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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
Our Alphabet In Japan.

There is q movement going on i'll
Japan for the throwing away of Chi
nese characters and the adoption of the
same alphabet that we use. There are
two societies in Toxic in favor of some
reform in this direction, and one Of
them wants to adopt the japanese al
phabet proper, which consists Of forty
seven letters There will probably be a
change to one system or the other, and
l have heard it predicted that English
will eventually be the language of
Japan.
I saw a short hand writer in one of
the offices here take down japanese
conversation, and could not see that
his pot hooks looked any different from
those of the reporters Of congress. 1t
will be impossible, however, for Japan
ever to use the typewriter while she
sticks to the Chinese characters. In
the mean time large part of the en-
pire is learning English, and Japan
has the best educational system of any
of the oriental nations. School attend
ance Is compulsory, and there are
5000, 0O0 children in the public schools.
More than a million of these are fe-
males, and Japan has LAP high schools.
It has sixty-iive normal schools, and
there are about 1900 pupils in the I'm
perial university here. There are 103
technical schools, containing 5000
students, and 1853 schools are main
tanned by private funds. The future
of Japan it is impossible to predict,
save that with this system of educa-
ton it cannot but continue to advance.
Frank G. Carpenter in N. Y. World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
The Treatment Of sleeplessness.

Recipes for sleeplessness continue to
present themselves. A correspondent of
The Lancet has found the following to be
an effectual remedy in his own case:
After taking deep inspiration he holds
his breath till discomfort is felt, then re-
peats the process a second and a third
time. AS a rule this is enough to pro-
cure sleep. A slight degree of asphyxia
is thus relied on as soporiflc agent, but
the theoretical correctness of this method
Is somewhat open to question. Ger
tainly there is proof to show that the
daily expenditure of oxygen is most act
i've during the waking period, and that
nightly sleep appears to coincide with
period of deficient tissue oxygenation.
1t is at least as probable, however, that
other influences are associated with the
production and timely recurrence of sleep
besides that just referred to. This plan,
moreover, however etfectual and bene-
fetal in the case of its author, is not
without its disadvantages. The tendency
of deficient oxygenation Is to increase
blood pressure and slow the hearts ac-
ton. With normal organ, as an occa-
sional occurrence, this might not be of
much consequence. If, however, the
impeded heart should also be enfeebled by
disease, the experiment might be re-
peated once too often.
Another combatant in the struggle
with insomnia lays down a series Of
rules. for the most part very sensible. to
which he pins his faith. Considering
that the chief causes Of sleeplessness are
worry and the want of due amount Of
exercise and fresh air. he advises his fell
low sufferers to observe the ordinary
rules of hygiene relating to such matters,
to take food and drink in moderation
and to avoid Of an evening the use of
tea, coffee and tobacco. In dealing with
severe nervous irritation from mental or
physical work, he has found a daily rest
an almost essential prelude to sleep at
night. Thus he treats of sleeplessness
rather as tendency requiring constitu-
tional remedies than a symptom of mere
brain excitation. There is much to be said
for his theory and means of treatment
Therapeutic Gazette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09

transported. Such indeed, was the point
decided In the case of Brown VS.. Mary
land, IL Wheat. 419, as to foreign COM
merce, with the express statement, in the
opinion of Chief-Justice Marshall, that
the conclusion would be the same in a
case of commerce among the States
ut is true that the case under consd-
Grafton before the court did not involve
directly the question of sale In unbroken
packages, but only the right of tram
sportation from Zone State to another
But the fact that the court goes out Of
its way to assert that this sale is "by
necessary implication" part of the act
of transportation, which no State law
can prohibit, shows clearly enough what
the decision would be in a case taken to
it on that one point.
ga crisis has been reached. The coun-
try can no longer endure half drunk and
half SOBER Either Kansas, Iowa, Maine,
Vermont and Rhode Island must in time
(and not long time) give up prohibi-
ton, or else the national Congress must
come to their rescue. Congress alone
can save prohibition in those States, for
Congress alone has power over Interstate
commerce. Will Congress act? There
is little hope of it, Judging by its past
record as given on another page.
"we must have prohibition Congress;
we must have a prohibition President; we
must have national Prohibition party,
or all the ground gained for prohibition
in the last fifty years will slip away from
us. 1t is a national question"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
Adulteratiop of Pepper,

The microscopic OF the department
of agriculture, Professor Thomas Tay-
lor, has ascertained that the substance
used in adulterating pepper is the seed
or stone OF the olive. These are OBJ
tanned in large quantities from the
olive oil factories, and ground up
with the pepper corns, the extent of
the adulteration being in some cases
as great as 80 per cent. No method of
popularity detecting adulteration of
pepper has yet been found. In bulk
the pure pepper is darker in color than
that to which olive seeds have been
added, but the difference is SO slight
that no person, unless possessed of a
sample to compare with, would be
able to discover any difference
Science.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09

criticism Of 1t in one of the English mag
azines could not make the translation
popular. Besides her mastery of the
French language, shown by this work,
1t is said that Mrs. Ward knows more
about early Spanish literature than
almost any woman living. OF "Robert
Elsmere" we have already spoken. 1t
has been reviewed in almost every paper
and magazine, and it bids fair to be as
widely read in America as in England
The Critic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-09
CTATE Of VERMONT-District OF Adj

The Probate court tor the district of Addi-
son;
Isaac Brake, late OF Weybridge In said dis
trict, deceased. GREETING;
BY the authority of the State OF Vermont,
you are hereby notified to appear before the
said Probate Court, at the Probate ONCE in
Middlebury, in said District. on the 18th day OF
November, A ID. 1888. at 10 O'Clock, a. m, to
show cause. II any you have, why the real es,
tate OF said deceased should not be distributed
to the parties entitled thereto, and to be pre-
sent, II you so desire, at the time OF the ap-
pointment of a committee to make such dis
tribution.
Dated at Middlebury, in said District, this
goth day of October, A. D.. 1855.
as LYMAN Il. KNAPP, Judge.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30
RAllkOADes


DITCH MOND, FREDERICKSBURG
IL ANO POTOMAC RAILROAD.-Scn s a.n ss
oommen ling NAY 9Th. lcos-easeefn ss~oa~i"
time: .,o. A., .. atoms
10 am. leaves Byrd street station Gal J syoy'
''- o,iv AZ Ashland Junction. Nliforo,
and Fredericksburg: Sleeper
Wsshington, Leaves Warrington 10
New York at ll:fo am. Ali
ila7 am leaves Byrdet stanon assi ., co.
cept sunday. Leaves ssnms'n ~. ~
New York at 4:lO pm fsrioi '~' "
Washington. 1870 a.u,
e.r N. leaves Byrd-street station oAA5'
sleeper to New York. ...,-
1913 Am. arrives 81 Byrd street STATION o1V'
Sleeper from New York
s.l9 nm s-r,yes AZ Byr'i street statiou cAiy
stops at fredericksburg. Niitoru, M
Ju.ctiou. Sleeper from Wasningtoos
,a-s nm arrives AZ Byrd-street station osiiy,
except SUNDAY. Pailor car tron'
Washington.
ASHLAND TRAINS.
DAILY EXCEPT sUNDAYs
An nm. accommodation, leaves byrd street
station arrives at Ashland AZ pm.
e1l PM. leaves Eibs arrives AZ hsniano "
st- am. accom- uosstion, arrives at Byrd.
street citation; Leases Ashland ~ ''s
am. ,,x %,
C. 'TT RIYiLoR. General Ticket Aeeut.
EFT. d. MygRs. General Superintenoea-.
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HOW THEY WRITE.

The poarcss Nora Perry uses only violet
tnk. But She Is not the authU OF "Swcet
Niolets"
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps writes a small,
sharp corneye1 hand that would he precise *
,auch practice bad not given it some freedom
Mis- AIco,t used to send her copy to tho
printer i'm round back hand penmanship,
the lines very far apart TO allow for c-nenda-
tons.
Mrs. y. d. T. Whitney writes an Italian
land which sends out its light tendrIls all
over The page like a climbing grape vine, not
easy 70 make out.
Mr.. Louise Chandler Moulton used to tell
a tale OF New YSSk press dinner az which
G. ". Curtis offered toast to her health,
sho being then not well known 10 fame, as
"thc writer who sent in perfect copy"
When Louisa NJ Alcott wrote Little
Women "to Single the barn" she used for
popor the reverse side of some OF her fathers
Oh manuscripts and rested the whole para.
rheinalia on a shabby lap tablet lying on bel
knees.
Clara Barton used % he copyist in th'
patent Office az Washington before the war
and her small, round, neatly formed char
actcis written frequentlyon every other I'm
only, bear testimony 10 tho work done
that time
Ellen Terry writes commonly on thil
rico paper aud likes "A broad niDbed pen. 81
bears down with decision and makes a wa
stroke and square letter, often DacAhanded
Her writing Is beautifully distinct ana make
q handsome page
Mrs. Henry Ward Bcechcr does her writn
at small but plain and businessiike lauy
desk, with a photograph OF Mt beecne
Standing upon It, She writes hanc "nic
j, as plain as copper plate, but soNie"n'
crampel and old fashioned.
Miss Frances =. Willard writes boil
Dlain hand when She sits at desk to do !
i,ut 80 much Of her correspondence IS carrie
ON ON railway cars that frequently specimen
of her penmanship are sharp mp anu DO"
strokes, "a trial to the patience ana the eyes
II may be noticed Of the writing Of literaI
women i'm general, as Of everybody WI
writes great deal, that autographed pee
liaritlcs are So seldom varied as to make u
deciphering Of manuscript by the coinpoei''
after me has become used to those peculiar
ties. an easy thing, however odd ana out
the way the hand writing may be.
Mrs. Croly Jennie June writes with e
treme rapidly, and between more frequent
than upon the lines She writes the hand
n woman who has written so long and
much that the operation has become pure
mechanical one, and the letters are form
very plainly in the morning, when iresh
work, becoming almost illegible at night.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30
The POWER OF NUMBERS.

10 see nine magpics Is extremely uniucky.
In France a seventh son in direct success
sion is called a marcou.
Virgil tells us IN the eighth eclogue' That
the gods esteemed odd numbers
The seven days Of creation led to'a scpton-
orv division of time 10 oil ages
There were seven wise men in antiquity,
and seven wonders of the world
Nine grains Of wheat, laid on a four leaVed
clover. enable one 10 see the fairies.
f. WAS an ancient belief that change IN
t,o body of man occurs every seventh year.
Falstafr saws: "They say there is divinity
in odd numbers, either 10y nativity, chance or
death"
Mime knots made in black WOODEN thread
formerly served as a charm IN the case OF a
spraim
In many parts Of England and in the
United States an odd number OF eggs Is pun
under a setting hen.
The number three was the perfect number
At the Pvthagoreans, who said II represented
The beginning middle and emf
In the Ferye Islands there is a superSlitivn
that seals cast OIL their skins every nintl
month and assume the human shape.
For seven DAYS seven priests with sever
,-rm,,ots invested Jericho and onthe seventh
day they cncOmpassed 1t seven uheS'
Elisha sent Naaman TO wash in the Jordan
eeven times. and Elijah sent his servant IRON
Mount Carmel seven times to look Tor RAM
Miraculous powers are supposed to be pos
se.sed Inv the seventh daughter, but, as usu''
:, the case of women, it has an occult power
When "A servant maid finds nine green pea
in one pod She lays 1t Oh the window SIN an
tho first man who enters will be her "beau
Among the Chinese heaven is odd, earth
ev.n. and the numbers |, ), ., Z, y belong
beaveu. while the even d,sits are oil u
earth earthly.
There Is well known superstition, curren
since the DAYS OF Ovid, that particular VII
tue. strength, or danger lies IN the hih'
wave OF a series
The ancients not only noted the importanC
of seven as an astronomical period but as
connected with the seven planets the seVe
metals then known.
The second digit acquired an especially ev
reputation among the early Christians, d
cause tine second day hell was created aloi
with heaven and earth.
Thenumber nine, besides being regard
"a n lucky one, is possessed Of mysierlo
properties. intensified from its beng q
product of three times three.
The S.ameso have regard for odi nni
bers. and insist on having an odd number
doors windows and rooms III their hons'
and that all staircases must have an .
number Of steps
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30
SOME NECK cIRcUMFeRENcES.

Gen. Grant were q II inch collar.
Lawrence Barrett wears l559 standing
collar
Mr. Blaine wears l5lI turned down
collar.
Bob Ingersoll's neck measures just about
IS inches.
Law Gould wears a IL turned down collar
oud the smallest size underwear sold.
JK. Emmett is getting stout, and wears
tho old fashioned l61l turned over style.
w J. Florence wears IA collar, while
Jobn /. Sullivan is satisfied with Il inch
Gen. Harrison wears 1879 turn down. and
Ed. Stokes mack just llls neat iS;a STAND
up collar.
Kerry Wall is now wearing the latest thins
ont in neckwear, viz. the old fashioned stock
long enough to so twice around the neck
Gen. Arthur wore 10 inch collar and wa u,
very particular in what he bought AZ
wanted the latest stylo collars II 'ney "e,'
becoming, but ho would not iaLo ono sini'i'
because II was in style.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30

ARRIVE RICHMOND.
ass pm.-MAIL daily except Sunday.
Oils am.-ACCOMM0DATTO daily (exoepl
Sunday.
CONNECTIONS
At Clifton Forge with Chesapeake aud U Q
railway for the south, West, and Northwest
At LyrchDurg with Norfolk aud Western
railroad Tor all points South. Southeast, md
Southwest, and Virginia Midland railway fuR
all points North and South.
At Richmond with Associated Railways fu1
all points In the South. and Richmond. fre4e.
ioks3urg and Potomac railroad for the Jrth.
At Lexington with Baltimore and ONO rail-
road, making close connections at HarporI
Ferry To and from Pittsburg and the Wen
also 10 points North and East.
SLEsPING- CARS LYNUHBURG TO MIN
PHIS, NEW ORLEANS. aud LITTLE ROCK
Trans marked daily except Sunday, Daily.
Tickets sold TO all points. Off'ces: u
st Main treet, 100 Main street,.f a
Richmond AM Allegheny depot. Eighhs NnA
Canal streets. -
JOHN X. MACNURDO,
7de5 Gen1 Passenger Agent
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30
NHESAPEAKE AND OHIO ROUrE
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT NOV 18th
1888.

LEAVE RICHMOND:
s:45 am For Newport News, Old Point Com.
fort and Norfolk, daily except
Sunday.
SIS am Sundays only. To Newport News,
Old Point. and Norfolk.
lbs am Through and Local Mail 10 all
points West, except Sunday.
p pm For Newpor,'s News, Old Point and
Norfolk. except Sunday.
90 pm Gordonsvil,e accommodated, ex-
cept Sunday.
$50 pm For Louisville, Cincinnati, Chicago
st. Louis Memphis, aud New Or
leans. Fast Express. with through
Pullmans Daily, Only rou.s run
ming puilmsns Wss, from Rich
mUnd.
ARRIVE RICHMOND:
$50 ana Gordonsyille accommodation ex.
cept Sunday.
1855 am From Norfolk, Old Point, and
Newport News, except sunday.
$40 pm From Local points and the west
daily except Sunday.
Cos ON From Norfolk. Old Point and New
port -.ews, daily. Pullman psi
ace sleeping cas Il II Richmond X
Cincinnati.
go pm From Louisville and Cincinnati
Fast Express daily.
Depot Seventeenth and Broad streets.
Ticket-otfices: 1000 Main street and depot.
H.W. FULLER,
General Passenger Agent.
J.r. ODELL,
General Manager.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30

WANTED - EVERYBODY To
w try my snra roast or u-oii. t.m
mercisl Hotel "
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30
VIRGINIA: IN THE CHANGER
v COURT OF THE CITY or RICHMOND
THE FRA DAY OF NOV EMbhh' ioc0'

Charles Engcl......... $500 '-'''i
agaiost
Adelaide Unger formerly Adelaide Bite, anu
Camille Unger. her husband 'Deiehe"h's'
IN cHASCERy.
~Thc object Of this suit Is 70 reeiose n9ie
gage executed by Adelaide Bitter 10 Char - ID, ~
ri bearing date Nay 2, 1865. and recorded n me
CLERKS once of Henri,o County Court, pee. a
Ionk ~. page 81, and 60 subject the iand mch
ii ned and dcscr bed 20 the payment OF 'he
sum OF money secured by sad mortgsge 90
the pmintlff. with legal interest thereon UNI !,
Maid, and also 10 the ~ ym,nt OF St"it anu hH
eity ta,es sdvarced and paid by me plaih'i,,
on aid land, with legal interest thereon ,iii,.l
yain; and 10 surrogate him To me hchf % Wy "a,
sfats and city for such taxes and for general
relief. etc And AFFIDAVIT having been inad.
and MED that the defendants are noii-feSlicn'S
of the state of Virginia, II j. ordered nat tnt ;
eppear here within fifteen day after due peo
hcation of this order and do what u necessary
10 protect Tn. ir interests in this suit.
"A copy reste -, conn,s oh
WILLIAM FLkGi SHEihER, pa ehV-l l''i
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30

Office Boy 10 his employerl-Ar brown'
outside, si', wants 70 $50 tue JUNIOR psr.ne''
Junior Partner-Not in: owe HIM SoV'
Senior Partner-Show him in; he owes me
forty.-Harper's Bazar.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30

JANES RIVER BY DAYLIGHT
GREAT TOU RiST LINE.
DUTCH GAP, AND VA"
CHEAPEST kOC IL.
RATES LESS THAN HALF ChAhUED ID
RAIL LIN ES.
FRS r-CLASS MfALS.
The elegant and fast steamer
ARIEL
(carrying United states MaiD'
CAPTAIN DEYO.
leaves Richmond every
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY. AND F I'LL 4 4
AT AN (STREtT-CARS CONNbCI in
FULL TIME tor aboye-named places arrN
inr at Norfolk about $50 pm. Returning,
the steamer leaves NOrtoik. anu
Nevport News on alternate days, arriving ~
Richmond about SGD pm.
Through tickets 10 aboye-nameh points on
sale On stesrner and at CARRIERS Agency, 10.
l0nI Ngin street. Baggage checked through
srATH:ROOMs ENGAGED FOR DAY
OR NIGHT.
FREIGHT.
Freight received daily for Norfolk, porn
mouth. Smithheld, Hampton. Old Point, way
erIv and Uicksford. Va. Washington, ID. q.
Newherrte Washington, and Tarbor0. n. "
all stations on Atlautic & Danyille raiiroah
seabOard * Roanoke railroad. NOitOlk eoith'
ern railroad, and Eastern North Caroins
genera lly also. FOR Eastern Shore OF virgins
ard all regular landings on the james river
at LOW Est RATES. and through piis 10
sued. So. ,,.,,.
No. lllT Main street and Rockets.
imy9tf
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30
CONN BOTTOMS.

Train No. 10 connects daily at Keysville
for Chase City, GAINESVILLE. and Oxford;
Durham. Henderson and Raleigh con
meets az Greensboro for Durham.
Raleigh. Salem, and Winston. and all points on
North Carolina ID. vision; at Salisbury for Ash
vile, Hot Springs and all points in Western
North Carolina, and ut Charlotte for e., q 4
A. X. X.
Train No. 81 connects daily at Greens
boro' for Salem, Winston, Raleigh. Colds
boro', and Morehead City; at Salisbury foi
Asheville. Hot Springs, and all points In
Western North Carolina: at Charlotte with
Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta railroad for
Columbia, Augusta, Aiken, Charleston, swan
nah, Thomasville, Ga, Jacksonville and Other
Florida points also with Carolina Central
railroad for Wilmington.
Trains from the South arrive At AichrnOnc
5:l5a.m. and $3.50 pm.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-30
LEGAL NOTICE.

VIRGINIA: IN THE CHANGER l
Y CoIrRrOF THE CITY OF RiCHAONO'
Tie 1,th day Of November isss. o,....
J. d. Rhodes. .---.... +''''-t-'' i''''''''
against p...,,d.,t
Ellen NJ. Rhodes. ....+.-...- -.'.. ''@'''
IN CHASCERY.
The object of this suit - 10 Obtain io' .n'
,lsintif = divorce from the bonds 81 mar
mons from the defendant. An AFFIDAVIT nay
ing been made and II ed that the detrnoaiit I.
rot A r.silcnt OF this State, a Is ordered th~'
she nppear here within hiieen days 9,t.! W.
n''biiration of this order and do what IS neccs
-, =, nroiect her interests IN this suit.
CHARLES W. GODDiN. Clerk.
SAMUEL. PARRISH, Pc. no lt-thl@"'"'
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RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG AMI
POTOMAC.
THROUGH ALL~RAIL FAsT-FREIGHT
LINE TO AND FROM BALTIMORE,
PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK,
AND EASTERN AND
WESTERN CITIES.
ONLY TWELVE HOURS BETWEBN
RICHMOND AND BALTIMORE
IN EACH DIRECTION.
Coreepondingly quick time to other pointz
Through bills OF laden issued at low rates.
c. A. TAYLOR,
Cc22 General Freight Agent.

DIEDMONT AIRLINE.
RICHMOND & DANYILLg RAILROAD
SHORTEST AND MOST DIRECT ROUTE
TO THE SOUTH.
PULLMAN SLEEPERS ON ALL NIGHT
TRAINS.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT OCTOBER % 1884
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-02-03
A Res uIar yvhopper.

ST. LOUIS, Jan. 27.-J. ". Peters & Co.,
at French Market, received a curiosity
this morning ia the shape of fish from
the Guff OF Mexico. It IS OF the Kind
known as the groupper, w hicli generally
run in weight from two to twenty-five
pounds The one received this morning
weighs something over three hun
dred pounds, and is the largest OF
The kind ever seen in st. Louis.
Measurement Is of his carcass after being
dressed were as follows: Length, : feet 6
inches: pirth, 4 feet 4 inches; around edge
of gills, 2 feet inches; circumfeFen ce Of
mouth, 3 feet; diameter of mouth (opeul,
is inches; length of dorsal fin, 13 inches.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1888-02-03
A missing ATiohigan minister.

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-The pastor of tue
Congreg gational Church in Battle Greek,
Mich. Rev. Theodore W. Haven, has been
missing sirce January II. His health be-
ing somew hat impaired by overwork and
from worrying upon certain theological
questions induced him 70 send in his
resignation from New York City. This
his church refused to accept,
and instead voted him a three
months leave OF absence. The night OF
January 10 he remained az the st. Denis
Hotel in this city, leaving the next day.
since which time his friends have been
unable e dDa any trace of his where
akouts.