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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-05-23
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

If the chldren's flannel dresses are at
all greasy, add boraX to the water in
which you wash them. Dissolve a large
tablespoonful of boraX in pint of
boiling water; put about a third of it in
the first suds in which the garment is to
be washed (you should never rub soap
directly on wooden goods. another third
in the next water, and the rest of it in
the rnsing water; shake the garments
thoroughly before hanging up to dry.
After the dust has been we'll beaten
out of carpets, and they are put down
again, they can be very much freshened
by sprinkling corn meal mixed with
coarse salt over them, and then sweep
ing it all off again.
The best way to clean out lead pipes
without the expensive aid of the plumb
er, is to pour a strong solution of con-
centrated I've down them. The lye will
dissolve hair, lint, indeed all animal and
most vegetable matter, and so open the
pipes.
black silk. About as good a way as any
is to take ammonia and alcohol-one
part ammonia to three of alcohol, add
half as much hot water, and laying the
silk over an old sheet folded in four
thjcknesses. rub well with black rag
or sponge dipped in the mixture.
Have ready some old broom handles,
curtain poles, or other smooth round
sticks, and wrap the silk on them as
tightly and smoothly as possible. Let
it dry in this position; it will need no
ironing.
/ TO clean straw mating, swash them
with salt water, but not brine. soap
turns them yellow.
/ An old broom, with the straws TRIM
med evenly. and a scrubbing cloth fast
ened over it, makes good floor mop
/ Woman's World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-05-23
THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES.

Boston Is often abused without cause
as being the natural home of more cases
of throat and lung troubles than any
other part of the universe. One proof
that this is not true of Boston any more
than many other portions of this country,
is the fact that during the past winter,
when the epidemic la grippe swept over
the whole country. Boston Jared no
worse than many other towns and the
death rate from the after effect of la
grippe was no greater in that city than
elsewhere.
That disease was an epidemic of bron-
chits, influenza or catarrhal cold, and as
every one knows tended to seriously
affect every weak part of the patients
system and augment any natural weak
ness or disease. Reports from all parts
of our country show that the number of
persons who have been left with a sort of
chronic catarrh larnyngitis, catarrhal sore
throat and bronchial affections likely to
cause serious throat and lung troubles if
not checked, is in proportion to the pop
ulatiOn about the same the country over.
All of these troubles are more or less
serious Inflammation of the mucous lin
ing of the nose. throat and bronchial
tubes liable TO cause death in one place
as much as another, from Group, ulceIat-
ed sorethroat, pneumonia, bronchitis and
consumption; and which ought not to be
neglected but treated by means which
will allay the inhammations causing
the trouble in each case One of the
most effectual remedies for any form of
Inflammation is an anodyne treatment.
The universal verdict is that Johnson's
Anodyne Linment has the past winter
as in the last half century relieved and
cured more such troubles than any one
single medicine. 1t has been generally
used by young and old, rich and poor,
physicians and laymen. The wrapper
around each bottle contains vast
amount of information about its use, or
l. S. johnson X Co., Boston, Mass, will
send a forty-eight page pamphlet free to
+ Advt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-05-23
Che Pouseholo.
HINTS.

F3tIN
Get little mutton fat from your
butcher, fry it out yourself, run into
small boxes, and put away for use.
If you want something extra nice, try
it out several times in kettle of water,
scent with rose water, and you have an
article superior to anything you can OBJ
tain at drug store.
Many deep cut that would brighten
most women into sending for doctor
has been healed by this simple remedy.
A deep cut or wound should be cleaned
every day, by washing with warm water
and plenty of the best CASTLE soap,
which is healing as well as cleansing
then cover the surface of the wound
with a bit of clean white muslin dipped
into melted mutton tallow. You will
be surprised to see how quickly the
uglest wound will heal, treated as de-
scribed.
\ drop of warm mutton tallow ap-
piled to lip sores at night, just before
going to bed, will soon cause them to
disappear. This is also an excellent
remedy for parched lips and chapped
hands. 1t should be applied at night,
and well rubbed in; the toughest of
hands, by this treatment, will quickly
be restored to their natural condition.
Men that shave are always cutting
themselves. a little tallow well rub
bed in will heal small cut in II hours.
For children who are invariably cutting
their fingers, being scratched by the cat,
or having little calloused wounds it is
invaluable.
BoraX water will instantly remove all
soils and stains from the hands and heal
put crude boraX into bottle and fill it
with hot water. When the boraX is dis.
solved add more to the water, until al
last the water car absorb no more, and
a residumn remains at the bottom of the
bottle. To the water in which the
hands are to be washed, pour from thi.
bottle to make it very soft. 1t is very
cleansing. and by its use the hands vii
be kept in excellent condition. Mai
and Express.
Glycerine should never be used as {
lotion without diluting, as it has sucl
an affinity for water that it absorbs ever
the necessary moisture of the skin ant
produces,a red, feverish, irritated sur
face. Many people complain that the.
''cannot use glycerine at all" because
"don't agree with their skins" Dilut
it with water and then try it, or, what i
better still. mix glycerine, water an
cologne in equal parts Exchange.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-05-23
THE NEW DISCOVERY.

You have heard your friends and neigh-
bors talking about it. You may your
self be one of the many who know from
personal experience just how good a
thing it is. If you have ever tried it, you
are one of its staunch friends, because
the wonderful thing about it is, that
when once given trial, DIR. Kings new
discovery ever after holds place in the
house. If you have never used it and
should be afflicted with cough, cold or
any throat, luhg or chest trouble, Sc
cure bottle at once and give ii a fair
trial. 1t is guaranteed every time, or
money refunded. Trial bottles free at
Sheldon's Drug store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-05-23
Dome Department.
TICONDEROGA.


One summer night | visited this most
historic of all historic places, this most
romantic of all our ruins, and watched
the night out seated upon its crumbling
walls or wandering along its mounded
ramparts. The moon was at its full, and
its white ghostly light gave fitting illum-
ination to the spot where so many IN
other years had fought and died. doubt
If any, even the dullest, might be so pac-
ed and not have memory and Imagination
quickened. As for myself, will confess
that night and its emotions remain after
quarter of century of time as clearly
and impressively engraved on my mem
DRY as the features of my mothers face.
To me as to the red men Ticonderoga was
name of nature, suggestive of mellow
sounds, for to my ears, through the damp
air of dewy upland and foggy river there
came the murmur of rapids and the voices
of the waters of the falls mellowed by the
distance. Then came the memory of la
ter times,-of war and battles and
heard the measured fall of sentinel feet;
the hourly call from angle unto angle
and caught the CLEAN of cannon on the
ramparts and of stacked arms and long
lines of blanketed forms sleeping on the
warm turf below the glacis. Below me
on the pallid water saw canoes come
noiselessly out of distance and into dis
lance go as noiselessly. TO the angle of
tIo al, I \
and on it seated himself. Soon DeLevis
joined him. then Boulamaque with Bour-
gansville And last of all Marin, the
scout, the only rival in skill and courage
that Rogers and Putnam ever had, and
who saved the latter from the stake, even
when the fagots were on fire around him.
Together in low tones they talked of
France and loved ones; of battles fought
and won; of comrades dead or distant of
perils past and perils yet to come, Then
round them gathered their great foes
Lord Howe who in the field match
ed the younger Pitt in the cabinet,
whose virtues made him envied at death,
over whose ifeless form the rough Put
nam sobbed like girl, and the largest ar
my England ever marshalled in America
stood appalled, at its loss; Abercrombie,
the incompetent, to whom Montcalm
lifted his chapeau in derision; Amherst,
cautious, persistent, brave, with the lau-
rels of Louisburg on his brow; Campbell
of Inverawe, mysteriously fated unto
death Rogers, the great scout-the only
scout of fame who after Lexington loved
the King of England better than his
country; Arnold, Townshend, Lyman,
johnson, Montgomery, Gates, Ethan AL
len, Seth Warner, Remember Baker, Starl.
and Putnam-all came as to familiar
place and stood before me making such
. group of fame, as history cannot equal
= at any other citadel or ancient battle
plain save one-(luebec.
: Then came the dawn and with it the
rush of feet, the sharp click of a iirelock
!, at the postern, and the stentorian voice
of Ethan Allen demanding of Laplace
that the fortress be surrendered TO him
speaking" in the name of Jehovah and the
Continental Congress. - From Murray's
II L" Lake Champlain and its Shores
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-05-23

Simpson coma visit)-EXcuse me,
Miss Ethel, but aren't these -er-vege-
tables burnt? Cousin Ethel-Oh, no ;
those are natural black beans. You know
Charles, there's death in the family
American Grocer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-05-23

The old man gets funny: Mr.. Jason
i saw something to-day that would
make a mans hair stand on end. Mrs.
Jason-Gracious What was it: Mr. ia
son-A bottle of mucilage.-[Terre
Haute Express.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

If desirable these tubs may be set on a
platform on rollers instead of sunk in
the ground, and can thus be kept in
doors during the winter. Kept filed
with water they will come out early in
the spring.
Avery elaborate and beautiful affair,
which is really a Joy forever, if one
cares to stand the expense, can be
made by cooper. This should be
constructed of heavy ash or oak slaves,
with a false bottom, the upper one, not
too heavy, we'll perforated with two
inch holes, and should be about six
inches from the true bottom, leaving
about eighteen inches clear space at
the top. Plant the roots in the bottom
space, fill with dirt as in the other in
stances, mount on large, strong cas-
ters, and you have a very cheap and
large aquarium, in which many beau
tiful fish and water animals may be
kept, which could not be made to
thrive in an ordinary aquarium, even
with a fountain and constant supply of
fresh water. In ours we have many
kinds, such as spoon-biu cats, gars,
shovel-noses, and the like.
The roots of the water lily grow in
continuous lengths, hence viii crowd
and limit the tub if not taken up and
cut back; remove the forward or crown
end IN trimming to about six inches in
length, and replant In new loan as be-
fore. This plant can be set with equal
success in fall or spring. If, when the
roots are secured, the tub is not in
readiness, place in pail of water, and
they viii keep fresh and hearty several
DAYS or a week, and viii take root as
readily as If first placed in the soil.
The better plan, however, when prRc-
ticable. is to have all things in readi-
ness before the roots are secured, then
dig up, carry home IN a pail of water,
or pack IN wet moss or damp cloths,
being careful not to wrap too deep, and
plant as soon as the tub can. be reached;
In which event, failure to grow viii not
result one time in q hundred, if all the
conditions are carefully observed.
Another beautiful aquatic plant is
the Pontederia cordata (arrOw-head).
1t can be grown together with the
iIv if desired but unloss the pond is
large it is better to use separate to
avoid cToWding. Tt grows about eigh-
teen inches IN height, has lOng-staIked
leaves of the form of an arrowhead,
with q one-Ieaved stem terminating in
a spike of pUrplish-blue flowers. 1t is
admired more, however, for It's dal k
green foliage than for its bloom,
though, small as it is, it is fragrant,
This plant grows IN shallow water, and
It's root Increases in size by throwing
out new. crowns from year to year
until it becomes a large bushy
plant. 1t can be grown IN tubs
or urns IN the yard or flower pots IN
the house as desired. ANY vessel that
viii hold water, fill two thirds of tine
loan, put in the root and cover IN the
center lightly, ill the vessel with
water and keep moist; they VIII grow
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

sawn in half and kept filed with water
during the summers. covering up with
straw and boards in the winter to keep
from freezing.
For ponds, they should be made
about two feet deep, for lilies bloom
better in shallow than in deep water !;
get some healthy knotty roots, cover
but slightly with rich mud, fill with
water, and the Job Is ended. For tubs,
take one strong barrel, free from tar,
oil, or salt; old mOlasses or
whisky barrels are about the best, for
the nature of their contents presup-
poses them strong and we'll hoped; if
an old Wagon-tire be driven snugIy
on the bottom and the tub we'll painted
they will last a dozen years or more.
Now saw the barrel in two at the bung,
fill each half full of fine loan, or if
the barrel be a large one only fill about
a third full, lay in the roots, straighten
out the small fibers, and cover to the
depth of about two inches, and If 1t is
intended to put fish in, Overlay with
coarse gravel to prevent the fish from
burrOwing down and exposing the
hbrOus roots until all are we'll set. Now
sink the tub on a level with the ground,
and fill very gently with rain or
river water. Well water is not natural
to aquatic plants, and it is poor policy
to attempt to start them with it,
though we have a fine lot now in bloom
in an old wash-tub which has always
been filed from the we'll, except what
has rainedin, but the well is fed from a
spring. But I venture that ninety per
cent. of the failures to grow plants in
this way is the result of using well
water. Replenish the tubs with water
from time to time, to supply evapor n
ton. This is all the care they need.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09
Tnbor Knew FIsmera-

A new story comes to the front about
ex-senator Tabor OF. Colorado, says the
Washington Post During the Sena-
tOrial contest which resulted in the
election Of Ed Wo1cott, Tabor was vio-
lently opposed to the formers s. election
A gentleman. from the East called on
Tabor and found the ex-senator going
over list Of the members-Of the Legis-
lature. The Eastern gentleman had
some business with Tabor. and when
through with it he thought he would en-
gage in general conversation, and
having just read the much-talked-of
latest publication, he said to Tabor
" Senator, what do you think Of Robert
Ell mere p
"Elsmere ?" said Tabor; ooh, Wolcott
bought and paid for that ID sooun-
d. l three months ago. No use trying
to do anything with him
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09
How She Behaved.

The negro makes us laugh because
he viii say things which he should
have left unsaid, and say them without
the least intention of giving offense.
An admirable illustration of this sort
of humor ig given in the Editors
Drawer" of HaTpeT'S. Briefly told, it
is as follows:
Samson, the coIored janitor Of an
apartment house in which Mr.. and
Mrs. Robinson occupy a fat, IS not
treated by their Irish cook with the
Difference which he thinks due to his
position.
One morning when, a. the going up
and down of the cOal-scuttle, Samson
had been worsted in q wordy encoun-
ter, his wounded dignity could stand it
no longer. Stopping Mr.. Robinson on
the front stairs, he complained to him
Of his sharp-tongued servant.
What Samson wished to say was
that the girl assumed as much author
ity as if she were one Of the ladies Of
the house. What he did say was this:
"EIr. Robinson, that girl of yours has
ordered me round. an yelled at me
down the elevator shaft, an blowed
me an iawed me until you'd have
thought it was Mrs. Robinson her
self
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

WHAT is known. as LeghOrn straw is
raised on the hills which rise on each
side of the rivers Pisa and Elsa, south
of Florence, Italy. It's adaptability to
the uses to which it is destined de-
ponds principally on the soil on which
it is sown, which soil, to all appear
ances, exists only in this small dis
trict, out of the bounds of which the
industry is unknown. Any variety of
wheat which has a hollow, flexible
stem can be used for seed. The soil
must be titled and prepared very much
as it is for corn, but the seed is sown
five times as thick as is usual for other
purposes; this is done in the months Of
December or February. When the
straw is full grown, and before the
grain begins to form itself. in the ear,
it is uprooted and firmly tied in
sheaves the size of a handful Each
sheaf or menata, as it is called, is
spread out in the shape Of fan to
dry in the sun for three days, after
which it is slowed away IN the barns.
The harvest being over and the fields
empty, it is again spread out to catch
the heavy summer dews and to bleach
in the sun, during which process it is
carefully turned until all sides are
equally white.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

house for breakfast.
The Egg-She won't find me; I'm
half hidden by the nice clean straw,
and besides, she'll see you first; there
you hang, right before her eyes.
Ear Of COTqI-AIuch you know, my
dear Egg, IN your soft nest. My mis-
tress has other and far higher uses for
me. Here she comes with her apron
full Of eggs, and not single ear of
corn. Your time has come!
The Egg (fGi7ltLy1-Has she gone {?
/ was never so frightened in my life,
She came and filed the nest with
dozen or more of eggs, and before she
left us, marked our pretty white coats
all over in hOrrid scratches with a bad
pencil.
Ear of COrn-I do not understand
myself. Hush! Here she comes again
with a great Topping, clucking hen.
All, she has placed her on your nest.
L Suppose to keep you warm. How
funny I'll keep one eye open day and
night and see what comes of it.
The Cbjck-Peep! peep! peep!
Ear of COTql-Who's that?
The Chjck-Peep, peep! Oh, dear.
it's me, your old friend, The Egg.
Don't you remember? Pm so hungry,
I must go with my other little brothers
and sisters and scratch awhile. Mamma
Hen has promised to teach us, peep,
peep!
Ear of COT1l-WOnders will never
cease! and now comes the master with
a great sack and in I go.
The CBicke71-Ah, Pm in the gar
den. Tommy forgot to fasten the gate,
luckily. Won't I have a good dinner,
with all this tender little corn before
me?
The Little Corqa-Don't scratch us
up and eat us, please, Mr.. Chicken.
We're just beginning to grow, and
we're old friends. Don't you remem-
Der US?
The Chicken Beginning to grow,
are you; so am L Don't you see I'm
nearly half-grOwn? Hear me crOwi
Grows lustily.) There, now; I've
worked hard and I've scratched up
every hill I could find and ate all the
sprouted grain. Don't I feel we'll and
full! I'll crow again, the other chick
ems viii know where I am. There's
plenty of weeds for them. Grows
again and again, is heard by the mis-
stress at last, who rushes out toward
the garden with ROver.)
BOUeT-YOu bad chicken, to spoil
the nice garden! Now, you just keep
quiet under my paws or I'll bite you.
See, here is my mistress ready to re-
ceiye you.
And while in the garden the corn lay a-dying,
The chicken in the pan was a-sizzlng and frying
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

SOME figures in the current number
Of the Century Magazine as to the cost
Of gas in Glasgow give an interesting
notion of the cheapness that can be
brought about in that commodity by
increased consumption. The quantity
of Illuminating gas sold in Glasgow in
1869-7O was 1,O26, 600, 600 feet and the
price was $1.14 per LOCO. In 1887-88
the amount sold was 2, 427, 900, 600 feet,
an increase of 40 per cent, while the
population had only increased 20 per
cent. The increase is explained by
the fact that the price was reduced in
the last named year to Sc cents per
1000. The gas companies in this
country might learn something from
this if they would.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

ENGLIsHMEN are beginning to learn
that the slick Canadian viii bear
watching even more than the cute Yam
kee, Of%hom they have heard so much
that is bad. cit is a pity" says the
Toronto Mail, chat steps were not
taken long ago to afford young English
men protection from the persons who
advertise that they are prepared for a
consideration TO teach the Canadian
method of farming or TO provide op-
pOrtunities for emigrants in the colo
MES. No doubt there are some honest
persons in that line of business, but
every Canadian knows that as rule
the business is a fraudulent one, either
directly or Indirectly"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

WHEN asked why drunken men so
often escape injury by accident, a ply
sician said that it was due to 8 lack of
interest in their fate. In falling the
body is limp and lifeless, while that of
a sober man would probably be very
nearly rigid. In case of the latter
blow upon any part Of the body would
be followed by an instantaneous con
traction of the muscles, having, per
haps, nearly as much force as the blow
itself. It was stated by the physician
that often the sudden and violent con-
traction of the muscles caused by q
blow, furnished nearly half the force
exerted to produce the fracture of a
bone. A drunken mans muscles, it
was explained, would not respond in a
similar way to the shock of a blow,
and he would naturally escape that
element Of danger.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09
COrnfeld Philosophy.

A bird in the hand is not worth two
in the bush when the bird IS a buzzard.
Talk to a boy as though ne were
man and he will be pleased, even if he
does not understand you.
The man who can tell all about the
next winter by looking at a corn shuck
usually has to borrow the shuck of a
neighbOr.
1t is the bugs insignificant size that
keeps him from being hurt when he
falls from the top Of the house.
Some men are so constituted that
they would rather make a dollar by
sharp trade, which is in reality
species of swindling, than to make ten
times as much honestly.
The long haired man is not always a
poet. He may simply be too hard up
to afford a haircut.
WhitS collars and cuffs are not signs
of a white heart. Gamblers nearly
always wear stylish clothes.
A snail cannot see the necessity for
railway trains.
You cannot make a tramp believe
that barking dog viii not bite.
A man cannot keep his head cool
and his feet warm by trading good
boots for bad liquor.
Too much knowledge IS sometimes
dangerous. The owl cannot see any
thing in the day time.
The toad Is not valued for beauty,
but for utility. He eats insects and
is thus mapkind's friend.
The mocking-bird sings a pretty
song, but he is too small to make it
profitable to eat him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1890-05-09

EZRA L. STEVENS, of Washington, D.
O., who recently died at Asbury Park,
N. J., was the chief clerk of the Indian
Department for nearly thirty years.
and was the originator of the present
Indian school system, The pupils in
the Indian schools always called him
Father Stevens. BE was one of the
most prominent members of the Ma
sonic order in the United States, and
had attained the thirty-third degree.
It is said that he sat in Masonic lodges
with more Presidents of the United
States than any Mason now living. He
raised President Garfield to knight
hood.