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Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
RAILWAY MATTERS.

MT. Frank Harriot, General Freight and Traffic Manager of the Baltimore and Ohio, has returned to Baltimore from the meeting of the Trunk Line Association in New York. but no formal action was taken. The Penn sylvania gave notice that if the change des- troyed Baltimore's trade in the product it would pull down prices to the old figure. Objection was made to the Baltimore and OhiO's twenty-cent rate on corn, but it was tion and proposed to give Baltimore dealers the benefit of the reduced basis.
 A special dispatch says that the Chicago and Alton has avoided dilemma by buying the Kansas Pacific Railroad, the stock of which was held somewhere in Europe. By one swOOp, according to the dispatch. the company had been able to offset the long eX- parently, that the Kansas Pacific had been absorbed by the Union Pacific, and that both properties were represented now by one stock.
 A Warsaw, Ind., dispatch says: The Di. rectors of the New York, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. new route to run nearly parallel with the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, met here Thursday. A survey was ordered, and committee to take up the right of way was appointed. Work will commence at once. It is expected tha the cars will be running through Kosciuskt county by Christmas.
 The Dock Board of New York have acccp ted the plans submitted by the New England Terminal Company for the sheds to be buil on Piers 36 and 45, East River. The new sheds will be the first authorized under tht new law, which requires that their roofs b so constructed as to afford promcnad ground for the public.
 The Baltimore & Ohio has filed its answer to it's objections raised by the Pittsburg, Gin cinnatti and St. Louis Railroad in referenc to the club rate of two cents a mile for par 1 ties of ten or more travelling on one ticket The complaint was made by the Interstat Commerce Commission. The reply allege that the complaining company has no stand | ing before the commission, and that whil the rate was originally fixed without du notice, it was withdrawn and presented second time in the proper manner. It als' contends that the Baltimore & Ohio has tn right to fix such rate whenever it think | proper. .-.... ..
Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
Stories from China.

The Chinese are queer people in many ways. The North China News says that an English gentleman was recently riding on horseback near Pekin, when he saw an excited crowd. Drawing near, he discovered circle of people quietly watching 8 man des- perately attempting to commit suicide by dashing his head against a wall. He dismounted, restrained the man, harrangued the bystanders, and learned that this was coolie, who claimed that his payment for certain porter's job was short by ten cash-less than a penny-and, as the employer refused to pay more, he was proceeding to take revenge by killing himself on the spot, knowing that by so doing he would get the other into considerable trouble.
 A Chinese newspaper is responsible for this story, which, indeed, has noth- ing incredible about it. One day a sow belonging to Mrs. Feng happened to knock down and slightly injure the front door of Mrs. Wang. The latter at once proceeded to claim damages, which were refused, whereupon fierce altercation ensued, which terminated in Mrs. Wang's threatening to take her own life. Mrs. Feng, upon hearing of this dreadful threat, resolved at once to take time by the forelock and steal a march upon her enemy by taking her own life, and thus turn the tables upon her. She accordingly threw her self in the canal.
Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
COST OF NAVAL SUPPLIES.

A comparative statement of the eXpendi- lures under contracts for supplies for the naval establishment for the year ended June respectively, has been prepared in the bureau of provisions and clothing. Its totals are as follows: Contract purchases year ended June 30, 1889, $669, 9,026; year ending June 30, 1890, $337 ,sO3; decrease, $33l ,223. The coal pur- chases included in the above were as follows |: ending June 30, 1890, $1s9,623; decrease, $64,O75. The contracts for the Naval Home, which are payable out of the pension fund. and not chargeable to the appropriation for naval establishments, for the two years were as follows: Year ended June 30, 1889, $3s,- 157; year ending June 30, 1890, $40,354; in- crease, $2 ,197.
Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
A MISSOURI LOVE AFFAIR
Causes a Town Feud and Results in a
 Murder.

Causes Town Feud and Results in 9
 Murder.
 At Charlottesville, Mo-, a family feud that has excited the town for months, eliminated Sunday night in 8 murder. Miss Vernie Spencer, a girl of 16, is the stepdaughter of Bose Wells. The girl was in love with q youth named Ben Knott, whose attentions were opposed by Wells. The latter en- couraged an older admirer named John Orton. Knott planned an elopement and the lovers attempted to carry it out, but were pursued by Wells and brought back. Knott was beaten and told never to call on the girl again. Henry Oliver, Wells brother-in-law, and some friends went to Wells house for the purpose of taking the girl, but Wells had some friends at his home ready for desperate work. Wells summoned a minister and the man Orton, and before the girl realized what was taking place, she was married to Orton. All the parties met Sunday at picnic, and Wells without saying word, shot Oliver dead. Mrs. Oliver tried to shoot Wells, but was diSarmed. ...
Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
Hardly Fair.

Mother (severely)-Robert you did very wrong to do what I told you not to do. As punishment for your dis obedience, forbid you to play with Willie again this afternoon. Bobby and Willie twist nervously in their chairs for half an hour, when Willie observes: "Ma, do you think it's fair to pnnish both of us for what Bobby done T'-Elmira Telegram.
Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
NiPSIC AND ADAMS.

The United States Steamers May Meet at
 Honolulu.
 Advices from Honolulu, received by the steamer Mariposa, state that the U. $. steamer Alert left Honolulu July s, for Tanning Island, to bring the Nipsic to Honolulu for repairs. The U. $. steamer Adams was still at Honolulu when the Marip0sa left there, July 27. The Adams intended to sail for Samoa week before that time, but she was detained, owing to the illness of her surgeon, who is suffering with pneumonia and is quartered at the Queens Hospital. The British war vessel Espiegle sailed from Hono- lulu, July 27, under orders. It Is supposed in Honolulu that there is some trouble in con- nection with the recent annexations to the the Espiegfe will go in that direction.
Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
FINANCIAL OUTLOOK IN MEXICO
Imports from the United States Greater Than Ever.

During the absence of Lionel Garden, the British consul at the City of Mexico, Charles Philipps takes his place. Diplomatic rela- tions between Mexico and Brazil are being arranged. Finance minister Dublan says the financial outlook in Mexico SWas never better than now. Business Is increasing, and the customs receipts on imports from the United States are greater than ever. The Spanish minister presented his credentials to President DiaZ. The speeches customary to such occasions were made. The members of the Spanish colony are preparing to give a ball in honor of President DiaZ.
Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
HELD UP BY SIX MEN.
Fort Worth & Denver Express Trains Robbed of 02OOO.

The south-bound Fort Worth and Denver express was held up by six masked men on Sunday morning, between Cheyenne and Tascasa in Oldham county, Tex. Express Messenger Marrh had concealed all but one package and put out the lights. Under cover of a revolver he handed out the one package. Route Agent Walcott was forced to give up one registered pouch, having concealed others. The total amount in both packages was about 5000. The passengers concealed money and valuables, but were not molested. Twenty-Five or thirty shots were fired into the express and mail car, but no one was hurt.
Connecticut western news., 1889-08-07
PERSONALS.

Queen Victoria is very anxious to make visit to India.
 Mrs. Humphry Ward has just been offered $5,OOO for story of 3O,OOO words.
 Zola is the best paid novelist in France. He has been able to realize on his realism, as it were.
 A new poem by Lord Tcnnyson will bloom in September. Those who love his best work will regret this.
 Buffalo Bill has written to friend in Colorado that he has received pro- posals of marriage from twenty-seven wealthy Parisiennes.
 Prof. Bell, of telephone fame, says that the average mother speaks about thirty-five thousand words daily to a child. It is not strange, then, that the rate of mortality among children is so great. Queen Victoria's notorious tight fistedness Weakens the rumOr that she intends to give up her crown. But perhaps she argues that by making her son Prince Regent her family would have two sovereigns.
 The reports regarding the illness of nr @ father, have been exaggerated. The mountain air of Deer Park brought on rheumatism, but Dr. Scott, though nearly ninety, is vigorous and cheer full. ,..
 The late Theodore Dwight Woolsey, ex-President of Yale, provided in his will that such books from his library ill Latin, Greek and German as the Committe of the Yale University Lii brary may select be given to that institution.
 William A. Pinkerton, the Chicago detective, cannot understand, he as- serts, why the London police have failed to capture Jack the Ripper. Can he explain why the Chicago detectives have never discovered the Shell and Cronin murderers?
 Geronimo, the wicked Apache who has been prisoner of the Government for some time, has grown so fat tha1 he looks very little like an ideal chief tain. He was not well at Fort Angus tine, but at Mount Vernon Barracks Alabama, he has increased in weight rapidly. | President Harrison has a very pecu liar complexion. It utterly deties tht efforts of the sun to burn it. He has spent good deal of time in the ope1 air at Deer Park and has paid no at tention to shading his face from tht suns rays. In spite of this his com plexion retains its peculiar pallor anc even the end of his nose shows nc tinge of brown.
 It is rumored that Kate Field has had quarrel with President Harrison She called at the White House witt Col. John Hay to ask for the reinstate ment of 8 Consul removed by MT Cleveland. "Has your candidate thu support of his Congressman" asked the President. ''I am not chasing ul Congressmen, MT. President" i" returned the fiery Kate, and she left his presence haughtily.
 Ex-President Cleveland is peculia as fisherman. Not only does h. possess both patience aud luck, but h. has gained remarkable skill ill manipu lating rod and line. But the strang feature of his piscatorial pursuits lie in the fact that he is superstitious. HI never permits his left hand to rest il front of his right on the rod. Further more, he never expects to catch fish i he has seen the new moon over his lief shoulder the night before. He wa equally superstitious regarding hi political luck, and never began al important message or speech ol | FriHou
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-22

mercy had the father above taken the
children to him in their innocency :?
The mother that prays God to pre-
serve her child must let him do it in
his own way.
The view of providence-or the
doubt-which staggers and despairs
because the good we pray for is not
apparent to our earthly eyes-because
many things are bitter and contradic-
tory and disappointing-is mole like
disbelief. 1t takes no account of the
spiritual and the eternal. It's hopes
are bounded by this earthly life; it
does not look into the realm above
the clod. If we could walk in the
light as God and the angels are in
the light I'VE would see that these sad
and mysterious things over which
our faith fails and our hearts break
are but the roots of blessings which
are even now growing up in the
eternal sunshine of heaven.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-22
Christ the Light Of the World.

Professor Tyndall says: "Every
tree, plant, and flower grows and
fourishes by the grace and bounty of
the sun. Leaving out of account the
eruption of volcanoes and the ebb
and flow of the tides, every mechani-
cal action on the earth's surface
every manifestation of power, organ
ic and inorganic, vital and physical,
is produced by the sun. Every fire
that burns and every flower that
glows dispenses light and heat which
originally belonged to the sun. The
sun digs the ore from our mines, he
rolls the iron, he rivets the plates, he
boils the water, he draws the train.
Thunder and lightning are also his
transmitted strength. And remem-
Der this is not poetry, but rigid, me-
chanical truth. Look at the integral
ed energies of our world. Who and
what are they? They are all gener-
ated by portion of the suns energy
which does not amount to one two
thousand three hundred millionth OF
the whole"
Yet of that sun Christ is the creator.
And such is he to the moral world,
the light, the power, the energy, the
life of the world, because he is its sun.
Now Christ as the light of the world
is, first, light to the intellect, guide
and teacher, embracing every shade
and degree Of truth in the pure white
light of his truth. He is, second
warmth for the heart, full of sympa
thy and love. And third, he is the
source of all spiritual life.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-22

the sightof my own little girls face
brought all so freshly before me-!
Will she love as dearly, l wonder,
twenty years or more from now, be-
cause moved by the God-glven i'm
pulse that stirred my fathers heart
in that long ago time, l was able to
press the little frightened thing to my
heart and tell her kindly that / knew
she didn't mean to spill the gravy,
and that / knew she would be more
careful another time! Will she be
helped by it, when she is a mother,
as 1 have been helped today? Oh,
how impossible for parents to esti-
mate the effect of these seemingly
little events!
Fit had taken as long for this to
pass through my mind as it does fol
me to tell it, my dinner would surely
have been cold, and my guests tired
of waiting. but it was all done in q
twinkling, and buoyed up by new
and sudden strength, l quickly
wiped off the soiled cloth, spread i
thickly folded clean one over thu
place, and called my company t.
dinner. Strange to say, the awe
had been feeling for my guests wa
gone. felt easy and tranquil, anC
such remarkable spirit of happiness
and sociality prevailed, and every
thing passed off so smoothly, that
couldn't help feeling as if unseel
hands and an unseen presence haC
helped me through it all.-Elsie Dee
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-22

If you are suffering from Malaria, ask
your druggists for Shallenberger's AntidOte
for Malaria. If he don't have it, and tells
you he has something just as good, don't be-
lieve him, but send one dollar to DR.. A. T.
Shallenberger, Rochester, Penn'a, and get
the Antidote by mail A few doses will re.
store you to perfect health. The Medicine
is in the form of pills, but is not a purga.
tive. 1t not only destroys Malaria, but is
an excellent tonic.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-22
Faithful to the Lord.
Silver Cross.

Silver Cross
''He is before all things )" yes, even
before the trifling things of our daily
life. He must come first-before
them. They must not be forgotten.
"In all things he must have the pre-
eminence." His will must be first
considered, his pleasure sought. In
other words, to do a thing is not first
or chiefly to be thought of, but to be
faithful to him in the doing of it.
The things we have to accomplish
are not half so important as we make
them. We can let them 60, or at
least defer them, far oftener than we
think. In serving the Loid, it is not
so much what we do as how we do it.
1t is being
Careful not to serve him much,
But to please him perfectly.
1t would be well, often, were we to
do less and pray more, our aim being
moment by moment to fall in with
his mind and will about every thing
however insignificant. If our frs
thought invariably be faithfulness tC
him, we shall, as a natural conse
quence, be faithful to duty ; whereas
otherwise, we may befaithful to dut.
without being faithful to him. W.
may be pre-occupied with the servic
itself, like Martha, and so wound hi
loving heart. Far better were we t.
do less, like Mary, and yet satisf.
his Spirit. A quiet, leisurely, com
posed way of working, combined, a
we 90 along, with prayer, will great.
help us to recollectedness of spirit
sensitiveness of his presence, heaven
ly-mindedness, and closer unio
with him.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-22

Two men can ride on one horse,
but no one man can ever drive in two
buggies at a time.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-22

The disposition to try is half the
ability to perform. o
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1889-06-22

nvM~- FOR THE ELOoD,
@1% Weakness, Malaria, Indigestion and
Biliousncss take
iii1NVS's InUS BITTERs.
II cures quickly. ior sale by all dealers in
medicine. Get the genuine.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1889-05-04
Early Sowing OF Spring Grain.

Nearly all kinds of spring grain are
best sown as early as the seed can be
got in the ground and fairly covered.
The slow early growth which early SOW.
ing gives favors stocking or spreading
from the root, and at the other end of the
season the early sown grain is forming
before the extreme heat of midsummer,
which often parches and shrivels it
Our climate is not best for spring grains
at the best, on account of hot dry
summers Spring wheat must be early
sown to produce crop, and for this
reason farmers in the localities where
spring wheat is largely grown do a
great deal of fall blowing, but the grain
is cultivated in as soon Is frost is well
out of the ground.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1889-05-04
TO THE MEMORY OF
Potatoes In Young Orchards.

There is no particular objection in
cropping young orchard with potatoes.
Newly set trees are entitled to the best
cultivation. and they are more likely
to get it with a hoed and cultivated
crop. In this way, too, weeds may be
extirpated, so tina. when the trees get
into bearing. and it may be necessary TO
seed and manure on the surface to in
duce fruitfulness, the orchard may be
almost made into q lawn. A we'll
titled potato crop will not injure tho
trees, provided it be remembered in
cultivating that a hill of potatoes is not
10 be saved at the expense of the trees.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1889-05-04
Ii. II. B.-The InvaIid's Hopo.-D. n. Il.

Many seemingly incurab cases of blood
poison, catarrh, scrofula and rheumatism
have been cured by b. h. p. Botanic Blood
Balm), made by the Botanic Blood Balm
Co, Atlanta, Ga. Write 10 them for book
flied with convincing proof.
G. W. b. Raider, King seven miles from
Athe ms, Ga, writes: For several years
sufferedIwith running ulcers, which doctors
treated ana pronounced incurablc. A single
bottle Of b. B b. d id me more good than all
the doctors. l kept on using it aud every
ulcer healed"
d. c. Kinard G. Son, Towaiga, Ga,
writes: I'VE induced ncighbor to try b.
B. B. for catarrh, which he thought incur
able, Us 1t had resisted all treatment. II
delighted him, rv'tcontiuuing its use he
was cured sound and welh
r. M. Lawson, East Point, Ga, writes !:
my wife had scrofua fifteen years. She
kept growing worse. She lost her hair and
her skin broke out fearfully. Debility,
emaciation and no appetite followed. Aft
Or physicians and numerous advertised
medicines failed, / tried b. b. B., and her
recovery was rapid ard complete"
Oliver Secor, Baltimore, Md, writes: 81
suffered from weak back and rheumatism.
b. b. b. has proven e. be the only medicine
that gave me reliefn
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1889-05-04
FrOlincacy Of Fowls.

1t is always the active, energetic
fowls that are most prolific of eggs and
the surest breeders. The eggs of very
fat fowls will not h9tch. IL not infer
tile at the outset they have less vitality,
and besides arc apt to be somewhat
oiled by brushing against the feathers
Of fat hen in the nest Most of the
active breeds of fowls have high combs,
which are very sensitive to cold. A
frosted comb will stop fowl from lay
ing quicker than almost anything else.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1889-05-04

were three beautiful caskets furnished
by the citizens. and canopied over with
the richest flowers; indeed, what tho
people failed to do to the living they
had made up on the dead. Never were
so many tears shed. for all knew they
had a hand in bringing the deceased
family to the grave. As the organist
played tho dirge l wondered what the
aged pastor would say to the people.
The music ceased, and the aged
preacher arose and opened the Holy
Book to Romans. xiii, rs. Fully five
minutes he waited. after finding the
place. until the weeping people were
almost as still rs the dead forms before
them. and he read:
"ReuIer therefore to all their due.
Owe no man anything
lie closed tho book; the organ played
another dirge. and the conductor mo-
toned the audience forward TO take the
last look at the remains. 1t was the
briefest but most pointed funeral service
| ever heard.
Last month / took the train for a
brief vacation. over new railroad.
On the morning Of the third day we
entered beautiful valley that looked
strangely familiar. but at no time did
remember being in so large city.
Just as | was going TO ask what it was,
the conductor shouted out Hummer
solthal." l stepped out. annoyed at
the change. CHANGING around. the only
familiar face saw was that Of the old
beadle. TO whom | expressed wonder a,
the change decade had brought.
"Yes." said the beadle, ten years
ago every man. woman and child in
Kummersolthal made VOW to paw cash
for everything they bought. and ths
town has been wonderfully blessed
since then"
"All aboard" shouted the conductor,
and as the cars moved out OF the city
the first rays OF the morning sun struck
on the handsomest monument ever
saw. Looking out Of the car window
with my opera glass. was able to read
the inscription:
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1889-05-04
General PurpOse Animals.

The functions of beef making and
milk-producing are widely different
Ono fact is common to animals that
excel in either of these respects. They
must have good appetiies. But in the
best COWS it is difficult to make food in
to beef, and in the worst animals it is
impossible to make it into anything
else. What is called general purpose
COW is one that has fully the excellerces
of either breed. Why should any one
want such an animal when he would
better have two, each devoted to it;
special purpose.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1889-05-04
Sheep Losing Their Wool,

Oldish sheep are apt to lose wool
from their bellies if grain fed. especially
in feeding with ceeskk.< IT,. causes Jain
digestion from oveff. This pro-
duccs fevers and the ca .me heat I'M
der the sheep when lying down destroys
the fibre of the wool, and loosens it
from the skin. 1t is very hard to feed
old sheep corn. without overlooking.
In extreme cases clumps of wool are
loosened from all parts Of the body.
Such sheep are utterly worthless for
keeping. After lingering through the
winter their owner has their hides and
some very poor wool;in tho spring for
their keep. The experienced sheep
breeder will not keep any sheep longer
than six years, and he will not feed any
sheep with corn except those he is
fattening, and even then with great
caution.