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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
Electric Light BuOys.

The lighthouse board is about to under
take experiments which will have an i'm
portant bearing on the Lighting of dam
gerous points in our rivers and harbors.
1t is nothing less than the lighting of
buoys by electricity. The method at
present in use for Illuminating buoys con-
sists in supplying them with oil or gas.
With both of these it is necessary to re-
plenish the source of illumination peri
odically, and this means additional
trouble and expense. Besides, in most
cases, the buoy is allowed to remain con-
stantly lighted, as it is not visited daily.
Hence it appears that the electric light
is especially adapted to this purpose, as
it requires no attention whatever and is
under control at all times. -New Orleans
Picavune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17

Birch wood is preferred. The birch is
first sawed into sticks four or five feet
long and seven-eighths of an inch to
three inches square, according to the size
of the spool to be produced. These sticks
are thoroughly seasoned They are
sawed into short blocks and the blocks
are dried in hot air kiln. AT the time
they are sawed a hole is bored through
them. One whirl of the little block
against sharp knives, shaped by a pat
tern, makes the spools at the rate of one
a second. A small boy feeds the spool
machine, simply placing the blocks in a
spout, and throwing out the knotty or
defective stock. The machine is auto
matte. but cannot do the sorting. The
spools are revolved rapidly in drums and
polish themselves. For some purposes
they are dyed yellow, red or black. They
are made in hundreds of shapes and
sizes. When one sees on a spool of
thread 900 yards or 900 yards these
words do not signify that the thread has
been measured, but that the spool has
been gagged and is supposed to contain
SO much thread.-Golden Days.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
Che Pouseholo.
HOW TO KEEP WARM AND AVOID
Col DS

Some people may not know that when
exposed to severe cold a feeling of
warmth is really created by repeatedly
filling the lungs to their utmost in this
manner Throw the shoulders well back
and hold the head well up. Initiate the
lungs slowly, the air entering entirely
through the nose. When the lungs are
completely filled, hold the breath for ten
seconds or longer, and then expire it
quickly through the mouth. After re-
peating this exercise while one is "chilly,"
a feeling of warmth will be felt over the
entire body, and even to the feet and
hands. 1t is important for all to practice
this exercise many times each day, and
especially when in the open air. If the
habit ever becomes universal, then con-
sumption and many other diseases will
rarely, if ever, be heard of. Not only
while practising the "breathing exercise"
must the clothing be loose over the chest,
but beginners will do well to remember,
in having their clothing fitted to allow
for the permanent expansion of the chest
of one, two. and even three inches, which
will eventually follow.
One might with propriety say that too
many people choke or stifle the skin by
an excess of clothing, and, as a conse-
quence, take cold easily. Some impuri-
ties are thrown out of the system by the
skin, as Others are by the lungs, the bow
els. and the kidneys. 1t is absolutely
essential to health that the emenations
from the skin pass easily through the
clothing. This-which is called "trans-
piratiOn"-may be interfered with by an
excess of clothing, or by clothing of a
very close texture. All who wear India
rubber coats know how uncomfortable
they cause them to feel after they have
been on short time. On the accession
of Leo y. to the papacy, there was Il
grand procession at Florence in his honor.
\ little girl was made to personate the
golden age, by being coated, from head
to foot, with gold leaf. Before the day
was over, she died in commissions, killed
because Transportation" or, in other
words, because carbonic acid gas and
dead, WORKOUT matter, which should
have been thrown out by her skin. were
shut up in her system by the metallic
covering. Ordinary clothing will not,
of course, prevent Transportation, but an
excess will interfere with it; and where
too much clothing is worn the same soon
become foul, unless the outside air can
freely mingle with the gases from the
body and so dilute them. Some wear the
thickest and heaviest undervests which
they can buy, and such people are very
generally the victims of frequent colds.
Following the rule of light clothing they
would be much safer from the dangers of
exposure were they to wear two light
undervests instead of one very thick and
heavy Boston Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
Lotteries and Dreams,

In lotteries and kindred forms Of
gambling, men reject trust in other folks
luck, and believe instead in condolences
and dreams. They find the number on
which they finally stake their fate in all
manner of absurd end unmeaning ways.
All the tens of thousands of ticket hold
ers in great lottery have selected their
number in some way satisfactory to
themselves, about which we hear nothing
when the result is failure, as in ninety
nine cases out of hundred it necessarily is.
But when the result chances to be a sue
cess, as in a small proportion of cases it
must be, the whole story is gravely re-
lated in the papers as though the number
actually bringing the prize had been de-
termined beforehand by some scientific
process of reasoning. and success assured
by the exercise of good Judgment and
ingenuity.
Yet it is idle to inveigh against the
folly of such fancies and superstitions.
They have existed in all ages and among
all races from time immemorial. Carry
ing in themselves their own contradict
ton, they also carry in themselves what
to believers in luck appears their full
Noiihi Iid'loil. rOr he uOeS nOu ODSerVe
that the ideas about luck which run
through his mind are contradictory. and
in their self contradiction provide for
every event. When SUCCESS comes to him
by following one idea about luck his
faith in luck is confirmed: but when
failure arrives he is not a whit less salts
fled that he holds the true faith about
luck, for he has another doctrine about
that event also.-Richard A. Proctor.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
A Valuable Literary Discovery,

A literary event of national importance
has taken place in Japan. One of the
legation officers. now with the new min
lister to Germany, recently discovered in
the Ashikaga college (Tsuh-li Hioh) a
copy Of Hwang X ans Confucian Ana
lects over 1000 years old, with all the an
cient commentator notes. This work
has disappeared in China ever since the
Southern Sung dynasty. e.. for some
700 or 800 years: and as the whole his
tory of the present copy is known, the
Chinese government has directed the
minister in Japan to borrow it. in order
that carefully corrected copy may be
taken. 1t may be added that should
there be any Kama inscriptions upon this
copy valuable light will also be thrown
upon the japanese alphabet question:
San Francisco Chronicle
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
COOKING GRIODLE CAKES.

The best way of cooking griddle cakes
is on a soapstone griddle. Some object to
to these for various reasons. If not prop
erly heated the results will not be satisfac-
tory and the Ignorant, trying just the least
bit of grease" will make matters worse
besides spelling the grddle. Those who
do not use sOapstone will find in the old
iron an available substitute which in some
respects is better than soapstone. But
first the scaly, corbonized surface must be
sand or rubbed with either sand paper or
emery cloth till as smooth as possible.
If very rough and time is valuable, it will
be cheaper to buy new one.
The clean, smooth griddle must be
heated to the necessary degree to produce
a delicate brown, and the batter put on
in spoonfuls and baked in the usual man
nea. No grease must be used, and, if
the grddle is kept at the right heat the
result will be an even, velvety, golden
brown surface the beauty of which can
not be produced by the use of grease.
Some, after giving this method trial,
adopt it at once; others after an unsuc-
cessful attempt with griddle too hot or
too cold. give it up as being beyond
them.
The fact that waffles have been baked
without grease in common waffle iron
with irregular surface should dis
pei any doubts as to the sue
cess of baking cakes on a plain,
smooth griddle. The thicker the griddle
the better, though excellent results have
been obtained from a thin, prosecution
frying-pan. A good stiff cake slice is
convenient in turning cakes, but a knife
will do. A round griddle is the best
shape, as it is easily turned and kept at
uniform temperature.-[G ood House
keeping.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
Oyster Culture in France.

Oyster culture has had a great de-
velopment in France. Thus, while in
1857 there were in the Bay of Arcachon
twenty parks, or district oyster beds, in
1865 there were 297 beds, producing
100000 oysters annually, and there
are now $4,000 acres of beds. yielding an
annual supply of 100000, 600 oysters.
From Auray, on the coast of Brittany,
100000 oysters were sent to market in
1901; in 1885 the numbers exceeded
90 000 900. On the other hand, the
British oyster industry has declined, and
the coast which furnished ancient Rome
with oysters, and within a generation ex-
ported them to Paris, now ranks low in
the list of oyster nurseries. Public
Opinion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
TATE OF VERMONT--Distric OF
Addison, SIS,

BE 1t remembered, that at session OF the
Probate Court holden ut Middlebury, within
and Tor said district on the 9Th day OF Febru.
airy, a. ID. lSSs.
Present; Hon; Lyman f. Knapp, Judge.
Whereas, VIM. l.. Belknapp, administrator OF
the estate ofJohn NJ King, late OF Middlebury,
i'll said district deceased, has this day pre-.
sented to said court his petition i'm writing,
setting forth, that IL will be necessary to sell
the whole of the real estate OF said deceased,
for the payment of the debts and charges OF ad.
ministration; and also that il will be bened.
cial for all parties interested therein to sell
the whole of the real estate OF said deceased,
and therein making application to said court
for license 70 make such sale. IL Is ordered,
that all persons interested in the estate OF
said deceased, be notified to appear before
said court, at the probate Office in Middle.
bury, in said district, on the 9Th day of March,
A. ID. 1855, at 10 o'clock IA. m, by publication
OF this order, three weeks successfully prcvi-
Gus thereto, in the Middlebury Register, a
newspaper printed at Middlebury aforesaid,
to show cause II any they may have, why said
license should not be granted.
GEORGE L. KNAPP, Register.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17

A medicine man of the tribe, in order
to prepare for himself drum or drum
head to accompany his peculiar religious
rites, has been known to take a reindeer
skin, soak it in the water until the hair
was loose, and when il was frozen as stiff
as board place the pleasant thing
against the bare skin of his body until it
was thawed out and then hold it there
an hour or two until it was dry as bone.
There is little wonder that such people
need no seal or walrus oil to warm their
habitations of snow. The only singular
thing is that they do not sleep out of
doors all winter to prevent being over
come by the heat in the snow houses.
Frederick Schwatka,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
The Contribution Boxes.

There need be no fear but that those
who want to pay for their religion ;"
as some like to put it, will be given OPP
portunity to do so. The man who wants
to help pay for the preaching of the Cos
pei doesn't need to have pesky contri-
button box slid gracefully along under
his nose every time he attends service.
Nor is there any reason why the amount
OF money-usually so small-which Is
taken every Sabbath, in the morning
and evening collections, may not be con-
tributed in some other and less awk-
wardly conspicuous manner. There are
many ways in which people can be led
to understand that if they wish to con-
tribute they can do so in quiet and I'M
ostentatious way, and there is no doubt
whatever but that those who want to
give will find way.-American Maya
zine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
An African Mockinp Bird.

A Kaffir vanished and groans were
heard. He was searched for without re-
suit, but on the following night groans
were Still heard. The search continued
and the man was found murdered. His
murderer was arrested and executed, but
the groans still continued, to the dismay
of their auditors. AT last they were
traced to hooking bird. That bird
alone of living things had seen the deed
of blood, and now from day to day re-
produced the piteous moaning of its VIC
Review.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
Attest: GEORGE f. KNAPP, Register.
STATE OF vERMONT--District ofAd


BE il remembered That at n session of the
Probate Court holden at Middlebury, within
and tor the District OF Addison, on the 25th
day OF January, A. ID. ISIS.
Present: Hon. Lyman f. Knapp, Judge.
Whereas, j. W. Halliday, administrator of
the estate OF John jackson, late OF Middle
bury, in said district, deceased, has this day
presented to said court, his petition in writ
ing, setting forth, that ii will be necessary to
sell "A part of the real estate OF the said de-
ceased, for the payment of the debts and
charges OF administration; and also that ii
viii be beneficial tor all parties interested
therein to sell the whole OF the real estate of
said deceased, and therein making application
to said court for license to make such sale.
And said administrator having produced to
said court the assent in writing of all the
heirs residing in this State, interested in said
real estate, it is ordered that all persons in
terested III the estate otisaid deceased, be no.
titled to appear before said court, ut the pro
bate office in Middlebury, in said district on
the 5th day OF March, a. ID. 1883, at 10 o'clock
IA. M, by publication OF this order, three
weeks successfully previous thereto in the
Middlebury Register, IA newspaper printed
at Middlebury aforesaid to show cause, il any
they may have, why said license should not
be granted.
GEORGE +. KNAPP, Register.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17

Be ii remembered, that at Il session of the
Probate Court holden at Middlebury within
and for the district of Addison on the 30th day
of January, A. ID. lSSS.
Present: Hon. Lyman E. Knapp, Judge.
Whereas, certain instrument in writing,
under seal, purporting to be the last will and
testament OF Elizabeth W. Olmstead, late OF
Middlebury, in said District deceased having
been this day presented to said Court for Pro.
bate, and duly filed in the Registers ONCE
Therefore it is ordered that all persons in
tercsted in the estate OF said deceased, be
notified to appear before said Court, at
the Probate Office in Middlebury, in said
District, on the I'D day OF February A.
ID. lsss, at 10 O'Clock II. m, by publication OF
thereto in the Mddlebury Register, II news
paper printed mt Middlebury, to show cause,
il any they may have why said instrument in
writing should not be proved and allowed, rs
the last will and testament OF the said de.
ceased
GEORGE L kN App Rnnisfnr
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
Something to Brag About.

Chicago newspapers are Dragging con-
siderably because, as they say, New York
has dropped to the sixth place, judged by
her miles of railroads, and because ILL
nois stands first, Iowa, Kansas, Texas,
Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio fol-
low In order New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
STATE OF vERMONT-District of Adj


In the matter Edgar l.. Danforth, insovent
debtor.
Take notice, that Edgar L. Danforth OF Mid
dlebury, in the district of Addison, did on the
10th day OF February, lsss, file in this court his
petition tor adjudication of insolvency; and
debtor will be held at "A court of insolvency,
at the Probate Office in Middlebury, in said
district, on the 25th day OF February, at 10
and choose one or more assignees of his es-
tate and that the payment Of any debts and
the delivery OF any property belonging to
said debtor, to him or for his use, and the
tran ster OF any property by him, are forbid
den by law.
Dated at Middlebury, this 10th day of Febru-
airy, lSsS.
BY the Court
Attest: GEORGE f. KNAPP, Register.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed AT night and broken OF
your rest by II sick child suffering and crying
with pain OF cutting teeth? Ii so, send at
once and get a bottle of MRS. WINsLOw's
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING.
Its value is incalcuable. II will relieve the
on it, mothers, there is no mistake about It.
II cures dysentery and diarrh9a, regulates
the stomach and bowels, cures wind collie,
softens the gums, reduces Inflammation, and
gives tone and energy to the whole system.
MRS. WINsLOw's SOOTHING SYRUP FOR Chill
DRES TEETHING is pleasant To the taste, and
is the prescription OF one OF the oldest and
best female nurses and physicians i'm the Uni
ted States. aud is tor sale by all druggists
throughout the world. Price ID cents "A bot.
lie. 4l-ly
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
COCKLE'S
ANTI-BILIOUS
PILLS,
THE GREAT ENGLISH REMEDY

For Liver, Bile, Indigestion, etc. Free from
Mercury; contains only Pure Vegetable In
gradients. Agent; q, N. CRITTENttON.
New York. l4yl
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17

John l.. Sullivan wants to enter lit
erary life as editor of a Boston sporting
paper.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-17
AFTER THE BATH.
A WORD OF WARNING.

mere are many white each represented be good
they AXE MOL but like all oefes lack the peculiar and remarkable qualities
the genuine Ask for Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting
" Proter& Gamble
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-10
Easily Accounted For.

1t is source OF wonder and amazement
to some people how We manage to acquire
and keep the splendid trade we have now,
while other merchant tailors in the city are
doing little or comparatively nothing.
1t need occasion no surprise, however,
for the secret of our success Is simply this !:
We have marked our goods down TO the
lowest possible margin. trusting our in
crease sales will balance reduced prices !;
we are getting our garments, as low as the
prices are, just as carefully and conscien-
tiously as we wou d il we were charging
twice the price, and now, with q splendid
new line of fall fabrics. with prices marked
as low as $50 for suit and S5 for trousers,
and with the reputation Jason w. Phillids
maintains for getting up stylish, we'll
made garment, We are not surprised at the
number OF our sales and the confidence the
public have in obtaining perfect satisfac-
ton at No. 80 East Main street.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-10
An Idiot. extraordinary Power.

A Vienna dispatch says: "A microcephal-
ist, aged Is, has arrived in Vienna from
Galicia, and has been placed under the charge
OF Professor Nothnagel, of the Vienna uni
versity The head Of the youth is extraordi-
narily small, aat on the sides. and coming to
q point at the crown The unfortunate is an
idiot, but possesses great power of iInita-
tion and repeats words without difficulty.
He has TO be tended like baby and is very
fond of dolls and other toys In showing
him to his hearers during lecture the other
day, Professor Nothnage said that the man
in appearance and in habits greatly resembled
q monkey, from which animal, however, he
was distinguished by his power of speech.
Besides, the professor added, nothing has yea
been found in microcephalic brains which
point to closer affinity with the monkey
London Times
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-10
IMMENSE TRAVEL.

The O. 8. & @. Hauling Train Amer Train !,
Cotunbus-Over Two Hundred Car.
Loads Already Gone.
One Of the busiest places in tee CITY Sun.
day and today is at the Union depot, vher.
ssains have been loaded with people going
. Columbus to attend the National q. A.
X encampment and the Ohio centennial
Train after train has left the depot eve,
nince Saturday morning last, and up to the
present time the Columbus, Springfield &
Cincinnati railroad has hauled
ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY CARS
from here to Columbus. This amounts 10
nearly 10. 900 people, and not single acci-
dsnt Of any kind has been reported. An
estimate OF the crowd at Columbus this
week can be made when the twelve rail
roads that run into Columbus are doing ali
the business they can in carry ing peopl.
there.
Superintendent Reynole q, of the {. s. & c.,
and Train Dispatcher Ham are han Hing
the trains Ia good shape, and they all
make good time. considering the
number OF cars In each. The
tsirs co slss Of from ten to twenty
cars rach. and vi h tie big; new
they Ale sure 10 get there.
Up to last night the business has been
even, with train every two or three hours,
but today the trains have gone out OF
Springfield
EVERY HOUR SINCE 10 O'CLOCK
last night This morning trains continued
to come In from all directions, and are Civ
On 10 the G. s. & c. road to continue 70
Columbus. Thirty-ive carloads Of people
came down from the north today, and
thirty-seven carloads came in from the
west, over the o. /. & w. The Bee Line
brought In about twenty-five car loads and
the q. l. & w. report seven more trains
before midnight tonight. The Ohio South
ern accommodation had a little finger In
The pie and brought In 20s passengers In
two cars. Two special trains from Troy
over the o. !. 4 w. came In today Also
and trains are run out with as little DELAY
In this city as possible.
The capacity Of the G. S. & @. is being
tested to the utmost and the road is equal
to 1t, having splendid engines and plenty
Of cars and men. The track Is In splendid
condition and
As SMOOTH AS VELVET.
II all the trains were put into one solid
train 1t would be over two miles in length,
or reach from one side of town to the
other. The passengers will begin to start
for home about Friday next.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-10

1t Is doubtful II, with all his wonderful
insight into disease. DIR. Albert would have
attained his present eminence and been able
t,establish and bring to Its present high
standing his great Cleveland Medical In
stitute had he not possessed remarkable
capacity for hard work and kind and
sympathetic nature. The patient at once
sees In him friend, and Is surprised at his
intuitive knowledge and delighted by his
modesty and kindly ways. He inspires
the patient with hope and confidence
which enable other remedial agents to do
their work quickly and well. The doctor
expects TO be able to get away from his
Cleveland duties long enopgh to be with
us on Thursday Of this week. when he will
be at the St. james hotel, Springfield.
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-10
cASPER'S Drug Store,
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

aain st.. Fisher's Building. springns
Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-09-10
VI. tho Pennsylvan,. Linss.

Land Explorers Excursion tickets. at
low round trip rates, will be sold on Sep
tember IL and 25, via the Pennsylvania
Lines west Of Pittsburg to representative
points In Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska,
Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota. Montana, Wyom-
ing. Indian Territory. Tennessee, Missis-
sippi, Louisiana and Texas. These tickets
will be good for return passage within
thirty days form date Of sale.
Further information can be secured by
addressing the passenger ticket agent in
our vicinity of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati
and St Louis Railway company.