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The Press., 1888-10-11
STAND UP FOR OUR TOWN.

Every public spirited citizen commend ably takes pride in the progress and growth of the place-city, town or village-ir which he lives, and even those less phi lanthropic, yes, even those graspingly sel fish can but see that public growth or in dlvidual prosperity of others, even if it ex cites their envy is in an indirect manner an addition to their own prosperity.
 No man can so completely isolate him. self from q society but that he enjoys cer- tain things in common with others, and as others privileges and means are enhanced he finds his own somewhat affected there. by.
 Oftcntimes, people rejoice at the pros perity of others not alone from philan- thropic motives but because they hope for 8 share from the crumbs of the table of good things, and even this spirit would be better than the grasping, selfish envy.
 The tendency of modern times is to draw people more and more into depend ence on one another. We are farther away from individual independence than our forefathers, and they farther than the alb. origine whose bow and arrow, made by himself, rendered him as nearly as possible independent of the aid of others.
 But, as has been said, modern times bring humanity into ever increasing bonds of unity. You may not think az your neighbor does, yet he may be working out schemes which if successful will ma terially affect your prosperity as we'll as his own.
 Not only for philanthropy but as a mat ter of policy, therefore ono should endeav: or to cultivate more public pride, increase interest in works of common good, village improvement, schools, churches, and every thing tending to benefit your neighbor's welfare and working toward the growth of the community.
 To visiting strangers always speak well of the town as a whole, of it's advantages and the enterprise of its residents, rather than accustom yourself to a habitual growl about the poor place, the peculiar people, the disturbing sectionalism and partisan opinions on local matters in short, cast in your mite of good word for the com mon good.
 Words are indeed as "light as air" yet frequently their power for good exceeds that of actions, and a thoughtless word about the place ill which you live tends to blacken its reputation in the same manner that it would if spoken of a person.
 Take a second thought, don't be cynic, and sooner or later the truthful conclusion will be arrived at that, "well, this is a pretty good, yes, firstrate place after all, and it is good fortune to have so good neighbors and fellow citizens." If you wear blue srectacles everything will be blue. Take off those mental ones and en- joy the clear warm rays of genial humanity and good citizenship.
The Press., 1888-10-11
Issued Every Thursday Evening.
DE sKEPTIC AN' DE BIBLE.
BY REV. PLATO JOHNSON.

 We alters prints de Bible wid a werry large B, An de reason wy we does it you shall pretty
 plainly see. While de oder books suggest dat you had bet .. ter not, De Bible is de only one that stops you on.the spot. It tells you you muss do watts right, an den
 you shake your, head An make remark, 1T don't know, how, an might as we'll be ded," But soon you claim dere ain't no right, an to pervent- confusion, You say de worl's accident, an morals is t' delusion. Wen you's 'cumulatin' riches, an in many De Bible ain't no book, ob course, for sech as
 you to praise, 'Taint. no wonder you don't. like it. cos it
 don't like you For it 'sists you is a sinner, an dat won't neb-
 Der do. Dere aint no inspiration, cos it's everlastin'
 true Dat de planet can't perjuce such anoder man
 as you; An if you ain't yourself inspired, wy, com
 nonsense can see How preposterous it seems for anoder man to
 be. You's so werry much advanced dat you.don't
 believe in noffin'; An sence you won't obey de law you take it
 out in scoffin'; Dere ain't no God but Science, am all science
 is guess, So wenebber dere is sorrow roun' you's in a
 orfe mess. You's evolved from sumfn lower, from de
 monkey in de wood So you couldn't be an angel, an you wouldn't
 eff you could. Its monkeys repertation you muss 'deavor
 for to fill, An you do it jess as easy as you slide down
 hill. Wat you want is a religion dat will let you do Jess exactly as you want to, am den see you
 froo; Froo de gate ob de city dat is garded by de
 saint, An swear dat you is righteous, wen you know
 dat you aint. Now listen to mo, brudder, for I wouldn't
 tell no lies You is paddlin 'gainst de current, an you
 isn't werry wise De religion you don relish is de one you'd better mind, Cos de one dat you is lookin' for you'll neb- Der, nebber find. Although don't know werry much, know
 enuff for dis, Not to grieve my Holy Master, TOT betrny Him wid a kiss. De religion ob de Bible, it is plenty good fo1 me, An de hebben ob de Bible hope sum day tc see.
The Press., 1888-10-11
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 A~FATAL ERROR.

''And is this the end, Miss Pether- bridge?'
 The speaker was young man Of mag nificent physical proportions. He stood erect before the fair haired girl and into her eyes looked searchingly. And at Maud Petherbridge met his gaze unf1inch- ingly she felt in her inmost soul that she had never seen finer specimen of athletic manhood than Alpheus Swackhammer.
 'It is, MT. Swackhammer,' she replied, firmly, but with tinge of sadness in her low, musical voice, and her lovely eyes luminous with 9 tender pity. Deeply as 1t pains me to utter the words that sever the relations between us and dissipate the dream of happiness In which we have ln- dulged, it must be done"
 Maud Petherbridge," exclaimed the youth, resolutely choking down the emo tion that imped, his utterance, ''iti shall be as you wish. But, before l close this chapter in the book of my life and go out into the cheerless, monotOnous existence that will henceforih encompass me like q drcary and limitless deeert, I surely have the right to ask you the reason why you have cast me forth from your heart What is it. that has cone between us?"
 "Do not ask me, Mir. Swackhammer, !" she said, in voice of agonized entreaty.
 II insist upon knowing l"
 There was deep and oppressive silence for some moments, during which the young lady struggled to regain her wonted self possession. *> s &
 "Mr. Swackhammcr, she said, atlength, in a tone of solemn conviction that left no doubt of her sincerity, 'I would spare you this if could, but 1t is best, perhaps, that you should know. Why! O why" she broke forth, wildly, "d;d you have your hair clipped so close to your head?'
 'Is that all ?" exclaimed the young man, impetuously, as he took 9 step nearer Git will grow out again"
 Tt is not that" she r.p'ied, as she mo- tioned him b"ek with all involuntary ges- tnre and shook her head with sign of bitter despair. ''[ have never told you that am student of chronology. Ytt am. 1 can now read your head like an open book. MT. Swack hammer, you have no spiritn 'hty, no snblimity, no continu- lty, no vcnerntion. Ynr principal facnl- ties are your combativeness and your alimentiveness. We could never study Browning together. My dream is over."
 The young man crushed his hat down on his cropped herd, and a moment later the walls f the prince y mansions on eith- CT side of Prairie avenue echoed with the sound of his heavy tread on the sidewalk as he strode away in the chill night air.
The Press., 1888-10-11
Volume 3l. Number 28.

OFFICIAL LIST OF PATENTS ISSUED TO CITI- zENs OF CONNECTICUT from the D. s. patent office for the week ending October 2, 1858, as reported from the office of Simonds x Bur dett solicitors of patents, No. Central Row, Hartford Conn.
 Thomas H. Brady, New Britain; storm pro tector for electric lamps F* @ William H. Davenport, Norwich set trigger for fire arms. E ftEs s#E | Walter F. Foley, Brocton, Mass, and O.. F. Wilbur, Birmingham, Ct. /; drum tug. Phio l.. Fox, Bridgeport combined try square and device for laying out angles.
 Moses c. Johnson, assignor to Dwight Sla' @ Machine Company, Hartford; lathe-tool.
 John Lines and H. A. Morris, assignors to fScovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury ; hasp fastening for trunks, etc.
 Richard H. Mather, Windsor; electric arc lamp, sssE4 rs"FR.RE >E@ b#EE
 George B. McCracken, assignor of one half to W. Stiles, Willimantic; shuttle guard for looms.
 Harvey s. Munson, New Haven box.
 Daniel H. Murphy, Hartford cuspidor. Lee Hotel Fire Escape Company, Poughkeep- sic, N. Y., and F. H Beecher, Seymour; fire escape.
 Frank Rhind, assignor of one-half to E.. Hillard & Co.,, Meriden lamp extinguisher.
 Francis H. Richards, assignor to Pratt < Whitney Co.,, Hartford center drilling ma- chine
 Ralph J. Shipley, Waterbury, assignor to G. w. McGill, New York, N. Y.; machine for making paper fasteners.
 William E. Sparks, assignor to Sargent x Go. New Haven master key lock-
 August F. L. WillatowskY, Stamford elec- tric circuit controller.
 Edson L. Bryant, assignor to Wallace & Sons, Ansonia; drawer pull.
 Leopold Kraus, Birmingham; ornamental ton of corsets.
The Press., 1888-10-11
The Longest Word In the DIetIonar

The Longest Word In she Dictionary is incompetent to communicate the inexpress- ible satisfaction and incomprehensible conse- quences resulting from. jndicious adminis- tration of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, preparation designed especially for tho speedy relief and permanent cure of all Fe- mac Weaknesses, Nervousness, and diseases peculiar to the female sex. The only remedy for wouan's peculiar ills, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee, to give satisfae- ton. See guarantee on wrapper of bottle. out for many years by tbe proprietors.
The Press., 1888-10-11
SUNDAY SCHOOL SPEECHES.

Your patent Sunday school talker is like Tennyson's brook, "Men may come and men may go, but I go on forever" Ho has a smile like printed autograph, that leaves the same impression as false teeth and hair. It is not like the world at all, it is no heoting show, but a fixture-pafi of the real estate. It has come to stay, and one iuvoluntarily thinks of a monu- ment, there being about as much life in one case as the other.
 He talks about everything, and also himself-especially the latter-the former being a small and narrow subject within which his genius would be like an ocean steamer in a small creek. His discourse reminds one of an encyclopedia and auto biography mixed. His illustrations are aowery, but the flowers have no roots ID his subject; they are not the growth Of the soil, but are artificial, tissue paper, or hot-house flowers from some poet or nov elist cut out and stuck into his speech.
 He has never seen a water pail under the pump, and does not know that after it is full, no matter how long you sway the handle, you'll get no more water into that pail. lie imagines he can All the children brim full, and then keep on ramming knowledge into them by the hour, though they are as restless feathers in the wind.
 In other words, he speaks not for the benefit of the children-if he did he would be more sensitive to their demonstrations of disgpst-but just as other men chew to- bacco, viz, for his own amusement, and so keeps on as long as he has strength to grease his tongue, or until somebody stops him, after he has made Q speech as long as railroad.
 The man who talks to the children and to get the echoes in his own ears, speaks like boy at his play, right at something, and with his heart as well as his voice ; and he stops when he gets through and long before the eager look in the eyes of the little ones dies away. Such one has no need of a copper-fastened smile, the children do the smiling for him,
The Press., 1888-10-11

Professor Gauthier, of Paris, states that OCT tain vital processes of the body develop putre- flying substances in the tissues, which, if not speedily eliminated, produce disease. Ayers Sarsaparilla effecB the removal of these sub stances, and thereby preserves health.
The Press., 1888-10-11

Milton B. Wilson, who died in Willl mantle, Sept. 24th, of heart trouble, was father of Frank M. Wilson, the druggist, and came to Willimantic to reside during the past year. For the preceding six years he hal lived in Danielsonville. h early life the deceased was resident ol Mansfield, and went from there to Rock vile, where he was engaged in carriage making for several years. He was an up right and esteemed citizen, well liked, and nothing can be said to his discredit. He leaves wife and three children. The in. torment was at North Coventry.
The Press., 1888-10-11
THE STAFFORD SPRINGS AGRICrLTURAL
 SOCIETY.

NOTES ABOUT THE COMING FAIR, ocqs 10
 AND IT.
The Press., 1888-10-11

Rarely" writes Vienna correspond. ent of the New York Times, "has the irony of fate been more strikingly exemplitied than by the circumstances attending the sudden death last week of Count William Kannitz. The most perfect gentleman rider in Europe, the winner of innumera. ble steepl, chases both on Australian aud foreign racecourses, he was killed ipstan- taneously by fall from a little pet donkey belonging to his nephews and niccts, aud which he was riding for their amusement. ?
The Press., 1888-10-11

Boston Transcript: "Now tell me, Car rie, is it true that you are to marry MT. CoffersfulP I was told 80, but really I a disagreeable type of man, you know"
 ''Yes, Lillie; but yoh forget that nun Mir Cofftrsful's type tighter.
 And for the space of some time there was nothing heard but the monotonous rat tat, rat tat tat, of the caligraph.
The Press., 1888-10-11

A ,DRUGe1sT SAYs.-Marvin 0. Brown, Druggist, Meredith Village, N. H., says: have sold your Sulphur Bitters for years, and, contrary to most medicines, never sold a bottle to any one who said it did not help them. They cured me of those terrible sick headaches when every other remedy failed
The Press., 1888-10-11

''What season of the year do the trade winds strike you the hardest ?" asked Pitts burg visitor of a merchant in Wheeling. Trade winds !" replied the merchant ''We never have them" ''Wh6t Never have my calls from 1drnmmers 2'1s
The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23

ONE Of Austria's great sources of
wealth is wood. and perhaps no coun-
try can boast Of such an amount of
forests when compared to its area. The
principal wood-producing provinces are
Croatia Slavonia. and the former mill
tary frontier. In these provinces the
woods occupy 1887, 234 acres, of which
20 per cent. is younger growth aud 80
per cent. timber forests; SO per cent. of
this quantity is in the hands of the gov
ernment or Of large land owners, 24
per cent belongs to the parishes, 81
per cent. is in the possession of the
clergy, and q per cent. is owed by sim
gle peasants Were the ground cover
ed by forests divided among all the in
habitants, the portion falling to the lot
of each would be II acres. The cubic
measurement Of this mass of wood is
1866, 966 $40 cubic feet, which
reckoned at nine tenths of penny per
cubic foot gives a total of =e39. 707, 200
The yearly increase is 131. $40. 91+ cubic
feet, which. calculated at the value as
given above amounts to upwards of
200. 900.
The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23

In Minnesota state law compels all
agents for trees and nursery stock to
have in their possession a certificate
setting forth the name, occupation, and
residence Of their principals. and a
statement as to where the stock is
grown. together with a bond in the
sum Of so 900 to save harmless any
citizen of the state who shall be defraud-
ed by any false or fraudulent repre-
sentations in any manner Amy agent
refusing to comply as above is liable
to fine and Imprisonment.
The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23

The old method Of sinking wells or
shafts by a wooden crib surmounted by
masonry walls is superseded of late
in Belgium by the use of hollow cylin-
drical sections Of cement tubing of the
required diameter, smooth externally,
with inside collars jointed with liquid
cement AS the excavation proceeds
sections Of the tubing are added at the
top until the required depth is obtain
ed, when the opening is closed with a
cement slab, having a manhole in the
center.
The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23

mer cottages, a mile off could be seen. One
of these was reacheay the door
broken in aud the half frozen men
carrying the women in ther rL sims
found temporary shelter The paunlSscas as
and staircases were torn down and nres
started. No food could be obtained ana
twelve of the strongest men volunteeo 10
brave. the storm and obtain help ana Iooo
from the city: They faced the binding, 1uri-
Gus blizzard and travelled Three miles ID the
heaviest part Of the great storm: Inc en-
tire party was completely prostrated WGeh
they reached farm house near the city. Ieb
of them had their hands and feet 30 oauIy
frozen that amputation may be necessary:
The other two escaped with frozen faces ana
ears No one would venture TO the relief or
the remainder Of the party for fear of losing
their lives. They have nov been In the de-
serted cottage for ffty-six hours #ithoHt food,
and their condition must be deploraoie.
party of men started for the shore to-day Win
provisions.
THE FIRST NEWS FROM BOSTON.
Boston, via LONDON, March i5.-The snow
has now ragged necessarily for two days all
over New England, as far as scanty communl-
cations could be gathered. Never before was
there such a complete prostraton of business
and the damage TO property must amount to
an enormous sum. 1t is fifty years since Bos-
ton has been so affected bv a storm. The
morning and afternoon papers of Tues
das were devoid of all telegiaphic in
formation. No trains arrived in the city
and those which had been sent out were
practically lost. Along the coast terrific
sea was reported, particularly on the north
shore. Every telegraph wire is down. with
the exception of one between Worcester and
South Framingham. There are no telegraph
connections west of West Mlville, thirty-fve
miles from Boston, and but for the recently
constructed long distance telephone line Bos-
ton would be as far removed from the rest OF
the world, as far as electric communication
goes, as if 1t were situated in the desert OF
Sahara.
PITrsFGELD, Mass, March 15-The snow
| storm now prevailing here is the worst OF the
century. Not even sleighs can pass on any
road in this county. Not train has moved
on the Boston and Albany road between
| Springfield and Albany during the past twen-
| ty hours. One passenger train is stalled twelve
miles east of here with seventy-two passen-
gers on board who are suffering extremely for
| want of food and fuel. The Fitchburg road at
| both ends of the Hoosac tunnel is blockaded.
| A truckman named John OBrien, of Pitts
| field cannot be found, and it is supposed tha I
| he has been frozen to death.
The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23

A FRENCH paper reports that Prof.
Mendelejef has recently advanced the
idea that petroleum is of purely miner
al origin. and that the formation of it
is going on every day. He has, more
over, succeeded in producing artificial
petroleum BY reaction that he de :
scrihes, and he states that it is impos-
sible to detect any difference between
the natural product and the manufact-
ured article. His theory is as follows:
Inhltrations of water. reaching a GER
tain depth. come into contact with in
candescent masses of carburets of
metals, chiefly of iron. nd are at once
decomposed into oxygen and hydrogen.
The oxygen uni:es with the iron, while
the hydrogen siezes on the carbon and
rises TO an uper level where the vapors
are condensed in part into mineral oil,
and the rest remains in a state of nat
ural gas. The petroleum strata are
generally met with in the vicinity OF
mountains, and it may be granted that
geological upheavals have dislocated
the ground in such away as to permit
the admission Of water to great
ukha.
The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23

The creamery interest in southern
Illinois is evidently on the increase.
for hardly town Of any size can be
found where there is not one or more
factories. At Sparta there are two
one the Jersey creamery, the other the
Sparta; one, the Sparta, is now making
$50 pounds Of butter day, whi ch
finds many customers along the line of
the Mobile and Ohio railroad, which
runs north and south through the town
and county. and the remainder through
a stockholder, a commission merchant
in St. Louis. The Jersey creamery is
making two hundred pounds a day
more. and finds ready sale for it's
produce.
The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23

A VERY valuable insulating material.
described in the hronlque TndustrieEIe,
has just been produced, that is compos-
ed Of one part Greek pitch and two
parts burnt plaster, by weight, the lat
ter being pure gypsum raised to a
high temperature and plunged in
water. This mixture when hot is homo
geneous, viscous paste and can be APP.
piled by brush or cast in molds; it is
ambercolored and possesses the in
sulating properties Of ebonite, and can
be turned and polished. Its advantage
is its endurance Of great heat and
moisture without injuring it's insulating
properties.
The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23

NKw HAVEN, Conn, March 15.-The steam
er Elm City brings word OF terrible suffering
and loss of life on the sound. The great snow
has severed all connections between Connect
icut and the metropolis for the past forty-six
hours Not train is moving on any railroad
throughout the state, and telegraph connec-
tion between tds city and the outside world
was entirely cut off at an early stage Of the
storm. Trains are stalled all along the line.
In many cases they became snow bound far
from stations, or at places where supplies
could not be obtained.
Reports have been coming in of terrible suf
fering throughout the state and especially on
the coast. Nauv lives have been lost BY acci-
dent and exposure 10 the storm. Snow has
been falling almost constantly since Sunday
morning.
The steamer New Haven Of the Old Colony
line left her dock in bis city a. 3 oclock
Monday morning bound for New York with
TWENTY-FIVE passengers on board, two Of whom
are women The storm grew more furious a.
the steamer proceeded down the barber and
the passengers became terribly frightened and
Captain Post let 20 bis anchor ten miles out ln
the SOUND. Huge waves swept over The steam
er washing awaT everything movable above
deck. The furniture Of TIE cabin vas utterly
demolished. The anchors were kept out until
4 O'Clock Monday afternoon, when the strain
on the steamer became so great that the
cabins were unEhippe1. the captain deciding
20 beach the steamer, II being the ouly hope
for the safetv of those on board The engines
we're keUt going and the steamer struck At
about O'Clock MondaT evening On the West
Haven shore.
ASHORE But IN BAD SHAPE
The boats were manned and all hands were
ordered 10 make for tie shore,.which Was
about so wards of. Tie terribly frightened
passengers huddled into the boats and made .
safe landing Z s Barber. the puTssr, WAS
knocked overheard, but bis companions reseu-
ed him after desperate efforts
The real sufferlngs OF the party began after
reaching the shore The thermometer WAs
down 10 zero and nothing but deserted Gun-
The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23

IT is estimated that five thousand
mules will be sold in Memphis this
spring. The ruling prices vary from
800 to $135. Most of them come from
southern Illinois and Indiana. Missouri,
and Kentucky. A large number of
mules of quite small size now come
from Texas. They are nsed for plow-
ing cotton, but are not large enough to
do very heavy farm work.
The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23
Che a}itodtmus Cvtlune,
PORTER & Inflow, Publishers.
NICODEMUS, KANSAS.

DAVID FRIDAY, wealthy retired
merchant of Kokomo. Ind, is afflicted
with a curious monomania He is thor
oughly sane on every subject save that
of Anarchy. He thinks that he is be-
ing chased BY Anarchists. He acts in
a perfectly rational manner until some
thing occurs to suggest his delusion,
when he at once becomes violent
The Nicodemus cyclone., 1888-03-23
A DIRE MISHAP.
A Fast Mail Train Goes Through
g. Tfestle.

Sixteen Persons Killed Outright-Scores of
Others More or Less Seriously Injured-A
Broken Truck Causes the Accident-The
Engineers Presence of Mind Averts a
Holocaust