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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
ANNUAL CLEANING.
Concerted Action In Kansas City to
Furbish I'D the Town.

Kansas City has system of spring
cleaning that might be copied with ad-
vantage by every town in the land. In
a recent issue the Kansas City Times
describes the mode of operation.
When Chief of Police Hayes issued
his annual clean up order, the war on
refuse in Kansas City began. The
onslaught upon the ash heaps, the
stacks of tin cans and the tangled
mass of last years grass and weeds
would have been made by the majori-
ty of the citizens of Kansas City, order
or no order. The instructions of the
chief Of police to his subordinates to
see that the work of cleaning the city
is done serves more as signal for the
attack than as motive for 1t. Still
there are those property owners who
through negligence might fail to do
their part toward making the city neat
and tidy We're they not reminded of
their duty by the police. Be it said to
the credit of the city, however, that
they are few and far between.
On occasions Of this kind there is
inspiration in concerted action, just as
there is in log rolling or a husking
bee. Every man who has an ash heap
or q pile of tin cans in his back yard
could Of his own motion and at his
own time remove the incumbrance to
the public dump. But the majority
prefer to act in concert with their
neighbors. They feel that then they
are engaged in a public enterprise,
that they are part of a movement for
the betterment of the city, and If there
Is any one thing the average Kansas
Cityan enjoys more than another 1t Is
to feel that he is engaged in a public
enterprise, a movement to help make
Kansas City better place to live in.
The annual spring clean up has been
for years an event in which the people
of Kansas City have taken much inter-
est and one which has produced better
results for the time and labor expended
than any other united action of the
citizens. 1t will not be necessary for
the police to serve very many notices
on resident property owners to clean
up their premises. They are not only
willing but anxious to see the city
swept and the sweeping removed from
view. And many nonresident property
owners share this feeling of civic pride
with them. Kansas City will be made
clean just as rapidly as willing hands
can make 1t.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26

y-FERTILIZED. I1-UNFERTILIzEp.
weak doses. Nitrate of soda naturally
suggests itself and has been used sue
cessfully where attention has been CIV
en- to the necessary conditions.
The effect of fertilizer is manifested
on the cucumber plant very quickly
within few hours of the application.
While the fruit is setting and forming
excessive applications tend to produce
q large watery fruit which will not
stand up well after cutting and also
would be deficient in flavor.
In one series of experiments report
ed the varieties selected for the test
seeds were started under glass on
April %, and frequent light sprinklings
of water were given to keep the soil of
the pots from drying out until germina-
ton. Transplanting was done in the
first week in May, the plants being
set a distance of six feet, the holes be-
ing 21a feet across and eight inches
deep. Well rotted manure and surface
soil mixed were used for planting.
May III, SIN DAYS aIter planting, Ter
tilizer was applied at the rate of one
ounce of nitrate of soda to a gallon of
water, a quart of solution to each hill.
Similar applications were made on
May 16, % and 30 and June 3, 8, Is,
% and &c, when fruit was setting rap
idly and in quantity. On the infer
tilted check patch the plants were
just beginning to bloom. On June 90
one quart of a solution of ~ ounces
of nitrate of soda to the gallon was
given and repeated July 3, Z, Is and
"a and Aug. 3 with very satisfactory
result Weaker applications of fer
tilizer were made later on, and the
vines continued in bearing until cut by
frost.
According to the record, the fortified
crop yielded at the rate of 6,739 dozen
per acre and the unfertilized plot yield
ing 94S dozen. The accompanying H.
lustration shows the comparative size
of cucumbers. The total application
was at the rate of 324 pounds of
nitrate of soda per acre in Is applica-
tons.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26

1--WE are SEVEN" laughingly quoted
the man who was an applicant for life
insurance when asked to give the num-
Der of children in his fathers family.
"And their names" asked the exam.
lining surgeon.
"Well, there's Albert, Addie, Henry,
Laura, William and Dora and-and"-
The surgeon looked surprised. and
the applicant looked foolish.
Then he began again, There's Albert
and Addie. and Henry and Laura. and
William and Dora, and-and"-
The surgeon announced that these
were only six. The applicant acknowl-
edged the corn and went over the list
again and again. invariably baking
after the sixth name. Then a bright Of
fee boy looked up from his work. with
q grin. and said:
Say. haven't you left yourself out Of
the count?"
The surgeon seemed relieved, the ap-
plicant seemed more foolish than ever,
and the Office boy grinned on at his
work.
THAT certainly was one time" final
ly commented the applicant, that
completely forgot myself."-New York
Times
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
BOOK MAxIMS.

1t is better to give a book than to
lend it.
Do not bite paper knife until it has
the edge of a saw.
Do not cut books except with a
proper ivory knife.
1t Is ruination to a good book to cut
1t right through into the corners.
Books are neither card racks, crumb
baskets nor receptacles for dead leaves.
Never write upon title page or half
title. The blank fly leaf is the right
place.
Do not turn the leaves Of books down.
Particularly do not turn the leaves of
books printed on plate paper.
If you are in the habit of lending
books, do not mark them. These two
acts together constitute an act of indis-
erection.
Books were not meant as cushions,
nor were they meant to be toasted be-
fore a fire.-Arthur L. Humphreys in
Private Library.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
DOES 1T PAY TO BUY CHEAP?

A cheap remedy for coughs and colds
is all right, but you want something
that will relieve and cure the more
severe and dangerous results of throat
and lung troubles. What shall you do?
Go to warmer and more regular
climate: Yes, if possible; If not posi-
BILE for you, then in either case take the
ONLY remedy that has been introduced
in all civilized countries with success In
severe throat and lung troubles,
"Boschee's German Syrup" 1t not only
heals and stimulates the tissues to des-
troy the germ disease, but allays inflam-
nation, causes easy expectoration, gives
a good nights rest, and cures the patient.
Try ONE bottle. RECOMMENDED many
years by all druggists in the world. Get
Green's Prize Almanac. For sale by DR..
d. A. Bisbee.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
DRESSES FOR MISSES.
HOW TO MAKE SUMNER GOWNS EoE
LAE BIG GIRLS.

The Mysteries of Constructing Five
Gorcd skirts and French Waists
Fully Explnined-Hints About Shirt
Waists.
copyright, 1901, by American Press Association
Skirts for growing girls are now cut
much in the same style as are those
of the mothers, but are made more sim
ply. Serge and homespun and such
materials are best for ordinary wear,
and all skirts are cut with five cores
one in front, two on the sides and two
in the back. These may be finished
with or without side pockets and open
in front at the left side of the seam
or open in the back.
Where 1t is an object skirt which
has become worn at the bottom so that
it is no longer possible for the mother
can be cut off around the bottom and
faced up again and a row or two of
braid put on. The material, if of good
quality, can be cleaned by sponglng it
with little ammonia. But if new
one is to be made 1t will require two
yards and quarter of A inch stuff to
make a five gore skirt for a length Of
50 inches. 1t must, however, be mate
rial that has no 'up and down." mean
ing that it must have no pattern where
If one breadth were to be cut one way
and the other another way it would
spoil the dress. Mapped goods also
cannot be cut to the same advantage
in this way. 1t needs material like
cheviot, serge, cravenette or mohair.
To cut the skirt one must take the pat
tern and place the center of the front
breadth at the center of the fold in the
cloth and then lay the two side pieces
on SO the narrow part of the front
breadth is by the side of the widest
part of the side ones. This means that
the top of the front breadth lies by the
bottom of the two side pieces on the
folded goods. There is quite enough
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
THE SAME OLD STORY,

J. A. Kelly relates an experience SINH
lar to that which has happened in almost
every neighborhood in the United States
aud has been told and re-told by thou
sands of others. He says: Last summer
had an attack of dysentery and pur-
chased bottle Of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which l
used according to directions and with en-
tirely satisfactory results. The trouble
was controlled much quicker than former
Mr.. Kelley is a we'll known citizen Of
Henderson, n. c. For sale by DR.. D. A.
Bisbee.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
WATERING BEES.
One Bee In Early Spring Worth Hall
Hundred Later On.

Watering bees is of considerable ben
eft, and we would as soon think Of
allowing our other stock to roam the
in the apiary During winter the mois-
ture that condenses in the hive fur
nishes the colony water, but during the
early spring these CONVERSATIONS cease.
They begin brood rearing early and
In order to prepare food for the young
larva must have water.
The most vigorous bees go forth in
quest of water, find it at some brook
or tank where it Is ice cold, fill them
selves and are chilled and do not get
back to the hive. The necessity for
water steadily increasing, other bees
go out to share like fate until the
colony is emaciated and the brood dies,
says a writer in Orange Judd Farmer.
Every careful beekeeper we'll knows
that one bee in early spring is of more
value to him than half hundred later
on. In order to prevent spring dwin-
ding we take Mason half gallon fruit
jar, remove the screw top. take a seven
eighths board four inches square and
with q small gouge or a knife cut a
groove nearly from one extreme corner
to the other, taking care not to cut
quite to the corner. Fill the jar with
water, place the board over the mouth,
invert all quickly and stand in a con-
yenient place in the apiary. When the
sun shines sufficiently so that bees can
fly, 1t will also warm the water through
the glass, and we are always able to
give them pure warm water.
No one until he has given this a
trial will fully realize how much water
single colony will use during the
height of brood rearing. In order to
draw them from the old watering place
1t may be necessary to slightly sweeten
the water for day or two.
~ News and Notes.
Two millions tons Of sugar are annu.
ally imported for the sweet tooth Of
America.
Porto Rico Is country Of farms, So
per cent Of them worked by their own.
ers.
There are still months to harvest
time, but If present promise holds Cali.
fornia will have large cereal crops.
Wholesale tea planting on 5000 acres
OF land near Charleston has been be-
gun by company that expects eventu.
ally to put 5000 pounds Of tea year
on the market.
There are at present 30 national for
estry reserves. The largest is the Cas-
cade range reserve In oregon, consist
ing of 4, 492, 500 acres.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
Artificial stone.

Quarrymen and stone dressers will
probably be gradually crowded out of
their occupation by the use of artificial
stone. In the manufacture of this stone
the sand is heated and the cement add
ed to the amount of - per cent of the
mixture. The steel molds are filed
with the dry material and moved into
an immense cylinder which is closed
and bolted. Boiling water is then
turned in under pressure sufficient to
force it all through the sand in the
molds. The cement Stacks, but the
steel molds do not permit any expan-
sion to occur, and the stone is formed
and dried under an immense pressure.
The result is a very hard stone, which
can be supplied in shapes desired and
much cheaper than the natural stone.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
FOlLED BY HIS OWN TRICK.
scheme For Selling a Farm and Its
Dramatic Climax.

Clmax.
Some years ago." said the narrator,
IAN oil boom hit Litchfield, Ills, and
everybody for miles around was seen
shifting for oil and every stranger sus-
pected of being an expert looking for a
good thing. An old farmer named Loo
mis- had big place three miles out of
town, which would have been a fortune
for him had he not been possessed of
mania for swapping, manifest in a per-
ennial attempt to trade off his land
for twice it's value.
when the boom was at the top notch,
Loomis received a visitor who took so
much interest In the farm, so liked its
appearance, location, etc, that the old
farmer scented petroleum man and
saw visions of incalculabe wealth;
but, being a shrewd man, Loomis did
not care to take any unnecessary
chances with Providence, and on the
quiet he sent the hired man out the
back way with orders to dump the kerr
osene can into the we'll. The visitor
liked the entire place, inspected the
barn, the chicken yard and then, as If
by chance, asked for a drink of water.
"Loomis was waiting for that and
hauled up a brimming bucket before
the mans own eyes and poured him out
a gourdful Of liquid with n fine, opa-
lescent scum upon it. The visitor SMELL
ed the stuff tasted It, made a wry face
and asked II the water was always like
that. oh. yes said Loomis, but you
soon get accustomed to the taste, and
our doctor says this is the finest water
on earth for the stomach We'll.
am ding DANCED if I'll ever get used to
It, was the unexpected response. I
am looking for farm, not an oil we'll,
and If I have got to haul my drinking
water three miles from Litchfield 1
guess I'd rather buy nearer town.
at took LOOMS six months to get the
taste Of oil out Of his WE'LL and by that
time the boom was over, and nothing
was left of the oil craze but rotting der
ricks and abandoned shafts" New Or
leans Times Democrat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
FIVE GORE SKIRT AND SHIRT WAIST.

room to do this, and when they are
turned right side up and sewed to the
fronts there is nothing to do but cut
the slant In the sides of the doubled
back piece, making two Of it. This Is
much wider than any Of the others, and
the extra width makes the folds or
gathers in the back. When the skirt
has been cut and basted. it is we'll to
try it on wrong side out, so that 1t is
easy to fit it by pinching 1t in over the
hips. Some skirts cut by the best pat.
terms fail to hang right when made be-
cause they were not fitted on and the
fullness brought to just where it should
be before finishing 1t Off
Few summer dresses are lined, even
the wooden ones, but IL they are the
thinnest and lightest Of Innings should
be used
Most thin dresses are made with
straight skirts and gathered and sewed
to the belt. Gathered skirts are espe-
cially suitable for young persons. Cot
ton frocks, which include ginghams,
zephyrs, lawns, linens, percales,
piques and ducks, besides more than
one can give space to, may be made
with one fiounce at the very bottom Of
the skirt and not set up ON it as has
been done. Many rows of stitching
and sometimes straps with small clus-
tiers of tiny white pearl buttons are
among the suitable trimmings for wool
en- skirts. The blouse waists will pre-
vail for woolens, and they will be worn
for some time yet and these are not
unlike, though much more simply
made, those Of their elders. Velvet
cuffs and revers are probably the best.
Shirt waists are to be so generally
worn that 1t is scarcely worth while
to mention them except to say that
they are mostly rather shorter in the
front than before and do not pouch out
so much. but fit more like the French
waist. They are gathered at the neck
and at the waist line. The backs are
slightly gathered at the bottom, and
none has pretense at fullness at the
neck in the back. A few have tucks
all the way up in the back, but there
are no more yokes. The simpler they
are the better. OLIVE HARPER.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26

Apples are very wholesome and d.
gestible. They contain considerable
potassium and sodium salts. magnesi-
um, little iron and about So per cent
of water. Apples, being rich in pectin,
form readily into jelly. They also con-
tain free organic acids as well as salts,
such a malates, citrates and tartrates.
They are quite laxative, more so If TAX
en- late at night or early in the morn
ing with a glass Of water. Their nutri-
tive value Is not much. as they are
largely composed Of water. For in
valids apples are best when baked and
eaten either plain or served with cream.
Ledger Monthly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
A Drop of Water.

A gallon of distilled water weighs
$3.50 pounds, and there being four
quarts to the gallon and two pints to
the quart and 16 fluid ounces to the
pint, and two tablespoonfuls to the fluid
ounce. and four teaspoonfuls to the Ia
blespoon. and AS drops to the teaspoon,
drop of water weighs 0.00O1S057
pound, slightly more.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26

81 am indebted to One Minute Cough
Cure for my present good health and my
life. was treated in vain by doctors fol
lung trouble following la grippe. tool
One Minute Cough Cure and recovered
my health" Mr.. f. IL. Wise, Madison|
Ga. d. A. Bisbee's Drug Store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
A Pathetic Bereavement.

Miss Singer-I saw in the paper that
there is to be an entertainment for a
musical orphanage" Pray, what may
musical orphanage be?
Mr.. Kenitall-l can't say positively,
you know, but imagine it must be a
child deprived of its native air.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
THE BEST L,NImeNr FOR STRAINS

Mr.. F. H. Wells, the merchant at Deer
Park, Long Island, n. Y, says: II
always recommend Chamberlain's Pain
Balm as the best liniment for strains.
used it last winter for severe lamenesd
in the side. resulting from strain, and
was greatly pleased with the quick relief
and cure it effected" For sale by Drl
d. A. Bisbee.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
THE CUCUMBER CROP.
Needs Nitrogen and water-Lively
Action of Nitrate of Soda.

To cucumber grower who wants to
do away entirely with manure because
he thinks it causes maggot or grub in
the soil American Gardening recon-
mends: The chief requirements of the
cucumber crop are water and nitrogen.
The one thing to be observed, however,
Is that the nitrogen is available In
small quantities over a long period of
time. 1t is for this reason that stable
manure has given such general salts
faction.
If heterogeneous fertilizer is given, it
must be ia the frequent application Of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26
ONLY AN INcH OF READING

may save you mile of suffering. Most
Of my life" says Rochester. n. Y,
lady, 81 bore the torments of Indigestion
liver complaint and the ailments that tag
along after these two. The neic medicine
Calcura Solvent, rid me of the whole
batch in less than three months" For
free trial bottle write TO DR.. David KEN
nedy, Kennedy Row, Kingston, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26

The prices obtained at Christies, Lon
don, this year have been higher for fur
niture, paintings, engravings and Jewels
than have ever before been known, ard
the results are attributed partly to Amer
lean prosperity.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26

If mother is at all clever, she can
train her baby by the time it is 6 weeks
old to cry to go to its father as soon as
he comes In the house.-AtchiSop Globe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26

The Hyde family of Plainfield, N. j.,
has incorporated itself. Hereafter, the
100000 estate left by Charles Hyde
will be known as the Union County In
vestment company, with his widow, his
four sons and his daughter as the six
stockholders.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26

Builds up the system; puts pure rich,
blood in the veins; makes men and
women strong and healthy. Burdock
Blood Bitters. At any drug store.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26

A kite lodged on telephone and electric
light wires at Wabash, Ind. and divert
ed the current, destroying 100 tele
phones.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-07-26

The plant of the Rutland wrapped
factory is to be enlarged by the erection
of two-story addition that Will accomo|
date 100 employees.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-10-10
HIGH OFFICIALS IMPLICATED.
story of Corruption Told by Chi
cagO Bailiff.

Story of Corruption Told by n Chi
cagO Bailiff.
Chicago, Oct. 6. Underlying the
charge made by the grand jury that
Alexander Sullivan, Edward Mayer,
Frederick st. John and George P.
Murray conspired to send James j.
Lynch, the former bailiff in Judge
Ciifford's court who is under charges
of jury brlbing. out of the jurisdiction
of the criminal court and of keeping
him there, is a greater conspiracy, It
is said, duplicating court officers.
The story told by Lynch to the grand
jury astounded the members of that
iEquisitorial body, as it revealed a con-
dition of corruption In the courts that
exceeded anything that has ever been
limited at.
According to Lynch's story court
officers and jurymen have been COR
rupted by the score, and there are at
the present time in the courts of Cook
county, he declares, bailiffs, who to
his knowledge, have been guilty Of
acting as dispensing agents for the
West Chicago street railway in efforts
to reach jurors in the personal injury
cases. SO far-reaching was the state
ment of Lynch that the grand jury has
decided to probe further into the mat
ter.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-10-10
YOUTHFUL sAvAurs.
BarbarOu& Treatment OF n Fellow
student by BelOit Pupils.

BarbaronA Treatment OF n Fellow
student by Bcloit Pupils.
Beloit, Wis.,, Oct. S.-George +. Stock
well, student In the preparatory de-
partment of Beloit college. was enticed
from his room at the house of Presi-
dent Eaton at an early hour yesterday
morning by members of the middle pre-
paratory class. He was overpowered.
Invested of every article of clothing
and compelled to walk ahead of score
of bowling student, aided by the appli-
cation of switches in the hands of his
tormentors. His clothing was fastened
to the top of 'agpole, and after he
had been sufficiently ''disciplined' he
was allowed to so home to plan re-
venge. The outrage is the climax of a
number of class fights this year in
which the worst punishment inflicted
heretofore was compelling students to
walk into town after having been driv-
EN- far into the country The faculty
will probably take no action owing to
the fact that the perpetrators of the
deed are unknown, and the members of
Stockwell's class have taken matters in
their own hands. Stockwel lives in
Cherry Valley, ILL.,, and has no enemies
in the school.
Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-10-10

Man Mentally Dernngel Pleads That
He he Not Sent to an Insane Asy.

-
Man Mentally DerNngel Pleads That
He BE Not Sent to an Insane Asy.
lum.
st. Joseph, Mo-, Oct. 8. - Andrew J..
Brown. formerly a wealthy stockman
and mine owner, was before the county
court yesterday during an inquiry into
his sanity.
"r know that / am mentally unbal-
anced and ought to be treated" he
said. "but send me where I can be
quiet-not to the asylum above all
places. I had a brother who was con-
fined there and he died. surrounded by
meniecs. A man can't help becoming
insane, and it is awful to have to go
to where ones companions are all
mad"
The court had no alternative and
Brown was given into the custody Of
asylum attendants. Again addressing
the court he said their action sealed
his doom, and he prayed for death.