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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

Sometimes it is very difficult to remove a
glass stopper from a bottle. a cloth wet
in hot water sometimes is sufficient; but if
this fails. remember that the principle is to
expand the neck of the bottle by heat and
not the stopper. With hot water, the lat
ter is often heated equally with the neck,
and thus the desired effect is not produced.
BY holding the neck of the bottle about
half an inch above the flame of a lamp or
candle, however, in a few seconds the most
obstinate cork will generally come out.
Care m be taken to tlnn the bottle
rapidly, and not allow the flame to touch
the glass, as it might crack it. When the
glass is thoroughly heated a steady pull
and twist will almost always bring out the
stopper.-New York Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22
How n Great Mine Was Discovered

A walk over the mountain to Friedens-
vile, Pa, one spring day when the farmers
were blowing their fields, brought the late
DIR. Roepper, well known to mineralogists,
to where a team was dragging a pillow near
the road. A talk with the driver brought
out the fact that his farm was cursed with
more than the usual amount of stones, and
n sample was tossed over the fence to the
doctor as evidence. 1t was recognized as a
mass of quartz carrying calamine-a sill
cate of zinc. The fence was climbed and
the two followed the plow forward and
back across "A field covered with similar
flasses.
Had the doctor been n sharper he would
have bou SAt the farm and died a rich
man. AS he was only an honest lover of
nature he said II few words to the plow-
man that transformed an exhausted Penn
sylvania farm into the seat of the Ueber-
roth mine; that set in operation the extern
sive zinc works of Bethlehem, Pa, and
built the "President"-a pump that could
raise 1900 gallons of water per minute.
This chance shot ut a fortune is but one of
many, and n dozen volumes would i'll suf-
flee to note the salient points of the record.
If so much can be done haphazard it is
evident that a systematic training in eco
nomic geology will furnish "A means for a
livelihood, as well us an aid in the consid-
GRAFTON of economic questions in mining
Engineering Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

Goslin-Congwatulate me, deah fellaw.
Hunker-What's the occasion, my boy?
Goslin-I'm engaged, doncher know.
Hunker-Then | congratulate you most
sincerely. May | ask the lady's namel
Goslin Mabel 49, er - Miss Swayback.
She's worth her weight in gold, leah boy.
Hunker-Is that all?
Goslin-Whatevah do you mean?
Hunker-How heavy is she?
~Goslin-Oh, | know that exactly. We
were both weighed the other day. doncher
know, and Mabel-er, ! mean Miss Sway
back weighed pwecisely ninety-five
pounds.
Hunker-Then let us see. Gold is worth
Sl9.35 IN ounce, but for this purpose we
will assume that is worth twenty dollars.
Goslin Gnterrupting)-Whatevah do you
mean?
Hunker-Im just making n simple cal
culation. In ninety-five pounds avoirdu-
pois there are | so ounces. These ut twenty
dollars per ounce would make Miss Sway
back worth a few hundred over $50, 600.
Goslin-My deah sir, you are pawsitively
insulting, and | shall cali
Hunker-Not at all. You said she was
worth her weight in gold, and ! wanted to
compare her worth with that of my
iancee. Now Miss Scadds is worth $780,
600 in stocks, and-why, Goslin's gone. |
hope he isn't cross. philadelphia Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

We are all ware that new milk is a
sovereign remedy if Immediately poured
over split inA on any wooden or cotton
fabric. Lord Tennyson once went through
an experience over which his g%randchil-
dren still delight to make merry. Some
dear old friends of his, absent for some
years in Persia, returned suddenly for good
to England, and among the first to call
upon them in London was Tennyson him
self. The worthy pair were not at home,
and the poet asked for permission to write
them a few lines of welcome before calling
again. Conducted to the drawing room
Tennyson wrote his little note and was ris-
ing to depart when his sleeve, catching the
lid of the inkstand, turned over the whole
contents on IA beautiful white Persian car
pet covering the floor.
New milk!' cried the distracted laure-
ate, and the housemaid flew to do his Did
ding, Poet II maid now went down on
their knees together, pouring milk right
and left, rubbing with towels and hand
kerchiefs until not II trace of the ~telltale
fluid remained. When all was over Ten
nyson hastily snatched his hat, and press
ing some money into the maids hands
fled for dear life. Whether those two old
friends are aware of what befell their Per-
sian carpet On that famous afternoon is to
this day "A mystery. Anyhow Tennyson
appreciates their reticence.- London Cor.
Chicago Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

He was a we'll known divine, and he had
come to the Tombs in search of material
for a sermon upon the hardened and unre-
pentant criminal. a number of very fine
specimens in this line had Just returned
from receiving their sentences at special
sessions, and the minister talked briefly
with each of them. The last of the lot was
a bright particular star. His speciality was
sneak thieving, and after having attained
distinction in London as a genius among
his class, he determined to come over and
experiment on a few American domiciles.
His first effort was successful, but three
days afterward the willy detectives gath.
cred him in.
The expression which he wore was one
of such intense grief that the minister was
touched.
MY friend" he remarked, you must
have been through "A sad experienced"
The burglar heaved Il sigh.
NO" he murmured, in retrospective
tones, sit wuz only a boardin 'ouse New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

Even Observation-Disclosures has its humor-
Gus side. Hes nice enough" said an old
farmer, "A stanch churchman of the Isle
of Man, speaking of an acquaintance, but
he's a Methodist-not that he's on the
plan at all, but he's next door to it," The
degrees of comparison suggested here are
delicious. The old fellow had no intention
of being amusing, yet was not by any
means destitute of humor, rs the following
advice, full of worldly wisdom, which he
gave to a peddler and local preacher, will
testify. 81 wass tellin him" said he, with a
twinkle in his gray eyes, people would be
thinkin far more of him and his things if
he Joined the church, and maybe the bishop
himself would buy somethin. "-London
Saturday Review.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22
Estate of Pheba VI. SeVery.
License TO sell real estate.
STATE OF VERMoNT-District of Adj

BE it rememnered, that at a session of the
Probate Court holden NJ MiddleburY, within
ana for said district, On the 18th day OF jan
uary, a. D., ls92.
Present Hon. James NJ. Slade, Judge.
Whereas, Nathan A. Gibbs, administrator of
the estate OF Pheba NJ. SeverY, late OF Lrices-
ter, i'm said district. deceased, has this day
presented To said court his petition in writ
ing, setting forth that il will be beneficial tor
all parties Interested therein to sell the whole
OF the real estate OF said deceased, 10 wit; the
home farm, containing ~ acres OF land more
or less, situate in Leicester, aforesaid, and
therein making application to said court tor
license To make such sale. II is ordered, that
all persons interested in the estate OF said
deceased be notified tn appeal before said
court. at the probate office IN Middlebury, in
said district, ON the Sth day OF February, A.
D., lsJ2, at 10 O'Clock Il. m. by publication of
this order three weeks successfully previous
thereto, in the Middlebury Register, n news
paper printed at Mlddlebury aforesaid, to
show cause, II any they may have, why said
license should not be granted.
BY order OF court.
3 Attest. JAMES NJ. sLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22
Character in Writing Inks,

Did you ever notice what an unfailing
criterion as to character the use of the diff
ferent inks are? The mandy PANTY, dead
and alive, affected and no account sort of
person is apt to use the palest kind of writ
ing fluid. The same with the insincere and
crafty person 1T the scheming and selfish
seeker after personal ends and advantages.
The honest man and the reliable woman
use good, well colored ink; the genius and
the person blessed with individuality use
the blacklist ink that flows. Intellectual
people are fond of all dark inks and affect
violet a good deal. In all my experience /
never knew a person with any decided abil-
ity or "vim' to use copying fluid. They
like to make a good, sturdy impress Of
their individuality on everything, the
paper they write Il message on as well as
the times in which they live.
Give me your positive folks every time,
not afraid to make Il distinct impress of
themselves in whatever they undertake.
Secretive people, over reticent people and
absurd players at the delicate game of pol
icy like to hide themselves behind the be-
wilderments of fine pens and the palest
sort of ink. Take the trouble to watch,
and you will see that what | say is true in
the main.-Chicago Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22
heirs who never wore the diadem of domin.

heirs who never wore the diadem of domin-
ion was that magnificent soldier who fig
ures among the great captains of the world
as Edward the Black Prince. For a quarter
of a century he was the dread meteor of war
that scorched and desolated the fair fields
of France and Spain. On Crecy's bloody
plain he first approved himself a gallant
knight, and when victory rested with the
English he knelt to receive the congratu-
lations of his father, the valiant and polite
Edward Iii. There, too, he assumed the
motto and crest of John of Luxembourg.
the blind king of Bohemia, who fell in
battle, and from thence date the three
ostrich feathers and the "Ich Dien'' that
distinguish the Princes of Wales.
His warlike career, thus begun at the
age of sixteen, took on new luster Mt Poi.
tiers, where King John of France Welded
himself "A prisoner. AS his fathers vice.
roy he ruled all the conquered land be.
tween the Loire and the Pyrenees, and as
Prince of Aquitaine he kept up the most
gorgeous court in Christendom. A Spanish
campaign, undertaken on behalf of Pedro
the Cruel, shattered lis health. The bril-.
liant warrior, the sagacious leader. the
mirror of chivalry" became an invalid,
and the last six years of his life were spent
in enforced retirement. His father sur
vived him but a brief while and the son of
the Black Prince succeeded to power.
Can the generations of the exiled Stuarts
be called heirs apparentp That is a mooted
question, ever to this day, for there now
exists in England IA society formed for the
purpose of restoring the deposed family to
the throne. The doubt goes back even to
the time of James II. His second wife was
Mary Beatrice, princess of Este. Their
four children died young. June 10, 1868,
was born that prince afterward known as
the ~Pretender." According to popular
opinion, then infamed against the mon.
arch, this was a supposititious child pro-
cured from some base Source and placed in
the position of heir apparent. Twenty
days later William, prince of Orange, en-
tered England and drove out James. The
suspicion regarding the Pretender and his
branch of the family remained so strong
that when the crown was entailed on the
Electress Sophia and her descendants in
lI0l. parliament deliberately ignored the
claims of fifty-seven persons who, had no
question of legitimacy arisen, were better
entitled to the throne according to all rules
of precedence.
Like England, France also furnishes not
able examples of those 'born to the pur.
pie" who never ruled. Mystery has always
surrounded the case of that unfortunate
youth whose parents, Louis XVI and Marie
Antoinette, lost their heads during the
French revolution, The Dauphin, as he
was called, is supposed to nave been poi
soned in June, 1895, but at various times
people have claimed his name, and others,
still more audacious, have asserted, even
in courts of law, that they were his pro
geny,
Melancholy indeed was the fate of the
two heirs apparent of the Bonaparte family.
The first was Napoleon Joseph, son of Ma
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

a new American comedy that the manage
was to produce on the next night.
"Wha on earth shall | do?" he asked.
"Play the part yourself, as Hoyt does in
such an emergency-or get Newgag."
Whose .Newgag?"
Hes a friend of mine ont of IA position.
l met him today very much frayed."
Bring him to me-"
Newgag was overwhelmed when | told
him of the opportunity.
81 never acted in straight comedy" he
said. ~ cant doit. might as well try to
play Juliet"
ale wants you only to speak the lines,
that'sall. You're IA quick study, you know.
Come ont'
| had almost to drag the man to the
manager. He allowed himself, in Il semi
stuppfied condition, to be engaged. He took
the part, sat up all night in his boarding
house room ana learned it, went to rchear-
sal almost letter perfect in the morning,
and nervously prepared to face the ordeal
of the evening.
AT 6 O'Clock he wished to 20 to the man
ager and give up the part.
81 can nev do it," he walled to me. II
haven't had time to form Il conception of it
and get up byplay. You see, it's an eccen-
trio character part-a man from the country
whom everybody takes for IL fool, but who
shows up strongly at the last. CAN'T
oh don't act it. You're only engaged
in the emergency, you know. Simply go
on II say your lines and come OIL"
INA All ] can TO- he said with "a du-
olous shake OF the head. III only I'd had
ime to study it,
American plays have taken .--thold and
this premier OF IA new one, by an author of
two previous successes drew IA typical
hrst hlght audience Newgag, having
all ldea OF making "A hit on of
acting the part any furtler than the mere
delivery OF the speeches went, was no longer
lhordliatelY nervous. When he first en-
tered he was "a tribe frightened and his I'M
~aVoldanle lack OF prepared stage business
maze INN AWKWARD ana embarrassed for
u'iine' Inc a"hWarlhess remained, but
'he embarrassment eventually passed
away ne spoke IN ms natural voice and
retained ms aGtual manner Nhen the ac-
,lo! required MN 10 lauSh, he ala so, eX-
hlDiting ms characteristic perfunctory
Smile
ne received a special call before the cur
IAN uterine 'hlr" acC' lie had no thought
that II was meant Tor INN until the stage
manager pushed MN out from the wings
lie c"ile pach loohlllS distressed.
Are they guylng mef" he asked the
stage manager
me papers agreed next day that one of
the hlts OF the performance was made by
NeWgag IN an oud part which he had con
ceiVed III a strlklhgly original way and i'm
p~ersonateu WIN wonderful finish and sub
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

ness is slack she gets d%yspeptic, but the
more stamps she ticks the more she eats
and the better she feels.
When this story was published in New
ces declared the thing could not be done,
but Miss Estelle Gardiner, of a large bust
ness house in University place, declared
she could beat it. She had never run for
an hour at a stretch, but could lick and
stick seventy stamps a minute. New
York doesn't knock under to Philadelphia
In anything" she said, and | will meet
Miss Crawford in a match at stamp lick
ing for any amount at any time and place"
She is now in practice, and so the world is
likely to have a stamp licking match.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22
A Simple Marriage Ceremony.

In Hindostan the marriage ceremony is
short and simple, and no counting precedes
it. The arrangements are made by the
friends or relatives of the principals.
When the bride and groom are brought to-
gether, in many cases they see each other
for the first time. The bride playfully
skips toward him and seats herself beside
him. The priest ties a corner of the brides
vail to the groom's shawl and they are
man and wife. Yankee Blade.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

a young man and his sweetheart were
walking down Woodward avenue. On the
other side of the street was an old gentle
man picking his way along with a cane.
The young lady asked the young man if he
knew the old gentleman was stone blind.
but" she added, there is one thing he
can see rs readily as we can"
Young Man-lndeed, is that possiblei
Young Lady-Yes, it's a fact.
Young Man-For goodness sake, what it
it?
Young Lady-A joke.-Detroit Free
Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

CONGRATULATlNG THE BLACK PRINCE.
poleon and Maria Louisa of Austria. At
ter Waterloo and the abdication he was
taken to Austria and created duke of
Reichstadt. He died of melancholy and
ennui in 1891, when barely twenty-one
years of age. The end of Louis Napoleon's
son is well known. He met "A soldiers
death in Iuliland and sleeps beside his
father at Chiselhurst.
The scandal is still fresh that surrounds
the mysterious taking off, either by sui
eide or murder, of Rudolph, heir to the
Austrian crown, and just now Spain and
Mexico are agitated by the Vaccinations
of those friendly to the Carlist p%retenders,
and to the descendants of that Iturbide
who was shot after holding court for a
year in the halls of Montezuma
So it will be seen that in many of their
aspects the lives of those who have not
reigned are not without elements of ro-
nance, tragedy and adventure.
FRED g. DAYTON.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

"A recent census of Lima, the capital city
of Peru, discloses the startling fact that
about one-third of the total population of
100000 is unable to read or write. These
figures have alarmed the Peruvian author
tiles, and the advisability of introducing a
compulsory education bill, appropriating
an enormous sum of money for public
schools, semifree academies, etc, is being
seriously discussed.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

tany. Richards return upset the plot, but
his death gave join "A new opportunity.
He assembled the throne N waged war in
the Kingdoms French possessions against
Arthur, or rather against Arthur's ambi-
tious advisers. The lad, then but sixteen
years of age, was captured at Potion, and
while h"ing transferred by water from one
prison q another was slain by his well in
structed custodians.
Another Arthur was the son of Henry
VII. The circumstances of his brief career
are rather obscure, but the consequences
of his early demise were mighty. In his
place there appeared as heir apparent that
notable parsonage who was to rule Eng
land as Henry VIII, who was to become
the husband of six wives, the father of
three sovereigns the weak Edward,
"Bloody Mary" and renowned Elizabeth
and the founder of "A new religion. Had
Arthur lived-but that opens up a field of
speculation almost illimitable and not
within the scope Of this article.
Most famous, however, among those
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

phia, is put up by
her acquaintances
rs the champion
stamp Ticker of
the world. When
she first tried her
hand at stamping
envelopes for the
company she did
l,500 in an hour,
and she can now
do 5000. 1t is all
done with her
tongue, too, as she
uses no sponge,
and an odd fact
is that when bust
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22
A Eish.

A favorite food fish in Japan is the tai.
1t contains two bones the japanese call,
from their shape, the hoe and sickel. When
eating the fish IA mother will tell her chill
dren, "Now wait till ! get you the hoe and
sickel," and the children use them as play
hings.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22
ASPIRATION.

Fallen againl Sol give up the fight,
What boots II to strive, il forever and ever,
In spite of ones utl..jst of pain and endeavor,
Still to cleave to the right,
Still to follow the light,
One falls from each height
What boots i2 Oh, better to climb and to fall,
To strive and to fail. to fight and be slain,
Than to grovel content on the souls lowest
plane.
AT the spirits clear call
Whose stirs not at all
His cup shall be GALL
Joseph b. Glider in Youths Companion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

In the Pacific Northwest there are 90
100000 acres, with the trees standing SO
close that it is often difficult to walk be-
tween them. Some will yield 100000 feet
to the acre, though the average is not
above 25, 900 feet.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

All the notables seem to he drifting into
literature. Books are now threatened by
Langtry, Patti. Mary Anderson Navarro
and B%ernhardt. The fashion seems to have
been set by the self constituted censor of
society" eligibility, Ward McAllister.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22
Estate of Philip Ii. Warner.
License to sell real estate.
CTATE OF VERMONT-District IF Adj

Be ii remembered, that at "A session OF the
Probate Court holden ut Middlebury, within
and Tor said district, on the 18th day of
January, \. ID. l>.l.
Present; Hon. james VI. Sladc. Judge.
Whereas, Rollin A. FOote OF Cornwall, in
said district. administrator of Philip u. War
ner's estate, late OF Cornwall, in said district,
deceased has this day presented to said court
his petition in writing, setting forth that il
will be necessary to sell Il part OF the real
estate of said deceased tor the paymcnt OF
the debts and charges OF administration and
also that il will be beneficial tor all parties
interested therein to sell real estate of said
deceased, to wit "A swamp lot containing p
acres OF land situate in said Cornwall, and
therein making application to said court for
license to make such sale. And said Rollin
a. Foot having produced to said court the
assent i'm writing Of all the heirs residing in
this state, interested in said estate. 1t is
ordered, that all persons interested in the es-
tate OF said deceased be notified to appear
before said court, nj the probate Office in Mid
dlebury, in said district, on the LIST day of
February, A. D., lS92, mt 10 O'Clock n. m, by
publication of this order three weeks success
sively previous thereto, in the Middlebury
Register, II newspaper printed at Middlebury,
to show cause, II any they may have, why
said license shonld not be granted.
By the Court. Attest
3 JAMES NJ. SLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22
Destined for Great usas

1t is estimated by a Swiss engineer that
100000 horse power for electric transmits
sion of power can be easily obtained from
the waterfalls Of that country.-New York
Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22
DID NOT REIGN.
HEIRS TO THRONES WHO NEVER
WELDED THE SCEPTER.

Remarkable Cases Recalled in Connec-
tion with the Untimeiy Death of the
Duke of Clarence-A Mixture of War,
Romance, Scandal and Disaster.
1t may be fairly said of the eldest son of
the Prince of Wales and heir presumptive
to the throne of Great Britain that nothing
in life became him like the leaving of it.
He came into the world prematurely. He
was of weak health md lacked moral
stamina. Only the shadow of royalty pro-
tected hin on more than one occasion from
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22

Miss Ada NJ. Crawford, eighteen years
old, and in the employ Of the +. c. Howe
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-01-22
TYRANT STALLION.

full brother to Phallas ?: l3t4, out of n Bonnv
scotland and Lexington dam. Also n stone.
wall 2-Ycar.old stallion, am dam. These two
colts are the deepest in Hambletonian and
thoroughbred of any colts on this continent,
excepting none whatever.
They are no auction stock, but VIII he sold
Tor less than their value. Also some brood
mares. No trades.
GEO. p. KELLOGG,
40 Spring Bluff, Lake Co., Illinois.