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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-16

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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-16

Scientific course-solid geometry, hours per
week physical geography, >; civil govern
ment, :.
Classical course-Solid geometry, 4 hours per
week German or Greek, 4; civil government, 3;
Latin, 3.
Industrial course--Solid geometry, 4 hours per
week iron work forging, 4; civil government,
5; industrial drawing, s.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

Mrs Ezra Patch of the Hook has visit ed Mrs I. F. Northrop of New Milford.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

Lasts twice as long as cheap soap for laundry use-Brussels.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

Annual town meeting, Monday, 0cto- Der 6, from Il m to i P III, to hear re- ports and elect town officers.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03
SOUTH BRITAIN.

Died, September 24, at the residence of her niece, Mrs James Hotchkiss of Wa tertown, Sally E. Garlick. aged SC. Her were buried in the family plot at Rev MT Isham attending the funeral. Miss Garlick was long resi- dent of South Britain and was one of a family of eight brothers and sisters, none having died under 70 years of age. One is now living at Newark, N. J., aged 90. Miss Garlick recently remarked that it was likely that she should not remain long to trouble her friends, as her family were not long lived.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

It is evident that John F. Cuff of Dan bury intends to become something more than q newsletter. He has already been chosen alderman and is now entering upon two-years' study of law at the Yale law school. He will be at home, We'd nesday and Saturday evenings and will leave his business in charge of his broth CT James.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

Levi C. Gilbert, for years a leading butcher. supplies the wants of the inner man with prime native beef, which is butchered at his slaughter house in Hunt ingtown; one mammoth beef is killed daily, Sunday excepted, an average of 1000 pounds d day. A clean cart and courteous manners win him numerous customers.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

A local fact of significance in the pres ent State campaign is that both the Re governor started in life as country boys and both drifted to New Haven. Judge Luzon B. Morris was born in Newtown, April 16, 1927, and Lieut. Gov Samuel E.. Merwin in the neighboring town of Brookfield, August 3, 1880, part of which was formerly in Newtown's town limits. Both got their start in the con- mon schools of 50 years and more ago.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

John Hanna, the Bethel tea man. runs a wagon through Newtown and Sandy Hook every second Wednesday, carrying tea, coffee, spices, baking powder, etc. He also has a boy in Bethel and another in Danbury, selling perfumery and ex- tracts from house to house and is looking for another in Newtown and Sandy Hook.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03
NUMBER 39.
We must not hope to be mowers;
 And gather the ripe, gold ears. Until we have first been sewers
 And watered the grownd with tears.

Seats for the new depot arrived, last week. They are of light or natural wood, with iron seat divisions and have s'H. R. R. Co.," at short intervals. They con- trast prettily with the light and dark woods of the interior of the station.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

What d host of men have kissed their wives in the dark, supposing them to be the pretty servant girl, and what host of people still use common instead of Brussels soap, supposing them to be as good and economical
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

CoIburn's Philadslphia Mnstaxd.
 In II and 1-2 lb- tins. Best for table and medical uses. Excels fin strength and tleli- A USEFUL PRxsExx in every packnee aAvx- xAs the best V ashing Powder. Sold b5 EToceEA
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

A married man once said II would rather hold a currycomb argument with the heels of a mule than to beat my wife three straight games of euchre, or say a word against Brussels soap"
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

F. $. Buckingham of Bridgeport has sold his Shipman kerosene engine, simi- lar to that in the BEE office, to Lawyer Editor Hickok of the Litchfield Enquirer, who will substitute steam for man pow CT. He is also to reduce the subscription price of the Enquirer from s2 to Sl 90, the proper figure for d country weekly.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

C. E. Squires of the Danbury News Bethel department has received creden- tials from the World and is to cover the upper part of Fairfield county for the now managing editor.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03

A new safety switch has been put in at Newtown.
The Newtown bee., 1890-10-03
STEPNEY.

Mrs Thomas Clingan of Bethel has been guest of Mrs John Burritt.
 E. B. Wheeler has returned from vis- it in Southington with b. I. Andrews.
 Miss Florence Hayes has been guest of her sister in New Haven.
 Hanford Hull, one of our most aged citizens, is sick.
 Mrs Emma Bouton of Danbury and Mrs Frances Lane of Bethel have visited friends here.
 Miss Alice Hamlin of South Britain has been at Rev Mir Robertson's.
 Rev A. II. Nance and wife and Mrs Burr Hawley attended the annual meet ing of the Baptist association in Stam- ford.
 Stepney burial association held their annual meeting, Monday evening, Sep tember %, in Leavenworth hall.
 Miss Amelia Osborne is guest of Mrs Hanford Johnson.
 Miss Frances Hubbell of Bridgeport visits her uncle, c. l.. Hubbell.
 The little baby boy at Isaac Sherman's died. Saturday, 20th.
 First frost of the season, Wednesday night, 24th.
 James Marshall and wife of Fall River, Mass, F. E. Abbott and wife of Bridge port have visited their parents, Mir and Mrs George Coley.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19
A Lost Opportunity.

He looked so glum and. down in the
mouth that the half dozen of us con-
Guided that he had lost his wife OF met
with some other distressing calamity,
and so after leaving Elmira, one of the
bows slid over into half of his seat and be-
gan.
my friend, you appear to be Ill p
"No, not exactly i'll, " was the reply.
"Wife dead?"
Never had one. :"
Heard any bad news?"
"No.'
eff there's any thing our crowd can do
for you we shall be glad of the oppor-
tunity.
Twill you?'
"Of course
"Well, then, wish you'd begin ON me
and kick until the last man can't swing
his leg for another lift, for of all the born
fools in America I'm the biggest!"
"Why, what the matter?''
eve had an accident on this road about
three weeks ago, and a lot of us lost
our baggage We were told to file our
claims. and I've just been down to get my
money"
"Well, WASH t that all right?''
"All right! Why. jab my eyes, if
WASH t fool enough to hand them in true
list of about S. worth of old buds, while
a neighbor of our n who lost two pairs of
socks and box of paper collars stood up
and bluffed the railroad out of S74.2 5, and
they even asked him to take drink after
he got his money! That's me to a dot. |
hain't got no brain in my head. | can't
see through net. I'll neverlearn anything
until it is kicked into roe, and I'm ready
to be booted the whole length of York
State and give my onl y pair of suspenders
to the last man who lifts men'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19

ricrs, which dispose of the rats which
are "bolted'' by the pole of her Grace.
Mr.. Arthur Balfour. the irish Secre-
tary, Is reported TO be engaged to Miss
Margot Tenant. the daughter of the
enormously wealthy Baronet of that
name. Miss Tenant is one of the
most popular and clever girls in Lon
don. She is an immense favorte OF
both Mr.. Gladstone and Lord Tenny-
son and accompanied them on their
Yachting trip to Sweden and Denmark
a few years ago.
A marvellous lace wonder is reported
as landed in the United States. 1t is
unique specimen of embroidery and
Irish lace, specially manufactured for
the great international exhibition of
1851, at which it took first prize. 1t
took twelve girls twelve months to
make this perfect specimen of the old
hand embroidery and lace trade of Ire
land. The cost was $4,000. No work
Of to-day is so fine and exquisite as the
drawn and embroidered border of this
wonder. The main design is chaplet
of fern leaves, entwined with the rose,
the shamrock and the thistle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19
FARM NOTES.

Spray the fruit trees as soon as the
blossoms drop, and spray them frequent
ly.
Glover chopped fine and sprinkled with
bran and meal is cheap and excellent
food for hens and ducks
Sunflowers will grow wherever corn viii
thrive. They produce large amount of
seed, but need plenty of manure.
For feeding purposes it is estimated that
100 pounds OF beets are worth 19c; 100
pounds rutabagas, 16c, and 100 pounds of
the fiat turnip lie.
When procuring a thoroughbred male
stock he is to improve. Too much care can
not be given the matter of the selection of
the male.
About twenty-five pounds of wool per 2
year-old Merino sheep was obtained at the
shearing of the Saline mich. sheep breed
ers in April. This does not apply to wash
ed wool.
The cheapest way to kill every young
weed is to narrow the ground. As large
space of ground can be narrowed in a day
it will require but little labor and saves
arduous work later on.
Sow Hungarian grass in June. It
keeps down the weeds and produces sew
eral cuttings of hay, growing rapidly and
thriving well during the warmest portion
of the year.
Every weed that is allowed to secure a
stand will deprive the crop of certain
portion of plant food and moisture.
Every weed that is allowed to go to seed
increases the work of eradication a hun
dred fold.
The pig is happy when he is in the
clover-feid. If kept in pen, give him
all the clover he can eat, with a mess of
bran at night. On such diet he should
thrive and grow. No corn is necessary
for growing pig, but his quarters should
be clean.
In the desire to secure size in the straw
berry the more desirable qualities of hardi-
ness of vine and flavor of the fruit are be-
ing overlooked. A well-havored, solid
berry, even if small, is better than some of
the large, hollow, insipid berries that are
more attractive in appearance than in
quality.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19
TORTURED BY SAVAGES.
Awful experience of Missionary in New
Zealand and China.

Pittsburg Father Lawrence, French
missionary, who has just gone to the
mother house of the order of the Immac-
uiate Conception in New York City, has
had remarkable twenty-three years ex-
perience among the Maoris of New Zea-
land. Said he: THE people there ex-
hibit some of the worst forms of savagery.
The killing of infant children was an
ordinary occurrence. have seen inhuman
mothers take their little ones to the water s
edge, plunge then in until they died from
srlffocation and then rend the tiny, lifeless
bodies limb for limb. | myself have been
subjected to shocking tortures. | have
been strung up for ten days by cord
attached to my hands, which were tied
behind my back; my toe-nails were torn
off, and see these deep grooves in my arms;
they are the scars remaining where the
flesh was cut out from the wrists to the
shoulder in strips nearly an zach thick.
''But my experience In China was even
worse. | was one of a number of priests
and nuns engaged in missionary work at
Pekin. We were arrested, thrown into
prison and arrangements made for our
execution. One day the nuns, thirty-four
in number were taken forth and thrown
into huge coppers filled with boiling pitch.
1t was horrible death and made an i'm
preston upon my mind which time cannot
eradicate. On the following day the other
priests and myself were to meet the same
fate. Our only solaee was in prayer.
Toward evening on the eve Of our threat
ened execution great commotion occurred
outside the walls of our prison The
French soldiers had come and we were
rescued"
Father Lawrence will resume. his work
in New Zealand after rest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19
Miss Rose in Luck.

Looking out from my window In a room
at the hotel in Goldsboro, says a New
York Sun writer, saw a young colored
man conversing in a tender way with a
dusky maiden, but all of a sudden the
girl turned and ran away. A moment
later the second colored youth hove in
sight, and the two stood glazing at each
other across ten feet of space. Finally the
one who was on the ground first demand
ed:
What yo' want?'
II want yo' life,'' was the stern reply.
"Hu!"
Look out, boy. Doan' yo' thu at MEL
''An' doan you talk bout takin my
life!"
who is you, sah?'
An who's you?''
''Who is l, sab? IL de gem Ian who is
payin' his 'tenshuns to Miss Rose.
IAN I'ze the de gem Ian gwine to mar
ry her.
HUI
"Hu!"
boy, III broke 20 head.''
An I'll smash ye all to pizen.''
They walked around each other for a
time, seeming about to spring, but sud-
denly both stopped, and number two
said:
boy, I'll wait fur yo'.''
''I'ze right yere.'' -.
''Doan' you forget dat III wait fur yo' !!
I'll wait til 20 is married an hav 70
chillen, an den. when 20 has forgot all
about it. I'll steal into de cabin some
night am
''Heah yo' niggers, what yo' doin' out
dar' when dar's work a pressin? called
the head cook from the kitchen door, lnd
both were out of sight in five seconds.
Then heard the same voice growing:
IF dem beys doan' misbehave mo
emery shan't invite EN- to see nae marry
Miss Rose Thursday eyenin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19

pretty close, and putting them into the
empty places That there are more plants
than actually and finally needed is no dis
advantage. 1t give you chance to pick
out the weaker, imperfect plants. leaving
those that are most vigorous and without
blemlsh. This wedding out the bad ones
is most wholesome wedding. Il Increase
your crop and your satisfaction with the
garden and it Is an advantage secured just
by practice of that little and inexpensive
precaution- liberal use of seed.
Another instance where this liberality
IN the use of seed may prevent miss-hills
and the loss of crop In the case of melons.
cucumbers, squashes and the like Where
bugs are very plentiful and troublesome. it
is often next to impossible to save the
plants by common methods of culture. We
may use plaster and lime and all sorts of
bad-smelling substances. and poisons of
every description. without being able to
save our vines. The only thing that can
promise to help Us over the period of dam
ger is Scattering the seed with free hand.
Plant squash seed by the POUND and feed
your bugs! At the same time hide the
ones you wish to save out of sight.
The potato fields ard patches of most
: HC1o tt4C N1ISCh lLli Vi gaps anu llISS-
hills The reason for this is that people
use not near as much seed as they should
for best results, and consequently their
crops are one-half or less of what they
should be otherwise. Where one-eye or
two-eye pieces are planted miss-hills can
hardly be avoided. A large piece or a
medlum-sized whole potato, never fails to
send up two or more strong sprouts. Does
this heavier seeding pay increase of crop?
1t always has paid me well, and plant in
rows 3 feet apart, having the hills l foot
apart in the row. 1t is seldom that | use
less than twenty bushels.of seed per acre.
Complete success in the garden means
freedom from weeds. It also means close
cropping. When enc crop is taking off,
the land is at once put in order, and new
crop planted. Consequently an immence
amount of stuff is grown on the patch, and
the patch is always in best order, attractive
to the eye, profitable to household and peck
et-book. This is complete success, and it
is within the reach of everybody. Only
try it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19
Beating the Nickel in the Slot.

Gimme nickel's worth of buck
Shot" said St. Paul gamin wearing
somewhat disordered raiment. His
head, says the Pioneer Press, just. top
ped the counter in bazaar devoted to
sporting goods.
Il suppose he will load them into
rusty pistol and accidentally shoot
some one of his intimate friends" sug-
gested bystander.
"Oh, no, " replied the proprietor of
the gun store, she has no firearms. He
is going in to beat the nickel-in-the-
slot scheme, and suppose l am parti-
ceps criminis."
sHowp''
why, he will put them on the
street-car track; the car will convert
them into the exact size of nickels and
pennies; and, of course, you can antic-
ipate the financial panic liable to ensue
in St. Paul shortly with gum-ma-
chine al almost every corner"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19
THE STORY OF A LITTLE BOY WHO
WAS TURNED INTO A BIRD.
II. H. FLETCHER, IN ST. NICHOLA

Once, there was little boy.
And, for reason why,
From the day of his birth; nothing else on earth
Did he do but whine and cry.
He cried so very, very much
That would 90 near him;
The people said, at beats the Dutch!
Why, the Man in the Moon could hear him!"
This boys home on the beach
Where the sea-gull's scream is heard,
And If there's bird knows how to screech,
The seagull is the bird.
They scream their best when the winds blow high
And the sky grows dark and hazy;
But let that boy begin to cry
And he'd drive those sea-gulls crazy.
Until at last they said, sob, joy!-
We must be very dull
This Child's boy,
But he'd make a splendid .uil!''
So off they flew and told the king;
They told him not to doubt it,
That this boy s scream beat everything!
That's all there about it.
The king he saddled his best curlew;
He flew down the wind like mad,
4 think twas a funny horse, dom you?
Twas The only kind he had.)
And when he heard that little boy yell
He thought his ears would split,
Aud so he turned MIN into gull
And nobody cared bit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19
CHINESE DIGNITARIES AT TABLE.
A Notable Feast That Was Served on the
Emperor's Birthday.

On the Goth Of last moon says the
Shanghai Mercury, grand banquet was
spread in the Taiwoo Palace, to which
were invited all the representatives of
China's tributaries and all the native
d1gnitaries who had come to Peking to
congratulate the Emperor on the attain
ment of his twentieth birthday. At II
O clock in the forenoon the Emperor en-
tered the banqueting hall, and all those
who had assembled knelt down until his
majesty had taken his seat. Then
Knong-lok Tsze, an official in one of the
Six Boards, rose up pured out cup of
wine, which he handed to Prince Chow
Ching. who in turn handed it, kneeling,
to the Emperor, who drank it. Wine was
next given to all the guests, who still
kneeling pledged the health Of the En-
peror.
The guests then rose and took their
places at the tables. The Emperor had a
table spread for himself on raised dias
in the middle of the hall. and little be-
low was the table for his own immediate
relatives and the guardians of the heir
apparent. Ninty-six tables were spread
altogether, and at them were seated Mon
col princes. senior guardians ministers of
the Six Boards, and officials of various
kinds down to the degree of third-class
Mandarians. At the lower end of the hall
the Mohammedan Prince and Corean rep
resentatives were seated below them were
the tables for the Court Consors. and be-
low them, again, almost in the courtyard,
the lesser Mandarians and had to be con-
tent. Most of the tables accommodated
three or four persons. but each Moham-
mpdaO and COrpan representative had a
table to himself
The menu consisted of various kinds
of cakes, fruits, and sweet meats too num-
erous to mention, and during the feast the
| company was entertained by dancers,
musicians. and singers and theatrical
presentations. When the repast was
finished each person put some dainty III
| his pocket for his friends at home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19
TIE FARM And HOUSEHOLD.
THE WORLD OF CHEER.
ELLA THOMAS


Is it q kind word. dearie!
Else leave il still unsaid,
Tne world is thick with thorns for blooms
With stones where should be bread.
The heartaches are so many.
The hurts that men must bear:
And days bring heavy burdens
OF heavy. anxious care.
1t may with fancy sparkle,
Or glow with satire fine.
And they who list may cheer you
With praise as sweet as wine.
But has it aught of comfort
This world of pen or tongne-
VI help for those who struggle,
vi hope for those who long?
The world needs sunshine. dearie,
Sweet words that fall like oil,
Balm for its wounds a-bleeding,
Its souls bespent with toll.
The world needs courage, darling,
Brave words of faith and cheer,
\ cordial for its fainting
Like music to the ear.
Oh, give such in full measure;
All JOY, all gladness bring,
But leave unsaid by tongue or pen
The words that holds sting.
-Harper's Bazaar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19
Garden Notes.

A Niagara county, n. Y, correspond
ent of the Practical Farmer writes:
have never been satisfied with a half sue
cess. | want a whole and undivided and
unquestioned success. What many people
call success [ often call failure.
The possibilities of an acre are enor-
nous. Average yields might not only be
doubled or quadrupled but often increased
ten and twenty-fold land it is not so very
difficult to lit, either; yet do not de-
sire to be understood that [ consider only
these yields which are approaching the
possibilities of the soil worthy of the
name ''success - A complete success
with me means, first, a good yield even if
it be not extraordinary. | want not much
less than 400 bushels of potatoes, or l 900
bushels of onions. or forty tons OF beets to
the acre, but if 800, 800 and 30 respec-
lively. might call it success, If other
conditions were right.
Complete success also means an even
stand. l hate gaps and skips. Miss-hills
spoil the whole appearance OF a patch.
and invariably decreases the yield. Whole
sermons might be preached on the subject
of miss-hills, ana if people would listen to
them, and heed them, it would be money
in their pockets. Every open space in the
row diminishes the yield by just so much.
For the uneven stand looks bad and spoils
ones satisfaction with the work. l some
times employ a radical cure for miss-hills.
If cannot fill the gaps by plants taken up
too close elsewhere make the whole row
''miss-row, and replant it. | cannot
stand it to let good land be idle. Pre-
ventives are always better than cures, how
ever, and we have most excellent pre-
ventive of miss-hills, an almost infallible
one. in the practice of using plenty of
seed. This may cause a little expense;
but what is it compared with the benefits
we have from full stand? The increased
expense for seed, where this is good and
literally used, will be repaid hundred
times in crop aud pleasure.
This heavy seeding is especially service
able in the case of Lima beans when grown
on wire trellis Zone of the simplest and
most inexpensive methods. by the way,
and decidedly convenient and attractive
besides). Scatter the beans freely in the
row, Just as one would peas, only not quite
so many, then cover lightly and firm with
the foot. and you insure pretty thick
stand, which will need thinning probably.
And if a gap occurs it can easily be dlled
by taking up some of the plants where
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-06-19
Not the Same Party.

Pastor Ito hired boy $50 have
caught you stealing out of the barrel!.
Hired Boy-'.Yes, parson, own up"
Don't you know, Thomas, that
when YOU steal you commit heinous
sino Moreover there is a Being who
sees all that we do, before whom even
[ bow my head with fear and trem-
bling. Do you know whom / mean?'
Your wife, suppose. "-Te9as Sitt-
mas.