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Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
The Hair In Warm Weather.

Tbe hair should receive special care during the warm months. Wash in pure water with white castillo soap, rinsing thoroughly and drying and fan ming the tresses in the sun and fresh lir. At night take the hair down from it's coils, curls an1 plaits, brush it out for 10 or l5 minutes until it is thor oughly aired and then plait loosely. The head perspires freely in summer, and unless frequently washed and sham. pooed the hair will get sour, disagree able odor. Women who have fancy for perfumed tresses can buy small, flat silk sachets, which are to be slipped under the pillow case and slept on. Sandalwood hairpins and small combs will soon impart a perfume to the hair. Salt water makes straight hair rough and brittle and takes all the wave out of curly locks One should wear close fitting oiled silk cap when one takes dip in the surf.
 Setting Himself Great stunt.
 "Every morning when get up," said MT. Billtops, "I set myself the stunt of preserving my tranquility un- broken through the day, and every night am obliged to confess that I am not up to it yet.
 "The trials begin at home with the breakfast and the children and don t know what else, and they run through the day at business and are found again at home at night. They come in various and unexpected forms and out of most unexpected incidents and at times when they are never dreamed of. One needs impervious imperturbability to withstand them all and perfect nerve and resolution.
 "With an absolutely tranquil mind, quite undisturbed by circumstance, what could not one do? I have not yet reached that happy frame, but l am making bluff at it daily and am get ting nearer to it all the time. "-New York Sun.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
Sacred Thread. and Cords.

The sacred thread of the Brahmans is we'll known. 1t is caste distinction assumed at an early age and never part. ed with. It must be made by Brah- man and should consist of three strands, each of different color. 48 yards in length, doubled and twisted together twice, the ends tied in knots. 10 must be worn next the skin. over the left shoulder, hanging down to the thigh on the right side. The three castes of the Hindoos are distinguished by the materi- al of these threads--ootton for the Brah- mans, hemp for the warriors and wool for the artisans The Parsces also wear the sacred thread, and boys of 2 or Q are invested with it, the threads used being made always of fibers of the suru tree. Monier Williams describes the sa- cred girdle of the Parsees as made of 72 woolen threads, forming fiat band. which is twined three times around the body and tied in two peculiar knots, the secret of whicb is known only to the Parsees.
 The use of medicine cords" is com mon among North American Indians MT. Bourke describes those worn by the Apnches. These consist of one. two, three and four strands, to which are at- tached shells, feathers. beads, rock crys- tai, sacred green stones and other arti- cles. doubtless employed symbolically. -Chambers' Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
Smashed the Tradition.

The tradition cherished by every schoolboy that one Englishman is equal to three Frenchmen probably originated in the passage quoted by Mahan from one of Nelson's letters, "I always was of opinion, have ever acted upon it and never have had any reason to repent it, that one Engiishman was equal to three Frenchmen. This insular conceit was rudely dispelled in the case of young man who went from this parish to take a coachman's place in Paris. Writing home on one occasion, he says, "You 've heerd tell how one Englishman is a match for three Frenchmen, but don t you believe t, mother, for I've tried it and am now in the hospital" To hear the old woman gravely recite this is a delicious piece of comedy. and Queries
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
Which Have You Got |?

The initiated may not know it, but as matter of fact there are AT kinds of rheumatism, all different. The vari- cites are not named, however-merely mum bered.
 When you go to a rheumatism spe- cialist nowadays, therefore, he doesn t tell you that your particular twinge or ache or pain, as the case may be. is so and so or this and that, but such and such number. "I have No. 19," one rheumatic patient observed the other day, "and my mother has No. ST." In the anterooms of the specialists one may often hear conversations like this
 First Patient-I have No. 15. What have you?
 Second Patient-No. 36, but the doc tor says I have some little touch of No 23 too.
 First Patient-Is that SO? Do let me have a good look at you. Do you know, you re the very first person I've ever met who had No. 23l
 Sounds queer, doesn't it? But, after all, what's in a name?-Philadelp Press
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pleased to see Lee once more. He shook your hand very warmly the last time he met you, l am told.
 An oath escaped the angry colonel's lips. and he glanced for n moment at the scar which the wound Lee had made had left on his hand, but he turned abruptly and ordered the troops to form on the right, and he dashed down the lawn.
 A shout and the sound of firearms drew the attention of Mrs. Slocumb to the long avenue that led to the house. A cry escaped her at the sight, for there was her husband, followed by two of her neighbors, pursuing on horseback band of five Tories whom Tarleton had sent to SCOUT the country.
 On and on they came, and it was evil dent that the pursuers were too busy to have noticed the army of Tnrleton. Broadswords and various kinds of wea- pons were flashing in the air, and it was plain that the enraged Slocumb saw nothing but the Tories he was pursuing. Could nothing be doneg Would they run into the very heart of the oampf Mrs. Slooumb tried to screhm and warn her husband, but not n sound could she make. One of the Tories had just fallen, when she saw her husbands horse sud denly stop and swerve 10 one side. What was the oausey
 Snmbo, tho slave whom Mrs Slo- cumb had dispatched, as soon as Tarle- ton had come, to warn her husband, | l .sn snl Lkm ls.t the bright coats of the British had so charmed him that he had fingered about the place. and when tho sound of the guns was heard Sambo had gone only as far as the hedRerow that lined the avenue. Discretion became the better part of valor then, and the negro in his fear had crawled beneath 1t for shelter. but when his frightened face beheld his master approaching he had mustered courage enough to crawl forth from his hiding place and startle the horses as they passed.
 "Hol on, nasal Hol oni" he shout ed.
 Recognizing tho voice, Slocumb and his followers for the first time stopped and glanced about them. on to their left were l 1000 men within pistol shot. As they wheeled their horses they saw a body of horsemen leaping tho hedge and already in their rear. Quickly wheeling again they started directly for the house, near which the guard had been stationed. On they swept. and. leaping the fence of lath about tho gar. den patch amid shower of bullets they searted through the open lots. Another shower of bullets fell about them as their horses leaped the broad brook, oi canal, as it was called, and then almos before the guard had cleared the fenoel they had gained the shelter of thu woods beyond and were safe.
 The chagrin of the British Tarletor was as great ms the relief of Mrs Slo cumb, and when on the following da, the troops moved on the cordial adler of the hostess led the colonel to say "The British arc not robbers. madam We shall pay you for all we hav' taken ..
 "'I am 30 rejoiced at what you hav' not taken that shall not complain if do not hear from you again. she re piled.
 And she neither heard nor complain ed. d.-Louisvill Courier-Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
CANAAN, CONN. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1s97
He Wanted a Wheel.

"Well, my son" said the editor to his son, who wanted a wheel, 'you I'll find one in the front end of that wheel barrow, and there is a big pile of coal ashes back of the house that will have to be moved. The handle bars are of white ash and are adjustable, so you can get any style of hump on that suits your fancy. It is regulated largely by the load you put on. The bigger the load, the more you have to hump your self Be careful and don't mar the enamel on the frame and keep the ball bearings well oiled, so they won't cut into the cones. The tire is absolutely punctureless, so you won't have to take a pump and repair kit with you. By the time you have removed that pile of ashes think you will have made a cen tury run; also the precipitation. You'd better come in to dinner now. "-Dan- vile Breeze.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
A Pathetic Incident

"I have heard ard read more pathetic stories," said Senator Hoar the other day, "but none of them ever awpke so much sad sympathy as one which Pro- lessor Gallaudot related. The professor has favorite pupil-a little deaf mute boy, exceptionally bright. MT. Gallau- det asked him if he knew the story of George Washington anG the cherry tree. With his nimble fingers the little one said he did, and then proceeded to re- peat it. The noiseless gesticulations continued until the boy had informed the professor of the elder Washington 8 discovery of the mutilated tree and of his quest for the mutilator. When Georges father asked him who hacked his favorite cherry tree, signaled the voiceless child. George put his hatchet in his left hand'- Stop interrupted the professor. Where did you get your authority for saying he took the hatchet in his left hanSp Why, responded the boy, he needed his right hand to tell his father that he cut the tree. ''- New Orleans sTimes-Democrat.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
The Crocodile's Strong Jaw.

Sir Samuel Baker, in his "Wild Beasts, says that the power of the jaws of the crocodile is terrific Once he had the metal of large hook, the thickness of ordinary telegraph wire, completely bent together, the barbed point being pressed tightly against the shank and rendered useless. This compression was caused by the snap of the jaws when seizing live duck, which he had used as a bait, the hook being fastened be- heath one wing. On one occasion he found fish weighing 70 pounds bitten clean through as if divided by knife. This, again, was the work of snap from the jaws Of crocodile. M. Paul Bert once made experiments on the strength of a crocodile's jaws by means of a dynamometer. He found that a crocodile weighing 120 pounds exerted force of sos pounds in closing his jaw. The lion has an enormous jaw power. On one occasion an African traveller pushed the butt end of his gun into Q lions mouth, and the pressure of the jaws cracked it as though it had Leen struck by a steam hammer.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
Had Reason to Doubt.

sat smoking with the old mountain eer and hunter a few rods from his cabin and was hoping to get him start ed on some of his adventures, but he seemed preoccupied over something and awhile, however, he crossed and recross- ed his legs several times and began:
 Stranger, a feller that kin stand right up to big b lar and kill him in a far fout has got leetle courage in his make up, I take it. ''
 "Yes, he surely has," I replied, real izing that he was about to lead off.
 "Yo'd reckon, wouldn't yo'," he continued, "that man who wasn't a bit afeared to waltz up'n jump on a rat tlesnake and kill it was a nervy mani"
 ''I most certainly should"
 "And a critter who didn't crawfish nor turn pale when he looked into six shooter and knowed it was goin off in about second ought to have jest a | leetle credit, as I figure it.. I" He must, and no mistake. " Jest so, stranger-jest so, he said as he slowly nodded his head several | times and looked off up the mountain with a sad expression in his eyes. "I was tryin to figger a spell ago jest how many bars and rattlesnakes and wild cats l had killed and count the number | of human critters I had run out O this county, but thar hev been so many of them that I've lost the tally. I've allus | bin called the best man around these parts, but lately Pm kinder doubtin il | kinder thinkin it's all a mistake, stranger. ''
 I had heard of his courage up in the village and was told that he had killed more wild animals than any other maI in the state, but before l could praiat him about it he leaned forward ant slowly continued:
 "Yo've seen my ole woman, hain' yo'?'
 ''Yes, I was talking to her before you came up"
 "She's my third. stranger. and we'vi
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
Out of Already.

Many night, beneath her window, twanged my light guitar, And implorcd my love to fly away with me To an ivy covered cottage, where the sweet wild howers are, Or a quiet little home beside the
 Fly away, my darling,
 Fly away with me;
 We'll leave the world behind us,
 And live in R-K-D. One mild and moonlit midnight, us twanged my tuneful Tyre, Chnnted words of burning love and wild romance, got beneath the window of her stern, bald headed silei I chant no more at midnight-that maiden's lost her chants
 I fly away, my darling,
 Fly away from you;
 1 leave your dad behind me,
 And leave him P-DQ.
 Carl Currie in Up to Date.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
Where Prisons Are un,enantsd.

The inhabitants of Iceland are com mended us the most honest people out. Cases of theft are almost unknown to them, and murder does not happen in a generation. There is only one police man on the island, who spends six months of the year in the north and the rest of the time in Reykjnvik, where the only jail is located. According to the islanders, this prison is n magnificent building. in that 1t IS built of stone, and they think it is n direct invitation to wroDgdoing, as an inmate of tho prisop lives in nice room, enjoys tho privt- lege of reposing on real bed and eat ing bread. at meals, luxuries which m ordinary Icelander scarcely ever has the opportunity of indulging in. In spite of all these temptations the Reykiayik prison is nearly always empty. Prisons Service Gazette.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
A Curious Epitaph.

The following curious epitaph is iI the graveyard of Lydford church, Dart moor, England: Here lies in horizontal position the outside case of George Routleigh, watchmaker, Whose abilities in that line were an honor to his profession. Integrity was the handspring and prudence the
 regulator of all the actions of his life. Humane, generous and liberal, his hand never stopped till he had relieved distress. So nicely regulated were all his motions that he never went wrong except when set a-going
 by people who did not know his key. Even then he was easily
 set right again. He had the art of disposing his time SO well that his hours glided away in one continual round of pleasure and delight, till an unlucky minute put a period to
 his existence.
 He departed this life Nov. l4, 1902,
 aged H;
 wound up in the hope of being taken in hand
 by his Maker, and of being thoroughly cleaned, repaired and set a-going
 in the world to come.
 New York Tribune.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
SKETCHES BY NJ. QUAD
A Case of Bluff.

The last three miles of the road lead ing up to the Alhambra mine ran through Dead Mans gap, which was a narrow valley in the mountains and at least once every winter there was sure to be a snowslide which buried the trail from 10 to 90 feet deep. We were going up from Franklin city with the pack mules one day in January, when a chinook wind was melting the snow, and in the narrow part of the valley we came across two men who had camped down within ten rods of each other. They were typical men of the border prospectors, miners and hangers on, but meeting them where we did was such a surprise that the colonel halted to say:
 "You men must be more than fools slide, you'll be buried 20 feet deep at the first rush. y
 Stranger, replied one of the men as he ran his eye up the mountain side, ''I've bin expectin a snowslide every mint since noon yisterday, but it's not fur me to make the fust move. It's a game of bluff betwixt me and that ga- loot over thar, and won't give in to
 
 him.''
 Stranger, said the other man as he advanced pace or two, "I was comin down this pass yisterday, when I met that ole oritter goin up. was in hur- ry to git along and so was he, but as we met he sorter grinned at me and kinder flung out that I was afeared. kinder flung back that no mortal var mint on the face of this airth could bluff me, and he got off his hoss and camped down"
 And you followed suit?" queried the colonel.
 ''I had to or chaw my words. He's an ole buffer, but he can't skeer me off ''
 ''As to bluffin,'' said the other, Bill Wharton, which is me, has never bin outbluffed by anything on two legs or four, and it's too late to begin to craw- fish now. If that old galoot kin stand a snowslide he'll find me right alongside of him to the bitter end'
 "You both realize the danger, do you?" asked the colonel.
 I've do," they replied in chorus. There's tens of thousands of tons of snow up there ready to fall and bury this pass. .'
 "Jest SC" replied No. l, "but kin sot yere as long as he kin. "And I'll see it out if it takes all winter" added the other. The colonel argued and appealed, but | neither would be the first to give way They had gone in for a game of bluff, and their pride was at stake. When it was seen that talking would do no good, we rode on and left them, and, look ing back at the next turn of the trail, we saw them seated in their blankets facing each other and waiting for a sign of weakness. A mile higher up the | pack saddle of one of the mules turned, and the animal foundered about and went off the path and down the slope. 1 A great mass of snow went with him, and in 8 minute slide was started. | Away it went, booming, spreading out and gathering force every second, and | while we stood looking on there was a rumbling as of thunder, crash that could be heard for miles, and Dead Mans pass was filled from end to end with snow and rocks and splintered | trees
 ''Bluffin is all right when you are bluffin ag'in man," said the colonel as we rode on, 'but when it comes to bluffin- snowslide jest count me out and call me crawfish. :"
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
The Practice That Makes Perfect

A writer in the St. Louis Globe Dem- ocrat says that few persons have an ade- quate idea of the amount of labor be- slowed by virtuosi in practioing upon their chosen instruments before appear ing as public performers. When Liszt was learning piano playing, he prac- ticed ten hours a day for over 12 years. Ole Bull spent over 20 years in almost constant practice on the violin. With Paganini the violin was the study of a lifetime. For over 90 years be never al- lowed a day to pass without eight or ten hours spent in playing exercises to inn prove his lingering and facility of exc cution. Rubinstein devoted over 15 years to studying the piano. Paderew- ski has devoted lifetime to his instru- ment.
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only bin hitched a month. Waal, as
 T a1l r hal

only bin hitched a month. Waal, as l was sayin, allus reckoned I had pow erful lot O. courage. but I've lately dis kivered it was all mistake"
 "But what can have happened to make you think sof"
 For answer he pointed toward the cabin, where we could see his wife standing in the door, and I was about to say something when she lifted up her voice and shouted:
 "Yo' thar, Hank?''
 "Y-yes, Nancy" he answered as he stood up.
 "Waal, now, yo' jest hump yo'rself out to the woodpile and split bout a cord O. wood or I'll tarn in and throw yo' clean through the side of this ole mountain. '
 And when the old hunter, who had killed scores of bears and rattlesnakes and wildcats and looked upon pistols and knives without losing his nerve, slunk off for the woodpile without so much as backward glance knew why he doubted his courage. He had found his boss at last. M. QUAD.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
Jena's Celebration.

The University of Jena this year cele. brates its three hundred and fiftieth an- niversary. It was founded in 1547 by Prince Johann Friedrich, who, having lost his own University of Wittenberg, together with his personal liberty, at the battle of Muhlberg. took the first steps toward the foundation of Jena. It's first professor was Melanchthon, Lu- ther's friend, but he resigned the same year in consequence of religious dissen- sions. The first score of students came from Wittenberg, and their numbers grew so fast that their manifestations of joy when. few years afterward, their prince was liberated were enough to precipitate first class town and gown riot. As consequence the towns folk refused to harbor the students any longer, and it took the intercession of the prince to appease them,
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
TWIN ROSES.

In distant, verdant valley, By lazy, limped tide, Mid tue birds and trees and sunshine, Grow ts'o roses, side by side. One was kept by n maiden fair, The other she gave to her lover there, As they plighted their troth ono day One gleamcd white on corselet bright, As a knight rode away in the morning ligh To Soin his king in the fray. The other dropped its snowy head At the fear and grief its mistress knew. She kissed its petals and murmured low, "I fear, I fear-I love him 90" She saw fair summer with heated breath Die in the flush of hectic death. She heard the wild geese rise and cry Adown the glaring southern sky. Yet never home her lover came Slowly died her hope's bright flame.  In a distant, verdant valley,
 By lazy, limped stream, Blooms n rose above n grave,
 One white rose, in the sunlights gleam.
 Cornell Era.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
What Pa Said.

Little Harry-You didn't preach last Sunday. did you?
 The Minister-No, was i'll and omit ted my sermon.
 Little Harry-I thought they was something happened. for when pa got home he said he wouldn't mind goin to church every Sunday if they always had that kind of services. s.-Cleveland Leader
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
The Very Man.

Tho boy was limping about the little house by the seashoro when the stranger approached.
 "Hullo, bubi" called the stranger eheerily.
 The boy stopped long enough to look nt the stranger inquiringly, aud tho lat ter continued pleasantly;
 Your fathers sailor, supposef'
 Yep" answered tho boy.
 Well, I'm looking for nan about here-the captain os a whaler. Is your father the captain of whalerr"
 He's the whole thing himself" re- turned the boy.
 "The whatY"
 "The whaler. Oh, he's corkin whaler.
 The boy put one hand where 1t hurt the worst and continued his limping.- Chicago Post
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
Milton.

Milton was born in 1908 and died in l674. His first poem of note, "On the Morning of Christ's Nativity" was written in 1929. The Paradise Regain ed" was finished short time before his death. His literary labors covered 45 years. His greatest poem was writ ten by the hand of an amanuensis, and his most serious annoyance was the pet ulance of his daughters, who sometimes refused to write when he was in the mood to compose.
Connecticut western news., 1897-09-30
The HunE.

The first mention of the Huns in his tory is in China, B. c. BIO. They con- quered that country and were afterward driven out by the Celestials and march ed clear across Asia, penetrating the country now known as Hungary in 376 A. D. For time they threatened to overrun the whole of the continent, but were defeated in the heart of France and driven back to the banks of the Danube.