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RDTTOR1AL NOTES.

Prince Bismarck is great man, but beer
and tobacco have, it is asserted, been toe
much for him. He drinks twelve glasses of
beer day and smokes necessarily, and
therefore has dyspepsia.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
A Queer but Efficient Rule

Chicago architects have queer way of estimating the cost of the ten and twelve story buildings now being erected there. They take the dimensions and find the exact cubic contents. Then they say the building, If plainly finished, should cost 25 cents cubic foot, and not more than B cents if elaborately finished. This is kind of 'Rulo of Thumbs plan which the boat builders use to determine the carrying capacity of their-vessels. The rule of thumb is said to be very exact, and so is the rule of the architects noted above. The use of the rule by the architects is almost universal throughout the west. It en- ables them to come somewhere near the cost of the buildings so that they can find out whether it is worth while to draw plans and make specifications. Contractors also use the rule so that they can give rough guess and decide whether they will be able to carry such a large contract. --- Buffalo Express.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
Got Ahead of the Commodore.

Years ago, when the New York Gen. tral and the Erie Railroads were en- gagged in desperate and destructive battle of cut rates, Jim Fisk played a shrewd dodge on Commodore Wander bilt. The freight rates from Chicago to New York City were SO low that there was no profit in transportation. Fisk seized the golden opportunity to buy cattle; shippel the cattle over the Com modore's road, and so block. d the Con- modore's transportation facilities that the Central was obliged to refuse all other freight. Fisk then put up the price offreight on the Erie and was not only able to do lucrative business while the Central was carrying cows at a loss, but was also able to get his cattle to the market, via the Commodore's line, at such low terms that he made a profit on them. New York Star.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
VOL. XVII.
The Life Pilgrim.

There is no life, however smooth its outward current flows, But bears upon it's heavenward way some sorrow as it goes. But sorrow shall be lost at last in God as in the sea. Life pilgrim, is it not enough to know this thing shall be! Our lips were made for victors' songs, our brows to wear the crown; Why stand ye then, o sons of God, with heavy hearts bowed downl However fierce ths tempest be, your hopes may yet be warm, The lightning flash of Gods great power can pierce the darkest storm. Then forward! let the midnight ring as grandly as the dawn, With songs that tell of earnest souls that march in courage on; The bitter conflicts of the world shall find in deaths goal Spurred by the eagle pinions of the glad and conquering soul.
 IEarnest w. Shurtleff.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
A Parrot That Prays.

A family living near church owns a very bright parrot. Every evening the bells of the church ring the "Angelus," and recently one of the little girls of the family was taught to rec te the ap- propriate prayer at the sound of the bells. The parrot watched her care fully, and the other evening, at the first sound of the chimes, dropped to the bottom of the cage, put down his head and said the first few words of the prayer He has kept this up ever since and is adding other words of the prayer as the little girl teaches them to him. Chi cago News.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
Hunting Wild Ducks on the Chesa. Deake


 When driven out of the Great South Bay by the gunnerz, many of the wild fowl emigrate to the Chesapeake bay, where they are met with by sportsmen from Philadelphia and the neighboring cities. Although the gunners are just as eager there to get few good shots at the birds the law is stricter than in New York state and the birds are less merci- lessly killed off by sportsmen, bay men and amateur gunners. North of Tur- key Point and Spesutia Island shooting is allowed only on Mondays, Wednes- days and Fridays of each week from the 1st of November to the 1st of January. All the gunning must be done between o'clock in the morning and sunset. Night shooting with any kind of gun is prohibited and no one is allowed to shoot from vessel, canoe, sneak-boat, or sink box by day or night within half mile of the shore. These laws are strictly enforced and heavy fines are paid by those who break them. It gives Maryland better chance than many other states, and all visitors to tho ducking grounds hay, to employ the resident owners of the boats, who make good living in this way during the cold months of the year. Many wealthy people from the cities run down to the feeding grounds with their yachts on shooting days; but even then they usually employ one of the bay men to go along with them as guide and gen. eral director of the expedition. Early in the morning the yachts and cat-b boats can be seen cruising and man@uvering around the shore, waiting for the clock hands to point to the tive-o' clock hour, when they sweep over the line in dead race for the shooting grounds, each boat bound to be the first on the spot. The game constable is on hand each morn tug, and he takes particular care to see that no boats cross the line until the appointed time. He gives the word to go at the proper time, and the yacht race then begins. - Harpers Weekly.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
A Rich Sea Harvest,

The coast of Maine is SO indented by bays and inlets that the actual shore line is fully 2400 miles in extent. Along this shore are many of the chief cities, towns and important industries of Maine. One of the most important of these industries is the catching, trans portation, canning and sale of Holsters. This is an industry that has grown in thirty years from business that gave employment to few score of hands. It now employs more than 2000 fishermen, nearly sooo boats and forty vessels, and distributes in various ways moro than $500, 900 annually The business of lobster catching in general requires two men to a boat, with 200 traps, at cost of about $500 for the entire outfit.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
HUMOROUS

A mere shadow. The detective
 She stoops to conquer-Ths washer woman.
 Tho sonorous shouts of tho fish ven ders should be called fish bawls. <
 Now is tho time to lay in your ther. mometers. They are way down. 1S
 The dresses of engaged young ladies wear out soonest about the waist <
 Wonder if balloon would be moro } effective if it were made of fly paperi
 When tho fire is kindled in your par. $ Tor stove, then look out for 'sparks"
 Nothing will turn woman's head so completely as bonnet that has passed by.
 When girl is little she has doll baby; when she grows up she has a dol man.
 A young man intending Ito press his suit" first went and had his suit pressed.
 A European mtser has learned to bark, 80 as to save tho expense of keep ing 8 dog.
 A farmer says that 'gate-money" is that which is expended for the damage caused by Jim and Kate.
 Toast-An honest lawyer, the noblest work of God, when sn old farmer added, ..'And about the scarcest."
 It is when man sits down suddenly, unexpectedly and severely that he real ,z.s what hard, hard world this is.
 A musician advertises that he "teaches the piano." Alter he has taught the piano we suppose he will look around for pupils.
 When you are told that pie between meals spells your dinner, just state to your informant that if pie spells yom dinner at all, it tspoils it right at tho din ner table.
 The public look upon the college yell as useless accomplishment, but in later years, when some of the boys get into the itinerant fish business, they find it comes powerful handy.
 Do you see that man saving wood over there2" "Yes. What about hima" "He wasn't always doing such work as that" ''Has history, chi What did he formerly doa' "Why, when I saw him last he was splitting wood."
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25

A great deal of interest has been ex- cited in Europe by the assertion that there has been gradual decrease of blondes in Germany. Almost 11,0O0, . poo school children were examined, and the result showed that Switzerland has only 11.10; Austria, 19. 70, and Ger many 21. 30 per cent of pure blondes. Thus the country, which since the days of ancient Rome has been proverb rbially known as the home of yellow hair, has only p pure blondes in 100, while the average pure brunettes is IA per cent. The B per cent. of the mixed type are said to be undergoing transformation into purc brunettes
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
A Chinese Farce.

Tho hero, 3 sea captain, comes in and seats himself at table to write; but hc is heavy with sleep, his head soon droops, and he falls into peaceful slumber. But scarcely has his nap be- gun when he is disturbed by the hasty entrance of breathless fellow, who be- gins with an air of great consequence, 10 pant out long tale of not the slightest importance. The captain listens for a time with wide-opened eyes, but when he finds that the story has settled down into an uninterrupted sing-song which shows no prospect of reaching au early conclusion, he tries to break the thread of the narrative. All in vain, for the tedious fellow represses hls interruptions with . deprecatory wave of his hand, and goes on in his monotonous way, with head thrown back and eyes half closed, in an ecstacy of delight at having secured listener. After time the captain, submitting to tho inc *1table, adopts the wisest course in the circumstances, and dozes off to sleep again. The bore is so satisfied with himself and so engrosscd in his tale that he never notices this, and still goes on, see-saw, sing-song, with never a stop, till in, audience, or at least half of them, grows as weary as the captain. But mysterious avenger is at hand. A limpiug ghost of horrible experience, who remembers his own sufferings on earth, happens in unseen to befriend the captain. He squats silently behind the char of the story teller, holding the club he carries in readiness to strike, while that worthy is still jabbering his intermiuable nonsense. Once the club is raised threateningly over him, twice,
 and yet he goes on; then laundering stroke descends on his shoulders, which stops his voice so suddenly that it leaves him with an open mouth in the middle of a word. In comical terror he gazes about in vain attempts to find out whence the blow came, then, in amaze ,nent, seizes the sleeper and arouses him to tell of this terrible new affair. But tho captain listens with hazy inattention, evidently thinking it some more of tho same tale, and dozes off again imme- diately. The bore, abandoned now to the tender mercies of the sDectre. runs hither and thither in horror, adopting first one plan and then another, to dis cover his invisible assailant; but the ghost crawls after him wherever he goes, now clubbing, now clutching him, until at last the poor wretch makes his es- capo half dead with fright and the captain is left to sleep in peace, while tho ghost curlss up by his side like {
 faithful dog whose labors are done.- | [Macmillan's Magazinr.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
French Funeral Customs.

When person dies in France his rep resentatives immediately send out what are called "Lettres de faire payt" to all friends and even slight acquaintances, inviting them to assist at the religious service Composing there is to be one) and the burial of the deceased. The circumstances generally state that the cortege will be formed at the house of the defunct. The more intimate friends assemble in the drawing room, where they are received by the nearest rela- tives of the deceased person. Mean while the coffin has been placed in the doorway of the house, which has been converted into sort of chapel. The opening is draped with heavy black hangings bordered with silver fringe, and often embroidered with the arms or initials of the deceased.
 If the ceremony is to be religious one-it is very rarely ''civip one the friends sprinkle the coffin with holy water, which is placed at the head, in a silver plated vessel, together with 8 brush. When the procession is formed, the nearest relatives are the immediate followers of the coffin. The men in- variably walk, if they are able to do SO; ladies follow in carriages. Apriest, ac- companied by choir boys, vested in cassock and surplice, ''fetches" the body. In the country they go on foot and chant, but in Paris they always head the cortege with carriage. The general body of followers usually num- Der several hundred.
 The men go bareheaded even in the burning sun ard falling rain. As the bier passes the busiest and most effer- cent man acknowledges the solem- nifty of death by raising his hat. The ceremony in the church is plain or pompous, according to the position that the dead person occupied in the world. ...
 In Paris there are five "classes' of funerals. A first class funeral is very elaborate and expensive affair. The church in which the service is held is profusely drapsd with black and silver. The catafalque is quite monumental and is all ablaze with candles, and green flames arise from tall lampadaires placed !! at the four corners of the catafalque. All the chanting power of the church is brought to bear upon the service, and professional singers are also engaged for the occasion. -..... ...... The second and third.class funerals are also very ornate, but in the next decent the difference is strongly marked. Finally we come down to the coffin made of pine and the severely plain canonlcal service for the dead. At the close of the service the chief mourners stand near the door of the church to receive the conventio shake of the hand from those who have been invited to the funeral. --- Boston l Herald
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
WhalebOne.

"One of the most changeable articles of commerce is whale bone" declared . New York dealer in that commodity. 'Iu January it may be worth $2 a pound, and in April g pound. Twenty years ago it was worth 75 cents pound. The price is governed by the catch of whales. If the whaling grounds are ice-bound or the vessels should meet with shipwreck, or the men from any other cause fail to catch whales, the price of whale bone goes up."
 ''Where does most of the whalebone come from7"
 r ''The North Pacific ocean furnishes the largest supply and it is usually brought to market about November. The North sea catch arrives here about June. A small catch is made in Hud- son bay and Davis straits. Whales are caught tn at all seasons of tho year, and the bone coming to New York does not disturb the market. A few years ago the Pacific whalers would some times run into port and cxchang e some of their cargo for supplies. This would unsettlc the market very often. Now the ships go out thoroughly supplied and they do not often run short. The chief ports in this country where the whalebone is marketed are San Franc cisco and New Bedford.
 ''Slabs of whalcbone, as they are termed, are done up in bundles of about 200 pounds each and are sent to market in this shape. In cutting up whale bono there is loss of about 20 per cent. in the raw material. Tho hair is worth ten cents pound. It is mixed with horse hair, and used for upholstering purposes. It is sometimes used in the manufacture of brushes."- Mail and Tv,roea
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25

When it is question of nerves, the power of imagination is supposed to be stronger in women than in men, but this was not shown in recent hos pitsl experiment. Dr. Durand, wishing to test tho practical effect of mind dis ease, gave hundred patients dose of sweetened water. Fifteen minutes after, entering apparently in great excitement, he announced that he had, by mistake, given a powerful emetic, and prepara- tions must be made accordingly. Eighty out of the hundred patients became thor oughly i'll, and exhibited the usual result of an emetic twenty were unaffected. The curious part of it is that, with very few exceptions, the eighty ''emeticised'' subjects were men, while the strong nerved few, who were not to be caught with chaff, were women.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
A Parliamentary committee at ottaw

A Parliamentary committee at Ottawa has recently undertaken an investiga- tion of the producing capabilities of Manitoba and the Northwest. It has elicited the interesting fact that largo tract of country stretching eastward from the Red River to Labrad or pro- duces what is known as Labrador tea, an article that has been extensively used for number of years by the resi- dents of that part of the world. The plant grows to the height O f about three feet and produces white flower, the leaf used for tea beng about an inch long and having flavor closely resembling that brought from Japan. It is harvested in the middle of July, when the leaf is green, and used extensively during the season of haymaking and harvesting It is sail to be not only an excellent bev- craze, but to possess valuable medicinal properties which commend it to the at tention of investigators, and may be the means of bringing it into widespread favor among the people of this conti- seat.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
A Shrewd Farm Hand.

The New York Tribune tells of laborer who agreed to dig farmers potatoes for one potato hill. The con tract did not confinc the laborer to selection from each hill, so he took the largest wherever found. These aver aged about half pound in weight, and as there were 4000 hills to the acre, his share was just one ton, or B 1-3 bush els. At sixty cents bushel they amounted to $20. He dug at the rate of one-fourth of an acre per day, mak- ing his daily wages 45. It took oas- fourth of tho crop to pay him.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25

up. Had shc encountered No. 9 on the main track thcre must have been a ter. rible smash-up. At the speed she was going the runaway would have clim bed right on top of the train. Af- ter the explosion I entered the station and called for K, to give him the news, but he could not be raised. I could not get him until the usual hour next morning, and then I learned some. thing which made my hair stand on end. He had not heard word of the matter. He was not in his office when the ac- commodation passed, and he had heard nothing from G., the station where the engine broke away. then called for tAe agent at G., and it turned out that at o'clock on tn, afternoon pre- vious, he had met with an accident by which he had been made delirious all night. When they went for him to telegraph about the engine he was in bed, and being held there by nurses, and they did not even try to make him understand what had happened. As matter of fact and record, no living hand clicked that message to me. Every man on the line was examined, but all denied it. l heard 1t and understood it, and acted upon it, and it came from K. How do explain it? I never could. have had people tell me that it was mind tele- graphing to mind, but you can take any theory you wish. was called for in the usual way, understood fully what was being said, and hurried out to do what I have described. The matter has been a puzzle and mystery for years, aud have no hopes of solution.
 "How did I lose my leg? We'll, there was mystery about that. We had changed our time and a passenger train passed my station at 2 a. m. I awoke one night at o'clock, feeling that the upper switch had been left open by the freight train. Lighted my lantern and ran mp there, and sure enough it stood wide open, and death trap had been set for the express. l closed it, and was on my way back when three cars which had broken away from the freight several miles away, at the top of grade, cams whoopin3 down, and, in trying to get out of the way, I made stumble and got my leg under the wheels. dragged myself into the station and tried to call up the offices above me, but could raise no one. The cars were missed, and hunted for from one end of the line to the other, and, strangely enough, they could not be found. It was an odd thing to lose cars~in that fashion, and besore they got through searching men walkaa over every foot of the line. It was six weeks before they were found. They had left the rails at curve near a steep bank, and had gone over the rocks into a deep river without leaving trace. It was as if they had been picked up and flung over by human hands. Being loaded with hardware, they had gone to the bottom, but the current rolled them along until they finally showed above the surface in bend. When hauled out none of the three were damaged cents worth, but it was deal of trouble to get them back to the rails again. --- New York Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25

The monkey exhibited at museum established at Tacubaya, Mexico, was condemned to be shot under judicial sentence. It seems that the animal bit a man, who died from the result of the bite. Tho family of tho deceased brought complaint before judge, who was foolish enough to institute criminal proceedings against the monkey and sentenced him to be shot. Luckily the manager of the museum brought in- auence to bear, and succeeded in ob taining change of the sentence to per petuai Imprisonment. The monkey is now enduring the punishment of his crime behind the bars of an iron cage at the museum.
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25
A Warning.

It is said of trustee of Vassar that when once visiting the college he left his boots in the hall at night, as though at hotel. Some of the girls, for the joke of it, set to work and blacked them, and then stuck pretty bouquet in each. This is leap year. Keep your boots iui gentlemen, and don't be betrayed by finding boutonn ieres in the toes of your slippers. Men hay, rights that even a leap year girl is bound to respect. -l Iu- ter Ocean
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25

David A. Wells says iu Popular Science Monthly: 'fThe men in actual service at the present time in the armies and navies of Europe is in excess of 4,000, 900, and it undoubtedly requires tho produc. of one operative or peasant labor to sustain one soldier. The pres- ent aggregate annual direct war expen- diture of the world is probably in excess of thousand million dollars. We ex- press this expenditure in terms of money, hut it really means work per- formed; not that useful and abundance of useful and desirable things may be increased but decreased; not that human toll and suffering may be frightened, but auumented.n
Connecticut western news., 1888-01-25

The theory is advanced by Professor Mendeleef that petroleum is of mineral origin, and that its productioa is going on and may continue almost indefinitely. Engineering states that he has succeeded in making it artificially by process similar to that which he believes is going on in the earth, the experts find it impossible to distinguish between the natural and the manufactured d article.