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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

Conductor c., of our early train, was q
church member with a reputation of be-
ing good natured and mild hammered to
all. He's changed in appearance since
Saturdays trip. Our train had just start
ed from b station when we saw some
distance off an old woman of the colored
persuasion and of 200 pounds weight,
shiny and nervous, with carpetbag and
umbrella swinging with the energy of
her great exertion to catch the train.
His heart was touched and he pulled
the ropes for down brakes" AT this
unusual signal every window was pushed
up and an eager head thrust out of each.
The conductor smilingly encouraged
the would be passenger, and the others
cheered her as she Numbered along in a
full duck gallop. Two lady friends of
hers %(brunettes) stood upon the platform
of the car and frantically beckoned her
approach. When at last she was landed
by the train, and was helped on by the
conductor. three brakemen and a boy,
she greeted her two friends with several
affectionate ''smacks' and a "goodby,
children" then rolling back again to the
ground she turned to our polite conduc-
tor and said, Thank you, boss" and
waddled away.
That train was started as By oiIe in a
spasm, and the minister read on the t J..
lowing evening aprayer request from t
wife of a backsliding conductor Troy
Telegram.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
A Wonderful Mineral Substance.

A new mineral substance, resembling
asphalt, has been discovered in Texas,
which promises to become very useful
to the scientific and industrial world. 1t
is unaffected by heat, acid or alkalies,
and is said to be the most perfect in
sulator yet discovered. 1t may be used
for paint and is a perfect covering for
wood or iron, resisting all the influences
which destroy ordinary paints. AS a
varnish it retains its character under all
conditions. 1t may be rolled into a tissue
and used for waterproof tents, clothing,
etc; it makes leather impervious to
water and prevents iron and steel from
rusting.
Professor Hamilton, of the Western
Electric company, finds that wires COW
cred with this substance offer sevenfold
the resistance offered by other wires,
and the results of its use in electrical
engineering are likely to be very marked.
The material is found in unlimited guam
titles, from two to forty feet below the
surface, and if it proves as useful as il
promises will be a new sourc of wealth
to as.-Boston Transcript.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
A Big Salmon Crop.

This is a great year for big crops.
Now it is the salmon crop that exceeds
anything in the history of the country.
Puget Sound is reported to be so filled
with salmon, making their annual run
to the sound shores and the fresh water
streams for feeding and spawning, that
the steamboats, seem to be floating on a
solid mass of fish. The paddles kill
hundreds of them and are choked with
their bodies. The sound steamer cap
tains describe the run as an unbroken
string of salmon thirty miles long, the
water for that distance being fairly alive
with them.
Neither the oldest inhabitants ror the
aged Indians remember such a big salmon
run. The result of the enormous run is
a big reduction IN prices Usually good
salmon sell tor ten to twenty-five cents
apiece, but now at one cent each the
market is glutted with the finest quality
of fish Al Port Williams IA few days
ago two casts of a seine netted over
5000 fine salmon. Everybody is fishing.
Chicago Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
A Plague of Butterflies.

Munich has been invaded by an enor-
nous army of butterflies. Millions Of
the species known as ''nonnenschmetter-
hinge" attacked the city n few nights
ago, attracted, as is supposed, by the
brilliancy Of the electric lights. The
walls of the houses before which electric
lamps We're liked were literally covered
with the butterflies. In several places
they forced their way through the doors
and windows and huttered around the
lights. In the Cafe Kaiserhof and the
Loewenbrau-keller the intensity of the
light fascinated such swarllls of the but
terfiy nuns" that the devotees of King
Gambrlnus found their hats and clothes
so thickly coated with the intruders that
they hurried out and left the invaders in
possession. In some places the lamps
We're darkened by the mass of butterflies
~clinging around them. st. James Ga-
Zette.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

interfered, the parasites We're driven away,
and for the rest of his life the king was
virtually a prisoner in the royal apart
mentS.
Karl Friedrich Alexander was born
March 6, 1923, married Olga-Nicolajewna,
daughter of Car Nicholas of Prussia, July
Is, 1916, and succeeded his father as King
June p, 1864. He co-operated with Prussia
in organizing the new Germany and was in
general a liberal ruler, He formed a strong
attachment to Richard VI. jackson, OF
Ohio, vice consul at Stuttgart, made him
his reader. created him ii baron and be
slowed princely gifts on him.
Mr.. jackson used his privileges with
moderation, but the Rev. Charles Is. Wood
cock, of New York, and Mr.. Donald Hen
dry, of st. John, y. b., were Introduce,
into the palace, and, according to the Wur
temhergers, those men swindled the old
monarch shamefully. One of their meth
dds was by spiritual manifestations. in
which the king was persuaded that he
could talk with his princely ancestors.
The kings purse was exhausted in enrich
ing these men, and the people threatened
them SO loudly that they departed III L
hurry.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

The high fares on American railroads
result in sending people to Europe. All
of New England and the Middle states
are full of people who have climbed AlrS,
visited Rome, ~boulevards of Paris, been
all over the United Kingdom and seen
the midnight sun on the coast of Nor
way, and yet who have never been west
of Chicago. They hear Of the beauties
of the Pacific coast, they read about the
glories of the Yosemite valley and they
wan to go and see them, but when they
learn what it will cost they think they
cannot afford to go farther than Niagara
Falls. After that they go to Europe, and
SO year by year the Atlantic passenger
lists have been swelling rapidly until
now they are something stupendous to
contemplate.-Bangor (Me.) News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

books begin the "authentic history of A
syria with the reign of Sargon $500 years
before Christ.
Even at that time there had been wars
between Assyria and Egypt which were
spoken of as ancient. Not only are the
royal records clear to a period l,SO0 years
before Moses, but hundreds of private citi
zens wrote out circumstantial accounts of
their lives, which were laid in their tombs
and are now read by scholars. Among
others, DIR. S. a. Binion, of New York, has
given much time to a study of these per
sonal sketches, and he has recently CON
piled the most interesting of them in Il
work of rare interest. Some of them are
very amusing, especially that of the Prince
Ramesis. The original record looks to the
nueducated like "a set of goose tracks in
yellow mud, but the English of it tells
this story.
When very young he fell in love and was
for awhile unhappy, but did not lose his
appetite. On the contrary he relieved hi,
mind by going to banquets where he met
several jolly fellows. After his good
spirits were restored his beard grew and he
began to study the duties of a man. lie
learned that his corpse would have to lie
in "A mummy state 1000 years before tn"
reviving gods would take him before
Osiris. The mummy would need food
during these 1000 years, and so surviving
friends painted his breakfast, dinner and
supper on the walls of the tomb enabling
him to live cheaply during the interval by
simply looking at them.
The "Ritual of the Dead" is a minute
account of the examination before Osiris.
One god examined the stomach, another
the lungs, a third the heart and so on, and
if all reported that these organs had not
been abused the subject was then put
through a catechism as to the way he
treated his parents, his servants, his wife,
his children and even his mother-in-law
There was a devil or demon to act as prose
cutor, and sometimes a whole board of
them to get up evidence and frame in
dictments.
One very interesting fact shown in these
personal histories is that frauds were com
mon in embalming the dead, from which
it would seem that many priests and uu-
dertakers did not have as strong a faith III
the judgment as the common people did.
For instance, it would cost about 81 900 To
properly em1alm a crocodile Ga sacred ami
NAB, and so these ancient frauds would
only embalm the head, and for the rest oi
the body make an ingenious imitation out
of wood, reeds, corn husks, etc. Another
fact of interest is that the people Were
m~onogamists and the social position OF
women was much higher than in the Egypt
of today On the whole the record proves
the Egyptians of 1000 or 5000 b. G. to have
been ii splendid set of fellows and makes
one sorry that they died.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

New York furnishes headgear for
nearly nine-tenths of the American
heads that wear caps. Perhaps the in
habitants of this town think they have
seen IA good many yachting caps within
the past few weeks, but as a matter of
fact the vogue Of the yachting cap has
only just begun. 1t came from Europe,
took the Atlantic coast by storm and is
now sweeping westward toward the Pa
cifc. Thousands of girls that neve saw
navigable water will presently be look
ing saucily forth from beneath this
sailor neadgear. Comparatively few caps
Of any sort are sold in the east. Nearly
all Of them go beyond the A%lleghanies
and a few are sent as far as the Sand.
witch islands. New York World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

Oak Cliff has "A citizen who is now a
robust old gentleman of fine physique and
is descended from a very long lived an
cestry, their ages running to ninety-six,
ninety-eight, one hundred and six, and
up to one hundred and twelve years.
He has all his teeth except two which
We're knocked out by an accident, and
they are as sound as a dollar, although
he is now seventy years old. He has
grown three-fourths of an inch in height
since he was t~hirty-tive years old, and he
wears a size larger hat now than he
wore then. From that age up to forty
one OF forty-two years his weight re-
manned at 100 pounds. and now, at three
score and ten years, his mental faculties,
he says, are brighter than ever before
Dallas CTeX.) News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
Found Her Lover in Prison.

As Miss Nichols, of Buffalo. was visit
ing the penitentiary at Lincoln, Neb., in
company with a relative, who is one of
the executive officers of the state, the
young lady uttered a scream on catching
sight of one of the convicts at work in
the harness shop, "Why Mollie!' he
calculated. She was about to mention
his name in the same explanatory man
ner when he suddenly said; Molly, don't
mention my name or you will betray my
Identity" The fellow is known as Frank
Carroll, and is doing time for forgery. 1t
has been learned that he was engaged to
marry Miss Nichols. and came west to
make his fortune. with the above results.
The young lady is Frustrated. Cor. st.
Louis Republic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

A mound containing the skeletons of
several prehistoric people has been dis
covered on a farm near Carthage, Ills,
The skeletons lay in all conceivable posi-
tons, and are supposed to be those of
warriors who fell in battle. 1t is be-
lieved hat the farm is the site of an an
cient battlefield. The skeletons are of
unusual size and the teeth in the skulls
are larger than those of ordinary human
beings. The authorities of Carthage col
lege have received permission to explore
the cave, and a noted antiquarian has
been sent for to aid in the investigation.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
Moral, Chew Gum.

A mar from Oxford county lost a rail
road coupon ticket to the fair and in
quired at the ticket Office if one had been
found. One had been found, but how
were they to know that it was his. He
asked to look at it and it was shown to
him. He said: ut is mine. can prove
it. See, the face of it is torn off. Look
here" and he opened his vest pocket and
showed a hearty cud of gum and the face
of a railroad coupon sticking to it. The
two matched, and the ticket was passed
over t him. Lewiston journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

According to the recent census the city
of Rio de J%aneiro, Brazil, has a population
of $4,000, of whom 235, 105 can read aud
write. The government of Brazil has de
livered to the legal representative of eX-
Emperor Dom Pedro twenty-one tin boNe,
and w trunks containing manuscripts
and documents of aprivate character which
were left in the government offices. II is
stated that the cocoa (c%hocolate) harvest
along the Amazon riveri is greater this year
man for any year previous except in lss6.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
Arrested for Selling Branded Peaches

a peculiar case of innocent violation
of the revenue laws has developed in
Decatur. F. S. Fox bought a quantity
of imported branded peaches. He took
them to Cerro Gordo and sold them at
his restaurant. Jacob Leslie's boy be-
came intoxicated on the peaches, and
this started quite a run on the peaches.
Fox had to order a fresh supply. Mr..
Leslie had Fox arrested for violation of
the liquor law, and the trial will take
place at Cerro Gordo. a Decatur chem
list analysed the peaches, and found that
one bottle contained 81 per cent. of al
cohol.-Cor. Chicago Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
Estate of David Piper.
CTATE OF Observation-Disclosures of Adj

~ Olson.
Be it remembered, that ut n session of the
Probate Court holden ut Middlcbury, within
and tor said district, on the 9th day OF
October, A., ID 1891.
Present: Hon James NJ. Sladc, Judge.
Whereas, II certain instrument in writing,
under seal, purporting to be the last will and
testament of David Piper, late of Middle
bury i'm said District, deceased, having been
this day presented to said Court Tor PROBATE,
and duly fled in the Registers Onlce: There
fore, it is ordered, that all persons Interested
in the estate of said deceased, be notified TO
appear before said Court, ut the Probate
Onicc I'm MiddlcburN, in said District, ON the
Goth day OF October, \. d., 1891, at 10 o'clock
Il. m, 10y publication Otthis order, three weeks
successfully previous thereto in the Middle
bury Register. II newspaper printed ut Mid
dlcburN, to show cause, If any they may have,
why said instrument in writing should not be
proved and allowed as the last will and tcsta-
amcnt of the said deceased.
By order OF Court.
ii Attest, JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
New york's Army of Dependents.

Did you ever stop to think how large
is New York's standing army of depend
ents. and what persons, under the com
missioners of charities and correction,
constitute it? According to the last re-
port by the commissioners the total
number of disabled. infirm, demented,
minor or delinquent persons under pub
lie charge in the workhouse, city hos
pitals, a%lmshouses, lails, insane asylums
and on Blackwell's island amounted,
when the last census of them was taken,
to 1898. OF the number included in
the last report 5.S04 were at the time in
public asylums under city care, 3,134 in
city hospitals, 1.G36 in the workhouse,
l.jl7 in the almshouse and 1875 in jails
and prisons.
This takes into account merely those
under the care Of the city authorities
and maintained wholly at public ex
pense. This item of municipal disburse.
ment mount to about 50, 900. 900 a year,
or $4,000 a day. Six hundred thousand
dollars a year are paid for salaries ant
wages, 81 800, 600 for supplies, and the
rest for transportation, buildings, rentals
and repairs. New York Sun.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

IA a az ~ thANALhls
Whereas, George &. Chapman of Middle
|the Court Ot Chanccry IN said County, against
Geo. \. Mcdonald OF New York, County of
New YORK, and State OF New York, setting
forth that said Geo. A., on the Sth day OF
April, \. D., lSSU, executed to Albert \. Fetch.
Ter ol BridpOrt in said county OF Addison, a
mortgage deed OF certain land lying in Md
IdleburY, aforesaid, and described as follows:
my right, title and interest in and to all the
|reul estate OF every kind and description OF
(which my father James Mcdonald, late de
ceased, Ot MiddlehurN aforesaid, died seized
land possessed in said NiddleburY, including
Iall my interest in his widows dover that will
be my right at the time OF my mothers de-
cease, with II condition tor the redemption of
the same on tne payment oi certain notes
ton OF said mortgage, said Fletcher has as
signed said mortgage TO said petitioner, and
the widow OF said James Mcdonald j. de-
ceased and her estate is settled. And praying
that said defendant may he iOrcclO~ed of his
equity of redemption in slld premises. said
defendant residing without this State 50 that
said petition cannot he served upon him, ii is
ordered that he be required to appear on the
first day OF the next stated term of the said
Court to be holden at Middlebury, aforesaid,
ION the first TUESDAY OF December, \. D., 1891,
then aHd there Ia answer to said petition, and
tor that purpose said petitioner shall cause to
be published the substance OF SAD petition
and This order. three weeks SUCCESSFULLY in the
Middlebury REGISTER, published NJ said Mid
at least twenty days previous to said term of
Court.
Dated at Middlebury, aforesaid, this 9th day
OF October, \. ID. 1881.
AZ RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, Clerk.
ELDREDGE 4 SLADE, Sol'rs. for petitioner.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
Appearances Are DeceitfuI.

While riding down Washington street
the other afternoon the seat beside me
was occupied by a poorly dressed, igno-
rant looking man, with the misshapen,
dirty hands of a coal HEAVIER. Yet he
was reading, with apparently intent in
%terest, a well thumbed copy of Herodo-
tus in the original Greek. Boston News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

Captain d, S. Goodell, a retired sea
captain, of Searsport, Me-, advanced
money to enable James Knibbs, of Troy,
n. Y. to prosecute a suit for an infringe
ment upon his fire engine valve patent,
on condition that he should have a GER
tain percentage of the damages recov-
cred, if any. Captain Goodell's share of
the winnings thus far foots up S750.0O0
Bangor Letter.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

whom we call
ancients. People
who have II OF
made it IA study
have scarcely any
conception Of the
extraordinary pro-
+ e made since
the key to the old
est hieroglyphics
was discovered;
but the record is
now so complete
and the facts so
clearly proved
that even the CON
%servative school
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

scandals, involv-
ing " or three
Americans. These
men had obtained
such an e~Xtraor-
binary influence
over the old king
that he enuohled
them, %squandered
his revenue as
they directed, and
finally lived en-
tircly with them,
secluded in his
palace. Then
Queen Olga and
the court officials
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

A man fishing at Jersey (England) was
caught by the rising tide and a boat had
to be put out to rescue him. The next
day the magistrate sentenced him to
eight days hard labor "for the trouble
he had caused"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

Recent Havana advices show that of TIM,
years crop of sugar :, l05, 5S9 bags had beer
shipped from Cuba to the United States Il.
the 3lsto of August ult., against 9Sl ,0+5 bag
for the same period in 1890. OF the total
/, 1876, 1905 bags went to New York, and 9OJ,
5S3 bags to other ports OF the United States
The total shipped to Europe was l42, ~
bags against POI ,4SS shipped during tn,
corresponding period last year.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

Direct telegraphic communication be-
tween the United States and Brazil has
been opened. This was done by a new
cable at the Brazilian end from French
Guiana to the town of Virgin in Brazil
1t is controlled by French capitalists,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

Maurice Bernhard, who is travelling
with his wife in this country, is a rather
handsome specimen of the Frenchman,
with a tall, wiry physique, a clear olive
complexion and a small dark mustache.
He resembles his mother in the promi-
nence of his features and is as exquisite
in 1raSS
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23

There are nearly forty members of the
house OF who are the successors
to peers, and are thus liable at any mo
ment to be transferred to the house of
lords.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
4 OF VERMONT,


DISTRICT OF ADDISON.
In the matter of oliver Il. Wolcott, insolvcnt
debtor.
1t is ordered that the second aud third meet
ings OF the credttOis OF said insOlvcnt debtor
be held ut the Probate office in MiddlcburY
in said district ON the 18th day of October,
1891, at 10 O'Clock, II. M, Tor the purposes set
forth in sections 20, % and 20 of Am act to cs-
tablish Courts OF Insolvency IN this state, y
approved Nov. y, 1876, and additions and
amendments thereto. The Register OF this
court is directed to give notice to all known
creditors of said insolVent debtor, by sending
them by mail pre- paid, written or painted
meetings; also To notify the said insolvcnt
debtor Ia be present thrrcat; also to publish
notice OF the time ami place OF said meetings
three weeks successfully in the Middlebury
Register, II newspaper printed ut Middlcbury
in this state, prior To the time of said meet
ings.
Given under my hand and the seal
OF the Court Ot Insolvency tor the
l.. :. District OF Addison, this 9Th day
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
A CREDULOUS OLD MAN.
How the Late King of Nuremberg quan-
dered His Substance.

The recent death of King Charles of
Wurtemberg has revived some very ugly
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
YOU'D BETTER LOOK OUT

IF you FEEL WEARY AND
FEVERISH, WITH DULL
PAINS IN THE LOINS AND
OVER THE KIDNEYS,
PAINS IN THE SMALL OF
THE BACK,
IF you HAVE SCANTY FLOW
OF URINE, WHICH is
HIGHLY COLORED, SOME
TIMES TINGED WITH BLOOD,
DROPSY,
PALLOR OF COUNTENANCE,
HEART DISEASE,
FLATULENCE OF STOMACH
AND BOWELS, COSTlVENESS,
YOUR KIDNEYS ARE
NOTIFYING YOU TO ATTEND
TO THEM.
DO NOT NEGLECT THE
WARNING.
POISONOUS DRUGS WILL
NOT SAVE YOU.
USE NATURES REMEDY
KlCKAPOO INDIAN SAGWA,
MADE FROM ROOTS
AND HERBS.
k!CKkPO0 INDIAN SAGWA
For Sale Mt DruyDists,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.-Estate OF
\ RObert SouthweH.

COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.-Estate of
Y Robert Southwell.
The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon, Probate Court Tor the District of Adj
Olson, commissioners, to receive, Examine
and adjust all claims and demands OF all per-
sons against the estate OF Robert S~outhwell,
late of orwell, in said district, deceased, and
all claims exhibited in offset thereto, hereby
give notice that we will meet tor the purposes
aforesaid ut hotel, ut %Chipman's
Point, on the LIST day of December, and 18th
4 O'clock p. m, each of said days, and that six
months from the 18th day of october, \. ID.
1891, is the time limited by said Court for said
creditors to present their claims to us tor ex-
animation and allowance.
Dated NJ Chipman's Point, VT, this l4th day
OF October, a. ID. 1891.
GIDEON ABBEY, lCom,s.
- II. W. SHOLES, ~
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-23
GEORGE c. CHAPMAN
GEORGE A. MCDONALD

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