davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
Women Who Cant Exercise.

But no matter how fine woman's
costume may be, she must have ply
steal health if she wishes to be attract
i've, and for this purpose exercise is
necessary. Many women are unable
to take exercise, however. One of the
greatest obstacles in the way of pre-
scribing exercise for the ailments of
women is the fact that the constitu-
tons of many women are SO weak
that an ordinary amount of muscular
exercise tires them out and really does
them harm; and if l limit them to a
simple exercise like walking, my
treatment inspires no confidence.
Most people think that no good can be
derived from muscular exercise that
does not consist in revolving around
horizontal bar, swinging clubs about
the head. bounding over a tennis
lawn, or propelling bicycle or tri-
cycle, and many women who try
this kind of thing and find it does
them harm give up exercise in despair
and take to medicine for relief.
The fact is that a generation or two
of idleness or lack of proper physical
culture on the part of their female an
cestors has caused the constitution of
large proportion Of the women OF
this gel alton to be unfit for physical
exertion of any sort but the most mod
crate kind The present rage for out
door sports on the part of young girls
is welcome assurance that before
long the physique of the average wo
man will attain something like its
proper standard. 1t seems almost i'm
possible, however, to persuade a consti
tutionally weak woman to take regu
larly that slight amount of exercise
which she can stand without doing hei
harm. 1t seems SO tritling that she
has no faith in it.-Physician in New
York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16

A traveller from the vilds of Kwan-
gal has told us the following weird
story. A natives wife was taken
very i'll, and before she died she told
her husband with whom she had
lived on the best of terms, bearing one
SOM: IL have a secret to confide to
you, which | never told before for
your sake and the child's. When l
die do not nail up my coffin, but leave
it for a time out on the mountain.
Have two live fowls ready in the
house, for after l have been dead a
hundred days l will return to the
realm of living men for time and
come back to our home. Fear not;
but if make for the child offer me
the two fowls and say that you your
self will send the infant and that I
need not be anxious; that between the
dead and the living gulf is fixed, and
that l should rest among the departed
and not come back to trouble the
child. will look at you hxedly for a
spell, take the fowls, strangle them
and BECOME, never to return. My
body will not lie down again in its
coffin, but will be transformed into a
living tiger; and if hereafter you come
out to the place and see the clothing
lying by the coffin you will know that
my words have come true"
Holding her husbands hand she ex-
pired. The ghost appeared at due date,
did as the living wife had foretold
and disappeared in the jungle. and
when the man visited the coffin some
days after he found the cast off grave
clothes, and wept when he thought of
their former happy life together and
her strange fate. While indulging
his tears he saw tigress stalk from
the jungle and knew it was his wife
transformed into a new existence.
Gently he stroked its striped back and
with a melancholy roar it bounded
away. No deed of blood was ever
known to be wrought by this most
gentle of tigresses on the mountain,
and the child has grown up and pros
pers. Francisco Chronicle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
No Faces at the WindOMs.

New Workers never sit in their win
dows to enjoy the entertainment fur
nished by the procession of people and
vehicles, writes New York CORE
spondent of The St. Louis Republic. |
don't believe l have seen a gen.
timely fashionable New York man or
woman looking out of a window of
their own houses in years. 1t is an
unspoken and unwritten law that you
shall keep out of sight, and shroud the
interior of your houses with layer on
layer of lace curtains, oftentimes with
as many as four different sets of them
at each window. The only time man
is privileged TO watch the promenaders
is at his club, and there many of
them do it with a vengeance. a wo-
man never looks into the street from
her house. You may walk down
Fifth avenue at any time of day, and
under no circumstances, unless mill
tary parade was in progress, would
you see any woman of that house
other than the servants. presume l
have passed by the houses of the Van
derbilts, the Astors, the Goelets and
Goulds hundreds of times during
recent years, and not a sign of life
have 1 seen beside that contributed by
the menials. The custom is doubtless
founded upon common sense, because
by sitting in windows people become
conspicuous, and the alleged intention
of good form" is to remain screened
from the vulgar scrutiny of the pub
lie. But it is well enough to set down
this particular feature of our advanced
condition of civilization, because, if l
am not mistaken, the enjoyable habit
of sitting in windows is practiced in
most other cities. OF course, we lose a
vast amount of entertainment by fore
going the habit for a study of human
nature as you find it on the street is
educating and charming. But here
we are, for the sake of that severe
granddame Good Form, yelling the
sun and our fellow creatures from our
fashionable gazes by these very stun
ming sets of expensive curtains. 1t is
like a theatre with the drop always
obscuring the pictures behind it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16

The great body of the clergymen of
the United States receive salaries of
81, 900 or less year. There are many,
of course, in the larger cities who are
paid $4,000, $4,000, 81, 1000 and $1,000,
and in Philadelphia there are several
who are paid from So, 900 to $40, 900,
DR.. Harper, for instance. New York
and Brooklyn are most generous with
their preachers. DR.. John Hall is paid
$50, 900 by his church; he receives
$4,000 more as chancellor of the uni
versity of New York, and probably
makes from $4,000 to $1,000 more a
year from his writings. Dr. Talmage
does quite as well; DR.. VIM. NJ. Tay-
lor's salary is SIS, 900; DR.. Lyman Alb
bolts, SO, 900, and Drs. G. H. Park
hurst and Morgan Dix from 81, 500 to
$1,000 more. Very wealthy congre-
cations are by no means the most lib
eral with their pastors. There is Rev.
j. 7. Wills, of Aurora, N. Y, whose
pews are filed with millionaires.
They only pay him 81, 500 q year,
however. Philadelphia Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
Mohammedan Schoolships,

The greatest Mussulman educational
center in northern Africa is the uni
versity at Gareuin, in Morocco. The
students number about 700 and there
are forty professors. Work begins at
half past 2 and in the morning. &C.
cording to the season. The first in
struction consists of comments on the
Koran. At sunrise the second batch
of professors-about a dozen or So
discourse on law and dogma In the
afternoon grammar and rhetoric are
taught, and later, logic, astronomy,
arithmetic, geography, history, Mus
sulman literature and the science of
talismanic numbers or the determine
ton by calculation of the influence of
angels, spirits and stars on future
events.
The fore-determination of the con-
queror and conquered in a coming
war or battle seems to be a special
branch. There is the greatest diff
Guilty in obtaining a professor intimate
with the principles of the science in
its entirety. There are no examina-
tons. Every professor is supposed to
know those among his hearers who are
worthy of diplomas. The diplomas
are very highly valued, and give the
holders great prestige in the 'Moslem
world. London Globe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
Father and Son.

There is the well known story of
the clergyman who was preaching in
his sons church. The son was addict
ed to what his father considered fool
ish excuses in ritual, and when the
old gentleman gave out as his text,
"Have mercy upon my son,
a lunatic," the smile which went
round the church might be well ex-
cused. Here the unexpected fitness of
the application was enhanced by the
unfitness of the place for testing. All
the Year Round.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
A Brown Paper Parcel.

Elevated train guards not infrequent-
ly find things in their cars, but finds of
money are rare. Some them have
been kicking themselves for months
over an incident that occurred one
morning as number of them were en-
route to One Hundred and Fifty-fifth
street to go on duty. AS usual, they
were seated in group in the last car,
INDUCING in chatf. One of their num-
Der spied brown paper parcel on an
adjoining seat. 1t was greasy, and
looked about as ordinary as such a
parcel can look.
"Hellor' cried this penetrating
guard, heres some Eyetalian S
lunch" and with that he hurled the
brown paper mass at the head of the
man opposite him. In like manner
the parcel was passed back again, and
the fun was kept up until the end of
the trip, when it was suggested that il
be presented to the starter with the
mems compliments. The starter took
the matter seriously, opened the par
eel carefully, and then thanked the
men gravely for giving it to him,
There was 81, 500 in the greasy brown
paper, but the starter said he felt
obliged to hold on to it until the
owner called for it, which he did the
next day. Train men now invariably
inspect brown paper parcels with par
ticularity. New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
Genius Suffers Another Injustice.

1t is learned that the so called Pigs
in Clover scheme was patented ten or
more years ago, and that when the
latest Inventor" applied for a patent
he discovered that it was not obtain
able for this reason. He is said to have
realized more than 100000 of profit
before the game played out, and he
was only brought up with a round
turn short time ago, when the orig
inal patentee secured an injunction re-
straining him from conducting his
business any longer. But by that time
the craze had died out, and the orig
inal inventor is no better off than he
would have been if he had not discov-
cred that his patent had been infringed.
Indianapolis Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
A Callow Artist.

In the Parnell commission court a
youth was engaged in making some
sketches for an illustrated paper, and
behind stood burly gentleman, who
might have been taken for a country
magistrate The latter watched the
young artist for a while, and then,
touching him on the shoulder, ven
tured to observe that this and that and
the other points of the sketch We're not
exactly what they should be. The ar
fist simply replied by inquiring
What do you know about it2' The
gentleman persisted in kindly and per-
suasive criticism. At length the youth,
convinced that, after all, the criticism
was just-indeed, the gentleman had
himself taken the drawing block and
made the necessary alterations with
his own hand-remarked well, you
do seem to know something about it,
certainly" adding, ARE you on any
paper'" No" answered the gentle
man, II am not on any paper, but ]
do bit of painting now and then. My
name is John NIillais. Chicago Inter
Ocean
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
3, 900 TON CRUISER.

o,VUU TON CRUISER.
mean draft, Is feet; displacement, 300
tons; horse power, 100000 speed, 90
knots an hour; battery-one inch and
one 10 inch ri1ed gun, two Founders,
two Founders, one FOUNDER, two Cat
ling guns and two small revolving cam
non. The first two guns named form
the main battery, while the others form
the secondary battery. The great SUI
periority claimed for the armament Of
these cruisers is in the use of rapid firing
guns in the main battery, instead of the
ordinary breech leaders.
The six inch guns can be fired four
times as fast as the ordinary guns of the
same caliber, while the four inch rifles
can be worked ten times minute. In
addition to a heavy protecting deck
there is to be a water line belt of "wood-
ite," whatever that may be, which is ex.
pected to swell up and keep water from
passing through any holes made by an
enemy's projectiles. There will also be
a thick belt of coal over and protecting
the machinery and boilers. There will
be double bottom in the wake of the
machinery space. The rudder will be OF
the balanced type, and will form a con-
tinuation of the lines of the ship aft.
The protected deck will slope at the side
in two slopes of 90 degs. and 80 dogs. IT
will be covered first with half inch plat
ing, then two inch plate is worked on
this on the slopes amidships, two inches
on the slopes at the ends and one inch on
the fiat.
The engines are triple expansion, in
verified and direct acting with high pres
sure cylinder SO inches, intermediate SO
inches, and two low pressure 81 inches
in diameter, the common stroke being 80
inches. There will be six torpedo tubes,
with openings about four feet above the
water line, worked from the berth deck.
These tubes will be of the Howell pat
tern, using gunpowder impulse The
rig will be that of two masted schoon-
err, spreading 1910 square feet of sail.
The masts will have barbette galleries
f6r machine guns just below the tops.
The vessels will be in every way well
built and arranged so as to secure the
utmost economy of room combined with
the best ventilation and greatest conven-
fence to officers and men.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
Lord Lonsdale's Blunder.

All the way around from England
we get the information that Lord
Lonsdale, in his journey toward the
north pole, came upon nation of Es-
quimauX, the Caribou and Moon River
tribe; and that they are all over six
feet tall, and have way of decorating
themselves with cash in the cheek
for every enemy killed. This is pure
nonsense; for no Esquimaux tribe av-
erages feet inches, and none Of
them are given to killing or to tattoo
ing. The Esquimaux do not go to
war, rarely kill a person, and are
harmless except in the way of theft.
They are relics of the old cave dwell
ers of ante-historic periods, and never
are known as warriors. War is de-
velopment of later races. Lord Ions
dale made mistake in not going on
to the pole-in imagination. He could
easily have reached it.-St Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
A Railway Car of Steel.

Inventors have for long time cud-
geled their brains, more or less success
fully, in order to turn out appliances to
prevent railroad accidents and attend
ant loss of life. Now man named Ford
has evolved an idea which he thinks will
prevent the loss of life, even if it does
not abolish accidents. His invention is
no more nor less than a steel railroad
car, the idea being that, as it can neither
be telescoped nor burned, the main
causes of fatalities will be done away
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
Beautiful Eyes.

a little boy once asked a visitor whose
bright eyes attracted his admiration.
"Are your eyes new onesi" and the
childish question was as high com.
pliment as that of the Irish laborer
who requested the Duchess of Devon.
shire to let him light his pipe by her
eyes. Some rarely beautiful orbs are
SO wondrously clear, scintillating light
like gems, that such questions are not
difficult to understand.
What color in eyes is best entitled
to the claim Of beauty has never been
definitely settled, as some people pre-
fer one color and some another; but
while really beautiful eyes are beauti
full in any color, brown and blue, es-
pecially the SO called violet" are per-
haps the most popular. Various ac
cessories go to make the beauty of an
eye, such as large, we'll fringed lid,
white, but with a suggestion of tint
like the palest sea shell, long, thick
lashes shadowing the cheek, and well
defined arched eyebrows. So impor
tant are these adjuncts that they will
give beauty to eyes that are in them
selves quite commonplace. The pc
sition of the eyes has much to do with
the impression they produce, as, if toe
near together or too far apart, there is
lack of symmetry about the whole
face. - Harper's Bazaar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
The Value of Sleep.

We all know that sleep is as neces-
sary to the support of animal life as
food. Our vital machinery would
soon wear out without it, and if it
were not for the intervals of health
full insensibility that sleep affords to
the brain we should all go mad with
too much thinking. And, although
some very smart modern philosophers
have advanced the theory that it is
possible for man to live and enjoy life
without sleep, the doctrine, like the
equally absurd dogma that it is posi-
BILE to live without sustenance, is so
manifestly absurd that common sense
laughs it to scorn.
But bed is not for sleep solely. We
lie down toslumber, but we pass many
an hour in bed calculating, planning,
hoping, imagining. The course of our
lives is shaped, to some extent, as we
lie between the sheets and blankets
OF the still night and early morning
are born mighty schemes that are car
ried out in the stirring day. The mind
awakes from profound and dreamless
slumber with all its faculties invigor-
ated and emboldened. Difficulties that
appalled, us when fatigued and over
worn, lose half their terrors in the
presence of an intellect strengthened
by perfect rest. Sleep is to the brain
what prostration on the bosom of their
mother earth was to the Titans; we
arise from it ''giants refreshed.
There are both strength and wisdom
in the pillow, else why should the
propriety of consulting it have grown
into proverb2-Boston Globe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
The Secret of Beauty.

The seoreto of beauty is health. Those
who desire to be beautiful should do
all they can to restore their health, if
they have lost it, or to keep it, if they
have it yet No one can lay down
specific rules for other people in these
matters. The work which one may
do, the rest he must take, his baths,
his diet, his exercise, are matters of in
dividual consideration, but they must
be carefully thought of and never
neglected. AS rule, when a person
feels well he looks well, and when he
feels badly he looks badly as general
thing. There are times when one
could guess, without looking in the
glass, that his eyes were dull and his
skin was notified. This is not case
for something in a pretty bottle from
the perfumer's, or for the lotion that
the circulars praise SO highly. To have
a fresh complexion and bright eyes,
even TO have white hands and grace
full figure, you must be well. Quar-
terly Review
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
Curious Bit of Handicraft.

A collector of japanese art has in
his possession a very curious bit of
handicraft, ''cobweb with a bee en-
tangled in its meshes." This eastern
gem is SO constructed as to cover the
hasp or latch on two halves of slid
ing door, one-half of the bronze re-
naming on the fixed leaf, while the
other half may be drawn away" The
workmanship of both web and insect
are described as remarkably delicate
and beautiful, attracting marked at
tention.- Harper's Bazan
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16

Turkish boys and girls are of the
race which has given the alphabet and
the sciences of numbers, navigation
and astronomy to the world; but they
study only one book now and learn
only one science. They study the Ko-
ran, from which they learn to read,
and the science of Mahomet's religion,
as soon as they can commit sentences
to memory, either by having it read
to them or by reading it to themselves.
They study aloud as hard as ever they
can, each beginning with a different
sentence, rocking to and fro. "weav-
ing trouble" meantime. If they falter
in their shrill repetitions the masters
duty is first to admonish, and, if this
is UNDECIDED, to spare not the rod.
There is lull when the "muezzin' S"
call is heard at noon from the mosque
minaret near by, and then the master
and pupils, with faces turned toward
Mecca, drop to their knees and say a
PRAYER.
When the priests call ceases and
the prayers are over the voice of the
artful candy man is often opportunity
heard near the school, for candy is
peddled about on trays there, and not
sold at shops as with u.s. The new
scholar is permitted to treat all
round" on the first day, and there are
no better sweets than Turkish de-
hghts"-pasty, creamy, crackly things
made up from rose leaves, violets and
peoples, nuts dates, grapes and pome-
granates, delicately mixed with honey,
sugar, sirup and spice. Pure cold
water after sweets is known by all
Turks, young and old, to be the most
delicious of Injuries, and this the
school children often enjoy, for the
waterman is cunning enough to fol
low closely in the wake of the candy
vender, anxious to tighten his burden
and draw profit, as well as spring
water, from the tanned skin of pig,
which he carries strapped to his Shout
ders like a bagpipe-the Turkish water
bucket. Cor. Wide Awake.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-08-16
Judge w. f. Bullock.

The venerable president of the Ameri-
can Printing House for the Blind, Judge
w. F. Bullock, who recently died at his
sons home near Shelbyville, KY, was
born near Lexington, in Fayette county,
in 1907, and was 50 years old at his death.
His father, Edmund Bullock, was native
of Hanover, Va, and settled near Lex
ington at the beginning of the present
century. Herepresented Fayette county
in the legislature, and served in the lower
house from lS09-1S17. Three times he
was elected as speaker, and was esteemed
everywhere as one of the most able men
in the state.
Judge w. F. Bullock was educated at