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Connecticut western news., 1897-11-11
nIsTRIoT of Canaan, ss Probate Cour U November O. 1897.

nISTRIOT of Canaan, ss. Probate Court, U November 9, 1897. Estate of John R. Hurlburt, of Canaan, in
 said district. an incapable person. The Conservator having exhibited his ad-
 ministration account with said estate to this court for allowance. it is Ordered-That the 18th day of November.
 A. D. 1897, at l o'clock in the afternoon, at the Probate Office in North Canaan, be and
 the same is assigned for a hearing on the allowance of said administration account with said estate and this Court directs the said Conservator to cite ali persons interested
 therein to appear at said time and place, by publishing thls order in some newspaper
 published in Litchfield County, and having a circulation in said District, and by posting a
 copy on the public sign-post in the town of Canaan.
 Attest: DAVID O. WHITTLRsEY Judge
Connecticut western news., 1897-11-11
CHAPlNvII.LE.

Messrs W. M. and D. W. Miller, of Albany, MT Chss. Schleiffarth and fam fly, of Lskeville. visited at Mrs John McElroy's Sunday.
 Mrs Gsffsny. of Stamford, and Mrs Cox, of Pine Plains, are visiting at Mir D. Hatmaker's
Connecticut western news., 1897-11-11
nISTRICT of Canaan ss. Probate Court, N NoYemhar 10 A ID. lHq7.

nISTRICT of Canaan ss. Probate Court, U November 10, A. D. 1897.
 Estate of John R. Hurburt, late of Canaan, in said district, deceased.
 Upon application of Ambrose Raidenbow, of West Winsted. praying that letters of ad- ministration may be granted on said estate, as per application on file more fully appears 1t is
 Ordered, that said application be heard and determined at the Probate Office In North Canaan in said District, on the 18th day of November A. D., 1897 at 1 o'clock in the afternoon; and that notice be given to all persons interested in said estate of the pendeney of said application and the time and place of hearing thereon, by publishinga copy of this order once in some newspaper having circulation in said district, and by posting n copy of this order on the public slgn-post in the town of Canaan at least five days before the day of said hearing to appear, If they see cause, at said time and place and be heard relative thereto and make return to this Court.
 Attest, DAVID O. WHrgTLEsRY, Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1897-11-11
LitchfeId County's Greatness.
(From the Greenwich News.)

John O. Calhoun once said, that he could remember the time when the members of Congress, born and educat- ed in Connecticut lacked but five of 8 majority of that body. As long ago as 1857, the little county of Litchfeld had been the birthplace of 15 United States Senators, 22 representatives, Is supreme court judges, college presidents, Is professors, and Il governors to direct governments of States.
Connecticut western news., 1897-11-11
Suhssripsien Account.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER Ii, 1897

During Victoria's reign Ireland has lost half it's population by famine The Messenger.
 And still we wonder why the Irish won't sing "God save the Queen"
Connecticut western news., 1897-11-11
To New Su bscribers.

To all New Subscribers for 1898, the NEWS will be sent free for the balance of '97. That is, for $2.0O we will send the NEWS to any new subscriber from this dste till Jan. 1st, 1899.
Connecticut western news., 1897-11-11
Le0GL Notices.

nISTRICT of Cornwall, ss Probate Court, u October 2S, 1897.
 Estate Of James Cochrane, late of Corn wall in said District, deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the district of Cornwall, hath limited and allowed six months from date hereof, for the creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, pro- perly attested, within said time, will be de- barred recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make imme- diate payment to
 ROBERT N. CocHRANE, Administrator. F. o. Address West Cornwall, Conn.
Connecticut western news., 1897-11-11
Snow on the Hudson

Snow fell in Kingston, N. r., on Monday for the first time this season. There were several haevy snow squall in the Catskills.
Connecticut western news., 1897-11-11
& &AssETT 50 3ULvER k

Ladies Outing Flannel House Gowns from sl up.
 Ladies swiss Ribbed Underwear, all wool. in light and heavy weight.
 Ladies .oneita" Combination Suits from o0c to S250 each.
 Ladies and chIldrcn's Outing Night Robcs from Doc to si each. ohildrcn's Vests and Pants from loo up. children's White and oolored snk Bonne,s. ohlidrens Cloth Tam o'shanter at 2sc. Boys Gray Mlred shirts and Drawers, all sizes, at 25c each.
 Mems Heavy Fleece Lined Shirts and Drawers wool neecel 5oc each.
 Ladies Fleece Lined Underwear isc and 25c each. 800 yards Apron alnshams at s.c and lI.c yard.
 2ooo yards of the Best oinghams at bc yard. 1000 yards Brown Crash Toweling at Sc yard.
 bo pieces 1s-in Cotton Diaper at 2sc each. 200 pairs Bed Blankets. White and Gray. at 43c pair.
Connecticut western news., 1897-11-11

We wish to call particular attention to our stock of Ladies Waists, which is now com plete in every way, consisting of Black and Oolored Wool Serge, Flannels, Plaids, Black Mohair and Brlllanteens, Nelvets, Flannel. cite Plaids, Surah and Taffeta Silk, Blouse fronts, all the very latest styles, and rarge in price from soc 10 s5.50 each.
Connecticut western news., 1897-11-11
Our Dress Goods

Department commands the attention of every every way.
 Our stock of ...m.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-04
Nomenclature.

The street names of Indian origin are
perhaps more truly American than any
others that can be found, and their sig
nifications sometimes make them APP
propriate in another way. But their
meanings are known to so few of those
who use the names that this is not of
much value, and their forms-espec-
tally when corrupted by English
French, or Spanish borrowers-are apt
ito present formidable difficulties.
Shackamaxon and Tchoupitoulas are
pitfalls for the unwary and the stran-
gers who talk glibly of Potomac and
Chickago deserve nothing but sympa
thy.
About the worst street names we have
are those given by dema gogues and
ward politicians to perpetuate their
own or their friends memories. For
tunately these are not very numerous
and they are always easy to abolish
when the boss who brings them into
being has lost his power. Tweed was
too sagacious to let his henchmen erect
a monument to him in his lifetime, as
they were eager to do at the public ex
pense, and the average boss has much
of the same kind of discretion. In fact
this evil is one that is always likely to
remedy itself.
Botanical street names that are made
visibly appropriate by the trees grow
ing along the sidewalks have much to
recommend them, and even where the
trees are no longer to be seen such
names are suitable mementos of de-
parted vegetation-ftting tributes to
the chestnuts and pines and elms of the
past.-William Ward Crane
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Decorative Nests.

The best builders are invariably those
which, not resting contented with
mere shelter, however deliberately or
ingeniously constructed, seek by various
means to beaUtify their homes. Some
times superfluous additions, purely dec
orative in their character, are made to
the home; sometimes the effect of en-
bellishment is produced by the selec-
ton of such materials as in themselves
or in combination will please the eye,
care being always taken not to sacri-
flee utility to appearance, therein pro-
viding man with a valuable example;
and then, again, sometimes this
is the very acme of art among birds
purely ornamental and decorative
structive are made the sole purpose
of which is to afford the builders and
their friends pleasant meeting places.
AS a rule, it is only among the pref
ty-plumaged or sweet-voiced birds that
the most fully developed decorative
sentiment is found. The outlaws and
robbers of the bird world, like the same
classes among men, either build not at
all or confine their efforts to the least
that can safely be done, wasting no
time on decoration So, too, with those
expatriated birds who, having been
driven from their own kind, pass their
lives upon the water, contenting them
selves with a bare rock or convenient
sand hole
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On a German House Boat.

Imagine a broad, fiat-bottomed boat a
hundred feet long with a house upon it,
In the bow is good-sized saloon or sit
ting room, with ten windows-five on
each side-and door, half glass, leading
to an awning-shaded deck. From the
saloon one looks down a corridor, so
long and so narrow that one almost ex-
poets to see nine-pins at the far end.
The cabins are on each side. In the
stern are a pantry and a tiny kitchen.
One cabin is devoted to clothes, hanging
on hooks and lying folded on the unused
berths; in another is a large bath tub,
utilized only as place in which to store
wine and soda water bottles. The clear
river water on all sides is so enticing
to bathers that tubs are not wanted.
The river Havel is full of lovely sur
prises. 1t widens out into quiet lakes
fringed with rushes, where water birds
chirp and whistle, build their nests, and
rear their young. The shore is thickly
wooded with a1ders, white birches, lines
and towering fir trees, whose sombre
crowns even the sunlight can scarcely
brighten, though it reddens their slender
boles till at sunset they CLEAN like cop
per. The acacias are in full bloom at
this season. Their pure white blossoms
hang high out of reach, and fling such
wealth of fragrance on the air that one
thinks of the lemon and orange groves
of the South. Flat sandy Brandenburg
has no lovelier spot than the country
surrounding Potsdam. The neighbor-
hood is full of Observation-Disclosures be-
loved by the old Emperor; the Marble
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binary conversation between half
dozen couples in room, and with our
eyes shut we can imagine a battle roy
al between Webster, Worcester, and
the several new dictionaries. We use
too many words, the trouble begins in
infancy, and while then it is mere tau
tology and meaningless, it unavoidably
develops a love of inexact statement,
as when a child is found perfunctorily
adding Il thank YOU when it doesn't,
and saying yes" for politeness' sake,
or to escape punishment, when it's
wishes call for mo"
I reminder we'll, when little boy,
being asked by my mother if l did not
want to go with Mrs. Bluemonday and
carry her bundle. My reply was, Il
do not want to go, but 1 can" Here
was an exact statement of the condi-
lions but l was roundly scOlded for be-
ing so outspoken Result, from that
day hated Mrs. Bluemonday.
The man who mentions but the plain
fact, or is mathematicaly or monosyl
labically inclined and says warm" and
"cool," meaning just this, for hot" and
"cold," not meaning those conditions
such person, l say, is invariably but
most unreaSonably voted a bore. He
cannot met our eXtravagant demands,
requiring, as we do, recklessnesS of
statement to rouse us to even a SEM
bIance of attention. The brilliant man,
as he is popularity called, is too often
but a polysyllabic chatterer. Fatigue
never checks his lo1uacity, but it is
muscular rather than intellectual vigor
that stands him so we'll in need. Why?
If we go back to the starting point of
our intellectual carers, we find that the
natural disposition to observe literally
a scriptural injunction and let yea"
and may" suffice is corrected and we
are forced to tack on a deal that means
nothing usually and sometimes is a
positive falsehood. In short, the child
that would be terse and truthful is re-
quired to be verbose and incorrect
The PSalmist said in his haste, "All
men are liars if living now, he could
and would say it with justified DELHI
eration.-Charles c. Abbott, in Lippin-
colts.
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Miles and Knots.

A statute mile is $3.50 feet long. 1t is
our standard of itinerary measure
adopted from the English, who in turn
adopted it from the Romans. A Ro
man military pace, by which distances
were measured, was the length of the
step taken by the Roman soldiers, and
was approximately five feet long: a
thousand of these PAGES were called in
Latin a mile. The English mile is
therefore a purely arbitrary measure,
enacted into a legal measure by stat
ute passed during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth; it has no connection with any
scale in nature.
A nautical mile, on the other hand, is
equal in length to one-SiXtieth part of
the length of a degree of a great circle
of the earth. But the circumference
of the earth is nowhere true circle; its
radius of curvature is variable: hence
the nautical mile, as a matter of fact,
depends for it's length upon the shape as
we'll as the size of the globe sailed over;
and hence, strictly speaking, the length
of the nautical mile should vary with
the latitude. from 6046 feet at the equa-
tor to 6,109 feet at the pole. Such eX-
IRENE accuracy is not necessary in nav1-
eating, and cannot be well attained
without undue labor The English Adj
miralty therefore have adopted 6,OS0
feet as the length of a nautical mile,
which corresponds with the length of
Ee-sixtieth of a degree-or one minute
of arc-of a great circle in latitude 4S
degrees. The United States Coast Sur
vey has adopted the value of the nauti
cal mile "as equal to one-sixtieth part of
the length of degree on the great cri-
Gle of sphere whose surface is equal to
the surface of the earth" This gives
the length Of one nautical mile as equal
to 6.0S027 feet which is very nearly
the value of the Admiralty mile adopted
in the English navy. Practically, the
nautical mile is 500 feet longer than the
statute mile In other words, one nauti-
cal mile is equal to 1.1515 statute miles;
or one statute mile is equal to 0.S69 nau-
teal miles. Multiply nautical miles by
11515, and the product will be statute
miles; or multiply statute miles by 1863
and the product will be nautical miles,
Harpers Round Table.
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ural that the desire and ability to ere
ate beauty are found in various de-
grees of development among them. 1t
is only a step from desire of beauty to
an effort to produce it; but the effort
and accomplishment occasionally bring
about strange results, in birds as we'll
as in man.
Striking examples of this bizarre
form of decoration are found in the
motmot, which dsfigures it's long tall
feathers in an effort at Improvement,
and in the hammer-head and gardener
bird, which delight In surrounding their
homes with all. sorts Of bright-colored
shells, pebbles, and feathers.
Sometimes the exhibition of artistic
feeling is carried so far as to confound
belief Were it not for the corrobora-
tive testimony of scientific travellers, we
might we'll doubt the tales that come
to us of the baya of Farther India, of
the gardener-bird, the collar-bird, and
the half-doZen other birds whose
strangely developed decorative instincts
command our admiration and wonder.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-04
Singing Among the Greeks.

Our present system of public inStruc-
ton is not so modern as some would
have us believe. Sparta had her State
Superintendent, who-if distant report
is to be trusted-was an educational
despot But while he welded his
walking-sick freely during official
visits, and encouraged his subordi-
mates to ply the rod on all occasions,
he was as diligent a promoter of music
as is any humane and progressive edu-
Gator of our era. AS a result, the
little I4acedaemonians sang blithely, no
matter what torment was going on
under their tunfcs. And all over
Greece, in those dim days, We're
schools, ranging from. infant grades
instructed under Arcadian hedges, to
university extension schemes harbored
in buildings uniquely termed places
of leisure The infants were drilled
in their alpha beta-gammas the older
boys were taught poetry and gym
nastics, with something of arithmetic,
geometry, and drawing; and adults
spent their leisure with rhetoricians
and sophists, paying handsomely for
the privilege. But music was a sine
qua non Of Grecian life, in school and
in sport, in battle and in burial. The
epic and elegiac chantings at festivals,
the calm speculations of Pythagoras as
to the music of the spheres, the choral
outburst Of "the great fifth century,"
the martial odes of Tyrtaeus and Pin
dar, all show the national love for mel
ody of voice as well as for high and
harmonious thought An old-time
Greek set down amid the strident, me-
tallic voices of our Occidental world
would feel that the Furies had seized
either upon him or the continent he was
vfsiting.-Gertrude E. Wall, in Lippin-
cQff'S
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Moral Tales.

One cannot help wondering whether
there has not been an undue reaction
against the moral tale, and whether in
consequence the vast opportunity for
ethical training which is presented by
the child's first contact with the world
of letters is not now in measure lost
When all simple narrative is thrilling
to his unjaded taste, we need not fear
that he viii be bored by even an OBJ
trusive moral. 1t is indeed the So
phistfcated taste alone which dislikes
a moral. Not children only, but the
simpler-minded among adults, are apt
to prefer such things in literature as
show clear right to existence in what
they 'teach;" as witness the immense
if transient, popularity of e. P. Roe'E
novels and Tuppers '.Proverbial Phil
osophy.'
A child will not unfrequently draw a
crude lesson of his own from a per-
fectly idle tale, as if, without one, he
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-04
The Charm of the Inexact.

When a child of two or three Is asked
if it will have cake it naturally an
swers Yes" but the cake is withheld
until there is added to the original re-
ply, Thank you, ma'am;;" all of which
may be very polite, but is an infection
that the child should be spared. 1t is
not what is said, but how it is said, that
determines the mental status of the
speaker. A simple yes" or no." as
the case may be, spoken in a proper
tone and with a meaning look, is bet
ter thousand times over than, in re-
ply to a simple question, to have
small vocabulary impatiently flung at
you We have but to listen to an or
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-04

Palace, where William II. lived as
Crown Prince; Sans Souci, on which
Frederick the Great lavished so much
care and treasure: the New Palace,
which the same Frederick built to prove
that the Seven Years War had not ex-
hausted his resources; the house on the
Pfauen Inset peacock IslanO, which
Queen Louise loved, and Glienicke, now
Inhabited by Prince Leopold, the cousin
of the Emperor, who married the En-
perOr's sister
Near all these interesting dwellings,
on lakelike expanse in the midst of the
charming balsamy woods, floats the an
chored boat house, swinging in the
breeze, until to the inhabitants it seems
as if she had left her mornings and had
started on a voyage of exploration. The
quiet is broken only by the singing OF
the frogs which hide in the rushes.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-04
Shirt Waists and Skirts.

White Duck Skirts, full cut,
sc.
White Pique Skirts, deep hem.
Special price, 93c.
Banner Brand" Shirt Waists,
Numbered collar and cuffs. Neat
patterns in lawns, percales, etc.
Sale price, $50.
New Shirt Waists, in lawns and
percales, detachable collar and
cuffs. We have sold hundreds
of them at ST IS each. Reduced
to close to A8c.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-04
A Difference in Snort.

The late DR.. WHEREFORE, Bishop of
Winchester, was a keen sportsman by
inclination, and one day when on visit
at a ducal seat, was persuaded to join
in a shooting party. His Grace's head
keeper was a Scotchman and a Presby-
terrain, and the Bishop tried to engage
him in a friendly chat, but finding the
keepers replies were short and re-
served, he said: 81 suppose, Grant, you
think Bishop ought not to go out
shooting?" "Weel, my lord" said the
Scot frankly, Il doubt ye'll find no war
rant for it in the Screeptur. Did we ever
read of the Apostles going out shoot
ing?" No! true" replied the Bishop.
''They had no game in Palestine in those
days, they went out fishing instead."-
Household Words.
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Weinst0Ck Lubin C Co, 4OO-4I2 Street Sacramento

found it perplexing or incomplete. 1t
is not impossibly mistaken kindness
which would give nonsense verses to
the exclusion of Mary Had a Little
Lamb" and Harry and the Guide
Post" Though my later judgment some
what recoils from Harry; or nature
studies and Greek myths, to the utter
Punishment of Truthful George and
Needless Mary. What deep delight,
what genuine potency, lie in these hum
bic tales, I for one can testify.-Annie
Steger Winston, in LippincOtt's.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-04

White Camps for 4 to 6 years,
reduced to Ioc and &c.
Poke Bonnets for children, re-
duced from soc to &c. Some at
75c reduced to 48c.
Fine Dresses of Linen for 2 to
4 years, reduced to prices ranging
from 0Sc to So 20.
Colored Lawn Underwaists, 23c
and 38c.
Satin Collars, fitting close to
neck and lace trimmed, I6c.
Linen Collars, sc.
Fancy Lace Cape Collar at
tached to black velvet collar. Re-
duced to 38c and 4Sc.
White Null and Embroidery
Trimmed Collar. Can be washed.
Reduced to 23c and &c. Some
that were 81 so reduced to o8c.
Black Lace Flouncing and Lace
Webbing remnants. Prices re-
duced one half.
Embroidery Band Trimming, I
to II inches wide, worked in col
ors, SC.
A mixed lot of Linen Embroid-
cries, reduced to SC, &C, nc and
I3c.
Damaged lot of Pink Silk Mitts
and Gloves, of the soc and 75c
kinds. Reduced to I3c.
Gauze Fans, &c. Feather
Fans, sc.
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For Kisses and Children.

= We have just added splendid
line of Misses and Children's
Fine Kid Lace Shoes. Spring
Heels, new coin toes, with V
shape patent leather tips. They
have kid tops, good heavy soles
and will be found neat, stylish and
dressy.
Sizes S to 8, 81 25.
Sizes 81 to II, ST so.
Sizes III to 2, 81.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-04
Folding Beds.

Our line of Folding Beds is
very complete. Mantel Folding
Beds from $I2 so up.
We especially call attention to
Our Solid Oak Upright Folding
Beds with bevel plate mirror, size
I8x4o inches. 1t is the fullest sort
of moneys worth at $27 so.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-04
Bird Artists.

That there is a consciousness of
beauty on the part of birds is plainly
shown by the manner in which many
of them decorate their nests and sur
roundings, and, in some instances,
themselves. Perhaps it may not be too
much to claim that all birds are moved
by an artistic sentiment, and that,
while most of them are artistic in eff
feet, many are artistic in both inten-
ton and effect. The appreciation Of
what is beautiful is a distinctly mark
ed characteristic of most members Of
the feathered family, and it is only nat
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-04
No Superstition.

81 can't give anything snapped the
lady to the tramp. You're the thir-
teenth tramp that has called here to-
day"
We'll, num- said the tramp, after a
little consideration, YOU look a clever,
sensible lady and don't believe in any
nonsense; and jist to show that there
amt any truth in that silly superstition
about thirteen being an unlucky number,
I 'ope you will give me tribe, mum. o.
Tit-Bits.
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-08-04
Fastest Vessel Afioat.

What is intended to be the fastest
vessel af1oat is now approaching COM
pletion at the yard of Samuel Ayres &
Son at Upper Nyack, N. Y. She is
being constructed from designs of G.
D. Mosher who also designed the phe-
nomenal Ellide, whose bursts of speed
have astonished yacht builders and
yachtsmen in all parts of the country.
The new boat, which is called the
Viper, is being built for Francis P.
Magoun. A speed Of forty-fve miles
an hour is predicted by her designer.