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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20
Bismarck as n Swortlsman.

The chancellor, while a student at
Goettingin, by his skill and strength
gained the reputation of being a crack
swordsman. 1t is said that he challenged
two students the very first day he came
to Goettingen, and afterward defeated
both, although they had had much expe-
rience. A very cunning trick, in escap-
ing an attempt made by ''pedell, q
university officer, to break up a fight,
is credited to Bismarck. When he was
at jena on visit, arrangements were
made for him to fight duel at Woell-
nitz, a small village. The "pedell"-
Kahle by name-was very much dis
liked by the students, as he had often
interrupted their fights. He had gotten
knowledge thereof, and on the morning
fixed for tho fight had gone to Woell-
nitz and hid himself under large barrel
used in brewery. He had placed the
barrel in such position that he could
overlook the dueling place through the
bunghole, intending to see all the fight
and get the names of all principals.
Kahle's presence was noticed, how
ever, by some peasants, and by Bis
marck'S suggestion the barrel was sud-
denly turned around SO that the hole
stood against the wall. Several students
then seated themselves upon the barrel
and remained there until all the fights
had been finished, when the unlucky
''podell' was released from his prison
and was heartily laughed at. 1t is fact
that Bismarck shortly afterward was Or
dered to leave the city by the university
authorities. -Baltimore Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20
The Mexicans Not Lazy.

The Mexican people seem to be an in
dustrious race, whether of the Spanish or
Aztec branches. Old people and young
children work. Some one has said, "they
have to or starve." This is as true of
them as it is of us. am inclined to be-
lieve they work more willingly and cheer
fully for pittance than would our own
people, or than do the colored population
Of the south, which, in some respects,
greatly resembles the peonage Of Mexico.
Cor. Kansas City journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

who had been imprisoned since his 18th
year; another, Tavernier, thirty years
prisoner, but unable to tell why, as all his
past life appeared to him like sleep, and
the fresh air and sunshine bewildered him.
The walls bore record of thousand such
horrors, and with rather questionable taste
the French have arranged to reproduce fec
SMILES of them during the exposition.
In the year 17s5 the French common peo-
pie had reached almost the lowest stage Of
misery man can endure Long and exhaust
ing wars and the luxury and tyranny of
100000 mobiles and their attendant priests,
mistresses, soldiers and servants, had almost
exhausted endurance, when a series of bad
harvests completed the ruin. Soup of sting
ing nettles and the coarsest bread was
counted full meal, and the toiler in the
fields was sometimes found dead by the road
sde in his mouth the grass which he had
gnawed in the rage of hunger The public
finances were in such a bad condition that in
1857 King Louis XVI convened an assembly
of notables to consider them. Then the
states general was called-a sort of old par
lament, which had not met for us years.
In June, 1889, the representatives of the COM
mon people In this assembly organized sep
arately, and swore never to adjourn till
general reform was secured This was the
beginning of the French revolution.
On the 18th Of July the king refused to aid
the reform movement On the 18th the peo-
pie rose and a national guard was formed
under command of our own Lafayette. On
the 14th they stormed and captured the Bas-
tile Revolution and reform then proceeded
regularly for two years, till the exiled no.
blemen induced Austria, Spain and some
minor powers to make war on the revolu-
tionists. Then the French people rose as one
man and the long war with the rest of Eu-
rope began. Aug 1, 1909, the monarchy
was abolished; Aug. 0 and 10 the people
stormed the palace and massacred the Swiss
guard. Still the kings supporters contin-
ued to intrigue with foreigners, and the
Austrian and Prussian troops continued
their advance; So the first week in Septem
Der, the maddened people rose and massa-
cred some l 400 priests and mobiles and their
retainers Jan. 20, 1903, the king was
condemned to death on the 21st he was gull
lotined, and the noted "Reign of Terror"
began. In 1795 comparative order was re-
stored, and soon after Napoleon Bonaparte
obtained control Nearly all candid men
now agree that the interference of Austria
and Prussia was a great blunder, if not a
crime; and the later adhesion of England
was equally bad. Those nations did in fact
turn the orderly revolution into fierce and
unreasoning current of fury. In these days
of comparative justice and peace American
visitors will find much to interest them in
the restored Bastile.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20
THE BAsrILE AS RESTORED.

80 imposing, in fact, as 1t appears in historic
Imagination, for it was but sixty feet high,
sixty feet wide, and varying in length from
100 feet upwards, by the projection of towers.
The building was begun in 1869, under orders
Of Charles V, and by an odd coincidence the
man who designed it and laid the founda-
tions, Hugue Andriot, was the first prisoner.
His alleged crime was love for beautiful
Jewess, and yielding to her so far as to re-
ject some tenets of the established religion.
The word "bastile" or ''bastide' was applied
to many prisons in France, and there were
two Bastiles in Paris; but the noted one was
the Bastile of the st. Antoine quarter.
Its strength was enormous There were
eight round towers, connected by walls Of
massive masonry, making the quadrangle;
the walls were nowhere less than twelve
feet thick, and around them was a deep ditch
twenty-five feet wide, flooded from the Seine,
and in turn protected by lower wall. In
this gloomy fortress were fifty solitary cells
for state prisoners, besides the great "herd-
ing rooms" for common criminals, the quar-
tiers for officials and guards, and many dark
cells and dungeons. These last were nine
teen feet below the surface level of the
prison, and consequently below the bottom
of the ditch and each dungeon was lighted
by three narrow gratings two inches wide.
And to these secluded cells year after year
the monarchs and favorite mobiles of France
consigned their personal enemies-some-
times real conspirator against the govern
ment and sometimes man of rank who had
actually committed a crime; but as often q
husband whose wife was taken by some lord
of the court, creditor rival or other I'M
fortunate. There was neither habeas corpus
nor judicial inquiry; the process was by
'lettre de cachet" from the minister of JUS
tice or the king, and once imprisoned the
fate Of the unfortunate hung upon the
caprices of despotism.
The imagination can family conceive Of
the awful tragedies of the Bastile How
many men of talent there sank into idiocy
How many lovers of freedom wasted and
rotted! How many merely unfortunate died
in obscurity! There high born and cultured
gentlemen literally rotted in damp and dark.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20
meeting. This year NJ Floquet accommo-
dated him with a fight to the finish.

meeting. This year NJ. F1oquet accommo-
dated him with fight to the finish.
Floquet has long been quite as active in
his faction as Boulanger, and to an American
observer far more reasonable. When the
Republicans held their preliminary meeting
TO decide as to whom they should support for
successor to Jules Grevy, NJ. Floquet re-
ceived 101 votes leading the poll, and Sadi-
Carnot but 40; nevertheless the former
warmly supported his successful rival. His
apparent conservatism in opposition to
Boulanger is comparatively new thing; for
at his entrance in public life he was ac-
counted rather radical, and in 1867, when the
car visited the Paris exposition and entered
the law courts in company with Napoleon
Ill, NJ. Floquet offered a gross insult by
shouting: "Vive la Polognel" Dong live
Poland.) A little later, Berezowski, Pole,
fired at the car in the Wood of Boulogne,
and NJ. Floquet headed a subscription for his
benefit. When the car was finally blown to
pieces in st. Petersburg, NJ. Floquet exulted
openly. When, therefore, he was made
chief of the cabinet in 1856, by President
Grevy, every one looked for a radical min
istry, radical measures, and perhaps rupt-
ure with Russia. But as often happens with
radicals the responsibilities Of office made
him more conservative. Since the Grevy
administration went to pieces and NJ. Flo
quet returned to his seat in the national as
sembly, American visitors have often re-
marked on the general resemblance Of his
air and manner to those of Charles Sumner.
Dignity and benevolence appear united in
his countenance; he looks every inch a
senator, and the last man to be suspected of
sympathy with assassins or violent men of
any sort. Early in 1887 the Prussian am
bassador at Paris met NJ Floquet socially,
the latter being president of HIGHLANDER of
deputies, and cordial relations were restored,
the common ground being the feeling both
entertain towards Germany. In conclusion,
it can only be said that French politics are
so theatrical that in few days we may
learn that NJ. Floquet is the idol of the
people or that he is in exile to avoid the
popular wrath for his having killed the
popular idol.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

Dispatch. He IS an Eng j. W. NoKToN'
lishman, but went to st. Louis from Phila-
delphia, where he married his wife. He rose
through different grades to be managing
editor of the paper, and held this position at
the time of his fight.
1t is said that the woman who has caused
all this trouble, Mrs Norton. is good
actress on the domestic as we'll as on the
mimic stage. She is described as blonde
with "a childish expression of innocence in
her feature, and is such an admirable mis-
tress of facial DISBURSEMENT, besides has re-
duced the baby stare to perfect control,
that she has never failed when occasion re-
quired to pass herself off ON husband and
friends as the most guileless and unsophisti-
Gated of womankind."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20
Some Long Lived Seeds,

A singular fact can be observed at the cor
ner of Commerce and jackson streets, at
Albany. The ground from over which an
old building has been but lately removed is
covered with dense growth of coffee weeds.
The seed or coffee beans could not have been
thrown or blown there since the house was
removed, as it was about January when II
was torn down, and no seed have matured
since. The only solution of it is that the
seed dropred on the ground thirty years years
out the sunlight and moisture, have lain
dormant until the house was removed, when
conditions favorable to termination quick
ened the ancient seed into nfe.-Savannah
News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

duel, and his personal quarrels have been
many. While in Africa he had violent
controversy with NJ. Cambon, the French
consul general at Tunis but the latter pru-
IDENTIFY declined to push the matter to fight.
Last year his quarrel with Jules Ferry led
to a challenge; but Ferry, who knows moth
ing of either sword or pistol, wanted regu-
lar "Parisian duel" one Of the kind Mark
Twain describes, single shot at a safe dis
lance, while the bloodthirsty Boulanger
insisted on continued exchange Of shots till
one or the other fell, and 50 there was no
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

Then followed time of upward work. He
played Brigard In "Frou-Frou, the Admiral
and other leading parts in Gilbert and Sulli-
van operas. Under D'Oyley Cartes manage
ment he appeared to New York six years
ago. At the end of his first season on the
American stage Richard Mansfield found
himself star.
Mr.. Mansield's recent achievement in his
presentation Of his marvellous psychological
studies of DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde is uni
versally conceded TO be among the few
really remarkable stage creations contem-
poraneous history has afforded.
Daniel E. Bandmann, who was star when
Mansfield was in his swaddling clothes, be-
came rival to Mr.. Mansfield in this wise:
Bandmann sent request for tickets for him.
self and friends to Mansfield's performance.
Mansfield replied that he didn't give tickets
to dime museum people-Bandmann has of
late played at popular pricesn-whereupon
Herr Bandmann determined to play the part
nIniselt.
Bandmann was born at Cassel Germany,
and made his debut at the age of IS at the
Court theatre of New Strelitz. After making
reputation in the Shakespearean drama in
Germany he came to America, and for the
first time played in English, as Shylock, at
Niblo's Garden, New York, Jan. Is, 1868.
For about hve years he starred de pleased
Edwin Forrest, and was selected by him to
play Hamlet in the tercentenary birthday
| celebration at Philadelphia. Feb. II, 1869,
he appeared at the Lyceum theatre, London,
and created a strong impression in "Nar-
| cisse."
| In 1877 he played Hamlet and Othello in
Berlin. In 1884 Bandmann began an engage
ment at the Thalia theatre, New York. Some
seasons ago he adopted the circuit OF cheap
| theatres
Bandmann, having made arrangements to
play the celebrated double character in Eng
land, secured a London theatre in order TO
open ahead of Mansfield, who was to have
opened at Irving's Lyceum theatre on Sept.
8. Mansfeld's going sooner is to outwit the
| outwitter
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

ness, and men of education and social natures
passed years without exchanging one word
with human being. There the noble Sieur
de Biron wasted to death, and there for
weary years was hidden that mysterious
victim known as the "Man in the Iron Mask. I"
When the people of Paris at last forced their
way into the fortress they found seven pris-
oners, who, the governor said, had been
"overlooked." One was Count de Solage,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

"George treated me very coldly last night,
mother" said Ethel, waving her fan at a
vagrant fly.
"Why, Ethel, I'm sorry to hear that IL
what way was his treatment coldT
"Ice cream."-Harper's Bazaar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

schemes And, on
so Der second
thoughts, the peo-
pie decided that in
the line of corrup-
ton, at any rate,
B o U a n 6 er was
guiltless. OF course,
there was a ire
mendous popular
reaction, and Bou-
LANCER became the
! idol of the people.
From that position
b Q b a s T all Q n
through his own
headlong folly.
This last was by
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

public success; In the Seventeenth century
the British had their revolution, and In the
Eighteenth century the Americans-these
three revolutions being simply the three sue
cessive stages in a serial development of con-
stitutional liberty. The Latin races followed
at a great distance though the American
revolution communicated the impulse; and
between 1857 and 1867 occurred in a sur
prisingly regular succession the French,
Spanish, Portuguese, Spanish American and
Italian revolutions. The same year, 1887,
witnessed the construction Of the United
States constitution and the assembly of the
notables for reform in France In the same
year, 1889, the first American president was
inaugurated, and the French people stormed
and captured the Bastile, an event celebrated
by all our French born citizens on the 14th of
July. The revolution thus happily begun
was soon extended to Spain, and this gave
occasion for revolt to all Spanish America;
so one by one the provinces on this continent
became republics Thus the fall of the Bastile
is justly regarded as the central point Of all
modern revolutions-a sort of international
Independence day.
* g.
In the enthusiasm of preparation for the
centennial exposition Of next year, the
French have reconstructed the Bastile and
portion of the Rue st. Antoine adjoining,
and it is apparent that the structure was not
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20
THE MOORE-NORTON SCANDAL.

1t Is Interesting the Whole Country as
Well as st. Louis.
The Moore Norton scandal of st. Louis con-
tinues to be interesting. How Mr.. Norton
was informed of his wife's infidelity how he
convinced himself Of the truth of the infor-
nation; how he struck his wife's paramour,
who had long been his intimate friend-the
fight, the arrest-has been fully given to the
public. Mr.. Norton has long been a resident
of st. Louis. He was formerly member Of
the stock company of Ben De Bar, the promi-
nent St Louis theatrical manager, and has
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20
A HEBREW ORPHAN ASYLUM.

II Was Recently Dedicated at Cleveland,
o., and Is a Great Institution.
The new Jewish orphan asylum at Cleve-
land, O., which was erected and recently
dedicated by the B'nai Birth society, is one
of the most imposing buildings of the kind
in the country. Its cost was $500 900, and it
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20
The Red Placard.

Large red placards are placed on the
outside of aristocratic London houses be-
tween the windows, to show that an art
exhibition for the benefit of charity is
going on within.--Home Journal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20
B0ULANGER-FL 0QUET.
SOMETHING OF THE MEN WHO
FOUGHT LATELY IN FRANCE.

Theatrical Politics-Boulanger' Extraor-
binary Rise-From Second Lieutenant to
General in Twelve Years-Minister OF
War, Then "a wild Politician.
The French riddle after all will not be
solved by death at present.
For once at least in dozen years French
duel has resulted seriously, and NJ Floquets
rapier has checked the headlong career of
Gen. Boulanger. For ten years this man
has been the great enigma. While he had
devoted partisans and frantic enemies, the
conservative masses of France were never
quite sure whether he was cheap charlatan
or a misunderstood patriot, whether they
should make him virtual dictator or send
him to prison. Early in 1887 he was under
arrest for a month and in serious danger of
severe punishment little later he was the
idol Of the populace, the terror of the con-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

for q long time been man
ager and proprietor Of the
Grand Opera house in st.
Louis. The wife was edu-
Gated to the stage. She
was Miss Emma Stockton,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

Mr.. Moore, the No"ioN'
bosom friend Of the in
jured husband, has for
many years been connected
with the st. Louis Post
nicnatrh He ic M Ea-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

O n d W q s
well known
as one capa-
BILE Of fill
ing leading
parts. Mr..
Norton be-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-07-20

Il. W. MOORE.
came, it is said,
insanely in love
with her, mar
ried her and took
her off the stage.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-09
SAN FRANCIsCO sIARgEr

SAN FRANCISCO. July It'll.
WHEAT-Business viii be resumed next Mon
day morning at the Produce Exchange when
quotable values will again be obiainable for all
kinds of grain.
yEGETAeLEs-Market crowded with Corn.
Liberal offer ngs of Peppers and Okra keep
prices easy. Receipts of tomatoes are as large
ever. We quote: Green Corn, l06p25c q sack
for sweet and 40050c p box for Sweet Bay;
Green Peas S16o1 d q sack; String Beans, 1d115
Y, IL; summer Squash. 20G4Oc per box: MarroWtat
Squash. SIS q ton; Tomatoes, 256540o q box for
Vacaville, and 60co1Sl p box tor river;
Egg Plant, Sl91 25 y box; Green Peppers,
So a:75c p box; Green Okra, Slcl 25 per box; Gu
cumpers, 60 a75c : box for bay T'urnips, 80 a
81 = etl; Beets, 6oG.75G p sack Carrots. feed
90950c; Parsnips, 81 IS a ctl Cabbage, 75c,G
81 q ctl; Garlic, l@2c , D. Cauliiower iOa
69c - dozen: nrv peppers. case = H.
FRUIT-ApricOts continue to advance. Ber-
ries are in fair request. Peaches were not plcn-
tiful this morning, aud dealers old to good
advantage. CurTauts are dropping Off in quail
ity. Nectarines are in light supply, though OF
good quality. Figs are well represented, nut
custom is slow. Wequote: Watermelons. 15@3lc
apiece; CantaouPes, 81 SOFAS per crate: Crab
Apples 50GI5c q box; Grapes. 75c@S1 25 e box;
Apples red 81 25t91 70 4 box and 50G75c q
basket Pears, 60e@ q box for common.
and 81 25@1 SO q box for Bartlett
s5@6 q chest; Blackberries. s3G14 2 chest,
Pums, 40ctdSl q box; Apricots, 21ac315c q ID
Figs, 27@5oe for white and 46@60c p
box fol- black Currants ~ 50n3 90 a chest;
. basket; DO, Crawiords. Seal Is . box Nectar
ines, 50et75c q box Mexican Lines - 50 "a
q box Lemons, 5ici,y s6d6 so insnas,
S2.cS so = bunch: Ptoe s0oles Sc = 20 j ccz
P0rATp ES-We quote as follows: Peer
less, S5@5lc; Garnet Chile, i5@60c; Early
Rose 3l(975e q ctl
oNIoNS-We quote: Red, 5O96Oc; Silver
skins, tndS5c = ctl
DR ED FRUIT--We quote as follows: Sun
dried Apples, SIC , o for sliced a8d &c
for ausrtereG; Alden, 1850 ;Apricots, 1215' tor
sun-dried bleacned; do, Eun-dried, S@9c;
Blackber-ies. 100 TIC; Figs, 5s15c for pressed,
S@4c for Impressed; Smyrna Fiss, l3Gl6e
for layers. and Ease fer kegs: Eeota-i1as
sSl0c; Peaches I7G1Sc for peeled and SG9c
for Unpsele1: Pears, 4@5c for whole and &c
ne for diced; nlsehine-dried, 9@i0c; pIums
lOc FOR eitted and &c for ungirted Ger
.nsu Pru:ss 617c French Prunes, 1906 z. j;
2eisiIis, LONDON Layers. 81 % z box, With
251.75c advance tor fraet5ons- Common, 5l&
. , hnz
HoNEY-White Comb. 126I4c: Amber. TGSc;
Extracted white liquid. so 11ze: Amber, eolored
and candied, 4a41Sc = IL.
BUTTER-Fancy qualities are in good
demand. We quote Fancy, 271SG2,c
good "a choice, Sa'a,27c: fair, 22I512ic: store
lots, I7a22e; picked roll, 261l@2s14c; eastern
IA lee = b.
CHEESE-steady tone to values We quote
6ood to riIoice, l01ldll15e: common grades
3@l, c; Eastern, ordinaTy 20 fine, le@l5c r 70.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-07-09
PloWing the Waves.

A storm at sea means inevitable seasick-
ness for ocean travellers. The vibration OF
steamers screw even is sore trial to any
but the strongest stomach. Splicing the
main brace as the inhibition of glass is
jocularly termed by sailors, is poor sub
stitute for the swallowing Of that incom-
parable tranguiiizer of seasick stomachs
Hostetters Stomach Bitters, which nc
commercial traveller, tourist or invalid
should be without in crossing the briny.'
or making tedious land journey. No I'M
medicated stimulant of commerce is COM
parable for efficacy to the great invigorant
Emigrants to the West pronounce it re-
liable preventive of malarial infection, as
well as other complaints to which hard.
ship, impure water and miasma-tainted
vapors give rise. 1t renders brackish wa.
ter drinkable and harmless, and is fine
remedy for disorders of the stomach and
bowels, and for kidney troubles and rheu
matism