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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
Water as q Part Of Diet.

The St. Louis Globe has published ex-
tracts from book entitled "How To
Set Plump" by DIR. T. c. Duncan,
showing the necessity to the human sys.
tenn of frequent draughts of water. DIR.
Duncan says that REV people appre-
ciate the fact that, as Dalton explains,
water constitutes in the normal human
subject about seventy per cent. of the
entire weight of the body. The water
which thus forms part of the animal
frame is derived mainly from without.
1t is taken in the different kinds of
drink, and also forms an abundant in
gredient in the various articles of food.
Water is abundant in the blood and
secretions, where its presence is indis-
pensable in order TO give them the
tluidity which is necessary to the per-
formance of their functions. Water is.
therefore, an essential ingredient of the
fluids, for it holds these solid materials
in solution. and enables them to pass
and repass through the animal frame.
Water is also an ingredient of the solids
muscles. tendonS, cartilages, bones,
teeth, glands, skin, etc. II the water OF
tendons, skin, etc., become evaporated
they become yellowish in color, shrivel-
ed and unfit for performing their func-
tions. This accounts for the sallow ap-
pearance of lean people.
with these facts before u.s." con-
tinues DR.. Duncan, I'VE can readily
understand why person who does not
take much water except in foods is lean.
Lacking the necessary fluidity, the func-
tions are all performed with difficulty,
Many cases of dyspepsia are due to
lack of water. Many cases of headache
can be relieved by increasing the fluid
ity of the blood. Many case of func.
tional palpitation of the heart can be
mitigated by increasing the volume OF
the circulating fluid with an extra
pound of water. l generally order a
halfpint of water. to be taken four
times day, early in the morning, about
10 A. NJ, about p. NJ, and before
retiring. l forbid cold water to be
taken at the meals, for the reason that
the stomach is then at its highest func-
tionai activity and cold lowers it's tenn.
perature and retards digestion. Warm
fluids, like milk and water, facilitate the
solution of the food and hasten its as
similation. In some old dyspeptics
where the food is slow of digestion
have found that a glass of hot water,
drank an hour or so after the meal, will
restimulate the stomach to complete its
work."
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24

a French Sketch OF American Girls.
Hore is a pen-and-ink sketch of an
American girl, which is interesting as
showing how Yankee girl seems TO
French eyes: Stylish to the backbone.
Independent as Independent can be, but
very pure. Is devoted to pleasure,
dress, spending money shows her moral
nature nude, just as 1t Is, SO as to de-
ceive nobody. Flirts all winter with
this or that one and dismisses him in
the spring, when she instantly catches
another. Goes out alone. Travels
alone. When the fancy strikes her she
travels with a gentleman friend or
walks anywhere with him; puts bound
less confidence in him; conjugal inti-
macy seems to exist between them.
She lets him tell what he feels, talk of
love from morning till night, but she
never gives him permission to kiss so
much as her hand. He may say any
thing; he shall do nothing. She is
restless. she gives heart and soul TO
amusement before she marrie3. After
marriage she is mother annually, is
alone all day. hears all night nothing
except discussions about patent ma
chinery, unexpiosive petroleum, chemi-
cal manures. She then will let her
daughters enjoy the liberty she used
without grave abuse. As nothing seri-
Gus happened to her, why should Fanny,
Mary, Jenny be less strong and less
adroit than their motherp She origi-
mates French fashions. Partisan women
detest her. Provincial women despise
her. Men of all countries adore her,
but will not marry her unless she has
an immense fortune. Her hair is ver-
million, paler than colder hair; her black
eyes are bold and frank, she spreads her
self in carriage as If she were in a ham,
mock, the natural and thoughtless pos
ture of her passion for luxurious ease.
When she walks she moves briskly and
throws every glance right and left.
Gives many of her thoughts to herself
and few Of them to anybody else. She
is wild plant put in hot-house; feels
cramped in Europe, and pushes her
branches through the panes without the
least heed of the frail plants that vege-
tate on all sides of her. Were she bet
ter understood, were she criticised less,
she would be esteemed at her true value.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
Treatment of the sunstroke.

In case of sunstroke, loosen the
patients clothes and bathe the head and
entire body with cool water, and with
moistened hands rub the extremities,
the neck. and the whole length of the
spins. rubbing in downward direction
TO draw blood from the head. AS soon
rs boiling water can be obtained, put a
dry blanket round the body, then wiring
fannels from the hot water and npply
them quickly TO the region )f the
stomach, liver, bowels and spine. over
the blanket; also, immerse the feet in
hot water, or wrap them in hot ilannels
rs far as the body. Rewring the han-
nels once in every five or eight minutes
for half an hour or more, then remove
them and apply cold water in the same
way, either by cool towels or sponging
with cool water; dry well and rub the
surface lightly and briskly with the
hand until a glow is produced. AS soon
as the patient can swallow give him hot
water to drink, plenty of it, with oc-
casional bits of ice or sips of cold water.
Often, OF course, the attack is so slight
that SO thorough treatment is not neces-
sary.--S. Joseph (Mo.) } Euemi'l9 NesOs.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24

There are men and women who, like
some flowers. bloom in exquisit beauty
in q desert wild; they are like trees
which you often see growing in luxuri-
ant strength out OF n crevice of rock
where there seems not earth enough to
support shrub. The words "old
maid," "old bachelor" have in them
other sounds than that of half reproach
or scorn; they call up to many of your
minds forms and faces than which none
are dearer in all this world. | know
them to day. The bloom of youth has
possibly faded from their checks.
but there fingers round the form
and face something dearer than
that. She is unmarried. but the
past has, for her, it may be, some chast-
ened memories of an early love which
keeps its vestal vigil sleeplsssiy over the
grave where its hope went out; and 1t
is too true to the long departed to per-
the years of maiden life were spent in
self-denying toll, which was too engross-
ing to listen even to the call of love, and
she grew old too soon in the care of
mother or sister and brother. Now in
these later years she looks back calmly
upon some half-cherished hopes. once
attractive, of husband and child, but
which long, long ago, she willingly
gave up for present duty. So to-day, in
her loneliness, who shall say that she Is
not beautiful and dear.
So is she 10 the wide circle which she
blesses. To some she has been all that
a mother could have been; and though
no nearer name than "Aunt" or sis
ter has been hers. she has to-day Il
mothers claim and a mothers love
disappointment has not soured but on lv
chastened; the midday or the afternoon
of her life is all full Of kindly sympathies
and gentle deeds. Though unwedded,
hers has been no fruitless life.
1t is an almost daily wonder to me
why some women are married, and not
a less marvel why many that / see are
not. But this ] know, that many house
holds would be desolate indeed, and
many a family circle would lose its
brightest ornament and its best power
we've maiden sister or maiden aunt re-
moved; and it may bless the Providence
which has kept them from making glad
some husbands home.
Yonder isolated man, whom the world
wonders at for never having found a
wife. Who shall tell you all the secret
history OF the bygone time of hopes and
love that1once were buoyant and fond,
which death, or more bitter disappoint-
ment dashed to the ground; of sorrow
which the world has never known; of
fate accepted in utter despair, though
with outward calm! Such there are.
The expectation OF wife, or home, has
been given up as one of the dreams OF
youth, but with groans and tears now
he walks among men somewhat alone,
with some eccentricities, bat with a
warm heart and kindly eye. If he has
no children of his own, there are enough
of Others children who climb his knee
or seize his hand as he walks. If he has
no home. there is many home made
glad by his presence; if there is no one
heart to which he may cling, there are
many loving hearts that look lovingly
toward him, and many voices shower
benedictions on his head.-"Life al
Home"
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
The Flavor OF Meats.

M. Monclar, a noted agriculturist in
France, has suggested singular plan
for varying the flavor of meat. He
imagines that by feeding cattle, sheep,
pigs and poultry in particular way, or
rather by fiavoring their food in vari-
Gus ways, their flesh may be rendered
much more agreeable to the palate than
it often is; and there can be no doubt
that he Is substantially right. Thus, for
Instance, 1t Is well known that poultry
which have been fattened upon food
containing a slight admixture ofchopped
trufiles are far better eating than those
chickens which have been stuffed or
larded with truffles after they are
killed: 1t Is only natural that such
should be the case, for the flavor of the
truffle that is consumed by the chicken
permeates the whole system. which it
cannot do when simply placed in the
carcass. M. Monclar instances cases
in which hares killed in q wormwood
field, larks shot in a cabbage field, and
eggs laid by hens which had eaten dis
eased silk worms, had such a nauseous
taste that no one could touch them;
while, upon the other hand, some ducks
and fieldfares which had fed upon some
sprigs of juniper had delicious flavor.
He has made several experiments
among Others, three upon tame rabbits
which he fed with the waste of anise
seed, with barley and bran containing a
little essence of thyme. In each case he
found that the flesh OF thess animals
was far better that that of rabbits tat
tened in the ordinary way and get that
there was no trace of anise seed OF juni-
per in the taste. His conclusion is
that cattle, sheep and pigs might be fed
in the same way, and that by varying
the flavoring matter, the beef, n utton
and pork might be made to have sew
eral different tastes. Chicago Times.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
About Presidents.

The United States have had nineteen
Presidents, four of them ofIrish descent
jackson, Tyler, Pierce and BIZ
chanan.
The President holds his Office for four
years. He must be native of the
United States, and must have attained
the age of thirty-fve years.
In most cases, from 1879 to 1924, the
President was elected by the legislatures
of the different States.
The original provisions of the Consti-
tuition provided that the person having
the next highest number of votes cast
for President should become Vice Presi-
dent.
No Roman Catholic has ever occupied
the Presidential chair. All the other
prominent religious denominations have
been represented. Grant and Hayes are
Methodists.
William Henry Harrison, Zachary
Taylor and Abraham Lincoln were the
only Presidents who died while in Office
Harrison assumed his Office March 4.
l64l, and died the next month. Vice
President John Tyler succeeded him,
Taylor served until July S, 1850; Mil
lard Fillmore served out the term. Lin.
coin was shot on the fifteenth of April,
1865, Andrew johnson taking his place.
Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Harrison, Tyler and Taylor
came from Virginia: John Adams and
his son. John Quincy, from Massachu.
sets; Van Buren from New York
Pierce from New Hampshire; Fillmore
from Maryland; jackson. Polk and
johnson from Tennessee; Lincoln and
Grant from Illinois; Buchanan from
Pennsylvania, and Hayes from Ohio.
Oba and Is Haocock o% om arGm
although he lives on Governors island
The last Democratic President was
James Buchanan, elected in 1855. His
opponent was John G. Fremont, the
first candidate of the Republican party,
Ten of the Presidents have been
soldiers. and nine lawyers.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
Keep the Blood Pure.

will tell you, writes physician in
Hdrper's Weekly. of a few things which
Eend to render the blood pure and
Ihealthy. Rising in the morning at a
REASONABLY early hour, and going out
for II short walk before breakfast does,
previously having bathed and dressed
without any undue haste. The walk
need not be a long one, and glass of
pure cold water can Always be taken,
lust before starting, with advantage, or
a cup of milk by those who are weakly.
Seven o'clock, or earlier in summer, is
good time to get up. 1t is just possible,
however, that when called you may be
enjoying sound sleep, not having rested
very well in the first part of the night.
II such be the case, are you to get upP
Yes, get up all the same; you will sleep
better next night. Secure yourself be-
ing aroused at a certain holr every
morning by an alarm or otherwise.
Early rising is habit that is not by
any means difficult 10 acquire, but it
is blessed one. The walk, too, be-
fore breakfast may not be relished
70. a time, but it will soon be found
to have improved the appetite.
The breakfast ON the live-by-rule prin-
ciple should be fairly substantial one
both in quality and quantity. AS to the
latter, be guided by your own judgment;
there ought to be sense of safety after
eating. but no feeling OF fullness and no
depression of spirits or sleepiness. The
morning meal. and indeed all meals,
ought to be taken at the same hour every
day. BY getting up soon you gain many
advantages, two OF which are these You
have not to hurry through with break
fast-due mastication is the very first
act in the manufacture of healthy blood
and you can spare half an hour after
the meal before going TO work or busi-
ness this gives the stomach fair start,
and enables it to do its work properly.
II you have more than half an hour to
spare, letters to write, by all means
iring TO rest should be time of perfect
,eaee OF mind and repose of body.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
PerLls OF Fnlse Teeth.

Parties losing their teeth while
bathing can have thoiL replaced in one
day." is the advertisement of q New
York dentist. An iequirer at this dem
lists rooms found lady temporarily in
charge.
DO many PERSONS lose their teeth
while they are bathinpP'
"Oh, great many" she said. you
ofen hear of people sneezing their teeth
out of car windows, but we never had
but one case of that kind. II is differ
ent in the surf, where people get laugh
ing and carrying on. We have had so
many cases that my brother thought he
would put an advertisement in the
papers. Last week gentleman came
to u.s." the lady continued; "he was an
old gentleman, but he was little and
spry. lie said he knew his teeth were
going, both sets, upper and lower, but
he couldn't get his hands up through
the water quick enough. He saw them
after they were in the water, and grabbed
for one of them with both hands, but
he couldn't catch it. The wave dashed
into his mouth, he said, while it was
open, and he was so startled that when
lie elected the salt water his teeth went
with it. His description of it is very
entertaining.
w nen WAFER IS OASne0 into the
mouth it sometimes gets under the edge
OF. the plate and loosens it," the woman
explained. She added: "When per-
son sneezes, on the other hand, the teeth
are loosened by the violent action of the
mouth"
81 suppose more women than men
lose their teeth in the surf" the reporter
said.
No; about as many men come to us
as women. 1t has been suggested that
people with false teeth deposit them in
the safes at the bathing houses, and !
really do not see any good reason why
teeth should not be left with the cloth
ing in the dressing-room. But people
are peculiar. There are very few ladies
who, even when they are bathing with
intimate friends, would allow their COM
panions to see them without .heir teeth.
You have no idea how many people
wear false sets of teeth. / have got so
now that I can tell false teeth at
glance, and it seems to ME that nearly
half the people meet have false teeth"
The lady explained that if an appli-
cant would remain in the dental rooms
so that the cast could be tried in his
mouth, it was possible to make set OF
teeth for him in two hours and half.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
The Worlds Sea-goipg Vessels.

According to some tables published ir
an Austrian nautical periodical. the total
number OF sea-going vessels of all pa
tions lost last year was greater than in
1873, owing presumably to the eNcep-
tionally unfavorable weather which
prevailed in the early part of 1879. In.
cluding 81 sailing ships and l2 steamers
reported missing" nf which no vestigr
has been found, 523 sailing sbips and
1876 steam vessels were lost in 1879. while
in 1878 the total losses amounted to oily
1852 sailing ships and ls0 steam vessels.
Classifis according TO the flag under
which they were sailing, it appears that
604 of the lost sailing ships and 10 OF
the steamers belonged q England; 2l6
sailing and 8 steam vessels tn America
l24 sailing and steam ships to France;
III sailing ships and S steamers TO Ger
many; li2 sailing vessels and steamer
to Norway; 81 ling ships To Italy; 81
sailing vessels and = steamers to Ilol-
land; 54 sailing vessels TO Sweden; Al
to Denmark; 40 to Greece; % sailing
vessels and ] steamer TO Austria; II
sailing vessels and steamer TO Portugal;
II sailing and no less than q steam YES
sells to Spain; IL sailing vessels to Rus
lsia; 8 to Nicaragua; 3 TO Chill, and
leach TO Bolivia, B slgiuln, Liberia, ,Guate-
smala, New Granada and Costa Rica.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
Words of Wisdom.

Reason and virtue alone can bestow
liberty.
To live long it is necessary to live
slowly.
Give neither counsel nor salt until
asked for it.
Nature is mighty. Art is mighty.
Artifice is weak.
True merit, like river, the deeper it
is the less noise 1t makes
There are calumnies against which
even innocence loses courage.
lie who commits injustice Is ever
made more wretched than he who suf-
fcrs it.
He who stops to pick flaw in others
knitting work drops many stitches in
his own.
Let him who regrets the loss of time
make proper use of that which is to
come in the future.
Rich attire is the vest of pride. The
worst apparel is natures garment; the
best but folly's garnish.
A generous man will place the benefits
he confers beneath his feet; those he re-
ceives, nearest his heart.
We may do very good action and
not be good man, but we cannot do a
very i'll one and not be an i'll man.
II you wish to appear agreeable in
society, you must consent to be taught
many things which you know already.
He who truly wishes the happiness
of any one, cannot be long without dis
covering some mode of contributing to
it.
The greatest joys and hopes are soon
turned into the greatest griefs and fears
with them that live by sense and not by
faith.
II you would be pungent, be brief; for
it is with words as it is with sunbeams,
the more they are condensed the deeper
they burn.
Life is - casket, not precious in Itself,
but valuable in proportion to what for
tune, or industry, or virtue has placed
within it.
An impecunious man generally desig-
mates ten-dollar note as a William" !"
because he is not on such terms of famil-
iarity with it as would entitle him to
call IL "Biiln
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
FOR THE FAIR SEX

An Econonalcsl Fashion.
Ess6s.x. N.s.s


Wide canvas belts are again worn
Fans grow more and more fantastic.
Japanese parasols grow more and
more popular. iiii'htt' i'"a"Nf
Kid gloves are worn only on cool days
n summer. l-s4lI 4oI
The handsomest dust cloaks are Of
pongee or fine mohair.
Gold lace, gold braid and gold cord
are worn ad nauseam. -
A touch of the antique prevails in all
fashionable coiffures. 7-4HJ
The dressiest round hats are of cream
white Tuscan straw.
The feature of the season is the
plated or shirred waist. fr
Linen costumes and linen dust cloalss
never go out of fashion. ..,..,,
Fine twilled or satin woven cotton
fabrics are much in demand.
All fashionable costumes show two
tabrics in the composition. tt
Biscuit, red and almond shades of
color, are very fashionable.
Corah silk is similar to Surah, but is
figured in printed designs.
Slight draperies around the hips have
bhhOh bht RlhCS VI HohAtAos
Black costumes take precedence in
The favor of American women.
Corah and Surah silks take prece-
ience of all Others for summer wear.
Something resembling collar is seen
Upon nearly every dress this season.
Sashes beaded ana finished with bar
els, spikes and tassels are much worn
Solid colored muslins are much worn
IN the country and at watering places.
Navy blue and gray blue nannels re-
main the favorite fabrics for bathing
tuits.
White Surah silk collarettes and
oOped bows trim manv white wool COS
umes
For the correspondents who ask what
to wear with black silk skirts, there is
nothing prettler, more dressy and less
costly than coat basque of light fou-
lard silk of some quaint color and pat
tern on n cream ground. Other colors
are used for the ground of such basques,
but the effect is not nearly as good as
those of creamy white when worn with
any black silk demi-train or else long
trained skirt left over from former
season. When worn with long skirts
these basques are of course meant for
the house only, and are then sometimes
cut square in the neck, and this squai is
filled in with India muslin, or else a iuull
fichu is folded there, leaving an open
point instead of the square neck. If it
is intended that the basque shall also
serve for the street with short walking
skirt of black silk, it is cut quite high in
the neck, with a Directoire collar and
revers, and its only ornament. is facing
buttons. The skirted basques and those
with habit backs are the patterns used.
Sometimes the panel coat basque is
made to serve this purpose. This has
the sides extending in panels that reach
to the foot of the dress skirt, while the
front and back of the skirt are quite
short.-Bdzdr.