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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
Joke on the Artist.

There is an eminent painter in Pari
who is economical and sententious
The othor day one of the student
broke a pane of glass in the studio
window, and replaced it temporary
by FASTING a sheet Of paper over tn
aperture. When the painter cam
down next morning he thrust his can
through the makeshift with the +,
mark, "He that breaks pays" None {
the class. however, took the hint, an
next morning another sheet of pape
was pasted across the window. 1t me
the same fate. And so on the mex
day, and so on the fourth. On the fit
day, when the artist came down, ther
was the paper as before. Fire fiashe
from his eyes, and roaring "He tia
breaks pays!" he drove his cane throug
the paper-and through the pane {
glass behind it that had been put in h
the students, and then carefully paste
over with a sheet of paper.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
Women in Wall Street.

Says New York correspondent j
Wall street is overrun with women
women who are old and women whd
are young; women who are poorly clad
and women in rich attire; women Wild
talk patty Of the market and can ring
the changes on the stock exchanges
melodions lingo; women attractive and
women repulsive-all with an eyd
single to gain. They are wild with thd
speculative craze. Their ambition ID
"fyers;" their methods most childlikd
and bland. In the list of these new
habitues of Wall street are embraced
members of some of the first families
of the city, so far as wealth or social
connections go. The popular actress
abounds and is petted; ladies who wea4
crepe wells in memory of departed lords
are numerous, and she who could find
no profits in engineering a boardlng1
house helps support the broker. Motley
regiment they are, but they have tho
credit of operating boldly, and taking
risks that would drive the MASCULINE
Spectator wild. 1t is rather difficult
for the average member of the stock
exchange to refuse advice to a pretty
woman, and, everything being even
the information so put forth is quite uI|
to the standard of Wall street reliability
and accuracy. Secrets are sometime4
obtained by women which the ordinary
man could not discover in lifetime
and for some inscrutable reason they
flourish occasionally where men fail.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
Chinese Solicitations.

There are three different stTak5 OF
salutation in China when two men
meet, depending upon their relative
rank. The first, used between equals,
is like our hand shaking, except that
instead of grasping each others hand
each doubles loosely his fists, brings
them together and shakes them up and
down. In the second the inferior bends
one knee to his superior. In the third,
called the IKE ton"-the inferior
gets down on his hands and knees in
front of this superior, and knocks his
head three times upon the ground or
floor.
When high officers of state in China,
even though they be "princes of the
imperial blood" have audience with
the emperor, they are obliged to repeat
this last operation three times. In the
"Code of Etiquette" it is called the
"three prostrations and nine knock
ings." When the foreign ministers in
Picking applied in January, 1873, for
audience with the Emperor Tung
Chin, who had just assembled the throne,
the Chinese government insisted that
they should make this prostration be-
fore his imperial majesty.
OF course the ministers refused to
do so, and the audience was delayed
nearly six months because of this re-
fusal. The Chinese yielded at last,
however, and his majesty contented
himself with three profound bows from
the "fcreign barbarians." Youths
COMPANION.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
Royal Cradles.

The lately-born infanta of Spain,
Mary Theresa Ysabel, sleeps, wakes
and cries in cradle shaped like a
conch-shell and lined with the palest
of pink-satin. Her tiny form is covered
with point dAlencon lace, specially
made from a pattern designed by the
Queen of SPANS mother, in which the
arms of Spain and Austria are grace
fully blended. She has IA couvre-pied
and tiny pillow, on both of the lilies of
the house of Bourbon and the Y of her
pretty name, Ysabel, are laced and in
terlaced. The other new royal baby,
the young hereditary prince ofSweden,
has much less delicate cradel, as be-
comes hardy young Norseman. 1t
is shaped like a swan, the wings COM
ing up, if wished, and sheltering the
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

"Don't fret, Flo," said he. "We've
all got life's lessons to learn, and ex-
perience is rigorous teacher"
The police, sent to break up Captain
Conforto's den in Margin Street, found
nothing and nobody there but mild
old gentleman in spectacles, reading
the papers, who had charge of letting
the premises. He had never heard of
Captain Conforto-neither was the fat
woman. who had acted as volunteer
guide to Flora, to be found up stairs or
down.
ats bad block, this 'ere," said the
policeman, to Mr. Fountain. "They
calls it Swindle Row. But they're
that slippery here as nobody can lay a
finger on 'em p
So began and ended poor Flora's
dream OF an India shawl. And the
delusion of worshipping Mrs. Penrith
Duke is wearing away also, especially
since that heightened lady gave a
soiree dansante, and neglected to invite
Miss Fountain, observing, languidly,
that "one couldn't fill ones drawing
room with nobodies."
And Flora has come to the conclu-
sion that perhaps the Gates, the
Plumers and the Hazels of life are as
desirable as the Penrith Dukes.
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little prince, and is well provided with
down-stuffed accessories.


So late as the seventeenth century
it was customary in some parts of
Ireland for the bridegroom's friends
to receive those of the bride with al
shower of darts, carefully directed sol
as to fall harmless, and Lord Kaimes,
who died In 1872, deposes that the
marriage observances of the Welsh Of
that day were significantly symbolical
of marriage by capture; the respective|
friends of the bride and groom meet
ing on horseback, the former refusing|
to deliver the lady on demand and
bringing about sham conflict, during|
| which the nearest J. 'nsman of the|
bride, behind whom she is mounted,
galloped away, to be pursued by the|
opposite party, until men and horses
had had enough of it, when the bride
groom was permitted to overtake the
pretended fugitive and bear her off in
triumph. The Berricors of France are
the only European people among whom
this form of capture still survives.
Upon the day of a wedding the doors
of brides house are closed and bar
ricaded, the windows barred and her
friends mustered within. Presently
the bridegroom's party comes, asking
admission on one false pretense after
another. Finding speech of no avail,
they endeavor to force an entrance,
with no better success. Then comes a
parley; the besiegers proclaim that
they bring the lady husband, and are
admitted within doors, to fight for the
possession Of the heart, win it and the
bride with it; the couple being forth
with united in the orthodox fashion.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
The Biggest Organ.

The largest organ in the world, a
cording to the Leipziger Zeiung,
being built in Ludwidsburg. ne;
Stuttgart, for the cathedral at Rig
Besides being the most deliberately d
signed instrument existent, it WI
contain all the most modern improv
ments. 1t will be so constructed tn
it can be played from an upper gallel
or from below. The whole upper pc
ton is to be blown by gas motors, al
the lower part by hand. Thus tv
people will be able to play at the san
time, one playing the solo, while Il
other plays the tutti. 1t is estimat'
to cost 10000 marks ($22 ,5O0).
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

The wool manufacturing establish
ments of the United States now number
2.O84, with capital of $159,644, $40.
They give employment to 1884 men
and 1864 women and children. The
average paid each toiler is $293.O5 a
wear. or S34.42 a month. These mills
consume 200, 1872, 229 pounds of wool, OF
which 222 1891 .531 are of home produc'
ton, and 3,200,69S pounds come from
abroad. The average cost of the WOO
is thirty-two cents apound. The manu-
factories make a profit of thirty-six ant
one-half per cent. on the capital in
vested, clear of all expenses.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
One Step at a Time.
Compd1li'

1 once stood at the foot of a Swiss
mountain which towed up from the
foot of the Vispbach Valley to height
of 10000 feet. 1t looked like ire
mendous pull to the top. But L said to
myself, "Oh, it will require but one step
at time. Before sunset l stood on the
summit, enjoying the magnificent view
Of the peaks around me, and right OPP
posite to me flashed the icy crown of
the Weisshorn, which Professor Tyn-
dali was the first man to discover, by
taking one step at time.
Every boy who would master a diff
ficult study, every youth, who hopes
to get on in the world, must keep this
motto in hand. When the famous
Arago was a school-boy he got dis
couraged over mathematics. But one
day he found on the waste leaf of the
cover of his text book short letter
from D'Alembert to a youth discour-
aged like himself. The advice which
D'Alembert gave was, $50 on, sir
90 on" "That little sentence
saws Arago, "was my best teacher
in mathematics" He did push OF
steadily. until he became the creates
mathematician of his day, by master
ing one step at cine.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

The key of a safe in railroad Off
at Joliet, ILL.,, was lost, and, there beir
no honest locksmith in town of suf
cient skill, a well-known bank burgl'
was employed to pick the lock.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

During the year 1882, 83O.0O0,0OO
gallons of beea were consumed in Ger
many. making the average number of
gallons drunk by each individual
about twenty.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09
The methods of transporting cattl

The methods of transporting cattle
across the Atlantic have been so i'm
proved that the voyage is accomplished
by the cattle now in safety. A system
of ventilation has been adopted
whereby in all sorts of weather, even
with the matches battened down, the
holds in which the cattle are can be
kept free from the noxious vapors,
which otherwise produce suffocation.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

Cattle trains should not be run witt
out cow-catcher
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-02-09

Boston is the largest market for
boots and Shoes in the world.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27
DEATHS.
Dea,h. Tris.tr.. .er.. Io et.. Aine

PRocroR.-In Baltimore county. on January
ed. Robert :. Proctor, in the ?ist year Of his
age.
In the i5d year of his age.
COLE. On Jan. 29th, after a long and painful
Illness Joshua Cole. in the Goth year of Biz age.
third .on of the late William J. and Mary c.
Csle
wINTERODE.-At Pikessilie. Baltimore county,
on 2iih day Of January. William Il. winterOde,
In the sd year Of his age.
EMICH.-In Rcisterstown. on Jan. 22d. Mamie
H.. In the 18th year Of her age. only daughter
of n. y. and Moliie Emieh.
JEssOP.-At vaux Hall. Baltimore county. on
Monday. Jan. 2:d. Mary Jess0P. widow Of the
late William JessoP.
sc0TT.-0a Jan. 2eth. n, his residence. Chestnut
Hin. Baltimore county, John Scott. In the i7ih
year of his age. son Of the late james and Jaae
Scott. of Baltimore.
HoSIIALL.-At her nsphew's,w y. Mccullough,
near RayviTe. Rebecea Hoshali. aged - years.
fORBES.-0n Jan. 2lst. At No. I5S West Fayette
street. Rev. ". l.. Forbes, In the slst year Of
his age.
MATTiIRws.-On 10Th Of Jan. of congestion Of
the lungs. Isaac Matthews, In the 69ih year Of
his age.
N1c0LL.-EnieFei into rest, on the morning Of
the 2tth inst, Catherine A. NieoIl. in the 9th
year Of her age. wife of William u. Nieoii.
kELLi.-M Orangeville. Baltimore county, on
the 9Th instant, Gsssis. aged 2 years and
months, beloved and youngest child Of John c.
and Louisa J. Kelly.
LIGlITNER.-feli asleep in Jesus. on January
2ith. at ten minutes 10 ten O'Clock, Henry
Lightner, In the sSth year of his age.
GETTEL-On l6th inst. In baltimore. Adam,
son Of Jacob and Charlotte tieitel. aged % years
] month and Is days.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

;rs'- Booming Presidential candidates 10 4 far
less fertile source Of amusement In the South than
In the North. probably because that section has
no man whom l, expects to see nominated. I,
will have Po,ea, voice however, In tho ssIss,inn
Of the mex; Democratic nominee, and the eandi-
date !, favors will doubtless head the ticket. In
imaion', therefore. from the South Of preferences
for certain men have more significance than those
given in the North. Judge Field is the only can
diiate who has distinct boom in the Southern
some compliment. and says that he Gil. the bill
for Democratic Presidential candidate exactly.
Ex-senator Mcdonald and the tidal wave Gov
ernors will have to keep an eye on Judge Field.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

c8-Representative Taibotts amendment to the
Naval bill was a. follows: "There shall hereafter
be allowed at the Naval Academy Eve cadets at
i.-s. s~a -. .~-- che pssuieI ~ cai.--Ls. .. Ls
appointed By the President Of the United States,
and number Of cadets equal to one.half the rep.
resenta6on In Congress from the States and Ter.
ritories, or as near thereto as may be; that two
adjoining districts rating numerically shall con.
stitate cadet district and the Congressional die.
triet having the frst vacancy shall be entitled 20
the first appointment. the appointment TO alter.
nate thereafter The odd district In States, States
having but one Congressional district, the Terri.
tories and the District Of Columbia TO be entitled
TO an appoinsmsnt once In every twelve years, in
stead Of sig years, as now provided BY law. In
case Of adjoining Congressional districts CON-
prising cadet district having . vacancy ut the
same time, the district being hrst numerically
shall have the frst appointment, the appoiatment
TO alternate thereafter. In case Of vacancy, that
vacancy shall be filed from the Congregational dis.
tret or territory from which the original appoint
meat was made" This proposed change was ad.
voeaisd By some Of the best men on the aoor, who
sincerely regret lie defeat.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

5zS- There is town in Iowa which ha. popu-
la;ion Of 1900, and twelve dis,ine, and separate
church organization, which local paper says are
not busy converting outsiders bu; in trying to kill
OF each other. Life is made miserable to the ub-
fortunate stranger who comes into tha, town. lie
Is pouneed upon by the euissEres Of these organi-
Eations. and il he should be weak enough 10 yield
to the blandi'hments Of one, he is promptly Os,ra-
cirei by all the others. The aforesaid local paper
seriously states ,ha, the business Of the town Is
very much injured by this state Of affairs. Il
would seem that il there more religion and .
little lees church. il would be better al around
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

rs-M a meeting Of the Maine Democratic
State Committee held recently, Il vas decided
hereafter to make straish, party nominations for
ell State Offices, aud Fusion is thus abandoned.
many Republicans and tina, the death warrant Of
the Greenbaek Is signed. The committee also
voted TO oppose all sumptuary laws and to recon-
mend plank opposing the prohibitory liquor Law.
IL was agreed tina, spiri, Of Cancellation should
be manifested toward the former Grssnbaek wing
~ ,ha parv. s~A .hai the ;r.~h-sh..s he ,.tainsd
in the Democratic ranks 10 possible.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

szs-Therc are many things in Gov. Buffers
inaugural address which is attracting much COM
meni and considerable serious attention. Speak
ing of education the Governor says:
''Re,triet the branches taught in the primary
schools By law specifically 10 spelling. reading.
writing. grammar. arithmetic geography. history
preferably of the Cni;el States-and require
tha, those shall be taugh; upon the same system.
to the same grade Of scholars, in every common
school IA :he Commonwealth. When the scholar
can show by an examination that he IL we'll
grounded in the elementary Engiish branches.
then let him be admitted 20 4 school Of higher
grade. where line drawing for industrial purposes
shall be taught. bookkeeping. algebra. geometry.
the rudments Of the Latin and French ges,
chemistry. physics. with natural philosophy in a
rudimental degree and there a eommsn school
education should stop"
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

eSEvsry nov and then something ,urns up
that almost satisfies ne there s abundant room for
good deal Of improvement In every department
ofour civil service. Take the following ss an sx-
ample; The Chief Justice Of the United States,
than whom there is no more important officer In
the country, receives salary SOC, while the
Clerk Of the Court gets sso,0eo for his services
No one will pretend the duties ofths latter are more
ensrOus, or his responsibilities greater than those
Of Chief Justice Waite, Jet he receives three times
as much In the way Of salary and emoiamsn,s.
very properly exercised. No sensible man will
pretend the Clerks services exceed those Of the
principal Judgs Of the country. A little reform
would save the country money and make things
look better besides.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

se1-The Ansrieaa Maekini.i prints letters
from over 30 establishments engaged in manufae-
turing machinery, engines, boilers, tools, and ma
ehini'ts' supplies, representing several States,
porous year, and that confidence in trade for the
presen, year il no; lacking. Taken as n whole.
however. price. Of machinery and tools are lOwsr
than they we're las, January, and the tendency is
toward closer competition. Iron and other ma
teriais that enter into machine construction are
lover than In January 1882, but as = rule wages
Of hr.t.elass meehanies have not declined.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

rS-The suit Of robert y. Foster, a bieycli., Of
Of Baiiimors' against Hon. William =. Maul,by.
Of Westminster, for malicious prosecution, has
been removed from the Carroll county Court TO
Howard county. Il will be remembered that
Foster vas riding through Westminster last july
on his bicycle, and met Judge Maulsby Who was
driving in company with his wife. The Judges
horse vas much frightened. and for this he had
Foster arrested. Af.er trial before Justice Of
the Peace the case was dismissed And for all
this Foster claims damages in the sum Of s5, 900.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

izS- The report to Congress ofihe treasury cat
tic commission shows that losses Of cattle from
Pieuro. pneumonia and its effects amount to from
two to three millions year. Quarantine stations
have been constructed at Portland. Boston, New
York aud Baltimore. notwithstanding all pre-
eau,iOnary measures thu. far adopted, the disease
Is increasing. and it Is the opinion OF the commits.
sion that England will never permit the unob-
siruetcd importation Of American beef till this
alarming disease ia Obiiierated. AZ a measure
toward that end. the commission recommend that
Congress authorize the Secretary Of the Treasury
20 have all cattle affected with the disease destroyed
This would seem 10 be great loss, but /, Is un-
doub,edly the be', and mos, effective way Of wip-
ing gu, the fatal and destructive malady.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27
The Terror Of the South

JAsrER, FLA.-Mr. BoarlmAn W. Wilson, trAv-
eiing foI I. o, Afford A Co., dealers in Firearms
and Cutlery, Baltimore, vas prostFated hers. with
the 'break-bone fever' he easssrts that IN hls oun
a. well ~ In the case of others. the only thing
fouud 70 relieve this painful mslady vas 81. Ja.
ssss oH. Tsis sss3ssss: Fsis ssss has ;As e.
dosement of such men sx Postmaster General
James. Senator Daniel W. voorhess and an army
Of olhsTs,
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

Sr.The Supreme Court Of the United States
Is expected to pass upon several cases a, s pres
ent term involving the eonstitulionaiity Of the
civil rights Law, which grants the right Of eOlored
persons to equal privileges with whites at hotels,
theatres and other places Of public resort. These
cases come from Kansas, California, Missouri and
Tennessee-tws from the free States and two from
the late slave States. Another case Of a similar
kind is also pending from New York.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

Ss-Af,er all. Ere escapes in hotels are neither
90 necessary nor 90 effective as careful. reliable
men, who 20 their rounds increasingly during the
night In every part of hotsl where fires are kept
aud uho are able 10 DO more ssrsies With bucket
or two of waisr than ars steamer. The hotel
which has such an organized force may b deemed
ressonably safe from disaster.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

ce-Mr. W. Horace sOper. Of baltimore. claims
for Maryland the honor Of fret having named a
county after Washington. lie says that the
Legislature at Annapolis on the 9Th day Of Sep
tsmbsr. ire, passed resolution erecting al that
part Of Frederick county vest Of the ridge Of
South mountain into . nsu sousty Sad called Il
Washington county.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

eo-The bill which hes been under eonsidera-
iion BY the U. S. Senate regulating the succession
to the Presidency has passed that body BY = vote
Of 10 ayes to Is n0es Il provides tha, In the
President or Vice President cannot &C, from any
cause, that the Secretary Of State frst, and then
the other msubers Of the Cabise, In their order,
may act as President aud convene Congress By
nrnnIanniinn
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

e8-At ths execution Of Arthur Preston, ct
Bslair last Friday. fhs ssps bad not been prop.
sriy tested. and stretched more thAp the Sheriff
thesshi it would. but fortunately not enough to
prolOng ths sgonies Of the doomed mAp. Aeisg
under recent lsw. s,ris, privacy vas observed
and but very few witnessed the execution.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

s1-one Of the rotary boilers At NJ. Geo. W..
childEs paper mill. on the Little ELK Cresk. near
Rlk,on. Cecil county, exploded on Monday morn
ing aud killed two men Instantly aud wounded
several Of the Otksr employees. Several hair
breadth escapes were uads. The loss is sstina-
Ted At $4,000.
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

srS-Mr Gorman occupied the attention Of the
L. :. Senate for a few minute. on Thursday Of
last week in orpo'ing an appropriation for the
fast mail service and II passed. In the House
none Of the Maryland members discussed the ap-
preparation and Il was defeated. A conference
committee l. the result
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

s-c- The following United States Senators
have been re elected during the past two weeks:
Hon. l'ham q. Harris, Tennessee: Hon. n. ".
Ransom, North Carolina: Hon. A. II. Garland,
ArkansAs Hon. ". 2. Frye, Maine Hon. Eli
ssulsbury, Delaware; Hon. Geo. 7. Iioar, Mas
sachusctis
The Baltimore County union., 1883-01-27

sso-The Lancaster iaisiiiysResr is now plead
ing with the Democracy Of Pennsylvania to with
hold criticism from the new State Administration.
IL exelaims: Give the Governor a chance give
the Attorney. .';eneTal chance; give eyerybody
a chance" The hieiiiyeseer evidently see. break.
crs ahead for Governor Patti,on.