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The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-22
The Spiders Lesson.

A tyrant in my border dwells
In Austrian black and gold;
Wrought all in silver are his coils,
Fine.spun, n thousand fold.
His dwelling has no dingy root,
Nor dismal underground;
The sunlight eils il slender wool
On fragrant bushes bound.
And AT his levce, every morn,
Such brilliants do appear
As ne'er in any court were worn
By Christian monarch dear.
No prison dungeon has this wrelch
Where victims, out OF sight,
His cruel jealousy may fetch
And keep in hopeless night.
Yet subtle stratagems he springs
On harmless passers-by,
Winds his soft silk about their wings,
And hangs them up to die.
came to sweep his work away
With swift, impatient hand;
But here the lesson of the day
He teaches, MS stand.
The tyrant luxury doth so
Our winged souls entwino,
And binds us iettered in show,
To mock the free sunshine.
The subtitle web nfar III leave
OF fiattering deceit;
The gorgeous spider shall not weave,
His letters for my feet.
The eye that views the heavens in iait
The hand with justice armed;
Can see the snare that binds to death,
And scatter it, unharmed.
Julia Ward Hoice, in Scribner.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-22

At the Panoptikon of Dresden there
is on exhibition a curious piece Of me-
chanism, entitled "Get Up" Over a
bed is dial. the index of which is set
over night to the hour at which the
sleeper wishes TO arise in the morning,
which, when it reaches the bed, as a
mild preliminary to more decisive ac-
tion, lights powerful lamp, SO placed
rs to cast its rays directly on the slug
gard. Should this gentle hint fail. five
minutes later the bed automatically
falls asunder, causing its sleepy occu-
pant to lapse to the floor with force
and suddenness that prove fatal to slura-
ber.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-22

i know that my Redeemer livethr ~
Ihe triumphant words rang out over the
hushed congregation in voice which
brought smothered ejaculation TO Har-
rison Kings lips, and he raised his ewes
to see the face OF the woman who had
sung them a year before, on another
Easter, when he felt that for him the
world had died. He had wandered into
the great city church glad of anything
to divert his thoughts, for though Sum
day had come to be the only day of
leisure in his hard-working life, it
brought no rest for the soul or body.
He had not yet wiped out the disgrace
that stained his name, or in any measure
grown reconciled with the inevitable.
But Isabel-what did it meanP
He waited for her at the foot of the
stairs with dogged determination to find
out what he most wished to know. He
would at least allow himself that much
qualification.
She came down slowly, apparently
paying no heed to the attentive and
voluble tenor at her side. and they met
face to face.
"Harryi"
"Isabelr'
The tenor withdrew with a profound
bow, and scarcely conscious of what he
did, Harrison King drew her hand
within his arm, and they passed into the
street together.
''Is it Isabel Vavasseurp" he asked.
Certainly; and you did not know I
was in American"
Il did not. And the countP"
Is in Florence; happy, hope, in
his children"
Their eyes met, and they both laughed,
scarcely knowing why.
He forgave me that l could not
marry him.
"You could notp"
II did not love him." she said,
slowly, in low voice.
Isabel" he exclaimed with a sud-
den impulse, his heart giving a great
bound, "once 1 thought you cared a
little for me. Was l wrongP Now.
that we are both free, l will ask you
that. | will ask nothing MORE" he
hurried on. 81 am ruined man, as of
course you know; but if could believe
| had ever had little place in your
heart. it would make my life more
tolerable."
You have had it all," she replied.
found it out in Florence before it
was too late"
"Too late!" he repeated, and the
words were half groan at is too
late, Isabel, for any happiness for me-"
A long silence fell between them as
they walked on. She was first to break
it. and her lips were very white before
she spoke.
81 should tell you Harry, what is true
that my love is stronger than your
sense of disgrace and poverty; that l
can only be happy"
Her voice broke. She clung to him
with a sort of despair. His hand
HfsTafnS:cf''" ""o" h"r- th"t tre"hled on
Isabel, with your help I believe
can be man again"
The warm spring sun dazzled the eyes
of those who faced it on the avenue.
else they could not have failed TO notice
that in these two faces, as they passed,
was joy born not altogether of the di.
vine significance of Easter day, but Of
human and happy love as well.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-22

Two men at Peoria, ILL.,, tied their
horses tails together and started them
in opposite directions TO settle bet as
TO the strength Of the brutes. But a
quarrel arose before the trial took place,
and the angry owners agreed 70 pull
each others noses instead. Both lost,
tor, they were fined go each In a police
court.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-22

For few brief days the orchards are
white with blossoms. They soon turn
to fruit or else float away, useless and
wasted, upon the idle breeze. So will
1t be with present feelings. They must
be deepened into decision or be entirely
dissipated by delay
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-22

confirms my expectation that you
would consider your changed circum-
stances sufficient reason for sundering
the tie between us. In few days l am
to be married to Manlius Turroni, and
return with him to Florence. His
father, who is anxious for a reconcilia-
ton, has sent for him, and you will be
glad TO know that we have every pros.
pect Of happiness before us. Please ac-
cept my sincere sympathy for your mis-
fortunes, and believe me always your
friend"
Harrison King laughed outright, then
stood up and shook himself like a man
from whom an incubus is lifted. He
was sure she had received his letters.
II it suited her purpose to pretend to
the contrary, it was better for them
both: A few hours later he was on his
way back TO America.
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TIMELY TOPICS.

visit was paid to the house of com.
mons recently by two giants, Chsnz, a
Chinese, eight and one-half feet in
height, and Won Brustad,F "a Norwegian,
eight feet four inches in height. They
were accompanied by Chez Nah, a
Chinese dwarf, about two feet in height.
The three distinguished strangers were
shown into the speakers gallery, where
they remained for n while listening 10
the debate.
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love the plowman's whistle,
The reapor's cheerful song,
The drover's oit.repeated shout,
Spurring his stock along;
The hustle Of the market man,
As he bies him to the town,
The halo from the tree-top
AS the ripening fruit comca lown;
The busy sound OF the threshers,
As they clean the ripened grain;
The husker's joke and catch OF glce
Meath the moonlight on the plain;
The kind voice Of the drayman,
The shepherds gentle call
These sounds Of pleasant industry
] love--I love them all.
-Yoatps Companion.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-22

The railroad between Vera Cruz and
the city of Mexico is said to be marvel
OF engineering. 1t ascends 1900 feet,
400 in twenty-five miles. 1t passes
from hot to temperate, and from the
latter to the cold country. 1t spans
ravines, scales precipices and plunges
through the bowels of mountains below;
then up into the clouds again. To con-
struct this line took thirty-six years,
forty presidents and one emperor.
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Some ofthe French journals give very
1attering accounts OF the progress of the
preliminary work on the tunnel which
is to connect France and England. 1t is
stated that the shaft is sunk to the
stratum in which the tunnel is to be cut
and that those engaged in the work are
ahont to sink another shaft, ana to
,ower the machinery for boring under
the channel. The work on the tunnel
is expected to be finished in two or
three years.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-22

The subtitle web nfar I'll leave
OF fiattering deceit;
The gorgeous spider shall not weave,
His letters for my feet.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-22

Bret Harte says: never see here 10
Europe a woman toiling in the hot
fields, or a peasant working to reclaim
and fertilize few yards of sterile noun
tain side, that l do not come home TO
my room and abase myself before the
little American flag that hangs above
my head, and thank heaven that live
in a republic where there are men
enough to pIow and hoe and reap, and
which has room enough on level ground
for all its people.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-22

On the other side of Jordan is the
town of Salt, ascertained to be the an
cient Ramoth Gilead. containing pop
ulation of about 8 900 nominal Chris
tians and Mohammedans. There are up
ward of 1900 vineyards in this town
and neighborhood, and also large fields
of corn land. 1t is singular fact, as
credibly reported, that these people
know nothing of intoxicating drinks,
and make their grapes into raisins,
honey and a kind of sweetmeat called
milban.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-10-22

The American consul at Geneva saws
American beef and live stock have pene-
trated ms far as that region ard the value
OF choice cattle raised in large numbers
in Switzerland for Paris and the French
markets has been sensibly diminished
by the importation from America. Pre-
served meats and fruits from the United
States are so well established and ad-
vertised that they may be left to take
care of themselves; but butter and
cheese could be sold in much larger
quantities in central and southern Eu-
rope and a profitable market for more
nutritious brand of American flour
could be found.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-28
Kansas pemocracI.

TOPEKA. May 27.-The Democratic
State Convention met here yesterday.
Col. Thomas Moonlight was chosen
Chairman.
The Committee ON Resolutions made
majority and minority reports. the for.
msr fsvoripg the instruction Of delegates
for Seymour and Hendricks for Presi.
dent and Vice President and 10 vote as
Q unit for the two.thirds rule. The mi.
nority report. which was adopted, gives
no instructions.
The delegates to the Cincinnati Con
vention are: First District. 3. B. Nor.
ris, Edward Carroll and ]. B. Chapman;
Second District, John X. Goodin,
Thomas N. Carroll and n. v. Barrett;
Third District. John Martin, Thomas
George and George Cragg.rs. General
O. N. Blair. OF Fort Scott, was elected
d.leg to at large, and W. O. Tmmons
alternate.
Adjourned at midnight.
The convention wal the largest and
most enthusiastic Democratic ever held
In the State. The convention cannot be
considered q victory for any n candi.
date, o. there are strong friends OF Sey.
mour. Hendricks and Tildsn In the
delegation.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-28
Congress and Chicago.

CHICAGO, May 20. An Inter OCEAN
Washington special says: The weather
il the hottest ever known here In May.
This makes members doubly anxious to
adjourn Congress and got away. There
Is now no possibility that an adjourn.
m.nt will DO effected before June 10.
The House looks very thin. and there 10
danger that II will bs reduced below o
quorum. Chicago IL the main altras.
ton.
Within . few days the friends Of Jus.
tice Field have been In consultation with
the friends OF Governor Hendricks look.
ing to . consolidation Of forces to secure
the nomin alton OF . ticket with Field
for the Hrst and Hendricks for the
second place. The consultation result.
ed, II is said. In word being sent to Gov.
Hendricks a. to the proposition. Gov.
Hendricks friends here are inclined to
look fsvorably upon the scheme.
Senator Hamlin left for Chicago yes
tsrdsy. He 10 o delegate, but goes % .
sort Of guide, philosophers and friend 70
Blaine. Hamlin 10 very much interested
In the contest. and believes that Blaine
will be nominated.
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eorham to the Front.

CHICAGO, May 28. - II 10 rumored
that Senator Cameron meditatss . start
ling change In the programme. This
disclosure Of the purpose to enforce the
unit rule at the outset. and BY it, aid To
capture the temporary organisation. has
aroused O feeling which alarms him.
He 10 utterly without experience - q
Parliamsptarisn, or ever a. . public
speaker. and be fears he cannot control
the convention In the turbulent scenes
which an attempt ut bulldoEing would
surely provoke. Casting about, there.
fore, for somebody to put In his place.
there 10 o fumor that he has bit upon
George @. Gorham, Of California.
Gorhsm has experience. skill. boundlsss
audacity and u~nmsasursd rscklenness'
He deserted thu Republican party In his
own State last Summer. voted and
worked for the Democratic ticket, but
never gave mp bis place on the National
Republican Committee, and that body
never thought him Of enough Importance
to be kicked out. II Cameron should
carry ont this scheme. Gorham would
now become OF the frst importance, and
the National Convention might DO put
into the hands Of the California sdven.
tursr, who has no standing at home. and
10 not recognized BY the party In his
own State. Six months ago he was on
the Democratic stump, and, a. bis last
change, be has Just been elected q dele.
gate 10 the California Grssnback Con.
yvntiop.
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shook Him Iltore her.

NEW YoRx, May %. = The Tribune
says: For more than . year there has
been . growing sstrapsement between
Sheridan Shook. the wsll.known poll
tician, and bis wife. Mrs. Shook was
anxious to procure . divorce. She has
had Ave children, four Of whom survive
two boys and two girls. The eldest
10 q girl OF twelve. Shook said hs would
not defend the case, prsferring that there
should DO no scandal, and o decree OF
absolute divorce was granted. The
alimopy was Axed at 500 per week, and
Mrs. Shook. with the consent OF Shook,
was given the custody Of the children.
For some time Mr.. aud Mrs. Shook have
lived apart.
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poHl AND HIS CRIME.
His coafsssion said To Have Been
Extorsed- Evidesees OF Hts Guiis
Outside Of 1.-THE Penalty.

The crime Of young Pohl Is still the
theme OF conversation on the Comstock.
A new phase has been given to 1t among
the uuthinking by the assertion Of q
prisoner in the County Jail that Pohl
had said while In confinement last even
Ing that bis confession OF the crime. %
testified BY Mr.. Ops and Officer shsshsn
yesterday at the examination, was ex.
tortsd from him at the muzzle OF q pistol
and with threats. This lily COMFORTS
with the utterly broken. downcast and
guilty appearance OF Pohl when brouaht
before the magistrate yesterday. His
own actions there were strongtr proofs
Of his guilt, the truthfulnsss Of his CON.
fession and the veritableness OF the little
girls story Of the outrage. than could
have been any words which he could
have spoken. Then, both Ogg and
Sheehan swore that neither promises
were made to the defendant to induce
him to confess his guilt, nor were any
threats used. Besides. men after forced
confessions OF crime which they never
committed do not PROSTATE themselves.
aud, with penitential tears streaming
down their cheeks, sue for pardon.
Nothing but an awakened conscience
will make q man do that.
The penalty Of the crime Of which
Young Poll stands self.convictsd 10 con-
anement In the State Prison for not less
than Ave years. The extreme penalty 10
. life sentence. It 10 difficult II not I'm.
possible to conceive Of . more aRgra-
waited case than the u now presented.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-28
Rroren Broker.

NV YoAx. Nay 27.-Ths Sun says
Of the failure Of Brown, Rossnthai q
Co.: Tho anuounosmsns Of their en-.
barrassmsnt from San Ffansisco caused
much surpriis hsfa, the nrm having Q
high stapdink, and claiming . surplus
Of over $3.50, 0c0. Several OF their New
York creditors took steps immsdistely
to protect themselves, and yesterday the
Sheriff seized property at 100 Chamber
street ON the following sttachmsnts ;
Henry Brash, $l643; Joseph Lilienthal.
S2s, 900; Hahlo. Sdrglitx 4 Co.. $3.50.
The stock found was very small, and 10
not estimated worth more than $1,000.
Their liabilities here are mainly due 70
commission merchants. who are reported
sufferers 10 the extent Of nearly $l00. 900.
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yictorio Getting Worried.

SANTA Fr. Nay 2S.-At daylight on
Monday morning Indian scouts Of the
Ninth Cavalry struck . camp Of hostile
Apachss about thirty milss south Of Ole
Cslisnts. routing them completely. The
chief Of the scouts claim that thirty
Apaches were killed. The soldiers claim
that Hfty.Rvs were killed. Several Nav.
ajoes and Commanchss were found In
camp. Morrow's command. which
reached Ojo Calisnts on Monday night,
was passed forward on the trail Of the
flying reds, and two companies Of the
Ninth Cavalry will leave on Thursday
night. Hatch reached Fort Craig last
night. Eugene Carr, at Tucson. has
besn ordered to have his command Of
the Sixth Cavalry TO scout the western
line Of New Mexico 10 prevent Victoria
and his band from doubling back on the
trail into Arizona.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-05-28

other struck Luoisn Baker. . lawyer.
Who was standing on the sidewalk about
600 feet away. In the left side, about two
inches below the nipple and passed
throuah his body. infioting . wound Of
arst thought mortal. Physicians nov
think be may recover. Mr.. Baker 10 .
prominent attorney, and defended
Thuuton and cleared him when be wa
tried for numbering Embry. The afisil
has created great excitement, ana tns
officers wsrs obliged TO secrsts Thurston
70 prevsnt the people infictins summary
punishment upon him.
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EASTERN DISPATCHES.


Bosaox, Nay N.-Dlspstohss from
various points In New Hampshire and
Massachusetts, indicate list yesterday
was the hottest day eva sxpsdsncsd'
The thermometer ragged iron 90 dssrssi
to 100 degrees In the shade.
New Yoax, May T.-Thsrmomstsr,
"a degrees. The intense heat and lone
continued drouth are working greet Gle
as.sr to the people Of the rural districts.
Springs which were never before knovz
TO be dry are exhausted. The farmer
In many places ore blowing up their frsI
crop Of potatoes. which have been ruined
by the potato bug. In order 10 plant q
soon a. there shall be rain. No sort OIL
fruit or vegetables IL maturing.
New Yoax. May "a. The heated
term continues. The Thermometer. In
sheltered spot, ct $50, marked 90 do.
Rrees. Two deaths occurred from sun.
stroke today and there were three pros.
trations.
BavoxLYN. May N.-Thsrs were foui
cases Of sunstroks-ons fatal-in Jersey
City. One man died today, and In New.
burg an Irish emisrant and the captain
oil q schooner, bound down the Hudson.
also died from the heat.
NEW Yonx, May T.-Ths heat con.
tinuss intense. the thermometer marking
s5 degrees In the shade during the after.
noon Reports from New Jersey and
Long Island tell Of numerous sunstrokei
quite . number fatal. In this city
many have been prostrated BY the heat
and the death rate has nearly doubled
during the past three days. Along the
Jersey coast and up the sound the Their
momster reached 100 degrees. All the
crops are blasting.
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FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
Nhcellaneous

LONDON, Nay T.-Clsmsnt sattsr'
thvaits & Bon, dealers 10 the American
department on the Stock Exchanges, have
failed. Their liabilities are believed to
b heavy. They wers bears Of the Phil
sdslphia and Reading railway stocks
and the closing Of their accounts caused
an advance this morning.
PANS. May 27.-Louis Blanc, Clam
sncau and Barodst, acting on . rssolu'
ton Of the Deputies for Paris. waited on
Constans, Minister OF the Interior. who
informed them that the police measures
taken In regard to the Communicate
demonstration on Sunday were previ.
ously decided upon 10 Cabinet council.
Constans said the Government could not
allow any manifestations which miaht
cause q disturbance In the streets. The
Government preferred to take preventive
rather than oppressive measures. The
Minister declared that he could not
admit that foreigners organized the
demonstration, with the object Of bring
ing the Government into disrepute.
The Chamber Of Deputies passed
500 to 12l-a bill suppressing the Let.
tiers Of obedience authorizing monks
and other members OF religious com.
munities to teach schools, thereby dis
pensipg with Q State certificate.
81. PrrERssuzo. May 27.-The ne.
cessityt for Russian men of.war In Chin
eco waters 10 considered so pressing that
q vessel, shortly expected at Alexandria
on her way home to reft. will instead
have 0 fresh crew sent to meet her there.
The manufacture OF torpedoes Tor con.
vsyance to vlsdwostock has recently
been much accelerated. It 10 brlieved
that Il has been decided, In the event Of
Q rupture withfC bina, to act o. much a.
possible on the defensive. The Russian
fest would not blockade any Chinese
ports which trade with Europe, but
would copHne itself chiefly to the waters
between Chaplin and the coast Of the
Trans. Amoor District. and thus prevent
Japan from aiding China.
The Nihilist trials have been con.
oludsd. The members Of the Court.
martial, after eleven hours elaboration.
this morning sentenced Miohaslof and
Saburaf 10 DO hung; Dr.. Weimar to
fifteen yrsrs' hard labor In the mines;
Costchansky to twenty years; Lowenthal
to ten years; three women to fifteen
years; the woman Malinowska and
Boulonof are banished to Siberia. The
sentences must be confirmed BY Mslikoff.
BUCHAREST. May 27.-Semi. official
reports from the Black Sea and coast
districts OF Bulgaria give accounts Of the
recent outbreak 10 tho Balkan villages
bordering on tho above. mentioned
places. A dozen villages were destroyed
by tho Bulgsrians. The dspredsting
forces numbered 1000 men, composed
Of police. gymnsstio societies, militia,
armed villagers and brigsnds Of all ma.
tioualitiss.