid surface is buried in the abysmal regions of the ocean, and exists at undulating plains beneath watery covering from two tc bottom of the deep sea- the director of the Challenger publications tells us, the con- ditions presented. arc most uniform. The temperature, near the freezing point of fresh water, does not exceed seven de grees in range, and is constant through out the year in any locality. Sunlight and plant life arc absent, and, although animals of the large types are present, there is no great variety of form or abun- dance of individuals. Change of any kind is exceedingly slow. At the great. est depths deposits are chiefly red clay mixed with fragments of volcanic mat ter, remains of deep sea animals, cosmic dust, mangancsc-iron nodulcs and zeoli- tic crystals. No analogous deposits have been traced on dry land, although the continents are mainly made up of rocks which must have formed under the sea near the coasts. Throughout all geolo- gical time the deposits of the continent bordering waters appear to have been forced up into dry land through the con- traction of the earth, while the abysmal regions have remained the most pcrma- nent areas of the earth's surfac.
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27

Some of the members of the Tennessee Legislature are chosen after novel fash- ion. There are in the State what are known as ''fotorial districts" The coun- ties of the State are entitled to represen- tation according to population. The fraction above the necessary number en- titling county to representation is not thrown away, but several counties ad- joining combine these fractional rem nants until the unit of representation is reached. These counties compose ''fo- torial district" and besides being repre- sented by their own county membership, the counties jointly elect the extra mem- Der, who is known as "floater."
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
Eear Does Not Reason.

An instance out of my own experience will go to show how fear does not reason. About ten years ago when I was in Ba- den near the Black Forest, I was in the habit of walking alone in the evening till late in the night. The security was absolute and new very we'll there was no danger; and as long as ] was in the open field or on the road, felt nothing that resembled fear. But to go into the forest, where it was so dark that one could hardly see two steps ahead was another thing. I entered resolutcly, and I went in for some twenty paces; but, in spite of myself, the deeper I plunged into the darkness, the more fear gained possession of me which was quite incom- prehensible. tried in vain to overcome the unreasonable feeling, and I may have walked on in this way for about a quarter of an hour But there was noth- ing pleasant about the walk and I could not help feeling relieved when I saw the light of the sky through a gap in the trees, and it required strong effort o4 the will to keep from pressing toward it. My fear was wholly without cause. knew it, and felt it as strongly as if it had been rational. Some time after that adventure, I was travelling at night, alone with guide in whom I had nc confidence, in the mountains of Lebanon. The danger there was certainly much greater than around Baden, but felt nc fear. Popular Science Mo1tthly
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
HUMOROUS.

Isn't revolving light on the coast . navy revolver.
 A last farewell--A shoemaker giving up his business.
 Yoked garments are much worn-By oxen. They are gored.
 Many man asks girl to share his lot when he own no lot.
 A trade union-A marriage b,tween business rivals to promote trade.
 ''rll just give you few points" re. marked the paper of pins as the man sat on it.
 Schoolmarm to little Josie: "Where is the North polea" 'At the top of the map, marm."
 The tailor and dressmakcr are the in. dividuals who dwell most on the eternal fitness of things. A scientist went out the other night in a gale to sec what color the wind was and found it blew.
 The tailors and dressmakers are the individuals who dwell most on the etcr- nal fitness of things. Frequently the gentleman who layi himself out to deliver nice, breezy dis course is simply windy. Brown-Did you enjoy yourself while you were away2 Green-You bet. Didn't sec blessed bill collector tho whole | time.
 "There is something have jus, | dashed off," sai l the poet as he knocked his would -bc-son -in-law off the door. step.
 "Ncrvc food" is advertised. This is the kind of food the man eats who wants to occupy two seats in crowd ed rail- road car.
 Lord Churchill makes 60 gestures 6 minute while speaking, or half as many as a woman who is describing her new hat to her dearest friend.
 A little girl calling with her mothe, at a new house where the walls /er not yet papcrcd, exclaimed: "What bald-headed house, mammal"
 Some western papers look with horror on the use of the word 'woman" in re- spcctable society. One of them recently chroniclsd the finding of ''lad'yi skeleton"
 "Hcrc, you," howlcd customer at restaurant to the waiter; 'can't you see that don't wear lace shoes" "Yes, sir" ''Well, then, what do you mean by bringing me this shocstring in my soup2 Take this back just as quick as you can and brin g me plate of sour with button hook in it."
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27

In spite of all life-saving appliances there is still death in the mine to a frightful extent. Civilization gets it's supply of coal and iron at a costly ex- pense of human life. Statistics just pub- lished in England show that during the year 1885 the total number of fatal ac- cidents was 866, and the total number of deaths occasioned thereby 1,214, showing decrease compared with the preceding year of 51 in the number of fatal accidents and an increase of 216 in the number of lives lost. On an av- craze during the year there was one fa- tai accident to every GAS persons cm- ployed. The average for the ten years 1874 to 1883, is one fatal accident to every 594 persons employed, and one death by accident to every 45S persons employed. The proportion of fatal &C., cidents to the number of pt rsons em- ployed is therefore lower than the av- craze of the last ten years and the death rate is also lower, which, of course, is gratifying as far as it goes.
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
Voting by ElectricftY.

At the mechanical exhibition at the Palais de PIndustrie of Paris, there is exhibited machine for registering votes, which will, it is said, be shortly installed in the French Chamber of Dept uties. Its object is to obviate mistakes, the loss of time, and the necessity of the members leaving their desks to record their votes. The machine, which is the invention of NJ. Debayeux, is worked by electricity, and the vote of full house, it is said, may be make known by this means in less than five minutes, The arrangement of the apparatus is as fol- lows: In front of each scat three con- tact makers arc placed, the knobs being marked H'Ycs," ''No," and "Absten- tion." Only one of the pushes can be depressed at one time, and neither ot them can be used more than once, until they have been released by the action ei another part of the apparatus, which is under the control of the president. The voting is recorded by means of three sets of cylinders, upon which is inscribed in relief the names of the members in al. phabetical order, and also the series ot figures from one up to the total number of members. These cylind CTS rotate un- der mixing pads, and after the voting, an impression being taken on a band of paper against the name of each member present, is found number in one o1 other of the three columns 'sYes," ''No"' or ssAbstention. These numbers ap- pear perpendicu ar in numerical order. Hence the total number in each division is read at the foot of the three columns. The apparatus is necessarily somewhat complicated, but it is said to work with great facility. It will be remembered that for some time similar voting ap- paratus was exhibited in one of the Con- gressional committee rooms at Washing ton, but was finally taken away by the inventor, who despaired of its adoption. --Electrica1 World.
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
Henlth DOntsS.

Don't neglect your house. drains, nor the drainage about your house. The first condition of family health is dry and sweet atmosphere. With dry walls, dry cellar, and drains that carry off refuse without letting in foul gases, half the battle for good health is won.
 Don't let your wells or springs be in- fectel by drainage, or from other causes. Pure drinking water is indispensable for health at home, or anywhere,
 Don't keep the sun out of your living and sleeping rooms. Sunlight is abso- iutely necessary for right condition of the atmosphere that we breathe, and for our bodily we'll being.
 Don't sleep in the same f1annels that you wear during the day.
 Don't wear thin socks or light-soled shoes in cold or wet weather.
 Don't catch cold. Catching cold is much more preventable. than is generally supposed. A person in good physical condition is not liable to colds, and will not fall victim to them unless he is gross y careless. Keep the feet warm and dry, the head cool, the bowels and chest we'll protected; avoid exposure with an empty stomach; take care not to cool off 500 rapidly when heated; keep out of drafts; wear fannels; and with the ex- ercises of little common sense in various emergencies, colds will be rare. If colds were penal offence, we should soon find way to prevent them.
 Don't neglect personal cleanliness, but use the bath with moderation and in ac- cordance with your general health. The daily cold bath is right enough with the rugged, but it is a great tax upon the vitality of persons not in the best health, and should be abandoned if the results are found not to be. favorable, and tepid water used instead: E,ch man in these things should be judge for himself; that which is excellent for one is often hurtful for another.
 Don't have much confidence in the the curative nature of drugs. Remem- Der that Dr. Good-Habits, Dr. Diet and Dr. Exercise are the best doctors in the world. YoutRs Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
Beds of the Past.

The house of the ancient English gen. tlcman was not, as gcucral thing, pro vided with bed rooms, says writer about the beds of our ancestors in the Cosmopolitan. A chamber or shed was built against the wall that inclosed th: mansion and it's dependencies, and iu this little cell the lord and his lady slept. Sometimes there was another chamber oi the same kind built for the daughter oi young ladies of the house. AS a general thing, the young men of the house and the guests slept on tables and benches in the great hall, when woolen coverlets or blankets were provided for warmth. Servants and attendants slept upon the floor.
 Later on, in the time of the Tudors, the "four poste" bedstead, an immense piece of furniture having canopy sup ported at each corner by the posts, be- came tho fashionable sleeping couch. Some of tho old wills mention ''posted sctt. work bedsteads." These paneltcd bcdsteads were sometimes of elegant and massive architecture. The columns re- scmbled huge balusters, and roso from squ re da1o bases, and all the frame pieces were carved with decorative mouldings of V rious patterns. On soms of the earlier ocdsteads the columns ter. minated with figures representing the four 2vangclists.
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
A Ball of Birds.

It may, perhaps, be adduccd as one oi the most remarkable of the many curious and often incxplicable habits common to the lower animals of widely different classes, the practice of forming them. selves into balls or clusters, as is the cass with bees, star-fsh, some kinds of bats, and at least two species of birds. One of these species is swallow found in Van Dieman's Land; the other, the mouse bird of Central Africa. These strange little creatures, according to Le Valiant, who describes them, generally live in small companies of five or six in- dividuals, and generally select densely foliaged tree or thick mass of bushes for their gathering place.
 Pencaux, who vcrifics this statement of Lc Valiant, also mentions having seen them cinging to each other while asleep, the first bird holding on to tho branch with one foot, while it supports second bird by entwining ono of the lattcr's legs with its own free limb; this second bird in like manner supporting third, and so on until they form a chain that often contains as maay as six or seven of thesc lf Yf0n Hn1eR es s, ssf Ss4
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
Delay.

Always tomorrow and never to-day. So the winter wears till the bloom of May Yet what is month more or lessY" you say. You lead before and follow still From end to end of the months, until My passion wears, with the autumn weather, To the very end of its tender tether; For, never apart, yet never together, We walk as we walked in tho bloom of May; But at last your ''to-morrow" is my
 to-day" When "what is month moro or lessl" say.
 -Noruh Perry in Independent
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
The native community throughout

The native community throughout Bengal, India, has been greatly excited by the discovery that extensive adulteration is carried on in the manufacture of ghce, or clarified butter, an article in daily use in every native household. The in tensity of the popular feeling on the sub- ject is accounted for by the fact that the adulteration is effected either with beef and mutton fat, the eating of which is Q deadly sin in the eyes of the Hindus, or with lard, which the Mohammcdans con- sider unclean food Both Hindus and Mohammedans have called on the gov ernment to protect them by legislation, and have urged the necessity for imme- diate action, so that the measures might come into force before the Doorga Pooja and Mohurram, the great festivals of the two religions.
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27

.CousHy people can mako their own barometers if they have no other use for their wells. In the Swiss village of Mey- ringen some disused wells have been her metfcafry sealed to serve as barometers. On fall of atmospheric pressure air es- capes through small hole in the we'll cover, blowing whistle and thus giv- ing warning of a coming storm; but when the outside pressure is increasing, the air, being forced into the well, causes different sound, and announces the probability of fine weather.
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
Tne Tigers Strength.

Nothing shows more the marvellous strength possessed by the tiger than the
 way in which he carries his victim away.
 I remember the first time I was shown
 where a tiger had dragged full grown
 bullock. I could not believe it possible,
 and it was not until after we had killed the robber-9nly an ordinary sized tigress-and had carefully gone over
 on foot tlegreund where she had dragged her prey that found that she had not only dtAggad. the dead bullock-au animal, 1should think, considerably be- yond her own weight over dry rough ground and through dense canebreak, but that in some places, as the marks showed, she must actually have lifted the fore quarters of the bullock off the ground in her mouth and have walked several yards with it in that position. When the victim has been dragged to what the tiger considers position ot security it will sit down and take good meal, and then retire short distance from it's prey to some particularly thick bush or tuft of grass, and there remain until the following night, and then return for another meal. In consequence of this we'll known habit "a kill" as it is called, is the best of all khubber, and ir such cases, if the tiger has not been dis turbed, the sportsman is almost sure te find him lying somewhere close to the carcass, and, if his arrangements are well
 made, is pretty sure to get a shot at him.
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
TOughening Wood.

It is claimed that by a new process white wood can be made so tough as to require cold-chisel to split it. This re. su,t is obtained by steaming the timber and submitting it to end pressure, tech- nicaliy "upsettiny" it, thus compressing the cells and fibers into one compact mass. It is the opinion of those who have experimcnted with the process tl at wood can be compressed seventy five per cent, and that some timber which is now considered unfit for use in such work as carriage building could be made valuable by this means. - Iron .A0e, sss
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
MO-. IS.

When MT. Spinner was United States Treasurer he used to honor some of the prettiest young lady clerks in his office by having their features given to some of the goddcsses that grace our currency. But the head of Martha Washington, which adorns the new $1 certificate, and an idealized head of Dolly Madison are the only accredited portraits of distin- guished women being used in this way on the new silver certificates.
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
A Sor. of Rest.

A Sor. of Rest. O weary Hands! that all the day, Were set to labor hard and long; Now softly fall the shadows gray, The bells are rung for even song. An hour ago the golden sun Sank slowly down into the west; Poor, weary Hands, your toll is done, T'is time for restl-tis time for resti O weary Feetl that many a mile Have trudged along a weary way. At last ye reach the trysting stile; No longer fear to go astray. The gently bending, rustling trees Rock the young birds within the nest, And softly sings the quiet breezs: lis time for rest!-'tis time for restl" O weary Eyes! from which the tears Fell many time like thunder rain; O weary Heart! that through the years Beat with such bitter, restless pain, Tonight forget tho stormy strife, And know what heaven shall send is best; Lay down the tangled web of life, 'Tis time for restl-'tis time for rest!
 Florence Tules
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
Rubber Milk.


 The method of treatment for congeal- ing rubber milk in the Para district is as follows:
 Small cups are attached to the trees, and, when filled with juice, are emptied into tin pails of certain size, having closed lids, the cups being again at tached to the trees. After going the round of the trees, the contents of this pail are emptied into another asize larger and so on, till the covered pail of largest size is filled and ready to be strapped on to the saddle of a mule for removal. By this plan the natives are save1 the trou- ble of condensing and preparing the milk for market, by smoking. The large can of rubber milk, on arriving at the magasi,, is emptied into bath of water, the temperature of the water best suited to the rubber being a matter of expcri- ence. The Jumps of rubber that form in the bath are immediately pressed into thin, fiat sheets and carefully wiped. By this means the acid is forced out of the cells or pores in the lump, thus pre- venting the so-called ''rotten" appear ance. The author is of opinion that the African rubbers yielded by the Landol- phias, prepared in this manner, will pro- duce strong rubber. The African rub bers now sent here do not yield, when strained and cleaned, more than 30 per cent. to 55 per cent. of pure rubber gum, owing to the natives adulterating with sawdust, bark dust, etc., to over come the inconveniences of the sticki- ness of the juice. The amount of resin in milk varies larRhly.
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
Quicker Than Wall Street.

ssNo, I wasn't cleaned out in Wall street," he replied. as he choked back a heavy sigh. "Wall street was too slow for me. I got my $7OOO on Monday; on Tuesday I invested in short-horn bull; on Wednesday morning l got up and found that he had been kicked to by $40 horse."
 "Did you have anything left?"
 'Only about $15, and paid that to a fellow to kill the old horse and haul both bodies to the woods. D. WaU Street Neacs..
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
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Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27
CANAAN, CONN.,, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1886.

pupils are glad to learn, and are singu- larly persistent in trying. But, after all,
 there is something pathetic in their struggles to talk language that has no meaning for their ears.-Neo York World.
Connecticut western news., 1886-10-27

A New York physician says eft is dangerous to go into the water after a bssFtY msai 7 A, d we presume if he
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-03-05

which ne has eeh- much longer IN
bringing 10 maturity tApS some
oAsi gsoyye y. bt dis s>yaty lip Rn.
sequence of various cold snaps, in
experience, a bad system Of cslsiys.
tion and light fertilization, but
which is now happily all right and
bsiagils hiuaa gasiud -amid I'M
come. Owing to the great care,
patience and labor II has cost him
to create this grove, and the numer.
Gus mishaps he has bslJo4,eqcesnr
ter, he puts .poaeX t&tb a kpl
100000! me sSishabs1 are de
things to which We wqpld invite
iL1atsai;ala sans.a, as1sai-
nsstly advise them to push their trees
on 70 maturity as rapidly a. posi-.
biz, by using all the appro. ed applian.
ces known to the business Of orange
salttns. If lIsl ney,ed,asf il. lin
tied in his means, let him con6ne
himself TO a grove Of fifty trees,
ba, insae ahoa die, abeon..sl 5i4l
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-04-17
THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRAMP.

My clothing's ragged you declare2
Wen, then, 1t can't be spoiled.
My wardrobe is of linen bare?
My linen can't be soiled.
No credit have I, you believe?
That fact | don't forget;
But then, my friend, as you'll perceive,
can not run in debt.
No dinner have / had to-day?
Well, no. Again you re right;
But ! ii have no dyspepsia,
Or horrid dreams tonight.
No place to sleep? Well, I'm content;
I've often walked the street;
But then You know pay no rent
And have no bills TO meet.
Twill kill me soon to live this way2
Well, why should repine?
You, too, will die, your frame decay,
And turn to dust like mine.
Should VIC in dust together dwell,
Though now you're dressed so fine,
A century hence no one could tell
Which were your bones, which mine.
The thought brings solace oft to me,
Though suffer here | must;
There shall be true equality
When we are in the dust.
Boston Courier
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-04-17
Militia on Guard.

EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, April lO.-Eight
companies of militia and one battery ar
rived during the night and are now station
ed over the different yards, guarding the
railroad property. The battery is from
Danville, and have a Gathng gun, and the
infantry are from Vandala, Greenville,
Sparta, Champaign, Decatur, Nashville
and Springfield.