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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
THE PALM
How to Care for the Decorative House
Plant.


If there is one thine harder to do
than anything else is to keep palms
ana ferns green and hardy the year
round. They add so much to the love-
illness of dainty fiat or state
ly home that it Is no wonder house
wives buy them, tend them, see them
die in spite of tender care and end by
throwing them out in despair. Yet
their wants are few and simple. In
the first place, if ones furnace is apt
to go out and reduce the temperature
OF the house to freezing point with
no warning, only the harder varieties
OF palms and ferns should be selected.
Cabbage palms, fan palms and date
palms are all hardy.
Much of the success some women
have in caring for palms lies in the
attention given to cleansing the leaves,
FOR the minute / ores get clogged with
dust the surface of the leaves
suffers as does the human skin when
unwashed. Once a week is not too
otten to use soft sponge, warm water
and PERHAPS a little soap.
III insects attack palms a small
quantity of the liquid cure sold for
the purpose may be added to the warm
water. Watering also is responsible
for the death of most house plants.
No hard and fast rules can be laid
down; all depends on the conditions of
the plants life, the warmth of the
room and size of the pot. Examine the
state of the upper soil, and if dry
pour on enough water so that the sur
plus will run out of the hole in the
bottom of the pot. 1t is a good plan
to stand the pots in a basin of water
Tor half an hour SO the coil of roots
can absorb all the moisture they want.
What may be called the system Of
death by driblets' is responsible for
the loss of many plants. Water (gen-
orally colder than the atmosphere
surrounding the plant, which it should
never be) is poured on the top soil
twice. three times, or perhaps every
day in the week insminute quantities,
with the result that, although the palm
never appears to be neglected, no
water ever reaches its roots and under
these circumstance it naturally ex-
pires, although its death often remains
an unexplained mystery to its owner.
Shortness of the water supply often
accounts, too, for brown tips to the
foliage.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
NJ. I.abori IS reported better at II,
utS.

NJ. Labori is reported better at Rem
1fs.
Gov. Roosevelt has agreed to a.hress
the Farmers Club ut Horuellsville.
August 30.
The British Government has agreed
N the withdrawal of eXtradition pro-
c1"dings in the Perot case.
Forty-siX cases of lubonir plague
have been reported in Portugal but
the outbreak is diminishing.
Gen. Merritt was one of the CUES IS
at the hotel at which the Pre- :dent
is staying on Lake Champaign
Richard Croker left Long Brarch on
yachting cruise. and may not 'Vturn
until the first week in September.
over S20000,000 in gold certiticales
have been exchanged 10y the Treasury
ut Washington, under recent order.
The Dreyfus court-martial continued
at Rennes. France. Dreyfus gave the
H. to Major Culgnet, who testified
against him.
Justice Barnard. at oughkeep>ie. y.
Y. ordered reduction in the assess
TCntS on John u. Kockefellers North
IarrytOwn property.
The Twenty-seventh. Thrty-firSt and
7 hirtyfourth regiments, newly re ruit-
60. have been ordered to San Francis-
co. en- route TO Manila.
sSnit against Secretary of State Hay
and n steamship company in which he
Is interested, was begun in Cleveland
oyer steamer collision.
The Earl of Denbign said IN Eng
and that unless a strong hand were
shown in South Africa. the expire
would face serious trouble.
The navigator of the United states
cable steamer Hoo 'er was censured
by a board for the grounding rf the
SHIP near Manila on n charted reef.
Cen Sir Frederick Walker. who re-
ieves Gen. Butler as COMMANDER Of
the British troops in South Africa,
las sailed for his post from England.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25

Regarding the proper time for
bath, simple ger eral rule may be
given. Take cold baths on rising in
the morning and warm ones just be-
fore retiring. In taking Turkish baths
the hour need not be considered. eX-
cept as in all BATHS none of which
should be taken less than an hour or
so before or after meals.
Where it is possible, use fresh, clean
rain water for the bath. This is the
nearest approach TO distilled water,
which is too expansive for general
water, and a little boraX or ammonia
in hard water will soften it.
p. Brisk rubbing should always follow
a bath: then the bath will do all that
is claimed for it In the way of re-
nOvating the person. invigOrating the
system, increasing the fineness and
softness of the Skin, and making one
look and feel younger.
Cleanliness of the skin has n great
effect on the general health. and it
is well known that if one has been
exposed TO infection the best thing to
do by way of precaution is to take a
hot bath Immediately.
1t is a mistake to remain too long
in tepid bath. Thirty minutes
should be the limit. Throughout the
winter and early spring it is best, if
one is at all liable to chills, to take
ones bath at night, just before going
to bed. If taken in the daytime, brisk
exercise Immediately afterward-eith-
er walking or dumb bell practice-is
highly beneficial
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25

ed and wounded in the Philippine
army.
Serious forest fires are reported from
the Adirondacks.
Ex-Congressman Casey Young is
crate colonel.
The funeral of the late John Ninton
Dahlgren. of New York, took place in
Georgetown, ID. c.
The Saskatchewan River has over
flowed at Edmonton, y. w. T., and
done great damage TO property.
Four Americans and three MeXicans
We're killed by the explosion of loco
motive boiler at Cardenas, Mexico.
Two thousand miners in the Honey
! Brook Division of the Lchigh and
/ Wilkesbarre Coal Company have gone
out on strike.
In bis speech OF farewell to Presi-
! dent Rocca, of Argentine. President
/ Sales. of Brazil, foreshadowed a union
! of South American republics.
1t is reported at Guaymas that the
| Mexican gunhOat Democrata has cap
tured an American vessel with sup
plies for the insurgent Yaquis.
| Two bridges over the chicago River
at Chicago have been closed to traf-
| fic. seven others condemned as danger
Gus and two more labelled very sus-
picious."
The body of fourteen-year-old Louis
GosS was taken from the North River
at West Forty-third street, y. Y
While diving in shallow water Goss
broke his skull.
The state Firemen's Association par
AIDED i'm the rain at Yonkers. y. y.
Armistead Taylor and John Alfred
Brown were executed at Rockville
Md. for murder.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25

1t appears that the results We're sur
prisingly successful. The pressure up
on the sides of the head seemed TO
work like facial Massage, while the
impression of the pulsating arteries
in the temples caused wholesome
regulation of the circulation of the
blood through the head and brain.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
Seodl Vottces.
Estate of George w. Witherell.
Notice of Final Settlement.

STATE OF VERMONT, The probate
ACD1sTRICT OF ADDISON, IS. Court for the
District CT Addison:
To all persons interested in the estate of
George w. Withe ell, late of Shoreham, in
said, dist let deceased. GREETING:
By the authority of the State of Vermont,
you are hereby notified to appear before the
said PROBATE court, at the probate Office
IN Middlebury, in said district on the 2sth
day of August, a. ID. 1899, at 10 O'Clock,
a. M, to sho Y cause, if any you haye, why the
account of w. ii. Birchard, executor of
the estate of said deceased, should not be al.
lowed, and also why the sad estate should
not be distributed to the parties entitled
thereto. According to the provisions of the
will of te-tatOr.
Dated at Middlebury, in said district, this
Ith day of August a. ID 1899.
By order of court, Attest:
3. JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
Estate of w. o. BaScOm.
(OmmissIOners' Notice,

The undersigned, having been appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the district of
Addison commissioners, to receive, examine
and adjust all claims against the estate of
W. o. Bascom, late of Orwell, Vt, in said dis
tIict, decess ed, and all claims exhibited
in offset thereto, hereby give notice that we
will meet for the purposes aforesaid, at the
late residence of said deceased, on the 2nd
day of September, 1899, and LIST day of Febru
airy next, from O'Clock until four O'Clock p.
from the 4th day of August, a. ID. 1892 is the
time limited by said court for said creditors
to present their claims to us for examination
and allowance.
Dated at Orwell, VT this 18th day of August,
a, d, 1899,
II. 7. QUITS, iCo,,,rs
33 {. l.. STEVENS. Noiii 10
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
a Novel Cure for Headache.

The German Medical Weekly an
nounces a novel headache cure by
mechanical means.
1t is common practice of people
suffering from headaches to press up
on certain parts of the head. usually
upon both temples, to alleviate the
pain. This prompted DIR. Sarason, Of
Hanover, 10 experiment with an ap.
paratus that will exert light pressure
upon the temples,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25

Havana. Aug. PIT is asserted that
the arrest of Gen. Juan fsidro Jininez.
the aspirant TO the Presidency of San
10 Domingo, who was captured on
board steamer az Cienfuegos just as
the steamer was about leaving that
Fort. was not caused by orders from
Havana. Immediately upon learning
of the arrest Matof-Gen. Brooke, Gov
General of Cuba. gave orders for the
release of the prisoner. AS soon as
T, leased Jiminez started on board the
Tolaria for Manzahillo and Santiago.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Telegraphic Gleanings From All Parts
of the World.

The Yaqui rebellion in Mexico is re-
ported to have reached its most critic
al stage.
William f. Fitzgibbon, an invalid.
twenty-eight years old, of Trenton. n.
j., poisoned himself.
A gang of 200 railway grading In
dams in Arizona started to make
trouble for white people.
"A mother and four children were
made critically i'll in Elizabeth, N. j.,
by eating canned sardines.
A plot to break out of the guardhouse
at Fort Sheridan, Chicago, ILL.,, was
discovered and frustrated.
The wife Of Joseph Krauta. of 11S
Wilbur street Long Island City, found
hin hanging dead in his cellar.
News reached Seattle of the first
legal execution in the Klondike. a triple
hanging having occurred at Dawson on
August I.
y report is current in Washington
that the Attorney General would hand
down shortly a decision in the Carter
court-maltial case.
Claus Schretlein. back from Klon-
dixie. declares that Canadian police
hipNt mn anu Ills companions out or
the Attn mining region.
Louis Marks. Nlondike correspondent
of the ~ financial News" of london.
sad in Vancouver that the output this
year will be over S20.0u0.0CN.
The steamer Roanoke from Alaska.
reports ut Settle that the t,nmcr
Portland was prohG'lv en- route for
San Francisco. with 81 ora lGn in gold
belonging to the -tlss!la Commercial
Company.
a harn on tie Horace Greedy estate
at Chappaqua. y. V. the summer
home of Rev. DR.. Clcndenin. was part
ly destroyed Ivy fire ami inc ndiarsm
was suspected. The clergyman ac-
cuscd adherpnts of Rev. DE- Briggs of
causing the fire in st. Peters Church.
The Marine Court of Inquiry which
investigated the recent stranding Of
the steamer Merrimac on Anticosti Is
land. suspended Capt. Thomas \.
Purcell for three months. and severely
censured the second officer, William
Goulding.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-08-25
Use for Old Table Cloths.

Another use for the worn out table
cloths is to make them into tiny cloths
for the table to be 1sed under the plat
ter and vegetable dishes at the end
where these things are served. These
tray cloths save table cloth from
soiled spots more than one who has not
used them can Ink.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

Ogden are all small ones, the largest
being in Provo. The Provo wooden
mills comprise the largest and best
equipped institution of its kind in the
west. They have been built at a great
outlay of capital and labor. and have
run very successfully for years During
the past year they have run to their full
capacity, and have made the largest
output in their history. They used,
during 1898, over 10000 pounds of wool.
which is 900 pounds more than that
used during 1897, or any previous gear.
The production of last year was 100000
yards of wooden goods, consisting CT
mems cassimeres, blankets. shawls.
flannels, linseys, etc.
On account of the increase in the
business of the mills. it was found nee
esSary, during the past year. to in
crease the plant and make a great
many improvements. For this purpose
about $4,000 was expended in making
the necessary changes. New furnish
ing rooms, dye house. wool warehouse.
etc, have been built. and about $4,000
in new machinery has been expended.
Besides this, some of the best machin-
cry from the Deseret wooden mills was
removed to the plant in Provo.
The institution employs large force
of workmen, and during 1898 paid out
over 100000 in wages. The production
has increased greatly. and over $4,000
was paid out for freight charges in the
past year. Besides supplying the local
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

ing 1000, 600 acres of irrigable land is
reclaimed from its present arid condi-
ton.
AS the total area of a state SuScep-
tible of irrigation is less than per cent
of the total acreage, it is certain that
land in Utah with good water rights
VIII advance in price quite rapidly as
the population of the state continues to
increase.
IMMIGRATION.
In 1880 the population of Utah was
only 143, 963; in 1890, 207, 905; the last CEN
sus taken in 1895 shows 247,324, of
which 126, S03 were males and $780, fe-
males.
At this ratio, our population is now
increasing about 10000 per annum and
we have within the state 2S5, 900 inhab-
itantS.
The counties showing the greatest in
crease during this period are Salt Lake,
Uintah, Weber, Davis, Utah, Sanpete,
Sewer, Box Elder, Cache, Juab, Millard
and Summit.
That this steady increase has been
maintained during the depressed times
of the last four years is directly trace
able TO the immigration consequent
upon the rapid development Of irriga-
ton and mining propositions, following
the general impetus given to all our
industries by the transition from ter
ritory to statehood, the separation OF
church and state, and the general belief
in the sincerity of the leaders of the
dominant church as expressed in the
manifesto aboliShing polygamy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
HOMES FOR MILLIONS
IN FAVORED UTAH
Irrigation Has Made the Desert to Bloom and Crops
Can Never Fail.
Many Great Enterprises Under Way That Will Open Ur
Immense Tracts of Land.

about 100000 acres of farming land, OF
which about $4,000 acres are now under
cultivation. Also that of the Mount
Nebo Beet Sugar & Land company,
having a capital of $1,000. O00
The land Watered by this company
is in Utah county, about seventy-five
miles south of Salt Lake City, in one
OF the best fruit districts of the state,
and has an orchard of 10000 fruit trees.
Voir in the state now in successful oper-
alton, and it has sufficient capacity to
irrigate about $4,000 acres.
The lands Watered by both of these
systems Of irrigation are being rapidly
occupied by thrifty farmers from states
further east.
Other Incorporated irrigation COM
panies having capital of s., 100000 are:
The Price River Reservoir &c Irriga-
ton company, in Carbon county, cover
ing 10000 acres, of which about 5000
acres are under irrigation.
The Central Utah Land & Irrigation
company, in Willard county, with 40
miles Of main canal, embracing $4,000
acres, of which nearly $500 acres have
already been put under cultivation.
of Salt Lake county.
The Pioneer Electric Power company
of Weber county.
The Mammoth Reservoir company of
Sanpete county.
The Clear Lake Land & Irrigation
company, with % miles of canal, in Mil
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
BY c. L. BRAINARD.

To the tourist or casual observer it
might appear that the tiIlable valleys
and bench lands of Utah would be en-
tirely inadequate to support the great
throng of "home-seekers" who are con-
Iinually crossing the Rockies in search
of the promised land" where crops
are sure and cyclones and billiards are
unknown.
To those VINO care to give this sub
ject more than a passing thought a few
explanations and statistics may be of
interest.
Utah contains 52,601. 600 acres of land.
The innumerable fiocks and herds
which occupy so many thousand acres
of the western prairies may here roam
upon the mountain ranges for the
greater part of the year, requiring lit
tie attention as they fatten upon the
nutritious grass which carpets the slop-
ing foothills and rugged canyons with
its green sward, as it springs up in
warm sunshine, as the snow gradually
meltS from the lower elevations and
reeedes to the mountain peaks; the
matured grass, later in the season,
making excellent feed until covered by
the falling snow Of the following win
ter.
In addition to this, it should be re-
membered that with the three, and
sometimes four crops of lucern, or al
falfa, raised each year in Utah, one
acre of land viii produce from six to
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
SUCCESS OF z. C. M. I.
Mammoth Institution That Has
Grown Up In Zion.

Grown Up In Zion.
The fame of Salt Lake City's z. c. M.
I. is co-extensive with the fame of the
city. Every tourist that visits Zion is
aware, before arrival. that the u. Z. NJ
l. is one of the chief objects of interest
to be inspected. 1t is a mammoth mer-
camille institution, the largest west or
Chicago, and was founded in 1868 by
enterpr1slng members of the mormon
church. An institution that carries
stock of $685. 900 worth of merchandise,
sells 100000 worth of goods annually,
pays per cent dividends upon a cap
ital stock of SLOT, 600, and carries a cur
plus of 100000, is one of which any
American metropolis may feel proud.
That is brief description of lions Co
operative Mercantile Institution.
The u. c. NJ. L. carries every article
of merchandise known TO the mercan-
tile world. Besides it's mammoth three
story sales rooms and warehouses at
Salt Lake, it conducts branch houses at
ogden. Provo and Idaho Falls. Its sales
for 1898 aggregate over four million dol
lars, the wholesale departments being
credited with about three-fourths OF
this amount.
In addition to its mercantile business.
the z. c. NJ. l. is engaged in the man
ufacture of boots and shoes and such
SOOuS. Inc SnOe factory SINeS oHipiOS ,
ment to $50 men, women and boys. and
the daily output is 400 pairs. This will
shortly be increased to 500 pairs, the IuiI
capacity of the factory.
Colonel T. G. Weber. the suDerin-
tendent of the institution, expresses eX-
IRENE qualification over the business
conditions of the past year. and the
outlook for 1899. During the year 1898
sales were increased fully 10 per cent
over those of the preceding year. and
collections were good. This improve
ment he attributes to good crops. bet
ter prices for live stock and prosperity
of the mines.
A substantial Improvement made dur
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01

to rely upon eastern capital for a mar
ket. The history of Colorado is now De
ing repeated in Utah. The great for
tunes amassed in mining and live stock
operations are being expended in beau
trying the states metropolis. This
class of investments is not by any
means confined to Utah's loyal citizens
Salt Lakes commercial. financial and
educational advantages have made it
the home city of the intermountain
states, whose wealthy citizens, in in
creasing numbers, are seeking residence
property here. This is particularly true
of the sheepmen of Wyoming.
The year 1898 was one of increased
activity and steady Improvement in
prices. The market has not vet fully
recovered from the reaction following
the collapse of the boom in the early
SOS, but during the past year has been
placed upon a healthy and normal
basis. The opening months were char
acteriZed by extreme dullneSS. but dur
ing the spring there was gradual alb
sorption of all OF those offerings known
as snaps" the term applied to prop
erty that holders were forced to sell at
any price. As soon as the market had
been swept clean of these bargains,
there was a perceptible Stiffening in
prices, and the steady demand for resi-
dence property from the sources above
indicated has continued throughout the
year, resulting in a slight advance in
values. This advance in some instances
has been of such consequence that pur-
chasers have been offered opportunities
to realize handsome profits upon their
investments.
While the aggregate sum expended in
building operations was less than the
preceding year. the proportion of ex-
penditures applied to residences was
never greater, the northern and eastern
section of the city receiving the greater
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-01
STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.

The wear at the state Industrial schooi
has been marked by a number OF I'M
movements about the premises, adding
70 the convenience of the place. The
improvements begun a year ago nave
been pushed to completion. and the
whole, summed up. is about as fol'o"e'
The water, sewerage and drainage
systems have been completed. ana eA-
ceiIent results have been experienced
n'he irrigation is ample for present use.
and the soil is no longer wet and 5oSSF.
Good crops were secured in 1898. the
work of planting. tilling and harvest
ing being an done by the officers anG
inmates of The institution. nay shed
and harm. valued az $500. have been
built.
The original purchase only included
the Ogden Military academy property,
consisting of the main building anu
about seven and a half acres, but since
then the board has purchased tract
of nineteen acres surrouholiiS 'ne o r
inal tract on the north and east Inc
land is divided into tracts for FARMING
gardening and pasturage, while
Young orchard consisting OF 1,OVO trees
has been set out. All the land has been
recently fenced and surrounded by
shade and ornamental trees Inc podFu
will ask the next legislature for an ap-
preparation to purchase about ten acres
living west of the site and just east OF
Washington avenue, which can De
utilized for many purposes, and the NIL
obstructing the view from Washington
avenue will be removed
The parole privilege has been freely
used by the board, with good results.
The average number of inmates mas
been about forty during the past two
years, and, in addition to this number
about seventy-five inmates are on pa
role. still remaining under the control
of the institution, and liable at any
time to be returned to the school.
Trustees: j. II. Mcmillan, president;
Angus T. Wright. vice president; n. {.
FIygare, treasurer, and c. r. Holdings
worth, secretary. Mr.. z. NJ. Allison,
ST., is superintendent, and Thomas G..
Myers and Farley n. Griffin, first and
second officers respectively. The trus-
tees serve entirely without pay. The
financial summary of the year will
show receipts and expenditures of
about 81 900. The school in the past
two years has cost 100000 $500 of
which was for land and $3.50 for i'm
provementS.