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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16
Death OF an Entire Royal Household.

The tragic death is reported of the
king of Falaba, province of West At
RIGA, together with the whole royal fam
lily and some of his principal followers.
1t appears that the Mohammedans made
an attack upon the Falaba country. The
invaders reached the capital, and King
Sawab, finding that the force at his com
mand was unable to keep out the enc
mics, called together all the royal family,
as well as his principal officers The par
ties met in large house, where was
stored quantity of gunpowder. Sawab
explained TO his followers that he was
unable to hold out against the intruders,
and that in a short time his country
would be in the hands of the enemy.
The king, in a speech, said Falaba was
an ancient country, up to that time I'M
conquered. 1t has been ruling but never
had been ruled lie said he would
never submit to Mohammedanism, al
though any Of his hearers could do so if
they chose. All replied that they would
rather die than become Mohammedans.
The king then threw lighted torch in
the gun powder, instantly an explosion
took place and all in the building were
killed.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16
A Talking Grow.

General Hampton tells me that while
on his Mississippi plantation he saw a
lame crow that could laugh and talk.
The bird would say Hello" GLOW are
your" and several other things of like
import. 1t was the most wonderful
raven since the days of Barnaby Ridge
and Edgar Poe. One morning vast
number of crows assembled in a tree on
the plantation and prepared for pow
WOW. The tame bird flew among them,
and, rearing up, saluted the congrega-
ton with brisk Hello! How are you ~
His astonished brethren scattered in
alarm, as if they had been fired upon
from mountain howitzer. This mar
Vicious fowl of the air was to have bee n
sent to the New Orleans exposition, but
its sudden disappearance prevented.
General Hampton surmises that some
negro shot him by mistake.-Philadelphia
Press.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16
Almost n Native.

care you native of the Slater" asked
the judge of the United States court, ad-
dressing a fat man who had been sum.
moned to testify in a case of illicit dis
tilling.
MOSTLY, jedge."
II mean, were you born in this
State?"
II understand. | want born here, but
| am mighty nigh native"
Game here when you were quite
young, | supposed"
mo, sir, amt been here but about ten
year.
"How ole ard you"
Fifty"
Then how is it that you are very
nearly native of the State2"
"Well, when | came here l only
weighed about hundred pounds. Now
| weigh two forty, so you see one hundred
and forty pounds of me are native, while
only one hundred pounds come from
Mssoury, "-Arkansaa0 7'rareler.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16
Her ECOnOlll

One of those little lodges resorted to
for "raising the wind" by members of
that great and increasing class who hang
upon the edges of trampdom and re
spectfully but firmly decline to work or
pursue any honest calling, is illustrated
in the following incident, which actually
occurred in the suburbs of this city within
a fortnight A husband returning home
at evening, was met at the door by his
wife, who, after the usual salutations,
said:
"Oh, George, l have something to
show you"
"What is itl'
"Never mind, but come and see it,"
She preceded him into the cosy little
parlor and pointed triumphantly to a
white, woven strip, about six inches in
length, lying in the place of honor on the
center table.
pose that is, George dear z" and her voice
assumed the gentle tones of one about to
communicate pleasant surprise.
That" rcjoined George, approaching
the table to inspect the article, that, to
Inc. Susan, looks fearfully and wonder
fully like common piece of lamp wick
ing"
''IIa, ha; knew you'd say that. You
men are so stupid. 1t is lamp wick,
true, but not common one. 1t is one
Of the greatest inventions of the age 1t
is an electric lamp wick, George.
know from the man from whom bought
it; and he was very nice looking man,
too, well dressed, and such talker; told
me about how it came to be invented,
and how Professor Somebody of some
thing spent years of his life in expert
menting, and died just as he got it per
fected. All you have to do is to fill
your lamp with oil, put in the wick and
light it, After few days an incrusta-
tions forms on the outside, crystallized
electricity he called it, and the lamp will
burn six months without retilling. There's
one in the lamp now. Don't you see it
gives a brighter light?'
George looked stupefied. He looked
at the wick reposing in quiet dignity on
the table as if fully conscious it was
master of the situation; at the burning
lamp, which gave forth brilliant,
steady light, and at Susan herself, in
whose eyes rested the unmistakable as
surance of victory, and Involuntary
calculated: "NIaybe there's something in
it, How many of them did you buyl"
"Only three, dear, at a quarter apiece.
Think of the saving, George. Why
could buya new cloak next winter from
the money that would have been wasted
in coal oil"
George waited and his wife waited to
see what would come of the investment,
when the electrical crust had formed on
the wick. The next night, sure enough,
there was the lamp as full as ever, and
shedding as good light. On the third
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16

Mrs Brinytear visited her neighbor,
Mrs. Cookbook, the other day, taking
her little daughter Arabela along. Ara
bella is only three years in tins country,
and speaks her mind on all occasions, so
when her mother said at dinner:
Mrs. Cookbook, your cake is excel
lent, " and Mrs. Cookbook smiled de-
precatng little smile and remarked ooh,
no, Mrs. Brinytear; it baked SO slow it
is scarcely fit to eat, Arabella exclaimed !:
"That's what papa says. He says
Miss Goodcook's cakes would make dood
cat poison" There is north pole be-
tween the Goodcooks and Brinytears now,
but Arabella has discovered very torrid
slipper. - Through NAL.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16
A Man With Three Legs.

In a Boston hotel recently Bavarlan,
thirty three years of age, named George
Lippert, presented himself for examna-
ton and inspection to a number of
physicians and surgeons. Mr.. Lippert,
says the Boston Herdld, is known ana
accurately described as the "three- legged
man" lie has two legs which reach the
ground and one that is turned up behind
him, the latter originally placed in that
position by Mr.. Lippert himself, who
was sensitive about his deformity and
desired to conceal it. In fact, he does
conceal it so well that its presence can
not be guessed as he walks along the
street. His left leg is perfect, except
that it has SIX toes. Where the right
leg should be there are two legs growing
side by side and covered by the same
skin as far as the knee or very near that
point. There are two thigh bones, two
ball and socket joints and different sets
of muscles, and the motion of one leg is
entirely independent of the other. Each
of these legs, which may be called the
second and third legs, has separate
knee joint, and from the knee they are
entirely separate from each other. The
second leg below the knee has but one
bone, and this ends in bony knob with
three toes attached to it. 1t is this leg
that he uses in walking, the termination
being protected by padded cup made
to tit it. The third leg has all the bones
and muscles to be found in the leg Of
any ordinary man, but at the foot is
twisted in most extraordinary manner.
On this foot there are six toes, which all
move as Mr. Lippert wills. This leg,
though not the one used in walking. is,
nevertheless, the proper right leg Until
Mr. Lippert was sixteen years of age he
used all three legs in walking, and each
had its own independent motion, but he
could not stand the remarks his appear
once drew forth, and the older he be-
came the more sensitive he grew, and
finally he strapped the outside leg up be-
hind him in such way that it could not
be remarked. He naturally thought the
outside leg was the superfuous one,
when in reality the extra one was in the
center. Tightly strapped up in the way
described, the muscles became rigid and
contracted in such way that it is i'm
possible now to straighten this leg. An
other singular thing about this third leg
is that the oenails grow under the foot
and not as in perfect foot. Mr.. Lip
pert has three brothers and three sisters,
all perfectly formed his father and
mother are in no way remarkable, and
there is no record in his family of the
birth of twins. He is another living
illustration of the peculiar method in
which nature sometimes works, and no
theory yet advanced satisfactorily &C
counts for his strange deformity. Find
ing his extra leg serious Inconvenience
to him in nearly all the walks of life, he
finally overcame his modesty and con-
sented to exhibit himself.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16
At His Old Game.

81 am invited ont to a stag supper,
Maria" said Mr.. Jones the other even,
ing. "You needn't sit up for me-"
We'll, don't eat too much venison,
Jeptha,' suggested Mrs. Jones.
'Venison," queried Jones. "Oh-ah
hem. see No dear, | won't"
At midnight Jones came staggering
home singing loudly:
'I'll chase the antelope over the plain
''No you won't" said his wife, as she
met him at the door, Murder was in
her eye and night lamp in her hand.
maria" he hiccoughed, "don't scold,
buck-cause I've taken a horn too much.
I'll newer doe it again"
At this point the door slammed to-
FIRES Press.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16
About n EkarOn,

"Yes,H said Mrs. Parvenu, with a wad
of pride in her voice as big as a chew of
fine cut, my daughter is to be married
at an early day"
"To a titled German, ] believe ~
queried the friend to whom she was talk
ing.
Yes, a German baron"
"Ah2 A baron What is his name z"
"The Baron of-Baron of-Pshaw, it's
funny | can't remember his name. Ny
dear" she said, turning to her husband
grutf old chap behind newspaper,
"what is our new son-in-law's title?
He's baron of something but l cannot
recall it."
Don't know" he growled. "Barren
Of Funds, reckon. - Merchant Traveller.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16
The Glaciers of Alaska.

A Sitka letter to the New York Eren-
ing Post says that there are altogether
some six hundred glaciers in Alaska, va
rying in size, but in nearly every case
having dimensions far greater than any
in Switzerland. Those extending down
from the Fairweather group and from the
lesser heights guarding the bay on the
north and SOUTH and which drop Dor
tions of their immense bulk into the
deep waters of the inlet, number six in
all. The largest of these is the Muir
glacier, explored and measured first by
John Muir, who was guided to it by In
dams. 1t is fifty miles or more in length,
and where it touches the bay is three
miles wide, and has a solid height above
the water of 200 feet, which pinnacles
of spire like design rising fifty and 100
feet above the more solid mass. Under
meath the Immense cakes and blocks of
snow and ice constituting the glacier
which are piled together in the widest
and most disorderly manner runs living
stream of water, coursing through its
hidden passage with rumble as of Il
thousand carts. Escaping from the ice
at last the river boils upward from
the glacier front, then mingles
with the waters of the bay, and
flows off toward the outer sea The
constant war of this sunless stream, act
ing with other causes, forces particles of
the glacier to break away from the main
body, and as they fall a roar like the sound
of cannon, wakes the echoes of the
place, and columns OF water leap upward
against the frozen cliff, until it is
drenched with spray. During the sum
mer months, when there is more general
warmth the glacier is eaten away for a
distance OF half a mile, but later in the
season the ever moving mass
regains the distance lost and ap-
pears in springtime again as long
and high as ever. During the summer
the bay is filled with the fragments that
have fallen, for they rise after sinking
and go floating away like icebergs from
the Polar sea. Many of them measure
a hundred feet in height, and appear o
be islands of richly colored ice and snow.
Many are fiat and square, but others are
covered with towers and castles. and
have deep caves within them, filled with
light green or deep blue hue so peculiar
to bodies of thick ice. Sailing among
these bergs and with Fairweather on the
one side and the glacier on the other,
and feeling the chill air which all this
creates, one may easily imagine himself
among the ever frozen barriers of the
distant North.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16

and fourth evenings it was the same.
The wick was examined, but showed no
signs of the process of incrustation hav-
ing begun. The wife explained that it
might be week or ten days before this
happened. George scratched his head,
and was on the point of surrendering,
when a bright idea occurred to him. lie
called the servant. Betty, do you al
ways fill the parlor lampW
eyes, sir"
''Did you fill it on Mondayr
eyes, sir"
"TuesdayW
eyes, sir"
wife, Observation-Disclosures
Thursdayl"
eyes, NAM"
There was a moment of agonizing sus-
pense, and then the economical little
lady sat down on a chair in one corner of
the room and began crying softly to her
self. 1t was not so much the expense.
1t was plain to her now that one couldn't
believe in the horrid, deceitful men,
When the enterprising agent calls on her
now she unchains the dog and sends for
the nearest policeman. Thus do the in
nocent suffer for the guilty. st. Louis
Republican.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16
WIT FOR WINTER WEATHER
CYNICAL STORIES TO AROUSE THE
SLUGGISH BLOOD.

A Wen known NIan-Mamma's Oar
Iings-AbOut n BarOn--AImO st n
NaiiIe-Hcr Economy
eyes, gentlemen" he said, "Tm a
well known man, I'm New Yorker, and
my name is a familiar one to the Amer
lean people"
"Were you general in the war, stran-
gor2"
"No, sir. fit in the war, but not as a
general
Congressman, perhaps, or governor
of some State?"
mo, sir, I'm not a politician nor a
statesman, I'm private citizen, and I'm
proud to say it."
"Well, if you are not a great soldier
or statesman, what is it that made your
name familiar one throughout the
country2 Who are youa"
"I'm John Smith. "-Drakes Trareler's
Magazine.
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16
FAC-SIMILE op TYPEWRITER LETTER.

FAC-SIMILE LETTER.
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recting the faul is of sewerage and adv1 sing
the people how to prevent future cpl denies.
But other precautions are necessary, wi tn
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Dr.. Koch says that chol era has but little
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The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16

There are eight lawyers in Philadel-
phia who have been in practice over fifty
years
The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-16

A residence of sheet iron is being
erected in Sherman, Texas.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-06
CITY IN BRIEF.

The Board of Managers of the Indianapolis
Orphan Asylum will meet in the institution
at : p. N. to-day.
The Democratic State Central COMMITTEES
will meet in their rooms at the old Sentinel
building tomorrow at 10 o'clock q. m.
The week of prayer Will be generally OBJ
served by the churches. The First Presby.
terrain Church will unite with the Second
and Third (Tabernacle) Churches.
1t is said that a bill will be presented to
the Legislature limiting city taxes to seven
~ five cents and school taxes to fifteen
cents. The tax in this county now is 8 on
each 500, eighty-eight cents being for the
county and SLIP for the city.
Protracted revival services were begun
Sunday night ut Grace NJ. Z. Church by the
pastor, Rev. S. A. Bright. The prospects, for
q successful series of meetings are good, aud
The entire membership of the church are en-
thusiastic in their support of the minister
IN the work.
Postmaster Wildman desires to secure the
admission of the postofice to the Clearing
House, for the same reason and on the same
terms as the postofices of st. Louis, Louis
vile and Chicago. AS il now Is the banks
hold postal money orders until the end Of
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-06
Indiana Hospital for the Insane.
INDIANAPOLIS jan. D, $50.
A. N. Alexander, Esq State Agent OF The Harder

IFUTaNATUI0I JUIs % I0-U'
A. NJ. Alexander, Esq State Agent OF The Harden
'Stsr Hand Grenade Fire E~xtinEuisher:
DEAR SIR-At $50 p. m, of the 30th Of
December, an alarm OF fire on the Sixth
Ward was turned in. l ran to the ward and
found the clothing and woodwork tof light
pine) of the clothing room on ire, the
whole room dark from the smoke, and the
patients, thirty in number, making fright
full din. The attendants had thrown two or
three hand ~grenades, but were driven out by
the flames. / ordered two baskets of grensdes
(twenty-six IN all and stood in the doorway
breaking them on the burning flames and
walls. When, just as the pIastering fell. i
broke four above the flames, the fire was ex-
tiDguished SIS if By magic, not q spark re-
naming. No water was thrown until the
fire was out. From the alarm TILL extin-
guished fifteen minutes expired. Respect
fully yours, w. B. FLETCHER,
Superintendent.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-06

the week. whereas, under the proposed plan,
these orders will be met daily by the post
master.
One of Mr.. II. B. Sherman's st. Bernard
pups. about three months old, strayed from
the hotel last night. Any one finding and
returning il will be rewarded.
The speed contest at the Wigwam Rink
last night. between Mr.. O'Leary, champion
walker, and Mr.. A. b. Cutter, resulted in A
yictosy for Mr.. Gutter. 1t was an exciting
affair.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-06
OLD PAPERS.

Good conditioned old papers for sale at
this Office at only 40 cents per hundred.
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who WIN be ..Mr. spcakerq,,

There are all sorts of rumors OF all sorts of
combinations, but il now seems that the
candidacy will strike q pretty level headed
member What is meant by q level-headed
man is one who is well versed in psrlis-
mentary rules, rather progressing in ap
pearance, and one h buys his hats OF
Ryan, d and % South Illinois street.
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|. S. AYRES & CO,
Ihe Ssm*4mHl.
JANUARY 6.
SENTINEL TELEPHONE CALLS.
0fnce~--.164 Editorial Rooms~.-..s sI
THE SENTINEL AT NEW ORLEANS.

TO accommodate the throng from the
Northwest VINO will desire to read their IA
Worlds Exposition the Sentinel has been
placed on sale IN New Orleans at George F.
Wharton & Bros, No. 5 Carondelet street,
between Canal and Common streets.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-06
Roller Skates,

vajen 4 New are the exclusive agents for the
Pale of ]. II. Fenton's Rink Skates Ia Indians.
Kinks supplied at manufacturers prices.
Also, s full stoak Of ice Skates, Ice Creepers,
Sleigh Bells, etc.
VAJEN a NEW.
"A East WaahFnUfru cfroo4
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-06
THE NEW YORK STORE
tEsTABLI9HED 1859
CLOAK DEPARTMENT.
TO THE LADIES:

We desire to make known TO you
the fact Of our having marked down
our entire stock or Cloaks. We
have made very low prices in order
TO close the season and not carry
over q garment. Our stock IS not
large but very well assortedin new-
markets, Circulars, and the new
short DoImans, and ct prices which
viii suit the wants OF all. Our
Misses CIoaks are also marked
down. Ladies who are about pur-
chasing an outside wrap Will find 1t
TO be to their iatersst 20 examine
our stock at the marked do wn
prices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-08
Boar6 ano Rooms i11ante6.

A GENTLEMAN and wife would like board
n in good neighborhood private family preferred'
A. b. O., Boarder Tribune ONCE.
M ANTED.-Board. with fires and bath, for
w five adults from October TO May rstelass negh9or
hood ST lowest terms per month Address H. Glen Ridge
New-Jersey.