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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16
Mr.. Atkinson's Story of Garfield,

Mr.. Atkinson, in making one of his ia.
vorite points-that, in the words of an
other, happiness consists not in the great
strokes of good fortune which must neces.
sarily come seldom in n lifetime, but in the
small comforts and pleasures of every day
ILLUSTRATED his remarks by an anecdote OF
of Garfield. He dated the beginning of his
real life his intellectual life from a
speech by Emerson, which he heard in
his college days. 1t seemed to set his
blood on fire. When the speech was over
he rushed from the house and went forth
to contemplate his ~favorite mountain.
Even that seemed to be on fire.
1t was hours before he could grow calm.
Then he tried to gather some recollections
of the address which had so strongly af.
fected him, but the only sentence which he
could remember was this, "Men are al.
ways as lazy as they dare to be, but never
as lazy as they would like to be-" The i'm.
preston of the whole speech was. however,
Observation-Disclosures CNass.) Cor. New
York Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16

Ii Is necessary TO say the two natiOns,'
for Parnell was almost as much an Ameri-
can as IA Briton, and in strictness of Ian
guage he was not an Irishman at all. He
was born, ii j. true, at Avondale, County
Wicklow, Ireland, in 1916, bur his mother
was an American, his youth and early
manhood We're chiefly passed in England,
and he then travelled extensively in the
United states and in Europe: nor was il
till 1881 that he settled down to the life
of an Irish country gentleman at Avon
dale.
Nor is it at all certain that any Celtic
blood ran in his veins, though quite prob
able that he inherited something from the
pre-SaXon people of England and by
Welsh intermiXture, for the Parnell fam
lily is "A very ancient one. In the days of
Dean Swift and long afterward, Mr.. Par
nell would have been classed as an Eng.
lish gentleman of family and fortune
resident in Ireland, for at that time the
Celt had no bitterer enemy han the "col
onist' or non-Celtic native, and of Swift
himself it has been said that "he would
have rejected the name of Irishman as in
dignantly as the cultured citizen of Mar
settles or Cyrene, proud of his Greek
blood aud qualified TO send "A chariot to
the Olympic games, would nave scorned
the appellation of Gaul or Libyan."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16

The English government spends about
Si5,OO0,OOO yearly in promoting health in
the kingdom, Il very large sum, but il
seems to be a good investment, for the
death rate is gradually diminishing. This
is best illustrated by London. In the ten
years ending in 1869, the deaths annually
were twenty-four in every 1000 of its in.
habitants. In the ten years ending in lSse
the rate had fallen TO twenty. This meant
a saving of about 1900 lives during the
ten years.
Not only, however, werethese lives saved,
but there was a corresponding diminution
of the number of cases of sickness, les.
misery and an increase in the vigor, health
and happiness of the people.-Herald OF
Health.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16

In the spring, when rain has fallen fol
two months, the karoo is a flower garden
AS far as the eye can reach stretch blotches
of white and yellow and purple fig flowers
Every foot of Karoo sand is broken up by
small Towering lilies and wax flowers; il
a space a few feet square you may some
times gather fifty kinds. In the ~crevice,
of the rocks little, hard leaved Towering
air plants are growing. At the end of two
months the bloom is over, the bulbs have
died back into the ground by millions, the
fig blossoms are withered, the Karoo as
sumes the red and brown tints which il
wears all the rest of the year.
Sometimes there is no spring. AT inter
walls of a few years great %droughts occur
when no rain falls. For ten or thirteen
months the sky is cloudless. The Karoc
bushes drop their leaves and are dry
withered stalks; the fountains fall, and
the dams are noored with dry, baked mud
which splits up into little squares; the
sheep and goats die by thousands, and the
Karoo is a desert. 1t is to provide for these
long r~ainless periods that all the plant life
in the karoo is modified. Nothing that
annot retain life habitually forsiX months
and at need for twice that time, without
rain, can exist ere.-FOrtnightly Review.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16
Valuable Rubbish in Paris.

A curious series of statistics establishes
the value of the refuse of the Paris streets.
The figures seem incredible, and show that
the ragpickers discharge a dutyo primary
Importance. Working at night, busy under
the gas lights with hook and panier, the
value of what they collect is estimated at
$4,000 each day. Assuredly, one-half the
world does not know how the other half
lives. Of course the conditions of Paris life
are exceptional. Population is very close:
the tall houses are crammed with inhabit-
ants; there are no gardens, as with us
there are but the houses and the streets.
The Parisians nave a way of emptying
all kinds of lumber and refuse into the
streets, and then the ragpickers gather in
their harvest. A use is found for every
thing, and metamorphosis never ceases.
All the details are interesting, though
some are rather disturbing. Rags, of
course, go to make paper; broken glass is
pounded, and serves as the coating for
sand or emery paper; bones, after the
process of cleaning and cutting down,
serve to make nail brushes, tooth brushes
and fancy buttons; little wisps of women's
hair are carefully unraveled and do duty
for false hair by and by.
Mems hair collected outside the BARRIERS
serves for1ilters through which sirups are
strained; bits of sponge are cut up and
used for spirit lamps; bits of bread, if
dirty, are toasted and grated and sold to
the restaurants for spreading on hams or
outlets. Sometimes they are carbonized
and made into tooth powder. Sardine
boxes are cut up into tin soldiers or into
sockets for candlesticks. A silk hat has a
whole chapter of adventures in store for it.
All this work employs a regiment of rag
pickers, numbering close on to 10000, and
each earning from twenty pence to half "A
crown a day. With all the wonders of our
great city we nave nothing quite like this.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16
WILLIAM HENRY SMITH.

The English Parnells, after occupying
an honorable but obscure position for sew
eral generations, became prominent in the
war between king and parliament, and
having gone to extremes in support of
Cromwell, the head of the family removed
to Ireland soon after the return of Charles
ii. a few years later, to wit, in 1879, was
born in Dublin the Thomas Parnell who
became an archdeacon of the established
church and "a famous poet, and removed in
time TO England, dying at Chester in III,
He was intimate with Pope, Swift, Gay
and Arbuthnot and a member of the ia.
nous Scriblerus club. He assisted Pope
in t%ranslating the Iliad and wrote the
Life of Homer" which is prefixed to it.
His grandson became Sir John Parnell,
chancellor of the Irish exchequer, and Sir
Johns son, Henry Brooke Parnell, was
creared Baron Congleton in 1871. He WAS
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16

idly than any statesman in recent times
and had then sustained a swifter fall and
more complete ruin, is dead at the early
age of forty-five.
And before news of the fact could reach
America there came simultaneous an
nouncements of the death of the Right
Honorable William Henry Smith, Parnell's
bitterest opponent in parliament, and or
Sir John Pope Hennessy, the first to defeat
a Parnellite candidate. Not for many Il
year, if ever indeed, has there been such
an extraordinary coincidence in British
politics. The death of these three within a
few hours, and in such a peculiar conjunc-
ton Of affairs, must lead to results which
it fatigues the imagination to conjecture.
AT least three times in the last ten years
those most intimate with Mr.. Parnell have
announced, on what they considered good
medical authority, that his death was near
at hand, and more than once he has ap-
peared in parliament with all the physical
indications of rapid decline. Yet these
things had been forgotten during his last
heroic fight, and his death took the two
nations by surprise. He was sick but four
days and it is quite probable that his re-
cent struggles had exhausted his nervous
force, for he died of a congestive chill.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16
A Reward of 500 for Being Honest

The highest reward for honesty hat
have yet heard of was 1000 francs, given
by the Bank of France to a public cabman
for having kept securely a small bag con
tanning 100000 francs, which one of its
messengers had forgotten in the fellows
fiacre. For a long time the story of hon
est cabby was told and retold at every hack
stand and cheap drinking place in Paris,
II all Paris drivers lamented that this
sort of forgetfulness on the part of mes
sengers was not more frequent.-Paris
Cor. Boston Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16
DRIFTING AWAY.

Drifting away from each other,
Silently drifting apart,
Nothing between but the cold worlds
screen.
Nothing to lose but n heart.
Only two lives dividing
More and more every day;
Only one soul from another soul
Steadily drifting away.
Only n mans heart striving
Bitterly hard with it, doom;
Only IA hand, tender and bland,
Slipping away in the gloom.
Nothing of doubt or wrong,
Nothing that either al cure:
Nothing to shame, nothing to blame,
Nothing to do but endure.
The world cannot stand still,
Tides cbb and ome change;
Nothing hereJhat Is worth a tear,
One loves l~ess-nothing strange.
Drifting away from each other,
Steadily drifting apart
No wrong to each that the world can
reach,
Nothing lost but n heart.
Exchange.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16
A MOnstrous Engine.

The biggest engine in the world-'"The
President" it is called-is constantly at
work pumping water from the zinc mines
at friedensville, Lehigh county. It's enor
nous power is that of 5000 horses, or. as il
is computed, of $4,000 men. In the SAINT
county there is still preserved at Hoken.
dauqua the first engine ever used in lie.
high, and set up at Allentown by Eli Sagel
in lS3S.-Yankee Blade.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16
How Pearls Are Sorted.

The average diver thinks it "A fair days
work TO secure 100 pearl oysters in fifty
feet of water. After being taken ashore
the mollusks are allowed to die, when their
shells open of their own accord. The
pearls are classified by passing them
through a series of sleeves, which assert
them into different sizes. Those which are
very small or defective are sold TO make a
preparation for sore eyes and nervous com
plants that is very popular in the east
Washington Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16
The Messeng Morgan stallion


Bred and owned by W. Il. BREASTED, West
liridpOrt, addison County. VI, will make the
present season nj the stable OF ". {. Rraisted,
at Bridport Village, VT, ON the Black Hawk
stock Farm. Season to close August /.
Terms $40 to Warrant. Mares disposed OF
VIII be considered In ioal. Bills due March l.,
lSgl.
Brilliant was toaled in lsS6, stands l52hlnds
and weighs loo lbs; color, "A beautiful bay
with black points, white ankles behind, nice
name and tail, cannot be surpassed tor style
and beauty by any. He i almost sure to
transmit to his offspring staying qualities OF
the highest degree, rs he possesses an album
dance of pluck and endurance.
lie was sired by Manchester by Waldo by
Messenger Dlroc by Rysdyk's Hamnletonian
by Abdallah by Mambrino Chief by imported
Messenger.
Dam, Kate by Bailey Horseb by Myron Perry,
. "a, by smiths Young Columbus by Colum-
bus; grand dam by Herrick Horse by HilFs
Black Hawk; great grand-dam by smith
Horse by Bishops Ilambletonian 10y lmpor'
ted Messenger.
W q. BREASTED.
Bridport, VI, May 5, 1891.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16
He Saw His GRANDMOTHER.

a fve-year-old boy residing on South
street was beseeching his father to TAXI
him to visit his grandmother, who lives il
Waltham. To get rid of him he said, I'll
costs ten dollars every time we go to see
grandma Florence, and ten dollars don
grow on every bush" Neither do grand
mas grow on every bush" answered the
little fellow promptly. They ~went.-Fitch
burg Sentinel.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16
SINCE GROIN WELLS TIME
FOR TWO CENTURIES THE PARNELLS
HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF IRELAND.

The Public RecoJd of the Family tc
Which Charles Stewart Parnell Be
longed-Personal characteristics of thu
Deceased Home Rule Leader.
copyright, 1891, by American Press Associa.
ton.
Death has suddenly ended the schism in
the Irish Home Rule party so far us it wa.
personal. Charles Stewart Parnell, whose
renown had filled the civilized world. who
had risen to a great leadership more rap
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16

a useful dog is owned by a newsdealer
in Atlantic City. The dog daily serves
customers with 1876 papers, going along
one side of the street while his master dis
tributes the papers on the other side.
Whed a gate is closed the dog leaps over
the fence and drops the paper on the porch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16
DRUNKENNESS-LIQUOR HABIT.
In all the World there is but one
cure, DR.. Haines' Gold

IT can be gwen In II cup of tea or coffee
without the knowledge of the person taking
1t, eilecting a speedy and permanent cure,
whether the patient is Il moderate drinker or
an alcoholic wreck Thousands of drunkards
have been cured who have taken the Golden
Specific in their coffee without their knowl-
edge, and today believe they quit Thinking of
their own free will. No harmful effect results
from its administration. Cures guaranteed.
send for circular and full particulars. Ad
dress in confidence, GOLDEN SPECIFIC Co.,
lS5 Race Street, Cincinnati, O.. IS
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16

A great part of philosophy consists in
knowing how to do without things. A
horse, for example, enjoys his food best
when he hasn't a bit in his mouth.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16

At Cambridge, England, butter is sold
by the yard, n pound of the article being
rolled into a roll a yard long and sold in
sections to suit buyers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-16
DEAFNESS.
IT'S CAUSES AND CURE.

scientifically treated by an auri-t OF world.
wide r'p1lHtion. Deafness crudicatcd and
entirely cured, of from % to30 years Standing
AFTER all other treatments have failed. How
the dini .ul'y j. reached and the cause re
moved, fully explained In circulars, with
atll1aVits and testimonials OF cures from
prominent people, mailed tree.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30
LAND, STOCK AND CROP.

j. c. Turley received for j. X.
Rogers at Grassy Lick, on Thursday,
400 head of lambs bought from differ
ent parties. The average weight was
so pounds, and the price paid, 1926
per hundred.
w. N. Anderson, of Towards Mill,
sold to J. G. Turley 60 head of lambs
at 81 cents. They are specially good
bunch.
Mr.. Albert Young, of Bethel, whilst
in the city Thursday called to see us.
He reports the sale of his crop of to-
bacco, about 10000 pounds, to Mr..
Kennedy, of Carlise, at IL cents,
round.
j. G. b. Gillispie shipped ON Satur-
day car load of cattle bought at
from . TO 3 cents.
j. X. Rogers the past week shipped
from Carlisle 1000 and from Mt. Ster-
ling 600 lambs. These lambs aver
aged about 81 lbs. and were bought in
this and adjoining counties at from
to 81 cents. The hot weather, Mr..
Rogers says, works very much to tho
disadvantage of the shipper, the num-
Der of lambs that have died in conse-
quenee would make in themselves a
good profit on the purchase.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30
Louisville Tobacco Market, Furnish
ed by Glover g. Durrett-LouisVllle
Tobacco Warehouse.

Sales on our market for the week
Just closed amounted to 3,4S5 hhds.
with receipts for The same period OF
1904 hhds. Sales on our market
since January LIST, amount to Sl,237
hhds. Sales of the crop of 1880 on
our market to this date 53.9GS lihds.
We have had a very active market
this week for the very fine grades OF
hurley leaf, the highest prizes of the
season having been realized for the
crop of 1890, one hid. selling as high
as $33 per 100, and one hid. selling at
$3.50 per 100, and several hhds. sell
ing at prices ranging from $500 TO
$4,000 per 100. Bat the market closed
irregular and weaker for The medium
and common grades Of hurley. The
crop on the hill is looking well for the
time of year. We fiul II necessary to
lower quotations for the common and
medium grades &C leaf TIC follow
ing quotations fairly represent our
market for hurley tobacco:
Trash DARK on damaged tobacco
$500 to $3.50; colory trash $500 to
$1,000. common lnes not colory $3.50
to $500; colory lugs 800 to $1,000
common leaf 5000 to $1,000; medium
to good leaf $1,000 TO $500; good to
fine filters $500 to $4,000; Select
wrappcry tobacco $4,000 to $4,000.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30

There is great deal being said for
and against the proposed new Consti-
tuition. Very much, too much misrep-
resentation and abuse from both sides
is being INDUCED in, and people are
getting so wearicd with the wraDgle
over it that when the eye of reader
catches the words new Constitution in
a paragraph he slkips it. We have an
abiding faith in the good judgment of
the people and if they will only ac-
quaint themselves with its provisions
we are confident the majority for its
adoption will be Overwhelming.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30

Our townsman, Maj, A. L. Wood,
the Republican nominee for Governor,
has been making speeches all through
the southern part of the State, and the
Courier journal and Times have been
camping OH his trail. The Major has
laid himself open TO criticisms, and
these journals have not been slow to
take advantage of an opening to score
him.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30
Opponents of the new Constitution

Opponents of the new Constitution
are waxing very pathetic over the
amount it will cost the people to con-
strue in the courts the provisions OF
the new Constitution. OF course the
courts must pass upon all these Sec
tons and wrangling lawyers will be
happy in the opportunity to have them
do so; but the same would have to be
done with any other instrument. This
amounts to nothing either for OF
against il.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30

The farmers have been crying out
against bearing an unjust share of the
burdens of taxation, the new Constitu-
ton distributes those burdens so that
the capitalist must help the laboring
man bear them.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30

None were louder in their demands
for Constitutional Convention than
those who arc now so vehemently OPP
posing the work done by that Conven-
ton. 1t looks as ifsomebody expected
something he didn't get.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30

Read the proposed new Constitution.
Four men out of five of our acquain-
tances after they have carefully read
the document are warmly in favor of
its adoption.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30

You sent the ablest men of the State
to make for you a new Constitution.
Are you going TO allow the abuses
heaped upon their work by the cor
porations and their paid servants to
blind you to the merits of the instru-
ment? Read it for yourself is all we
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30

Fresh vegetables,
Fine fruits,
Choice meats,
Full limo of canned goods at
46.2t GAY, SETTLES y Co.'S.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30
Legislative Convention.

TO the Democracy of this Legislative
District, composed of the counties OF
Montgomery, Powell, Wolf and
Menefee
You are requested to meet at the
courthouse in each county at2 O'Clock
on Friday, July 3, 1891, in mass
meeting to appoint delegates to attend
a convention to be held at Mt. Sterling
Nv, Monday, July 6, 1891, at 2 O'Clock
nvairc, for the purpose of nominating a
&c for Representative in said
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30

Vegetables, fresh and nice, received
every day at Gay, Settles & Co.'s
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30

Do you want a fine cigar9 You
can find it at Gay, Settles IL Co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30
BUSINESS MENTION.
The Mt. sterling Florists.

] Krieger & Co. keep constantly on
hand fine stock of bedding plants.
They are also prepared to fix up any
kind of floral designs for decoration
day. Wire designs untitled, or COW
cred with tinfoil and moss. Go and
see them before you order anywhere
else. They can do it cheaper and bet
ter than any one in the city. You
will find them at John Corbctl's resi-
ence, w. Clay street.
Cassidy & Sutton mean to lead the
furniture. They have the largest and
and most complete line in the city and
at lowest prices. 47-4t
DIR. III. G. Kehoe uses the Pratt sys-
tenn in treating piles, fistula, and all
chronic diseases. If
For cash we defy competition in
both quality and prices OH furniture.
47-4t CASSIDY 81 SUTTON.
Veal, pork, mutton, lamb and beef
at Gay, Settles & Co.'s 47-2t.
"Ledger" Office, New York,
Sept. 26, 81.
Retsof Rock Lump Salt gives entire
satisfaction. 1t is the purest lump
salt have ever used, and no stock
farm should be without it. ROBERT
BONNER. Mr. Bonner is owner of
Maud S., 2 :0S8; Rarus, 2 :1S8 Dexter,
2:175; and Sunol, :09.
This salt is sold only by Chiles 81
Thompson.
In the majority of Building
and Loan Associations when
your dues are 90 cents a
month, 10 cents on each share
is deducted from your dues to
pay expenses. There is
nothing of the kind in the
National.
A. HOFFMAN, Agt,
Home and Farm mixed paint,
propely used will wear longer, look
better. cover more surface, rub out
better under the brush, fade less and
move uniformly, and prove moro Geo.
nomical to the consumer than pure
linseed oil and white lead mixed and
tinted by hand.
33-12t r. C.. Lloyd, Agt.
Go 10 Harry Campbell for an clc-
giant suit of clothes.
Dcordoized gasoline at A. Baum Il
Sons. 40 It
Go 10 w. L. Morris tor fresh vegcta-
bles, fine fruits etc.
Barnes 81 Trumbo will pay the
highest market price for wheat.
47-2t.
Mrs. w. L. Morris has opened an
elegant ladies parlor in the rear room
of w. L. Morris store where she is
prepared to furnish ice cream, shcr-
bert, ice tea etc. for tie refrcshment Of
the inner man. Call and see.
Cassidy e Sutton adopt the cash
system on furniture after July lst, '9l.
47-4t
Wheat! We will buy your wheat.
47-2t. BARNES & TRUMBo.
Remember Cassidy & Sutton's low
prices on furniture for cash. 47-4t
The ladies are requested to visit
Miss Hulchison's millinery establish
ment and satisfy themselves what
tasteful UOOda and what snpcial bar-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-06-30

' Str 'l,' L" ", ~ strats of Montgomery
and a, ac.it ~ Y, requested to meet in Mt.
By 0ocIsp 'ste IL 80, :. 'ay July Bird, 1891 to
az he 'Biaou,rf or con- epistrict Conven
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