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Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15

Referring to the effect that secret execution, as recon mended in the recent report to the New York Legislature, would have on tho public mind, the Sun says: 'Now, which method of exe- cution would have fixed on the public mind greater horror of the crime of murder and its punishment--the hang ing of Driscoll, as reported by the news- papers in all it's dreadful detail, or the secret killing of the condemned man, as these commissioners advise2 As it is, the attention of the whole public is fastened on that awful scene in tho jail yard of the Tombs, and the hanging oi Driscoll carries its terrible lesson to everybody. If he had been put to death in secret and only the fact that he va. dead had been announced, the occur. rence would have made little impres- sion, and the great moral effect of the execution of ths sxksms penalty eS tAl kw wspA 1aSs bsea leaAs
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15

A case just reportei in London pa gers shows the possibility of spontaneous combustion of the body of drunkard, or at least that such body may be set on fro by the mans breath coming in too close con tact with lighted candlo or match. The case just reported is th,t of the body of a druakard being brought into Guys hospital, London. His body was very much bloated, and when puuc- tured and lighted match applied the gas which escaped burned with the or. dinary flame of carbureted hydrogen. As many as a dozen of these flames were burning at the same time.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15

Tho national shipping register is an interesting record. Tho names of famous Americans appear thereon iu large numbers. The name of Grant is inscribed on great many American ves- sels Nearly dozen ships are called after Andrew Johnson. Three boats bear Ben jamin F. Batlers name while five use the name of Winfield s. Han- cock Gen. Mcclellan has eight vessels named for him, Robert E. Leo three and Jefferson Davis one. There is boat in Boston called Grover Cleveland, and two in New Orleans bear the same name. James G. Blaine is inscribed on four vessels, while Chauncey M- Depew and John Sherman are represented by cue ship each in American waters.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15

What will turn the wheels of Ameri- can mills twenty years hencea Will it be water, steam or electric encrgya it needs . bold mind to set limits to ths inven- tive genius of this age. A generation that has seen the electric light and the telephone evolved from the study of the inventor can hardly sit in the chair of the skeptic regarding the possible triumph of minds to come. Was ever a more marvellous invention thought of or prophesied by an Edgar A. Poe or a Jules Verne than the telephonel Analyze that invention for a moment and see what palpable contradiction of old time science it involves. Yet it is now an accepted fact of everyday life.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15
Communication by Cannon,

When the first vessel completed the passage of the then new Erie Canal, in 1925, there being no such thing as telegraph in those days, the news was communicate ] to New York and to Buffalo by cannon placed within hearing of each other all the way along from Albany to each of the other cities. he signal was passed along in this way from Albany to New York City and back again to Albany iu tfty-eight minutes. This is quicker than telegraph message can be sent over the same route and answered now adays, considering the time u uaily con- sumcd in tho delivery at each end. New York Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15
CANAAN CONN, WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 15 1sss

Her sweet, saucy voice rang out nke flute on the frosty air.
 stood transfxcd with horror at her audacity, my cheeks burning with blushes, my eyes riveted to the ground.
 But Mir. Chandler flung the loop of Nero's chain over the fence, and stepped bravely to my side.
 'I, fer my part" said he, "can wish for no happier fortune, if you, Hu!dah, will consent"
 "But you are in jest" murmured l.
 'I never was more in earnest in my lie, said he, taking my hand. eve are neither of us young, Huldah, but I think that it is not the young alone who know what true love means. Nor have I lived your near ncighbor for year without learning to appreciate the sweet unselfishness of your character. Dear Huldah, will be your faithful Valentine all my life, if you will but accept my devotion"
 Well, perhaps it is not necessary to say what my answer was. We are to be married as soon as the new rectory is finished, and Grayette and Nero are to be trained to be the best of friends. MT. Chandler says he will not keep house without Grayette at our hearthstone, and I am really getting very fond of Nero. As for Kitty, she is quite con. tent.
 Because, of course, after the valon. tine that David Ely sent me-" said she, "I shall be married to him very soon, and I couldn't bear the idea of leavin } dear little Aunt Huldah all alone. And Itake all the credit to myself, because don't believe either of them would have had courage to say what was in their heads if hadn't put my head out of the window and sung that St. Valentines refrainr'
 But, of course, that is only Kitty's nonsense. --[ Saturday Night.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15
A Valentine


 hen azure skies confront the day, And far and near the soft suns shine To hve and breathe were simple joy Perchance ono needs no Valentine. But when the skies gro full of storm, And lost in gloom tho days decline, Tho lonely heart sinks sad and chill The heart that has no Valentine. And shrinking from tn embodied death Of space beyond the farthest sign, The spirit, frozen at it's source, Dreams of no trivial Valentine. Yet even then the sweet earth throbs With sunbursts down her ancient line; The -hake promises . flower, The snow-bird hints . Valentino Away with care! This fragrant hair Into true lovers knots twins; Those velvet lips bring Summer nsw To mo, my httls vslsnstnsl A force of nature, as the moon, Makes wide eclipse and dim design, All the great sphere of sorrow you Shut out from mo, my Valentinel You arc a trihe turned of four, And am-an of ninety nine; But dark and drear as death were life Isyou wore not my valentineI
 IHarper's
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15
Too Late

 The poet paused and listless dropped his pen. "Ill think no more," he said. "The world
 is old. 'Tis filled with thought, and weary minded
 men
 Have gleaned enough from all that time
 has told.
 I'll write no more; all themes are over
 wrought And only wrinkles deck the pale sad brow of
 Thought.
 "Why store the brain, to stoop beneath tho
 weight
 Of never-sated reasons cumbrous loadi Only to know the flxedness of fate To bear the pain and still apply the goadt And then. when all the lease of life is spent, But be more gray than wise, more feeble than
 content! .e "why should we reck of days or years CT a Why note the mysteries each moment
 brings' .-..- Why heed the hoarded wisdom of dead sagesi Why pore o'er histories of fools or kingsi Away with all the past! all ghosts of time And all the grinning skeletons in prose or
 rhyme. "I'll rest me here. The soul most yearns for
 rest; -.-z- .-.s--. The vacant mind is fetterless and free. All things that live save man, live to attest Unalterable natures stern decree; Then blest the boor, who lives and dies serene, Careless and dull, nor thinks what is, what
 might have been!n Too late, too late! The craft once cast adrift Upon the shoreless sea must restless float; All points converge aud useless every shift To the blind pilot in each fated boat. Then spread all sail! catch every wind that
 blows, -. .ea..s. Sail, bravely sail, and sink, and then who
 knows, who knowsi -[Charles l. Page in Overland.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15
Somewhat Imnatient.

s'When am going to get that new suit of clothes ordered three weeks agoa" asked Gilhooly of hls tailor, Herr Schneider.
 "Choost so soon as you pays for dot oder suit I makes you last year."
 "But, my good fellow, I can't afford to wait that long. ,'f Siftin1s.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15
Jay GOuld's First Love.

At Plattsburg, N. Y, Jay Gould s first love keeps boarding place. She is elderly and gray haired now and is not strikingly handsome, but in her day she was blithesome and pretty. She was the daughter of a country storekeeper. Jay Gould, after leaving his father farm, went to work in the store and promptly fell in love with the rosy checked maiden. But the old man had much higher views of his daughters future than her marriage with a young man in his own shop would realize. He not only gave young Gould to under. stand that a marriage was out of the question, but dispensed with his ser vices as we'll. Jay took his rejection philosophically enough and gave him. self up to the work of making fortune, While he was growing rich and richer and piling million on million, his old love was vainly trying to battle with misfortune. Her father, who had plumed himself so proudly on tht ownership of his "general store, ' failed; the husband whom she took after Jay Gould had gone away rou3ht little to her; and so at the end she en deavors to eke out an income by open. ing her house to summer boarders. Sh, has wondrous amount of philosophy il her makeup and very little envy. Sh is bright, good natured and contente6 with what fortune has brought---o ought one to say left her. Some o Jay Gould's relatives spend few week at her farmhouse every year, but Ja, himself never goes there. Chicag, Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15

In a corner in one of the corridors running around the national house of representatives, says the New York Times, i, small space fenced off by a railing. Within is telegraph instru- mont and lady operator. From the instrument a wire extends to the bank ing house of New York City firm. It is the private wire of that firm. Over it is sent daily news of every bit of legislation of interest to the house, and over it also arc sent confidential tele- grams usually in cipher, to members of the house, giving them advice and instruction.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15
HUMOROUS.

It is a clothes rub for the washer woman on Monday.
 It is the dry goods clerk who most frequently sales under false colors.
 The whale and the school girl are ths great sources of blubber in this country The maa who is slow to express m opinion might just as we'll send it by freight.
 A show spoken of as "a rare enter tainmcnt" proved to be . performances not we'll done.
 They are building basements on the thermometers to be shipped to Dakota and Minnesota.
 Tramp, meeting dude on the street: "say, young feller, can't you give poor gentleman few pennies.
 Women in Washington Territory can vote. Those who take advantage of the privilege are called ballot girls.
 We often see the words 'John Boyle O'Reilly" in the papers, but we never hear whether John has done it or not
 A sea-green glass vaso has bcon found at Bologna. It beats the world what some butchers will put into their bo- logna.
 What racket about the car stove they do
 make!
 We hear something against it each minute But while it is all going on, gracious sake,
 Do let's have a little fire in it!
 Lady to tramp: Poor, man, how did you come this waya Tramp: On foot, mum. Don't believe them as accuse me of tryin' to work sympathy just after steppin' off parlor car.
 'Td like to cuff you. you young ras- cal" exclaimed an irate man, who had been target for the lads snowball. ''Yer would, ehl WelI collar mo fust and cuff me afterward, old man."
 'Just think" said Mrs. Walkiu to her modiste, ''the very next day after my new black suit was sent home, was called to go out of town to funeral" ''Wasn't that nice2' was the absent minded reply.
 A captain of a vessel loading coala went into . counting house, and re- quested the loan of rake. The mer- chant, looking toward his clerks, sad, 'I have a number of them here, but none of them would wish to be hauled over the coals."
 Father: "Ain't you going to worka' Lazy son: "Guess not" Il don't under stand how anybody can loaf such wealth CT as this. Why it is real pleasure to work now" "I know it, but don't want to give myself up too much ta mere enjoyment"
 "No, sir!" exclaimed old Mir. Get therc to an agent who had ruthlessly invaded the sanctity of his private office; I won't look at your cycloredia; l don't want it; won't have it. My boys have all got bicycles and Pm not going to buy anything new for them to break their young necks off ofp'
 Oh, b!ithely the paragrapher sang
 Of the woes of the millionaire, When the sound of the plumbers hammer
 rang
 Through the cold, cold wintery air. But sorely he rued the day he sang
 When his own water-pipes froze tight, For the plumber came and tinkered thereat For two whole days and night. And the paragrapher's sun has set In the gloom of mental night.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15

'.Portugars formal notification to the State Department at Washington, that she renounces her protectorate over Dahomey is to be regretted on humani- tarian grounds. Sho undertook the praiscworthy task of putting an end to tho local institution of human sacrifices, aud has found the undertaking beyond her power. The trouble probably is that the practice finds Its stronghold, not only in the ferocity and disregard of life but in barbarou, religious belief which makes these multitudinous mur- ders meritorious "-T Times
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15

The Congregationalist remarks that ''the striking fallin, off sine, the early days when Harvard used to send 55 per cent. of her sons into the ministry, Yale "A, and Amherst GA, is seen at a glance, as we'll as the fact that there has been, in most cases, steady de- cline, with slight interruptions until now Amherst graduates, as a rule, less than 20 in 100 who become ministers, and Williams hardly a dozen in the same number"
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15
An Interesting Performance.

Mrs. Cleveland kisses her husband good yc ia the railroad station when she comes shoprirg from Washington to New York. She puts her left arm upon his ample shculder--shc cant get il around his neck-ard with tho right draws his faca down to hers, kissing it a. it were, in transit. --(New York Granhic
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15

Statistics of the life insurances show Hat there are now seo, 900 policies in this country, representing an aggregate insurance of sa, 100. GOO, 900. During the past year more than $4OO, 900, GOO of new insurance was written, and more than &7o, 900, 900 distributed among policy holders in death, endowment and div. idend ayments.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15

Daniel Pratt, the crank who styled himself the ''Great American Traveller" is dead, but his title might, with pro- priety, be conferred upon Frank Vim cent, Jr., author of ''Tho Land of the White Elephant" Within the last eleven years he has travelel 265, 06O
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15

Madame Vincent i, French woman who has saved twelve people from death by drowning. A short time ago sho jumped into the waves entirely dressed and.rsscued tho twelfth, a six-year-old boy. She has seven children of her OWE, the youngest being still an infant.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15
Not For the Table.

Se.v,nt Ga boarding hou,c); "Ah, Alisther Dum'ey. such beautiful ducks came today"
 Dunlcr {excitcdl: "Dacks! You don't say so. Bridgctr'
 Servant: '.Yi.. SOFT, it's m 10 paint.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15

What is the difference between tube and foolish Dutchmaa7 Ono is a hol. low cylinder, and the other is silly Hollandsr.
Connecticut western news., 1888-02-15
Connecticut Western News.
PCDIIsHKD AT CANAAN, uTchFlflD co CONN.,,
EvKRY WEDNESDAY, MORNING.
xC. BECKLEY, Editor and Proprietor.
Local Now. a Speciality.
fERMSs

41oo psr year, if paid strictly In advance. q n0t raid q tho expiration of thrss nauths QA1G Wlfbs eAargs,t
 eshke-s dsirins their pspers dAqpn- thuo6 Q66t etvs notice st the xxpnArfS66 pa GAAk 0A1criphoos, any previous noties4 n1t 1silG sa1acasnt; and nnJea su arxsaraeeG Ars pat& paps1s win not thea b dhpont1usd >ave e ths option ef the puhhshss.
The Washington critic., 1888-10-04
TIE SCHnnL BOARD.

Next Years Estimates - The Difficulty
About salaries.
The School Board met last night and
reelected the present officers. The qucs-
ton of equalizing the salaries of male
and female teachers was taken up This
matter has delayed the payment of the
teachers for last month. Congress pro-
vided that the salaries of males and fc-
males doing the same grade of work shall
be the same. Another clause provides
that there shall be no increase in the
number of teachers receiving 5000 and
over. The School Board cannot make
these clauses agree. For the month Of
September, therefore, they made out a
payroll according TO the basis OF last
year. This the Commissioners refuse
to approve, on the ground that it does
not conform to the present. law making
the salaries of male and female teachers,
doing similar work, the same. Messrs.
Darlington, Ross and Whelpley have
been appointed committee to wait
upon Comptroller Durham IN regard to
the matter.
The Brown-Cardoza matter was dis
cussed without con ing to any decision.
The following committees were ap-
pointed by the chair
Rulos-Rosss Mitchell and Francis.
Ways and Mcans-Whclplcy, Fish and
Cornish.
Buildings, Repairs, etc.-Mitchell, Wit
mcr and Cornish
Normal and High Schools-Darllngton
Ross and Francis.
Teachers and Jantors-Gregory, Wilmer
and Whelpley.
Studies, Examinations, etc.-Flsh, Mitchell
and Gregory.
Penmanship and Music-Francis, Whelp-
ley and Ross.
Industrial Exhibition and Drawing-Corn-
ish, Fish and Darlington.
Lsraly and ANIMAL Rcport--Witmer,
Darlington and Gregory.
The estimates for next wear amount
to S066,0l1, and includes $4,000 for
four new school buildings in the city,
$4,000 for six new buildings in the
county, 100000 for an addition to the
White High School, and $4,000 for
building u new co o'cd hiah school.
The Washington critic., 1888-10-04
NOTES AND GOSSIP.


"SIDSEY LUsKA,n the novelist, is Mr.. Henry
Harlan.
The TALLEsT MAN in Tennessee is w. W.
Gordon of Lynnville, who stands six feet
eight inches in his stockings, and weighs 100
pounds.
Or THE 1886 immigrants that settled in
Cleveland, Ohio, during the month of Septem-
Der, Sc were Bohemians, 20 Germans, and 43
Hnngarians.
JOHN JENNINGS, the acting managing editor
OF the St. Louis Post-Dlspatch, is going to
New York, to become press editor for Dock
staders Minstres.
THERE ARE 4O3 mountain peaks in the
United States over 10000 feet in height, 4l0
above II 900 feet, 359 above 1000, 258 above
$4,000, So above l4,0O0, . above $4,000, and /
above $4,000.
THE Book News says OF Amelie Rives-
Chandler, without indorsing the extreme
views Of her critics on either side, that her
earlier productions were rich in promise that
her later productions have not fulfilled.
AMONG the remttances received by Treas
urer Canda Of the National Democratic Com
mittee on Monday was $40 from Washington,
d. c., the contribution OF two converted Re-
publicans."
ONE OF THE MOST valuable books in the re-
markably valuable collection OF Columbia
College, New York, is copy Of the first folio
of Shakespeare, printed IN 1923, of which there
are few duplicates. Its price is estimated at
$4,000 to $500.
The SUIT Of General Adam Badeau against
Mrs. Julia d. Graut for $4,000 for services
rendered in the preparation OF General Grants
Memoirs, now on the calendar in the Supreme
Court, special term, New York, has been post
poncd TO October TO-
IN 800 YEARS from now, said DR.. Pohman
In his recent address at Buffalo on "Changes
in the Falls Of Niagara the work of retro
cession will have so far progressed as to oblit.
crate the present American Falls entirely and
convert Goat Island into u peninsula.
THE school-ship jamestown, now UNDERGO
ing repairs at Norfolk is soon to be in service
at Philadelphia provided the councils appro-
pirate money enough to pay the salaries of
officers and instructors. 1t is intended to
adopt as far MS possible the methods Of the
schoo-shp st. Marys,
IT is MATTER OF reasonably authentic his
tory that book Illustrations In this country
originated with benjamin Franklin, who cut
with his own hands The plates IN "Poor Rich.
ards Almanac The first professional en-
grayer in America was Alexander Anderson.
VINO lrst hung out his slga in New York iu
1904.
The Washington critic., 1888-10-04
The MARYLAND Lutheran synod.

The Maryland Synod of English Lu-
thcran Churches began its annual session
to-day at Cumberland. The synod com
priscs all the English Lutheran churches
in Maryland and the District of Colum-
hia. The sessions are expected to con-
tinue for five or six days The member
ship of the synod contains the names of
sevcnty-siX ministers, who have charge
Of one hundred and eight churches, rep
rcsenting 1900 commandments. The
contributions of the different congrega-
tions, taken collectively, amounted to,
for the year, over 81 100000 in all.
Eighty-siX Lutheran and thirty-sevcn
union Sunday schools are also connected
with the body. In all, there are about
16,220 scholars and 2,222 officers and
tnnchnrs
The Washington critic., 1888-10-04
A Prophecy.

Seven unNiown lilies by ragged wall,
sever n avn Mites. sleek aid slim aud tall;
Seven 10y the rain
Bowe., uui blu 'hed aud bent again;
Now 'tWure well 10 test, maybe,
MY great GIT Of prophecy
Three shall bloom for love, and three shall
bloom for DEATH
ono sha J bloom for hope until its dying breath;
luds OF nope grown on apace.
Buds of death bend low each face,
llupe chat al, so lonely grows
You may be for me who knows2
Seven tullblown lilies by a ragged wall
SeNcu lu!lplpWn iilicS sleek ana Slim and talE
Seven lllos In ihr sun.
Cleaning there, Ike silk new spun,
Cleaning glowing, unaware
De ith OF them must hye a share.
And yet "a watch them, ah, what sweet sur
pIloC
Comes up AL unhid to look out Of my eyes
MY love taudS there, tail and grave,
where the shining lllie- wave:
Plncks them one and two and all,
Leaves iorlorn the ragged wall.
10 ne comes apace and lays them at my feet:
70 ne Whispers Love, this Is Offering meet "
net WlAb Oh my gits so dear
WISDOM ul an Old-tlmc sCOrF
Az that splendur blOOned for me;
To the Wlnl my urOuhecvl
ID Gertrude Mcnard In Boston Traveller
The Washington critic., 1888-10-04

The truth Of the matter is that the peo-
pie of the District, considering that the
District is occupied in great part for pub
lie and national purposes, pay more than
they ought to pay for the privilege they
enjoy Of being the disfranchised tenants
of Government reservation.
But as we say at the outset, they do
not find fault with their situation. They
consider It no hardship to pay for that
which enures to their common benefit
and comforts but if they shall think best
to complain of being made pecuniarily
responsible for the manifold blunders and
derelictions of the Governments agents,
in whose selection they had no choice,
they can surely rely upon the support Of
a just public sentiment in this most just
position.