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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20
WASHINGTON MATTERS.
What is Going On at the National
Capital.
Notes from the Committee Rooms
and Halls Of Congress,
Below will be found batch of late notes
of interest from Washington:
MEMBERSHIP OF THE SENATE.


MEMBERSHIP OF TIE SENATE.
Some idea of the torn1anencv of the MEM
bership of the Senate may be formed by l.
the fact that while twenty-sx senatorial |
elections were held to fill terms begin
ming the 4th of March, only eight new
seventy-siX members of the next I
Senate siXty-sX at least VIII he old mem
bcrs, the election in illinois and Oregon
not having taken place. The new members .
VIII be Mr. Spooncr, of Wisconsin; Hanford,
% f Tliiiornla' W llsoh OF MARI lanu, Eusols'
If 0bio. Jnnos of A ,lo,sos ard i9Iaci I'm ~ M
If Eantnctr H.. GTa'.o 1f PbnJo IyIo1d'
is alroaIv n moInhor Of flo senate ana Mr.
Teller Of Colorado Mr. Hills successor
return. o f. tIo eoo ncot,d fbrno
400 to Loconoo ,nemLer 81
President Artb,Iris no1irot Tic election ~
n RornbIican IRON, Ijiiuois o,1j ornc,on vii
@ivc The Rennblicans rnrtI,.tyv1 ,ncn6srs in
GIu linz, Scnator.s Wahons and RiIJlehargar
and f6a Dn,n0trats tI,irf,'f"i,,. A. ,,,,as'2,t
there nra fol,r committees Of fno Sen.
ate The cbairmanship Of seven Of them is
GIIad NV Damocrotic Go,a+ors md tLirtv9
snt.o, h;y, Poc,Ilico,is
'0''" " A'o PuO-'o' '''
CONDITION OF THE TREASURY.
y statement prepared by the United States |
treasurer shows the condition of the treasury
as follows:
Reserve st4i COS seal
Net cold i1:' SCi3 i79 |
Net Silver IL Az 034
Net United States notas III 0qS isl
~, -. -, 900, - -. ,,o,
o,S iyV - - OIe le9el NC W 10 ;Io,
~ d neO soid' - Wi neO sHEer,
E5ItltIl'SC@SG' anu i'o' OIl'cu N'"'oS Ho'es'
,' t,.,4 H.. 49,. .......- - 40
- ~ ouO"S an llcIe 'ao ~ -,
.if'D'' III til9 ieser w. d ue,Ies''e %
,f III heC soI' an increase OF sd125i' -: IN
nv ~ UCOle'.99 Vi ~ -''o'' ~ III Vilo
Ioo = iilVy MI o'u',S me- ny PeiIsAoH pay
,,-r,r mr., ..,,,.,,-,,, ..,u.....
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is eu d p.ohtse vi lIl''seI les''l zen
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iS. ~. NniyH McIc pre-
f a. iiio au' sui e'uIy az -NeN vi
tin Nc 80 es'i,' a. W.
WASHINGTON. Only one quarter of elcl note
is missing, and therefore they will probably |
be redeemed at their full value under the law
which provides for the redemption of Il
notes in full where less than two
fitths of the note is missing.
An examination shows that the notes wereI
torn IN such way that the fragment from
each of four notes could be used in making
an entirely new and complete note. The
notes manufactured in this way were putt
into circulation and the notes from which
they had been made were sent to
the treasury for redemption. While
the patched notes would perhaps escape
detection by the general public, there are
numerous ways of recognizing the fraud. ltI
IS impossible to secure the r. gut numbers on
the made notes while the silk thr ud running
through the paper being Of different co.ors
and i'll different places, furnishes unmis,aka-
2 ~ a n o. la ~ in
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20
W aShiIHgtOn.

SENATOR PALMER'S recent address favor
ing woman suffrage * the first set speech ever
delivered in Congress on the subject.
THE board of directors of the Garfield Me-
mortal hospital at Washington have asked
Congress for an appropriation of $4,000.
The hospital is supported by charitable con-
tributions, but is now much in need OF funds
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20
LATER CONVERSATIONAL NEWS.
Senate.

The agricultural appropriation bill was re-
ported to the Senate. 1t appropriates son.
100; an increase of SD $40 over the amount
appropriated by the bill as it passed the
House.. The Indian appropriation bill was
taken up and discussed.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

The House by.l44 yeas to So nays, passed
the Senate bill granting pension of 81 900
year TO the widow of General George II.
Thomas. Several amendments to the post
Office appropriation bill We're passed . The
legislative appropriation bill was discussed
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-20

Decorative lamps continue fashionable
for the ''house beautiful" and are a
great saving of money in these days of
poor gas and exhorbitant gas bills,
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09

he opined, also, rather Significantly, that
the Queen would not lose much of the so
ciety of the Princess Beatrice after her mar
riage, but would only gain that OF the Prince
her husband, who is 3 nice, rather Monts-
guish looking fellow. Leaving Windsor. We
drove directly down the long walk, lined
on either side with noble trees set so thickly
that a complete wall hundreds of feet high
il formed, which give cool shade on the hot
test dsv; past the model farm, through
the great park, over the Victoria and
Albert bridge to qusint odd Windsor
and out to Eaton and Eaton School, where
the BOYS were enjoying their noon recess in
the cricket ground or Fastening back IN
troops TO the afternoon REGULATIONS. The
ride to Stoke Porgis is lovely. through quiet
lanes, lined with trees or thrifty hedgeroWs,
and as We had not time to stop anywhere for
luncheon we improved the occasion by lay
ipg in a store of the great, delicious Eoghsh
strawberries and currsnt buns, which we
lunched upon with appetite and shared With
our driver, The most conspicuous objects
on the way were the carved stone lions at
the entrance Of the grounds and park, 1000
acres in extent, Of fine country house,
orce intended as home for the Prince OF
Wales. now owned and occupied by (sccord-
inc 10 our coachman) Coleman Mustard u
This eondiment is placsrded in large letters
through out Euglrnd, and We were quite Glad
TO find CUT that its proprietor had not only
so locala hsbltStion but 80 saup'lous one.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09

careful to prove that they were married be-
fore the passage of the Edmunds bill, which
is OF believed to be the case, were free to
admit that they had been married to the de.
PENDANTS, and had lived with them during
the present year. Friends of the polygamists
in prison collected enough money the
other day to hire brass band, and, on re-
ceiying permission from the warden Of the
penitentiary the musicians took their posi-
tions under the adobs walls and played ior
an hour or two, to the great delight of the
brethren on the inside. A rule Of the pris-
on relative to polygsmous convicts is that
only the first wife can visit the place, and
IS, in The majority Of cases, the 6rst wife
does not care whether the old man rots in
prison or not, not many women are to be
seen at the peniteptiary. The brass band
serensde is thought TO have been an idea Or
iginsting in the brain of some one of the
polygamons wives who may have regretted
her volubihty when on the witness stand.
The newcomers, who are for the most part
ignorant and depraved creatures are gener-
ally profoundly impressed with the doctrine
Of healing by the laying on of hands. Hun
dreds Of deaths occurin this Territory every
year BY reason of the blind fanaticism which
teaches this absurd method OF curing the
sick. 1t is noticeable fact that the mum
merry is usually gone through with in cases
Of children only, and many little sufferer,
whom some simple remedy might have
saved, has been permitted to die by rea-
.on Of the neglect of its parents to care
or it. Two children of Mormon couple
living at Nephi were taken sick few days
ago, and two or three elders we're called in
to 90 through the motions Of laying on
hands. One child died, and a physician,
hearing of the case, offered his assistance,
but it was refused. The next day the other
little one died. TIE doctor SAID they were
suffering from a stomach trouble which
would in all probability have yielded imme'
diately to medical treatment.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09
An Empress in Wooden Shoes.


This little place was all agog on account
of 8 recent visit made by that eccentric wo-
man, the Empress Of Austria. One day she
took il into her head to inspect the sea walls
at Ymulden. She brought pair of wood
In shoes, and with a dress that was short
enough to reveal considerable of q beautiful
pair Of limbs, she walked along the beach
from a town seven miles form Ymuldeu. 1t
was not until she threw away the shoes and
gave the boatman who rowed her across the
harhor tEo thalers that it dswned upon the
Ymulden mind what su important person
age had hOuored the village By visit. Said
one tall. thin inhabitsut of the place, who
might have been Western farmer, as far
"a looks 90: II would have given twenty
forms for those shoes" and then he added:
She was fnelooking woman. She trip
ned along the sand as lightly as gi-. of Is,
and she didn't look older than thai if you
walked behind her. Such waist she had
Tall and graceful, with foot any woman
might be proud of! The only thing didn't
ike about her was her nose; that IS little
red aud her face is sunburnt Such was
he tall Ymulden mans description of the
wife of the Emperor of Austria.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09
DRAMATIC DoINGS.


Louise Searle has obtained divorce from
her husband.
Emma Nevada has gone t, Europe for q
months rest.
Roland Reed has secured Nat Childs as
his business manager.
A wedding is booked ahead for Aft Nc
Dowell and Frances Bishop.
Barney McAuley. tits reported, will return
to the road next season.
The regular season at Wallscks Theatre,
New York, commences October 18th.
Laura Don is in feeble health and has
gone to South Carolina tor restoration.
Nv, Us Co" has Just closed its remark
ably successful season in Denver
The Black Huzzsr,' New Yorks great
dramatic Sensation, has terminated.
Janish sailed from Liverpool, England,
July 10, for New York, and is now overdue
Marie Vanoni was in Switzerland at last
accounts. She will soon return to Paris.
Rernbsrdt was conspicuous at the fune-
rsl of Victor Hugo and dressed IN pure
white.
Manager McCaull is base ball enthusi-
ast, and was in former years an expert
player.
Sarah Bernhardts house in the Rue For
tuuyt, Paris, France, has been sold for S45,-
600.
Tom and Clara Maxwell are in London,
and will play few engagements there this
summer.
The lobby aud entrance of Niblo.s Gar
den, New York, are 10 be handsomely re-
decorated.
Annie Robe is sumnieriug in England,
and proposes to return to this country in
September.
Frank Daniels will star ext season in a
play of his own, which he is now having
writtea for him by Charles q. Hoyt
All the New York theatres are draped in
mourning for General Grant. The General
was very fond.of the theatre.
The Kiralfys will make new move mex
.sason by putting on a three &C comedy
without any spectacular effects whatever.
Mary Anderson expects to return to Eng
and after our of America and settle for
life. She will not 60 upon the stage again.
Maud Forester recently underwent a
painful internal operation in London, Eng
land, and is now slowly recovering from its
etfects
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09

historic inscription-is Just around the cor
ner in Cough Square, small court rather
than sguare, and there is a triangle OF
courts and alleys and yards aud narrow
lanes and old chop houses in the locality,
so that IL is difficult for even London cab
man 10 find the exact spot. But once found
there is no mistsk nc it. Ssls and Others
have described it and an inscription By the
door announces that it was rebuilt IN 1861.
II is still famous as ever for its "rumpsteak
pudding" which is compounded of a crust
made with suet, fresh cut steak mushrooms,
an oyster or two, famous sauce plquante
and little pounded biscuit or -four; for Its
Welsh rabbit stewed with ale; for 1t stupen-
dous chops, which must be cut from sheep
grown for the purpose; for Its msstsrd aud
bread and cheese. Ii and its habitues stick
to the long clay pipes, several of which we
brought away; and our admiration Of the
great Christmas bowl in which the rump-
steak pudding is made 90 Won upoa the pre-
siding genius Of the kitchen, which we were
allowed to inspect, that she gave Us small
square tin-a square jelly cake tin in min
iature-as the veritable with q twinkle)
self same little tin in which johnson had his
cheese stswed. Joke or not, the "olde Ches-
hirescheese" Is az interesting and curious
fact And whether Shakespeare visited here
or not, Goldsmith and Yoltaire, Pope, Boil
irgbroke and Congreve, as well as rare Ben
Johnson and his tslky biograpder were GER
tainly frequent guests. An old play, now
in q wen known library in Edinburg, con-
tsips the following references to this famous
resort:
"COme to the cheese, good friends, come to the
cheese
There III engage that thou shalt quickly ind
The creature comforts that thou needs 50 much
Thy body fsmished first fer want Of sack:
And next for lack OF something good to eat.
Haste TO the cheese, good friend, haste to the
cheese"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09
A First-Base Insinuation,
RccIsstsI Is. ~ Union.

A Harvard baseball player Of six years
or so back, Businessman Kent, renowned Tor
bis enormous hands, seems to find those
same hands adapted to directing the shoot
ing the young idea The Portsmouth N.
q High School is trying to get him for
principal away from.the Concord IN; H.
High School, offe ing him s., 400 salary.
brooklyn Union. q,
This same Businessman Kent, who played
on the Harvard nine in 1875 and esriieEr is
.sid to have inspired the irreyereut remark
Of Yale undergraduate, who, returning to
New Haven after game in Cambridge,
vas asked how it vas that bis nine did not
Ein. With look of helpless resignation,
ne replied: at WIS the hand OF ProVi-
deuce-on first base" When Kents aru
hung down beside him his finger tips reach
ed to his knees.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09

II vas rather touching to see the rc9poe'
with which q gray haired aud reverend look
Jog gentleman, with bis nice wife and sweet
looking daughter, watched the approach OF
II q Queer. Not so much" as he sfierwlrd
remarked, when he met his family party on
the Nor Terrace, because she is the
Queen, a. because she has been an 'eXem-
plary' vie and mother-hss brought up her
sons and daughters to perform their duty
and exercised an influence for good upon
the whole nation The North Terrace, the
stables and s.. Georges Chapel are open to
the public az certain hours-every day in
the week but ons-and also the Great Park
and grounds, including the Long Walk,
even when the Queen is at Windsor, as are
all Grown properties and residences-so
III is easy to see how strongly attached she
must be 10 her one own and only home OF
Osborne. The North Terrace commands
the widest view Of any within the walls Of
of the castle Il looks out upon Eaton Col.
lege and its surrounding neighborhOod, aud
down into q wooded rsvine, which is tan.
gle Of luxurisnt greenery, intersected with
lovely walks and furnished with resting
places beneath the fine old trees.
st. Georges's Chapel contains the tonbs
a some Of those EngGshmen who have de-
foted their lives 10 the service Of the Crown,
nd notably the eenotaph, dedicated TO the
Nemory of the unfortunate Princess Char
lie, famous for its yelled figures of weep
~ women. In this chapel have been es.e-
hated ell the royal marriages and there is
%est discomfort among the members of the
Rusehold at Windsor because Whipping
I'm Church was preferred by the Princsss
Neatriee for her nuptials with Prince Henry
n Baitenbberg. "Whippingham Church,
Id the young cieerone, who escorted Us
bound the stables, won't old 800 people,
~ d they can't hentertsin as many as that
a Hosborne, but there's no accounting for
stes" The bay horses, he explained, were
Ministers and such, when they csus to
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09

CHAIR |!
kHkkhkkEkk


The White Mountain Hammock Chair
differs from all other stationary or reclining
chairs in that il is better, stronger and
simpler, is adapted to the house. lawn,
porch or camp and rs just chuck full Of
quiet comfort and blessed rest, Is Far su-
perior to the hammock in every way, and
can be put up so as to be always in the
shade.
BY its peculiar construction II isbalanced
in all positions. requiring no tnstenings to
keep it in place. The Ootrest can be
quickly and easily adjusted to suit the short
est or tallest persons. The sea, is made OF
strong canvas, fitting perfectly the entire
length, without drawing the clothing tightly
around the body, thus MAILING il much
cooler than hammock; while the annoy
arce of catching buttons, tearing down the
ladies' hair, or in any way displaying the
limbs is avoided.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09

p;le of stone and as she was in residence,
Inc Marquis and Marchloness of Salisbury
on a visit. and the Duchess of Teck expected
by the lilo trsin," We were not invited to
rrolour our stay. We saw the Queen, how
ever. and the Princess Beatrice as they
drove across the inner court in allow phIeton,
which one Of The Young ladies' Of our party
shur ghr Not hslf so handsome as our own,
an their way TO FrogmoFe, or on their re-
1urr-I forgot which and it does not matter.
.Trcrmore is where the Prince Consort' $
rsrsoleum is erected. a picture Of which is
prosecuted below, and is frequently visited
.by the Queen.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09

Englishmen of this class manage to q6ichsr
Win some married woman prominent in 90
ciety, they have even less difficulty in getting
along. Here it is different A man 9TH.
out an income soon degenerates into dead
beat II he plays cards he pockets his win
nisgs but never pays when he loses- he 10
tolerated ct the clubs because he is an anus.
ing cuss.' He leads 9 poor life compared
10 his cousins across the frog pond"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09
LAKES OF SOLID SALT.
Fortunes in Frozen Salines Which the Wild
Men of MerV Use.

Men of MerV Use.
Iaseryier trih SIR Peter LWaslea.
Yar-cilan means "tbe suukeu ground
and no word can better describe the general
appearance of the valley of these lakes.
The total length of the valley from the
Kspgruah road on the west to the Bandit
Dozsn, which bounds it on the east, is about
thirty miles, and its great breadth about
eleven miles, divided into two parts by
connecting ridge which runs across from
uorth to south, with an average height OF
about 1900 feet, but has narrow, which
rises to some 100 feet above the general
average.
To the west Of this ridge lies the lake
from which the TekAe Turcomaus from
Mere get their sat: Tue valley Of this lake
is some six miles square and is surrounded
on al sides by steep, almost precipitous,
descent, impossible for baggage animals,
20 far as am aware except BY the Merv
road in the northeast corner. The level OF
The lake made to be about 1870 feet above
The sea level, which gives it descent Of
some 400 feet from the level of the conuec-
ting ridge, and OF some $50 feet below the
general plateau above. The lake itself lies
IN the centre OF tue OASIu, duu tuo supply Va
salt in it is apparently unlimited.
The bed of the lake is one solid mass OF
hard salt, perfectly level, and covered BY
Only on inch or two of water. To ride over
g was like riding over ice or cement. Th4
Bottom was covered with q slight sedt-
meut, but when that was scrped away tha
pure white salt shone out below. How deep
tbis deposit may be it is impossible to say
for no one has ever yet got to the bottom o
It. To the east of the dividing ridge is the
second lake, from which the Saryks Of
PehiHeh take their salt The valley in
Vbich this lake is situated is much the larger
the two.
The valley proper is itself some fifteen
miles in length By about ten miles in breadth.
The descent to it is precipitous on the north
and west sides only, the eastern and south
eastern end slopiug gradually up in a sue
cession of uudulations. The level of this
lake is apparently lower than that of the
other. | made il out to be some 500 feet
above sea level. The salt in this lake is not
so smooth "a In the other and did not look
so pure. 1t is dug out in fakes or strata,
generally of some four or FIVE inches in
thickness, is loaded into bags and carried
on camels fer sale without further prepare
ton
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09

The quiet graveyard at Stoke Porgis is
disfgured BY an imposing monument IN
shocking bad taste which some man with
more money than brains was permitted to
erect, hut which stands there quite useless
"a monument of his own stupidity-for the
collective sense OF the people would not per
nit the remains of the poet or the simple
inscription on the wall Of the church to b.
disturbed to satisfy the vulgar desire for re-
hec;ed glory Of one individual So the poet
sill repOSe5 in peace BY the side OF his
mother under the old lateral tombstones,
and the daisies and the buttercups grow up
about him and the ivy clings green about
he walls Of the little church that he loved
and in the shadows OF which he rests.
"Gray's Elegy' is one OF the perfect poems
in the English language. Its tone, sentl-
sentiment and imagery are all in unison, and
are unmarried BY single flaw in language
or construction. 1t WAS formerly required
Of every child in Eng ish schools that they
should accqire this poem by memory; and
il SAYS something for literary taste OF some
American schools today that they make this
exquisite work principal lesson in English
literature; the poem itself, be it understood,
not somebody's talk about it and IFS author
and his snteCedents, of whish 80 much o.
oar present literature is composed.
The last day of our stay in London ecips-
"a all previous experiences. We went with
an American friend, long resident abroad,
TO lunch at the old Cheshire Cheese tav.
ern, Wine Office Court, Fleet street, the re-
sort of johnson, and even of Shakespe are,
where the old timbered doors, the settles
and 6replaces, the pewter mugs aud spoons,
and lesped dismond-psned windows rrmsin,
and where you can sit in the very spot WHARF,
the famous old doctor took his pint Of no ne
brewed and Boswell got off his quain eat
spicram:
Earth has no land, nor land town, wis
Nor town a house, or house lord like this.
The authorship of this is unknown an
nay have been Boswell himself
DR. Samuel Johnsons own houge-with
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.
The ERig


Upon the garden gate Henrieo 'eaned;
Aihwart his pallid face a look
OF agony had passed, and his eye
Glanced in despair toward
The creature whom he loved.
"Sow, by'T lady" quoth he, but twere well
Defeat, that may cen scatter
His carrion up the plain"
His breast heavei with fury, and his breath
Game in short Jerks even as The mule
Panteth and heaves in struggling
To emerge from a mud hole.
And as Henrico spoke, there was sound o'erhead
As OF the raising OF a window,
And from above thAre came
A boOtjaek, hurled with exceeding potency;
IL struck Henrieo athwart the liver,
And later he was taken tothe Morgua-
Thus in the midst Of lifsare we In death:
At noon we eat the cold, unfeeling cucumber
And when the night appears
three-ring circus starts within our bowels
There Is nothing certain my lords,
Save the rush Of DEMOCRATS for Post Onhces.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-08-09
THE YOUNG FIDLER.

Keynote.
Hove to play the violin,
And hear the sound 20 sweet.
II gently rests beneath my chin,
Ny weary heart to greet.
] cannot play II well;
Ihzve not learned II long;
And when / play, Is you can tel.
get little wrong.
Those stupid folks Who live next door
They hate the violin;
But win practice more and more
Ny dear old violin.