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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-05-11
ODDS AND ENDS.

II the doctor orders bark, has not the
patient right to growl?
A house at Canton, Conn, that was
built in 1850 is still occupied as dwell
| ing.
The rose of CASTLE is the national
flower of the swarthy and fiery Span.
lard.
The first famous German brewer was
Herr Knausten, who wrote handbook
on his art in 1915.
Horses are so plentiful in Chill and
Buenos Ayres that it is not uncommon
for beggars to ride.
True modesty avoids everything that
is criminal, false modesty everything
that is questionable.
The real happiness of life cannot be
bought with money, and the poor may
have it as we'll as the rich.
There is talk of running trolley OBJ
servation cars across Niagara falls sus-
pended so feet above the water.
Imitation may be the sincerest fiat
terry, but an up to date girl doesn' t
think so when she is presented with a
paste diamond.
Racine often said that the suffering
he endured from one adverse criticism
more than outweighed all the pleasure
he enjoyed from the public applause.
Pope owed his accuracy and polish of
style to a hint from miserable poet
named Walsh that the English poetry
of that day was deficient in elegance.
A bomb was recently found near the
Roman coliseum. ''While stands the
coliseum Rome shall stand, " said By
ron, "and when Rome falls-the
world. "
Raynaud, a very voluminous author,
persuaded publisher to issue 20 vol
ume edition of his works. 1t was done
and ruined the publisher, who died in
apOorhouse.
Scarron was for many years victim
of acute rheumatism. He could use only
his tongue and his hands All his bril-
liant works We're written on portfolio
placed on his knees
Vondel was the Dutch Euripides.
Most of his tragedies are on subjects
drawn from the Scriptures, In the Ode
liverance of the Children of Israel" the
principal actor was the Almighty.
A French author, noted in his own
time, produced in the seventeenth cen.
fury a folio volume on moses" III
which he described all kinds and told
what sort of nose every saint i'll the cal
endar must have possessed.
When Malherbe was on his deathbed
an unlettered priest was picturing to him
in ungrammatical language the joys of
heaven. Hold your tongue, " said the
dying grammarian your wretched
grammar disgusts me with them"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-05-11
PATENTS.
NOTICE TO INVENTORS.

There was never a time in the history of
our country when the demand for inven-
tons and improvements in the arts and sci
| ences generally was so great as now. The
cOnvenienceS of mankind in the factory
and workshop, the household on the farm,
and in official life, require continual acces-
slOns to the appurtenanceS and implements
of each IN order to save labor time aud eX
pense. The political change in the admin
1StratlOn of government does not affect the
progress of the American inventor, who be-
ing on the alert and ready to perceive the
existing deficiencies, does not permit the af-
fairs of government to deter HIM from
quickly cOnceiving the remedy to overcome
existing discrepancies. Too great care can
not be exercised in choosing a competent
and Skillful attorney to prepare and prose
cute an application for patent. Valuable
interests have been lost and destroyed in
innumorable instances by the employment
of incompetent counsel, and especially is
this advice applicable to those who adopt
the IN patent, no pay system. Invent
OrS who entruSt their business to this class
of attorneys do so at imminent risk, as the
breadth and strength of the patent is never
considered i'm view of a quick endeavOr to
get an allowance and obtain the fee then
due. THE PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY.
John Wedderburn, General Manager, 6lS f
street. y. W., Washington, ID. c., repre-
senting large number of important daily
and weekly papers, as well as general peri
OdicalS of the country, was instituted to
protect its patrons from the unsafe meth
dds heretofore employed i'm this line of BUSH
ness. The said Company is prepared to
take charge of all patent business entrust-
ed to it for reasonable fees, and prepares
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Guiding mechanical inventions. design pat
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Write for instructions and advice.
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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-05-11
Gladstone's Retirement Is Final.

Our Chester correspondent states that
the reports current that Mr.. Gladstone
will resume his interest in political con-
Germs, should the operation on his eyes
prove successful, is unfounded. Mr..
Gladstone withdrawal from public life
is final. Yesterday some little stir was
caused at the castle by the arrival of
three large furniture vans containing
for the most part Mr.. Gladstone's things
from the prime minister's official resi-
dence in Downing street. Extensive al
terations are being carried out at the
castle. No doubts are entertained there
that Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone's stay at
the castle will, after their return at
Whitsuntide, be permanent. London
Standard
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-05-11
GOOD AND BAD BLOOD.
The Weak Point in the Spring.
MEDICINE THEORY.

We are told that the source of three
fourthS Of our diseases is in our blood; that
good purgatiVe three or four times year
will keep us IN good health. Is this 50 or
isn't 1t? 1t may be all right for strong. fat
p ople; people whose blood is too rich. For
thin people 1t certainly is not good. Dys-
peptlcs, c0nsumptiveS pa'e, thin an@mic
people suffer from poor blood, scarcity Of
rec cOrpuScleS. No pur9atiVe or sO-called
bloc d medicine can help them.
The blood is the life; yes, but what
makes the blood? Food. Good food is all
that is needed to make poor blood rich.
Paskola the rich pre-digeSted starch food.
is often recommended by physicians for
this very purpose.
There is no difficulty in understanding
why 1t is that small quantity of PaSkoa
Will do so much good. 1t is made out of
mans most important food. starch. In
0fuer 10 help the weak stomach, it is pre-
digested.
Any good pure tasty starch food will do
you as much good as Paskola if you can d.
geSt 1t. If you can't, nothing Will do you
good, except PaSkola, for it Is already di-
gesred
Paskola is not blood medicine. 1t is
food that enrches the blood. 1t also helps
the digestion of other food
1t makes thin, pOor-boOded people so fat
and healthy that their friends can hardly
recognize them.
says: " 'PaSkola' is indeed food. and a
royal ond, too. l have already gained six
and one-half pounds"
Send for descriptive pamphlet to
The Pre- Digested Food Co., 80 Read st.
New York.
Alonzo T. Clarke, Bradford, VT
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-05-11
Floor Washing Machine.

A floor washing machine has been re-
Gently invented. The mechanism con-
sists of main frame with suitable driv-
ing wheels driving an endless belt pro-
vided with a series of flap, water tank
delivering upon the belt, which is also
engaged by wringing rollers, beneath
which is supported dirty water tank.
The flaps absorb the water and bring a
large rubbing surface to bear on the
floor as they are carried beneath the
roller, the belt and its flaps then pass
ing between the wringing rollers, and
the machine being used by simply push
ing it across the floor after the clean
water pipe has been opened.-St Louis
Post Dis ,atch.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-05-11
The Oddly of 1t.

The woman suffragists apparently
hope to succeed by making their cause
fashionable in New York, and the latest
petition was placed at SherTy's to be
signed. It is odd, but the progress Of the
cause daily brings out the fact that some
of the most prominent Of the women in
the movement are the gentlest and most
feminine of creatures, while many wom-
en- who, like Jennie Geddes, wo.ld sug-
gest themselves to the eye as possible
agitators, are bitterly opposed to it
BostonJ Journal
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-05-11
Sunday, May o.

United States sealing regulations have
been issued-John Jay, grandson of the
first chief justice of the United States, Is
dead-There are indications that the
Hawaiian government will be reorgan-
lied without friction-Customs irregu-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17
SIZE TENDED STILL.

What Revenue OHccr Discovered In the
North Carolina Mountains.
For many years Eph Honeycutt. Of
Mission. Stanley county, has conducted
brandy distillcry, and had reputa.
ton throughout that country for max
Ing the best brandy to be had, says the
Charlotte News. The distillery was
always conducted in an orderly way,
which is not the case with all of them
The other day revenue officer went
down to the still to mark up the bran
dy, and 10, and behold! woman was
attending to things. The officer in.
quired of the woman as to uoneycutt's
whereabouts.
"He's not here; does not stay here, {"
replied the woman.
"Wcll. who runs the still?"
"Why, ! do. of course. have been
attending to it for these many DAYS.
and can make just as good brandy as
Eph IIoneycutt can"
well. who are you. and who does
this distillery belong to2" asked the
officer In astonishment
"The whole thing. including myself.
belongs to Eph Honeycutt. for am his
wife. attend to things for him. be-
cause he has the farm nnd other mat.
ters to look after"
And then she went around To
''chunk" up the fre and squeezed the
flannel strsiner In the ''doublinR keR''
70 see II the "singiings" were strong
enough.
Comforting.
Mamma (reprovingly)-H you 70 o,
being such had boy, you will turr
mammals hair white.
Little Johnny (thoughtfully)-Don',
you think real nice, soft white hal,
would be sort o. becoming to Won,
complexion, mamma?-Good News.
The Umbrslls Question.
Jimpson-By George, there goes ,
fellow with my umbrella.
Pottles-Well, why don't you max,
him give IT upf
Jimpson-Confound II. the man 70,
Il from y right behind him. just nj
lpferRRl lpck'-Troy Express,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17
KING COTTON At HOME.
Brilliant Appearance of n Field Of CottoA
In June.

A field of cotton IN June is like q
great. brilliant flower bed. According
to the Blue and Gray, its bloom resem-
blcs the hollyhock. and has the re-
marlsable popularity of changing it's
color from hour to hour. When it first
opens it is pale straw color: in a few
hours it is pure white; later it is
family pink, and next morning rose
color. The flower is succeeded by q
triangular pod, containing in three
cells the seeds in three locks of white
down which burst forth when the pod
opens. The length and the fineness Of
this fiber. or staple" as it is called,
determines the grade of the cotton.
The 'sea island" or long stapled cot.
ton is grown on the upland The best
cotton in the world is grown on Edisto
island. south of Charlcston; the staple
of this is nearly two inches long.
Seen under Il microscope. the cotton
fibers are ribbon shaped. and not
straight like fax. but twisted some
thing like corlzscrcw. The best seq
island cotton is in beautiful spiral
springs that lend themselves readily to
spinning. This cotton is used only in
the manufacture of the most delicate
fabrics; in England, a single pound of
it has been wrought into one thousand
and twenty-siX miles Of thread.
1t was ut first thought that compress
sion would injure the staple of the
cotton; thqt the fiber would be broken
off short, or the spiral screw. so neces-
sary to good spinning. be crushed fat.
But it was demonstrated by expert
ment that. SO far from injuring the
staple. it seemed to preserve it, and
since then the great desire of the cot
ton shippers has been to get machine
to compress the cotton as much as pos
sil,1o
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17
TREES THAT CIV. MILK.
South American Natives DO Their Milking
Without Usin. Their Hands.

South American Nativos DO Their Milking
Without Using Their Hands.
DIR. Spruce. the renowned South
American traveller, mentions tree. a
member of the ,log bane family. the
juice of which is used as milk, says
Chambers Journal. On the bark be-
ing wounded the milk flows abundant
ly, and Is of the consistency of cows
milk, of the purcst white, and sweet
to the taste. The Indian mode of talk.
ing it is to apply the mouth directly to
the wound, and thus receive the milk
Us it flows. DR.. Spruce says he has
often parta!ien of it without experienc.
ing any i'll effects.
In Guiana. tine natives employ the
milk from tree belonging to the same
family as.the last named: in the yer
nacular it is known as hyahyn, and to
botanists as noe;naemontana utilis
(so named after Jacubls Theodorus
Tabernaemontanus, German physi-
clan and botanist). The millA has the
same flavor as sweet cows milk, but il
rather sticky on account of it's contain.
ing some caoutchouc.
In Para, q lofty tree, belonging II
the star apple family, attaining g
height of one hundred feet, is used In
o similar manner to the others men
toned. Incisions are made in the bark
and the milky juice flows out copious
ly. about the consistency of thicl
cream, and II it were not for its taste
which is somewhat peculiar, conld bt
hardly distinguished from 1t.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17
Fiddi-s or Aluminium.

An aluminium violin, invented and
patented by Cincinnati musician, is
highly spoken of. both by players and
critics IT is made in the same shape
rs the ordinary violin. but looks, of
course, like silver, and is exceedingly
light Many advantages over wooden
yiolins are claimed for it, One was
used in n concert in indianapolis few
days ago, and newspaper critic COM
;nepts that, while it seemed to lack in
Sibsstory power, II had peculiar quail
tiles. which added greatly to the brill
fancy Of tone, IN. Y Sun.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17
FROGS AND wAsps.
The Former Rat the Latter and Seesn I
Enjoy Them Very Much.

The Former Fat the Latter and Seosa to
Enjoy Them Very Much.
Some time ago discovered, acci-
dentally. that frogs are voracious eat
ers of wasps. have in my garden q
tank for watering, with an island Of
rockwork, which is a favorite haunt Of
the frogs. writes R. f. Bartlett in the
London Spectator. The wasps just now
are carrying on raid against my fruit,
and when wish to crafty at once my
revenge and my frogs catch a ma
rauder between post card and an in
verted wine glass, carry him off to the
tank. wet his wings Lo prevent his fly
ing. and set him on the rockwork be-
fore the frogs.
After moments pause q frog ad-
vsnces, and In an instant the wasp has
disappeared, drawn into tho frogs
mouth BY . single dart Of. his long
tongue. Occasionally the wasp reap
pears, wholly or partially, having made
II unpleasant for the frog, but he Is al
most always swallowed in the end.
Usually convulsive movements may be
noticed In the frogs throat and body,
as though the process of deglutition
were not quite easy; but that they like
the diet Is evident from the fact that Q
single smallish frog has been known
TO take three wasps one after another.
Indeed. II is remarkable what very
small frogs. quite infants, will swallow
wasp with nvidity One afternoon
. tiny frog swallowed 8 full-grown
wasp. when q big relative went for him
quite sisyagely, like big schoolboy
thrsshlng small one for presuJlina
to bs helped bsfosv him M
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17
KEYS IN THE EAST.
Their Great Bulk Corresponds 60 IN.
tricucy of the Locks.

Their Great Bulk Corresponds 60 fns
tricncy OF the Locks.
In the History of Ninevch, and Its
Palaces" by Joseph Bonomi, we find q
description Of. perhaps, the oldest lock
ever discovered, says Hardware. II
was used in securing the gate of the
apartment in one of the palaces of
Khorsabhad. In describing this
ancient piece Of hardware-if such
terms may be applied to wooden looks
he says: AT the end Of the chamber,
Just behind the first bulls, was former
ly a strong wooden gate, of one leaf,
which was fastened by a large wooden
lock, like those still used in the enst,
of which the key is as much as man
can conveniently carry, and by bar
which moved into square hole in the
wall. II is to a key of this description
that the prophet probably alludes.
And the key of the house Of David
will lay upon his shouldcr;' and 1t Is
remarkable that the word for key in
this passage of Scripture, 'inuftah,' Is
the same in use all over the east at the
present time. The key of an ordinary
street door is commonly thirteen or
fourteen inches long; and the key Of
the gate of public building or Of q
street, or quarter Of town, is two
feet or more in length. The iron pegs
at one end of the piece Of wood corre-
spond to so many holes in the wooden
bar or bolt of the lock, which, when
the door or gate is shut, cannot be
opened until the key has been in
A-l a. -
drawing back of the bolt removed by
raising up SO many iron pins that fall
down into holes in the bar or bolt cor
responding to the peg in the key"
This description, and others of a cor
robatory chara ter, prove that this
form of lock- and key was In use in
Egypt four or five thousand years,
during which extended period Of time
it does not appear to have undergone
any successful changes.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17
rs 'lLi. 'lLi.iFT 'NlI NAPLES.


- 1V8Au8m nSu1 Am00E WOQlQ OOn8vYUOy -
Elsvatcd Railway There.
II the scheme elaborated by an rtal-
Ian engineer for the construction Of
an elevated railway In Naples Is car
ried into execution italy will, accord
ing to the Electrical Review. possess
one of the most remarkable structures
In the world. As far as length is con.
cerned the projected line Is not OF
great Importance, but the boldness of
the idea and its originality are strik.
ing. Let the imagination conceive the
hilly portion of q town connected by
means Of viaducts and towers, with
that part lying at low level, and the
substance of A. Avena's project will
then be readily understood. The hand
some and populous part of Naples,
radiating from Via Roma, has only
communication with the Corso Wiz
torio Emmanuele, the San Martino
hill, and the lat still higher level)
new Rione del vomero by means OF
narrow, tortuous streets, many Of
them being impracticable for carriage
traffic. It is between these two ex.
treme localities that the proposed ele.
vated railway is to form a connection.
The line is to be carried on two metal
lie visducts, each divided 30 as to form
q double WY, one for the operation at
electric cars and the other for pedes-
trians. A masonry tower 1925 feet high
.s to be built in the Via Roma, and
from this the first viaduct, l,1S0 feet
long, will be carried to the Corso Wit
torio Enmanuele, where it will terni-
nate in the base of metallic tower
400 feet In height The second via
duct, $50 feet long and branching out
of this tower some distance below the
summit. will pass over the San Mar.
tino hill and end in the ground level
ut the new Rione del vomero. The
viaducts will be carried on pyramidical
metallic towers having masonry foun.
dations; and the masonry tower q.
the beginning of the first viaduct and
the metallic tower, connecting the
two viaducts, will each be provided
with staircases and capacious lifts for
conveying passengers up and down.
Passengers entering the cars at either
end OF the line will not be compelled to
change their seats on arriving at tho
metallic tower, us the cars will be All.
tomatically placed on the lifts for as-
cending or descending from the high.
est viaduct, when the cars will con.
tinue their way to either terminus.
Generating stations will be provided at
each terminus for producing current
for lighting and power purposes. The
undertaking, a concession for which
has been granted, would provide {
splendid view of the whole of Naples.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17
SHE FLoes YOUNG WOMEN.

The Brutal Method Ons London ceuaals
Has for aIa;tin. n Living.
Henry Labouc,.erc, of the London
Truth, has bccn investigating the
methods of the professional .'nogrers"
in and near London. One of them-a
woman-in IN interview frankly told
him about her methods She goes
about London logging girls and boys.
She uses n birch, which she males up
herself. She has q "tawse" for use ii
desired. but prefers the birch as being
more cfficacious. She is described as a
middlc-agcd female. short, but stroug q.
ly built. and of unprcpossessing fea
lures. Her correspondence and speecx
show her to be illitcratc. IIer manner.
are coarse. She says her father WIS
the rector Of Cranbrook.
Flogging is her prescription for all
moral and mental ills She uly,avs.
however, commences the operation by
spanking" with her hand. The inter-
viewer having expressed slseptic:sm
about the efficacy of spanking. she
invited him to hold out his hand and
try it, a2d gave him blow waic., left
~AS NNS''AAS AOA oAoU!iSI. AuNlOuS 10
complete his knowledge he next hel1
out his hand for q taste of the birch,
and received two blows from the
shoulder. II pity" he says, 1.-THE girl
who gets one such blow" One, how.
ever, is out of the question. Mrs.
Peirce's minimum allowance is eiyh.
or ten ''spanlss." followed by sixteen
strokes with a birch. which would bs
increased to eighteen, twenty. or tiv.
and twenty at discretion. She stated
that she had recently logged one girl
twenty years Of age five times in tort
night. If girls began to scream TN
der the operation she forced into their
mouths woolen pad covered with
silk.
after the whipping" she said. ..I
give them good lecture and read
them a chapter Of the Bible. always
carry my Bible with me for this pur-
pose.' Here, it will be seen, thu
''clergy,nan's daughter" comes in. OF
her own accord, however, she proceed
ed to inform her interviewer that she
was in the habit Of birching not only
boys and girls. but grown men.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-17
TRUTH IN THE HOME.
How Mothers Ofton Undermine Thoir Chill
drrn's Regard for Truth.

NeSAru
The foundation of life is truth.
Truth is the foundation Of home life,
business life, church life, society.
Without it there is no stability, be-
cause there is no confidence. Even
careless thinkers admit this; and the
one who least regards it in practice,
sometimes in his innermost soul values
it most. While the value of truth as a
basis of living is acknowledged, too
frequently mothers are the ones who
first introduce q child to falsehood.
The other day u little child was
brought into n kindergarten for the
first time. She absolutely refused
to remain without her mother,
woman OF wealth, and one who
might have commanded leisure
had she wished, but who preferred
filling her time with charitable and
social engagements. The timid little
girl held her mother prisoner the en-
tire morning The second morning
the child was a little more accustomed
to her surroundings. and did not cling
so tightly to her mothers dress. The
mother took advantage of this, and
said: "If you let me go out for little
while, / will come back and bring you
box of candy" mo. you won't"
said the little girl, looking in her
mothers face with perfect fearless
ness; 81 know YOU won't" "Oh, yes, 1
will" responded the young mother;
'if you just let me go for little while,
! will come hack with box of candy
. for you" The child consented, but
her expression made it very plain
10 the teachers in charge that she had
very little confidence that her mother
would keep that engagement She sat
by and watched her little companions,
and after a time joined in the games
and work. When her nurse came for
her, she was overheard to say: "Mam-
ma said she would come back and
bring me box OF candy, but know'd
she wouldn't" And the nurse gave no
evidence of surprise. The mother ap-
peared the next day apparently with
not the slightest recollection of the
stain which she had pnt upon her own
character the day before. How can
that child have any regard for truth.
when the being whom she loves most
on earth cares SO little for it?-Out-
look.