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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24
AN EX-MAYOR IN SIAM.

What Carter Harrison Saw In That Far
Distant Country-Curious Customs.
Polgamy is universal and one sees at
the theatre man in the dress circle Of
men, while the wife or wives and slaves
(female) are in the womens circle. All
classes chew the betel nut, and at the
theatre each family has the betel pot and
spittoon. The latter is carried by a
slave, who hands it to the ladies when
they wish to spit. The betel nut is
astringent and somewhat intoxicant. It
is chewed in connection with a paste
made of lime, tobacco and pepper leaf.
1t not only blackens the teeth, but cracks
the lips and SO injuries the gums that the
teeth are caused to protrude and look
shaggy.
The king, princes and common people
are alike slaves to the nasty habit and
half Of the women have their mouths
injured, il not absolutely distorted by it.
Otherwise the women are decidedly
comely, having fine forms and good
gaits. Women and men dress SO nearly
alike that could hardly distinguish one
from the other for several days, for all
wear short hair.
The dress is cloth called "panoong,"
about two feet wide, wrapped around the
waist, with one corner drawn between
the legs and caught in a girdle at the
waist. This makes q sort of flowing
trousers, falling to the knees. A gentle
man wears a coat (sacque) closely but
toned to the neck, with long stockings
and low shoes. The common man dis.
penses with the coat, stockings and shoes.
to oil @l,1
noong" to hang like petticoat, and
wraps about her breast a girdle, leaving
the upper part of the bosom and shoulders
entirely bare, and none wear shoes.
Many of the working women dispense
with the girdle entirely. The great mass
Of people, even in the city, go barelegged
and barefooted. This is universal in the
country.
The women appeared to be industrious,
and perform much more than half the
work. The men are lazy, and, with the
exception of fishing, appear to be willing
to leave the women to earn the bread.
All are inveterate gamblers, and one
rarely sees a gambling house, of which
there are great many, otherwise than
full. They are entirely open to the
street, canal or river, and at night are
distinguished by their many lights.
was told the king would gladly lessen
the number of these gambling places, but
could not dispense with the revenue they
bring in. The inveterate habit of gam
bling is the cause of large part of the
peoples slavery. They sch their children
and themselves to get funds for its graft
fication. The willy Chinese monopolize
the gambling houses, as, indeed they do
nearly all the avenues of wealth and
nearly all kinds of business which require
industry and skill. Bankok has over
$4,000 of these people, many of whom
have acquired large fortunes and hold
prominent positions. They are the bust.
ness men and the cooks for the Europeans
who live here, and to my surprise the
walters in the princes dining rooms wore
observation-disclosures Carter Harrison in
Chicago Mail.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24
ENTREATY.

j dreained there stood at Heavens high gate, one
day,
maid, and in her fragile hand there lay
One withered rose, with all its grace of red
Wild beauty gone.
Seeing her Peter said
"How sad these petals that your pale hands holdl
Away with it, that worthless flower and oldl''
"Alasl 1t Is the very rose" cried she,
~ gave my lover long ago; and he
Laii it with tears in my dead clasp, that
Might take 1t for remembrance to the sky
Oh, let me keep it till he comes here, too,
That he may see am forever true!'
] walked; my dream had fed. Good
friends, who knows
II kind St. Peter let her keep that rosef
w. c. Sheppard, in American Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24
Cream Good for the Sick.

AS an antidote for consumptive ten
dency it is claimed that cream acts like
a charm, and serves all the purposes in
tended to be served by cod liver oil, with
much greater certainty and effect. Be-
sides, persons consumptively inclined,
those with feeble digestion, aged people
and those inclined to chilliness and cold
extremities, are especially benefited by
liberal use of sweet cream.-Oil City
Derrick.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24
Goethe's Earnings,

Gotta, the old publisher at Stuttgart,
Wurtemberg, has made a statement of
the amounts his firm paid to Goethe and
his heirs from the year 1897 to 1865, or
in seventy years. the poet himself re-
ceived not more than 800, 900; the heirs,
$4,000, or altogether $4,000 for all
the works Of the greatest German poet
until twenty-three years ago, when the
Cotta-Goethe monopoly came to an end
and Goethe became the property of the
German ople.-New York Commercial
Advertiser
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24

In European countries wooden shoes
are in general use among the peasantry.
They are clumsy, but comfortable and
cheap. The Malay women generally go
barefooted, but they are very skillful in
embroidering slippers in gold tinsel,
which, like those of the Turks, are worn
just over the toes by ladies of the higher
classes. Philadelphia Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24

Sir Robert Ball, the Irish astronomer
royal, has made scientific calculations,
showing TO his own satisfaction, at least,
that the moon was far below the horizon
on the night that Sir John Moore was
buried and, therefore, Wolfe's famous
poem is wrong in the stanza that has
moonbeams in it.-Chicago Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24
Mischief Makers in China.

In simple assault and battery cases the
plaintiff must prove injury by showing
blood, otherwise he will be spanked" for
making trivial complaints. For mischief
making or blackmail the offenders mouth
is spanked so hard that he cannot use
it for some time. Women are the princi-
pal recipients of this punishment.-Wong
Chin Foo in New York World
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24
Was Somewhat Suspicious.

Practical American Father - Now,
count, before we can go any further in
this matter, so far as my daughter is
concerned, should like you to establish
your identity.
Count-Mon Dieu! I will show you
my patent of nobility.
P. A. F.-That is all very well; own
several patents myself; but how do /
know yours is not an infringement. -
Harper's Bazaar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24
Strengthening by Electricity.

Some experiments have been recently
made in St. Petersburg, with the idea OF
slaughtering cattle by electricity, the re-
suits of which have been highly salts
factory-death being in all cases instan.
taneous.- Chicago News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24

People don't really kiss the pope's toe.
The pope's foot is encased in a silk stock.
ing, which is again encased in a dainty
slipper embroidered with a cross, which
the pilgrim touches with his lips.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24

Maine claims to have sixteen men and
women who have lived more than 100
years, and no end of inhabitants who are
over 90.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24

There is hourishing grove of $4,000
cocoanut trees at Cape Sable, the south
ernmost point of Florida.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24

1t is seven hour and o quarter now
from London to Paris.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-02-24

There are forty-five female lawyers in
the United States.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-18
New Piece of Deception.

A private representation has recent
ly been given in London OF a very re-
markable illusion, the inventor OF
which is M. Bautier de Kolta, who
was unable himself to appear, but was
very ably represented by Mr.. Charles
Bertran, clever "conjurer," already
.avorably known to London and
provincial audiences. OF course, as
the true secret of art is to conceal the
means by which it is wrought out, the
inventor of this latest illusion mysti-
6es the spectators SO that it seems
impossible to explain away or account
in any way for his very ingenious
trick. Mr. Bertram led on the stage
young lady of prepossessing appear
ance, who vas seated in achair placed
upon an outspread newspaper,
through which it was impossible for
her to pass down through the stage
without leaving a rent in the paper.
She has no close surroundings in the
way of stage furniture. by which to
conceal her retreat in any other direc-
ton. A thin silk veil is thrown over
her, and when, in few seconds, it is
removed, she has disappeared, while
the chair in which she is still stand
ing on the newspaper. The lady is af-
terward led on to receive the congrat-
ulations of the company.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-18
Some Famous Old Men

From the Youths Companion.
Tho longevity of famous statesmen
is remarkable. Imagine Lord Palmer
ston acting vigorously as Prime Min
lister OF England when over 80. govern
ing the vast British Empire with steady
hand, and making speeches three
hours long in the House OF Commons,
and rising next day fresh as man OF
40. Think of the venerable Guizot,
the French statesman, who, at the age
OF 81, was still writing histories, pre-
siding over religious conventions, and
carrying on live discussions in the
French Academy.
The late Lord Lyndhurst made able
speeches in the House Of Lords when
he had passed his Goth year; and his
longtime rival, Lord Brougham,
wrote his autobiography, i'll three
goodly volumes, when he had nearly
reached 80 years.
The Marquis of Lansdowne, who, as
Lord Henry Petty, was q leading
member of the Cali the Talents" Cabi-
net, of which Charles James Fox was
the chief, in 1906, was still an active
member of the House of Lords nearly
sixty years later, in 1868, and died in
that year at the age OF 83.
The duke of wellington took part in
public affairs until his death, in 1852,
in his SD year.
In former generations energetic
statesmen of advanced years are found
thickly scattered through the pages Of
history. There was the old Marquis
of Winchester. who could remember
Edward w., the first York sovereign
in 1883, and who, when he died in 1912
at the age of 81, was holding Office
under Queen Elizabeth.
Referring to the statesmen OF oul
own country, it is 9 familiar fact that
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
the second and third Presidents, both
died on the 4th OF July, 1926, just
half q century from the day when both
signed the Declaration of Independ
ence, Adams being 81 and Jefferson
rs. President Andrew jackson lived
to be SO, John Quincy Adams to b.
81, Madison IS.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-18
Schools Half a Century A

From the Newburyport Herald.
The records of the school committee
of fifty or sixty years ago furnish in
teresting hints of comparison and con-
trast between the conduct OF school
ma tiers in these days and now. One
of the record books extends from
March, 1921, to March, 1882, and
the first thing to strike one is the
number and composition OF the COM
mittee.
The clergy and selectmen were men,
bers ex-officio, and the clergy are re-
corded first as such, next the select
men under that title; then the men,
bers chosen in town meeting. Although
the town had less than one-third of
the population of the present city, the
school committee in 1928 numbered
twenty-three, ten more than at pres
emit, composed of the seven ministers
in the town, five selectmen, and eleven
chosen especially for that purpose.
Another serious thing to consider is
the difference in tina pay OF teachers.
In1S31 it was voted that Mr.. Roger
S. Howard take the entire charge OF
the grammar school, teach seven hours
per day, furnish at his own cost the
assistants, one for writing and an
other for other branches, the assist
ants to be such as the committee shall
approve, and that Mr.. Howard be al
lowed 5000 per year for himself and
assistants. The grammar school was
the high school, while the two schools
next lower in grade for boys were Lam
casterian schools, the masters ofwhich
were paid $500 q year each. There
were also girls erammer schools, SUBJ
ordinate girls schools, taught by
women, under the title Of preceptress.
es. The salary voted to a precep-
tress of grammar school was $75 a
year, and of other schools $50 q year.
Several of the women teachers are
entitled "Mrs.," and in their report OF
visiting the schools of these ladies, the
committee enumerate so many
as reading in the bible and SO
many in the testament, it being a pro-
motion to be advanced from the tes-
lament to the bible. Even in those
days, the report shows, there was a
movement to abolish corporal punish
ment in the schools.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-18
Heart Disease Cured in a Min
ute.

Salem (Or.) Statesman.
There is person in the County Jail
who knows great deal more than he
did few days ago. and his name is
Bob Jordan. Jordan, it will be ro-
membered, is awaiting the action OF
the Grand Jury on charge of larce-
ny from a dwelling. Recently one OF
his fellow prisoners named MacRey-
nolds got in his work on Jordan, and
solemnly informed him that the au-
thorities had no right to hold in jail a
man who is afflicted with heart dis.
ease, and persuaded him to feign to
be subject to fainting fits. induced by
his diseased (?) heart, as Jcrdan's
nope of acquittal on examination
looked mighty blue, and if he could
establish a claim to immunity of the
operations of the law on that score
he would obtain his freedom anyway.
Jordan swallowed the bait, and being
examined, was bound over, and We'd
nesday tried his little racket. Sheriff
Mimic had meanwhile been posted by
MacReynolds, who begged to be allow
ed to see the fun. When the Sheriff
was marching Jordan around to his
cell to be locked up he suddenly threw
up his hands, groaned and fell over to
the floor with terrible bump. The
Sheriff quickly seized q bucket of cold
water that had been placed coven-
iently near, and doused him from
head to foot. Jordan gasped and
spluttered and started to his feet, be-
ing assisted in very handy manner
by the toe of Mr.. Minto's boot. He
was helped to his cell in the same way.
the other prisoners following and
bowling with laughter. Jordan was
cured.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-18
Mistaken Philosophy as to Mar.
riage.

From the Burlington Hawkeye.
In the last number OF the Century
Mr.. Howells says:
"Men are apt to outgrow their wives
intellectually, if their wives minds are
set on home and children, as they
should be; and allowance for this
ought to be made, if possible. would
rather that in the beginning the wife
should be the mental superior"
The author of this must be bach
elor who knows little of the realities
of married life. His conclusion that
the wife should be the mental superior
is admissible. But there's no need for
his charitable advice, that allowances
should be made for the facts that the
minds of wives are set on home and
children. The abandonment of the
wife to her home and family are per-
haps her greatest charm, as they are
her greatest virtue. The number OF
intellectual giants who would have
their wives talk science and metaphys-
les after dinner is happily very small.
And, perhaps, the most successful and
most renowned of four modern philoso-
pliers are those who do not feel the
pitiful necessity of making allowance
for the women, who properly set their
minds on home and children; but those
who recognize that the abandonment
of the women to those wifely and ma
ternal duties constitutes their happi-
ness, and who try to share it. The
entire intellectual world is by no
means shut up in studies and books.
The modern philosopher finds world
of intellectual study and instruction
in the companionship of his wife and
children.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-18

Utah Letter 10 New York Advertise.
The poverty of these farmers smid
their wheat fields and cattle ranges
seems inexplicable to one who Is igno-
rant OF the animus ofthe Mormon lead
ers. He does not see that here in the
little borough of Cooksville the vast
scheme OF robbery and oppression, OF
ignorance and vice; is bearingits iegiti-
mate fruit. have wondered why the
people do not rebel and refuse to pay
tithing, but when / approached one
man in the very prime OF life, who
should have had the spirit OF a young
man on the subject, he
said: 81 don't know. 1t is the
way have always been taught, and
it must be right" Thereit goes again
1.-THE way I have been taught"
Neither mind nor spirit to think for
themselves, poor serfs. Far different
was the answer ! received from Nor
man girl, whose father is wellto-do
farmer in one OF the most fertile and
prosperous valleys ofthe territory. 1
wish the Mormon sympathizers, from
the White House down, could have
heard the words and tone: Eyes. we
young people in Utah havn't good
schools, and it's the Mormon's
fault. The leaders don't want us
to learn for fear we will get
our eyes open, and then they would
lose their tithing. Ihate religion. 1t
is q big scheme for robbing the poor.
Look at my father. He ought to be
rich man, but the church has ground
him, as it has ground his wheat, and
often he has been called to pay his So,
$40 or $50 in tithing, and he has done
it while his daughters were suffering
for shoes. Look at and his starv.
ing family. He had about twenty
bushels OF wheat left in March, and on
it he and his family were to live until
harvest.
"Along comes the Bishop. Good
morning. brother, Iwant S. from you
to pay Brother ---'s fine, and he
takes ten bushels of the wheat at fifty
cents q bushel; he goes back to his
starving, overworked wife and ragged
babies, and never thinks that be is re-
sponsible for their suffering. The re-
mainder of e. wheat goes to the Zion
co-operat; Mercantile Institution at
fifty cent? PSF hushel. and is returned
in -four to nim at 50 par BARRE. Look
at the Bishop and Presidents houses.
No matter in what settlement you are
you can tell them at once; elegant on
the outside, elegantly furnished. When
the Bishops are appointed they have
still their usual method of making q
living, The tithing they collect is to
be turned over to the higher authori.
ties. In year or two the bishop
gives up work and builds himself new
house. If he still turns over enough
to satisfy those above him he is re-
tanned; if not, another man is appoint
ed, and he makes it point to get
rich as fast as he can. So the money
passes through hand after hand, and
no one of us knows what ever becomes
Of it. Ihave eyes and can see; but l
dare not say what l think" That Is
a Mormon girls sermon on the hnan-
cial side of Mormonism.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-18
Long Life and Here0ity.

One inherits from his ancestors, near
or remote, more or less modified by
the blending of the male and female
lines, not only in complexion, form,
size, feature, intellect, disposition,
ETC., but tendencies to particular all
ments, and even the germs Of positive
disease.
Consumption can be ira ,ed along in
some family lines for many genera
tions, while in others it is almost I'M
known. So, too, asthma, govt, rheu-
matism, apoplexy constantly reappear
in some lines, while they are unknown
in others. We should expect, there
fore, beforehand that heredity would
would have much to do with the
question OF longevity, and it is mat
ter of common observation that 1t
does.
Life insurance companies recognize
the fact. Still, it has not had the full
scientific consideration that it should
have, and doubtless will have in time.
Meanwhile, it is desirable to accumu.
late facts.
Says the London Lancet, eft would
be interesting to study more closely,
in the case of centenarians and other
aged people, the ages OF their near
relatives and immediate ancestors. ="
Of Sir Moses Montefore, who passed
his hundredth year, it says, "One par
emit died at seventy-nine, one at eighty
three, his grandfather at elghty-seven,
his grandmother at ninety-three, a
brother at seventy-6ve, another at
sixty-nine, sister at eighty-four,
another at seventy nine, another at
eighty-two. These nine ages at death
give an average longevity OF eighty -one
years. The first four-those Of the
parents and grandparents Of Sir Moses
give an average OF eighty-fvey years. Z"
A long-lived ancestry, however, does
not insure longevity, for many in such
line fail OF reaching advanced age.
Indeed, vigor of constitution often
leads to suicidal violations ofphysical
law. 1t is therefore a matter for con-
graduation if one has inherited the
long-lived tendency, but the rich gift
should be we'll guarded, for physical
vigor is apt to render one thoughtless
of the little things that sap the foun-
dations of the grandest constitutions.
Let him, also, who has inherited
but poor patrimony OF health re-
member that, after all, there is moth
ing like taking good care of ones self.
By obedience to the laws OF health,
he may reverse the hereditary tend.
ency.-Youth's Companion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-18

Since women write our books, and
teach our schools, and practice our
laws, and ride in gigs, and send our
messages by telegraph, and ''hello"
from one end OF the country to the
other through the telephone, and
write after their names IN. d." and
"a. b." and "a. NJ" and nearly ali
the letters Of the alphabet, and even
~ L. D."-thanks to the Smith Col
lege appreciation of Miss Amelia B.
Edwards-writes Charles Dudley War
ner in the September Harpers, 1t Is
necessary that woman should have q
name that will be inalienable and her
own through life. =
In the first place, give the girl in
baptism only one name. She
will be perfectly content with it. Her
lover never requires, never uses but
one of her names, il she has
half q dozen. In the height of his ten
derness he never says, "Amelia Jane,
come to my arms" He simply ex.
tends his arms and cries "Janel" H.
the second place, when the girl mar
ries let her always keep her surname.
Then, whenever we see q woman's
name, we shall know whether she is
married or single, and III she is married
we shall know what her family name
is. If she has earned q reputation as
q writer or doctor or an LII. D. as
Mary Brown, she will carry that with
her as Mary Brown Johnson, and in
all cases there will be spared an infin-
ite amount OF talk and inquiry as to
who she was before she was married.
This system is essential to the "cause"
OF woman. 1t may be said that it
lacks perfection in two respects; we
could not tell from the three names
whether the bearer OF them might not
be widow, and it makes no provis-
ion for a second marriage. These are
delicate questions. In regard to the
first, it is nobody's business to know
whether the woman is or is not q
widow, unless she chooses to make
that fact prominent, and then she has
ways enough to emphasize it. And,
In the second place lin case the wom-
-rIr~ docs marry her deceased hus-
bands brother by permission OF Con-
gress), it does not at all matter what
becomes of the name OF the first hus-
band. 1t is the woman's identity
that is to be preserved. And she can
not be required to set up mile stones
ali along her life.