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Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16
Edward Pack naad

STAMFORD, March 7.-Edward Peck, for merly prominent business man of Bridge port, died at his home here after long i'll. ness. He was for many years associated with his son-in-law, John T. Sterling of Bridgeport, in ;he furniture and crockery hrSi.1pcs
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16
Hunting Up Old Trinket..

All sorts of odd and old fashioned trinkets are coming into favor. Old fashioned pendent brooches that have been treasured up for years are now be- ing brought out and worn with picture gowns. There is perfect furore for buckles of every description, and every body is ransacking old boxes of heir looms and worrying their elderly rela- tives for the old paste or silver buckles of former days. There is great fascina- tion even in the new ones made now in all the old patterns. for they smarter up old gowns, lend attraction to slender waists. give style to quaint headgear and dressy daintiness to plain slipper. -GNsw York Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16
Sympathy For prominen. Criminals.

The sentence of Ferdinand de Lesseps to five years imprisonment as common felon appears to have caused intense sur prise in the United States. Few seem to doubt his guilt, but many condemn the severity of his sentence. This is unfor- tunately trait which is too common here-sympathy for criminals. In this country De Lesseps and his coconspira- tors would never have been convicted, let alone imprisoned. When the rich and venerable directors of the swindling Glasgow bank were first mulcted of their fortunes and then imprisoned for life, a cry of horror went up from the United States.
 In this country we dislike to convict prominent citizens" Our moral fiber seems to be getting ihabby. Our pity for criminals is fast becoming maudlin. It will be good thing for the country when we cease to honor thieves because they are rich and stop shaking hands with rascals because they are smart. !" San Francisco Argonaut
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16
The Missing Pedestrian.

STAMFORD, March 7.-The friends of Do vale Fontaine of Norwnlk, who started sev. eral months ago 10 walk to San Francisco on bet of sl.0o0, believe that he is dead. Letters and telegrams to San Francisco and cities along the road have proved fruitless. Fontaine's mother has been making every effort to locate her son, but has become dis f.Cnt1 ra6
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16
ODDS AND ENDS.

If you would be as happy as child. please one.
 A sisters watchful care-can anything be more tenderp
 Don't overload your rooms with furni- ture and bric-a-brac.
 The, Argand lamp was the invention of Aime Argand in 1789.
 Who boils his pot with chips makes his broth smell of smoke. The father of Sir Robert Peel, the statesman, was a day laborer.
 The happiest husband always knows just a little less than his wife does. A southern Oregon farmer last year made $2. .080 from 10 acres raising prunes.
 Ten confederate stamps recently car. ried package from Granby, Mass. to Boston.
 An Illinois company is erecting works for the manufacture of aluminium cook ing utensils.
 The only carp ever caught in the Mis- sissippi river was taken the other day by a Wisconsin man.
 The origin of the geysers at Sonoma. Cal, is supposed to be a volcanic crater filled by a landslide. Nineteen of the pensioners of the war of 1812 are over 100 years old. six of whom live in Vermont. It won't help your own crop any to look over the fence and count the weeds in your neighbours garden. Cocaine is more insidious than nor phine, fastens more readily upon its vic- tim and holds him in at least as tight 6 grasp. Let the world have whatever sports and recreations please them best, pro- | vided they be followed with discretion Burton.
 A travelling telephone, which can be taken to any room required in large office building at moments notice, is a | recent idea. A train on the Great Northern rail- road ran into 8 large herd of antelopee near Blackfoot, Mon, recently. Seven were killed, and the engine was disabled so that another had to be obtained to take the train on it's journey.
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16
Stili Discharging Men.

BRANFoRD, March 7.-Notwithstanding assertions on the part of the managers of the Branford Lock works that they do not intend to stop their business here IA men were dischal ged last night, while the wages of all those retained were reduced 25 per cent. It is the belief of all the employees that the works will be shut down entirely within a very short time,
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16
Save Your old Pens.

Joseph Gillott, a member of the we'll known firm of makers of steel pens, says that steel pen will last for months with careful use. If your pen gets scratchy and doesn't write well" he further as- serts, "don't cast it aside for new one. That is folly. The pen is not worn out, but simply tired. Give it rest for a day or two. Then hold it in gaslight for perhaps 15 seconds, not longer, and resume your writing. If you are not pleasantly surprised at the results, I'll set myself down as a poor prophet."- Philadelphia Ledger.
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16

we were only wise enough to acknowl- edge it in religious thingsl
 You have scores of illustrations under your own observation where men have had the hardest lot and been trodden under foot, and yet after awhile had it easy. Now their homes blossom and bloom with pictures, and carpets that made foreign looms laugh now embrace their feet; the summer winds lift the tapestry about the window gorgeous enough for a Turkish sultan; impatient steeds paw and neigh at the door, their carriages moving through the sea of New York life very wave of splendor.
 Who is it? Why, it is boy who came to New York with dollar in his pocket and all his estate slung over his shoulder in a cotton handkerchief. All that silver on the dancing span is petrifed sweat drops; that beautiful dress is the faded calico over which God put his hand of perfection, turning it to Turkish satin or Italian silk; those diamonds are the tears which suffering froze as they fell Oh, ! there is 8 river of difficulty between us and every earthly achievement. You know that. You admit that.
 You know this is so with regard to the acquisition of knowledge. The ancients used to say that Vulcan struck Jupiter on the head, and the goddess of wisdom jumped out, Illustrating the truth that wisdom comes by hard knocks. There was river of difficulty between Shake speare, the boy, holding the horses at the door of the London theater, and that Shakespeare, the great dramatist, win ming the applause of all audiences by hi tragedies. There was river between : Benjamin Franklin, with loaf of bread under his arm, walking the streets ot Philadelphia, and that same Benjamin Franklin, the philosopher, just outside of Boston flying a kite in the thunder storm.
 An idler was cured of his bad habit by looking through the window, night afte, night, ct man whe sssaned atting q
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16

San Francisco Doctors Against Advertising.
 The following resolution was adopted at a recent meeting of the San Francisco County Medical society: That any mem Der of this society whose name shall ap- pear in the daily press, describing his professional powers in an unprofessional manner and who cannot give satisfac- tory explanation of the same, shall, at the next meeting. be expelled from the
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16
Narrowly Esc.pcd sufYooation.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March 13.-Six lit tie girls, whose ages range from 2 to 10, narrowly escaped suffocation by coal gas while attending the Sunday school of the Congregational church in MiUtineague, just across the Connecticut river from Spring field.
Connecticut western news., 1893-03-16

the western banks of the Jordan as they had been on the eastern banks of the Jordan, and our departed Christian friends have only crossed over-not sick, not dead, not exhausted, not extin- guished. not plotted out, but with healthier respiration. and stouter pulses, and keener eyesight, and better prospects crossed over, their sins, their physical and mental disquiet, all left clear this side, an eternally flowing, impossible obstacle between them and all human and satanic pursuit. Crossed over! Oh, l shake hands of congratulation with all the bereaved in the consideration that our departed Christian friends are safel
 Why was there so much joy in certain circles in New York when people heard from tho friends who were on board that belated steamer? It was feared that ves- sel had gone to the bottom of the sea, and when the friends on this side heard that the steamer had arrived safely in Liverpool, had we not a right to congrat- ulate the people in New York that their friends had got safely across? And is it ! not right this morning that congratu- late you that your departed friends are safe on the shore of heaven? Would you have them back again? Would you have those old parents back again? You know ! how hard it was sometimes for them to get their breath in the stifed atmosphere of the summer. Would you have them back in this weather? Didn't they use their brain long enough2 Would you have your children back againp Would you have them take the risks of tempta- 1 ton which throng every human path way2 Would you have them cross the Jordan three times? In addition to cross ing it already, cross it again to greet you now and then cross back afterward2 For certainly you would not want to keep them forever out of heaven.
 | Pause and weep. not for the freed from pain,
 But that the sigh of love would bring them back
 again.
 ask Qusstiou. and thsrs sssaas t>
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-18
Drink In the Tr0Dics.

In answer to the question whether it
is necessary to use alcohol in tropical
climates, as is often claimed, Mrs. Mary
Clements Leavit writes:
At tifty-five years of age having
passed most of my life in New Eng
land up to that date, and having been
a total abstainer all my life, first en-
tered tropical lands Thence to the
present time, seven years, l have been
the greater part of the time in tropical
climates. India, Burmah, Madagas-
car, West coast of Africa, sfrom the
Congo to Sierra Leone, Brazil, are
among the countries have visited, and
in which have remained some months
each. 1t has always been safe not to
touch anything alcoholic. have never
taken drop even as a medicine. AL
coholic drinks are especially deadly in
hot climates Everywhere l have found
total abstainers less liable to fevers,
bowel complaints, rheumatism and 9TH
er diseases. than those who use alcoholics
even in moderation. In one town in
India, | remember, an English couple
were the only white persons exempt
from malarial fevers during a three
years residence, and they We're the
only abstainers in the place. Alcohol
is poison, and acts quicker within
the tropics than elsewhere. -Boston
Traveller.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-18
VARIOUS NOTES.

TEMPERANCE is a bride who makes
her husband rich.
NEARLY every state Legislature is
wrestling with the liquor question in
one form or another.
4 New ORLEANS judge rules that
every club that sells liquor in that city
must pay one thousand dollars for IL
censc 20 do 50.
ACCORDING to the last report Of the
commissioner Of internal revenue, there
are 2l3, "a retail liquor dealers in the
United States.
i CHICAGO mission sends a coffee
wagon through the busy part Of the
city in carly morning, selling coffee, as
an alcoholic antidOte, for three cents
per cup.
4 sEA captain gave as his opinion
that liquor was necessary to the Anglo
Saxon and in the next sentence de-
clared that drinking was ruinous to
young men and boys.
4 BILL recently introduced in the
Pennsylvania Legislature provides that
persons addicted 70 the Use OF intoxi-
eating liquors shall be ineligible TO
any Office created by statutory pro-
vision.
AZ Indian zenana missionary testifes
that the brains OF many ot the children
are 50 stupefcd with the nightly dose
Of opium given when babies that is al
most impossible 10 teach them the sim
plest thing.
SIXTEEN hundred boys and young
men are prisoners IN the New York
state reformatory at Elmira. Ninety
five per cent. used tobacco and ninety
per cent. drank Intoxicating liquor be
fore they were admitted. Their ages
range from eighteen 20 thirty years.
The managers Of a Brussels working
mems union have printed circulars Civ
ing resume Of the increase in the con
sumption Of liquor and the consequent
increase Of poverty and crime The
support Of the poor has become an al.
most intolerable burden, and vet the
country permits 50. 200 rum shops TO rot
the L7borerG
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-18

France is prominently a wine coun-
try, and has been many times cited to
Americans as a model country for tenn
perance. Many wine drinkers visit
France and see no drunkenness. And
yet the drink curse is present in France.
The Revue Chretienne of Paris says:
The great black spot on the horizon is
alcoholism. No doubt its influence is
felt among all classes OF society. but it
is especially popular plague-a recent
plague that has made itself sensible
within the past thirty or forty years.
Alcoholism is a parvenu of the last
hour. and a parvenu cOsmopolite. 1t
speedily acclimates itself everywhere.
Since by heredity it has entered into
the blood and marrow of the people,
and has spread itself in the country as
it has in the city, not only physicians
have become alarmed, but also men of
the law, and by degrees all intelligent
and rejecting persons. At the present
moment it increases and assumes the
proportions Of universal danger. The
race is struck in its vitals.-Christian
at Work
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-18
MILITARY AFFAIRS.
Ofhcering and Recruiting the Regular
Army of the United States.

Army of the United States.
Officers for the army are obtained first
from the military academy at West
Point, second by promotion after exam
nation from the ranks, and third by
appointment, also after examination,
from civil life One cadet at a time is
allowed at West Point from each con-
gressional district, nominated by the
member of the house and ten are APP
pointed at large by the president.
Those who graduate. usually not more
than sixty annually, are appointed
second lieutenants. When the gradu-
ates do not fiji all the vacancies, en-
listed men who have qualified before
examining boards OF officers are Sc
lected, and If there still be vacancies
civilians may be appointed.
Enlisted men are obtained by an or
gained general recruiting system
whose headquarters are in New York,
and of which a colonel of the army Is
selected as the superintendent. There
are three general depots with officers
detailed from regiments and small
permanent party TO partially prepare
all recruits IOT their com I)dIltSs also
recruiting rendezvous in a dozen cities,
and temporary recruiting parties in
smaller places. Applicants are re-
quired TO be between twenty-one and
thirty years of age, of excellent physi-
cal development, TO furnish evidence Of
good character, and are allowed 10
remain on probation six days after
they have passed the medical examina-
ton. 4 description Of the recruit is
made on a card. giving all marks or
scars. which is 50 filed in the war de-
partment as to come next to possible
previous description OF the same man
to detect him if he be a dishonorably
discharged man OF Geserter trying 70
enlist again.
The enlistment Is completed by the
administration of an oath 10 serve
honestly and faithfully and 70 obey
the orders of those placed over him
according TO the rules and articles of
war-a code created by congress-
Lieut.. Guy Howard, U. 5. A, in Chau-
tauquan-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-18

the malt liquor in question had beer
spirited away" to Texas.
Fortunately congress put an end to
this conflict among the authorities by
amending the law so as to prohibit the
introduction or sale of ardent spirits,
ale, beer. wine or Intoxicating liquor,
or liquors of whatever kind" the
penalties remaining as already men
toned. Commissioner Morgan reported
that the beer and ale imported had pro-
duced some disastrous effects. and that
in one drunken brawl. resulting from
too much beer, a worthy and unoffend-
ing Creek had been killed by others of
his tribe, including the prosecuting at
torney.
1t has been pointed cat, howeves-
that there is one way still for the In
dian to get his lager. namely. by en-
listing in the army. At the post can
teen, as a regular soldier, he may get
his beer like his white comrades And
there, too, it is less likely to do him
harm, since, while whisky and other
distilled liquors and even all wines are
prohibited, beer is served only in
moderate quantities. and as the officers
are responsible for the good conduct of
their commands, they keep an eye on
the administration of the post canteen,
or rather the post exchange, as it is
now allied.
Whether this ability to procure beer
lawfully is a stimulus to enlistment
among the Indian youth does not APP
pear by the reports OF recruiting Of
ficers. At all events only a few can
enjoy this privilege. But by breaking
away from tribal allegiance and accept
ing citizenship the Indian, at least, if
he moves away from any region includ-
ed in the statute prohibitions, may APP
parently have his beer, and his whisky,
too, like a white man. Who will say
that no inducement is offered to the In
dian to advance along the path to civil
ization.-N. Y. Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-18
DRINK FOR INDIANS.

Inducements for the Indian to Don the MI
form and Follow the White Mans Ways.
The last congress made an importa Mt
change in the statute intended TO per
init the use and sale of Intoxicating
liquors among the Indians The law
prior to the amendment was in this
language:
No ardent spirits shall be introduced, under
any prcter.se, into the Indian country. Every
person except an Indian IN the Indian country
who sells. exchanges, gives baTters. or dis
poses Of any Spurious liquors or wine 10 any
Indian under the charge Of sLy Indian s1pcrin-
teudeEt or agent. or introduces or attempts 70
introduce any sp.rituous liquor or wine into
the Indian country, shall be punished 5y i'm
PrisonmeIt Tor Lot more than two years and By
"a fire OF rot more than 500
Several years ago the Wells-Fargo
Express co. took the ground that malt
liquors were not included in this stat
ute prohibition. and hence carried them
into the Indian territory. while Com
missioner Morgan insisted that they
were so included. The company held
that the words ardent spirits and spir-
itous liquors had a definite meaning,
distinct from that which applied to
breyyed beverages; but the commits
sioner went on directing his deputies
20 seize nd destroy beer and ale. The
United states court tor the Eastern dis
trict o. Texas at length decided that
the statute did not include malt liz
uors. but the commissioner continued
his seizures proposing 10 turn over the
captured barrels 70 the United states
marshal for libel.
Meanwhile. however, he had also
taken the precaution to appeal TO con-
yres, for change in the law. a. many
beer saloons had been opened in the In
dian territory. Last year Agent Ben
nett seized car load Of beer al Lehigh.
IN the Choctaw nation, and turned il
over 70 the the United States marshal,
who refused 10 acceptit. An appeal was
made 70 the sttOrney-general. who
thought the marshal was right. Present
IL Agent Bonnet, who perhaps shared
Commissioner Mo-gzn's peculiar notion
that beer Is ardent spiritA, reported that
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-18
JONES' HEN EXPERIENCE.
A Fowl That Was Bound to Die on Hi
Hands.

Mr.. Jones Is OF Lynn.
After a month of thought he went
into the hen industry on small scale.
He secured batch of chicks" from
Mr.. smith and then asked the ages of
the various members Of his new family.
Smith admitted that one of them was
peculiarly old.
II bought her three years ago" he
said, land she was old then"
Jones kept hens until he was tired.
The most venerable of the lot was al
WAYS 'too old TO kilr' but never an egg
did she release. Jones sold his brood,
the venerable one and all. 10 Mr.. Alley.
Jones wife wanted fowl the other
dav for fricasse. The butcher was
appealed 10. He didn't have fowl
but he would get one. He did. Jones
wife boiled it for four hours but it was
not eatable. Jones suggested that She
reboil it the same afternoon and She
did. but the fowl was still far from
tender. The next day she boiled IL
some more and itremaincd npalatable.
1t had 10 be thrown away.
Where did you get that fowl?' asked
Jones Of the butcher.
bought it from Alley" ans wered
the man of meat. 'He said he would
give me a fresh one
Il thought So" said Jones. who had
reached the cOnclusiOn-and was right
that he had paid one dollar for the
infirm hen that he had been glad %
sell 10 Alley for twenty-five cents
Rn-%ap Hera Ia
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-18
The Way to DO II.

Mrs. Fadd-Did you know that Mrs.
Askin has started out a. d dress re-
former?
Mrs Fodd-She'll never make her
gowns fashionable.
Mr.. Fadd-O. yes; she viii She's
going 20 charge twice much for them
as the old kind cost--Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-18

Mr.. McHarlem-Whya are you always
abusing Thompson? What has he ever
done TO you?
Mr.. Madison Square-What has he
ever done 70 me? Why, the internal
scoundrel was engaged TO my wife and
he backed out and / married her.
could murder him in cold blood. Texas
Siftings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-18

One Of the latest mechanical improve
ments in metal working is a system of
rolls for wrapping narrow plates of
steel into "A bar. which is much stronger
than a solid piece of the same size. The
reason assigned for this additional de-
gree OF strength is the simple fact that,
if the outside layer of metal is broken
the inner layers are intact and will re-
sist further strain, while in the case of
piece of solid steel the rupture of the
skin j. fatal. The seams in these
wrapped bars are said 10 be- scarcely
apparent % the naked eye, only APP
pearing when the metal is bent over
and twisted off which, of course. re-
quires a great amount Of force. The
advantage of using these wrapped bars
under certain conditions will be better
understood Al nd appreciated when il Is
considered that steel frequen tly bears
a stronger res-m Dlance ~ a refined and
ductile cast iron than % q tbrous
wrought iron, and partakes 50 largely
Of the character o. cast iron that q
small scratch on - surface may cA1se
serious trouble il the piece is solid and
exposed 20 vibratory Strains.-De rot
Free Press
Policeman lat night, three sheets
in the wind 'ShAy-hic-mis can
you tell me-hic-wiSh il nv beat?''
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1893-05-18

Policeman lat night, three sheets
in the wind J-''ShAy-hic-mister. can
you tell me-hic-wiSh il my beat?''
By way Of a change.