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Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
Explosive Rine.Balla

Captain Spangen berg, an Austrian chemist, has for years tried to utilize an invention described as ''spreng- Kuger or "Blasting-ball" hollow rife bullet warranted to explode (ivo seconds after fring) with fore, suffi- cient to disconnect body and soul of tho toughest cavalry-horso. The mili- tary commissioners of four different states have recognized the dynamic value of the contriva1ce, but with sincere regret" otc., have felt obliged to decline tho patent, as incompatible with the traditional usages of civilized warfare. A rifle ball, they argue, even il aimed at an army of wanton iuva- ders, is intended to disable, rather thau to butcher an adversary, and ex- plosivo pro jectiles, bombshclls cxcep.- ed, must be considered as inadmissi- ble in the panoply of Christian armies as the poisoned arrows of the Brazilian savages. The distin ction seems some what analog ous to the comment of that British valet who witnessed the review of French infantry regiment, and turned to his master with tho remark that 'blue uniform is perfectly absurd, except in mounted artillery and regi- mental musicians;' but, with all its in- constituencies, the recognition of tho general principle is step in the right direction. A brigade of disabled soldiers is put hors do combat as cff,ot- ually as heap of dismembcrcd corpses, and the evolution of the musket marks steady decrease in the size of the missiles. Two hundred years ago the trumpet-shaped blunderlus of Q Span ish infantry soldier was loaded with two ounce balls; the heavy fintlocks of King Frodeick's muskcteers fired IS balls to the pound; while tho far moro efficient projectilos of the improved French Lebe gun are not much larg,r than peanuts. Fired at short range the average quarter.mile distance of modern battles-a bullet of that sort will go through and through soldier,
 brass foil cuirass and all, leaving him better chance of recovery than the leaden base balls of tho middle ages; l yet in nine out of ten cares will put him on the sick list, not for that day only, but for the rest of that campaign.- Drake's Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
The Useful. Peanut.

The peanut is useful product much moro so, indeed, than people imagine. Wo all know how extensive ly it is eaten in its roasted state, but therein by no means lies tho extent of it's value The nut contains from 42 to 50 per cent. of nearly colorless, bland, fixed oil, resem bling olive oil and used for similar purposes. Tho best is ob tained by cold expression, but large quantity of inferior oil is procured by heating the seeds before pressing. It is a non-drying oil, changing but slow ly by exposure to the atmosphere, and remaining fui in cold several de- greos below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. It contains besides oleic and palmitic acids, two other oily acils, which have beon called the arachic aud hypo- e@ic, though it is doubtful if they are really distinct. The principal con- sumption of the oil is in soap making.
 h 1883 Virginia began tho manufac- ture of peanut flour, the result being a peculiarly palatablo biscuit while Georgia has long made pastry of pounded peanuts. The kernels roasted are largely used in the manufacture of chocolate, while tho amande do terre, as has been shown, is used by the con- fectioners. It is also eaten as fruit and roasted for coffee. 'The poor mans fruit" the peanut is capable of sustaining lifo for long time, owing to it's peculiarly nutritive qualities, the negroes using it alike in porri lge, GUS tard or as beverage. Nor does it's usefulness end here, for the viaes form splendid fodder, as good as clover hay, while hogs will fatton on what they find in tho fields after the crop has been gathered.
 It is an easy crop 10 raise, the de- mand for nuts has trebled within the past few years, and has never yet equalcd the demand. Tho quantity of peanuts used in this country may b, set down at 3, 900, 900 bushels per annum, and this seems Q largo amount; but as far back as 1907 thero werc imported into Marseillcs alone from Africa moro than 16 900, 900 bushels, vllucd at $5, ,000,- 900. At present tho average price of peanuts may bo set down at five cents a pound. So that, by setting down Americas product as 8. 900, 900 bushels of % pounds bushcl, it represent, a product valued at $3, 33o, 900. .-lsan Francisco Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

Not until they wero almost home did Garry Vinall speak again.
 'It don't rain so much now," she sail, with long, shuddcrirg sigh s'Do you think wo neod walk quite 50 fastf'
 "Am Lurrying you too much, CarryG Why didn't you say so2"
 "Oh, it isn't that; but Solah-"
 His eyes softcncd into sudden light. He liked to hear his quaint old Bible name pronounced by those cherry ripe lips ia so winning fashion.
 'Yos, Ca1ry2"
 ''You said just nova little while ago"
 And then shc paused.
 'I said what, Carry7'
 ''Ycu said that you were sorry you were tho wrong one."
 'Yea, Carry."
 '.But, Selah, you are not the wrong one" mur mured Garry, with her cheek close to his wet coatsleovo. ''You are the right onel"
 "Carry, my darling, do you mean it7"
 'Yes, do mean itr' cried out the girl. "After the way Felix Graydon has behaved today, l never want to see his face again. He is cowsrd-a mean-spirited cowardl H, would have fled away, to secure his own safety, and left me to perish in that horrible death- trap. But you-oh, Selahl-you are a herop
 My darling, I did nothing that any other man wouli not have done."
 ''Then Felix Graydon isn't a man he is only curp fercely declared Garry.
 The storm rolled away into the black ening east, the old powder magazine escaped destruction for the once, but Garry Vinalps fate was definitely set tied.
 When MT. Crayd on called he received curt ''Not at homel" and Mrs. Vinalpa shrewd face was full of satis faction.
 "Carry has chosen well," sho said. 'After all, she was right. Thero is a difference in men !"-[s .turday Night
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
Picking Cotton in Texas.

It is estimated that tho annual cotton crop of the United States is moro than 2. 900, 900 bales, a largo portion of which is furni,hed by Texas. The average balo coa tains 500 pounds of lint. Thcro arc threo and half pounds of seed to the pound of lint, 200 bolls to each pound of seed, and every boil has to Do picked by hand, ono at q time.
 Supplied with long bag, VIC began on pieco of cotton with rows half Q mile long. The bottom crop of cotton, consisting of the bolls nearest the ground, is the first to open, so that tho picker must either stoop or get oa his knees to reach it.
 Beginning in the morning as soon as it was light enough to see, wc worked until ii or 12 o'clock and, starting again at 3, we pickol until dark. Tho weather was hot, 95 to 100 in tho shade, and135 in the sun.
 Oa, tho long, long rowsl Half a mile on tho knocs, working both hands as fast as possible, and pulling trash out of the cotton with tho teeth! Fifty cents for 100 pounds in tho seed is Ill we wero pail; and work as harl rs might, about 100 pound, would be all coull pick in day.
 Icannot understand why tho colored people like the work so much. They will pick cotton for half tho wages they could get at other work. It may be because they go in crowds and mako a frolic of it.-ID .troit Frco Press
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
The Fastest Armored Crutser

Tho armor- plated cruiser Immor talito has becn added to the effective strength of the British navy. She is ono of tho fastest cruisers of any class afoat, and probably quite the fastest of armored cruisers, having attaiael a speed of 19 1 3 knots at her trial. She i, of 5000 tons displacement and $500 horse- power. The armament of the ship con- sists of two 22 ton and ten 5-ton steel brcech-loadin, guns, mounted on Vavasseur fittings, sixteen 3-pounder and 6-pouuder quick-fring guns, and an equipment of machine guns and Whitehead torpedoes. She was luilt at Chatham, at cost of $935, 900.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
Adepts i'll Packing Pears.

The French, who export more pears than any ether nation, cover the inside of the boxes with spongy paper or dry moss, which absorhs the moi ture. Each pear is then wrapped in soft paper and placed in layers in tho bottom, ill- ing all ia tersticcs with the dry moss. Thus they will keep month or more. They are so packed that they cam ot touch each other, and all motion is pre- vented. If one decays the others gre not harmed. --[Pic ,yune.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
An Owl That Killed Ducks.

Orlando Seamons, farmer living at Parish, N. Y., found duck in his barn. yard dead and partially eaten. He thought the slayer was coon, and so he borrowed steol trap of his neigh Dor, George Thayer, and set it near the remains of the duck. The next morn ing the trap and duck were both gone. Seamons got Thayor's coon dog and triod to run tho track, but the dog sniffed around and lay down with an xprcssion of contempt on his counte. m co.
 Nothing further was seen until a week ago, when Thayer found duck torn to pieces under the shed in his 5arnyard. Thayer is an old trapper and hunter, and he did not take any stock in the coon theory.
 After dark tho next night he set a trap near the remains of the duck. The next morning the trap was still set, but the duck had been dragged one side, ard more was eaten from it. Ho then set three traps about ths duck, and carly the next morning he had tho cul- prit, an enormous cat owl. He had got ono toe in one of tho traps Thayer had set. and upon the other foot was trap tho one lent Seamons-with the chain broken. The owl was also caught in another of the traps set by Thayer, so that he was held by three traps, and they were none too much.
 His toes wcro as largo as mans tiu- ger, and tho trap on his leg, which would break muskfats leg, had not broken the skin.
 His wings measured six feet from tip 10 tip, and his head is twice as large as q cats. He had not been bothered to carry steel trap for five weeks and earn living besides. Mr. Thayer has him chained up in barn, and is feod- ing him upon all the delicacies of tho season. New York Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
A Japanese Pillow.

The Japanese pillow, says Frank c. Carpenter, is neither more nor less than thin block of wood about two inches wide at tho top and about four inches hi sh. On tho top of it is a wad of papcr to mako it soft and the Jap. ancso woman can fit this under her neck and sleep away without having her head touching tho bed. Sho sleeps, you know on tho floor, docs not use sheets and her pillow needs neither pillow case at night nor pillow-sham in tho daytime. Her nightdress is . heavy woolen and well-padded wrapper and she lics with one thick-paddod com forter under her and another of tho samo size and thickncss on top. A paper lantern stands bssids her rsstiAe. place on the floor and shs maY hsye lefk| ,her box ~ sAaseoaa s1 IT Y
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
Rest


 Let us rest ourselves . bit, Worryt-wave your hand to It. Kiss your flnger-tips; and smile It farewell little while. Weary of the weary way We have como from yesterday, Let us fret us not, instead, Of the weary way ahead. Let us pause and catch our breath On the htther side of death, While We see the tender shoots Of the grasses--not the roots While we yet look down-not up To seek out the buttercup And the daisy, where they wave Ger the green home of the grave. Let us launch us smoothly on Listless pillows of the lawn, And drift out across the main Of our childish dreams again. Voyage of, beneath the trees, Ger the fields enchanted seas Where the lillies are our sails, And our seagulls, nightingales. Where no wilder storm shall beat Than the wind that waves the wheat, And no tempests burst above The old laughs we used to love. Lose all troubles-gain release Languor and exceeding peace Cruising idly OCT the vast Calm mid-ocean of the past Let us rest ourselves bit, Worrya-wave you hand to it- Kiss your flnger-tips, and smile It farewell little while.
 -lJames Whitcomb Riley.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
Death ny

/
 Death ng Isn Under the roots n. rosas Down in tho darr -;sh moss The dust of my de- ona -. rasals Like spark wh,b n;ast ipc,oes, !" heh 'he ashes of ths day are cold. D "Under awful wings
 which tocd over land and sea AaS vsse shadows HOT lift nor fiee- This is the order Of things, And hath been from of old; First production.
 And last destruction; So the pendulum swings V a;le cradles are rocked and bells are tl.'@cl ? '-C--. saser the roots of the roses, Es.t ,sse'eF .he luminous wings Cf the .ng of kings Tie scsz; f my love reposes. Wit the light of morn in her eyes Where the Vision of Life discioses Life that sleeps not nor dies" ssUnder or over the skies What is 1t that never diesl Spirit-ie such there be- Whom no one hath seen nor heard, We do not acknowledge thee; For, spoken or written word, Thou art but . dream, breadth; Certain Ii nothing but Death"
 ]IR H. Stoddard, in Independent
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

Edited States Senator Platt has in.
 duced in the Senate petition from
 v Historical Society of Fairfield,
 9rn. praying that the remains of Joel
 oSiow, who died in 1St2 while Minis.
 E. .enipotentiary and Envoy Extra 8diusry from the United States to the b1ft of Napoleon be exhumed aud s6fcught homo to his native land.s Tho -serviees rendered the United States by Barlow as soidler, patriot and diplomat are referred to in cuIogistic terms, and Enc pctitioa closes as foliows: sTn grat. situde to ths dead, therefore; in honor of lessers. and for. the. Encouragement of .dhS living to likc acts of seH-sacrifce, l4esr petitioners pray your honored body that the dust of Joel Barlow may sfc rernoyed rom its neglected grave on
 - soi, CWilna, Potand,) to the capi- xlsrity of Washington, 1here to be de- sroSited i9 tho fami vault on his old gtate of Kalorama, to remai until Con- srcss shall provide q more fitting re. pository.' An appropriation to cover sexpenses was asked for.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
Ladies as Nurses.

tt has become quite common for young ladies of the highest respectabili- ty to stu ly as nurses >and, having se- cured their diplomas, to earn thelr liveli- hood in that capacity. And thoy earn Q very good livelihood, toe. Their char gc is from $15 week upward and, as only the better class of citiz ,ns can afford d to employ thcn, thcy arc suro to b, well entertained while performing their duties. Bseoklyn Citilsn.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
Tastes.

It is noted that nearly all tho ladies in the Whi.o House have been associ- ated in tho public mind with some dis tinctive taste or quality. With Mrs Grant it was interest in national aff ,irs; 1; with Mrs. Hayes, temperance; with Mrs. Cleveland, beauty, and with Mrs. H,rrison it promises to be domestlcity. Nearly all of the items about her tell of her doing her own marketing and prnise her skill as housekeeper. -[ San Francisco Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
HUMOROUS
A ticklish placc-The ribs.
 Causes Q rise in fl ,ur-Ycast. Mon in,,roA fo krio1o vudroa

A ticklish placc-The ribs.
 Causes rise in fl ,ur-Yoast.
 Men inured to trials-Judgea
 The Peruvian newspapers are printed for Peru-sal.
 There is a charming elasticity about Q girl of eighteen Springs.
 A good many dough hoads arc still found among tho upper crust. D
 Tho ''high tnd lofty tumbler' has moro than one turning point in hi, career.
 All mcr arc supposed to have fore. fathers; lut tho cannlbal has ato fathers.
 Some folks are so peculiar that they will not eat salt fish unless they know it is fresh.
 A girl always wants fellow to tic e truo lovers knot when she gets him on the string.
 Iu aschool of fish the young idea is doubtless taught not how to shoot but how to swim.
 Tho man who fnds fault when his newspaper is damp is equally issatis- fled whon it is dry.
 A Brooklyn baker, whoso namo is Home, very truthfully advertiser Home mad, bread" -
 Tho origin of the expression Training cats and dogs" is probably the same as ''Hailing omnibuses."
 The belief that fl i,h is brainy food is accounted for by the fact that fish are always found in schools.
 It is Q curious fact that one of thcA most prolific of insects is never moro than an mt to her own children.
 Boarder-'' -''This is excellent tea you have, Mrl Slimfare. Mrs. Slimfare-- s'Tea3 That's not tea, it's coffee"
 "When was In England" remarked Chinner, T saw the crack drum and if o corps of tho country, Tod by the Earl of Fife hims ,lf."
 Guard 0o passenger on platform who hcsitatos about cutering tho tramcar)-- Why don't you walk inf There's room for two inside. Passenger--True; but wonder in tn, corner sits my tailor. Jumps off.
 Doctor-H W are you, todayi Pa tient-I am getting along very well now; think tho med icine that Dr. Kay prescribed, just about counteracted tho influence of yours
 Mr,. Browr--''Tcll me, Nellie, was your husbar much cm barr assed when ho propose to youl' Mrs. Younghu.- band-'.Not nearly so much as he was after the bills for our wedding reception cam, in.
 Sick man-"Doctor, tell mo tho truth; do you believe shall get wella'' Doctor (producing a medical publica- tion) -'I believe you will. Hero aro statistics showing that of persons at- tackled with your disease the recovorios arc ? per cent
 A clergyman says: sI once married handsome young couple, and as took tho bride by ths hand at tho closs of the ceremony and gave her my warmsst congratulations, sho tossed hcr pretty head, and, pointing to tho bridegroom, said, T think ho is tho ono to bc con gratulatcd.''
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

he Auiuboi Magazine tells that in
 tlen the turs dove is looked upon 4czed, IS called "God's bird" and Exposed to pre- se. n house where it
 cm lightning. In the Swiss Tyrol 5 quail is croditod with the gift of 4Fhecy, and the nr mber of his calls 'be, ievc. to denote tho price of corn |d to indicate as usa th, prospects of
 crops. It E Ehero thought that 6s sparrow produces S.. Vitu,
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

Esgland has record for punctuality
 passenger trains that is worthy of Nalatioa by some, il not all, American rilway companies. sut of a total of
 poo passenger trains on the Great 6Stcrn Road, for the first six months this year, over 56 pes can't were eoiuteiy punctual, 37 per cput were Ethan five minutes late. Der cent. ssfe over five and less than 10 minutes
 aud per cent. were over 10 min.
 relate in arriving attheir d estimation.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

[.39ts. Parsons, sidow of tho executed 6irago Anaref t, complains that tho gther she gets rom America the moro &erty she find: for Anarchists. 'Ii Eska could onl persuade her fellow 1nsrchists, otssrvcs the New York egram, ito xvelses fa. from Amor
 es possiblt ia soach of liberty to
 without la she would earn the tifude of the American people. Let lead tho cxc tus.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

E lo far as sig, is con ucernsd, the Ter 3!eofy of Dakota woud a make two very
 Seftabse States. E. area is as large ihat of all tho New Eagland States, aiara, South Carotus New Jersey I'd Delaware.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

The editor of the Sign, magazine published by the students of the New Jersey Normal School, says:
 'Thore i$ Il &,mething which $omo of our $ub$criber$ forget when $snd- ing n their tuL3 3criptiop4
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

nfooklyn, according to the report of
 Assessment Dspastmopt has grown 5nssal estate vaIu,s<so $ss4 s5e, 7ss, an @neatase of $s1 ,s4s. s72. rover six per cclS for the year ending November 30. 4sk and of sl74. f1a 12t or s2 per gent in 0ycars. Thcroy wero $13. 6O4,- 8l5 wcrth Of " buildings erected ias.ng the past ,ar.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

\ street wsif resqed by the New erk s ,ciety for b, Prevention of kaelty to Children svslve years ago i' Sfpt to receive 1000, 900 from tho zeatste of tn, man whI adopted him.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02


 Ef. oswaltl says ia Drsko Magazine That the .'dying coatiuent' seems, after ss1h 10 have fair reserve store of vital Resources, more so, indeed, than many resioas of southern Eurooe aad western sA ls According to the estimate oi
 hs Belgiaa cx- " AE.loa. south ol A Fifteenth degree oi !. L. 0he paral. ssiei Lake fschad cor .aius still i, $50, qaare miles of for st lands. an area d{sediag that of Fra ce, Spain, Italy snti the Au5trian Empire taken cxoxet her. The valley of tho lower po sS River too, is d nsely wooded, Ed tho islaad of Me agascar (ivs ilses as large as he State oi Ekw York; is covered vita magnificent torests, almost to shs summit of its 3esty mountain rangeA At the rate our rerfcan forests are ds ppearing be. 4 the axes of thc csnsdian lumber. |pnd the waste fires of he Brazilian ters. before aa end of snethsr csn- G, may broolne tho wood richest ptipont cf the two henisphsrsa.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

Z Secretary Villas say strikes in the >*United States are rardly decreasing in nun ber and labor t5ublss arc being
 ztcably ad jasted win the aid of arbi'
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
So DrY.

Brownlee has just thrown the notes of Q speech from his pocket when a gust of wind blows them into pool of water.
 Brownlee--"S that speech go for the water!"
 Smithson-''Yes, it was so aw'ully dry."-- Drake's Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

sx The Railroad Gszs states that the sSssss of forty-six iihaads have de- ;;esined ia vuluo sss15 poo, oO9 sinco the
 4nterstate Gommcrca flaw went int eff
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

A stato may prohPit the manufac- ~re of liquor for shiment beyond it's z6Un boundaries. So decides the attcd State, Supcme Court in the 7S1a test ease. f-Ss
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

A menagerie man t Hamburg. Ger many, estimates ths number of ele- i.phsnts still living on tha globe at $500
 sSd that they will no be extinct for 70 .veers vet.
Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02

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Connecticut western news., 1889-01-02
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-14
Jay Qould and the Terminal

The Herald insists that Jay Gould is
trying to get controlling interest in the
Richmond Terminal His aim, it says, Is
to ''gobble up" the three railway systems,
viz. the Georgia Central, the East Tennes-
see, Virginia aud Georgia, and the Rich
mond and DanvIlle, which the Terminal
controls
The only foundation for the Herdld's as
sertion is the purchase of 10000 shares of
the Terminal stock BY Mr.. Gould. That
numbr OF shares is only small part Of
the Terminals stock. To get a controlling
interest in it pretty big price per share
would have to be paid.
TIE Gould purchase of 10000 shares was
announced some time ago, ana created
little or no comment at the time. II is not
clear what the HerdLds purpose is in
making so much of the matter at this time.
Perhaps 1t has Q purpose which il does not
care to disclose yet awhile.
Mr.. Gould lately entered into an agree
ment with the Terminal management by
which a great deal OF the freight which
passes over the roads Of his South sestern
system is to be delivered to the roads con-
trolled by the Terminal for transportation
to the seaboard at Savannah. IL may be
that ne purchased the 10000 shares of the
Terminal STOCK, because be wanted pecu-
mary interest in the railroads with which
he has such a close business connection.
MIR. Inman, the president of the Terminal
said day or two ago that Mr.. Gould was
not seeking a controlling interest in the
Richmond Terminal all he desired was a
voice in its affairs, aud that his recent pur-
chase gives him Mr.. Gould may attempt
to 'gobble up" the Terminal at some future
time, Tut there are pretty good reasons for
thinking that he has not yet attempted to
do