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Connecticut western news., 1893-11-23

"Have you an idea? It may be val uable. Is it patentable? Write DUBoIs & DUBoIs, long established Patent At torneys, Washington, D. c.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-23
Forgsr Taggart Sentenced. -cprtpo Nov O1 uT,leox, c n<

PITTsBURG, Nov. 21.-Wilson $. Taggart, the Sunday school superintendent of Bar ton, near Martins Ferry, O., who secured s25, 900 on forged paper, was sentenced to imprisonment in the penitentiary for two years and six months
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-23
NH Firm suanends.

PROVIDENCE, Nov. 21.-The suspension of the firm of Sayles & Washburn of Me chanicsville, Conn.,, manufacturers of fine woolen and worsted goods, was an noupcpd
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-23
ni1 I,ockout Tbraat,n.a.

PITTsBURG, Nov. S1.-The conference of the iron and steel sheet manufacturers and the wage committee of the Amalgamated association resulted in a disagreement, and lockout affecting nearly 17,OOO men is f ad
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-23
No Hurry to Assign.

Johnny-We've got baby at our housel
 Tommy-Boy or girlr
 Johnny-How can tell? It's so little 1t don't know itself yet.--Truth.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-23
Seven Blocks Burned i.

A fire on Worthington St. in Spring field, Mass. Tuesday night destroyed seven blocks. The loss will reachss$1 ,5OO,- GOO.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-23
nISTRICT of Cornwall, ss. Probate Court
 u bar

D November goth, 1893.
 Estate of Lucy l.. Rogers late of Cornwall n said District deceased
 The court of Probate for the district of Cornwall hath limited and allowed months from the date hereof for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims for settlement, Those who neglect to present their accounts properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immedi- ate payment to
 DWIGHT ROGERS, Administrator.
Connecticut western news., 1893-11-23
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A URESTLING LION.
Rather a Dangerous sport, but 1t Phases
the Crowd.

Reused to emulation by the instantaneous
success OF tho boxing kangaroo. London vnri-
ETY. managers have been hustling to uncarth
n rival athletic novelty. The Oxford Theatre
of Varieties believes it has Mt length filled the
bill. and now expends its display type on q
wrestling lion.
The sporting Life describes the Arst appear
ance Of the leonine star as follows;
when he cartan was drawu up tie lion was dis
covered in a huge cage. making The usual parade from
end TO enu of his PRISON house peculiar TO his species.
In \ brief speech Mr.. G. L. Brighten. tho courteous
manager, stated that the lion VA, bred III the forest.
aud was brought to England fouT yea-s ago. lie mas
been two years under tho care OF Amousa, who is =
West IN Ian and hl.cs as ebony. with cleaning eyes.
and teeth a.. white as me n,,yen s"ST; s['smdgs
and courage. oHIetlyy he enlersI ,ne Ion. carr. ana;
a ,hs " n s.s" ICON 't"% Eoia ' i" ,h S,G VSn rsSs ana "' 's.n.o. np only MY
i hs'' s4.s gwen iisa~ii lyof H Of III msiesiy The SeN hon WHO'S nsss
,ams. by me way, Is rI!rssi VIII" sunny: " superior
nsnT ao '" 'i aas ap tp II! s sasG 0' k ~ 1'I lie ' r""ptg NC 70. 't tIto
s sI,s. . ,4 r:tI !!sn nns ssraTsn'.! X SSEE a sn%it!'"sh TO ' s.;a Tine n.
s sY"S f "a Ins ' .iGs by ON s sts 0a 40 ns SSt tn'.yi l.% ao. fsiH;
s ss: sss.'a anil, t 10 a a ca s ,shS so ID bout t"" A Tss' tnr. ON NM n;
YER. sisye5iy by .inealarIy SsltsSseatsdS.w wis, THo
t s.4y a sna last t isti num- 'anltei /" H., e: i ."s.s sAf S e q; T sns
wrestling arena, and ic ! ntmamP upon MN, A. the close
% 'sIs %hoisi"1' item hem ' apart. i plseSa 10. t bead don IN an he
s 81. s,en. %au'e ai ..s ' ss", " f s4nss' f Gt '' . p S.@is1 %s,s 81
WAS suspended from the roof OF the cage. and then
Alex and the lion lay down on the floor together and
positive y cudd!ed, each other. Talk Of the lion lying
down with the lamb, that performance. II IL ever
com - on. hasn't q look in with what took place at the
oxford y%.stertay afternoon. Before being, sup
piled with ms customary afternoon lunch
con. his majesty eats a couple Of snack. OF
the toothsome morsels. BY no means the least
interesting Of the tw ain 10 Alex Amousa. who has been
q lion hunter and lion trainer and tanner from his
youth. He 10 a very attractive conrsr..uonslis, and
little OF The art or wrestling, and was not particularly
conversant with such chips a. the hack heel the cross
bullock, the inside click. or the tying mare. but. with
2 merry twinh.e in hi. Intelligent eye. he slgniied that
how many pounds ayOirdupois Prince weighs at the
present moment. but he states the lion 10 above the ordi-
nary size and weight, and Is y little over q years old,
aud the most traotabls OF his species he has met with.
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N.

three tons. 1t resembied both the rhinoceros
and the elephant, Its legs were elephantine
and its feet NAV have been covered with soft
the rhinoceros and tho hippopotamus. 1t had
six bony knots on It's skull. which served as
gists call Een"rnlized. presenting character
iStics OF many groups. OF our Guadrupeds. MIR.
Hutfhins0n als? dcyotes a eonsidcrahie space
region which has delighted so many geolo-
Rists. In these and several other like regions
found many n missing link in the chain OF
NE; many an offspring OF nature az strange
After the dinocerata lived, another large
nmily Of American mammals. to which the
name of brohtops has been given. They were
near ancestors OF the rhinoceros. They
were larger than any Of the dinocerata. twelve
feet long. and about eight feet high. The
than those OF the elephant. which it nearly
%eGualled in size. As in the tapir. there were
four toes to the front limbs and three to the
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hind limbs. TWAS probably provided with an
elongated flexible nose like that Of tho tapir,"
In India there Is u region which. Ike tho
bad Lands" is rich In the remains OF cX-
tinct monsters. From This region. the livalik
liills.' many skeletons and parts of
skeletons Of, tho mammalian age have heen
brought TO England. classified and renovated.
From among these Mr.. Hutchinson has select
al two. the Siyathe -ium and the co!ossochclys.
The sivAtheriGm is unlike anything now ,liv-
ing. Although, at first Glrpc. it rescIn blas
some form OF deer. So many things m edi.
ately present themselves In contradiction OF
this that the animal Is soon given up as II mys-
terry. 1t had two pairs Of horns. like ono kind
Of antelors. teeth like a giraffe. and a nose
In both tho bad Lands. and the, LIvallk
Hills. aside from the unusual forms. there are
animals and reptiles nearly akin to the ami
mails and reptiles OF to-day. In fact. nearly
every one Of the species we have to-day was
then represented by tour or five times as many
genera as have survived. The earth is poor to.
day In all the lower forms of life as compared
to what 1t was a hundred thousand years ago.
South America has not contributed many
peculiar forms of ancient life. The two most
noted are also most curious-the giant slnth
and the giant armadilio that once lived In the
famous Pampas region. One specimen OF the
megatherium. or giant sloth. shows IAN anil
NAL eighteen feet in length. with bones more
massive than those OF the elephant. For in
stance. the thigh bone 10 nearly thrice the
thickness OF the same bono In the largest Of
existing elephants, the circumference being
equal 10 the entire lenGth.
In the fore part Of ms body the skeleton IL
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Then Il, was hunted about in n circle until it

Then il. was hunted about in n circle until 1t
broke down lutte exhausted. The servants
surrounded 1t. jumped to the ground. and eau
mails. fettereh with hide thongs attached to
broken-lown creature. AMI made tho thongs
fast to tn. trunks o trees. so that the captive
The animal was Kept in that position for
several. days. The first dry it Ind nothing to
eat or drink The second day it received some
were given to it. and it logan to become do
Gle. Then it allowed itse!L to he led by its
caressing 1t with their trunks. On tho eighth
day Of its c%altivity the younGstcr was SO far
'" "fro rns thi hh y" "%r esH.n n' mISSt uprear that
the, elcnhnnt OF Indo-China L. a harmless ami
maj. This is not the ease. When irritated by
u wound 1t becomes very dangerous. especially
takes to flight at the ilrst shot. il its wound is
SORT right atterth: hunt have described,
European, hunter can do. and l therefore re-
Gnosted tho mandarin to, allow me TO try a
, s!i"f a" into the III, T,l4 io 4ssa' T Univ a ms4n my se ha !. rsi
assurances that l should not hold him respon-
siGls forth cTns.Iurncsf; tn. manIarin gave
"amDodisn s"rvsut 10 ,aiiow me n" a. a distahcs
terinS the forest. l saw three clephants stand
ing in front of me looked ROUND for my SER
s e""v; 'u ,em IA va" sI" "EkM"1.'f SLOWED :" sfe iy a y 'unt:
one. rushed toward me with urlifted trunk
and fierce trumpetings. ] had no time to spare
t" take coed aim. and SO Tired into the opsn!
my gun threw me TO the ground: and at the
same moment | heard my servant fire twice.
Il quickly raised myself. but was unable on
account OF the smoke OF my gun to see the
elephant. Then ! suddenly felt something
Craze my face. and l was hurled u distance u
several yards. and lost consciousness. When
They had thought that | WAS dead. Ny clothes
were srrinklen. with blood. an. n pain in my
iunner Jaw convinced me, that there was some:
thing WRONG, i found that several teeth had
ieen knocked out. The elephant had knocked
them out with her trunk. and had disa appeared.
Three, balls had not Killed her. A deadly
wound can only he given when the ball enters
through the temple or the eye.
..Astha elephan mt has keen scent and hearing.
a Eurorran needs long experience before he
can huntt the animal successfully. The native.
who creeps noiselessly in his Annnmite cos
tune. has. in spite of his inferior weapons. "A
better, chance, q success than a European
WITH his creakinG boots and Lreech-loader.
rows, which; although they cannot penetrate
the thick skin. may inf'ict a deadly wound In
softer parts. such ms the trunk. In such places
the poisonous substance. prepared from ex-
tracts OF herbs. acts SO violently that the
animal often dies within ten minutes"
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elephant to obtain ivory and also to ca rture and
tame the young animals. AGreat deal has been
written about elephant hunting. but nothing.
/ believe. about the method OF the BenonGs.
among whom l was the first European to live
for any considerable time. On March 80. 1891.
! was in the Benong village OF Fumria. max
ing chronological collections and treating many
sick natives. About that time II Cambodian
mandarin arrived for elephant hunting. AL
though tho natives protested thatthe presence
OF a Christian might render the hunt unsuc.
%cessful. the Cambodian. influenced no doubt
by some presents / made him. at last consent
ed to my participating in the hunt.
Ten aged and completely tanned elephants
were loaded with the i'm plements for capturing
their wild relations and with baskets OF pro-
visions. An adequate number of men were got
together. We then started for q region where
wild elephants are numerous. Our animals
moved along in Indian file. and the finest Of
the lot. on which the mandarin and l were
seated. brought up the rear. The other ele.
plants had to clear the way for us. which they
did by breaking Off the branches Of trees Will
their trunks. On we went over hill and dale
and rivers until we found n fresh elephant
trail. recognizable by the recent breaking of
Of branches and the trodden heritage.
"A halt WAS made. The animals were unsad-
died and the baggage was taken off and left
In clialC OF n number o! men. The rest OF us
were then ready for the hunt. There was moth
ing left on the elephants except n cane about
the thickness OF a finger. which was wound
round their bodies to give the riders some hold
during the violent and irregular motions Of
the animals. 1t was only with difficulty that l
could prevail upon the mandarin to allow mo
to take with m, my elephant rifles. Wrapped
up in OK hides. these rifles We're fastened to
the elephant ! rode.
Zach elephant was ridden hy two men. One.
who was called he capturer. rode or stood, on
its back. The other man was the guide. and he
sat right behind the neck Of the animal. The
capt urer had II long bamboo stick which
reached to the ground. and to the lower end OF
which WAS attached II loop made OF twisted COCO
fibre. This loop Was attached to q long line
made Of hide, and held 10y hsrapfurer ut about
the middle and bv the guide II is other end.
I'VE advanced with AL speed On the trail.
Every mon.ent ] was, in danger Of being hmri-
ed tothe ground hv tho branches OF trees, The
capturers. the guides, and the mandarin
knew how to keep ont OF the way o! danger.
Often | saw our guide lie down Hat behind the
neck Of his animal. and the c%arturer take hold
O. it's tail and ride On the htunches, OF the ele-
rhant 80 a not Ia be scinped OF. ] expected
every momcnt to b" knocked 10 the ground. !
managed to keep my seat. however. and at
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last We reached an. open. where We found
about twenty wild elephants. young and old.
which, gave vent to their surprise and fright
b.. violent trumpetings.
we rode with the utm ost speed right into
the herd. The guides. in order to splr their
ami inals TO the utmost speed. Knocked upon
their skulls with iron spikes. which drew blood.
Inc purpose was To separate one OF the young
elephants from the herd. wish to say here
that Wild elephants in fighting with tame ones
are no towards. but they ehaNe with ths
greatest caution. because they seem TO lie
aware Of the superiority Of opponents guided
by human teings. We soon siccee1ed in
pushing to, onc side q young animal and It's
mother, and immediateiy several Of our tamo
elephants tried to separate them by pushing
in between them. This mother tried to defend
herself by blows with her trunk. which. how
ever. our men knew how 10 avoid. At last we
succeeded in separating tho two animals.
The cnI,turers.. who stood upright on the
backs Of their elephants. now tried TO drag tho
loops on the laint oos along the ground 80
that the feet OF the young animal. which WAS
running about In a frightened manner. should
he entangled. One OF the capturers succeeded.
The right hind leg uf the .younaster WAS
caught. The line was tightly held by both tho
capturer and the guide. The young elephant
ielt his danger AMI tried t. fee. While tho
greater part OF the. men tried to keen the herd
in check. the rest devoted themselves to COM
r~letely securing the captured least. The fct-
tered captive. followed Ivy thu lucky cnrturer
on his elephant. plunged to the right and lott.
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DEVOURED BIZ JACKALS.
The Awful Fate OF Three Men on the Great
Colorado Desert.
SIop, II. 'nn Irrnr.eo Arnmi".-.

Eopi n, 'na Irunrsc1 Ennmips.
Los ANGELES. Feb. l0.-Jchn Lang is ore OF
the largest cattle men on the Colorado desert.
lie last year discovered water about forty miles
south OF Indian Wells and has created n very
large cattle ranch there. He has lust arrived
here from his isolated home. and told Of a find
OF three victims OF the desert whose Identity
may never DO disclosed.
About five weeks ago he and a couple OF his
vaTueros were riding along tho old telegram
road leading from San Diego to Yuma. when.
ut a short distance from the road. he deserted
the wreck OF n wagon. The party were in
search Of estrays from their herds. SO they
started from the trail ana rode toward the
wagon, which was completely broken down.
ing one. Tor the skeletons OF three men were
scattered about the region. their clothing torn
into shr;ds by the ravenous eoyot's and vnl-
turrs. There WAS. not n scrap Of paper in the
pockets nv which they could be Identified. be-
cause there were no rockets left, But the hox
S,e% by y lie rain. in's Slowing s'S'rs that "i0 s1Se n"ior 9SisssF,
men had gathered into tho box for safety until
ous jackals. which tore them limb from limb.
But the voice from tho bus, Is never ST.
p IiiriGe'i nature man erdns ale aIon user to- h 1"s sT,e With Il e f.
oiths wagon was distinctly written in a hand
famine the words We are lost. There Is no
water OH the TELEGRAPH road" And this
skulls lay bleaching In the. stunted grass
beside the wagon was all that came back
from them to tho world that had closed on
them forever.
One OF these men was n fat man" said Mr..
Lang. and the other two were thin. You can
always tell the bones OF a fat man because
they contain q larger percentage Of iron. which
turns reddish brown after the flesh is re-
moved and the bones have been exposed to
the air. Those men wore less than four miles
from a fairly good supply Of water. but they
did not know IT.
They had evidently started on a prospecting
tour from San Diego or Yuma. It Is hard TO say
which. and. from the appearance OF, the bones
the wagon. had been dead about five months.
No OK yokes nor harness could he found any
where near the wagon. nor We're there any
such errands without weapons 10 aid them In
procuring food. as well as Tor defence against
been previously discovered by other parties
Ind and kept the discovery to themselves
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III FOUNDING or ARBOR NJ
How Sterling Morton Caused Nebraska to
BE Planted with Trees.

1t Is twenty-one years since Sterling Morton
Invented Arbor Day. lie was then a member
OF the Nebraska state Board Of Agriculture.
and he offered n resolution setting apart April
10. 1872. ms tree-planting day. There vera
some members OF the Board who contended
for the name sylvan day" but Mr.. Morton
talked them out Of this title. The resolution
as finally adopted recommended that tho pco-
pie throughout tho state plant trees on the
day named. and offered, in the name Of the
Board. u prize Of 500 to tho agricultural So
ciety of that county which should plant prop
erly the largest mum Der OF treas. TO- the per.
farm library worth s4J was offered. The
Board requested the newspapers 10 Keep this
resolution before their readers. and the news
papers responded so generously that moro
than l,nUO,uOu trees were planted throughout
Netraska On the iirst Ar,or i,ay, u,t, ,,-
cfensrd Interest, y ara a. IN oi iS1t TIE GSysrnorr
S Sssi name4 thus y p~r"oclnm"fion until ~.
when the Legislature designated April ~ as
lion Of Yehrask Ia DECLARING that the increased
thereon. shall! not .e taken into 40
to This Nebraska has enacted many statutory
provisions touching upon tho planting OF
trees. One directs the cornor4te authorities OF
cities and towns to cause shade trees to he
planted along the, streets. and empowers tho
authorlties 10 make ADDITIONAL assessments
planting, Another section of the law provides
for the planting OF trees, not more than twenty
feet apart upon each side II one-fourth Of the
streets in every city and village OF Nebraska.
Most persons, acquainted with the needs OF
really valuable shade trees realize that such
trees should be planted "a good deal further
apart than the distance thus indicaI ed 10y law.
one result of all this legislation. and Of the
premiums offered each year by the state board
OF Agriculture, has been the astonishing pros
sixteen years after Arhor bay was set ur there
Were more than 35O.OUO.OU0 trees and vines
planted in Nebraska. and the observance OF
the day IL still kept IN with interest. Al the
same time a great number OF states east and
west have followed the example Of Nebraska,
90 that Sterling Morton's resolution has had
aereater Influence than any other such action
unsanct!oned ~ legislative authority.
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1crH4osAuBu.-rrsH LIZARD

Id1OoAUhUH-rlb AlZAhh
tho teeth OF a crocodile. the head Of q lizard.
the paddles OF q whale. and the vertebrR Off
20 anywhere from ten. feet to forty feet ia
length. Its tail was its chief means OF pro-
pulsI9n. but that: in process 9 Si time; vas
was smooth. or slightly wrinkled and It had no
scales The icthyosaurus breathed with lungs:
RID not With Sills; but as it .o wHs t cold
pnSer water a very long time. But
Is eyes were its most interesting feature.
They were OF great size. and by an arran Re.
ment q bony plates could be SO focused that
far sighted: as it chose. It could also see
whore there WAS almost no light. as In ocean
depths. or at the surface. It must have been
the water very swiftly in pursuit Of the smaller
hsh OF those remote days. But the fish lizards
themselves also had enemies. and. after a few
or merged into other types better adapted to
the changed conditions.
Existing at the same time with the fish
lizards or icthyosaurs were the sea lizards
or plesiosaurs. OF this strange creature
Cuvier said that It was the most monstrens
covered. 1t had the herd, OF a lizard and the
teeth OF a, crocodile. Then came a neck, OF
enormous length. like a huge serpent The
~
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far outran imagination when sha 81. we'd
the mighty members OF this strange family.
As the dinosaurs were reptiles. they no
doubt had all the revolving characteristics. the
email intelligence. the cunning, the undulat-
ing motions, and the ferocfous malignity.
These things make the snakes and crocodiles
and alligators of to-day the most generally
dreaded and stunned OF created things. the
horror OF man and beast alike. While there
were. a. has been shown. reptiles in this
all known reptiles. these in turn were preyed
upon by tho great dinosaurs.
The dinosaurs belonged in almost avery
part OF the world. Their skeletons are found
wherever rocks Of the mesozoic age have been
turned up. and thew. like all created things.
were. adapted to the peculiar conditions by
which they were surrounded. While some
were closely allied to tho sea serpents. sea
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age the hugo skeleton OF monstrous forms OF
reptile life are no longer found. A few great
reptiles rmain in this. age. but they more
nearly resemble the reptiles as, we know them
than those mighty creatures whose footprints
sank indelibly into the soil Of the mesozoic age.
In the %reptiliHn nge mammals were repre-
scented by q few weak little creatures. which
since have hid in terror even from most OF tho
bird-like reptiles. to which they would have
nal is the lord Of creation. Mighty creatures
OF mammalian tyres. endowed with intelli-
gence which no reptile ever had. stalked
through the forests. swan the rivers and
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CARN1vORous DINosAUR.
lizards. and fish lizards. others resembled
various mammals. and still others were 30
the emu that many scientists hold that these
birds are the descendants Of dinosaurs.
MI. Hutchinson. classes them under three divi-
footed dinosaurs. and the bird-footed dino
saurs. This division is based upon tho APP
pearance OF the tracks left in the soft soil Of
that day. which hardened into stone and thus
preserved the impressionst to US. The first Of
the lizard footed dinosaurs. which Mr.. Hutch
inson considers is the brontosaurus. a veGe-
table, feeding lizard that was. on the average.
sixty feet long and must have weighed at least
twenty tons.
The small size OF its brain cavity shows that
It was a stupid. slow-movinC creature. 1t had