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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29
WHEN NIAGARA FALLS RAN DRY

Only once in history has the roar of
the mighty falls of Niagara been ST.
fenced. This startling phenomenon oc-
Cured on March 81, l848. Early on
that morning people living near the
falls were surprised by strange hush,
as startling in effect as would be an
unexpected and tremendous explosion
in an ordinarily quiet community
Many persons thought they had been
afflicted with deafness, and all were
oppressed by sensation of dread.
With the coming of light the amazed
people comprehended the reason for the
disquieting silence. Where they We're
useg to see the great falls was bare
precipice down the face of which a few
small and constantly diminishing
streams tricklcd. Above the falls, in
stead of a rushing river, was only a
naked channel, with insignificant brooks
splashing among the rocks. All day
long this astounding condition continued,
and persons walked, dryshod, from the
Canadian side, along the very edge of
the precipice, as far as Goat Island, on
the American side.
Early in the morning of April /, the
familiar thunder of the great cataract
was again heard, and has never since
been silent, though similar conditions,
with like results, might prevail any
spring. The winter of lS47-4S was one
of extreme severity, and ice of unpre-
cedented thickness formed on Lake
Erie. When the breakup came, to-
ward the end of March, strong south
east wind was blowing, and the ice was
piled into banks as large as icebergs.
Toward the night of March 30 the wind
suddenly changed to the opposite direc-
ton, increased to terrific gale, and
drove the ice into the entrance of
Niagara River with such force that a
huge dam was formed, of such thick
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29
IDENTIFYING COMMON ROCKS

How many people have said to them
selves or to their friends 81 would like
to study geology if only knew how to
tell the rocks" Identifying rocks is
not the difficult task one imagines, for
the kinds of rocks ordinarily met with
are not numerous. Most of the great
variety of rocks are made up of the
simpler. forms in different combina-
tions. Once these are firmly in the
mind, one will be surprised at the num-
Der of interesting things encountered in
short walk in the country.
Sandstones, limestones, marbles.
GRANTEES and shales are the rocks most
apt to be met with in everyday observa-
tons. In fact these embrace probably
nine tenths of all the rocks known to
make up the earth's crust And for
little tests. depending chiefly upon com
mon sense, which enable the merest
beginner to identify most rocks which
he finds.
The sandstones, for instance, can
readily be distinguished by the granular
structure, and the particles of sand
on the surface. When a knife blade is
pulled across the surface. it produces a
harsh, grating sound. When the sand
particles have been closely fused to-
gether, so that the granular structure
is nearly obliterated, the rock is known
as quartiZe.
Limestone is moderately hard rock
but can be easily scratched with a
knife. When particles of the rock are
put into strong acids nitric or sui
phurc, etc. bubbles of gas are given
off, and the stone disappears. Some
times cold acid will not give the acid
test, but with warm acid, the test is in
fallible. This test applied to marble
gives the same reaction, but there is
slight chance of confusing the two since
marbles has a crystalline appearance.
Everyone knows slate when it is seen.
Slate is merely thin shale, as is natu-
raj roofing tile. Shale, which some
times goes under the name of flag" is
a rock of medium hardness. Though
somewhat resembling limestone in APP
pearance, the acid test makes no i'm
preston on shales. Rarely one will
find lime present in shales, but even in
those cases the effervescence is mild and
not to be mistaken for reliable test.
Granite is probably the. most common,
as well as the most useful of all the
stones. Its history is as old as that of
building. Some people know granite
only when it is red; others are familiar
with it as a gray rock, and all seem to
be ignorant of the fact that its color
depends on the characteristics of its
several constitutions.
Examine piece of good granite some
time. You will note that it is a coarse
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29
NO FUSION.

In Maine the Progressives, holding
the balance of power in the Legislature
and executing exceptional influence, has
proven to be the second party in the
State, positively refuse all offers of
fusion, and will use their great advan-
tage for forwarding their own party
and the principles of their platform.
In Connecticut overtures from the Re-
publican machine managers for fusion
have just been rejected peremptorily,
with the emphatic reply that the old
party machine need not expect to en-
ploy the new organization. The meet
ing of the Vermont Moose showed ex-
actly this spirit for its own purpose, as
did the Bay State Progressives, who
were first to declare their program.
The fact is that in every New Eng
land State the Progressives. have now
gone on record as supporting the resolve
to work out their own program without
combination. They have a clean cut
issue and clean cut party. They start
free and clear from the reactionary anc
corrupting influences attaching to the
old machines. They have shown thei,
ability to work without them.
The Progressive party has very great
work to do, and it will do it completely
only when it places the life anc
principles of the organization beyond
every other consideration. Boston
Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29
LETTER FROM HARRY L. CAN
FIELD.
PROPOSED APPROPRIATIONS AND CON
SIDEGATIONS THAT SHOULD PRE-
VAIL HEREWITH.


To the Editor of The Free Press:
| note in today's Free Press the list
of appropriations called for by the vari-
Gus House bills before our Legislature.
The items making up so large a total
call for careful scrutiny. The peoples
money should be judiciously expended.
Two items it would seem certainly in
vite challenge. The writer confesses
not to be informed as to the intention
of the Gettysburg celebration, but this
observation is surely pertinent
If it is the plan to make it the occa-
sion of vast and brilliant military dis
play, we may well forego the expensive
pageant on the ground of economy. If
the main purpose is to bring the people
of the North and South together upon a
battle field where their respective
armies fought each other in one of the
bloodiest contests ever waged, and that
there the representatives of the two
sections may pledge to each other eter-
nal friendship and pledge each to each
| their fealty to a common country, the
quieter that celebration is and the less
of military display the more impressive
will the event be. If other States pro-
pose giving in like proportion it is a
vast sum that will be squandered on the
celebration.
Vermont can better use a ten thous-
and dollars either to advance her State
interests or to further the welfare of
our common country.
The other appropriation - that of
twenty-five thousand dollars for arm
ories-is of vastly more serious conse-
quence. Vermont does not need arm
cries; the nation is not suffering that
she should have them. There is moth
ing in our international relations that
calls for them. No nation if it would
could reach it's military arm across
three thousand miles of water waste on
the one side or six thousand miles on
the other side deal us a blow that would
harm. If this were not the case as
David Starr Jordan we'll says, "A civil
tongue" more surely safeguards ma
ton than Its reliance on army and
navy" 1t is a sane objection to arm
cries that they are not only useless, but
archaic, and opposed to true progress
and real democracy. They seek to
favor a class and in so doing demoralize
that class and place burden on the
entire community.
] If we are to have large buildings
constructed in our several communities
let them be for all the people, where
every one can come and exercise and
battle and where agencies may be main
tanned that are calculated to develop
what is best in all the people, but let
not the public money be expended to
build, equip and maintain large build
ings for the use of a few, especially
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29

ness and soidity as to be practically
impenetrable, and strong enough to
hold back the great mass of water
pressing against it. At last, in the
early morning of April l, the ice dam
gave way under the tremendous pres
sure of restrained water, and the falls
were once again one of the scenic Won
ders of the world. Public Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29
Two Killed When Their Auto
S-He Turns Over.

st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. "a. Howard
James, director of purchases, and S. B.
Plechner, purchasing agent, of the
Great Northern Railway Company,
We're instantly killed today when their
automobile turned over on a steep
grade. Both men We're pinned beneath
the machine and were dead when it was
removed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29
Motor Car Kills old Man in Great
Darlington.

Great harrington, Nov. "a. Rain on
the windshield prevented Stewart Pull
Ter, who was operating an automobile
on Main street today from seeing Will
liam NJ. Adams, 20, and the old man
was knocked down and killed by the
machine. The automobile was owned
by C. M. Gibbs. Fuller is expected to
appear in court tomorrow for hearing.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29

as yet; the date of January l, 1915, still
stands for the opening predicted by Col
onel Goethas. But that the opening
will be anticipated to a great extent has
been promised by the canal builders in
unofficial statements, and now comes
clear intimation of their purpose to adj
vance the opening date, in the annual
published. 1t is disclosed while the
completion of the great locks by January
l next will not be possible, owing to
contract delays, within six months
thereafter the channel will be finished,
while to insure the safe passage of the
locks, the contractor has been called
upon to finish the gates in one flight
first, so that if the rest of the work is
in condition passage of ships can be per-
mitted without waiting for the compile
ton of the other flights. This state
known that the great locks are being
built in duplicate; side by side, not
only to add to the capacity of the canal
but to insure its continuance in opera
ton in case of serious accident to a
ship in one of the locks.
LANDsLIDES TROUBLESOME.
The report shows most satisfactory
state of progress of the whole great
work though in view of the fact that it
is dated September 10 last, the figures
regarding excavation, placing of con-
crete, erection of dams and locks and
subsidiary works are not as recent as
those contained in the regular monthly
reports. Naturally the most interest
ing feature of the report relates to the
operations in the great Culebra Cut.
Here great landslides, many ranking
with an Alpine avalanche in magnitude,
have sotincreased the amount of ma
terial tosbe excavated, that were it not
found possible to steadily reduce the
cost perEyard of dredging and the steam
shovelling through the growing expert
ness of the employees, and improved
engineering methods, the total cost of
excavation would have been vastly
greater than the estimates. During the
last year nearly 800, 900 cubic yards
of earth were taken out of this cut,
leaving nearly IL, 600, 600 to be displaced
before the canal can be opened. The
damage caused by the slides may be
appreciated from the fact that nearly
5000, 600 yards of earth eXcavated was
so composed or nearly 36per cent of the
total excavation.
Thus electric motors under test are
now swinging the great gates of the
canal each weighing very many tons
and as tall and broad as a great sky
scraping building in the remarkable
time of one minute and forty-eight
seconds. incidentally it appears that
to make these gates, the iron workers
must drive and head 5,750, 900 rivets.
The pivots of these great locks are be-
ing made of a special grade of steel
and bronze, not only for strength but to
protect them against corrosion, a very
necessary precaution in view of the
fact that they will always be submerged
in sea water after the canal is open.
To guard against galvanic action, zinc
rings are also placed on the bronze
bushings.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29

child urinates too often, If the urine scalds
the flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet.
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
Guilty is kidney trouble, and the frs.
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition of
the kidneys and bladder and not to
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made miser.
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29

ABOUT OWamp-Koot, Home Of swamp-ROol
including many of the thousands of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
who found Swamp-Root to be just the
remedy needed. In writing DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and
mention this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, DR.,
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. Y, on every bottle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29
To Mothers in This Town.

Children who are delicate, teverish and
cross will get immediate relief from Mother
Gray's sweet Powders for Children. They
cleanse the stomach act on the liver, and are
recommended for complaining children. A
pleasant remedy for worms. At all Drug
gists, csc. sample FREE. Address, y. )
Olmsted Leroy, Y. Y.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidneys, the,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29

covers an area of GO acres, from which
2, 10000 yards have already been re-
moved, leaving 1900 still to be
handled.
Then there is another little slide of no
less than so acres on the opposite side
of the canal. The result of these earth
movements, which are quite exceptional
in engineering practice, has been to
leave the canal in its deepest portions,
with very flat slopes. The encouraging
feature of the heavy work at that point
is found in the statement in the report
"that none of the slides which occurred
during the year would have interfered
with the passage of ships had the canal
been in operation.
EXPENSE ENORMOUS.
Already the appropriations made by
Congress for the canal have run into
big figures the total up to June 80 last
being, 1898, SCI, 468, and since that date
there have been additional appropria-
tions, exclusive of those for fortifica-
tons, amounting to $28, $50, 900, making
the grand total 1922, SAL ,46S. On June
30 of all these appropriations, the en-
gineers had expended SO per cent of
the total estimated cost of the canal.
Of even greater interest from an en-
cheering point of view, than the vast
but commonplace work of excavation in
Culebra Cut, was the work of construct
ing the great locks at Gatun, and
Mirahores and Pedro Miguel, for there
many novel problems have been solved,
and lock machinery constructed of
SPECIAL designs of a magnitude never be-
fore heard of. For instance, so big are
the valves at the side of the locks that a
test showed that it required a pull of
over 10 tons on the stem to open one of
these valves.
All this work is done electrically, and
here again the engineers were confronted
with new difficulties. Owing to the
peculiar climatic conditions on the
isthmus, with tropical heat and extreme
humidity, and the deteriorating effect
of these conditions on the insulation of
electrical machinery, the ordinary in
sulation proved unreliable, and the en-
gineers found it necessary to make a
great number of experiments, no less
than 16 sample motors being ptted
against one another. 1t was an awful
test for dynamo and motor builders to
have their machines required to operate
for period of 10 days in a building
with steam at temperature of 80 de-
grees centigrade and having the motor
cases filled with water for five hours at
80 degrees. But finally the American
motor builders responded and suitable
apparatus is being installed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29

by druggists, in fifty
cent and one-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also a
pamphlet telling all
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1912-11-29
Women as Well as Men arc Made Miserable
by Kidney and Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessons ambition; beauty,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
CONTINUED from Page A.
Whv Iazarus WAS Raised.

Jesus of Nazareth did not raise
Lazarus from the dead, simply to re-
store him to family and friends and
temporal life, again to suffer and
die, and be mourned and lamented;
but to show the power of Truth to
overcome error; to show that Life was
the master of DEATH that the Christ
could triumph over every evil-sfck-
ness, sin, and death.
Since, as the Bible declares, sin
brought death into the world, there
fore the overcoming of sin is the ov-
empowering of death; and as sickness
and sin are overcome by the same
Christ power, therefore to the extent
that sickness or sin is overcome by
Truth to that extent is death over
come.
Therefore, whenever Christian Sci
entists demonstrate over sickness and
s.n, either in themselves or others,
they are overcoming death in meas
ure. and with the disappearance OF
sickness and sin death will disappear,
and be as though 1t had not been
as, indeed, 1t never was.
The Divinity OF Christ.
Christian Science, more than any
other religion, teaches the Divinity
of Christ On this point allow me
to quote ffrom our text book, Science
and Health, page 20. line 10.
1.-THE Christ was the Spirit which
Jesus implied in his own statements:
i am the way, the truth, and 1.-The
! life;' I and my Father are one This
Christ, or divinity of the man Jesus
was his divine nature, the godliness
which animated him. Divine Truth
Life, and Love gave Jesus authority
over sin. sickness and death. His
miss on was to reveal the Science OF
! celestial being. to prove what God is
| and what He does for man."
The glorious Science of being comes
| In the name of Christ with healing
on its wings-to promulgate the king.
dom established by him, of which
] there should be no end.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
ORIGIN OF PEARLS.
(National Geographical Magazine.

(NatiOnal Geographical MagaZine.)
For many centuries, even until COM
paratively recent times, it was the
common belief that pearls were dew
drops that gained entrance into the
shell of an oyster, and were there
transformed into fustrous gems. Arab
and Indian divers still believe that at
certain seasons oysters come to the
surface and suck i'm the rain drops
however, has rudely shattered this
poetic fancy. and discovered, the real
origin to be worm.
We now know that almost any for
eign body-a grain of sand, bit of
mud or shell, a piece of seaweed or
a small animal-may by its irritation
cause the mollusk to cover it with
nacre and make it the nucleus of
pearl; but the largest part of the an
ual pearl crop of the world is due to
parasites that normally pass a part of
the lffe-cycle within the shell of the
pearl oyster.
Minute spherical larvae of marine
worms known as cestodes become en-
bedded in the soft tissues as many as
40 having been found in one Ceylon
oyster As the result of irritation, the
oyster forms Il protecting sac about
the intruder, and then If the larva
dies. it's body is gradually converted
into carbonate of lime, and the pearly
mass proceeds to grow with the shell
If the larva lives, ii may pass into
the body of the strong jawed trigger
fishes which prey on the pearl oysters
there undergoing further develop
ment. Ultimately it reaches the body
OF the great rays which in turn eat the
trigger fishes. In the pays the worms
attain full development, and produce
larvae that are cast into the sea and
| find lodgment in the pearl oysters.
Thus the cycle is begun once more.
We may literally accept the saying
OF celebrated French investigator,
that "the most beautiful pearl is in
reality only the brilliant sarcopha-
| gus of a worm"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
$N0~~$

Attorney General Wickersham is
grossly ignorant of the ways of the
people and of the
still Fearful of workings of irect
The Truth. legislation. This fact
was revealed ane y
when at a meeting of the Pennsylva-
MIA society in New York he made an
address Saturday Abuse of the initia-
tive and referendum was the attorney
generals theme. He was especially
bitter in denouncing the practice of
changing state constitutions under the
initiative and declared the independ-
ence of the judicial system has been
almost entirely destroyed in states
where direct legislation prevails
oregon has had the initiative and
referendum and the recall for many
years Yet the oregon electorate has
llever acted hastily The judgment of
the people has usually been sound.
The people as whole have always
voted honestly and for what they
considered the best interest of society.
That is something that cannot always
Se said of a state Legislature or of
congress.
The dignity and independence of
the judiciary have not been sacrifice
ed through the direct primary and
the recall oregon has never yet re-
called a Judge. We have had almost
no recall elections of any sort. Wick
ershsm's statement is a gross slander
as far as the state of Oregon is con-
-cerned Judges are more independ-
ent than they formerly We're. A
judge is safer when beholden to all
the people than when beholden to a
political boss or to a machine. Judges
are recalled less frequently than they
were before the days of the direct
primary. In these days they were re-
called by secret processes when they
sought a denomination. Now if a
Judge were to be recalled the action
would be taken openly. Under the
new system the dignity and independ-
ence of the bench are safeguarded
not menaced.
Attorney General Wickersham lack'
mental balance. He has been a Wal
street lawyer all his life and he ha!
become warped by the work he ha.
cone He is not acquainted with tn
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16

After exhaustive Investigation and
many tests, Dr. M. j. Rosenau pro-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16

Christmas stamps in this county when
used at Christmas time. Nor is there
any rule against the use of the Red
Cross stamps. Use them. They add
to the Christmas occasion.
~~~~e~~~e
Possibly the Faulder lawyer is the
man who should have swung.
S-@~%0%~~-S
Bermuda is now merely Bermuda.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE.
CONTINUED from Page A.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
HENCE THEIR WEEDINESS.

A London literary critic was prais-
ing Philadelphia at the Franklin Inn.
II am particularly impressed" he
said. with the beauty of Phlladel-
phia's children. This beauty is due,
/ suppose. to the fact that you spe-
e'ally favor love matches here. Love
matches alone give beautiful children.
"If there were more love matches
among the English arlstocracy." he
concluded with a smile, "the English
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
Let tie Auto Truck Haul u

Our speciality is quick work. Phone
Main 33S for furniture and piano NOV
ing short trips in the city or transfer.
ring to the country. We haul any
thing. Penlsnd Pros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-12-16
wOuldn't be so WeedY.

aristocracy wouldn't be so weedy.
Your typical English aristocrat,
you know, holds that love may be an
excuse for marriage, but money alone
is justification for t"-Washington
Star