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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The Germans now make from paper
pulp the most delicate wheels for
watches.
A very thin coating of glycerine will
prevent frost or steam gathering on a
window pane.
In France SYMPTOMS of poisoning have
followed the eating of vegetables grown
on soil which had been treated with
chemical poisons to destroy the phyl-
loxera Insect of the grape vines
A writer in Science reports discovering
within a common pumpkin some of its
seeds already terminated. The cauli-
Giles were from one to three inches in
length, while some of the rootlets were
over seven inches.
Late Belgian experiments have had the
object of preserving wood by eXhaustlng
the air from the pores and causing liquid
gutta percha to take its place. The
gutta pcrcha is liqueted by being heated
with parailine, and it hardeus on cooling
after being introduced into the wood.
According to Sir Trevor Lawrence, NJ.
p, there is a collector of orchids in Eng
land who employs fourteen pers MS
costing about $1,000 year-to search
for new species and varieties in different
parts of the world. lie has two acres of
the plants under glass, and his total an
nual expenditure on orchids is nearly
100000
1t has been demonstrated by DR.. Hans
Molisch that the roots of plants may be
DETECTED from their normal direction by
exposure on one side to certain gases. If
such gases are in moderate quantities
the roots bend away from their sources !;
if in proper quantities, toward such
source. The side Of the root exposed 10
the action of the gas grows more strong
ly than the other.
VI. A. Hannah saws that lead pipes
ought TO be entirely disused as conduc-
tors of drinking water The water takes
up particles of lead, not only by the me.
chanical action of friction, but, by atlin-
ity of some of its constituents, attacks
the metal itself and lead carbonate re-
suits. These minute particles of lead
introduced into the system causes an;e-
mia, and consequently defective nutri-
ton.
! Some remarkable illustrations of the
power Of plants to adapt themselves to
diverse conditions have been furnished
by the observations of Senior LcdislaC
Netto, of Rio Janelro. One plant
Strychnos triplienervia- was found grow
ing in an open space as bush about six
feet high, while another specimen of the
same species was seen in the shade o
some woods only few yards away as {
vine sixty feet in length. Other plant
were allowed to become vines of consid
cradle length in the dense Brazilian for
ests, and at once began to change thei
appearance to that of shrubs on being
given free exposure to the sunlight.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
On Time.

The sun dial was the first time meas
urer.
The Romans used water clocks in 100
B. c.
The hardest clock to keep wound is an
eight day one.
Charles Harris, of London, invented
the pendulum in 1G41.
Clocks which keep excellent time may
be bought for one dollar.
In 1920 the first striking clock was in
vented by Cisterican monk.
The style of modern fashionable
clocks is that of our grandfathers.
The first wooden clock made in this
country was by james Harrison in
1890.
In 1864 Henri de Wyck built Il clock
in the palace of King Charles " of
France.
The highest priced parlor clock in
America is owned by a Wall street man.
1t was made in New York and cost $34,
600
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
How Condensed Milk is Made.

When the milk is brought to the fac.
tory it is carefully strained, placed in
cans or pals, which are put into Il tank
of water kept hot by steam coils. When
hot, it is transferred to larger, steam
heated, open vessels, and quickly brought
to a boil This preliminary heating and
of the gases of milk, which would
cause it to foam in the vacuum pan, and
also to add to the keeping quality of tho
milk by destroying the mold germs.
A second straining follows, after which
the milk is transferred to vacuum pan,
where, at temperature below 1870 de-
grees Fahrenheit, it boils and is rapidly
concentrated to any degree desired.
The vacuum pan employed is close
vessel of copper, egg shaped, about six
feet in diameter 1t is heated by steam
coils within and by a steam jacket with
out, closing the lower portion. In one
side of the dome is a small window
through which the gas illumines the in
terror, while on the opposite side is an
eye -glass, through which the condition
of the contents is observed. The pan
is also provided with n vacuum guage
and test sticks.
Much of the milk used in the cities is
simply concentrated, without any addi-
ton Of sugar. The process of concen-
traton is continued in the vacuum pan
until one gallon of milk has been re-
duced to less than quart, Condensed
milk intended to be preserved for any
| length of time has an addition OF pure
cane sugar made to it during the boiling,
and is usually put up in sealed cans.
This sugared or preserved milk, when
prepared, will keep for many years.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
Hanging Makes the Muscles Rigid.

1t is strange how little steady pres
sure on the windpipe affects people. OF
course it chokes them, but that is no
reason why they shouldn't be able to
move their limbs. They seem to loose
all control over their muscles and give
right in. remember case that occurred
in Brookville, Me-, when l was young
man. A woman, the wife of u wealthy
sea captain, threw skein of yarn over
the top of an open door one day. and
sticking her head through the blight that
hung down doubled up her knees so her
feet could not touch and remained in that
position until she choked to death. One
would naturally think that when she be-
came unconscious her muscles would re-
lax and allow her feet to drop to the floor
but such was not the case. Hanging or
choking seems to make every muscle as
rigid as iron. Boston Globe.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
care Of Plants.

Basket plants often suffer from too
much or too little water If from too
little, the leaves curl or fall, and the
plants have dried up appearance. If
too much, they get yellow and drop of.
As rule, q basket in warm room
should be taken down once a week, and
soaked in bucket of water, then
drained and hung up again. Every day
during the rest OF the week little water
may be given the plants, and something
put under to catch the drip. Some
baskets have no provision for the escape
of moisture These are dangerous.
Still some people manage to watch close
", and do well with them. Fern cases
do best when given little sun; for,
though ferns ore supposed to grow natur-
ally in shady spots, it is because there is
generally a more humid atmosphere
there If they can get this moisture,
they rather like light.
Insects are apt to be troublesome in
greenhouses particularly red spider,
green fly and mealy bug. A free use of
The syringe is good preventive. Tobac-
co smoke, in two CT three light Doses is
still the best thing for the green fly. The
red spider fortunately, shows his depreda-
ton more villainously than most insects
light yellow lines or spots marking al
most at once the scenes of its derrcda-
tons. If one has good eyes, the finger
and thumb will keep him down, as a
slight and rapid passing of the fingers
over the leaves easily brushes his little
body. When he becomes an 'army with
banners" more scientific approaches mus
be made to give any show of success. II
is not often, however, that one who
thoroughly understands plants suffer:
much from insects. He or she seems t.
have an intuitive knowledge on the frs
appearance of an insect enemy that some
thing is wrong, and the foe is subdueC
before it has time to leave an extensiy,
progeny behind. - Gardeners Nonthy.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

possible package for apples. Il is too
large, occupies more room than it should
in shipping, and finally in the cellar is
the most inconvenient possible receptacle
for examining the fruit. Apples will
probably continue for time to be sold
in barrels, but farmers putting them in
their own cellars will prefer to keep ap-
pies on shelves or in shallow boxes,
where they can be easily examined, and
thse decayed fruit will be removed.
The green color in potatoes is properly
objected to by consumers, who regard
them as poisonous. They err, however,
in attributing the green color to the
poison used in destroying the beetle.
The tuber is made green by exposure to
the sun, and is poisonous just as potato
tops are when green. In this condition
potatoes are unfit for food, but are better
for seed than those grown deeper in the
soil. 1t is a good plan to place potatoes
intended for seed in as light a place as
possible TWO or three weeks before plant.
ing.
Professor j. L. Budd says that the
usual plan of digging our trees which
have been girdled by rabbits and mice,
and replacing them with trees from the
nursery, is, as a rule, not the best way.
If the tree is only partially girdled,
cover the wound with moistened clay
from the cellar, or elsewhere, with a rag
tied over it. About the 1st of June
take off the rag and connect the bark
above and below the wound by one or
more scions. Slope the scion at each
end, as for root grating. and spring it
into incsions made in the bark above
and below the wound.
A body of trees on hill makes bet
ter wind break than one on lower ground
but if the trees are left by cutting away
the surrounding forest, few of them will
stand after two or three years exposure to
heavy winds. The roots of trees grow
ing in forests do not run as deeply or
as widely as where they have more room
for development. In planting wind.
break there should be a mixture of ever
green and deCiduous trees The latter
are needed to protect the evergreens,
which. whel small are less hardy thar
| they become with age.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
A Nation Ruined By n Spider.

1t is said that when spiders are seen
crawling more abundantly and conspicu-
ously than usual upon the indoor walls
of houses rain may shortly be expected.
But tho following anecdote intmatcs
that some Of their habits are the equally
certain indication of frost being at hand /:
Toward the end of the last centery Quar-.
termaster Disionval, seeking to beguie
the tedium OF his prison hours at Utrecht
had studied attentively the habits of the
spider, and eight years of Imprisonment
had given him leisure to be well versed
in its ways. In December of 1894 the
French army, on whose success his
restoration to liberty depended, was in
Holland, and victory seemed certain if
the frost, which then ragged with unpre-
cedented severity, continued. The
Dutch envoy had failed to negotiate o
peace, and Holland was in despair,
when the frost suddenly broke. The
Dutch were now exulting and the
French generals prepared to retreat; but
the spider warned Disjonval that the
thaw would be of short duration, an d he
knew that his weather monitor never de
ceived him. He contrived, according
w, to communicate with the French
general, who duly estimated his charac
ter and at once relied upon his assur-
ance that within few days the water
weuld again be passable by troops, The
retreat was DELAYED. Within twelve
days the frost had returned, and the
French army triumphed. Disionval was
Immediately liberated, the spider having
brought down ruin on his Dutch OPP
| pressors.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
Maryland, my Maryland"

Pretty Wives,
Lovely daughters and noble men"
"My farm lies in a rather low and MAS
matte situation, and
"My wifel"
"Whoy"
"Was a very pretty bondel"
Twenty years ago became
"Sallowln
''Hollow-eyedI"
"Withered and agedl'
Before her time, from
"Malarial vapors, though she made no
particular complaint, not being Of the
grumpy kind, yet causing me great uneas
ness.
IA short time ago I purchased your re IN
edy for one of the children, who had very
severe attack of biliousness, and it occurred
to me that the remedy might help my wife
as found that our little girl upon recovery
had
"Lostln
Her sallowness, and looked as fresh as a
new blown daisy Well, the story is soon
told. My wife, today. has gained her old
timed beauty with compound interest, and
is now rs handsome matron df / do say it
myself as can be found in this county, which
is noted for pretty women. And have only
Hop Bitters to thank for it.
"The dear creature just looked over my
shoulder, and says, 1 can aatter equal to
the days of our courtship,' and that reminds
me there might be more pretty tcices il my
brother farmers would do as l have DONE
Hoping you may long be spared to do good
l thankfully remain,
G. L. JAMES,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

t-6s~ None genuine without bunch of green
Hops on the white label Shun all the vile,
poisonous stuff with Hop" or Hops in
their name.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

An acre of ground packed as tightly
as at political meeting, somebody has
figured out, will hold -, 900 people.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
Purifv the Blood,

Thus prevent the return Of the disease, FANORlTE
REMEDY was given, and Mr.. Ellsworth is in in the
bloom of health to this day. FANORITE REMEDY
is also great protection from attacks that originate
In change of life, seas ms and climate. To women
FAVOKITE REMEDY proves a real blessing.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

Young ladies now..wear scarf pins SINH
lar TO the men.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23

BELTsviLLE, Prince George Co, Nd, !
May 26, 1855.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
SEM STRLE WIFE.

Mt. Washington II. Monroe, OF CatskilI, n. y,
says: "for Years l suffered from compai
called gravel. I employed the best medical talent
without obtaining any help. My wife Wished me to
please her did, and state the result in one sen
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
OMSTlP ATlOM.

81 suffered from paralysis of the bowels and liver
compliant. ] finally used DIR. DAVID kENNE-
DY'S FAvORlTE REMEDY, and in my opinion it
saved my life Yours, etc, "A.J. CLIFFORD"
Mr. Clifford Is the Master Mechanic of the Lowell
ct ,.,cth a Roe e. 4
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
FAVORITE
COM PLETE CURE

OF Second Lieutenant Key and vile, OF New Jef-
sey-Ihe wife of second Lieutenant Key, Company
q, Third New Jersey Regiment says, under date
March 1st 1884 "Two years ago myself and hus
band were taken down with malaria fever. After
consulting our family physician, and finding no
relief we tried Or DAVID KENNEDI'S FA-
voR1TE REMEDY, and it has completely cured us
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-23
AMPUTATiON.

Mr.. A. Eleworth, of Port Even, n. Y, suffered
for TWENTY FIVE YEARS from disease Of the
thigh bone, carscd by impure blood. lie finally ap-
piled to Dr. Kennedy, of Rondout, n. Y, who am
putated the leg near the thigh joint To
National Republican., 1885-06-16

William Il. jenkins, of New York, has
published in French little book for be-
ginners, entitled "Easy and Amusing Read
ing and Rotations" A translation OF
few of them will not be wholly devoid Of
entertainment, since they seem to lose none
Of their piquancy thereby. One, entitled
ga Bargain," reads;
An old miscr made to come medicine
for to see his wife very sick. The medi-
cine, who knew his man, demanded to
arrange beforehand for his pay. $50 be it,
SAYS the miser, ~ YOU win give 200 francs,
whether you win XIII my wife or that you
her ucre.n
The medicine accepted, but unhappy his
services the woman died. Some time after
he came to claim his money.
"What moneyW says the misor. "llave
You cured my wifeW
HNo, her have not Cured.n
"Thcn YOU her have killedW
"KillcdY Oh, what horror. You know
well that not"
"Ah, well, since you her have neither
cured nor killed, what ask you 2p
One, entitled "The Children Is as fol-
lows
Lilly had turned since sometimes IN her
chamber, and she herself slept not until the
hour had passed.
"My little one,n said the mother. ~ thou
win give five sous If thou art asleep In five
minutes.n
80, mamma, wishes thou to be very kind ?
Say ten minutes and give me ten sous.p
The following is told as an anecdote of
President Lincoln, which, in the dress of the
French tongue, gives IL zest not appre-
ciated in English
At the greater stress Of the war civil, q
farmer from near Richmond came himself
to complain to Lincoln of some depreciation
committed 10y some soldiers of the Union.
~ not can me occupy Of these details "
says Lincoln "twenty Presidents it would
not suffice"
"Giye me at least linc," insisted the
farmer, "for the Col. Quinny."
"You me make reminder,n says Lincoln,
''of little history arrived at pilot In the
Illinois. The boat which he guided was in
the midst Of rapids dangerous. All his at
tention was concentrated on his rudder He
himself felt drawn by the end of his coat.
what is 1t that he there hasS' says he, with
out at the same turning the head. Say,
now, captain replied voice of infant,
stop the boat minute for to recover my
ball, which went to fall In the water.'n
Here Is an anecdote OF the kitchen
"Josephine, your coffee is any good to-
day, more strong than of usual"
"Ah, sir, me am deceived; you have
given that which was intended Tor the
Kitchen"
Another is given at the expense of child
hood:
Lilly goes to the school, but she herself
there amuses not much. Her uncle her in
tcrrogated:
chilly, what makest thou at the SCHOOL,
knowcst thou to read littlc?h
Lilly shook the head.
"Knowest thou to write?n
Lilly recommended to shake the head
"Thcn what is It that thou then dostgn
EsT0 I on IN rpppss -
National Republican., 1885-06-16

The machinery for scaling and backing the
treasury notes will in the future be brought
from tho bureau of engraving and printing to
the Treasury Department building, and the
work will be done there hereafter.
The third division of the pension ollice began
moving from the building on Thirteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue yesterday morning.
The board of visitors of the government
asylum have reported that the charges of gross
fivoritism arc uniounded.
The result of the Smith court OF inquiry will
be mado public to-day.
Commissioner Colmun yesterday announced
10 the force Of the statistical bureau of the agri
cultural department, numbering twenly.One
persons of both sexes that thero would remain
no money TO pay their salaries after tho 10Th
instant They were furloughed, without pay,
from the Goth instant until the list of July.
The issue of standard silver dollars from the
mints during the week ended Friday was
S5ll 800. The issue for the corresponding period
of last year wns SB2i, ,O9S
The Secretary of the Treasury has approved
of the sites selected for the new public buildings
at Clarksburg, w. Va, and at New Albany,
Ind. The former is Mt the corner of Pike and
Third streets, and cost So, 500 and the latter Is
ut the corner of Pearl aud Upper Spring streets,
and cost Sli, 600.
The comptroller of the currency has mp
pointed Benjamin $. W. Clark and Samuel II.
Taylor to be national bank examiners, tho
former for duty in New York md the latter In
Indiana.
National Republican., 1885-06-16

EVER since the national government was
located here the District OF Columbia has
been used as sort of government expert
mental garden-a place to try new theories
and unique notions. Following this old
nile the weather bureau appears to have
ated up batch of weather as hot as the
urDace- in which Shadrach, Meshack, and
Abednego were exposed, and to be trying
it on this community with view TO ascer-
tanning the limit of human endurance.
National Republican., 1885-06-16

FROM the tenor of numerous editorial
lectures and cxhortatlons in few good
little Democratic organs, It might be in
ferred that the chief occupation of Demo-
cratic statesmen was telling lies to the
President, We do not believe there is any
Just proyocation for such onslaughts on
the veracity of the public men Of the Pres.
ident's party. The explanation of the
lectures and exhortatlons is that these good
little organs are so simple and truthful THAI
one or two tiny white lies-mere fibs-
produce shocking sensation in their pure
minds, and loom up ike whole battalion
OF Infamous falsehoods.
National Republican., 1885-06-16

Democratic editors who have never for
given Dennis for the failure Of Tilden to
"cipher" himself in. SO confused, how
ever, are the comments Of the defunct Den
MISS assailants, so mixed and mingled are
"The Fraud" and the dcmllohn, that one is
at q loss to determine whether this sudden
up-growlng Of rage is based in honest detes-
tation Of Dennis's waste of whisky or is o
tribute to the part he bore IN the election Of
r. B. Hayes to the presidency.
National Republican., 1885-06-16

LESS than eight months ago Carter Har-
Iison was the man whom the Illinois Demo.
Gratis delighted to honor They rallied
round him with unstinted enthusiasm and
came near making him governor of the
state. It will not be asserted In any quar-
ter that the Illinois Democrats are not
fairly representative of the National Demo-
cratic party-fairly representative in brains,
character, policies, and methods. Carter
Harrison Is precisely the same man to-day
that he was eight months ago, and is, there
fore, the idol Of the Democrats of Illinois.
To condemn him is to condemn them to
Ncondomn them is to put equal condemnar
ton ON the party at large.
National Republican., 1885-06-16

The New York Tribune in its weekly
"Money and Business review admits the
disagreeatle fact that if the yield of wheat
proves not more than 100000, 900 bushels,
on lj2,OO00O bushels less than In 1884, Il
great many farmers will be left without the
means to make the ordinary purchases of
domestic products, and u great many more
will he unable to meet obligations pre-
yiously created.
National Republican., 1885-06-16
Intorcsting 20 Murwnmns.

II our prodigal friends, the Mugwumps,
came back from their diet of Republican
husks asking to be allowed to enter the
Democracy in the true spirit Of their proto.
type--if they came humbly, asking oDe but
us our hired servants until the time of their
publication had expired, then would we he
willing TO sit in the background and see
them devour the fattcd calf But when
they begin at once to swing on the front gate,
and TO assume the management OF the en-
tire farm, we object TO their having even Il
shankbone for soup.-S. Louis Republican
UgJU !
National Republican., 1885-06-16

Gen. Carman, late chief clerk Of tho depart
mont of agriculture, made au argument before
the first comptroller Of the treasury yesterday
in support OF the accounts of that department
for tho purchase OF seeds lie contendcd that
the action of the commissioner In purchasing
seed from the experimental fund was proper
and legitimate, and was In accordance with
tho practice OF the department. similar ac-
counting officers; and Con. CaTman therefore
contonded that tho expenditures In dispute
were clearly supported by preeedentI The
first comptroller will make his decision in q
fcW dlys
National Republican., 1885-06-16

"Too much sectionGlism" is the average
Democratic comment on the Ohio Republl-
can platform. The explanation Is not diff
fcult. When nnti-war Democrats aud cy-
oonicderates are being put into all the
high places in the government, and the ex-
soldiers Of the Union army are being
carefully Disseminated against, it is
natural that a revival of sectional
feeling should happen in Ohio. 1t
is to lie regretted that the cause exists, but
since does exist itiswCll that the sterling
Union men Of Ohio are ready to meet the
emergency.