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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-17
General l1epS.
MATTERS AT WASHINGTON.

The total prepayment of interest on
four per cents and currency skies
amounts to more than twelve millions.
Justice Samuel F. Miller of the Unit
ed States supreme court was stricken
with paralysis Friday afternoon and died
Monday night. He was born in Rich
mond, Ky, in 1916 and was appointed to
the supreme bench by Lincoln In 1862.
The war department has completed its
instruction to bidders and the specitica-
tons for the manufacture of the 100 large
guns provided for in the last fortitica-
tons act. These 100 guns are made up
of the following classes: - eight-inch.
80 l0-inch and % Pinch.
The annual report of Judge Lewis a
Croft, commissioner of the general land
Office, says that an agricultural domain
of nearly 10000, 900 acres, a domain al
most equal to the aggregate area of the
States of New Hampshire, Massa
chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut ant
New Jersey. has during the year beer
transferred to enterprising and industri
Ou> settlers by patents issued to them.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-17
DOM E STIC.

An indianapolis man shot his little
daughter, mistaking her for burglar.
Five persons were drowned at kinkora,
y. j., on Sunday by the upsettng of a
boat.
Prof. Austin Phelps, the eminent cler-
gyman and teacher, the father of Eliza
beth Stuart Phelps, died at Bar HARDER,
Me. Monday, aged 60 years. He was a
native of West Brookfield, Mass.
Joseph Pulitzer has withdrawn entire
ly from the editorship of the New York
World, ard control of the paper has been
vested in an executive board of its princi
pal editors. This is done by the advice
of his physicians.
Col. Elliot F. Shepard has beer
suspended for 10 days by the Union
League club of New York for printing il
the Mail and Express the secrets of the
club. The paper recently gave the names
of members of the club who were in ar
rears for dues.
Twenty-one Chinese were arraigned il
the United States court at Seattle, Wash.
Thursday on the charge of being illegal
ly in the United States. They were ar
rested on sloop at Port Townsend TIVE
weeks ago. The Judge ordered them t.
be returned to Victoria, b. c.
Columbus Delano. president of the Ma
tional Wool Growers association. ha
published an address to the wool grow
ers of the country, complimenting then
upon the present status of the tariff laws
and in conclusion stating that he ha
sent his resignation to the vice-presden
of the association.
The robber who held up the stag
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-17
Comfortable Buildings.

The farm Is well located 81 mile from post.
office, school, store, grist mill and saw mill,
| IL miles II ON railroad station. One-halt the
purchase money can remain secured ON the
farm. Time given to suit the purchaser. II
i an excellent opportunity tor one with lin
tied means To get u comfortable home,
| will also sell n few farming tools one
moving machine, OK yoke, corn shelter, stone
boat and IA few other traps.
Three notes against AT. Ellsworth, amount
ing to S475O0;2 notes against John W. Dorsey,
amounting to S9i5.Sl; note against W, III
Horace Williams amounting To sll0.Ss.
For further information inquire of ii. =
Brookins, neal the farm, or the administrator
ii. W. JONES, Admr.
shoreham, Sept. Is, 1880. 39;4w
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-17
BuCKlEN'S ARNICA SAlvE,

The best salve In the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, few
er sores, letter, chapped hands, chill
blains, corns, and all skin eruptions, and
positively cures piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton, or money refunded. Price % cents
per box For sale by w. ii. SHELDON.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-17
INVESTMENTS.

Seven per cent, net, PAYABLE semi
annually. First Mortgage Farm Loans
negotiated and fully guaranteed by
Walton Loan Co., Harper. Kansas.
Mortgages for sale by
A. A FLETCHER.
NiddleburV. VI ~
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-17
1ZS Acres

of good productive land; a variety OF sol
Thirty acres OF wood. Well fenced and wal
cred.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-17
G ST r AY.

Came into the enclosure OF Mrs. Eliza j.
McQuiVeV. RiptOn, Vt, one white yearling
hcifcr. The owner is requested TO pay
charges and take her away.
i2:lwk ELIZA j. MCQtI NEl.
RiDtOn. VI, Oct. -, lSgu.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-10-17
FIRE, LIGHTNING AND RAIN PROOF.
BURLING PDN
SAVINGS :. BANK.
CHARTERED IN lS47.
Deposits January 1, 1855, SI,o.0,.33
| snrnIns IiASnI

Deposits January Isss, sI,o.0..33
surplus l3o,so1
Receives and pays deposits daily. Deposits
made on or before the 18th OF any month draw
interest from the LIST. II made after the 4th,
interest will commence the LIST OF the follow
ing month. Interest will be credited to de-
positors January LIST and July LIST, compound
ing twice Il year. There are no stockholders
in this bank. All the earnings, less expenses,
belong to depositors. The rate OF interest de.
ponds on the earnings and has varied from
per cent To per cent.
For the last Il months the rate OF interest
has been IA per cent year.
All taxes are paid by the bank on deposits
of : l50p or less. Deposits are limited by law
to S2O00 and no interest will he paid on any
sum in excess OF this amount, except ON de-
posts by widows, orphans, administrators,
executors, guardians, charitable or religious
institutions or ON trust fund deposited by or
der OF court.
This bank prefers Vermont securities tor
] the investment OF its funds and sends no mon
ey out OF the state until the home demand is
met.
Funds may be sent by bank check or draft
or postal money or Ter and deposit book will
he returned by next mail.
! Applications tor loans or tor information as
to standing OF the bank may be made to Rufus
Wainwright, Middlebury; j. 4. Roberts, Yer
gennes or +. c. Dixie, Bristol.
CT. WARD. Treasurer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26

my heart, for Heavens mercy. knew
you were there at the Window kner,
though my eyes were too dim to see;
and when 1 signaled with my hand, 1
heard your voice answer: Leslie! Les
lie! am comingp and 1 knew 1 was
saved.
my Carmine," he took her hand rev.
erently in his, "had your love for me
been less faithful, you would never
have bridged space with that yearning
prayer which brought our spirits into
communion, and / would have died
there, beside those demon-bells!''
Leslie Keuilworth lived to bless the
bells that had so nearly destroyed him.
The great ocean steamer that sailed
away without one newly-wedded pair
sank in the storm of that fourth of JAN
uary, and all on board were lost. Had
the bells not startled the young man SO
that he missed his footing and fell into
his horrible dungeon, he and his gentle
bride would have gone down with the
Inflated passengers of the Assyrian.-
Annie Ashmore, in Demorest's Maya
zine
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the head, relapsed again into his former
attitude.
He had sat thus for long time when
there was knock at the door.
Come in" said the lawyer, without
looking up.
A servant girl entered, handed him a
note and withdrew.
Lawyer Flint opened the note, read it,
uttering an exclamation of Impotence,
arose and paced up and down the room.
$50 Rolingold can't meet me to-mor-
row because it's Christmas" he NUT
tered, as he stalked across the floor;
"every day is important in this matter
and yet he, the one most interested, de-
lays proceedings twenty-four hours SIM
ply because it happens to be Christmas.
Cad! can't see how business man like
Rolingold can be so foolish. WE'LL" he
continued, "let him take his holiday
and enjoy it If he can. 1 couldn't. It's
many and many long day since Christ
mas interfered with my business"
He returned to his chair, but the train
of his thought had been interrupted and
his face now wore cynical, hard look
as he gazed into the cracking fire.
Once, long ago, his Christmas days had
been bright, too, but their brightness.
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hung in a circle over skeleton-like
bridge of planks, by which they might
be reached. As the door was opened,
the quarter after six set one bell swoop-
ing across the disk with stroke which
almost deafened Carmine, SO mighty
were the reverberations. At the same
moment a scream broke from dark
heap under one of the window-loops, and
it seemed to cover closer to the wall. 1t
was Leslie Kenilworth, the missing
bridegroom, crazed, as the sexton had
said, by the torture of the bells.
IL were useless to describe Mrs.
Haughton's stupefaction when this
wreck of humanity was brought to her
door. The explanation of his plight
was so simple and so natural that she
could not find word of blame for any
body, but just busted herself in doing
the best she could for the unfortunate
man. He was almost gone with hunger,
exhaustion and the pealing of the bells.
They had to be silenced while he lay
between life and death, 30 terrible was
their effect upon him.
MANIAC bellsi be still be stillr' he
would scream, striking fiercely upward,
and then, when strength failed him,
covering into his pillows as though
from raining blows.
As rest and nourishment restored the
wasted body, the frenzied mind gradual.
ly regained its balance, until Leslie
learned to recognize his plain little
bride-elect, and grew visibly stronger
under her influence.
1t was a fortnight after his rescue
that he told his story to Carmine and
her mother. 1t ran thus:
"You remember / left this house at
ten o'clock that night, and went to my
hotel to complete my preparations. /
worked for an hour, and then the beauty
of the night tempted me out for stroll
about the old place. 1 often used to
climb up the stairs Of St. David's tower
when a boy, and the fancy took me to
do it again; so, without word to any
one, 1 assembled the parapet, and stood
there, not looking at the old familiar
scene, after all, but at my Carmine's
lighted windows"
He took her hand, and in defiance of
mamma, kissed it
"You had told me to expect little
gorgon, and 1 had found. instead, SO
sweet, so spirit-pure face"
"But ugly" interposed Carmine, with
an unsteady laugh.
Beautiful with the beauty that is
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26

trousers pockets, and his head bent for
ward until his chin rested on his breast.
On the table beside him lay couple of
newspapers and yellow-covered law
book, open at the page he had been con-
sulting.
Lawyer Flint was deep in perplexing
thought, to Judge by the expression of
his face, for his brow was clouded and
his lips compressed; and occasionally
he turned mis- head toward the open
volume as IL inclined to seek further
aid from it, but, with a slight shake Of
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26

eternalw Said Leslie, stoutly; and tiny
thorn was plucked forever out Of her
humble heart.
WELL" proceeded he, ST forgot where
1 was, so that when a great clang Of
bells rose just behind me, started and
meant to hasten down the stairs out of
the din. Instead, stumbled headlong
into the open bell-tower, and lay, help
less on my back, under the swinging
bells, just in the center where they all
met to deliver their internal strokes"
sThey had begun to ring in the New
Year." he continued, "and knew had
ten minutes of it to endure before l
dared move hand or foot; for as each
bell delivered its stroke the brazen lip
would almost touch my face, and the
wind of it nearly took my breath away.
lay there staring up at my enemies
with starting eyeballs, as they swooped
at me like hungry eagles, and snatched
at my tossing hair. How they roared at
me! How they hurled themselves like
barking dogs at me!
"When they began to ring in the New
l.
vigor; when they stopped, my warm
blood lad become thin and cold, my
hair was gray. was an octogenarian in
his senile childhood. / laughed and
cried for Joy when they were silent,
and then crept off the fearful network
and found the door. When discovered
it was locked, suppose l tainted; at all
events I remembered no more until
towards the evening. From that time
on-morning, noon, night, morning,
noon, night-it all seemed to me a
troubled dream, cut into by lance points
of torture whenever the demon bells
gave tongue. Sometimes the fifteen
minutes seemed to me days and weeks
apart; at other times they hurried on
each other so that yelled at them to
wait and give me time to brace myself
for their crashing blows. All hunger
or thirst was forgotten in the torture
of the bells: sleep had ncne-only in
sensibility.
''On that fourth night Of my imprison-
ment, the furious storm which rocked
the tower brought me a strange relief,
although the frozen snow blew in upon
me, almost freezing me to death. Those
other sounds were healing to my deaf
ened ears; they diverted my mind from
the recurrent horror of the bells. As
the night wore on, had mysterious
feeling that you, Carmine, were near
me; that your spirit was calling upon
mine. 1 dragged myself to the loop
hole and waited for daylight, praying
all the time. with a newborn hope in
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
Merry
"Chanpe. sir. thank Won M,

Change, sir; thank you. Merry
Christmas!"
The exasperated lawyer grasped his
bundle and hurried after the boots,
which now seemed anxious to get away
from the store. When he struck the
cold air and again drew his coat around
him he seemed somehow to feel less an
noyance. The excitement of the chase
had warmed his blood. 1t was a curious
feeling that began now to steal over
him, the like of which he had never ex-
perienced before, or at least not for
many years, he said to himself, as he
stopped before candy store and iol-
lowed the boots inside.
'Candy for Christmas?" He smiled
almost to think that he, Harders A. Flint,
should hear such a question addressed
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How the glad peal broke upon the
midnight silence and set the heart Of
one happy girl thrilling with Joy al
most too keen for mortal to believe in
the Joy of requited love! Ring out the
long years of patient waiting and meek
submission; ring in the coming bliss of
living for the noblest man on earth!
Carmine Haughton was to be married
to-day-this very New Years day-to
the lover who had been rejected by her
parents seven years ago. The Haugh-
tons were wealthy then, and she was the
eldest, the flower, the loveliest of the
four beautiful girls who went by the
names of Carrie, Ju, vi and Essie
Haughton. Leslie Kenilworth was one
of the richest physicians in Winnipeg
now, and Carmine was neither beautiful
nor wealthy any more. A wasting ILL
ness had robbed her forever of her love-
illness, and her fathers sudden death
had reduced the family to comparative
poverty.
Then, quite suddenly, Leslie Kenil-
worth had written to his old love, tell
ing her he had home worthy of her at
last; that he had never forgotten her,
and believed she had been as true to
him, and that he would come and claim
her whenever she babe him. What day
of Joy and terrors that had been! Would
he care for her now she was poor-and
plainP For the first she feared not; but
the last? Ali the image in his constant
heart was not that poor, SCARED face.
She wrote him the truth, inclosed her
photograph and waited mutely. But his
letters only breathed the tenderest con-
stancy. He urged her to be ready for a
New-Year's day wedding, so that he
might take her with him to Europe for
a winters sojourn before returning to
far-off Winnipeg, and her mother and
sisters gladly pushed on the prepare
tions.
They had not met until last evening,
the very day before the wedding, and
when she beheld the tall, handsome
gentleman who had come to claim her
her courage altogether failed her and
she hid her ruined face in her hands,
weeping over its Disagreement. But he
raised it with tenderest reverence, and,
gazing into the fearful eyes, whispered:
s'My Carmine's soul is lovelier than
ever!"
And who could have doubted after
that?
Plenty of willing hands had decked
the church with flowers in honor of her
wedding day-the quaint old church
whose pealing bells had walked her to
the new year and the new life. Its
beautiful bell tower was but stones
throw from the brides chamber window,
and its chimes were familiar to her as
the voices of her friends. 1t struck the
quarter before eleven-a bar of six
teenth century madrigal-as the bride
went up the aisle in her simple white
draperies.
There she stood under the golden
bell, with her gentle face seen. mist
like, through the vail, bending down
ward, and filed with a holy serenity
There she stood-but where was the
bridegroom? The marriage was fixed
for quarter before eleven, and the
steamer which was to bear them away
started at twelve o'clock. Not moment
could be spared for delay; why, then, was
not the bridegroom there to greet the
bride?
Mrs. Haughton, in her marvellous tot
lette Of heliotrope plush and lace, who
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was obscured by more vivid recollec-
tions of other Christmas times in later
years, when ambition and disappoint-
ment and poverty and greed had steeled
his heart and left no room for Christmas
thoughts. Oh! the years that he had
worked and starved and boarded to reach
his present condition Of comfortable in
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-12-26
A LIVELY OLD PAIR.
The Merry Christmas Caused by
Uncle Toms Old Boots.
,~O CARRIERS

= - - - - ~
FLINT, Esq,
! a W y Q r, sat
alone in h / 8
bachelors den
in a big easy
chair, his feet
encased in a
pair of dilapi-
dated old slip
pers, resting on
the fender, his
hand thrust half
nav into his
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-13
TIE AR VI.
Selecting Trees.

There i nothing gained iii selecting
large trees {or tran>p planting. Young.
thrifty trees arc easier 10 transplant,
viii make = better start - goow. and in
tire end Will make better tree. Many
purchasing Trees Tor an orchard make
the mistake III selecting three-year old
trees. under the impression that they wilI
come into bearing hat much sooner.
With the same idea in mind, they fail 10
cat back the tops IL proportion TO the
roots, aud the consequence IS that the
tree i Slow i'll making 4 start 10 grow
ard loses ia It's way fu..y a much. if
not moIa time. DIAN 4 yoEsager tree.
i = yr., iinr"siaE., - selecting trees.
10 ga th,>e that are vigorous ana
ea.thy. With the majority Of varieties
OF fruits. tvo-year-olG rcc, will give
more satisfactory results than Older
ones.
Cut back the top in proportion 70 The
roots; I. many cases it will paw 70 cut
II Tho whole top. leaving the straight
stem; then as the branches start out Sc
lect those that are tlo NOS, des!ra BE
and rub 81 llr oE al oLho,-. ! better
shaped aud more vigorous tree ca.n De
procured j. this way. Such ,.ees COS.
ifss j. lhc uad, are more certain 10 grow,
and ar mole desirable in many ways
t.aH iur-rr, older trees.
4 1esy3 plan II many localities i u
purchase what trees are wanted in the
fail. and heel then IN carefully, thar set
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-13
A Straw Roof for Farm Buildings.

Poughkeepsie. \. ", correspondent
of the Farm Journal, gives the following
directions for straw or matched roof:
/. Good. straight. rye straw is re-
quired. Make the butts even by holding
it loosely and tapping on the floor. then
grasp firmly near the heads, and shake
ont short, crumpled straws and tie in
convenient bundles.
2. Have rafters the same as for
shingles.
}. Use poles about two inches in diam
eter, or sawed lath one and one-half
inches square 10 tie straw 10. Nail
lower one To rafters about foot from
plate, and the others fifteen or eighteen
inches apart. depending on the length
Of the straw. Let them project about
six inches over the raftcrS To nail
the cave-board To. Nail on cave-boardS
L. Two men are required to put on
straw. one 10 prepare the handouts for
the other who binds ii on a line is frs,
drawn from eaveboard TO eave-board. to
guide the butts of first course. One man
takes straw and makes a band. taStens
it tn the pole and shove> it against the
eaye-board. The other man graSE a
littl. more straw than he can close his
fingers over and passes it To No. ]. who
lays il against the band, the butts touch
ing the line, ard brings the band over
the straw and around the pole, holding
all firm and taut. No. / now takes a
little straw from the head of the bunch
and twists il in with the starting band
and is ready for another handful TO bind
on as before. This process is repeated
until the opposite side is reached. The
next course should be tied to the second
pole, the butts being laid even with The
first pole. In the third and succeeding
courses all the straw should be reversed
and the heads pointed down. The peak
should be capped with boards.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-13
The Iron Duke and the Toad.

From Biackwoodss Magazine.
LIS petit caporal was wOrshiped and
feared, but men loved and adored the
Iron Duke OF the former, how few
are the kindly human traits recorded
while OF the other. to this day fresh
proofs keep coming to light OF simple
sweetness dwelling long i'll the minds OF
men. The following anecdote concern
ing letter lately exhumed by the ed
itor Of Short Cuts may serve as one IN
stance out of thousand illustrating the
sympathetic nature of the great COM
mander. The letter, SO far as my MEM
ory serves, was in some such terms rs
these:
Field Marshal the Duke of Yelling
ton begs to inform William Harris that
his toad is alive and we'll"
1t seems that the Duke, in the course
of a country stroll, had come upon a
little boy weeping bitterly over toad.
i strange trio they must have been-the
lean, keen-eved old soldier, the flushed,
sohbing boy, and, between them, the
wrinkled reptile sauatting, with fearless
eyes and throbbing sides. The boy
wept because he was going TO school the
next day; he had come daily TO feed his
toad; the little heart was raeked with
grief because he feared his darling
would be neglected when he was gone
and might starve. The Dukes heart
was as soft as the boys, for he under
took to see that the toad was looked
after, and the letter above quoted is one
Of the subsequent bulletins.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-13
Butter lI6NurS.

The way L. secure good Favored butter
i 10 feed the cows with good favored
food. The delicious aroma and palata-
bile Iiavors OF the butter come from the
oils of the Hood. These oils are an
changed by digestion. Hence the butter
is characterized by the food consumed
by the COW. The whilom popularity Of
June and September butter had some
thing substantial behind it. it was
made from the sweet grasses of June
and the fresh aftermath of the second
growth and under the favoring tcmpera-
ture peculiar To the early and late sum
mer alike. Edward Burnett. the noted
dairyman of Decrfoot Farm, tells Of de
Gliding sharp competition for The hunorS
Al a fair, whore he afterward learned
the young dairyman who Won the prizc
picked bright clover heads each day for
his pet Jersey that was giving him the
milk. These delicious i'ayorine oils do
not come from bog hay, where they
never exist, nor from improper foods
whose t'ayurS are hot Of standard
order. Dairvman seeking Il product Of
high quality viii do we'll Ia think 0f
these things when providing Folders for
COWS in milk.-lf0iftc Farmer.