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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
NEWSPAPER POSTAGE
Argument in Favo- OF deduction
-Bhe MATTE Before Congress

The question of a re lu 'tion in Newspaper
postage is now before Congress, The New
York -MaH and Express discusses the matter
editorially as follows:
Before the year 1874, postage on newsna-
pers and perodical'-mail matter Of the
second-Cla,s-was paid 10y the subscriber at
the Office of delivery. Much Of this postag,
was never collected. and in ls7l the present
law was passed, which requires prepaymant
at the Office Of publication. A This change
IN the law came at time when II was i'm
possible for publishers to advance their rates
TO meet the additional outlay, the postage
has always been pra 'ticllly a government
tax upon publishers
Since loi4 the postage on letters and on
transient newspapers AMI periudicals-Such
as are sent by other persons than publishers
has been largely reduced, but ON second
class matter the rate stands where it was put
eleven years ago
In view of these facts meeting OF news
paper men in the West and Northwest was
called at Detroit five weeks ago, ana at that
meeting, in which the principal journals of
Ohio, West Virginia, Western PENNSYLVANIA
Indiana Illinois, Wisconsin, Mirhisan Iowa
Mnnesota, Missouri and Tennessee "ere
represented, memorial was adopted. urging
upon Congress the eNpedien'y and Justice of
reducing the postage on sc 'oud-class mail
matter to one half the present rates
The subject has been agltatcd Tor several
years. In April, lNS3, the House requested
PoStmaSter-ieneralH Howe for information a,
10 the weight, cost of carrying, and postage
collected on second-Class mail matter, togo her
with his opinion Of the pr,priety Of abolish
ing the Postage on such matter. Mr. Howe
replied that, in his opinion, such abolition
was both feasible and advisable The to.al
revenue to the government from this source
was only about Sl,jo0 ,uJJ a year, or between
three and four per cent. of he total postal
revenue This amount the government e. aid
easily afford to lose. Atprearnt, falling upon
a comparatively small class of bushes, men.
II amounts in many cases, to "A taking away
Of the entire profits of newspaper
Aside from all these Colslacra5ion,-aud
all that thasa publishers ask is that the rate
on second-ca ass matter be reduced i'm a ratio
commensurate with the reduction on grst
ami third class matter-it might well bc ar
gued that it is scarcely fair. in this land Of
liberty and intellectual sht, to put a special
government tax upon a u,ine,' which more
than any other tends h the education of the
people.
There are already several bills before the
House looking to remedial legislation ia the
premises. 1t is likely that the friends of the
proposed reduction will unite on some on, OF
these measures and press for an early con-
sideration of it. Su IN consideration it GER
tainy ought to have.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
"SmMg Mugs

"A Philadelphia paper asserts that
round and absolutely hairless face is the
newest wrinkle in fashionable society.
For the present the mode is confined to
the most exclusive sets, but of course 1t
will be only few months until the
fashion is taken up by the aspiring
youths of every circle. The innovation
has been given an unusually strong in
pctus by the fact that Mr.. Lawrence
Turnure, Jr., the vivacious leader of all
the germans in New York, has come ont
with face as modest and bare as the
new Episcopal monks. Ills example is
quite as forciblc in his set as is that
of the Prince of Wales in London, and
it is not surprising, therefore, that,
though the season is still young, he
nevertheless has many followers. But
now that the movement for "smug
mugs as Fisher of Rhode Island
termed il, has set in the gilded Quaker
City youths find much 10 console them
for the sacrifice of their mustaChes in the
thought that they are following in the
path OF the progeny Of the Scottish and
Welsh monarchs. Women don't take
kindly to the fashion. Above all things
they DO ike mustache. and more than
one pair of bright eyes at the gatherings
express longing for the air of smartncss
and bravado that a little line Of silky
down beneath the nose used to give
some favorltc COuntenaaCc. now, alas
all unadorned. But there IS no help TO,
it. Fashion says 'smooth mugs and
"smocth mugs it is to be, for season
ut the loast
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
Facts Worth Knowing.
G 1850 languages.

There are =, 100 languages.
A square mile contains go acres.
A barrel Of rice weighs 600 pounds.
The ave'age human life is 3 years.
The first steel pen was made in 1880.
A barrel of flour weighs 1876 pounds.
A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
A span is ten and seven eighth inches.
A hand (horse measure) is four inches.
Watches were first constructed in 147G.
A storm moves thirty-si miles per
hour.
The first lucifer match was made in
1929.
The value of a ton of silver is $37, 70l.
81.
A hurricane moves eighty miles per
hour.
The first iron steamship was built in
1880.
Modern needles first came into use in
1915.
Coaches were first built in England in
1863.
The first horse railroad was built in
1862.
One million dollars of gold coin weighs
3,6Sj pounds avoirdupo;s.
Until ING spinning was per
formed by the hand-spnning wheel.
One million dollars of silver coin weighs
So, 5000 pounds avoirdupos.
The first complete sewing machine was
patented by Elias Howe in 1916.
Glass windows was first introduced
into England in the eighth century.
Albert Durer gave the world proph-
ecy of future wood engraving in 1921
Measure 200 feet on each side and YOU
will have a square acre within an inch.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
japanese Dentists.

The japanese dentist, says the New
York SIN, does not Brighten his patient
with an array of steel instruments. All
of his operations in tooth drawing are
performed By the thumb and forehnger
of one hand. The skill necessary to do
this is only acquired after long practice
but once it is obtained the operator is
able to extract half dozen teeth in about
thirty seconds without once removing
his fingers from the patients mouth,
The dentists education commences with
pulling out pegs which have been pressed
into soft wood it ends with the drawing
of hard pegs which have been driven into
an oak plank with a mallct \ writer
in the lnlou Neijeale says that no human
jaw can resist the delicate but powerful
manipulation of the japanese dentist.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

a young I.astcn:an, while sitting in i
restaurant, WAS seized with n violent
attack of hiyoop-hs, which resisted all
the remedies his friends could think OF.
when the pl oprietor went ont into tn.
bar-;oom and tapped glass Of beer and
got a large carving knife and came i"
with the knife concealed behind him.
He held the beer up 10 the mans mouth
and suddenly drew out tho KIN and
iammed 1t down in front OF his face into
the beer and ordered the sufferer %
drink. The unusual proceeding on the
part of the landlord So frightened the
fellow that he could not at first drink,
but he finally drained the class, leaving
nothing in it bat the carving knife, and
il had The effect Of entirely curing him
Of his hiccoagLs,-Eas.op (PuR) En-
DYtSS
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
NGWSY GLEANINGS.

MoRE than 10000 Americans are winter
ing IN Europe.
CALIFORNIA grows large crops of the sue
culeat peanut,
OF he $1,000 Indians in Dakota 10000
speak English.
DEa MONIES, Iowa, is bankrupt and its EN-
p!oycs are unpaid.
GEoRGIA'S cotton factories have more or
der, Jhan they can fill.
TIE United States uses three timesas much
paint as any other country.
THE invitations t. the presidential inaugur-
alton hail will number ZOO.
THE highest priced psw in Grace church,
New ork, Is s. 900 per year,
FIFTEEN republics Of Spanish America
have exhibits ut New Orleans
BARNUM says his show took in 81 400, coo
during the past tentinS season
KIT CARsoN's monument at Santa Fe is to
be unveiled on Decoratlonsday
\ MASSACHUSETTS physician has induced
forty young men to stop smoking.
A 'PEARL has been found on the western
Australian coast valued at S-O'Ol
\ REVERSIBLE boot which may be worn
indlllerently OH either foot, has been
patented.
The ire record for 1881 shows losses in tho
United states and Canada to the extent of
Sll@uUJ,U-O.
NEARLY 5000 patents on churns have been
issued in this country alone, and y t butter is
"a hard t. get a. ever.
MFNICo maintains an agricultural college
at its capital, the appropriations for which
last year were SjjJ,3iN.
+. g. FGKANDER, a Finnish clargymcn, is
in Michigan looking Tor land On which TO
place a colony of 5000 Firms.
LEPRosY is increasing SO rapidly in Homo
lulu That government action is about TO be
taken TO prevent its spread II possible.
The losses by strikes in England in the last
ten years have been Sl3l, 600 OOJ to the work
ingmen, and TO the employers $2l,OJOOOO.
The Congrcgat ional Year Book of England
just published shows that there are now 4,347
on5regationll churches in England and
Wales.
NINE NV York defaulters, five from
Chicago, tour from Boston, and several from
other American cities, are said to be living
IN Canada.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
Not Tempted.

About forty years ago, rich and ecccn-
trio man died in Paris, leaving Il library
worth six hundred thousand francs.
"plus, as he added i'll his will, three
hundred and sixty thousand francs in
gold, bank notes and public stock.
They will be found somewhere Tho
hciIs turned the house inside out, but
not n coin or bank note could they find.
1t has been stolcn' they said, and
employed Paul LacroiX, scholar, who
died recently at the age of seventy-siX.
to catalogue the library. This anccdote,
associated with his work, brings out the
fact that man who is thoroughly honest
feels no temptation to dishonesty:
One day Paul LacroiX, while removing
some books. fancied that a shelf of one
of the bookcases produced a cracking,
metallic sound, not to be accounted for
by its construction. He removed the
shelf and found the secret hiding place,
in which, sure enough, the three hundred
and sixty thousand francs were snugly
enscOnced
LacroiX called the lawyer, who was in
the next room. 81 have found the
hiding place"
(Which hiding-place ~
The hiding-place Of the money; here
it is, and the money in it,.
The lawyer stood aghast.. He began
to stammer something about sublime
honesty, etc.
Lacroix interrupted him with "My
dear sir, say no more about it; it is many
years since | learned to SPELL
lie meant to convey that probity came
to him as naturally as photography
YOuth's Companion.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
SELECT SETTINGS.

Humility and children go together in
Germany. The usual formula for adver-
Using births in the papers is as follows:
We most humbly announce the birth of
hardy boy. We most humbly announce
the birth of fine boy and lively girl
The latest decorative stone is petrified
wood, of which a large deposit has re-
centlo been discovered in Mexico. The
trees are cut in layers like vcneering. all
highly polished, and make marble tops
which are as useful as they are ornamcn-
tai.
Boys on the edge of the Maine wilder
ness earn pocket money by collecting
spruce gum. The business is so extern
slve that agents are sent through the viii
lagos to buy it. The first class article
sometimes brings the boys as much as 81
q pound.
AT an egg eating match at Petersbor-
ouGh, Canada, a short time since, one
nan ate forty.onc eggs and the other
forty. The eggs were raw and taken
rom a basket in grocery store. The
basket was empticd, and the winner said
he could eat a dozen more.
OF the "a, 900 newspapers Of the world
nearly 12,OOO are published IN Europe
and North America, leaving little over
1000 for all the rest Of the world. South
America only issues sufficient to allow
each of its inhabitants three newspapers
year-exhibiting the curious contrast
in this, as in all else, between the great
Northern and Southern continents.
In 17Ss the captain of vessel in
Boston seized three colored persons, took
them to the West Indies and sold them
there for slaves The event caused the
legislature of Massachusetts to pass a
law to prevent the slave trade in that
State, and for granting relief to the fami.
lies of such persons as may be kidnapped
or decoyed from the Commonwealth.
Swimming birds, which constitute
onc-fourteenth of the entire class, form
one-half the whole number in Greenland.
AS we approach the tropics the variety
and number of land birds increase. Those
Of the torrid zone are noted for thcii
brilliant plumage, and the temperate
zones for their more sober hucs but
sweetcr voices. India and South Ameri.
ca are the richest regions. Runners,
tanagers ana orioles are restricted to the
New World. Parrots are found in every
continent except Europe, and woodpeck.
ers occur everywhere save in Australia.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

Stewart was the typical tradesman OF
modern times. lie was the trades.
man everywhere, at church at his club,
at home. He never forgot the most
trihing details of his business; he knew
and remembered the pattern of every
piece of goods that had ever been on hi:
shelves.
Stewart belonged to the Century club,
although he rarely visited its rooms. The
club once bought carpet of his people
and when it mad been down for several
months Stewart happened to come in.
lie seemed to be greatly interested in the
carpet, studying II attentivcly,
"Whcre did you buy that - he de
manded at last of one of the house com.
mittcc.
AT your place, believe
"Impossible," re ioined the millionaire
1--WE never had the pattern in stock.
We have had a pattern exactly similar,
except that those little violet flowers
we're white
The committeeman took the trouble to
hunt through his vouchers, and produced
a rcccipted bill of \. r. Stewart 81 Co.
Mr.. Stewart shook his head.
There is some mistake" he said
"thc little flowers on your carpet were
white.
1t was found on investigation that the
little flowers had been white SO ollen-
sively white and spotty to the eyes OF
some of the aesthetic members of the
club that LouisL any had carefully gone
over them with a s,iiI brush dipped in
violet ink.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
Ell MAHDI REPULSEJ.
The British Force Marching TO
GOrdOn's Relief Attacked.
Horles of Arabs Throw Themselves
Upon a Hollow Square,


A despatch has been received Mt tbo war
office in London from, i,ro,.o1 OIL ,,r,1,,,a,.
,.t,i, -, -, " Oi'0io''
nio !" Gus SuosU"H'I'ily Us lolioWS'
General Stewart has had heavy engage
ment with portion of the Mahdi's forces
near the Abu- hlra wells, about twenty three
miles TINS SIDE OF Metemueh. Tho
reoe!s hal coHectcd from Berber, Met
eqmneh and Omiuraman This last place.
reSrcV u say, inc prisoners report
was recently captured by the Mahdi
and thus the men were released from there to
Ighl General stewart On the afternoon of
Jahuary 10 General StcWdrts cavalry re.
porleu that inc enemy were m position some
lew lnl'es thiS slde oil the wells. As it was
700 Iave Ill Ul,e uay TO allow an advance and
a suec 'S9luI encounter General Stewart
pINou't,hcu where ne was Tor the night.
me enemy kePI up harmless fire all
mie ~ a 9i'u cletteu Worhs on General stewards
Ilgn1 uallN; O1 saturday General Stewart
ehupaFored u draw the enemy ON to make
an dY'"cA, pui the reo9IS nesitatei In con
?eidriiCe ot 'li.a NelirI1 stewart lett all ms
e. P anu Is uiluer guard Oh the
ouS'eI ~ 'i''eiu .,lll some ihouhIc infantry
a, H. ii t Ioi "aId, kGtpihS MS forces
t' M NIL, III u. - l"tlc' Al lne men were on
ayo,,, i,ft Gn,ii, ,'n,l ltsScu around 'he
4t., ~ nm toI'uI5 tH1h 20 make an
o'o',, Su a. an liiI!uI9 IRE, Inc
,In m,iGo.J' 10 aho iclI anu denyered
o. f, .' % ta't ''' ri p uii.toI "lUieilnS
atoi, oi, oui i.ltn luz sludre was unlortu-
IYho,.J "oGu "mouU us Ht1 rear,
rolri,,,',,,+ ,,. CAV Ilry ana camel
,,5 ,i,rv WIN T III PoIiua3l, oy sneer weight OF
1,,n,, ",,ilod tl steauiileS5 oil our
Land OH ,i.,, tI iii,'ili 'in d uaIu-uo-
wan 'u iDrces whlle Sc
ona,,, h -, ,tiil iucUeu upon the
ono,,, go, ',l AMI f.i 70 vi .lio SQUARE Inc
Fr, f5, au i LILY VI o'cN uluer heavy
no Vin'ton,itj, 11,.so,.. 4,,,,, .....,.-,e
1vorJ 10 tbo ,yoIi ,,,LicI ,,t vnoi, Pusncu lol-
si", " m +o mi,c "GIo III our posses
Ia +I,, 81 iIoi, o,.7 tl enuiiy IeiG not
,no,s ,,h .u1 squlre. IRIS
rntirin', yo,,0,t t%ot 1I,li0 Uno fnelly were
anony who 'yn., Iyd,,,,iI mui'iuer OIL Ihe
tinciif WY VIZ "2ultieu was quite eXcep-
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

Divers in the vicin ty of Gibraltar have
so far found 102 large guns.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
In the lead production of different

In the lead production of different
countries spain holds the first place the
amount reaching some 100000 tons in
one year, or one slNthmore than America,
which comes next on the list while Ger
many follows with 10000. OF SPANS
total production some $1,000 tons are
derived from one district, that of Linares,
in which more than 500 mines are reg,
isterel
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30
Snail Farms.

4" Snail farms have been introduced
in Switzerland, where many gardens
round Davos and Landguart in the
Grisons are used for the sole cultivation
of the dclicacy Children gather tho
snails of the hedges in summer ana
place them on bushes in the farms.
There they are fed on refuse vegetable
leaves and surrounded by thick bar
rier of sawdust, which prevents their cs-
cape. When the cold weather comes
the snajlS, grown fat, bury them
selves in the slwdust to begin their long
winter sleep, but they are soon collected
and sent off to Italy to be sold Cor las.
and It's per basket Of two cwt
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-30

4 late scientific writer we'll says that
every State in the Union should have an
officer whose business it should be to
study insect injuries and benefits.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-02
newarc OF Progress.

''While dis am de aige Of progress. "
said Brother Gardner, as he rose up
with a force OF ESQ pounds to the square
inch, edo not progress too fast. Oar
am sich a thing as putin too much
sugar in sweetcake.
"Frinstance. progress has carried us
past de pint whar' we kin stuff ole hats
am coats in de winders in place of
broken panes, but doan' jump TO de
couclushun dat You has got TO run in
debt fur lace curtains to keep up wild
&c times.
Progress has carried us past de pint
whar' men believe in ghosts an COB
Inns, but doan' cmagine dat you am
called upon to show yer smartness by
ridiculin' any of de onsartin passages
in de Bible.
Progress has carried us past dc pint
whar' religun forbds man to enjoy
hissclf, but doan' feel called upon to
w ar Yer hoofs oil in dancin', or to get
so used to pack OF keerds dat you
shuttle yer knife an fork rs soon as you
sot down ut de table
Progress has lied us past de pint
of bilin Eaters wild do hides on, but
dey has got to be paid for all de same,
an you mustn't Judge of mans char
aeter by HARM him order Saratoga
chips
Progress no longer permits our sons
/ to W ar out our ole cloze. but when you
ketch a young man hoein' con with
/ broadcloth on his legs an a paste dia-
mond in his billed shirt YOU kin make
/ up Yer mind dat lniun meal am gwine
/ to take raise of fifty cents on hum
dred
Progress demands dat our chill'en
be dedicated, but bekase Yer boys can
. dgger cube root an yer gals chatter
French, doau' miss de chances to arm
de flst a good trade, an de second de
art of bakin' bread an cookin' bacon.
Detroit Free Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-02
For SaIe-A Bargain.
RuckLens Arnica snIYe

The BEsr SALvE in the world for Cp,,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Few,
Sores letter, Chapped Hands, Chilboins
Cons, and all Skin Eruptions, and positiveIS
cures Piles or no pay required. 1t is guarsn.
teed TO give perfect satisfaction, or money re
funded Price % cents per box. For sale By
=. t. Moiiett. 37-ly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-02
Our New store.

We take the pleasure in informing
our customers and the public that
we shall open our new store on
Monday, April 6, 1883, on the site
Of the old one which was destroyed
by fire on the 23d of last October.
The present store is an improve
ment on the former one and IS
probably the finest decorated, most
convenient, best lighted and yentila-
ted retail dry goods store in this
country or the world.
The stock is entirely new, includ-
ing all of our direct importations,
which were ordered before the fire
for this seasons trade.
As this store was not built for
Milwaukee alone, we trust that the
efforts we have made will be valued
and appreciated not only by our
citizens, but by the entire North
west r. A. CHAPMAN IL Co.,
Milwaukee, Wis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-02
-, Anssa.er sNnnteA.

Can any one bring us case of
Kidney or Liver Complaint that
Electric Bitters will not speedily
cure? We say they can not, as
thousands Of cases already perman-
entity cured and who are daily reco-
mending Electric Bitters, will prove.
Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Weak
Back, or any urinary complaint
quickly cured. They purify the
blood, regulate the bowels, and act
directly on the diseased parts.
Every bottle guaranteed For sale
at SOC. bottle by c. r.. Mofett.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-02

Indeed, interjected the major, IF
| was only able to command men as
you can, and grasp with your talent
-N
At this moment three reporters near
at hand sunk helpleSsly in their seats,
DIR. Cartwright. who sits next to Mai.
Haggerty, laid his head YEARLY on his
desk; MIR. Livingston, who sits near,
gave Il heartrending sigh, and the
chamber became gradually deserted. -
Aibdny Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-02
no matter which way your taste runs, We can
please YOU.
Fine Custom Work a Speciality
4 Coed supply Of Fine and Heavy Boots Of
Our own Make, Kept on Hand,

and viii be sold remarkably low for the quail
ity. call at the old stand just above Dt.
Viyian's drug store, High s., Mineral Points
Wisconsin. l5ly
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1885-11-18
EN- HATILLO.

Sc vende una Hacienda compnesta
de 1000 cuerdas y 400 de monte, con
muchas y buenas maderas de construc-
ci6n. De elias 40 son de cafe, pue-
den sembrarse hasta 200 de cana en-
uerreno llano y feraz. Posee trapiche
de bueyes, hornalla, rancho para baga-
20 y dos cercados para cria de ganado.
Hay aqua permanente y magnifcos
pastos de grama y malogillo. Tiane
adem&s todos los utensiIios de una
Hacienda de cafe; maquina, brssiles,
tanques, almacenes. Sc producer en-
ella muchos frutos memories. Sc in-
cluye la casa habitaci6n, carretas y al
gnnas yuntas de bueyes, hall&nd0se to-
do en- muy buen estado y Sc vende en-
imitados precios.
La Hacienda Sc llama sSan jose"
radicada en- ell barrio de Bayaney. Los
que la interesen pueden dirigirse & don
Jose NJ. Garcia vecino de HaEillo 8
D. Jose Obs, Gu dicho pueblo.
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