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Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
A TOOthDick Factory.

A toothpick factory, says tho Timber man, is one of the fourishing wood- working establishments at Harbor Springs, Micb., and it is ono of the largest factoriss of tho kind in the country. White birch is exclusively used in the manufacture of the tooth picks, and about 2. 500 900 of tho handy little splinters are turned out dai:y. The logs are sawed up into bolts each twenty ight inches ia length, then thoroughly steamed and cut up into veneer. The veneer is cut into long ribbons three inches in width, and these ribbons, eight or ten of them at a time, arc run through the toothpick machinery, coming out at the other end, the perfect pieces falling into ono bas- ket, tho broken pieces and refuse fall- ing into another. Tho picks arc packed into boxes, 1900 ia a box, y girls, mostly comely-loe king young squaws, and arc then packed into cases, and finally into big boxes, ready fortship- mont to all parts of the word. The whto birch toothpicks are very neat and cleau in appearance sweet to the taste, and there is wide market for them. Tho goods sell at the factory at $1. 90 case of 15o. 900 picks, or 100 small boxes. each con taining 15Oo, and the small boxes retail at 5 cents each, or 300 picks for cent, at which rate almost everybody can afford to tako a fresh toothpick after each meal.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Politest People on the Globe.

II have found the Americans, or at least the New Workers, to be tho polit- est people on the face of tho globo," Scotch visitor to this city exclaimcl with all the vim of tho land of heather.
 "Every where I go, in the streets and the hotels, the homes and the club the business houses and tn, parks, tho the. atres and the churches, among tho wholesalers and the retailers, the work CTS and the wealthy. l fad good man. ners. I have travelled among many races of the globe, from Icclandors to Turks, from Uindoos to Braziliaas, but never leu Id ia any of thom as much civility and affaliity as I sec among the Americans, especially tho New Workers. They have also degree of frankness and hunor that belongs to no other race on earth" The Scotchman who was thus enraptured with our styl, and ways rattled away ia th,s vein making cont rasts and comparisons for half hour. -[New York Su,.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Scorpions and Tarantulas,

Bushels and barrels of scorpions can now be raked iii down about Po- mona" remarked William Stifflsr of that vigorous Los Angeles county town to one of the Examiner mon. He spoke of them as though they were apples or oranges fallen from tho trees. 'Ycu go out therc," remarked he, land dig three or four inches in the sand and out will come your scorpions. Sometimes you will get half dozcn in a place.
 Oace they strlko the cir they get cross and sour, and if you coop three or four
 of them up together you will get a magnificent fight. There is no let up on q tarantula when once ho gets start
 cd on the warpath. It means that either he Is to dio or his enomy is. It has been raining down thero and the raia always brings out tho scorpions. You
 msy not know thcrc arc any around,
 but get good shower or two and you will find enough to frightea you. A scorpion never brings forth moro than one lot of young. AS soon as they arc ready to begin eating, they burrow like larv@ in tho back of tho old one and actually eat her alive. This is a strange thing but it IS true. have seon it done many time in tho five years that have lived at Pomona and vicinity. A scorpion is very repulsivo thiny to look at. It has ten logs, shrivcllcd sort of appcaranco and wicked little eyes. Is color is light yellow. Bo- sides tho ten legs it has a couple of ter rible claws. Its sting is iu its tail aud the quickness with which he can uso it is one of the most wonderful things ia nature. Despite the large number of rcpusive things in certain sections ot Los Angeles county, however, tho in- stan ces where mon arc stung by them are co omparatively rare. Ido not know of a case of d,ath from this sting, al- though it causes terrible pain for few hours. Whom they sting each other it i, sure death, but they will fight as long as life lasts. There is about tho usual supply of centipedcs and tarantulas in Los Angeles county. They, liko the scorpion, arc seen oftenest during the rainy season. Eastern people have a great horror of them and old-timcrs in fact, do not go hunting for them unless they keep at good distance. A Dig ger Indian who camo down from the tin mines had his loft hand tied up in a sling and it was swclled up very big. He had be,n hilton by tarantula an d was suffering great pain. A Pomona doctor fixed him out, however, and he is getting along all right. People iu the tarantula SC action arc fighting shy oi them now as they arc of such reptiles generally.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
PQsteur'S Claims tO Fame.

It is not generally knowa in this country that Pasteur's claim to fame rests upon more substantial founda- tion than the discovery of the method of preventing hydrophobia by inocu- lation. '.If it had not been for Pas teur," said well-kuown physician who recently met Pasteur in his laboratory,
 i've would not today be drinking the sparkling wines of France, and the winc- g industry would havo been ruined. A blight had come upon tho wine. Some insidious agent that could not be detected was at work ia the wine, and affected it so that it would not keep. Tho exported wine became acid and bitter, and the domestic lost it's flavor and value. Tho large wine makers were in despair, and knew that if something was not done their busi- ness would com, to an end, and this meant destitutioa in thousands of hap py French homes that depended upon this industry for support. Pastcur at- tackled the evil. He found that the deteriorations in the wines were caused by organic germs, which cou'd be dc. t!stroycd by low degree of heat, with.
 t,t affecting the quality of the wine.
 The remedy was applied immediately on large scale to all tho wines which had undergone acid fermentation, and they were made sweet and puro. An
 other ind ustry was also paralyzed. II was silk culture. A plague ca He'd
 pcbrine attacked tho silk worms, ia- fl;ctiag a loss of $2O, 1000, 900 in one year. Myriads of worms were dc. stroyed, aud tho,o that were left only turned out small quantity of silk.
 Pasteur traced the disease to it's origin and found it to bo tho work of living organism or parasit,. Tho germ wa. picked up by the worm from the leu, upon which it fed, and speedily got ilto the sack which con taind the mate. rial from which the worm spun its cocoon, and increased so rapidly that the worm was killed, or it's silk-pro- ducing power was destroyed. PastcuI discovered the time which the poison. ous germ could be killed and the method of doing it. and again savei the commercial prosperity of the French. This investigation took many years. au Curing which Pasteur was profoundly abused by mon of science, but they all were silenced when he finally killed the bugs."-[New York Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26

At thlS unfortunate moment d lrcla's skirts caught the pro- ccting llmb of . fallen tree and brought rescuer and res cued to a sudden standstilL Grcia tugged at her skirts and Jose pulled at Garcia with all his strength, which did not tend to help matters. The fire came nearer and snatchcd tho end of the tree whose branch held Garcia pris- oner. With wild shriek J SC let go his hold, and, plunging down ward, left the unfortunate girl to her fate. R. lieved of tho strain the loosened gar ments were easily disentangled and Garcia followed her cowardly guile, disgusted even in her peril, and thor oughiy cured of her infatuation. As she reached the saving gravel sho saw . strangely familiar figure dash madly up the canyon. It was only feeting glance, for sho was too terrified for req. son, and flung herself headlong into the little stream. The water gurg!ed and splashed and wet her to the skin. Her hat was lost and her dress was in tat . ters.
 'I shall die of consumption" sho thought, "after all this exposure. Oh, how sicx feell l believe I am dying | now"
 She opened her eyes, however, and sat up very straight for dying woman, o1, ho, sn agonizing tone.
 ''Garcia, Garcia, my darling Garcias"
 "Why, stephen," she cried, ''is it really you? Where did you come froma" she asked, as he fshed her, dripping, out of the stream. 'I cannot believe it is you."
 'It is surely l." he assured her, as he lifted her with tender strength and held her closely in his arms. "It wouldn't be healthy for auother follow to be in my place. Where did coma fromF Chicago, of course, oa the 9. 30 train. wandered about that wretchsd little village till I w.s al most stag mated, and came up tho canyon on an 1 exploring expedition to find my fiance apparently eadeavoring to commit sui eide. That little Mexican you seemed pursuing hasn't stopped running yet Qooking after the retreating figure and 1 not noting Garcias blushes). ''Whcw how smoky. That would havo grand effect at night" ho said, looking at tho burning mountain. ''Thank God my darling is safe from that fiery death.'
 "ohsStephenlp Garcia cried, throwing g hefnpuddy arms around his neck, with sublime disregard for his light coat, "take me home and keep me always. think it is the loveliest thing in the world to be so tall and strong. -[At- lanta Constitution.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Bird Civil Engineering.

A Now York paper speaks of a couple of orioles that havs built a nest in q tree at Central park. h order that no animal able to im5 a treo mi ,ht reach their nest, they built at tn, cx.rcm, ;, end of a light branch. When the work was half done they saw that tho littie house was bending thu branch so far to- ward tho earth that wh n full of young 2 ones it would be too near tho grouad. They sat on tho branch studying their house for time, and then f:w off il search Of string. They found som, twino in tn, park, and with it united tho two elastic boughs to branch overhead, resuming thci- nest building ter the string had beoa firmly woven. There were brains ia that engineering opcration.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Sights in Copenhagen,

~ Copenhagen is an old city too little visited by the hurry -skurry class of tourists who take Europe in one ency. clop@ iic gulp and think ''one summer" quite sufficient for its digestion. It is true Venice of the Vikings-quaint, high-colored, channelled and canalled by threads of glittering water, full of an architecture all its own, and tingling with life, provincial if you choose to call it so, but nono tho less charming and individual on that account. The bright Danish faces, secured like the surfaces of an old Dutch knocker, have 8 oh airiness; tho women are de- ciaedly pretty; thers is an indefiaablo
 "style'' in the midst of their very pro- vincialism; and the streets present a panorama of sights and sounds that does not easily leave tho memory. Perhaps it is the water that glitters in tho mind; tho perpetual, fresh, bustliag, scampering Baltic; the playful canals full of tall-masted boats; the profiles of Swedish mountains looming across the sea; the showers mingled with shine that g1vo the climate of Denmark in summer it's undine-ike charm. It is the land (paradoxically enougD of water-of water sprites, of nixie and mirage, of dissolving humidity and broken sunshine: in short, not so much the '1ost turquoise which Ba'zac found again in lovely Savoyard lako as a pearl of great price unknown as yet to travellers, waiting ready to be discov- cred in it's great G othic musscl shell on the edges of the Balt1c.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Crushing a Calf.

A stout elder:y lady was hanging by a strap and casting black looks at an in. offensive but ungallant du To who sat sucking the head of hi, cane. A sud den lurch of the car flung the lad y upon him with great forco.
 "Say, dash it, don't you know," ex- claimed the youth, "you've crushed my foot to jolly"
 'It's not the first time Two mado calfs foot j,lly," retortei tho woman, severely, as he vanished and sho pre- pared to sit down. -[Shoe and Lcathc, Renorter
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Army and Navy Journal is UT

v Army and Navy Journal is urg-
 measures being put forward by
 Ant- General Drum for the increase
 Epay of non-commlssioned officers. 2 ont average as good salaries as
 1w York police force, and their
 1nance of superior social stand. as the Adjutant-General urges, part of the discipline of the army. Talking of the army the Army Sword nd Shield is urging the establishment - Anusement rooms at posts and the hibitaon of groegeriss on the borders dlitary reservations and is calling ' the religious press of tho country ID 1t prsss the point upon Con
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Can Paint With Both Hands at One


 James McCloskey, New York paint e1 claims that he can paint with his left hand quito as we'll as with his right, and that he can fiaish job in half the time taken by most men simply because he can paint with both h.nds at once. He knocked an employer down tn, other day because he refused to pay him double wages for job which had boen done with both hands. Tho magistrate before whom ho was taken dil not know just what to do under the cireum. stances, but finally agreed to let NI:. .Closkey go on condition of his fore. going the claim of extra pay. -[Chica- % News.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
A Living Bat i'll Solid Rock.

A few days ago, while Merritt and Charles Corlia were quarrying for tho found ation of house on w. V. Her ret's place, near Parkersburg, w. Va., they split open large rock and found imbedded iu the centre and hermeti- cally sealed by tho natural rock small living bat. Several persons were present and all vouch for the fact. The hole fitted the bat exactly. The stone and Lat were taken to a newspaper office, where the stone now is. Uafor- tunately for the bat 1t was placed too near hot stove and died in few hours. -[Nsw York Wsyld.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Crab Farms,

The Mobile (Als.) Register incites the people thereabout to set up crab farms a, a source of revenue, aud shows that 1t is both possible and profitable by reference to the animals history. F. UT times in the year docs he shed his shell to grow bigger one, and whilo tho new ono is hardening he is that morscl for gourmets, tho soft shell. Tho plan is to inclose reaches of sand beach with tight fence higher than high tide. They will put into th,s all crabs whom caught and market them whom just at tho II ,ht season.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26

II Philadelphia paper asserts that masryin fer beauty is getting as popu- Iaf h this country as it has long bccn houc Engli.hmen. Within a few ass tho number of men of wealth and tablished position who havo married aTe girls, factory girls and others,
 circum tances, but with beauty 6mmend thsm, has been extraor- 11kry. Recently largo manufacturer Nov Brunswick. N. J., died and left l6rHe fortune to his widow, who a eU days ago worked in his factory. ssof the largest manufacturers of PhfIedelphia is similarly married to a <) S1aken from tho loom.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Winter Evening.

 Tonight tho very horses springing by Toss gold from whitensd nostrils. In a dream The streets that narrow to the westward gleam Like rows of golden palaces; and high From all the crowded chimneys tower and die A thousand aureoles. Down in the west The brimming plains beneath the sunset rest, One burning sea of gold. Soon, soon shall fly The glorious vision, and the hours shall feel A mightier master; soon from height to height,
 With silence and the sharp unpitying stars, Stern creeping frosts and winds that touch like steel,
 Out of the depths beyond the eastern bars, Glittering and still, shall come the awful night. IA. L,mpman, in Scribner's Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Needs q Good Night'S Rest.

Doctor (to Bobby. ''So you'ro sick again, are you, my little man7"
 Bobby (who doosn't liko medicincl. ''l don't think em; don't feel sick. !"
 Doctor. Well, wo'll sec. Show mo your tongu", please"
 Bobby. "Well, now, doctor you c!n't always tell that way. I've had a busy day of it today, and fl my tongue looks bad, I guess it's only because it's tired and needs . good nights rest. "-- Baxsr.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26

doV uEivers,ty (coloreu) of Raleigh, sM e. thoso ou hiy seif-supportiny, has no1e eS6n 400 pupils now enrolled, and |fs u ls point of enlarging its build-
 hg oeSo3rci itics fors.ighcr education. H k6een largely endowed by north err pl1 anthropists, and is still donna nfed b lheir ideas.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Applying Her Argument

"Me,' demonstrated Bo..by, "when I was at gran dmas, she let mo have two pieces of pio."
 Well, she ought not to have done so, Bobby" said his mother. 'T think two pieces of pic are too much for little boys. The older you grow, Bobby, the moro wisdom you will gain.''
 Bobby was sileaced, but only for a moment.
 Well, ma," he said, 'igrandma k . good deal older than you arc.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
They Punished Him.

''How do you feel now" asked the social. as he poke d a handful of feathers between his victims teeth.
 'I feel down in the mouth," the la. ter replied. Whereupoa six revolvers were instantly emptied into the same cavity -[Puck.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26

eft Turncra- Gnent county. Ky, sAort time ago. Ia 1850 he two slaves at auction and made y tho transaction, and now his ects that that amount be di- fom hi, estate among the four churches ia Ghent
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
y-.evsn n mics aa hour, with n

T1Eey-seven mics al hour, with no fhoatr3 3purnals nor break downs, i, a
 dlscord for tho trial trip of any Sfcamer.- that is the rate the new IG ited States dynamits cruiser Vesu- viua nalo ia a twenty -aine min utes frip recently. A fleet of such vessels, lard to hit On account of tho celcrity with which they cin change their posi- ton ard of their comparatively small six would Dc formidable defence for kmefiean harbors.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26

f6olt n O. Turkey has experienced I4ek of patriotism. Knowing that n att4A ought to be stronger. and hh S also that the national cxcheq- Eknoutopty, he has resolvcd to build f1es M ffon-c.ad and pay for it out of
 "a privato rurse.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26

iect of changing the Jewish
 turdaD to Sunday is agi- - N.w York Hebrew Stand Ed andne Rochester Jewish Tidings vor th change. Tho latter paper ys: iewcd in the proper light the peatonan receive but one decision 70 chane must come."
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26

f9fe has now national league for fhs prmotion of physical education. xdesirnd to fit her citizens to be sol-
 diea. The programme which bas been Sampled includes outdoor games 3throughut tho land, for which the <3oeal aytoritics will set apart 'tgreer," !" the children shall regularly
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
f ;he features of the education

Af ;he features of the educational
 kemSzf Mexico i, the introduction of 0hools ef mechanical training for women Gir.s are taught carpentry, wsavinAa and carving just as they are tnstzuctd in drawing. painting, and nusic The theory of agriculture is an epttoaskstuly.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26

b Historian states that since the
 ee of the exclusion act tho Chinese ts ia Astoria, Oregon, have be- sehNewonderfu.ly independent, and 1o0e3: even think of working at the swed se.s of wages
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
A physician in the American Mag.

A physician in the American Maga- -asne says th 1t the practice of bsginnin 2 LUrnGnt with oatmeal has caused moro &HSGG11a than any other singls habit
 rscalls. '1t places" he says,
 nlast membrane that is al- TIT 1oepii enough, and needs sharp 1H nf fruit or douch, of water to l1 6~1ric secretions, instead of a
 mass like tho meal, that all
 s4eag works ill until it is gotten
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
Tho TOnyUG

"The homeless tongue, so small and weak, Can crush and kill" declared the Greek "The tongue destroys a greater horde" The Turk asserts, "than does the sword" The Persian proverb wisely saith, IA lengthy tongue-an early death" Or sometimes takes this form instead, "Don't let your tongue cut of your head" ''The tongue can speak word whose speed" Says the Chinese, ''outstrips the steed." While Arab sages this inpart, "The tongues great storehouse is the heart" From Hebrew wit the maxim sprung, Though feet should slip neer let the
 tongue"
 The sacred writer crowns tho whole, "Who keeps his tongue doth keep his soul"
 -lGalveston Newx
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26

@ Wth an average of IS suicides <monA ia the German army, remarks Sthe New York Graphic, France may seount upon getting ia hcr revenge if
 she snly has the patience to wait long Nnn o,,ch
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
AceAing to tho Atlanta Constltu

Aeeaiag to the Atlanta Constltu- toa, fifty years our government
 D year fer guarding tho ex1TI TIkseonstructed for Washington's s s1o h the national capitol The aod M Washington had b,eu inferred s-o& tk Vern on did not interfere with 5hi& 9 jo5 until provincial Con ere1 & obj ,cted and sm ,shed it.
Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26
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Connecticut western news., 1888-12-26

ilslst-tcsmen all asree in tho tht tho French republic is ia a aud itS downfall is imminent.
 as views all appear to
 bat Boulaa agcr
 nnok day. It lIs' wlll Napole onic
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-24
4 NEW TOWN ON TIE PRAIRIE

eve were running a preliminary
line for a branch of the Santa Fe rail-
road through Morton, one of the eN-
IRENE western counties in the state,
when one day about noon, after we had
travelled across the country for what
l should judge to have been eight OF
ten miles without meeting living soul,
man with long, matted hair and
with nothing on but pants, shirt, and
a broad-brimmed hat, rode up astride
a mule. lie looked quite seedy, as you
eastern people say. His face and hands
We're almost black with dirt, which had
evidently not been disturbed for many
days.
after dismounting and saying good
morning he asked me what we We're
doing.
"'Running q line for a railroad
said 1.
"'Then you are going too far to the
north.'
"'Why 500
"'If you continue on your present
line you will miss Prairie City by about
two miles, and, Of course, you don't
want to do that
81 told him l had not been aware
that we were so close to city. How
large is it?' asked
"'Well, it isn't very large yet, but it
is growing fast. Then, as you would
be the first company to build road to
it you would have a monopoly of the
freight and passenger business, which
isn't to be sneeZed at
"'How many dwellings, manufac-
tories, mills, ETC., has Prairie City?' [
asked.
"Wall, it hasn't any them things yet,
but she's growin'.'
"'What the -- have you in that
city, if you haven't any buildings?'
"'Wall, sir, drawing himself up to
his full height, 4 have named the town
and have begun to dig we'll; han't
that 'nuff?' Philadelphia Neacs.