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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03
A PROFITABLE PUBLIC FOREST.
Pleasure Grounds which Pay Annually
Large supos INTO n City Treasury.

Pleasure Grounds Which Pay Annually
Large Suns tRto City Treasury.
The Sihi-Wa1d has been owned by
Zurich ever since 1909 at least, and has
been carefully administered for centu-
ries 1t is now managed on the most APP
proved scientific principles by corps Of
trained foresters and permanent work
ing force so well organized that import
ant work is successfully executed by
common laborers under the supervision
of forester of the lowest grade. Econ
omy as strict and watchful as that of
any private enterprise prevails, together
with wise and open handed liberality
in providing for the welfare of the prop
erty. One year the net profits were
something over IS an acre, or total of
about $20, 600 for the city treasury.
The city does the entire work-lum-
boring, manufacturing and administra-
ton. 1t employs the best modern labor
saving devices, such as lumber slides,
portable railways and railway to the
mills. In the saw mill the principal
machinery is American, and in its facto-
ries the forest management works up the
product into great variety of marketa-
BILE material, and also manufactures
nearly everything it uses. An elaborate
and costly apparatus has been success
fully introduced for injecting wood with
a solution of copper sulphate under ny
drostatic pressure, making its products
last twice or three times as long as or
binary wood, so that there is a wide de-
mand for the telegraph poles, railway
ties, wooden pavement, shingles and
other articles treated in this way.
The net profits of the forest will be
largely increased by a new railway build
ing into the valley. Almost half the
annual yield of wood is from Trimmings
alone. The proportion of frewood is
generally "A per cent, yielding Ga per
cent. of the total revenue.
/ In this economic treatment of the for
est its value as a pleasure ground is not
forgotten. The management maintains
throughout the domain network Of
well kept roads and paths. with occa-
siOnal benches along them, while it aims
to preserve the landscape unframed and
make the place thoroughly and pleas
antly accessible.-Boston Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

place on her list of husbands. She is his
ideal yet. 1t is his not uupleasing CUSTOM
when the subject of handsome women is
under discussion, to descant upon the glo.
rous loneliness of his lost sweetheart. He
knows her history from the hour when she
was born at New Orleans, in 1885, and bap.
tized Dolores Adios Fuertes to the autumn
day of 1865 when she found sepulture in a
Paris cemetery. He can give quaint remi-
niscences of all the men she married-Men-
ken the musician, Heenan the puglist,
Newell the author and Barclay the capital
list. Tears stand in his eyes when he
quotes the pathetic poetry she wrote while
dying, and she seems to smile before him
in all the oriental charm of her insolent
magnifcence as he tells of her theatrical
triumphs as Mazeppa at Astley's. Some
day while he chants the Menken's praises
there is the possibility that a believer in
the percentile system will ask:
What were her measurements"
Then trouble will follow. for the old
bachelor has short temper and "A strong
arm.
Until the present the Greek type-that
preserved for us in the scnlptured works
of ancient masters-has been the generally
acknowledged standard of I feet physical
beauty. Hermes and NiObe still gaze with
the changeless youth of marble upon the
modern world, of which their makers never
dreamed Apparently they are faultless
of outline and without flaw, but the YER
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

Worlds fair is to be held in the parks
grouped as the South Park system, but
separately known as Washington park and
Jackson park. The lake front is to be a
so called annex.
The greatest difficulty, at any rate the
one which caused the longest delay, was
that by the original plan the site would
really have been divided-there would have
been two fairs at some distance apart. The
holders OF the needed ground stood out for
a long time, but finally gave consent on
condition that certain Improvements
should be made, so that the space is now
ample and the location very convenient.
When the last objection was withdrawn
President Palmer smilingly remarked to
the commissioners:
at appears that all are going one way,
so may say that applause is in order"
On the instant the assembled negotiators
and all the spectators broke into "A roar
which was long continued And all the
country will applaud, for the South parks
make an admirable site On the lake front
there will DE two, perhaps three, magnif-
cent structures, of the kind that show best
from the water, but the main part of the
exposition will be to the south, the en-
trance being in Jackson park.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03
A PRETTY SPANISH DANCER.
The Latest Foreign Seeker for Ameri Ian
Fame and Fortune.

The impossible young men of New York
city who are possessed of wealth and uu-
limited time have found new divinity
wo. thy their devotion, dollars and dinners.
Her name is Senorita Carolina Otero, and
she has garnered fame and gold in Paris as
a dancer. Both of these she hopes to in
crease by an American tour She is a ma
tive of Spain, the daughter of a general
and an actress who married, quarreled and
separated Senorita Otero owns to having
lived 10 years Her face is pretty and her
figure elegant She has brown eyes and
hair, and is said to be rather well educated.
Like many other women of the stage she
possesses history" the principal Incl
dent of which is told by her friends with
all the establishment of romance They
say that once when she was dancing near
Madrid she was abducted by agents of Al
phonso XII and taken to his palace. Her
abductors lett her alone in a room and
went oil to tell the king that the girl he
wished to see was at hand While they
were gone She jumped through a window
into the garden and escaped to her hotel.
This adventure helped give her renown in
Paris, where she became sort of craze
This yarn will hardly bear the inexo-
rable liIAt thrown upon it by historical
fac :. AlpAonso MI died in the all of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

Bowles-Mr. Stiffany, would like
you to fix the wings of this watch
Stiffany-Wings? do not understand
yo1.
wles-Perhaps haven't got it right.
Nnat are those appendages by which a
butterfly is enabled to fly? Pin-pin-
Stiffany-Pinions?
Bowles-Oh. yes fix the watch's PIN
ions.
Ssiffsny- Oh!-Jewelers' Circular.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

IheIThllCtu from bDSlOu t1eIdIl.
mans looks were all his books" and he de-
cided IN favor of the Queen of Love. She
paid the specified price for her triumph,
and Paris ran away with Helen. The two
defeated goAioSses took revenge for the
''injury of cir sighted forms, and when
che Greeks went whooping about the gates
OF Troy the prince probably felt that it
''would have been SO in his pocket had he
never been born"
They uaua-e affairs of this kind better
In thc>r lI,"r and more practical days
chat is. at e.,t DR. d. a. Sarge Mt, of the
Harvard university gymnasium, does.
Three wears a-c the doctor offered cash
prizes for t',. Nl'n and woman, students Of
his system OF ;it-ical culture, who could
show. 81 Hn rN t.lilation to he held in the
sumnir' oi jr.w. the most perfect sym
mrtrt 90 tAt candidates to be be-
GWccii. t..,. ..-,-u i l. and 30 Three thou
sand yer, 49, v:.,"iel the contest. 1t was
one r,.jtrVlY ,...rreHt from that in which
Paris came to grief There was no chance
for bribery or ftvoritism. When the lists
closed and tAe period of probationary eX
ercl~. enipd each fair maiden and stalwart
youth Was subjected to what is known as
the percentle system. The tape of the
scientist regarded not bright smiles or
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03


Col. Sim, Of the Park theatre, is tell
ing one of the fshiest of fish stories. He
says-and he never smiles when he says
it-that he was yachting and bluefshing
off Fire Island and that big ten pound
bluefish ran away with his hook and
squid, and that, although there were
several hooks aboard there We're no more
squids; that he wrenched off the silver
handle of a handsome umbrella that had
been presented to him the winter before
by his son Walter, and running the hook
through it used it for squid.
The silver head" said the colonel,
twas bright and highly polished, and
shone in the water like thing of life.
| had not been trolling with it five min
utes before felt tremendous tug on
my line and then quick slacken-
ing. | pulled it in and found my
umbrella handle had been captured
by a fish. That ended our fishing for
that day, and we returned to the Surf
hotel much disgusted
had entirely forgotten the incident,
when one day year later, after return
ing from Europe, l happened to be
dining at John Baylis' with a party of
friends We ordered bluefsh. Mine
host brought on the table in due time a
magnificent fellow that must have
weighed fully twelve pounds. deter
mined to carve myself, and, sharpening
my knife, cut it open in the middle.
Would you believe it, to my surprise
~, rlt i,,+ I,., c+,,,,,al o. +1,.+ E-l, I
covered the silver head of my umbrella
that had used for a squid the year be-
fore"- Brooklyn Eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

i after "A l.nger
il. illness OF sew
eral months. He
could not have fig
ured in an esca-
pade of the sort
limited at | at e +
than the closing
days of 1854. The
natural conclu-
sion must be cit her
that ; { n crit a
Otero is more than
10 years old, or
that thp advent
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

What an iconoclast science is. In some
phases Of its research it would seem to be
sworn foe to sentiment and romance. Now
that DR. Sargent new style of beauty CON
test-where memorable weights and meas
ures reign-has come into vogue the YER
dict of the eye must be regarded with dis
trust. 1t will be safe no longer for Mr..
McGinty to declare that Sallie Waters is
the finest girl in town, for Captain Jinks
may be expected to respond at once; mo,
sir; you are mistaken. Her measure
ments, according to the percentile system,
do not come within ten marks of those
that record the superb lines of the peerless
Annie Rooney"
Ideals and hitherto recognized standards
must also fail. | know a courtly gentle
man of middle age who is bachelor to-
day because IA quarter of a century ago
Adah Isaacs Menken refused to give him a
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

Professor Samuel Cushman, apiarist
of the Rhode island agricultural expert
ment station, maintains, as the result of
personal observation, that bees do no
damage to growing or fair fruit. The
juice of fruit is, in fact, injurious to
them, and they do not attack sound
fruit, but only bruised fruit, or that
which has been previously injured by
other insects.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

ure of which she is exploited as the hero
Inc never occurred. 1t is not in the ordi-
nary course of events for an immature
girl of ID to be at the same time famous on
the stage and the object OF Il monarch
vagrant favor 1t is probably true that
the young woman is "A good dancer and
handsome. Other reports about her-for
which doubtless she is in no way response
ble-should be taken with the proverbial
grain of salt -
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

lean, th.n the fully developed citizen of the
United States has not his equal on the
globe in stature. Anthropometry-th
measurement of man-has for some years
been the study of scientists, and one of
them, DR.. A. Weisbach, chief physician to
the Austro-H Hungarian hospital at Con-
stantinople, who enjoyed exceptional adj
vantages, has taken measurements of sew
eral hundreds of persons representing
nineteen different peoples. His report gives
heights in millimeters y millimeter is
.O3931 of an inch jackson is % inches
tall, or nearly 1,S55 millimeters, and here
is the way he towers above other race
types whose stature is set down in DR..
Weisbach's statistics:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03
To Marry "a Prince.

Another American young woman is to
marry prince. The announcement is
made al Dresden that Miss Anna Hallings-
worth Price is engaged to wed Prince Fred
erick Wilhelm of Ardeck, lieutenant of
the Second Prussian Hussar regiment.
The Prince of Ardeck was born at Olen-
bach-on-the Main in 1855. and is the son of
Prince William of Hesse
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

iE"prolllttd IRON Boston HERALD
anxious looks 1t went on recording per
son 10y person. every item of size. Here is
The list OF measurements
Height Standing. sitting knee, pubic arch
AMI stern mn
Girth Head neck, chest, waist, hips, thighs.
knees, calf iu>trp. upper arm. elbow, forearm
and wrist
Depth chest and abdomen
Breadth Head, neck, shoulders, waist hips
shoulder lbDw and elbow tip
Also length of foot, horizontal length and
stretch Of arms
The female winner under these eXacting
conditions was Miss Margaret Blanche
Best of Meadvlle, Pa. She is the daugh-
Ter of DR. David Best, graduate of La
Sale seminary, at Auburndale, Mass, and
follows the calling of a teacher She is %
years old, and has been one of Dr. Sargent's
pupils for twelve months The doctor said
recently;
Miss Best is > feet inches in height
My tables show that S212 per cent of all
women are shorter than she is and ~
per cent. are taller Her weight is 1870
pounds. My tables show that - per cent
of all women weigh less and Il per cent.
weigh more That is, with all other WON.
en- 10 judge from, Miss Best's height and
weight are in just the same proportion; in
other words symmetrical"
The preceptor, naturally, would give no
details in inches of the other measure.
ments
Henry c. jackson, who gained the prize
offered TO men. is said to approach much
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

At hes home near Nashville Tenn. the
widow Of President James X Polk recent
ly obse we'd her eiGhty-seventh birthday.
Annually she receives the members of the
state legislature with all the dignity and
grace that characterized her when mistress
of the White House.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

All cigarettes contain, according &c
Professor Latin, competent scientist
and chemist, five distinct poisons. Three
Of these are the most deadly oils, one il
the paper wrapper, one III the nicotine,
and the third, and the worst, in the
favoring. The other poisons are salt
peter and opium.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

Nine. Modjeska, the well known actress,
who in private life is known as the Count
ess Bozanta, has gone to Poland 10 visit
her mother, who is 50 years of age She
will not return TO America until next year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03
THE SITE OF THE WORLDS FAIR.
It Has Been Agreed Upon, and Is Salts
factory

Chicago and the United States have come
to terms at last. The treaty has been
drawn, unanimously agreed to by all the
boards and directors and the United States
and the great Columbian
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

Instead of growing new varieties OF roses
English sorticulturists have become floral
chemists, and dye ordinary white roses any
shade their patrons may demand.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03
MEASURING OUT BEAUTY
PERFECT PHYSICAL TYPES DlSCOV-
Erred BY SCIENTIFIC METHODS.

The Unreliable Eye Gives Place to the
Absolutely Accurate System of Anthro-
pometry The First Winners Under the
New Rules-The Possible Consequences.
copyright by American Press Associetionl
The first man known to have officiated
M Judge mt a beauty show was that old
time dude and masher Paris, son of Priam.
Each of the three aspirants for the prize
Che golden apple of discord-olered the
gay young Trojan huge brides. Junos
tender was dominion over Asia and wealth;
Minerals, military renown and wisdom;
Venus, the fairest of females for his
wife. The prince was at an age when 'wo-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03
4 Remarkable storm.

One night recently an electric storm of
unusual violence visited Clean, y. y. The
thunder was deafening. and the black
sky was almost necessarily cleft by
friUhtful flashes of liohtninp The storm
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-03

nearer the standard of perfection than
Miss Best. He is Bowdoin college stu
dent and "A trained athlete. His height is
q feet ] inch, and his weight lS5 pounds.
When asked the question, (which is more
numerically developed rs class, man
or woman" DR.. Sargent replied: Man.
Yet, notwithstanding generations OF stays
and corsets, and all the infections Of dress,
the average woman has much more sym
metrical form than those published carica-
lures that pass for fashion plates would
make us believe"
There is remarkable fact to he noted in
connection with DR.. Sargent's contest. II
Mr. Jackson's proportions are to be ac-
cepted as standard for the typical Amer
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-27
s'coME IN J"

oval, sab, doan you recolleck me?"
Use Stephen Prime-ols Steve dat
played wild you whom you wuz or boy
an whut wuz sold ter er man
in Texas whom ole narster got so
much in debt"
my gracious alive" exclaimed the
Judge, springing to his feet and grasp
ing the old negro's hand. 81 am de-
lighted to see you. Sit right down here
and make yourself right at home"
"Thankee Mars John (ssating him
self thankse, sab. Oh, I knowd dat
after I had dun nominated nerse'f
yau'd ham out or welcome dat would
make dc ole mans heart jump wild
gladnsss." ....
.'stsvs, I never would have known
you"
wall, l reckon not, sab. Gone through
o. mighty hssp sense We ulster play
roam On the grass. Bless 20 soul. Mar
John, Tso 20 happy. dat Use gwino TAXI
otahAR tnhan1DaE light xala
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-27
BEATEN BY WOMAN
Sensation in the House Of
Commons at Ottawa.
A GUILTY OFFICIAL WHIPPED.
a Mother Publicly Takes Revenge o, the
French Translator

Minister Lincoln's Only Son Dies in Lon
don-Sever Miners Killed by an Explo-
sion-NIr. Balfour's Local Government
Scheme for Ireland-Sir Charles Russell
spssks for the Parnellites.
OTTAWA, Ont, Feb. GA sensation
was caused in the corridors OF the
House OF Commons by loud shrieka
coming from . room occupied by the
French translator of debates.
Members and Senators rushed from
the committee room, and in few mo-
ments the room and corridors were
thronged with curious spectators. This
scene which presented itself was de-
cidcdly interesting.
An able bodied French lady, Mrs
Laframberz. was bslaboring tho CHIEF
translator, Mr.. Demerese. in a very Wig
orous manner. The translator wal
knocked out, and retired from the
place in o very dilapidated condition.
1t TRANSFERRED later on that the casus
belli was Mr.. Demersee's seduction Of
the lady's daughter.
The victim is now in the lying-ir
hospital in tho suburbs of the city
Demersee is brother of the membel
OF Q Quebec constituency. Legal actor
is threatened unless the guilty officia
mafries the girl.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-27
WASHINGTON TOPICS
Mr.. Chandler Has Another Tilt
With Southern Senators
ABOUT ELECTIONS IN ARKANSAS
Idsho's Star Rising to Place in the
National Flag.

Washington World Fair Boomers Work
ing up n New Scheme-Maine Secures
a Contract for Constructing Iron Gum
bsats-Gensral Grub Secures Pass
ports for Bermuda.
WARRINGTON, Feb. s7.-6enato Chan
dler, of New Hampshire. is unfortunate
In his relations on the door Of the Sem
ate with his colleagues frsm the South.
He presented = petition from Union
County, Ark, representing that 1T the
State election there in Septem Der, 1889,
. systematio reign of terror prevailed;
that armed and reckless mebs paradsd
the county night and day terrori1ing
whites and shooting and whipping oo1-
ored voters; that schools and churches
had been denoraliEed and ballet boxes
carried of, and asking for the protec-
ton guaranteed BY the constitution.
Mr.. Harris. of Tennessee, ELECTED b.
an interrupting question the statemsn
from Mr.. Chandler that he was reading
brief OF the contents of the petition,
and Mr.. Harris claimed that no was
viola ting tho rules Mr.. Berry, Of Ar
kansas, asked Mr.. Chandler If he him
self had prepared tho brief, and On be-
ing answered in the Affirmative, said,
II thought So It is not a pesixsn, but
collece1on OF rot ana Nth which the
Senator has collected himself"
After disclaiming any wish to viofute
the rules of the Senate Mr.. Chandler
said he was only sorry that the Senator
from Tennessee should not have taken
occasion to comment on he practice OF
naking full statements * petitions on
some other petition than oee that con-
cerned the rights Of citizon.A
The Vice President having tuled that
Mr.. Chandler had the right to complete
the reading of his paper. Mr.. Berry
said: III Il comes from the Senator
from Now Hampshire himself do NO,
think it can injure either the State Of
Arkansas or the people OF Arkansas.
Therefore, I have no objection" Mr..
Chandler retorted ironically: II am
very muoN obliged to the Senator from
Arkansas nor the pleasure OF being in.
formed that petition on this sukjec,
can be presented in the Senate Of the
United States with the consent Of che
Senator from Askansas.''
The statement WAS then COMPILE ted
and the petition, with several others
from Arkansas on the same sub jeot, was
| referred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-02-27
CHURCHES GET ON FIRE.


Incendiaries Create Panic and Alarm
Among Congregations in Harrisburg.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 27.-There il
CONSERVATION among the several con-
gregations in this city on account OF the
recent attempts to burn q number OF
the leading churches.
Two weeks ago incendiaries fred
the Memorial Union Baptist Church In
Boas street and the Fourth Street
Bethel Of the Church OF God; but tho
flames we're discovered in time to pre-
vent serious damage.
These fires were started during the
evening service and while the houses
Of worship were filed with people A
panic At the church on Beas ssrOet was
only averted by she prenpt aetion OF
the sexton. Yesterday IN attempt was
made to destroy the Hefev0sd salem
Church, at Third and Chestnut streets,
which WAS alRest saoe0ssful Ah00t
o'clock m an A4eA lady. NyinG near
the church. was aroused by the .snsll Of
smoke and she informed pa1iseAAn.
who at ence soaAA0d IN alarm. ~
This early d3ocove1y Of thS dDe wa1
the only reason Nat the gaAtffO eAia0o
was net consumed. A. IL II, the ihtey-
Tor Of the lecture reen b Pui1sA, and
with other damages the less VIA act -
less than 81 800.