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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
ANTlClPA

Promise is sweeter than the full fruition-
The first soft breath that whispers in the
ear
OF budding crocuses and pussy willows
Is dearer than the ripeness of the year.
The first fair glinting of the sail approach
ing,
That brings the loved ones from a SUMMER
land
Is dearer than the close and tender clasping
OF eager heart to heart and hand to hand.
The first quick glance of love, half unex-
pected
Half hoped for, quickens in the trembling
breast
Sweeter and purer throbs than all the later
And fuller passion openly expressed
Sweeter by far to watch with beating
pulses
The slow unfolding Of the first success
Than to reap har ,est from the later tri-
jumps
That bring at best dash of bitterness
All, fair Anticipation might we never
Stray from thy borderland of ecstasy,
Nor seek to set our all too eager footsteps
In the worn paths Of dull reality.
L f. Kirk
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Among Gypsies of the Alhambra.

One afternoon between the showers
we strolled entirely around the outside
of the fortress of the Alhanbra. 1t was
a pleasant and picturesque walk. We
passed through the ravine separating the
Alhambra from the palace of the Gene
raliff, and so down to the banks of the
Darro and into the old Moorish and
gypsy part of the city. A little weary
we sat down for few minutes on a
stone bench near one of the pretty
bridges over the stream.
First came to us a gypsy woman to
tell the fortune of the beautiful senhora,
then came another gypsy woman to So
licit charity from the noble senior, and
then another one, with a baby at her
breast, on a similar errand, then a boy,
then a second and yet third, and pres
emily we had clustered about our bench
three women, nine boys and four girls,
all DESTROYS of establishing pecuniary re-
lations with the illustrious Inglesia. II
was quite a levee that we held there or
the banks of the classic Darro. They
talked Spanish and Romany and we
talked English, and got on so nicely to
gether that when we arose to depart
they accompanied us and cheered oui
way with friendly talk and gesture; Sc
prompt are these children of the sun tc
recognize innate nobility. Ere,
Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Plot of IA Japanese Comedy.

There also were two short comedies
given; the point of the story of the first
turned on the hypocrisy of young wife
lately married to an old gentleman, who
she was DESTROYS should leave her for a
while and 20 on his travels. When he
came to tell her that it was his intention
to do so, she pretended to fall a-weeping
violently, but rather overdid it; and the
old gentleman, suspecting something
something was up-for he saw a little
dish of water she kept by her side, into
which she stealthily dipped now and
then her pocket handkerchief, in order
that it might appear as if it had become
wringing wet with tears-substituted an
ink pot; she not perceiving the change
that had taken place, in few minutes
blackened her face in "a most horrible
manner; which when done, her husband
brought her metal mirror, and put her
hypocrisy to an open shame.-Cruise of
the Bacchante.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
A Revolution in Gas-Lighting.

An invention which, it is claimed by
gas engineers, will revolutionize the
present system of gas-hghting has just
been perfected by DIR. Auer in the
chemical laboratory of the Vienna uni
versity. Briefly described, the invention
may be said to consist in rendering a
cotton wick incombustible by impreg-
mating it with a metallic liquid. Thus
treated the wick, instead of burning,
merely CLOVIS, emitting radiance not
unlike that of the electric light. The
whole process is very simple; and the
great advantage of the invention is that
it may be applied to any gas-burner =
Chicago News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Nothing New Under the Sun.

The historian of The Boston Record
heard story the other day which he had
never heard before. and which struck
him as being rather funny. 1t was about
a Vermonter who went with his sweet
heart to justice of the peace to get
married. The magistrate performed the
ceremony, and the blissful countryman
asked: How much do | hev to pay ye,
Square?"
The law allows me $3.50" said the
justice.
We'll I'll tell we what I'll do" said the
bridegroom, taking a half dollar from his
pocket, all make it 81 for vel"
The historian says he expects to receive
by mail letter from some learned per
son in Cambridge or elsewhere who will
inclose this narrative:
In the reign of Phoroneus, king of
Argos, a peasant who had eloped with a
fair daughter of Mycene came to a
magistrate and was joined in marriage
with her. With what sum shall | re-
compense theeY then asked the peasant.
The law of Inachus,' answered the
magistrate. grants me three pieces of
brass BY the ninetyninth eye of Argus,
exclaimed the peasant, reaching down
into his tunic, I will give thee one piece
of brass and make it four! Exchange
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

The slums of London and Paris are
bad enough, but it appears that the
slums of Berlin are, if possible, worse.
Das Echo has just published some inter
esting details on the subject. There are
about 49, 600 houses in the Prussian cap
ital. A small number are Inhabited by
one or two families, but the great major
ity are divided into several distinct lodg-
ings Two thousand five hundred con-
tain from sixteen to twenty lodgings,
20, 900 from twenty to thirty lodgings,
and 10000 over thirty lodgings each.
Seventy-fve thousand of these lodgings
are composed of one room only, and in
habited by no fewer than 270, 900 per-
sons, which is an average of nearly four
souls per room: 1000 other lodgings are
composed of two rooms. and occupied by
800, 600 inhabitants, while the remaining
30, 600 lodgings are formed of three
rooms inhabited by 10000 people.
These figures will suffice to show the
promiscuous way in which the masses of
the Berlin population are lodged. The
houses in the poor quarters. often
five or six stories high, are built so close
to one another that they are nearly to-
tally devoid of both air and light.-Pall
Mall Gazette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

In considering the use of a naturally
or artitcially black skin we should not
look so much to the requirements of the
surface, which is constructed to bear
variations, and has the means of cooling
and maintaining a proper temperature
within itself, but rather we should con-
slider the far more delicate TISSUES beneath.
We all know how translucent flesh is to
strong light and it can hardly be doubted
hat the rays Of a tropical sun would
light up a white mans inside consider
ably, whereas black skin would stop out
the solar energy of light. heat and chem
cal rays etfectually. Skin heat is of no
Importance, as perspiration can always
keep that down. May not the oiling of
the skin in hot countries be partly to
make it reflective, SO that it should alb
sorb less heat? And may not the regard
white races have for clothing be partly
for the purpose of keeping the insides of
their bodies sufficiently in the dark
Nature.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

The liability Of monarchs to insanity,
probably owing to their loneliness and to
the effect of power i'll releasing the Will
from healthy external compression, is
greater than that Of other men, and Is
increased in Europe 10y their habit of in
termarriage. Two clans practically reign
in Europe the Catholic one and the Prot
estant one. and in both the disease has
repeatedly broken out, the Spanish Haps-
burgs in particular constantly showing
the predisposition, which is attributed
also in the form of melanchola or in
sane fury of temper, to the house OF
Romanotf. Its eXistanCe is often quoted
as "a final argument against monarchy,
and as against absolutism it is no doubt
a serious one. 1t is difficult to see what
can be done with an insane pope or car
except kill him, which is impossible eX-
cept through a palace murder such as
has, in Constantinople and St. Peters
burg, once or twice created a vacancy in
the throne AS rule, however, some
minister masters the maniac and III
constitutional monarchies the argument
is not worth much. The Spectator.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
A CUBAN CIGAR FACTORY.
How Henry C1ay's Name Came To BE
Used for IA Brand of Cigars.

Just beyond Togo Don Miguel called
my attention to an immense cigar factory
with the remark: AN American states
man made that" Then he told me how.
Soon after the great Missouri compromise
contest Henry Clay, who was very much
broken in health, was prevailed upon by
his friends to visit Cuba. The Spanish
government learning of this, gave
orders that he should be received as the
guest of the nation. On his arrival at
the old Hotel Amy in Havana, now
abandoned, he was received with extra
ordinary civic and military demonstra-
lions, and Virginian named Belt, an
American litterateur and linguist, then
and now residing in Cuba, was appointed
his cicerone.
Mr.. Clay protested against these hon
ors as being embarrassing and distract
ing to him, an invalid who had visited
the island only for rest and recreation;
and he was finally given the keys of the
city, but allowed to live in peace. At
this time there was in Havana poor,
struggling cigar-maker named Julian
Alvarez. He sought Mr.. Clay through
Mr.. Belt and begged piteously to be al
lowed to use his name for a brand of
cigars, and that the great commoner
would sit for portrait to accompany the
same. The petition was SO made to Mr..
Clay that it touched him deeply. His re-
ply through Mr.. Belt to Alvarez was:
Say to your Cuban friend that moth
ing on earth could be more distasteful to
me. l will do it, however. on the condi-
ton that Alvarez, should it help him
gain fortune, never fail to be generous
and bountiful to all men with whatever
may be in his power to bestow upon
| them"
1t is said that this portrait of Mr.. Clay
is the finest one in existence, his owr
great praise of it being embodied in his
/ remark:
1T is wonderfully ugly, and therefore
wonderfully like me-"
Julian Alvarez died in Havana last
year. The establishment which owed it:
origin wholly to Henry Clay's sympathy
for struggling poverty is the most noted
| of its kind in the world. Alvarez's death
was mourned by every human being il
Cuba. He as undoubtedly the mos
generous man, the most noble man, tn,
most truly grateful man, proven by hi
innumerable benefactions, ever known
to the Spanish people. Edgar l.. Wake
mans Cuba Letter
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Successful Case of skin-Grafting.

Several months ago a man at San
Francisco was badly burned by an ex-
plosion. His limbs, face, and hands
were covered with huge sores which re-
fused to heal. Skin-grafting was re-
sorted to, and fully fifty pieces of flesh
from relatives of the sufferer have been
grated. The flesh from the thigh of a
live chicken was also grated success
fully. The case is one of the worst ever
known in San Francisco, and the result
is awaited with interest by physicians
Chicago Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
The Mastery of Every Detail.

Edward Everett, who commanded so
much respect in England, not only for
his great learning and talents but for
he elegance of his manners, was once
sked by an American how he had so
mastered the detail of European eti-
quette. His answer was significant
one:
Il have never considered any subject
which other people respect as unworthy
of observation. l pride myself on the
manner even in which l tie up brown
paper parcel. l study the etiquette of
every country .-Exchange
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
The Nennolitan Fondness for Eating.

Though there may be greater gluttons
than the citizens of Naples, yet the Nea-
politans are very fond, not only of eat
ing, but of talking of what they eat.
When there is "a dead pause, or when the
conversation is about to take melan-
choly turn, nothing is more common
than for one of the party to smack his
lips and say: "Parliamo di cose ale
gre Oct us speak of merry things. What
have you had for dinner to-day" or
what are you going to have for dinner
to-day" as the hour may be when the
conversation takes place. No sooner is
the keynote struck than one after the
other they all begin to count their dishes
on their fingers, and run through a
gamut of them with an JUNCTION and en-
ergy of delivery and gesticulation which,
aided with well-rounded periods, and
the sounding superlatives of the Italian
language, render their dialogues very
striking Caterer
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

Tevik Pasha, Turkish minister at
Washington, is not a turbaned Turk, but
all the same a Mohammedan from way
back He is short in stature, somewhat
stopped from age, has a retreating fore
head, blue eyes and gray whiskers. a
writer had a pleasant chat with him
recently and managed to extract little
Oriental Joke. the third one he has re-
lated since he became a diplomat.
ut is the belief among the Moham-
medans that if early prayers are said
forty mornings in succession at the
mosque, before any one else arrives, the
person SO doing shall have good luck and
prosperity. There was a poor man in
Constantinople who was the picture of
bad luck and improvidence. Every
morning early he repaired to the great
mosque of st. Sophia and invariably
found some one ahead of him, thus
breaking the charm. One morning, as
usual, he discovered the earlier devotee,
and, as he proved to be the same one all
the time he thus spoke: My friend,
am poor and need good luck. For many
mornings | have come hither to pray,
each time earlier than before. Give me
chance. tell me how you get here
earlier than l every day. To which the
early devotee replied: I have two wives.
When awake in the morning one brings
me my slippers, the other my ablution
bowl, and by these wives attending tc
my wants together | am enabled to be
off earlier for prayers than if l had only
one wife. The poor man resolved tC
profit by the advice. He got him another
wife, and in few days discovered the
real secret of the early devotee, viz; the
war between the two women made very
early morning prayers at the mosque &
blessing - New York Mail and Elk
press
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Received at the Dead-Letter omce.

There are 10000 dead letters re-
ceiver annually at the dead-letter Office,
Three hundred thousand without
stamps.
Fifty thousand partially addressed.
Six thousand no address.
One and half millions of money or
ders and drafts of money value,
Forty-tive thousand packages contain
ing property.
Forty thousand dollars in money. nine
tenths of which is returned, the balance
remaining in the treasury, subject to APP
plication for four years.
Fifteen thousand photographs.
One-quarter of million European let
tiers are returned unopened.
One tenth of all letters received con-
tain property.
Ten thousand applications for letters
reported lost; the greater proportion
found and delivered. Exchange.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

Leading minds in France have become
very anxious in view of the ascertained
fact that the population there is decreas-
ing and, in order to apply remedy, are
inquiring into the best way to lessen the
mortality among children in their first
year, averaging IL per cent. and esti-
mated to amount yearly to nearly l15,-
600 deaths. This has also led dis
tinguished medical men of late years to
examine into the effects of the deplOr-
able general practice, which still prevails
extensively in France, of putting chill
dren out to nurse, and it has been con-
demned in the writings of many of
them. Their aggregated views have
been formulated in this conclusion: 1T
is of public interest that mothers should
nurse their own children. New York
Sun
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

When Mr.. Lincoln, the president-elect,
passed through Rochester in February,
1861, enroute to Washington, his face
was smooth shaven. 1t is said that on
his way from Illinois TO Washington, a
little girl remarked to him: MIR. Lincoln,
your face would not seem SO long and
you would look better if you wore
whiskers." The president laughed,
thanked the young miss, and went his
way. Thereafter he let his beard grow.
Rochester Union.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

In London steps have been taken to
procure a convalescent home for horses.
The object of the home, as set forth at a
meeting of those interested, is to enable
the poorer classes-cabmen, tradesmen
and others-to procure, on moderate
terms, rest and treatment for horses that
are failing from overwork OF accidental
causes, and which are likely to be bene-
fitted by few weeks rest and care
Foreign Letter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Poison Found in Edible Mollusks.

The occurrence of poisonous mussels
and star-fishes in German locality has
led to an investigation from which it APP
pears that simple stagnatiOn of sea-water
is capable of giving rise to poisonous
qualities in the animals inhabitating it;
and that, too, when it is free from sew
age and other impurities
Tnavalar
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Shortcomings of the Colleges.

There is no work for the colleges TO do
which is half 50 important as the train
ing of young men in the knowledge and
use of their mother tongue; there is no
work to which in fact the colleges give
80 little attention, and none in which
their efforts are so generally misdirected.
A very few of the colleges have shown
signs of an awakening sense of their
shortcomings in this respect of late, and
some of them are beginning to do little
better than has been customary in the
past; but i'll none is English taught as it
ought to be at all, while in nine colleges
out of ten there is no English teaching
at all worthy of consideration. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
soldiers UNDER the First Napoleon.

There are at present TAO old soldiers In
France who have served under the first
Napoleon, and each of whom receives a
life annuity of 25o francs. 1t is stated
that this venerable battalion loses an
nually on an average 1875 of its members,
and it may thus be expected that within
the next four years the last veteran will
take his departure from this hfe.-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
A Relic of the Middle Ages.

"Andorra' is an Independent state in
the Pyrenees adjoining the Spanish
province of Leredo 1t is not dependent
upon either France or Spain and has been
self-governing since the time of Charlie
magne. That great monarch recognized
the Andorrans because they helped him
against the Moors. This little state has
an area of about 600 square n les and an
estimated population of 1000. Those
who indulge i'll dreams as to what the
future may bring forth believe that 1t Is
the fate of modern Europe to break up
into small communities which will be
self governing locally while acknowledge
ing central authority, which would
dominate the western world. The most
perfect form of democracy known to
ancient or modern times was the New
England town meeting. The neighbors
in the several localities met and managed
their own affairs. This seems to be i'm
possible in densely populated Cities
De1norest's Monthly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
The Reading of Blind People

Some of the blind can read five or six
hours without feeling fatigued. They
use both hands in reading, the right fore
finger being used chiefly to separate the
words and syllables, while the left fore
finger recognizes the word by itself
Chicago Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

Physicists find two kinds of progress
in space-that of matter and that of
form. A bullet discharged from a gun
represents the former, while the ever
widening circles which follow the plunge
of stone into pool of water illustrate
the latter.-Arkansaw Traveller.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Electricity Used to Record weights

Electricity is now used to record the
weights indicated upon scales or steel
yards, tina application being especially
designed for the weighing of freight
cars while in motion. With this device
properly applied to the scales an accurate
account can be kept of the weight of
every car passing over them, even at full
speed. -Chicago Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Contest Between Armor and Artillery.

For many years maritime nations
have engaged in the contest between
armored ships and artillery. The limit
of buoyancy has now been reached.
Ships can float no heavier armor, but
cannon pierce and break them up, and
torpedoes blow their bottoms out Iron
clads have been more destructive of their
own people than of their enemies. In
the past twenty years very few instances
of efficient work by ironclads can be
cited, while some of the most APPALLING
disasters of the sea have involved their
own crews.-Gen. d. II. Maury, in N. y.
Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

Speaking of toads, wonder if the
widespread but erroneous belief that the
touch of toad will produce warts first
came about from the accidental discovery
that the secretion of the glands of the
skin is very acrid. This might easily
have been guessed from the alacrity with
which dog will drop "A toad If he has
by chance bitten one. But is it not more
likely that the fallacy regarding the pro-
duction of warts is a result of some such
theory as the doctrine of signatures"
This, you remember, led physicians, in
the infancy of medicine, to adopt as
remedies many herbs quite destitute of
the curative powers merely because of
some external characteristic which, so
the doctrine supposed, indicated the
disease to be cured by the use of the
several plants thus employed. For
this and no other reason the
little eyebrIght (euphrasia otticinalis)
was enrolled in the early materia medica
as a panacea for diseases of the eye. The
rough coat of the toad would naturally
suggest the idea of warts, and single
suggestion very easily grows into a the
Dry, and theory into a belef.-Popular
| Science Monthly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

A London restaurant keeper paid $751;
600 for the privilege of catering at the
Colonial exhibition now in progress
Inter Ocean.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Cocoanut Trees in the World.

The Indian Agriculturist estimates
there are 2S0, 900, 900 cocoanut trees in
the world, which produce 10000, 900, 900
nuts every year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

Where money alone is king. manhood
is at its lowest ebb.-Jud Lafagan.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

In India there are four female mission
aries 10 every million of women.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

There are now in force in this country
more than 200 patents for inventions.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

The worlds ninty-four geographical so
cieties contain IS, 600 members.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23
Phthisis Increasing Among Negroes.

1t is said that pure negro never died
of phthisis before the war; now deaths
from phthisis among the blacks is four
times as great as among the whites.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-07-23

The contented man is too often a
loafer by professionally Lafagan.