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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Yellow pine, hard finished in oil, rivals
susceptible of as high degree Of polish,
and is almost as indestructible. Even
hot grease will leave no stain upon it.
The probability is that it will be more
and more used for decorative purposes.
The supply of trees which yield gutta
percha has not kept pace with their de-
struction and some anxiety is felt upon
the subject. There is a growing demand
for the gum, as it is applied to an in
creasing number of purposes, and the
attention of the authorities is called to
the matter.
Brooklyn has the largest tin-box fac
tory in the country. A feature is the
manufacture of decorated tin-ware. This
consists of tin plate on whose surface
there is picture or other design. The
work is done by a tin ithographing
press similar to that employed upon
paper The decorated ware costs but
triAe more than the plain, and is in
great demand.
An ingenious microscopic has been try
Ing to compute the amount of infusorial
life inhabiting the bricks of old build
ngs long exposed to the weather. The
principal forms he has discovered consist
pf large bacilli and vibros, some of the
latter being peculiarly marked by longi-
udinal lines. He found myriads of these
organisms in a single deep-seated micro
scopic cavity.
A leather dealer, who has been over
and looked the thing up, says that French
ealfskin is better than ours chiefly be-
cause of better method of skinning the
animals. "Here we use knives. In
France they make hole in the skin,
insert the nose of bellows and actually
blow the skin from the flesh. Conse-
4uently their skins never show a scratch
and have no weak places. OF course,
there is good deal in the tanning, but
DOT all"
Professor Douglas, of the Michigan
State University, it is said, produces
amateur cyclones at will. He does it
by suspending a large copper plate by
silken cords. This plate is charged
heavily with. electricity, which hangs
down like bag underneath, and is rem
dered visible 10y the use Of arsenious acid
gas, which gives it green color. The
formation is miniature cyclone, as per-
feet as any started in the clouds. 1t is
funnelshaped and whirls around rapidly.
Passing this plate over a table, the five
cent cyclone snatches up copper cents,
pins, pith balls and other objects and
scatters them on all sides.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

named 20 the Democratic national
convention in the hope that they might be
adopted but that they were rejected, and
therefore: 1--WE will fight the battle Of the
people together in the best manner we can,
and ! pledge to you all that | have of re-
manning strength in declining years TO do all
that in me lies in bchilf of the principles
that you and l hold dear, and without
the early prevalence and adoption Of which
this gov eminent cannot stand In the
address to the Democrats Of Massachusetts,,
with which the letter closes, the writer says
that the Democratia national convention re
jected their principles and stunned their
platform, and h. would therefore unite
himself with the laboring men and the true
Democracy of the country to do his endeavor
with them to bring back the government into
control Of the people, and he invites every
good citizen of whatever political faith, to join
the Peoples party to purify and reform the
administration and redress the wrongs done
by OppreSsiye legislation
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29
hAIEu NEWS

FOUR Hungarans-two men and their
wives-were found with their skulls fractured
in shanty near Dubois, Penn. Robbery was
the motive of the crime.
A FIRE which broke out in a stable at
Cynthiana, KY, resulted in the death of one
mana stable hand-and thirteen blooded
horses valued at $4,000.
A SERIOUS negro uprising was reported to
Atlanta from Dawson, Terrell county, Ca
and the governor of Georgia ordered several
companies of militia to the scene of disturb
ance. A train conveying the military tc
Dawson was wrecked near that town by OBJ
structions that had been placed upon the
track. The trouble grew out of determine
ton on the part of the colored people to pre-
vent the hanging of negro who had been
sentenced to death for assaulting a white
woman.
THE Bank of Windsor, at Windsor, Va.
has suspended, but the depositors will prob
ably be paid i'll full.
INVESTIGATION shows that millions of acres
of the public domain in the West have been
illegally fenced in by cattle companies, while
additional millions have been fraudulently
entered at the government land offices, and
thus been taken possession of. In many cas- IS
entire counties have been illegally fenced in OF
fraudulently entered.
A WORLDS convention of the Young Mems
Christian associations has been held in Ber-
lin about sixty delegates from America at
tending.
ADvICEs from Western Africa say that
smallpox is raging at Coomassie, in Asian
tee. The king of the country recently died
and 800 subjects were killed at the funeral in
his honor A new king has been appointed
and the Ashantee chiefs have asked that the
country be annexed to the English possession
because of his notorious cruelty.
CHOLERA is on the increase in Italy, numer
Gus deaths and many new cases being re
ported in arious places daily.
THE Chinese arsenal at Foochow was de
stroyel aftera three hours bombardment by
Admiral Courbet's French squadron. The
firing began at two o'clock i'll the afternoon
and ceased at eight p. NJ. Seven Chinese
gunboats were sunk and two escaped. Only
one Chinese battery replied to the French
fire. but did no damage The European set
Element was undisturbed.
A FIRE in Rawa, Austria, destroyed SOC
houses and rendered 3 600 people homeless
Fire has also destroyed ia dwellings and 32i
farms in and about the large market town OF
Rozwadow, Austrian Galicia. The harvest
which had just been gathered, was all con
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29
WnsIlinplOn.

The civil service commission says that ow-
ing to the large number OF appointments
made in the departments it will be necessary
TO hold examinations in the Southern States
and some of the Northern States soon, as the
eligible registers are being rapidly depleted.
The States in which examinations are likely
to he earliest held are Alabama Arkansas
California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi
Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Texas and Wisconsin.
CAPTAIN HEALY, Of the United States
revenue steamer Corwin, lately cruising in
Behring's sea and the Arctic ocean, confirms
the reported loss of the schooner Alaska. with
all her company sixteen men, while on the
voyage from Goodwin bay to San Francisco
last October.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29
Making Ice in the Tropics.

In the tropical climate, far distant
from high mountains, as neither natural
snow nor ice can be obtained, recourse
Is had to the cold generated by evap-
Grafton and the comparative GOODNESS of
the air little before daybreak to man
ufacture ice in large quantities, and thus
to supply most grateful luxury at a
moderate price. Ice is thus simply man
ufactured in large way at Benares,
Allahabad and Calcutta, in the East
Indies, where natural ice has never been
seen.
On large, open plain an excavation
is made about thirty feet square and
TWO feet deep, on the bottom OF which
sugar cane or maize stems are evenly
strewed to the height of about eight
inches. On this bed are set rows of
small, shallow, ungazcd earthen pans.
SO porous that when filled with water
the outsides are Immediately covered
with thick dew oozing through them
Toward the dusk of the evening, the
pans, previously smeared with butter,
are filled with soft water, generally
boiled, and let remain there during the
night
In the moruing, before sunrise, the ice
makers attend and collect from each pan
crust OF ice, more or less thick, that ad-
heres to its inner side, and it is put into
baskets and carried without loss of time
to the common receptacle, which is deep
pit in high, dry situation, lined first
with straw and then with old blanketing,
where it is beaten down and congeals into
solid mass The crop of ice varies cx-
tremely, sometimes amounting to mere
than half the contents of the pan, at other
times scarcely pellicle. Clear and Sc
rene weather is the most favorable for its
production, whatever may be the sensible
heat OF the atmosphere, The cold gener-
ated by the rapid evaporation round every
part of the pan is the cause of this con.
gelation. In this way ices are secured
for the table. when the heat in the shade
is very commonly above 100 degrees.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

DYNAMITE explosion at Kazan, Russia,
attributed TO the nihilists, has resulted in
the death of 10 persons and the destruction
of several buildings.
A TERRIBLE plague of locusts has visited
central Spain, The damage TO crops is
placed at SlO,0O0,00J
SEVERAL ENJOYS Of FL Mahdi, the False
Prophet, have been murdered by hostile Arab
tribes.
HANS MAKART. the world famed Austrian
painter, has become insane
SEVENTEEN men We're drowned by an ac-
cident while working in an underground canal
intended to connect the rivers Disc aud Aisne
at Braye in France.
Ell MAHDI's rebel forces have defeated hos
tile Arab tribes. Corpses Of Arabs with their
hands tied behind their backs were seen float
ing down the Nile past Debbeh.
NATIVES Of the Zambesi country in East
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29
WAR.
The French Admiral Ordered TO At
tack Il Chinese Arsenal.

The trouble between France and China
arising out of the firing upon French troops
by Chin, S, forces after the settlement Of af
fairs in Tonquin, and the refusal of China to
pay the indemnity demanded by
France, has eliminated in orders
given by the French government which were
regarded rs declaration of war Admiral
Cuurbet, of the French fleet was instructed to
lombard the arsenal at Foo-Chow, and to
land "A detachment of troops and destroy
the war material and stores accumulated
there, which are of immense value.
This action was intended reprisal for
the action of the Chinese at Lang-Son. At the
same time the French off kelung were or
dered to occupy the port and the coal mines
as security for the indemnity demanded by
France. This indemnity, however, according
TO the pronouncement of member of the
Chinese diplomatic corps, who was inter
viewed, the French are not likely to get The
Chinese attache declared that the Pekin
government would never recognize
that it owed France a sou as indemnity fol
the Lang-so affair, which was pure misun-
derstanding. The bombardment of Kelung
and Foo-Chow he said, had only tended to in
tensify the determination TO resist Frances
demands Nicomte de Semalle the French
representative at Pekin, immediately after
lowering the French flag at the legation,
started for Shanghai
The London PdH Mall Gazette says: "China
will not issue declaration of war but will
inform France and the neutral powers
that she will regard repetition of
the Kelung incident or an attack on
the Chinese territory as ipSO JdctO e
declaration of war. China will ask the
other powers, and especially England
70 be strictly neutral. The English colony AZ
Hong Kong has been the base of operation
against Ionquin China expects that in case
the French attack is renewed the English colo
nlsts will lie warned of their duties 5 neu,
trail. 1t is quite certain that the Chinese will
immediately cross their southern frontier an'
invade Ionquin.n
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

Africa have revolted and mastered the en-
tire Portuguese force stationed in that region.
CHOLERA is decreasing at Marseilles and
Touon, but is increasing i'll the French prov
nces.
CHINA having absolutely refused to admit
Frances claims, the French charge d af-
flares was ordered by his government to quit
Pekin Immediately, and the Chinese minister
at Paris demanded and received his pass
port
FOURTEEN houses and shops belonging to
Jews in Eckaterinoslav, Russia, were demol-
ished by natives. The Jews defended them
selves vigorously. Two Jews and one Chris
tan were killed and MANY wounded.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

The shah Of Persia smokes a Pipe
valued al 10000
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-08-29

y The record of the twelve American Associ-
alton clubs at the end of the seventeenth week
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-17
Executors Sale of Real Estate.
In re Estate Of Ramon Bsnites, deceased.

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance Of the
terms and provisions Of the last will and Testa.
ment Of said decedent, admitted to probate on
the 26th day Of November, 1888, to which refer
ence n hereby made and OF the provisions Of
Section 1851 Of the Code Of Civil Procedure Of
the State Of California. the undersigned, Execu.
tor OF the said estate, will sell at private SALE to
the highest and best bidder, for cash. in gold
coin Of the United States Of America, and sub
iect TO confirmation by the Superior Court Of
Los Angeles county, on or after Wednesday. the
25th day Of June. 1884. all the right title, inter-
est and estate Of the said Ramon Benites. de-
ceased. at the time Of his death, and ali the
right, title and interest that said estate has, by
operation Of law or otherwise, acquired other
than or In addition 10 that OF the said intestate
at the time Of his death. in and to that certain
lot, situate, lying and being In the city OF Los
Angeles, county VI Los Angeles, State OF Califor-
na and more particularly described a. follows:
Commencing at the northeast corner OF Upper
Main and High Streets thence rorthery along
the east line Of said Upper Main street 6s feet.
little more or less, 70 the line Of lot Of Tononi;
thence easterly and along south line OF Ysabei X
de Tononi one hundred and FIVE feet Il feet);
thence southerly and parallel with the line OF
Main street. 81 feet, little more or less. to the
northeriy line Of High street; thence westerly
and along line Of high street.. one hundred and
Ave feet (lO5 feet) more or less, to place Of be-
ginning.
Cash. gold coin Of the Uoited States
Deed at expense OF purchaser.
Bids or offers may be made at any time after
the first publication Of this notice and before
making Of the sale.
All bids or offers must be In writing, and left
At the office OF Howard q Rebarts, attorneys at
law, room s, Wilcox Block, Los Angeles city, or
delivered personally to the undersigned.
VICENTE S0TELO,
Executor Of the estate OF Ramon Bentes. de-
ceased.
June Q, 1884. je7 I'm
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The w orst Is Past.

Al the January session OF the Paris
Academy of Sciences M. Faye read u
paper upon the present ERA Of Physical
Commotions, In which a startling list
of unusual phesomenon was recouDted.
Among them were the volcanic esplo-
sions Of Krakatoa, the immense sea-
waves and air.waves which have swept
around the globe, the strange celestial
lights and coIorations, the floods. lorna.
does, etc. The present summer in the
southern hemisphere has been cxcep'
tionally hot. These things coincide
with the obvious activity Of the sun. the
spots upon which have been both more
numerous and more continuous than for
many years.
Physicists say that the maximum IL
now past and that the suns activity is
diminishing. They agree that during
the past two years he must have rsdi-
ated upon the earth much greater
amount Of heat than usual, which would
have the effect OF larger evaporation
from all water surfaces, whence the rains
and floods. Whether or not the physic-
lists are right in their diagnosis Of the
cause Of the extraordinary physical
connections of recent months, there can
be no doubt OF the fact. Let us hope
also that their representations of dim
mutton will prove to be well grounded,
and that for once we may be blessed
with weather against which not even a
farmer can lift complaining voice.
Chicago News.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-17
Notice Of Application for Whar
Franchise.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
John Y. James, has fled with the Clerk OF the
Board OF Supervisors Of the county Of Los An
geles, State OF California, his petition In writing
asking said Board to grant him authority to con
struct wharf on lands bordering on the navi.
gable creek or arm Of the sea, variously known
~ wilmington Creek" Wilmington Channel,
"Wilminton Bay" San Pedro Creek" or the
Wilmington Breakwater and the Palos verdes
Rancho Tor the shore bounding the same), In the
said county OF Los Angeles, and also to construct
bridge or approach to the same, with license
TO take tolls for the Use OF said wharf for the
term Of twenty years; and that application will
be made by the undersigned 70 the said Board at
the Superyisors room, In the Court House, In
the city Of Los Angeles, In said county, on Mon
day, the 7th day Of July, A. d. 1884, at 10
o'clock A. NJ, for grant OF such authority with
said license. The location Of said proposed wharf
Is as follows: Commencing at q point from
which the southeastern corner OF the Pacific
Coast Steamship Companys wharf as now con-
structed in said creek, bears N. rs 20 E., dis
tant 449 feet; thence running s. 25' 90 w. 275
feet 10 the northeastern corner OF the wharf To-
cation OF W. II. Perry, described In the fran
chise granted TO him by said Board on January
sth, 1884, and recorded In Franchise Book 1,
pages SO ct seq; thence at right angles N. 81.
40 W. rs feet TO the northwestern corner Of said
wharf location Of W. II. Perry; thence at right
angles N 25' 20 =. 276 feet TO point; thence at
right angles 8. Ga 40 E. rs feet to the place Of
beginning. JOHN y. JAMES.
Dated at Los Angeles, June 9Th, 1884.
te7td
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AdmiDistratrix's Sale.

Noti,e 10 hereby given that In pursuance Of an
order Of the superior Court Of the county Of Los
Angeles, State Of California, made on the 9th
day Of May, 1884, In the matter Of the estate Of
Thos McLain, deceased, the undersigncd, I'D.
ministratrix Of the estate Of said deceased. will
sell on and after
saturday. the 9TH Day OF Jane,
1854,
At private sale, TO the highest bidder, for cash,
gold coin Of the United States, at the store oi
Thomas McLsin, In the town Of Fl Monte, cour
ty Of Los Angeles, the following personal prop
erty, t0-wit:
One general stock Of merchandise and store
fixtures. For detailed enumeration Of the ar
ticles Of said stock Of merchandise reference ID
hereby made 10 an inventory thereof filed as Ex
"A. to said order Of sale, and
Two mules, horses, colt, I COW. two-horse
wagon, . cultIvators, turn plow. breaking
plow. harrow, l set wagon harness, moving
machine. gang plow. 20 tons wheat hay, s tom
bavley hay, 100 sacks Of corn, 400 sacks Of bar
ley, 160 sacks Of rye, parlor set. bedroom set
set Of furniture, Q large oil paintings. Brus
sells carpets, wood seat chairs. wire safe and
hanging lamps. IDONIA McLAlh.
Administrstratrix Of said Estate.
May 9th. 1884 m2S lol
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-17
s. H. Hersam, Plaintiff,
VS..
Ira Nichols, Administrator, ct al,
Defendants.

The People Of the State Of California aend greet
ing to:
Ira Nichols. administrator, with will annexed,
Of estate OF Hiram Hersam, deceased, Mrs Sarah
Wallace, May Tucker, olive Tucker, Samual
Tucker, Mrs. Nancy Frost, Greenleaf Hersam.
Willard Hersam, Andrew Hersam, Angeline
Dunn, Arvila spaulding, Nathaniel Hersam.
Amanda Cummings, Lorano Tucker. defendants.
You are hereby required to appear In an action
brought against you by the above named plain
tiff In the Superior Court OF the State OF Califor
ma, in and for the county Of Los Angeles, and to
answer the complaint filed therein, within ten
days exclusive Of the day Of service), after the
service on you Of this Summons-if served within
this county; or, II served elsewhere, within thirty
days-or Judgment by default will be taken
against you according to the prayer Of said COM
plant.
The said action 10 brought to recover a
Judgement and decree against you and each OF
you in favor Of the plaintiff. S. H. Hersam, quiet
ing the title in and TO those certain tracts par
GELS Of land In the county OF Los Angeles and
8 ate OF California, being portions OF the Rancho
Santiago de Santa Ana and described as follows
First-E. ! Of lot 2. block b.. OF the tract sur
veyed by Il. X. Nichols In 1871, otherwise de-
scribed as <. Of the NV. Of the NE. !, Sec.
20, T. 4S., X. o W., s. b. NJ.
Second-Also twenty acres Of said Rancho
bounded as follows: Commencing at the SW.
corner Of land formerly owned by Joseph Martin.
thence W. 10 chains; thence N. 20 chains; thence
E. 10 chains thence s. 20 chains to the point-of
beginning.
Reference ID had TO complaint for particulars.
And you are hereby notified that II you fail to
appear and answer the said complaint as above
required, the said plaintiff will apply 10 the
Court for the relief demanded In the complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal Of the Su-
peror Court Of the State OF California. in and for
the county OF Los Angeles, this 5th day Of June,
In the year Of our Lord, one thousand eight
hundred and eghty-fo
TSesl.I A. W. POTTS.
Clerk.
By T.. II. OWEN, Deputy.
Bicknell & White. Attorneys for Plaintiff
jelO 2m
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Irrigation in India.

The India canals are distinctive
feature of the country. They are splen
didly built, being intended principally
for irrigation, having locks 80 as to make
navigation possible. The largest and
most important one is the Ganges Canal.
which cost the government over 2, ,000. 600
pounds sterling, 1t is about 800 miles
long, runs out of the Ganges and pro-
ceeds into the Ganges again. When the
subject Of building it was agitated, the
interesting natives vowed they would
never for an instant tolerate it, tapping
a. II did the sacred river of the Hindoos.
Then when the work was actually be-
gun they changed their tactics and
gravely declared that water would not
remain in or flow through the canal,
When the fallacy of this position was
shown, they receded from it and con
tented themselves with solemnly assert
ing that no native would ever avail him.
self Of the improvement. 1t is now in
full operation, however.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-06-17
Effect OF Potato-feeding.

My own observations in Ireland have
fully convinced me Of the wisdom Of
William Cobbett's denunciation of the
potato as = staple article Of food. The
bulk that has tp be eaten, and is eaten,
in order to sustain life, converts the
potato.feeder into mere assimilating
machine during large part of the day,
and renders him unfit for any kind of
vigorous mental or bodily exortion. II
l were the autocratic Gar of Ireland,
my first step toward the regeneration OF
the Irish people would be the introduce
tion, acclimatizing and dissemination Of
the Colorado beetle, in order to produce
q complete and permanent potato fam
inc. The effect of potato. feeding may
be studied by Watching the work Of n
potato-fed Irish smower or reaper who
comes across to work upon an English
farm where the harvest men are fed in
the farm house where beer is not exces-
sivo. The improvement of his working
powers after two or three weeks of En-.
glish feeding is comparable to that of Il
horse when fed upon corn, beans and
bay, after feeding for year on grass
only.-Popular Science for June.