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Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

Canadian papers say that S,ult Ste. Marie is destined to become the grcat- est summer resort in Canada. A num- Der of large and h,ndsomc hotels have been recently built, and m effort will be mado to attract Am,ricsns, one of the best of these hotels being an Amcri- can enterprise. Tho St. Mary river, which is known as the Hu lson of the North, is beautiful and picturesque river, and there are on it a pumbor of rapids, the shooting of which is per fectly safe
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

Although New York uses daily about one hundred and thirteen million gal Ions of Croton water, those figures arc from fifty to sixty millions less than they would be if there were sufficient supply. In the month of Juno the water in the reservoir fell about two feet, showing the large additional draft upon them caused by extra bathing, street and yard sprinkling. and other demands for water during the intensely hot weather. The difference in con- sumption between cool, rainy day and a dry, hot day is about ten million gall Ions. The consequences is that, as water will run down hill the people in tho lower portions of the city arc supplied, while those living on higher ground find that their faucets refuse to act dur. ing large part of the day. Engineer Birdsall of the aqueduct recently de- clared that New York needs . supply now of not less than one hundred and seventy five million gallons daily, and every year, with incrsasing population and moro and continuity sulafgins nasxfsetesies cad iaduststss q syss5 III, tAs dsnasd sssws gfsa1sA
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Chinese Gamblers in San Francisco

The Chinese, writes correspondent of the New York Star from San Fran cisco, are iuveterate gamblers. Their domino games, thrco or four to block, may be noticed on every street of the gambling quarter they have converted from clean Caucasian dwelling dis trict to city as distinct from Aryau San Francisco and as exclusively Chinese as Pekin.
 Domino games are, however, the most innocent of tho diversions of the heather. In the Chinese district thcro are probably two hundred lottery places, agencies of the eight or ten diff,rcnt Chinese lottery companies that operate in San Francisco. There are also dozens of tan games in the district, but these are conducted with much more secrecy than tho lottery games
 Fifteen or twenty years ago tho Chinese lottery places were run as secretly as counterfeit money mills, and no white man could get inside of ono unless he was very closo to some inf1u- ential Chinese boss. Now the round of the lottery places is part of the trip of every tourist who visits San Francisco's 8 cessnool
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

Paris proposes 10 have workmen's tenement houses after ths Peabody plan and the first stone of the first house was recently laid. Tho luilding will haye seven stories, and will be dividel into homes of two rooms and kitchen, and the yearly rent of a suite ol any floor will be $50. The money to build tho h. use was given by Mossra Michel rnd H inc, both of whom have studied and come much interested in tho system of the great American philanthropist.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
The SOtal Plant.

A new food for sto ok in considerable favor in the southwest of the United States is the sotal plant. It is found to bo especially good for feeding sheep. The plant belongs to the aloe, and it is found growing in very large quantities ovor the plains of western Texas. It also grows very extensively in Mexico. In appearan ce this plant resembles that known as the bear grass, the leaves be- ing from eighteen inches to two feet in length, and the edges have hooked horn. The leaves put out from or crown a bulb, like pineapple or kohl rabi, which is on or above tho ground, and is from one foot to two and one half feet in diameter. The bulb is the part that tho stock eat, and is very nu- tritious containing largo amount of saccharine matter. The Mcxicans mako an alcoholi, liquor from it, known as mescal de sotal, and is ono of the most fiery of the many fiery beverages of that country. To feed it to sheep, a man starts out ahead of tho flock and with an ox splits open these bulbs, and tho sheep follow and gnaw out the centre. In three or four months sheep will get hog fat on sotal, which is as good in winter, when there is no grass, as in summer, and possibly better. Cattle are fed in the same manner. Of course, there is great waste, for when once cut open the plant is killed, in which respect it differs from tho cactu, plant, which propagates from Q leaf dropped l on the ground. But for thousand of square miles the sotal literally covers the ground, and will fed hundreds of thousands of sheep and cattle, and will last into the incalculable future. Sotal and cactus only few years ago were considered incumberer, of the land, and now they are important factors in uccessful stock raising and feeding in southwest Texas Fresno (Cal.) Ex. position.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Take a Lesson from the Farmer.

There's lesson in the saying of a farmer in
 the West That of other things in life, as we'll, might
 answer for a test. Shall give the lesson to youl Willyou heed
 its teachingss Well, Listen to me but a moment and the story l
 will tell. We were out among the milch cows, speak
 ing of tho best mes there, When the farmer of my first choice said,
 with patronizing air: "Snes as plump as any pigeon, and her coats
 as soft as silk, But the slickest. looking heifer ain't the one
 that gives the milk" Oft meath clumsy outward tearing beats
 heart both true and brave, -.-. And the smooth and winning manners may
 conceal the vilest knave So the lean horse does the pulling and is not
 afraid of work, While the fat and lazy pony is contriving
 how to shrk. Would y.u b ok city dandy to engage in
 any strife, Or the one whose hands are smoothest for
 the heavy work of lie! Choose the homely for your milch COW and
 we'll then, sir, by your leave, Send the short-horn to the lutcher, she will
 make him splendid beef. Take lesson from the farmer, with his
 sturdy common se..se, Who unlike the politician, never sits astride
 the fence; Watch the smoothest talking fellow, he may
 prove tho biggest blk; Know 'rhe sl;cktst locking heifer aint the
 one that gives the milk"
 Matt w. Anderson in tho Mercury.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
VOL. XVIII.
Purity.

 Like a shy startled thing she stood In the wild tangle of the wood; Her violet eyes in sweet surprise Seemed some fair shadowing of the skies; In her white hands some bluebells spent Their dying breath in soft content Her parted lips their white pearls showing, Her cheeks like rose-hues paling, glowing, And all her child like innocence Guide, guard, protector and defense. What started herl A heavy tread Through the dim aisles, arched overhead By sun-fecked leaves and vibrant boughs, And what of heaven such shade allows. All day sweet sounds had been a-stir- The soft, far-reaching orchestra Of birds, bees, whispering withstand over The nearer fields of grass and clover Came tinkling cow-bells sitting through AS yiolets tint the dusk and dew. A tramp comes on! the pine leaves sweet Shudder beneath his naked feet; He stops wild, hungry, outlawed, fierce; His haggard eyes the girls cyes pierce; But something in their tender light Checks his half-savage mood, despite The lawless, desperate soul within That seldom stops at soil or sin: He moves aside---she passes by, Saved by the power of purity.
 Hilary A. Denison in Frank Leslie's
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

Greystone, the late Sam ,el J. Til den's expensive Hudson river residence, has been in the market for two years, with no buyer. It cost him $25, 900 a year to keep it up, and no ono has been found willing to follow suit. The estate probably cost MT. Tilden $3O0,- 900, but could be bought for half that sum. Henry Ward Beccher's place at Peekskiil is another elephant of which the family much desire riddance. Jay Goulds grand establishment on the Hudson costs him 5000 a week, and when he dies will robably be added to the list of elephants.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
In the Mexican Congress.

Whole sessions, say, w. E. Curtis, pass away with nothing lut formal business, such a, receiving communica- tions from the executives of the states, or petitions from the people which are rarely acted on. Occasionally Q lill is passed Iut it passes almost as matter of course, some of the members giving delicate little wavo of the hand to the Secretary as ho calls their names by sight, others merely smiling at him, some paying DO attention whatever to him, but nonc of the m taking the trou- ble to open their mouths or rise, as the rules require. Weeks and months pass away without speech of any kind or even point of order.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

MT. Monnicr, who has been exploring the upper Amazon, has visitel near it's headwaters, 125 miles from the Pacific coast, a tribe of remarkably lazy Ia- dians, for whom even gold has no at fractions, though they know its value He says they live in indoscribable pov- erty and squalor. When he asked them why they did not collect the gold, of which considerab.e quantities may bo found in their country, they replied that it would be far too much trouble. It is rare indeed, says the New York Sun, that savage peoples do not open placer gold miaes when they have chance. The gold regions of Africa and Indi, show many vestiges of ancient diggings, and far toward tho Zambesi, in inner Aries, the women still wash the sands of dried up-rivcr beds, preserving the precious dust they find in quills until the next trader comes along.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Lumber MartS of America,

Far up in tho woods of Canada, or down in the Tar Heel S'ate of North Carolina, or the woods of Virginia, tho wood choppers axes arc heard, tho buzz of tho saws, the whirr of machiu- cry, or the splash of the water wheel as it revolves the cylinders that run tho beltiug for the hugo rollers that carry the rough logs that are soon to bo trans. formed into boards that may be used, after due seasoning. Whether in Can ada or at the South tho process is about the same. Long lines of woods arc pur- chased by parties in interest, always near water courses, and the trees being felled and duly trimmed, dragged by horses or mules to tho bank of the stream. When sufficient number are there to form raft, that is bound together, tugs tako hold aud tho raft is lowed to the most convenient port that affords sawmills. For Vir- ginia and the Carolinas, Norfolk, B,r- kelley, Portsmouth, Atlantic City, with few other points, manufacture the logs into useful material. In Canada tho main points are on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence river. From thence, if South, schooners, barges and canal boats transfer to New York or sea- port towns. If Canadian, they go to Oswego, on tho lake, or como down by the St. John and Richelieu rivers to Lake Champlain, and discharge either at Burlington, Vt., grand lumber city, or at West Troy or Albany. There our merchants buy, and the timber is reloaded and reshipped here. Many of our lumber mon, however, ship large quantities direct, and few have mills of their own, both North and South. The great mass is from the wholesale dealers, though. h.-(Brooklyn Citizen.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

walking toward tho louse. Mrs Spratt saw him and called cut to him cxcitedly: "Zipl Zip! s,mo quick and save Melinda"
 Zip heard and did not lose Q moment in running to tho we'll.
 He took in the situation at once. With all speed possible he unwound the rope from the wiudlass, and after tell ing Mrs. spratt and Bon to stand ready to hoist, went down in the we'll, hand over hand, on the rope.
 The earth was still falling, striking tho bottom with hollow sound, when Zip with lusty shout told them to hoist away.
 Melinda was landed above ground at last bleeding, bruised and unconscious. The rope was lowered again, and just as Zip's head was above ground, tho large rock in the side of the we'll and masses of earth from all around crum- bled in, and fell with sound as of thunder to the bottom of tho we'll.
 It was narrow escape.
 Melinda was carrie to tn, house, and a doctor was sent for. Before ho ar. rived, however, she regained conscious ness, and seeing Zip bending over hcr, a glad smile lighted up her fair young face, while she murmured, Don't go away, Zip. Don't go away"
 Just then Mrs. spratt, accompanied tv the doctor, entered the room and ap. psoached the bed. When the good mother saw the smile on her daughter s face, and Zip bending low above the pillow, glad tears came to her eyes, and her voice was low and tender.
 "You can kiss her Zip, if you waa' to-" she said.
 Zip did "want to- and kissed Melin- da on her smiling lips.
 Then Mrs. Spratt put her arms around Zip's neck and kissed him too, and told hlm that he must leave the room while the doctor attended to Melinda's hurts, which upon examination proved to be mere bruises after all.
 Ben hung around the hou'o for a whilc, but when he saw that he was left out in the cold by every body, even by Mrs. Spratt, he thought it best to go.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
A Chain of Events,

Last year out in Iowa mad dog bit steer, which in, turn bit pony, which tried its teeth upon bull, which, upon going mad, chewed up fence rails as though they were hay, and wound up by biting and goring his owner. So far the man has escaped rabies, but his neigh bors have raised purse to send him to Pasteur for treatment, and he is now, on his way In charge of losal rh3. slsiaa. -t tCAieago TimsA
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

Thou ,h Philadelphia has not sue ceeded in finding natural gas, she now has an establishment that manufactures 1t at six cents hundred, and en- thusiastically pronou eos it 'the fuel of the future.n
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

Tho Island of Foula, one of tho Shct- lands, is for sale. It is throo miles long by two broad, and is famed for its rocky coasts and alu.dant wild fowl, and is one of tho two spoti in Great Britain in which the Great Sku', av-ry rare birl, still breeds.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
HUMOROUS

A cloud of dust-Humanity. Small eomfort-A baby. A bad sign-A forged signature.
 A fascinating tail-Th, poacock's.
 Sighs for lost beauty arc vain regrets. An astonishod country---Constcrna- tioa. ..
 When man has but ono match 1t doesn't 50.
 Hogs do not marry, but they are often bctroughcd.
 Tho latest from shanshai-Cock-a- doodlc.doo!
 The man of Lrass is always ready to show his mcttle.
 The sign '.No Loafiag" seems out of place in bakery.
 The cholera iu phantom appears to be a ghostly sort of disease.
 How to get even with some men Pay them what you owe them.
 Washington has summer home for cats. It is said to bo surrounded by catcrwaul.
 Possibly the reason that lawyer does so much kicking in court is that he is limb of tho law.
 It is tru, that when a man bows to a lady and she ignores the greeting, he becomes left bower.
 Consistency may be a very poor sort of jewel. A man may lie constantly and still be consistent.
 In hot weather tho comfortable law yer prefers hanging about his office in undress to having suits in court. Dead beats may learn lesson from the fly. It never thinks of taking your sugar ard things without settling on the spot' for them.
 It costs tho wholesale houses of this country $13O, 900, 900 per year to send out travellers. This is exclusive of the travellers to Canada.
 Western Judge Go prisoner who was arrested in the gutter)-Yourre (hic) drunk yet, m fr'en'. Prisoner-No, sir, (hic), sober as judge.
 It is estimated that the earth loses an hour ia every sixteen thousand years. Americans will please take notice, and put ia m extra hour while there is time.
 George" said the happy bride, "papa has placed check among tho wedding presents" '1s that sci" whispered George, anxiously. "Did you notice if it is certifed2' A Dr. Zacharie claims to have cut 15- 900 corns from soldiers feet during the war, and now he wants the Government to pay him $45, 900 for it. Pretty costly corn crop, that for our Unclc Samuel.
 Fathcr-Well, Thomas, you havo graduated from college and are now. ready for your life work. What will be your 6eld7 Son thoughtfully)-Well, to tell the truth, sir, it's little hard to ucCluo UeIWceu lclI auN CcutIcs
 The day will como in this country when tho man who carries cane under his arm and the man who carries an umbrella on his shoulder will bc taken out and hit with squash, and hit hard enough to kill. Then the woman with the bal cart wants to look out.
 'I hear, MT. Bonds, that your son is about to take a vacation" "Yes. He has worked SO long and steadily in the bank that he needs rest and will take a run ov.r to Canada" ''Hc will, chi Excuse nc" "What's your hurry2' "I havo some money in tho bank"
 "My face is rcd and tender
 Where the wind has tanned the hide,
 And the suu has raised big blisters
 As sailed upon the tide.
 So let the razor kiss me gently
 As it slides adown my cheek, For I've becn down at the shore, barber,
 Down at the shore this week."
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

The last survivor of Jackso1s army at the battle of New Orleans died in St. Louis few weeks ago. O, tho samo day tho Chaplain General of the British forces under Pack CD ham died in Loa- don
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

The total annual cost of police de- partments for our American cities is placed by recent statistics at alout $15, = 900, 900. For the ten largest cities it aoprerates $S 800 OOO
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
What A Nice Umbrella Costs

Brown-That's handsome umbrella you ve got there, Robinson.
 Robinson-Ycs.
 Brown-About what does 1t cost to carry an umbrella hke thatf
 Robinson --Etsrnal vigllAn e -INsw Yefk ovna <
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
Would Get over 1t.

"Tommy," said his penurious uncle, Chow would you feel if were to give you . nicke.i'
 T thiok," replied Tommy, 'that l would feel . litAs islat At AsAh"s :
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

Tho Annistoa Hot Blast announces that there i now moro capi al invested in manufactu e, iu that town than tho whole of Alabama could show in 1SS0
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15
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Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

smith-What! moving again, Jones7 Jones (gloomily)-Yes. Had a fire ia the hou,oi" ''No, 6ro ost of the hovse.n
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

A circular is abundantly signed by the eldest sons of English peers asking for . reformation of the House of Lords.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-15

The srsatsat seholars are net the wis. est nsn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-27
BIBLE SOCIETY.

A supply Of Bibles and Testamsnta may BE-
oand q the Allen County Bible Depository, as,
cot 4 Soa's.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-27
ANIMATED BARRELS.
Howa British Privateer Was Captured b.
tho Yankees In 1919.

aowa British Privatcer Was Captured By
tho Yankees In 1919.
Perhaps the most barren, lonesome
looking and woebegone appearing
country to be found in Southwestern
Massachusetts,. not even excepting the
sandy dunes and cranberry swamps of
Cape Cod, is to be found in that long
waste of territory lying between the
boundaries of Taunton, New Bedford
and Middleboro, and much the largest
part of which is within the confines of
the township of Freetown. But this is
just the town where people live to be
from eighty. ninety and ninety-five
years old, scores of them. A canvass
of the town would disclose an average
OF one person over seventy years old to
every third house, and an average of q
person of eighty or over to every
twenty houses throughout large por-
ton of the town.
In low, old-fashioned farmhouse
on the Assonet road dwells the patri-
arch of all this community of aged
people, Ennis Hathaway. the man who
enjoys the distinction of being the Oldest
inhabitant in a town where old ago
counts for good deal. He was
born in Freetown, in u house near by
where he now lives with his son, on
March II, 1919. Gray-haired. with a
pinched and wrinkled face, the old vet
eran sits in his chimney corner by the
window and tells stories of his younger
days, and of the changes that time
has wrought within the span of
nearly a century of his recollec-
tons He dwells with special liking
upon the stormy times of the war of
1872. in which he was a private and of
which he is pensioner. He was at
tached to the ''coast guard" stationed
at Fort Phoenix. in Fairhaven, when
his comrades sighted in the ofling the
British privateer Nimrod. that was
known to have been providing about in
neighboring waters for several days
The guarlsmen took a schooner from
the dock, loaded her with empty bar
fels, covering over the decks and
matches in imitation of a vessel bound
to sea loaded with ordinary freight in
barrels. In each barrel u guardsnan |
was stationed. Then. apparently
shorthanded. the schooner sailed quiet
" out into the bay, taking a course out |
toward the privateer that lay at anchor
outside. Down she bore on the pri-
vateer, whose men had never a suspi-
cion Of the trick. and all ut once, when
close alopgside, the barrels turned
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-01-27

over Ill 1t one dime on the deck 81 the
schooner, and . fierce round Of shot
taking the privateersman by surprise.
forced them to surrender before they
had chance to rally.
Another experience in which Mr..
Hathaway had q narrow escape in his
young manhood was when he shipped
in q schooner from Assonet for the
South, and was cast away off Cape
Hatteras. He finally reached land.
after long exposure, more dead than
alive. While in the South, at Savan-
nah, he. with several other Northern
ers working Mt or near the city, was
drafted to fight the Indians. but they
had heard stories Of hard usage, and
rather than waste their time and lives
to fight foe that was no particular
foe of theirs they deserted. This Mr..
Hathaway recalls with great gusto.
The old man is slightly losing his
mind. but otherwise his senses are ap-
parently unimpaircd. His sight, hear
ing, sense of smell, and touch seem to
be as good as those of half the men of
sixty to seventy years of age whom
one might select Mt random. His
strength is failing. and he can not ex-
ert himself much in walking about the
house without frequently stopping to
rest. He says that he has used tobacco
all. his life, both for smoking and chew
ing and. while he does not see that it
has done him any harm. neither does
he see that it has been of any help to
him beyond the great comfort it has
been to him and its assistance in pass
ing away many dull hours. He has
used very little liquor in all his life.
except for medicine, and then rarely
and sparingly, as he has had very little
sickness. He attributes his great age
as largely owing to his coming Of
race. His father, Joseph
Hathaway, lived to the age of ninety.
two years, and his sister, who died last
year aged ninety-five years. was for
several years the oldest resident Of the
town where she lived. Added to the
natural hartlihood of his race he at
tributes his age to his simple mode Of
living in the country. He was engaged
in out-of-door labor as carpenter and
farmer the larger portion of his years.
although he learned the cabinet-mak-
er's trade and worked Mt it for a num-
Der of years. This kind of labor,
added to temperate habits, and taking
good care of himself in a general way,
he thinks has led to his living to his
ripe old a0e.-Boston Globe.