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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26

Engineers are now at work blowing up
the rocks in the bed of the Danube at that
point in the great rivers progress which is
known rs the Iron gate Many years
ago a navigable channel was cut through,
but it is practicable only for powerful
steamers. No other craft could live in the
mighty whrl of waters. The plan to make
the cataract feasible for all sorts of boats
was first suggested in 1881. but over a cent
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26

The Chinese of San Francisco regard
Hong Tie rs IA wizard. However there is
nothing of the supernatural about his ex-
PLOTS. He is simply wonderfully clever
Mongolian who has made an independent
study of electricity and almost unaided
mastered its secrets. He came into public
view the other day through an investiga-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26
J. X. PARSONS
FARM FOR SALE.

Situated in West Cornwall, Addison County,
Vt, known a the old Deacon Bingham farm,
on bingham St, so called, one half mile from
church. school store and postofiice; six miles
from MiddleburN, the county seat. \ good
farm house and outbuildings and suitably
divided into meadow and pasture. Thorough
ly well watered: good wood lot near the
house; plenty OF fruit. In short il is one of
the best farms and locations III the county.
Possession given when desired. For informa.
ton address, o. \. FIELD, ut the farm, or,
81 SIN W. p. NASH, Middlebury, Vt.
West Cornwall, Vt, Sept. 10, 1890.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26
VlTTORlO CARPI.
Celcb,.t Italian Baritone who Is
Coming to America.

No lover of music can fail to be inter
ested in the announcement that Vittorio
Carpi, the famous Italian baritone, is com
ing to America, and that he will make
Chicago his home. Few singers of the day
have achieved a more solid fame than this
Milanese artist. He made his debut in
lS72 as Fanst. In 1873 and 1874 he sns-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26
AUTHOR OF FOUR HUNDRED PLAYS
The Enormous Literary Activity of the
Late Dion Boucicault.

The Enormous Literary Activity of the
Late Dion Boucicault.
The Nineteenth century has produced no
more prolific or successful playwright than
Dion Boucicault who died the other day
in New York city. He began his career as
a dramatic author when 10 years of age
with London Assurance" which was first
produced at Covent Garden theatre, Lon
don, in lS41, and still remains a favorite
with the public. His last effort was "a
Tale of Coat" recently on the boards at
Days New York City theatre. Between
London Assurance" and "a Tale of a
Coat"-that is, during the fifty years of his
activity-Boucicault wrote or adapted at
least 400 plays. Many were ephemeral. but
others made phenomenal hits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26

Capt. McMickan, the commodore of the
Cunard fleet, who died recently at Liver
pool, besides voyaging on the Mediterra-
mean for number of years, had crossed
the Atlantic 425 times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26
RADAM'S
MIC R ODE KILLER.
Cures all Diseases.

After myself and wife had used your Micro
be Killer with great benefit although | have
not n farthing's pecuniary interest in your
remedy, unsolicited and on my own RESPONSE.
bility, wrote to nearly forty OF those whose
certificates you publish, embracing nearly all
diseases, "Please give your present impress.
iCns of VIM. Radams Microbe Killer" | am
happy to state the replies were not only tav-
orable but enthusiastic Many OF the cures OF
complicated diseases almost surpass belief.
Sincerely yours.
|. W. BARNUM.
253 IIalsey St, Brooklyn, y. Y.
Books explaining how microbes cause dis
ease, and giving Il history OF the Microbe
Killer, given away or mailed free to any adj.
dress. Agents wanted everywhere.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26
To THE DAlRYMEN OF ADDISON
COUNTY

The undersigned has recently purchased
new and improved machinery for the
manufacture of Butter Tubs, and is now
prepared to furnish tubs of SUPERIOR
QUALITY at the lowest market prices.
Samples can be seen at Beckwith Il Co. s.
j. f. GOODROE, Ripton, Vt.
May |, 1890. ISL
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26

ury passed before the nations interested
agreed as to the details. conference at
Vienna some time ago eliminated in a
harmony of understanding, and the great
work is now under way. The Iron gate"
is situated on the Servian border There
the tremendous volume of the Danube
passes through defile $50 feet wide and
1900 feet long, with fall of l6 feet and a
velocity of 10 to 10 feet second, its course
being troubled by numerous reefs and
lodges, The plan approved for clearing
the channel is that of an American engi-
neer named McAlpine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26
OLGA! OLGA! OLGA!
A SURE REMEDY FOR
All Kinds of Worms

Which intest the horse This remedy
fills IA want all horse owners have long fell
II is recognized as one of the greatest inven.
tons OF the nineteenth century. II your horse
Is troubled with worms of any kind be sure
and try it, tor II was never known to fail. For
sale by all druggists, or sent by mail on RECEIPT
OF price, which - 30 cts. per box. Circulars
sent free. Address
DIR. +. c. WILKINSON,
Veterinary Surgeon, Claremont, n. ii.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26

During the last two years English CAPT.
talists have paid out sl00,000,000 for the
purchase of manufacturing plants in the
United States.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-09-26


MUCH VALUABLE INFORMATION FROM STUDY o
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-06
AN EXTRAORDINARY BET.
Two Cockneys Wager Even Money on
Man-Eating shark.

Two Cockneys Wager Even Money on a
Man-Eating Shark.
About thirty miles off the port of Hon.
olulu, as we were headed for San Fran
cisco, big shark suddenly appeared on
biscuit throw away, and for time he
was the observed of all Observers He
was estimated to be fifteen feet long,
and the sailors were agreed that they
had never seen-a larger one. He kept
baleful eye ON the people crowding to
the rail to see him, and although pork
and other stuff were thrown over he paid
no attention to the food. 1t looked as
if he had lately gorged himself or was
bound to have one of the passengers.
He appeared at ten o'clock in the fore
noon, and had not moved an inch when
night came. Daylight found him still
there, and when. noon came and that
wicked starboard eye of his continued to
stare at us word went round the ship
that some one was doomed. We had
with us. two English cockneys who were
making tour of the world, and as the
question turned upon who would fall a
victim one of them drawled out:
II say, Fustus, but 'ere's your bloom
in chance to make or lose ten pun's If
ye dares.n
.'0u's that?s asked the other.
''H'I wagers a ten that the fish gets
you hover 1. If one of h'us his to be
got hits you"
Done, Tommy" replied the other,
without looking up from his book
Night came and the shark still hung
on. Daylight came again and he was
still there Some of the passengers pooh
hooed, but / think all were somewhat
affected by the monsters persistency.
At about ten o'clock we sightedpa water
logged vessel and ran close to her. All
the passengers had crowded to the port
rail, when some movement precipitated
both cockneys into the sea. They made
great splash as they fell, and disap-
pearcd for only three or four seconds.
When they came to the surface the
steamer was already checking speed, and
as they began to. tread water to keep
afioat we heard one Of them say:
: .'Fustus, old boy, I'm going to win
that ten"
Not hif knows meself, Tommy" re-
piled the other I'm a bloomin'--r
We had forgotten the shark in the ex-
element. All eyes were on the two men,
.who,-rwere taking matters very coolly,
when the-ene called Fustus threw up
his arms with scream and disappeared.
Next moment the other. was picked up
by a boat He came aboard, changed
his clothes, and as he came out to enjoy
promenade and smoke he calmly re-
marked to us: 81 told i'm I'd win hit,
hand ave, hand I'll leave hit to you,
gents hif l took nanny hunfair had
vantage to do hit!'=-N. Y. Sun.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-06
The Poetry of Eating.

That marvellous story writer Guy de
Maupassant says: "a man is gourmet
as he is poet, Or an artist, or simply
learned. Taste is delicate organ, per-
fectible and worthy of respect, like the
eye and the ear. To be wanting in the
sense of taste is to be deprived of an ex-
quisite faculty, of the faculty of discern
ing the quality of ailments, just as one
may be deprived of the faculty of dis
corning the qualities of a book or of a
work of art; it is to be deprived of an es-
sential sense, of a part of human SUI
periority; it is to belong to one of the
innumerable classes of cripples, infirm
people and fools of which our race is COM
posed; it is, in word, to have stupid
mouth, just as we may have stupid
mind. A man who does not distinguish
between langouste and a lobster, be-
tween a herring THAT admirable fish
that carries with 1t all the savers and
aromas of the seal and mackerel or a
whiting, is comparable only to man
who could confound Balzac with Eugene
Sue and symphony by Beethoven with
military march composed by some
regimental band-master. ~ Harper's
Bazaar
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-06

successful treatment is turpentine one
dram, spirits of camphor one dram;
dose, teaspoonful mixed in table,
spoonful Of molasses, either warm
the molasses or add little boil
ing water. We have given it with a,
syringe instead Of asspoon, and the lamb
standing on all tours, instead of turning
him up and running the risk of choking
him to death The turpentine given
with the spirits of camphor becomes a
strong anthelminties sets free all the
parasites that4are securely rolled up in
the pulmonary tissues when they be-
come strangled, unable to hold on to the
membrane; and as a result are coughed
up and either die on the pasture or are
picked up by fowls or other sheep.
Therefore no lambs ought to be allowed
to pasture on any ground that old sheep
have occupied, but as soon as possible
after weaving be turned onto fresh
pasture till frost has cleaned the old
pasture.
No. 2 represents scab in sheep, when
it is not developed so as to be known to
any one but the experienced shepherd.
The wool becomes loose and rough, even
80 - p 81 W
anu .a ioaVe patches y wooi mere n, anu
treatment for scab is carbolated dip
properly prepared with basis that re.
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40 q neaang ea,ssnl, WINE Inc meui-
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seroyih ene aeafi OF scap' Of any otner
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The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-06
ORIENTAL JUSTICE.
How an Eastern Judge decided a Con
pllcated Case.

How an Eastern Judge Decided Com
plicated Case.
DR.. Henry NJ. Scudder reports the de
cision of case in an Eastern court il
which the nice discrimination of the
bench was conspicuous.
Fourmen partners in business, bought
some cotton, bales. That the rats might
not destroy the cotton they purchased a
cat. They agreed that each of the four
should own particular leg of the cat,
and each adorned with beads and other
ornaments the leg thus apportioned to
him.
The cat bySan accident injured one of
its legs. The owner of that member
wound about it a rag soaked in oil. The
cat going too near the fire set the rag on
fire, y and being in great pain rushed in
among the cotton bales, where she was
accustomed to hunt rats, The cotton
thereby took fire and was burned up. 1t
was total loss.
The three other partners brought an
action to recover the value of the cotton
against the fourth partner, who owned
that particular leg of the cat. The Judge
examined the case and decided thus:
The leg that had the oil rag on it
was hurt; the cat could not use that leg;
in fact, it held up that leg and ran with
the other three legs. The three unhurt
legs, therefore, carried the fire to the
cotton, and are alone culpable. The in
jured leg is not to be blamed. The three
partners who owned the three legs with
which the cat ran to the cotton will pay
the whole value of the bales to the part
ner who was the proprietor of the in
| jured leg
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-06
MONEY IN CHINA.
A Country Where the Mexican Dollar
Not Below Par.

A Country Where the Mexican Dollar Is
Not Below Par.
The chief coin in circulation along
the coast of China is the Mexican dollar
and the copper cash. 1t takes from LOCO
to 1900 cash to make dollar, and some
of the coins in use are SO poor that you
can break them in two between your
thumb and finger. They are Of the size
of an old red cent, and have square hole
in the center, in order that they may be
strung on string. they are made in
different parts of China, and the Viceroy
Of Canton is now building mint with
modern American machinery, which will
turn them out by the million. In the
interior of China these cash and silver
and gold in the lump form the money.
tael, which weighs about an ounce, and
the money is cast in the shape of a
lady's shoe. Ten taels Of silver make
lump Of about the size of Chinese
lady's foot, and If you want to pay out
less than this amount you take your
knife or chisel and pound off as much
as you want.MIt=iss rudest way of
doing business, but the Chinese are
very suspicious Of coins, and they like
the pure metal. Gold bricks about an
inch long and half an inch wide and Of
the same thickness are also used, but
you have to watch these, as you do every
thing else in the shape of money in China.
In South China you will find chop dol
lar, out of which little chips of silver
have been taken, or in which holes have
been bored and these holes filled with
lead. lou will find coins under weight
and chunks of metal which are coun-
terfeit, and the result is that every
Chinese business-house has to keep one
man whose business is to detect counter
felt coin. This man is called the schrotf,
and all the money of the establishment
passes through his hands. He gives a
big bond, and he is responsible for all
the money he takes in. If he makes
mistake it is his loss, not that of the.
frm.-Yt on will find these sehroffs con-
nected with our Legation abroad, and
they may be called the cashiers of the
East They are always Cinnamon, and
the foreign banks in Asia have all their
figuring and their money calculations
made by Cinnamon. The Chinaman
does this with his little box of buttons
strung on wires; he never makes mis-
take, and he is the great arithmetician
of the world.-F. G. Carpenter, in Ma
tiOnal Tribune.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-06
The Hirhlanders In India.

When the Forty-second Highlanders,
or Black Watch, landed in Calcutta in
the end Of 1857, they were marched to
the Scotch Kirk on Sunday in their full
dress, with kits and bonnets, to the
great admiration of the public. But
the mosquitoes from the large tank near
the Kirk smelt fresh blood, and invaded
the sacred building, and soon found
their way to the unprotected partss Of
the Highlanders' legs, especially about
their naked knees. For awhile the
men endured 1t braveIy. Then one sol
dier, and next another, began to slap
at the mosquitoes, until so many OF
them were fiercely slapping at their
knees that the noise overwhelmed the
preachers voice, and he stopped his dis
course, 50 that the men could be marched
away ". their barracks --izongman's
NHgnsiHel
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-06

bronchialis. The worm that causes all
the trouble is a filaria, and it is found
most abundantly in the bronchial tubes,
or branches of the trachea. A lamb
affected will sometimes strangle and
cough till it falls, as in the illustration.
The great difficulty of reaching these
parasites with any kind of anthefmintie,
or parasitic destroyer, is that the medi-
cine must first reach the stomach and
then become absorbed by the circulation
before it acts on the worms, when it does
SO as an excitent through the lobes OF
the lungs. Me various remedies that
have been tried from time to time have
resulted in a cure in most cases where
the lamb has not gone too far in .deple=-
ton, and is so weak as to succumb under
the treatment
Garlic in a dry, powdered state, given
in bran, burnt oats; sanfewer seed and
ground cloves has been tried with sue
cess so far, but unless the lamb has
been accustomed to dried food it can not
be given to do much good.AaAs these in.
gradients are volatile, they act on the
filaria adhering to the mucous mem
brane of the windpipe like so many
leeehes and depicting the animal of all
vitality, and rendering them in o meas
ure bloodless. Asafetida, among other
remedies, can be used Hike tho last men--
toned. in powdered state. We havo
found this to boz more stupefying,
especially for lambs.
Salicylic acid given in small quanti-
ties, in water to drink, was tried with
uncertain success; the live parasites
thrown out Of the mouth were taken up
by healthy sheep and were spread in the
flock in that way. And even if the EN-
bryo or egg becomes detached it propa-
rates in the water, and will keep alive,
especially if the water is stagnant. till
ost destroys it. The safest and most
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-06
whore Government clerks smoke.

The Government has at last found a
use for that vast inclosed court in the
Pension building. No one has ever
known what it was designed for except
to look spacious, and once in foursyears
to give room for the inaugural ball. But
1T is now converted into National smok-
=fng-room. For one hour each day clouds
Of tobacco smoke curl about the great
columns and the scent of tobacco per-
meates the air. General Raum has pro-
hibited smoking in the Pension Office
during working hours, and to make up
to the clerks for the privation has grant
ed them the privilege of this great court
as a smoking-foom. during the lunch
hour. Atmidday they march about this
tiled hall and mingle the odor of the
''twofors" with the fragrance of the
quarter Havanas The paper cigarette
mingles its paper smell with the rest.
The rules of the department have been
steadily running the cigar-smokers out,
and this is the iirstconcessioS hey have
had. Washington Letter.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-06
AT THE DENTISTS.


DoSom was the universe,
ny soul the surging sea,
whose roaring pillows Of content
And fer shove their feathery foam,
Where stars with planets cope
10 brighten their celestial dome:
11esmed thousand orbs Of hope.
NY neart eWened I'LL II hll9d the space
hctNecn the earfh and NY,
Bull ope prief prayer could hnd no place
Is MlInln ~ Walls 70 ne
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-06
READING CHARACTER.

How Applicants for work Are Frequently
Judged BY Employers.
It Is of common occurrence that ad-
vertisements for help appear in the daily
papers directing applicants to address in
their own handwriting, and by the
character Of such communications the
applicants are judged, and fairly, dare
say. in most instances. The experienced
man of business, the astute lawyer, or
other professional, reads in these COM
mnnications, almost unerringly, the
talents, attainments and general char
acter Of their authors. Such letters
reveal, first, as matter OF observation.
the artistic skill and literary attain
ments of the writer's; secondly, by infer
ence, their general lasts and Judgment.
This inference is drawn from all the at
circumstances, from the selec-
ton OF writing material to the super
scription and affixing of the postage
stamps. Perhaps there are one hundred
applicants for position; one is chosen;
just why he will not know, while nine
ty-nine are left to wonder why their APP
plications are unsuccessful Some were
bad writers, some were bad spoilers; one
made a fatal revelation OF his lack of
good taste and Judgment by selecting a
large sized letter or foolscap sheet of
paper, which he folded awkwardly to go
into very small-sized envelopes; an
other used page to express in a loose,
ungrammatical way that which should
have occupied no more than five or ten
lines; another manifested want of
knowledge or taste in the arrangement
Of the several parts Of his letter; thus
every act and circumstance connected
with the letter speaks for or against it's
author, and accordingly he has been ac-
cepted or rejected dare say that in q
vast ma jority Of these cases the hand
writing has been the chief indication,
and was alone sufficient to determine
the fate Of the applicant The quality
and style of ones handwriting not only
show directly of themselves the writer's
ability in that respect, but indirectly
will go much further, and are strongly
indicative Of the whole general char
acter of the writer; for it is reasonable
to infer that the same good taste, judg-
ment, skill, patience and persistence
which have given to any one a thor
oughly accomplished handwriting will
be equally manifest and equally potent
elements Of success in any other direc-
ton in which they NAV be employed. =
: ST Louis G1ob e. Democrat
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-06
THE FARMING WORLD
DISEASES OF SHEEP.

Trc.tn<nt Tor Prexenffon and Cure
How to Have : Hea1thy Fiock.
The sheep is second TO no other
domestic animal in its Importance TO-
man, and, strange to say. less e known
as TO the proper treatment Of the dis
eases 1t is heir to. Sheep are found In
all climates where any Of the domestic
animals are found. They have q double
value rs producers Of wool and mutton.
The latter Is regarded rs the safest
meat that can be eaten. The illustra-
items given represent some OF the symp-
tons Of several diseases that prevail
among sheep No. | represents sheep
afflicted with what is popularity called
paper skin, sometimes called verminous
bronchitis, but the proper term y filaria
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1890-02-06
The King 81 Crocodiles.

A. monster crocodile measuring
seventeen feet three inches, was
killed in the Roughly river at Utter
para, India, in front Of Baboo JOY
kissen Mookerjee's library. The ssu-
perintendent Of the Dakinshaw powder
magazine had tried eight shots unsuc-
cessfully when Baboo Siynarayan
Meekerjee arrived, and lodged three
Snider rifle bullets in its head and thus
MORALLY wounded it. The animal, ex-
asperated and nearly done to death,
made for the bank. and on reaching it
was again assaulted by the baboo with
= fourth bullet, which put an end to its
life. The carcass made Its appearance
on the surface OF the river. and was
dragged ashore by some hoatmen, who
Inhibited u afterward To the inheblt
.nts, Chicago HefksAi