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Connecticut western news., 1892-08-25
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ARE YOU GOING

to make any change in heat ing your house? If so,recollect l am prepared to fix you out. Can furnish any Boiler you wish for,the Perfect or the Cur ney, for Steam or Hot Water. but l think The Furman is the best boiler, all things consider ed, in the market for Hot Water or Steam. It is made for either system; has no pack ed joints and is made upon honor. The Furman has been selected to heat the Floral Building at the Worlds Fair. Give me a chance to figure on anything you want in Piping. Plumbing, House Heating, Stoves and Tin Ware, Jobbing etc. ....
 c. P. STRONG,
 Canaan, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1892-08-25
Parliament Prorosued.
Buried Under Falling Walls.

FhfIfAmeht FrOrOKueu. LONDON, Aug 19.-Parliament was pro rogued last evening until Dec. 4.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04

upon the opposite hill, she closed her eyes
and thrust forward the burning rod
Then
The very earth seemed to open at her
feet. She felt Il fierce breath OF flame and
shock that threw her prone upon the
earth. There was roar as If the very
skies were rent IN twain; an angry, snarl-
ing whistle, IS Of thousand gigantic, in
furiated bees, and far away upon the OPP
posite height a tumult OF yelis. shouts and
cries. When deaf and Keeling she dared
open her eyes again. she saw that the old
cannon, with a piece broken out of its
muzZle, lay upon its side amid the frag-
ments OF its carriage And there in the
dense, gray column was something like
wide lane torn directly though its center.
1t had ceased to advance; its cleaning
bayor Its no longer stood IN parallel lines,
but were mixed together and tossing wild
~ hither and thither. Mounted officers
were riding among the disordered ranks,
commanding, imploring, imprecating; but
still the column refused to go forward.
''Seel seeI" murmured a feeble, excited
voice close beside her, 1.-THE old gun has
turned themi Oh Maggiel my little
heroine, you don't know what you have
done this day. And look, look! there goes
Doubleday's men with the bayonet! Hur-
rah! hur''-
Again he tainted but this time with
smile on his white lips. Trembling, hor
ror stricken at her own work, and nearly
fainting herself, the girl knelt by the
wounded soldiers side and raised his head
upon her lap. She was dinly conscious
that rank after rank OF blue uniforms were
passing by at a doubleqUick. She heard
shrill, jubilant bugle calls and wild hur-
rahs, and knew by some mysterious clair
voyance that the battle was won.
Though few persons know the truth, it
was the timely discharge of the old, de-
spised thirty FOUNDER, triple loaded by the
ignorant hands OF girl, and casting
hundredweight of balls and fragments
straight into the head of the advancing
Confederates, that turned the tide of the
great battle, checked the onset of the con-
ident foe and gave the Union reserves an
opportunity to come up and fling them
selves into the imminent gap.
Lieutenant Willoughby lay helpless
many weeks in the Purvis dwelling, but
under Margaret's nursing he ultimately
recovered and fought through the war
with honor and promotion. Before he re-
turned to his command Margaret Purvis
became Mrs Willoughby. Among her
most valued possessions is the medal which
General Meade took off his own breast and
pinned upon hers when, after the battle, he
was told the story of the old gun.-Charles
Lotus Hildreth in Independent.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04
Writing as an Exercise for Children.

The great drawback of writing as an ex-
ercise for children is the fact that it in
wolves one-half of the body only, and the
necessity of fixing the spinal column causes
the child instinctively to loll upon its left
side while the right arm is working. To
what extent the asymmetry of posture
is caused by the fashion of sloping the let
tiers it would be difficult to say, but there
can be no doubt that the writing master
ought to carefully watch the attitude of
the child and endeavor to make 1t sit
square to the desk and maintain the spinal
column vertical.
Every child should have a footstool to
give firm support to the feet, and the seat
should not be slippery, so that the fixation
of the pelvis may be easy. Vertical writ
ing is very legible, and if it diminishes to
any extent the tendency to sit "lopsided"
it ought TO be encouraged. The true remedy
for the evils produced by learning TO write
seems to Us to BIZ to teach the child TO use
both hands and to practice alternately with
either hand. Vertical writing lends itself
more readily to smbidexterity than does
sloping writing and there can be no doubt
that a clerk who could write with equal
facility with either hand, and could rest
one side Of the body while the other was
working, would be little liable to writer's
cramp and similar troubles. Seeing how
enormous is the muscular effort involved
in giving the hand sufficient steadiness,
and that the brain flag is scarcely less than
the muscle flag. IL goes without saying
that wrisng lessons should at first be Of
very short duration. Ten minutes with
each hand ought to amply sRffice.-London
Lancet.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04
Re Got His Pntatoes Dnr.

Uncle Amos is a little old yellow man
constitutionallya verse to labor. Keziah is
a thrifty, energetic woman, and Amos
laziness is the cause of many matrimonial
tiffs between them. She had been urging
Amos for some time to cut down and split
into firewood a dead tree standing in the
yard, and to dig n struggling row of pota,
toes which, in a moment of unusual activ-
ity in the spring. he had planted and called
his later patch"
Whenever Keziah said tree" or eaters y
Amos would put on an injured air and say:
81 never seen sicher 'oman ez you, Keziah
l tell you dat tree gUine git cut down an
dem taters dug, but you won b'peve me.
You ain got no trus' in nobody"
One day during heavy storm lightning
struck the tree, splitting it to pieces, and
then passing into the ground plowed di-
rectly down the potato row. When the
storm was over and Amos sufficiently re-
covered from his fright TO crawl from I'M
der the bed where he had hidden, he crept
out into the yard and stretched himself
Keziah Eas busy gathering the uprooted
potatoes into basket and piling the pieces
of splintered wood.
''Dah, now! What tell you, Keziah'"
said Amos. "YOu put so little 'pendence
in everybody, de elerments deyselves halter
to cum down an split dat tree an dig dem
taters to shame you out'n yo' onbelief y
N. E. Saffold in Kate Fields Washington.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04
Little known of Birds.

It is perhaps a little hard on birds 20
bracket them with lower animals general
ly. Considering its size, a sparrow has a
very highly developed nervous system
Birds nave never been given credit for the
amount of brains which they really possess
Because they do not know how TO fetch and
carry like dogs, or play with each others
tails like monkeys, or run after a piece of
string around the room like a cat, they are
voted slow of comprehension.
This, however, Is to look at the question
from a human point Of view altogether
The fact is thar we know less of birds than
of any other creatures. They often live
quite close to US; they spend all their days
in cage within a yard of our armchairs,
and yet they and we are almost complete
strangers. We never ge5 at their inner life
and they probably never get at ours, or
they would trust US more. Still within
its feathered breast stirs a history unex
pressed, and mankind has not yet learned
enough Of bird language to comprehend
the meaning of chirps and thrills and war
bleS.-LOndou Telegraph.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04
Wy REALM.
rm sitting WAY up in nov strdy.

I'm sitting way up in my study,
Way up on topmost floor,
Immersed in congenial abstraction,
Obvious, behind a closed door.
All around me dwells silence profound;
The most soothing of stiffness reigns;
heed not the tick of the clock
TTis music TO overweight brains
Overhead, all around me, are people,
SnugIy quartered on rack and on shell:
Many thousands of all sorts of fellows,
And the ruler Of all-that's myself
Commands them at will. They obey ms,
From sovereign way down TO thrall-
The scholar. the soldier. the courtier-
They go and they come at my call.
Withal I've trusty companion,
The closest, the best OF all friends,
To whom impart every secret.
What a willing ear my partner lendsi
He chimes with my thoughts TO nicely;
He comforts and charms and cajoles;
Holds the balance of judgment before ma
Ne'er opposes me, yet still controls.
And still I'm alone if wish So
They wouldn't irtrude if they could.
They obey, yet they ~e not sycOphantic;
Never loud; ne'er profUse; never rude,
And if they dts seldomD grow tiresome,
I've the remedy in my own hands:
l shut up nay books, lay down my pipe
I'm the czar. They obey my commands.
F. W. Schwartz in Homemaker.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04

1t appears that the properties popularity
attributed to lettuce dts soporifc effects
were known to the Creeks are due to
hyoscyamine. MIR. 7. ). Dymond, in a
paper read before the Chemical society, ex-
planned thar The mydriatic (dilation of the
pupil Of the eye action Of an extract of
lettuce was suspected of being due to an
aIkalold, and after treating in the usual
way with chlorofOrm he obtained crystals
In the form of silky needles, having the
same melting point and other properties as
hyoscyamine, the myGriatic alkalod
known TO exist In belladonna. henbane and
other plants belonging to the solauaces.
The lettuce Qactuca), however, belongs
othe composite, and probably Mr.. by
mond Is the first to discover hyoscyamine
or any other alkaloid of the mydriatic
group in plant not belonging to the So
lanacese.-English Mechanic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04
SQUARED His Account.

The weather worn sign which dangled
from string around his neck stated briefly
that he was blind. The fingers of poverty
and want had dug deep burrows in his
cheek and the partly opened sightless eyes
wore look of drowsy, perpetual pain.
How long he had been standing there on
the corner of Thirty-fourth street and
Third avenue I did not know; all day,
probably. The northwest wind, bitterly
cold and cutting, swept down the street
and surged about the figure Of the aged
mendicant with remorseless vigor 1t
tugged angrily at the tails of his ragged
coat and disputed with him the possession
of his battered SLOUGH hat.
A little newsboy who had been busily
engaged in SCATTERING the surrounding at
mosphere with his Conanche-like yell of
"Oixtreet' approached and gazed anxious
ly at the beggar for a moment and-very
gently - dropped a penny in his out
stretched hand. Then, becoming suddenly
aware that l had caught him in the very
act, he ran across the street and, for no ap-
parent reason, vigorously belabored a
fellow news vender who was very much
smaller than he-New York World.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04
Worry In q Girls Life.

Truly the first necessity now is 70 teach
girl to approach her work, physical or
mental, in d normal, healthy way-to ac-
complish what she has TO do naturally, using
only the force required to gain her point;
not worrying all the time she studies for
fear the lesson will not be learned; not
feeling rushed from morning TO night for
fear her work will not be done; not going
about with a burden Of unnecessary anx-
iety morbid fear of her teachers and a
general attitude toward life which means
strain and constant strain. 4 glance for
ward intensifies the gravity of the case.
Such habits once developed in girl who
is fitting herself to teach are strongly felt
by her pupils when she takes the position
of a teacher. The nervous strain is re-
f1ected back and forth from teacher TO pu-
pill, and is thus forcing itself on the notice
of others and proving day by day more
clearly what is the greatest physical need.
Those who have observed this tendency
are wont to say, Give the girls plenty of
exercise, plenty OF fresh air, see that they
sleep and eat well. and this greatest need
will be supplied without thought" If the
unhealthy condition we have noted were
just making its appearance the remedy
would be sufficient. AS it is, such a rem
edy suffices in a few cases, in most cases
partially, but in some not at all. The habit
has stood now through too many genera
tons to be overcome without a distinct
recognition of the loss Of power, and
strong realization of the need of regaining
this power. Indeed, so great hold on the
community has this want of quiet and easy
activity in study and in play that it is not
rare to find young girls who believe the abb
normal to be the natural life and the other
unnatural. AS one girl told me once in
perfect good faith, al keep well on excite
ment, but it tires me terribly TO carry a
pitcher of water up stairs" This know
is an extreme instance, and yet not so IN
common as | wish it were.-Annie P. Call
in Atlantic Monthly.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04
The Training of Children.

Parents, it is natural for your children
to think that everything you do is right.
Before them you are an infallible teacher,
You teach by example and by precept, and
ever remember that the influence Of the
former is stronger. They are impressed
far more by what you do than by what you
say. If your actions contradict your words,
no good results can follow. 1t will do no
good to forbid a child doing a certain
thing if that child saw You doing the same
thing. You at once start a reasoning in
the child's mind: why does papa forbid
me doing this when he does it himself5
Well. if l can't do it now, will when l am
man"
Thus the child resolves on the course of
his father. Though he may obey through
fear, yet, unless some strong counteracting
influence is beought to bear upon him, he
will follow the example of his parent when
he is away from him. 1t is folly for par
ents to think that their children will be
anything else than the example that is set
before them. Parents, be in your lives
what you desire your children to be. We
all remember the power of parental exam
pie in our early years There is something
in the influence of a parent which i'm
presses the child as binding 1t is an emar
nation from that moral law written upon
the human heart, that children are to obey
their parents. The child may be conscious
that the thing is wrong, yet because of the
parents course it instinctively follows
The influence is almost irresistible.
Papa said so, Mamma said So" How
powerful are these wordsl Let it be OBJ
served teachers oan do very little in the
proper training of child without the en-
tire cooperation of the parents. If parents
can do nothing With their children, in nine
cases out of ten no one else can.
When parents fail it is generally because
they did not begin early enough or they
did not employ the right methods.-Rev.
S. VI. Elliott in Housekeeper.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04
Curions Maine Sims

A few old toll bridges down in Maine
bear signs that perpetuate the memory OF
a curious law. These signs proclaim that
all persons, save ''paupers, Indians and
clergymen," must pay toll in crossing the
bridge. The indulgence shown TO paupers
and clergymen is easily understood from,
the practice elsewhere. bat why the Indi.
ans were exempted Is not 80 clear. unless.
indeed, it was a recognition Of the aborigi-
nal right to the freedom Of the region
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04

The most exquisite and valuable speci-
mems OF cutlery are il possession of the
principal cutters at Sheffield. Among
them may be mentioned kn,fe not larger
than thumbnall, having twenty blades;
smother, only an inch long. when closed,
with seventy blades. all made in a beaQti-
ful manner, and illustrating nearly all the
shapes ever given to knife blfjes.-Lon-
don Tit-p Bits
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04
Pensions for Injured Pirates.

On board the famous pirate Roberts
snip man who was crippled in hattle
received $500 out OF the common stock.
ana proportlonSte sum was awarded for
lesser hurts. Lowther allowed EI5O Tor
the loss Of limo, and other captains IL
btltuted a sort Of tariff OF wounds which
EXTENDED TO ears. fingers and toes.-Ns-
tiOnal Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04

IN the coming Crystal palace cleo
trical exhibition, upon the payment Of a
small fee, persons will be able TO listen
through the telephone to the music per-
formed at thesters IN London, Birming-
ham, Manchester and Liverpool
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04
Iu,t.t,nr tn. Music Of . Cascade

Certain tribes on the Amazon nave been
fascinated by the music Of the waterfall
Musical Instruments were found IN use
among them consisting Of q complicated
mechanism by which water VIA poured
from one bowl into another IN imitation
OF the cascade, and then retained by the
receiving bowl into the vessel which bad
poured it, 20 that by q repetition OF this
mechanism a constant muTmur Of a cas-
cade could be kept up 30 long As the audi
ence desired or the player was able 70 per
form ik-Good Words
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04

An excellent substitute for coal Is nov
being made In Sweden 1t is composed Of
wood charcoal and coal tar. A paste OF
these substances is made, which is nm
through press. The briquettes thus
formed are allowed to dry for several
weeks before usinG-New York TimeA-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-04

OncS and yards CT MosIey ave be
wtsu s5onEiss az, GJ5ubtsEt -.
tBraugh Yard az q 8on Gsts.Gkfah
. City - Rene. and h8ne0 Okla
mona Territory.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-11-04

Postofice Inspector E. G. Clements,
who has been in the city for several
days, left yesterday morning for the
west.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gregg left last even
ing for Rock Island, ILL.,, the captain
having received a telegram announcing
the sudden death of his father.
Judge Winchester leaves tomorrow
morning for Dickinson, where he will
remain a day, in order to give all who
wish an opportunity to take out final
naturalization papers.
John Harold and party returned yes
terday afternoon from the survey of. the
abandoned Fort Lincoln. Mr.. Harold
says that while crossing the river in a
skif, his craft swung into the wake of
the steamer Rosebud, and was nearly
swamped by the waves. Mr.. Harold's
unexampled GOODNESS and presence of
mind was all that prevented what might
have been a conspicuous absence of
body. ...e
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-11-04
Tuesdays Personals.

J. G. Bushby left for Casselton Sun
day evening. r@
G. M. Dahl returned from Fargo Sun
Gay morning. ..'' r..
VIM. McCrory returned from the east
Sunday morning.
D. A. Stocking, the Dickinson jeweler,
s%ojourned in the city Sunday.
A. L. Carey returned from the east on
the morning train yesterday.
Erard Wooster returned Sunday from
a trip to the east with a shipment of
sheep. ...H,5
Auditor Currie returned yesterday
morning from his trip to Chicago and
intervening points.
Mrs. Asa Fisher returned yesterday
morning from a visit with her daughter
Mrs. r. w. Wheelock, at Huron, S. D..
Charles F. Riggs, representing the
Carleton Opera company was in the city
yesterday on business connected with
the playing Of q night here.
DR.. v. 3. Stickney Of Dickinson,
passed through the city Sunday morn
ing from q visit at his old
home. The doctors return was has
tened BY the typhoid epidemic in Dick
inson.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. r. Bussey left Sunday
evening for q visit to their old home in;
Huron, s. D. Not q lesser part OF Mr..
Bussey's object in going at this time is
to cast q vote for Harrison, Reid and
protection.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-11-04

leve me, but the itching would increase. During
vo1s to the highest degree, and nearly driven to
despair. At that time / read about the CUTIcuRA
REMED1Es, intended to try them, and dropped the
doctors. After applying CuTIcuRA 4 had re
CuT1cuRA, CuTIcURA SOAR, and CUT1cuRA RE-
SOLVENT, with proper judgment, my condition
improved slowly but surely day. by day, untiiafter
Our minister, Rev. j. G. Perrault, in Mandan,
knows me and knows how / suffered: ANY one
may write to him and be will certify to the truth
OF this testimonial.
E.. i. sTEINBRUECK, Mandan, North Dakota-s
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-11-04
Friday,s Per. onals asth ult.

Miss Margaret Detcher, who has been
visiting in the city for several weeks,
left last evening for her home in Roch.
ester, N. Y.
Mrs. Hollingsworth, wife Of 3. F.
Hollingsworth Of the surveyor generals
office, arrived from Minneapolis yeeter-
day and will take up her residence in
the city.
Inspector Bussey has returned from a
trip through the northern country, hay--
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-11-04

Iii announced chat the Grand Forks
Plaindealer has been sold to a company
represented by W. L. Wilder, and Brad
Hennessey, formerly of the Superior
Telegram will assume the managing
editorship. The paper, under the new
management, will be democratic, and
will probably be the official organ of the
state.
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-11-04
Saturdays Personals.

S'nCuAuny . IoISOuaIb.
G. M. Dahl left for Fargo and Valley
City last evening on a little campaign
tour. .,.
Mrs. D. O. Pratt, who has been visit
ing her mother, Mrs. r. F. Voolfolk,
left for her home in Brainerd last even
ing.
Express Messenger Albert Wagner
went to st. Paul last evening, being
incapacitated for work by a severe ILL.,
ness.
Judge Winchester took the delayed
train for Sims yesterday to give those
so inclined in that vicinity an oppor-
tunlty to take out naturalization papers.
The judge returned on No. 4 last even
ing, as he is to hear the case affecting
the names to appear on the county
official ballot, which comes up to. day.
J. G. Bushby, employed in the audi
tors office for the postof1ice department
at Washington, arrived in Bismarck yes
terday. Mr.. Bushby is an old resident
at Bismarck and.a popular citizen and
has come home to vote. He will also
make several speeches in Red River
valley points for the republican cause
next week. Mr.. Bushby is president of
the North Dakota Republican assooia-
ton in Washington, and one of the most
active young republicans in the capital.