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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14

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Turks Buried Alive.

Owing to the hurried burial and the
total absence of anything in the way
of post mortem examination. a good
many Turks get buried alive. When
Il body, however, is discovered to have
moved in the grave, it is attributed to
the struggles Of the dead with the evil
spirits. No mourning badges or change
Of dress are allowed by the Moham-
medan creed, and their resignation to
Kismet enables the Turks to regard
the loss of their dearest friends philo-
sophically. Cor. Globe-Demo crat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
HUMILITY.

Better to sit at masters feet
Than thrill listening State
Better suspect that thou art proud
Than be sure that thou art great
George Mcdonald
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
A Venerable Toad.

Local antiQuarians and biologists
are enchanted at present with live
toad found in the course of railway
excavations at Greenock, Scotland.
The toad is from 10000 to 80, 600 years
old, as the stratum of clay in which it
was found certainly dates from the
glacial period. Its mouth is sealed up.
1t breathes slightly through the nos
trils and though the eyes are quite ex-
pressive, it does not seem to see. Sci
entitic American.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
ADVICE TO MOTHERS.

Are You disturbed AT night ana broken oil
your rest by sick child suffering and crying
with pain of cutting teeth? If so, send at
once and get bottle of MRS. WINsLOw's
SOOTHING SYRUP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING.
Its value is incalculable. II Will relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately. Depend up
on il, mothers, there is no mistake about II.
1t cures dysentery and diarrhea, regulates
the stomach and bowels, cures VIM collie,
softens the gums, reduces Inflammation, and
gives tone and energy to the whole system.
MRS. WINsLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP FOR Chill
DRES TEETHISG Is pleasant to the taste, and
is the prescription of one of the oldest and
best female nurses and physicians In the Uni
ted States aud is tor sale by all druggists
throughout the world Price 35 cents a bot.
let H-y
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
Healing Of Wounds.

Professor Leon LIE Fort believes that
the impurity of the air has no injuri-
GUS effect upon wounds, and that it
may be ignored. He believes that
wounds will successfully heal if per-
feet cleanliness is maintained by the
surgeon, as to his person, and every
thing used by him in his OPERATION
Science.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14

The Eskimo doorways are very low
and narrow, which explains the curl
Gus remark of the host at parting:
Good by, don't bump your head"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-12-14
Farm for Sale

THE Farm in the southeast part
of the town of Snoreham, of late
the home place of William G. Will
son. deceased, is offered for sale
This farm is supposed to contain
147 acres, consisting of meadow.
pasturag and woodland, in desira
BILE proportion. The dwelling
house has lately been thoroughly
repaired and modernized; and is
neat, convenient, comfortable and
commodious. The out buildings,
though not new, are in fair condi
ton, and entirely ample for the
wants of the farm. The farm is
we'll fenced, and has upon it a
young, thrifty and bearing orchar |.
This is a fine opportunity for any
one desiring a good home and a
farm with more desirable and fewer
Objectionable features, than the av-
erage of farms. If desired, easy
terms of payment will be granted.
For price and other particulars, in
quire on the premises, of
Mrs. ELIZA WILSON,
Or of f. J. ORMSBEE, Brandon.
shoreham, VT. Jan. %, 1886. 5tf
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20
SOUTHERN CAPITALS rs.
They Wait GenersI Harrison end Return
Home Happy.
Especial 10 the World

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, December IS
Twenty millions Of capital from the New
South came to Indianapolis to-day in the
ham, Ala, delegation, and tho Repubi-
can politicians In the Southland will
howl when they know what was done.
The visitors came quietly and with
close mouths, but they had Southern
policy Of vast and capitslistic proper
lions in their inside pocket, and this
afternoon, accompanied bs ex-Congress-
man Robert b. +. Pierce. they went up
and offered it 10 General Harrison, who.
TO Judge from the dispatch they sent back
to the South" Everything very salts
faclory"-sccepted good share Of it.
At this minute 1t Is known In lndianapO-
lis that the President elect is more en-
crossed In the formulation Of PROPOSE
ZION regarding the South, for submission
In his inaugural, than he is in Cabinet
making, and, In view OF that fact, the
advent Of the Southerners to-day, with
the suggestion they have To offer, 10 the
most important visitation indianapolis
has known since election, not even bar
ring the purely social one Of MI Morton.
There were ten gentlemen in the party,
led by Thomas Sedden, president Of the
Glass, Iron and Steel Company. He is
the son Of Confederate Secretary of War
Sedden. These were the other delegates
w. II. Woodward, OF the hssemer Iron
and Steel Company; II. +. Debatdeleben,
Of the Debardeleben Coal and Iron Com
psny, and president of the North and
South railroad; J. ii. b. Thompkins,
vice.president Of the Sheffield aud Bir-
minghsm Coal and Iron Company,
and OF several railroad corporations;
David Roberts, vice.president of Debar-
deleben Beer Company; Edwin Thomas,
vice president of the Pioneer Mining and
Manufacturing Company; c. 7. VIII
hanson, president OF the Williamson
Iron Company; Charles Turner, ex-
Chancellor of Alabama; Cornelius Ca
die, Jf., vice-president of the Cohaba
Coal Mining Company; Fred Sloss, gen
eral manager OF the Birmingham Coal
and Iron Company. They control them
selves some millions OF capital, and the
100 names attached to the memorial
they bring speak for fully one hundred
millions Of money.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20

To marry or not 20 marry-thst is the ques-
ton;
Whether Ills wiser In the man 10 suffer
the jeers and taunts OF outraged relatives,
Or TO eschew the sea OF troubles,
And by 40 doing 'scape themf To love 10
All me aud by ones parriage TO say he wcds
The heartache and the thousand swfui woes
Benediets heir 10, It's contamination
One should avoid TO love 10 marry;
TO marry, perehance 70 rue II. aye, there's
the rub:
For In that marriage hate may come.
when one has taken on this fatal moose
he cannot hope escape from save through the
door
That makes calamity Of all ones life;
For who would bear the stigma OF the divorces
The up lifted brow. the ill-concealed scorn,
The pangs Of de pissed love. the laws Delay,
The iDsolence IL wife. perchanee OF child
That all to quickly from it's motber'd learn.
when he himself q life OF peace may take
With a brier pipe, Who would the hres make
TO grunt and sweat with furnace crate
But that the dread OF thousands OF tongues,
by which the Bay ststes men oufnumbersd
are.
Rebukes IA, puzzles the will
A nd makes US save the ills we have
To fly 10 others that We know not Off
shall sensitive souls be thus n sde towards Gil
And shall our peace OF mind
he shaken mdyhap broken,
And single blessedncss- happy state
with this regard 10 ever turned aWry-
And lost In bliss OF ltving7 Soft you know:
o Critics, 6cF1bblers, 10 your commen0
~ I'll pros and cons ronlQmoered:
-'1oston Hvsaing Manuscript.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20

A NEW SOUTHERN IDEA.

The lead of what may be very i'm
portant movement In Southern politics
was given Ia our dispatches yesterday,
and we publish this morning a full ac-
count OF the interview of certain South
ern capitalists with General Harrison as
far as the particulars are known. The
conclusion is the main thing, and taken
from what appears, it looks as IL General
Harrison was disposed TO acknowledge
one great fact, viz: That the days OF Sec
tional hate and war feeling have gone by,
and great party csnno, afford to go
backward when the rolling tide Of time IL
sweeplng onward to different state Of
affairs from that when the carpet-bagger
ruled and the kites and hawks roasted in
the South and preyed on its viials. In
eli this business we wish to impress on
our people what we said as soon as Har-
rison was elected, that the South must
not set the example OF sectional issues
or acknowledge that there is reason for
sectional discrimination. The Southern
States are either the equals of their
Northern sisters In the Union or else they
are conquered provinces.
Their right to settle the questions Of
local government is as plain as that
right in little Rhode Island, which is an
integral piece of the Union with an indi-
vidusliiy OF its own, and two Senators
Just as much as New York. The South
asks nothing but consistent justice, and
protests against the idea Of interfering
with the rights of the States on q DIFF
ferent rule from what applies TO the
North.
Now as to the screed Of these protection
Soutnerners with the purpose 10 divide
the solid South, we have simply to say
that we believe in a radical reform Of the
tariff, but If we wish TO accomplish that
or anything else that Is good for us, the
frs. thing is to relieve the South Of the
sectional issue, and bring both parties TO
fight on questions that will leave them at
least In accord on what is common un-
Outstanding Of the great constitutional
rights that the fathers Of the Republic
gave us.
Now, II some Democrats are protec-
tionists and others tariff reformers, and
If some Republicans are monopolisls and
others go for reduction of war taxes and
free raw material. we can all quarrel
quietly and in peace" as Sheridan's Irish
man says; and blessed be the day when
the Issue between the parties shall ig-
more the trace problem" and leave 1t TO
the States TO settle.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20

Even so commonplace a thing as q
fence gives character 10 the landscape,
This is a matter of importance to all
who are interested in making country
places and country life as attractive as
possible. The fences of Norway, as
described. must be an ugly blemish
upon the face of the country.
Two thick stakes Of pine, from seven
to eight feet long are driven firmly
into the ground within an inch Of each
other, and repeated at intervals Of foui
feet.
Smaller sticks are then placed in q
slanting position between tho uprights,
which serve as grooves to keep them
in their place, and they are still fur
Their secured by their being bound To-
gether with twigs Of osier.
When completed, it makes so com
pact fence that a weasel could
scarcely put his nose through. They
cannot, however. boast Of combining
the ornamental with the useful, hay
ing a gaunt, monotonous look, which
made US long to see them replaced by
the pretty hedgcrOws Of England
Youths Companion.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20

In the Soudan the respect for the Bird
Of the Shade" is unbounded; he Is ondear-
ingly known to the Ards as their
"Uncle," and they are slorc exorbitant
In exacting blood money for ha chance
slaughter by the hand Of the stranger
than if it were really the relative in ques-
ton. Shoot their dove, their ostrich.
their varied scayengers of the vulture
kind, their once sacred ibis even. and
they grin and bear it; but once aim a
bolt at the Noah bird" and a hundred
lean but muscular brown arms will be
raised, and the bcreaved. white teethed
relatives will gcsticulate and shout round
you, while they explain how black hied
was your accidental crime. Apart from
this, the raven, with his jctty plumage,
will always be point OF interest in the
Soudan. from the strong contrast he pre-
sents 10 the ordinary desert colOredv
birds which preserve a neutral tint OF
gray or fawn. which renders them al
most invisible. ALI the Year Round.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20
The Car Nicholas OF Russia.

The Car Nicholas was, in fact, tho
last real autocrat in Europe. | count
il among my most instructive expert
ences and recollections to have OBJ
tanned living picture of the most re-
markable man of my time, which |
was able to supplement and complete
from time 20 time by means Of numer-
Gus connections with relatives common
to us both. In the person of the En-
peror Nicholas all vague distractions
of state, church and nationality van
ished. One looked at him and per-
ceived that all the force expressed in
these terms was concentrated in his
person. Apart from him nothing ex-
listed or seemed capable of existing.
He stood tangible, but by no means
terrible, on the contrary, handsome
and lordly, attractive and seductive,
self assured, bold, and like a kind OF
religious guardian spirit before an
adoring world. And yet this colossal
apparitiou of an absolute ruler proved
on closer examination to be mere out
ward show, a painted picture.
He was the most perfect wearer OF
uniform among all the princes Of Eu.
rope, a taiIor's block (ModelD for every
kind of full dress. The principles Of
his life and government were uniform
and red tape. He looked both the
statesman and the general in 20
marked . decree that his comuIste
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20

The process Of embalming is us follows,
and is called the "Brunclli process: The
circulatory system is clcanscd by wash
ing with cold water till it issues quite
clear from the body. This may occupy
from two 10 five hours. Alcohol is IN
jected SO as to abstract as much water
as possible. This occupies about quar-
ter Of an hour. Ether is then injected TO
abstract the fatty matter. This occupies
from two TO ten hours. A strong s0lu-
ton Of tannin is then injected. This oc-
cupies for inhibition from two 20 ten
hours. The body is then dried in a cur
rent Of warm air passed over heated
chloride of calcium. This may occupy
two to five hours. The body is then per-
fectly preserved, and resists decay. The
Italians exhibit specimens which are as
hard as stone retain the shape perfectly
and are equal to the best wax models. IL
will be observed in this process that
those substances most prone 10 decay are
removed. and the remaining portions
are concerted by the tannin into a sub
stance resembling leather-Tho Casket.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20

A Sunday school teacher in a back
woods settlement had a new class Of
young scholars, the parents of which had
neglected 20 give them any instructions
whatever in their catcchism. Coming to
the first boy in the class she asked him
who made him. lie did not know. She
told him God, and urged him to remem-
Der it. OF the next boy she asked who
was the oldest man. He did not know.
and the teacher told him Mcthusolah. So
she went on down the class, asking each
question and giving them the answer.
While she was thus engaged the first boy
went 10 the bucket after some water.
The teacher returned 20 the head OF the
class and not knowing that one was alb
sent, she asked the first who made him.
Without hesitation the boy quickly re-
piled. "Methuselahr mo" exclaimed
the teacher IN ast0nishmcnt, God made
YOU NO, he didn't, " persisted the ur-
chin with confidence; 1.-THE boy God
made is after water" The teacher gave
up the class. Chicago Journal
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20
Tricks i'm Photography.

There are various ways for provid'
ing surprising results IN photography,
things that in one age would have
been called magic, but in ours recog-
nized as scientific tricks. The ghost
picture. for instance, in which a
shadsgy ghOst-through which ma
teriaI objects are visible-is seen be-
tween natural attitudes and occupa-
tions This is produced by an almost
instantaneous exposure OF the figure
that is TO do duty rs the ghost, fol
lowed bv a full exposure Of the figures
and properties that are % appear natu-
raj Another novel trick was shown
recently in n photograph reproduced
bv prominent trade journal, which
presented the photographer, seated at
a table, playing chess with himself
seated on the opposite side Of the Ia
bic. while he himself stood mp in the
background looking at his two selves
playing.
The figures were all on the negative
which was produced by three success
sive exposures OF the plate, parts there
of being masked each time by black
velvet shutter. Still another trick Is
that by which a person who liked that
sort Of thing may appear TO be photo
graphed riding upon flying goose or
a fish, or any other desired style Of
ridiculous locomotion This is done
by the subject holding upon his lap a
huge piece of white or sky tinted card,
with the fanciful figure drawn upon it.
His face appears above the upper edge
of the card. and seems. in the picture,
Joined to the funny little body mounted
on the goose or fish. The statue pic
ture is made by about the SAME device
Photographic Review.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20
Speed In Telerrnnhinr-

When the first electric telegraph was
established the speed of transmission was
from four to five words q minute with
tho five needle instruments: in lS49 the
average rate for newspaper messages was
seventeen words minute; tho present
pace Of the electric telegraph between
London and Dublin, where the Wheat
stone instrument Is employed. Is 463
words; and thus what was regarded az
miraculous SIXTY years ago has multi
Piled hundred fold in half century. -
journal ok Telegraph.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20
He Follows His Master.

/ can tell short story Of dog that
has come under my observation. The
dog was owned by physician. A lady
was sick and the doctor attended her I'M
I'll out Of danger. lie always let the
dog, Bromo, 90 with him to the sick
room. Bromo would watch every mo-
ton Of his master. AT last the doctors
visits were dropped, but the dog con-
tinued them daily, and would go to her
door and if he found it closed would
whine to be let in. These visits were
looked for by the patient Her nurse
would refuse sometimes TO let him enter,
bat he would not go without seeing her.
Tho nurse would set a chair beside the
bed, and he would sit there Just as his
master had, and look at her and whine
as If trying to speak. Bromo was called
tho doctors student. Animal World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20
Rl1rlNa ON lhplEg sic IS.
A Dealer Discusses the Question o. ga
and frmalc tlcgt-.

A Dealer Discusses the Question % isaIe
and frnaic clerks.
The introduction Of women as clerks
in shoe stores was begun rs an expert
ment few years ago, and considerable
interest in the success Of the scheme
has been manifested by the shoe trade.
The experiment may now be regarded
as q success within certain limits, but
it appears to be equally sure that the
female clerks will never entirely drive
out the men. even from the depart
ments for women's and cbildren's
shoes
An experienced clerk in a well
known uptown establishment said re-
Gently 10 Tribune reporter that the
tendency among large dealers now IS
10 employ both men and women. and
then let the customer choose for her
self between the two. 1T Is purely
matter Of taste. - SAID ;hc clerk. "and |
should say even thar 1t depended on
the customers mere within. Some
women profess to be shocked ct tie
immodesty of having a man put on
their shoes for them; but Oh the other
hand many of the most refined ladies
in the city always insist on having a
man serve them, and there viii al
ways be this same demand. y
"And what is the cause Of this pref
erence" asked the reporter.
Simply that a man can fit shoe &c
the foot better than a woman can.
The majority OF women wear tight
shoes, even those who have no claim
70 place in the world OF fashion, aud
it takes astrong hand and arm TO get a
tight shoe on a customers foot easily.
Most women are too weak IN the wrist
for this sort of work, and they VIII
toll and struggle so over the task that
many customers become completely
Disguised and learn 10 avoid 4 store
where there are 30 male clerks 70 wait
on them. A man by superior strength
and dexterity Will force a shoe two
sizes too small on a wOman's foot with
comparative case. and she viii leave
the store conscious Of having secured
a small shoe that is perfect III. D."
And how about the question OF
modestyT
"Well, shoe store is a good place
to study the vagaries Of prudes. I'm
duly sensitive women do find II an
ordeal TO have men wait on them. and
for such cases tie femaie clerk IS s.
business necessity. Most women how
ever are not so sensitive, and Is for
the male clerks themselves, they would
always rather wait on a man than on
q woman, any time. 4 very young
clerk sometimes feels that he has got
pretty near heaven when he is directed
to assist a handsome Young woman IN
getting satisfactory foot gear, but the
novelty soon wears of Women are
so much more particular than men.
especially in the matter of shoes, that
it IS by 30 means q coveted privilege
to wait on them. One annoyance to
which ladies arc not now subjected IN
the larger establishments is The in
pudent staring of dudes and other cal
low youth who used always 10 spcud
half an hour trying on shoes them
selves, whenever they went TO q shoe
store, just TO get glimpse Of pretty
ankle now and then. Now separate
rooms are provided for the ladies. but
the male clerks viii never be entirely
banished from these sacred precincts. "
New York Tribune.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-20

Marriage has been defined as a con.
tract between two parties and the state
Because Of the children the state Is
said to have q special concern in the
matter. This is no doubt true, but it
means rather less than is generally
supposed. The state has a concern IN
everything that affects q hVman being,
down to the minutest detail of his
daily life. II matters to the state
every time q man smokes more cigars
than are good FOR him, every time a
woman pinches in her waist. II mat
tiers to the state very much when men
grow absorbed in the business Of
money making and have no time or
ability TO assist in the development Of
a higher type of manhood. Itmatters
to the state perhaps even more when
women give themselves up wholly to
the care of their households and the
rearing Of their children, rendering
themselves unfit for their task and
sending forth into the already over
bunened world swarms Of i'll trained,
stupid, prcjudiced human beings,
whose influence upon their fellows IS
evil and reuograde.
All these things concern the state
nearly but the state cannot send IN
spectors into our homes TO count the
cigars OF the men and inquire into the
system of education adopted BY the
women. Cor. Westminster Review.