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Found Out.

The London Globe narrates the fol-
lowing striking French anecdote-one
Of the many illustrations of the
maxim that ''murder will out"
Providence pursues guilt, and will
shape circumstances 80 as to expose it
at last. II would be hard to find o
more vivid example than this Of de-
tached evidence, accidentally pieced to-.
gether, to convict a criminal.
In the reign Of Louis XIV, bril-.
liant sbbe was one Of q large party who
had assembled round the royal supper
table. There were clever takers, sharp
dealers in epigram, skillful handlers Of
compliment and repartee.
One lady, famous for her wit, being
asked to name the three sights that
gave her the greatest pleasure, re-.
piled, "a great general on war horse, a
great preacher on q platform, and g
great thief on gallows."
g The able added to the mirth OF the
evening by telling the adventures OF q
gay and memorable career.
IT remember" he said, ''very well
the first patient who came to my con-
fessional. was young then, and little
accustomed to hear the secrets of Court
life. 1t was murderer, who told me the
story Of his crime"
The abbe was pressed to tell the tale,
or give clew to the culprit but he
kept guarded and wary silence.
Presently in came one of the most
trusty of the kings favorifes.
"Ah, M. pAbbe," he said, recognizing
an old friend; gentleman, I was the
first patient whom the abbe ever
shrived, and promise you, when told
him my story, he heard what aston
ished him |"
That night the nobleman was car.
fied to the Bastile, and the evidence Of
q crime, committed thirty years before,
was complete, and the culprit detected.
Meek ran down the slope, and upon
what he thought was good foothold
he stopped to fire. The bear kept on
and the recoil sent Meek rolling in the
snow. When the hunter picked him.
self up he saw an outcropping Of silver
ore. Forgetting the bear, he passed
the day collecting bits from the ledge
and took them to Benton. The ore
assayed 80, 100 to the ton. The latest
from the hunter is that he is packing
ore down Badly mountain two miles on
mule and selling it at a smelter fos
$3.50 pound.
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How to Tell Cool Potatoes.

The San Francisco Call has o secret
about potatoes which it imparts to its
readers, as follows: Take q sound
potato, and, paying no attention to the
outward appearance, divide it into two
pieces with your knife and examine the
exposed surfaces. II there is 80 much
water or" juice that seemingly slight
pressure would cause to fall off In drops,
you may bo cure it will be " soggy after
it is boiled. These are the requisite
qualities for good potato, which must
appear when cut in two. For color q
yellowish white; il it is q deep yellow
the potato will not cook we'll; there
must be considerable amount OF moist
ure, though not too much; rub the two
pieces together and white froth will
appear around the two edges and upon
the two surfaces; this signifies the
presence Of starch, and the more starch,
and consequently froth, the better the
rotato, while the less there is the poorer
1t will cook. The strength OF the
starchy element can be tested by re-
leasing the hold upon one piece of pota.
to, and il it still clings to the other,
this in itself is q very good sign. These
are the experiments generally made by
experts.
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Night Experiences OF New York Pilot
Boat.

We ran westward all night under
short sail, taking casts Of the lead at in
tervals. Soon after ten, the atmosphere
being thick, but not so much 80 as to
prevent us from discerning objects at
the distance Of mile, we discovered O
,ailing-ship ahead, evidently running
Tor New York, and probably in need Of
pilot. Edging away toward her, we
lit our torch, and had the satisfac-
lion Of seeing her send up couple Of
rockets in response. At the same time
she backed her reefed maintopsail and
hove to. Running down on her lee
side, we also hove to very near to her,
and proceeded to launch the yawl. It
was 3 wild scene as the little boat van.
.sneu IutU tne DARKNESS, perhaps never
70 be seen again. But her crew carried
lantern with them, and after they had
left the pilot on board the ship, we
we're able to shape our movements by
this little glimmer bobbing up and
iown like an ignis fatuus in the misty
lark. As the night wore on the fog
grew 80 dense that we brought up our
ix-pound brass piece from the fore
peak, and fred it at short intervals |;
this was done, not, as one might sup
pose, to keep vessels from coming into
collision with the schooner, but to in
form them there was pilot-boat in the
vicinity. But this very fact required
redoubled vigilance on our part, in
oider that we might not be run down.
In the middle watch we were startled,
Iust after firing the cannon, by the an
,wring whistle Of steamer hoarsely
coming down the wind, and close at
hand. The excitement Of the moment
was intense. Again we fred the can
non. The whistle drew nearer, and all
1t once the cslored lights Of q steamer
loomed out Of the dripping mist, and
her huge bow emerged from the gloom,
so near that it actually seemed to over
hang our deck. Passing close along
side, she slowed up the palpitation Of
her mighty engine q moment to make
sure OF our position, and then vaguely
glided out Of sight. Century Magazine.
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Heads and MATS.

Whether the mighty sons OF Anak wore
hats at all is not OF 80 much interest as
tho question Of the circumference Of
their heads. We read Q great deal
about the size and bulk of the giants Of
old, but such extreme stories Of size are
looked upon with just suspicion. Very
frequently, when the armor worn by the
men-at-arms OF the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries is examined, the con-
clusion is that the knight thus protected
was less in size than the man OF to-day.
But the bulk Of the body may
have increased or diminished, but
what about the size Of the head T?
Is. the hat We wear to-day as big
as the one donned by our grand
fathers 2 English hatters--a conserva-
tive set OF men-declare that in their
business the diminution Of the skull is
quite apparent. Whereas thirty Ave
years ago, when they ordered an
assortment Of hats. the following
were the proportions: Sizes Of 81
inches, none; 81 Ia, l hat; % Ia,
4; 23, 1; and as Ia inches, / hat.
To day they order and sell hats of de-
creased circumference: OF 81 inches,
8 hats; 81 Ia, 4; 20, 8; % IL, /, and OF
23 Ia inches none at all. It might be
worth while to learn what has been the
experience Of our hatters in regard to
the American head coverings, and fac
tories making hats by the thousand
might determine wheth& the American
head was diminishing IN bulk or not.
There are, however, no reasons to sup
pose that diminished size OF the head
should mean less of the thinking or
intellectual power. It might be con-
soling to know that by dint Of selection,
intellectual people producing their kind,
the osseous structure may have been
lessened, while the quality Of the brain
has improved ON the principle that ii
is NOT always the biggest box that CON.
tains the finest materials. Perhaps the
whole explanation, as Professor Flowere
writes in Nature, may arise from the
different fashion In wearing hats. In
former days the hat was slouched on
the back Of the head and 1t had
70 be bigger, while to-day. We weal
our hats on the top Of our heads and
cock them. One thing about hats
which physicians declare to be true is
that the hard black hat, which binds the
brows, induces baldness. They agres
- follows; That the circulation IL
hindered, and the smaller veins which
supply the hair-making material and
leave the bulbs ct the base OF the hair
have their fluids senaibly diminished;
henos 70 many heads thai are without Q
thatch. York Times. ss3sl
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The London Iruth publishes the fol-
lowing communication: In your note
on the Order Of Saint Patrick In yes
terdsys issue Of your paper. you sug-
gest that the existing blue ribbons
should be changed for green one, on
the ground that such an alteration
would be well received by Irishmen.
Will you allow me to point out that this
suggestion arises from totally un-
founded, though very common, belief
that green il the national color of Ire
land The truth, however, Is that
green was never heard OF as national
or party color till 1898, when the Uni
ted Irishmen adopted IL, for the follow
ing reason I: The ancient flag Of Ireland
was . golden harp on o dark blus
ground, a. now depicted or emblazoned
In the Irish quarter, the third, OF the
royal standard, and the revolu. .tionary
leaders. being anxious to unite to-
gether al Glasses OF Irishmen,
being In that respect the exact
converse of the present agita-
tors. and to join the Orangemen to the
rest Of their fellow oountrymen, adopted
green e. their distinguishing color,
which l., Of course. by mixing together
gold and blue. At the time, therefore,
Of the institution Of the Order Of St.
in 1888, the only and undoubted
color was dark blue, and that
would probably have been the color OF
the ribbon but that 1t had already been
by the Order of the Gar
tor, which was originally light blue, but
had been altered by the Hanoverian
monarc TO its present color to distin-
guish their knights from those whom
the two pretenders continued to invest
With the old light blue ribbon. Hence.
By the way, the expression 'strue blue,
Under these circumstances, 81 was ofigi-
lally proposed that the 81. Patrick RIB
bon should be orange, but. - It would
haye favored too much Of party, Il was
ultimAtely determined that Il ahould be
Me old color Of the 0arter-light blue. |
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All Ready to Fight.

General Roberts, Of Afghanistan
fame, was sent in August last 10 Ger
many by his government TO attend the
annual maneuvers Of the Hanover and
Schleswig Holstein army corps. The
Prussian system and its perfection Of
organization, in his opinion, constitutes
the most finished and easily worked
fighting machine the world has known.
To such perfection has its organization
been brought, he says, that in one night
any army corps can be mobilized. He
was told that in the bureau Of the gem
eral staff lettsrs were ready stamped
and addressed 10 every department
and commanding officer Of the several
army corps, only requiring the dates TO
be filled in for dispatch in ten min,
utes. He was assured that all the
horses belonging to private people
throughout the country were marked
off for the regiments and batteries 10
which they would be attached In waE
time. and also the hour and the train
by which each horse would be die
patched TO its destination.
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onUKoH DIRECTORY.


MIDDLEBURY.
Baptist-Meeting In the Court House, Rev. G..
Nibbard, pastor. Sabbath services at 10 AS q. m
and D. -; Sunday school at IL p. m. Prayer
meeting tn sday evening att O'Clock,
Oon1re0dtionaI-Corne Pleasant and Main SITS.
Rev. 8. L. ,. speIe. pastor. Sunday services at
10: Is An. and 1900 Pm. Thursday evening
prayer meeting at 200.
Eti>dist-Gorth Pleasant.st. Rev. N. D. Mead,
pastor. Sunday services at 10 AS A. II. and
Leo f.N. Thursday evening prayer meeting at
7:e0. Class meeting on Friday evening at 80.
1ptsapc1-St. StePheas Chtwch-Main-st. Rev.
Wm. j. Eilley, rector. Sunday school at II
AN, Sunday services at 10 :46 Am. and 100 Pm.
Ronaa Cdtholic-Weybridge-st Rev. Ed. r
Mallory, pastor. Sunday services, alternate Sab
paths; High Mass at 10:O0 AM; Vespers and
Denediction at 6 80 Pm.
EAST MIDDLEBURY.
Mefhs6ise- - pastor. Sunday services
Ht2:0oPM
Bgpfsse-Hev. David #. Estes, pastor. Sunday
services ats10:45 An. and 100 I'm. Weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday evening at7:00.
eryices at l: 90 and 200 Pm. Weekly prayer
meeting On Thursday evening at Z: 100.
Epsscopa+St. PauPs Church-Rev. r. 8. Fisher,
cctor. Sunday services at 10 AS Am. and 90 Pm.
Friday evening at J.: 90.
Mission Chapel-Dr. II. A. Ingham. Sunday
services at 10 45 AM. and 90 Pm. Weekly
prayer meeting ON Thursday evening.
Boman Cdthoiic-Rev. j. Kerlidon, pastor.
Services, every Sabbath; High Mass at 1870
A. ~; Vespers and benediction at 80 Pm.
Con0regational-Rev. George II. Hall, pastor.
prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 1900.
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Variations In q Mans Height,

a COntf1DutOf 70 tQ0 dofmen 0ttu0r-
WochenblaH who has been lately en-
ployed In mastering and examining the
recruits drafted this year into the Ger
man army has established, by q long
series Of careful measurements, not
only that the height Of . man varies
very considerably at different times OF
the day, but also that this variation
takes place with great regularity in
every individual man. The amount OF
this variation in height is, however, not
the same in all men, but depends on
the sise and age Of each individual, o
tall man losing more In height than q
IN older one-assuming that in all cases
the man are fully grown. In the
same man the amount Of variation in
height depends mainly upon the number
Of hours he has been standing or sitting
since rising from his bed. While lying
down the height of man increases; !;
while standing or sitting it decreases;
and therefore under normal conditions
man is taller In the morning than in
the evening, while to some slight extent
extrerely fatiguing exercise or work
causes additional decrease of stature.
The greatest difference in height in q
day hitherto observed In any man
is four centimeters, or triAe more
than one and one-half inches; while
the contributor Of q paper to the
Aihtr- WoohsnblaH has found, IS the
result of q number Of careful meas
urements Of himself, that while every
morning he measures immediately on ris-
ing exactly 172 centimeters, or five feet
eight inches, his height al night varies
III to no. IA centimeters, or from Ave
feet seven and one-half inches to five
feet seven and one-quarter inches. The
spine Of . man, in fact, consists Of
twenty-four separate vertebra, between
every two Of which there is An elastic
cartilage. and these cartilaginous di.
visions become compressed by the
weight pressing upon them when man
u Standing or dttnR.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-01-13

Herr Holtz has concluded, from the
comparison Of the statistics Of thunder.
storms and the damage oocasioned by
them In Germany, Austria and Switzer-
land, from 1854 to 1880, that while the
increase of thunder-storms has been
small. the risk from lightning has been
very largely augmented. He belives
that the change Is partly due to the use
Of iron In house.building.
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In this world . man Il likely 70 get
What he gives. Mems hearts are liks .
whtspsring gallery 70 you. II ycu
spesk .oftly . gchtls whisper cones
bask; Y you scold JON get sooldid.
Whh We measurs you msts 4 y maAs-
Uoo - you Nam. n.t II
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President Garfeld's memory ID to be
honored In London BY The founding Of
home for working girls. 10 be called
"Garfeld house." A lady has given
el,2Q0 TO q committee for This purpose.
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Professor King has bean offered $50
70 permit 8 couple TO go up in his bal
loon and be married at Q height of
2.000 feet above their futnre home.
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Our condition mover satisfies us; the
present IL always the worst. Though
Jupiter should grant his request 10 each,
We would continue 10 importune him.
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.ATEN

We continue 10 net a. soictors for Patents Caveaa
Trade Marks Copyrights etc, for the United states
Canada. Clbs, England, France, Germany. etc. We
have had thirty.nve years. exPerienee.
Patents obtained through US are noticed 10 the ecI
uatsd weeklypapsr 81 yesr, shows the Progress
o. Science. s very Interesting and has an enormous
tors, PUBS. OF SCIENTIFIC AMkRicAh, "a Park Low,
Sew York. Handbook about Patents free.
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The income Of Maokey, the California
bonanza king. is estimated at $40 q
minute.
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Flowers that come from loved hAud
IN uQFA pdsed tlsn diamonds
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astoria 50 Dose.

3b cents. A MOthers'
remedy for sleepless and irritable
Children. The Recipe of Old D..
Pitcher, Free from Morphine, and
not Narcotic. Formula published
with each bottle. For Flatulency,
assimilating the food, Sour Stomach,
Feverishness, Worms, and Disor-
dered Bowels, Castoria has the larg-
est sale of any article dispensed by
Druggists. .
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Report Of Superintendent on the Intro.
ductioniof Scientific Temperance Text
hooks iuto Schools and Colleges.

Read at the annual conyention Of The state W. @.
Mary II. Perkins.l -. - Il ~ =
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S PAPER FIX SzIs. ss sPg1s s.. e ss.:sssss e: y ss
Aays.s.:ns sgTssn e gsHf5SSf HfCs esEs
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JESSIE JAMES,
Plausible Reasons that May bo Advanced
For Relieving Him Yet Alive.

For several days past the papers have
been filed with accounts of the death of
Jesse James, the Missouri bandit. De.
tailed statements of his tasin. ol. o. ;he
dlsaiaJ .a.ie ~ Governor Cri,.enioa, e..
Missouri, for thc capture Of his band and
for his arrest or killing OF the recognition
Of his mother and Little and other former
members Of his band who had entered INTO
contract TO betray him into the hands of
the authorities of Missouri, have been pub.
lishcd and the general public haH settled
down into the belief that the doughty
Jesse James Is dead at last. This
Is most probably the case, but
still doubt may be raised
and the suggestion may be made that he is
not dead.
Suppose some man was 10 advance the
theory that he was not deade And sup.
pose that this man talked knowingly about
Jesse James and his exploits and members
Of his gang, and had at his tongues end
GLIB stories about train robberies, bank raids
and stage, stoppagcs, and looked as
though he knew how II was
himsel Suppose he said Jesse
was too smart to be caught In
any such way rs Governor Crittenden had
planned And suppose his theory was
that Jesse and his pals, Dick Little, the
Ford boys, and others Of the gang. in order
to get as much as possible OF the SeoO. ool
rewards offered tor them, entered into An
arrangement whereby Dick Little and the
Bord boys were to agree 10 capture or
kill Jesse. for which they were 70
be paid big proportion OF ths
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when he told you to quote him strong, and
replied: Having no access to the senator's
mind, cannot state"
Witness here took occasion to make gem
eral defense of his correspondence, asserting
with emphasis that he dealt only in facts,
and with absolute candor, and that he was
willing to make his correspondence a part
OF his sworn evidence and stand by its
truthfulness.
Witness declined to state what sum was
paid as retainer to Senator Blair. except the
amount was returned by Blair early in
November, several weeks before the as
sembling of congress.
Repres entative Blount then asked the
witness if he had anything further to oiler
IN justification Of his charge that Minister
Hurlbut had been influenced against the
Peruvian company by the Credit and In
dustrial company. Shipherd replied at
some length TO the effect that he had al
ready been charged with pursuring an at.
tack upon the reputation of dead man,
and he did not care to 80 further or say
anything that was not directly in the line
OF his own justification.
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vital fluid passing unobserved In the urine and
mans other diseases that lead To INSANITY aud
death. The medical gentlemen connected with
the institution are graduates the best col.
large experience In these troubles, and viii
agree to forfeit FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR
case OF this kind the VITAL RESTORATIVE
under their special advice and treatment) viii
not cure, or for anything impure or Injurious
found IN It, We treat all private diseases sue.
cessfnlly without mercury. CONSULTATION
FREE. Thorough examination and advice. In.
Guiding analysis OF urine IS. Price OF VITAL
RESTORATIVE 81 bottle or four times the
quantity, $40. Sent to any address l,pon receipt
OF price, G. o. D., secure from observation. and
In private name II desired, by English Medical
Institute, No, us Olive street. St Louis Mis-
souri,. Postofce box, 2460
Wholesale agents, Willlams Tolliver A
Walker. Dallas. Texas.
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Shlnlierd.

WASHINGTON, April l0.-The examina.
uoh OF Shipherd by the foreign relations
committee was conducted by Blount. The
witnesses displayed considerable skill and
ingenuity in.explaining'the passages which
D'ount quoted from his letters, giving to
mem interpretations other than the ones
which obviously suggested themselves TO
the committee To- - W
the question what s6ipherd pS meant No
W writing, Grant is now one of u.s." Wit.
, nvss SAID he had regretted the use of that
wIIp, out 1t was written when In a great
nuIryi Tue fact was that In the intorviow.
'aesrs' Grant vas Informed II no tealra
~ Put MIN at the head of COMPANY, Grant
u us,y, Inclined to invest, but expressed Good
VIII toward the company and n
was entitled TO tho cooperation Of the GOV.
vrnment. Witness said General Grant nsycr
was stakeholder, but feeling that thoy
uoulu count upon his good offices cyca
in 1,S tnln II he was stakeholder, he
|,mi,nessl had spoken of Grant In that wny
a. oe,nG one of u.s." II was intended to re.
n1h William Chandler Conkling was mott.
,u, anu expressed a willingness to accept
na,,alner, out his services were not needed.
in. - wv. thvsc W Nnhnulcf and moth.
|'uS was said to Chandler.
@ading another extract from shinherl, .
letter to Hurlbut, l,lount asked "Who
were ,he parties with whom You saw Won
",,s holding confidential correspondence
witness declined 10 answer, ,intimatinv
uW the committee were uxceeling thc
nsnge OF their investigation and lntruded
In, purely private matters witness
|sneu that he was first introduced 10
|in,s,,or Maine by an ex-senator, hui
s s TO state whether he was advised
lne latter gentleman to employ senator
S"r; ne twitness) had several reason.
uerding to secure Blair as counsel.
a,i,iiy because he believed that Blsii
y, inuuce The secretary TO siye the mai.
III prompt attention. i'''
w. WINES, mes was asked. TO whom did Sen.
'or Blair expect you to quote as secretary
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WIshlng for Death.

Since, my return from the army have
suffered with severe pains in my lower
limbs, which at times totally untitled me
for any kind Of business; and az other
times the pain was so severe that wished
Tor death to relieve me of my suilerings.
AMER having tried the best physicians and
various well known remedies without bene.
III, ] procured a bottle OF st. Jacobs OH,
whish relieved the pain instantly.
NJ. AcnENnACk, Salamanca, n. Y.
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Futures.

New York, April l0.--The Posts cotton
report says: Future deliveries to-day have
met with very little attention. At the first
call only $500 bales were sold, buyers pay
ing an advance of 3-l00 to 400. At the
second call the sales were restricted to 200
bales; Later in the day no disposition
was shown to meet the light demand. Pri-
ces declined 2-l00 to 800. AT 1880 d. m,
the total transactions, including calls, did
not exceed 1880 bales. At the thiEd call
1900 bales were sold; July, l.4G; Sep.
TENDER, IL %; l2.0S was refused for April
LILO for May 1870 for June, 1859 fol
August, ll,S7 for November, 1889 for De-
Gem Der,