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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-11

MENsMANs PEPToNIzED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nu''i-
hous properties. 1t contains blood-maling,
force generating and DEMONSTRATING properties;
invaluable for Indigestion dyspepsia, nervous
prostratio1, and all forms of general debility;
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaints. c swell, Hazard e
Co., Proprietors, New York. Sold by druggists.
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Saloon-kcepers in Forth Worth, Texas
pay their S25 fine for keeping open on
Sunday, and find it profitable.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-11

THE Alaska seal hunters killed over 90, 900
animals during tie Tast season
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CarbO.lines.

, CarbOIinPs.
This magic balm, which is in truth
Petroleum sweet and clean;
1t gives to re the charm of youth.
The matches Carboline.
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Consumption in any stage may be cured by
Piso's Cure. IS cents bottle
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Feeling deeply grateful for the benefit re.
ceive1 from the use of Hunts Remeiy, | feel
proud TO inform you of the good it has done
me; for the great suffering have passed and
am now saved by Hunts Remedy. desire
to st to my case TO the public. so that other
sufferers may obtain the benefit of its won
denul curative powers some time. | beg IN
to suffer excruc aing pains in the region of
my kidneys; had the most intense agony:
/ was confined to my bed and totally un ibe
to change my position or move in any way.
l W; tapEe1 eight times. | then heard of
Hunts Remedy; bought bottle, and after
taking few spoonfuls Il g result was mari
cal, aud in few days my pain was gone aid
my water passed freely, and could eat most
anything; my swe ng disap erred. l was
a new person alto .ether. The doctors had
gwen ne up to die, said there was no hope
for me. l had one hundred and fifty-six
pounds of water taken out of me. Was
treated by seventeen different doc ors, and
Hunts Remedy has cured me. | feel proud
over your medicine. Those who su Ter with
the drorsy | hope will give it a trial, and ses
the good it vii do. It works like charm.
l would ad Use tn lse having difficulty with
Il cir k dn eys to give Hunts Remedy trial
| am 8, re that it will civ them Instant relief
ana give the n q permanent Gu o. / am
willing to give all informal on i'll my power
in regard to this most vail able medic ne.
Yours truly, Mrs. DAVID NORTH.
Ecorse, Wayne County, Mich, May 80, 1888
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-11

LEXINGTON, KY, claims to have The small
est death rate of any city in the country.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-11

THE average age of Fren h generals is
UNI r forty-five of English, over sixty five.
+. G. ayes Heart Regulator cures all forms
OIL heart diseases, nervousness, sleeplessness.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-01-11

tFor constipation oG9 OF appetite aud diseases OF tho
bowels take Hawley's Stomach and Liver WIS e5 cents
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HELP WANTED.

Men, Boys, Women. and Girls for all occupations in
New York n vicinity. For particulars address VIM
Fletcher Co., No. Warren street, New York
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22

be transported to the glorious any
where and finally III fetch up in the
great nowhere Brooklyn or New
York with Sing Sing, the Tombs, Ray
mond street Jail and all the smaller
hospitals emitted into them would be
preferable to heaven if there were no
hell And il this be true, then turn
aside from such q debauched heaven.
II this be true there would be congre-
gated side by side Tom Pain and the
great Whitfield, Jesabel and Florence
Nightingale, John Wilks Booth and
Abraham Lincoln Charles J. Guiteau
and James A, Garfield, and all the
other murderers and their victims.
Don't jump overheard from the
staunch old Great Eastern Of ortho-
doxy until something better is pre-
sented to you. Don't take to the fam
tastic yawl that leaks ut the bow and
leaks ut the stern, and which has a
steel screw for one oar and glib
tongue for the other one; which dips
one side and then to tie other, until
you don't know whether the passen-
gers will be swampaa or landed on
the breakers Of heresy."
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AnScaotes or Napoleon.

A suspension OF arms was granted
by Napoleon after the battle of Aus
terlitz, and an interview took place
between him and thc Emperorof Aus
itria. Napoleon had caused fire to
be kindled in his biyouac; and on
meeting the Emperor said: al receive
you in the only palace ] have lived in
for two months" "The good living
you have derived from it ought to
make it agreeable to you" replied the
Austrian monarch, with smile.
During the siege OF Saint dAcre,
while Napoleon was in the trenches, a
shell fell at his feet, and one Of the
corps OF Guides threw himself between
him and the shell, and shielded the
general with his body. Luckily the
shell did not explode. At the mo-
ment, forgetfui OF the. danger, Napo-
leon started up, exclaiming "What a
soldierp This brave man was after.
ward General Dumenil, who lost a leg
at Wagram, and who was Governor Of
Eincemes to 1914 whose laconic re-
ply to the Russian summons to sur
render was, "Give me my leg and !
will give you the place. Followed by
three or four officers, Napoleon WAS
crossing the halle to return to the
Tuileries, without being saluted by
the acclamations his presence was
wont to excite; an old woman cried
out to him: "He must make peace
my good lady, said the Emperor.
smiling, "sell. your green's and leave
those concerns to me; every one to
his trade" A loud anil continued
hurrah was the consequence.
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Sam Jones was talking to man Of
weak faith the other day. The doubt
or asked II Mr.. Jones could not give
him demonstration Of RELIGION,
"None.T was the reply "You must
get inside the fold, and demonstration
will come Of itseI. Humble yourself,
have faith, and you shall know the
truthp 8
Fln either words, must believe, ad-
cept it before tits proved and believe
it without proof
Now hold on right here. Out
West they have a place for watering
cattle The cattle have to mount
platform to reach trcughs. AS they
step on the platform their weight
presses a lever and this throws the
water into the troughs. They have
to get on the platform through faith,
and this act provides the water and
leads them to it. You are like smart
steer that slips around to the barn
yard and peeps in the trough without
getting on the platform. He finds
the trough dry, of course, for II needs
his weight on the platform to force
water up. He turns away disgustcd,
and tells everybody there's no water
in the trough. Another steer not no
smart but with more faith, steps on
the platform, the water springs into
the trough, and he marches up and
drinks. That's the waywith religeon.
You've got to get on the platform.
You can't even examine it intelligent
~ until you con the platform. Ifyou
slide around the back way, you'll find
the trough dry. But step on the plat
form, and the water and the faith
come together without any troblc--
certain and sure and abundant
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The Slneen Of All.

Honor tho dear old mother. Time
has scattered the snowy flakes on her
brow, plowed deep burrows on her
cneeks, but is she not sweet and beau
tiful now? The lips are thin and
sunken, bnt those arc the lips which
have kissed many hot tear from the
childish checks. and they are the
sweetest lips in all the world. The
eye is dim, yet it glows with the soft
radiance Of holy love which can never
Jade. All, yes, she is dear old moth
er. The sands Of life are nearly run
out, but feeble as she is, she will go
further and reach down lower for you
than any other on earth. You cannot
walk into midnight where she cam
not see you; you cannotenter a prison
whose bars will keep her out you can
never mount scaffold too high for
her to roach that she may kiss you in
evideece Of her deathless love. When
the world shall despise and forsakc
you, when it leaves you by the way
side to die unnoticed, the dear old
mother viii gather You in her feeble
arms and carry you home and tell you
OF all your virtues until you almost
forget that yoursoul is disiigured by
vices. Love her tenderly and cheer
her declining ,;ears Wit. holy dcyo-
ton. s.4s...
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and explained the situation. The
New York man told him that there
was but one course topursue, and TINT
Was 10 borrow seed from members who
represented only commercial and
manufacturing districts.aF From that
time on until Congress adjourned sine
die, during I'll business hours, Waiter
son devoted himself exclusively to
to borrowing seed. That isthe reason
why many people never knew that
hcwas in Congress-. He had no time
for Congressional work. He had To-
borrow seed. st4&
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22

A great deal has been said as to the
inventor Of the art of printing, the
period when the invention itself first
saw the light and the locality where
it was born. Two oit OF three of
these points need not, however, excite
discussion. 1t is "a good while since
the remark that dthere nothing new
under the sum, WIS nude, but anterior.
70 that remote .pGriodr-namcly, some
1000 years ago-the first printing
machine existed in Babylon! &
# proof be required Of this rather
startling assertion it may easily be
found, for it exists no further off than
Trinity College, Cambridge, England.
In that place there is preserved solid
cylindrical figure. about seven inches
in length and three inches in diamep
ter at each end. 0nfthe surface of
this miniature cask-like cylinder, mi-
.nutely and finely wrought characters
are engraved, and these are arranged
in vertical lines. It is, therefore, q
striking example Of the ingenuity Of
the ancients, and shows their method
Of preserving and multiplying nation
al or family records. It is quite evi-
dent from the indented lettering Of
the Babylonian printing machine
for such it really is--that some means
Of applying pressure to it was in use
among the Nineyite typos" This
being 80, the primitive appliance at
Cambridge must be said to cmbody
the identical principle Of the newspar
per machines Of the present day.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22

One day, when little Tim Ray was
picking berries in field. he found a
dove with q broken wing. He carried
it home, and bound the wing close to
the doves side with linen band.
Soon the wing was well as ovorand the
dove could fly again but it did not
want to fly away from Tim. for it had
grown very tame. Tim was glad to
have it stay, for he had no toys or
pets.
When he went to pick berries, the
dove would 60 too, perched on his
shoulder. Tim named 1t Fairy, and
taught it to come at his call, and to
eat from his hand. At night the dove
would roost on the head Of Tins bed
Tins mother was taken very sick.
There was 10 one to nurse her but
Tim; and when she could not cat,
and began to grow worse, Tim went
for doctor.
9She will get we'll II she has good
food,' said the doctor. "She must
have chicken or meat broth"
Tim had no money to buy meat !;
but all at once he thoughto Of his dove.
He could not bear to kill il.
l.
| He saw neighbor going by tho
house, and he ran out and put the
dove iii her hands,
"Plcase kill my dove" he said, "and
make my mother some broth; she il
so Sick
| Then he ran in the house, and tried
not to think Of his poor little dove.
! He did not want his mother to see
Ihin cry. for She wenld have said that
| the dove should not be killed. "
| In about an hour the ncighbor
brought some good hct broth; and
when TINS mother ate il, she saidsho
| felt almost well again.
| You shall have some more to-mor-
row, said thewoman. Il viii make
broth for you every day until you are
! well again"
| Tim followed the woman 10 thcdoor
Ias she went away, and said, SO that
Ihis mother should not hear, that he
had no more doves, and did mot know
how to get meat far more broth.
| Before tho woman couldrcply, there
| was u little rustic Of wings, and Fairy
flew IN and prrched on Tins shoul-
Ider.
eGpol eool' aho said, pecking at his
lchcek.
ayou see ] did not kill your dove" "
said the woman. | made tic hroth
Iron chicken, and ! haze ileaty
more al home Yoa were 4 good boy
to be willing q haxp your pot dow
killed % make broth for sous mother.
| How llappS I'm was He loved
his dove better then ever, now that he
lhad il baek again. His mother did
mot knew until she was quite well
Ihow near she had come to eating peer
little Fairy.-FYoreaee ., HolloEeR -
Or LIN 0aes
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The Magnificence ofOrslaosEoxy.
'Talpaage.


AS soon as the missionary begins to
doubt the story about the Garden Of
Eden and future punishment he re-
turns from India and goes into the in
slaranee business. Laughter. aNine-
ty-nine churches out of every hum
,dred, said Mr., Talmage wore built
81 men who believe ii the whole BIZ
BE. They may preach some other
doctrine now, but It Il q heterodox
gun on m orthodox carriage. Thco-
dore Parker preached against ortho-
doxy in Boston, and when I was a boy
| thought to myself, down goes the
churchsure. The Park Congregational
Church e=on the corner opposite,
and they called it derisively the hell
fire corner. But Theodore Parker
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22

=
"Do YOU iiotice,v lsked the gentle
man from PHILADELPHIA, ewhat a seri-
GUS melancholy, almost morose lnok
Henry Watterson's face wearsg That
~ the result Of his experience as d
Congressman His district once con-
sentud, almost unanimously, that Iio
should come to Congress. Wstterson
had not fairly settled himself in
Washington before anold lady down
in Tennessee, who had known him
when he was y boy, wrote to him for
seeds. He asked d friendly old mem
Ibor from New York as to the formula
to be used In getting seeds, and was
informed that he must write to the
Commissioner Of Agriculture, telling
what he wanted and giving the address
to which he wanted the seeds sent.
lie did write, and either through his
own careless wording Of the note or
somebody 4 mistake 1T the Agficultur-
al Department, Wattcrson's entire
supply OF seeds went to tie Old lady ID
Tennessee There were several sacks
faii u Them. Fl ! few days letters
began 70 come by the score from Wat
terson's own constituents esleh ono
demanding seeds. When lie wrote TO
the Commissioner 81 Agriculture he
was informed that his supply was eSH
baastcd He again sought the adviee
81 hi= Igiend, the New York ntsnibss;
1IBKes
rsa Il CEifr
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22

President Taylor, of the Mormon
church, said the other day: "hhen
they come west to wipe out polygamy
they will find 100000 muskets point
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22
A six acknowledgement sna ke.

1--WE want to see the big snake"
Such was the request made of Mr..
d. M. Licnhardt in explanation offa
ring at the door-bell OF his residence,
No. 1925 Poplar Street, the other
morning. On the steps we're gathered
a half-dozen children belonging in
that neighborhood, ranging in age
from five To twelve years, who eau
tiously inquired If The serpent were
likely to harm them. They were told
that no harm would befall them,. and
so the little ones entered. No sooner
had the door closed when another tug
at the bell informed Mr.. Lienhardt
that more callers were awaiting to be
admitted to satisfy their curiosity.
This time the visitors proved to be-
adults, aud 10 steady stream Of men.
women and children kept up all day.
much to the discomfort Of the obliging
ownor Of the thing which many had
come for squares around to see. I'm
tering the hall the spectators beheld .
Ipetrifed snake twelve feet long and
twenty inches in circumference,
weighing S75 pounds. It was found .
mouth ago imbedded in coal vein in
one Of tho mines of tho Leonard Coal
Company, in Centre County, Pa. Tho
miner who ran across the remarkable
specimen Of petrification, many hum
dred feet beneath the carth's surface,
was thunderstruck at the discovery,
and experienced something like q cold
chill down his back for the first few
moments after his pick had brought
to light the eerpent's head. He called
bis comrades, and they aided him in
digging it out. It had to be cut into
sixteen sections before II was gotten
out Of the vein. The snake was ex-
hibited for several days in a hut near
the mine, and people for miles around
flocked to the place to SEQ the strange
thing, the like Of which, 1t was said,
had never before becn seen in those
parts.
An officer Of the Leonard Coal Com
pany obtained possession Of it, and
had it on private exhibition for
several days at his Office, No 207 Wall
nut Place. lie soon became, tired OF
| the rush, which included brokers and
business men, TO his Office to got .
glimpse Of the petrifea snake, SO he
presented II toits present owner. Tho
latter has also been run down by visi-
| tors, but his love for cnriosities is 80
great that he would sooner put up with
such annoyance than part with his
present.
The snake il q dark load color Its
head, body and tail are wonderfully
|wcll preserved, the outlines being
| quite distinct It Is somewhat flat
tened on top. and through the centrp
|of the body is ridge IN inch N
depth.
| a well-iniormcd naturalist, canneet-
cd with the Academy Of Natural Sri-
fI@' 4
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1884-03-22
\ MARSH I. flsE DEAD I
oR LAS HE aoNE 70 MExrco?


SENSATIONAL Report that Tennessee's
Defaulting Treasurer is
Still Living.
NASHVILLE, March 1.-THE World
Iof this city YESTERDAY published the
following sensational and highly inn
probable story.
On the last day of February, a SEN
sation was created throughout the
country by the report that Marshal
I. Polk, the defaulting Treasurer Of
Tennessee, had suddenly died at his
home in Nashville Of something like
neuralgia Of the heart, and IN a day
or two thereafter the alleged remains
Of the unfortunate man were shipped
to his old home at Bolivar, Tenn, and
there inferred. There were but few
who who were permitted to view the
remains, but no suspicion that we
have ever heard Of lurkedin the breast
OF any that all was not well--that the
death was not true, but it seems now
that Mr.. Polk is not dead, but ere this
is as free as the birds OF air, and safely
hidden in his Mexico mines deep in
the bowels Of the earth, while his al
legged remains are that ola Nashville
medical college subject. Thisiniorma-
ton is cleaned from gentleman by
the name Of Wcstbrook, former res
ident Of Nashville, who passed through
this city this morning en- route to the
West from trip through the South,
who saw and talked with Polk at San
Antonio, Texas, and promised the
fleeing felon that he would not give
the matter to the press until he had
passed Memphis. Polk thought by
that time he would be safe) and o
Times man was the first member OF
the press he met after having passed
that point. Mr.. Wostbrook says he
walked up to Polk and made himself
known, and that he never saw aman
SO much affected in his life, and beg
ged iinplored him to not cause his ar
rest or speak Of having seen him.
This, Mr.. Westbrook refused to pro-
mise, but did agree not to speak Of the
matter until after he had passed
through Memphis, but said Il shall
give the whole thing away to the first
newspaper man / meet beyond the
Bluff City, and said he You are tile
first, and now you can use the infor-
nation in any way you deem best. and
can positively assert its correctness,
as know it is Polk, having known
him years ago quite well, and despite
bis disguise, ! recognized him al
once" In reply to question from
the Times man Mr.. Westbrook said
| eNo, sir, Marsh Polk is not dead, and
never has been. His friends took adj
vantage of this condition Gas matter
| Of fact he was sick) and assisted him to
escape from the clutches Of the law by
means OF securing the remains O .
Nashville medical college subject, the
subject, being substituted for that q
! Polk, and Was shipped TO Bolivar
1 viewing the same either at Nashville
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e e@m

q, .,.zstilos ii the assienmen q
! rs h sns13illlips { Co, cotton deal is
: = 'ss'',,.ss s''ssrs,ns I. Madi on. which fa
liIei lo- Iay. show sheir .ial j les e Is
sl.s0 Isl. anl thrir nunia ! p z
47.s;ssss7;5
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-10-19
C.o:s Defamation.

After the Carson Appeal has shrugged
through wears of toll AMI priy4tion; fore
going its beer and sweiiLrr, and mas fin
ally saved the means to li.: The mortgage
it was obliged TO give in order TO pay the
damages awarded by the Court. 1t will
probably be a !i;t!c more careful how it
dcfaiues the character Of an innocent
unsusPect!ng citizen. In its issue Of the
Sth, the Appeal says: ~. Tabor, the
man who forged u railroad pass has
reached this city and will remain in the
State Prison for one YEAR
In III interview with Milo Taber, Dep
uty Sheriff Of this county vest rdny, he
admits tina; he was recently at Carson,
but indignantly denies that he had any
intention of remaining more than u
few hours ut the farthest, at the Warm
Springs. lie also Expressed a fixed de-
termination to enter suit against the APP
PEAL for assault and bait, ~ upon, his
hitherto unhIemishcd character, laying
damages at SlU0.C 600; and he'll do it too,
don; YOU forget IL,
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1884-10-19
REVERSING TIE SUPREME COURT.

The County Commissioner Of Washoc
have refused to comply with the demand
to include in their proclamation the Oil
ccs al Count Assessor and School Sup
crintendcut, and have issued n pro-
clamntiou for the election of all county
ai,d precinct officers, with the exception
o! the officers named. Here is II chance
for two c~ntcrgrIsiny citizens to step in
mud secure an Office apiccc.-yirsinii
Enterprise.
10 the above the Journal replies:
Wnshuc does nos propose to reverse the
Supreme Court. There Is q law on tho
statute book that provides that the
Treasurer Of Washoe county shall be cy.
oifciO Assessor, and Wasloc proposcat to
elect ri Assessor ia the person of Lcr
Treasurer. The Sale applies to School
superintendent, the law referred to-,
making the County Clerk ex-osico
superintendent, II Washoe county has
no right II TO this the Supreme Court
will have to say so.
Will the Journal have the Kindness "a
mention the section in which that law
Appears?