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Year: 1871

T LEGANT HAIR adds n charm to the PLAIN
IL est face but when faded, features before
agreeable lose their comclincSs, and the whole
expression is that of advancing age This being


fact, it is not surprising thnt even injurious ar
tcles should have been prepared to supply the
millions who wish to avoid premature gray hair
Under these circumstances it will scarcely be
wondered at that NATTANS' CR4STALDlS-
COVERY should have met with such eXtraor-
dinary success.


1t is the only preparation furnishing safe
and reliable restorcr for the hair absolutely Tree
from ull poisonous and !clctcrio,ls matter and
without sediment, and thousands above thousands
have avnled themselves ofit not simply because
il restores the color Of the hair, but because 1t
supplies nourishment 1t feeds the roots OF the
hair. 50 that where dccayed it becomes vigorous
and healthy again. From all sections of the
country orders and testimonials are received
daily speaking in the highest terms of its quail
tics as the only preparation that ever gave entire
satisfaction Those who have used CRYSTAL
DISCOVERY will not use any thing else; but
to those who have not tried this excellent
articlcit il isrccommended that when they arougain
in want Of something of the kind to give 1t
trial. you will be more than plnasedi you VIII
be DELIGHTED with it, and will never again be
without it, Don't let your druggist, if he has not
got CRYSTAL DISCOVERY persuade you to
buy something else, or you will be disappointed;
rather go where you can get it put up IN largo
BEETLES, containing half rs much more as any
other in market and, consequently much the
cheapest. Price one dollar. For sale by WAR
FIELD & HALL, and druggists generally.


mar 8-tf
Year: 1871

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote cnnnubml
hannincss Indeed without these the Journey
through liz. becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkcns to the view, the mind
becomes shadowcd with deapair, and filled with
tho melancholy reflection that tho happiness OF
another is blightrd with our own.
Year: 1871

PulLrSG A LIoN's TooTH.-A" "iaS-
COW professional man has just extracted
a tooth from a lion. The patient was
well lassoed. When the lion was some
what exhausted by struggles to free
himself the doctor mounted on a tup
in front of the cage. A piece OF wood
was placed to the lions mouth, and at
once the beast made snap. linen
pitchfork was held up, ard placed III
the mouth, kept it open, while the
inside was thoroughly washed, After
ward the doctor, pushing his arm be-
tween the bars into the lions mouth
and running his hand over the teeth
found the loose grinder. a terrible
struggle ensued. The lion plunged
more vigorously and howled more
fIightfully than ever, tossing his heau
from side to side, and at times lorc''9
his hinder as well as his front paws
against the bars But ultimately the
doctor triumphed over all difficulties
and dangers, and by means Of power
full forccps extracted the loose too'h'
which was found broken and diseased
near the root. When the task had
been completed the lion sank down
completely exhausted, and while he
lay steady and quiet, the doctor cut
the flesh over the jaw and found the
bone severely injured if not broken.
1t was, however, deemed incXpcdient
to subject the beast to another opera
ton.
Year: 1871

Don't be ashamed, my lad, if you
have Il patch on your knee. 1t is no
mark Of disgrace. II speaks well for
your mother. For our part, we would
rather see a dozen patches on your
jacket, than to hear one profano or
vulgar word escape your Inns. Ma
good boy will shun you if YOU cannot
dress as well as your companions; and
if a bad boy sometimes laughs at YOU,
appearance, say nothing, my lad, bu
walk on. We know many a rich am
good man who was once poor rs YOU.
Year: 1871

BE SlLENT.-Ncver engage in an
angry dispute. fla man cannot argue
with you without becoming excited
and angry, the best course to pursue is
to be silent. 4 quiet dignity Of man.
ncr is a much more formidable weapon
than words; and, as is often the ease,
your opponent will see the unequal
ground he stands upon, and how little
ayails having a combat with himself
and soon will be glad to hide out Of
sight of his fellow man, or come to
amicable terms. We have known an
angry man to denouncc another in
language not "full Of the peaceful
fruits of righteousness" but in bitter,
goading cpithcls, that i'll become hu~
man being that is destined for higher
and a better home. We have also
seen the enemy, knowing his position,
silent and calm, as if some good spirit
had come and taken n Judgement within
his heart, and made him feel that he
was still a man, and had no desire tc
place himself on a level with a man
who would cope with the brute crcahoni
and well he remembers that it alway'
takes two to toquarrel. ole that rulctt
his spirit is better than he who taketl
city"
Year: 1871

The atmospheric brake, which is being tried with considerable success on several railroads in this country, is thus described :; On the right hand side of the locomotive, fastened to the running board and under the inspection of the engineer, is an up right direct air pump which is operated by steam supplied from the boiler, and pumps air into reservoir hanging under the cab of the locomotive: This pump is entirely self-acting, and whenever there is defic- iency of pressure in the air reservoir, it commences working until the equilibrium is restored. Under each car of the train is a cylinder firmly bolted in such a posi- ton that it's position acts directly on the lever used for the ordinary hand brake, but docs not at all interfere with its use by hand. The pressure of the air is conducted to these cylinders from the reservoir under the locomotive by a line of gas pipe, three quarters of an inch in diameter, running the entire length of the train, and the con nection with each cylinder is made from the main line with an elbow one quarter of an inch in diameter From each end of the car the pIpes are extended by three-ply rubber hose, which are connected when the cars are coupled together. Should a car become detached, the valves of the coupling immediately close, the brake con

 tinues applied, and the car is prevented from running back on the grade. An ail gauge placed immediately above the steam gauge, indicates to the engineer the quan

 tity of pressure in the reservoir, and the management of the train is placed in the engineers hands by means of threeway cock. At recent trial of this brake or the Missouri Pacific railroad, train three hundred feet long, travelling at g speed o1

 thirty-four miles an hour, was stopped il

 twenty seconds and a distance of on,

 thousand feet from the point where tn,

 brake was applied. The train when travel

 ing at the same rate was subsequent,

 stopped by brakemen with a hand-brake

 but forty five seconds were required. 'an,

 the car confined in motion for 17OO feet.
Year: 1871

saE1S V1A1saSes

 am sorry to say that I have seen no notice in the NEWS concerning the enter. tainments which the "Home Combination Troup" furnished to the inhabitants of this village on the evenings of Wednesday Oct. l1th, and Saturday Oct. 14th. The occa- sion of my sorrow is, that I think much praise is due them for getting up an enter tainment which affords so much pleasure and contributes so much toward relieving the monotony of our every day life. This enterprise has not only afforded the bene fits enumerated above, but has had ten dency to awaken others to a sense of the importance of innocent and instructive entertainment, in lieu of nothing to do these long winter evenings: nothing to think about; nothing to talk about....... There is a fair prospect of our obtaining the renowned ''Josh Billings" to lecture for Last Saturday evening, well known citizen from the ''backwoods" was grievously annoyed by drunken loafer, who continued to start the old mans oxen, and tried to make them go before the old man had got ready to go with them. He continued this vexatious treatment, till a bystander interfered in the old gents be- half, and "wallopped' the rutfian until he was quite willing the oxen could remain where they were till the old man was ready to go. This certainly was most whole some and much deserved correction. INo.
Year: 1871

Goshen

 Items are scarce money is close; every body is poor as usual about this time, when the assessor is looking up their worldly goods liable to taxation, and you must not look for a great amount of news. s.......The Life Insurance agents reach us in their annual pilgrimage, and endeavor to per suade the unsophisticated, that money in insurance pays greater dividends than in any other investment. It sometimes does, but the agents get some of it judging from their sleek and healthy appearance. ......At our Town meeting, a vote was passed prohibiting any fishing in the ponds and streams of the town for three years. This does not suit all parties, but it was thought best to give the small fish chance to grow and have a little longer lease of life....... Mrs. Samuel Palmer is repairing her house, and will have increased accommodations for boarders next season. Would that more of our people would consent to re- ceive city boarders, for Goshen is as pleas ant as any town in the state during the summer months. .....Messrs. Lucas, Hurl- but and Allyn are handling great quantities of cheese, receiving sometimes as many as thousand in a single day. MT. Calvin Futile had valuable harness stolen from his barn last Sunday evening. A dose of cold lead would be proper medicine for such providers. J. c.
Year: 1871

The collector of taxes in the town ot Chatham died indebted to the town in the sum of $2, 400 OF whereabouts. His bonds men are able to make the town good, but they are disposed to dodge" One of them claims that his signature to the bond is forgery and the other says that if his associates name was forged his own was also.
Year: 1871

Last Friday evening the store of J. l. M. Beech on Grard street Hew Haven was broken into by burglars and about 1925 taken from a money drawer. A night light was burning in the store at the tune, but nothing was known of the robber until the morning.
Year: 1871

Henry Seeley of New Haven was dan gerously injured Saturday by being run over by horse car. He got off the car just as another one was passing, without noticing it's coming, until he was struck by it.
Year: 1871

The Boston Journal OF Chemistry
Quotes from a scientific journal, which
recon mends boring holes in the trunks
of trees and injecting caloTneI to des-
troy insects, and comments thus:


''This idea of endeavoring to force
into the circulation of tree a mine
raj poison to destroy injurious insects
upon the leaves and branches, seems
to be very vulgar and absurd. We
hope no one of our agricultural friends
will indulge in experiments of this ma
ture, for by so doing we fear they will
greatly endanger their fruit trees
The sap in vegetable structure CORE
spends In many of its functions and
characteristics with the blood of ami
NAL organisms, and it is well under
stood among Psychologists and surge
Ons that that fluid is exceedingly sem
sitive to the presence of foreign agents.
No more sudden or effective way can
be devised to destroy life than to in
ject into the circulation any eXtrane-
Gus agent, solid or fluid. Blood will
abstract from food or medicine what
it requires heathful to perform its prop
or work, and can obtain it from no
ether source; and so with the say. it
viii draw from the soil the constitu-
ent particles it needs, and any attempt
20 force an abnormal substance in an
abnormal way, can bat result in ire
parable injury to the structure"
Year: 1871

EuameIed' cloth is rapidly coming in
to use as asubstitute for leather, being
light and pliable, and at the same
time firm and durable, and having all


he appearance of leather. with nearly
its durability. It's most important
use is that of covering for carriage
tops, traveling-bags, and trunks,
while it is also extensively employed
in the manufacture of cushions and
upholstering OF q similar nature, and
not rarely it is worked up into rain
proof coats and pants. The founda-
ton of the black enameled cloth
which enters mostly into consumption
is cotton cloth of the best quality.
made expressly for this manufacture,
and varying in texture and width ac-
cOrding to the kind of goods for which
it is intended. The cloth Is taken
from the bale and wound upon large
iron cylinder; and looks in that posi-
ton very much like the huge rolls of
homemade cloth, sseen in the garrets
and chambers of many old New
England farm-houses, when weaving
was In fashion. It is now ready to re-
ceive its first coat; so 1t is slowly
passed through the machine, across
and between the huge iron cylinders,
from the smaller of which, at the top,
it receives its first coating of compost
ton a - black, sgreeabIe-looking
substance composed of Oil, lamp
black, resin and other ingredients,
boiled together till about the consis-
tency of melted tar. From between
the cylinders, dressed in it's black coat,
the cloth is carried to and wound upon
huge wooden frame, RESEMBLING in
shape the old-fashioned reel. By an
arrangement of spokes upon the arms
of this huge wheel, each layer of
cloth is kept separate. so that no two
portions of the cloth will come in con-
tact. The frames, with its contents
well filled, is passed to what is called
the heater, an apartment kept at a
high temperature, for the purpose of
drying in the coating or composition.
After remaining in the heater a sufTi-
cient length Of time to complete the
drying process, it is removed and
passed through the hands of woFkmen
who make all the rough places smooth.
1t is laid on long tables, and the
workmen alternately sprinkle with
water and rub with pumice-stone, till
the whole surface is made perfectly
sm Doth. The cloth is passed through
the machine five times, or till the re-
quired thickness has been laid on.
After the last scrubbing down, the fab
ric is taken to another department,
thoroughly vanished, and again pass
ed through the heater. It is now rep-
resented as a piece of cotton-elotb,
with a thick, shining coat of black,
very much resembling patent-leather.
But it has not yet received its leather
finish; so in another apartment it is
passed through the enamel-machine,
which consists of another set of huge
rollers, one of which covers its sur
face with regular indentatiOns resem-
bling the grain of leather. The cloth
is now carefully measured, and rolled
up, in packages of suitable size, put
up in boxes, and is ready for the mar
ket.
Year: 1871

The London paper give accounts Of
several accidents on railways occa-
stoned by the fracture of the axles Of
sslt-cars. 1t appears that between
the sound portion remaining and the
outside of the fractured axle the sur
faces were quite smooth, presenting
the appearance of having been sever
ed by a sharp instrument. This pc
culiGr effect is thought to have been
caused by the gradual action of the
brine on the metal, the heat at the
boss favoring the evolution chlorine
from the brine, and it then combin-
ing with the iron to form a soluble
chloride of iron. From the position
of the defect it was not discovered by
any ordinary inspection and, what


ever may be the scientific explana-


tion of the peculiar destructive action


which thus goes on in the axles of
salt-cars, the fact must be guared as
a very serious one, especially in view
of the statement made that on one
railwBy alone no less than seven ak
les of fslt-cars were broken while
running in period of less thanert e
Year: 1871

Mrs. JossIyn is washer-woman,
and works very hard for her living. In
the pslmy days of Harry Meigs she de-
posted with him no less an amount
than S24O0, and when Meigs aud her
money were gone, the time in which
a woman could lay up so large q sum
from the profits of her business wss
gone also. Some two or three months
ago she read in some publication that
her old banker had made money in
South America by building railroads /;
with a beautiful faith in human ma
ture, she embarked upon the Panama
steamer and wenaed her way to the
South, where Meigs now holds sway.
She sought the millionaire in the goT-
geOus residence described in The OUeT-
IdHd, and presented her handbook and
told her tale. Meigs listened, and
when she had finished he handed her
a check for the amount of the deposit
and interest from its date to the time
ofpayment. She departed a WEALTH.
er and a happier woman. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Year: 1871

The DELIGHTS OF BEING ESAAIELED.
=" You lie on yOur back twenty-four
hours with a mask plaster of forty
hornet power that blisters your face
into a remarkable condition. The
second day you peel ike a banana.
just imagine that Then in perfect re-
pose, as If in that raw state perfect re-
pose could be possible, you must still
lie Oh your back, snppressing all emo
tion, as smile will produce a wrink-
le. To smile under such cir ;umstances
would certainly be a new wrinkle.
Calmly, TRANQUILITY, with a straw IN
your mouth for the administration of
your Cruel, there you lie for several
days, until a new skin is formed
Still more DAYS are necessary before
the gentle breezes can blow upon it
without raising waves and furrows
upon the uncOHgealed surface, and
after all these lasceratiDg operations,
il is quite uncertain whether the vic
tim comes out beautiful, or looking
as if she had escaped with her life
from a steamboat explosion"
Year: 1871

There is singular kind of dance
on the greens of country villages in
Russia. The dancers stand apart
a knot of young men here, knot of
maidens there-each sex by itself,
and silent as a crowd of mutes.
When a piper breaks into a tune, a
youth pulls off his cap and challenges
the girl with a wave and a bow. II
the girl is willing, she waves her
handkerchief in token of ascent the
youth advances, takes q corner of the
handkerchief in his hand and leads
the lassie round and round. No word
is spoken and no laugh is heard.
Stiff with cords and rich with braids,
the girl moves heavily By herself,
going round and round and never
allowing her partner TO touch her
hand. The pipe goes droning on for
hours in The same sad key and meas
ure; and the prize of merit in this
"circling," as the dance is called, is
given by spectators to the lassie,
who, in all that summer revelry, has
never spoken and never smiled.
Year: 1871




9EY cHILD'S ORIGIN.
One night as old st. Peters slept,


He left the door Of Heaven siaF,
W hen through little angel crept,
And came down with falling star,
One summer as the blessed beams
OF morn approached my blushing
Awoke from syreet and pleasant dreams,
And found that angel by her side.
God grant but this-I ask no more
That when ne leaves this world of sin,
He'll wing his way to that bright shore,
And4lnd the door of Heaven again!
Whereupon, some fellow OF a practical
turn, without any imagination, and not
possessed with the ''diVine afnatuS," has
attempted to destroy the beautiful siniie.


ST. PETERS REPLY.
FHl eigh teen hundred years or more,
I've kept my door securely tied
There has no little angel strayed
Nor one been missing all the while.
I did not sleep, as you suppose,


Nor left the door of Heaven aiar,
Nor has little angel left,


And gone down with a falling star.
Go ask the blushing bride, and see
If she don't frankly own and say,
That when she found that angel babe,
She found lit In the good old way y
God grant but tbis-I ask no more
That should your number stiu enlarge
That you Will not do as before,
And layit to st. Peters charge
Year: 1871

COUNTY BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.
The county board for the equalization
of property, to be composed of the as
SCISSOR, county clerk and county judge,
will meet at the clerks office in every
county, on the third Monday in Sep
tember next, and continue in session
six days. The object of the board is
to correct all errors in the assessment
ofproperty. All persons feeling them
selves aggrieved by their assessment
should attend this board and have theil
grievances redressed. Every one had
better see hox his assessment goes be-
fcra this board aud that it is correct.
BY so doing much time, trouble and
expense will be saved.
Year: 1871

MRs. FIELDS SCHooL.-We take
pleasure in calling the attention of
parents TO the advertisement of Mrs
FIELDS school. She is lady SO well
known in this community that il would
be superfuous in saying anything more
than merely calling attention to the
Advertisement.
Year: 1871

On the outside of our paper to day
appears an article under the head, sour
Propositions for Peace" taken from the
Little Rock Journal. 1t is well writ
ten and full of telling truths. We
commend it tothe careful perusal of our
readers. We hope all will read it.
Year: 1871

COTTON is now advancing, hut, alas
v too late to do us any good, as most OF
the crop has already been shipped and sold.
We would again remind our farmer friends
that IT is not best TO depend too much upon
the cotton crop. Cultivate a mixed crop.
We would also ask them to bear In mind,
that we bought our large spring stock OF
goods when cotton wss at its lowest, and
consequently got them at the lowest figures
for the reason. and we ran and irW sell
them at H.. iO,eest dO,ca cash prices.
Year: 1871

THE School Law passed al last session of the Legislature mskes Probate Judges School Superin,endents in their respective counties, and empowers them to issue notices for vlec- ton of three Trustees for each school district, a, least ten days prior to the first Monday in May next, upon which day the trustees are 10 be elected. There being no school here now, we wish to see a movement made look ing to the establishment of one
Year: 1871

sent special commission to that country to pro- wonderful curative properties to even exceed the anticipations formed by it's great reputation, has concluded to offer it to the public and is happy to state that he has perfected arrangements for a regular monthly supply of this wonderful Plant.

 He has spent much time experimenting and inyes-
Year: 1871

her chair, or couch, as around an
altar thrice consecrated, have come
in daily worshippers, with scripture
and prayer, and as through years of
cha5tened enjoyment and trembling
hope, this family has found train
ing in a life of purity and love.
The house has had a heart. The
passers-by said afflicted" But the
dweIers knew that the affliction
was working fruits most peaceable
and rewards eternal. The heart
ceased to beat. The room was va
cant. The errands and services Of
love are ended. And the stricken
ones stood together, and with voices
low and earnest, vowed and prayed
By the memory of the past, by the
ache and emptiness of this hour,
and by the hope of the future, we
vow a holy living in the Lord; and
we beseech Him that in his house
of many homes, we may have one,
and may she be the heart of it
Year: 1871

When a rakish youth goes astray
friends gather around him to restore
him to the paths of virtue. Gentle
ness and kindness are furnished to
win him back to innocence and
peace. No one could ever suspect
he ever committed any wrong. But
when a poor confiding girl is betray-
ed. she receives the brand of socie-
ty, and is driven from the ways of
virtue. The betrayer is honored
and respected; but there is no rest
for her this side Of the grave. Her
society has no loving helping hand
for her, no smile Of peace, no voice
of forgiveness. These are earthly
moralities unknown in heaven.
There is a deep wrong in them, and
fearful are the consequences.