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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
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A PROBLEM FOR THE MEN.

Women spend great part of their time
in picking up and putting things away.
This seems scarcely what can be called
work, yet it is not unnecessary labor.
A married man once said he never re-
allied the amount of work done in bring
ing things out and putting them away
until he happened to sit idle, in neigh
boris house, watching the good wife in
the preparation of meal-getting and
clearing away. 1t struck him, then and
there, for the first time how much labor
there was in lifting and carrying things
between the pantry and table. He went
home from there with the determination
to build a kitchen or remodel the old one
so that it might contain every possible
convenience. He thought if it required
that amount of labor to get meal what
must the work of a house for lifetime
amount to? A very nice problem for the
men to answer. This man not only re-
modelled his kitchen, but forthwith sent
his wife away on pleasure trip to break
the monotony and routine of her life, and
both wife and husband, each in their own
way, were benefited by the change Cor.
Stockman.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
THE USES OF PAPER.

do not purpose to speak of the many
manufactured from paper, says cor
respondent of the Mail and Express, but
merely of the valuable uses to which it
can be put by the housekeeper. Few
stoves every day, or even every week.
Many wash them in either clear water or
dish water. This keeps them clean, but
they look very brown. After stove
has been once thoroughly BACKED, it can
be kept looking perfectly well for long
time by rubbing it with paper every morn
ing.
If | occasionally find spot of gravy
OF fruit juice that the paper will not take
of, rub it with wet cloth, but do not
put on water enough to take off the
backing. find that rubbing with paper
is much nicer way of keeping the out
side of my tea kettle, coffee pot and tea
pot bright and clean than the old way of
washing them in suds. CThe inside of
coffee and tea pots should be rnsed in
clear water and never in the dish water.)
Rubbing with dry paper is also the best
way of polishing knives, spoons and tin
ware after securing. This saves wetting
the knife-handles. If little flour be
held on the paper in rubbing tinware and
spoons, they shine like new silver. For
polishing windows, mirrors. lamp Chin
neys, etc, | always use paper in prefer
ence to a dry cloth.
Preserves and pickles keep much better
if brown paper instead of a cloth is tied
over the jar. Canned fruit is not so apt
to mold if piece of writing paper, cut
to fit the can, is laid directly on top Of
the fruit.
Paper is much better to put under
carpet than straw. 1t is warmer, thinner
and makes less noise when one walks
over it. A fair carpet can be made for a
room that is not in constant use, by past
ing several thicknesses of newspaper on
the floor, over them a layer of wall pa
per, and giving it coat of varnish. In
cold weather have often placed newspa-
per between my bed quilts, knowing that
two thicknesses of paper are as warm as
quilt. If it is necessary to step upon
chair, always lay paper on it; this saves
rubbing the varnish.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16

One of the most curious sights In
Tobolsk was the Kamaoulie Roloko,
or bell with the ear torn off," II
was kept in a kind of shed near the
archbishop's palace, and its romantic
history is often told in Tobolsk. In
the Sixteenth century Prince Dimitri,
the rightful heir to the Russian throne,
was deposed by revolt led by Boris
Godunoff, who was then proclaimed
car. The seat of government was at
Uglich, and there Dimitri was sent to
be under the immediate control of the
unlawful ruler
The usurper, fearing that the popu-
lace might awake to the claims of the
young prince, planned his assassina-
ton, and he was one day stabbed in a
court yard. None of the bystanders
showed disposition to aid him.
a priest, however, saw the crime
from the cathedral belfry, and imme-
diately began tolling the great bell,
which was held sacred, and only rung
on unusual occasions, such as the cor
onation or death of car.
Furious at this tacit expression of re-
proach, the car commanded that the
priest should be tortured and executed,
and the bell taken down and placed
beside the body of its ringer. The Or
der was literally fulfilled, and the bell
was beaten with clubs by the entire
populace, with the Gar Boris at their
head.
But this was not all. In those days
Siberian exiles were tortured before
setting out on their journey by having
their nostrils torn off with red hot pin.
GERS. The car now decreed that the
bell should be exiled to Tobolsk but as
it had no nostrils, he commanded with
a certain grim humor that one of its
hangers should be removed, TO indicate
its disgrace.
The people of Tobolsk are very fonc
of this trophy, and one sees bells every
where in the town; as signs over the
inn doors, toys, workboxes, cigarette
cases, and even sleeve links. Youth.
Companion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
The Veritable Fountain of Youth.

Patrick Dunn, the locator of the
fountain of eternal youth, writes as
follows to an intimate friend in rela-
ton to bis success in renewing the
youth of a veteran four time loser of
above three score years, whom he re-
Gently took to what he terms his magic
spring, located somewhere in the north
east corner of Storey county, to further
test the rejuvenating virtue of the
water:
The test on old jeff is succeeding be-
You'd my most sanguine expectations
1t is scarcely a month since he left the
Comstock-a venerable, gray haired
patriarch, whose form was bowed with
the weight of 65 winters, and hard
ones at that. For the first two weeks,
after bathing him four times daily in
the spring, and having him drink
cOpiOusly of the water, bis snow white
beard and hair began turning dark at
the roots, and the wrinkles at the
corners Of his eyes and mouth began
to disappear His form is now as erect
and his step as elastic as that of a
youth of 20, and his cheeks are assum
ing the roseatic hue of perfect health
and | am now confident that | have
made the most important discovery in
the history of the world. | will bring
old jeff to the Comstock about the
middle of September looking as youth
full as a man of 20 years. | will make
my next test on millionaire, who
must agree to give me rs per cent. Of
his wealth for restoring his youth
Virginia New Chronicle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
A Perplexed Preacher.

An old preacher, after service one
Sunday, announced his reading for the
following Sunday. During the week,
some mischievous boys obtained his
Bible and pasted two of the leaves to-
gether, right where he was to read.
Sunday morning coming, the aged
divine opened his book, and read as
follows: And Noah took unto him
self wife who was"-and here he
turned the leaf-''forty cubits broad,
one hundred and forty cubits long.
With a look of establishment, he wiped
his glasses, re-read and verified the
passage, and then said: My friends,
although have read the Bible many
times, this is the first time | have ever
seen this passage, but take it as an
other evidence of the fact that man is
most fearfully and wonderfully made.
San Francisco Argonaut.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
A Belgium Canal.

A canal has been constructed in Bel
gium in which, instead of locks, the
boats are hoisted by elevators from
one level to another. The canal ex-
tends from the coal region in the in
terror of Belgium to Brussels, crossing
several other canals at the same grade
so that Belgian coal can be brought
directly by boat to Paris, as well as
the principal towns in Belgium and
Holland. AS the line passes over a
rather billy country, various ascents
and descents must be made, and to
save the long delays incidental to pass
ing the locks the change of grade is
made by means of hydraulic ele-
vators. The boats, which measure
about seventy tons, are towed at the
low level into an immense tank, with
gates, which is submerged in the ca
nal. The gates are then closed and
the tank, which rests on the pistons Of
a huge hydraulic elevator, is raised to
the upper level, when connection
is made with the next section of the
canal by means of double gates and
the boat proceeds on its way.-Fire
and Water.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16

The ice of Greenland is over mile thick
according TO DR.. Nausen, the explorer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
Momentum of the Suns.

Think of the momentum of the sun,
weighing as much as $50, 900 earths,
and darling through space at the rate
Of a million miles day But there
are hundred million other suns visi-
BILE in the heavens, each weighing at
least as much as our sun, and all in
motion, with velocity in some cases
far exceeding his. Add up the sum
of their combined energy OF motion,
and the Imagination staggers before
the living force of the universe. The
power stored up in an express train is
sufficient 10 SKATER the train to pieces
if its motion is suddenly arrested. But
stop those smooth running suns and
universal space would return to chaos
with the shock. Boston Budget.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16

Old sailors shake their heads and
look wise when the loss of the Thorn
aston schooner George B. Mcfarland
is mentioned. They have avoided her
persistently and it has been almost
impossible for her to ship a crew in
Maine. Her i'll luck is said TO have
been foretold by Portland medium
who announced just as the Mcfarland
was finished, in 1869, that the spirit of
Capt. Kidd was to sail vessel about
to he launched at Thomaston. Be-
levers in the mediums knowledge
were not surprised when the schooner
stuck on the ways while being launch
ed and had to go into the dry dock for
repairs before going to sea at all. Since
then her record has been one of dis
aster
Her first commander, Capt. Little
ton Strong, got tired of partnership
with the spirit of the renowned pirate
or of something else, and gave it up
after two or three unlucky voyages,
since when he has been uniformly sue
cessful. Capt 4. &. Strong came
next, but the vessel showed strange
perversity in sailing into storms, and
after numerous accidents was aban-
doned in mid-ocean. Somebody picked
her up and carried her to Europe and
Capt Strong tried itagain. Two days
out from Europe, when becalmed,
she was struck by sudden squall,
and Capt. Strong, passing along the
deck, caught his foot in rope, fell
and broke his leg, She was reitted
after her return to Maine, and Capt
Strong made last trip in her, when
she was wrecked again and burned as
dangerous to navigation. Lewiston
journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
WAYS OF BAKING GRAHAM FLOUR

By this time everybody knows how to
make Graham "gems" by the usual
method, which is simply to stir the batter
just little sitter than griddle cake bat
ter, and bake quickly in very hot oven.
This thing is certain, the thinner the bat
ter the hotter must be the oven. 1t is al
so the case that gems mixed with water
require hotter oven than those mixed
with milk. So, if you can not have a
very hot oven, either make the mixture
of simple Graham flour and water quite
thick, or mix the flour with milk.
SKINNED milk is good enough, though
new or creamy milk makes the bread
more Short" of course. Have the gem
pans very hot q set them in the oven be-
fore filling them), and then scrap of
cloth with the least bit of butter upon it
rubbed oyer the irons will prevent the
gems from sticking.
Housekeepers who have no gem pans
can make very nice warm Graham bread
for breakfast in several ways. Make a
dough of flour and sweet milk (skmmed
or creamy, as you prefer or find convent
ent), stiff enough to roll out easily.
Knead this little, roll it an inch thick
and cut it into diamonds; or cut off strips
and make it into rolls with the hand; or
roll it into balls two inches in diameter,
fiattening them little or not at all, as
you choose; or roll the dough very thin
and cut it into square crackers, prcking
them well to prevent their putting.
Crackers are best with some cream in the
mixing, and crackers require more knead-
ing than diamonds and rolls, which are
expected to be soft inside.
Any of these kinds of bread--diamonds
rolls, balls and crackers-are baked upon
the CRATE in the oven, which should be
wiped off clean. They will not stick to
it, and will bake very fast. l recon-
mend the crackers in particular. All
these breads are sweeter and better, /
think (and we all think so at our house,,
without salt, but most people prefer salt
in the crackers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16

James Mortimer who, after holding
the position of secretary to the En-
peror Napoleon for many years, set
tied in London just before Sedan and
established The London Figaro, is an
American; that is 20 say, by birth,
but he is just as much Of French
man as an American and more of an
Englishman than either, especially
the latter, in appearance. He is per-
feet terror to the plagiaristic play
wright, fog, however carefully the
literary criminal may cover up his
stolen plums with English converse
tional sauce, Mortimer is sure to un-
earth them with his fearful memory
and label them from the French
Strengthening his assertion VIA date,
circumstance and author. Detroit
Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
Farm for Sale

THE Farm in the southeast part
of the town of Shoreham, of late
the home place of William G. Will
son, deceased, is offered for sale
This farm is supposed to contain
lat acres, consisting of meadow,
pasturage and wood land, in desira-
BILE proportion. The dwelling
house has lately been thoroughly
repaired and modernized; and is
neat, convenient, comfortable and
commodious. The out buildings,
though not new, are in fair condi-
ton, and entirely ample for the
wants of the farm. The farm is
we'll fenced, and has upon it a
young thrifty and bearing orchar |.
This is a fine opportunity for any
one desiring good home and a
farm with more desirable and fewer
Objectionable features, than the av-
erage of farms. If desired, easy
terms of payment will be granted.
For price and other particulars, in
quire on the premises, of
Mrs. ELIZA WILSON,
Or of E. j. ORMSBEE, Brandon.
shoreham, VT. Jan. 20. 1886. 5tf
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed Mt nigh: and broken oil
your rest by a sick child suffering and crying
with pain OF cutting teeth? If so, send at
once and get "A bottle of MRS. WINsLow's
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING.
poor little sufferer Immediately Depend up.
on it, mothers, there is no mistake about It.
IT cures dysentery and diarrhPa, regulates
the stomach and bowels, cures wind collie,
sottcns the gums, reduces Inflammation, and
gives tone and energy to the whole system.
Mrs. WINsLOws SOOTHING SYRUP FOR chill
DREN TEErHING is pleasant to the taste, and
IS the prescription of one of the oldest and
pest female nurses and physicians in the Uni.
ted states. aud is tor sale by all druggists
throughout the world. Price ID cents "A bot.
tle. l4-v
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-15

Genuine Java and Mocha coffees freshly
roasted. at Il. Jevne's.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-15
Depot JOttimgs.

Judge Egan, the Santa Fe's right-of.
way attorney, is in the city.
Messrs. A. N. Towne and G. P. Hunt
ington telegrsphed yesterday that they
will remain in the City of Mexico longer
than was at first intended, and will not
be in Los Angeles until about the 23rd
inst.
Mr.. H. B. Wilkins, General Freight
and Passenger Agent of the California
Southern. telegraphed yesterday from
Kansas City that he was on his way
home from Chicago. He will be here on
Sunday morning.
The morning passenger train from San
Diego yesterday was one of the biggest
ever pulled over the coast line. 1t con-
sisted of ten carloads of travellers, q
large number of whom were disgusted
miners on their way home from the Santa
Claras.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-15
PERSONAL.

Mr.. Thos. R. Bard, of Hueneme, is in
the city.
@. M. Roser from Illinois, is stopping
at the Hollenbeck.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Todd of Boston,
Mass, have rooms at the Hollenbeck.
Miss Worth and Miss ]. M. Worth
from Oakland, are stopping at the
Hollenbeek.
Mr.. Hervey Lindley returned yester-
morning from trip to the northern part
of the State.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Haslett and Miss
Haslett of San Francisco, are stopping at
the Hollenbeek.
Miss Lulu Ackerson, society belle Of
San Francisco, is the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. V. ]. Rowan.
DIR. Cantine went to San Francisco on
the noon train yesterday. He will be
absent several days.
DIR. W. T. Long, of San Francisco, and
long time resident OF New York City,
is soiourning for few days in the city.
Mrs. S. o. Dinkelspeil, one of the haa
ton of San Francisco, arrived in the city
yesterday morning and registered at the
Westminster.
Mr.. and Mrs. John V. Farwell, Jr.
well known Chicagoans, arrived in towr
yesterday and took up quarters at th,
Westminster. Mr.. Farwell, Sr., is one
of the dry-goods princes of the Lake
city, and is the builder of the Texa.
State House.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-15
NO VEINS FOUND.
Even the RumOr of Rich Quartz
Ledges Goes Under.

Ledges Goes Under.
1t seems certain now that the Santa
Clara ''gold fields" will be depopulsted
in the course OF couple of weeks or SO,
for the miners are clearing out at the
rate of hundred day, only those re-
naming who, having taken down a
couple of months provisions, will camp
out in the mountains little longer and
prospect for quartz. But even this for
lorn hope is not very encouraging, as
will be seen by the text of the following
official dispatch, which WAS received
at the Santa Fe offices here yes
terday. 1t said Regarding the Santa
Clara mines it now appears that the
placers are practically no good, but from
many sources of information it is be-
lieved that the quartz ledges can be
profitably developed. All of the reports,
however, are of detached and indepen-
dent lodges. No well-defned vein has
been discovered"
A good indication of the way affairs
are drifting is shown in the action Of the
International Company, which yester-
day reduced its rates from San Diego to
Ensenada back to $4 from the
$40 to which it was put up at
the time of the excitement. Ad-
vices from down country indicate that
there is likely to be trouble at Ensenada,
for the town is said to be full of pros
pectors who are fiat broke and who have
no way of getting out unless they walk
across the mountains to San Diego
Some very interesting developments
may be expected in a day or two.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-15
NEWS NOTES.

DR.. G. E. Clacius has removed to Al
South Spring street.
A. McComas was brought to the Sta
ton yesterday for medical treatment.
He fell on banana peel and hurt his
head.
The Nadeau House Office is being ex-
tended 70 that Manager Schneider may
have ample room in which to discharge
his many duties.
John Kelly, charged with having re-
ceived stolen goods, to-wit, a saddle, was
examined before Justice Austin yester-
day, and the charge dismissed.
J. G. Mcconnell and Ben Ferguson
built fire in railroad car, near San
Juan, and were brought to the County
Jail yesterday, to wait there thirty days.
A tramp by the name of John Jones
made a disturbance on Wednesday, in
Pomona, and was yesterday brought to
the County Jail on sentence eff ten
days.
The colored girl, Clara McWilliams 8,
who was arrested Wednesday evening
for driving off with horse and buggy,
was sent to the Girls Home yesterday by
Justice Savage.
Transfers of real estate Yesterday
amounted to $187 1854, and were "a in
number. OF these 81 were for more
than 81 900 each, and IS were for nomi-
inal considerations.
James Green, who had fight with an
Alameda street woman, was taken before
Justice Austin yesterday on the charge
of battery, and the 22d of this month
was set for his trial.
A special prayer meeting to pray for
the outpouring of Gods grace on the
Moody meetings will be held at the First
Presbyterian Church, corner Fort and
Second streets, at 1890 this morning.
All interested are invited.
The board of directors of the Chamber
of Commerce met yesterday afternoon
aed transacted routine business. The
Southern California Exhibit Association
asked for an endorsement of their scheme
similar to the endorsement received from
the Board of Trade, which was granted
The Irish-Americans of Los Angeles
are preparing to give literary and musi-
cal entertainment for the benefit of the
Parnell fund next Monday evening at the
Turn Verein Hail. number of prom
inent men have been asked to speak, and
a taking programme has been arranged.
Temple, the editor of La Cronica, was
admitted to bail OF $1,000 and allowed
his liberty. He was charged with the
embezzlement of the money collected by
some patriotic Mexicans for the sufferers
by a recent food. He says in his own
defense that the expense of advertising
the subscription list ate up the money
received.
Notwithstanding all that has been
said about the Pullman Company having
secured all the excursion cars on all the
roads, A. Phillips & Co. continue to send
off their regular excursions twice a
month. This energetic firm has done
much to turn Eastern attention to
Southern California, and the fine pampb-
let they recently got out has been very
widely distributed by them at all parts to
which their excursions reach.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-15
The Flower Festival.

80 little has been heard of late of tlta
Flower Festival Society that it NAV seem
to be slumbering, but it has never been
more wide awake. The able Executive
Committee chosen in 1888 has worked on
quietly and methodically; has held its
semi-weekly meetings, and has reported
Its progress to the Board at the semi.
monthly meeting, so that all of the mem
bers are acquainted with the work as IL
advances. In the absence of their
former President, Mrs R. M. Widnev.
they. feel the loss of an active, untirin9
chief, but the efforts of the committee and
the leadership of theirlong- time first Vice
President, Mrs. w. B. Herriott, seems to
be producing excellent results. As re-
Gently reported, the plans of Frank Van
Erees for decorating the Festival Hall
were the ones that received the $l00.pre-
MUM. Orders have been given to put
them into the hands of the faithful festi-
val carpenter, Mr.. Chalfin, to figure
upon. As a quantity of green will be
needed for decoration, parties having
hedges and trees to clip are asked to
postpone the work till festival time, that
the Society may have the benefit of these
clippings later.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-15

CROWN FlOnr. Crown Flour.
Ask your grocer for it. Always reliable.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-03-15
College Opening.

This evening the formal opening of the
Los Angeles Business College and Eng
lish Training School will take place at
No. 3S South Main street. The following
people will take part in the programme
Hon. D. Gilbert Dexter, Miss Poppewel-
we'll, Miss Florence Archer. Gen. Fl. G
Rollins. Miss Eva Solomon, Miss Joseph,
Miss Garcia, Miss Blanche Caro-, Master
and Miss Baldwin, Miss Kennedy, Miss
Mamie Short, Miss Livingston, Mrs
Beeson, Gov. J. ]. Gosper, Miss Watson,
Miss Mary Dobinson, Mr.. H. B. Sulli'
van, Miss Pearl Gleason, Messrs. w. H,
Mead and G. S. Ward.