The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-11-29

title Of such sentiment the dogs
that infest the city. No where else in
the world can be seen such specimens Of
the genus canis. The dogs Of Pera and
Constantinople arc slick thorough-breds
compared with the pygees of Bombay.
During daylight they are hidden away in
holes and sewers, but an hour after sunset
they sally out in search of companionship
and food, and make night hideous with
their yelping and growing. The jackals
Of Calcutta are sufficiently irritating to
susceptible nerves, but their noise is music
itself by the side of the Parsees' four-leg-
ged friends.
There are very stringent laws in force
against interfering with these animals, and
one Of the most serious riots that ever
took place in Bombay had its origin in
the Staying Of one or more dogs by some
English sailors. The Parsec population
worked themselves up into furious state
Of excitement, attacking with sticks and
stones every European that showed him
self, until the authorities were obliged to
call out the military, and an English regi-
ment was marched into the fort, from
their barracks on the adjoining island Of
Coolaba. The riot occurred in the month
of May. the hottest season in the year,and
several of the sailors were killed by coyp
de soleH in their short march Of mile
and quarter. The disturbance was even
tually quelled, but not without further
los, oflife. This occurred twenty-five years
ago, and the dogs have been since unmo-
Tested.
GERMAN CorrEE MAKING.-The London
Grocer says: "The increased duty on
coffee in the Zollverein has caused the
German housekeepers to take into their
consideration whether no means could be
devised for avoiding the augmented out
lay without submitting to t corresponding
deterioration in the quality oftheir favor
ite beverage. 1t is now ascertained that
in almost all the private houses and public
coffee houses the roasted coffee berries are
ground in a very Intellectual manner, leav-
ing large, coarse Jumps; but that if
ground finely, one half the quantity is
required to make equally good coffee, and
if pounded in a mortar till reduced to an
impalpable powder like -four as practiced
in Turkey aud other Eastern countries
still less only two-ffths is needed. Fur
ther experiments went to show that the
result was the same whether the beverage
be prepared by simply pouring boiling
water over the coffee and letting it stand
short time to draw, like tea, or if the
infusion be allowed to boil up once or
twice, or the coffee simply fitrated. But
it was abundantly proved that by the last
mode of proceeding, though the strength
Of the coffee remained the same, the aroma
wus preserved to much greater extent
than by either Of the other methods
A Word FOR Boys.-My young friend
did you ever know-can you call to mind
Q single case oi-a person who having his
own way to make in the world, spends his
time in the street, in billiard saloons,
around hotels, or in any form of disipa-
tion or idleness, to succeed in high de-
gree in any undertaking? Look over
your list Of friends and acquaintance
and note their course. DO you not find
upon examination that those who to-day
are men of influence and honor, were the
youths who made the most valuable use Of
time, turning it to Il good account and
on the other hand, do you not find that
those who stood at the corner with ci-
gar or pipe in their mouths, went from
bad to worse, from worse to ruin Sadly
must the answer be made-oh, that it
were not so-they have failed. Will you
not profit by the experience Of others
Go not that way. Never be idle. Every
moment Of your time 10 a golden one use
it as such; improve your mind on some
noble object; be men. The call is for
men will you not be one Of that number
who can say-''I am a man."
TEST OF ACTUAL DEATn.-A positive
, method by which real death may be dis
tinguished readily from that which is
apparent only has been for long time
desideratum, and prizes Of considerable
value have at various times been offered
for the announcement Of some unerring
test to determine between the two.
Among others proposed for this purpose
is the application Of few drops Of a
solution of belladonna to the eye. If life
be present, In few moments II dilatatiou
?. Of the pupil will be observed, very easily
noted in comparison with the other eye
which has not been so treated This i.
so independent of the condition of the eye
that it is even observable in case of COM
plete amaurosis or of paralysis and is app
reciable when all the ciliary nerves have
been cut; and it may even be neted upon
an eye that has been removed from the
orbit as long as muscular contractiity
!, remains. Whenever. therefore, its app.
, lication produces no effect whatever up
, on the eye, we may assume that muscular
.. contractility has ceased, and, consequently
, that life has entirely passed from the
body. A precaution is, however, neces
sary in cases where dilatation has already
taken place to the full possibility of the
iris, which sometimes occurs in case o
|, apparent death, particularly when caused
by the use of beladona. A counter
j, action is therefore necessary in this ins
! tauce, which is to be effected by mean
of the Calabar bean, which, if life b'
! still present, will cause the pupil to con
q tract.
The man who, troubled with the cacoe
thes scribendi, "takes his pen in hand
i, when in the vein, and indites paragraph
or communication to the press, thinks
: is he complacently reads his effusion the
next morning, that after all it is no sucl
great work to write up a newspaper
-. But let him bend bown to it yeaI
= and be obliged to furnish matter for tn
types every day, and he will begin to te
\ el some charity for the editor, and instea'
- 90 ;uJ,;no him harsblv rather fall q