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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22

No 13O.--Diagonal De Lesseps Cross
words l. Delicious. ,. Deceptive 3. Ne
lodious. i. Timepiece. .. Necessary. 6.
Profusion. :. Phenomena. s. Amidships.
8. WEAKNESS.
No. 131.-Nariations Snip.
No. 132.-Word Puzzles: l. Testament.
2. Planet.
No 133.-Finai Acrostic l. Wasp. 2.
Hare. 3. Scorpion. 4. Pelican. Finals,
Penn.
No. 134.-Charade; Band-age.
No 135.--Metagram Cake, rake, take,
bake, make.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
THE TALLEST MAN IN MAINE.
W. II. Kelley Measures Six Feet Ten and
Is Proud of 1t.

The tallest man in the state of Maine
rides bicycle. He's also general rcpaircr
of bicycles for the village of Phillips
These two facts may not especially belong
together, but they Immediately answer u
vague question that arises in the mind of
the reader. If the bicycle gets discouraged
at any time, Names champion tall wheel
man can do his own doctoring.
Mr.. W. H. Kelley of Phillips is modest
man. Although he has many accomplish
ments, and, in his character of head sur
geon of the village repair shop, can mend
anything from a watch to jigger wagon,
he doesn't boast of his requirements But
as to his height he feels that he can safely
lay claim to being the champion giant of
Maine. Many tall mon have come and
seen and braccd shoulders and chalked
with him on his shop door until the
scratches of the intcrtangled lines look
like a spider web But loftily above them
all is the scratch mark of the towering
man of the house.
He never Yet has lad to look up to gaze
into the eyes If Il man standing on his
level except once, when the circus brought
II giant 10 town. The giant heard that
there WAS IL clliAcn outside who was taller
than hc, So b. his request, Mr. Kelley was
/
NaLtdEu ground OF an ascending slope, he
wo Il bear,hin cap, high heeled shoes and
had lis shoulders padded deliberately But
even under Tie disguise the bystanGcrs
could see that he was not u fair match for
the local giant, had he stripped off his
Tlumu5c and "cumc down OF his perch"
on i.e rmbankment.
Mr.. Kelley, dressed for the street meas
urcs from the ground to the top of his
head feet 10 inches, as near feet as any
man in Maine has ever grown. He is
symmetrical, too, weighing considerably
over goo pounds yet without any superilu-
Gus flesh.
Mr.. Kelley is amuscular man, and some
feats of strength that he has performed
surprised even his townsnen. Alta lifting
match not long ago the weight was stone
post weighing 225 pounds. Several alleged
strong men tackled it and wriggled 1t
along few feet at a hitch Mr. Kelley
grasped the iron link affixed to the post
and walked nearly POO feet with the
weight, finally tossing it a considerable
distance. 81 could have carried it far
ther, said he, "but l thought twas far
enough tor a sample. -
He is an expert wheelman and takes
much pleasure in riding. He has supplied
his bicycle with an extra long upright
and his lcngth Of limb is nicely acconno-
dated.-LeWiston journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22

1. What number is that whose half is
two more than its third?
2. What number is that whose ninth is
three less than its SIXTH
B. Four persons-A, b, c and Dbl
vide sum of money among them. a
takes one-half, b One-h half of the remain
der, @ ono-half of the sum left and ID one
half of the then remainder. There are
then So left. How much did each receive.
and how much was there at the beginning?
4. Divide SO into four such numbers
that the first, multiplied by 3, the second
divided by 3, the third increased by and
the fourth lessened by 3 may be all equal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22

Johnny" said his teacher, IF your ia
ther can do piece of work in seven days,
and your Uncle George can do it in nine
days, how long will it take both of them
to do itY'i
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
No. 143.-Flxine Oneries

/. Which bird is IA boys toy
9. Which bird is the most deceitfulY
3. Which bird is the most atfectionate?
I. Which bird most closely resembles
an animal?
,. Which bird is "a complication OF
ropes formed by tying"
6. Which bird is the most rude?
Z. Which bird is n kind of gung
s. Which hi"d is "out of breathe"
8. Which bird is grain;
10. Which bird is worn at the neck?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
An Old Epitaph.

Here lies oil Jones,
Who all his life collected bones
Until death, that grim and bony specter,
That all amassing bone collector,
Boned old Jones so neat and tidy,
And here he lies all bona tide.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
No. 142.-Anagram.

In our proceedings here below,
Whatever they may be,
"STAID SENSE in all things we should show
If we would from care be free.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22

Beginning at the upper left hand corner,
follow the dashes in such way that all
the letters shall be passed, and that in
reaching the lower right hand corner the
letters in the order traversed shall spell the
words of All old English proverb.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22
s .,AyR684 s.
1HE PUzzLER


No. 136.-Royalty In Anagrams.
l. Cub tore Berr.
2. Six foxes in Gere Park
3. Swim fair Lulu.
4. Furious apes nose quail.
8. Ho, the n. Y. G. r. II. offer faun!
6. Japs boot pan beer.
z. For her pluck is dead.
s. Fast Jones scolded Macon.
8. Buzz, start the ale.
No. 137,-Charade
A product of coniferous trees
A hardy toilcr of the seas;
These make, when joined and matched
A Russian scratched.
make this statement wholly on
The authority of Napoleon.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-22

They'd never get it done, said John
ny They'd sit down and tell fish sto-
ries"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
LIVE STOCK NOTES.

Grade up your stock, for both home
and foreign markets require a better
quality of meat than ever before.
A eve should not be required to
move about much for few hours after
1ambing. If her teats are closed against
the efforts of the lamb, squeeze them
out with the wetted fingers.
A eve which disowns her lamb or
one which is required to adopt another
should be confined alone with it in a
dark place, and out of hearing of other
sheep, and she should be held several
times day for it to suck.
In order to secure the many desira-
BILE good qualities which go to make
UP first-class flock of sheep, great
with reference to the particular flock
Of ewes with which he is to be put.
Before sheep are changed from hay
to grass in the spring they should be
carefully looked over, and all horns and
hoofs that threaten to be troublesome
carefully removed. The hoofs can be
taken Off with pruning shears, but n
fine saw is needed for horns.
There is real economy in feeding
straw and corn fodder. There is no
question but that stock can be wintered
as well upon these as upon high priced
hay. When these are fed with bran,
having higher albuminoid ratio, they
enable an snimal to digest and assimi-
late better than when corn is fed with
them.-Farner's Voice.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
THE HATCHINo PROCESS.
How to Tell Perfectly Fresh Eggs from
Unfertile Ones.

How to Tell Perfectly Fresh Eggs from
Unfertile Ones.
1t is common practice for those buy
ing eggs to hold them up to the light,
and such as have had any experience
can in this way easily tell whether an
egg is fresh or stale. A perfectly fresh
egg will have a comparatively clear
look, with the cir space of only moder-
ate size; whereas a stale egg will not
have such clear look, and the air space
will be larger, according to the age of
the egg. In addition to this there are
other indications, such as the appear
nnce of the shell, which, in the old egg,
loses that bloom so striking in new
ones. Unfertile eggs are always clear
no matter how long they have been sat
upon. There are those who say thai
the sex and fertility of the egg can be
told before they are set. All sorts of
plans have been put forth and declared
to be sure and infallible tests as to the
sex of chickens, such as the shape of the
egg, the time of day it is laid, etc, but
v0ese have been found. when tested, to
he unreliable, or at any rate not suf-
ficiently reliable to be accepted. That
the fertility of the egg may be proved
before it is set, we are not prepared to
deny, as we have known persons to pick
out fertile eggs by breathing on the
broad end, and must acknowledge that
they have proved to be correct in
large number of cases. We have never
been able to disprove this test, and
have often found it to be correct, but
Dot sufficiently so as to rely entirely
and unreservedly upon it. When work.
ing an incubator there is no need for it,
for we have always been able to dis.
cover 60 hours after they have been put
into the machine whether the eggs were
fertile or not; and as the quality OF
barren eggs is then unaffected in any
way, it is not worth running any risk
with the other tests.-Prairie Farmer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
a WORD OF WARNING.
Why Care Should he Exercised In the
Purchase of Hay.

Why Care Should lie Exercised In the
Purchase of Hay.
The London Live Stock journal
offers word of warning that may de-.
serve attention in this country as well
as abroad: -
More care is commonly taken by horse
owners as to the quality of the oats
than of the hay they purchase. Yet
there is greater difference between
good and inferior hay than between
the best and, say, third or fourth-class
oats. Hay varies greatly, not only in
the quality of the heritage Of which it
is composed, but in the conditions I'M
der which it has been harvested, and
in how it has cured in the stack. Horses
rarely suffer from eating bad oats, while
much disease in the stable is attribute
BILE to the quality of the hay they con-
sumo. 1t has been estimated that
about so per cent. of the cases
stables are due to the hay with which
the horses are provided. Owners of
large studs frequently experience an
outbreak of collie among their animals
with the purchase and consumption of
fresh consignment of hay. Hay poor
in quality and badly stacked is u most
expensive fodder, from the diseaseitfre-
quently engenders, as we'll as from it's
low consuming value. Great care should
be exercised in the purchase Of foreign
hay.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Cracked Corn for Fowls.

The use of cracked corn Is more
largely employed among those who
breed the smaller breeds OF poultry,
yet some use it with all varieties. II
always seemed to me that the BETTE
way would be to buy smaller kernel
corn or plant a dwarf variety that
would avoid the necessity of cracking
it at the mill. In doing so you get just
what is wanted and avoid the trouble
of having to pay for great deal of
meal made in grinding the corn, which
is not eaten by the flock and permitting
il to lie in the feed bins long brings
the meal worm about and makes the
entire grain musty and unpleasant to
handle.-J. VI. Caughel. In FARM and
Homs
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Ration for Cattle or sheep.

Glover. hay, bran and wheat straw
make up complete ration in growing
cattle or sheep. 1t makes cheap food.
1t will bring little better result il the
straw and clover could first be run
through feed-cutter and then the
bran be added. But, IL this cannot be
done, the next best plan is to feed the
straw and clover In racks or managers,
and the bran in boxes or troughs.
There will be much less waste in this
way than by allowing the stock to run
In the stacks and help themselves.
What is left IN the racks or managers
can be used for bedding. and in this
way be converted into valuable fer
tnizer
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
ANATOMY OF A BEE.
The Most Wonderfully Constructed of All
Useful Insects.


Useful Insects.
A bee is divided into three sections
head, thorax and abdomen. 1t has five
eyes-three in the form of triangle
in the center of the forehead, and one
on each side OF the head. These, looked at
under a microscope, are very beautiful.
The antennae are the two flexible
black horns on the head; with these
bees recognize each other, and in them
ere supposed to be located the ex-
tremely sensitive organs of smelling
and hearing. They are to the bee very
much what the brain is to man. A
bee deprived of her antennae loses
her power of movement.
In the head and thorax of the worker
bee are the, nursing glands, which Sc
crete milky food fed to the larvae.
These glands are very large in the
young worker while they act as nurses.
but reduced in the old bees of a brood
less colony. In the old bees they wither
more and more till they become shrunl,-
en- and seemingly withered up. Tho
queen, when egg-laying, is also fed from
these glands. When honey is coming
freely, and the queen is well fed. she
has very wonderful power of pro-
ducing eggs, laying over 5000 per day,
or more than three times her own
weight.
In bees, as in all insects, the skeleton
that supports the body is not internal
as in animals, but mostly external, and
is formed of horny substance called
chitine, which is flexible and is capable
Of being nodded into every conceivable
shape and appearance. 1t forms the
hard back of the repulsive cockroach.
the beautiful scale-lille feathers of
the gaudy butterfly, the delicate men,
brane which supports the lace-wing in
mid-air, and the black and yellow wings
of our native and imported bees, be-
sides internal braces, tendons and ducts
innumerable.
The internal skeleton, hard for the
most part, and varied in thickness in
beautiful adaptation to the strain to
which it may be exposed, gives con-
sistency Of form to the little wearer;
but it needs, wherever movement is
necessary, to have delicate extension
Joining the edges of the unyielding
plates: Here the thick coat is reduced
TO thin, easily-creased membrane,
where by flexion one part is made to
press over the other-Cable.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Common seashore sand will greatly
Improve the appearance Ok old velvet
and remove all the dust. Sprinkle the
velvet well with the fine sand and then
brush until none remains, always brush
ing the pile The wrong way
Graham Fudding.-TaLe one cup
full of graham flour, one cupful of sweet
milk, one of nolasSes and one ofchopped
raisins; add one teaspccnful soda,
stir and stand for three hours. House.
keeper.
Egg Gruel,-Beat the yolk of an
egg with tablespoonful Of powdered
sugar, add teacupful of b,iling water,
then stir in quickly the beaten white,
season with = dash of nutme g.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Mend your gloves witt fine cotton
thread instead of silk. The silk is apt
to cut the Kid. In mending gloves turn
them insid- out and sew them over and
over. If there is tenr in the glove
set a piece of kid under ii and secure
1t with few stitches.
To make use Of sweet, lnsipid and
tasteless apples stew them and mix
them with stcwed cranbcrries in the
proportion of one part of Iranberries
to two parts of apples. Not quite as
much sugar will DE required as for the
cranberries alone. Strain them through
a colandcr, and serve cold with meats
or fowl.
breakfast Fritters. Two eggs.
beat well, two cupfuls of buttermilk
or sour milk, little sail, a half tea
spoonful of soda, and flour to make q
batter stiff enough to drop from the
spoon. Have skillet of hot lard and
drop ii small spoonfuls and fry light
brown. They are nice AMI light. For
a change you can put in some chopped
meat or oyster for each fritter, for
those that like oysters. Western
Rural.
Walnut Cake. TO be pat together
as above. One and one-half c1pfuls Of
sugar, one-nalf cupful of butte, whites
of four eggs, two cupfuls Of gifted -four,
ope heaping teaspo Jnful of Taking pow
der, three-q ,artera of a cnpful of new
milk, one cupful of walnut meats. II
English instead OF shell back. break
the pieces, os they are rather large to
use whole. Be sure that no bits of shell
get in with the meats. j have found
that to leave out half the butter of any
recipe leaves good batter for nut cake.
IN, Y, Observer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
A STUDY IN ANCESTORS.
Result of Following Up, or Rather Down,
the Family Line.

the Family Line.
A South side man tells good story on
himself. He comes of revolutionary
stock and his family for several genera
tions back has been prominent in New
York state, but he has never worried
much about his ancestry, having been
too busily engaged in trapping the I'M
wary dollar. His wife comes of good
old Virginia stock and knows all about
her lineage. She has frequently in
sisted that her husband make some eff
fort to trace his family history, of which
he could give no earlier account than
that one of his ancestors moved from
Massachusetts to Connecticut about
1850. AS the family name is thorough
ly English she believed it possible that
this ancestor came in direct line from
some old pilgrim settler. At last the
husband yielded to her persuasions and
wrote to specialist" in the east to
find out what he could about the family
in Massachusetts prior to 1760. In the
course of few weeks he received a let
ter reporting progress. The man who
digs up family histories said he had OBJ
tanned a clew. He had learned from
early records that in -, Mass, in 1856,
one James - had been sentenced for
six hours in the stocks for public in
toxication, and that in the same town
the following year this aforesaid James
49, enjoyed the unique distinction of
being the first prisoner to occupy a
newly built Jail, the charge against
him being the theft of a cask of rum.
"My DEAR" said the husband, after he
had read the report to his Mortified
wife, "we haven't gotten far enough
along to prove that James was n rela-
tive of ours, but think we can do 1t
with little more research" "The in
vestigation has gone far enough" said
she. Now when she tells of her hus-
bands family history she is content to
dwell on the revolutionary period
Chicago Record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Observation-Disclosures
HoGHousE AND YARDS.

"A Striking Novelty In the Line of Con-
venient Piggeries.
The accompanying illustration rep
resents an easily-constructed hoghouse
and system of yards which find to
be quite convenient. Fig. is an ex-
terror view of the house, only por-
ton being shown, which is covered with
boards and battens. The outer posts
are 3 feet high; the rafters are "a
feet long, and meet at a common point.
Fig. 2 shows the ground plan of the
house and yards; a a, ETC., are AKA posts
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
LET THE EARTH REJOICE AND

farmers sing. With our new hardy
grasses, clovers and fodder plants the
poorest, most worn out, toughest,
worst piece of land can be made rs
fertile as the valley of the Nile. Only
takes year or SO! At the same time
you will be getting big crops! Teo-
sinte, Giant Spurry, Sacaline, Lathyrus,
what variety of names! Catalogue
tells you!
FYOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND it
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, with lac. postage, you will
get free their mammoth catalogue and
ten grass apd grain and fodder sam
Piles worth $1,000 to get n starD. They
are fine, the editor believes. (K)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

side-and lay the dressed fowls in it.
no one touching another. Fut the box
in a cold building or on back piazza
and let the fowls freeze solid. Chicken
meat can then be had at any time dur
are eating their heads otf."-Farm and
Home
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
The Modern WAY

Commends itself to tho well-informed, to
do pleasantly and effectually what was
formerly done In the crudest manner and
disagreeably ~ well. TO cleanse the sys-
TEN and break up colds, headaches, and fe-
vers without unpleasant after effects, use
the delightful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup
OF Figs. Manufactured by California Fig
Syrup Company. -t
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
PROFITLESS POULTRY.

KIN 1t on, Dress 1t and Put 1t Away In
Refrigerator.
Don't keep a lot of useless poultry
through the winter. If in good flesh
have all the old fowls and the cockerels
dressed. Have such box as is illus
trated--a dry goods box with hinged
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

reaching from the ground to the roof;
b b and are doors to each pen. The
sizes OF pens and lots are represented
III the cuts. For roofing used 1x12
boards; 1886 feet were required. To
avoid waste in cutting, get one-half OF
this in 16~foot lengths, one-fourth in Il
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

foot, and the remainder 12-foot. For
partitions and yards, use 16-foot fenc-
ing. Feed bins can be made over each
pen.-American Agriculturist.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
WARM FEET.
They Arc Essential to Health - Proper
Covering for the Feet.

They Are Essential to Health - Proper
Covering for the Feet.
You will never be In good health and
never do your best work if your feet are
constantly cold. Grave diseases of the
throat and lungs are caused by cold feet
alone, and these troubles are always ag-
gravated by frigid condition OF the
lower extremities. If proper footwear
does not give relief, consult physician,
for the chances are the system is run
down" and radical measures are neces-
sary. In nine cases out of ten, however,
the foot covering is to blame, either be-
cause of its shape or its material. Save
In warm weather, and for low-cut shoes,
leather, as ordinarily prepared, has seri.
ous objections. 1t lacks two prime quail
ities-porosity and capacity for abb
sorption-being in this respect too
much like rubber. No foot can remain
either comfortable or healthy il keptina
perpetual bath of it's own carnations
and excretions. Leather, especially
that of the more porous varieties. may
be tolerated for the outside, but for
cold weather IL should always be lined
with wooden cloth, or, better, with wool
felt. In fact, for all cold climates and
for winter wear in all climates where
there is any winter, footgear made
from all wool felt approaches the ideal.
According to modern notions, any i'll
ness in one part of the body may be oc-
casioned by some irritating cause far
removed from the seat of the trouble.
just how this is cannot always be clear.
ly explained, but that such connection
does sometimes exist Is beyond dis
pute. In the matter under discussion,
II the nerves of the whole body are irri.
tated by tight shoe, or the extreme
coldness of the extremities makes extra
demand upon the blood supply. there
is neither nerve force nor blood enough.
left for other Observation-Disclosures.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

The Queen 81 Crescent Is the only line
operating through sleeper TO Florida via
Asheville, N. g. Three car lines daily to
Florida. Unequaled service.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20
Mcyickors rheater, Chioaro.

z James A Herne plays long engagement
early In February, when he will again APP
pear In his successful omedy-drama,
ashore Acresn
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Since 1861 I hare been a
great sufferer from catarrh.
! tried Eiy's Cream Balm
and TO all appearances am
cured. Terrible headaches
from tchtch / had long s,g-
fered are gone, -W.J.Hitch-
cock, Late Motor u s. Vol. e
A. A. Gen., BHGdlo, ~. Y.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

awe havo no use for bear stories said
the editor. "Our readers demand some
thing spicy" "Well," said the man with
the manuscript, 'this story Is about Gin
namon bear. sports Aheld.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

HUsBAND-"Dr. Foot, the chiropodist, will
dine with us to-day" Wife-"All right;
I'll order corned beef"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-02-20

Spiritual forcc is stronger than m aterial;
thoughts rule the world. Emerson.