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National Republican., 1885-12-09


The fact that our revenues are In exces,
OF the actual needs Of an economical ad
mlnistratiOn of the government iusti6es ,
reduction In the amount exacted from tht
people for IFS support Our government /,
uut lbe means established by the will of n
free people, by which certain principles arc
applied which they have adoDted for thief,
oebelt and protection; and Ii is never bel.
ter administered ana It's true spirit Is never
beiter observed than when tho peoples tax
alloh Tor It's support is scrupulously limited
10 thc actual necessity Of expenditure, aud
plan.
The proposition with which we have to
dcal Is the reduction Of the revenue re-
CGiIou by the government, and Indirectly
Lhld by tie people from customs dutigs
lle question Of free trade is not involved
nor Is thorc now any occasion for the gem
eral discussion of the wisdom or eXDellencv
OF a protective system.
Justice and fairness dictate that I'm any
modihcation OF our present laws relating to
revenue, the Industries and interests which
nave Geen encouraged by such laws, and In
whcil our citizens have large investments,
should not lie rnthlessy Injured or de.
suOyCd. We should also deal with the sub.
Jecl w suCh manner as TO protect tho inter
ests OF American labor, which Is the canit1l
OF our "orkingmcn; It's stability and proper
remuneration furnish the most justlaable
pIGteXt for a protective policy.
Within these limitations a certain redue.
tion should lie made In our customs rev.
enuc. The amount Of such reduction hay.
ing been determined, the inquiry follows,
Whcre can II best he RENTED and what ar
t!cles can best be released from duty, iu the
interest Of our citizens?
lhink the reduction should be made IN
ihe revenue derived from tax upon the
imported necessarcs of life. We thus al.
rec'iy lessen the cost Of living In eysrv
family OF the land, and release TO the peoole
~ every humble home larger measure of
Tue rewards Of frugal industry.
during tho year ended Nov /, 1885, one
hundred aud lorty-ilye national banks were
with an aggregate cap'tI of
and circulating notes have b,en
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06

tor" Bradford, the subject of the next
sketch. are said to be responsible for
some Of that postal legislation, desig
mated officially as star route, that passed
the House several years ago
Doctor Bradford is a native of Gin
cinnati
Eyes, I am a lobbyist" he says
frankly, "and l am not ashamed of
it,"
Dr. Bradford believes that lobbying as
a fine art can only be carried on by gen.
tlemen. Bradford is a smooth talker
and an excellent judge of wine and
horses. He keeps the best of both. He
keeps the best of both. He is seldom
seen about the capitol. His labors are
carried on outside. The three men men
toned above are the principal figures in
the Washington lobby. There ore a
number of lesser lights, but as yet they
have only acquired a limited degree of
fame
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06

A circumstance of recent origin, which
is vouched for by people of Christian
character and high social standing in
this community, confirms this strange
story of biological conditions A couple
of years ago Willie Lord, a young man
well known and we'll liked IN Pontiac
and Detroit, lost his life in Washington.
There was no preliminary sickness, as his
death was caused by drowning. At the
time he died, lady, the member of
family who were all intimate friends of
the young man, was living in New Mex
leo. She was formerly Miss Virginia
Palmer, Of Pontiac, and is now, think,
Mrs. Anderson. This lady who, in com
mon with her family, regarded Willie as
dear friend, was sitting in her room in
New Mexico with open windows, when
she heard wellknown whistle-a snatch
from a bar of music, with which young
Lord always announced his coming. Her
first thought was one of mingled pleas
ure and surprise; pleasure at seeing her
friend and surprise that he should be in
that far distant part of the country
But there was no installing the repeated
strain of the signal-whistle. She ran to
the windows he was not there. To The
doors. No one had seen any person.
The event so impressed her that she sat
down and wrote to Mrs. Lord, and the
bereaved mother answered that at that
time her son was dead. Was it then
the music Of the spheres that had been
conveying an unintelligible message to
earth bound earsl-DetroH Free Press.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06
Scenes at a Fair in Yucatan.

On the Sth OF December the festival Of
Our Lady of lzamal is celebrated with
great pomp. A large fair is also held in
the city during those days in her honor.
Even merchants from neighboring States
flock there, if not to kneel at the shrine
of the Virgin, to worship at the altar of
Mercury. Devotees on these occasions
crowd the private apartment of the doll,
which is also carried in solemn process
sion, decked in gorgeous array, and fol-
lowed by long train of worshipers.
After church service is over, all leave
in hurry and rush to the bull-6ght.
Many of the Indians, who know abso.
lutely nothing about tauromachy, enter
the ring to fight the bull, exposing
themselves to be in ured for life, or die
painful death. In this we see an ancient
custom yet prevalent. The ancients sac
riiced their lives to deities for any bene-
fit received. To-day an Indian begs a
favor of his patron saint, and as a proof
of his deep gratitude promises to fight a
bull, keep drunk a certain number of
days, or do some other rash thing.
Bull-fighting in Nucatan is not Xix
bull fighting in Spain. The ring is a
double palisade sustaining sheds covered
with palm leaves, that are divided into
boxes. Every one provides his own seat.
The best and the worst, big and small,
all attend the bull-fght. Those who, on
foot, merely play with the bull, only
have henequen sack to serve as a shield.
Others, also on foot, are provided with
poles about three feet long, having a
sharp iron head, like that of an arrow,
called rejon. When the people aae tired
of seeing the bull playsd with, they call
for the rejoneros. Those with the spears
described then come forward. Their
business is to strike the bull in the nape
and kill it, but is seldom done at once.
The beast is chased by two or three men,
blow after blow is dealt, the blood gush-
ing afresh each time. The first pain
makes the animal furious, but the loss of
blood soon weakens it, and it becomes
almost harmless. Then the horsemen
are called on to lasso it and drag it away.
While another bull is being fetched
rockets are fired, the people applaud, the
band plays, a clown meanwhile doing
his best to amuse the spectators. If a
bull is disinclined TO fight, they grid his
body with ropes in every possible way,
fastening fire crackers about his head and
tail. Aggravated and tortured, the poor
beast jumps about, and the crackers ex-
plode, to the great delight of all present,
big and small. This renders it furious
for few minutes; but if it again refuses
to fight it is taken away as q coward not
worth killing Harper.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06
A Laughing Plant.

This is not flower that laughs, but
one that creates laughter, if the printed
stories OF travellers are to be believed. 1t
grows in Arabia and is called the laugh
ing plant, because its seeds produce eff
fects like those produced by laughing
gas. The flowers are of bright yellow,
and the seed pods are soft and woolly,
while the seeds resemble small black
beans, and only two or three grow in a
pod. The natives dry and pulverize
them, and the powder, if taken in small
doses, makes the soberest person behave
like circus clown or mailman, for he
will dance, sing and leugh most bolster
ously, and cut the most fantastic capers.
and be in an uproariously ridiculous con-
dilion for about an hour. When the ex-
citement ceases the exhibitor of these
antics falls asleep and when he awakes
he has not the slightest remembrance of
his frisky doings
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06
The Latest Fashionable Folly.

BLEEDING is becoming fashionable
among young society swells of both
sexes, but is mostly practiced by young
men," said physician"
BY bleeding persons naturally be.
come little pale. and this gives them a
kind OF aristocratic or distinguished APP
pearance. For instance, if young man
has been rejected by the lady who has
upset his reason he can play upon her
sympathics by having himself bled. The
loss of blood would make him pale and
interesting, and he could lounge around
home for a few days and send out re.
port that he was dying of broken
heart. His paleness would show that
something was the matter with him, and
it might excite the lady's sympathy, il
she had that element in her icy fashion.
able composition. The face could not
be powdered or painted so as to repre-
sent illness. The ladies understand that
artifce too well; and great many are
adopting the bleeding process. 1t is not
that they wish to convey the impression
that they are dying by inches from
grief. They don't do that now
But occasional bleeding makes them
naturally pale, and their pretty faces are
more easily colored in consequence. With
white background, or rather face, the
face is colored without the preliminary
trouble of washing it with white com.
pound before coloring is put on. The
colors stick better, the paint does not
show so plainly, does not close the pores
of the skin so Theoretically; smoother
appearance generally. Then, again, it is
not the correct thing in fashionable so
ciety to appear too rosy and healthful
1t would look as if they followed some
occupation for living. School girls,
you know, eat pickles and slate pencil.
under the impression that it will make
them thin by drying un the blood.
Bleaching is the latest device in fash.
ionable society, and is resorted to by
both sexes for opposite purposes. During
the summer ladies are bleached, or bled,
under the impression that the reduction
of blood prevents an excess Of perspira.
tion-and nothing is considered more
questionable than to perspire. That is
why so many ladies look so cool and
icy chilling in the red-hot months OF
summer. do not know that the young
men drink salt water after being bled
like the other calves that are hlcached foi
the market by cruel butchers, but nc
doubt salt water will soon become
fashionable craze in connection with the
bleeding process. - Chicago Tribune.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06
The Snow Cure.

Writing about Canada as a Winter
Resort" w. George Beers says in the
Century: Two years ago we had an ex-
ceptionally severe winter in Manitoba.
Its severity and peculiarities were pre-
cisely the same in Dakota and Minnesota.
l was en- route from Brandon to Winni.
peg, distance of one hundred and
eighty miles by rail, and was caught In a
snow blockade which lasted eight days,
and kept US in situation not likely again
to occur. The storm was so severe that
relief trains could not leave Winnipeg,
and couple OF us who had the long
snow shoes used on the prairies tramped
to and from farm houses couple of miles
distant for provisions for the passengers.
The snow plows were OF no use, and in
a desperate attempt to'cut way through
the drifts, the engine jumped the track
and came to grief. The train was pulled
back from the debris by an engine in the
rear, and the next morning we found
ourselves separated from the wreck by
deep drifts, some of them fifteen feet
high. Night after night passed the
coal and wood ran short; two of the
cars were abandoned by the passengers,
and, to economize fuel, we were crowded
into the two remaining cars. The Sleep
ing accommodation improvised was very
amusing. Fancy roosting two in a
single seat, with your knees
doubled up to your chin; or lying
like sardines, four in double seat; or
propped on top of the back of the seats,
which were turned up and brought to-
gether so as to form sort of double
deck Shovelers had been working day
and night, but there were too few of
them and at last the passengers went to
work, and from 0 A. NJ. until 2. NJ.
pitched the snow with might and main,
and succeeded in clearing the track. In
order to pass the obstacle of the wrecked
engine, we raised old rails, got ties and
laid new side-track on the hard snow,
and our cars were safely showed forward.
Shovelers from Winnipeg had succeeded,
with the snow-plow, in reaching us, and
we were socn on our way. The effect of
this exposure upon the health of many
OF the passengers was remarkably good.
One clergyman who had come out from
England for some affection of the throat,
was determined to do his share of the
shoveling. He had very thin moccasins
on his feet, and during the day, as there
was warm wind. they were wet through.
He never expected to see England again,
but that one days work cured him efTec.
tually. Other persons suffering from
throat and lung affections have not since
been troubled. One would suppose the
conditions were just those to provoke
illness, but the very reverse was the
case"
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06
Trees and Drought.

In looking over exchanges, in an ar
ticle on Forest Preservation" the eve
lights on the following statements: at
is an accepted fact that trees attract rain,
that in sufficiently wooded districts and
areas OF country, droughts are of less
common occurrence than in over cleared
sections" That the above is an &C.
copied theory with many is admitted.
That it is an accepted fact is not true.
The worst drought experienced during
the past season was in the mountain re-
gion of Western Virginia and Eastern
Kentucky and Tennessee, a sparsely
settled, densey wooded district Intense
droughts in the dcnsely wooded districts
of Northern Michigan have prepared the
way for the destructive forest fires which
have swept over that country. During
the last season Southern Illinois and In
diana, naturally forest region and with
large percentage Of the land yet in tim
Der, have suffered severely by drought,
while the prairie region of much of
Northern Illinois and Iowa has had an
excess of rainfall. Enthusiasts on the
subject of forest preservation and forest
culture are apt to PROFOUND theories
claimed to be based on facts which the
facts themselves do not sustain. The
real facts are that the sources or original
cause of rainfall are remote from the To-
cality Of precipitation, which depends
upon currents of pure air charged with
moisture coming in contact with colder
currents, and not upon what may be
growing upon the earth. The clouds may
accumulate their supply of moisture hun
dreds of miles from the locality of pre-
cinitafi lion - Neln York Uorl1
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06
Discipline in the Chinese Army.

The Shanghai correspondent of the
London and China Telegraph writes: A
few Chinese soldiers passed through the
settlement to-day in full panoply of war
that is, all of them had umbrellas
opened out to keep their jackets dry, as
they marched in the rain. Some of them
had rifles on their shoulders in any way
but the right one, more of them had
flags with which to scare the French.
They were most of them fine fellows. but
lack the very essentials of making them
formidable against an enemy, although
they will no doubt prove formidable to the
peasantry in the neighborhood of their
camp. The lack of discipl is fruitful
cause of trouble in the Chinese army; Off
GERS are often unfit for their positions and
unable to control the men under them by
gentle means, but they are willing to use
harsh ones. Flogging is quite common
In the Chinese camp, and there appears
to be no limit to the number of strokes
an offender may receive; for any infrac-
ton of the rules of propriety any number
OF strokes from so to 800, or even ), 600
may be given. l have often seen 1000
administered to man for slight olfenses.
Sometimes the lictor himself gets licked
for being too gentle in the use of his
bamboo. OF course long continued
beating, however gentle, soon beats the
flesh into black and deadened mass,
which is often broken and bleeding, and
takes long time to cure. The marks
generally remain during life, but that is
a matter of small consideration to officers
who have themselves suffered such
punishments. Sometimes the officers
appear to have desire of avenging
themselves on the unfortunate members
OF their corps, as an atonement for the
wrongs they have themselves suffered.
Cutting off a finger or an ear, sometimes
the lips, is resorted to as punishment
Tor slight offenses. Many Chinese officers
have but one ear.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06
The cold Masters :"

In several principal towns of Italy
there are regular workshops for the
forgery of the masters who formerly
painted there. THUG, in Bologna, the
limitations are chiefly of the Caracci and
their followers, as well as of Carlo Dolce
and Sassoferrata; at Venice, of Titan
and Georgione. In Milan and Fcrara,
the fabrications after the schools of
Luini and Garofalo are especially sue.
cessful, as well as those of Marone's
beautiful portraits. Old and ruined
panels are chosen, and either restored on
the original design, or, If that has been
obliterated, they are prepared and painted
afresh. Sometimes the portions that
have suffered least are allowed to remain,
and new bits of varied composition are
ingeniously dovetailed into the piece,
which is then beplastered with varnish,
the better to puzzle too curious observ-
crs In all these cases, the treatment of
some famed master is so exactly initiated
as often to battle detection, even where
suspicion has been reused by the con-
fused appearance of the work; and the
dissimilarity of surface often escapes
minute criticism, out of respect to the
warm channels visible behind. The
forgeries thus executed are issued by a
class of Italian dealers, who, someti ,nes
in the disguise of gentlemen, lend them
selves to the indisposition, and share its
profits. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06
WISE WORDS.

All lives have their prose translation
as well as their ideal meaning.
A good name, like good will is got
by many actions and lost by one.
Statesmen work in the dark until the
idea of right towers above expedency or
wealth.
The plying tears and fond smiles of
woman are like the showers and sunshine
of spring.
Every mans life lies within the pres.
ent, for the past is spent and done with,
and the future is uncertain.
Idleness is the hotbed of temptation,
the cradle of disease, the waster of time,
the canker-worm of felicity.
If man has a right to be proud of
anything it is of good action done as
it ought to be, without any base interest
lurking at the bottom of it.
To divert at any time a troublesome
fancy, run to thy books; they presently
fix thee to them, and drive the other out
of thy thoughts. They always receive
thee with the same kindness.
The world could not exist if it were
not simple. This ground has been titled
a thousand years, yet its powers remain
ever the same; little sun, and each
spring it grows green again.
1t has been we'll observed that the
tongue discovers the state of the mind
no less than that of the body; but in
either case, before the philosopher or the
physician can judge the patient must
open his mouth.
We never regret the kind words we
have spoken, nor the retorts we nave left
unsaid; but bitterly do we recall sharp
words spoken angrily, and unkind &C
lions that may have caused tears to
come to the eyes that will never shed
them more.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-02-06
SELECT SETTINGS.

Sharks have eyelids while snakes have
none.
The favorite attitude of bat when at
rest is that of suspension by the claws,
with head downward.
The grasshopper develops from the
young larva to the winged adult without
changing its mode of life.
At Ushallata. Buenos Ayres, fearful
shower of stones fell, lasting eighteen
minutes. 1t destroyed the grazing and
cultivated land, leaving many persons
completely destitute.
The flower known as pgony derives its
name from P9on, a Greek physician,
who, it is said, employed this plant as
medicine for the healing of Pluto, who
was wounded by Hercules.
In Paris, an electric lamp fed with a
portable accumulation has been selected
and rendered obligatory for use in seek
ing leaks in gas pipes. 1t is probable
that many disastrous explosions will be
thus avoided.
Twelve carat gold is made of coin gold
seventy-tive parts, further alleged with
forty parts copper and twenty-five parts
silver. This makes a combination of
good appearance and one which stands
the acid test well.
The little living worms which have
been discovered in ice are described by
Professor Leidy as being white or color
less, and from one-quarter to one-siXth
of an inch long by one-seventy fifth of
an inch in thickness, the species being
unknown.
The blood of the lower animals is COM
monty colorless. 1t has, however,
blush cast In crustaceans, reddish, yell
lowish or greenish in worms, and red
dish grecnish or brownish in jelly fishes.
part of fishes; that of birds is of the
deepest red. The red liquid which APP
pears when the head of the fly is crushed
is not blood, but comes from the eyes
In vertebrates the blood is red, except
ing in one species of white-blooded fish,
The spider, by careful estimate made
by means of actually weighing it and
then confining in cage, ate four times
its weight for breakfast, nearly nine
times its weight for dinner, thirteen
times its weight for supper, finishing up
with an ounce, and at p. NJ, when he
was released, ran off in search of food.
At this rate a man weighing 100 pounds
would require the whole of a fat steer
for breakfast, the dose repeated with
the addition Of half dozen well-fat-
tened sheep for dinner, and two bullocks,
eight sheep and four hogs for supper,
and then, as lunch before going to his
club banquet, he would indulge in about
four barrels of fresh fish.