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ASSYRIAN.

"Assyria to Washington, the Father of His Coun
try, America"
Nor is this so improbable as at first ap-
pears for it is found by long research that
man in all his writings has ever beer governed
by certain general principles; he is by some
as yet mysterious law of his nature compelled
to have regard to the form of the vocal or
gans and the natural sequence of ideas, even
In his writings. Therefore, certain forms
convey similar ideas in many languages,
though the ideas be expressed in different
words. Thus S, or some modification of it,
is often reference to the serpent or the his
sing sound made by it, while B and V inter
cfangeable in some languages, as among chill
dren) suggest strength. So the learned
fathers can proceed on established lines; but
that they should have mastered such ancient
scripts so far as to write poetry in them, and
this poetry literal translation of prescribed
English stanza-this is, indeed, triumph of
intellect
The English sentence to be rendered was.
o, Washington, thy name like music falls
Der all our land of freedom and of peace
It's heard in busy mart, in festive halls
No tongue its praise to sing will ever cease
In addition to translating this, the ia
theirs added other sentences, some of which
we reproduce, both in the original and in
English. OF the Oriental tongues, the Di-
wani, or purely literary Arabic, and the
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ECCLESIASTICAL ARABIC, SYRIAN IDIoM.
Were to use the waters of the sea for ink the
armament for paper, to write a tribute of graf
tude, my efforts would fall short of what is thy
due, Washington"
Syriac, seem most compact the Babylonian
and Assyrian most diffuse. In each of the
latter, four long lines, including about $50
characters, are necessary to express the
equivalent of two very short lines in Eng
fish; and as each of the wedge shaped char
acters was made by pressing molding tool
upon the clay before it was baked, it is evil
dent that writing was a serious business in
Assyria. Probably they did not make long
speeches. Cursive Arabic and Carshoony
Cthe secret or sacred writing of the Maroon
ites) are remarkably compact, there being
some 200 lines and dots in space two inches
long and half an inch wide In fact all forms
of the Arabic, and all the African and Asiatic
notifications of it, look like a swarm of bees,
when held a little ways from the eye.
When we come to the Ethiopic, however,
we at once see that we are ON another linel
for the old Ethiopic is supposed to be the
original of the Phencian, Greek, Latin and
thence of the letters used by most Euro
peans. Here again we see the operation of
that mysterious law above referred to: All
the Orientals seem impelled by some internal
force to fine lines and dots and filmy tracery,
while the Europeans tend towards blocks and
squares and straight lines, each letter stand
ing out by itself with a sort of defiant ag-
gressiveness. Similarly the old mining
shafts lately reopened in Spain are known to
be Roman if they are square, but Moorish if
they are round, and in place of the massive
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BABYLONIAN.
''The Land of Babylon to Washington, the Father
Of His Country, America"
Washington and congratulations to the
United States In twenty-seven languages
African Arabic, true Arabic, Algerian, AS
syrian Babylonian, Carshoony, Cutie, Di-
wani, Ethiopic, Egyptian tthe present dia-
lect), Greek, Kettle, Latin, Syriac, and sew
eral modern languages.
Such an achievement of course attracted
the attention of scholars, and many hundred
copies of the paper have been called for and
are in the hands of critical examiners, spe-
cialists in the several languages, yet no error
has so far been discovered. Among the ia
theirs employed at st. Xavier's it is, Of
course, necessary to have men familiar with
each of the languages used by men liable to
be stranded in the great city of New York,
to the end that each may make confession,
and if need be receive the last rites of the
church in his own language. In addition
there are scholars who eacH have speciality
one devotes his spare hours to the ancient
Babylonian with its stemmed letters: another
to the old cuneiform Assyrian; and it is be-
lieved that st. Xavier now has men capable
Of reading any manuscript or inscription that
may yet be unearthed from the long buried
cities of the Orient.
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Orange Wine.

There is a man in Southern Florida
who makes "a delicate wine out of
oranges. His process is a secret which
he guards jealously. In flavor these
wines, for there are two or three va
tieties, are like fine sauterne, and one
has the suggestion of the white Rhine
wine flavor in it. He has had made
for the Paris exposition, to which he
sends some of his manufactures, bot
ties shaped like oranges, with the
leaves covering part of the fruit, the
cork being made to initiate the STEM
Chicago Times.
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and it was observed that nearly all of them
were most interested in the magnificent front
of the main entrance way and in the Eiffel
tower.
So much has been published of the Eiffel
tower that it is only necessary here to say
that its girth at the foot is a fifth of a mile,
that the tower proper is 500 feet high and that
at that level begins the campanile and rises
to the lantern, ga feet high above which is
only the peak. The electric light in the Ian
tern is amarvel in itself, and the rays stream
ing out from it are represented as wonderful
beyond the power of description.
Another attraction is the great champagne
tun-the largest in the northumberland
by E. MERCER & Co., the well known wine
makers of Epernay, from Hungarian oak.
Its capacity is equal to 100000 bottles,
or 500 hogsheads 1t is twenty-five feet
in height and of equal length, and weighs
forty tons, the steel bands encircling it alone
weighing three tons. 1t was drawn from
Epernay to Paris in ten days by twelve yoke
of horses and oxen. One end of it is bronze,
elegantly carved to represent an allegorical
group-La Champagne Offering a bunch of
grapes to Britannia, with the coat of arms of
England and France CHARTERED below This
mammoth tun stands in the palace of ali
mentary products, with tasting stall and
reception room adjoining 1t is filed with
champagne of the choicest vintage.
The Partisan papers reluctantly admit that
at least half of the exhibitors are behind
time, and so the Algerian, Tunisian, Moor
ish, Turkish and Oriental departments gen.
orally are not up to the standard necessary
for effective pictures The Mexican and
South American departments are also some-
what unfinished, but are being rapidly filed
SO the views herewith presented are only on
the line Of those to which tho Partisan illus
trated papers gave their space. The shoot
ing at President Carnot and his address are,
OF course, the great features with the French,
and the president is now at the very height
of his popularity Americans, therefore, will
take a friendly interest in the views here
reproduced.
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Mr.. B. c. Mitchell says that while
he was boy he had friend named
Bill Chandler; that one day several
boys were in crowd, and in going by
a branch they all stopped and drank
from it. Bill Chandler sucked fish
in his mouth and swallowed it before
he could spit it out. He says that the
boy could feel it flop around in his
stomach several minutes after il went
down, and the way it kicked and
squirmed made Billy feel skittish and
look ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (Ga.l Re-
publican.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-31

Its singular fact" said well known
merchant today, "that the worst case of snor
ing can be stopped by low whistle You
don't believe it'll Well, there's my Office boy
asleep now on an old box. Hear him snore
or course you do. The dead could hear him.
Now listen" The merchant gave one quick
low whistle and the fog horn accompaniment
ceased instantly, although the lad still slumb
cred. what are you doingr then asked the
man Of business, as he reused his satellite with
shake "Nothin'," was the instant reply Of
the youngster. 81 was jest hearin' felle,
outside a whistling like blazes ALBANY
Journal
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QUE LrBKPTAD.

No es licencia es tirania,
a point the reader can easily translate for
himself. 1t is moderate statement that
this polyglot address of the fathers Of
st. Xavier's will attract attention as long as
any address of the occasion. st. Xaviers
college in its present form dates from the
troublous times of some forty years ago,
when the original school building was burned.
Soon after the fathers began the development
of the present college, which is now furnished
with magnificent buildings The fac-similes
used in this article are from the centennial
number of The Xavier, a handsome periodi-
cal issued by the students of the college, the
centennial edition being No. 6 of Vol VI.
The st. Xavier also contains the best Latin
productions of the students and much other
matter of interest.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-31
IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY.

The First United States Judge-Guthrie's
First Mayor.
James NJ. Shackleford the first United
States Judge of the Indian territory, was
born nearly sixty-two years ago in Lincoln
county, KY After obtaining his elementary
education at private schools he was sent tc
Stanford seminary. He then completed his
education under the tutorship of the cele-
brated Kentucky educator, James P. Bar
bour, of Springfield. Shackleford served in
the closing year of the Mexican war,
and studied law on his return home. He
was admitted to the bar thirty-fve
years ago, and continued an extern
sive practice until the outbreak of the
civil war, when he organized the Twenty
fifth regiment. Kentucky infnntry, which he
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-31
Ex-SECRETARY BAYARD'S FlANCE.
Miss Mary willing Clymer, Daughter of
DIR. Meredith Clymer.

Miss Mary Willing Clymer. Daughter Of
DIR. Meredith Clymer.
Not much surprise was created by the au-
thoritative announcement of the matrimo-
NAL engagement between ex-Secretary of
State Bayard and Miss Clymer, of Washing
ton. Numerous preternaturally sharp eyed
society women of the capital had surmised it
last winter; in fact. during the last two years
of President Cleveland's administration.
Mr.. Bayard is 81 years old. He lost his
wife and brilliant daughter in quick sue
cession, but he has large family of grown
children. His daughters are distinguished
for their intellectually, and were remarka-
bly, successful in society while their father
was in the United States senate and a MEM
Der of President Cleveland's cabinet. Mr.
Bayard, by the way, is the fifth member Of
his family who has occupied seat in the
United States senate.
Miss Clymer is the only daughter of DR.
George Clymer, for many years surgeon in
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-31

The occasion was indeed inspiring The day
was just a hundred years from that on which
the states general met in the same hall-in
what is now known as the Hotel DIES Meus Plai-
srs-and on the spot the president unveiled a
bronze tablet commemorating the event. In
the noted Hall of Mirrors, in presence of his
ministers, foreign ambassadors, dignitaries
and a splendid assembly he reviewed the
events of hundred years.
To those Americans who fancy that prog
ress is confined to new countries the state
ments of NJ. Tirard's opening report and
President Carnot's Grafton would have come
in the form of an amazing revelation. 1t is
beyond question that the general condition
of the French people has improved more in a
century than that of Americans; but this is
because the condition of the French was SO
very bad in 1850, and the revolution is many
times justified by its results The French
cultivators own two-thirds of the soil of
France; three-fourths of the movable capital
is in the hands of the middle classes the ave-
rage wealth is almost as great in America,
and the aggregate is rapidly increasing in
spite of such blunders as the Panama canal
scheme. Well might President Carnot con-
clude that this condition is the best of guar
antees for the permanency of the republic.
for while there is doubt as to many political
maxins, there is one that is certain-that a
free government can never be maintained
where the masses are desperately poor
All the reports from Paris admit one great
disappointment: the exhibition is not half
complete. In at least half the space there is
only vacancy, and Great Britain is the only
nation to begin with full section. The
others will soon have theirs complete, but the
necessary work greatly mars the enjoy ent
of the first fortnight The crowd in attend
ance is roughly estimated at half million,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-31
A POLYGLOT MARVEL.
A WONDERFUL WORK OF THE PRO-
FESSORS OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER.

They Address President Harrison I'm Twen-
ty-seven Languages, from Babylonian to
English and from Diwani to Dutch.
Philosophy of the System.
Among the many papers presented to Pres
ident Harrison during the recent New York
centennial the most remarkable, whether in
the learning displayed the sentiments ex-
pressed, or the fineness of its execution, was
that of the College of st. Francis Xavier. 1t
was presented by the fathers in body on
the evening Of April 30, after the banquet,
and consists of commemorative ode to
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-31

had 900 men ten-'Amhs NJ sHAChLEFohD.
dered him, from among whom he selected
the requisite number to form the Eighth
Kentucky cavalry of which he was com
missioned colonel. For three years he served
with distinction, one of his exploits being the
capture of Gen. John H. Morgan during the
latter's raid through Kentucky, Indiana and
Ohio in 1863
LIZ the East Tennessee campaign he COM
manded with marked ability the cavalry
corps-sixteen regiments-of the Army of the
Ohio. In January, 1854, having lost his wife,
leaving four infant children to be cared for,
he resigned his place In the army. In the
same year he located in Evansville, Ind and
resumed the practice Of law. He was one OF
the Republican electors for the state of In
diana in 1850. In 1888 he was one of the Re
publican electors for the state at large and
was made chairman of the electoral college
which cast the vote of Indiana for Harrison
and Morton.
The mayor Of the town of Guthrie-the Ok.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-31
So6eor5e harrington
carelr coed bl'aSa'n
as'rle \'arSo popa4omeaS ,
IRISH.

ITO George Washington after one hundred years.
His country with grateful remembrances,"
squares in northern buildings one finds in
Seracen lands that mass Of lattice work,
vines, curves and traceries to which is APP
piled the general phrase of Moorish"
One other thing may be noticed. The
writers have been extremely careful to avoid
political bias; each supposed Oriental or
European writes in his proper character.
The Spanish address, for instance, calls on
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-31

In answer 10 Louis Ulbach's remark that
lola was "a hedgehog whom it was well not
TO touch" Daudet once replied, you exag-
gerate; lola is simply a cactus of Provence
that has sprung up between the paving stones
of Paris"
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ago She is an accomplished woman of lit
erary tastes, and has Travelled extensively.
She is n decided blonde and acknowledged by
all to be beautiful, but not more distinguished
by personal beauty than by queenly dignity.
She has graceful, slender figure and dresses
in exquisite taste. She is an accomplished
horseback rider and in that respect will be a
fit companion for the ex-secretary in hi:
favorite exercise and amusement.
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t b g navy, t b 9
granddaughter Of
Admiral Shriback
a IL d t h e grand
daughter of George
Clyner, who was
one of the signers
of the Declaration
of Independence, as
well as one of the
trainers of the Fed
eral constitution.
DR.. Meredith ely
mer, the di S I'll n
guished physician
of New York city,
is a member of the
same family, Miss
Clymer lives with
her mother in a
beautiful mansion
on Connecticut ave-
nue. in Washington,
where she was born
thirty-nine year S
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-31

After sprinkling stale rolls or biscuits with
cold water place them in pan and cover
them with a second pan. Set in warm
oven for twelve minutes and they will seem
as nice as if freshly baked and are more di.
pasfihla
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Too Much Reading.

1t was said of some one, His sys-'
tenn of reading smacks of the old
school; little but good-non multa, !!
sed multum mot many things, but
much)." Mrs. Browning, who wrote
verses before she was 8, and produced
an epic at IL, indorses such a system,
though it contradicts her own practice.
When still child in age she, as she
afterwards said, gathered visions from
Plato and the dramatists, and ate aud
drank Greek, and made my head ache
with il"
She read every book she could find,
and continued that system of reading
through life; but later, when old
enough to judge of the system by its
effect upon her mind, she wrote to u
friend
~ should be wiser am persuaded.
If had not read half as much; should
have had stronger and better exercised
faculties, and should stand higher in
my own appreciation. youths Com
panion. :,
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of Guthrie-the Ok.

lahoma town which
spran G up like
magic when that
territory was open
eds Col. D. B.
Dyer, formerly OF
Kansas City, and
he is a hustler from
away back. He i.
cleaning out the
gamblers and other
rough character,
as rapidly as In
spector Byrne.
manages the New
York pickpockets
and his sfrono in,
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commanded at the
battle of Fort Don
elson, after which
he was compelled,
on account of fail
ing health, to re-
sign the office of
colonel of the regi-
ment. He was au-
thorized by Presi-
d ent Lincoln, in
1862, to raise a cav
airy regiment, and
two weeks after he
aAA
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1t Is related Of Brutus that when he read
Mark Antony's funeral grafton over the body
OF Caesar he remarked contemptuously:
"Humph Stolen from Shakespeare, every
word Of it."-Harper's Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-31
To Stop Snoring,

dividuality commands respect from even the
toughest citizens.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-18
OBSERVATIONS ON WHIST.
Deschapelles the Finest PIayer-9Toder
Methods of Playing the Game.

Deschapelles the Finest PIayer-9Todern
Methods of Playing the Game.
According to Clay, the finest player who
ever lived was Frenchman, Deschapelles.
He was born in 1880 and died in 1S47 His
play at the Partisan clubs was by far the
most brilliant and original ever known. The
fine ''coups" were of his invention. In fact,
there can be no doubt that Clay's fine plays
can be traced to the influence of Deschapelles.
The grand coup, the necessity for which may
not happen once in a thousand times, but
when it does happen and is played is consid-
cred one of the finest plays in the game, con-
sists of throwing away useless trump to
gain a trick upon the forced play of right
hand opponent, and the SO called Deschapelles
coup made by the lead of high card at the
head of many to be lost to the adversary that
the play may be forced up to the leaders
partner, are two of his most brilliant plays.
Clay says of the grand coup: Every one
who has played whist much must have OBJ
served the not infrequent occasions when a
PLAYER has found himself In the last three
cards of the hand with trump too many.
He has been obliged to trump his partners
trick, to take the lead himself and to lead
from his tenace instead of being led to, by
which trick is lost. The triumph of the
great whist player is to foresee this position
and to take an opportunity Of getting rid of
this inconvenient trump, which may be done
either by understanding the adversary when
you cannot overtrump him or by trumping
your partners trick when you held losing
card, with which you know you can again
give him the lead if you wish to do so.
have known Deschapelles, and not infre-
quently, to foresee this difficulty and to de-
fend himself against it many tricks before it
was established or at all apparent to any one
else."
But the game we have to consider is not
the game of England, but the game of Amer
lea, or rather the game which is played by
the best players in America. The game of
short whist which is so popular in England
is not played in America to any great extent
The three games of whist which are in vogue
at present are short whist, five point whist
and long whist. In the first, honors and
points go to make up the game, and the
game to make the rubber. The game is fin
shed in short whist when seven tricks are
taken from start to finish by player and
his partner. In five point whist, five points
by cards being made the game is closed and
goes toward the rubber. In this game the
game is finished when eleven tricks are taken
from start to finish. Tom LANSING.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-18

across, and touching the body, to a point in
front of the left hip, the thumb and reel up
ward but inclining toward the body, and the
rod extending in the direction Of the line
A D, with the tip downward, as shown in
Fig. 8; he now turns his face in the direction
of the objective point 2, inclines his body
and advances his left foot in the direction of
D, and makes cast from left to right, from
below upward, and ends the cast with the
right arm and rod fully extended in the di-
rection of the line A c, as shown in Fig. 4,
while ,gie minnow takes its fight toward 2.
This is a back-handed cast, and is some
what analogous to the pitching of quot.
In making either cast the body should
sway slightly and simultaneously with the
rod arm in the direction of the cast, to add
force and steadiness; but on no account must
the cast be made by ''main strength" for it
requires but slight muscular exertion to cast
forty yards; and on no account must the rod
be carried further toward the line x q than
an angle of thirty degrees, otherwise the bait
will be thrown behind the angler. Particu-
lar care must be taken to give the bait an up
ward impulse as it leaves the rod.
At the beginning of the cast the thumb
presses firmly upon the spool of the reel, until
just before the tip of the rod gains its great
est extent or elevation, when the pressure is
to be slightly relieved, so as to permit the re-
lease of the line and allow the minnow to be
projected in the direction of the cast.
The entire cast must be made so steadily
and so regularly, and the rod kSld so firmly
at the end of the cast as to prevent entirely
any undue swaying or bending of the rod, in
order that the line may follow the direction
of the minnow in its flight, unretarded by
any vibratory motions of the rod. This is
the most essential, and, at the same time, the
most difficult feature or portion Of the cast
to explain or acquire.