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Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22
Average Life of a Horse,

According to the FieId, the possible length of the life of horse is far beyond the average duration of it. A horse fifteen years old is usually accounted of littlo value and, as rule, it would be difficult to give away the survivor of eighteen or twenty years. But a horses useful lifo extends to thirty or forty years, and if the animal is used with care, it may do valuable service during all this long term. It may be noticed that all the recorded instances of vrey aged horso go to show that their live, were shortened by somo mischance, and not by old age.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22

There is enormous profit made in school books. In most of the Northern states, the Boston Cu'tipator alleges,
 schooling IS practically free to the scholars, property owners, in one way or another, maintaining the schools. This gives the school book publishers their great advantage. Scholars are charged two, three or four times the fair cost of books, and publishers pocket the profit. There are only 8 few firms engaged in publishing school books, and these by their wealth have great influence with school boards, and are thus able to pre- vent competition. The territory is mapped out among the corporations, and each respects the claims of the other. In New York state movement hM been started to fight this trust by . hw requiring that tho oopyright of an
 1 qks r1sd hs yeeted ia the st.ts,
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22

A corporation has been organized with a capital stock of $1, ,00O, 900 for the purpose of controlling the location of the capital of south Dakota. The stock is divided into 10,0O0 shares of $10 each, and these are to be sold to the voters of the territory. When all the stock is taken the company will make a purchase of a large tract of land at such place as seems to offer the best induce ments and have favorable chances to se- cure the location of the capital. Then by notifying their stockholders through out the territory of the place selected for investment they secure the votes of all the stockholders, and the thing is ac- complishe1.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22
Dogs Remarkable Intelligence.

MT. D. w. Austin of Pennington Me-, has young English field spaniel that exhibits almost wonderful powers of intelligence. For in addition to an abil- ity to do any trick that any ordinary dog can perform he will do these extra ordinary performances: Told to die he will drop down and become perfectly rigid and apparently lifeless and no sort of temptation avails to move him, not even rear bits of meat or game will se- duce him to come to life, but upon tell ing him, "'Tom Adams is coming" (Farmington's undertaker, he will leap up all life and aui nation again. Told to say his prayers he will stand upon his hind legs and clasp his forepaws to- gether in an attitude of deep devotion, and nothing can distract his attention until the word "Amen" is pronoun cod by one of the spectators. In addition to all this he is so polite dog that he will not enter door until invited to come in, but will stand looking wistful- ly in waiting for the word of invitation.
 Although only dog yet he exhibits marks of intelligence and politeness that it would be we'll if some two-legged anil malls would try and initiate. Ls'sistss (As.) jewra4k,
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22

Eastern cities met the water supply question many years ago, and answered it with dams and reservoirs fed by sur face streams. In the west the same question is coming up, and the western CTS have answered by tapping the earth with artesian wells, and bringing up supplies from below. The world does not know enough for its own good about the earth's interior, but every new reve- lation, whether of water, salt springs, oil, coal or natural gas, seems to be won- derful in itself.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22
Primitive Postal Service.

The postal arrangements in Morocco are indeed of the most primitive nature in this strange country, throughout the length and breadth of which public prayers are still offered up in all the mosques on every Friday for the re- conquest and recovery of the kingdom of Granada, whence the Moors were ex- pelled over four centuries ago. The postal service is performed by couriers, lean, naked, half-starved Arabs, whose food consists of little s'douta" cake and few dates. At night they halt only for a short rest, and in order to waken themselves at certain time they fasten cord to one of their feet and set fire to it before going to sleep. They cross forests infested with wild boars, climb mountains inaccessible to mules, and swim rivers that horses could not pass. They run the whole distance at a sort of jog trot, travelling sometimes for whole days beneath burning sun with out seeing atree or drop of water, aad when they reach their journeys end they start again at once to go back. A mule takes five days to reach Fez from Tan gier. A courier covers the distance on foot in three days and half. Such a thing as mail cart has never been seen
  or even heard of in Morocco. Indeed, there are only two conveyances on wheels in the whole empire, one of which is the carriage presented to the sultan by Queen Victoria. It is kept at Mequinez, and his majesty invariably uses it when residing in that city; he, however, insists that the coachman shall run on foot beside the horses, since it would never do for mere subject to sit on more elevated seat than that of the Emperor. Yrk Times.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22
A Remarkable Use for Silk.

One of the most remarkable uses to which silk and other fabrics are being put of late is the veneering of fancy furniture. This latest wrinkle has not as yet gone into general use, but the ex- tent to which the idea can be utilized appears we'll nigh unlimited. The Phila- delphia Record in this connection says:
 In the parlor of house on West Walnut street, which is tenanted by 8 wealthy merchant, there is very beauti- full display of veneering in si lk and cretonne. The walls of the large room are done in raised panels of plain wood, and over each of these panels Q piece of silk, upon which is painted by hand beautiful design of flowers is stretched and tackled on the back of the panel, so that there is not crease to indicate the preaence of SO foreign a substance. Each alternate panel is cov- cred with satin, and the sheen is simply beautiful under mellow gas light. The idea has even been carried to the fragile little table that stands in the centre of the roorss That is covered with satin, on which pretty baby face is painted by hand, and the substance has been treated with numerous coats of trans parent varnishes which completely fill up the interstices in the fabric until it can scarcely be distinguished from highly polished wood. This system of decoration has been found to be quite as cheap as the wood veneering, and in richness of appearance the silk veneers appear fully equal to the finest effects in woodwork
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22
In suit on trial in Brooklyn to de.

In suit on trial in Brooklyn to de- termine the rights of certain parties un- der will, the question turned upon which of two boys was drowned first, they having fallen through the ice sim- ultaneously while skating. The pre- ponderance of opinion seemed to show that the younger boy, being the weaker, must have died first. In case in Bos- ton some time ago the same question arose concerning husband and his wife, both of whom were lost at sea on the same steamer The wife, being presumed to be the weaker of the two, was declared to have been the first to succumb to the waves, and judgment was rendered accordingly.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22

In 1888 the Southern States made 200, 900 more tons of pig iron than they did in 1857. The increase of the iron production of the whole country last year was less than one hundred thou sand tons. The South now produces more pig iron than the whole country did even as late as 1885. These facts are significant indications of the strides Southern industries are making.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22

The army of the United States foots up grand total of 2S, 795 beings, off cers and men, costing the Government yearly $23, 900, 900. The cost of the actual rank and file represents sum of $4, S33, 300. The officers, who form about 73 per cent. of the army, receive over 56 per cent. of the pay.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22

The Emperor of Germany will make the voyage to England on board the i'm perial yacht Hohenzollern, which also took him to Russia on his recent visit to the czar. A new figure head, in the shape of mighty eagle, has just been sent to the imperial dock at Kiel, to grace the vessel on its tour across the German ocean.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22

Pittsburgh capitalists have purchased tract of land in Georgia to cultivate ramie for fiber, which can be produced cheaper than it can be made in China. Some of it is as fine and brilliant as silk. Farmers and cotton planters will be encouraged to raiso It. A New York company promises to purchase all the ramie the Southern States can produce at $S5. % per ton
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22

Greece is very small nation and a poor one, but its chamber of deputies has felt called upon to vote dowry of 48O, 900 to the Princess Alexandra, who is about to marry the Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovitch of Russia, and $108, 900 to pay for house for the heir apparent, the duke of Sparta, who is soon to marry also.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22

Kansas farms are mortgaged for $2S5, 900, 900, which at eight per cent. makes an annual interest of nearly $23,- OO0, 900. This is more than the value of the Kansas wheat c.op.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22
Under the Leaves.

A carpet all of faded brown,
 On the gray bough a dove that grieves; Death seemeth here to have his own, But the Spring violets nestle down
 Under the leaves A brow austere and sad gray eyes, Locks in which care her silver weaves; Hope seemeth tombed no more to rise, But God he knoweth on what wise Love for Love's sunshine waiting lies
 Under the leaves.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22

A recent report makes it appear that the number of hogs packed at Chicago for the Winter season of 1SS8- 'S9 was the smallest since 1S71-'72.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22
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Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22

From 120, 900, which was the social ist voting strength in Germany in 1871, they have rsen to 76O, 900 in 1887.
Connecticut western news., 1889-05-22

The exodus from Canada into the United States has never been so great as during the present year.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04
Our civilization may be trusted to Ameri-
canize anything that reaches our shores.
BOULANGER.

It is rather startling news which comes
from Paris and Brussels this morning.
BoULANGER, the hot-headed soldier-politi-
clan, fed from France to escape arrest and
prosecution, and from Belgium, where he
has taken refuge, he sends a manifesto to
the French declaring that he will not sub
nit to trial by the extraordinary tribunal
of the senate, but is willing to be judged by
a magistrate or jury. His declaration is
little else than a denial Of the right of the
chamber of which he is member, to sit in
Judgment in case of which that body as
sumes sole jurisdiction he is, therefore, in
open and defiant rebellion against the gov
ernment, He proposes to await the pOpu-
lar elections, and trust to the people to
stand by him in the position he has taken.
BOULANGER seems to possess in large
degree all the elements of blatherskite
and blow-hard; and yet he may be the man
to overturn the French republic and estab-
lish some other form of government. He
is the idol of a large following, though what
anybody can see in him to admire or which
should suggest him as a statesman or
leader, none but the peculiar, impulsive,
unreasoning French can tell. 1t is almost
time, also, to expect a change over there.
The French have had one style of govern
ment longer than usual They are longing
for something new and different, and it
may be that the upstart BOULANGER will
be the man around whom they will rally
while making the change.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04

ONE OF the charges against the China
man, and one that makes him an undesir
able addition to our population, is that he
does not assimilate with our people, MOI
adopt their customs. There are some
reasons for hoping that this condition of
things will not always last. Streal5s of
light may already be seen in the darkened
east, and they give promise of the coming
day. Only last week CHARLIE Fow, clerk
of SING KEE, a Chinese merchant, disap-
peared, taking with him about one thousand
dollars. 1t is supposed that CHARLEY has
gone to Canada. 1t may te that the China
man from constitutional cause and long
habit is slow, but given the time he will
doubtless catch on t. the American spirit
of "go,'' AMI in the most approved Ameri-
can style will not go out empty handed.
CHARLIE Fow has already caught on, and it
viii not be long before some of his enter
prising countrymen follow his example.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04

yellow FEVER is raging in Rio Janeiro
among all classes of citizens. Official re
turns show that l 800 have died from that
form of fever alone since January /. The
death rate from other fevers is also un-
usually large. One report states that the
inhabitants are dying off at the rate of
1000 a month, and the city has only a
population of 10000, very largely reduced
by the fight of those who could get away
from the plague-infected city. The disease
appears most fatal to children from ten
years of age to infants. The skill
of physicians avails but little against
the ravages of the disease, as those
able to employ the most eminent
physicians, as well as those who are prac-
tically unattended, are carried away by the
dreadful plague. The epidemic is supposed
to arise from the complete failure Of the
rainy season, resulting in great scarcity
Of water, and the drying up of the swamps
in the city aud vicinity. The calamity that
has befallen the principal city of Brazil
will doubtless affect materially the immi-
grafton to that country, Notwithstanding
al the inducements held out by the govern
ment in order to turn the sire am of people
from Europe to that empire.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04
A CATHOLIC OPINION.

The Pittsburg Leader lately published
q synopsis of several sermons on Marriage
and Divorce preached by the ministers OF
that city. Rev. Father CANEvIN said, in
his discourse, that ''in the eyes of God dI.
vorce and polygamy are the same If
Father CANEvIN speaks the views of the
Catholics of this country, then in their
opinion the United States must be num-
bered as one of the polygamous nations of
the earth. According to the statistics on
the subject of divorce compiled by CARROLL
D. WRIGHT, commissioner of labor, 1928. 71G
divorces were granted in the United States
from 1876 to 1856 inclusive. 1t is not stated
how many Of the divorced parties married
again, but it is reasonable to suppose that a
very great majority of them did For there
is this very marked popularity about mar
riage, that however clearly people de
monstrate it to be failure,
they Immediately insist upon try
ing again; and doubtless enough
of these divorced people married a second
time to make the United States, in the es-
timatiOn of Catholics, a polygamous coun-
try. The publication of the synopsis of the
aforesaid sermons in the Leader created CON
siderable interest in the subject in Pitts
burg, and the Leader, following the example
of the London Daily Telegraph, has decided
to open its columns to the discussion of the
subject. A wife of ten years leads out in
the discussion by clamoring for divorce or
death. The discussion, if this is a forecast
of it, promises to be vigorous, whatever
other merits or dement's it may have
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04
THE PRESIDENT AND THE SENATE.

The manifestation of ill-temper on the
part of President HARRIsON-in which it is
said Mr. BLAINE joins-over the rejection
by the Senate of Mr.. MURAT HALTsEAD as
United States minister to Germany is bad
taste That the Senate has right to re-
ject the nominations of the President can
not be questioned We're it not so there
would be no object in the constitution pro
viding that the Senate should take part in
the appointments to Office. But it is also
reasonable to suppose that the trainers of
the constitution contemplated that when
the Senate did reject the nominations Of
the President it would have good and suf-
ficient reasons for its actions-the I'M
worthiness, say, Of the candidate, either
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04

president CLEVELAND offended good
many members of his party by retaining in
Office the Republican postmaster of New
York city. The President defended him
self on the ground that the man was both
honest and efficient. Now, strange as it
may seem, the Republican newspapers are
demanding the removal of the Republican
postmaster, and basing their demands on
CLEvELAND's leniency. In other words, a
Republican who is honest enough to serve
under Democratic administration is too
honest to be trusted by Republicans.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04

from a lack of intellectual ability or
honesty, or lack of lnowl-
edge or of character. It is not
even pretended by Senators, so far as Mr.
HALsTEAD's appointment is concerned, that
he is lacking in any one of these particu-
lars. His character and ability and
honesty are conceded; he would be accept
able to Germany, perhaps more so than any
man who could be selected, and the
country at large was satisfied with the
nomination. But some years <ago Mr.
HALsTEAD passed severe structures on the
conduct of certain Senators who refused
to enquire into the methods by which
Senator PAYNE, of Ohio, obtained his seat
III the upper house of Congress, and out of
revenge for his action in that matter
Senators vent their spiteful spleen by re-
tuslng to confirm his appointment
70 say that in this the Senate
IS STOPPING to low-down. petty
act Of mean revenge totally unworthy of
the dignity of the American Senate is put
ting it mild. Men who cannot rise above
small, personal spite, and assent to the APP
pointment Of a man who, it is admitted
would be a credit to our nation at the court
OF great nation like Germany, don't wear
hats large enough to be Senators of the
United States Their souls are too small,
too mean, too narrow for any position in the
government larger than tenth rate post
mastership; and they ought to be relocated
to that level, or, better still, to private citi-
zenship.
Since this spitefulness of Senators is the
reason and the only one why Mr.. HALsTEAD
was rejected, it is conceded that President
HARRISON has some cause for vexation, but
to manifest this displeasure by creating the
impression that he will look upon the sug-
gestions of Senators who voted against
HALsTEAD with coolness, is STOPPING to the
same mean spirit that Senators have mani
tested in rejecting his nominee; the differ
ence is in degree, not in kind; and to sopro-
coed would be a piece of child's play I'M
worthy the chief executive of our nation
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04

The PROCLAMATION of President HAIR
RIsoN closing Behring sea and the sending
of the war ship Thetis to enforce the pro-
clamation, are likely to lead to complica-
tons Of a more or less serious character, as
it may be regarded as a breach of inter
national law by other nations for the
United States to assume absolute control
over what some may choose to regard as
the open ocean. Already murmurs are
heard from Canada on the subject; but
what seems to promise not the least diff
Guilty in the matter is that the course now
taken by the President is at varience with
the former position taken on the same
question by the United States The Phila-
delphia Record says:
When the Russian government claimed ex-
elusive jurisdiction over the waters of Alaska
John Quincy Adams, as secretary of state, de
clared the right Of the people of the United
States to navigate those seas as part of their
independence as a nation. Mr.. Adams secuted
the Russian pretenSiOn of exclusive jurisdiction
over a sea that from shore to shore is not less
than ninety degrees of longitude, or 1900 miles -
Has the character of this question changed, and
with it the law of nations, merely by the trans
fer of Alaska from Russia to the United States:
Can this government with decency and honor
maintain a claim which it Indignantly repealed
when set up by another power?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04

IT Is a very interesting row which is
brewing in the Republican ranks, and it
will grow more amusing when the President
finds his hair being yanked by such stall
warts of his party as Senators TELLER,
QUAY, EvARTs and FARwELL. And then
when the break with BLAINE occurs, it
will all, as the Englishman says, ''be aw-
fully iolly."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04

THE president is going into retirement
for ten days, hoping to escape the Office
seekers. There is no spot on this broad
continent where he can hide from the
hungry fellows who are eager to manage
the affairs of this government.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04

IF HARRISON doesn't make some appoint
ments for Utah soon, we may expect to
hear his progenitors assailed and his pedi-
gree called in question by the mob of
hungry fellows who have been spending
their own and their friends money in vain
efforts to get office.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04

If THE HERALD cared to hang out a pro-
test against the disappointment of Judge
ZANE it would get the signatures of twenty
bona fide citizens for the name of every
man who has asked for the ex-judge's re
instatement. This illustrates the true
popularity of the gentleman referred to.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-04

ONE ZANE continues plain Charles S.
with an ex as preface to his title.