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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23

1t is curious how caducity has in
creased, and the prevalence of it taken
away the old reproach. All the argu-
ments are against its existence, and
all the facts prove that the arguments
are misleading. People lead healthier
lives now than they used to do, and
yet they are balder. People lead
longer lives, and yet they grow bald
earlier, and, moreover, it is the
healthiest people who are often
the baldest. Indeed, it almost be-
comes question whether in
these days badness is evidence to a
very reliable extent either of age or Of
delicacy. OF the decay of vital power
it is certainly no conclusive proof.
Consumptive patients and persons suf-
fering from lingering disease are not,
as rule, bald, and more frequently
than otherwise seem to put great
deal of strength into their hair.-Lon-
don Globe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23
"Greenland's lev Mountains"

81 heard an odd story the other day
about Bishop Heber's beautiful hymn,
From Greenland's Icy Mountains, ,"
said a well known Cincinnatian.
"What is itl' 1T relates to the music
for the hymn. You remember that
Bishop Heber wrote it while in Ceylon
in 1924 About a year later it reached
America, and lady in Charleston,
S. c., was struck with its beauty.
She could find, however, no tune
that seemed to suit it. She remem-
bered a young bank clerk, Lowell
Mason, afterward SO celebrated, who
was just a few steps down the street,
and who had reputation as musical
genius So she sent her son to ask
him to write a tune that would 60
with the hymn. In just half an hour
the boy came back with the music,
and the melody dashed off in such
haste is to this day sung with that
song. Cincinnati Star
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23
A SOUDANESE THREAT.



The wasll.c Soutc. @, who have
so stoutly resisted the n.Croduction Of
civilization into their land, are now
found, according to Sir Samuel Baker,
to be masters of the situation to de-
gree for which even the fall of Khar-
toum has not prepared the outside
world. They hold the key of the Nile,
and prudent and thoughtful men who
know the geography of the Soudan
and the resources and recklessness of
the natives believe that that they are
capable of turning that great river out
of it's present course and bringing ire
trievable ruin upon Egypt. 1t appears
that in the inaccessible Businesses of
the desert, where the bayonets Of
Europe cannot reach, there is a spot
where even savage African engineer
ing will suffice to find the Nile a short
cut to the sea, and they have already
threatened their enemies with this dis
aster
If the work is done fertile land
nearly equal in extent to the states of
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan
will be changed into a desert and q
population Of millions will be blotted
out of country that is the Oldest in
history. No such gigantic menace has
ever before been held out in the annals
of the world, and never before has it
been SO possible that a grave threat
would be fatally carried out.
1t is a figure of speech when we
talk about the nations changing the
map of Europe; the wild spearsmen of
the Soudan have it in the hollow of
their hands to alter in fact and deed
the map of Africa. They can, if they
please, we are told, spread the Sahara
like great yellow pail fully across
the continent from sea to sea. They
can build rampant of sand
against progress that progress cam
not cross. Such tremendous power,
such mischievous possibility,
gives an interest to the Egyptian prob
lem that brings it home to every
nation. The pyramids have stood
since the morning OF time; empires
ard dynasties have risen and have
fallen, and they have not been stirred.
Yet the ignorant savages in the desert
are their masters and can bring the
sand upon them to bury them as the
temple of Jupiter Am1non and the
Sphinx itself were buried. If the
savage wills the sacrifice, flood as
fatal as that in which Pharaoh
persisted can sweep Egypt out of exis-
tencc, slowly, perhaps, but surely. 1t
is the land of tombs and memories, the
worlds graveyard perhaps it is time
that it should be inferred itself Civil
lization waits upon the Soudanese. 1t
is for them to say.-Chicago News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23
Subjects for Industrial Training.

Mrs. Laura Osborne Talbot thus de-
scribed to the American association
her experiences of the effects of little
industrial teaching upon thirty va
grant boys whom she, with some other
ladies, induced to attend for three
years an industrial school at Howard
university one morning in the week:
1--WE were limited in every way, but
we found these children of the lowest
kind were delighted to work with
tools, and some of them have set up
little carpenter shops of their own,
and support themselves in that way.
The moral uplifting was the best result
of all, and it is not likely that these
boys will become members of our
criminal class.
Each boy as he entered the class was
taught in the tailor shop to mend his
clothes, and in the shoe shop to mend
his shoes. One lame colored boy from
the orphan asylum became SO sl1illful
in shoemaking that he could not only
make his own shoes, but could cut up
the larger, half worn shoes and mako
them over for baby feet All of this I
term the best kind of economy, espe-
cially in city like Washington. y
Popular Science Monthly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23

yes" the inspector said, II do
know something of smugglers' tricks
especially female smugglers, who, l
must say, carry on their nefarious
business with the most charming eff
frontery. Of course, there are snug
glers of both sexes, but for cunning,
boldness and determination the women
cannot be approached. Do you know
that women are born cheats9 Oh,
well, l mean in this direction. A
woman's dress affords her more facili-
ties for hiding small but costly articles,
and it is far less easy to detect them
than men, and, as the elder Weller
would say, almost impossible to cir
cumvent' 1t takes an experienced
searcher to say whether a woman has
got anything concealed about her per
son, and, as we cannot search every
body, some of the clever ones manage
to get through without detection."-
Brooklyn Eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23
The Oath of Hippocrates.

A correspondent sends us the Hippo
cratic oath, apropos of recent structures
on DR.. Mackenzie's publication:
"* Whatever in connection
with my professional practice, or not
in connection with it, see or hear in
the life Of men, which ought not to be
spoken of abroad, l will not divulge,
as reckoning that all such should be
kept secret.
"While l continue to keep this oath
unviolated, may it be granted to me to
enjoy life and the practice of the art
respected by all men, in all timesl
But should l trespass and violate
this oath, may the reverse be my lott"
New York Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23
LIFE.

TO have hoped and suffered in cheer and woe,
To have trusted, betrayed and grieved.
To have doubted the things you best might know
This Is to have lived.
To have sinned, repented and been forgiven,
To have lost what was once received,
To have fallen again from the gates of heaven
This Is to have lived.
To have loved, and tasted the Dead Sea fruit,
To have pledged, to have been believed,
To have seen love wither, from branch to root
This Is to have lived.
To have stood in the strength of virile might,
When bafled, betrayed, deceived:
To have ground your teeth in the rage Of fight
This is to have lived.
To have trodden the wine press, weak, alone,
OF your life's fair fruit bereaved;
To have slain your sorrow without moan
This is to have lived.
To have given the helm to a stronger hand,
To have listened, to have believed;
To have yielded life to a high command
This is to have lived.
David A. Curtis In Once Week
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23
Beauties of Russia's Capital.

Whatever color there is in St. Peters
burg has the advantage of a clear at
mosphere. Nothing but wood is burned
in the stoves, and the air is as free
from smoke as that of Paris; the houses
are clean there is none of the CRIME
and dirt of London. The streets, also,
notwithstanding the execrable pave
ment, are wonderfully we'll swept
Every householder is bound to keep
the street clean before his own front,
and does it to a marvel. From a sani-
tary point of view St. Petersburg is
anything but an ideal city. But for
street sweeping it takes the prize. The
colors of the houses differ greatly.
Some are white; others, including
many of the palaces, a curious shade
of yellow; very few are red; the ma
jority are of the ordinary stucco gray.
1t is in the roof that the color comes
in. In place of the red pantiles of
Holland and the slate of London, st.
Petersburg covers its roofs with iron,
which it paints red, green, chocolate,
as the case may be. The effect is good.
In winter ell this diversity of color is
lost beneath the universal pail of
snow. From the roofs the rain is con-
Quoted to the pavement by spouts of
the most extraordinary dimensions.
You could easily drop baby down
most of them, SO immense is their
capacity. There is no system of main
drainage, and the water from the roofs
is conducted by these downcomers to
the foot paths. 1t never rained all the
time l was in town, so / missed the ex-
perience. But in a heavy downpour
of rain the torrents from the spouts
must make the sidewalks impossible.
w. T. Stead in Contemporary Re
view.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23

A successful cat trainer says that
next to the goat, which is the most OBJ
stinate animal in the world to instill an
idea into, the cat is the most difficult
animal to train. They never take any
interest or pride in their work, like the
horse or dog, and they have not par
ticle of affection. Old Tables who are
the pets of the social corner would
probably object to this criticism. -
Boston True Flag.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23
of a show doll has to go shopping in

of a show q doll has to go shopping in
this village"
Now. Flossie Myrtle" said Daisy,
very sternly, II have listened to quite
enough. I have tried, as you know,
to be a good mother to you always,
but if you will read fairy stories when
/ am not watching, and get yourself
into state of mind over things that
can't possibly be anything but dreams.
l don't know what shall do to you.
The idea of dolls having theatres, and
writing desks, and nursing bottles,
and silk stockingsl Why, my mamma
says that when she was little girl a
dollie was considered very well off in
deed if she had two dresses, and plain
cotton stockings were good enough
for the best"
Flossie began to cry as naturally as
if she had been made that way, and an
swered: II don't suppose you know
all about dolls things, because you
haven't ever been in the city, and you
never saw them, but / haven't been
reading fairy stories. You never even
had a governess to teach me to read.
They are all real things, and did get
a letter from Alice, and she did tell
me all about what she had"
Now, F'lossie Myrtle" said Daisy,
you will break my heart if you keep
on III telling me stories like this If you
never learned to read, how could you
know what Alice wrote in a letter.
shall certainly punish you severely if
you do not tell me the truth imme-
diately"
Flossie cried harder than ever, and
just then Daisy's nurse came into the
room with night lamp.
"What is the matter, Miss Daisy2'
she said as if badly frightened. You
mustn't be walking around the room
in your night clothes. You will catch
a terrible cold. Why, bless my soul
the child is walking in her sleep
Oh, Miss Daisy! you mustn't-you
mustn't!
Don't be foolish, nurse" said Daisy,
with great dignity. "Flossie Myrtle
was not feeling well, and / was walk
ing her up and down a little Bit"
So they ell went to sleep again, but
in the morning, when Daisy wanted
Flossie to tell her more about the won
derful things she had told the night
before, Flossie would not say word
So Daisy asked Aunt Fanny about it
for Aunt Fanny lived in the city ant
knew all about the wonderful stores
where they keep nothing but children's
things, and the great toy stores ant
fancy goods stores, where they keeI
everything in the world. And Aun
Fanny said that it was all true tina
| FlOssie had told her.
Dolls nowadays" said Aunt Fanny
"have almost everything that grown
ups have, and the things are made a.
carefully and finished as well as i
they were made for real people to use
They are to be found in the great toy
stores and fancy stores, and there i
no doubt at all that if you wait till thu
holidays Flossie will have a grea
many of them, because you are get
ting old enough to appreciate them.
And when Daisy told Flossie thi
she was positive that Flossie smiled
and lost the DISCONTINUED look she hat
had for some days. But Flossie neve
talked any more.-David A. Curtis.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23
How Guiana Indians Count.

The Indians of Guiana have a curl
Gus system of Enumeration They count
by the hand and its four fingers.
Thus, when they reach five, instead of
saying SO, they call it a hand, six is
therefore "a hand and first finger, "
seven "a hand and second finger" ten
is ''two hands" but twenty, instead of
being -four hands," is a man.
Forty is two men," and thus they go
on by twenties Forty-six is expressed
as two men, a hand and first finger.
New York Telegram.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23
Women Learning parliamentary Usage"

l met the other day Mrs. Eliza
Archard Conner and in answer to a
question she said: II am teaching
women to organize and conduct their
church meetings, benevolent societies
and other organizations according to
the rules of parliamentary usage. Such
training drives away the terror and
the awkward feeling one experiences
on first assuming these duties know
that the benevolent and reformatory
work of the world will finally fall into
the hands of women, and l want to see
them ready. Men have not time for it. "
rs it true about the delightful ban
quets with speeches, that your classes
give2'
"Yes. Dinner speaking and extern
pore addresses form part of the course
of instruction, and really you have no
idea what witty and charming dinner
speakers women become. Such feasts
are brilliant feature in ladies' social
entertainments"
Then you exclude menu"
mo. / take classes of gentlemen,
too, but separate from the ladies. If
they We're together the men would give
the women no chance to open their
mouths, especially here in Washing
ton. Washington Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23
The Origin of Names.

Many explanations have been given
of the origin of the present ugly name
of "Rotten Row, " the fashionable drive
in Hyde park, but this is the most
likely one: it was once the Route de
Roi. So of Charing Cross, where a
fine monument stands with too little
space about it 70 see it 10 advantage. It
was erected, SO it is said, to Queen
Eleanor, and she was known as Chere
Reine-hence Charing Cross.-"M. p"
in Home Journal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23
Steel and Wrought Iron.

A metallurgist gives as a reason why
steel will not weld as readily as
wrought iron that it is not partially
composed of cinder, as seems to be the
case with wrought iron, which assists
in forming fusible alloy with the
scale of oxidation formed ON the sur
face of the iron in the furnace. -Bos-
ton Budget.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23

First Foreign Tourist very homely
man)-The American women are beau
tiful, but their voices are harsh. Sec
ond Foreigner handsome MANI In
deed ] thought their voices very
sweet-Philadelphia Record.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-11-23

seau, too. Mr.. Wells has given her a
beautiful engagement ring and is
going to give her a necklace for q
wedding present, but of course her
mother has to provide the trousseau,
and she has dozen of each article,
from her silk stockings and kid gloves
to her lace robes de mutt.
"She is going to have three chill
dren. Now, if | could only have a
family of little ones, l could make my
self happy, even if l wasn't as rich as
she is, but suppose / can't have till
get married, and I'm sure | don't see
how | shall ever make a suitable
match until have some opportunities
to go out in good society. Her chill
dren will each have negro maid, and
she says all the fixtures and arrange
ments OF the nursery are as complete
in the new house as those of the par
lor. Each child has everything q
baby needs, from nursing bottle to a
silver spoon, fork and mug. Think Of
that
"And when it comes to getting
ready for Christmas, as l suppose all
good mothers are doing by this time
in the year''-here Elossie broke off
suddenly and looked SHARPLY at her
little mother, who hung her head and
said nothing.
"Well, said Flossic after q short
pause, when it comes to getting
ready for Christmas, as | hope all
dolls mothers will do in time, Alice
says that the shopping his LegGn
already. I'd like to know what nd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-30
PLANS FOE THE GERMAN OPERA.
TIE FIRST CONCERT TO BE GIVEN ON NovEM
Der 2s-THE REPERroRY AND SINGERS.

THE FIRST CONCERT TO BE GIVEN ON NovEM.
Der 2s-TRE REPERroRY AND SINGERS.
Tho nth regular season OF uand opera in German.
at the Metropolitan Opera Hou,s, viii begin
Wednesday evening, November IS, and will continue
until March g. 1852. The ssason will comprise six
ty-thres performances which will include forty
subscription nights and sixteen matinocs. During
thls ysriod the Rnx OF tho Nibslua.sn" will be
1lecd hS the production fer the irst lime in America
OF Das Rhen pld.n Tho scenery for this production
been ordered from Germany and the costumes and
armor from the designs Of Professor Doeper. who
made the original drawings for Richard Wagner Tho
remaining rcpertory will be selected from the follow
Ing operas Tannhauser,' " L0hengrin," " Die NeiS
tcrsngcr" Tristan und Isolde Rhengod,' Die
Walkurc,' "segfried,' Die Goettcrdaemmerng,
Les Huguenots,' EAfrcane,' Robert lc Dable,'
Lc Prophec.' Ada.' 8" Trovstorc,7 Queen OF
shcba7 Ncrlln,7 Faust civilian TELL Trum
peter Won sakkingcn' Den Giovanni " La Juiye,'
lie Rol Dys," "Masanello' Das Katie Her," FL
delo.r
The company VIII include the following singers
Sopranos arl contsaltos-Fraulen Betiaque, sladt
Theatre, Hamburg: Frauein Alma Fohstroem. Interlms
Theatre, Riga; Frsueln Fecle hoschoska, Iiof
Theatre, Warsaw; Frau Marie Hanfstaengel, stadt
Theatre, Frankfort; sFrau Lii ksisch- Lehman.
Metropolitan Opera House. New-York; Frau Moran
odsn stadt Theatre. LsiysIs Traulsin Hsdwig Rssl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-30
UYrErLrYG 4 STATUE or LoyGFELLoW.
PORTLAND uoNon1vc THE MEMORY OF HER

PORTLAND HONORING THE MEMORY OF HER
MOST ILLUsTRIOUs SON. q
Portland. Me- Sept 20.-The Longfellow Statue
Association today unveiled and presented to the city
the statue of Longieilow. the poet The exercises
were held in street Square before large con-
course of people. The exercises were opened with
concert by the 1st Regiment Band. At p. m ths
statue was unveiled. A prelude in verse by George
f. T. Jackson was read by Clarence W. Peabody, Of
Portland High school The concluding lines weres
The poet needs monument
In lasting bronze or stone
So long man shall live
His silver words alone
Shall keep his memory green
Yet fdy in his boyhoot homo.
The old by the sea,
Beneath these arching elms.
Where he 80 loved to be-
His sculptured form we place.
Ard in the days and years
When asked TO name
Whom Portland honors first
Deserving poets fame,
All shall point htherward.
Longfellow's "Psalm Of Iifer was then sung by
chorus of 100 children The presentation address was
made by {. +. Libby. president of the Longienow
Statue Association. He said in part
The occasion brings together to-day is one Of
passing interest and marks an important event
in the life Of city AS citizens we nave assembled
honor the memory IL the most Nustrous or nef s0hs 70
pay our tribute a he o. singular purity and merit TO
give expression permanent form to our admiration for
qualities of mind and heart which have made Longfe
low the bestknown ana loved OF American poets
The poe. Us but the fragrance Of his life
remains. Those who have known him personally will
follow, and another generation will know him only
In his works But these his fame Is secure for lie has
written himself into his poems and his is his
fitting euloey
Mayor Chaplin, in behalf Of the city, accepted the
Gift. Then poem by Mrs. &. Cayazza was read by
Stanley Pullen. one Of the stanzas was as folloWs
Here was HIS earliest home and homes are here
Moro honorable ana happy for his sake
Whose household made household cares more dear.
And the plain hearth and a,tar-stone appear
And sacred fire amii'its brands awake.
The exercises closed with the Doxology. Among
the members of the Longfeow family present al tho
unvcling were Ms. Greenlcaf OF Cambridge; MIS-.
Richard H. Dana and Henry ". Longfellow, Alex
ander Longfcllow and wife. aad MI Fere sister OF
the poet. Letters OF received from trcs
dent Eliot. Of Harvard: samuel NJ. Clemens, George
v. Gable. Edward T.. Hac. Ernest Long.cilow. George
William Curtis. f. W. Hcginson, {. stednaas
George Bancroft, T. T. Aldrlch and Others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-30
wESTCHESTER COUNTS BEST CROP.
THE BABY SHOW MAKES THE LAST DAY OF THE
SHOW A ROWLING SUCCESS.

SHOW ROWLING SUCCESS.
The vcgetable-cnt at the Westchester County Fair
held yesterday sixteen OF The county's choices
prcducso Zoe exact thirteen single babies and teas
Of trircts. Each o, The thirteen other infants was.
Of course team by ITSELF but the trplcts were so
young. 50 small ard quiet. that It took tho three
together to make themselves heard In the grand In
fants chorus, which begun and ended in about
fifteen minutes. The ages OF the babies ranged nom
two months to two Yeas. AID altoge her they con-
sttuted the fairs GROWING glory. They certainly con-
tnbutcd much TO make the day a bowling success.
The committee consisted Of Mrs James V. Irish, OF
Yorktown Ms Fred Buehlor. OF Pecksville, and Jacob
Read, Of Yonlels. Mr. Read. who IS known as Uncle
jacob has served on committees OF every kind at
country fairs. lie is seventy years Old today This
was his first appearance judge o. o baby show and
he asserted tho preroeaivcs Of man. But the ladies'
oyorruled Uncle JACOB and gave one prize, a gold
clasp pin with tiny diamond In It, 10 Mabel Griffin.
nths-od daughter Of Mrs. II. J. Grlhn, OF
White Plains; and the other. gold clasp-pin with
pearl In II, TO Berthe l. Patterson. yeay-and-ten-
months old son O. Mrs r. W. Patterson, OF Mt Yer
non The Limit OF age was two years.
After tho baby show thcre werc races Golden Rcd.
owned by A. T. Mcdonald. the fTce-foral purse,
$500, and Famine, owner r. Kip. the . :35 class.
purse 500. Henry I Dykmar seid that about $4,000
had been taken In exclusive OF the fakr privileges
the socetys deot q last and make improvements
for next years fair. Expressions OF pleasure at the
fairs success and oi sorrow that II was ended WON
heard all sides.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-30

Stadt Theatre Augsburg; Fraulein Sophie IrauDinahn
Metropolitan Opera House, NewfOrk Jehois-herr
Max Alvary. Metropolitan Opera House, New-fork'
Herr Albert Mttehauser Musical Conservatory, con-
dershausen; Herr Julius Perotu. Imperial hungarian
Opela. Buda- Pesfh Herr Wilhelm Sedlmaycr, Slait
Theatre Hamburg Balit0nes-iierr Joseph BecK.
andes Thea rf. Prague. Herr A0,, Grenauer, start
Theatre. Hamburg; Herr Adolph Robinson Metropoli,
tan Ouera House. New-YOrk BassOs-lierr Enlli
Fischer Me'ropol an Opera House. Sew- YORK, Herr
Ludwig Modlnger National Theatre. Augsburg Herr
Eugene We.es sfadt Theatre. Augsburg.
Anton se!dl VIII be the conductor as OF old ana
Waller j. Damrosch will be the Din ectors assistant