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Connecticut western news., 1900-02-15
Hapelers' Guide.
Berkshire Division


 NY. NH. S H. RAILROAD. Commencing Sunday. December s. 1898.
 ooiSo SOUTH Leave North Adams 6 20 am, PittsHeld is, Sansan Sa,s s2i; .. Arrive New Haven ie@ Leave Albany 10 am, State Line 6 co, Pitts- field 8 10, Canaan 2 70. Arrive Bridgeport IA 06 p. m., NewHaven l2. .Ab New York i.se. Leave Albany 10 % .. ms. HtAte Llns II 70. North Adams IA 10 D. m.. fittsneld ses Oanaan t2. Arrive Bridgeport co, New Haven c SS, New York 6.i0. Leave Albany 10 % a. m., State Line II 20. Pittsneld i2 t2 p. m, Canaan 27. Arrive Bridgeport TAI. New Haven 70. New York Q Oo.
 Leave Albany 220 p. m., State Line co. Pittsneld 8 70. Canaan | ~. Arrive Bridge port 2 2t. New Haven 70. New York 500 Sundays only Leave Pittsncld 3 % D. m, Canaan 22. Arrive Bridgeport c ta. New Haven 8 %. New York s5.
 ooNo NORTH Leave New York 70 a. m. Bridgeport ' ob New Haven 10, Canaan Q 70, Arrive Pitts field II 05, State Line 10 u. Albany 12 10 ? m, Saratoga q ib. North Adams II ts. Leave New York ? oo a. m., Bridgeport 2 50 New Haven 35, Canaan i2 Ss D. m. Arrive Pittsned 0b ?. m., State Line aa, AL bany 80 saratoga { %.
 New Haven . .s5. oanaan i.25 D. m. Arrive Pittsfeld sos p. m.
 Iseaye New York 30 p. m. Bridgeport ( 90 New Haven 3 57, Canaan c 30, Arnve Pitts. field 740, North Adams 0S, State Line & co, Albany Q s5.
 Leave New York 8 30 p. m., Bridgeport 20 New Haven b7, Canaan Ot. Arrive Pitts. field S5. State Line %, Albany sts. Sundays onlyl Leave New Haven SO a. no. Bridgeport o5, Canaan 9 %0. Arrivs Pitts field III co.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-15

Tralus stop only on signal, cr wAss es~s~s. tor Is notned. Dsily sroept sunday sb~iE | sunday only
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 Trains leave hineclin seo a "a, snR arrive st Ivernais 10 u la m., tnpM Trains leave sivernsils n 3 d m tm x "a arrive at Rhineclin ia a m, n n Tralns leave Poaghksspsis s~ K~ps-~x Junction so and su a- mA s sn< mn R Trains leave HopewsI Jct pcs rs~wnk~-xusE hg and 10 S k m, '. and M H M
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Connecticut western news., 1900-02-15
How 0IRn Robs

It Is estimated tl,at 4,3OO,000 COWS would be necessary to produce an amount of butter equal to the quantity of oleomargarine manufactured and used in the United States.
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-15
The Pendulum Alone Out of Order.

An Onion Creek CTex) darky visited the establishment of an Austin jew. eler.
 Il wish. boss, you would regulate dis heah penjulum."
 How can l regulate the pendulum without the rest of the clock p
 "Dars muffin de matter wid de rest ob de inards ob de clock. so jess leff 'em at home. Jess you fix up de pen julum. Elf der penjulum goes all right. de rest ob de clock goes all right too. l know dat much. even If ain't had no book larnln."-Texas Siftinns
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-15
SEVERAL hEH EkGlAIl RAILWAY COIpAET.

roUcnKEErsrEn nHIDaE neura. In Effect sunday, October Isth, Ise@s
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-15
"Eranple is Better
 Than Precept. "

q $ not guhat Sve say, but sDhat Hoods SarsaparHa does, that telLs the story. Thousands of testimonials are examples of sphat Hoods las done for others, and suhat # quill do for you.
 Scrofuia - Running scrotula sores made me stunned by neighbors. Medical treatment failed. A relative urged me to try Hoods Ssrsaparilla. Did so and In few months the sores completely healed" MRS. J. NJ. HArcH, Etna, N. II.
 lnflamnatory Rheumatism-"T Two attacks uf the grip left me with inhamma- tory rheumatism. Am S9 years old, but Hoods Sarsaparilla cured me and I can climb stairs and walk anywhere" J. LOVE LAND, SdS Fargo Ave, Buffalo, N. Y.
 H6odJ SaaJabanM
 Ill7lZ.ls5Iy1ID
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-15

Hoods Pills cure liver ins; the non Irritating and only eathartie to take with hoods sar.aparilia
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-15

How often 1t Is that you do not find physical energy indicative of spiritual power. If clear head is worth more than one dizzy with perpetual vertigo, if muscles with the play of health In them are worth more than those drawn up in chronic "rheumatics," If an eye quick to catch passing objects is better than one with vision dim and uncer- tain. then God will require of us eti- ciency just in proportion to what he has given us. Physical energy ought to be type of moral power. We ought to have as good digestion of truth as we have capacity to assimilate food. Our spiritual hearing ought to be as good as our physical hearing Our spiritual taste ought to be as clear as our tongue. Samsons in body, we ought to be giants In moral power.
 But while you find great many men whs realise that they onsht to use
Connecticut western news., 1900-02-15
Understand Your Power.


 Oh, men of stout physical health, men of great mental stature, men of high social position, men of great pow CT of any sort, 1 want you to under stand your power, and l want you to know that that power devoted to God will be a crown on earth, to you typi- cal of a crown in heaven, but misguid- ed, bedraggled in sin, administrative of evil, God will thunder against you with his condemnation in the day when millionaire and pauper, master and slave, king and subject shall stand side by side in the judgment and mon- ey bags and judicial crime and royal robe shall be riven with the lightnings.
 Behold also how giant may be slain of a woman. Delilah started the train of circumstances that pulled down the temple of Dagon about Samson's ears. And tens of thousands of giants have gone down to death and hell through the same Vaccinations. It seems to me that it Is high time that pulpit and platform and printing press speak out against the impurities of modern so- ciety. Fastidiousness and prudery say, Better not speak; you will rouse up adverse criticism; you will make worse what you want to make better; better deal in glittering generalities; the sub ject is too delicate for polite ears" But there comes a voice from heaven over towering the mincing sentimentalities of the day, saying, "Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like trumpet, and show nay people their trangres- sions aud the house of Jacob their sins
 The trouble is that when people write or speak upon this theme they are apt to cover 1t up with the graces of belles lettres, so that the crime is made attractive instead of repulsive. Lord Byron, in Don Juan, adorns this crime until it smiles like May queen. kiehslst ths great grsnes writer. GOV.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-27
AN EDUCATIONAL ADVANCE.
The Increase of Scholars In Our
Schools Is One-Half Greater
Than of Population.

The last report of the United States
commissioner of education gives the
number of pupils enrolled in all kinds
and grades of schools in this country
in 1898 as 1861 SAB, an increase over,
the preceding year of a trifle less thar
100000. The registers of the college.
and universities alone show gain OF
1000. To the average reader these
figures are too large to carry any com
prehensive meaning. He realizes that
a great number Of children are receiv-
ing instruction, but he doesn't know
how many are being neglected. This
point is easily made clear.
The increase of population in 1895
was about two per cent, as nearly
as can be determined before the census
is taken. The above large figures re-
cord an increase of over three per cent
in the enrolment of educational insti-
tutions, both great and small. Thus the
rate of increase in the school attend
ance is nearly one-half larger than the
rate of increase of the population.
These data prove highly significant
and important point, namely, that the
American people are taking more pains
than ever before to give their children
che benefits Of at least a common schoo
education. One could look for NO bet.
ter mark of progress and the advanc.
of culture and enlightenment.-Bro
Ivn Eaple
The Irish standard., 1900-01-27
GREAT SEASON FOR DEER.
Some Sections of the Country Are
Reported to De Swarmins with
the Game.

From the far north and far south of
our country come reports that show
that the present deer season is a good
one. Few think Of the south as deer
shooting country, and yet we learn that
this year the wild swamp forest belt
between Savannah and the high lands
of Georgia is swarming with game.
Deer have been protected there for
some years now, but as fact, the ma
ture of the country is their best pro-
lection.
Imagine leaving the city.of Savannah
at ten o'clock in the morning and at II
o'clock calmly surveying splendid
buck just fallen from your bullet. That
was the experience week or two ago
of DR.. Corbin, of 6eorgia's chief sea-
port. A few days after that Albert
Willy left Savannah at $3.50 in the aft
ernoon for Bourquin's plantation,
few miles out in the woods, and within
10 minutes after his arrival started up
four deer. He did not get any of them,
but the next day, being better pre-
pared, had better luck.
These two instances show what is
going on in Georgia in deer hunting
way. From the other end Of the coun-.
try the reports are quite as lively.
Maine has SO many deer this fall that
they are appearing ON the outskirts Of
many large towns. The Portland Press
reports that deer dashed across coun-
try, into the city limits Of Portland the
other day, and escaped before any of
the astonished citizens could get their
guns.
Even the moose are wandering out of
their Businesses. These great animals
seeem to belong exclusively to the big
woods. For one to venture on to rail-
road track in long settled region like
the town of Bridgton was very surpris-
ing, but 1t is not an isolated case.
In the town Of Winslow one recent
Sunday a large moose was seen, and
pursued for some distance. Winslow
is the next town to the busy city of Wa
terville, and its settlement dates back
more than century and quarter. It
is many miles from the game regions,
and the presence of moose there indi-
Gates that the great animals are wan
dering far and wide.-N. Y. Herald.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-27
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Percy-'"That girl made fool of
me years ago." Louie-"Pity; you
never got over italy sloper.
The Earmarks.-"Your son is de-
voted to art, isn't he?" asked Reyn-
olds. II suppose So" replied Easel
He's continually drawing on me."-
Philadelphia North American.
II detest him." she exclaimed.
''He made sport of golf" "What was
golf before he made sport of it?''
asked her companion. Then she de-
tested him, also.-Town Topics.
what is the meaning of the word
natural?" asked the teacher of a
small pupil. cts the way we act
before we learn manners" was tho
answer.-N. o. Times-Democrat.
Say, my uncle OATS visitin' us has
got wooden leg" ugh! dat's
nuthin'. When I was down ter New
York saw man dat was all wood
In front of cigar store."-Judge.
"Most of these variety dancers y
said the shoe clerk boarder, finish
as total wrecks" "Of course" said
the Cheerful Idiot; "their stage life
is usually a succession of break
downs. "-Indianapolis Journal.
Harriet-"If you are real good,
Tom, I'll throw you kiss when you
go home" Tom-"Harriet, don't you
know a woman can't throw straight?
You had better bring it to me; OF
shall come after it?"-Boston Tran
script.
Two clergymen near Joliet, Ill,
agreed to exchange pulpits upon a
certain date. One of them made the
announcement to his congregation as
follows: my dear brethren and sis
tiers, I have the pleasure of stating
that on next Sunday morning Rev.
Zachariah B. will preach for you.
Let us now sing two verses of hymn
9o9-'That awful day will surely
GOMEZ"
The Irish standard., 1900-01-27
ABOUT cREr1NIsM.
4 Disease That Affects Children 4,
All Parts Of the World
May BE Cured.

This 70 disease which occurs In
children, and is characterized by def
cient development, both mental and
physical The subject is deformed,
understood and mentally deficient
sometimes really an idiot The con.
dition may exist from birth, the little
sufferer never showing any evidence
of mental brightness; OF it may come
on at any age, the deformity and
weakness of mind then depending up
on the degree of mental and bodily de-
relopment reached by the child be-
fore the disease appears.
Cretinism is a very common affec-
ton in certain places in the eastern
hemisphere, particularly in shut-in
valleys in the north of England,
among the Alps, the Pyrenees and the
Himalayas, and in the central table
lands Of Asia. In these places it is
usually associated with goitre, or en-.
largement of the thyroid gland in the
neck.
The disease also occurs here and
there all over the world, but seldom
affects many children in any one To-
ca]ity. except in enclosed valleys in
the parts mentioned. In places where
few children are affected the disease
is not usually accompanied by goitre.
A cretin, as child with this dis
ease is called, is stunted in its growth,
often with handy legs; the abdomen is
prominent, and the body is arched
Backward: the hands are thick. The
skin is swollen, as if dropsical, but is
hard, and the finger pressed into it
leaves no deep pit, as it does in cases
of real dropsy.
The eyes are expressionless, the nose
is fiat, the lips are thick, the under
one hanging over, and the mouth is
half open. The tongue, too, is thick,
and sometimes the tip projects be-
tween the teeth is if it were too big
fer the mouth. The skin is rough and
dry, the teeth are irregular and often
decayed, and the hair is coarse.
There is always more or less pro-
nounced idiocy in well-developed
cases. The child is apathetic and
stupid, but good-natured if not dis
turbed.
The disease was formerly thought
to be incurable, and nothing was done
for the poor things except to feed
and care for them as well as circum-
stances would permit. Now, however,
a remedy has been found which will
certainly cure if treatment is begun
at an early age. Cretinism is a dis
ease of the thyroid gland, and is treat.
ed by the use of the throid extract.
The child begins to grow under the in
fuence of this remedy, the thick,
coarse features refine themselves, and
by and by the mental condition also
improves.
The treatment, however, must be
continued while life lasts. If it is dis
continued, the patient soon begins to
show all the signs of relapse into his
former state.-Youth's Companion.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-27
SOME MISSIONARY TALES
Continued from page ~

Bibles are going to figure largely in
the Virginia missionary's kit, for his
observation goes to show that he could
not employ a better entering wedge to
effect breach in the wall OF preju-
dice"
The members OF the New York mis-,
sion band have touched at twelve places
since their last report.
"Thc lectures at Newburgh (St. Pat
rick's) reused the most enthusiasm,
however. AS the days progressed the
attendance OF non-Catholics increased
until the church could not accommo-
date the people who came out. The
press notices were ample and soon
made the non-Catholic work the topic
Of the town and workshops. We felt
elated to know that the Episcopalan
minister prayed for Our success, also
that rabbi attended every evening
''It was no surprise to hear as the
week drew to a close that some re-
marked: Why do these priests come
, here to disturb us?' You know in
every age there have been many who
would like to forget the Masters words
that He came not to send peace, but
the sword Nor was it our fault If,
after an unprovoked attack made on
one of the lectures i'll the press, SIM
pie rejoinder should have drawn others
into the good-naturcd strife, until the
end saw a Unitarian. an Episcopalian
and an up-to-datc Evangelist airing
their views and, shifting aim from our
poor heads. begin to attack one an
other roundly. Knowing the futility of
newspaper controversy, we felt satisfied
that it was Our duty nevertheless to de-
fend the Catholic truth when it was
glaring1y misrepresentcd, and on the
whole the episode justified our action
as far as we could learn from compe-
tent sources The secular press is a
mighty engine for good or i'll in these
times, and it is the wish OF the Holy
! See that we should use it in defense OF
truth. Where one does not court con-
troversy or seek vulgar notoriety, it is
not only justi6able, but commendable
that Catholic doctrine should be set
forth in proper light and kept inviolate
from the sneers of the malicious or the
ignorance OF the incompetent.
1T is simply deplorable to find such
deep and widespread ignorance con-
corning Catholic teaching among those
outside the fold. 1t has come in good
part from an irresponsible press. Oul
separated brethren in days past were
de1uged with the cheap stuff, and al
though there is a discernible chang
for the better, much still must be dons
The Irish standard., 1900-01-27
Next. Yea.,. rata. rc,t,..

The totally eclipsed sun, according
to Nature, can only be observed for
something like three hours in a CEN
fury. 1t also states that the Span
ish minister Of finance has given
instructions that all instruments
intended for observations OF the
eclipse of the. sun on May ~,
1900, are to be admitted free of duty.
Nature, however, seem1 to be uncer.
tain of the exact date of the impor-
tant eclipse, for, in another portion
of the same issue September Ply, 1t
gives the date as May 20, 1900. This
scientific Journal states that during
the more recent eclipsesy attenpts to
extend our knowledge Of the sun have
taken the place Of the snpesstitioRz
fear with which they were tsrmsrn
regarded.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-27
Where are the Anglo Saxons?

The following list of Irishmcn now
defending the British flag in South
Africa, might be increased one hundred
fold. 1t is taken from the Dublin Free
mans Journal, through the Irish
World.
Lord Roberts, the commander in
chief, is county Waterford man and
proud OF his nationality. Lord Kitchen
er, his chief OF staff, is a county Kerry
man. White, the defender OF Lady
smith, is county Down man. Cleary
is Cork man, and French is a Ros-
common man, married to the sister OF
Miss Maud Come, the Irish Joan OF
Arc Let us add that Lord Lansdowne,
the British secretary OF war, is Kerry
man. Mr.. Windlam, the under secre-
tary, is the grandson OF Lord Edward
Fitzgerald, the famous rebel 1risllman
OF 1898. Lord Wolseley, the comman
der-in-chiei of all the British armies,
is an Irishman. And the queen has
been doing her best to make one OF her
sons an Irisfman by creating him duke
of Connaught and sending him to Ire
land to command her armies there. The
chief justice OF the British empire, Lord
Charles Russell, is an Irishman, and So
we might go on.
The last generation saw Lord Cough
OF Tough Coulter castle" in the county
OF Galway, leading the British armies
to victory; and during the generation
before that, the duke OF Wellington, Of
Dangan castle, in the county OF Meath,
led Englands forces through India
Spain, and on the plains of Waterloo
1t is true Lord Kitchener, like Mike
Griffin, says he regrets that he was born
in Ireland, but if he had not been born
in Ireland he would have lived and died
unknown and forgotten like the rest OF
his naneless tribe. 1t was Irish air that
purified his vulgar blood, and breathed
into his soul that love of adventure
which has given him name among The
great men OF his time
But where, we ask again, are the
Anglo-Saxons in this hour OF England
need? In what wars or in what posi-.
tons, civil or military, do they show
forth? The Anglo-Saxon exists only in
the brain OF the drawing room BOBBY
"doncher know" 1t is Irishmen and
Norman French, not Anglo Saxons
that have ruled England for the last zoe
years, and who rule her empire to-day
The Irish standard., 1900-01-27
FEMININE FANCIEs.
New Notions in Collars, richus and
Bodice Effects for Winter
Costumes.

The collars to many Of the hand
some cloaks that are now worn to the
theaters are some cause of anxiety to
their wearers. They are stiffened to
give the proper effect, and being high,
they have to be adjusted carefully
when the wearer slips the cloak down
from her shoulders as she takes her
seat. A crushed collar is ruined.
A good many. pretty gowns are fin
ished around the lower edge of the
skirt with fur. They are charming in
effect, but with the long skirts they
have SC much of an additional body
to catch dust and germs that to the
practical mind their beauty is some
what diminished. On skating cos
tunes with short skirt the fur is al
together attractive, and has sugges-
ton of warmth about it that is de-
hghtful in a gown for outdoor winter
sports. A gracefully shaped fur yoke
and high collar are also charming in
the skating gowns.
Pretty little bodice effects are seen
in a good many gowns, soft broad
bands of silk drawn tightly around
the waist, with two points in front,
and they are very pretty and a pleas
ant change from the narrow line of
worn SC much.
A charming little English velvet coat
is of brown velvet stitched with cream
white silk and with a grebe collar, the
grebc showing at the top the little
brown edge that is so pretty, some
people think, on the grebe, and which
others do not like, but which with the
brown velvet is charming.
The fichu effect is to be seen in
many pretty dinner and evening
gowns. One of pale crepe de chine
has vest and high collar of lace, and
around the vest, which ends at the
bust and may almost be called a deep
pointed yoke, is draped loosely, the
fichu also of lace, and finished
with a chou of the crepe de chine.
The sleeves are of the lace, with a
loose band of the crepe de chine over
the elbow. Another pretty gown has
fichu of some pretty, thin white ma
terial edged with lace. The gown is
cut low at the neck, the fchu is worn
over the shoulders and secured on the
bust with flowers, the ends showing
below. The lace to this fichu is deep.
er at the shoulder and falls over the
arms, forming little cap to the
sleeves. The sleeves are shirred and
finished at the elbow with . bow and
fall of lace.
A pretty evening gown of thin ma
terial with bead trimmings has strap,
over the shoulders formed of strands
of beads held together on top of the
shoulders with clasp. The uppe,
part Of the arm is exposed below this
upper band, and below to the wrist I.
a transparent sleeve of the material u
the gown, ahirred.-N. Y. Times.