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Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05

Government receipts during the month of March reached tine grand total of S4S,- FPS, ,S3T, and the treasury surplus for the current fiscal year was raised to the un. expected sum of S54.301 .ST9. Not less than Sl6.53S.166 was added to the sur plus in March, for while the receipts were large the expenditures in all depart ments of the government were only S32.- 1SS,271. The March receipts were de rived from these sources: Customs. 500 000.6Sl; internal revenue, S24. .237, ,964; miscellaneous. S2.39S.192. The expendi. lures were as follows: Civil and miscella. neous. S6.939. .136: war. SS.329.054; navy S4.413.63T: Indians, S9OS. .T09; pensions S1l.059.656; internal revenue, S59S. T0S The receipts for the first nine months of the current fiscal year were S42T. 1G3. T62 and the expenditures S3I2. S61 .SS3.
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
The Cow In Ancient Literature.


 How little we realize ill our daily contact with the COW what an impor- tant part she has played in the remot- est literature of the past, says Hoard's Dairyman.
 The Rig Neda, the ancient scriptures of India, contains mention of Traitaua, one of the divine powers which ruled the Armament, destroying darkness and sending rain" To this divinity was given the office of rescuing the celestial cows and staying the demons that had carried them off. "These cows" as Max Mueller tells us, al ways move along the sky, some dark, some bright colored. They low over their pasture; they are gathered by the winds and milked by the bright rays of the sun; they drop from their heavy udders a fertilizing milk upon the parched and thirsty earth. But some times, the poet says, they are carried off by robbers and kept in dark caves near the uttermost ends of the sky. Then the earth is without rain, the pious worshiper offers up his prayer to Indra, and Indra rises to conquer the cows for him. He sends his dog to find the scent of the cattle, and aft CT she has heard their lowing she re- turns, and the battle commences. In- dra hurls his thunderbolt, the MarutS ride by his side, the Rudras roar, till at last the rock is cleft asunder. the demon destroyed and the cows brought back to their pasture"
 This Is one of the oldest myths or sayings current among the Aryan na- tions.
 Surely if the COW has furnished such inspiration to the most ancient of poets, shall she not be deemed worthy of tribute of praise from the farmer of today, whom she has so often saved from many a devastating financial drought?
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
RcEard For the Fox Tn Japnu

All over Japan you will see images of foNes-old foxes, with their noses chip ped and their ears broken off: older foxes still, with growth of moss on their backs; sly, alert foxes, with noses perked smartly in the air; great foxes and little foxes, sages and clowns. all kinds and degrees, showing the preva- lence of this belief in the land of the wistaria and the fan and also showing in what respect the fox is held. It is curious to note that in all countries the fox, above all other animals, has been considered to exert great influence and power. All nations have legends of which the cunning and intelligence of tue fox are tue theme.
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
Simple Funeral For Joubert.

General Piet Joubert. head of the Boer army, is dead. General Joubert was taken i'll Sunday morning. He was at his office the previous day. He suffer ed great pain. but became unconscious some time before death. The complaint was acute inflammation of the bowels. The body lay in state Thursday and was then taken by special train to the farm at Rustfontein, near Wakkerstroom. where it was buried quietly, as Joubert sften requested, and without military
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
Critical Period of Life.
A Few Facts.

There is store on Main Street in the Clemans' Building.
 Some people refer to it as a one horse store.
 The stock of goods in that store is not of large proportions.
 The quality of that stock can not be questioned.
 Only the best Brands" of goods are kept in that store.
 A few of them are mentioned here:
 "Berkshire Brand" Pure Pork Sau.
 sage.
 Heinz Keystone Brand" Pickles. "Mascot Brand" Canned Vegetables
 California Hams, Groceries, Con. fectionery and Fruit can always be found here. Also the Peter Schuy. Ter" and "Moon Spot Cigars"
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
Why He Was Arrested.

"There Is such thing as being alto gether too clever"
 You think so?'
 ''I know it. I was walking along the street yesterday when I noticed a fJ note lying on the pavement. stopped to pick it up, but it looked like a coun. terfeit, so l passed on."
 And the note turned out to be n good one. of courseT' No. it did not. but I was arrested before had gone ten steps farther" Arrested? What for?"
 For passing counterfeit money."- London Answers
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
Two FilIpinos Hanged.

Morales and Gonzales, found guilty by a military court of murdering a country man, were hanged in the plaza in front of the church at San Carlos, prov ince of Pangasinan. An officer of the Seventeenth infantry presided at the exc cution, which was witnessed by the prin- cipal citizens of the place. There was no demonstration. Morales and Gonzales are the first to suffer under the pro nouncemcrt that bandits would be pun ;sb,J :, ,l.sath
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05

| Trains stop only on slgnal. or wAan osesee tor is nouncd. Daily eIeept suasv .hA<N. \ sunday only
 AddlffnnAl trains leave New ra'tr fir wsua land ana roaghscsp-is V sa, ' I'd, sisNA Tf-x d m .Loo .s,on, 800 600 .asoa sNls n
 Trains leave feughk~cphs fn Mi,shta~a m@a New Patz l1 a, S0 -p 10 stnta tl @ d m sia a0 noon .i!it. @rik, .Sia. sais tsea Ssa EIs Is tA e ap m
 Trains leave lthinscltn se m fn arrive st St StvernaiM 10 IA m., 1alp
 Trains leave sllv~FnAin n A a M s@p m arrive st Rhtnecltn ia M m. N H
 Trains leave rouxkkssp&s tw ueRSwsm Junction sp and m a. m. 4 smx GMp m Trains leave ropewaii Jss ew Pw~sh m~ss&a& Tb0 and 10 ta a m., shaM tm "a
 Trains z and 10 s9rTy hrv~Sa yss sssYo<a wtnstsd sne 0rsad oAnsr~l sAe3~a. lev fw% Train Nc s eonscss3 ss cs~@~ ts~ w~m srws~ No 10 for wtng~~A
 Train Ne oonns>ts s4 st.~~ Ls~< vtA s~sa No. 10 for PousAs~~snss
 ss;;:;: ss:,':$ s;:;';s !? $:: ss:: sE.Nk kU1 following dI aw ep~<H sm~~1M given to western usvd kst~s 3krs n = H iower than any other Hne WNsm~ kw w~&@ m& particulars before psoAssias @ch~a S~1 ss8 ether route
 Tiofe,s tc all posHss i~ sse ws-s ss rs~.s~s rA4es sola st tAs roaghks~pAas onk@@
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Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
Wffd With Ecxen1a
Fire Could Not Have Been More
 Painful.

Painful.
 " After spending two years in talk. ing all kinds of medicines that were suggested for eczema, but without avail, my mother was induced to take Hoods Sarsaparills. The result was wonderfully gratifying. Her limbs had been terribly lacerated by the dis ease, and there were times when fire could not have been more painful. She was, in fact, almost wild. Two bottles of Hoods Sarssparills com- pletely cured her, and not trace of eczema was left" E. W. DECKER, Gardiner, N. Y.
 Eat We'll, Sleep We'll.
 " Hoods Sarsaparilla has been q great blessing to mo. was weak irritable, tired and nervous; had no appetite and was always sad and des- pondent. One day I got hold of a little book about Hoods Sarsaparilla. l looked it over and resolved to try a bottle. l was better before it was gone, so | kept on until l had taken five bottles. can now sleep well, feel cheerful and can do all my work including plain sewing, and can walk two or three miles a day. I am 55 years old and now feel that life is worth living" MRS. EMMA SMITH, 6S E. Mitchell St., Oswego, N. Y.
 Critical Period of Life.
 |" I took Hoods Sarsaparilla during the critical period of my life, and now at the age of 60 years, I am strong and healthy. It is great medicine for the blood. find Hoods to be the best" MRs. II. PoMRoY, p Lansing Street, Auburn, N. Y.
 You can buy Hoods Sarsaparilla o- any druggist. Be sure to ask for Hoods and do not accept any substitute.
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
Philippine Commission Appointment.

The names of the officers of the new Philippine commission with the exception of that of secretary, whose selection has not yet been definitely determined, have been announced. Arthur F. Ferguson of Washington. II years of age. is to be the Spanish secretary. At present Mir. Ferguson is chief translator of the bu- reau of the American republics. Frank A. Branagan, a native of Ohio, is to be the disbursing officer and accountant of the commission. He acted in similar capacity for the Paris peace commission and is now the chief of the bureau of nc- counts in the state department. Ruther- ford Corbin. a son of Adjutant General Corbin of the army. has been chosen as assistant secretary of the commission. Mir. Corbin is about 25 years of age and has had considerable experience in this line of work. having filled positions of im- portance with the Paris peace commis- sion and the Philippine commission.
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Porto Rican BiII Passed by the Sem nte Tuesday.

vote taken on Thursday in tho sen ate on an amendment to the Porto Rican bill was regarded in Washington as indi- eating that the senate would support the house provision for d l5 per cent tariff. Senator Beveridge of Indiana made his promised speech. in which he declared that be wanted free trade for Porto Rico. He said. however. that If the senate should decide against the free trade amendments he would support the house tariff proposition. The house passed the army appropriation bill.
 In the senate on Friday Senator Pettus of Alabama and Senator Proctor of Yer mont spoke in favor of free trade with Porto Rico. Senator Pettus proposed an amendment to the Porto Rican govern ment bill extending the constitution over the island. The amendment was defeat ed. The house devoted the day to con sideration of war claims.
 The senate devoted Monday to debate on the Porto Rican bill. the arguments consuming seven hours. Among those who addressed the senate were MeSsrs. Depcw. Bate. Cullnm. Perkins. Simon. Vest and Sponner. In the house Repre- sentative Payne introduced resolution. which was adopted. asking for informa- ton regarding the surplus from the in- ternal revenue tax. It was done with view to introducing legislation to reduce the war tax.
 The senate on Tuesday passed the For to Rican bill by n majority of nine votes seven Republicans-Davis. Nelson, Si- mon. Proctor, Wellington, Mason and Teller-voting no. The last named dur ing the debate declared his belief in the right of the United States to hold and n Al posed of there was some excitement in the chamber, due to Mir. Lodges efforts to call up the Spooner Philippine bill. These were opposed by the friends of Mir. Quay. In the house Mir. Lane tRepl of Iowa spoke against tariff for Porto Rico. The bill under consideration in the house was the Hawaiian government bill.
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
SEVERAL EER EsGilig pGIlElT GOKplEv.

roUcuKEEpSIEH HnIoaR soUrH ss Effect sunday, October I3th, Isaas
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
A Grand Chorus.


 The Christian singers and composers
 of all ages will be there to join in that song. Thomas Hastings will be there. Lowell Mason will be there. Beethoven and Mozart will be there. They who sounded the cymbals and the trumpets in the ancient temples will be there. The 10000 harpers that stood at the | ancient dedication will be there. The 200 singers that assisted on that day will be there. Patriarchs who lived | amid thrashing floors, shepherds who | watched amid Chaldean hills, proph-
 cts who walked, with long boards and
 coarse apparel, pronouncing woe against ancient abominations, will | meet the more recent martyrs who went up with leaping cohorts of fire. and some will speak of the Jesus of whom they prophesied and others of | the Jesus for whom they died. Oh. | what song! It came to John upon Patmos, it came to Calvin in the pris- | on, it dropped to Ridley in the fire, and sometimes that song has come to your
 ear perhaps, for I really do think it | sometimes breaks over the battlements l
 A Christian woman, the wife of a
 minister of the gospel, was dying in | the parsonage near the old church, | where on Saturday night the choir
 used to assemble and rehearse for the | following Sabbath, and she said: How | strangely sweet the choir rehearses to- | night. They have been rehearsing | there for an hour" No" said some one about her. "the choir is not re- hearsing tonight" "Yes,'' she said, ''I | know they are. I hear them sing.
 How very sweetly they sing" Now, it
 was not a choir of earth that she
 heard, but the choir of heaven. I think that Jesus sometimes sets ajar
 the door of heaven, and a passage of
 that rapture greets our ears. The minstrels of heaven strike such a tre- mendous strain the walls of jasper cannot hold it.
 1 l wonderland this is a question I
 have been asking myself all the serv- ice-will you sing that song? Will I
 sing it? Not unless our sins are par doned and we learn now to sing the
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05
Best Line Wagons and Harness


 From all the leading manufactur CTS. Having remodeled my re- pository am prepared to show then to much better advantage this spring. Styles are rich and very tasty. Prices are right. Having bought all my stock at the Wagon and Harness Convention last fall am prepared to sell for 10 per ceut.less and defy all competition
 Agent for the Star Pointer Harness, tune 159A.
 GROCERIES,
 BOOTS AkE SHOES. Also First Glass Meat Market
Connecticut western news., 1900-04-05


 Oh. if could gather up in one para graph the last words of the little ones who have gone out from all these Christian circles and I could picture the calm looks and the folded hands and sweet departure methinks 1t would be grand and beautiful as one of heav- ems great doxologies! In my parish in Philadelphia little child was depart ing. She had been sick all her days and cripple. It was monday when she went, and as the shadow of death gathered on her eyelid she thought it was evening and time to go to bed, and so she said: Good night, papa! Good night, mammal And then she was gone! It was good night" to pain and "kQodz ntsttss. taxtAAaAs end
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-29
JUDGING A NATION.
By the Advertisements Which Are
Printed In the Newspapers.

By the Advertisements Which Are
Printed IN the Newspapers.
How easily one can tell the country
n which paper s printed Just by q
glance At the advertisements, said a
woman deliver at the library the other
day te the New York Commercial Adj
vertiser man. tHene's an Italian paper
nothing but ads or restaurants and
things 70 eat; and here are some
French papers, every one Of them hon
eyoombed with eulegies Of Dr. B. s
recipe pour ma1grtr. or Dr. z, 3 lotion
pour embellir IA pean. or 10 render
bright the eyes And SO many meda-
cinesi For coughs and colds and spinal
diseases and smallpox, Talk about
Lourdes. Why. II. Zoba need only TO
have glanced at the advertisements Of
the papers Of bis native land 70 have
got copy for g chapter Of horrors And
here Is q German papev-obesity and
beer and books: Isn't that characters
tic2 But the most typical Of all are the
English ads all about travel false
hair, carriages. tea, cocoa. hotels and
bicycies-fewelry. complexion lotions
and tailors agure prominently n sons
papers, tl4 travel gnd tea and hotels
and falsa hair Ill pages IN ell the
papers. Listen to this opened at RAD
dom IN one Of the smaller English
magazines: TO the Continent on a
Crack Liner A Holiday Trip % tho
canarsee. TO the Ftonds aud Baltic on
q Yacht Cheap Trip 10 Weyuoueh.
Quick Line 30 Gnanfinavfa, and then
pages and paees Of hotels The Amer
lean pagers ara more Cosmopolitan
than any OF the foreign papers. and 50
in their way Just as characteristics OK
the land Of enigrants. suppose. One
typical Yankee trait their advertise
ments have & that nearly everything
is patented. Baby swings, chairs, beds,
eersets, soups, -four. biscuits, soap, fur
niture and shoes. Nearly everything
Is made by machinery and almost sy-
erytbing IS patented
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-29
CHINESE CLOTHING.
BY No Means Of the Common B1oe
Choth They Loon 30 BE.

by 80 meARa 81 The gomusan Blue
Cbotn Thay Loon DO BE.
TO wear your grandtather,s coat
would not seem much Of an honor, but
to John Ghinaman Il is the greatest
felicity. Not only IS tie common
looking. shapeIess blue blouse Of his
ancestor priced because it Is his an
eestoY's, but because Of its intrinsic
value. The clothing usually worn by
the Chinese is OF the purest silk. and
costs anywhere from 500 70 $3.50 a
suit. AS nation the Chinese object
10 wearing clothing of any other kind,
and centuries Of experiment have
taught them how best to make up the
costly caterpillar thread into the most
durable form. On this account tbs
Chinese dress. though OF Durer mate
rial, has none of the sheen usually
associated with silk, a popularity
which has resulted in the erroneous
Ideas as TO their composition. All the
garments are made in China. and are
only exported for the personal use OF
Celesttals IN foreign countries. Owing
TO their cost. however, they are only
purchased at long intervals. each gar
ment being Of so durable a character
that they are handed down to the third
and even the fourth generation. Wear
appears to rather improve them than
otherwise. with the result that the coat
of the faeher or grandfather often has
more intrinsic value than the newer
ana less worn articles. Another ar
tiele peculiar to the Chinese is the felt
slippers they Invariably wear. These
are Of peculiar shape. and are also
imported from the native country,
where the method of treating felt until
It almost rivals leather for wear is
kept ctSsse secret.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-29
WHAT THE EAGLE SIGNIFIES.
Why 1t was Chosen a. the Emblematte
Bird of America.


From the Detroit Free Press: Il
ancient mythology the eagle was be-
lieved 70 carry the souls 81 the dying
to their abode on Mount Olympus and
vas called she bird Of Jove. The eagle
vas first taken as a symbol Of royal
power by the ancient Etruscans, who
bore its image upon their standard.
IN the year 81 B. g, d silver eagle,
with extended wings, poised on the
-op of a spear, with a thunderbolt held
in It's claws, was adopted as the mill
tary standard to be borne at the head
Of their fegions BY the Romans. At
the time Of Haarian a golden eagle
was substituted for the silver one, 4
two-headed eagle was adopted by the
Byzantine emperors as q symbol Of
their control Of both the east and the
west The double-headed eagle Of
Russia was adopted On the marriage
of Ivan L with a Greeian princess of
the eastern empire: that Of Austria
was first used when the emperor OF
Germany took the title Of Roman en-
perer The national standard OF Rus
sia bears a black eagle, that Of Poland
a white one. Napoleon I. took a gold
en- eagle for his standard, modelled of
pure gold and bearing thunderbolt,
after the pattern Of the eagle of the
Romans. This standard was disused
under the Bourbons, but was restored
by a decree Of Louis Napoleon in 1852.
The eagle was first used on American
coins in 1788, on cents and half-cents
issued from the Massachusetts mint.
t was adopted IN the plan of a nation
al coinage as a design upon all gold
coins and On the silver dollar. half
dollar and quarter-dollar. The design
Of the eagle was II one time suggested
for the national flag but was abaE-
62psd.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-29
RIB EuaTATTssH CATARRH ARE BLOOD
DTSEAsEs-.FREEl

It is the deep-seated, obstinate cases
Of Catafrh and rheumatism that B, 3.
B. botanic blood hahn cures. Il mat
fers not what other treatments, doe
tors, sprays, Hniments, medieated air
blood purifiers, have failed to do. B B.
3. always promptly reaches the real
cause aud roots out and drives from
the bones. joints, mucous mem brane.
and entire system the specific poison
IN the blood that causes rheumatism
and eatarrh. 3. B. B. is the only rem.
edy strong to do this and cure SO there
can never be return of the SYMPTOMS.
Don't give up hope but ask your drug
gIst for B. b. B.-botanic blood balm or
3 bs.-Large bottles one dollar, six
bottles full treatment) FIVE dollars. B.
3. =. ID an honest remedy that makes
real cures of all blood diseases after
everything else fails. We have abso-
lutte confidence IN Botanic blood balm;
hence, so you may test It, we will send
a trial bottle free on request. Persona al
advice free. Address,
BLOOD BALM CO.,
222 Mitchell ST.. Atlanta, Ga.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-29
MYSTERY OF TANoANyrKA-
Lake whose waters Are IS Rect Lower
Than 90 Years ago.


Father Daull. a Roman Catholic
missionary at Lake Tanganyfka, one
OF the large lakes Of central sssr1ea,
writes that since 1897 the level Of the
lake has fallen about twenty-six feet
are now eultivating ba-
nat .ss4C4es for about half mile
lake ID On land that twenty years
ago y as covered by the lake. n other
words, the width Of the lake has been
diminished about mile throughout
It's length of 400 miles Fort Karema
was built on a hill whose base was
Tapped by the waves Of Tanganyika.
but now a gently sioping, cultivated
plain stretches between the fort and
the lake. At present the level of the
t lake appears to be stationary, for there
has been no pereeptible change within
i year or more. All the evidence tends
to show that Tanganyika is subject to
periodical rise and fall of level due to
meteorological causes that are not
/ fully understood. For period Of
years the water receipts OF the lake
are steadily less than It's outflow and
the evaporation from its surface. and
then the lake recedes, the head Of the
Lukuga becomes choked with vegcta-
ton. no water enters the river from
the lake and It partly dries up, as It
receives only the drainage Of It's val
ley. This was the condition of things
when Stanley visited the Lukuga IN
1875. But the lake had been rising
then for a number of years. The sue
eeeding cycle was in progress when
the water receipts were steadily great
er than the evaporation. Stanley said
that if the lake continued to rise. in
two or three years more It would
burst through tae vegetable barrier at
the head OF the Lakaga aud once mDre
contribute its waters 70 the Conge.
This actually happened, as Missionary
Hore and the explorer Thomson dis
covered. and almost simultaneously.
the succeeding period OF deficient
water supply came n and the lake has
been falling ever since. It seems to
have reached The turning point again
and we may soon expect 70 hear thas
the level Of Tanganyika = rising
New York sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-05-29
asv rurn Night Into Nav.

A New Orleans architect has advaac-
ed the novel idea that within the next
fifty years the people Of every large
southern city will 90 most Of their
sleeping BY day. The reason Of this
IS the increasing eheapness Of artif-
cial light and the peculiar climatic con-
ditions of the south. which make the
night the coolest and most comfortable
time to work. The author or this idea
claims that darkness Is one Of TIE
forces Of nature against which eivili-
cation wages war; that it facilitates
crime and lmpedes travel and puts
arbitrary limits on human exartion.