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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
EMPRESS VICTORIA.
THE WIFE OF FREDERICK III IS MUCH
TALKED ABOUT.

Her Marriage to the Future Ruler of
the German Empire Decentralization
She Looks and How She Is Regarded.
Some Interesting Anecdotes.
Few women in all the world are more
talked Of in these days when Germany is
passing through period of national mourn
ing than Victoria, wife Of Frederick Ill
1t was great day, yet in some respects a
sad day, when the princess royal Of England
was married Thirty years ago last January
Frederick, then crown prince of Prussia,
upon arriving at Buckingham palace in Lon
don, was met by his prospective mother-in-
law at the foot Of the staircase, while his
prospective bride waited for him with her
sister Alice at the top. The account Of the
wedding festivities informs us that on the
afternoon of the princes arrival they all went
to see RareJ, the horse tamer-an exhibition
very appropriate for the witnessing of cou-
pie about to be married, if either is to find it
necessary to reduce the other to marital sub
lection.
The wedding took place in the chapel Of
st. James palace, Prince Albert and King
Leopold leading the procession. The Prince
of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh came
next, and then the brides three sisters-Alice,
Helena and Louise. Immediately after the
ceremony the young wife kissed her grand
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
Distribution of the Eskimo.

A curious fact in relation to the dis
tribution Of the Eskimo is that they
inhabit the coast of the arctic re-
gions to the exclusion of other Indians,
beginning on the east shore Of Green
land, and following the coast line
of that island around to the point
farthest north inhabited by man. Then,
beginning on the coast on the mainland,
they occupy narrow strips on the north
shores of Hudson bay and along the
northern coast of the continent around
past Behring strait, and down the north
west coast of the continent to Prince
Williams sound. Throughout all this
immense coast line the differentiation of
language is very small; SO that an Eskimo
from Greenland transported to Behring
strait would in month be able to speak
the language of the natives there as well
as though he had been born there. In
striking contrast were the numerous dis.
tinct families of Indians in the valleys of
California and Oregon, whose languages
are SO different that they could not under
stand each other.-Science.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
Song of Siberian Convicts.

The party kept on singing the "milosserd-
maya" with ever increasing fervor. Every
one of the convicts knew the song. 1t is
known everywhere in Siberia where parties
of convicts are passing. 1t is song as old
as the Siberian highway, and as full Of sad
ness and sorrow as Siberia itself. On leaving
the city of Kansk, typhoid fever broke out
among the convicts, to complete the hard
ships of the journey. Every day some of the
convicts were taken i'll and had to be placed
in the wagons occupied by the women and
children, the latter, in their turn, had to
walk. The journey became exceedingly
gloomy, resembling more funeral pro
cession- Still all were not discouraged.
Affection and merriment, hate and love-
despair and hope, were crowded together,
and could be observed in the same room Of
the "etape" One could hear merry songs,
or jovial jokes, calling forth Homeric out
bursts of laughter, and listen at the same
time to the groans or incoherent rawlings Of
a man dying somewhere under the platform.
Nobody seemed to notice these dissonances
Everybody was occupied with himself
Michael Malkof in Chicago News
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27

published anonymously, supposed to be the
work Of man, and received general praise;
since then she has published "Grief and
Faith, STORY Of Arnon," Nurse Crumpet's
Story" and 1.-THE Farrier Lass o. Piping Peb-
worth"
Miss Rives is thoroughly Virginian, in
name, nature and taste. Her grandfather was
William Cabell Rives, congressman, senator
and minister plenipotentiary to France in
the early part of this century. Her father,
Col Alfred Loudon Rives, was born In Paris
and Lafayette was his godfather, be was
also educated in that city, but returned early
to Virginia and became an enthusiastic
southerner. He married a noted beauty,
Miss Macmurdo, and to them was born. in
1868, in the then warlike city Of Richmond,
the now rising authoress, Amelie Rives She
must therefore own to 25 years, but open air
life, good health and active habits make that
age mere girlhood in Virginia Spending
early youth at Castle Hill, her grandfather's
place in Albemarle county, she early ac-
quired a passionate love for the beautiful
scenery Of that region, love which shows
plainly in her writing. She was curiously
precocious. Before learning to write she be-
gan to draw and soon acquired wonderful
proficiency. Her early reading, too, was al
ways, by her own choice, of the best--Shake-
speare was her favorite-and at an early age
she began to make notes on the margin,
many of which show deep thought. Her first
production to attract much attention was a
sonnet in The Century Magazine written
when she was 10.
Her literary labors in one way interfere
with her outdoor life, to which she is pas
sionately devoted, and in her sketches it
appears that her favorite heroine is lady
who can ride and run and climb She knows
all the woodland haunts about her home, and
is in close acquaintance with horses, dogs
and dumb bells. 1t is evident that her
genius is as yet unframed, if not uniformed;
one might compare her latest story to one
Of those neglected gardens one sees in
Spanish America-crowded with shrubs and
flowers, Astounding in riotous life and rich,
confused odors, but rather tangled and des-
titute Of reliable walks or supports.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
Chineaa MendinR Women.

To my mind, the unique feature Of
Hong Kong streets are the professional
members, or sewing women, ugly, old
Chinese women, with half dwarfed feet,
who come out in the morning with low
stools and basket of rags and sit ny the
curbstones or in archways, recesses or
doorways, and sew away all day long.
They do not exactly darn stockings and
sew on buttons. but their labors CORE
spond to that, and for trifle poor
workman can have his tattered coat
patched and mended or his old garments
made over. Peddlers of oranges, dry
goods, lamps, toys and fancy wares stop
bowling their wares through the streets
to chat with the professional members,
and of all Chinese women the members
seem to have the pleasantest lot.
They are wise looking old Bettys, all
of them, and sometimes they wear huge
horn trimmed spectacles that make them
look like Minerals bird. To watch them
planning and turning and twisting their
garments and rags is most divertlng; and
two old members down the road here are
beginning TO look upon me as an intend
ing customer from the way in which
they try to further engage my attention
each time they display their skill. The
members look down the social ladder a
great ways at the coolie women employed
on public works in the streets, but the
coolie women probably find some further
below to drop their superior gaze on
Cor. Globe Democrat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
Tho Economical Scotchman.

He is not man of brilliant qualities,
but he is a man Of solid ones, who can
only be appreciated at his true worth
when you have known him some time.
He does not jump at you with demon
STATIONS Of love, nor does he swear you
an eternal friendship; but if you know
how to win his esteem, you may rely
upon him thoroughly. He is man who
pays prompt cash, but will have the
value of his money. If ever you travel
with Scotchman from Edinburgh to
London, you may observe that he does
not take his eyes off the country the train
goes through. He looks out Of the win
dow all the time, SO as not to miss a
pennyworth of the money he has paid for
his place. Remark to him, as you yawn
and stretch yourself, that it's long, tir-
ing, tiresome journey, and he will prob
ably exclaim; Long, indeed, long!
should think 30, sir; and 50 it ought to be
for 60 lis. 6d.!"
know Of Scot, who, rather than
pay the toll of bridge in Australia,
takes off his coat, which he rolls and
straps on his back, in order to swim
across the stream. He is not a miser.
On the contrary, his generosity is well
known in his own neighborhood He is
simply an eccentric Scot, who does not
see why he should pay for crossing a
river that he can cross for nothing. -
Max O'Rell
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27

communication between Dear Mutes
The modes of communication between
deaf mutes have received most impor-
tant advance from method recently de-
vised, which consists in each letter of the
alphabet being represented by some por-
ton of the palm of the hand. For in
stance, the eminence between the first
and second joints of the index finger
corresponds to w, the one between the
second and third to NJ, and so on. The
hand thus alphabetically divided is placed
palm downward in a mold. whose bot
tom is perforated with holes which cor
respond to the lettered parts of the hand.
Each Of these holes permits of the pass
age of a small hammer, which is pressed
upward by the passage of an electric cur
rent. These various hammers are con-
nected with an apparatus similar to the
key board of the piano, each key repre-
senting letter, and being connected by
wires with the corresponding hammer in
the mold. A teacher can spell out the
words on the key board, when the ham
mers fly up through the openings in the
bottom of the mold and spell the words
by touching the ettered eminences of the
hand oI pupil. ANY number of molds
may be attached to the instrument, and
a lille number of pupils be simultane-
ously instructed. Globe Democrat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27

less adored her Fortunately he outlived his
father and was enabled to place his wife in a
position Of comfort when she should become
a widow
We give with this, besides her portrait,
cut Of the palace set aside for the residence
o.. the crown prince Of Germany, where, as
husband and wife, Frederick and Victoria
have passed most of their married life
What the empress will do in the future
her son member of the faction that opposes
her, disliked by Germans, beloved by the Eng
lish-it is yet too early to predict. Will she
remain in the land which has never become
a real home to her, or will she go back to
live in the land she loves, and where people
love her so welll
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27

Family Resemblance and Pecu1iarities.
It Is just the same, be sure, in mental
matters. There are family characters
and family intelligences, as there are
family faces and family figures. Each
individual member of the brood has his
own variety Of this typical character, but
in all its basis is more or less persistent,
though any one particular trait, even the
most marked, may be wanting or actually
replaced by its exact opposite. Still,
whole, each member is pretty sure to
possess a very considerable number Of
peculiarities more or less In common
with all the remainder. True, Jane may
be passionate, while Emily is sulky; Dick
may be a spendthrift, while Thomas is a
miser. But Jane and Dick are both hu.
morous, Emily and Thomas both musical,
Thomas and Dick both sensitive, Emily
and Jane both sentimental. and all four
of them alike vindictive, alike intelligent,
alike satirical and alike fond Of pets and
animals. Look at the persistent Tenny-
sonian tone in Charles and Alfred Tenny-
son; look at the parodying power Of the
two Smiths in Rejected Addresses"
look at the Caracci, the Rossettis, the
Herschels, and then say whether even
minute touches of taste and sentiment do
not come out alike in brothers and sisters.
Almost everybody who meets brothers
or sisters or cousins of his own after
long separation (when use has not dulled
his apprehension Of the facts) must have
noticed, with mingled amusement and
dissatisfaction, in ten thousand little
ways and sayings, how very closely he
and they resemble one another. Some
times the very catchwords and phrases
they use, their pet aversions and their
pet sympathies, turn out at every twist
Of life to be absurdly identical. One
may even be made aware of ones own
unsupported and unobtrusive failings by
observing them, as in a mirror, in the
minds of ones relations, like King
Georges MILDLY in Mr.. Gilbert's story,
who meets himself on an enchanted
island, and considers his double the most
disagreeable fellow he ever came across.
Popular Science Monthly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
DAVID JENNINGS MACHINE.

pie and which We shall not attempt to describe
except to say that it is about six feet long,
two feet wide and seven feet high, ami is
supposed to run on the old and familiar
scheme which all perpetual motionists try
during their career. viz that the descend
ing buckets" or weights on one side of the
ratchet wheel shall stand out at such an
angle to the chain that they will have twice
the weight going down that they do coming
up on the other side This is very brief
statement The machine is rather compi-
Gated 1t is scarcely necessary to add that a
perpetual motion" must necessarily he a
machine that creates more power than It ex-
pends-that is, enough to supply the original
power and overcome friction besides II,
for instance it takes ten horse power run
the thing, then that power must create n
horse power In other words. you mus 1t
something from where it is not, ana inv
more out of II thing than there is in 1t Ne.
therefore, venture to guess that MI J"l-
nings' machine is sort of motor whicl les
not mote.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27

Speaking of the late German emperor,
NJ. Albert Wolff says in LIE Figaro;
Army officers were not allowed to gam
BILE at Baden Baden. One evening the
king was visiting the tables when he
noticed a subordinate in civilian dress
trying his luck at trente ct quarante. He
had placed two or three louis on the
table and had won a nice little sum,
when he saw the king opposite. He
turned pale, trembled and hesitated to
take possession of his money. There
upon King William approached and
whispered in his ear; Don't be afraid
Take in your money, but don't do II
again. - New York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
Temperance in Madagascar.

Temperance is native virtue of the
Madagascans, who drink water almost
exclusively, and drunkenness is compar-
atively novel feature, introduced mainly
by the civilizing nations who visit the
seaports. A distillation called toaka is
sometimes used as great luxury, but in
the city of Tananarivoo prohibition OF
the sale of ardent spirits is legally eli
forced.-Demorest's Monthly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
HE WHO LOVES.

Por him Gods birds each merry morn
Make OF wild throats melodious flutes
To thrill each love from brush and thorn
As might brim eyes OF br,ites:
Who would believe of suoh thing,
That tits her heart that makes them singi
For hir, the faultiess skies Of noon
GROW farther In eternal blue,
As heavens that buoy the balanced moon
And SOW the stars and dew;
Who would believe that such deep skies
Are miracles only through her eyesi
For him mad syipns adown domed nights
Stud golden globules radiant,
Or glass green transient trails Of lights
Spin from their orbs and slant;
Who would believe q soul we're hers
To make for him universei
-Courier-Journal
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mamma, the duchess Of Kent. There was a
wedding breakfast at the palace, and then
Frederick William and his bride drove to
the railway station on their way to Windsor
The court followed. II think it will kill me
to take leave Of dear papa" the princess
said to her mother. ''Vicky came with a
very sad face to my ROOM" the queen wrote
of the parting. Here we embraced and our
tears flowed fast" 1t was even said that on
her journey through London on the way to
the royal yacht that was to carry the happy
pair across the channel the populace could
scarcely recognize the pleasant, rosy, child
like face of the princess royal-"it was so
sad, so swollen with weeping"
Women cling more closely than men to
their own flesh and blood A bride going
into foreign land to enter her husbands
family is not likely to withdraw her heart
from her kinsmen and give it to her hus-
bands relatives. 1.-THE whole royal family
is enchanted with my wife," Frederick tele-
graphed to Queen Victoria; but it is doubt
full if he could say my wife is enchanted
with the whole royal family"
Indeed the princess was not happy at Ber-
lin. She was homesick, and the restrictions
put about her annoyed her Doubtless at the
first there arose those chickering's which grew
uhu ihuiIiPhSu I'LL ouBu ico ueCdueS uLIll
at last one of Frederick's last acts was to
muzzle the German newspapers to prevent
their insulting his wife the Empress
However unsuccessful Victoria was in
winning others in Germany, certain it is that
she won her husband. True. there were at
first some escapades common with the Hohen-
zollerns, which cast shadow between the
pair and on one occasion caused the at
tempted fight Of the princess from Germany,
but as time wore on, Frederick became more
and more attached to his wife, and from the
first moment Of her constant and faithful
attendance upon him during his illness doubt
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
A Perpetual Motion Machine.

They are still inventing perpetual mo-
tions," despite the fact that science proves it
to be impossible. and the latest claimant is
Mr.. David Jennings, Of Oneida, N Y He
says he experimental twenty -one years and
made ninety-seven models before he lighted
on the Baconian cipher-beg pardon, we
mean before he struck the combination
whereof, and by the complex operation Of
which, the thing will go of itself" At
present he has machine in actual operation,
which has been inspected by hundreds of peo-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
A TALENTED YOUNG WOMAN.

Miss Ameiie Rives. of virginia. Winning
Fame rs AT Nuthor.
dashed into the literary field in a way to as
tonish the old stagers, her work showing all
the faults and good qualities Of youthful
genius. There is entirely too much power in
her sketches to be overlooked. yet the scenes
are often grotesque, the development awk-
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ward and the plot
wildly unnatural.
But through it all
8 h | n o unmistaka-
bly, a fervent mag
nation, emotional
power and real ge-
MUS In 1885 her
first story, "A
Brother to Drag
ons," appeared in
The Alta n t 1 O
Monthly, and her
last, 1.-THE Quick
and the Dead" is
in Lippincott's for
April. Her first was
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-27
Funeral of Roscoe Conkliug.

The funeral of the late Roscoe Co
was notable for its simplicity, and
undoubtedly as the ex-senator woul
desired it. We give a cut from a
made by our New York artist of the S
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Amyatt's little friend did write to him
again. letter full Of glee caused by his.
Then Amyatt answered that, for he
couldn't leave the poor little woman's
pretty words unanswered, don't you
know; and SO, before long, quite brisk
correspondence passed to and fro between
them.
lie still kept up his nom de plume,
though for no particular reason other
than he wished TO avoid the trouble of
an explanation, and it was all the same
to her; and long letters filed with ac-
counts of her child's life or with her
opinions of his characters came to him
regularly and were as regularly answered.
Sometimes he would send her a book,
and often she would send him a little
box of flowers which adorned his button
hole.
Rather a new departure for you, ell,
old chap2" Trevor limited.
major, cheerfully.
Railways thought Amyatt would take
it badly if he did take it," confded the
senior captain to Arlington.
"Ah, but you didn't think he ever
would take it, Arlington said by way
of reminder.
swell, that's true" Trevor admitted
Amyatt, however, knew nothing of
the gossip in the regiment concerning
him other than what Trevor had actually
said to him; fos, in spite of his great
popularity. there was a certain some
thing about him which effectually pre-.
vented even that familiarity which
usually exists among officers of the same
regiment And the days passed on until
they grew into weeks, as the days Of
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-21
ulxer TeIcaraun..

PITTsBuRG. Pa, Fch 2o.--Rlycrl feet 5 inches
and rising. Weather mild.
PtTTSBtiRG, Pa, Feb. 2O.-Noon-Rivcr 8 feet n
inchc. aud rising Rain and warm.
NHw ORLEANS La, Fcb. gn.-ii .. m.-fAininE
hand since 7 y. M. and still continues.
WHEELING, W. Va, Feb 2n--Noon Rivers
feet inches and rising. Thermometer CO..
CINCINNATI. o.. Feb. 20 -Noon-Rlycr p feet
Q inches and falling. Clear. Thermometer a..
NlCksBuHG. Miss. Feb, D.-Auiyed; New
May Houston. She leaves al midnight for New
OflcnuN
CINCINNATI, o, Fch 2o.-Slrht-RIvcr p feet |
inch aud falling Mid aud clear. Departed Scotia,
fittshuH.
WHEELING, W. Va. Feb. eo-Rlvcr : fee, .
Inches and rising. stockdae passed up "A 4 D. m.
Andes arrived atga M. Weather clear and cold.
LoufSviLLk Ky. FEB. -Night-Rlycr fall.
Departed Joe a Williams. PitbburE. Clear and
mild.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb so,-plvcr 20 feet 5
Inches and falling. Clear and cool Departed.
fhrl. &, hrown Tor Cincinnati. Nisbcu for fcnnos-
zee river
CAIRO. III. Feb o-Hlght-Anivod. Coal Val.
Icy. New Orleans, p m. Arkansas City. 81 Louis.
q D. m. Departed. Commonwealth New Orleans,
noon River y Ice, inches and rising. Clear and
cool
CAIRO. m. Feb ao.-Arrived: coahoms. Mem.
phs. pa. m. Commonwealth. Cincinnati, sa. IN.
be artcdl toahoma ohio. 4 y. M; Drsolo. Clncln.
cool
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. sn-Noon- River falling
with iccing inchcs IN the cnnAl, feet inch on
the falls Arrived. Buckeye state Nemphis Joe
Williams. New Orleans DCpsrud, Buckeye ftnte.
Cincinnati. Cicar and cold
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she tho vilcst woman that ever was
brought TO bar, she would have deserved
better treatment than this Unprotected
brute accorded her. But ii he be asked to
plead excuse, he would draw his warrant
from the accurscd system which has made
infamous the prison records Of so many
States And what are the chances OF
reformation and salvation in this special
caseY Not one in u trillion. Exposed in
her horrible ignominy TO the public
view, must she not despair Of charity from
the society that sanctions the exposure
and sanctions the system that adds outrage
to the laws just penalty2 And, despair
ing, must she not take the plunge to abso-
lutte dcpravity? For, men and brethren, the
consultations OF crime are the devils most
alluring temptations. The convict con-
,ract system breeds this awful despair.
II shuts the door upon every virtuous as
piration. II is based upon avnrice and
developed in cupidity. II makes savages
OF its ministers and Ishmaelitcs OF It's
victims. May the clanking Of this poor
girls yoke chain arouse tho people oil
Texas and the people Of oil other States
where the barbmous system obtains, &c
crush Il forever.