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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-24
Competitive Trial Of Sheep Dogs.

At the international sheep show in
Philadelphia, one of the most interest
ing features of the exhibition was trial
Of the skill of sheep dogs in managing
their feecy charge. The dogs were ex-
pected to take five sheep from q pen,
drive them around course about O
quarter of a mile long, and put them in
another pen provided for the purpose.
The first attempt was made by an Eng
lish dog called Lad" which, in Shelf
field, England is said to have carried
off the first prize from twenty-eight
competitors. A correspondent of the
"New England Farmer" thus describes
the scene:
Everything being in readiness, the
bars were taken down, and at o word
from his master clad" jumped into
the pen and sent the sheep out in o
hurry. They were very wild, and the
large crowd present had tendency to
make them worse. They at once
started around the north side of the
course, followed by the dog and his
master, but had not gone third of the
distance when the ram at the lead made
break, and went through the crowd on
the outside of the ring, closely followed
by the others, with the dog ut their
heels. In short time the dog returned
with four of them, but the fifth was
still missing. After bringing them
back, lie went in search of the absent
one, which he soon found and brought
inside the Enclosure. But instead of
going toward its companions this re-
fractory ram started in the other direc-
ton, but was not followed by the dog,
who went again after the stray four. After
getting these started, another broke
away, but was soon brought back, when
all four again started around the course,
the intention of the dog being evidently
to pick up the stray ram when he came
up with him. When the dog went to
get the ram, it showed fight, and took
refuge between two stone slabs. The
dog barked furiously, and in vain at
tempted to dislodge the stubborn ami
NAL. The dog was about giving it up,
when his master instructed him to go
back and fetch the ram with him. The
dog started with renewed courage, and
charged the Infatuated ram. Instead of
the ram running away, it lowered its
head and repealed the attack of the
canine. After being repeatedly butted,
the dog caught the ram by the ear, and
by dint of sheer force led the animal to
the pen. This trial consumed about
twenty-five minutes. A Scotch collie
named Oscar" did not have 80 severe
Q tussle as LAD" and accomplished his
task in twenty-one minutes. Other
dogs were also put on trial test, and the
awards were made later in the week.
ALI of the dogs are endowed with in
credible intelligence and sagacity.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-24
The Habit OF Self Control,

If there is one habit which, above all
others, is deserving OF cultivation, it is
that of self-control. The habit of self.
control is but the accumulation Of con-
tinued acts of self-denial for worthy
object; it is but the repeated authority
of the reason over the impulses, of the
judgment over the inclination, of the
sense Of duty over the desires. He who
has acquired this habit who can govern
himself intelligently, without painful
effort and without fear of revolt from
his appetites and passion, has within
the source of all real power and of all
true happiness. The force and energy
which he has put forth day by day, and
hour by hour, is not exhausted, nor even
diminished; on the contrary, it has in
creased by use, and has become stronger
and keener by exercise, and, although
1t has already completed its work in the
past, it is still his well-tried, true and
powerful weapon for future conflicts In
higher regions.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-24
Fast ayvses.

The standard trotter is one that can
cover mile in 2:30. 1t is said that less
than 900 of all the horses raised and
trained in the United States have this
record. The number that can trot in
$50 bear the ratio of one to 1888 horses
raised. AS business the breeding OF
fast horses is therefore very much Of a
lottery; and when We recall the fact that
the high prices which famous colts have
brought have rarely been received by
tho men who raised them, the prizes in
breeding and training trotters are few
and Observation-Disclosures American.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-24
COntegIOn.

Contagion consists physically OF
minute solid particles. The process OF
contagion consists in the passage OF
these from the bodies of the sick into
the surrounding atmosphere, and in the
inhalation of one or more of them by
those in the immediate neighborhood.
If contagion were a gaseous or vapory
emination, it would be equally diffused
through the sick room, and all who en-
tered it would, if susceptible, suffer
alike and inevitably. But such is not
the case ; for many people are exposed
for weeks and months without suffering.
OF two persons situated in exactly the
same circumstances, and exposed in ex-
actly the same degree to given con-
tagion, one may suffer and the other
escape. The explanation OF this is
that the little particles of contagion
are irregularly scattered about in the
atmosphere, SO that the inhalation of
one or more of them is purely matter
of chance, such chance bearing direct
relation to the number of particles
which exist in given cubic space.
Suppose that hundred germs were
floating about in room containing two
thousand cubic feet of air. There is
one germ for every twenty cubic feet.
Naturally tho germs will be most numer-
GUS in the immediate neighborhood of
their source, the person of the sufferer;
but, excepting this one p2aee, they may
be pretty equally distributed through
the room; or they may be very un-
equally distributed. A draught across
the bed may carry them now to one side,
now to the other. The mass of them
may DO near the ceiling, or near the
floor. In given twenty cubic feet
there may be o dozen germs, or there
may be none at all. One who enters
the room may inhale germ before he
has been in it ten minutes, or he may
remain there for an hour without doing
SO. Double the number of germs and
you double the danger. Diminish the
size of the room by one-half, and you
do the same. Keep the windows shut,
and you keep the germs in open them,
and they pass out with the changing
air. Hence the Importance of free ven
tilation and hence one reason why
fever should be treated, if possible, in
large, airy rooms. Not only is free ven-
tilation good for the sufferer, but it
diminishes the risk to the attendants
Nineteenth Century.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-24
A Flower rarm

Acorespondent Of tb> s"Boston Heraldv
gives The following account of noted
flower farm in Eng and: In n corner az
the county Of e. .ex. England. Messrs.
Garter, horicult .urists. have established n
farm deyoteo to the growth of flowers.
Ihese plans are not destined to adorn
the garde' Is of the wealthier classes, but
10 tnrnrs ii seed from which flowers may
be Ultimately obtained. A recent visit
to Inc village of st. Osyth, discloses
trsct of well-sheltered country, which,
IN its variety Of colors, reminded one OF
stained glass window gone mad. In
one place an expanse of the deepest blue
is formed by few acres of Nemophila
insignis. Next to il appears perfect
SEQ Of the purple Saponaria. Then
comes dash of the deep blue Lobelia,
and, farther on, one enters space COW
cred with the Venetian red of the Phlox
drummondi. These are followed by
smaller beds of Sweet Williams, the yell
low Oxalis, the pink Eucharidium, the
purple Leptospermum, and these masses
OF color arc relieved by the white Memo
phila.
Another portion of the farm is devoted
to Petunias, with purple and white
leaves edged with green; these are fol-
lowed by yellow sea of Eschscholtzia
crocea, and then comes o promontory of
the odiferous, sweet Sultan, white, lilac
and yellow. At the end of this appears
an island of Verbena surrounded by the
blue Lupin. A sea of the bright scarlet
Godetia, named after the Princess of
Wales, and another pond of the same
color is formed by the Lobelia cardi-
nails. Every color is found here; the
blue of the Lorbelia speciosa, the pale
blue of the Campanule, the yellow Of the
snapdragon, the rosy tint of the sweet
pea, the deep orange Of the Eschscholt-
zia mandarin, the bright scarlet of the
Tom Thumb Nasturtium, the old-fash-
toned Virginia stock, the French gray
and purple -colored Godetia whitney,,
the white Clarkia, dedicated to Mrs.
Langtry, while Lord Beaconfeld's and
Mr.. Gladstone's names are immortalized
in different kinds of Ohrysanthemums.
These flowers are not picked, but are
allowed to run to seed, which is care
fully gathered and made up into small
packages.
One corner of the farm is devoted to
the cultivation of the seed of the more
useful products. Here may be found o
bed of American parsley, and plot OF
the new mammoth wheat lately intro
duced from the States. This, cereal pro-
duces an car of immense size, but
bearded like barley These "horns,"
as the beard is called, drop off as the
ear ripens, leaving it perfectly smooth.
Next to the extirpation of weeds, the
gardeners greatest difficulty is to keep
the different kinds of flowers in their
own beds. The small birds do their
best to mix them up, and seem to take a
special delight in carrying the seed Of
some bright scarlet flower and dropping
it into the midst of bed devoted to q
flower of another color.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-24
Wax Industry in China.

Talking of bees makes one think OF
wax. The white wax industry of See
chuen, China, however, does not depend
on bees. 1t is peculiar and growing
industry. Baron Richthofen estimates
the value of the annual crop, on the
average, at about S3,25O,OOO. In 1879
upward of S405, 900 worth of this curious
chronological secretion was exported
from the one port of Hankow alone.
White wax is the mere emulation of an
insect in state of disease, aggravated
probably by the operation of an uncon
genial climate, and favored by the
presence of tree for which the creature
has an affinity. In the Keenchang dis
trict an evergreen, known as the Ligus-
trum lucidum, thrives in abundance, and
on its twigs, in the spring of the year,
countless flies swarm like brown film.
The branches soon become covered with
o white, soapy incrustatlon that in
creases in volume until the commence
ment of the fall of the year, when the
sprays are cut off and immersed in water
which is kept boiling The viscid SUBJ
stance rises to the surface, and is skim
med off, melted, and allowed to cool in
deep pans. 1t was accidentally dis
covered that, by transporting the insects
from their native district to the more
vigorous one of Heating Flu. in the north
of the province, their capability of dis
charging wax was largely augmented
property which was promptly and ex-
tensively availed of by the Sze-chuen
traders. The period between evening
and morning is chosen for conveyance,
because many hours of sunlight would
precipitate the Matching. This should
take place only after the females nave
been attached to the trees. Arrived at
their destination, six or more of the
mothers-which are enormously prolific
are tied, wrapped in palm leaf, to q
member of the ligustrum. A few days
later the young flies are swarming on the
twigs, where they fulfill their mission by
the month of August. Then they
perish in the cauldrons, where the results
of their brief existence are collected. It
is said that this peculiar industry re-
quires the exercise Of great care, fore
thought and experience.-[The Farmer
iEnQlandl.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-24
Seven DAYS al Sea without Food.


On her last voyage the Austrian bark
Leandro, bound from the West Indies u
Boston, saw something floating on the
waves that looked like wreck As the
vessel came nearer IL was seen that the
floating object was part of cabin OF o
vessel, and that there we're two human
beings upon it. A boat was sent to the
wreck. Lashed to it were two men,
emaciated, with blackened, swollen lips
and blistered faces aud hands. They
were unable to speak, and one of them
was insensible. He did not regain con.
seriousness till nine hours after he was
taken aboard the Leandro. He was r..
Macdonald, first mate of the bark
County of Richmond, and his com.
panion was Henry Lang. The cast.
Always were cared for on the Austrian
bark and taken to Boston. They were
the only survivors of the County Of
Richmond, which went to pieces during
violent hurricane. In letter to his
brother, describing the disaster of Che
bark and his subsequent sufferings,
Mate Macdonald says
At seven o'clock in the morning the
vessel took heavy lurch to leeward,
and the cargo shifted 80 much as to
throw the vessel almost on her beam
ends. ALI hands were then ordered to
get the boat out. We got her down of
the fore house and partly over to lee
ward when the ship took heavy sea on
board, which filed the boat and com.
pletely tore her in pieces. Then it was
every man for himself, for it was evident
that the vessel could not float much
longer. We had nothing to make a
raft of, as everything movable had been
washed from the decks. got ladder
which had been on the forward house
and dashed to it two boards which got
from the forecastle. Then, with the as.
sistance Of one man, got it over the
weather side, ready, rs soon as the YES
sci showed signs of going down, to drop
into the water. 1 had not long to wait,
for in about ten minutes she heeled over
to leeward and commenced to settle. /
then let go the ladder and jumped after
it, and succeeded after hard struggle
in reaching it. When / looked back
the vessel had disappeared, having gone
down stern first. All saw were foui
men struggling with tho waves on bits
of wreckage, like myself. One man,
Henry Lang, swan toward me and got
on the ladder, which kept us above the
water pretty well. In that position we
remained few minutes, when we saw
something large floating to windward.
We both let go the ladder and succeeded
in getting to it, and found it to DO the
top part of the forward house, with the
beams and all attached, which had been
washed off as the vessel foundered. We
got on top of the house, dashed our
selves to it by means of bits of rope
which We carried around our bodies,
and then hoated away from where the
vessel went down. We saw the steward
lashed, face upward, to something. He
shouted to us, but we could render him
no assistance. We were seven days in
that position, exposed to the burning
sun by day and cold winds by night,
without either food or drink, until we
were picked up by the Austrian bark
Leandro, by whose captain We were very
kindly treated and taken to Boston.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-24
The Gypsy Insect,

Now, here is a strange Chinese story;
and you shall have it Just as il came to
me; it is about little insect called q
Sphex, which steals baby mosquitoes,
spiders and flies, from the mothers;
just as, in the old time, gypsies stole
human children.
In China, the people have legend
that the mother-sphex never has any
children altogether her very own, but
steals the babies of other mother-insects.
Then, boring holes in certain kinds of
wood, she places the infant prisoners in
them, and covers them up with the soft
behring's Of the wood. She leaves small
opening through which she can watch
the tiny baby, and then hovers over it,
day after day, singing, Little sphex I
Little sphex Little sphex !" until the
little thing, always hearing itself called
sphex, grows to be one, and at last
comes forth, real, true sphex, and be-
comes the child of its foster-mother.
On account of this legend, adopted
children, In China, are called sphex-
children.
However, the truth has been found
out at last, and although it is not quite
~ PAOeey 40 VIC otoiJb ~ ~ luOf6 mOLu-
erly; here it is: WIZ
The real sphex-mother is q dark,
blush insect, Of about the size OF q com;
mon wasp. She lays great many eggs
but only one in any one nest, which she
bores in wood. She does, indeed, steal
other insects; but they are to be the
food of the tiny egg when it has be-
come little whitish worm, which feeds
on the spiders, flies and mosquitoes
that its mother has stored for it. At
length, the worm leaves off eating, and
weaves for itself silken Wrapping, and,
after days Of sleep, awakes, to find itself
perfect sphex, with legs and wings,
and comes forth to float in the bright
sunshine.
One day, certain traveller, then liv-
ing in China, saw q sphex lowering over
hole in the wood of his bookcase.
Out Of this hole he took a sphex-worm,
and the remains of thirty-four spiders.
Also, in the wood of chair and table,
in the same room, he found other
sphex-babies. All OF these he dis
covered by the sphex-mother flying
about the holes and making that peculiar
noise sounding like the words, Little
spbe1 ! Little sphex FIST, Nicholas
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-24

rsrtss In want Of engraved Visiting Cards
Wedding Cards. Invitations, Monograms. or a nv
osher work in that line. are respectfully informed
nat they can have their orders filled in Tho no.
s..sr ana low prices at the Register once
nssssuon guaranteed. 'A'e
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-06-18
Am Old Hand Mark Gone.

On the 18th instant, at Hiram, Portage
county, Ohio, Stillman Hazen, in bis
eighty eighth year, passed away. He was
born in Hartford, Windsor county, Yer,
mont, of parents whose ancestors came to
Massachusetts Bay in 1640, whose sons
were at Lexington, Concord and Bunker
Hill, and whose people have ever since
lived respected christian liYes in New
England and the West. In 1920 Stillman
Hazcn removed to Ohio, settling upon a
farm in Hiram, then a wilderness, which
he owned and lived upon up to his death.
Here he raised a family Of six children,
the fifth, Gen. W. B. Hazen, Col. Of the
9Th infantry, being now with his sregiment
in this city. He outlived his cotempor-
aries, and passed peacefully away in the
firm christian faith that had actuatcd his
whole life, and which he spared no op-
portunity to impress on others.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-06-18
The Tramp Nuisance.

The city government is again consider
ing the tramp nuisance. Scores of men
have been shipped from the east for work
on the North Pacific extension, among
them liberal sprinkling Of thieves and
other worthless characters who have
''junped" the job and are now hanging
about the city, lying about the lcvee ready
at any moment to pounce upon lone
pedestrian or crack a crib" Two OF
three assaults have already been made,
and two or three burglaries have been per.
petrated. The city officers and night
watchmcn are on the alert but the city
government should take immediate action
There is plenty of work on the extension
and no man need play the vagrant. These
fellows are invited to pcruse the court
records of this county and The TRIBUNE
promises them that they will find that
nine out Of ten ofthose arrested have been
men OF their stamp and have almost in
variably gone to the renitentlary: Bur.
leigh county juries, the prosecuting at
torney and the judge have no sympathy
for men of their stamp.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-06-18
THE COMING MUSICAL EVENT.
Peak Family Swiss Bell Ringers or
the Eslaisdell's Merry Makers.

This attractive combination Of musical
celebrities, who possess the national rep
utation of being frst-class artists in their
different specialties, and whose entertain
ments have been listened to during the
past twenty-five years by the multitude of
amusement-loving people Of both hemi-
spheres, are en- route for Montana, and
will arrive in Bismarck in season to give
two or three peculiar, pleasing and popu-
lar entertainments at Raymond's new Hall
on Saturday and Monday evenings, June
10Th and 21st. Although the hall is not
fully completed large and commodeous
stage will be temporarily erected, the hall
seated with chairs and other comfortable
seats, and the company carrying their
scenery, will be able to present their en-
tertainments to the citizens Of Bismarck
with that degree of artistic excellence
that has characterized their performances
IN other cities where they have appeared.
Reserved seats can be secured at Hollem-
backs drug store on Saturday evening.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-06-18
UD-River Indian Agencies.

John Mcneil, U. S. Inspector Of Indi-
an A gcncies, arrived on the Helena. He
has bee4up to Wolf Point and Poplar
Greek agencies. Sitting Bull is about
twenty miles north of Poplar Creek. His
band would surrender, but will not un-
conditionally. He sends word by Long
Dog that he has been all through the
British Possessions north, and that whites
are coming in from all directions. He
intends to remain on his own hunting
grounds, and if he is killed, all is well.
Mr. NJ. thinks their depredations, steal
ing horses, ETC., will continue throughout
the season, but fears no general outbreak
unless food should become scarce, in
which event a company or two Of soldiers
would be but an aggravation to them.
He therefore discourages the idea of
placing company Of soldiers at each
agency.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-06-18
The Flood i'm Minnesota.

The most severe storm in over twenty
years ra ged in northern Minnesota last
week. The Mississippi river rose to a
height scarcely ever before attained and
the upper'streams emptying into it were all
swollen to the highest pitch ever known.
The damage to log owners and lumber
men will be very great less than $3,-
100000. ThezEau Claire dam gave way
and milliens of feet Of logs are scattered
all along the river Booms and dams
have given away on nearly all the stream 8
and at Minneapolis all the rope to be OBJ
tained in the city is in use, securing the
booms. The logs are already piled up
even with the railroad bridge and should
the boom give way it is feared the bridge
would also CO. Trains have been delayed
on many Of the roads leading to St. Paul
by washouts, and the damage to crops,
stock, etc., will be enormous.
Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1884, 1880-06-18
Bad Land EsOulGers.

Especial Correspondence Of The Zri6une.)
WALKERv1LLE, D. T., June 14-No In
dians in sight.
Call quiet on the Little Missouri.'
"Bull-in-the-water and "Four-Horns''
still dancing over the Sioux hat, that they
captured at the memorable second battle
of Sentinel Buttes.
The sound of hammer and saw is heard
in the land. The cantonment at the riv-
er is being enlarged and improved, about
100 loads Of lumber having gone there
fo1 that purpose.
Three companies of cavalry are camped
at the summit, three miles east of here
and one company of infantry have re-
lieved Capt. Baker, at the cantonment.
We had terrible hailstorm here on
Wednesday last, killing birds, jack rab-
bits, young antelope, etc.
Sub-contractors are coming to the front
as fast as they finish their work below.
Gillett & Fritz are the first to cross the
Little Missouri, having taken the first
five miles west Of the river. They have
moved over and will "break ground" in
a few days. Newport s. Lee will soon be
through on the upper Heart, and will
push to the 'front.' Mr.. S. G. Walker, ST.,
is pushing his heavy work in the Bad
Land with energy, and is making quite a
show. His subs" are also doing we'll,
and all seem to be determined to get
through before the track catches them.
Mr.. Charles Young, our energetic mail
carrier, has put on another 'buck board" I"
and in future we will have semi-weekly
mail. Charlie is "brick," and deserves
a great deal Of credit. He started with
the track at Mandan, and carried the mail
on foot for sometime He soon made
money enough to buy pony, and now
he has four good ponies and two buck
boards, coming in on time, and making g
money. SCORIA.