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Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
Dlirying in Switzerland.

In comparing Swiss with American thrift, United States Consul Bycrs mcn- tions tho important fact conc rling the Swiss practice of what Americans would call underfeeding. The fine milk and butter producing animals of Switzerland are fed on grass and hay the year through, with very flow exceptions. High feeding and fancy feeding with cotton seed and oil cakes, onsilage, boiled fodder, aud all messing of fancy fodder are but little known in that country. Swiss cattle-stabl bles are mo- ticeable for their warmth, and are usually low attachm mt to the barn, with stone walls one or two feet thick. Tho stalls are ccil,d overheal and of ten plastored throughout. Tho floors are made of stone or cement and the doors as tight-shutting and airless as those of our h>uscs. They say fit saves feed;" "thc COW gives more milk for warmth" anl ''thcre are no flies hero to worry them to death." The stalls arc clean and nico beyond con- parison, and the cows ara kopt ia them summer and winter except whom taken out for exercise and to water. Ia ex. ceptional cases few turnipa, potatoes, or shoots are fed, but it is tho general belief that while artificial food meas ures the quantity of milk it's quality is impaired. Tho Swiss keep their grass land in high stato of fertility, and on tho lake of Zurich it is worth from $500 to $lo0 per acre. Taking the cases of two prominent milk-pr oducers it was found that from fl ty cows the ince mo is $43o0, the expenses $1G52, leavin g net gain of $264S. MT. Bysrs says that thrce causes impres ;cd him as fur nishing the foua dalton of Swiss dairy success, viz.': First, good, sweet grass; second, pure running water; third, systematic economy. He suggests that there is no reason why wo cannot havo these nee ccssitics. If our grass is not quite up to tho Swiss grass make it so by proper liquid manuria,, by drain ing, by irrigation, Or, in short, by de- voting moro money to the meadows and less to high feeding, course that many farmers would undoubtedly ridicule.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
Applying the Method.

There was slight impeachment in a little Boston girls speech, and she had been "drilled" out of all patience by well-intentiore teachers and friends.
 When sho rcccivcd doll for birth day present, she was delighted to find that by pulling cut green string Q passable mamma" was produced. But the 'papa" which followed the twitch- ing of white string was imperfect, and when the little mother discovered that her child had inherited her own infiEm- ity her heroic nature was shown. Sho lost no tima in putting to account her own training, and pulling repeatedly on the white string with an unfalto. ing hand, she said, firmly, 'Dolly, you must be trained till you learn to say that plaiuer. [Dotroit Free Press.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
Mapping the Heavens.

At tho Astronomical Congress which had been held at Paris in April and May, it was decided to undertake tho construction of photographic chart of the whole heavens by tho corporation of about dog ,n different obsorvatories, tho apparatus used to be tho samo ev- anywhere, as we'll as the plates and pro- c,sses of development. The Paris in- strument was selected as the standard, and many of tho othor instruments are already wall advanced io their coastruc- ton. It would take us too f4r to enter into tho details of the matter now-but clearly this photographic mapping of all the stars will bc, when accom-. plished, tho greatest astron omical achicvcm mt the world has ever seen; 1; transmitting to posterity m accurate and permanent record of tho present state of tho heavens, and furnishing a secure foundation for the future struc- turc of stellar astroa omy.--- [Scribner's 8 Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
Utilizing Waste Material.

The market is furnishel with glue from the slauy yhter-hou'c jaw bone, and hoofs; coag u ated cattle blood is used by calico printers and in the prepara- ton of rod liquor for printers work; dried blood serve to clarify wines and syrups; neatsfoot oil is another valua- bio product from the same source; the b.adders when dried and prepared mako useful containers for druggists and painters; the ox-gall is used for lini- ment and many other purposes, and tal- low, ono of the staple articl's of com- mercc, comos from tho rough pieces of fit. Hot tanks arc great levelers, and every scrap of sinew,, looso bones, or small rough pieces arc boiled down to shrods and fragments, anl the liquor, whoa drawn off and cooled, produces glue or other valuable materi,l. Even tho dirt and residue at tho bottom of the tank is sold as 'tankage" for fer tilizing, aud refuse blood i, easily col lected and turned to account. The caul and best parts of the fat arc rendered into oleo oil for making artificial butter, and the pressings giv, u' the stearine of commerce. These are only few of the products resulting from careful investi- gation of recent years. Not a particle of the materials around the large slaughter houses is wasted, and tho re- suit of utilizing what was previously thrown away has brought out formi- dable source of competition in the glue and fertilizer trades, which has to be met by reduced values. -[Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
Pearls in Hog Pens.

In the Bahamas mono but the lower classes eat the nativc pork, which is fed on offal, refuse, aud whatever can be obtained. The fish of the conch, en ocean she'll fish, is the usual fare for rigs in tho out islands, where coaches are plenti u'. Iu these conches pink pearls are found from timo to time, and hrvo seen largo pearl that ha been found in tho pigs trough, and which was scratched aud discolorcd from having been champed by the hogs. Formerly before pink pearls became an article of commerce in tho Bahamas, end 0 search was maie for them, it haprened not infrequently that pearls were picked up in tho hogs pens.-[Ninetcenth Gen. fIlrV.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
Millions of EelS.

We have good words for our New Milford friends whoso rations of eels have been shortened by tho big dam in the Housatoaic above Shelton. Sunday
 thero were millions of oels, small fry,
 headed to tho north whoro they can grow to the long throc and four footers. Little pools of water besido the fshway were literally alive and black with great masses of them which could not seem to bo accommodated in the trick ling of streams and so they crawled like snakes upon tho damp earth or,
 hugging to the moistened slles of the fl hway, pushed oa toward the summit.
 Tho advance of tho procession was not far from the top whilc long lines could be seen coming in from the river, and worming their way along in tho wake of the advance guard. An enemy, ID tho shape of dog was. however, at- tacking the eels furiously. When pet' sons would lift the squirmers up by the double handful, the dog, little Scotch terrier, would dcvour them with great gusto, and when they were not fed te him in this fashion he would stick hi! mouth into the water and take them himself. This operation was continued until the little dog was as round as z fattened eel. Numerous spectators looked on with astonishment at tho ca pacity of tho dog whose stomach must now bo pretty full eel pond. As there was no mastication, tho littlo fellow will probably have enough live food to last him several dayA-[Ausonia Seminal.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

anon he spoke of having just returned from Wyoming Territory or of having last worked in Texas.
 But his appearance, from whatever direction he came, always carried mo back to the halcyon days of my youth, and invoked a vision of s brisk young man stepping out of his way to perform a kindly service for round- faced coua- try boy come to the city to seek his for tune. That picture will always fast Hi, wants have generally been modest, and I need scarcely add that his claims on mo havo never failed of recognition. r, in opening my purse, l have somc- times opened my lips and besought him to be a man, it is but common justic, to him to say that hs has invaria- bly, promised to mead his ways. But he has steadily gonc down hill, and has we'll nigh reached the bottom. know better than scarcely any other man can know, how hard he has tried to retraco the steps takon under social pressure, years ago, and which havc led to his dccadence, physically and intellectual ly. He has struggled against cruel fate and has failed. It was with sin ccre sorrow that last saw him ra!e, weak and emaciatcd. l judge that the old enemy is conquered at last; but it is too late. A more mercies, enemy, ono on whom VIC may exhaust strength of will in vain, is obviously preying upon his shattered frame.
 Some day we shall read of his death, and the casual acquaintance will say: "Drank himself iato tho consumption. Poor fellow! he deserved better end" and will think no more about him. But when the writer reads that announce ment he will feel sad and grloved for many day; for Finn was once kind to a boy whose catalogue of friends was limited on ou ;h then, and to whose eyes tine tears will start ua biddcn when recur- ring Junos rcmind hln that above tho friend of his youth a mound rises on which the dai,ies bloom anl the grass waves sadly in tho summer air.-[The Electric Age.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

In October Mir. Cody familiarly known by the soubriquct of "Buffslo Bill" heads an expedition bound for the lower part of California. which it is said has not been explored by white men for the past two or three hundred years. It is the only wild part of the country that is not thoroughly familiar to him, and he is anticipating most pleasurable sensations 1n penetrating new forests and climbing hitherto uu- climbed mountains. Lord Charles B resford, Mir. Belmont Albert Bier stadt, the artist, and some few other Englishmeu and Americans, are to be of the party. They expect to find a good deal of large game, and to en- counter warliks Indians. At the same time they hope to find gold and silver mines that will surpass anything here- tofore discovered Mir. Cody is not counting very much upon these latter discoveries. He expects to get his satis- faction out of exploring new country, and getting the atmosphere of civiliza. tion entirely out of his lungs. The ex- petition will be gone about three months.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

The Timcs-Star says thtt Cincinnati has in her day witnessed some fantastic suicides Some that were carefully gotten up for the express purpose of making sensational newspapers enter taining, but none more fan tastic wa ever discovered than that which the mother of costermonge recently ran across in Paris She had euarreied with her son, and to get even he hanged himself from a nail in the wall. That he might scare his mother into spasms, just before he ad justed the fatal moose he pulled his hat down over his eyes and placed pipe between his teeth. His plan was to lcok life like, to have her speak to him, believing him to be only sullen, lift up his hat and find only ghastly corpse. It worked to perfec- tion. He got even."
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
DofOrnlitles.

Mr. Ben jamin II. Brewster, formerly attorney general of the Uaited Statca, who died last March, was known as ono of tho foremost jurists and most e.o- quent orators in tho country. An incl dent of his childhood givos dc,p r significance to his success and to his useful life.
 Whom he was a schoolhoy of twelve, he was accidcn tally burned; tho sight of ono eye was destr oyed, and his faco was loft hopelessly scared and dis tortei for life. The misfortune was the greater as he had boon singular ly handsome lad, and belonged to a family. noted for beauty.
 E When tho boy looked in the glass Tor the first time, he was silent awhile, and then said, resolutely, '1 will make tho best of it. It shall make no difference in my life."
 Hi' father, to spare hir, proposed that he should receive private instruc- ton, live in retirement, and go into some business in which he would not be exposed to the gazo of the curious, but Benjamin boldly returned to school, passed through college, studied law, and entered into politics and society. Ho was an indefatigablc student; ho practiced every art which could make him attractive to others.
 The result was that ho achieved high rank, and held it for half century not only among the statesmen of the ctun- try, but as one of the most popular men in society. He had hosts of friends strangers, after the first startled glance, yielded to the irresistible charm of his manner, and forgot the blurred face. Having ''made the best of it. so long, it is probable that Es also forgot it.
 Fawcett the late postmaster-general of England, when he became blind at 19, declared, 'It shall not change my purposes in life whit"
 '1 will write such books" said tho elder Dumas, "that Franco shall forget my black facc.'
 If any ambitious boy among the read CTS of the Companion is handicapped by personal defect, it may giv, him cour- ago to rememb ber how many great men have carried such burdens in their struggle for fame and success, and been helped rather than hiuderea by them.
 Epictetu's lame leg, sYlncys homely face, Pope's diminutive sizc were but SC many spurs to quicken them to stronger effort. Il Youths Companion.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
The Industrious Bee.

It is estimated that, to collect one pound of honey, 6e, 900 heads of clover must be deprived of their nectar, ncccs- sltating 9, 75o, 900 visits from becs It would seem from this that tho reputa- tion of the wonderful little insect for in- dustry has not been overratcd. Wax is substance sccreted by the bees, and is analogous to tho fat of the higher ami mals. To produce a single pound Of wax, the bees must consume from fifteen to twenty pounds of honey. This expensive substance is uscd by tho thrifty little insects with tho greatest econ omy.- Public Opinion.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

Women lawyers, asserts the Chicago Herald, are becoming power in the land. Michigan University has already sent out A young women holding the degree of IL. B. This year a young woman from the Sandwich Islands, Miss Alma Hitchcock, will make the 25 h. In Eagland there is a club of women lawyers. It is mainly corre- spondence club, yearly letters from the members being printed and circulated. Mrs. Belva Lcckwo ood and Miss Waugh, from the Law School in Chicago, are among the members. The motto of tn club is: "All the Allies of Each."
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
VOL. XVIII.

Az tho Years Go By. Babes and their mothers lullaby; Children at their daily play; Mnidens hearing their lovers sigh; Women brave in tho worlds way Are of what we see and hear dear As the years go by; Hear, dear,
 As the years go by. How tender is time, wi,hal, How i<inl to the good and true; So gentle to me, withal So gracious and sweet to you, This is whit we see and hear, dear As the years go by; Hear, dear,
 As the years go by. Times finger marks wrinkles are, Gray hairs its frost and decay, A young heart has kept you far From age marks and frost away. !, It is what We see and hear, dear, As the years go by; Heir, der,
 As the years go by. Tine from your face stays sadness, Leaving the bright sunshine in; Kisses your eyes in gladness, Leaving the sweet lovelight in. Oh, this do we see and hear, dea,
 As tho years go by; Hear, dear,
 As the years go by. Sweet let your birthdays come and go; Put your hand and love in mine You are oung for loving so; l live because am thine. All this do we see and know, dear As the years go by; Know, dear,
 As the years go by.
 -TEuoano Fiold
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
A Spray or Apple Blossoms.

spray OI Appte DtOSSOWss They lay on tbe broad, low window ledge, Where the hand of little child Had placed them, dewy, and fresh, and
 sweet;
 And the grandmother had smiled, And softly stroked with her wrinkled hand The curly, tumbled head; And then the needles bright were still; Unrolled the snowy thread. For, borne on the breath of the apple bloom, She lived in the golden past; She saw an orchard where blossom snows Were falling thick and fast, .... Falling upon the the fair, bent head Of a maiden in girlhood's prime, Reading letter, worn and creased From folding many time "Wten the apple blossoms are here once
 more,
 shall come back, Allaire, Shall come for my answer" The scented
 wind,
 Which ruffled the maiden's hair, Brought to her ears well-known voice, She turned in Q startled way: 'I have come for my answer; what is it,
 dearF
 What could she do but lay Her hands in the eager outstretched onesa Ahl life is sweet in June, When hearts keep tme to the liquid flow Of life, and light, and tune; And when, in her snowy, floating veil, She stood on her bridal morn. She would have but tn, ti ,ted apple bloom Her white robe to adorn. Through the open window ths western wind Blew soft on the wrinkled face, When smile shone, sweet as that could be Which had lit her girlhood grace A little voice called her truant thoughts:
 'Grandpapa sent me to see If you knew that the clock has been striking six2
 And he wants you to pour his teal' -LGood Housekeeping.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

Nothing, indeed, is moro remarkable in the history of tho nineteenth con- tury, declares the New York Graphic, than the civilizing mission of railways. It is railway that has tanned Central Asia. It is railway that was the best chance of tanning the Soudan. It is to railways that we must look for the pre- vention of that incessant immigration from China which is a standing menace to Western civilization. And it is a railway. Sir Edward Watkin would add, that will ia somo future century seal the solidarity between the peoples on either side of tho channel.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

Tho Alaska Indians on the lower Yukon, from Forty Mile river down, prefer traio to money, while tho Chil- koots and upper Yukon Indians take cnsh in preference, to anything else. These latter Italians work we'll together and keep tho prices of their labor up, often making from ss to $14 day, and will simply laugh at man if he offers them $1.50 or S2 for days work, while the former Indians on the lower Yukon cau be hired for $15 month.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

The guides to the intricate recesses of tho Catacombs under Rome some times use cards, which they fasten at points along their way, as guide to their return. For want of such guid- ance explorers of these inner recesses have sometimes perished.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
Makes A Difference.

''This is the fourth time I vc called you, William," sail his wife. You told me that you wanted to get up iu good season this morning."
 '.Yes," replied William slccpily, "but it was last night when I told you that" --[Epoch.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

The allusions to Mir. Thurman's fond ness for snuff have directed attention to tho fact that two boxes filled with the aro- matic substance occupy modest posi- ton on the ornamental woodwork in the rear of the vice, presidents chair in the Ulited States senate. The sergeant-at- arms sees that they are kept filled.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

Over two-t thirds of the omnibus horses of Paris arc gray. They are drawn from all tho horse breeding districts of France. The remarkable record of nine years av, a service of the 12, 800 horses on the stone pavements of Paris is a wonderful record of durability.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

The oldest pensioner on the rolls of the U .itei States Pension Office is Joha B.tchclder, tho dependent father of Samuel Batcheldsr, late of Company D. Fiity-third Illinois infanty. He is 1O3 years eff age.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
Often Sv.

Bjoncs-singular, isn't it, Mir. Jsmythc2
 Jsmythc-What's that2
 Bioncs-Why tho vessels some times go ever bar to get plcnty of water.
 J>mythc--Thars nothin :. I've known ma man to get iato doep water be- ca,lse he couldn' pass . bar.--lo Ocean.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
So Many Years Ago,

Dumlcy Cat table): With nc, k:~s Spinster, tho tomato is recently &C., quired taste; have you teen fond of them long2'
 Miss Spinste1: 'Frem a child, MT. Dumlcy."
 Dum'cy: "Indecd, so long as that9"- [Epoch.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

The Scriptures have just been pub hshcd complete in Chinese characters by the American Bible Society-a work that has occupied several years
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
Needs CIeaninr

Brown: 'I see that your watch, Rob- inson, is about an hour ahead of sun time"
 Robinson: "Yes; ] don't sec wh .t's got into tho sun lately. "-[ lIarpor's 5 Bazaar.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

Sixty-two years ago ex-Governor Berry of New Hampshire, now in his 92l year, organized the first temper arce society in that State. .
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18
S (. BECKLEY, Editor and Proprietor.
Local News a Speciality.
rERNIS,
There sre ninety thousand mothers iu Tennessee who cannot reld or write.

The number of applications this year for patents on electrical appliances is rhcnomenal.
Connecticut western news., 1888-07-18

h Holland every professor in Dutch University must resign on completing his seventieth year.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-17

narrow that the boughs of the trees fire.
auently. if not oftener, scraped the sides
of the steamer. The weather was simply
supurb, trife too warm if anything,
but tits only induced the aligators and
turtles to show themselves above the
surface-the cry of the colored pilot
''see the gator out dar, grew monoto-
nous in course of time, but there was
much beside to interest us on this trip,
whose very novelty one could not get
over for twenty-four hours. At one
place a raft of pine logs had swung cross
wise of the stream and completely barred
our further progress, but it was only the
work of few minutes to fasten
a tow-line TO it, back the
little steamer and swung 1t to one side
and then passed on. The poor fellow III
charge of the raft might have labored a
whole day to effect the same result.
AT night, in order to enable the pilot
to steer in safety, continuous bonfire
of pine knots was kept blazing from an
iron pot perched on top of the pilot
house! The red glare from the blazing
pine not only threw light on the water,
but lit up the sombre wood, the gray
boards of the swamp cypress, the green
tuft of the palmetto, the dark foliage of
the live oak and the new born leaves Of
the maple with glory and a wierdness
not initiative of the sun, for beyond the
scope of the freight all was blackness
and desolation-the desolation of the Dis
NAL swamp.
The next morning the boat left
the waters of the Ocklawaha, which
were brown in color like the st. john 8,
and entered Silver Spring run. What a
marvellous change, from the blackness of
night into the broad light of day. No
crystal could he clearer than this W alter.
Fish of all sizes and turtles innumers5ls
could BIZ discerned at depth of fifteen
feet. and after steaming through its en-
tire length our boat entered the spring.
Silver Spring-which covers about three
acres of ground. is forty feet in depth,
and you can see clear to the bottom.
The output from the spring il the stream,
fifteen feet deep and about fifty feet
wide, over which We made the last eight
miles Of the most delightful trip
we have ever made IN Amer
Ica. AT the springs an immense
hotel Is IN operation. bur we only ling
cred for an hour and then took train
for this city, which bore US rapidly along
past more orange groves than l ever sup
posed was IN the whole state of Florida.
Ny wife says have left out the best
part Of our visit. Why don't you tell
them Of the glorious climate here. that
in the eight nights spent in Florida we
have been compelled to sleep with open
windows. Tell them Of the frogs that
croak all night long, and the mosquitoes
which have renewed AN acquaintance
heard and felt for the last time at Alex
andrIa." and I say 10 her ''hush, don't
give If away Well. the climate is de-
hghtfuI. not the breath Of chilly wind
morning or evening: the people are hos
pitable and don't know but tia; ! shall
want 10 come again.
From here to New Orleans, thence
home. and from home To Winfeld on
the 22nd is our program.
u. STEWART.