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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
DEATHBED UTTERANCES.

Rabelas calmly remarked, "Drop the cur
tain, the farce is played out"
The last words attributed to "Buckshotn
Foster were "No home rule"
The unhappy Charles l expired with the
word Remember" on his lips.
ave shall soon meet again." were the last
words of Louis XIV to Nine de Maintenon.
Wolcot, the poets, last words were, when
asked by his friend Taylor if he could do any
thing for him Oh earth: "Give me back my
youth"
"God be praised" exclaimed Wolfe, ths
hero of Quebec, on learning that the French
were giving away in every direction; 81 die
happy"
The last words of Lord Tenterden, the
famous English judge, were, And now, gem
tlemen of the jury, you will consider your
verdict"
II heard say the executoner was very good
and have u little neck, said Anne Boleyn,
putting her hands about it and laughing
heartily.
II pray thee, see me up safe, but for my
coming down | can shift for myself" re-
marked Sir Thomas More observing the
weakness of the scaffod.
Boileau, the poet, in the same breath hailed
a friend and babe him farewell saying, Good
day and adeu; it will be a very long
adieu," and instantly expired.
Montcalm, mortally wounded and endeav-
oring to rally his men, replied, when told
that his end was approaching, 80 much the
better; | shall not live to see the surrender
Quebec"
Edmund Kean made his final exit in the
middle of the greatest scene of his greatest
play. Get me off, Charles" he gasped,
"I'm dyingl" His son led him off, and all
was over.
Come and lie down." entreated Dickens
sister-in-aw, when it became evident that a
fit was upon him. "Yes, on the ground, he
said very distinctly, as he slid from her arm
and fell to the floor.
De Lagny the great mathematician, was
longer able to recognize his friends about his
bed, and mechanically answered: Zone hun
dred and orty-four"
Phelps, who had superstitious horror of
the word farewell" while acting Wolsey,
and actually uttering the ominous words:
Farewell! long farewell to all my great
ness" broke down, and the curtain slowly
dropped upon him for the last time
Mozart wrote his requiem under the con-
yiction that the monument he was erecting
20 his genius would prove a monument to his
own remains. When life was ebbing fast he
called for the score; and as he unused over it
he said; Did | not tell you truly that it was
for myself that | composed this death chantr'
Once Week
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07

his back, though thigh and loin were
crying out with their burden of an arrow
each and the froth was on his purpling
lips. Yet little further and they would
be safe at the ranch. Yet little-and
here is the corral gate, the boys pouring
out of the cabin, the horses saved and,
even as he stops old Bony with a sharp
pull. his strength forsakes him and the
horse rustler of Cross l. ranch has passed
the divide across the range, while the
shell he tenanted so well, and that we
called him. falls like a sack of wheat into
our eager, outstretched arms.-Denver
(Colo.l Cor. PHILADELPHIA Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
THE CARE OF FLOWERS.

A solution of tobacco and soap will keep
the aphis away from honeysuckles.
Cuttings should always be made from
healthy plants, otherwise they are sure to b.
poor and diseased.
Florists say nothing is gained by starting
gladioluses in the house in advance of thu
outdoor planting time.
Do not wet the leaves of rex begonas, as it
causes them to spot, making holes in the
leaves and finally destroying them.
1t is the nature of the poinSettia to drop its
leaves after blooming when grown in the
sitting room. 1t often drops them before
unless a good deal of water is used on its
foliage.
The peony does well in rather heavy soil.
After transplanting it is often two or three
years before the plants bloom much, as they
must become well established in their new
quarters before full crops of flowers can be
expected-Chicago Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
DAUGHTERS OF EVE.

Mrs. Charlotte Smith is urging congress to
tax cigarettes 81 pack.
Mrs. Mary Livermore is reputed to be worth
100000, a fortune that is the result Of her
lectures.
Mrs. Harrison has all her shoes made to
order, and, upon the honor of their maker,
the last used is size 3, width c.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe is said to have
realized 100000 from the sales Of her ia
nous novel, Uncle Toms Cabin.n
Annie Louise Cary is described by one who
saw her recently as being fat, fair and forty.
She sings at home, but nowhere else.
Miss Van Zandt, the American prima
donna, says she never enjoyed singing so
much anywhere as in st. Petersburg, al
though the climate tried her voice very
much.
Max Maretzek says that opera singers are
enormous eaters Christine Nilsson, says
Max, was once so hungry that she ate sau-
sage he had carried in his pocket since the
day before.
Miss Latham, lately appointed demon
strator to the chair of pathology and bacteri-
ology in the University of Michigan, is one
of the three ladies i'll the United States who
have been elected fellows of the Royal Micro.
scopical society.
Mrs. Donald Cameron, wife of the Penn.
sylvania senator, is a tall and graceful wo-
man of great personal attractions She was
an Ohio girl. a niece of Senator Sherman,
and she is one Of the most popular women in
Washington society.
kaue Field is described by a Washington
correspondent as bright wiry, slender lady
of about medium height, with brown hair,
bright eyes, and a tongue which can talk for
two hours at stretch and advance a new
idea in every sentence"
Nellie Patterson, of Mount Carmel, is the
only woman machinist in Connecticut. She
is handsome girl, bright eyed, quick in
action and very popular. She is employed
| by the Mount Carmel Belt company, and is
full ledged machinist.
! Clara Morris is a great lover of BIRDS aud,
in fact, has a regular aviary, filled with
bright pumaged specimens from all parts Of
the globe. They all know her and manifest
their del ght upon her approach by shrin
chirrups, or by breaking into silvery songs
A friend writes The Boston Transcript con-
corning Miss Elizabeth Peabody: 81 see her
every week or so, and find her lovely in her
waiting to go up higher-no whining, no
frettng, no garrulousness. Upon my asking
her recently if death had any sadness for her.
she said quickly: oh, no; death is only more
/ life ~
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The name of the winner of the second prize
was not announced at the time with the
others, his suggestion was of a news
nature.
Edward Callahan, the winner of the third
prize $3.50 for the largest number of orig
inal and available suggestions, certainly
earned all he got for them He presented
10000 suggestions, which are said to show an
extraordinary range of originality and men
tai activity. He is eighteen years old, and
supports a widowed mother
The fourth prize was taken by a compos-
itor in The World composing room, A. years
years old, Henry Rogowski by name. As his
name indicates, he is Pole. He came to
America soon after the Franco Prussan
war, and went to Albany, but not long after
went to New York and entered The Worlds
service
The capturer of the editorial prize $3.50, a
rate of remuneration equivalent to 81 a world
is Richard H. Heislitz, bookkeeper in New
York. He never wrote for the papers, and
his winning the prize would indicate nat
ural journalistic ability. He was born in
America, but his parents are German. His
father is dead, and he supports his mother
and sisters.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
GOOD POINTS OF A HORSE.

Plenty of breadth and fullness between the
eyes.
A short, straight back and a straight
rump.
The eye should be full, and in color a hazel
is good
small thin ear well thrown forward,
and straight elegant face
A square muzzle, with large nostrils to let
in plenty of air to the lungs.
The withers should be high and the shout
ders well set back and broad, but not too
deep in the chest.
For the under side of the head good horse
should be well cut under the jowl, with jaw
bones bread and wide apart under the muz-
zles.
The fore leg should be short. A pretty
straight hind leg with the hook low down,
the pastur joint of good length and medi-
UNI broad foot.-Fort Worth Gazette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
NEW YORK WORLD PRIZE WINNERS
Portraits and Sketches of Men who Pro-
duced Ideas.

The awarding of the prizes in The Worlds
great contest of ideas made four people
happy, and they were the winners. The first
prize of 81, 900 was paid to Joseph |. Green
for his idea of establishing a Worlds bureau
of justice. Mr.. Green is a New Yorker, %
years old and lawyer. Before the prize
money was paid him he was put through a
thorough examination to prove that he was
the proper person to receive it, Mr. Green de-
clared that he had had the idea for some time
and when he noticed The Worlds offer he
wrote it out and forwarded it within an hour.
Mr.. Green very much astonished to
get the prize. His father went to his room
the morning of announcement and asked him
if he knew Joseph j. Green, New York city,
and told him that this person had won the
1000 prize in The Worlds idea contest.
"Well," exclaimed says Mr.. Green, as
sprang up wide awake and quite delighted
you may be sure II think | do know him
slightly He is your youngest son, | guess,
for when | write my name the middle initial
l is very often mistaken for a j." then ex-
amined the article and saw at once that it
was indeed mine, and that the printer had
made mistake in the middle initial by sub
stituting for l.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
EDGAR DEwDNEY JOHN HAGGAlT.
MACDONALD

HECTOR LANGEVIN ADOLPH CAtON
He was privy councillor at 32-the yong
est as yet in the history of the Dominbn-
and is still leader and premier Not the
contrast across the line Clay, Wekter,
Benton, CalhOun-ail the giants of the mid
die era of the UHion-have passed away of
the thirteen presidents but three live,and
friends and foes dispute as to whether ether
is a political possibility for the future and
scores OF Americans who once filled the )ub
lie eye have passed into almost complet OBJ
livion Yet Sir John is still vigorous, still
fondly called ''old man" by his supporterand
fiercely denounced by his opponents-th de-
Eunciation equally with the praise pricing
that he is still very much alive.
To many Americans such a man seems a
colossal figure indeed, and they ask wit no
little curiosity: What has enabled hin to
keep in power so continuously and ong,
and what are his leading principlesi rom
Canadians they get two very positive an
swers which would, no doubt, be veH in
structive if they were not fatty contrdic-
tory Every one knows the answer his
friends. His enemies reply to the first ues-
ton that he is a regular Walpole as to Ieth
DDS, and to the second they reply tina his
great principle is to keep in office. Thefact
that Sir Hugh Allan put his money were
it would do the most good las they 81 in
Washington for Sir John and himse in
1872, and that defeat followed "a little lat-, Is
made much of; but four years rolled arund
and Sir John came in again with "A stregth
that has carried him through two elecons
and may through third.
Twenty-one years ago Mr. John Gorge
Bourinot was reporter of the debates oithe
house of assembly, and received some aist
ance from John s. d. Thompson The ext
year Mr., Thompson himself was repoer,
these two facts duly appearing on theitle
pages of said debates as published. OF tese
two stenographers Mr.. Thompson is ow
minister of justice and Mr.. Bourinot is crk
OF the house. Sir John Thompson, as b is
now, is a Haligonian, born in Halifa in
lo4I, his father having been a nativ of
Waterford, Ireland, who had become qlen's
printer in Nova Scotia, aud in his ofiieeshe
present head of the Judiciary learned ttset
type and, let us suppose, TO Justify" With
care. Learning stenography followed n ue
order, but his highest ideal of life tha vas
to be a successful lawyer.
In 1877 he became the Representative of
Antigonish in the Nova Scotia assembl, He
had at first refused all proposals to stah for
the house, and the story goes that his sdsnt
supporters secured the aid of his wifeio in
duce him to take the place. The year dlow-
ing he accepted the portfolio of at'rney
general, and in 1882 became premier the
province. He held that post for bun few
months, however, for at the provincidelec-
ton in that year his party was defeaid at
the polls. A supreme court judgeshi was
vacant and he went on the bench L was
happy for time, for he is lawyer efore
| everything else.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
Seville's Cigarette Girls.

One of the sights of Seville which no
tourist misses is the cigar factory, in
which the government employs about
5000 women and girls. The showing
about of visitors is accordingly looked
upon as a regular source of income by
the porter and the matrons.
After getting permission to enter, you
are placed in charge of a matron, who
shows YOU through her own department
and then passes you on to another, and
so on, until your stock of pesetas and
half pesetas put aside for fees is ex-
hausted.
These matrons accompany the visitors,
not in order to prevent the girls from
flirting with them mOthing could do
that. but to see that no tobacco or bun
dies of cigarettes may disappear
Before entering each room bell is
rung to warn the girls, who are in great
deshablle on account of the heat, to put
on their wrappers, ard as the door opens
scores of round arms and pretty shout
ders are seen disappearing, while several
hundred pairs of coal black eyes are
fastened on you.
The passages are lined with cradles,
and the poor young girl mothers to
whom they belong implore us with eyes
and hands for penny for the Murilos
of the future lying in them.
These girls are more frank than subtle
in their tiirtations. There is not one in
the crowd who will not be Immediately
conscious of mans gaze fixed upon
| her. nor will she be the first to turn her
! eyes away.
Some v ii wink, and even throw a kiss
! from Il distant corner at the rich lnglesC
| (all foreigners are supposed to he wealthy
/ Engliahncm.
They are merry lot, on the whole
these poor girls, the cleverest of whom
make only two pesetas, or forty cents {
day, for which they have to toll twelve
or fourteen hours in tobacco reekinl
atmosphere. Not that they object to til,
tobacco at all.
They are allowed to smoke if they wish
and make use of this privilege They arr
remarkably deft at rolling the cigarettes
but not all seem eager to make as man,
as possible; for some are idling, anC
others are asleep; but no one cares, a
each is paid according to the number sh
rolls.-Henry 7. Finck in Scribner.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
PLEASING FANClES.

A small piece of mother-of-pearl showing
through IA ragged hole in silver lorgnette is
a unique decoration.
Shown in relief on an old gold cigar cutter
charm u star fish of rubes and diamonds is
sure to inspire admiration.
Attached to a small fiat pocket pin cushion
= silver pansy with gilt center makes a
simple yet very pretty ornamentation.
Quite novelty in silverware is a tripod
formed of two walking sticks and an UNI
brella, in which is mounted a small ther-
mometer.
Four palm leaves crossed over horseshoe,
with a bee about to settle on strawberry
lying near form the subjects of an etching
jewelers. Weekly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
The Toad and the Spider.

a story copied into The Sun reminds
me of still more striking instance of
the toads indomitable pluck than any
thing l have ever seen in print, which
was observed in my boyhood at the door
of farm house in Fairfax county, Va.
The doorsteps were cut from the trunk
of large tree, and a large spider had
spun strong web in cozy corner near
the ground. between the rounding curve
of the block and the side of the log
house. The grass had been worn from
a space four or five feet wide about the
entrance to the dwelling, leaving ex-
posed a patch of hard, reddish soil.
There were locust trees around the
house, and lunches of plantain leaves
grew rankly in the thin grass of the
lawn.
1t was late on a drowsy summer after
noon. The spider was basking in the
sun waiting for flies, when a valorous
young toad appeared on the scene, hop
ping directly toward the spiders citadel.
AS the enemy appeared in sight the
spider seemed to swell in size and put on
his war paint, for, whereas he was dull
in color before, he now became all aglow
with brilliant hues. The toad advanced
boldly to the investment of the castle,
hating for a second or two below. and
leisurely surveying the field. When
these observations had been taken, lac
leaped up half dozen times in QUICK
81.
IDLY retreated to the nearest tuft of plan
tain leaves, from which he nipped two
or three pieces and swallowed them.
Returning to the attack, the same series
of operations were repeated many times,
until the spider had spent all his venom,
it is supposed, anG the web was broken
down and the brave defender was dead.
1t was nearly dark before the combat
closed. Nothing could exceed the cour-
age of tine defense unless it was the per
sistencv Of the attack. / would not ven
ture to guess how many times the toad
got a dose of virus from the spider, and
can account for his resort To the plantain
leaves only on the supposition that the
courageous little warrior there found q
sufficient antidote for the spiders poison
But throughout the whole of the lengthy
contest it was the gamest assault on al
intrenched enemy | ever witnessed. Be
sides this it afforded an example of per
tinacity on the part of the despised toad
which fully parallels the heroic quality
of the spider, made familiar to us il
youth by the story Of the Bruce encour
aged to renewed effort by the example
of one of these little Observation-Disclosures
| SIM
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07

his mother. II believe" says Wallace P.
Reed in The Atlanta Constitution, that
hundreds of times, when the orator looked
upon the smiling faces of his hearers amidst
their hearty plaudits, he was looking beyond
them to his mothers face, and listening in
anticipation To her words of encouragement
Stern, rugged men were softened by the
womanly tenderness Of Henry Grady, They
wondered how he could be so hopeful sym
pathetic and forgiving-so slow to speak
words of bitterness and resentment-so ready
to cheer and help the sad hearted, the I'M
fortunate and the erring. 1t was the mother
speaking and working through the sonl
"These two will never be separated in the
minds of those who knew and loved them
But little while ago we gave our tribute Of
smiles and tears to Henry Grady, and the
smiles and tears come back again when we
think OF the sunshine and shadow Of his
mothers life"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
WRONGLY NAMED.

Titmouse is bird.
Baflin's bay is not a bay
Shrewmouse is no mouse.
Cat gut should be sheep gut.
Sealing wax contains no wax.
Slave means noble or illustrious.
Blind worms have eyes and can see.
Irish stew is a dish unknown in ireland.
Turkish baths are unknown to the Turks.
Dutch clocks are of German manufacture.
Rice paper is not made of rice or the rice
plant.
Cleopatra's needle should be named after
Thotmes Ill.
Kid gloves are not made of kid, but of
lamb skin or sheep skin.
Turkey rhubarb should be called Russian
rhubarb, as it is Russian monopoly.
German silver is not silver at all, nor of
German origin, but has been used in China
for centuries. -Somerville Journal
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
CANADA'S STATESM EN-.
THE NEW NATION OF THE NORTH
Is DISCUSSING GREAT ISSUES.

The Parliament of 100000 People Has
Gotten Fairly to work-sir John A. Mac
donald Enjoys and Suffers the Honors
and Penalties of Prominence.
The protracted meetings of the Canadian
cabinet the opening of the Federal parla-
ment and the attitude Of the government and
opposition have attracted at least the usual
attention at home and a good deal more than
is usual in the United States. To the Amer-
can reader of current news Sir John Alex
ander Macdonald is the truly colossal figure,
and for reasons not at once apparent to
Canadians. To people SO given to rapid
changes of rulers it may well seem astonish-
ing that one man should have continued in
Canadian public life, and most of the time
in office, for forty-five years, during which
twelve presidents have come and gone and
another taken his seat, yet so it is.
But Sir John has another title to American
interest, which few Canadians ever think Of
In 1897 and later some misguided Americans
invaded Canada and one Won Shoutz be-
leved to be a Pole, led the widest of the lot
to Prescott He was captured condemned
and hanged, but not till his lawyer had ex-
hausted every artihce in a most brillian5 de-
Tense. That lawyer was the young John A.
Macdonald, and this case first attracted vide
spread attention to his wonderful abil ties.
Six years later he was chosen the representa-
tive of Kingston in parliament; in 1877 he be-
came a member of the cabinet, and, with
brief Interruptions, he has been one of her
majestys advisers during that long and event
/ f,,l II
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THE COST OF WARS.

France and Mexico, 1866, s75,0O0,00O.
Prussia and Austria, 1866, 500, 100000.
France and Austria, 1859 500, 100000.
Russia and Turkey, ls76-77, $3.50, 100000.
The civil war in Europe, 1913, $50 1000, 600
United States war, 1s6l-65, 50, 700 0O0, 600
France and Algeria, lS9o-47, $3.50, 100000
Brazil and Paraguay, lS64-7o, s24O, 1000, OOO
France and Germany, ls70-7l, 81, $50 ,OO0, OO0
The war between Spain and Portugal, 1890
40, cost $3.50, 0O0, 900.
The war between Great Britain, France
and Russia, lS54-56, 81, 525 900, OO0. Mulhall's
Statistics"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
SOME USEFUL DONT'S.

Don't get overheated and don't worry.
Keep your feet warm and your head cool.
Don't cut off your sleep at both ends Of
the night.
Don't take medicines unless physician pre-
scribes them.
Don't tax your stomach with rich or i'm
properly cooked food
Don't put ON thin clothing because the
weather is little mild.
Don't neglect little cold. 1t may becomes
great fever of Inflammation.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07

which she has been
a Jealous worker
for many years.
Her unselfish II e 5 S
and earne 5 tn e SIS
make a great inn
preston on those
who come within
the range of her
influence, W h &c h ,
Notwithstanding a
modest and retir-,
ing disposition, has
always asserted it
self. Grady W a S
always especia lily
anXiOuS To DlaaSa
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07

The Chinese have contractions for all
the characters of their written language,
the use of which qualities them to be-
come shorthand reporters of speeches in
their own language. They do not prac-
tice speech making, but they write the
contractions with wonderful quickness,
and the scribes at an imperial audience
probably write all or nearly all that is
said.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07

Robert Browning is likely to be the
last of the English men of letters (save
Tennyson) who will find a grave in West
minister abbey. The internent of any
more bodies there is opposed on sanitary
grounds.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07
Henry w. Grady's Mother.

1t Is said that the mother of Henry W.
Grady had great influence over that gifted
man. She has long been devoted Christian
and member of the Methodist church, in
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-02-07

In 1855 Sir John A. Macdonald wantedh
minister and chose Mr.. Thompson as succ-
SCR 20 Sir Alexander Campbell. His first +
pearance in parliament was somewhat pt
nomenal. The Hon. Edward Blake made
able and vehement ASSAULT on the govel
ment In relation to the northwest rebelli
and hanging of Riel, and the new memh
from Nova Scotia rose to reply. His par
was alarmed for him at the start, but SO
their enthusiasm knew no bounds. 1t was
great triumph for new member. His spec