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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
A MOCklNG BIRDS LESSON.
In Few Minutes 1t Learned Some New
Sounds But Forgot It's Clever Songs.

In n Few inmates 1t Learned Some New
Sounds But Forgot It's Clever Songs.
"Tlere he goes again. groancd Mr..
George Phalen, wealthy resident of
Highbridge. WAS ever man cursed
with such birdT'
"Birdr' exclaimed Mr.. Phalen's visitor
in establishment. "Why, you don't
mean to say you keep bird with all
those cats in the house?' For the sudden
chorus of kissing, splitting and mewing
that foated in from tn rear room seemed
to indicate that an animated feline argu-
ment was in progress there.
"There is no cat under my roof" was
the reply. "All the noise you hear is
made by single mocking bird. Just
step into the other room and look at him.
A more woebegone creature you never
saw"
The bird, indeed, looked as though he
had seen hard and long service. He had
no vestige of tail left, and one of his
eyes was gone. His few feathers were
ruff1ed, and all his sleek and glorious
beauty had departed.
"Three years ago old Nick chat is his
name) was remarkably handsome bird"
said Mr.. Phalen, land his numerous ac-
complishments made him great favor
lite and very valuable. He could whistle
The Campbells Are Coming and
dozen other airs with wonderful clear
ness and musical precision, and he was
so clever that he could learn new tune
in an hour. would not have sold him
then for $500.
"But one night everybody in the house
was awakened by an awful uproar in the
back parlor. The knocking bird was
shrieking, shouting and swearing like a
human being; "a cat, that must have en-
tered by the cellar door, for we harbored
none of his kind, was splitting and hiss
ing furiOusly, and the sound of some
heavy metallic object dashed frequently
and violently against the furniture was
distracting. l went down stairs with a
light, and found that the cats paw was
tightly wedged between the wires of the
birds prison, and the terrified brute was
swinging the cage about the room, try
ing to release himself Old Nick was
nearly dead and badly dilapidated, as
you see him now, before | could olsen
tangle the cat from the wires and kick
him out into the darkness
1.-The birds tail never grew again, nor
did his plumage regain its luster He
was quite silent for full week, and then
he suddenly made the air vocal with a
horrible series of caterwaulings, and he
has kept them up almost without inter-
mission ever since. In the few dreadful
minutes that he passed face to face with
the cat he learned every intonation of
voice that his assailant could teach him,
and utterly forgot all the songs and
speeches with which years of careful
tuition had enriched his mind. A poor
exchange, it seems to me. New York
sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
Neatly Caught.

The following Is told of a judge before
whom man was being tried for steal
ing gold watch from woman as she
was entering bus. The man declared
the watch was his, and the woman was
mistaken in identifying it as hers. Sud
denly the judge asked;
Where's the key"
The prisoner fumbled in his pockets,
and said he must have left it at home.
The judge asked him if he wound the
watch frequently with the key, and he
said Yes"
Then IA key was procured, watch and
key were handed to the prisoner, and he
was told to wind the watch. He opened
the case but could not find any place to
use the key, because the watch was a
keyless one. The sentence was five
years.-London Tit-Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
GORDO\AS.
MATRANGO.
CONlITEZ.
SCOFFEDI.
BAGNETTO.
nee \.


Although the signs used in music are
quite numerous, there seems to be room for
at least one more, the quotation mark, so
that ii composer, if he desired, might insert
here and there in his own works passages
by other authors and give due credit \
Canadian writer says that mo doubt it
would De difficult, if not impossible, to in
dictate the quotations to audiences, but the
written score at least would be honest
These reflections are suggested by certain
recent music which appears to contain pas
sages of manifest plagiarism"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03

Given flow Of 100 gallons of water
per minute and plenty Of liver and scraps
thrown III, and you can raise 900 pounds
of trout i'll pond 10 feet deep, 10 feet
long and ten feet broad, replacing them
with small ones as rapidly as they reach
marketable size. 1t can be done very
proftably too. The time is looked for
ward to, and it is not far away, when
every farmer will look upon an acre of
water as he does upon an acre of land,
expecting so much yearly yield from it,
whether it is pond, lake, river or estuary.
w ashington Star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
Assisted by Her Majesty the Queen.

The following is going the rounds of the
English exchanges; y blind man who plays
sacred music upon an ACCORDION is just
now perambUlating the streets OF Wind
sor. His atiliction attracted some time ago
the attention of the queen, who while tax
ing drive saw him in the street and com
passionately gave him II donation. With
an eye to business the ambulatory must
clan now bears upon his breast "A placard
with the inscription: "Biind from inflam-
nation. Assisted by her majesty the
Queen
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
A Dreadful Threat.

A poet having loaned small amount
to friend found it very difficult to collect
the same, as his friend failed to recollect
the incident Meeting his friend in need
the poet said:
If you don't pay me that $l7 which
you owe me shall have to resort to ex-
IRENE measures"
And what may they be-"
I'm dedicate my next poem in your
honor"
The friend turned pale and shelled out
abruptly.-Texas Siftings.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03

common to all living things and the for
NAL basis of all life" The deduction is
that "all living powers are cognate, and
all living forms, from the lowest plant or
animalcule to the highest being, are funda-
mentally of one character" And to arrive
at this conclusion what tireless days and
nights he gave to study and personal re-
search! Born in ISIS at IA village of Mid
dleseX, England, he early turned hi, atten-
ton TO the pursuits that have made him
famous. He studied medicine rs means
TO an end, and in young manhood secured
an appointment as ships surgeon. He
brought back from his long voyages store
of information regarding deep sea life un-
equaled by any predecessors III that de-
partment of practical inquiry He wrote
of his discoveries and established his repu-
tation as an authority. Then he toiled
along other paths of enterprise, and in his
old age he thus tells of what he has done:
If may speak of the objects have had more
OF Tess definitely in view since began the as
cent of my hillock, they are briefly these: To
promote the increase of natural knowledge and
TO forward the application of scientific methods
of investigation to all the problems of life to
the best of my ability, in the conviction which
has grown with my growth and strengthened
with my strength that there is no alienation
for the sufferings Of mankind except veracity
of thought and of action, and the resolute
facing of the world as 1t is, when the garment
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
HERBERT SPENCER.

she Aladdins at whose command the mys-
teries of nature and of being took form.
Draper, Agassz and Winchell may prop
erly be termed Americans, although one
Of them first saw the light beyond the seas.
To Draper we owe the introduction of new
methods for the writing of mans history
as learned from books and records. To
Agassz and Winchell we are indebted for
accurate bases on which to build that
vaster history told by the stones and stars
These men are dead; so, too, is Darwin, the
foremost champion of the doctrine of the
descent of man, but all still reign in mem
DRY and earth lasting influence.
Three of this group of intellectual giants
yet live. They have passed the period of
unremittiug activity, and now enjoy the
lease with dignity of green Old age. Of
the three it is not unfair to assert that the
youngest is the greatest. His name is
Thomas Henry Huxley. He will alw avs
be known as the first to extend Darwin S
theory of natural selection to man. No
naturalist can hope to more than equal
HuXley's fame and to him zoology owes
its advancement to kinShip, somewhat re-
moved, with the exact sciences. He is the
man who announced the principle of the
toplasm-" some one kind of matter
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03

The japanese authorities are adapting
themselves with great success to the de-
mands of political life The government
employs every means of impressing its pro-
yincial supporters in parliament, with the
view of keeping down opposition tenden-
cies. In pursuit of this policy the admi-
rally officials take out parties of the MEM
bers in the meno war to show what good
vessels the country possesses and what
warships are like.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03


ance of philosophic thought and scientific
research. A group of giants piled up
mountains to reach the heavens and were
not destroyed. Theeswept not only this
globe but all the universe within their
ken, both material and spiritual for facts.
They sounded the lowest depths of ocean
to secure the humblest forms of life, scaled
the glaciers and wrung secrets from their
icy breasts, and, spectroscope at hand,
communed with the morning star. They
learned many things, and nodded them to
the deduction of startling conclusions.
They labored not for themselves but for
humanity, and they gave to their fellows
the fruits of their toll. Such terms as
Evolution" ''protoplasm," molecular
constitution of matter" "origin of spe-
cies" and psychology" ceased to be the
abracadabra of the initiate, and became the
common property of all intelligent readers.
Distance and perspective generally be-
little, but in the cases of these independent
and daring searchers after truth the eX-
.eption, not the rule, prevails. Darwin,
Huxley, Tyndall, Spencer, Draper, Agassiz
Ind Winchell will always remain mighty
names with which to conjure, yet they
we're not genii, but the masters of genii-
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
THE NEW ORLEANS UYNCHlNG.
FRED c. DAYTON.

A Tragic Affair which Has Created n
Widespread Sensation.
The recent lynching of eleven of the ST.
cilians who were accused of completely in
the killing of Chief of Police Hennessey at
New Orleans has caused widespread ex
element, and may result in international
complications, as three of the slain were
subjects of the king of Italy.
We give herewith excellent likenesses of
six of the prisoners. four of whom-Scof
fedi, Bagnetto, Macheca and Comtez-
were shot to death by the mob. The other
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
The Thoughtful Manager.

Mrs De Style Gn theatre box)-What
was this placard, mo Loud Talking"
put in our box for?
Mrs Forundred (after rehection)-l
presume the manager left it here SO we
could show it to the people on the stage
when their chatter interrupts our con-
versation. New York Weekly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
The Red Mans Disappointment.

"Ugh." said the Indian, in disgust.
Whats the matter, Swallowtail!
asked the agent
big Injun chase white man four
mile. Want scalp. Catch white man.
Ugh! white man bald. Harper Bazaar.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03

"What was your lawyers fee in that
case, Dimlingf'
ut wasn't a fee, Toting; it was an
honorarium.'
"What's the difference"
swell, an honorarium is about ten
times as much as fee. "-Harper's Ba-
Ear.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03
THREE ONLY ARE ALIVE.
THE SURVIVORS OF A DISTINGUISHED
GROUP OF SCIENTISTS.

Researches That within Generation
Have Revolutionized the Methods OF
Thought and Inquiry-The Work Done
by Huxley, Spencer and Tyndai.
Less than a generation ago the civilized
world stirred with a mighty intellectual
impulse. Old landmarks were swept away
and new principles declared for the guild
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-04-03

Benz. FranhHn's adage, Buy tie test: tie Test
is cheapest" is true e7e'y time, amt he 00ho acts on
this basis reabs tie rcaOa,d.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-25
a Fatal Accident.

We copy the following from the
PrineUille NeWs of Aug. 22nd. Mr..
Borstel was from this county and was
well known in the Kent and Bake
Oven neighborhoods.
Theodore Bostel, sheep herdery ac-
cidentally shot himself near Sisters, this
county, ON the afternoon of Monday, the
18th inst, and died from the effects Of
the wound at IL O'Clock the same night.
He had revolver in his hip pocket, and
sitting down on alog to rest, the weapon
fell from the pocket and was discharged,
the bullet entering the unfortunate
mans hip and coming out at or near his
neck. It is said that he walked about
three hundredyards after being wounded
but finally became exhausted and lay
down, where he was found some time
afterward and cared for by the camp
tender, who remained with MIN uutil he
died at the hour stated. Deceased was
a brother-in-law of John Nectar. The
county coroner went over on Wednes-
day to hold an inquest on the remains,
and up to the time of going to press had
not returned.
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4 suggestton for a.new pish.

Only the silly prejudice of people has
kept them from appreciating the excel
lent nourishment to be obtained from
grasshopper soup. John the Baptist
seems to have preferred them with honey,
probably because he could get his honey
wild out of the crevices and small caves
in the rocks in the wilderness to which
he resorted. Prof. Riley, with band
the qualities of these creatures during
their invasion of Missouri. The report
was altogether favorable. An oyster is
just as Objectionable as grasshopper or
a locust, but we have overcome our
qualms against the eater of seaweed why
not against the eater of grain.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-25
Has Changed Hands.

WALLA WALLA, Aug. 24.-The wheat
market Is steady. Buyers and sellers
are gracefully meeting, and about 10000
bushels changed hands today, the price
being 741s cents for club, with oc-
cassionally rs for choice lot, and 761a
for bluestem. a prominent grain dealer
has estimated that 75 per cent of the
wheat crop has passed from the hands
of the farmers. Dusenberry & Stencil
shipped from Eureka Flat alone 65, 900
bushels last week. A prominent wheat
buyer, who is well Informed on the
situation, in the course of a conversation
today said he could gee no reason for a
decline in prices now. Buyers report
the quality of wheat to be excellent
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-25
T0LINK THE REPUBLICS
An Inter- Continental Railway Which
will Connect South, Central America
With the United States.
The Crews of two Whalers Massacred
Near the Mouth of the Mackinzie
River---Other News Notes.

LONDON, Aug. 25.-The Times today
publishes three-column article upon
the projected inter-continental railway
which when completed will link South
and Central American republics with
each other and with the United States.
In discussing these plans the Times ex-
presses the opinion of James G. Blaine,
United States secretary of state, as GA
man Of grand idea, and if, as it seems
quite possible, he is the next president,
there will be some chance of realizing
the scheme" Continuing the Times
says: ''It is obvious that the scheme
has political as well commercial ends in
view to joining the North and South
American republics, even though the
first outward sign, the union, will be
nothing. Iron rail with the supreme
center of republican government al
Washington is conception of captivat
ing magnitude.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-25
FROM ARCTIC SEAS.

Safe Return of the Government Steamer
Kite.--Many Exciting Episodes.
ST. JOINS, n. F.. Aug. 24.-The Arctic
steamer Kite has arrived with reports
of interesting experiences in Greenland
which include struggle of three weeks
with icebergs in Melville bay, during
which. period she made only one hum
dred miles.
Lieutenant Perry, his wife and five
associates were landed in Mccormick
bay Muchison sound. Whale sound,
his original destination was frozen over
and inaccessible. While in Melville
bay Perry broke his leg, but DIR. Cook
decided that the occurrence need not
interfere with the expedition as he
would probably be as well as ever in
three months time. :.
On July 10Th the Kite was nearly lost.
She got ripped between two foes. All
hands were put to work, and by digging
and blasting the vessel was saved from
destruction. A number of interesting
trophies were secured by the explorers.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-25
A Firebug Tracked.

SEATTLE, Wash, Aug. 24.-An attempt
was made early this morning to burn
the Chinese laundry of Soon Lee, on
Jackson street, near Sixth, but prompt
action prevented a serious blaze in a
long frame row adjoining. The police,
who have been working on the case ali
day say tonight they are on the track of
the incendiary, as they have located a
man who was carrying sack saturated
with coal oil shortly before the fire oc-
Cured. When last seen he was going
back of the laundry. This is the third
attempt to burn this row.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-25
THE sULrAN,s GIFT.
A Portland Lad is Honored by His
Majesty.

A Portland Lad is HOnored by His
Majesty.
Sis Sichel has received letter from
his cousin, Sanford Hirsch, son of Hon.
Sol Hirsch, minister to Turkey, in
which he mentioned signal honor be-
slowed upon him by his serene highness
the sultan. As his friends know: Young
Hirsch is a great admirer of fine horses,
and he obtained permission to be shown
through the sultan's stables, which con-
tanned an array of thoroughbred animals
hard TO equal.
While going through the stables
Mr.. Hirsch admired greatly the fine
collection of riding whips used by the
the sultan, one in particular striking
his fancy. The next day an aid de
camp of the sultan drove up to the
American embassy in a coach of state,
and presented to young Hirsch, in the
name of the sultan, a superb riding
whip elegantly mounted in silver incased
| in red silk case and tied with golden
tassel.
1t is scarcely Necessary to say that our
young Portland boy is exceedingly proud
of the gift, and will take much pleasure
| in showing it to, his wepfoot friends
when he returs from the land of the
harem and their odalisks.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-25
"A Light Sentence.

NEW YORK, Aug. 25.-Two bodies
were recovered from the ruins at Park
Place this morning. They were identi-
fed as Tom Fl. Ellis of Ellis & Nc
Donald, and Frederick w. Triple, pro-
prietor of the drug store in the Inflated
building. The Italian who was caught
robbing the bodies yesterday, was cen
fenced to the penitentiary for six
months today.
Five more bodies were disclosed but
they could not be reached because of
the heavy load of machinery on top of
them. The police think there were fifty
corpses in the cellars. That would
make a total of ninety killed.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-25
A GIRL ABDUCTED.
An Old Man Wins the Afectsops of a
Young Girl.

An Old Man Wins the Affectsons of a
Young Girl.
HAcKENsAck, N. j., Aug. 20.-Justice
Cummings of this place has issued a
warrant for the arrest of David H. Jacc-
ard, wealthy ranch owner of Hillsdale,
on the charge of abducting Clara Mary
Rawson, daughter of Professor L.
Rawson, of New York city. The girl is
said to be a granddaughter of Laura
Keen, the famous actress. Jaccard, who
is 80 years of age, is said to own several
ranches in the West.
He first met the girl while on a visit
to Hillsdale. She is handsome blonde.
This was in November last, and the
couple went away from Hillsdale and
were supposed to have been married.
Professor Rawson succeeded in getting
his daughter away from Jaccard and
took her to his home in New York.
The girl recently disappeared and
Jaccard is accused of having abducted
her. When Jaccard was taken before
Justice Harring he gave bonds to await
trial. The girl is aged 15.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-25
AWAITING THE PRoCLAMATroN.
All Classas of Citizens Anxious to Locate
on Indian Lands.


GUTHRIE, Oklahoma, Aug. 24.-The
recent information concerning the open
ing of the Indian lands has caused an in
hux of people here that is surprising.
The boomers are arriving with wagons
of every description headed for the Iowa
and Fox reservations. When the presi-
dents proclamation is issued throwing
the lands open for settlement there will
be scramble almost equal to that which
took place on the opening of Oklahoma.
Every conceivable specimen of humanity
has put in an appearance. The gambler
and the missionary elbow each other
equally anxious to be among the first
when the order for the invasion is pro-
claimed. Some have gone so far as to
build fiat boats with which to cross the
streams, others have houses on wheels
stocked with provisions ready to move
at moments notice, On line which
extends from the Cimmarron to the
South Canadian, a distance of sixty
miles or more, are camped q thousand
homeless persons anxiously awaiting the
presidents proclamation. The southern
negro, the northern white, and the red
Indian mix under the United States
marshal's surveillance unconcernedly,
but when the order to move is given,
there will undoubtedly be trouble.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-25
ONE RASCAL THE LESS.
Desperate Shot by a. Man He Had
Wronged.

Desperate Shot by a. Man He Had
WrOnged.
BARBoURsvILLE, w. Va, Aug. "a
John Phelps, wealthy farmer near
here, shot and killed William Hance
yesterday under remarkable circumstan-
ces. Hance was a notorious desperate,
who took part in the Bromfed-Runyon
feud and had the reputation of having
killed five men. In some unaccount-
able manner he won Mrs. Phelps affec-
tions, and on August 10 the two eloped.
They went to Ironton, O., and lived
there as man and wife. Finally Hance's
money gave out, and then he ordered
her to return to her husband and steal
money that she knew he possessed. The
woman refused and Hance returned to
Barboursville with her yesterday. The
couple marched boldly up to Phelps
house and called him out and Hance
demanded money that he said belonged
to Mrs. Phelps. The farmer declined
and Hance made a motion to draw his
revolver. Phelps was too quick for him.
however, and drew bead on him and
shot Hance through the abdomen. The
desperate tried to run but fell dead at q
second shot from Phelps pistol. Mrs
Phelps, who had watched the affair
drove to the home of her father, 8
respectable farmer and two hours later
made futile attempt to commit suicide
Hance had terrorized the community
for months, and no one could be founc
to modest him. Phelps will not be ar
rested, as public opinion approves hi
action.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-25
A pLUcKY WOMAN.

She Fires at a Burglar, Who, Though
Wounded, Makes His Escape.
CHICAGO, Aug. 24.-One of the leaders
of the demi-monde of this city, Zoe
Owens, was robbed of $4,000 worth of
jewelry at an early hour this morning.
She was aroused from sleep and saw a,
man by the bed. He had knife and
threatened to kill her unless she gave
him her jewelry. She handed it from
under her pillow, and he backed out of
the room. She Immediately jumped up,
secured revolve and fired three shots
at him before he got out OF the house, but
he managed to escape, leaving trail of
blood on the steps. The woman thinks
the burglar is a colored man, who
formerly worked in her house.