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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
The Earthquakes of Lima

In Lima there is a constant shaking of
the ground The houses are uniformly
three stories in height. The first story
is of brick or stone, the walls being
fully three feet thick. The upper two
are made of bamboo dashed together. 1t
takes a pretty severe earthquake to de-
stroy one of these buildings. The pecu-
thing about a shake is that the first
time you get one you are apt to take it
coolly. The next time you are afraid,
and ever after that you are d~emoralized.
Earthquakes are something that no man
can become accustomed to.-Chicago
Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

The latest invention enables any one
who improviSes on a piano to preserve a
perfect record of his ideas as they flow.
Every one is transferred to paper by the
valuable accompaniment to an ordinary
piano, and it now remains to be seen
whether there is much originality in the
usual improvisation, and whether it is
not largely composed of "reminiscences
which scarcely bear elaboration or de-
velopment.-Chicago Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
THE PAY OF LAW MAKERS,
What They Receive in the Principle
Countries of the World.

Countries of the World.
In Belgium each member of the cham
Der of representatives receives POO flor
ms, or l6 pounds 10 shillings per month;
or for the session of eight month 1874
pounds sterling.
In Denmark the members of the
landsthing and the folkething are paid
the same salary, - shillings per day.
The average number of working days in
a session is 1lj: the total amount for the
same is 113 pounds - shillings.
In Portugal peers and deputies re-
ceive an annual stipend of g. pounds.
In France senators and deputies each
get 10, 600 francs, or $50 pounds per
year; the colonial representatives get
ting, in addition, their travelling ex-
penses.
In Sweden the members of the diet re-
ceive 200 rix-dollars, equal to &C pounds
IA shillings, for a session of four months,
and their travelling expenses. Here
members of both chambers are fined 10
rix-dollars, or II s%hillings, a day if they
do not attend.
In Switzerland members of the ma
tional council receive 10 shillings per day,
which is paid out of the federal treasury.
Members of the state council are paid by
the cantons, and their salaries range
from 6 to 10 shillings per day.
In the United States representatives
and delegates each receive 1000 pounds
per year and their travelling expenses
at the rate of 10 pence per mile.
In Norway the members of the stor-
thing receive 13 shillings 4 pence a day
while it is sitting, which is usually about
twelve weeks.
In Italy neither sepators nor deputies
are paid, but they get free passes over
all the railways in the kingdom and
some other concessions AS to taxes and
patronage, a most objectionable mode
of payment, and long since condemned
in this and other countries where SINH
lar privileges used to be conceded to leg
i~slators.
In Spain the members are not paid.
In Greece senators get 30 pounds per
month and members of the representa-
tive chamber 10 pounds per month.
In all the local legislatures in Ger
many the members, with one or two
exceptions, are paid, the salaries aver
aging in Prussia about 8 shillings per
day and in Austria 20 shillings "A day.
The members of parliament in Great
Britain, as is well known, receive no pay
and have no direct patronage. Were
the members of the house of lords paid
at the same rate as American congress-
men and senators, their salaries would
amount to about 5ls,N pounds, and the
members of the house of commons would
absorb about $4,000 pounds.-Chicago
Trihnne-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

Lord was not giving any special power to
Peter as to the future, but teaching him in
view Of Tie guilty past.
V. IL. That the sin of Peter in denying
shaped the form of this dealing with him is
clear from this, Peter was ri1cvcd " y y
third time and he made his reply emphatic
and full Of feeling, Lord, thod Nnowe, all
things the way our Lord was teaching him
now showed that thou knowest that love
thee The commission is repeated, "Feed
my sheep" Be IA shepherd to them; warn
them; love them. Peter was so. No one
gives more faithful cautions against tempta-
tions.
vs.. Is, 10 are entirely in the line of the
view given. They make a gentle, kindly in
timation of that martyrdom which Peter vol
unteered prcmaturely, but which the Master
sent later, in the right time, and one can
fancy Peter saying, After all | am glad |
shall have to die for one SO noble and SO for
giving
The teacher will show how fit this lesson
was at this point. The apostles were to he
fishers of men. But of themselves they could
catch none. Under Christ's orders the net
will he full, and it will not he broken. In the
supper of the Lamb the joint fruit of Christ 5
and his fellow lahorers' tolls will he gathered
together. To Peter the lesson vas specially
fit. in view of the past. Self-conlidencc was
lis snare. Christ twice uses "A word for
lowest stronger than Peters own word.
DO you really love me as & friend, or is it
only talk, as before So Peter appeals to
our Lords omniscience. Then the hint comes
that in loving and following Christ. Peter
shall have Christ's experience and really carry
out all that he had volunteered, then from
hi, ot,-,, ,va., .,,, G.1,,,. aud ,,rilp lint AZ Inst
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
Thread from MiIk-Weed.

American inquisitiveness and ingenu-
ity united have produced threads from
the blossom of the common milk-weed
which has the consistency and tenacity
of imported flax OF linen thread and is
produced at "a much less cost. The fibre
is long, easily carded, and may be read
lily adapted to spinning upon an ordin-
AIRY flax spinner. 1t has the smoothness
and luster of silk, rendering it valuable
for sewing machine use. The weed is
common throughout this country, but
grows profusely in the south. The ma
terial costs nothing for cultivation, and
the gathering is as cheaply done as that
of cotton Dry Goods Chronicle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

Every one who has used the telephone
much, knows how troublesome cross
talk" is at times. Indeed, in lines not
more than ten miles in extent. if there
be parallel wires. a good. clear service is
not to be thought of. In this regard. a
curious discovery was recently made by
one of the speakers at the recent con-
vention. He says that when it is found
impossible to work two parallel wires at
the same time, if those using one of
them will speak German or any other
foreign tongue, while those in the other
are speaking English, they will have
no trouble in making themselves under
stood.-Scientific American.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

FL Cronista de Morelos, "A paper pub
lished in Mexico, AYERS that it is custom
airy among the Indians of the Jonacate-
pee district of that country to exchange
wives. Occasionally these trades are
permanent, but more often they are for a
stipulated length of time, at the expira-
ton of which each woman returns to
her former husband, and the event is
celebrated in each family by a feast, at
which the pulque flows freely. Where
the wives can not be traded even, a dog,
cat or pig is added on one side to make
the barter fair. In the district of Ten
ango, at Tescaliacac, the still more novel
custom exists of selling or trading off
mothers-in-law A very fair article of
mother-in-law can be bought for a lamb
or sucking pig. Boston Budget.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
DREAMS OF THE BLIND.


At What Age May IA Child Lose All Mem
DRY of the Visible World
Among the papers read before the bio
graphical section of the American Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Science,
was one on THE Dreams of the Blind"
by DIR. Joseph Jastrow, of Philadelphia.
The object of the paper was to deter
mine the extreme age at which a child
may become blind and yet lose all mem
DRY of the visible world, SO that it no
longer sees in its dreams.
almost all dreams of normal per-
sons, the paper says, "are sight dreams,
and a dream is often spoken of as a
vision. The blind are deprived of this
most important sense; but if they have
not been born blind they may remem-
Der enough of what they nave seen to
enable them to imagine how things
look, and when the Imagination has
free play in sleep to picture them
selves as in full possession of all their
senses. Physiolog lists would explain
this 10y saying that during the years in
which they saw a certain part of the
brain has become educated to receive
and interpret all these messages which
the eye sends, and that when this part
of the brain acts spontaneously in sleep
the person dreams of seeing. Such a
portion of the brain would be called the
sight center.
IF, now, we find ont the latest age at
which blindness may set in and vet the
person keep on dreaming of seeing, we
will find IL the time it takes for this
sight center to develop, for of course it
Is not present in the newborn infant.
For this purpose about 200 blind persons
of both sexes were questioned at the in
situations for the blind in Philadelphia
and Baltimore, and it was found that
those who became blind before their
9th year never dreamed of seeing; of
those whose sight was lost between the
9th and 9TH year some did and some did
not see in their dreams; while all whose
eyesight was destroyed after the 7th
year had quite as vivid dream visions as
seeing people. The 9TH to the 18th year
is thus shown to be the critical period.
1hls period corresponds with the age
which authorities assign as the limit at
which a child becoming deaf will also
become dumb, and also with the age of
ones earliest continuous memory of ones
self.
1T is quite interesting to note that
blind persons dream quite as frequently
as normal people, and that with those
that do not see in their dreams hearing
plays the principal part. When dream
ing of home, for instance, they will hear
their fathers voice or their sister sing
ing, and perhaps will feel the familiar
objects in the ROOM, and thus know they
are at home. We, in such a case,
would see it all."-Philadelphia Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

Have, first of all, a home. No mat
ter what your career, let it start from
the home and return to the home.
There is no measuring the length of
woman's lever; nor how it will and must
reach and raise in all the great affairs
OF the world, in the areas of church and
state and society. But however the lever
lengthens and strengthens, and moves
and upheaves, in the spacious fields of
the future, its fulcrum can never change
its place OF its base; and that fulcrum is
the home.-The C%hatauquan.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
f. esh Australian Butter.

The enterprising colony of Victoria, en-
couraged by the satisfactory results flowing
from the trade III fresh meats is bent on
tempting the English markets with fresh
Australian butter. 1t is argued that the sys-
tenn of refrigeration by which meat is kept
fresh during the long voyage to England will
serve equally as well i'll the case of butter,
and it i, pointed out that butter produced in
the a%ntipodean summer would reach the Eng
lsh markets in time to command "A ready
sale during MISUNDERSTANDING Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

The death roll for 1885 by accidents in
the Pennsylvania coal mines foots up 1894.
OF these 81 were killed in the anthra-
cite district and 50 in the bituminous
Falls of roof and slate o~ccasioned the
greater number of fatal accidents, al
though explosions of fire damp were re.
sponsible for the loss of a good many
lives. The non-fatal accidents num-
bered about three times the fatal ones,
many of the victims being manned and
crippled for life. -Philadelphia Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

-"She did wrong to look back: didn't
he Bessie "les. mamma '.Aud
hat do you think Lot thought when he
Ew his poor wife turned into a pillar
salt" 81 don't know, mamma: [
|pect he wondered where he could get "A
Fesh one"
Mrs. Simpson Hendricks, the land
|dy, had just remarked that all flesh is
|ass, when Dumley, who is even with
5 board and therefore inclined to be
|ptious, felt called upon to correct her.
Some f-tiesh may be grass, madame"
said, struggling with his knife and
r, "b-but it occurs to me that this par
ular piece of f-lesh c-cuts more like
baled hay."-[Harper's Bazaar.
Captured by "A Snap Shot. He (try-
to get out of it pleasantly)-"Tm
fully sorry that | must go tonight,
ISIS Bessie. What an agreeable two
seks we've had of it. | will 90 and
your father"-(he was going to say
harness the horse.") She-"Oh,
illiam, | knew it would come, aud /
Sed pa yesterday so as TO save YOU the
bubble. He's more than willing ."-1Tid-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
Mexico City's American HospitaI.

The American citizens that live in the City
Of Mexico have issued another appeal for the
American hospital to be erected in that city.
A very de-irahle site has been secured. on
which it proposed to erect four small pavilions
with an adlninlstratiyc building in the center.
One of these payilions is fast approaching
completion and it is hoped if funds are avail
able, to erect the central building soon. The
whole plan calls for about $4,000. of which
about 100000 has been subscribed. 1t is hoped
that many Americans will aid this most
worthy object.-New York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
A THOUGHT.


When the great rambling world was late
~convuis' l..
And thro' each s~trir';an breas !; a spasm of
dread
PasS'd for the quick, | fought upon the
dead
The newly-coflined dead-with arms still
pulsed
Crossed Ger the breast. AMI wondered if
%perchance
Some poor flesh-pr.son'd soul, thrilled from
its trance,
Hearl not the rumbling in carth's laboring
womb,
And thought twas Gabriel summoninr him
to doom.
-Orp1io Kay Ral1
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
Emblem of Good Luck.

The latest emblem of good luck in Paris Is
the African gri-gri, copied from the -fetich-
brought over by the black Prince Karamoko.
who has lately been one of the ions OF the
French capital. The gri-gri Is a tiny insect
IT very ancient days, imprisoned in amber,
and limitations are mounted in different
articles Of jewelry for the Partisan bellies to
wear as charms. Frank Lslie's
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
Now, What's the Time,

Wife-Dear, the dining-room clock
must be fast.
Husband-Irnpossible, love; l set it by
my watch.
Wife-And what did you regulate
your watch by?
Husband-Well, really, l think by the
clock.-New York Graphic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

There is a good deal of practical COM
mon sense in the answer of the old cook
in New Orleans when her young mis-
tress told her of Virgins coming earth
quake. Go long, chile" she said, "go
long wild yer nonsense? Coda nifty
don go and tell anybody what He's
gwine ter do; He jes' go long and do it.
New York sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

The north shore of Lake Superior has
never been surveyed; consequently there
are no charts to aid navigators, 10
buoys to indicate dangerous rocks and
shoals; and but -four lighthouse along
the entire coast, some 500 miles in
length.-Chicago Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

The other day The Boston Ledger had
a leader entitled THE Mystery of jelly
in which it said: THE human heart is
deceitful and desperately wicked but if
it ever found adequate excuse for its
.perversity it surely vas in the madden
ing vagaries and intolerable hatefulness
of the jelly that will not jell.-Ex-
change.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

A curious export of New Zealand is a
peculiar fungus which grows on the
trees in some sections, and which is
sold only in China, where the demand
is rapidly increasing. Its uses do not
seem to be well understood, but Eng
lish officials have reported hat it is EN-
ployed as "A blood purifying medicine,
as food in soups, and as a dye.-Boston
Budget.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

A New York physician says lit is dan
gerous to go into the water after a
hearty meal" And we presume if he
did go in after n he wouldn't find it.
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
The Reason Why.

MY dear children" said the deacon,
addressing the scholars, ''can you tell
me why you come to Sunday-schoolf"
=" Cause our pas would wallup us if we
didn't" promptly responded a small
scholar. Life.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
What We MAY ExDect.

Scene in hotel twenty-five years hence.
Guest to ~porter-Can you tell me what
time it is?
Porter-Yes, sir. It's half past 10.
That'll cost you 80 cents, please.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

The largest theatre in the world is the
new opera house in Paris. 1t covers
nearly three acres of ground; its cubic
mass is 4. 2S7, 900 feet; it cost about 1OO,-
600, 900 francs.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
The Type Writer.

The typewriter now in such common
use, dates back to l714, when Henry
Mill got a patent for it in England, but
it was not really made practicable until
1867.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

In Northern Asia now they are max
ing whisky of reindeer milk, which is
rich in alcohol.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12

Unlike what is generally supposed,
Paul Revere was a man of 40 when he
took his famous ride.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-11-12
PELLETS
HOUSE FOR SALE !

The two-story, French root house on North
Pleasant street belonging To the estate OF Mrs.
Mary l.. Orchard. 1t is nearly new, well built
and in II very desirable location; good-sizcd
lot. For further particulars enquire of
20;tt u. RIDER, Admr.
Middlcbury, Vt, May 10, lss6.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-28

nortad and domestic
'Perfnmeries, soaps
Fancy cfOOds,
etc, etc.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-28
ON TO DRowNwoopl

II is done.
The one enterprise that Fort Worth has
longed to see set ON foot has at length
been accomplished. The Fort Worth 6
Rio Grande railroad--there is music in
the sound--is reality. The paper sta e
has been passed, and the dirt
win soon be dying, Another great
highway of steel Is added an
other great artery Of commerce. per-
meating magnificent scope Of tributary
territory; another triumph for the great
est builder OF railroads in all the South.
It was accomplished in the usual Fort
Worth way, and was the work of a couple
OF hours. A few who thought that thirty
minutes WAS long enough to raise the
$4,000 lacking grew a little fldgety,
but even those stayed TO
see it out, and join In the
general hurrsh, that made the bnllding
ring, when chairman Carter announced
that the last dollar had been made up.
The audience was not quite SO large as
the opera-house has contained on similar
occasions, yet II was fairly representative
OF the property-holding and pro.
grcsslvc element OF the city. what
was lacking in numbers was made
up IN enthusiasm. The majority
of the men there loved Fort Worth with
no common election, and as
HER PAST pLrcKY DsBDs
were recounted their pride found vent In
lusty cheers, Mr.. A. M. Carter, the we'll
known lawyer, appeared on the stage as
president Of the meeting, and Mr.. John
0. svfo acted as secretary. A lot
OF good-humored cheering followed
Mr. Csrter's spologeilc opening
statement that he was not accustomed to
public speaking be then In afew words
told the story that all know, and usged in
forcible language the necessity Of raising
the required balance. He hoped no man
would refuse to give. Fort Worth had
gwen e75, 600 as bonus TO the Fort
Worth & New Orleans road only forty
seven miles long, aud for this road, 1870
miles long, she was asked ior but go, 900.
He then read the conditions
previously given in THE GAzETrE) BY
which subscribers pay in lnstoiIments IS
the work progresses.
Loud calls we're then made for
COL. !. p. SMITH.
who rose and said that he copldadd moth
Ing to the president's REMARKS III hsd
already given 70 the road, but might per
haps give more.
HAJ. y. J.. JARVIS
rose n answer 70 loud calls. He vas
mot like Mr. Carter. OF late he had be n
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-28
NEW YORK BooDLERs.

nicCabs Is Insane--Othcr Triss 20 90 on
NEw YORK, Oct. 27.-Doctors A. K.
Mcdonald and Allan Mel. Hamilton Wis.
tied District Attorney MARITIME yesterday
and reported progress in the matter OF
the examination OF ex.Alderman Nc
Cabe as to his sanity. The physicians
had long talk with MARITIME, who
said 1t would not be proper for
him to indicate what their report would
be. He would say, however, that Nc
Cabe viii be called into court on
Friday and disposed Of. 1t
can readily be imagined, therefore,
that all the physicians will agree that
McCabe is insane and should not be tried.
AS TO who will be the next tried in the
meantime he said he had not determined,
but would proceed with the trials as
rapidly es possible. He had not decided
when TO Try Jacob Sharp, aud added that
he would not be surprised II some Of the
aldermen would plead guilty. lie would
not in so many words admit that such
was the fact, and did not know whether
the people would be satisfied II the dis
trict attorney would accept pleas OF
guilty, and intends carefully TO consider
the matter.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-28
THIS SETTLES 1T.

Non citizens Cannot Craze their Cattle
ON Indian Lands.
special 10 the Gazette.
FoRr SMITH, ARK, Oct. 27.--In June
last the government entered suit against
j. G. Weihers Co. Of Kansas TO recover
damages for grazing their cattle on the
Cherokee strip, which the authorities o.
that nation had leased TO another cattle
company. The case WAS tried Oy jury,
and was decided IN favor OF the goyern-
ment, which threw the defendants IN for
the costs as well as the damages, which
are put at 5000. This verdict virtually
settles the question long standing as 70
The right Of non-citizens grazing cattle on
Indian lands, and will be Of interest 70
many people on the Kansas border
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-28
rur rnrslpENr on THE NEW noAD.


Cart. d. q. Paddock, the man 70 whom
belongs the chief credit OF an enterprise
that bids fair 10 add so much TO Fort
worth's commercial greatness, Ii ma
tive OF Wisconsin, but went South early
In life and entered the Confederate service
from Mississippi, In which he
made splendid record as an
officer OF exceptional sklll and gallantry.
Thirteen years ago he came 10 Fort
Worth aud assumed charge OF "The
Democrat" a weekly sheet, In which he
published his famous "spldor WEBB map
that represented Fort Worth as the
greatest railroad center in the South AT
that time there wasn'sa road In the city.
He has lived TO sea nlibut one Of the roads
witch he then trsw built 20 and out Of
Fort Worth, and II is vminenlly proper
that his should be the guiding hand, the
muster spirit 10 bring about the conclu-
sion Of a prophecy marvellous for IFS
foresight and wonderful ~ rs fnlnll-
ment.
Possessed OF dauulcss courage, un-
bounded enterprise and supreme faith in
the future OF The city That he almost
Worship, Capt. Paddock IS splendid
sample Of the class Of men who have
made the name OF Fort worth synonym
for pluck and progress throughout the
length aud breadth OF he land.