Connecticut western news., 1894-07-05
ODDS AND ENDS.

Professor Garner says tl4st gorillas do not converse with chimpanzees.
 Three out of the first four presidents of the United States married widows.
 Workmen in Italy wear boards ss rule, owing to the cost of shaving.
 The jewellers wheel was employed by Greek artisans in cutting cameos from agate.
 During victoria's reign India has coin ed @ ,000,0O0 in gold and e208, ,0O0, 900 in silver.
 Don't growl because it's raining. If it was dry weather, you might get sum- struck.
 It is computed that 1,000 cattle give 67 tons of beef and 1 900 sheep 124 tons of mutton. -s.-- The Chinese claim to have possessed the art of enameling metals from at least 20OO B c. asFz equal in size one of the largest in the territory of Alaska.
 Since the dawn of human life Mada- gascar has been inhabited by at least 12 species of gigantic birds.
 An advertisement in Chicago paper describing a lost dog stAed that the ami nal has gold capped tooth.
 There are in the world more than 10O,- 900 blind people, not counting the shop keepers who do not advertise.
 Counting out Sundays and holidays, the people of this country work 300 days to produce $1a, 300, ,OOO, 900 of wealth.
 American buggies are superseding those of English make in London and Paris. The only light, graceful vehicles in Europe come from this country.
 At Lommatzsch, Saxony, a woman of 64 has received ten blows with stick by order of the burgomaster, and in the presence of 8 doctor, for habitual drunk enness.
 Walter Besant. among other reasons for his opposition to woman suffrage, says that men have to do the conquering, the defending and the providing, and they ought to do the governing.
 Joshra Thomas of Baltimore, who was member of General Lees staff, has given to the Maryland Confederate home the camp chair used by the gen. eral. It was originally captured from the Federal troops.
 New Orleans, with a population of over 242,0OO, is said by The National Police Reporter to have most made quate police force. The city is patrolled ,~l@ l1 a.. by 82 men. During last year two mem. bers of the force were murdered and Il seriously injured in the discharge of their duties.
 There are said to be large tracts of country in Cuba still unexplored.
 A GO pound boy hauled in 50 pound catfish at Winfield, Kan, a few days ago.
 There are 12,117, ,ooo acres of unin- closed mountain and heather land in Great Britain.
 Under anew New York law you must be citizen to get employment on pub lie work done by contract
 A spaniel owned by Dr. Frederick A
 
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 Corneille died in the most bitter pow erty, unrelieved by many whom during his day of prosperity he had benefited.
 There is an old French couple in New York neither of whom, after residence of 40 years in America, can speak Eng fish.
 
 The United States has 800 lights upon its coasts. Thirty of them are displayed from ightships; the others shine from lighthouses.
 There are 360 mountains in the Unit ed States, which have height exceeding 10, 900 feet. The greatest number are in Colorado and Utah.
 The New York board of health boasts that it has vaccinated 250, 900 persons this year so far. The Brooklyn board boasts of 400, 900 since February.
 The Chicago police raided prize fight one day recently and arrested the combatants, two 10-year-old lads, and their fathers, who were the seconds
 A tablet has just been completed on the front of 39 Castle street, Edinburgh, bearing the following words, Tn this house Sir Walter Scott lived from 179S to 1926"
 Paris has society of novelists called Les Romanciers Francais, which has now 100 members. No one can be ad- mitted until he las published at least four novels.
 One thousand and sixty persons were killed ill coal mines in Great Britain during last year and 65 persons in met alliferous mines, both numbers being above the yearly average
 A beggar, who for many years had subsisted on charity died a few days ago in Auxerre, France. In trunk he left bonds to the value of 1000, 900 francs, and in his cellar were found bottles of wine of the vintage of 1790.
 Vienna has l,s91, ,oOo population and S,74l police; arrests last year, "A, 988. The linguistic knowledge of the Vienna police force comprises English, French. Italian, Spanish, Bohemian, Polish, Russian, Croatian, Servian, Hungarian, Roumanian and Hebrew
 The Spanish government reserved to  the mother country the exclusive right of trade with all Spanish colonists The interests of the natives and of the colonists were all sacrificed to those of Spain and the Spanish people. and Span ish colonies never fiourished as did those of some other countries.
 When MT. Gladstone first became premier, gentleman called on his old tutor, Rev. Mir. Rawson of Seaforth, Liverpool, to congratulate him on the high position gained by his pupil. The old gentleman replied: 1T had two let ters this morning from old pupils-one prime minister, the other gatekeeper of workhousa Such is hfer'
 The difficulty in making aluminium castings has been so far overcome that pure aluminium bathtubs are now made in single piece.
 The twin daughters of the late Gen.