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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

THERE are SIG, 423 insane people in Great
Britain.
THE population of the United States is now
51.0Jn000.
IT costs 800, 900 a week to run New Works
city government.
CHURCH bells are going out of use in every
large American city.
ONLY five States now have annual sessions
of their legislatures,
ONE-HALF of all the telegraph wires in
France are underground.
T. LINING in flats is now becoming more and
more popular in New York
WE have 5000 sailors, no armored ships
and no guns of any account.
SPAIN produces more lead than any other
country. America is second in rank
THE national debt is only twelve times as
large as that Of the city of New York.
MARSHAL p. WILDER estimates the
fruit cropof the country to be worth ) 40 ,OOO,-
900.
ALABAMAs coal fields, as yet practically
untouched, are half Us large as those Of Eng
land.
THE day schools of the city of New York
have 10000 pupils, and the night schools
12,O00
ABOUT 10000 of the |, 1890 employees i'll
the textile factories of Great Britain are UNI
der thirteen years old.
NEARLY 400 sugar estates in Cuba have
either been destroyed or abandoned by their
owners in the last decade.
THE total cranberry crop of 1883 is estimated
at 500 bushels, which is about 10000 bush
els less than the yield of 1884.
IL her workshops the United States en-
ploys nearly 100000 people, of whom
about 5000 are in wooden goods, 10000 in
silk goods, 10000 in cotton goods, and - 0C0
i'll carpets.
THE great Arizona canal, to carry water
from Salt River to the Aqua Fria, is nearly
finished. 1t is seven and one half feet deep,
twenty-sx wide on the bottom, forty miles
long and has cost S5OO,0OO
THE United States consumes about $780,
oOO,OOJ pounds Of starch per annum, and eX-
ports considerable quantity besides. In
diana produces about third OF all the corn
starch made i'll this country.
ONE of the best Ayrshire cows on exhibit
ton at the late New York State fair has
given $500 pounds of milk during the past
year or an average of upwards of ten quarts
day throughout the entire year
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07
GENERAL GORDON.
said 10 have been Captured by the
False Prophets Troops.

A dispatch from Carlo Egypt, says THE
Mahdi, in the beginning Of September, hear
ing Of the advance of the British forces,
made supreme effort to reduce Khartoum'
which place at the end of September was
surrounded by 10000 rebels. The supplies
failing, the garrison began to waver. A
deputation of officers complained bitterly to
General Gordon that they had been deceived
by promise of British assistance, and they
accused him of aiding in the deception.
The deputation also demanded that a re
treat be made to Dongola, and threatened
that If this action were not taken they would
join the Mahdi. General Gordon thereupon
consented to the plan proposed. Meanwhile
panic arose and 5000 soldiers and civilians
deserted in a body. Two thousand men re
manned faithful and embarked with General
Gordon. The rebels We're advised of what
had occurred, and harrassed the retreat to
Shendy, whore masses of rebels, provided
with artillery, disabled the hotilla,
Only Col. Stewards vessel succeeded in
passing Berber, aud shortly afterward it was
wrecked. The remainder of the hotillas was
Obliged to return southwark and ON reaching
Shendy the entire force was captured. About
the 9TH of October General Gordon was sent
under strong escort to the Mahdi's camp,
where he Is now close prisoner.
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Why Cochineal is so Costly.

The HOn-mongr, London, explains
why the beautiful cochineal and carmine
colors are so expensive. 1t says: One
of the best and most powerful animal
dyes used in the arts and manufactures
is the body of the female cochincal in
sect, dried. This insect exists on a
species of cactus. and when alive is
about the size of q ladybird, or perhaps
trihe smaller. 1t is wingless, rather
long, equally broad all over, and is
marked behind with deep missions and
wrinkles. 1t has six feet, which, curl.
ously enough, are only of use directly
after birth, and it secures itself to the
plant by means of a trunk, which is
found between the forefeet, and derives
its nourishment from the sap The male
cochlneal is like the female only during
the larva period. 1t changes to chry-
sails, and eventually appears as red flies.
The female deposits some thousands of
eggs, which she protects under her
DO ly until they are Matched, and on
the appearance of the young ones the pa
rent dies. While the young are in the
larva state, their sex cannot be determin-
ed. They lose their skins several times,
and while the female fixes herself on
the plant, the male, after getting over
the pupa state, is winged. Two or
three months is the extent of the life of
these little insects. They are gathered
before they lay eggs, and are then rich
in colorlng matter
Carm:ne is prepared from the cochi-
neal insect, the Coccus acti, which is col
lected by brushing the branches of the
cactus with the tail of Il squirrel or
other animal. This is very tedious
work. They are killed by immcrsing
them in boiling water, and this has to
be done or they would lay their egs,,
and thereby lose much of their value
There are many processes for preparing
the carmine. The French process
may be taken as an example. One
pound of powdered cochineal insects is
boiled for fifteen minutes in three GAL
Ions of water; one ounce of cream tartar
is then added, and the boiling is contin-
ued ten minutes longer; then one ounce
and half of powdered alum is thrown
in and the boiling continued for two
minutes longer The liquid is then
poured off and set aside for the carmine
to settle down, In other processes car.
Donate of soda for potash is used.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07
" asliingtOn.

THE President has appointed ex-Secretary
Hugh McCulloch to be secretary of the
treasury, and Secretary W. q. Gresham to be
circuit judge of the Seventh circuit. to
succeed Judge Thomas DrummOnd, resigned.
Mr.. McCulloch is a native of Maine, AMI n
graduate of Bowdon college He le,alne a
bank cashier and president in Indiana. Tres
ident Lincoln appointed him controller of the
currency, and he was made secretary Of the
treasury III March, 1865, retaining that office
until 1863.
DURING the past fiscal year the post Office
inspectors made $50 arrests. of which G9s
were for offences which were tried in United
States courts and 30 in State courts. Of the
former class of offenders there were 36 post
masters, ~ assistant pOstmasters. 81 clerks
i'll postoiiices, railway postal clerks % let
ter carriers, - mail carriers. 53 burglars
and 496 others charged with various offences
The convictions numbered 43J, and the ac.
quittals s., while l5l cases are awaiting
trial
IT is proposed to establish a new depart
ment of the government to embrace all the
scientific bureaus
SECRETARY MCCULLOCH visited the treas
ury department and qualified in the presence
of eX-Secretary Gresham and few others
THE grand jury of the criminal court Of
the District of Columbia. returned an mdict-
ment against James o. Z. Burnside, late dis
bursting officer of the poStoiiice department
1t is of thirty-two counts and charges the en-,
bezzlement of Sol ,Ol3,39.
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Buttered Flour.

A Connecticut company makes flour all
ready for baking biscuit or strawberry
shortcake; it only requires to be mixed
with milk or cold water and the batter is
ready for the oven. The process of its
manufacture is interesting. A quantity
of wheat flour is sifted and dumped into
large tub. Butter cut into large cubes
is added to the -four. Then the white
coated operator Weighs out certain mys.
tcrious quantities of baking soda and fine
table salt, which go to swell the contents
of the tub. Then the mixture is placed
IN a large, polished casll, which reyolyes
slowly III one direction, while a sort of
dasher inside moves in the opposite di-
rection. The cask revolves about thirty
minutes, at the end of which time it is
opened. 1t is found that the ingredients
have been thoroughly mixed; every par
ticle of moisture contained in the butter
has been evaporated and the mixture is
as fragrant as new mown hay. 1t is then
placed in bags and boxed for shipment.
XQTtJ0rd Times
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC

KING OSCAR, of Sweden, intends publish
ing his lectures on music.
MINNIE PALMER has a new comedy, called
"kittens, ready to 10 low MY Sweetheart
NINE. ALBANI will return to the United
States this year, but will not appear in opera.
NINE. ALBANI sang before Queen Victoria
and royal family several times lately at Bal
moral
IL London Ellen TerTy's salary is 1915
W elk; while in this country she is to be paid
s 100.
Miss AGNES HUNTINGTON, the contralto,
is about to set out upon q concert tour
through New England.
RAFAEL JosEFFY is giving piano recitals
and also appearing with the Philharmonic or
chestra in San Francisco.
The Carlos theatre in Naples is said to be
the largest, and La Scala, at Milan, the next
largest theatre in the world.
Mr. JEFFERSON intends to revisit England
next spring, and he will reapp,ar ON the Lon
don stage, probably rs Rip Van Wrinkle.
THEATRICALs are allowed in San Francis
CO, Chicago, Cincinnati, ST. Louis and New
Orleans ON Sunday, and nowhere else in this
country
A MILLIONAIRE Of Cologne has promised to
make the German tenor Goethe his sole heir
IT he sings in Cologne d. ring the millionaire's
lifetime.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07

her father. All that parental love could
suggest and wealth procure had been
lavished upon her, and when, like some
fair flower of the Orient, she had grown
almost unconsciously from tall, shy
girl into woman whose statueslue
beauty was not more attractive than the
queenly poise of her regal head and the
soft, winning tones of her voice, there
had come to Bricrton Villa suitors by the
score. But none had won her heart.
Kind alike to all, she gave each one
plainly to understand that friendship
was not love, esteem not affection.
And so the years went on with silent
tread until one evening at fete cham
petre given at her fathers house Gladys
had met Roscoe Nutwood. She was a
girl of strong perceptive faculties, being
frequently able to find pic in the pantry
when the hired girl had said there was
none there, and an instant after she had
been introduced to Roscoe she knew that
her future life was linked with his, and
that some day she would be his wife.
And the oracle of her soul had spoken
truly. Loving him with a passionate
alteration that knew no bounds, and APP
p"eciating in all its horrible intensity the
fact that her father, strong i'll the pride
of ancestry, would never consent to their
union, she had boldly leaped the barriers
of social prejudice and fled from home
and friends and kindred with the man
without whose loving words and cling
ing kisses her life held naught but desc
lation and sorrow.
"Herc is the paper, sweetheart, " said
Roscoe.
She glanced down the columns care
lessly, when suddenly her eye fell upon
something of absorbing interest. 1t was
an article concerning her clopement-the
sensation of the day. On and on she
read, until suddenly the peachy checks
grew white with a CHASTITY pallor, the
luminous eyes were dim with the mists
of sorrow, and the lines of her beautiful
cameo face were tense with agony.
4" IIcavens" exclaimed Roscoe, taking
her in his arms, "what has happened! J"
Papa has been interviewed" she
gasped between the convulsivc sobs that
almost choked her utterance," and he
has taken an awful revenge"
What has he done" asks the hus-
band
"ITe has," exclaims the girl, "given
my exact age - Chicago Tribune.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07
VICTIMS OF FIRE DAMP.
Fourteen Men Killed i'm Penn
sylvania Mine.
Pitiful Scenes When the Bodies
Were Recovered,

An explosion of fire damp in a coal mine
near Youngstown, Penn, resulted in the
death of fourteen miners and serious injuries
to four others. Six Of the miners were taken
out soon after the disaster. Two of them
were dead, and two of them fatally injured
The efforts to reach the other men were con
tinued throughout the night, and by morning
the dead bodies of twelve of them had
been brought out This made fourteen dea l.
The scene at the mouth of the pit as the dis
figured bodies were brought to the surface"
and given to their widows and relatives was
very distressing. The mine was inspecte
every morning, and whenever the presence o.
fire damp was detected the men
were not admitted to the min"
until the gas had been expelled
The officials say this rule was rigidly Ell.
forced. But it is asserted by the miners that
the company discharged n competent fire boss
about two months ago, and has since EN-
Tloyed one who was not competent to deter
mine whether the mine was safe or not.
The names of the killed are Joseph Selbley
married; Solomon Van Sicale, married; vii
liam Minor, married; James Price, father, and
James Price, SON. Thomas Cole, married; Jesse
Miller. father, and Jesse Miller, son; H. Sane.
rope rider, married. Albert Taylor, Abe vii
son, married. Frank Mellow father, and Willie
Mellow, son, married, and George Cunningham
Taylor and cunningham were found locked
in each others arms and their faces were IN
the water. The dead men were found in
every conceivable position. Most of them
were suffocated by the after damp. Som
were burned to a crisp and others were badly
bruised by being knocked against the sides of
the pile.
These persons were saved, but were moro
or less burned and bruised Welsh Kefier.
Frank Miller, Jacob Cole, David Cole, James
Darby, Jerry Ringer and Chauncey Wisoo
The two latter may yet die. Wilson's right
arm is broken and his face burned to a crisp
The explosion shook the earth for more tina
a mile
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A Terrible Revenge.
"Kiss me again"

kiss me again"
Tender and true were the great brown
eyes that looked so trustfully into those
of Richard Irwin as these words were
spoken, and as he gazed long and low
ingly into their liquid depths there came
to him with terrible force the realization
of how much this girl lad suffered, how
much she had given up, and how much
she was yet to undergo for his sake.
They had been married but three DAYS,
these two, and their story was the old,
old one of that most priceless treasure
the pure and passionles5 love of a true
and noble woman being bestowed upon
one whose social status was beneath that of
her whom the mysterious and potent in
fluence of an unchanging affection had
drawn to his side. GLADYS Hathaway
was girl fair of feature and beautiful
of form, and since the day when her
mother-dying almost at the moment
OF her greatest joy-had placed in her
husbands arms the tiny waif of humanity
whose entrance into the world had been
the cause OF 50 much sorrow, and told
him to guard and cherish it for her sake,
she had been alike the joy and idol of
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

THE Aston family pays $4,000 taxes in
New York City.
SIR MOSES MoNTEFIoRE, the centenarian
has 81 grandchildren.
GEORGE BANCROFT, the historian, was sec
rotary OF the navy under Polk.
Mrs. LANGTRY is coming money in Eng
land and is admired as much as ever.
Mrs. POLK, the widow of the ex-President,
and her daughter are now in Washington.
HERBERT SPENCER's work on education is
being translated into Chinese. There is also
Japanese rendition.
THE two daughters of John Bell the presi-
dental candidate of 1860, are keeping young
ladies' academy on Chestnut Hill, Boston
Two of the present governors of the South
-Governors Cameron, of Virginia, and Bate,
of Tennessee-began life on their own account
as clerks on Mississippi river steamboats,.
A REMARKABLY strong likeness is observed
between Queen Victoria and her grand
daughter Victoria Alexandra Olga Mary of
Wales, who is now about sixteen years of
age.
GOVERNOR CLICK, of Kansas, has been
presented with mammoth potato by one of
his rural constituents II measures twelve
inches in length by twenty-one in circumfer-
ence
KING KALAKAUA is said to be close
student, spending the greater part of his time
in his library reading and writing On al
matters of Hawaiian history he is an au-
thority.
LIEUTENANT GREEDY proposes paying a
visit to England soon as his health is re-
stored, TO arrange for the simultaneous pub
LEGATION there and i'll America of his work on
Arctic exploration.
SIR MOSES MoNTEFIoRE, the Hebrew
banker and philanthropist now 100 years old,
has renewed his contract with his secretary
for three years. He would have made the
time for ten years, but is afraid the secretary
might not live that long.
Col. EDWARD RICHARDSON, the President
of the New Orleans Exhibition has twenty
three cotton plantations under successful OPP
GRAFTON in Washington and Issaquena coun-
ties Each place has from 200 TO ., 900 acres,
and there is a laborer to every ten acres.
JULES FERRY, the present Premier of
France was educated for lawyer, and first
made his mark as a journalist. His early
articles, written when the Liberal press was
not in favor with the government, subjected
him to considerable persecution, One piece
won for him q fine of S2,400
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07
A BURNING FACTORY.
Thrilling Scenes ut a Fire i'm Chicago
a H1crO's Death.

The large brick building at Lasalle and
Michigan streets, Chicago caught fire at
about noon, The building was a five-story
structure, occupied by SchnaLel q Co.,
barbed wire manufacturers, Campbell
Printing Press company, Dauheizer
Bros, chewing gum manufacturers,
and W. f. Fishers cigar box
factory. The latter was on the top story.
and employed twenty-one men AMI eighteen
girls. The foreman of the shop, James Carr,
got all of the thirty-seven souls together in
good order, and coolly led them to the fire
proof stairs and safely to the ground.
Troubled with doubt as to whether any
were left behind Carr quickly returned to
the fifth story but remained Il few moments
too late, as the flames had cut of every ave
nue. of escape. He hurried to the roof, and,
amid the wild excitement of the thousands
OF people below, rope was thrown to him
from the building on the opposite side
of the street, and, making it fast, he
began his perilous descent, while the
hremen held heavy tarpauiin beneath.
Suddenly the rope snapped under the mans
weight, or was burned by the bursts of flame,
and Carr shot downward, head foremost,
and, TO the horror of the crowd of people,
went directly through the tarpaulin, and
was picked up from the stones with his neck
broken and manSled almost beyond recogni-
ton.
Another thrilling scene meanwhile was
taking place at the fire escape from the chew
ing gum factory. Eighteen girls, panic
stricken, came down peilmell. and when
within twenty-five feet of the ground the
last eight jumped to the pavement, failing in
confused heap. Fortunately only three
were seriously injured they receiving painful
cuts and bruises, The loss will reach 500, COO.
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A TERRIBLE TYPEOJN.
early OneHaIf of NOtOh ar n,
Japan. Swept Away.

The steamer Arabic which has arrived at
San Francisco from China and Japan, brings
lie following additional details of the great
yphoon of September Is, which caused such
erible destruction of life and property at
okohama and Toxic. The storm
anne up so rapidly and with such
tremendous fury that no precautions
'ould be taken. In Yokohama the en-
ire lower part of the city, called the settle
'aent," was completely wrecked No house
was left standing The inhabitants made no
attempt to save their property, but fled for
their lives TO escape drowning from the rush
ing waters driven upon land by the fury Of
the wind The newspapers make
no attempt to furnish details of
he destruction in that part of the city. They
summarize by saying as the settlemel It was
it is useless to publish any details.
The higher portions of the city, being more
exposed, were equally unfortunate. Several
Of the largest and most substantial buildings
ere swept away as if built of pasteboard
IN that section alone l9S houses were
Destroyed and 800 damaged. The loss
f life on shore was less than at sea. Out of
eighty sailing vessels, fifty-th were lost,
with 223 persons ON board Twelve vessels,
with 20 persons, are also missing. OF five
iifeboats that went to rescue drowning crews
four were swamped and ten men of their
crews were drowned. The typhoon is the
everest experienced since 1870
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LOST IN A HURRICANE.
Three American Vessels Wrecked
Loss OS Life.


A heavy storm, in places reaching the pro
portions of a hurricane, swept over the ives
terly part of the Bahamas from the 10th to
the 10th ult., causing considerable damage to
growing crops and fruit plantations, and dis
astrous to ships at sea A number of YES
sells engaged in sponging and nterinsular
commerce are known to be lost
The American tern schooner Jonathan
Knight, of Philadelphia, Malloy, master.
which sailed from that port bound for New
Orleans with a cargo of coal, encountered
the gale Off Abaco, and her steering APP
paratus getting out of order, she
went upon the reef at Palmetto
Point, Eleuthera, at midnight, and
became total wreck. Her boats were
stove in, her masts and rigging Went by the
board, and all but two OF her crew were
drowned. Thomas Severt, second mate, and
Anders Petersen a seaman, managed to reach
shore on the cover of a hatch. The names of
the lost are: Malloy, master; James Maloy
son of the captain, mate; steward, name
unknown, and Seamen Martin, Floyd, Au-
gust Hogan and John Nelson,
On the 10th The ste. portion of schooner
came ashore about six miles north of Green
Turtle Bay, Abaco, and from letters upon
the woodwork there is little doubt that 1t is
part of lie schooner San Bias, of Bal ,imore.
engaged in til, fruit trade The adjacent
each was strewn with cocoanuts, probably
part of the We 'sels cargo. Nothing has been
heard of her crew.
The 330-ton tern schooner F. A. Server, OF
Philadelphia, CAP tain Spaldwn, with
cargo OF coal from Baltimore, from Aspin-
wall, sprung leak and was abandoned at
sea Off Harbor Island The captain and
crew reached Dunmoretown in the boat.