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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-10-29

There is no need of children being tor
tured by scald head, eczema and skin
eruptions. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
gives instant relief and cures perman-
emily.
Isaac Stems, Mddlebury; b. G.. Peck
or Day Bros. East Mddebury; c. L..
Sowle, West Cornwall; D. II. Bennett,
Bridport; c. B. Kendall, Shoreham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-10-29

A little woman up in Michigan car
ries on a very remunerative business
raising mint She is Mrs Mary Web
er, and she inherited the business
from her father. Some of the mint is
raised in hot beds, and these are the
objects of constant care. The prOfita-
BILE season is between the months OF
May and October, and June the best
month OF all. The mint roots are set
out in May, and the proprietress time
is given to them from that date until
late in the autumn. She clips and
punches the mint in the afternoon and
evening, and the morning is given to
sales. She drives to the leading no.
tells and makes the sales herself. 1t is
not necessary to solicit custom. The
men who patroniZed her father give
their patronage to the daughter.
Mrs. Weber, like the wise business
woman she is, refuses to say how much
the prolific mint bed yields, but it is
safe to say that she keeps the bis
house going and puts aside the de-
sired sum in provision for a rainy
day She has supplemented her in
come by dealing in lemonade straws,
Every summer she drives into the
country for a radius of twenty miles
in search of rye straw that will serve
that purpose. If she finds the kind
she desires she buys it in the field.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-10-29

! Governor Budd, of California, has
appointed Mrs Phoebe A. Hearst a re-
gent of the state university to succeed
the late C. F. Croker. Mrs. Hearst is
to equip the university with a series
of magn icent buildings, beginning
with one for the mining department
to cost $250,O 600. These buildings are
to be given as a memorial of Senator
Hearst.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-10-29

Mrs. Sdgwick, principal of the
Newman college, has presented that
col age with a cricket ground, which
will be appreciated by the students.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-10-29
Princess of Wales in Bare Feet.

p The Princess of Wales, while at
Woerishofen. Bavaria, recently, took
the barefoot water cure made famous
by the late Father Kneipp.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-10-29

You can't afford to risk your life by
allowing a cold to develop into pneu,
monia or consumption. Instant relief
and certain cure are afforded by One
Minute Cough Cure.
Isaac Stems, Middlebury; b. G. PecE
or Day Bros, East MiddlebuTy; G. L.
Sowle, West Cornwall; d, IL. Bennett
Bridport; G. b. Kendall, Shoreham.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
Echo Used to Measure Distance,

A most interesting method of en-
ploying the echo of q sound has been
devised for the location of the carriers
which sometimes lodge in the under
ground pneumatic tubes. Knowing
that sound travels at speed Of, rough
ly, HOO feet per second, and knowing
the time treasured in ihousandths OF a
second between the firing OF pistol
shot i'll the conduit and the arriving OF
the echo at tue outlet Of the tube, a
simple calculation gives tue exact loca-
ton of the obstruction. The means
of five experiments in the recent test
gave 2793 seconds, and when the
sound velocity was corrected for air
temperature the obstruction was locat-
ed at 1887 feet from the instrument,
which was the exact location. Science.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
Chain OF Human Bones.

Cyrus o. Thornton, farmer living
few miles out of Bolivar, has an odd
watch chain: 1t is made of human
bones. The chain consists of eight
links, each trihe more than an inch
long, connected by plated rings. The
chain is about ten inches long, and has
been highly polished by years of wear.
aad glistens like ivory.
Thornton secured the chain ut Peters
burg, Va, in 1861. He was men,
ber of Company E, Fiftieth New York
Engineers. A member of the Twenty
first New York Infantry made two
chains while confined in Libby Prison,
and on his release met Thornton and
sold him the chain for $50 in green
b:.cks. Thornton has forgotten the
makers name. The bones were taken
from amputatea arms and legs, and it
required eighteen months time to
carve out the chains. For many years
after he came home from the war
Thornton wore the chain every day,
but for several years he has worn it
only on Memorial Day and at Grand
Army reunions. Some Of his neigh
bo:s once laughed Mt the idea of the
bones being taken from human bodies,
and he sent the chain to surgeon,
who examined it and pronounced it to
he of human bones. Fall River Mass. J
Naws
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
ella Monsters Venomous.

Professor John Van Denburg deliv-
cred an interesting lecture at the
Academy of Sciences, San Francisco,
recently, upon the Gila monster. lie
says:
1T has become g common supposi-
ton for years" said the lecturer,
"that the bite of GiIa monster was
as poisonous rs that of q rattesnake,
but many Of the scientists dtaie.l this.
Numerous eminent scientific men
stated that from actual experience they
had demonstrated that the bite was
harmless. One OF these DR.. Schu-
fert) had himself been bitten by one
OF the reptiles, and, besides the pain
occasioned by the ordinary bite of III:
animal, no i'll results followed" F."
The lecturer then stated, says the
San Francisco Call, that lie had dem
onstrated that the saliva OF the Gila
monster was poisonous. It's bite
would in almost every case cause
death, if the teeth OF the lower iaw
penetrated the skin. 1t was the up
per jaw Of the reptile which sank into
the flesh Of Dr. Schubert, anil as the
secretion OF the glands Of the upper
jaw was harmless, the doctor lived.
Tie speaker said that he had in
jected the saliva of both the upper and
lower glands into pigeons, and in
every case where that from the lower
jaw Was injected the victim had died
in short time. He showed why so
many animals which are bitten by the
poisonous reptile live. The ducts
which leads from the glands to the
mouth open between the lower lip and
the gum. For the saliva to enter n
wound it must be forced up from the
lip to the teeth, and thence into the
wound. Thus it is hard for the poi
sonous fluid to reach the blood, even if
the victim is bitten by the lower
teeth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
Remarkable Telegraphic Feat.

ct think the public has not thor
oughly appreciated the fact that the
telegraphic work done in connection
with the international chess contest
between members of Congress and the
British Parliament was in number OF
respects the most remarkable feat of
skill ever accomplished in the history
of telegraphing," said Mr.. NJ. Marean,
Manager of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, to Star reporter to-
day. "It took on an average only fif-
teen seconds to transmit the moves
between Washington and London.
During the two days of the game not
single telegraphic mistake was made,
end the overland and cable service was
without other than momentary inter-
ruption.. The line ran from Washing
ton to Hearts Content, Nova Scotia,
over the Western Union system, thence
by the Western Union and Anglo
American Cable Company to Valencia,
Ireland; thence to the House of Parlia-
ment. Six operators were engaged III
the work, one at each end of the three
lines. When preparation was being
made for the match it was questioned
whether moves could be telegraphed
MS rapidly as fifteen per hour The
service given demonstrated that there
might have been 100 moves al hour, so
far as their transmission over the ocean
was concerned. OF course, abbreYia-
tons were used, and no time was lost
in sending either addresses or sigma
lures. "-Washingtcn Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
One Cent Due Mr.. Cleveland.

There is balance Of one cent due
Grover Cleveland es President of the
United States on the records of tho
Treasury Department awaiting his
signature for payment When the
outgoing President was paid his last
months salary there was still frac-
ton due, aad in the hurry and change
OF Administration the matter was over
looked until too late to receive the
Presidents signature.
Ii at the expiration of three ye&cs
the amount has not been drawn, it
will be returned to the United States
Treasury and become legally dead, or
covered in," according to the term
used in such instances, and can never
be recovered, unless special claim is
instituted against the Government and
the wear and tear of a special appro-
priation gone through with, the same
a. any other appropriation is passed.
Under no consideration can the amount
be paid from nh appropriation OF sur
plus already in existence.
A special warrant is required for the
payment of the salary of the Chief Ex-,
ecntive, while lesser officials and clerks
are paid by check on the Treasury that
can be cashed at any National bank
Washington dispatch to the Pittsburg
Dispatch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
Couldn't Tie a Knot.

In Long Island Sound a short time
ago, says the Marine Journal,
schooner bound to this city from
Maine was attracted by frantic signals
from the deck of yacht manned only
by lot of Yale students who were in
the last throes of seasickness. The
captain flung them line, which they
dallied with in an aimless fashion and
then lost overheard. This was thrice
repeated. "Take a turn around the
masr and make it fast!" shouted Cap
tain Greeley. The students wound
the line about the mast and held the
loose end in their hands. "Make it
fastr' cried the captain. "What do
you mean?' piped back the students.
"Tie it, you gashAummu1ed idiots!"
roared the captain, adding some fur
ther language that is always found eff
ficacious at sea. The boys finally got
the rope tied, and the schooner towed
them into Bridgeport, but when he ar
rived in New York the captain got q
parcel from New Haven, which on be-
ing opened disclosed a handsome sill
yer loving cup, gold lined, and bear
ing this inscription:
Presented to
CAPTAIN =. N. GREELEY,
BY the Landlubbers who
could not tie knot.
May 7, 1857.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
Lord Selsan,a Human rellowship.

Captain Mahan, in his Life of
Nelson just published, claims the
following as an original story showing
the, inherent kindness of the great
sailor. The fleet letters had just been
sent off, when Nelson saw midship-
man come up and speak to Lieutenant
Pasco, the signal officer, who, upon
hearing what was said, stamped his
foot in evident vexation ald uttered
an exclamation. The Admiral, OF
whose ilearness Pasoo wGs unaware,
called him and asked what was the
matter.
Nothing that need trouble your
lordship," was the reply.
"You are not the man to lose your
temper for nothing" reioined Nelson.
"What vas it?"
"Well,. if you must know, my lord, I
will tell you. You see that coxswain?"
pointing to one of the most exacting
of the petty officers. eve have not 4
better man on board the Victoria, and
the message which put ME ont was
this. I,was told that he was so busy
receiving end getting off the mailbass
that lie forgot to drop his own letter
into one OF them, and lie has just dis
covered it in his pocket''
''Hoist the signal to bring hel
back" was Nelson's instant command.
"Who knows that he may not fall III
action tomorrow? His letter shall
20 with the rest" And the dispatch
vessel was brought back for that alone.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
Wedding II Cotton Field.

It is told of Florida farmer not
far from Tallahassee that he has de-
vised an ingenious scheme by which
he has relegated the hoe and the cot
ton sweep to desuetude. The cotton
planter it is said, know that geese
will not touch the cotton plant, but
like very much the tender grass that
is the bane of the cotton patch. This
farmer noticed that his geese kept
part of his patch free from grass, but
wouldn't go near other parts of it, and
he found that they went only where
there was drinking water. He hit
upon the idea of eq1lipping each goose
with CORD, which lie filled with water
and cut q slit in, so that any one
goose might drink from this little
trough suspended from tho neck of
it's fellow. Then lie turned the geese
loose in his cotton l;cld, and they
cleared it of all grass.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
AS YE METE.

"Hit i'm welt, jim. There! that's right.
Git there, lazy-bones! Here we go!
Thought ye could snake 1t up If ye tried,
If the hill is leetle bare O. snow.
What dye s'pose keep We fur?
Pretty pair!-a solderin' me.
Put on the whip, Jim, good an thick.
What do ye lag fur? Gilt there! Gee!'
Bright little Jim on the topping load,
Catches his lessons, quickly, too;
Swings his lash with childish vim,
Brings it down with loud halloo.
"Git up, 'aZy bonesl Git dare, now!"
Lashing and slashing with all his might.
Learning to drive" and his father stands
Laughing aloud ut tho funny sight. -.
Years roll away, as the years all do,
Father is grandpa old and gray,
Pottering round the house at Jim's,
Made to feel he Is in the way.
Working hard with his feeble hands,
Tolling ut burdens beyond his strength.
"Work il you eat. No laggards here,
Is what he hears from Jim at length.
GAS We measure, so unto you
Shall be measured the same again;
Eye for an eye, and tooth for tooth,
Rcadeth the law in accents plain.
Mills Of tho gods, that grind each day,
May grind slowly; they grind full sure.
Ye who oppress suffering life.
Must the oppressors fate endure.
Mary Morrison, in Our Animal Friends.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
An Efficient Salesman.

Imagine clerk trying to sell mn
article to his own "boss" and actually
accomplishing it and winning an in
crease of salary as reward That is
what happened recently in one OF the
branch stores of Upton, the great
English grocer and provision dealer;
He has. so many clerks that some OF
them do not know him by sight. 1t
was one of these latter who called MIR.
Lipton's attention to a fine specimen
of poultry as he was walking through
one of his stores, and the clerk was so
earnest and adroit in extollinG his
wares that finally the customer ordered
it to be sent to his residence.
When the address was given the
energetic clerk, and he found that he
had been pressing the goods upon his
own employer, he nearly had fit,
but soon recovered upon being in
formed that his assiduity had earned
him nm increase of pay.-Merchants
Review.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
An indian Princes Hunting Camp,

In the Century n. W. Seton-Karr
tells of his experiences "After Big
Game il, Africa and India. In India
the author was the guest of an Indian
prince, the Maharaja OF Kuch Behar,
and he thus describes the latter hunt
ing camp:
As we approached it between the
patches of cultivation round the clus-
ter of grass huts which constituted the
village of Simlagori, the fires, tents
and lights in all directions and the
dark figures of crowds of servants
made it appear like military encamp-
ment. A native sentry kept guard
over the Maharaia's tent, which was
placed somewhat at one side. In the
middle of the camp rose large dining
tent, and the tents which were in
tended for the guests were placed in
row on each side of the camp. Each OF
these tents was large double-roofed
structure of about twenty feet by
eighteen, internal measurement, sup
ported on two massive bamboo up
rights and cross-bar; space behind,
between the inner and the outer wall,
formed bathroom, which was sup
piled with large tin bath and an elab-
crate wash-stand. The floor of my
tent was covered with thick carpet;
the bedstead was of wood, with clean
white pillows and sheets, colored
blankets and mosquito-uet. There
were convenient pockets in the gay
lining of the tent, and two arm-chairs,
table and large lamp completed the
furniture. The tents of the other
guests were equally comfortable, and
the name of each of us was neatly
printed on a placard hung outside in
order to assist us in recognizing our
respective tents, the external appear
ance being exactly the same. On the
carpet where portion of the roof OF
the diuing-tent projected, so as to form
a kind of open shelter, were table
with tea-service and some arm-chairs.
During the three weeks that the camp
continued dinner was usually at eight,
as we generally returned on the ele-
phants from the jungle at five or six, in
time for afternoon tea and comforta-
BILE warm bath. Dinner was neatly
served bv crowd of the Maharaja's S
barefooted, white-robed attendants.
In India it is considered a mark of re-
spect for a servant. on entering an
apartment, to leave his sandals at the
door.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
WORDS OF WISDOM.

He that takes no holiday hastens
long rest.
No sin is so little that it may not be-
come the souls master.
Language fails to paint woman as
the eyes of q lover sees her.
If you want to know the value OF
money go try to borrow some.
A sack of -four unceremoniously
dumped in the cheerless house of a
poor and needy family, will carry more
solid comfort to hungry stomach than
lot of eloquent sermons.
= No quality will ever get man more
friends than a sincere admiration Of
the qualities of others. 1t indicates
generosity of nature, frankness, cor
diality and cheerful recognition of
merits. ;.
I cannot praise fugitive and clois-
tered virtue, unexercised and un-
breathed, that never sallies out and
sees her adversary, but sinks out of
the race. when that immortal garland
is to be run for, not without dust and
heat.
Finish every day aud be done with
it. You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no
doubt, crept in; forget them as soon
as you can. Tomorrow is q new day;
begin it we'll and serenely, and with
too high spirit to be numbered with
your old nonsense. This day is all
that is good and fair. 1t is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations, to waste
O moment on the yesterdays. ys.-The
South West.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
A Call for "snith's Onion Report

"I wanted greatly" said Congress
man Williams, OF Mississippi, "to find
O certain Government publication for a
constituent of mine, who wrote me all
especially urgent request to get 1t for
him. He said he had long wanted a
copy of q pamphlet called Smiths
Onion Report but had not been able
to secure one. OF course it must be
nm Agricultural Department publica-
ton and tried to secure it by writing
to the department. 1 found there were
plenty of documents prepared by
Smith, but nothing relating to onions.
I sent him sackful of literature at
Uncle Sans expenae, but there was
no treatise on the succulent and tear
compelling onion. I was sad, for this
was q friend that I really wanted to
favor.
"Well, in due course Of time got a
thankful letter. 1t was all right about
the work on onions. In tnct, it was
nil u mistake on the part of my con-
stituent. What he had written fol
was Smithsonian report, but he had
failed to divide the word properly,
putting the first five letters at the end
of line and the last five at the begin
ming of another" Washington Path.
finder.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
Pod r,r,, ona His Salvation Lassie.

Red Eagle, the Indian who became
we'll known as the leader of the Saliva
ton Army in several Kansas towns
and who lectured in this city last Sat
urday night, has deserted to the Vol
unteers, the rival organization. lie
fell in love with one of the Salvation
Army lasses, md, as the members OF
the organization could not or would
not reconcile the marriage OF one OF
their number to the Indian, the said
parties of the first and second part
took their doll rags and their atfec.
tions and went into the Volunteers
yard, where the course OF true love is
supposed to run smooth. = Topeka
State Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
A Lowering Process,

tYou see, it was this way: They
were all three so dead in love with her
and allNso eligible that to settle the
matter she agreed TO marry the one
who should guess nearest to her age.
'And did she?"
II don't know. know she married
the one who guessed the lowest. -
PearsOn's Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
Victoria christcncd From "a Golden Font.

James Cassidy writes of the "Girl-
hood Days CT England's Queen for
St. Nicholas. NIr. Cassidy says OF
Queen Victoria:
When the child was few months
old she was christened; and the chris
ing was very grand affair. No COM
mon marble or stone font was used; q
gold font was thought necessary. And
so gold font was brought from the
Tower of London, where it had been
kept for safety.
One of the sponsors was Car Alex
ander of Russia; -end hence it was that
the name chosen for the baby was
Alexandrina Victoria, the second name
being that Of her mother. -,
A fine, healthy, lively child, with
blue eyes and fair hair, was the
Princess, aud it seems she suffered
little from the trials OF infancy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-18
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Electricity has been adopted as the
motive power of the machinery con-
nected with the drainage system OF
New Orleans.
The normal temperature of man
is about 9Sl degrees; Of the snail, 70;
oyster, 80; porpoise, 100; rat, cat and
OK, 1O2; sheep, 1O4; hog, los; chicken,
Ill.
DR.. Lombroso found that the skulls
of italian criminals had ten per cent.
less than the usual capacity. DR..
Border found the reverse condition In
France.
Our senses do not fall asleep stimuli
taneously. The eyelids are'tirst af-
fected, and shut out sight; next fol-
lows the sense of taste, then smelling,
hearing and touch, the last-named be-
ing the lightest sleeper, and most
easily aroused.
France has dialect society, the So
ciete des parlers de France, whose
president ia NJ. CASTOR Paris, OF the
Academic FRANCHISE, which is collect
ing legends and songs in all parts OF
France by means of the phonograph.
"The longest unsupported telegraph
wire" says Cosmos, "is in Switzer-
land. It crosses in one span the Lake
of Walienstadt in the canton of st.
Gall, and was put mp by the Swiss
telephone bureau. It's extremities are
fastened to two iron towers 2400 me-
tres (7S72) feet apart. In the lowest
part this conductor il forty metres
(l31 feet) above the water level of the
lake. The line is OF excellent steel
and only two millimetres one and one
half inch) in diameter. .
Many spiders use their rope-makins
power in seizing their prey. They
not only stab aad poison their victim,
but tie it, wing aud leg rapidly throwing
over it coil after coil of sticky ligament
which soon not only makes it helpless,
but converts il into mummy,
thoroughly wrapped and not only easy
to carry, but put up for preservation
should the spider not desire al imme-
diate meal.
The insect effects it's breathing, not,
as men aad caimals Go, by the lungs,
but through openings i'll all sides of
the body. 1t has an intricate system
of tahes running through all parts OF
its person, through which the air is
brought in contact with the legs,
wings, and so on. These tubes are
each protected by delicate membranes.
Iu the fly there exist certain mir
pouches, il addition to the tubes,
| which serve as reservoirs of mir.
In q paper on the sailing flight of
birds real in the British Association,
Mr.. G. II. Ryan pointed out that the
support of q bird Indefinitely in the
air without tapping its wings is ap-
parently contrary to the law of the
conservation OF energy, and must be
due to either upward air currents,
variation OF wind velocity with alti-
tude, variation of wind velocity with
time, Oh the presence OF yortices in the
air. In the discussion of these the
cries, each of which was considered,
the author expressed the opinion that
birds in fight are often carried mp by
a sile gust OF wind, and that this is
one of the causes of the phenomena
presented by the sailing bird.