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Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-12-20

A New United States Circuit Court.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-[Special.] .]-Sen-
ator Davis bill creating ANEW district of
the United States circuit court was readfin
the senate and went to the committee on
judiciary. The bill proposes to divide the
eighth district over which Judge Brewer has
presided and create the tenth district to
include Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota and Montana. The terms of court
are to be held the same as at present, ex-
cept that the two terms are provided for
in Minneapolis, one on the first Monday in
February and one on the second Monday
in September. Cases now pending are to
be settled by the judge who heard them.
Bismarck weekly tribune., 1889-12-20
In the Senate.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-Among the bills
introduced in the senate and referred to-
day were the following:
By Butler: For the emigration of per-
sons of color from the southern states.
By Davis: To establish the Tenth judic-
ial circuit.
By Gormand: For the International ex-
position at the national capital in 1892.
By Stewart: For free coinage of both
gold and silver and silver coin certificates
to circulate as money.
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS.
The president to-day sent the following
nominations to the senate: Cyrus j. Fry
Of South Dakota, marshal of the United
States for the district Of South Dakota;
also large number of recess nominations,
among them the following: Jno. D. Sloane
of Minnesota, to be supervising inspector
of steam vessels for the Fifth district.
GEN. RAUM CONFIRMED.
The senate this afternoon confirmed the
nomination of Gen. b. Raum of Illinois,
commissioner of pensions.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08

bla to be seen in both inside and outside
work in the older churches. AT the little
village of Santa Fe, not far from PATTI
cuaro (and possibly elsewhcre), a very
curious iridescent ware, having, seeming
ly, copper glaze, is made. The pieces
sometimes are decorated in low relief. In
almost every village in Mexico there is
potter, and each district produces a ware
having more or less distinctly marked
characteristics.
regions a very considerable quantity of
sugar is manufactured, though not
enough to supply fully the home de-
mand; in the tobacco country, and in the
several cities, vast numbers of cigdritos,
and large number of cigars (pros)
are made; the manufacture of pulque is
carried on very extensively on the plain
of Apam, and in this maguey region the
distilled liquors mescdl and tequila are
produced; silver is wrought in all parts
of the country felt hats are made in the
principal cities and straw hats every
where leather work is carried on in all
the cities, but its center is the city of
Leon, where also considerable manu-
facture of hardware and cutlery is main
tanned; large business is done, though
nowhere upon large scale, in the manu-
facture of sweetmeats (dulces) "A consid-
cradle quantity of chocolate, little
glass, little paper, little household
furniture is manufactured.
Foreign Commerce. Owing to the frag-
mentary character and hardness of issue
of the treasury reports, nothing like Il
complete, nor even a relatively recent,
exhibit of the Mexican foreign trade can
be given. The following tables will give
some notion, however, of the volume and
tendencies of the commerce between Mex
leo and foreign lands. The figures, ex-
tracted from treasury returns, are those
of Senior Garcia Cubas.
Imports. The principal articles of i'm
portation into Mexico are cotton, raw and
manufactured (nearly two-fifths of the
total importation), woollens, hardware,
articles of food, linen and hemp. The
following table shows the market value
of all imports for the fiscal years ending
in 1874 and 1888. The great increase in
the volume of trade came in the last two
years of this period, and was due to the
increased facilities for internal transport
tation afforded by the new lines of rail
way.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
A DlPHTHERlA SCARE,

There is no doubt but that diphtheria
in its worst form is very prevalent IN
many cities and small towns. At the
same time, that fact is no reason for
frightening people out of their wits, with
every new case of sore throat. Even
liberated sore throat is bad enough, and
no person would have that for fun. Yet
hundreds of persons are said to have had
diphtheria who only had severe sore
throat. The form of sore throat which
often passes for diphtheretic is what old
people call quinsy. "Putrid sore throat"
known long before diphtheria, was pro-
badly a form of diphtheria, and very dan
gerous. An old hospital nurse in Boston
says: ''lt amt the clear cold of winter
that lays people up with colds, catarrh,
and sore throats, and lays the children
low with diphtheria; it's the soft, pleas
ant, alternating with the wet, slushy
days" This is very true, and explains
why those troubles are so prevalent this
unusually soft rainy winter; the air, in
fact, is laden with poisonous vapors.
The first symptoms of true diphtheria
are much like those of a heavy cold on
the lungs. There is fever, some stupor,
and difficulty in breathing. Very sharp
pains are often felt in the neck glands,
Just below the ear. The tongue is coated,
the throat and tonsils intlamed, little
white spots, which increase and turn to a
dirty yellow or brown color next appear,
and a peculiar odor totally unlike ulcera-
ted sore throat is noticeable. If the
disease is of the black or malignant type
nothing but a miracle can restore the
patients to their former good health
Very many reliable people claim to have
cured severe cases of diphtheria with
Johnson's Anodyne Liniment. Be that
as it may, it is worth trying, because so
easily used internally, dropped on sugar
or as gargle, and bathing for external
use. We know from experience that il
will cure a common sore throat in one
night, and thousands of people claim that
no remedy known will relieve colds
catarrh, bronchitis. Group, etc., as
promptly as the good old Johnson's Lini-
ment. If it cures them, why not diph
iberia? 1t was an old family physician
prescription. |. 5. Sohnson q Co., Bos
ton, will send free to any person al
illustrated pamphlet about its use. SenC
them your name Advt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
The Dynamite Guns,

No doubt they have their shortcom-
ings even for land ports, where they
are at their best. They are limited
apparently to range of mile or q
mile and a half. They cannot be used
for horizontal shell firing, even at
that, but must DO elevated and trusted
to drop their projectiles at the right
distance. Their shells are long time
in the air compared with those Of reg
ular guns and cannot get the penetra-
ton which enables dynamite to do its
best work. Nevertheless, tho knowl-
edge that before the close of this pres
ent year Sandy Hook, Fort Schuyler
and Fort Warren will each have two
fifteen-inch tubes and Sandy Hook in
addition an eight-inch tube is enough
to justify the expenditure Of the $400,
900 authorized by congress. If the
projectiles are slow in fight they at
least can be sent one after the other
with great rapidity. New York Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
Making the Hand Skillful.

1t is pity that the advocates of
manual training cannot help quarrel
ing over what manual training means
and what is proposed by it. Plainly,
it is not teaching a trade, nor doing
subsidiary to brain work; but it is
making the hand skillful. 1t is train
ing the hand precisely ON the same
principle that the brain was and is
trained. The hand is not to be con-
sidered as a mere limb Of the body, as
we consider a foot, but it is limb
evolved from a low service to a high
one; it is an organ exalted, and capa-
BILE of greater exaltation, exactly as
the old brain OF Dinosaurs was capable
of being made into the new cerebral
brain OF man. OF course, a trained
hand cannot work without a trained
brain, and so our educators get puzzled
and wonder if, after all, manual train
ing is not brain training.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
The Promoter.

1.-THE minds of American inventors
are fixed on coast defense guns" said
an expert at Fort Lafayette day or
two ago. The cream of contempt
rary inventions seems to be found in
field pieces. DR.. Gatling's latest in
vention is a police gun, or street piece,
for use in riots. DR.. Calling, by the
way, has a promoter who has for years
looked after his enterprises. He is a
gray haired, close cropped, rather wiz
ened looking man of some sixty years
of age, who in New York is generally
found about the Coleman house. His
name is Cormick, and he prides him
self on his wide acquaintance with
public men. Mr.. Cormick has one adj
vantage which in promoter is great
one. He easily convinces a nearer of
his implicit confidence and belief in
his principal. 1t looks as if the time
were not far distant, by the way, when
no enterprise requiring legislative &C.
ton can succeed without a promoter
selected for his ability and acquaint-
ance. Acquaintance is the great thing.
1t is better to be known unfavorably
than not to be known at all" Just
then Old Tom, an enormous black cat,
who is Fort Lafayette's only steady
garrison, ran out and interrupted the
conversation. New York World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08

A person who knows nothing of te-
legraphy cannot imagine what an ad-
vantage to an operator a typewriter is.
1t is a strange thing to me also that
the operators do not more generally
recognize it. An operator, even
though he may be rapid with his pen,
is generally three or four words be-
hind the sender, or even more, and
thus is compelled to carry the word
ing in his head. With a typewriter,
if he is even fairly expert, he can keep
up with the sender, and if he is very
fast he will find himself waiting.
This is great thing for an operator.
II he is carrying a message in his
head he is liable to lose it and have to
break in on the sender to repeat it
This gives him bad reputation. Then
mistakes are less liable, as the ope-
rator is taking the dispatch word for
word, and is not liable to write seven
teen instead of seventy or seventy in
stead of seventeen.-New York Tele-
gram.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
His Marriage a Failure.

The mention of Down East recalls q
queer couple down that way, a wife
who wore the breeches and a husband
who, through the greater part of his
life at least seemed perfectly content
to let her wear them. The wife took
possession of the house and had a
room fitted up for him" out at the
barn. She thought she said. that it
would be SO kind O nice an conven-
lent for John t sleep out t the barn
and be handy t the horses and every
thing" The old man accepted the
situation with due meekness, and slept
for some years at the barn, being al
lowed to come to the house for his
meals and ''set while" in the even
ing. But the worm will turn. John
made no complaint, but one evening,
when the hour for his customary re-
tirement to his sleeping room in the
barn had struck, the old lady was as
tonished to see him produce a rope
from the depths of one of his coat
pockets, and, getting a chair, begin
tying one end of it to a big hook in the
beam in the kitchen ceiling.
John |" exclaimed the wife, what
be you a-goin' to dewa"
I'm a-goin' to hang myself" said
John, in a very matter of fact way.
you be2"
Eyes, Marthy Ann"
The old lady sat silent for mo-
ment.
WALL" she said at last ''if you be
guess I'll git up and go out in t. Other
rooml"
She went out in the other room anc
shut the door. The old man, left tc
his reflections, changed his mind ant
didn't hang himself-that time. Blu
when the time had worn on bit, ant
no softening of his wife's heart hac
ever come, he was found one morning
dead at the end of his rope-not in thu
house, but out in the old barn which
had been the scene of his solitary sor
rows for SO many years. -Bostor
Transcript.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
Smiling in Poverty's Face.

She sat in the Pennsylvania ferry
house at the foot of Cortlandt street.
A big basket was on the floor in front
of her, and she held something in her
arms wrapped in shawl. Her pale,
thin face was so girlish in the candor
of its expression that one could not
fail of surprise to see baby's face be-
meath q corner of the shawl and to
note the unmistakable tenderness of a
mothers touch as she lifted it.
AT the sight young lady crossed
the room hurriedly and took the seat
beside the mother.
you have had long wait" she
said.
Eyes, miss" was the reply. 1T is
SO cold outside" and she glanced at
her child. After 12 o'clock | am
going begging. l have como from
Newark for that purpose"
Little by little her story was told in
answer to gentle questioning. He1
name is Amelia May, and with hel
husband George, she lives at No. Z
Ferry street, Newark. They had
moved from this city when her hus
band obtained work in Newark last
OuJ INV lllllCo NtIC iull
had no employment and the 81 they
must pay for rent was nearly twice
their capital. Mrs. May had come to
New York to ask her friends for the
50 that was needed to prevent theil
landlord from turning them into the
street, as he had threatened to do
The young lady contributed from hel
evidently slender means. Mrs May
thanked her with trimming eyes
raised the basket from the floor, set
tied the baby comfortably on her arm
and, as she turned to go, said, with {
smile: Il am lucky today, hav'
forty cents already"
Lucky, indeed This was Thursday
and the dreaded rent day was Friday
She must have had cheerful heart t.
smile in the face of such future
New York World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
Taking the Oath.

The ancient Persians swore by the
sun, which was the common object of
their alteration, while the Scythians
pledged themselves by the air they
breathed and by their scimitars. De
scending to more modern times the
Saxons pledged themselves to support
their homes and privileges by their
arms and the punishment for perjury
or non-fulfillment of an oath was the
loss of the hand that held the weapon
at the compact The Spartans were
wont to assemble around brazier of
fire and, pointing their short swords
to the sky, call upon the gods to bear
witness, to the compact. Swearing by
the sword, in fact, retained its signi-
ficance down to the comparatively
modern times, though in slightly
modified form. Thus, while the
Pagans extended the point of the
weapon toward the supposed residence
of the gods, the warriors of Christian
ity. after kissing it, directed the hilt-
the true emblem of their faith-to
heaven. A later form of oath was the
pressing of the thumb upon the blade.
Gradually, however, the practice be-
came obsolete, and the kissing of the
hilt, accompanying the words: "By
this good sword" was handed down
almost to the time when til wearing OF
sword by gentlemen was abolished as
one of the strictest codes of civil
honor. Standard.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08


The general drift of all these figures is
toward showing very conclusively that
railroad building in Mexico is having a
wonderfully stimulating effect upon
MeXico's foreign commerce and toward
showing that very large portion of the
newly-created trade is coming to the
United States. One further fact may be
cited as showing still more conclusively
the direction of the new flow of trade.
The exports from the port of Vera Cruz,
for the three years ending respectively in
1888, 1884, 1885, were 1923 G,3l6, S25,-
1l9, APO, and ST. ,067, 096. For these same
years the exports by rail into the United
States through, collectively, Paso del
Norte, Nuevo Laredo, Nogales, and Pie
dras Negras were: S2,353 1922, SIS ,5s3,-
1874, and 81 ,42l ,l9l.
Political Divisions aud Population. In
the following table, showing the area,
assessed value, and population of the
several States, the figures are, for the
most part, approximations. How widely
this approximation varies is illustrated
by the two sets of figures printed in par
allel columns. One of these is from the
''Cuadro Geografico, Estadistlco Hstor-
leo de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos" of
Senior Garcia Cubas, published in the
Office of the minister of public works
the other is from the "Geografia de Mex
ico'' of Senior Alberto Correa, member
of the Mexican Geographical and Stats
teal society. The sum Of both estimates
is about the same, but the details have
(for statistics) truly refreshing variety
In point of fact, complete census OF
Mexico never has been taken, nor has the
whole OF the country ever been sur,
Yeyed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
A Queer Advertisement.

Here is a curiosity in the way of adj
vertiscments extracted from a recent
number of religious journal;
Divine Orations-Newman Grace, literary pro-
fessor of vital philosophy, 43 St. Georges street,
Peckham, London, England, will write sacred
discourse Ca beautiful piece of powerful elo-
quence) from any text, for any occasion, and at
any time, for the sum of one guinea, and he will
undertake to sell no copy to any second person
All correspondence and transactions absolutely
secret. Psalms, xix chap, Ia verse.
Those of my readers who do not hap
pen to carry the nineteenth Psalm in
their mind will doubtless be pleased to
see the text which the professor of
vital philosophy" considers appropriate
to his line of business: LET the words
of my mouth and the meditation of
my heart be acceptable in thy sight,
Q Lord, my strength and my Re
deemer." If this sort of thing is vital
philosophy, it must also be something
1have met with before under another
name.-London Truth.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
A Scare Story.

One of the most familiar faces in
Cincinnati is "Greeny" Horn, who
formerly BACKED boots in front of the
Grand Opera house. ''Greeny" is a
bright boy and as he advanced in
years he secured employment to learn
the drug business and is now en-
ployed at Ben Isaacs' pharmacy, cor
ner of Longworth and Plum streets.
He is only IS years old, but his hair is
as gray as that of a man of Co. "Greeny"
tells with pride how his hair came to
turn gray. One night when Chester
park was in its glory a crowd of
sports gave a dance at the well known
road house. "Greeny" was broke and
he saw chance to make some money.
1t was midnight, and the street cars had
stopped running, SO he started on foot
for the dance. When he reached
Spring Grove cemetery the road was
as dark as could be. "Greeny" knew
where he was, and visions of ghosts
and other unearthly things passed
before him. Suddenly there was a
mysterious noise, and "Greeny" be-
came greatly frightened. He turned
and ran back toward the city. When he
reached home his hair had turned gray
in spots. 1t continued to change until
it is now almost white. -Cincinnati
EDuIlirer
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.-Estate of
CeDhas Stearns.

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District of Adj
Olson, commissioners to receive, examine and
adjust all claims and demands of all person.
against the estate of Cephas stearns, late OF
Middebury, in said District, deceased, and all
claims exhibited in offset thereto, hereby
give notice that we will meet forthe purposes
aforesaid, at NJ. c. Richardson's, on the 9th
day of March and the 10th day of August
next, from O'Clock p. m. until 4 O'Clock p.
m, each of said days, and that six months
from the 25th day of February, A. ID. 1889, is
the time limited by said Court tor said credi-
tors to present their claims to us for examin-
alton and allowance.
Dated at Middlebury, this 26th day OF Feb
ruary, A. ID. 1889
F.A. FOOTE, lco,,,s
10 ROBERT JOHNSON, Soii o.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
I,TATE OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS fAd-

The Probate court tor the district of Addi-
son:
To all persons interested in the estate OF
Alvin NJ. Williamson, late OF Middlebury, in
said district, deceased, GREETING;
BY the authority OF the State OF Vermont,
you are hereby notified to appear before the
said probate court, at the Probate Office in
Mddlebury, in said district, on the 23d day
of March, a. D., lsS9, at 10 O'Clock a. m, to
show cause, if any you have, why the account
of Abram Williamson, administrator OF the
estate OF said deceased, should not be allow
ed, and also why the residue OF said estate
should not be distributed to the parties enti-
tied thereto.
Dated at Middlebury, in said district, this
I'd day of March, A. ID. 1859.
10 LYMAN f. KNAPP, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
WANTED, A TYPEWRITER.
An Inventor Discourscs ON the Machine Of
the Future.


mo, | have not been sick; l have
not been drinking, neither am l suf-
fering tho pangs of remorsc.
Nv hat on earth makes you so lean
and pale, thenl"
The question was addressed to me-
chanical engineer who has made one
or two hits with his inventions, and is
in consequence we'll endowed with
worldly goods.
"Tvo been scheming," was the re-
spouse; "scheming for the last three
years on one of the greatest needs of
the times"
whats that9"
"a typewriter that shall be cheap,
rapid, compact, light and noiseless.
Why, sir, there's millions in it, posi-
lively millions. If / could devise
such machine I'd get all the backing
wanted in less than an hour. 1 know
concern in Hartford that has ex-
pended $4,000 in experiments and
hasn't anything to show for it yet.
There are hundreds of men all over
the country at work ON the same prob
lem. For some time the patent office
at Washington has received more ap-
plications for patents on typewriters
than anything else. The man who
strikes it will clear fortune.
1.-THE machines already in the mar
ket that satisfy the requirements as tc
speed cost too much to make it pos
sible for every man who has much
writing to do to get one Then they
are too heavy and bulky to be carried
around easily, and the noise they
make renders them Objectionable il
offices where conversation has to bt
carried on.
THE right thing will be strucl
some time, 1t always is. Why, the
waste of time in writing-the mere
mechanical labor of writing-is a dis
grace to civilization. The average
speed of writing is from fifteen t.
twenty words minute-not more
What an immense gain it would be i
that average could be brought up t,
forty or fifty words a minute. And i
will be done some day. The type
writers of the future-cheap, rapid
charlottesville do it.
You young men will, l expect
live to see the day when nineteenth
of all the writing done for newspaper
will be done on typewriters. The re
porter will consider the typewrite
just as necessary an instrument of hi
profession as is now the pen or pencil
Then it will be common thing t
rattle off column in an hour @
three-quarters of an hour or even at
squirt in half an hour. Then yo
newspaper fellows will wonder no,
on earth you ever managed to &c
along without them"
But you've money enough, VIII
need you worry yourself sick schen
ing about it2 Take it easy and lie
: some poor devil that needs the none
: solve the problem.
Cant. You don't know what it
to be cursed and blessed by taller
for invention. Do you thin, 1t is tn
money that attracts mel Not a bi
} The problem has taken possession {
: me and | can't shake it Off 1t haunt
} me when l go to bed. 1t prevents N
, from listening to the sermon {
, church. III stick to you till yo
solve me- is what it says"
, Il should advise you to seek do
tor"
r "Oh, hang the doctorl He'd tie
7 me to let it alone, and that's just VIII;
l can't do!'-New York Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-03-08
The Nav Gun Powder.

The British government has at last
settled on a white, almost smokeless,
powder for use in firearms. The i'm
portance Of this statement is evident
in view Of the fact that, until the
powder had been decided upon, it was
impossible to ascertain accurately the
length Of the cartridge and, conse-
quently, the proportions Of the COM
ing weapon. There is, therefore, no
longer any obstacle to the manufac-
ture of the new magazine rifles, the
production of which will make rapid
progress. The powder gives out a
very small report--not much greater
than that Of an air gun.-Detroit Free
Press.