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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08

AN unknown patriot writes to the
Washington Chronicle opposing the
completion of the Washington monu-
ment on the original plan as too costly,
and proposes, instead, to finish it off
with "an appropriated entablature, and
upon its top to provide for the constant
burning of fire that shall mover be ex-
tinguished while the Republic shall
exist" He also proposes that the per-
petual fire shall be watched and tended
by few war-worn veterans from year to
year, and from century to century"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08
NO HOME.

Az " - OAuAE.
When the honeysuckles bloom
And the wrens fiutter DER t-
Their nests in the vine, cid
As they have for years before,
My heart fiutters DER
A long-deserted nest, W .
And cries out for home
Home and rest
When the wild roses shed their leaves
Der the rocks with moss o'ergrown,
And think of the summers
That over them have flown,
My heart would be rose,
To scatter, year by year,
Its petals DER the rock
Changeless and dear.
When the night-winds in the pines
Sing their songs Of the sea,
And seem to be rocked
As my mother rocked me,
And dream am lying
Below the ground-bird's nest,
With the pines above me signing,
In dreamless rest.
',ris sweet to know q home
Awaits me, 80 still,
Meath the shadows of leaves,
On breeze-haunted hill,
There my fathers ashes lie,
There on Mother Earth's breast,
My heart will find home
Home and rest.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08

WONDERS will never cease, and the
latest amusing novelty is the fact that
iady's hat, trimmed in the height of the
fashion, and nicely packed in band
box, was carried through the United
States mail from Maine to California for
eleven cents postage!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08

A Troy man made complaint to the
police the other day because his wife
eats dry cake in bed. He was advised
to get suit of under-clothes made of
sheet-iron and wear them at nights.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08

The editor of the Congressional Globe
complains bitterly of contemporaries
who take his squibs without credit
Danbury Ne,0s.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1873-03-08
CAMPHOR WOOD.

The camphor- wood boxes brought from
China and the East are well known for
their strong preservative odor, and are
found useful in keeping away moths
from woolens and furs. The China and
Japan camphor tree belongs to the lau-
rel family, but that of Sumatra and Bor-
neo is the Dyrobalanops Camphora.
Even the leaves and fruit smell of cam
phor. In Sumatra this tree is abundant
ly met with on the west coast, chiefly in
the extensive bush, but seldom in places
more than 1000 feet above the level of
the sea. The tree is straight, extraor-
dinarily tall, and has a gigantic crown,
which often overtops the other woody
giants by 100 feet or so. The stem is
sometimes 90 feet thick. The Barus
camphor of this island is the most es-
teemed of any, and it is for this drug,
obtained in but small quantities-sel-
dom more than half pound to tree
that it is ruthlessly destroyed. The
tree, when felled, is divided into small
pieces, and these are afterward split,
upon which the camphor, which is found
in hollows or crevices in the body of the
tree, and, above all, in knots or swell
ings of branches from the trunks, be-
comes visible in the form of granules or
grains. An essential oil also exudes
from the tree in cutting, which is some
times collected, but is scarcely remuner-
ative. On the west coast of Formosa
there are forests of camphor wood, and
a great deal of crude camphor is shipped
thence to Annoy and other Chinese ports.
Large quantities of the wood are sawn
into planks. Tables and cabinets are
then made of it, and it is also turned
into platters and washing basins.
VERITABLE INDIA RUBBER MAN
The Gardiner (Me.) Journal gives the
following particulars of the wonderful
escape of Mr.. Joseph Glazier, of that
city, from instant death. He was ex-
amining paper mill in Topsham, and
while so engaged the skirt of his coat
caught in the roll. He Immediately be-
thought himself to throw off his coat,
but in doing so his hand was drawn into
the rails. "I'll let it pull my arm out"
he thought to himself, but as the merci-
less machinery pulled at the stout mus
cles and tendons, Mr.. Glazier found
that his arm would not pull off without
breaking his neck.
Just think of such situation for a
man to be in! Coolly submitting to his
fate, he turned his head over on the side
to save his nose, and through the space
of about four inches he was drawn to his
hips. He says as the rolls passed over
his head it made a noise like grinding
coffee in mill, and that's the last he re
members. The blood spurted from his
eyes, ears and mouth SO as to go on to
the dryer, twelve feet distant. He was
taken up for dead, but, strange to say,
he is now about the streets. The space
he went through was about four inches,
we are told, but the upper roll could rise
little by what give there was to an
eighty-inch belt. The Journal naturally
remarks that it hardly seems possible
that man could be ground through
such small space and live.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16
For tho Register.
BIightcd Hopes.

Remember with pity the poor and forlorn
Whose hopes were uncouded in lfes early morn
So buoyant and brilliant and promised so fair.
Wealth, honor and,pleasure, untainted with care
Hopes shadows vera gaudy-apparently real;
A charm 80 enticng they followed with zeal
And ardently prompted by mirth and good health
Embraced the delusions Of beauty and wealth.
So alluring the picture that fancy portrayed,
Like flowers. in sunshine when newly arrayed,
There seemed no deception awaiting beneath,
Like thorns that are hidden in the amorous wreath
Ambition and passion, so exacting in youth,
Beckoned them onward and vouched for the truth
To compound the pleasures presented to view.
Extract proportion from everything new.
The tide and the breezes all favor their bark;
they dream not of shipwreck secure in their ark
Prosperity dazzles,-has blinded their eyes
loo late, comes a warning, and echo replies.
Misfortunes clanish and come not alone.
Reverses have stamped them, regrets neer atone.
farewell to affection, humanity falls,
How teeting is friendship when poverty calls.
1t is easy to note, now the scene is changed,
The treacherous shoals by nature arrayed,
That wrecked all their hopes and sifted their
friends,
Unrelenting the sting that memory sends.
Prospec IS SO 1atterng, once all their own,
The trumpet of triumph before them was blown,
Yet failed to secure the boon that they sought,
Experience has shown, them what wisdom had
taught.
In the garden of Eden the law was ordained,
from forbidden pleasure only sorrow is drained
BE guided by 81 gnals that point to the goal;
Avoid the gay tempter and taste not the bowl.
Brooksvillc, Sept 5, 1873. OBSERVER.
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A Danbury man partook Of an elegant
supper of fried clans, Saturday night, and
went home pretty well satisfied with
himself and the scenery. At 2 o'clock
the next morning he was awakened by an
unusual activity of a half.dozen spasms
which appeared to have moved in during
his sleep. Getting out of bed as hastily
as possible, he groped his way to the
dresser, where he kept bottle of "Winc
Of the Woods" standing, and removing
the cork hastily, swallowed substantial
dose. The moment he got taste of it
he experienced falling sensation, which.
together with the shape Of the bottle,
created sudden and ungovernabe anxiety
within him. "Gracious, Ann !" he said
to his wife, "what bottle is that on the
dresser?" "Why, mercy, she cxclaim-
ed !" don't touch that that 10 my CO.
cocaine !" 1t was too late, however. lie
had touched it, and merely explaining
that he wished to be laid by the side Of
his mother, he dropped to the floor, and
rolled around and groaned until every
member Of the family was awakened,
and came dashing into the room, various
ly clothed with revolvers, knives and
stove legs, and not much Of anything
else. But it was too late to save those
fried clans. They had moved. Dan
bury NeWS.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

A DANBURY CHILD LosT.-A family
named Bobleigh, living on Nelson st,
Danbury, says the Ne,cS, lost their little
child, girl Of six years The alarm
was at once given, and a vigorous
search was at ouce prosecuted, The
ncighbors for several streets adjoining
either Joined in the search or assembled
at the house Of the afflicted family and
graphically recalled cases where little
children were lost and after a long
search found stark and stiff in death, aud
thus consumed time that would have
otherwise passed drearily enough to the
agonized parents. Several people re-
membered TO have seen the little girl in
several different directions. Then there
we're others who had ideas Of their own
in regard to the whereabouts Of the
missing child, and one of these neigh
Dor named Wakely, was led by this iu-
stinct to crawl under barn, but in the
transit became so wedged in that it took
two men and shovel to get him out
again A few minutes later his zeal and
discretion led him to 60 down well, and
when part way down he lost his hold,
gave forth a whoop like an Indian, and
disappeared beneath the sparkling wa
ters. lie was rescued more dead than
alive, but still burned with sympathy
for the stricken family, and with the
water dripping from his garments,
crawled up on a beam 70 look over into
a hay.mow. and owing to the slippery
condition of his clothes again lost his
balance and came down to the barn
floor with a force that deprived him OF
his breath. AT ten o'clock the search
was given up for the night and the pa
rents retired, but not to sleep. At half
past ten knock sounded at the front
door, which, upon being opened revealed
the lost child. She had fallen asleep on
top of the hon.house, and becoming un-
easy in her dreams had fallen off and
awakened. and had now come in for the
particulars. No words can express the
delight Of the parents at the recovery Of
their child, no. depict the sensations of
Mr.. Wakely when he came around the
next morning on pair Of borrowed
crutches, and smelling stroug enough of
liniment to knock down chemist, and
learned the result of the affair. 1t is
pleasant to learn that not one Of the ex-
cited neighbors had any serious idea that
the girl was lost, any of the time.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

An attempt is being made to use saw
mill refuse for smelling iron in Michi-
gan.
The largest farm in England, conf
prising 5000 acres, is owned and run by
a Yankee.
A young Englishman has recovered
heavy damages from tailor who sent
him an insolent dun on postal card.
A young lady was thrown from a car
riage in Shrewsbury, Mass, the other
day, and had one leg broken, aud the
accident was still farther complicated by
her falling on wasp's nest.
Ammonia is a useful household article
which is worth while to keep on hand
for common purposes. 1t is excellent
for cleaning paint, silver, and glass a
teaspoonful put in the water produces a
wonderful effect. Wherever there is
grease to be removed, ammonia is efica-
cious. Consequently it is excellent for
cleaning hair.brushes, Indeed, it is an
almost indispensable toilet article.
The German Minister of War has re.
Gently issued an order that every man
subject to military service in the empire
shall present himself for enrolment with
a photograph of himself in his possession,
duly certified to by the police or muuici.
T pal authorities of the locality in which
the candidate may reside.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

of the gift of herself to him, and the as
sumption Of the possession by him, with
its lifelong train Of obligations and du-
ties, is contemncd 1t is assumed that
interests which are, and must forever re-
main, identical, are opposed to each 9TH
cr. Men and women are pitted against
each other in struggle for power.
We'll, let it be understood, then, that
men are opposed to these latter.day doc.
trines, and that they will remain SO. They
are determined that the identity of inter-
est between men and women shall never
be destroyed; that the sacred ownership
in women, bestowed in all true marriage,
shall never be surrendered that the
family shall be maintained and that the
untold millions of true women in the
world who sympathize with them shall
be protected from the false PHILOSOPHERS
and destructive policies of their few mis-.
guided sisters, who seek to turn the world
upside down. Political conventions may
throw their sops to clamoring reformers,
but they mean nothing by it. They nev-
er have redeemed pledge to these re.
formers, and we presume they have never
intended to do SO. They expect the mat
ter to blow over, and, if we do not mis-.
take the signs of the times, it is rapidly
blowing over, with more or less thunder
and with very little rain In the mean
time, if the discussions that have grown
out Of these questions have tended to
open broader field to womans womanly
industry, or obliterated unjust laws from
the statute-book, let every man rejoice.
No good can come to woman that does
not benefit him, and no harm that does
not hurt him. Humanity is one, and
man and woman rise or fall together
DR.. J. c. Holland, Scribner's for Sep
temJer.
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LARGESTAND BEST In THE WORLD.
Cheapest because expenses arc far lower than
any other company, and dividends, which are
paid annually in cash, are much larger than any
other company. Experience is the best test. In
sure your lives while in health in this grand old
company the largest and strongest m0nied cor
poration in the United States.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company Of New
York is the best possible kind of Savings Institu
ton for those in health. If the insured dies soon
after paying n few dollars in premiums, Thousands
of dollars are at secured. If he lives many
years. it is good investment in this Company.
such are its large dividends, as will be seen by
the following illustration; Policy No. l4,470, ,foi
IS, ,OO0 dated April %, 1853, on the life of the
late Hon HORACE GREELEY.
Eighteen annual premiums of S293.04
were paid, making in all Sj,2Tl 7.
The dividend additions 10 this policy
mount to CLOS 81
Which is 1888 .Gj more than all the premiums paid
The original amount insured $4,000 90
Has been increased by dividds G, los 81
Present amount of policy, Sli, los 81
Which is S., ,s33 Gj more than all premiums paid
The premiums on this policy, at
G per cent.compound interest,
amount to only 9,j99 %
Leaving aproht, over and above
premiums and compound in
terest thereon, of SI4OS 3S
Another dividend, from April II, 1874 TO date q
Mr. Greeleys death will be paid.
g55- Office with Judge of Probate, in the Brio
Block, near the Court House.
NJ: A. MuNRoE, Agent.
Middlebury, March !, 1873. iOiu
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

RECEPTION OF GENERAL SHERMAN By
THE SULrAN.-When the party had once
entered the hall the order of precedence
was announced to them by Servia pasha
through Mr.. Brown, the dragoman. On.
ly at that moment was it discovered that
Lieutenant Grant was to 60 first, and, as
the son of the President of the United
States, be received as prince royal. 1t
was too late to do any thing by way Of
explanation, and though i" Fred " went
forward very reluctantly, he accepted the
situation, and, followed in order by Cen
eral Sherman, Mr.. Boxer, and the rest of
the party, approached the staircase,
where, on the landing at which it divided,
was standing Abdul ASST, Sultan of Tur-
key, who, shaking Lieutenant Grant by
the hand, turned, motioned him to con-
tinue up the stairway, and walked by his
side, without paying any attention to the
rest of the party. The Sultan conducted
them into very handsome room, which
looked out upon most beautiful scene,
embracing the Bosphorus, Golden Horn,
and city Of Stamboul. After entering
the room the Sultan received General
Sherman very courteously, and seating
himself, motioned the party do likewise
After short pause he began the con.
versation in Turkish, which was translated
by Mr.. Brown. Mr.. Baker made short
speech recounting the history Of the visit
ors. The interview lasted about fifteen
minutes. and at its termination the Sultan
accompanied the party to the head Of the
staircase, where he shook hands with
Lieutenant Grant, aud the general, simp.
ly incining his head to the rest. Abdul
Assiz is rather stout, about five feet eight
inches in height, has large dark eyes,
grayish hair and beard. He was dressed
in loose snuff. colored pantaloous, black
coat, cut like that of an Episcopal min-
lister, and patent.leather shoes. Under
his coat he wore a white flannel shirt, on
his head the fez, and on the little fugor
of his right band an immense ruby ring.
He assured the general and party that
they should have access to every object
of terest.-From General Sherman in
Europe and the East" by Col. AUDEN-
RIED, in Harper's Magaain for Septem'
ber.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

EARrn's HIauEsr SPoT.-The highest
inhabited spot in the world is the Bud
hist closter of Hanle, in Thibet, where
twenty-one priests live at an altitude Of
l6,500 feet. The brothers Schlagintweit,
when they explored the glaciers of the
Ibi Gamin in the same country, en-.
camped at 2l,000, the highest altitude
at which European ever passed the
night. Even at the top of Mount Blanc
Professor Tyndal's guides found it very
unpleasant to do this, though the Pro-
fessor himself did not confess to feeling
as bad as they. The highest mountain
in the world-heretofore supposed to b.
Gaurisankar, in Thibet-is now said t.
be Mount Everest, in the same range
1t is 29,003 feet, and the condor ha
been seen "winging the blue air" 50'
feet higher.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16
NOn.PaYmcnt Of Fines.

Our Montpelier correspondent recently
posed on certain persons in that place
under the liquor law, which remain un.
paid, and thinks Justice Robinson or
some one else has duty to do in the
case. This fault is not confined TO Mont.
pelier, but is a crying sin all about the
State, which deserves to be rebuked and
corrected We have no doubt that
many thousands of dollars have been
kept back from our State treasury which
should have been placed in it from fines
imposed under the liquor law alone.
1t may be an amusement to certain
officials to zee the people burdencd with
the excessive taxation caused by the
rum traffic, and then to mock them by
lrs'ltuting trial OF these outlaws, only
to make it n farce, or rather to com.
nence prosecutions in the lower courts
only to withdraw them, after they have
pocketed the fees drawn from the treasury
for the mock services SO far performed
1t Is provo...gE those who know the
games Practicod, and dlsapprove them
and insulting to the dignity OF the State
to sec violators Of the law treated to @
sham trial, sentenced to pay fine ot
500, and costs, those costs all made up
taxed to the State, drawn from its treas.
ury, and paid over to the officers, ant
then to see the complaint Withdrawn by
perjured States attorney instead of be
ing carried TO final judgment, or the re
spondent allowed to forfeit his bonds by
failing to appear at the county court
and then the bonds either cut down from
$500 to a mere nominal sum, or no par
ever collected at all or what is equal,
aggravating and perhaps no less com
mon, when judgment is finally passed OIL
the offender, and mitmus issued to tn
officer who is directed to collect the fin
forthwith or commit him to Jail, to Sc
such pile of mitimusses slowed away i
the desk of such officer until he dies o
till the offender, growing rich in de6anc
Of the law, retires from business or re
moves from the State.
This is not the f,ult of the law, but c
the official robbers Of public funds an
perhaps to some extent of those citizen
who knowingly or carelessly allow it
be SO. But the people are beginning
open their eyes to this system Of ,rim
nal neglect and theft, and we are lookin
, to the coming time when q provisio
, shall be made for State police, {
r special officers, whose duties and liabil
ties shall be such as to save the Sta
: from this loss to its treasury, as well
{ from the disgrace aud encouragement
n crime caused by such criminal neglect.
VI. Hitaess.
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4" All the Year Round"

Go, time and tide, go as you will
cennot heed your ways.
What care | for summer glow,
What care for ice and snow,
When love doth fill my days
Unto its ark, through wind and rain,
My heart flies as the dove;
Oh, rosy is the darkened day
And rosy is the stormy way
That lead me to my love.
How can | care if leaves be green
Or gray with early rimc ?
Love, ruling, reigning in the soul,
With pu.c and passionate control,
Makes its own summertime.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

The crush" for Europe this season has
not been SO great as was expected, the
number of departures being 1883,
against lS,0lS during the same period
last year. The Vienna Exhibition didn't
"draw" much.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

L. is expected that Minnesota will ex-
port this year 10000 900 bushels of
wheat
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

~ S. PUTNAM would inform the
b K speoplc of Middlebury and Addison County
that the old Cotton Mill in full operation, and
that he is prepared 20 furnish carpet warp and
batting of superior quality, at the lowest cash
price
Middlebury, Dee. 10, IS72. 3';u
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

AIRS, l.. j. MARTIN, Fashionable
VI Dress and Cloak maker has constantly on
hand all the latest and most approved patterns
Work executed with satisfaction and despatch.
Also sole Agent for the Grover and Baker Elastic
and Lock stitch Sewing Machine,
Middlebury, W. jl;Gm
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

I r. SAYRE, Dealer in Household
II. Provisions, general assortment of Gro
ccries, Flour Cheese, Lard, Teas, Codees, Sugars,
Oil, Tobaccos, &c. Cash paid for Primo Butter
at my store any day in the week.
iOtr MIDDLEBURY. VT.
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DAVENPORT, Fire 1nsur-
y aScc-Agent representing the companies lately,
represented bye. i. Cook, Esq. Also the Mutnal
Life Insurance Company of New York. Once at
Buttolph & Miners Hardware store. AZ
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1873-09-16

NJ TRIP Sheriff for Addison
1. County. Office in Stewards Block.
lltf MIDDLEBURY, VT.
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IRA w. CLARK, Attorney IL Coun-
I selor at Law and Solicitor in Chancery.
Al MIDDLEBURY, VT.
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Yea, it is a CHI istian duty,
To secure pleasant home.
,fhen the days so dark and rainy,
OF a stormy life shall como.
Yea, to feel ones self protected
From the Llasts that winter SENDS
Is a step of first importance
To all parents and their friends,
MORAL:
Yea, build thyself a nice new house,
Exempt from rat, or bug, or mouse,