davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

There is one province of Turkey that
even in time of peace suffers many of
the horrors of war. This is the classic
province OF Macedon. In that region it
is not unusual to see Greek, Bulgarian,
Turkish and Albanian village standing
side by side, each as alien from the
others as though separated by the Alps.
1t results that the discussions so univer
sal throughout Turkey in Europe find
here their vital knot. Each race in
Turkey claims this province on grounds
which no one can dispute. Even in
times of peace the whole province
swarms with brigands, and one is hard
Iy safe outside the walls of Salonica. OF
the different competitors for the owners
ship of the province the sympathies of
our people rather side with the Greeks.
But it is hard to believe that any small
power will emerge from general Turk
ish war with any prize OF value. For in
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

A steam sheep shearing machine is
successfully used in Melbourne, Aus
tralia. 1t consists of cutting wheel
geared to the shaft of small turbine,
about three inches in diameter, and
which is operated by current of steam
conveyed from the boiler by an india
rubber tube. In front of the cutter is a
comb which serves as a guarl against
cutting the skin of the sheep. The
apparatus is made of brass, something in
the shape of small trowel 1t is used
in the same fashion as the shears, but
cuts much more rapidly and cleaner,
without the least danger of injuring the
0eece or the sheep.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18
Always Falls on Somebody.

Justice always falls on somebody in
China. A barber in Iiankow threatened
his assistant with prosecution on the
charge OF stealing twenty-eight cents,
whereupon the accused man took opium.
An official investigation was ordered, but
the barber brought up the Mandarin,
who acquitted HIN, but as it was neces-
sary to make an example of somebody
ordered the policeman in whose beat the
barber lived to be fined and severely
whipped. - Chicago Herald.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18
CHICKEN CHOLERA,
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A French officer has invented a rifle
which can he loaded with. seven car
tridges in ten seconds and discharged in
four. 1t does not have to be removed
from the shoulder until empty.
TO find capacity of a cylindrical vessel
in gallons multiply the area in inches by
height in inches, and divide product ty
23l. To find capacity of four sided
vessel in gallons, find cubical contents
by multiplying the length, breadth and
height in inches, and divide product
by231.
An electric needle and battery are
now used quite extensively for destroy
ing the roots of offensive hairs upon the
face. in the case Of a young woman
with heavy beard, 5000 hairs were
removed, the process requiring two or
three years, each root having to be
killed separately.
Regarding the manural value of
freshly fallen tree leaves it has been ascer
tanned through the researches OF Profes-
scr Emmerlng, DR.. Loges and Herr
Emeis, that beech, oak and birch leaves
contain only two to two and two-third
per cent. of utilized matter plane up to
four, and poplar and willow five to s.. Z
per cent.
The manufacture of mild steel by the
Bessemer process has, it is said been SC
greatly reduced in cost in England that
steel ships and iron ships of the same
class have come to be offered at pre-
cisely the same price. This possibility,
it is remarked, arises largely from the
fact that a steel ship of a given strength
can be made of much lighter weight
than one of iron.
English journals record the late voy-
age of large steamer owned in London
which has been fitted to burn petroleum.
Good time was made, and general salts
faction is expressed with the expert
ment. The consumption Of oil on the
voyage was little over eight gallons
per hour, costing about one pound per
day, while the est of coal for that
period is calculated to be seven pounds.
Beside the saving in coal, great saving
will he effected in labor, there being nc
shoveling of coal into the furnaces and
no accumulation of ashes to remove.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

For an American to marry in Mexico
Is a somewhat serious business. He
must be three times married, twice in
Spanish and once in English beside
having public notice of his intention
of marriage placed on bulletin board
for twenty days before the ceremony.
This is the law. The public notice can
be gotten around by the payment of a
sum of money, but residence of one
month is necessary. The three ceremonies
are the contract of marriage, the civil
marriage the only marriage recognized
by law since 1S5S-and the usual but
not obligatory church service The first
two must take place before judge, and
in the presence of at least four wit
nesses and the American consul. The
civil marriage is the legal form of mar
rage. These ceremonies are necessarily
in Spanish. Most weddings are confirmed
by church service.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

Mississippi is rapidly coming forward
as dairy State. One county with the
remarkable name of Oktibbeha has
twenty silos, built the present year,
while there were previously five others
in use. There is also creamery in full
blast in that county, and if years ex-
perience proves success more of them
may be looked for in the immediate fu-
ture, for they are rushing things down
there now.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18
, thy bold eyes, oh, too belated start

Hide thy bold eyes, oh, too belated start
My love awaKeS!
Ger distant hills triumphant Phnbus' car
In splendor breaks
Hush, all the earth-thy waking haste re
press;
Let naught disturb my loves first conscious
na-S.
Now part her lips-away, too froward dawn
They Close again that constitutes a yawn)
Her eyelii, ops-the god OF sleep subdues
Shh street hes turns - and takes anothe
slco.e,
-BRghdmton Republican,
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

The French railway companies are
employing women in all positions on their
roads. They are ticket Sellers account
ants, gate tenders, bookkeepers, letter
copyers, clerks in transportation and
store departments, and they have charge
of lunch,rooms and newspaper stands.
Altogether there are $500 women EN-.
ployed, of whom 400 are widows, who
provide the sole supp ort of their families.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

The most profitable way to advertise
is through the newspapers. They arc
the ''abstract and brief chronicles of the
times" and those who want information
on any business subject consult their col
umns, and almost involuntarily run their
eyes over the advertisements while they
are in search Of the news.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18
DisagreeabIe-- dangerous

Catarrh is an exceedingly disagreeable disease Its
varied symptoms-discharge at the nose, bad breath,
pain between the eyes, coughing, choking sensation,
ringing noises in the cars, &c.-beng not only trou-
blesome to the sufferer but offensive to others. Ca
arrh is also dangerous because 1t may lead to bron-
chitis consumption. Being blood disease the
true method to is purify the blood To purify
the blood take Hoods Sarsaparllla, by which many
sufferers from catarrh have been cured.
81 suffered three years from catarrh and my gen
eral health was poor in consequence When took
Hoods Sarsaparilla found had the right remedy.
The cntarrh Is yielding as Hoods Sarsaparilla is
cleansing my blood, and the general tone Of my sys
TEN is improving Ny case is Of such long standing
that did not expect to be cured in an Instant
FRANK WAsHBURS, Rochester. n. Y
81 suffered with catarrh fifteen years; tried all the
catarrh remedies without benefit, and about to
try change of climate when took Hoods Sarsa
parilla would not take any money consideration
Tor the good one bottle did me. Now am not trou
bed any with catarrh" IL w. ILLS, Chicago, Ill.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists 81 six for S. Made only by
c. l. HOOD ~ Co, Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

Twenty five monuments to Napoleon
I. are standing in the cities of France,
despit the Commune and revolution.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

the lap of that unhappy peninsula new
apple of discord has been thrown, on
which is written, ".To the strongest.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

The Frazer Axle Grease is the best and in
trinsically, the cheapest. Don't work your
horses to death by using poor grease. Try 1t.
AoNCE prominent minister of the gospel is
running bar in Ulcda, NJ. II.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

. = Decline of man or woman, prema-
turely induced by excuses or bad practices,
speedily and radically cured Book dllustrated)
10 cents in stamps Consultation free. Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, y. y.
LARGE numbers of Cinnamon are emigrat-
ing from this country to Mexico.
MENSMAN'S PEPTONIZED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nluri-
ttOlts properties. II contains blood-making
force Generating and DEMONSTRATING properties
invaluable FOR Indigestion dyspepsia, nervous
prOstration, and all forms of general debility;
also, in all cnfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prOstration, over
work or acute disease, particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard &c
Co., PrOprietors, New York. Sold by druggists.
Rescued from Death.
William j. Coughin, of Somervile, Mass,
says: In the fall of 1876 was taken with BLEED
ING OF LUNGS followed by a severe cough. l
lost my appetite and flesh, and was confined to
my bed. In 1877 / was admitted to the Hospital.
The doctors said had a hole in my lung as big
as a half dollar. At one time a report went
around that i was dead. / gave up hope, but
n friend told me of DR. WILLIAM HALLS
BAISAM FOR THE LUNGS. / got bottle, when,
to my surprise, l commenced to feel bctterand
to-day l feel better than for three years past.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18
A LUCKY Wan.

"a lucky man is rarer than Il white crow"
says Juvenal. and we think he knew How
ever, we have heard Of thousands Of lucky ones
and we propose to let their secret out. They
We're people broken down in health, suffering
with liver, blood and skin diseases. sCrofula,
drOpsy, and consumption, and We're lucky
enough To hear of and wise enough to use DR..
Piercc'> Golden Medical Discovery" the SOW
eregn blood purifier, tonic and Alternative OF
the age.
A SYNDICATE of Southerners is raising funds
TO establish an agency in New York city for the
sale of Confederate money.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

uET Dior working people. Send 10 cents pos
IAGA1 tage and we will mail you Jree, roysl
valuable sample box Of goods that will put you in
me way OF making more money in a few days than
you thought possible at any business Capital not
required. You can live at home and work in spare
time only, OF all the time All Of both sexes Of an
ages, gfandly successful. 80 cents to IS easily
earned every evening. That all who want work
may test the business, we make this unparalleled
offer: To all who are not well satisfied we will send
81 to pay for the trouble Of writing u.s. Full partic-
ulars, directions, etc, sent free Immense pay alb
sol1tey sure for all who start at once. Don't delay
Address STIEsoN O. Co., Portland, Maine.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

WHEN you get your boots and shoes straight
ened use Lyons Heel Stitiencrs; they will save
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

A PLANT has been discovered in Central
America from which real" ostrich feathers
will soon be made.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18

months treatment for 5Oc. Pso's Remedy
for Catarrh. sold by druggists.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18
lake HENS lay

Hog Ih0Iora, &c. Sold everyWhere scnt nv mani
stamps Furnished IN large cans price 81 OO hv mail 81 a
Circulars free. l. 5. JOHNSON d CO., Boston, Mass
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-12-18
SC2OFULA,

Whether transmitted from parents or acquired is
within the curative range Of the Sarsapa.lia Re
solvent.
Cures have been made where persons have been
afflicted with rntui from their youth mp 10 30, 30
and Az wears ot age, by DIR. RADWAlS SARSAPA-
RLIIAN IESOLNENT,a remedy composed of in
gradients of extraordinary medical properties essen
tal to purify. nal repair and lnylgorate the broken
down and wasted body. quick, pleasant, safe and
permanent in - rrItmant aud cure.
Sold by all drug,i~ls. one dollar bottle.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-26
WASHINGTON TOPICS.
THE TELEPHONE CASE.
Oral Arguments Closed, and Within Ten
Days Written Ones VIII be Submitted.

WASHINGTON, November 17.-Now
that the argument in the telephone case
has been closed, the Interior Department
officials have chance to consider the
bearing of all they have heard. Counsel
on both sides have ten days yet to file
written arguments, and no steps will be
taken by Secretary Lamar in the direc-
ton of making report until this addi-
tional matter has been presented
There is no doubt of the effect produc-
ed by the arguments of the opposition to
the Bell telephone. From conversations
about the Interior Department it can
readily be judged that there is On impres.
sion there that strong prima facie case
has been made against the validity of the
Bell patents. If this feeling Is not chang
ed by the arguments to be presented in
writing, the report of the Secretary Of
the Interior will give the Attorney Gen
eral strong basis for legal proceedings in
the name Of the United States to have the
patent set aside. Whether the conclusions
of the Interior Department will be reach
ed by Secretary Lamar himself, by the
Commissioner of Patents or by either OF
the Assistant Secretaries, who assisted in
the hearing, has not yet been determined.
If the case Is to be left to a commission
the Commissioner of Patents will be ap-
pointed Chairman, and the finding will
be reported to the Secretary.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-26
Surgery for Piano Players.

Musicians are enthusiasts. In their
great passion for perfect execution upon
their favorite instrument they are dissat-
ished with tfS. n,enhs.nisu of the hand
wonderful as it is, and have sought in
every way to bring it to the utmost verge
of expression by artificial means. Doubt
less by the slow process Of evolution the
musicians hand might become specially,
perhaps fearfully, fitted to express the
high fantastic tricks of his mad, musical
brain.
But the age OF invention runs ahead of
the slow coach of evolution, and with the
surgeons knife, at one click, forms the
master-hand for the piano. Heretofore
the musician has been content to pull his
fingers out of joint to increase their length
and tlexibility; but the imbecile ring
finger has always been the stumbling
block TO perfection. When the middle
and little fingers are fixed upon the keys
to produce a continuous sound, the ring
finger cannot be made to produce cor
responding strength Of tone
This lack of freedom and strength in
the ring finger is caused by two little
tendons that connect it with the finger on
either side. 1t is literally tied down.
The possibility of dividing these tendons
was suggested many years ago, and re-
Gently the operation has become com
mon.
We learn from the Scientific American
that DR.. Forbes, the dcmonstrator OF
Anatomy at Jefferson College, and Mr..
Zeckwer, Director of the Philadelphia
Musical Academy, have made the opera
ton known. DR.. Forbes has performed
fourteen operations without any unplcas-
ant results The tendons are cut some.
times at one sitting with the loss of but
little blood. Immediately, the finger can
be raised an inch higher than before and
used with the utmost freedom. The cx-
tensor muscle by which the finger Is
moved is not at all injured, nor is there
any loss of power in any other direction.
Henceforth, every child, suppose,
will have to submit to this operation pre-.
paratory to course in conservatory
These connecting tendons, the cvolu.
ZIONIST explains, are the last traces of our
once web-handed condition.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-26
MACKIN GOES TO JOLIET.
The Chicago Election Manipulation Takes
His First Meal in Penitcntiary Cell.

The Chicago Election Manipulation Takes
His First Meal in Penitcntiary Cell.
JOLIET, H., Nov. 10.-At 2 o'clock
this afternoon the Joliet Prison contained
1902 convicts. Twenty minutes later the
count had risen to 1903 by the arrival Of
convict No. 1889 in the person of Joseph
Chesterfield Mackin, the famous Demo
cratic manipulation of Chicago elections,
formerly of Philadelphia, who arrived in
charge of Sheriff Hanchett and fanked
by dozen reporters from Chicago.
The famous prisoner was at once taken
into the guards hall and turned over to
the receiving officer, who took him to the
bath room, where Mackin was ordered to
lay aside his citizens dress and assume
the striped garb of a convict He was
vaccinated by the hospital steward, and,
after being weighed and measured, a
close personal description was taken of
him. He was then consigned to the sol
itary prison, where he will occupy cell
alone with his thoughts and mcditations
until 7 O clock tomorrow morning, when
he will be called before the Deputy
Warden for assignment to labor. He
will probably be placed in the stone shop
and be made to cut stone His first meal
behind the bars was the regular prison
supper ration-a quart cup of tea and
hall pound Of white bread.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-26
A WAR IN THE EAST.
MARCHING ON TO SOFIA.
The servians on the Frontier Victorious in
Several engagements.

On Saturday, November 14th, King
Milan OF Servia issued formal declara-
ton of war against Bulgaria, and the
army began an immediate forward move
ment upon Sofia, the place which Servia
claims for her own if the Treaty Of Ber-
lin is broken. Bulgaria is called to arms,
although the season is so far advanced as
to render movements difficult, the most
intense excitement and enthusiasm pre-
walls. The whole of the Servian army
has crossed the frontier and is now upon
Bulgarian territory.
Several engagements have taken place,
resulting favorably to the Servian cause
King Milan is in the field leading his
army in person. Lord Salisbury has de-
clarcd that England will do her utmost to
preserve the integrity of Turkey. Prince
Alexander, of Bulgaria, has appealed to
the Porte for aid. Colonel Djuknitch,
commanding the Timok division, drove
the Bulgarians from the entertainments
at Kiela and captured $50 prisoners. The
total Servian loss is 2 officers and 80 men
killed and 200 wounded. Prince Alexan-
der has started for Slivnitza to assume
command Of the army. The Portes re-
ply to Prince Alexander's request for as
sistance states that the Prince encouraged
Servian attack by breaking the Berlin
treaty A numerously signed petition
has reached st. Petersburg from Sofia
praying Russia to deliver Bulgaria from
Prince Alexander. Zia Bey, the Turkish
Minister at Belgrade, has informed Prime
Minister Carachanine that Turkey is sat
isficd with the Servian note, but that his
government considers that Servia ought
to have obtained the Porte's consent be-
fore declaring war.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-26
NEWS PICKINGS.
ROASTED IN ABLAsT FURNACE.
Seventeen Men Overcome In the Effort to
Rescue the victim.1

JoHNsTowN, Pa, November 17.-Last
night, while preparing one of the blast
furnaces of the Cambria Iron Company,
j. B. Smith was overcome by gas, and
fell headlong into the furnace. Previous
to beginning work the fire had been thor
oughly tamped, yet the inside of the
furnace was very hot Ropes were
thrown to him, but being unconscious,
he could not take advantage of that
method of rescue. The gas arose from
the furnace to such an extent that the
work Of rescuing the body was very dan
gerous, and in few moments one of the
rescuing party was overcome by the gas.
He was dragged away, and fellow
workman took his place, and he, too was
soon rendered unconscious. Matters con-
tinued thus until seventeen workmen
were prostrated Finally the remains OF
Smith were pulled up with hooks and
ropes. They presented ghastly and
sickening spectacle, being charred and
burned, and drawn into such shape that
they could scarcely be recognized as
those Of human being. No other deaths
resulted.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1885-11-26
Republican Caucus.

WASHINGTON, November IA eau
Gus Of Republican Senators will be held
here before Congress meets to decide up
on the course to be followed in confirm
ing Presidential appointments. There Is
a wide difference of opinion among Sena-
tors as to the the best course to follow.
Some of the most radical are in favor Of
opposing the confirmation Of all new Of
ficials whose appointments are considered
to be opposed to the tenure Of office law.
Others believe the President should be
accorded the right to name his own Off
cials at pleasure, where his doing so is
not violation Of the civil service reform
law.
The question will be pretty thoroughly
discussed in caucus, and it Is altogether
uncertain what the decision will be. Sena-
tor Hale this morning said it would be
impossible to tell at this time what the
attitude of the Senate would be. For his
part, he did not think he would oppose
the confirmation of good man.