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Middletown transcript., 1892-09-01
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church Directory.
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MIDDLErowN n. Z. CHURCH.


MIDDLETowN n. Z. CHURCH.
Rev. N. NJ. Browne, Pastor.
Preaching every Sabbath at 1880 q. m. and
730 d. m, Sabbath school every Sabbath az
o. m. Alfred G. Coz, superintendent.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at at
$50 O'Clock. The class meetings are held as
follows Sunday, a. m, M. ID. wilson,
Leader; Monday evening as 100 o'clock two
classes, W. II, Moore and John hoDeTts;
Leaders Tuesday evening az 10Y, IeH Ieoa
nv the pastor Wednesday evening at I.Us
o'clock two classes, Rev. N. d: Browne anu
Alfred e. Cox, Leaders. The seats are
free and all are welcome.
FOREST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Rev. Francis II. Moore. Pastor.
Services held every Sabbath morning at
10. 30 o'clock, and every Sabbath evening at
40. Sabbath school will be held every Sab
bath morning at 9.l5 O'Clock. Harry Ellison
superintendent. Prayer meeting cry
Wednesday evening.
Services at Armstrong; chapel the nrst
Sabbath OF each month at 2.30 p. m.
ST. ANNE's PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. JHURcH.
Rev. j. Beers, Rector.
Divine Service on Sunday mornings at
half past ten o'clock and in the evenings at
7.30 o'clock. Sunday-school at 9.l5 A. NJ.
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a REM ARKABLE WATCH.
q Docs Not Injure 1t to Turn the; Key
a{34 Either Way

= DOCS Not Injure It to Turn the Key
| Either Way.
From time to time there have an
peared accounts Of curious old
watches. but l do not remember ever
having seen an account Of any such
as am ABOUT to describe. states a
Writer in the jewelers. Review.
Many years ago I was engaged in
business In a seaport town, and on
this particular day there had arrived
ship with its crew which had been
out some three or four years. When
the sailors had been paid off they
made the town quite lively. and three
sailors came into the shop who were
pretty full and making lots of fun,
One OF them asked if l bought old
| watches. hesitated. and finally
| asked to see the article in question.
He handed it to me- saying Its q
queer old watch; don't make any diff
terence which way you wind it
This seemed very strange and excited
my curiosity. Still / thought this
chap is drunk, and does not know
what no is saying. I took the key
from the bunch and wound it in the
usual way. | tried it the other way
and 1t seemingly wound all right that
way. | opened it to look at the me-
chanlsm, but there was nothing unus-
ual to be seen. The watch was an
ordinary double case bulls eye English
watch. Well. I bought the watch
and it remained in the possession
of the proprietor for nearly thirty
years. About seven years ago there
appeared IN the Theological Journal
an inquiry asking if any one had ever
seen such watch. 1t. gave the name
OF the maker who had died years be-
lore and it advertised the watch, say
ing 1t was a nice Invention. as it could
be used even though the man was
tlpsy, and it might, be Entrusted to the
servants without fear that it would
come to grief. I answered and told
the person that l had once had the
fuzee of such a watch and had sent it
to the museum of the British Horolo-
gical institute in London. l dare say
it has been examined by many. The
mechanism was very curious and
rather difficult to describe. The main
wheel was fast on the arbor, which
was turned very true and was long
enough 10 go through both plates OF
the watch. There was piece which
went on the arbor exactly like the
cannon pinion with a square at the
top for the key. The pinion at the
bottom geared into a small pinion
that turned on d stud which was
fastened to the main wheel. This in
turn geared into an internal gear
which was fastened to the fuzee. On
the lower edge of the fuzee was cut q
ratchet, as is often seen in old
watches. Fastened to the fuzee was a
chick that ope, ated into the cannon
pinion. Therefore whichever way
the key was turned it wound the
watch.
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A CaptIOus Critic.

"On a recent trip to Philadelphia. ,
remarked DR.. Frank Chllds, Il occu-
pied a seat with an elderly female OF
an argumentative turn of mind, who,
recognizing my calling from my at
tire gradually led me into discus
sion upon religious matters.
The old lady was an interesting
talker and the conversation ran
smoothly until we fatty disagreed
upon a certain point She took one
view of it and / took a second that
was the direct reverse.
Then we resorted to scriptural
quotations to convince each other. and
for several minutes they flew thick
and fast.
/ Suddenly Irccalled one that 1 was
convinced would settle the matter.
&" You see. madam 1 said, st.
Paul in his Epistle to the Ephesians,
says and Irepeated the passage to
her in what l consider my most i'm
pressive manner. My opponent
paused and reflected a moment
'".r'Yes. she replied, with an air of
firm conviction. 1 know all about it,
and I don't think any the better of
Paul for saying that
II gracefully surrendered. Com
mercial Advertiser.
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A QUEER TRAVELLER.
Interesting Stories Told of a Small Dog
and Black Cat.

Interesting Stories Told OF a Small Dog
and a Black Cat.
An engineer employed on the works
OF the Yverdon and Simpson railway
has a little terrier. states the London
Spectator. AS he was going away for
some time he asked a friend at Iver-
don to take charge of his dog Biiou
knew the lady we'll. and was appar-
emily quite happy and comfortable.
but in about week disappeared.
Mile. J. naturally was much dis
tressed, when, to her great relief. she
received a letter from Lausanne. from
Mr.. RS mother. saying: .Bijou is
with US; he appeared on Monday"
He remained at Lausanne a few
days and then returned to Yverdon by
train. This he repeated several
times always getting out at the right
station. staying with Nine. r. occas-
ionally three days. Needless to say
all the officials knew him we'll.
Whether he imagined he would find
his master at his mothers house or
whether. like all the rest of the world.
he wanted change. as he could not
tell u.s. cannot say.
My next story is of cat. a black
cat called Downward who lives at
Montreux. He has learned how to
open the door. Your readers know.
no doubt that the Swiss door handles
are different from ours going up and
down. Downward found that by ]ump-
ing on the handles he could Sopen the
door, There is also in this house a
gray cat, who is great friend of his
One day Peter was outside and mewed
to come in His mistress was busy
writing. and took no notice Peter
becamc more urgent Downward.
who was asleep on chair raised his
head and listened, and seeing Peters
wants still unattended to- he got up.
walked across the room. opened The
door and admitted his friend. I have
heard that black cats are the most in
telligent and tortoise shell cats the
most amiable of the cat tribe. I won
der if there is any ground for this be.
lief? ... 49, q .~. #..=.. ..-a
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One of Natures Laws,

According to a law of nature when
q body is cooled it becomes heavier
than when it is hot. There is one
exception to the rule. however, and
that is in the case Of water. Do you
know how important that exception is
TO US? Cool can of water from. saw
seventy degrees down to forty de-
grees and then pour it into a tub of
water whose temperature is warmer
than forty degrees. You will see that
the cooler water will sink immedi-
ately to the bottom of the tub. That
is how our seas lakes and rivers get
circulation But when the cooling
process goes below thirty-n de-
grees, strange to say, the water be-
comes lighter than it was when warm.
Suppose it continued, as other bodies
do. to get heavier as it got colder, do
you not see what would happen? Ice
as soon as it formed, would sink to.
tho bottom, layer upon layer. and
seas lakes and rivers would be frozen
solid in winter. But the one freezing
would do for all time. since the hot
test sun of the hottest summer would
not thaw the rigid mass.
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Oddly Addressed.

Fostoffice clerks don't appreciate
jokes of a certain order Not long
ago letter reached the New York
York general postottice seemingly ad-
dressed to no one in particular. But
on its face was capital picture of a
big rosy checked apple. stem and all,
Underneath it was New York City,
1t was. to use a postal phrase. Iced
that is, laid aside among other mis-
sives destined for the dead letter. Of
flee.
+ Nobody expected that claimant
would turn up. but one did. and on
the very day the letter arrived. too.
He asked il there was Anything for
Andrew Appel.
At first the clerk said Mo- but
upon reflection concluded that per-
haps he was in the presence OF the
owner of the missive,
In response to inquiries Mr.. Appel
said he was expecting to receive a
letter from his brother. Sure enough
the letter bore the postmark of the
city named. and the clerk gave it to
the expectant man.
Yes that's for me, !" he remarked.
That looks like an apple don't itp
Well. I'm An. Appel, An. being
short for Andrews" and he left laugh
ing at the construction of his brothers
pleasantly.
OF all things in the world that are
better late than never going to bed
certainly ranks first.
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MODERN IMPROVEMENTS,

Every transatlantic trip of the lar
ger of the ocean liners costs from $15,-
900 to SIC, 1000.
The hydraulic railroad now daily
operated in Paris consists of four car
riages or cars, each having capacity
of twenty-five passengers. The train
runs as smoothly as a boat on water.
There are no wheels, no steam, no
electricity. Apparently everything
moves on it's own accord.
Government engineers have enumer-
ated no less than 1876 rivers in the Mis-
sissippi valley, which, in the present
natural state, are not. available to
steam navigation, but which might be
made SO at a very reasonable cost. A
two or three foot navigation for nine
months of the year might be secur ed
on total of nearly $4,000 miles, and
with reasonable expenditure.
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BUSINESS BREVITIES,

Ivory is sensitive to weather. Ex-
posture to cold soon cracks it and rem
ders billiard balls untrue. They are
easily knocked out of shape, too, if not
well seasoned or not we'll made The
centre Of the tusk should go through
the centre of the ball to preserve best
, true spherical form.
A new English pattern of stair
thread is made of alternate strips of
lead and steel, the lead furnishing
foothold and the steel preventing wear.
The lead is cast in grooves in plate
of steel, and it is asserted that this
form of step has unusual durability,
not wearing smooth even under heavy
travel.
There is now imported into this
country a peculiar vegetable material
from Drum, an Algerian seaport on the
Mediterranean sea. The fibre of this
substance possesses the quality of
being so elastic that it can be used as
substitute for springs and the like in
the manufacture of furniture backs
and seats; it is SO expansive, indeed,
and SO easily affected by higher
temperatures in its dry state that,
when packed, the bales have to be
held in place by means of heavy
steel bands. The popularity Of this
grass is that it thrives only around the
volcanic slopes Of Oran, and fourishes
up to within short distance of the
craters themselves latter being
always in a semi-active state, and tho
earth around SO warm that not plant
OF any kind can thrive or is ever seen
to grow except this steel-like product,
and the practical value Of which is
likely to be fully utilized in future.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-05-19
Wood Fit for Violfns.

An amateur violin maker Of Port
land. Me-, has secured a prize in q
spruce beam from an old house at
North Yarmouth. The beam had been
seasoning for more than q hundred
years. and the little boards sawn from
it give forth the clear mellow sound
that is desired in violin stock. &C.
munder, the New York maker Of yio-
Inns was in Portland recently and, Sc
cured some of the wood.
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Sorting Amber.

When gathered amber is sorted the
pale pieces go to the pipe makers of
Turkey, Arabia Egypt and Levant;
tile light bone.colored and veined
pieces to the ornament makers of Italy;
the full yellow toinner Africa and the
South sea islands for the orname TIA
ton of the dusky bellies and the finer
grades to France. England and the
United States. The water amber is
nearly all Clear the mine amber is
generally the 'clouded" An average
price at the mine is 81 per pound, but
fine varieties and pieces run up to
fancy prices. The total production in
1890 amounted to t. AL, $50 pounds.
and this bids fair to be. largely in
creased. Tobacco.
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Eet1 moose

Mark Remission OF Phillips. Me-,
has bull moose which he raised from
calf which is SO tame that he turns
it out every warm day to browse in
the neighboring fields. He catches
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the big bull as easily as he would .
pet lamb and is breaking him to har.
ness. He hitched the moose to wagon
last summer and was carried ten miles
at railroad speed before he could
stop the animal.
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BE THOU NEAR,

When the shadows gather round me,
When my path is dark and drear,
When the storms of life are raging,
Be thou near.
Trust me, let thy faith inspire me.
In the struggle ne'er to yield;
Let thy love, so pure and holy,
s.- By my shield.
Blest communion, sweet and heavily,
Saves ME from the tempter's pow'r;
Stay thou near, loved one, need thee
Ev,ry hour.
Sat. Evening Post
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-05-19
"A Traveler,s pipe.

A travellers pipe is an English in
vention. The bowl has a hook at
tached to it which can be inserted in
the buttonhole Of the coat while a
tube communicates with the mouth
piece. The smoker thus has both
hands free to be occupied as he finds
necessary.
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GREAT CLOCKS.
some Ancient Time-Pieces That Are Still
Doing Duty In Tower End Steanla

some Ancient Time-Pieces That Are Still
Doing Duty in Tower and steeple.
1t Is quite unnecessary to enumer-
ate the marvellous clocks which have
world wide celebrity the Strasburg
clock. for example. or that at Berne.
the many old cathedral clocks in Eng
land that for instance, in Exeter
which retains the striking part made
IN l30O. while the great clock in Can
terbury Catheral is nearly 600 years
OLD. But 1t is Of interest to know THAI
two clocks have been exhibited in this
country within the last fifteen years
which We're made. we believe. at Co
lumbus. Ohio and one Of which is an
exact reproduction of the world-r re-
nowned clock of Strasburg Cathedral.
When we come to a consideration
OF modern clocks we find a variety,
says the jewelers. Review. limited
only by length Of purse and purpose
for which they are intended, from the
little time-piece costing less than ST.,
suitable for shipboard and travelling
to the exquisite horologe in marble
and gold, with its canoes and statu-
cites, costing hundreds of dollars
Musical and Ginning clocks play an
important part in modern households
as surely as they are losing favor III
church steeples. They were invented
in Germany and we read of them in
1880. AS adapted to rooms, they are
sometimes exceedingly sweet in tone
and sometimes a very great nuisance
However chime clocks are favorites
In many homes, and what is known as
the Westminster chime is as popular
as the cuckoo clock of German origin
was awhile ago. Clocks are of course
adapted in style to the rooms for
which they are intended and certain
~ no room is complete without one.
1t is becoming more and more usual
to increase their number, and as
everybody nowadays carries a watch
OF some sort or other so every room,
however hmmble has. it's clock.
In France notably, and in England
usually, it is the fashion to have man.
tle-shelf sets. including tho clock and
candelabra of the same style, and verv
handsome such sets often ares, For
dining rooms they would be in marble
or bronze or dark carved woods; in
the drawing rooms of .ormolu or gilt,
beautifully decorated, very often with
medallions painted by hand, and fire.
quently covered by brass shades.
Very handsome stands are made in
Dresden china. the value of the clock
depending after certain moderate
sum for the works, entirely upon the
material and workmanship OF the case
Sorting Amber.
When gathered amber is sorted the
pale pieces go to the pipe makers of
, 1892-01-29
FRESH STATE NEW

s1l voters hare been registered IL seat
Gle up ta SaAes
Contractor Percy Dickinson. Of the u.
P., has gone TO Snohomish.
Rosa Stannus, dramatic reader. lost her
purse n Seattle. containing So.
Right Of Way Engineer 6osslyn. Of the
Northern Rae8ilc, is in Portland.
Chief Surgeon Galbraith, Of the Union
Facite, was "a Olympia yesterday.
Bank clearamces yesterday Tacoma.
Sl55, COCO; Seattle SI09, ,s50.4T; Portland,
S255, ,o91.o9.
The ladies Of Phil. ri. Sheridan Relief
corps, o9 Tacoma, are furnishing roam at
the Soldiers Home, at Orting.
Mrs. Sarah {. Chew, OF Seattle, wants a
divorce from her husband who. she saws.
has been drunk for five years.
President Thomas Il. Cakes. Of the
Northern Pacific. Will visit pugas sound
Mith the Misses 0akes, some time next
MONTH
The. Eiremen and coal passers of the
whalehack steamer Wetmore struck. in
Seattle, but vent 30 work again this morn
ing.
Miss Bessie 81. Wilson, who sued the n .
r., in Seattle, for being put of train in
Missoulas Montana got q verdict for Sd 400
the amount sued for.
z. Hawkins and R ID. Stewart we're an
rested I'll Seattle, by Deputy Collector AEc-
kenEie ard Chinese Inspector Mum
charged with smuggling.
The Telegraph says d man named 10. N.
Calkins is living on Mercer Island, Lake
Washington. who has had eight wives
seven Of them still living and was never Ie-
galiy separated from any Of them aud
there is no law against bigamy or adultery
in this state.
Hobos accumulated i'm Colfax last week
until there were fifty OK sixty of them. All
Offers of work were refused by them, Fires
and hurglaFies came So thick that these
parties were suspected, for they lived bv
some means. Insurance comp threat
ened TO raise rates, and a general demand
went up to rid the town Of all suspicious
characters. The police were mustered in
force, a general roundup was made and an
were driven oat Of the town. None Will be
allowed to return.
, 1892-01-29
THLEGRAPHEC TALES.

Ai Fort Monroe, Na., Secretary and Mrs
Foster haTe legt for Washington
Arg Washington the president gave ! re
ceptlon e the members OF the national
board oI trade.
At Iiteh1eld, Conn, Andrew Boriesson
E the murderer Of Emma Anderson was
hanged ia jail
4 Captain schiey. Of the Baltimore. called
9n tAe president today ln company with
Senator Manaers0n.
An AeW York the steamship polaria,
from ststttns some day overdue, arrived oil
SADLY Hook this afternoon.
z In ChaHiesaoWn, Nd, Thos. Thompson.
colorea, Vas banged for the murder III
another eozaHed man, last August.
Al Baltimore. Cassard q Son. nork
{ packers hare made q satisfactory settle
tnent Win their creditors and resumed
Z business
\ An Londoa sacai. the faster, toaar aban-
@94@a Gae attempt VI Eo without food for
~ Gays. Only eight more days Of tie time
I remained.
\ ia Phiiaaeiphia the republican state
convention adopted a resolution commend
Z ing President Harrison's ability Ii hand
z Ing the Ghtlian pispute.
In St. Louis one hundred mem ahsrs 81 the
Z National Association of Journalists return
Z
a reception and banquet.
In Washington this morning TIE cabinet
meeting Mas unusually brief Tie brevity
Qi tlr session was taken to mean that nott-
ing importont was done
In Rienna the sensational Schneider
murder trlaA Is ended The iurx found
schneider and wife EiiltT and BOIL nrfson-
ers were sentenced 10 death.
Colonel Daniel nj. Burns. Of California
aas arrived at Los Angeles from Mexico.
@nere ae Was incemcerated hy q Mexican
Judge ln the CandeiAria mine case.
Ihe government of NictorIa has decided
to grant SEQ GOO to enable the colony ta nar-
hclpate sn 1ae Chicago worlds faiF pro
vl9ed the Victorian exhibitors subscribe
SIS 900 ia addition.
In London i is stated on the stock ex-
change thar the deficit Of Hume Webster.
tne horse breeder who committed suicide q
lev days ago, amount to nearly $4,000
Discrepancies are still being revealed ia his
accounts.
ia New York. tbe third " the missing
ecoMs has been recovered. ninety miles oli'
SANDY Hook and the half famishea men
on board were brought to BROOKLYN.
Anere are ten men on the two sooWs still
missing
In PittsbaFs. the flint glass workers who
struck st seven factories have returned to
work, pending the inrcstleatson 81 the
trouble bg 3 joint committee eF vorkmen
and manufacturer
An South Dakota, the Ean River County
bank Az 0elEachs assigned for tha benefit
ot tts creditors. The supposed liabilities
are about SIS GOO. The assets are entirely
Inadequate to cover liabilities 1T IS said.
AT Trenton the grand jury found four IN
aictments against the sgent Of the Ham
bnrg-Ameraean Steamship company. and
two against the agents 81 the Red star
Steamship company, for allowing dsbarred
immigrants to escape
, 1892-01-29
THE M'KINLEY BILL
viii be Attacked Piecemeal bY
the Democrats.


WAsa5aaFaNs Jan. a8.-Ihe democratic
majority of tie ways and means COMMITTEES
BY formal action this morning adopted
SpnassT's policy and decided ao attack the
Mckinley high tariff by various separate
bills. Upon this policy tie democratic
members 1f the committee decided to act
"a nnik
Ih4s conclusion mAs rsachsa this mora
inE hT Ehe democratic members of the
ways and means committee, af4ss . confer
enee lasting several hours. When The vote
uas taken i resulted Ga seven Is three in
favor of sspeEate bails. The tAuee dissent
ing members 81 the committee gave their
aahereaoe e the policy 81 Ghe majority al
t1a5r associates 0n tine oommst3sa ana Will
aci With them thus making thn democratic
par III tha NaFs ana means committee
anat tn shn policy which ii was decided t0
aa0Ets Nothing was saAa about
which particular festure or The
present law viii be drst attacked and
this IS .alt lo future determination. After
3 lengthy discussion Bryan lNeh.l offered
9 resolution atclaunE y the sense q The
democratic members 81 the committee
in&t sts policy with regsua 30 tariff leeisia-
li0N sM kaae Htsy-sec0mN congress should be
one nt revision hy separate measures i'm.
6leaa af general revision ~ tAR whole svs-
tenl. 4ass nlpti0n was carried hy vote
seven CD tAHaa. Those voting ia favor of
III were Montgomery Whiting, Shivsiy
Co1araaes stevens, BRYAN and Springer
new members of the committee. The neg
AnTe votes we're cast by Mcmillan. Turner
aud wilson members ia previous con-
gress, This general policy ka0sne been de-
ierminea ap1n al the members present
agreed 81 ahias by the conclusion reached
, 1892-01-29

Nn# SpeK. lan. 2a A Washington spe-
ciai ags Jerry simpson, Watson and
0tis of KANSAS, have split from tie other
alliance members OF thehouse because they
neiectea e size proposition made By the
latter thai they cast their les with the dem
cTats,
Is Is sata the difficulty IS fao serious rs
he healea. Alliance men whe favor work.
tna Wssh 68e democrats have decided 10 ill.,
troaaea hslas Id rmt om The free Hist articles
considered as necessities to farmers and hv
securing tire passage ~ these measures t0
80 radacr tie revenues that i deficit III the
treasury - be created This much ac-
compilsla@H The alliance members would
compel congress TO issue legal tender treas
ury notes to cover the amount ef the de-
Acit taa security 30 be furnished b those
receiving notes, ga accordance with the
gsgtts5HaasasHF MAN