Connecticut western news., 1891-07-02
ODDS AND ENDS.

A Piccadilly jeweler displays for sale necklace, the price of which is $37,. 500.
 There are 1000 different kinds ot postage stamps in the world.
 Dona Isidora Cousino, of Chili, who has yearly income of $960, 900, is said to be the richest woman in the world.
 Never trust the man who habitually speaks evil of himself. That one habit shows at glance that he is untruth- full
 Nearly one fifth of the entire popula- ton of the United States live in the fifty chief cities, which have popular ton of over il ,000, 900.
 The jewel box of Lollia Paullinia, of whom Pliny speaks, contained iewelry to the amount of 322, 916 English pounds.
 Professor Mary E. Byrd, of Smith college, has been elected to member ship by the British Astronomical asso- ciation
 In the city of London one square mile of area has ffty-seven churches belonging to the Church of England, and other twenty. belonging to Non- conformist bodies.
 B. L. Farjeon, the novelist, is an ex- ! pert stenographer. He carries a note book with him at all times, and when an idea strikes him he jots it down for future use A person whose nose, ears, hands or feet have been frozen, should be taken into cold room, and the afflicted mem- Der rubbed with snow, iced water and wet cloths
 Tho newest thing in chirography . the most indecipherable The amount of gold in the world would fit in a room twenty-four feet each way.
 A scheme for Sunday theater k being promoted in London, and is e1- pected to succeed.
 For cankered throat, sore mouth, etc., use borax and honey; drink sags or slippery elm tea It takes about three seconds for a message to go from one end of the At- lantic cable to the other.
 The highest railroad bridge in the United States is the Kinzua viaduct, oa the Erie road-305 feet high. According to Richard M. Johnston, the author, Joel Chandler Harris some times gets $500 for a magazine article. A correspondent writes to say that he has such a cold in his head that he can't wash his face without freezing the water. ~- The action of roasted coffee as 8 germicide is held to be due not to tho caffeine, but to the products of the roasting process
 The rainfall of London averages about twenty five inches, and one inch of rain falling upon an acre of ground is equal to s2, ,622 gallons Gorgeous is the only adjective that win apply to women's attire at thu present time, and jewelry is proni. nent feature in this splendor. It has transpired that the man who undertook to walk from Paris to Rus sia' on stilts packed up his stilts and travelled by train whenever opportunity offered.
 F1re this year has cost e5o, ,o00, ,0os. One New York hotel rents for $2o4 . 900 year.
 The male of the silkworm moth travels at the rate of 100 miles day. The grade of the Brooklyn bridge roadway is 34 feet per 100 feet of length. The newest thing in note paper is of 8 delicate heliotrope, with silver mon- ogram.
 A method of blasting by electricity has been tried in Sweden, with reported good results.
 True worth never seeks credit fol more than it is; that is left for imitator< and counterfeiters.
 It is easier to forgive friend for the | wrong he did US than for the lie he told to keep it from US A man is always taller in the morn ing than when he goes to bed. Whe1 you are asleep you ''stretch and grow. Dr. Koch's enormous correspondence is entirely in charge of his wife, who | permits no other calls to interfere with | her duties as her husbands secretary.
 The mother of the late Henry C. 1 Work, the author of Marching Through Georgia" died at her home i1 Hartford on the day of General Sher f mans death
 That we lost the race because WI l stopped to point out the right way to [ wanderer will be remembered by him though our names are not capitalized in the next days newspapers
 Thomas Msgee, a professional nursQ alleges that he has discovered plot to in prison wealthy John Laden, of Wes Twenty-second street, New York, and ca cree him into making & will in favor of hi daughter.
 The Sangervil1e (Me) Woolen company mill was burned Thursday night. The los will be heavy; insurance, $35,OOO
 Governor Bulkeley has assured the trul tees of the Middletown (Conn.) Insane asy lum that so long as he is governor he vii see AAat money is provided to run the in stitution, notwithstanding the failure c legislative appropriation.
 The Japanese diet has appropriate 5,O00,00 yen for the building of thre cruisers and one torpedo boat. The gos ernment has decided to build twenty-tw more ships at 8 cost of nearly 50, ,O0O,OO yen.
 The SufbDlk county grand jury, in ses sion at Riverhead, L. l., has indicted Flo1 ence Birch, the pretty milliner, for arson in having set fire to her store in Islip vii