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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
Dangerous Carelessness.

The amount of carelessness display
ed by business men in drawing checks
and other financial papers is almost
beyond comprehension. 1t is well
known fact that an enormous sum of
money is lost annually throughout
the country by the frauds perpetrated
by check ''raisers." Business men cam
not be too careful in drawing their
checks, and every possible safeguard
should be taken to prevent alteration,
and especial care should be observed
to prevent financial paper from fall
ing into improper hands, The sharp
ers" who are laying for opportunities
to swindle the public are numerous,
and it is needless to say that they are
thoroughly versed in all the arts OF
their trade.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
BALLAD OF THE BLOODY BROOK.

Come listen to the story Of brave Lothrop and his
How they fought, how they died
When they marched against the redskins In the
autumn days, aud then
How they fell In their pride,
By Pocontuck side
"who win go to Deerheld meadows and bring the
ripened grains"
Said old Mosely to his men in arrav.
stake the wagons and the horses and bring 1t
back again.
But be sure that no man stray
All the day, on the way"
Then the flower of Essex started, with Lothrop at
their head,
Wise and brave, bold and true.
He had fought the Pequots long ago, and now TO
Mosely said,
"Be there many, be there few,
1 will bring the grain to you"
They gathered all the harvest, and they marched
on the way
Through the woods which blazed like fire.
No soldier left the line Of march to wander or to
stray
Till the wagons were stalled In the mire,
And the men began to tire
The wagons have all forded the brook as it flows
And then the rear guard stays
To pick the purple grapes that are hanging from
the boughs.
When crack to their amaze,
A hundred flrelocks blazel
Brave Lothrop he lay dying, but as he fell he
cried,
Each man to his tree" said he,
'Tet no one yield an inchl" and SO TN soldier
died;
And not a man of all can see
Where the foe can be.
And Philip and his devils pour in their shot so
fast
From behind and before,
That man after man is shot down and breathes
his last;
Every man lies dead In his gore,
To fight no more, no morel
Oh, weep ye maids of Essex, for the lads who
have died,
The flower Of Essex they
The Bloody Brook still ripples by the black noun
tain side
But never shall they come to see the ocean tide,
And never shall the bridegroom return to his bride
From that dark and cruel day, cruel day!
Edward Everett Hale.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24

RUE ST. ANTOINE FROM THE BAsrILE-
,ffort has been made to reproduce as much
rs possible of the Paris of 1880 The Bastile
las been rebuilt, to some extent; the Rue st.
Antoine st. Anthony street,, the seed bed
If Jacobinism in the French revolution, has
been partially restored, all the old relics Of
the old regime have been collected, and the
Illustrated papers have given whole issues to
picturing and describing the Paris and the
France Of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
A miserable France it was for the common
people, and a very cruel, licentious, intenl-
perate Paris The pictures given by the Pa
risian papers are handsome enough to make
the aesthetic eye glisten, but some Of the
views are shocking to humanity. In them
are shown the lean laborers, the clumsy carts
and poor, CALLED horses of the peasantry; the
women peddlers and boy vendors of wood,
bending under loads which humane man
would hesitate to lay on a donkey; the pillory
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
THE LATE GEN. HARVEY.
He Was the Oldest Oficer in the Army o.
the United states.

He Was the Oldest onicer in the Army Of
the United states.
Cen Harvey, just previous to his death,
which occurred recently in Florida, was the
oldest living man who had been an officer I'm
the United States army William Se1by
Harvey was born In Davidson county, Tenn,
In 1877, though 1900 Is given by some as the
date of his birth.
In 1918 he was appointed lieutenant In
the First United States infantry from civil
life He was then magnificent specimen Of
a man, standing six feet three inches in his
stockings, was broad breasted and broad
shouldered, and first in athletic sports His
first duty on entering the army was to hunt
down the pirate Lafitte, who was smuggling
on the southern coast; and soon afterwards
he was appointed aid-de-camp to Gen. jack
son, who was commanding in Florida He
was sent up the Missouri river on a peace
mission to the Indians, and gained at that
time knowledge of them which proved In
valuable to him afterwards, when he became
an Indian fighter.
In 1926 Harvey was made captain. In
1923 he was in command of Fort Winnie
bago, and jefferson Davis went there a
lieutenant, having been graduated in that
year from West Point. They spent two
years together and became intimate friends
Then came the Black Hawk and after
wards the Seminole war. Harvey came
very near being butchered in the "Rily Bow
legs" massacre. He was lieutenant colonel
Of the Second dragons, and his command
was surprised and all killed. Harvey, feet
as the wind, made dash for the woods and
escaped. He commanded several expeditions
into the everglades Of Florida, and was bre
vetted for gallant and meritorious conduct in
the performance of this duty.
| In 1916 he became colonel and took
part In the Mexican war. He was first
given the command of the Texan frontier.
Advancing into Mexico, on his way to Vera
Cruz he routed the enemy and captured d
strong position, but acting contrary to orders,
he came very near being court nartialed-
The gallantry of the deed and the friendship
of Gen. Scott saved him He was the first to
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
DEATH OF A WESTERN EDITOR.
Mai. John Newman Edwards and His
Eventful Career.

Eventful Career.
Mai John Newman Edwards, the Mis-
souri, journalist who died few days ago,
was but 4S years old, and yet he had had
career more varied than many an aged hero
a career more like one of the knights of
olden time than a modern journalist. He
had taken part in fifty battles and heavy
skirmishes, served through the war In
Shelby's noted cavalry and in the imperial
army In Mexico, and after all that still did
twenty years good service In Missouri jour
nalism and died after all In middle life
He was born Jan 4, 1S4l, in Warren county,
Va, his ancestors being among the early
settlers In that state In boyhood he went to
Missouri, learned the printers trade and was
doing local editorial work when the war
broke out. Enlisting in the Confederate SER
vice. he became a member of Shelby brigade
of cavalry, and in the long and desperate
career Of that body he distinguished himself to
degree rarely equaled. He was several times
promoted for gallantry; his consideration for
his men was that Of a Bayard, and in the
darkest hour he was always able to cheer and
reinyiporate his command In Marmoduke's
raid on Springfield he was badly wounded
and taken prisoner; when exchanged he re-
Joined his regiment at Jacksonville, Ark,
and fought till the end. He then made one
of the iron Brigade" which crossed to Mex
leo and served nearly two years with the
forces of Macmillan.
His history of those eros Is found in his two
vvorl,s "Shelby and His Men" and shelby
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
Cocaine I'm Dressing Burns.

DR.. McReddie describes, in The British
Medical Journal, the use of 2 per cent So
luton of cocaine for the relief of pain caused
by dressing ulcers and burns. lie sprays the
solution upon the surface Us it is exposed for
renewed dressing This acts almost imme-
diately, and the dressing may then be con-
tinued, with very little pain, and, in case OF
burns, with much less shock
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24

slams spoke of it
when they dared to
speak of him at all
as "another Kat
koR without Kat
kof's brains " 1t
Is a disputed ques-
ton among the Lib
erals whether he
really believed in
the extreme Greek
church orthodoxy
he professed an d
the despotic meas
ures he ordered, or
as actuated by
pure love Of tyran-
nv Ua hated lows.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24

wa ~,
in Mexico" In all
the negotiations in
Mexico he was the
trusted agent OF
both parties, being
a great favorite
with both Carlotta
and Macmillan,
and 1t was at his
request that Shell
by's men to the
number Of fifty OBJ
tanned a grant of
land for the Cor
dova colony. As Is
we'll known. all tho
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
Count Dimitri Tolstoi.

Count Dimitri Andreevich Tolstoi, Russian
minister of the interior, is dead, and tho
mourning among Russian students and lit
erary men is about what that in New Orleans
would be at the death Of Ben Butler He
was only 66 years old, yet had been in public
life forty-six years and gained as many bitter
enemies as any man in Europe. He was, in
fact, the most extreme reactionist and rigid
ruler In the most rigid administration of this
canturv. and even the most conservative Rus
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
Climatic Influence.

A physician of note states that there are
climates favorable to the cure Of cancer, as
there are those for the cure of phthisis On
the plateau of Mexico and at the Cape Of
Good Hope cancer is an exceptional disease
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24

WOOD PEDDLER CHARCOAL PEDDLER-
1t happens, fortunately enough, that two
skillful artists completed long series of
"Pictures of Paris" Just before the revolution
began. They show us the ''newly arrived"-
q pretty peasant girl debarking from boat
on the Seine, one of those which then foated
country produce to Paris-and all her expert
ences in the cruel licentious city. On the
Seine at that time also ran immense packets,
carrying many hundred people, which were
thought quite speedy because they made the
trip of $50 miles in four days. Immense RATS
of wood for fuel were foated down the Seine
and moored at an upper wharf; there the
wood was sawed and split into little bits and
carried about the city by street vendors who
kept up strange musical cry of "O-o-o-h,
buy my billetsl' A very entertaining work
was afterwards written on the Cries of
Paris" giving some account of their origin
and peculiar music; but the government now
forbids that sort of music and the street ven
ders for the most part sell their wares in
peace.
The theatres at that time were exception
ally brilliant and the reigning favorites,
Nile Maillard as an actress and Mile. Gui-
mard as dancer, were as celebrated as the
Bernhardt and Hading Of today. Mile
Guimard lived In her own mansion In ORR
entail luxury and was great favorite Of
Marie Antoinette, who had a very elegantly
appointed theatre In her favorite Little Tri-
anon palace. While Maillard excelled In
high stepping tragedy-she was woman OF
great size and commanding air-Guinard's
forte as an actress was in such parts as Lolita
plays in America On the Sth of June, 1871,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24
PARIS A CENTURY AGO.
THE FRENCH RESTORE SOME SCENES
OF 1889 FOR VISITORS.

The Cruel. Miserable Paris Of Louis XVI
and Marie Antoinette-Toi1 of the Poor,
Luxury of the NOTES.-The Bastile and
Rue St. Antoine.
Paris is in roar all day long and in a brill
liant blaze all the night "All the world" Is
there, say the journals, and all Parisians are
on the alert to entertain that world-if 1t has
the cash. The great Centennial Exposition
has been opened with extraordinary splendor,
and besides the display, which in many re-
spects has never been equaled, a special
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24

enter Cerro Gordo
and was, for bra
very on that coca
sion, br e We t t ed
brigadier general.
When peace came
he received a leave
of absence a n d
went to Europe,
but was soon re-
called to fight In
dams. He defeated
the Sioux at Sand
Hills, on the north
fork of the Platte,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24

Florida maintains its prominence
as the land of flowers. A gardener in
Marion county in that state has raised
a cabbage eight feet and three inches
in diameter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24

partist, Orleanist or Republican. Indeed, it
Is but recently that the French could have
patience to restore any Of the monuments of
the past, and so little is left that the visitor
to the exposition must content himself to see
the world of today and review the black past
only In books and pictures.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24

a LADY OF QUALITY ON HEB WEDDING DAY.
the Grand Opera was completely destroyed
by fire, but Marie Antoinette gave piece OF
land for new structure and had 1t built in
three months under penalty of 100000 in
case of failure AS 1t was done in eighty
four days the architects declared the struct-
ure unsafe; 80, In order to test it, the queen
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-24

, =. " . =, =,
works "Shelhy and His Menu and ''Shelby
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15
How 1t Feels TO BE Eaten.

+be on / Lyon Playfair recently related
s .naI ne n, knew three men who escaped
S Sa.n thelr lives after being partially
TTe:voured by wild beasts. The first was
Nv the great African traveller.
W. Eno was knocked on his back by q
Ion uon, which began to MUNICH his arm.
ne asserted that he felt no fear or pain.
an; anu mat his only feeling was one Of
intense curiosity as to which part of
ms body the lion would take next,
me next was Rustem Pasha. now
! LufElsh ambassador in London. A
pear attacked him and tore off part of
ms hand and part of his arm and
shoulder. He also said that he had
nelther sense of pain nor of fear. but
mat he felt excessively angry because
.he bear grunted with so much salts
faction in munching him.
The third case is that of Sir Edward
Bradford, an Indian officer now occr-
pylng high position in the Indian
Office. He was seized in solitary
place by a tiger, which held him firmly
behind his shoulders with one paw
and then deliberately devoured the
whole of his arm, beginning at the end
and ending at the shoulder. He was
very positive he had no sensation of
fear, and thinks that he felt little
pain when the fangs went through his
hand, but is certain that he felt none
during the munching of his ARM
Manchester. CO1l1.ie,.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15
A Terrible Misfortune.

1t is calamity of the direst kind to feel that
ones physical energies are failing in the prime
OF hfa-to feel more neryeless, more dispirited,
weaker every day. Yet this is the unhappy lot
OF hundreds who surround us. A source of re-
newed strength which science approves, in
behalf of which multitudes of the debilitated
have and are every day testifying, and which in
countless instances, has built up constitutions
benefited by other means. surely comprehends
Itself to ali who need tonic. Hostetter's Stom-
sen 'iaters is g., such medcinepure botanic
and a fertilizer of the blood Dyspepsia and
nervousn sss-the first cause, the second a
con isquence Of lack of stamina-depart when
O inalarial disease, rheumatism. kidney mud
blitaer trouble, constipation and biliousness
are annihilated by this standard family m edi-
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15

TEXAS was the only state admitted into
the Union which reserved it's own unoccu-
pied public domain. By wise legislation
to school purposes. the other half being, for
period devoted to aiding railroads. The
consequence is the state lla, now an unex-
ampled school fund. and railroads some
what in excess of its demands. The Hous-
ton and Texas Central Railway Company
one OF the first. having recovered from its
financial trouble is now prepared to sell
and give title to some of its best la:.ds in a
high and salu prious portion Of the State
Its announcement in another column indi-
Gates that easy terms will be made to actual
settlers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15
Strange Freak of Two Women.

The little village of Clermont Mills,
Md, is considerably worked up over
the reported marriage by Catholic
priest of Catherine Beall, young girl,
to Miss Hanna Colder. The singular
ceremony is said to have been per-
formed some time last September by
the Rev. J. Alfonso Frederick, he not
knowing at the time that Miss Colder,
whose name appeared on the marriage
license as F. Hannah Colder, and who
figured as the groom, was female.
Both girls resided in the village. The
license was obtained in Baltimore last
May by Father Frederick, but nothing
was known of the marriage until re-
Gently. Both girls, who had been liv-
ing at home, not long since disap-
peared. Miss Beall's father made in
quiry, and then discovered the start
ling relationship that existed between
her and Miss Colder. Miss Beall is
good looking and vivacious and her
motive in consenting to such cere-
mony is mystery. Miss Colder, it is
said, wore an ulster on the evening of
the marriage, and Father Frederick
took her to be a man. She is 30 years
of age, slim, and weers her hair short.
rr,,E oorco+ boc come to Stay-Ne7D
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15
A MAN who has practiced medicine for forty,
years ought to know salt from sugar. Read

uss.,. n, TOLEDO Ohio, Jan; 10, 1887.
have been in the general practice of medicine
for most forty years, and would say that in all
my practice and experience have never seen q
preparation that could prescribe with as much
confidence of success as 1 can Halls Catarrh
Cure. manufactured by you. Have prescribed
1t great many times and its effect is wonderful
and would say i'll conclusion that have vet to
find case of Catarrh that it would not cure, il
they would take it according to directions
Yours truly, l.. Il. GORuSHC, NJ. d.,
Office 215 Summit street.
We will give 500 for any case of Catarrh that
can not be cured with Halls Catarrh Cure.
Taken internally.
FL; CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
~ Sold by druggists, 75c
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15

Seventeen states of the Union have
names that are of Indian origin. Be-
fore the all-conquering march of whis-
Ky and civilization, however, the In
dian is fading from the face of the land,
and before many years the names of
states will be only reminders Of the
race, except the Cooper novels. said by
q caustic critic to describe an already
extinct tribe that never existed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15

Senator Allison of Iowa, belongs to
the widower contingent of the senate.
He is comedy man, dignifed, no great
talker, and not fond of display. At
his modest home on Vermont avenue
he occasionally gives mems dinners.
Women-kind he shuns. He is circum-
spect to degree, and the woman does
not live to whom he has said low
ing word since his wife's death.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15

HE had proposed to her and she was
about to reject him; SO she began:
We'll, John, to be plain with you"
you can't be plain with me nor with
any one else. You can never be plain,
never, never; you are too beautiful for
that"
What could she do but accept him?
Boston Courier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15

If your system needs toning up. don't
waste your money on bitters or other
Spring mcdicines;' use MAGEE's EMULSION
OF Cod Liver Oil. Extract of Malt and Hy
pophosphites-a food medicine and slim
ulant all in one
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15
The Thief and the Defau,ter.

A Thief who had been Arrested for
Stealing an Overcoat had hardly been
Locked up when Defaulter in the
Amount of IS, 900 was brought in.
"Ah but we are in Sad Luck!" sa-
luted the Thief. "Allow me to say
that l Feel for you"
Sir! want none of your sympa-
thy, " replied the Defaulter. II don't
even want your Acquaintance"
But we are both Thieves"
"Are we? I beg to Differ. You ran
off with another mans property and
was Pursued by Patrolman. / Dor
rowed money from the Banks funds to
Speculate in Wheat and was unfortu-
nate enough to lose every dollar. A
D kindly asked me to ride over
in his carriage"
But we both Appropriated what
belonged to another without his con-
sent, persisted the thief.
while that is True it makes DIFF
ference whether we wanted to buy
" Wheat or Whisky. Please keep your
Distance"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15

YOUTH is the time of hope. When a
man gets little older he stops hoping
and begins reaching out for whatever
he can get.-SomerviUe Journal.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15

To the Editor: Please inform your read
ers that have positive sure for Consump-
ton. By its timey use thousands of hope
less cases have been permanently cured. !
shall be glad to send two bottles Of my rem
edy FREE to any of your readers who have
consumption. IL they will send me their Ex-
press and p. o. address. Respectfully.
Il. A. SLOCUM. Nj. c.. 1871 Pearl ST., N. Y.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15
The Frog and the Lamh

A Lamb Who lay down beside a
Pond for Rest and Sleep, found it i'm
possible to close his Eyes on account
OF the Cracking of a Frog. Out OF
Patience at last with the Interruption
he sprang up and demanded:
In Heaven s name, why do you keep
that Noise going?"
Its the only Noise I can make, -
was the Humble Reply.
Yes. But why do you make it all ?''
IF l kept Quiet, Who Would know
that I was on earth 2"
Men of Blab are excused on the
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15

A Cough, Cold, or Sore Throat should
not be neglected Browns BRONCHIAL.
TRocHEs IRE simple remedy. and give
prompt relief. Is cts. box.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15
Tones up the
Shattered Nerves

For two years was a sufferer from nervous
debility, and thank God and The dlscoverer OF
pound cured me. Let any one write to me for
ADVICE" GEORGE w. BOUTON, Stamford, Conn.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15
A Horrible Ofense.

Police Judge: "Why did you shoot
at the PLAINTIFF"
well, you see I am the editor of q
poultry journal"
Eyes"
"And he came to me and asked me q
question concerning hen and a
half"
"And you shot at him? Why in
blazes didn't you aim better?"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15
MORAL.

The Thief went up and the Default
er's friends settled the case by refund
ing forty cents on the dollar Detroit
Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15
Paine's
Celery Compound

quickly quiets and strengthens the nerves, when
irritated or weakened by overwork, excuses,
disease, or shock. 1t cures nervousness, head
ache. dyspepsia, sleeplessness melancholia, and
other disorders of the nervous system.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15

The corset has come to stay-Ne1O
Orleans Picayat11e.
How strange! And the shoemaker,
too-will he last always?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-15

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Mis-, she chung 70 Castoria,
When she had Children. she gave them Castoris