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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
HE COULDN'T.

They climbed down out of a lumber
wagon in front of photographer and
after he had hitched the horses and she
had brushed the dust off his overcoat,
they walked upstairs.
''She wants her fortergraf took, OBJ
served the old man to the attendant.
GLOW many?'
''Well, l reckon we can use up five or
six"
''What style and price,"
The woman pulled a parcel from her
pocket and carefully unwrapped it, and
revealed a cabinet photo of Mary Ander-
son.
81 want jist SIGH pictur as that" she
explained.
''You mean the same size2"
"No, sir; l want it finished off to look
just as she does. Copy that just as closely
as you can"
The attendant had some explanations
to make in regard to photography, and
these explanations disturbed the couple
very much.
"Will you guarantee to make her look
as good as that pictur ~ asked the hus-
band.
He couldn't.
''Then we don't trade. We want
what we want, or we don't pay. Come,
mother"
81 But it seems as if you could if We
paid for it." she pleaded with the at
tendent
He was firm.
"All right, then" she announced, as
she pulled on her gloves. | told him il
the first place it was better to pay two
shillings piece for these photograph:
and write my name on 'em, but it was a
rainy day and he just as lief hang around
the city for half day. Sorry we cant
trade, but that photograph is me just tho
same. M Quad.
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NORRIS & IRELAND,
BOSTON MASS.
(Con;inaei from last pee,.)
How Watch Cases are Made.

Imitation always follows successful
article ana imitation is one of the best
proofs of real honest merit; M tines il is
that the james Boss Goid y .t, CiSc has
its imitators. Buyers can always tell the
genuine by the trademark, Of Il crora, from
which is suspended a pair of .,,s - Mark
scales BE sure ROTH croen and :
scaics are stamped in the cap of the watch
case. Jewellers are very cautious about en-
dorsing an article unless they not only kaov
that it is good, but that the character Of
the manufacturers is such that the quality
Of the goods viii be kept JHy up to standard.
WILIIA,ssPoRr, Pa, Feb II. lss3
The James Boss Gold Watch Gaze 10 like hot
cakes lach one | heii sells another. Don't need
to recommend them: they scll themselves. one of
my customers has had James Boss GOldMatch Case
III usc for 20 years. and 1t Ii as good as ever With TINS
case do not hesitate to give my guarantee,
Iecialiy with the new and improved cascs which
seen to be Everlasting. JESSE LITTLE. Jers'er.
NEW BRUNswIcK. Nj. Jan 8, 1889.
This gol case, No 666. known as the James Bcss'
Gold Watch Case came into my possession about 1854
has been in since that time, and is still IL good
condition. The movements the one which was IL the
case when bought il. and its condition shows that
the case has really outworn the movement, which Is
playedout MARTIN A HOWELL,
or Board Of Directors ". J X II C Trans. Co.
Send cent stamp keystone Watch Case Factories Phs-
dcphiA Pa for handsome Illustrated phei showing how
Jamcs Boss and keystone watch Case, made.
ITO be CUptHLCdD
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
LIME-KILN CLUB NOTICES.

On and after the first of the new year the
following notices and greetings will be
printed on cloth and hung on the walls
of Paradise hall:
Credit am an enemy to entice you to
buy what you doan' want"
Oar am no danger of de well Gavin
in If you keep on top"
''If life had no sorrow we should grow
tired of hearin' each odder laugh"
GRAY hairs should respect demsclvcs
if dey want to be respected by oddersn
DE man who eats apples in de dark
must not let his stomach be too per
ticker about worm holes"
"While color has muffin perticklcr to
do wild treein' de coon, doan' pay too
much for yaller dog"
He who judges de character of a
pussOn by his clothes am buyin' a mule
by de sound of his bray"
''De pusson who has no temptations
am one of de biggest sinners in de
crowd"
"Kind words cost muffin , OATS de
reason so many of us am willin' To throw
away SIGH heap of EN-"
while honesty am de bes' policy,
doan' be too fast to express your candid
opinyun of your naybur."
Bumps on mans head may express
his traits of character, but you kin find
out all you want to know about him by
goin' on one excursion in his company"
what we do to-day am dun fur to-
morrer. What we intend to do to-mor-
rcr won't buy meat fur dinner. "-Free
Press.
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Complicated Cipher Codes.

The most copious cipher codes of the
present day are the English cable ciphers.
they are extraordinary structures, one of
them comprising 80, 900 words. Others
are made up of syllab IS selected from
living and dead languages, combined so
as to make cuphony These express
nearly everything, and beside, efTectual-
ly serve the purpose of absolutely invio-
liable secrecy. All of these ciphers are
constructed by persons who study the
business to which they are adapted, from
"A scientific standpoint and also from ac-
tual experience. Their labors are gcner-
ally well repaid, a copius cipher for Il
firms exclusive use being considered
worth from $500 to 81, goo. The in
ventor of one code largely used in the
grain business has acquired a comfort
able competence from its sale. Several
ciphermakers in New York do flour
ishing business, and there are dealers in
the nineteenth century jargons in New
Orleans who thrive from their work.
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SELECT SIFTINGS.


A hens nest has just been patented in
Washington.
Roast elephant is a sacred dish in Ton.
quin and AMMAN.
Russian prisoners were first sent to 81.
IBERIA in 1910 by Peter the Great.
The will of Mr. Miner, of Philadelphia,
reads emily r. Miner is my heir"
Chickens are killed in Florida by
swapping of their heads with a whip.
Henry III. compelled all persons hav-
ing yearly income of G10 to be knighted
or pay fine.
Johannesburg, near Berlin, is the
largest goose market in the world. They
handle 20, 900, 900 a year of the succu-
lent bird.
One of the notable bridges of the
world crosses an arm of the China sea at
Sangang 1t is FIVE miles long and has
three hundred arches.
The carp was originally native OF
Central Asia. 1t was introduced into
Austria in 1927, into England in 1904
and into this country in 1880.
Men who transform modern paintings
into old masters do so by covering the
fresh painting with paste and baking
it in an oven until the proper cracks
appear.
In Paris there are men who make a
living by collecting hnsecd plasters from
the hospitals, pressing oil from the lin
seed and selling the linen on which it is
spread to the paper manufacturers.
Kissing means different things accord
ing to where you happen to be at the
time. In West Africa the natives hiss
when they are astonished; in the new
Hebrides where they sec anything beauti-
full. The Basutos applaud popular
orator in their assemblies by kissing at
him. The Japanese, again, show theiI
reverence by hiss, which has probably
somewhat the force Of the "hush" with
which we command silence.
The inhabitants of Panama say that
the gallinazo or black vulturc, had feath-
ers on its head before the deluge. Noah,
on opening the door of the ark, thought
it we'll to give word of advice to the
released animals. my children" said
he "when you see a man coming toward
you and STOPPING down, go away from
him; he is getting a stone to throw at
youw very good" exclaimed the gal
linazo; "but what if he have one already
in his pocket" Noah was somewhat
taken aback at the reply, and decided
that in future the gallnazo should be
born bald in token of its remarkable
sugacity.
Probably the most wonderful tree in
the world is the Baobab or Maibey bread
tree. 1t grows only to the height of forty
feet, but is thirty feet in diameter. The
age of this tree is quite lncalcuable.
Humboldt considers it i" the oldest living
organic monument of our planet" A
| good sized room can be cut in the trunk
of the Baobab, with comfortable accom-.
modations for thirty men, andthe tree still
live and flourish. The fruit, which i,
nourishing, is about foot long. The
tree grows very slowly, a specimen al
Kew, in England, which is more thar
eighty years old. having only attained &
height of one and half feet. The oldest
known Baobabs are estimated to be ovel
5000 years old.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
A Sleigh.ride in Russia.

Travelling in Russia is very different
thing from the easy and rapid process to
which we are accustomed, with our
lightning express trains. But to the man
of leisure, able to appreciate the varying
aspects of nature, and to discover their
beauties, Russia will afford many new
experiences, and reveal much novel
grandeur
In Northern lands the snow is so pure
and beautiful that instead of awakening
feeling of sadness it inspires Joy and
pleasure. 1t has the bright. charming
Attractiveness of marble The lilies are
not winter and chaster than its white
flakes. The trees, adorned with drops
and branches of hoar-frost, resemble lofty
candelabra in Venetian glass, and the
earth, adorned with the nuptial robe that
winter has woven for it, reminds one of a
pale bride being led to the altar. And
then the SHOWS not this real Russia,
the Russia of our dreams, the Russia that
displays its pleasant, child-likc smile be-
meath the flocky coverings of its cradle
On the hardened snow see how the
sledgcs glide along lightly and silently
On bright and starry night traverse, at a
good pace, and in light troika, those vast
frozen regions, destitute of roads, bridg-
es and villages, and you will experience
the healthy delight of the cold air, the
pleasurable sensation Of the infinite and
the unknown-vou will be seized with
what has been called the vertigo of the
North. When the sledge is thus rapidly
whirled along, you feel as if you were no
longer on earth, but in space, in the
clouds, in the moon. You seem to be
borne along in a balloon, which hurrries
you onward, and in its flight just skins
along the silvery layer of the clouds.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
Successful Doctors.

A physician in New York city has
given to Sim reporter list of eighty
prominent practitioners, in that city,
who yearly derive an annual income of
over $4,000 from their business. All
have specialics. The largest income
named is that of DR.. T. G. Thomas, who
makes $50, 600 Il year, with diseases of
women as a speciality. DIR. Robert Tay-
lor earns $35, 600 in treatment of dcform-
tiles. The informant estimates that the
total earnings of these eighty physicians
is over million and a quarter of dollars
every Year.
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FISHERMENS SONG.

After the battle, the peace is dear,
After the toll, the rest;
After the Storm when the skies are clear,
Fair is the Oceans breast.
Out in the gold sunshine
Throw we the net and line
The silvery chase to-day
Calls us to work away,
SO throw the line, throw-Yo heave hot
Fishers must work when the treacherous sea
Smiles with face Of light,
Though the deep bed where their fortunes be-
May be their grave ere night.
Out in the gold sunshine
Throw we the net and line
The silvery lives to-day
Flash in the silvery spray,
SO throw the line, throw-Yo, heave no |
-Pericfes.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14
How the Treasury Is Guarded.

A party of Englishmen who recently
visited Washington expressed surprise at
the absence of guards at the treasury.
"Why,n they said Eat the Bank of Eng
land, the military is always on duty, and
to get past it and into the building is
worth ones life, unless he has authority.
Here don't see a guard" But there are
guards, and plenty of them, only they
don't wear red coats and parade up and
down the street in front of the building.
That isn't the way we do things here.
"Do you see this armory," said Captain
Cobaugh the chief of the force, to
your correspondent, opening n door
as he did SO and displaying line after
line of loaded revolvers. They were of
the largest and best variety known to
the military authorities. ''Wc have
sixty men armed with these" he said,
land nearly all old soldiers | should
like to see any successful attempt to rob
the treasury. These men are divided
into watches, and are on duty in all parts
OF the building at all hours. After the
force of clerks and officials go home at
night, our officers enter and inspect every
room, see that the safes are locked, the
heating apparatus all right, and the
water turned off. If safe is found I'M
locked man is put in charge of it, and
the person whose duty it was to see it
locked is sent for. OF course that does
not happen often, and the man who does
forget once to lock his safe does not for
get it twice; but occasionally we do find
one open. Then after the rooms are in
spected and the guard set, the lieutenant
makes his rounds every two hours, and
the Waterman patrols his beat every fiji
teen minutes or oftencr.'
d" Has there ever been an attempt, sue
cessful or otherwise, to rob the treasury ~
" Never. 1t would be an impossi-
bility."
Colonel Webster, chief clerk of the
Treasury, is the head of the watch,
though Captain Cobaugh has the per-
are all inspected by Colonel Webster,
and are liable to visits at all times of
the night from the secretary or his chief
clerk. Treasurer Spinner, it is related,
once found himself in very nervous
state of mind at night and unable to
sleep, having an inde1nable feeling that
something was wrong at the treasury.
lie tossed about awhile unable to sleep,
and finally dressed himself and started
for the treasury, to be met by a messen-
ger coming to tell him that "A safe con
tanning millions of dollars had been found
unlocked. 1t is said that he always slept
in the building after that, and always
visited the safes in person before retiring
to see that they were locked Perhaps
it was his nervousness over the fright
that made his signature so crooked
| baltimore american.
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Bear and Child.

Henry Flynn, of Inskip, Cal, let his
three yeai-od daughter ride upon a horse
that he was taking to pasture, and after
she had ridden about forty rods from
home he lifted her off the horse and told
her to run home. On returning he found
that the child had not reached home.
Going to the spot where lie last saw her,
he saw her tracks in the sand. Search
was made all night in the forest for the
lost child. In the morning, as the search
ers were passing a swampy spot where
the underground was thick, they heard
her voice. They called to the little girl.
and told her to come out of the bushes.
She replied that the bear would not let
her. The men then crept through tho
brush, and when near the spot heard q
splash in she water, which the child said
was the bear. They found her standing
upon a log extending about half way
across a swamp. The bear had under
taken to cross the swamp on the log,
and, being pursued, left the child and
got away as rapidly as possible. She
had received some scratches about the
face, arms and legs, and her clothes
were almost torn from her body; but the
bear had not bitten her to hurt her, only
the marks of his teeth being found on
her back, where he had taken hold of her
clothes to carry her. The child says the
bear put her down occasionally to rest,
and would put his nose up to her face,
whereupon she would slap him, and the
bear would hang his head by her side,
and purr and rub against her like cat.
The men asked her if she was cold in
the night, and she told them the old bear
lay beside her. put his EARNS" around
her, and kept her warm, though she did
not like his long hair.
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HAD NO BAGGAGE.

You should never judge by appear
ances.
The other day little weazen- faced
man, wearing a $3.50 suit oe clothes,
went to one of the big hotels and regis-
tered himself from Texas, asked for a
room, and if breakfast was on the table.
The Olympian clerk gazed at him
scornfully, and languidly remarked:
ANY baggage
"No, >" replied the guest
On that case said the clerk, the
rules of the house compel me to insist on
payment III advance"
Every well" said the guest, without
hesitating or appearing offended, take
two days board out of this, and from
wad of greenbaCIs as big as his arm,
he produced a one hundred dollar note.
81 beg your PARDON stammered the
abashed clerk, "but We are so often
taken in, and your face not being famil-
lar to me, I"
mo offense,' chcerfully responded the
guest; business is business, and rules
rules. 1t does look little odd to be
without baggage; but us cattle dealers
amt much on style, and
nat All IlSnt, cOlOnel, Salu tne
clerk, put up your money; we know a
gentleman when we see him. jim, show
this gentleman up to 146. Call for the
best in the house, general"
The old man slowed away an ample
breakfast; got the clerk to give small
bills for fifty; asked where Billy Cool
baugh, the banker, had his Office; in
quired when they had dinner; desired
the clerk to tell Mr.. Farwell, if he called,
that he would be back at 2 O'Clock ;
then went and hasn't been seen since.
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THE BALLS HE WILL GO TO.

''IIello! Beaky," said young Yeast to
his friend Crimsonbeak, meeting at the
club the other evening. care you going
to any of the balls this winter9'
ooh, yes. l expect to-" answered
Crimsonbeak, taking his friend by the
hand.
(Which ones are you going to7" con
tinued Yeast.
"Well, if the present state of my ex-
chequer continues" replied Crimson
baak, noticing the dilapidated condition
OF his clothes, 81 expect to go to the
three gilt balls. "-Statesmdn.
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AMONG Tie PRESS WAG.S|
GOOD T9INGs DIsHED OUT By
NEWSPAPER HUMoRISTS.

Thrce-Thc HTalis Iuc Will Go To-He
CouIdn't-Lime-hkiIn CiiTD Mot
tocs-1Hc HAS No baggage.
THREE.
81 hear your uncle is dead, " said a
sympathetic neighbor to Mr.. Twomly, an
Austin gentleman.
i" He is, replied Twomly gravely.
I" Did he leave any testament ~
Eyes, three of them"
"Three of them !" exclaimed the
neighbor, wonderingly.
eyes. the Old Testament, New Tesla
ment, and the Revised Edition. y
SytingS.
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.FIQEIuA
Finu-FalninE

The Germans have carried the system Of
kurs (cures) further than any other people.
They have water-cures, milk-cures, mud,
baths, climate cures. Their celebrated pine
cure is thus described by recent writer in
the Christian Union.
1.-THE patient is made to sit under pine tree and
breathe the aroma of its leaves which Is very Denen
cial in lung troublec Then large bundles Of the
leaves are macerated in hot water, in which the
patient bathes From these leaves the celebrated
tpne leaf felt A" il made vests of which, worn next
to the skin are a remedy for rheumatism"
As to the pine cure, the Americans are
ahead of the Germans Here the patient
the pine tree to him, In the shape of
luxurious Pine Palmine bed. He can fill
his room with its odors and breathe them
constantly; and as to wearing vest of pine
leaves TO cure rheumatism, he can encase
himself between Pine Palmine bed and
coverlet and sleep himself back TO health.
George Amsden. conductor on Proy. Worcester
II. r., contracted rheumatism through exposure; He
at times being nearly incapacitated for business
Tried remedies too numerous to mention. ordered
aPinoPamine mattress, with such favorable results
that gave another order for comforter OF same
They make the most agreeable, beautiful, and invg
Grating bedding ever invented"
You may call this the Florida Pine cure,
ifyou like. Wecharge nothing for the cure.
Other people might make great deal Of
money out of 1t. We are only in the Pine
Palmfne bedding business.
II there is no agent near you. send orders with
length and breadth OF bed to Agent Pine Palnine Co.
lis Water street. Boston, Mass.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14

Between 1870 and 1880 the population
Of the United States expanded at the rate
Of three per cent. per annnm, or thirty
psr cent. altogether, the aggregate in
crease during the decade being H.
604, 405.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14

1t is estimated that there are 1900
dentists in the United States, and that
they use ton of gold every year for fill
ing teeth.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14

An Iowa man ipas figured out that tho
dogs OF that State eat enough annually
to feed 100, 900 workmen, and cost
Sc, 600, 900, counting the sheep they kill
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14

There is a standing reward of So, 900
in Nebraska for the discovery in that
State of a paying vein of coal
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The clerk subsequently discovered that
the fifty dollar bill was bad, and the sad
event has cast gloom over the hotel
Office Chicago Times
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The fish laws of Canada are becoming
more strict year by year, and notable
increase in the supply is being afforded,
the fish also being of E,uch better
quality and size.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-12-14

In the four years between 1889
there were 107 condemnations IN Eng
land and only tifty-one executions.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-13

sLEErLEss NIGHTS, made miserable by that
terrible cough. shilphs Cure Is the remedy
for you. Sold by McLain Brothers, and
Alex. 7. Young. D4w.