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Connecticut western news., 1890-01-29

were in Boston fortnight, and then went to Hartford, and there got the first inkling of her idea in making the trip. She sent for me to come to the ladies' parlor, and when arrived she began.
 ssMr. Jewett, you have noticed the portly man seated on my right at the table2"
 "Yes'm."
 "Blue eyes and bald-headed, and looks very fatherly."
 "Yes'm"
 "I wish you to ascertain whether he is married or widower."
 That evening I reported to her that the bald-headed man was widower and in the real estate business in an interior town.
 "Very well, sir," she stiffly replied, ssyou may now retire, and will send for you when want you"
 After that I watched her at mea, time, and soon caught on to the fact that she had 'sset her cap" for the widower. It was Ia 'ghable to see her try to ape the girl of 20, and in three days everybody in the dining room had caught on and was giving her the guy. The old gal knew her gait, how ever, and in about week more got an order to show up again in the par Tor.
 "Mr. Jewett," she said, as l stood before her, sI-I think that MT. Samp- son rath-rather likes me-"
 "Yes'm.'
 "You may say to him that l am worth $80, ,000 in cash and bonds, never have been married, and that his ap- pearance pleases me-" I managed, after g day or two, to get in with Mir. Sampson and convey this information, and I saw that it hit him right between the eyes. Two hours later he called on her, and three days after his call she sent for me to say:
 ssMr. Jewett, you will accompany me home, where I will pay you your salary for the year. Mir. Sampson and I are engaged"
 And three months later they were married, and it turned out to be 8 happy match.
Connecticut western news., 1890-01-29
Magnificent Altar Cloth.

The ex-Empress Eugenie has just presented to the fathers who have the keeping of the mortuary chapel at Farnborough, where lie the bodies of Napoleon III, and the prince imperial, a magnificent altar cloth made from her wedding gown. The cloth is trimmed with the lace and embroidery which ornamented the dress.
Connecticut western news., 1890-01-29
An English Opinion of Emperors.

Whatever my own opinion of Kings may be, do not think much of En- perors. That adventurer Louis Napo- leon became one by blood and perjury, and in order to strengthen, as he imagined, his dynasty he dragged hls country into an unsuccessful war. In Germany they have as Emperor vain, flighty lad, who is endowed with de- vouriag wish to force on 8 European war in order to equal or surpass the martial renown of his grandfather. In Russia there is an Emperor skulk- ing in the recesses of his palace lest one of his faithful subjects should shoot him, and under the delusion that he is Gods Viceregent on earth. In Tur- key there is an Emperor (for by this term would Sultan be translated), !, who allows his soldiers and his civil servants to starve whilst he makes a purse for himself, and who encourages in his dominions the worst of atroci- ties. Of all living Emperors, now that Dom Pedro has been retired from the business, the Emperor of Austria is the best. He is decent, we'll meaning man, whose chief merit is that he has shared power with his sub jects, and quieted Hungary by giving it Home Rule. On the whole, there fore, I think that the most sensible course for those afflicted with an En- peror, is eivilly to conduct him to a ship, and to order the captain to land him wherever he likes, provided that it be outside of what he was pleased to call his Empire. Truth.
Connecticut western news., 1890-01-29
THE NEW ENGLISH RIFLE.
It VIII Hit Man, Point Blank, at 800
 Yards.

Yards.
 An official army order gives all the details of the mechanism of the new magazine rifle with which the army is to be supplied. The weight, with magazine (empty), is 9 pounds 8 ounces, the new sword bayonet 15 1-2 ounces, the scabbard 3-4 ounces, the magazine when filled with eight cart ridges 13 ounces. The length of the rifle is 4 feet 1 inch, and the sword bayonet l foot inches.
 The magazine consists of a sheet steel box inserted from under the body in front of the trigger guard through the opening in the body. It is held in position oy spring in the body engag- ing ill notch on the magazine It will contain eight cartridges, and may be filled when in position in the rife, or when detached by inserting the cartridges one by one.
 A spring at the bottom of the maga- zine presses upward moveable plat form, forcing the column of cartridges also upward. A sscut-off7' is fitted to the right side of the body, which when pressed inwards stops the supply of cartridges from the magazine, so that the arm may then be used as a single loader. When the sscut-ofr' is pulled out the lower edge of the bolt on be- ing driven forward engages the top edge of the uppermost cartridge ill the Der, and so on till the magazine is emptied. The magazine can be re- moved by pressing small lever inside the trigger guard.
 One magazine is attached to each ri- fe, being secured from loss by chain link. A spare magazine is also issued with each arm. The stock, like that of the Martini i-Henry rife, is in two pieces, the fore-end and the butt. Under the hinder part of the small of the butt is projection form ing so-called s'pistol grip" The butt is secured to the body by "stock bolt" The butt plate is fitted with g trap giving access to the unoccupied portion of the stock-bolt recess, which | is arranged to contain an oil bottle and jag.
 The rifle is provided with two sets of sights. The foresight and the back. sight are fixed in the usual position or the barrel. The foresight is square block with vertical cut through it, showing fine line of light. Aim il taken by fitting this square in a core spending square notch in the backsight so that lines of light of equal widtl may be seen on each side of it, an( aligning the central line of light on thu | point to be hit. The lowest or tsfixet sight" is that for 300 yards. Using this sight, head and shoulders fgur' can be hit at any distance between 37! and 15O yards, while six-foot figur, can be hit up to about 500 yards with out in either case aiming off the fig ures. The highest graduation is fol 1900 yards. The rife is also fitted witl extreme range sights. The front sight which is called the dial sight, is gradu ated from 1900 yards up to $500 yards There are two kinds of ammunition pouches, one holding forty rounds and the other fifty. The cartridge is made of solid drawn brass and is charged with ordinary gunpowder pressed into the form of pellet, with both endl slightly rounded.-Manchester Guar dian.
Connecticut western news., 1890-01-29
The Phantom of Her Dream.

Miss Madison-Oh, dear! I wish could grasp the phantom of my dreams and drag it before the altar.
 Miss Lexington-What is it2
 Miss Madison-A man with bank account.--Town Topics.
Connecticut western news., 1890-01-29
How They Do It in Maine.

Customer-sGimme some whisky"
 Druggist-'sExcuse me, sir, but to purchase any whisky you must have a physicians prescription. But, ahem, am physician" Lawrence American.
Connecticut western news., 1890-01-29
False All Through.

s'Thy words are false, and thus do hurl them back into thy very teeth" "Good. They're false too. ."-Mun- sey's Weekly.
Connecticut western news., 1890-01-29
FaneuiI Hall Visitors.

Among the first attractive things that come to the eyes of the visitor to Faneuil Hall, Boston, is tin sign, on which the following verse appears in letters of white paint:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-29
WINDOWS SILVER BILL.

Secretary Window wants lightweight
dollar coinage to cease and lightweight
custom houses abolished. 1t looks as
though Secretary Window was six
teen-ounce-to-the-pound statesman.-
Philadelphia Times (Dem.)
If the Window bill should become a
law here and Mr.. Goschen should carry
the measure referred to through parlia-
ment, the silver question would be prac-
ticaiiy settled by the advancing of the
price of bullion so nearly to the price of
gold that it would be easy to fix an in
ternational ratio for the coinage of both
metals, with full money poWer.-lndi-
annapolis journal.
That Window silver bill will raise the
wind. His proposed silver brick bullion
bills should be called Windows. If they
ever come into use they will be Greek
fire to the industrial world. Their sug-
gestions came from the same source as
the trade dollars. 1t is a scheme to help
the gamblers of Wall street fitch from
the earnings of legitimate industry. 1t
will not be supported as party meas
ure, but all the bucket shop spectators
will work for its adoption.-Omaha Re-
publican.
The fatal objection to it is that it is
nota measure in the interest of bimetal-
ism, but is intended to repeal the pres
ent law. which has proven to be the
mainstay of the financial and CONNER
cIal interests of the country. 1t is a
sort of Trojan horse Gas the Ohio coun-
try editor would remarB), and in its
wooden and Window bowels Turk the
enemies of silver. The country is not
yet ready to see the power of regulating
the price of silver placed in the hands
of a secretary of the treasury, no matter
how much Judgment and discretion
ne may possess.-Atlanta Constitution
Dem,)
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-29

gressional Record thinks of starting a
base ball column.-LouiSVille Courier
Journal.
Caves have been discovered in Aus
tralia capable Of accommodating 200, 600
men. Here is another suggestion for
Senator Butler, so busily engaged at
present in African emigration schemes.
Boston Globe.
The worlds fair committee of the
house having been appointed, it can do
no harm to remind the members that,
hough the representatives of rival
cities may be able to stretch the truth
IN an emergency, none of them can
stretch the time between now and 1892
Moral: Be quickl-New York Tribune.
There is some reason for hope that
the secret sessions of the senate will be
abolished before the expiration Of the
Fffty-frSt congress. There was never
any good cause for the injection of this
element of feudalism into our system.
and thee retention of it at this day of
social and intellectual freedom is humil-
Eating and ineXcusable. - ST. Louis
Glohe-DemOcrat.
Wouldn't there be a howl from the
Democratic side of the fence if some
congressman should offer a resolution
appropriating $4,000 to build a statue
to James q. Blaine, elected president of
the United States in 1884, but not in
augurated on account of gross frauds in
certain states whereby the votes acta-
ally cast for him were not counted p
Chicago Tribune.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-29
EXPERIMENT WANTED.

South Dakota is reported to have I'M
der consideration in its legislature bill
to dispense with the Office of justice Of
the peace. There has been a good deal
of disappointment in the older states
that the Dakotas did not utilize the pc
culiarly favorable opportunities afforded
them to get out of the old ruts and try
some novel experiments in political
architecture. About the only material
break in the settled ways is, so far, the
incomplete scheme to compel men to be
aoStemious by more vigorous applica-
lions than other communities have been
able to devise. This, however, has not
engaged much sympathy out of narrow
ranges. A leading Philadelphia paper
says the public eye is on the project to
eliminate this mostnumerous and rather
picturesque judicial figure. and valuable
advertising can be had out of 1t for
South Dakota. 1t says that in
all the states these small meas
ure jurists have been the subject
of much discussion and no little animad-
version" but none of them have quite
seen how to get along without them.
They are now looking hopefully to
South Dakota TO point out the way to
their eradication. The objections to
these officials are no doubt fully eluci-
dated in the legiSlatureOf the new state,
and form quite a catalogue. 1t IS
charged that this ready court for hear
ing trivial matters promotes a litigious
spirit, and most of the cases that have
anything in them go up to the other
courts. 1t would be difficult to trace
the origin of this sort of a tribunal.
1t goes back to the dim eras in sub
stance, and the progressive feeling of
the times thinks it should give way and
better methods be substituted. In the old
English times probably one could not
have the title the office affords without
serving in it. This objection is now
obviated. A judge now may have simply
determined the speed of a horse or the
quality of the whisky. South Dakota
willievidently oblige the country if it
will try this experiment.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-29
sCRAPPING CREDITORS.
Quarreling Over the Affairs of
Bixby & Co., Hardware Deal

erS.
In the matter of the First National
bank, which had secured an order pre-
venting the firm of j. A. BiXby q Co.
from disposing of any goods in their
stock, the bank to-day made application
for permanent receiver. Judge Young
dissolved the former order made by
Judge Hooker. and the firms place of
business will be allowed to remain open,
with the understanding that all pro-
ceeds should be held for the order of the
court. The matter of appointing a re-
ceiver was continued until tomorrow
morning, when it will be arranged.
Meantime neither Mr.. BiXby nor j. A.
Shield, members of the firm, are in the
city, and their attorneys will open tele-
graphic communication with them at
once.
Fuller &c Warren, stove manufac-
turers, it is stated. hold bill of sale of
the property, and will enter into posses
sion Immediately unless receiver is
appointed by the court to-day. Their
attorneys state that all they ask for is
an equal division of the property ac-
cording to the rights of the creditors,
and only aim to have the matter settled
with as little expense as necessary.
The banks claim is $4,000 and Fuller
d Warren's the. same amount. The
total liabilities will reach something
like $4,000. There are a great many
mixed up affairs in the controversy, and
it is not vet at all certain that the firm
is insolvent, although the creditors
claim that they have Disseminated in
favor of Fuller & Warren, and also that
their assets will not cover the amount
of the liabilities,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-29
LIBRARY SCENES.
Librarian Putnam Gives the Pub
lie q Few Pointers.


lie Few Pointers.
The run on the library, which has
continued undated during the past
week, has caused scarcity of certain
lines of literature, and several people
have, for this reason, been complaining
of the management of that institution.
When asked in regard to the
reason of the difficulty of obtain
ing books, he stated that they had
IN the library some 1000 volumes of fic-
ton and juvenile works, and $500 cards
had been issued. The great drain thus
far has been upon works of fiction; and,
although there are as many as six copies
of the most popular novels, still num-
Der of people were forced to go away
disappointed. The people have been
contemplating the public library for o
long that they have an exaggerated
idea of its capacity. You can't
start library and have it do the
same work in one month that it can in
ten years. In the first place, to prop
erly supply library, you must be able
to discover the nature of the readers.
Mr.. Putnam states that no one should
leave the library and complain without
seeing him first and see if something
cannot be done. As for the novels,
they are bound in cheap binding, and it
would be foolish to attempt to buy
enough of these to satisfy the demands
of the public. Every library in the
United States has this experience, and
all are satisfied as soon as the public
begin to understand the position of
things
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-29
FARMERS, PROTECTION.

The head of the farmers organization
in Ohio was among those who appeared
before the tariff committee. He insisted
on behalf of the agricultural interests
that they had right to come in with
the classes that were to have special adj
vantages secured them by the govern
ment. If the people who fashioned
natural elements into salable articles
were to have protection, the farmers,
who gave their labor and used their
capital in producing the essentials of
existence, had claims for similar ad-
vantage. He indicated the following as
duties desired on farm products: Bar
ley, 25 cents bushel; barley malt, 50
cents; beans, SO cents; peas, 25 cents;
hops, IL cents; potatoes, % cents; hay,
81 ton: hides, 10 per cent ad valorem;
eggs, cents dozen; apples, 25 cents a
buShel.
In a few border localities at times
these rates might shut out some Cana
dian product to the advantage of a few
local producers, but it would not be
seriously insisted thateven much larger
figures would be of any material benefit
to farmers. They aid rather to show
that the interests of the farmers are not
in the high tariff direction. If anybody
is to be protected, the farmer has as
strong a claim as any class. That is in
diSputable.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-29
ONE MANUFACTURES.

The production of boots and shoes in
the New England states was materially
Increased the past year over 1888. It
has become one of the most important
industries of that section. A large part
of the product goes to markets abroad
in, competition with the old world labor.
This can be the case when there is equal
chance with the foreign manufacturers
to obtain cheap hides. The demand of
the cattle growers of the Western ranges
for protection will have this powerful
influence to meet, and there will be no
duty on hides. A fact worthy of note
in this connection is that the sales of
these Eastern factories to the great
states of the West. such as Ohio, Mich
igan, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri. have
very materially diminished. The West
is beginning to manufacture It's own
leather ware. In all the states named
there are being established extensive
factories for the production of boots
and shoes. Ii they are able to compete
successfully with the older and vast
establishments of the Atlantic regions,
why cannot the list of industries in this
city be swelled with this one? 1t is as
serted by those familiar with that line
Of manufacture that it can be made
profitable in localities still further west.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-29
RETAIL LUMBERMEN.
They Meet in Minneapolis To-Day
to Organize for Protection.

They Meet in Minneapolis To-Day
to Organize for Protection.
Letters continue to be received from
retail lumber dealers throughout the
Northwest, giving assurance of their in
tention to be present at the meeting
which will be held at the West hotel
this afternoon. to organize an associa-
ton for the purpose of protecting the
retail trade from entertainments of
wholesalers and manufacturers selling
to consumers. A two-thirds rate has
been made by the railroads to those
coming to this convention, and a
large representation from the
Northwestern lumbermen is eX-
pected. The business proposed will
probably occupy a two-days' session.
The retailers are determined to take
some vigorous action which will effectu-
ally prevent the invasion of the rights
of the retailer by the wholesaler. A
conciliatory policy may be adopted, as
the inconsistency of selling to man
and then deprivlng him of his market
is evident to the wholesale men them
selves. This move is by no means an
original one. An organization known
as the National Association of Retail
Lumber Dealers, organized in Chicago,
has been in existence for some time.
Other retail lumbermen's associations
are prospecting in the states of Iowa,
Illinois, Kansas and Missouri, but there
has been no association of this kind
which properly represented the North
west. There seems to be general
opinion that the coming meeting, while
it will probably be one of the largest
assemblages of lumbermen ever held
in the Northwest, will be entirely har-
monious. A banquet will be rendered
them at the West this evening
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-29
CLIPPED BITS OF WIT.

The man who obeyS orders seldom has
trouble with his .-Someryille Jour
nal.
An economist is often man who can
tell everybody else how to economize
without being able to do it himself
Texas Siftings.
A young man should not feel flattered
because pretty girl keeps his photo
graph stuck in the frame of her mirror.
When she is in front of the mirror she
is pretty sure to be looking at something
else.-S0merville Journal.
Hell am thinking of embracing a
literary life.
She-I do not doubt that the life will
be a very happy one if you-if you
should treat it the way you spoke Of
Terre Haute Express.
j. CAST believe miners are more de-
serving Of pity than any other class Of
workers.
Bah Oon-How so?
'They are most always down in the
mouths an the rest of the time thew are
out of their mineS."-Time.
She-Have you read Looking Side
ways?'
He-Yes, [ see its another plagiarism.
She-How is that?
He-Every word Of it is in Webster's
Unabridged.-Time.
EXasperated Nife-I want you to
have that dog of ours shot. He annoys
people with his growing.
Husband-That's no good reason for
shooting him. If it was, you wouldn't
stand much show for your life.-Texas
Siftings.
Farewell, dearest" she sighed as
she lay against the lapel of his double
breasted coat; land, George, you may
kiss me once on my forehead ere you
CO." Thanks. Angelina thought
fully murmured the young man, ''but
the last time kissed girl on the fore
head ] got a bang in the MOUTH A
moment later he left the house, looking
as if he had been eating marsh malloWs.
Harvard Lampon.
His Part of It.-They wuz big man
en- little man agoin' long the pike
together. The big man, he didn't say
much, but the little Teller, he jis' KEEP
a-talkin'.
By'm-by the little man up an says:
did you know. pardner, tibet me en-,
you know'd everything in the world?''
says he.
"Yessir," says the big man, right
: quick, 81 does. You know everything
in the world but tibet you're dern CAB
blin' little fool. en- know thet."ZDe-
troit Free Press.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-29
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL.

Miss Oracle Merrill left for Fort Dodge TO-,
yesterday.
Miss Hale will give an informal party this
evening.
&c. A. Bovey and wife leave for the West
this week.
The National club dance at Maleolm's hall
this evening.
The Holmes hotel gives a dance to its
guests Friday evening.
G. W. Cartwright has accepted position
at Downing Mimi.
The Silver Star Social club dance at Thorn
as hall this evening.
c. A. Smith and B. +. Nelson, with their
families, are making an extended tour
through Mexico and the South.
Minneapolis division of the Sons of Tenn
perance held their regular meeting at 1919
Fifth avenue south last evening.
Ed Bunch, the smallpox patient who has
been In the quarantine hospital since Dec.
-, was discharged yesterday and sent to his
home, La Platte, Mo.
A most pleasant event in society this week
was the wedding of C. T. Waugh and Miss
Josephine Edgar, which was celebrated at
the residence of Capt. G. W. Shuman i4OI
Chicago avenue, last evening. small at
tendance OF the intimate friends and rela-
tives were present, aud the happy couple re-
ceiyed a number OF very costly and tasty
presents.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-29
The WestphaI Assignment

Farther developments in the Herman
Westphal failure show that the cause is
traceable to his connection with the
Germania Brewing association, on
which he expended something like
100000. He finally sold a controlling
interest in the association. He claims
that his ice business has always been a
paying one, bringing him in from $4,000
to $4,000 year. He still owns stock in
the association valued at $4,000. The
unsecured debts are $4,000. He also
has assets amounting to 100000 aside
from the brewery stock, and a hand
some homestead on First street, corner
Of Seventeenth avenue north,
The principal creditors are the City
Bank, Capt. Wander Horck, John An
derson, Jacob Barge, John Muller and
+. P. Huntington. 1t is hoped that
affairs may be adjusted and Mr.. West
phal be permitted to resume business.