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Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23

I have boon afflicted with rheumatism for fourteen yssrs and nothing seemed 0 give any relief. I was able to be around all the time, but constantly sufBsring. had tried everything I could hear of and ct last was told to try Cham berlAin's Pain Balm, which did. and vas immsdiately relieved and in g short time cured. I nm happy to say that 1t has not since returned = JoaR. EDGAR. Germantown, Gal |. For sals by ". H. Camp, Canaan; Geo. Fl. Clark. Salisbury; G. B. Brink. Falls Village; Smith | Sons, West Goshen.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23

A light sentence for all who are guilty of furnishing bad beef for Uncle Sam's boys during the Spanish-American war would be: |" 'Whitewash,' but no food except similar bad beef during the re- mainder of your life."
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23

It seems the Legislature arc to give us no Improvement on the absurd Sun day law of the past two years.' It is not much bother as 1t stands, as it is not enforced. for which the citizens of Conrecticut are thankful.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23
DIsTRICT OF CORNWALL ss. Probat, A Court March 20 l6Qo

nIsTRICT OF CORNWALL ss. Probate D Court, March 20, 1899.
 Estate of Ingersoll P. Reed late of Corn. wall in said District, deceased.
 Upon the application of James R. Reed and Charles Weston Reed praying that letters of administration may be granted on said estate M is " ORDERED. That said application be heard ana determined at the Probate once, in Cornwall in said District on the sth day of April. A. D. 1899, at ono o'clock in the afternoon, and that notice be given of the pendency of said application and the time and place Of hearing thereon, by publishing the same once in some newspaper having a circulation in said District, and by posting a copy thereof, on the public sign-post in the town Of Cornwall in said District.
 0noRoK 0. HARhnoN Judge
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23

Falls Village will have money to burn" when it collars the S1 900 per day which now runs to waste over the falls at Amesville.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23

Neil Burgess. the actor. owes $1O,OOO and he has just that number of cents to pey with. Who wouldn't be an actor with . credit like that.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23

A T A COURT OF PROBATE held at sharon A within and for the District of sharon on the 18th day of March, I699
 Present: William ". Knight, Judge.
 Estate Of George N. Judd. an insolvent debtor.
 It is ordered that commissioners to receive and decide upon the claims of the creditors of said estate he appointed at the Probate Omce in Sharon on the 28th day of March, iSsS at ten o'clock a. m and the trustee is directed 10 cite by advertising in said Pro bate District all persons to appear at said time and place to be heard relative to such appointment and return make to this court
 Attest: WILLIAM ". KNIGHT Judge.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23

The Audubon society in Connecticut need fo work hard and conduct cam paign of education among the Reprssen- Aatives. The bill aimed at the protec- tion, of birds was killed in the House laat week. The bird millinery bill should have passed.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23

Nov that Connecticut has got pure milk law it seems e if it would be con- sistent for the Legislature to pass Law yer Nickerson's pure beer bill. Resin in beer is no moro acceptable to the kidneys than water in milk is to the stomach.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23
CORNWALL BRIDGE.

Mrs Elizabeth Starr has been gran ted . pension of sl2 per month.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23

''I suffered for months from sore throat. Ecleotric Oil cured me in twenty-four hours." Nj. s. Gist, Hswesville, Ky.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23

Governor Lounsbury has issued . proclamation designating Friday, March 31 a Fast Day.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23
0tAts of Ohio, City of Toledo, ..
 LucaA County. ee'

FnAxK !. CHnxnY makes oath that he is the snnior partner of the firm of Y. J. Cheney c O.. doing business in the City of Toledo, Oounfy and State aforesaid, and that said 0rm Wm pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOIIsAn8 for each and every case of Catarrh fSo1 oaanot be cured by the use of HALLS G~orn to bolore me and subscribed In ny rrt9snea. thie okh day of December, 1866.
 AM. GLEASON,
 l@x1 NoIa,y Ps5aic.
Connecticut western news., 1899-03-23

Jst priAtias q SAs NEVIS sAss.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-05
SEWED A BUTTON
On Her Finger with "a Machine That

On Her Finger with "a Machine That
Clinched 1t to the Flesh.
New York Sun: Rosie Pierre, 1S
years old. Of 341 Madison street, met
with singular accident in Joseph
Klein & Co.'S tailor shop, at 626 Broad
way, yesterday. She was putting but
tons on trousers, using for that purpose
a machine that stamps them on and
clinches them on the other side. She
got her hand into the machinery. 1t
did not stop. 1t went right on. The
next button was sunk deep into flesh
Of the last joint of her index finger,
and clinched all right on the nail side.
With 1t so fixed she was taken over
to police headquarters. The button
was fastened as if it were never to
come off. An ambulance was sent for,
but the surgeon knew of no way to get
it off. He took her over to ST. Vim
cents hospital. The surgeons at the
hospital cut the button out. 1t had
been clinched into the flesh, and it was
necessary to put the girl under ether
to perform the operation.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-05
SAVED, BY A wArrRspovr.
No Photography Go with This story Of
Tidal Wave.

No Photography Go with This story of
Tidal Wave.
The crew OF the British bark Banda
neira while on the shore of Chill, pass
ed through frightful experience with
tidal wave and which. had 1t not
been for the most remarkable interven-
tion on the part Of nature. would have
left the bark high and dry mile from
shore.
The Bandane!ra sailed from Iquique.
March 10. She had loaded there car
go of nitrate for the Dupont Powder
company of this city. This town is
practically the center OF constant
earthquakes. An observation station is
maintained there from which warnings
are sent to masters of vessels before
they leave port. The barometer had
6een low from March 10. but Capt.
FAINT struck boldly out for the Horn.
During the next two days the barome-
ter dropped still lower and it was ev-
ident that fearful hurricane was
brewing. The crew besought the cap
tain to return to Iquique, but he re-
fused.
I'VE are already three days on our
way" he said, "and We are all right
yet. In all probability the worst is
over now"
His assumption was wrong, however,
for at noon the following day an i'm
mense wall of water apparently nine
miles to the westward rolled down
slowly upon the bark. AS slowly she
commenced to drift toward the coast
seven miles to the eastward.
Capt. Fant's vessel is at Whining
ton now. She came up the river yester-
day, and his story is a thrilling one.
Apparently the tidal wave was about
100 feet in height and had an area OF
twenty miles in almost complete cir
Gle. 1t advanced rapidly, but the bark.
keeping ahead, reached the shore line
first. The coast at this point was fiat
for nearly two miles inland, terminal
ing abruptly at the base Of almost per-
pendicular mountains. Capt. FAINT is
sure that the Bandaneira approached to
within 100 yards of the rocky walls.
The pursuing volume of water was
then apparently only two miles behind.
Just at the moment when hope was
gone the bark suddenly changed her
direction and receded from her appar-
emily inevitable fate.
An immense waterspout suddenly de-
veloped many miles away. and its In
f1uence changed the direction OF the on
rushing sea. Tie Bandaneira was
thrown on her beam ends and drawn
almost directly into the vortex OF wa
ters. Two hours later the sea had re-
sumed its wonted aspect, leaving the
bark uninjured.
Capt. FAINT is positive that great
damage must have been done the ves-
sells which were directly in the track
OF the great tidal wave. The matter
has been reported to the photographic
Office and further reports are being
awaited
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-05
GUNS THAT DON'T KILL.

Guns have plenty of uses apart from
killing. For instance, the signal gun
of ship is intended solely for an
nouncing her arrival on coast.
Again, in desert countries, where wa
ter Is difficult to collect out of mere
danpness of sand, gun barrel sunk
into the ground will collect moisture
in the bore. and many life has been
saved by ardmely suck at tine muzzle.
In many an English town the l
o'clock gun fred by electricity from
Greenwich observatory is used for set
ting all the clocks; while the minute
guns are fired for public mourning and
national rejoicings take the form OF a
royal salute.
A SLAYER captured with cargo of
slaves in the tropics was put in charge
of prize crew. On her voyage the wa
ter ran short, and both slaves, slavers
and prize crew were dying of thirst
This set one of the marines-a ser
geant-thinking, and he hit upon a
brilliant idea.
After gaining reluctant consent from
the captain he took all the available
gun-barrels, plugged up the breech-
ends of a few Of them, filled their
bores with sea-water, and set them end
up among the Goals of the galley fire
AS the steam rose he ran 1t through
over gun-barrels until 1t got cool. The
cooling steam collected in the shape Of
excellent fresh water. Of which he
procured steady though small sup
plv-Answers,
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-05
MOn0t0nous Work.

A farmer entered watchnaker's.
and stood hesitatingly about for some
time. At last he hedged up toward
the counter with the following re-
quest:
II say, could one OF you fellows go
out in the country about five miles and
repair watch!"
why cannot the watch be brought
here?" was the reasonable reply.
well, you see. it's this way" said
the farmer. The watch belongs to a
sick man. and he has to have it beside
his bed to as to tell when to take his
doses" ~
"Then the watch must be going all
right" said the 5eweler.
Yes the watch runs, cause the fel-
Ter makes it run. He says he's getting
tired of poking the wheel with . pin.
and wants one Of you feliers to conts
and put it straight"
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-05
3. q o. REcE,vERsHlP ENDED.
New OMeers Have Taken Charge of the
Road.

New OHeers Have Taken Charge of the
Road.
Baltimore. July 1.-The receivership
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
terminated at 12 o'clock last night and
the property was turned over to the
stockholders without celebration or
formal ceremony. John X. Cowen
and Oscar G. Murray were appointed
receivers Of the company on February
18th, 1896, by the United States court
for the District of Maryland. Being
familiar with the needs Of the property
the receivers decided that the only
wise course to pursue was to practi-
cally rebuild and re-equip the railroad.
The physical condition was bad, its
equipment antiquated and inadequate
to handle business and its insufiiciency
was such as to seriously injure the
revenues. The receivers plans were
discussed by the security holders and
as large majority agreed to the pro-
vision OF enough funds to place the
road In condition to handle its traf-
hc, they obtained permission Of the
court to issue certificates for the pur-
chase. by means Of equipment trusts
and receivers certificates, OF new cars
and locomotives and to improve the
pAybAC8l COnuhllOu LhC pioPGil
The plan also provided for the payment
in full Of all receivers indebtedness.
the entire floating debt of the COM
pany, represented by promissory notes
and negotiable obligations and Of all
car trust obligations. enabling the COM
pany to begin the hsosa year of 1Sss-
1900 with all its obligations paid. For
the reason that reorganization was
noagihla vfthout n foreclosure the oriR-
inal charter of the company remains In
force, and tho next annual meeting Of
the stockholders will be tho 73d.' The
new stock Of the company II held By In
terests which cannot fail to b. At Great
help to- the property and much new
capital has been invested In the ~
curities. and there i . sunlciency Of
money for still further improvements.
which are in progress. with view TO
still further reducing the cost of trans
DoftAtion.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-05
Mrs. Col. Richardson
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The Meeker herald., 1899-08-05

cavern OF throat fronting him. Down
went that mountainous head. not six
inches from US. but with perfo ctly ln-
describable motion, tremendous
writhe. in face; up flew the broad tail
IN the air. and a blow which might
have sufaced to stave in the side OF the
ship struck the second mates boat
fairly amidships. 1t was right before
my eyes. not sixty feet away, and the
sight will haunt me to my death. The
tub oarsman was q poor German. and
that awful blow put an end to all his
earthly anxieties. ASH shore obliQue-
ly through the center OF the boat, 1t
drove his poor body right through her
timbers-an undistingulshable bundle
Of what was an instant before human
being. The other members Of the
crew escaped the blow, and the har-
pooner managed to cut the line, SO
that for the present they were safe
enough. clinging to the remains of
their boat. unless the whale should
choose to rush across them.
Happily. the rushing was almost
o'Si- hS uokAD uieu ny MI. SOuueb
with such fatal result to poor Bamber-
ger. must have exploded right in the
whales throat. Whether his previous
titanic efforts had completely exhaust
ed him. or whether the bomb had brok-
en- his massive backbone, / do not
know. Of course. but he went into no
furry. dying as peacefully as his
course had been furious. For the first
time in my life had been face to face
with a violent death. and was quite
stunned with the awfulness of the ex-
perience. Mechanically, as it seemed
to me. we obeyed such orders as were
given. but every mans thoughts were
with the shipmate so suddenly dashed
from among us. We never saw signs
OF him again. We got the
whale cut in as usual without any in
cident worth mentioning, except that
the peculiar shape of the jaw made 1t
an object of great curiosity to all OF us
who were new to the whale fishing.
Such malformations are not very rare.
They are generally thought to occur
when the animal is young, and Its
bones soft; but whether done in fight
ing with one another, or in some more
mysterious way. nobody knows. Cases
have been known. l believe. where the
deformed whale does not appear to
have suffered from lack of food in
consequence OF his disability; but IN
each Of the three instances which have
come under my own notice, such was
certainly not the case. Those whales
were what Is termed by the whalers
"dry-skins;" that is. they were in poor
condition. the blubber yielding less
than half the usual quantity OF oil.
The absence of oil makes it very hard
to cut up, and there is more work in
one whale OF this kind than in two
whose blubber is rich and soft.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-05
WORTH THE READING.

The result OF some investigation on
the feeding of mich cows. recently car
ried out in Germany, was to show
that the production of milk is depend
ent in certain respects upon the ma
ture of the focd supplied to the cows.
but not, as is commonly supposed,
solely on the albumenoid ratio.
Early Roman history, like that of
Troy, will have to be rewritten If
archaeologists agree on the genuine
ness of the recent discoveries in the
Forum. A little while ago black
stone believed to be the "Lapis niger"
that marked the burial place" OF
Romulus, was found. They have now
dug under the stone and unearthed.
amid many votive offerings. a
rock, marked with an alphabetic
inscription. This Is declared to
be in Achaean characters. the earliest
known, which may give a Greek origin
to Rome, like that of Cumae and Mar
seiles, dating some centuries before
the traditional year Of the city"-753
B. C.-Foreign Letter New York Sun.
IndL punk SulIl WAIST SlOTy duoul
Richard Harding Davis is only one
among others said member of a
New York publishing firm who fell
in from the big town yesterday. Davis
struck place called Pomona, Cal,
few years ago, and while there he met
a clever chap who has been writing
stories about the killers and other bad
men of the Southwest for a New York
paper for several years past. The writ
er of the bad-man stories happened to
be a modest and unassuming citizen,
somewhat understood, and Harding
said to him, after being introduced:
why, l expected to find the writer
of those terrific stories raw-boned
giant, with bowie-knife between his
teeth, a whole arsenal of small arms,
long hair, and all that sort of thing.
Won know That so?' responded the
writer of ad-man narratives. I had
some similarly erroneous ideas about
YOU. pictured you as wearing a
Psyche knot"
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-05
THE HEAVIEST e. q o. TRAIN.

When the receivers of the Baltimore
4 Ohio Railroad began the now famous
series of improvements of the physt-
cal condition of the entire system,
their object was to increase both the
train load and the number OF revenue
tons per mile and at the same time
reduce the cost OF transportation.
Much has been done, and by the low
ering Of grades. elimination OF curves,
laying of new steel rails and the pur-
chase of heavy motive power they have
very materially added to the number OF
cars per train. But 1t was not until
the 18th of March last that demon
stration was made of what might be
expected Of the new Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad. Enough new 5O-ton capac-
ity steel cars had been delivered to
give the operating department a chance
to experiment. Fifty steel cars, each
weighing $4,000 pounds, were loaded
with an average of $4,000 pounds OF
coal. To them was coupled new
22x2S inch consolidation locomotive
weighing l6S.700 pounds and having
81 inch driving wheels. The start was
made from Cumberland. Nd, and the
destination was Brunswick, Nd, on
the second division. In his report Gen
eral Superintendent Fitzgerald says
the train was pulled with comparative
ease and that the class Of engines used
will be able to handle so cars Of so
tons capacity each on that division
without trouble. Hitherto the train
load on that division has been 1876 units
of 612 tons each or about 1900 tons. a
40 per cent increase over that of five
years ago. The so car train was COM
puted as containing 497 units, or 6,45S.-
100 pounds gross The net weight OF
coal In the train was 4,75S, 100 pounds.
1t was by far the heaviest train ever
handled over the line and demonstrate
ed that heavy power, modern equip
ment with safety appliances, and a
good track. mean more revenue tons
per mile and decreased cost of trans
portation.
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-05

SHIPS.
In half. Well was 1t for us that he
was severely handicapped by a NAL
formation of the lower jaw. At short
distance from the throat 1t turned off
nearly at right angles to his body. the
part that thus protruded sideways be-
ing deeply fringed with barnacles and
plated with big limpets.
Had 1t not been for this impediment
verify believe he would have beaten
us altogether. AS 1t was. he worked
us nearly to death with his ugly
rushes. Once he delivered sidelong
blow with his tail, which, as we spun
around. shore on the two oars on that
side as II they had been carrots. At
last the secood mate got fast to him,
and then the character of the game
changed again. Apparently unwearied
by his previous exertions he now start
ed on to wiudward at top speed, with
the two boats sheering broadly out
upon either side Of his foaming wake.
Doubtless because he himself was
much fatigued, the mate allowed him
to run at his will, without, for the
time, attempting to haul any closer to
him, and very grateful the short rest
was to M. But he had not gone a
couple OF miles before he turned a
complete somersault in the water. COM
Ing up behind Us, to rush of again in
the opposite direction at undiminished
speed. This move was a startler. For
tie moment It seemed as If both boats
would be smashed like eRgshells
against each other or else that some of
us would be impaled upon the long
lances with which each boats bow
bristled. By what looked like a hand
breadth We cleared each other. and the
race continued. Up till now we had
not succeeded in getting home a single
lance. the foe was becoming wearier,
while tAs strain was certainly telling
upon our nssves. So Mr.. Count got
out hs bomb CUR. shouting at the same
time to Mr.. Cruce to do the same.
They both hated these weapons, nor
ever used them II they could help 1t;
but what was to be done?
Our chief had hardly rot his gun
ready before We came to almost 4 dead
stop. All was silent for just . mo-
ment. then. with = roar like q cata-
raet. up sprAng the huge creature, head
out, Jaw wide open, coming direct for
-. Az coolly ~ II on the quarter
deck the mate raised his kun, firing
he bomb directly down the great Mvid
The Meeker herald., 1899-08-05
RESULTS OF FOREST FlRss.
WssasAt 4. co,sraA, Hs~,

ooAD ko4t00o.
The traveller Through the mountain
regions Of central and northern Colo.
RADIO. even though he makes only cas-
ual observations, cannot fail to be I'm.
pressed with the extent of the devas
tation that has been wrought BY forest
fires. One may ride for miles through
regions where the destruction came In
very recent years, as IL shown BY the
blackness, the entire absence of living
vegetation and the utter desolation.
On these areas the general appearance
marks the destruction as more remote;
many trees are rotting on the ground;
from those standing the bark has been
worn away, and their bleaching trunks
remain, white and ghostly, the last
relics Of once grand forest. On these
areas other vegetation has started.
and come are sufficiently covered with
grasses and sedges to afford good pas
turage for stock. Here and there are
thick groves Of young aspens, bordered
with scattering shrubs, elder, buffalo
berry, shad bush, currants and goose
berries, or the whole may be covered
with n growth of shrubs intermingled
hEith scattering pines and spruces.
&6ometimes this new coniferous growth
|is scanty, and again 1t is abundant,
covering the whole surface and form
ing dense forests. Other areas must
have been denuded at still earlier Pc
riod, and here the evidence of former
forest growth Is reduced to a few rot
ten remnants of stumps or trees. Some
of these new areas are now timbered
with new coniferous growth, while 9TH
ers are nearly barren of vegetation.