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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

A recent occurrence recalls a story of
Prussian general who wished to make his
world dance and failed His wife's recep-
tions, for some reason or other. were uncon-
genial to the youths under his command
and unfrequeutcd by them. The general,
IA strict martinez and the head of Il college
of cadets, was imprudent enough to re
proach them with their shortcomings in
this matter and to demand change in
their manners. At his next ball, when all
the guests were assembled, the tramp,
tramp of marching feet WAS heard upon
the staircase. the door was thrown open
and there mlrched into the room whole
corps of cadets with their young officer at
their head. halted and stood ut attention
What is the meaning of this2" shouted
the general,
THE first corps of cadets, to dancing
commanded" replied the youth. saluting
as though on parade.
Take them away" screamed the gen
eral, beside himself with fury.
Right about face, march!'' was the
calm and unmoved answer, and the cadets
marched out in the same order as they had
entered. London Spectator
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

Some persons have thought it curious
that the biz transatlantic liners should al
ways moor to their piers with their bow
inshoFe, TO the uuintiated it appears
more natural for them to back into their
slips and moor with their stern inshore,
and as Il matter of fact nearly all of the
smaller class of steamships do this. But
there are reasons including certain dock
regulation why the larger vessels adopt
the opposite method of getting alongside
their wharvcs.
One is that their great draft compeis
them to regulate the hour Of sailing by
the tide 1t is generally running food
tide when they back out from their piers.
The current sweeps he stern up the river,
50 that there Is little difficulty experienced
in getting the ships head pointed down
the bay
Another reason is that the majority of
the big passenger vessels have prelimi-
nary dock trial of their engines before they
cast off their moorings. Tomake sure that
the machinery is in perfect order the trial
generally lasts for three or four hours If
moored with stern nshore the back water
from the propelers would he apt to stir up
quantity OF i'll smelling mud, besides do
ing damage to the dock itself.
The coasting vessels are not so particu-
lar. and only turn their propellers over a
few times before casting of their lines. On
account of their slight draft they are indie
pendent of the tide and can 20 to sea when
ever they like-New York Times
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

An instance in which dream was useful
in preventing an impending catastrophe is
recorded of Il daughter of Mrs Ruther-
ford, at Edertun, the granddaughter of
Sir Walter Scott This lady dreamed more
than once that her mother had been muir
dercd by Il black servant She was 80
much upset 10y this that She returned home
and to her great establishment, and not a
little to her di,may, she met on entering
the house the very black servant she had
met in her dream. He had been engaged
in her absence She prevailed upon IL gen
tleman to watch in AN adjoining room dur
ing the following night
About 3 o'clock in the morning the gen.
tleman heard footsteps on the stairs, came
out and met the servant carrying guam
tity of Goals Being questioned rs to where
he was going. he answered contusedly that
he WAS going to mend the mistress fire,
which at 3 o'clock in the morning in the
middle of summer was evidently impos-
sible. On further investigation a strong
knife WAS found hidden in the Goals. The
lady escaped, but the man was subsequent
ly hanged for murder, and before his exc
cution he confessed that he intended to
have assassinated Mrs Rutherford, Re
view of Reviews.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19
Trentnent of the Insane

Mr. W b Fish. superintendent Of the
Home for the Feeble Minded. at Lincoln
His, was at the Grand Pacific and talked
Of his institution and the encouraging
progress of the work of taking care of the
states charges
1.-THE prevailing idea is that the feeble
minded are mere refuse heap of human
ity and are no better than hopeless idiots
That theory i, not entertained at Lincoln
We have graduated as high as 20 per cent.
of the inmates in year aud found good
homes for them
"IOu remember that DR. Dugdale, of
New York. once made IA tour of all the pris-
ons, iails, etc, of that state and found
great many people bearing the same fam
lily name, whose ancestry he traced back
through six generations to Il couple of pc
culiar natures The forefather was lazy,
shiftless fellow. inclined to be a criminal,
and the mother was an imbecile Under
the caption of the History of the Jukes,
the learned doctor figures that the state of
New York paid out 81 ,25O.OOO for the care
of the dcscen lants of this couple So if
Illinois did no more than to properly pro-
tect the POO girls now at Lincoln the ex-
pense would he but an infinite particle
compared with the good accomplished.
I'VE are now paying considerable atten
ton to the industrial education of the in
mates and it has been found to he a Won
derful factor IN the curriculum. The plot
of 400 acres i well cultivated. and we raise
all of the vegetables etc, necessary for the
home Only three salared men are EN-
ployed. the hpy- and men doing all of the
farm work. "--Chicago News
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19
Bruin and His Dugout,

Speaking about bears" said Squire
Garvin as he settled himself in a comfort
able chair nt the police station; "speakinp
about bears, | think | had an adventure
with one not long ago that beats the
rervr,l.
90 was hunting around Shell lake, over
in Arkansas, one morninr was in a
dugout and had my ,.un aud little dog
The bear I had reference to made its APP
pearance on the shore aud | shot him
When landed | heard noise over in the
brush, and thinking there might he an.
other bear there determined to start in to
investigate. The bear had shot lay life
less to all appearances, but | had my sus.
picions about him, knowing the treach-
erous habits of the varmint. and before
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

One-fourth of all the deaths in the United
States are of children under one year Of
age, and nearly one-half-in round num-
bers i00,00O-are of children under five.
In cities this proportion rises during the
warmer part of the year until one-half Of
all the deaths are of babies under twelve
months old The majority of these chill
dren die of germ diseases introduced into
the system in the uncooked milk and wa
ter which constitute the sole diet of in
fants and the principal food of all young
children The intestinal diseases counted
noncontagious carry oil by far the greatest
number,
Experience has proved that these trou
bles may he modified or in some cases en-
tirely eliminated by the use of germess
food. BY feeding the child only milk that
has been sterllzed and water that has
been boiled we cease to feed the disease
and begin to nourish the child.-F +
Wood in ST. Louis Republic
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

cough was mainly responsible for the
bloodshed that attended the coup d'etat
whereby Napoleon III obtained hi, throne.
The INSCRIPTIONS Marshal dc st. Arnaud
had charge Of the military operations
But he was unwilling to assume the direct
responsibility of ordering the troops to fire
upon the people, being not altogether GER
tain as to the result of Napoleon's memora-
BILE enterprise When the moment for
action arrived and the mob began to show
signs of sweeping aside the troops, the
brigadier generals under his orders sent an
officer to him at headquarters to ask him
what they were to do. Strangely enough
St. Arnaud was seized at that moment
with violent fit of coughing, which lasted
for several minutes. Finally, when it
ceased, the general just managed to gasp
the words, MA sacree touXr' (My cursed
cough.)
The officer, having waited until the gen
eral had recovered his breath, repeated the
question. Again St Arnaud was seized
with violent fit of coughing, which ter
minated, as on the previous occasion, with
the parting exclamation of Ma sacree
touX!" The officer was no foot. he could
take II hint as well as any one else, and
saluting, he left St. Arnaud'S presence. On
returning to the troops he was asked what
reply ST. Armand had made The gen
erals only word, and commands were mas
sacrez tous" massacre everybody. These
commands were obcyed to the letter, and
many thousand people were shot down and
bayuneted in consequence. -Marquise de
Fontenoy III New York Recorder.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

At one time during our stay at l1arri
sons Landing the quartermaster's de
partment was overruu with rats. There
were thousands of them as ravenous as
wolves and they became so bold and de
faint that the q VI. was in despair. At
last some one suggested to him to sink
some barrels in the runways. fill them
about two-thirds full of water and cover
the top of the water with oats. then place
Il board so that it would just balance on
one edge of each barrel and fasten to the
lower end of the board "A piece of cheese.
The board was to be attached to the bar
rel's edge by Il small double staple, so that
when it tipped up and let a rat into the
water the board would return to its old
position The uuartermaster adopted the
plan with enthusiasm, but used, instead of
barrels, lot of ticrces or hOgsheads each
large enough for il thousand rats.
The scheme worked finely. and the first
night hundreds of rats had met Il watery
grave when, about midnight, there was a
tremendous splash, followed by frantic
yels such rs could have proceeded only
from an African throat investigation
showed that Il colored boy, in trying to
steal an ovcrcoat from the quartermaSter'
stores had made a mlSStcp and plunged
into one of the hogsheads The boy was
frightened almost to death while the sol
diers whom he walked up laughed them
selves sore The quartermaSter's trap
proved effective thereafter both for rats
and dHrky boys. and the former after a
few nights disappeared as mysteriously as
they came Springfield Homestead.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

In Maskelyne and Neatherly's book on
conJurlhg the following explanation Is
given OF the famous Indian basket trick:
Inc basket used Is common rough
wicker Affair." so closely woven, however,
that IL cannot be seen through 1t lSalmost
spherical III shapeand has narrow mouth,
the juvenile who Is apparently spirited
away The little boy or glrl, as the case
may DE, Is produced ny the performer ana
promptly bllndfolded ostcnSlbly with the
view of shutting out from his or her view
the awful doom which is imminent, but in
reality it is more to blind the eye of the
spectator than those of the subject.
The child thus prepared is placed in the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

The history and growth OF inventions
are subjects in which all are interested,
The photographic pen brought in t4O,00o a
year, the india rubber tips to pencils f20,
900, metal plates for protecting the soles
and heels of boots brought in t230,O0O in
all the roller skate, E20O.0Oo \ clergyman
realized e400 II week by the invention of a
toy another toy, the return ball brought
in an income of HlO.OOO. the Dancing i'm
Grow fl5,00 il year The inventor of a
copper cap for chldren's boots was able to
leave his heirs E4OO.0OO while Singer. of
sewing machine fame. left at his death
nearly E3,OD, 900. Strand Magazine
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19
Physical Formation of Mexico.

Mexico POSSESSES curious physical
formation, Rising rapidly, by II succession
of terraces, from the low, sandy coasts on
the east and west, it eliminates in cen
tral plateau, running in northwesterly
and southeasterly direction and having an
elevation varying from 1000 to 5000 feet
above the sea. High above this plateau
tower the snow capped crests of several
volcanoes, most of which are extinct. Ten
of them are over 1000 feet in height and
three look down upon fertile valleys from
attitudes of l1,1S2, II, $50 and 5000. These
IRE Popocatapetl, Orizaba and IXtacci-
huatl Exchange
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

The following story even it possesses no
other merit, has that of being true. One
evening short whlle ago an old domestic
came TO see her former mistress alter an
interval of over twenty years The latter,
"A very religious person, presently inter
rupted the interview saying. Now Mrs
-, we are going to have prayers. Will
you come too;'
Dear me, my lady" said the old serv
ant, do you still keep up the old customY
Mistress severely Certainly. have
had prayers every morning and evening OF
my life ever since saw you last.
Old Servant tadmiringly)-W Well, to be
sure, you are IA persevering lady London
Truth.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

What society wants Is not man who
can sit and look impressive, or even a man
who is famous and content with his fame,
but II man who will just amuse it or keep
IL gently alive in no sense OF discomfort
with small talk
From this point Of view the silent man Is
worst of all He is in fact something less
than nonpntity He is present and yet
he is not present The minus sign repre-
sents him, and not even his claim rs a good
listener shall save him from contempt.
Confessedly it is hard upon him if he have
II constitutional timidity. But in that
case, depend upon it, nature has not been
so remiss as to send him into the world
unequippcd with IA variety of elegant tastes
and aptitudes. for the cultivation of which
he need not frequent society
1t would matter but little. of course if
he were not likely to be positive obstacle
to the enjoyment of others. In the interest
of small talk, however, this aspect of the
case must be considered 1t is not to be
endured that he shall greet the genial re-
mark, How do you do?" with mere nod
instead of responsive inquiry, which,
with ordinary portals would be the pre-
lude to a brief but refreshing bout of com
monplaces.
Even the systematic grumbler is not so
dangerous foe to our dear small talk as
this laconic or dumb person. Indeed, not
infrequently he proves to be remarkably
entertaining For it must not be supposed
that because he grumbes he is an unhappy
or misanthropic person. By no means.
The real sufferers on this count are the
people who are too scrupulous of what they
regard as the feelings of others to venture
to utter any complaints They suffer in
secret, and are truly very miserable some
times. ALL the Year Round.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19
FIATi


A bird from far,
A morning star.
A league of waste from a cottage doof,
A purling stream.
A sunset CLEAN
Here is my Kingdom ask no more.
SOFTLY go,
Kind dealing Snow.
And wrap the crocus from the cold
For springs advance,
Through sufferance,
Has grown little overload.
Yet even this
a lesson is.
For. hear the thrush morning wrath.
"rhe sun. ! see
From my tall tree,
Has lit the border Where is faith?"
The snow is gone.
o bird! sing on;
Sing all thy numbers Ger again.
50 that each air
The burden bear
OF Love love love the dearest paini"
For winter breath
And winter death
The constant sum and impulse ask
OF life rcblest
In flower and nest,
And Love Is bending to the task.
In dust and air.
And every where.
The little gentle populace.
Beneath the spell
OF one clear bell,
Is instinct with sublmest grace,
In harp of earth,
In hymn of birth,
The throbbing tones swell wide and high,
To wake one mood,
One tidal flood,
From bourne to bourne, of ecstacy.
a bird from far
a single star.
A sound of love at IA cottage door:
Ana gentleness
For all distress
Here is a Kingdom prepared for the poor.
-Aubyn liattye in l.Onginans Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

4 field in which gas is likely To play an
important part Is 10 heat boilers and raise
steam The system has been at work in a
large establishment in London, and the
results obtained are simply astounding.
Burning about 300 cubic feet of gas per
hour under thirty foot boiler steam is
said to have been raised To fifty pounds
pressure in forty minutes Gas and air
are supplied under pressure to pipes that
run parallel with and under the boiler,
and furnaces and chimneys are dispensed
with-Gas World
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

The English people look with envy at
the remarkable growth of the coal output
OF this country a comparison of the mum
Der of square miles OF coal area discovered
IN the two countries gives for the United
states lg!.m0 while England has | 800
and Nova Scotia lS,m0 In ls60the United
states mined y.SS9,330 tons OF anthracite
coal and III lSsM 45,54l 80 tons The show
ing for bitumlnous coal for the same years
gives for lSC 5,1I5,O10 tons and for 1890
81, Is6. 600 tons New York Times
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

The Illinois experiment station reports
the results of comparative examinations at
four stations-three of them in light col
ored soils and the other in a darker soil
in raising wheat on unmanured ground,
on ground heavily treated with barnyard
manure, five wagon loads to the quarter
acre, and on ground treated with 100
pounds of superphosphate TO the quarter
acre The results showed decisively the SUI
perority of the barnyard manuring, while
the beneficial effects of superphosphates on
the amount of yield were relatively small.
-PhiladeIphia Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

IL Is a common thing To excuse careless
ness lightly. rs matter of no great mo
mcnt IL did not think" seems to be q
reason in the minds of many women for in
ficting an almost endless amount of in.
convenience on others. The number Of
thoughtless people in the world is exceed
ingly large. They were accustomed to be
excused us children on the specious plea of
thoughtlessness. and finally came to con
slider themselves privileged persons to com
nit whatever ravages they pleased among
the goods and chattels of their friends. AS
they grew older. schooled as they were in
infancy to remember no one but them
selves. the same plea of thoughtlessness
was given for all their acts
The thoughtlc less woman is probably more
often considered lcnieutly than her mascu
line prototype. yet she is the most uncom
Portable person of the two One naturally
expects a wumauly nature to be orderly
and the thought less woman is the reverse
of all this She never knows where her
things are her property seems to have
wings and she is compelled to depend
on her more thrifty sisters and is of neces-
sity a continual borrower. She can never
find things she needs when she wants
them. and keeps her whole household in
confusion with her search for lost port
monnaies. satchels, bonnets and what not.
She is late for her engagements or wholly
forgets them and scatters general discom-
fort everywher,.
Nowhere is she II more abiect and hope
less failure than aS Il wife and mother,
when the responsibility of "A home is thrust
upon her From her earliest childhood she
has thought of no one but herself, and even
if she would it is impossible for her to
change her nature so that she will become
a capable helpmate and mother.-New
York Tribune
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19
A Well Learned Lesson.

A West Springfield teacher has applied a
good deal of effort to the teaching of her
pupils to speak correctly, particularly drill
ing them not to say II see it" when they
mean IL saw it," The lesson has been
well learned. at least she thinks so, for
yesterday when she asked one of the chill
dren Did you see the car go byf" II line of
winks, I,ldges and wise looks went around
the rooh. One little fellow couldn't stand
it, however, and piped out, Teacher,
teacher you said 'seep "--Springfeld
Homestead
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

1t is often very difficult to get grass to
grow under the shade Of trees, and vet in
places where something green to cover the
ground Is very desirable number of
plants have been named as being adapted for
furnishing these green surfaces. The com
mon periwink le is one of the best known
another excellent thing is some of the
species Of hyperium, two European species,
II calycinum and II androsmpfolum
thrive particularly in these comparatively
dry and shady places. Another very fine
thing is the Japanese honeysuckle. 1t
keeps very low, and perhaps is better
substitute for grass than many of the
others named There are two forms which
can he employed for this purpose, one, FIRE
quently known in catalogues as halliana,
and the other form rs the l.. brachy botria
this is more generally known as the Jap
anese evergreen honeysuck le although the
varieties are all more or less evergreen
This particular one is more fond of trail
ing than the others. -Meehans' Monthly
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

1t has come to light that children with
accidental affections of the nostrils which
grow chronic become stupid An i'll work
ing mucous membrane is enough to make
IA child Ounce. 1t may be that snuff be
came the rage in Europe toward the end
of the Seventeenth century because It
stimulated this member i'll the noses OF
august and illustrious persons Il london
Truth
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

The oldest rosebush in the world is at
Hildersheim, Ia Hanover, 1t was planted
more than l,0or years ago by Charlemagne
in commemoration of "A visit made to him
by the ambassador Of the Caliph lIaroun
al Raschid. The bush is how twenty-siX
feet high AMI covers thirty-two feet of the
wall. The stem is only two inches in di-
ameter.-NeW York Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19
Curious Facts About Butternut Trees.

The hutternut is IA tIee that likes best a
rocky uneven soil, and in whose shade
neither shrub nor herb will thrive The
bark is used ms II dyestuff for woolens
Curled and birdseye maple is wood of
the same family that sometimes has Gu
riously arranged fiber, one with curves, the
other with eyes, hence the name.-Home
and Farm
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

Take pencil and multiply-twice two
are four, twice four are eight, etc. and you
will find that in the twentieth generation
you had l,0iS,516 ancestors, without count
ing the intermediate generations, and that
in the thirtieth generation you had over
loo, OC0,OOO ancestors, without counting
those between yourself and the thirtieth. -
st. Louis Republic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

The vicinity of Palermo, Italy, has yield
ed three remarkable human skeletons, one
in l4lO, one in 1916, and the last in 1850
The first was twenty one, the second thir
ty. and the third thirty four feet in height
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

Slate forms naturally in layers, and the
splitter" following the grain or ribbon
with IA large chisel, separates the blocks
into strips of about the proper thickness
for roofing slate
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

The National library in Paris, with its
100000 printed books and l6O. 900 manu-
scripts, is the largest literary storehouse
In the world.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

II is said that IA factory in Michigan is
now making Undertaking from a wood
fiber which is said to equal in every re
spect that made from wool
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

The wonderful progress made in surgery
is shown from the fact that only per cent
of all operations in amputations are fatal
New York Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

a Baptist minister in one of the eastern
counties of England deals in medical sim
plies during the week, and is known ~ II
clever and successful herbalist
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-02-19

Queen Nictoria's gold dinner service is
kept in IA burglar proof cabinet filling two
rooms in Buckingham palace. and two
watchmen guard it constantly