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Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
HUMOROUS

Aids to efection-mirrors
 A gentleman of cobra painter.
 A great tail-bearer-tho p,acock.
 A coat of paint has no buttons o,.
 Won't carry a letter-a stamp of honesty.
 Food which tramps don't relish-cold shoulder. ....
 It is diamond cut diamond with base ball ass ociations.
 Tho surest way to make an army fyi, to break both wings
 Many an old book has to be bound over to keep the piece.
 All heirs are interesting, but the most interesting is the million heir.
 When it com es to taxes Minnie Mumm is our motto and our star-eycd goddess.
 When Alaska shall be admitted as a state it will havo, indeed, great seal.
 Any fool can ask conundrums, but it takes wise man not to try to answer them.
 Why is doctor like a broken wind lass2 Because he can draw nothing from the well.
 Mother-Flossie, it's tim, to go to bed. Flossie-All right, mamma, turn in. Iaiu't sleepy.
 'I am performing the last sad writc," murmured the lawyer, as he drew up the sick mans will.
 You will notice ono thing about fly paper. If it gets hold of subscriber once it holds on to him forever
 Fat Man-"What costume shall I wear to the masquerade ballf" Cynical Friend-"Tie string toy our ankle, and go as captive balloon"
 Magistrate to prisoneD-I see that you lost several teeth in the fight Pris- oner-No, your honor, didn't exactly lose 'cm, they were knocked down my throat.
 A yachting party in Australia has been devoured by sharks. The sharks are believed to have greatly enjoyed the party, and arc asking when there's going to be another. Lady Calling on friend in . New York faD-You are delightfully."- situat- ed, Mrs. Clark. It is so nice to have plenty of closet roum. Mrs. Clark-Er. ye-cs, but those arc bedrooms. A Chicago man who saw that Mandull Crcighton's book, ''Tho Age of E iza-' bctb," contains 244 pages remarked that hc didn't think it ought to tako 244 pages to tell how old Queen Eliz,- beth was.
 Miss Clara Cat tho sea- shorc)-- How gracefully young MT. Do Lyle handles the ribbons when driving, doesn't hei Miss Jennic---He ought to. my dear; he has charge of that department at Silk & ,tin's, you know. A young d.mscl sent twenty five cents and postage stamp in reply to an advertisement that appeared in an eastern paper of "How to mako an im- pression," and got for an answer: 'Sit down on a pan of dough-"
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
ShOeing Horses,

The shocing of horses, says the Farm, Field and Stockman, is as old, proba- bly,, as the history of tho general use of this animal in war. At least some cov- ering provided to save tho hoofs in journeys over rocky and broken ground. The Chinese havo used temporary foot coverings; so havo other nations. In fact the period when shoes wero nailed to tho feet of horses is lost in the ob- scurity of antiquity, but it is supposed to have had its origin in tho east.
 The Romans in the palmy days of ths empire, or rathor certain persons of great wealth and high position, shod their favorite horses with gold. The nailed shoe of metal camo into England with William the Conqucror, and it camo not only to stay, but to be gener- ally adopted wherever civilization has extended.
 The shocing of horses has not only become general, but it has beel abused. That is, there has been too much con- stant shoeing of farm horses winter and summer. It has even resulted in modi- lying the foot of the horse, destroying the extreme toughness of the shell of tho hoof, and rendering the hoof tender.
 If the farm horse is shod only when working on hard roads continuously, the hoofs seldom wear too thin for the ordinary work of the farm. When shod, except for icy roads, the shoes are bet ter without calkins, and for pretty much all work on the road, summer and winter, toe pieces, or rather what art known as three- quarter pieces, are bet ter for the horse than full shoes.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
Facts About the Bandana.

The term bandana applies to the figure and not to tho goods, color, size or quality of tho handkerchief. The ban dana fguro is an arrangement of whito blocks, about quarter of an inch square, each with round or square hole In tho centre, upon background of solid Tor. The blocks are grouped in diamonds, squares, circles and other geometrical figures scattered over the handkerchief in any fashion that pleases. A border of white lines, dots,
 bars or bands surround tho whole. They are made of either cotton or silk, and com, chiefly in yellow, red and choco- late colors, with occasionally lot of blue ones. Tho colors are always very lcep and vivid. In size tho smallest are about two feet squire, and from that they run up to huge spreads largo enough for child's bed. - Picayune.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
How KOumiss is Made in Russia,

The Bashkirs are renowned for their skill in making koumiss, or fermented mares milk, which is now extensively consumed by patients suffering from dyspeptic and wasting diseases, and so easy is it of digestion that invalids drink 10, 15 and occasionally even % cham pagno bottles day while Bashkir is able to overcome couple of gallons at sitting, and in an hour or two be ready for more. To insure good kou- miss it is essential that the mares be of the steppe breed, and fed on steppe pasture. They arc milked from four to eight times day, the foal being kept apart from tho mother, and allowed to suck only in the night time. The mare will not give her milk, however, unless at the time of milking her foal is brought to her side, when such IS tho joy of reunion that after sun dry acts of loving and smelling and kissing, the maternal feeling shows itself by her sometimes giving m ilk from both nipples at once.
 Milking is done by the Bashkir women, who, taking a position close to the hindlegs of tho marc, rest oa one knee, and on the other support pail directly under the udder, pulling at each nipple in turn and receiving from three to four pints each time of milk ing. To mako koumiss tho milk is beaten up in churn Gut not suf1i- ciently to produce butter), and by fer mentation is converted after twenty four hours into weak koumiss, from which condition after twelve hours moro it passes into medium degree of strength, while strong koumiss is pro- duced by assiduous agitation of the milk for two or three days, and it is then said to be slightly intoxicat- | ing.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
Egyptian Irrigation.

The usual method of irrigation on the banks of the Nile iu Egypt is ly means of system known as the "Saklah. !" This, says correspondent of the D, troit Free Press, i, series of buckets alike to an en dlcss rope revolving over a large wheel, worked by cog, the motive power being a go-around lever propelled by an OK, COW, donkey or camel, sometimes singly, at others yoked together ia the most comical fashion. In tho fields, or attached to tho Sakiah, one finds himself amused by seeing largo camel seven or eight feet high, hitched as one of Q pair with mite of a little j.cHass | o ligger than the hump on his back. An other method is the shcdouf. This ap- paratus, of which two or three arc grouped one above another, according to the height of the bank, consists of two upright posts with a CT rosspiec, at the top, on which sort of lever or beam works-a stem, the main trunk of the palm tree, with the roots at one end, serving as a weight. At tho other end is bucket made of goatskin. A man at this erd draws it down to the water S edge, fills it and allows tho weighted end to raise it. A man emptics it ia to crude reservoir simply hole in tho ground, and number two or three, as the case may be, in turn, by exactly the same process, conveys the water into a canal, one of system supplying the neighboring plan tation. The matter of irrigating the land is the same whether the sakiah or shedouf be employed as the means of raising the water. We next see women and girls drawing water direct from the river into earthen jars, which they carry away on their heads. This is for domestic or family use only. During the two or threo months of the inundation it is, of course, necessary to resort to artificial modes of procuring water. These arc only used when the river is at low stage.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
Varnish for Turkey Legs.

When the average householder, or his cook, who proceeds to the Paris mar kets for domestic provender is offered embalmed geese, turkeys with painted legs, and diseased chickens, instead of healthy and untainted poultry, it is time, says the London Telegraph, for the police to interfere, in the interest of the public Recent researches have shown that considerable trade is done in diseased fowl in all the Paris mar kets, and short time ago Q brawny fort de la Halle, or market porter, died from blood-poisoning, caused, as the doctors inferred, by the bite of large insect which had been battening on some turkeys. The practice of embalm- ing fowl or dressing up long dcmised birds so as to make them look fresh is of comparatively modern origin, but that of paiuting the legs of turkeys is as old as the days of Privat dAngle- mont. The first person in the field in this department of industry was Pere Chapellier, who made little fortune out of it. He noticed that the legs of turkeys were brilliantly black for ono day after they had been killed, and that then they became of dusky-brown color. He accordingly invented a pe- culiar kind of varnish, the secret of which he sold with profit on retiring from business, and with this he touched up the legs of tho birds which remained unsold for any considerable period of timc. His services were requisitioned in every market, and the effect of hi' varnish was so conclusive that it do ceived tho most experienced cooks and housekeepers, who often bought painted turkeys in preference to birds of the same species which had been newly killed. It would bo well it the poul- try purvcyors of the present day con. fined themselves to this comparatively pious fraud.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
Making Rubber Shoes.

Forty million dollars worth of rubber shoes and boots arc sold in Boston an- rually. The raw material comes from Para, Brazil, in hugo Jumps, which the natives make by dipping sticks in tho sap of tho caoutchouc tree and turning them around with frequent plunges into the heated rubber, over hot fire. These Jumps, upon reaching the factory, are cut in slices, which are run through heavy rollers and pressed out very thin and flat, like pancakes. The sheets thus obtained are put through other rollers, heated to a high temperature, and incidentally amalgamatcd with composition of lampblack, sulphur and litharge, which reduces them to soft and putty-like consistency. Finally, in this soft condition they are passed over steel rollers bigger than any that havc gone before, and actually incorporated with the tissue of wooden cloth, which is destined to servo as tho lining of the eventual boot or shoe. If you will try to pull apart the lining aud outer coat of rubber sandal you will obtain a notion of the thoroughuess with which this part of tho manufacture is per formed. The rubber sheets thu, pre- pared are passed throu yh last set of rollers, on which are engraved all tho markings and corrugations of sole and upper that appear in the completed article. The rubber sheets arc now ready for the cutter, who turns out tho various pieces by hand, with the aid of knife and pattern. Tko parts are thon put together by other workmen with rubber tape. Whom this much has been accomplished, the shoe or boot is lasted in the usual way, and, after being var nished, is allowed to remain for eight hours in room heated to the tempera. ture of 235 degrees. The heat sets the varnish and tempers the rubber, which is then termed ''vulcanized." The stamping of the firm name on tho sole is tho concluding operation, and then the rubber shoe is ready for sale. A good rubber boot has twenty-si pieces, the putting together of which, whom the caoutchouc is warm and readily made adhesive with tape along the join
 ing edges, requires no small skill.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
"K, N." COlOred Canaries.

In the year 1871 an important dis covery was made with regard to the coloring of caaaries, In that year cer- tain birds began to be exhibited which eclipsed all competitors in richness and depth of coloring, For several years the secret was kept, its possessors mean while winning prizes wholesale. As the birds were of two colors, the wing and tail feathers being greenish yellow, and tho rest orange, tho liveliost curi- osity was excited as to tho cause of so mysterious an effect. Foul play was suspected, and the birds wero submit ted to analysis, only to be reported guiltlcss of dye. At last the secret was discovered independently by an outsider who, scorning the gains to be got by illiberal reticence, presented it to tho world, and announced that the superb coloring was the result of feed- ing the birds on cayenne pepper in the moulting season. This announcement which would doubtless be interesting to MT. Bates and Mir. A. R. Wallace, also created dlspute as to whether any cruelty was involved in making a bird eat several toaspoonfuls day of so sharp a condiment. Some asserted that it spoiled their digestions and ruined their constitutions; others maintained that they liked the TX. N. regimen, '' Gas they jocular:y called iD, and that the capsicun frutescens was tho natural food of many wild birds; and the dispute is by no means settled yet Saturday Review.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
The Lesson Read.

Long ago, when the world was new, Tho sapphire sky and the ocean blue Welded one Summer day; And the sky still bends as the years go by, And the ocean leaps to the bending sky, For constant lovers are they. But when a mist arises between Then ocean, grown with jealousy green, His doubt to the listener tells; He storms and frets, he rages and roars, In furious wrath he beats his shores, While his turbulent bosom swels. The sky, though dark with moments
 frown, Will tenderly from its height look down, With a radiant smile divine. The green to blue with its magic skill, Twill change and the stormy ocean still, And the sun of love will shine Pause thou, my heartl and the lesson read, When the darkness falls, and with jealous
 speed,
 The mists of doubt arise Fret not, twill pass, and thou wilt know That the sun still shines, with fervent
 glow,
 In love's unchanginy skies.
 -IMary L. Mattis.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
Managing Indians.

William F. Cody Buffalo BilD says in an article in the Epoch on Indian traits:
 l havc 125 Indians in my camp. How do civilizo them7 l have them under control and they are disciplined as strictly as any body of soldiers. Th,ro is no trouble in managing Indians if you know how to do it. never have any troubis with them because I obey the first pri nciple of business-I treat them squarely. Inever mako promise to them that l do not keep and l am treated well in return. Iwould rather loan money to an Indian than to . white man. think the ehanoss of tho Indiaa zetusnins t aEe mQah h2eees N
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

Admiral Lord Alcester, in a recent speech in London, made some remarks concerning the British ship builders and gun makers which have occasioned rluch dissatisfaction. He asserted that the British navy was much behind its neighbors in the quality of its cruisers and iu the number of its modern guns. He said that two of the latest additions to the French navy (the Tage and the Ceciliel were the most dangerous vessels to on enemy's commerce that had ever - lennohed, and that the French
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
VOL. XVIII.
Retrospect.

hetTOSpect I see again the sud len fleck
 Of sunshine on her dusky bair, The round young curves of throat and neck The faded gown she used to wear. feel her timid hand grow cold
 Within my own, and hear again Her shy, sweet whisper as of old, "No not good bye! auf w:edersehenl" The gnarled, gray apple tree, astir With little winds, let fall a rain Of pinky bloom all over her,
 Home-stepping thro' the long green lane, The thrush pip noisily, and see! She pauses wi a wistful smile To wave last farewell to me
 Still lingering by the trysting stile. Alb, sweetheart, that was years ago, And Time soon taught us to be wise, To laugh at Loves poor, painted show, And look at Life with clearer eyes, I joined long since the cynic crowd, You in palace over seas, A silken beauty, pale and proud, Have no such memories as these. And yet, somehow I'd like to be A fool again, and just liv, thro' The days when you believed in me. And I, poor lad, believed in you.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

On April 20th, when off the Westman Islands, Iceland, the captain of the Danish mail steamer Laura threw overheard let ter written in Danish. On May 9th the let caught by French fisherman of Reyk- ianes, about 120 miles distant. The man showed it to the Preach Consul at TeykJavik, who submitted it to the cap tain of the Laura. It was much decom- posed, but still readable.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

It is now possible to travel from Lon don to samarcand, in Central Assia, by rail and steamboat in eight days and twenty-two hours. It was not very long ago that European was unable to visit Samarcand at all without mourning great risk of being Xii led, and until the build. ing of the Trans Caspian Railroad the best time that could be made between St. Petersburg and Samarcand was one month.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

If all present indications hold, the corn crop will this year amount to 2, 0OO- 900, OGO of bushels, which is TOO, 900. 900 of bushels more than last year and 400- 900, 0o0 of bushels more than has been accounted heretofore an abundantly pros- porous harvest.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

It is unquestionable that the straw or felt hats worn by American men during the summer is an insufficient protection against extreme heat. Sunstroke is all most unknown among the natives of Eastern countries. The coiled turban upon the head and the general use of umbrellas are protection which people who live in American cities do not roolizo
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

The body of a Parisian dude was ago. The young fellow was dressed in the latest fashion, and round his heart he had tattooed these words: "Tout pour Janae Granier'-All for Jeanne
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

For quickness in raising money for business enterprises Hutchinson, Kan. se,ms to outrank some of the large cities. They called meeting out there for such & purpose, and, after the hall was filled, locked the door. A local paper tells that work then began, and in lust one hour and fifteen minutes the sum of $a24,010 was subscribed.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

A telephone has been fitted up between the Hospice on the Great St. Bernard of the Swiss Alps and the valley below, and the monks are now informed when travellers start to ascend the pass. If they do not appear within proper time servants are sent to meet them.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

In Brazil some of the Senators hold their term for life. One of them has not shown himself in the Senate for forty years, and there is now due him a back salary of $9OO, 900.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

Sable Island, on the coast of Nova Scotia, is gradually d;sappearing, and in few years more will be totally sub- merged. During one gale in 1881 a strip of land seventy feet wide and a quarter of mile long was washed away. In 1775 the island was forty miles long and two and balf miles wide. It is now only nineteen and a. half miles long and less than mile wide.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

Statistics show that about $90, 900, 900 are invested in the hotel business in New York State; that the hotels employ over seventy five thousand persons, and that they entertain elghty-seven thousand guests daily, at an average expense of $l00, 900 day for supplies alone.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
Cold Treatment,

''George treated me very coldly last night, mother" said Ethel, waving her fan at warrant fly.
 "Why, Ethel, Pm sorry to hear that. In what way was his treatment cold7"
 lice cream. Harper's Bazar.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

"There are," says the New York Fri bune, ''abont twice as many women as men in Yucatan, notwithstanding which fact the whole social system of the coun- try seems to be constructed for the espe- cial benefit of the masculine third of the community. N. B.-The men made it."
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

A splendid mine of molybdenum, a metal more precious than silver, has been found in the Cascade Mountains, near Tacoma, Washington Territory. It is worth $50, 900 per ton.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

Twenty-six members of the United Presbyterian Church at Bellevue, Pa., who favor the use of unfermented wine in the sacrament, have withdrawn and organized a church of their own.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

Belva lockwood, the Presidential candidate of the Equal Rights party, is going to stump the States, and will charge an admission fee to her meet spro
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
Chicago is the fifth Scandinavian city in the world, and Minneapolis the sixth.

San Francisco declares she has been shaken AT times by earthquakes in the last eighty years
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

The total vote of these United States at the Presidential election of 1884 was 10,051, s51. This year it should reach close to 1a, 900, 900.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

One farmer claims to have prevented the small white maggot in squash vines by sprinkling tobacco around e l
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08

Eighty public buildings, costing the Government $aa, ,OOO, 900, are now in course of erection.
Connecticut western news., 1888-08-08
Connecticut Western News.
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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-02
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