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II.
ENoCH THE SPY.

Three years before, there had been a
serious conversation in the famous old
house of the famous family of Jay, in
the patriotic little town Of Bedford.
Two men were closeted together for a
long, long period. One was man of
might in the counsels of the patriots, the
other private soldier Of Washington's
ragged army. One was a statesman Of
birth and high education, the other a
Yankee shoemaker who came down from
Barnstable county, in Massachusetts, In
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BRIDGEPORT.

Johnnie Swink, little German lad
living on Garden street, while playing
on the public dump, recently, picked up
soda water bottle containing some
fluid. One of his mates suggested that
he drink it, which he did supposing it to
be soda water. A few hours afterward,
he was suffering excruciating pain and,
but for the prompt arrival of DR. c. c.
Hoyt, it would probably have resulted
fatally.
The Monson Hawley estate invento-
ries $243, 026.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
NEwTowN. FRIDAY. DECEMBER ls, 1891.

Thank God for friends your lite has known,
FIR every day, departed day;
The blessed past Is safe alone
God gives, but does not take away;
He only safely keeps above
For us the treasures that we love.
-[Ph9be Carey.
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STEPNEY.

The Wanzer lamps sold by Mrs j. d.
Beach are quite a novelty, besides giving
a brilliant light. They consume very
little oil, big inducement to sensible
huuarc
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w.
FOR KING OR PEOPLE.

Now it came t. pass, in this October Of
which | have been speaking that Claude
us Smith decided to strike lead which
he had long since mapped out and III his
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
Marriage.

Marriage.
The wealth might disappoint,
Myself poorer prove
Than this great purchaser suspect.
The daily own OF Love
Depreciates The vision;
But, till the merchant buy,
Still fable, in the isles of spice,
The subtle cargoes lie.
At least tits mutual risk
Some found it mutual gain;
Sweet debt of Lite,-each night to owe,
Insolvent every noon.
-GEmily Dickinson.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18
MONROE.

One of our citizens, Charles Bennett, is
90 years old, hale and hearty and in full
possession of his faculties.
The Newtown bee., 1891-12-18

We know not fully what we are,
20 Still less what we might be;
But hear faint voices from the far
Deep lands beyond the sea.
-GJohn Lecky
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-31

Every case Of melancholia should at an
early date be put into the hands OF a com
petent physician who can have the entire
control al ~
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W. BAKER & CO., Dorchester, Mass.
Summary Execution.

A despotic government has its advan-
tages, and among them is the easy collec-
ton of a debt, provided the ruler is
friendly to the creditor Ahmed Vefyk
Pasha. Turkish statesman, was once
governor of Brcussa, and this story Is
told Of his paternal rule
A rich man had Judgment pronounced
against him in favor of poor man. The
latter, owing TO the brides of the rich
man, could not obtain execution, and
complained TO Ahmed Vefyk. After
hearing the case, Ahmed saw the debtor
riding up to the Konak upon beautiful
Arab horse. He ordered the creditor to
sit down, called a messenger and whis
pered to him.
The debtor entered the room, and was
surprised at the exceptional cordiality of
the pasha, who invited him to sit down.
to take coffee and to converse. Pres
emily, when he rose to leave, the pasha
pressed him to remain, and kept him
more than an hour, until, indeed, mes
senger entered the room and placed a
small bag on the table before Ahmed.
When the debtor next rose, Ahmed
took the bag from the table and gave it
to him, stating: This is yours. You
owed so much to this poor man. have
sold your horse, paid him, and this is the
balance belonging to you. youths
Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-31
Effect of Erosion on Mountains.

Foremost IN their geographic impor-
lance, and in the intyicacy and signii-
canoe of their geologic structure and
origin, are the mountain belts which
consist Of folded rock formations. The
strata forming the upper part of the
earth's crust are bent up and down in
long, nearly straight or curving, wave
like ridges and troughs. and where their
disturbance was greatest the successive
ridged folds are closely pressed together
The waves Of the rock structure are then
pushed 10 SUCH steepnesS that their sides
become parallel with each other, and the
entire fold is driven forward into an in
clined position.
The order of the strata on the lower
side of the oppressed fold is thus in
verted; the originally highest and last
formed deposits tnele lie beneath older
beds, in an ove- tdrned series. Subaerial
erosion then wears down the undulations
and the creSts Z the closely folded
strata, often lssaing them off until a
long section, cr0SS.-g mountain ranges.
passes from Older to newer beds, and on
ward from newer to older, in several
alternaticrs. haIrg throughout the
whole nearly constant steep dip
Warren Upham il Popular Science
Monthly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-31
FooTLIeHT FLASHES.

Harry Dixey is always excessively nerv-
Gus on first nights.
Ieander Richardson says he will never
write another play on u royalty.
Rose Coghlan rides a Kentucky thor
oughbred horse man fashion in her new
comedy, "Dorothy's Dilemma"
In "A Struggle for Life" Frederick
Paulding's new play, sewer Is for the
first time utilized on the stage
Russell Harrison says be does not care to
see a play from private box He prefers
an orchestra seat. fifth row from the stage.
American dramatists are on the increase.
Henry Guy Carleton is the latest success
full addition. His new play, "Ye Earle
Trouble" made an undoubted hit at the
Boston Museum
A suit for infringement Of copyright has
grown out Of Mckee Rsnkin's production
of the play Abraham Lincoln" Charles
w. Selden says it is taken from n play be
wrote and published.
Maurice Barrymore. the handsome actor
carries a cage containing two white mice
two sparrowhawks, two owls, two Panama
SQUIRRELS, a chipmunk and a prairie dog
with him wherever ne goes
John Swinburn, an actor, who was az
one time quite well known IN this country,
has recently died in New York, he was
born in England about City years ago, but
had lived in America for loag time
At Al Hayman's Baldwin theater, in
San Francisco, a rule recently went int
effect that people would either have % gst
in their seats before the curtain rose or
else wait until the act7gas finished before
they were seated
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-31
Turning water Into Empty Hot Boilers,

Turning Water Into Empty Hot Boilers.
Some time ago boiler was constructed
in Manchester. England. with view to
testing the practice advised by some in
case of shortness of water being dis
covered. of turning on the feed water. a
somewhat startling method OF procedure
according to some. In these tests the
furnaces were barred of water by opening
the blowoff cock and allowing the water
to escape while good bright fires were
burning. which could rot fail to over
heat the plates.
When sufficiently heated to melt disks
of lead. tin and zinc the feed was sud
denly turned on through special pipes
which injected the water directly on to
the heated plates, but in no case, as is
often assumed. was this followed by a
sudden generation of steam at an exces-
sive pressure, but in one case actually a
reduction of pressure took place The
only mishap which took place proved, it
seems. to have been due to the feed not
having been turned on soon enough
Again. the hogging upward of the fius
tubes. which was accurately ascertained
by means of rods, was In some cases
found TO be as much as one-haf inch.
The inadvisability Of hurrying fires
when raising steam was demonstrated as
beyond question.-New York Sun.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-31
MASCULINE MENTION.

Henry Watterson has been made doc
tor of laws by the University of the South.
Governor Van Zandt, of Rhode Island, is
described as a fecund and inimitable story
teller.
Governor Francis, of Missouri, is a mil
lionaire. He has made all his money in the
last ten years.
Senator Edmunds is an enthusiastic
sportsman with rod and gun, and is said to
be charming camp comrade.
J. Lamb Doty, United States consul at
Tahiti, is the youn gest consul in the serv-
ice of the United States. He was only
twenty years old when appointed.
The Marquis of Lorne is said to cherish
a secret passion for cock fighting. he is
never so happy as when groom gets up a
rafting set-to for him in a stable loft.
Sir Charles Dixie IS q broad shouldered,
square built man, with clear gray eyes and
full. grizzled beard His manner is serious
and dignifed and direct almost to abrupt
ness.
The Marquis of Aylesbury has the be-
stowal Of eleven ecclesiastical "lvings," as
they are called, and the equally notorious
Lord Lonsdale has the bestowal Of forty
three.
Thomas Morris, a colored man of Stuart,
Va, claims to be 40 years Of age. He Is
the father of iorty-eiRht children ard has
been married five times, but all his wives
are dead
DR.. Thomas Dunn English, OF Newark,
\. J., who al the ripe age Of seyenty-three
? hsas -E-r,r. of
Representative Lehlbach, is an enthusiastic
antiquarian.
Mr.. Frederick K Rindge, of Cambridge,
Mass, has within the last three years given
to charitable, religious and municipal in
stitutions more than 100000 He In
herited his money.
Senior Salvador Mendonca, the Brazil
ian minister, ia the weAltaiest nan in the
Diplomatic corps at washington A poT-
ton OF his fcrtc1s hs Ir,s1s IL Investments
in Brazil. sEa a vs-T comfortable sam
came To him Is b,s SiEs's ooI-y
Bishop WALKER. &C Meth DakctA il thTee
inches ssore SIX feet il Asis&t, scout IN pro
portion aGG kAs a s@siGnZH hs1dScLe
face. Fis afr sri hs4-i are bl0cE lie
bishop IS gu entar1airtzy tslksr and nan
who SHINES s brightly in scciSy IS in tne
pulpit
Sturgeon was oGly nineteen when be
preached his H-ss .srroa. Even then has
elo4ucaoe Eas remarkable, sot within a
few years Re sd gathered es1dt him a
large congregation. A. Jhot t:1se be was
q pale snd slender SUI pins wish Eo,ice-
ably large heal
The youngest man TO sit IN the next con-
Cress vii lie a Texan NAMED Bailey. Ia
Is under thirty. wears long sweepl7g coat
tails and looks ike a before Jhe war
statesman Ee is an orator, and l. IS pre-
dicted thas be viii make rs marx II tne
halls Of legislation az Washington
Frederick Douglass = powerfully brilt
man. possessing A tail and commanding
figure He has the swsrfhy com lexio1 Q.
mula:to and a. abundant crop ct Way
hair thsr j. Eow white - snow lis eyes
have az expression Of IRE and force. bu'
hs hab..u2l manner s gentle and digns
fed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-31
to stop the man engine by SIMPLY pdsning

TO stop the main engine oy Simply pushing
an electric button.
An electric drill in an Idaho mine re-
Gently performed the feat of boring 2
inch hole through twenty feet of solid
granite in four hours.
A German has invented an incandescent
lamp with two filaments, an automatic
switch bringing the second filament into
action on the failure of the first.
Edison is now at work on an electric
motor to replace the ordinary locomotive.
1t is designed to take up electricity from a
central rail and to develop at least 1000
horse power.
The electric light which Sir E Watkin
intends to have fixed on the summit of
Snowden is to be so powerful as to light
up every crag and precipice of the great
mountain, even IN misty weather.
Electricity has taken such hold of the
Australians that It is proposed TO hold
large international electrical exhibition in
Melbourne about the end Of the year,
which will be the summer season IN that
antipodean land.
1t might be possible to speak across the
! Atlantic over a cable as big as hogshead,
| but as the cost and manipulation of such
/ cable are prohibitive we shall have to be
content TO await further Developments in
| telephoning work
Many persons imagine that the electric
| light gives out no heat. This is a mistake.
| So far s. We have at present been able TO
determine there can be no light without
heat: but IN the case of the electric light
the heat IL only ore twentieth part OF that
evolved By ggs.
| NJ. MascArt, one OF the most eminent
| French electricians Of the time, says that
the use of the nagnet needle IN tracing the
underground geology, or, IN other words,
the past geography Of a country, Is one OF
! those triumpns Of science which are almost
I tantamont TO diviDatlon-
/ We now have electric lighting and cleo
1 trio power. and the next development OF
/ this wonderful form Of energy viii be
electric heating Already it Is reported 70
/ have been tried or sIesEo and horse cars,
/ with invariabie success sDd IL = said there
1 is growing demand for it in houses
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-31
CURIOUS cULLlNGs.

Il is quite fixed belief among the Rus
alan peasautgy that throwing the dead
body Of drankerd into the river Is SIRE
10 bTlng rain
The city article" of the London Times
informs its readers that Chicago IS dss-
tined TO become one Of the greatest grain
growing states IN the Union
The sidewalks in Havana are usually
about ore foot vide Yoa balance your
elf on ire emissions and walk aioog IS
though waking on pole fence
A resident Of Ansonia- Conn, declares
that il always rains taera on TIE 9Th Of
July. de s4vs that bis family hzs kept a
record CT the weather fer loJ years, AID n
all thai tsase there Easn : been = JAY Lon
which il Giaat rain
Il sedaIs (Noj cEina store exhibits a. =
SIN 5T5 plates, IS pitchers, JaTs. wash
bows and a l--Eallsa jGz- The plates have
hoes "a lie center I'D arr screwed ca
boards AMI framework eztsssr----s - TIE io'
u a three sserT ou.sss1G
A curiszg H. IN re esflT history Ok
f3as - Ia rF@sA tseF were n-s- 80 "A
open slogs here 49, s1e- a great %
usand Ter he ekzs a c's1a $50 isAssss peg
( aafttlzE taesr tsse oaiF o. tao d~gx 70 10
vsz.--tze -: AID - ,. JA=z&rE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-31

More Tnen have died and are buried on
the IstLm a. cl Panama. along the line OF
the pscposed canal than on any equal
amou NJ g., t..-- -..-.- F., She world
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-31
Young Men as Authors.

Keats was dead when Just little over
his twenty-fifth year. Shelley Wrote
Queen Nab" at twenty, and the Pro
metheus Unbound" and the lode to the
West Wind" at twenty-six. Byron
startled the town with English Bards
and Scotch Reviewers at twenty-oae,
and at twenty-four woke up and found
himself famous" by the publication Of
''Childe Harold. Barns was but
twenty-seven when he was the lion Of
the season in Edinburgh Campbell
published his Pleasures OF hope" at
TWENTY-FIVE. Chatterton was not eight
cen when he finished his life's work. The
great Shakespeare himself was famous
when little more than a youth. and the
same is true Of the Shakespeare Of France,
Victor Hugo; and Goethe. By the bye,
was known 70 al Europe AZ twenty-foaE.
Scott. on the other hand. was more
leisrrely He made no serious effort as
an author till ne WAS over thirty. and ne
was over forty when 'Waverley7 was
given TO the weird; and Thackeray also
was verging on two score before Vanity
Fair ssta hlisned his repufaEoa--Cukc
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Mrs. Gabb GhOstess}-YOor ttt!e son does

Ms. UaDO tloSttSSF- OUT NIO.e HVH UVes
rot appear 70 kSve u1st 9rpsSta
Mrs. Gadd-%o; SEES quI5s delicate.
Ms. Gabo-C2n'G you think OF Anything
you would like, my LITTLE mani
Little Nan-No, IN. Ton see, morn
made me eat hull Let before VIE started.
SO wouldn't make pig Of EyseI-Coc5
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-31
MR AND MRS. eowsER.
IL Makes Cutie difference Which One
of the Two Is Sick.

When Mt. BowSer comes home and finds
his wife lying down with her head tied up,
ne is real sorry for her Of course-just a.
sorry as any husband could be Aud. like
any other husband. he stands and SURVEYS
her for a moment and then buntly saws
L expected it, Finally got fat down.
ehyr
It's nothing. she family replies.
oh, il isn't. Nothing for a wife 10 flop
down and upset the gaole house. sup
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ELEcTRlc spARKs

A recent invention used in factories en-
a5les any perscn il azy part Ct TIE fHctcTT
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-31

IA the reign OF William III all child
stealers apprehsnded were branded with q
redbOt r. for rogue. on the shoulders,
II. for mansiaughter. on the right hand,
and T., for thief. on the LETT one
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-10-31

The largest dam OF any kind in this
southern hemisphere is that st Beetaioe
South Australia IL 8 bgiIt 81 conGrvts.
has capacity Of s000o3o0o gallons and
cost s5sbofn
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-11-05
An American Merchant Marine.


The formation Of the North Atlantic
Branch of the American Shipping League
at Bath. recently, marks an important
step in the history of the effort to revive
and restore the American foreign trade TO
its former place in the maritime world;
not by measures that were. introduced
there. but by the creation of public sent-
ment through this organization in favor of
government aid Governor Dingley, in
his eloquent address that evening, stated
the case concisely and emphatically. Not
only do we need to aid this industry be-
cause of its Importance as one of the great
interests of the nation, but because of the
value such an industry would be to us in
times of war. If American shipping is al
lowed to decline and die and We become
dependent upon foreign ship-yards for our
vessels of iron, with their powerful en-
gines, We should be unable to suitably
protect ourselves in time of danger, from
the fact that We would have no extensiye
plants, and none Of the necessary tools
and machinery with which to construct
our vessels of war He cited the immense
advantage we derived in this respect dur
ing the late war, when the little Monitor
was built and equipped in 30 days TO de-
fend our commerce and our ships of war.
able from any logical standpoint We
have the materials. We have the men, we
have the ability and the knowledge, and
there exists no good reason why we cannot
maintain our own ship-yards. To make
our merchant marine success. and to win
back our commerce, We have got to com
pete with nations that believe in subsidies,
and which like Great Britain, have expend-
ed $3.50 900, 900 in subsidies to obtain the
supremacy of the world on the sea. The
tonnage bill, which was SO nearly passed
by Congress at its last session, was a bill
that called for only reasonable expendi-
ture of public funds, and then only for a
limited term of years.
Our cosstwise trade is amply protected
and the result is that our coasting trade is
three times the home trade of Great Britain
and more than five times that of any other
power. This shows what protection will
do for American industries. Congressman
Boutelle described faithfully the efforts
made to rehabilitate our navy during the
past six years, part of the time under the
adverse circumstances arising from the
advent Of the Cleveland administration to
power. No man is better qualified to
speak upon naval affairs than Mr.. Boutelle,
| and the wonderful strides we have made
! In the comparatively short period of six
years in this direction seem indeed almost
magical. In six years time we have con-
structed vessels that are the peers of any
war ships that float in speed, in strength,
| and for their defences. A new industry
has been created, and Yankee-like we have
discounted our rivals. What is true Of
the navy may be made equally true Of our
merchant marine. That great good will
come of the organization perfected in
Bath, no thinking man can doubt.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-11-05
Gen. Hamlin's Report Of Decisions.

Within few days there will appear the
Report of Cases IN Law and Equity, deter
mined by the Supreme Judicial Court of
Maine. by Charles Hamlin, reporter of de-
cisions. 1t will be VOL LXXXII.
The public has generally supposed that
on account of illness the past winter, Chief
Justice Peters would not occupy the usual
amount of space in this volume. The con-
trary is the fact. Several of his opinions
are not only longer In matter. but deal at
length with very interesting principles
Some touch upon the doctrine of the law
OF sales; proceedings In insolvency; per-
soDal injury upon railroads; the establish
ing of roads through wild lands by the
county commissioners; validity of rail-
road charters and the right to exercise em-
iment domain; abstruse questions in the
construction of deeds; liability of corpor-
alton stockholders, all exhibiting that pa.
tient research, calm judicious investiga.
tion. adorned with that felicity of diction
which characterizes all his work The
great value to the profession, of Chief
Justice Peters decision upon the law OF
sales arising in Morse vs.. Moore, which
was sale cf ice with warranty, has drawn
the attention of many of the legal period
icals in the country
Judge Emery with his usual industry
touches upon several important topics. and
in clear and lucid manner decides ques-
tions relating to the liability of towns, lay
ing out of private roads, savings banks de
posits, equity pleadings; and he settles, fol
this state, the law of pleading and burden
Of proof in dog cases, holding that the
plaintiff when bitten by dog, is not re-
quired to plead or prove due care on his
part in the first instance. The decision
may be characterized by the quotations
He now keeps u dog at his peril.'
Among other opinions of Judge Emery
is an admirable statement of the doctrine
of warranty in life insurance law and the
application of fundamental legal princi
pies in the construction and Interpretation
of deeds. He writes the only dissenting
opinion.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-11-05
'-lnnocuous He>uetude
Lnnrtlunl ENurnss
The New Lyceum League.


\ National Movement for the Training of
Young Americans.
One of the great molding forces of the
last generation was the old Lyceum or De
batting Club. 1t was an institution which
trained young men to think for themselves
and developed many into political leaders.
1t is now proposed to revive that institu-
tion in the interest OF good citizenship.
The Youths Companion announces an or
ganization called the Lyceum League Of
America. 1t is to consist of system Of
local debating clubs, connected through
the Lyceum Department of The Compare
ion. This department accepts the care of
the league. gives each club charter and
Il free equipment, suggests topics for dis
cussion, aad furnishes valuable aid in
their investigation.
The aim of this movement is to train
young men to think intellgently on the
great problems of American life, and to
impress them with the duties of citizen
ship. The work is to be above all part-
zanshlp. 1t is to be American in the broad
est sense. 1t aims to give practical direc-
tion to the enthusiasm which the general
school-tiag movement has awakened-a
movement inaugui ated by the same paper
incidental benefits will be parliamentary
training and learning how to think on one 5
feet.
This plan has been in process of elabora-
tion for more than a year 1t has already
the Endorsement of leading educators as a
practical and timely movement. There is
undoubtedly rising tide of Americanism
which this movement will do much to
swell Boston Herdld.