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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
Minute Living Beings.

Mites are found not only in cheeses, but In
preserves, meal, dried flesh and other articles
Of domestic consumption. They have as reg
ular figure and perform all the functions Of
lifelike creatures that exceed them many
times In bulk. They have sharp snout and
mouth that opens and shuts like mole's.
The various parts of the body are covered
with long hairs, and even these hairs are
bristly. From the eggs of the females the
young are Matched in twelve to fourteen
days, and are so small that 90, OOO,O 900 are not
equal to pigeons egg.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
Attributes of Different Lenses.

The principle of magnifying power, effect
ed by convex and concave crystal surfaces,
arise from the indefinite multiplication Of
images by surfaces at different angles. A
lens with three surfaces of sixty degrees
gives three images, one with 1870 Of one de-
gree each, $50 figures, scarcely separable;
but one with l0,SOO surfaces, Of one minute
each, gives 10, 500 images, still less separable.
When, however, the curved form is given,
and the sides become infinite, the images are
infinite; and. being no longer separable, are
seen as one image under one enlarged anglia
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
Perfume Does Not Diminish Weight.

A grain of musk has been kept freely ex-
posed to the air of room, of which the door
and window were constantly open for
ten years, during all which time the air,
though constantly changed, was completely
impregnated with the odor Of musk, and yet
at the end of that time the particle was
found not to have sensibly diminished in
weight
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
First Cotton in England.

In 1900 cotton was first brought to England
from Cyprus and Smyrna, and made into
fustians dimities, etc. In 1897 100000
pounds were imported for weft, to work with
linen warp as domestic manufacture, the
carding and spinning being performed by
children and women for rural weavers
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
Canned Squash.

A housekeeper says: have canned squash
very nicely after the following recipe, and
we find it very good and fresh when kept the
same as canned fruit. Boil the squash and
strain through colander. If very dry add
a little water Fill glass jars with it, screw
covers lightly on and set into boiler of cold
water with straw or perforated board in
the bottom of the boiler. Bring the water
boiling and cook an hour or more in an
Then take out the cans, and if the contents
have shrunk fill up with hot water and seal
at oufsQ
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
Danger in tho Use of Carbolio Acid.

Carbolic acid is freely used by people in
general as disinfectant and for various
purposes, and usually without thought of
danger. The following letter, by DR.. Bill
roth, of Vienna, lately published in The Ian
Get, is therefore somewhat of a surprise and
may convey a needed caution: 81 have lately
seen four cases in which fingers which had
suffered a most insignificant injury became
gangrenous through the uncalled for appli-
cation of carbolic acid. Carbolic acid is now
much less used in surgery than formerly.
We have only gradually become acquainted
with its dangers. The acid may not only
cause Inflammation and gangrene, but also
blood poisoning, s.nd so may even prove fatal
1t is useful only in the hands of skillful
surgeon, and ought never to be used without
his advice"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08

Uncle Richard Reid, colored, is
about 20 years old, and is Baptist
minister in active service. He has
fifty-one grandchildren, the oldest 10
years and the youngest five weeks. He
has fourteen children living, and eight
dead, making twenty-five in all. He
is now living with his second wife,
who reads the newspapers for him.
Abbeville Ga.) Times. -
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
Tropical Rains.

Rain within the tropics is not of the driz-
cling character of rain in the temperate zone,
but generally falls in such torrents as in
other zones would be called waterspouts.
They produce great floods in a single day.
Winter is distinguished from summer chiefly
by the quantity of rain, which is often con-
slant for many days together, and lasts
certain number of hours per day through six
months The rivers, in consequence, over
flow, and on drying off make the atmosphere
upwholesome
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
Height of Sea Wavea.

Careful experiments made by an expert
enced English navigator at Santander, on
the north coast of Spain showed that the
crest of sea waves in long and heavy gale
were forty-two feet high, and allowing the
same for the depth between the waves would
make height of eighty-four feet from crest
to base
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
A. convenient LIZ, -prx..-re,

1t is not Yankee invention, for it origi-
mated in the brain of a Frenchman. Coats
and trousers are hereafter to be made with
large waterproof pockets, which will contain
small amount of carbonic acid. II the
wearer falls into the water, a small outlet
will let in just enough water to create gas,
which will feat the man for number Of
hours
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
Tulips for Winter Forcing.

OF early kinds the single Due Won Thol
tulips are the earliest, and are therefore most
valuable for forcing in pots or vases for in
door decoration. With proper treatment
these can be had in bloom by Christmas or
earlier. They are of different colors-bril-
liant scarlet, vermilion, crimson, pure white,
purple, orange, violet, etc. Planted in pots
or vases they prove very beautiful at season
when blooming plants are generally scarce.
Single early tulips can also be grown in water,
like hyacinth.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.


4 New Bacillus-Has the True Cause Of
Badness Been ut Last Discovered?
DR.. Saymonne Ia reported to have sue
ceeded In isolating bacillus named by him
''bacillus crinivorax," which he regards as
the cause of badness. He claims that 1t Is
found only on the scalp Of man, other hirsute
parts of the body and also the fur Of animals
being free from II. The bacilli invade the hair
follicles and make the hairs very brittle, so
they break of to the skin. Then the roots
themselves are attacked. II the microbes
can be destroyed early In the disease, the
vitality Of the hairs may be preserved; but
after the follicles are invaded and their
structures destroyed, badness becomes in
durable. DR.. Saymonne proposes the follow
ing remedy or preventive Of badness:
Ten parts crude cod liver oil, ten parts of
the expressed juice Of onions, and five parts
Of mucilage or the yolk Of an egg are thor
oughly shaken together and the mixture ap-
piled to the scalp and well rubbed in, once
week. This he asserts, will certainly bring
back the hair IL the roots are not already de-
stroyed. But the remedy, as The Medical
Record remarks, must be very distressing to
the patients friends and neighbors.
Take Time and he Happy at Meals.
sit cannot be disputed that in the art OF
feeding the human animals they do these
things better in France" So says the Lon.
don Hospital and proceeds to draw the fol.
lowing comparisons between the eating hab-
its of Englishmen and Frenchmen, which are
not without some application to Americans
as well: The middle-class Englishman eats
hunks Of beef and wedges of mCtton, fol
nv v,rdIino
washed down with strong Burton ale, or still
stronger Dublin stout. That is very good
fare for plowmen and fox hunters To the
town man it is simply ruin. The Frenchman
knows better. Neither in town nor in country
will he feed like carnivore. He believes in
variety; he likes little bit Of many dishes,
not a vast mountain of one. He likes it made
pleasant to the taste. He takes time over it,
1t is quite the rule on the continent to see all
the busy men in the town spend at least an
hour at the restaurant over the midday meal
The eating done, smoke, game of draughts
or dominoes and a cup of coffee are invoked
as aids to digestion.
The natural result is that Frenchman or
Belgian looks happy at meals, and still hap
pier at his coffee and dominoes. Is any man
unscientific enough to say that the French
man is wrong and the Englishman is right!
Eating is undoubtedly one of the chief func
tons of life, and if it be right to make all
life bright and happy, then eating should be
one of its chief pleasures. We English have
great deal to learn from many countries
We cannot do better than begin by learning
how toprepare food so that it shall be pleas
ant and tempting to the senses, and how to
eat it without looking like mutes at funeral
or lions at an i'll managed 900"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
Thin Iron.

Iron is rolled so thin at the Pittsburg iron
mills that 1900 sheets are required to make
single inch in thickness. Light shines
through one of these sheets as readily as it
does through CREASED tissue paper.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
At q Great Height.

The greatest elevation ever attained by
balloonist was $1,000 feet, about seven miles.
The aeronauts were James Glaisher, F. R. s.,
and Mr.. Coxwell. The ascent was made
Sept. s, 1862, at Northampton, England.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
Restoring n Japanned Surface.

A capital black varnish suitable for COW
ering broken places in metal, such as sewing
machines, furniture, etc., where the japanned
surface has been scratched or otherwise dam
aged, can be made according to good author
ity, by taking fine lamp black or ivory black
and thoroughly mixing with copal varnish,
the black being in a very fine powder. To
mix the more readily it might be made into
a pasty mass with turpentine.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
Blue Stockings,

The term Blue Stocking, applied to liter
airy ladies, was conferred on a society which
was called the Blue Stocking club in which
females were admitted, and so called owing
to Mr.. Benjamin Stillingfeet, one of its
active members, wearing blue stockings.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
THE CURIOSITY SHOP.
A Custom Of Planting Trees for = Brides
DOwry.

DOwry.
There is beautiful custom In some Of the
northern parts Of Europe. There the white
poplar, in good soil, increases shilling In
value every year The trees are generally
cut down at the age of 20 years, as they are
then supposed to have attained their full
growth. When daughter Is born in the
family of a respectable farmer the father, a.
soon as the season will permit, plants thou
sand young trees, which are to constitute the
dowry Of the maiden, (which grow as she
grows and increase in height and value -
her virtues and beauty increase"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
A Long Sheet of PAPER.

A single sheet of paper feet wide and "
miles in length has been made at the Water
town On. " paper works It weighed {, a1
pounds and was made and rolled entire with
out single break.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
A Handsome Sachet.

Gold guipure net is used for the outer COW
ering and copper colored satin, quilted and
perfumed, for the lining of the elegant sachet
shown in the cut.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08
Sally Lunn.

Three teacupfuls of -four, three tablespoon
fuls of sugar, the same Of melted butter,
three eggs, a cupful of milk and three tea
spoonfuls of baking powder. Bake the same
a. cake and eat with butter.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08

A "gastroscope" is very costly instrument
used to inspect the interior Of the stomach
and determine the condition of the living
membrane It is an ingenious and delicate
machine
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-11-08

passage. Let watchfulness walk the
decks as an armed sentinel, and shoot
down with great promptness anything
like a mutiny of riotous appetites.
Be sure to look out Of the forecastle
for icebergs. These are cold Christians
floating about in the church. The
frigid zone professors will sink you.
Steer clear of icebergs Keep log book
during all the voyage-an account
of how many furlongs you make a
day. The merchant keeps a day book
as well as a ledger. You ought to
know every night, as well as every
year, how things are going. When
the express train stops at the depot,
you hear hammer sounding on all
the wheels, thus testing the safety of
the rail train. Bound, as we are, with
more than express speed toward a
great eternity, ought we not often to
try the work of self examination
SHOW YOUR CHRISTIAN COLORs
Be sure to keep your colors up! You
know the ships of England, Russia,
France and Spain by the ensigns they
carry. Sometimes it is lion, some
times an eagle, sometimes star, some
times crown. Let it ever be known
who YOU are, and for what port you
are bound. Let Christian" be writ
ten on the very front, with figure of
a cross, crown and dove; and from
the masthead let float the streamers of
Emmanuel. Then the pirate vessels of
temptation will pass you unframed as
they say: There goes Christian,
bound for the port of heaven. We
will not disturb her, for she has too
many guns aboard" Run up your
flag on this pulley: lam not ashamed
Of the gospel of Christ, for it is the
power Of God and the wisdom of God
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-08-31
LITTLE ROCK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 81, 1889.


WOMAN'S CHRONICLE PRIZE STORY.
The WOMAN'S CHRONICLE offers for the best
story of not more than 1000 words, to be handed
In before October LIST, prize of three standard
Journals, to be selected by the winner. the total
cost of which is not to exceed Five Dollars.
The Princess Victoria is described as the most
original, as we'll as the most amiable and thought
full of the Prince of the Wales daughters. Princess
Maud acts as her mothers amanuensis, while
Prince Louise has ever been her fathers favorite
A LADY being asked what she considered most
retarded the suffrage movement, replied: "These
two things: the general fear among women that
some man will think her unwomanly should she
claim right to the franchise, and those words of
St. Paul's Let the women keep silence in the
churches''
THERE is a report to the effect that the mayor of
Tacoma, Washington, in behalf Of the unmarried
men of that territory, proposing marriage to the
super1uous women of Massachusetts in bulk
''This,' says the Woman's News, ''is supposed to
be the largest matrimonial transaction on record
since the Romans helped themselves to the Sabine
women
Mrs. JOSEPHINE r. NICHOLS, who had charge of
the W. G. I. U. exhibit at the Paris Exposition,
gave an address on "Social Purity" at the Paris
Woman's Congress. 1t was said that her brave
and earnest explanation of the work of the w. C.
7. u in this urgent line of reform, had much to do
with the success of the resolution passed unani-
mously by this Congress, asking for the repeal of
the law legalizing prostitution.
Mrs. SARAH ELIZABETH SHERMAN, of Salado, is
one OF the most successful bee-keepers in the State
of Texas. She adopted the business of bee-culture
in the fall of 1870, and has since been yearly
sending to the markets thousands of pounds of
honey She attends to all her own business, is
deemed authority upon the science of bee-culture
throughout the United States and was represented
at the Worlds Exposition in Paris. Mrs. Sherman
is widow, and has but one child-a son.
The Cottage Hearth launches the following
striking illustrations
twenty-five snakes running through the streets
that's free whiskey.'
twenty-five snakes gathered into box, in
which twenty-five holes are made by the authority
of the court-thats low license
"Ten of the holes are closed, and the snakes all
get out through the other ffteen-that's high
license
"Drve all the snake over to the next village
that's local option
"Kill all the snakes-that's prohibition. >"
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-08-31
WOMAN's CHRONICLE PRIZE STORY.

The WoMAN's CHRONICLE offers for the best
story of not more than 1000 words, to be handed
In before October list, prize of three standard
Journals, to be selected by the winner. the total
cost of which Is not to exceed Five Dollars
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-08-31

THE fifth annual Convention of the National Ed
torial Association met at Detroit, Mich, in the
armory hall, August o. The city was handsomely
decorated in honor of the VISITORS and most lavish
were the arrangements for the entertainment Of
the visiting ''moulders of public opinion
The address of welcome, delivered by acting
Mayor Jacob, was we'll received, and most gen
erousy appauded.
President Belts delivered a responsive address
in behalf of the Association outlining its objects,
which are in general to promote the welfare OF the
press, and to secure unanmity of sentiment in
this direction. In closing, the president thanked
the acting mayor, the committee of arrangements,
and through them the citizens of Detroit for the
kindly welcome and cordial greeting given the AS
soclation.
Mr.. George H. Barbour presented Mr.. Belts
with gayel made from the wood of the historic
Pontiac tree, still existing near that city, and
marking the site of one of Pontac's massacres.
JOSEPHINE X. HENRY in the Kentucky Southern
Journal says:
Cali the statesmen and sages of the ages have
never given satisfactory reason why women
should not be on equality with men in every way
in this world. All this clap-trap about woman s
sphere is threadbare and there can be no reason
why women should not vote as we'll as men, since
women are persons people, human beings with
minds and souls, and are held responsible in the
courts of earth and heaven for their actions surely
they should have voice in the laws that govern
and tax them, and right to say what they want,
and do not want, and what should, and should not,
be done with their homes, their children and their
property. But sex domination has seen its
pamiest day, and it is coming in contact with a
mighty army of just and noble men and women.
They are rallying from the East and from the
West. The buge note of freedom for Amer
lean women is sounding at the North, and
clear response is echoing through the South
land'
CtppIE M AcuTnN in riobt he, ~
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-08-31

puehooo WolHen, pupHsneu III Ino w OHlan
Magazine, says: lit is no longer considered
the proper thing for girls to stay at home and be
supported while their brothers are expected TO toll
all day for their maintenance. In many family
there are several girls who are as strong and able
bodied as the husband or brother, and fully as
competent to earn their own living. The day
once was when it was disgrace for woman TO
enter the business world, but that day is past and
she is free to choose any profession or avocation
she pleases.
"To be sure she does not receive equal pay with
man, but the time is coming when she will. In the
first place. women are learning that in order to
excel, they must learn thoroughness. 1t is all very
well in society, to have smattering of this and
that, but that will never answer in the business
world. One thing must be learned thoroughly and
well. A man gives up lifetime to learn bust
ness, while woman is expected to be a good
wife, mother, housekeeper nurse, seamstress, cook
and laundress. Is it to be wondered at that she
does not always master them all?
''The last ten years shows a wonderful improve
ment in womans work. To-day we find one
thousand women physicians who are practcing.
Who, better than woman, can prescribe for her
own sex and children?"
"Sx women in Philadelphia are practcing DENTS
try, while many other avenues are now opened to
her which, twenty years ago, it would have been
impossible for her to fill.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1889-08-31

The Princess Victoria is described as the most
original, as we'll as the most amable and thought
full of the Prince of the Wales daughters. Princess
Maud acts as her mothers amanuenss, while
Prince Louise has ever been her fathers favorite
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-24
Utah and Arizona.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-Judge Wilson,
Of this city, concluded his argument yes
terday in behalf of the admission of Utah
territory as a state Of the Union, before
the house committee on territories. He
agreed that when the territory had pop
lation sufficient to entitle it to be q rep
resentative III congress, with other cond-
lions incident to fixed population, there
was q moral obligation resting on the gov
crnment to admit that territory as state.
He declared that not per cent of the
present adult Mormon male population of
the territory ever practced polygamy.
He argued that the tenets of the Nor
mon church required people to obey laws
of state, that was one OF the fundamental
tenets of the church. He maintained
that congress had full power to make
such a compact with proposed states as
would secure suppression of polygamv.
Ii Utah became state under such COM
pact, congress would have power to en-
force the terms, or relegate the state back
into a territorial condition, and resume
control. At the conclusion OF the address
Delegate Smith, of Arizona, addressed the
committee in favor of admission.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-24
MOUTH OF THE BRAZOs.
The Deep Water Pr ject Under Goot
Headway-Big Contracts.

AUSTIN, Jan. 24.-Col. Abner Taylor, Of
Chicago, is in the city and was inter
viewed concerning the proposed plan for
procuring deep water at the mouth OF the
Brazos river.
81 have no share in it," said Col. Tay-
lor. "Mr. Wilke, the sub.capital con-
tractor, has taken the Brazoos contract, |
am informed at $l,250,000. He has al
ready sublet the mattress work. Deep
water at that point is an assured fact, and
three railroads will soon converge there to
aid in building up city, l have often
wandered that some enterprising set OF
people did not take the matter in hand
and build a harbor long ago, without wait
ing for government aid.
1.-THE Brazos scheme is as practical as
the jstty At the mouth Of the Mississippi.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-01-24
OuarrelIug Editors.

GARDEN CITY, Kan, Jan. PA news
paper man, the editor of the Sentinel,
has been indicted for criminal libel and
perjury. The libel consists in charges
made against the editor OF the Herald in
a personal controversy between the pa
pers. The perjury is alleged to be in
falsely swearing to a bill collected from
the county for public printing. A county
commissioner was also indicted for allow
ing the bill. Both parties gave bond and
were discharged.