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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-08-31
Showers OF Fishes.

The coast of Mexi o. near Vera Cruz,
not long ago had hover of fishes,
causing the utmost CONSERVATION. A
similar thing happened at San Luis
Potosi. The fishes were a species of
sardines not familiar in the neighbour
hood. A shower years ago in Wales
was of small fish known as sickle
backs, sprlnkling the ground over an
area of several square miles. They
were alive when they fell yet if
caught up by whirlwind from any OF
the brackish ponds near the sea, in
which this spec es of fish abounds, they
must have been conveyed through the
air distance OF thiIty miles. The
theory of scientists is that the fishes
are transported with wonderful speed
through the air to the place of deposit.
In India such a shower is known to
have taken pla e. the q hes varying
from pound to q pound and a half
ach.
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A Students Duel.

A correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch, writing from Heidelberg,
describes enc of the recent duels be-
tween students Hearing that there
was to be students duel, we planned
to crafty our curiosity in seeing what
has been so much written about.
Taking carriage, we rode across the
river, up the side of a mountain, and
down a narrow gorge to a public
house. We went in and ordered some
refreshments, and chatted for half an
hour, when a white-capped student
passed. l accosted him and earnestly
made known our wants in the Ian
guage of Goethe and Schiller. He
gave me long and earnest answer,
not a word of which could / under
stand. At last water who spoke
English came, and we sought her kind
Offices. She agreed to take us in ten
minutes to a room where we could see
the combat through window. We
waited an hour, and as our patience
was about exhausted she returned.
Through the window we could see two
men confronting each other, with their
right hands extended straight over
their heals. Their left arms were tied
behind their backs and goggles over
their eyes. The men were padded
everywhere except their heads, which
were left uncovered. AT the appointed
signal they began cutting at each other
with lightning-like rapidity. Neither
seemed to try to ward off the blows OF
his oppo nent. AS soon as one was cut
the seconds ran between them and
knocked up the swords. The doctor
examined the wounds, stanched the
blood and the fight was resumed and
went on until the doctor decided that
further fighting would endanger life
1t was the most bea9tly tom-foolery
ever saw. Tho hurt inflicted was not
enough to satisfy man seeking edress
for real or fancied insult. But was
too severe for play. 1 could see nj
display of skill nor any particular
manifestation of courage.
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Little Mabel and her mother were
boarding during the summer on a
farm. About the house were several
currant bushes loaded with fruit, Of
which Mabel was excessi ely fond,
and, despite her mothers repeated in
functions, she wou d eat the currants
until they made her sick. One day
her mother caught hIr in fla grante
delictu, and proceeded to try the effects
of moral suasion. "Why do you per-
sist, my child" she asked, Sin doing
what l have so often forb d len 2"
"Satan tempts me, mamma" replied
her precocious offspring, land l can't
help it." "Well," said the mother,
"when he tempts you again you must
say to him, Get thee behind me,
Satan and t. en- he will leave you
alone" The next day Mabel's mother
again discovered tie little girl in the
bushes, and, fastening to her, began to
rebuke her for her repeated disobe-
dience. "Mabel." said she to the
startled child. "didn l tell you yester-
day to say to Satan, Get thee behind
me?'" "Yes, mamma" responded
Mabel, "and l did, and as soon as 1
said it Satan got behind me and pushed
me right in l.
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A process has been invented by
tured from straw.
A catalogue is being prepared of the
stars which were oil served from the
Paris observatory during the forty
five years from 1897 to 1881. The
stars to be included in thislst number
about 10000.
Eleven years ago the first creamery
was established in Manchester, Iowa,
and now there are about eight hundred
In the State. Cheese factories are not
as numerous, but are necessary, and
are said to yield a better profit than
the creameries.
Signor Pavesi is credited with the
discovery of new method of preserv-
ing meat from putrefaction, which, if
as eflicacious as stated, will be of i'm
mense value to so ciety at large. The
meat is simply immersed in a bath of
water slightly acidulated with nitro
muriatic acid. Thus treated, it will
k ep good for many months and, when
required for use, must be dried at o
temperature of sixty degrees Fahren-
heit. A brown tint is given to the
meat by the acid ; but this is readily
removed by soaking in plain water be-
fore the drying process.
Some invest cations by M. Thanneur,
says Engineering, show that South
America is rich in woods for engineer
ing purposes. The yan-dubay is ex-
ceedingly hard and durable; the cour-
oupay is also very hard and rich in
tannin. The quebracho is, however,
more interesting than any, and grows
abundantly in the forest of La Plata
and Brazil. 1t resembles oak in the
trunk, and is used for railway sleepers,
telegraph poles, piles and 50 on. 1t
is heavier than water, its specific
gravity varying between 1908 and
1888. Its color at first is reddish, like
mahogany. but grows darker with
time. Being rich in tannin, it is en-
ployed for tanning leather in Brazil,
and has recently been introduced for
that purpose into France.
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A Beautiful Python.

In the Geological garden can now be
seen in all the velvety sheen of it's first
splendor python that has Just cast
its skin, and the great snake is very
miracle of rept liam loneliness. Not
even the birds of paradise can COM
pare with his purp.es, blues and geld,
while an infinite interest underlies
those iridescent charms, from the fact
that his coils, soft as a butterfy's
wings, and shot with colors like a
doves breast, can crush the life out of
strong II an, and hold the tiger in its
rage, and slowly squeeze it into pulp.
Watch its breathing; it is as gentle as
child's. And the beautiful lamia
head rests like crowning jewel upon
the softly heaving coils. Let danger
threaten, however, and lightning is
hardly quicker than the dart of those
vengeful convolutions. The cleaning
length ru,ties proudly into menace,
and, instead of the voluptuous, lazy
thing of a moment ago, the python,
with all its terrors tomplete, ere is IT.
self defiantly, thrilling, SO it seems,
with eager passion in every scale, and
measuring in the air with threatening
head the circle within which is death.
Once let those recurved fangs strike
home and. though there is no pc son in
them, all hope is gone to the victim.
Coil after coil is rapidly thrown round
the struggling object, and then wi h
slow but relentless pressure life is
throttled out of every limb. No Won
dr. that Il w,r has always held the
serpent in awe and that nations should
have worshiped, and still worship, this
emblem of destruction and death. 1t
is fate itself, swift as disaster, deliber-
ate as retribution, incomprehensibl as
destiny. Gods and heroes al Ike held
victory over the snake rs the supreme
criterion of valor. They graduated to
divinity by Staying serpents.- 81, ndon
Telegraph.
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have been troubled for over six years with
q severe kidney complaint, also weakness
of the urinary organs, with its attendant
troubles. My water needed constant atten-
ton, some days as many as twenty times,
with severe pains in the bladder, as we'll as
in the back and loins. AT times pas sed a
limited quantity of urine, highly colored with
unnatural heat and sediment; frequently
excavations would be very painful. / con-
cluded that must do something for it fear
ing that moro serious trouble would follow.
l went to the druggist and was recommended
TO use Hunts Remedy, as it had been used
with wonderful success in several severe cases
of dropsy and kidney and bladder affections
here in Bangor. concluded to try it, and
before l had used one bottle found it was
helping me beyond my expectations. My
water became more natural less color and
sediment, the pains in back and that heavy
feeling gone, with a general toning up of the
system; and continued to use it until used
six bottles, and it has completely cured me.
Others of my family have used Hunts
Remedy with equally as good success, and
we do not hesitate to recommend it far and
near, believing it a duty as well as pleasure
to recommend SO good medicine as Hunts
Remedy. You are at liberty to give my
testimony to the public. d. L. HoDoDEN.
O;sington, Me-, May 10, 1888.
indorse the above statement.
A. M. ROBINSON, JB.,
Apothecary, Bangor, Me.
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Out.TrOtted by a Calf.

Colonel Charles Burns appeared on
ne race course at Evansville, Ind, one
lay recently, leading very thin calf.
t was dusky brindle in color, hair
ong and full Of cookie burrs, while its
diagonal tail was weighted with the
same prickly nuisances. 1t was an
lngainly creature and looked half
Btarved, but when the colonel said it
could trot the crowd laughel. Fin
billy, after much banter, he wagered
BOO that his cloven-hoofed pet could
butstrip any horse n the grounds. Mr.
lay Rowland promptly accepted and
produced his handsoma gelding DAY
ight," who has a record of 2:29. 1t
WAS agreed that the calf should go
inder saddle. while the horse
Erottei in harness. They were
ed out on the track. Twenty
lines the calf sleepily loped up for the
word, but at the next trial they came
lnder the wire neck and ne k, and
we're sent off. Instantly the calf
eemed to lose four inches in height,
md pushed off, with tail erect, like a
lash of l'gh.. At the quarter pole the
horse forged two lengths ahead. but at
he upper turn the calf settled into a
hambling sort of trot, believing at
very step, all the while gradually
Increasing the distance between itself
md the gelding. The nearer it ap,
preached the horse the more nervous
he equine became, until when the calf
cached his sulky wheel the gelding
Polted. Before the gelding could be
controlled Burns calf had hundred
Fards lead, and all efforts of the horse
10 overtake his split-hoofed compel tor
we're unavailing. the calf landing at the
wire, head and tail up, 200 yards aht ad
b 2:29.
AS soon as the disappointment and
he modification of the losers had
omewhat worn off, the colonel was
|esieged by them with offers to pur-
base. one going as high as $1,100.
he colonel, however. refused all offers.
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WISE WORDS.

Do you wish that work should never
weary youp Think that you are CIV
ing pleasure to another.
The human mind is like ground,
which acquires quality according to
the pains bestowed on its cultivation.
Modesty is the appendage of sobriety,
and is to chastity, to temperance, and
to humility, as the fringes are to a
garment.
Man is so constituted that even a
smile or a word of friendly recognition
enables him to. bear up under the most
grievous burdens.
Mere bashfulness without merit is
awkward, and merit without modesty
lnsolent. But modest merit has a
double claim to acceptance.
Availability is the sunshine of the
soul, which causes smiles to bloom on
their lips. AMI expands the heart as the
rays of the sun open the buds of the
rose.
Affectation in any part of our car
rage is lighting up candle to our de.
fects, and never fails to make us bt
taken notice of, either as wanting
sense or sincerity.
If you want to do right, you must
be right. There is no such thing as
well-doing apart from well-being. As
an Orit ntal proverb has it, " Y OF
cannot drive straight furrow with
out straight eye" If you would dc
good to others, you must be good
before others. No one can be safe
guide in path he has not Travelled.
There may be few human beings
so constituted that they can live out
their lives alone, can go their ways ant
perform their allotted task day after
day without giving or receiving ont
sympathizing word-cold, reticent
self contained. But the majority Of
people are not so. They hunger ant
thirst for word of appreciation from
those they love. Especially is this
true of woman ; and yet it is too Otter
the case that she receives for he
loving labor only frowns and fault
finding.
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The Kaw In lians in the Indian Ter
ftory are disappearing with ST ange
Fipdity. There were fully 10000 of
hem in 1870, and the tribe was noted
pr the physical power an warlike dis
|osit on # the men, but since then the
nallpox and Other malignant disease s
ave done the most d. a lily work. 1t is
bid that only about three hun rel
|ow rem lin, and these are diseased and
|kely soon TO die.
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PHYSICIANS INDORsE HEARTILY.

H IL
doing ali thai claimed Jor g. After using it several
Sesriy' II has done better iha1 any remedy ever
used "-R. x. CLARK, D.. South Hero, Vt.
DANGEROUS KIDNEY DISEASE.
diseasns my Kidneys Ne doctors failed but Kidney.
kidney troubles had T ss
often passed blood Kidn Wort cured me'"-MIoHAEI
KIDNEY DISEASE AND RHEU,IA~ISM.
aIs Of e2Ss s had t ny says Mr. E
to d, by my physician and friends. We all had kidney
disease and rhsumatsm Mime was Of 80 years standing.
cured me- - NJ BOWS, Of Diebold Safe Co, $ Canal
CURED AFTER 90 YEARS.
deySuty thank God that found ont the virtues Fl
1T has cured OF 20 years. case of terrible kidney
KIDNEYS. LIVER AND CONSTIPATION.
Reed, Of No. Acton, Me- in cases of kdney and ivsi
OF Kidney Wort, by members of nj family"
Kidney Troubles and Rheumatism.
dn Ma SaS
and npmberless remedies did me no COED My friends.
.nf,rsy cured me. writes EIbridge Malcolm West
LIVER DISORDER.
"Pease tell my bro: soldiers, and the public, too
d e. pSws s5a Of TsnsS1 w. sse
neyWort e.rsd my liver disorders, which I'd had for
''A''' RHEUMATISM.
81 have tried great number, truly remarks Mr.. W.
N Crosse of Scranton Penn, under date of Dec. IL,
1889, but there is other remedy like Kidney.Wort
for curing rheumatism and diseased kidneys"
INFLAMMATION OF BLADDER.
"Chronic inhammato of the bladder, two years
duration, my we's complaint" writes DIR. q. M.
tanned mucus, pus, and sometimes bloody. Phys.
cans prescrptions-my own included-and domestic
remedies only palliated her pains Kidney Wort. how.
ever, has entirely curedIsr."
INTERNAL PILES.
81 had internal piles for several years" said j. B.
Meyer, of Myerstown, Penn. Nothing helped me
LADIES' TROUBLES.
Respect the confidence reposed in you by ladies. IN
has helped in intricate diseases writes Mrs. Annie
Rockbald, of Jarretsvlle. Md This lady correspond
ent wrote about Kidney Wort's curative effects.
RHEUMATISM.
Nothing else would" tersely says Justice j. @.
Jewell of Woodbury.. VT. but Kidney Wort did cure
my three years rheumatism"
DYSPEPSIA.
Pa. says: ''Kidney-wort cured my dyspepsia. l had
t in it's worst forms, too"
WILLING OATH.
~ piU by Kidney Wort all the time" writes
Mr. j. r. Kaufman, Lancaster, Penn. (Al its patrons
do the same, Mr.. K.)
DELICATE COMPLAINTS.
Another lady, Mrs. j. B. Clark, Amitee City. La
writes Kidney Wort has cured me of habity,l
constipation, pain in the side. as well other
delicate complaints"
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A book agent named Toe Smyrk,
Was put olt and hurt 10y a jerk.
He says as cure,
st. Jacobs Oil is sure,
At all times to get in its work.
A lightning-rod man in st. Paul,
From house had serious fall,
Though battered and bruised,
He said. when he used
st. Jacobs Oil-"it simply beats all
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w. E. HuEsTIs, of Emporia Kansas, says
that his wife had been sick nearly seven years,
and for the last four months bedridden' She
has been treated by a number of physicians
and only grew worse. Her attention was
called to DIR. Pierce's "Golden Medical Dis
covery" and "Favorite Prescription" which
she commenced using. In one week she
could sit up, and in three weeks could walk
about By druggists.
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Young, middle aged, or old men, suffering
from nervous debility or kindred affections,
should address, with two stamps, for large
treatise, WoRLD's DIsPENsARY MEDICAL As
ISOLATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
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PuRrsr AND BEST coD-LIvER OIL, from selected
vers, on the seashore by Casweli, Hazard Il
Co., N. Y. Absolutelypu and sweet. Patients
who have once taken it prefer it to all others.
Physicians declare it superior to all other oils.
CHArPED HANDS, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York.
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r. V. PIERCE, NJ. D., Buffalo, N. Y: Dear
Sir-My wife has been taking your Golden
Medical Discovery" and "Pellets" for her
liver and general debility, and has found
them to be good medicines, and would recon-
plant, sour stomach and general debility.
Yours fraternally, N. L. HARMON,
Pastor M. Z. Church, Elsah, Ill.
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The American Sunday-school union
organized 1882 schools last year, with
10.176 teachers and 81, 749 scholars.
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The hygiene of quackery has done more to
aggravate dyspepsia by self-inficted starva-
ton than gluttony ever did. GAsTBINE cures
the worst forms of dyspepsia.
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natural oil, clearly, one that will not be-
come rancid, one that is penetrating one that
combines all these qualities is Carboline,
the most elegant hair-dresser and restorer.
Try it.
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ESSEX COUNTY, Va.-Mr. James R. Micon,
clerk, says: 81 have used Browns Iron Bit
tiers, and found it valuable for the purposes
which it claims"
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Horrid, yes it is. that we must suffer from
disease, but from heart disease, nervousness
and sleep essness, DR.. Graves Heart Regu-
lator will give you immediate relief; tlou-
sands say SO. 81 Per bottle at druggists.
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WARRENToN, N. C.-Rev. ]. e. G. Barham
says 81 used Browns Iron Bitters. 1t is
complete restorative, tonic and appetizer"
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Mrs. ]. s. Littell, Newark, j., was badly
afflicted with Bright's kidney disease. Three
26 New street, gave her DIR. Elmore's II. G. 1t
relieved her in day and cured her in 3 weeks.
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THERE are no less THAI ,06 locllities in
North Carolina where gJld is found.
Or. Graves Heart Regulator cures all forms
OF heart disease, nervoI ne 5, sleeplessihsss.
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2S Cent

"R0ugh on Corns.o
Ask for Wells Rough on Corns." 16c. Quick
relief; complete cure. Corns, warts, bunlOns.
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A man suffering from debility and loss of
appetite took two bottles of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, gained ten pounds and got well.
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A GERMAN syndicate wishes to buy 100000
acres of land in Tennes see and Kentucky.
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The Worlds Population.

The latest estimates by German
scientists of the total population of
the tn are, in round numbers, as
follows:
Australia. ............ 100000 inhabitants
Eu opa...............3l F 90 i.00J
A RIGA ............2C 5, 100000
America ............ s ,OUJ,0)0
Asia. 80 100000
Europe is the most densely popu
lated Of the continents; Asia contains
more than one-half of the inhabitants
Of the globe. As long rs there is evil
1sntly room for untold millions of
people, there need Q no fear of over
population. According to their relig-
ious creeds, the above 1,443,000000
may be classified thus: 2l2,000.000
Catholics. 124.000.000 Prote, tants,
84,C00000 Schismatics, 100000 Is
raelites. 200,000,000 Mohammedans,
l63,0O0,000 Brahmins, 423,000000
Buddhists, AMI 230,000,000 Papans.
The number of Christians aggrC gate,
therefore, 420,000,C0), the worshipers
of one God are less than one-half of
the inhabitants of the earth, and
82S.0O0,000 are given to idolatry.
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That Husband of Mine
Is three times the man he was before using
Wells Health Remover. 81. Druggists.
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Cool proceeding-An ice man clipping
with nice girl.
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AN apparatus has been patented to proven
boiler EXPLOSIONS.
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NEVER confide a secret to your relatives.
Blood will tell
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IMPATIENcE dries the blood sooner than
age or s 'rrow
Chrolithion collars and cuffs are cheapest
in the long run. They wear longer than any
other, aud you save cost of washing.
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SURMIsEs are not facts. Suspicious which
may be unjust need not BE- stated.
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good medicinal tonic, with real merit, is
Browns Iron Bitters.
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Will buy TREATISE ON THE Horse AND HIS
DISEASES. Book of 100 pages, valuable to
every owner of horses. Postage stamps taken.
Sent postpaid. New York HORSE Book Co..
1874 Leonard Street, New York City.
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General Debility and Liver

TORN jacket is soon mended, but hard
words bruise the heart of child.
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There are innumerable instances where cures have
been effected by Rosadalis for all diseases of the
blood. when they had been given by their physi
clans. It is Of the best remedies offered to
the public and it prepared with the greatest
rs specific for certain diseases it wonder that
1t should be effectual than hastily written and
earelessly prepared prescriptions made by incompe
tent physicians. Take this medicine for all dsor-
ders arising from impure blood. It is Endorsed by
leading professional men well as b. eminent
phys clans and others. Try 1t.
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HUNDRE of bu hels of tomatoes are
thrown away in Florida every season.