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Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
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Freedwoman Lizzie, a good servant, was married to an unworthy husband, and made complaint of his unkindness. One of the young ladies of the family in which she served, desirous of knowing how she happened to be so married, ask. ed her about their love-making and courtship.
 "Lizzie, what on earth did Watt say to you to make you marry him 2'
 Claw Miss Sallie," answered Liz zie, ''you know I couldn't make nc answer to Watt when he come cortin' ol me, cause Watts edicated." 7" With guile full wisdom of words he "come cortin' oi her.") "And," she continued, Che got some on his words out de jogafy and some out de dicshunary. And co'se, you know. Miss Sallie, I couldn't make no 'sistance to Watt. "-Harper's Magasine.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Daring Post Office Robbery

The Post office in West Chester, Pa., was ransacked by burglars. Clerk Fred Hamilton, when he opened up at eight o'clock found the office in confusion, mail bags torn and scat tered. He at once notified Postmaster Pyle. The latter stated that he was in the office until about midnight, and locked it up when he left. The burglars entered through the cellar and pried open trap door, which led them ill the room. They rifed the desk drawers, but got nothing Then the safe was bored into and a charge of powder inserted alongside the com- bination. The explosion blew off the combina- tion and the handle was wrenched off. but the postmaster is of the opinion that they failed to get into the safe. He has had a locksmith all day trying to open it. About S20 in stamps and change was taken from the stamp window drawer, and that is all the spoil the thieves se- cured The stamps are all kept in bank and checked out as needed, and daily deposits of the receipts for their sale are made The burg lars left powder flask and fuse lying on 8 ta- ble. The janitor, who lives in the rear of the office, hoard the burglars, but did not think it was anything of that nature. They probably left town on the seven o'clock train for Phi a. 1olrhia
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Death of a Naval Officer,

Captain Thomas M Brasher, of the United States Navy, was found seated in his chair dead. He resided with his two sisters at No. 182 Livingston street, Brooklyn, and had suf- fered considerably from the heat of the past week.
 Captain Brasher was seventy years old and was born in New York city. His father, Philip Brasher, was an intimate friend of President Jackson. When Thomas was thirteen years old he desired to enter the navy and his father wrote letter to the President telling him of his sons desire. Andrew Jackson immediately sent g midshipman's commission to young Brasher He was attached to the sloop Falmouth in the Pacific squadron, during 193l-3 -34; to the frigate Potomac in the Mediterranean. during lS34-36, and was in the naval school in New York city in 1887. Promoted passed midship- man June 18th of that year. He was commits stoned to the sloop St. Louis, and cruscd in the Pacific until 1642, receiving his commission as Lieutenant September g, 1S41. Up to the breaking out of the Rebellion he was on duty afioat and ashore without intermission. With the outbreak of hostlities, be received his pro- motion as commander and was given the brig Bainbridge, with which craft he did effective service ill the North Atlantic blockading squadron He commanded the Navy Yard at Pensacola after its recapture, and tho store ship of the South Pacific squadron, after the war and until he received his commission of captain in 1867. He was lighthouse inspector in 1868-7O, ard retired by reason of reaching the prescribed age eight years ago.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Natural N;as in Chicago.

Natural gas was struck in the malthouse of A. F. Bullen < Co.,, where an artesian well was being sunk The gas was found at depth of 74 feet. The we'll is inches in diameter and the flow of gas is heavy enough to furnish a flame six feet high Prof. Wahl, who has had considerable experience, was sent for and said the Gas countries, and furthermore that It gave promise of better results than had been ob- tained from any of the other so-called wells heretofore reported iu this vicinity. He took . sample of the gas for analysis. The half go have failed to amount to anything.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Curious Facts.

Leather is being made waterproof by 8 new and cheap process in Massachu- setts.
 An English farmer was lately awarded prize for wasp's nest thirty inches in circumference, containing thousands of wasps.
 An Edinburgh music teacher claims to augment the power of the voice by means of a mechanical contrivance fit ting into the palate.
 There are ], ,O1O medicines in the phar macopea of the United States, and in most communities there is one man who has tried every one of them before dis covering that there never was anything the matter with him.
 "None of your sauce to me, miss, said the man who must have his little joke, with an assumption of brusque- ness, as the waiter girl was about to place dish of marmalade beside his plate at upper.-Detrott Free Press.
 A scientist has discovered a curious regularity in the geographical distribu. tion of certain virtues and vices. In temperance is found north of the forty. eighth parallel; amatory alterations south of the forty-ffth; financial ex- pravagance in large seaports; thrift in tastoral highland regions.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
EXTERNAL GOVERNMENT.
One of It's Advocates Wants Wages
 Uniform.

Representative Whito nf Indiana has intro- duced in tha House bill loCstablish an interstate minimum rate of wages in the United States. The provisions of the act are for the better regulation of commerce aud to make uniform the le ations of wages in the several States and Territories. The rate of wages is placed as follows: Every man over twenty-one years of age, who may e employed laborer ill per day of ten hours; every woman of over eighteen years of age to be paid not less than $l; and every minor over fourteen and under eighteen not less than 75 cents per day. The Interstate Commerce Commission is to assume charge of the ore; ations of the act and S1,- O0O, 900 is appropriated to carry it into effect
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
TEN THOUSAND TRAMPS.
The Story Told by a Dispatch from
 Dover, Delaware.

Tramps are still coming down the peninsula by the carload, and what to do with them is now the question. Ovc" one hundred of them are now in Dover jail, and that building can hold no more. The railroad officers are doing all the arresting, and they only take men who have broken into cars or damaged property in some way. Detective Hutch come to Wyoming, where fully two hundred tramps were hanging around the station. But he did not go, as he had no place t. put them if they were arrested. A great many think that the fruit men made big mistake is pass ing that "tramp protective resolution at their last meeting, as it has evidently encouraged this class to como here. It is estimated that fully ten thousand are now on the peninsula, and still they come. It is proposed by some that daily northward until about four-fifths of them are carried back whence they came.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Boulanger in an Election Fight,

While General Boulanger was driving in an open carriage at Saint Jean d'Angely, Prof. Perrin, of the I,ycee, fired five shots at him from revolver. M. Ra apan, friend of the Genera. rushed forward, and managed to turn the weapon aside. The result was that Ratap- an himself received bullet in the back of the head, but the wound is not serious. Two peas ants were also wounded. General Boulanger was not touched. Prof. Perrin is friend of Mayor Lair, the candidate nominated by the opportunists in opposit on to Boulanger The affair occurred in the height of pitched battle between the rival political parties, when, the .gendarms charging, Count Dillon received blow on the head from stick, and other Boulangists were roughly handled. It is not certain that Perrin intended to aim at Boulanger.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
The Rest Test Of Success Is Success.

The Best Test of Success is Success.
 Tested and proved by over twenty-five years use in all part of the world, ALLCoCK's PoR- ous PI.AsTERs have the indorsement of tn, highest medical and chemical authorities, and millions of grateful patients who have been cured of distressing ailments voluntarily tes- tify to their inert ts.
 ALLCoCK's POROUS PLAsTERs are purely vegetable. They are mild but effective, sure and quick in their action, and absolutely harmless.
 Beware of limitations, and do not be dece' we'd by misrepresentation.
 Ask for ALLCoCK' s, and let no explanat t on or solicitation induce you to accept 8 sub- stitute.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
MaxwelI's Farewell Letter. Maxwells farewell letter to his mother and


 sister is as follows:
 MY DARLING MOTHER AND SISTER: I cannot part from you without again bidding you fare well. have tried again and again to write to you, but my heart was too full of love for you to permit me to express my thoughts, and even now am only partially able to do so. It is, I know a severe blow both to you and to me, and the only consolation have is the fact that it is the will of the Almighty, and for His own wise purpose He sees it to be for the best.
 'sFather Than will call and sec you. He spent the greater part of the night with me and gave mo the greatest consolation. Now, my darling mother and sister, try to bear up as we'll as you can. Remember that the part ing is only for time, and that I am merely gone before and hope to meet you all hereafter, where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.
 ''God bless and preserve you all is the final prayer Of your loving son and brother.
 "P. S.-Give my fondest love to father; George, Aunt Jan. and all my relations"
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
An American Shanehaied

Solomon Richardson of Racine, Wis. has just received letter from his nineteen-year- old son Fred, postmarked at Plymouth, Eng land, which relates remarkable experience Last summer Fred disappeared from home to go to Portland, Ore. Although he was not heard from after that time he reached his des- tination and lived there until several months ago, when, while walking near the river in Portland, he was seized from behind and placed on board a vessel, which set sail fo1 Eng and that night. He was then subjected to the most brutal treatments and was nearly starved. In due time the vessel arrived at Plymouth, but he was not liberated and it was only after waiting for a considerable time that an opportunity offered itself for him. to mail a lettet contairiHg the facts.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
The tin can does not point a moral, but it very frequently adorns a tail.
A Largo Estate.

A broad land is this in which we live dotted so thickly w.th thrifty cities towns and yn. popularity and helpfulness, is Dr: Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery giving hope and cheer where there is disease and despair. ing; wherever there is suffering there IS the best field for this greatest American Remedy: Consumption (which is lung-scrofuia), yields to it, if employed in the etrly stages of the sease; Chronic Nasal Ca arrh yields to 1t; Kidney and Liver die tses yield to It! IT you W mt the best known remedy for all diseases of the blood, ask for Dr. Perce's Golden Med- ical Discovery, and take no other.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
He Had Reason to Commit Suicide.

Benny, McPherson S Co.,, of Montreal, ,discov- cred that their late cashier, l.. c. Rose, who so mysteriousy disappeared year ago, and whose body was subsequently, found in the canal, had during the ten years he was in their em- poy, carried on system of Justification and fraud by which they have been victimized to the extent of $25, ,O00. After Rose left the firm he went in partnership with man named Brown as wholesale clothiers. It was while engaged in this business that he disappeared. An audit of the books showed that he had also made false entries there and defrauded his partner to considerable extent, He left a lot of real estate, which has been transferred to Benny, McPherson & Go. to cover the defal- cation
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Good Coal for Coke in Mexico.

As a result of a test made lately at Plttsburg, Mexican mine owners and those interested in manufactures in that coun- try need send no longer to Durham, England for coke. The Mexican coal lands SO far de- yeloped lie between Lampasus, Mex, and Eagle Pass, Texas. Several nail kegs were filled with the coal and brought to the Connellsville coke region. The kegs were placed in the Mcclure Companys ovens and the results were most satisfactory. Samples will be sent to Eng land for the inspection of capitalists who are interested in Mexican enterprises. It is thought the coke can be made on the ground for S3 ton. The English article brings SIS.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
A Blast of 10000 Tons.

The largest single blast of limestone ever made in Pennsylvania was fired at Joseph Clarke's quarry at Readington, .displacing feet deep and l5 feet apart, had been driven into ledge of the rock within length of about 150 feet. The holes were inches in di- ameter and We're filled with pure dynamite. ssrouds the air was filled with fragments. The blsst, which WAS witnessed by many TAilScAd msu, was ' complete lneessa.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
The Trouble in ZululanG.

The crisis in Zululand has passed, says Lon don despatch. Tho English, at first taken by surprise gradually recelved reinforeements nn a!e crushing ont all opposition. Advices have reached Cape Town from Natal to the effect that Dinizulu and Midabuko the hostile Zu- lu thiefs with thousand followers and all their cattle, have withdrawn from Zululand, crossing oyer the border into the TransYaal.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
nh, ,orac,, Word in the D,c.,opary

I. incompetent to communicate the inexprees. ible satisfaction and incomprehensible conee- fration of Dr. Picrce's Favorite Prescription, . preparation designed especially for the speedy relief and permanent cure Of all Fe nalo Weaknesses Nervousness, and diseases pecu- liar to the fem le sex. The only remedy for woman's peculiar ills, sold by dr9ggists, ,und79s U,iarantee on wrapper of title. This guaran. tee has been faithfully carried out for many years by the proprietors
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Indian Troubles in British Columbia.

Gen Middleton & short time ago. received advices from Fort Essington. British Columbia, near the scene of the threa ened Indian trouble, saying that the troops sent up to suppress the uprising were not likely to be required, as it was believed the constabulary force could cope with the situation. A bitter feeling has arisen among the several tribes, which has already resulted in several on each side being killed, and which may possibly end in WAT among themSelYes
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
GEN. JOHN NJ. SCHOFIELD. The Soldier Who Now Holds the
 Highest Army Rank.

born in Chautauqua county, New York, in 1881. His father was farmer, and when
 young Schotield was little more than baby the family moved to Bristol H., and then to lad entered West Point on July 1, 1S49. From his graduation in 1853 he served at Fort Moultria and in Florida and taught at West
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Larry D3novan's Body Found.

A London special despatch says that Larry Donovan did die, either on purpose or by acci dent, the other day. The body of man, sup ss,scd t' be he, Was picked mp in the Thames oil Dentford. On one of tho arms was tattoed the initi Is "b. D." The body was conveyed to the pstish m1r.usry, where later 1t was fplly idrntifad by Reporter Hulss ef ths
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

U touohe de ooe
 Point and Wash ington University,
 St. Louis, until the outbreak of the war. Then he was mastering officer for Missouri. He entered the con- fliet as Major of the First Missouri Volunteers, be- came Captain of the First Artillery on May IA, 1861,
 and Bri z a di e r.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Lawrence R. Jerome Dead.

Mr. Lawrence R. Jerome died ut Sharon, Conn., He had not been conscious for some days, anl suffered no pain. The funeral will take place iu New York.
 For week no hope had been entertained of Mir. Jerome's recovery. His fatal il ness was prscipitAtpd by over oxsrtioA during . hunt. ing tfip In tho AdirondAeks with the Duke e1 Aaxlb9fouah iast 3axa
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Caupht in a Deadly Loop.

A peculiar accident occurred at the Avondale mine of the Dela~are, Lackawanna and West ern Company. Harry Watkins, miner, 40 years of age, was at the foot of Slope No. 1 when . trip of cars descended. He loosened the rope while the cars were running at . npid rate. Ths loop thus unfasteued caught hin abeut shs necx and ehoked him to death
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Parnen Will Prosecute the Times

LONDON, Aug 13.-Arrestments were served upon the Edinburgh news agents for f20 each at the instance of MT. Parnell against the proprietor and printer of the London Times to found jurisdiction. This is 8 practice in sUosei, tribuns,. Hanoe i. is ol;iou. thst M MT i' Parneil intsnds to prosecute tho T3Hsss la tho
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Why Don't

You take Hoods Sarsaparilla If you have impure blood have lost your appetite have that tired feel ing troubled by sick headache. dyspepsia or biliousncss It has accomplished wonders for thou sands of afflicted people, and if given fair trial is reasonably certain to do you good.
 II have been troubled great deal with headache. had no appetite, no strength and felt mean as anyone could and be about my work. Since taking Hoods Sarsaparilla have not had the headache. my food has relished and seemed to do good, and I havo felt myself growing stronger every day."-M A. SHERMAN, l9 Grand Avenue. Grand Rapids Mich
 Hoods SarsapariIIa by c. I. HOOD CO.,, Apothecaries, Lowell Mass
 100 Doses One Dollar
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
A girl may not be warlike by nature, but she flies to arms like a veteran.
A Sensible Man

Sensible Man
 Would use Kemps Falsam for the Throat and Lungs. It is curing moro cases of Coughs. Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Group and all Throat and Lung Troubles, than any other medicine. The proprietor has authorized any druggist to give you Sample Bottle Free to convin you of the merit of this great remedy. Large bottles, 50 cents and $l.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Can 0 bank that can stand loan be called an infant industry

IT seems that the discovery of & sure cure for badness, claimed to have been made by H. A. Fechter, of New Haven, Conn.,, is gen uine. Some of the results it has accomplished are really wonderful. MT. Fechter has printed a circular describing it, which he distri bute free to all who apply for it.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

Papa (of Calvanistic faith, has just heard that Mollie was at the theatre last evening)-Good morning, daughter of Satan. Mollie Good morning, fath- er,"-Life.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

1.-The Gods give no great good without labor" labor is not always that which is best paid however. To those in search of light, pleasant and profitable employment, we say write to B. E. Johnson & Co.,, Richmond, Va.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
The shades of night arc not fast oolors. The morning light fades them.-Ddns- riIe Breeze.
Popular Preparation!

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Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

Many men with plenty of money in their pockets find themselves Strapped" ill crowded horse car.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
CATTLE MARKETS

NEW YoRK-Good Steers, 94 to l1S4c.; Fair dot to &c.,; Oxen, $ s4 to l01ac.; Dry Cows, live weight, 3 to 41ac.; Bulls, do., 3 to 41c.; Sheep,3A to Sc: Lambs, 51l to 714c.; Veals,
 WATERTowN, Mass-Market Beef, extra, $6.5O to S70O; 1st quality, $500 to 6.5O; 2d quality, $500 to S550; 3d quality, S4.0O to $4.5o. Swine.-Western fat, live, 61}s to 6Ic. Northern dressed hogs, 75s cents per ib. Sheep and Lambs.-In lots, S2.5O, Ss.50 to S4.5O each; extra, $500 to s6.25; Spring Lambs, to 7c, per tb; Veal Calves 2lL fo Sc 1h
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

Tie man who has seen better days is now having very bad nights.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

When there will be 25 letters in the alphabet-When U and I are one.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

If afflicted with eyes, Dr. Isaac Thomp- on's Eye-Water. Druggists sell at 2,c per bottle
 FOR SPECIAL Rates for advertising in this paper spply to the publisher of the paper. U33
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

Leather is being made waterproof by g new and cheap process in Massachu- setts.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-13
Tho Playground and the School.

Two generations Of fabby muscles will
obliterate intellectual superiority and
courage. One generation will impair it.
Of course, Che influence Of either parent
may be peculiarly adverse, and this may
account for the more remarkable cases Of
degeneracy Take the case, then, of an
exceptional intellect in a weak body. 1t
Is the fruit of physical energy in parents
and it is the end unless that weak youth
is strengthened by regular physical exer-
else. The application of these truths is
first of ell to the public schools, and it has
been shown by positive experiment that
children playing four hours and studying
four hours make more progress than chill
dren studying eight hour. Mr.. Chad
wick, in England, has even taken factory
children and taught them four hours
day and worked them four hours, and has
shown that they excelled scholars kept at
study eight hours.
Practical recommendations, therefore,
arc that each school should have play
ground and gymnasium, SO that the chill
dren can take daily exercise indoors or
out, as the weather may determine; that
for each hour of study there should be an
hour Of vigorous physical exercise; that
teachers should understand how exercise
must be taken; and that among teachers
at least half should be selected for physi-
cal combined with mental and moral quail.
cations.-Galveston News
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-13
Riding on the Backs of Eirds.

A German author, Adolf Ebeling, writ
ing in The Gartenlaube, asserts that he
found it currently believed at Cairo that
wagtails and other small birds cross from
Europe to Nubia and Abyssinia on the
backs Of storks and cranes, and details
the result of conversations which he had
with several witnesses, al testifying the
same thing. He then proceeds: AT sup
per, in the Hotel du Nile, related the
curious story to all present. but. natur-
ally enough, found only unbelieving ears.
The only one who did not laugh was the
Privy Councillor Won Heuglin, the famous
African traveller, and excepting Brehm,
the most celebrated authority of our time
on the birds of Africa" On asking his
opinion he remarked: LET others laugh;
they know nothing about it. l do not
laugh, for the thing is well known to me.
l should have made mention of it in my
works if | had had any personal proof to
justify it. | consider the case probable,
though l cannot give any warrant for it.
MY discovery if l may so call it," con-
tinued Herr Ebeling, Il would have kept
to myself, even after Heuglin had thus
expressed himself, had l rot since discov-
cred new authority for it. In the Sec
ond edition of Dr.. Petermann's great
book of travels find the following: PRO
feSsor Roth, of Munich, related to me in
Jerusalem that the well known Swedish
traveller, Hedenborg, made an interesting
observation on the island of Rhodes, where
he was staying In tho autumn, when
the storls came in focl1s over the sea to
Rhodes, he often heard the notes Of small
birds without being able to see them; but
on one occasion he observed party of
storks just as they aligllted, and saw sew
eral small birds come off their backs. nav
ing thus been evidently transported by
them across the sea- st. Louis Repub-
lican.