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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03
General l1eps.
AEEAIRs Al WASHINGTON.


Prince COntacuZene, the new minister
from Russia, was presented to the Pres
idenI, Friday.
The senate military committee has
ordered favorable report on the ameld-
ment to the army bill introduced by Mr.
Proctor limiting the term of enlistment
and the age OF recruits.
By agreement between the free-silver
Democrats and the auti-silver Democrats
there will be consideration in the
house on the 9th and 10th inst. of the
silver question with the Andrew Cate
banking and sherman bullion purchase
repeal bill as the basis of consideration
and of possible action.
Commander Henry l.. johnson has
been dsmi, sed from the navy. His home
is at Burlington, this State. Commando
johnson was tried before Il general court
martial at Mare Island navy yard in De
cember last, on three charges, the princi-
pal one of which was: Through negli-
gence, suffering vessel of the navy to be
run upon rock and hazarded'. The YES
sci was the Mohican, which johnson com
manded, aud the grounding took place of
the Alaska coast. She was the first YES
sci to which he was assigned after Il sus
pension of several years for the SAINT
offence for which he has been dismissed
The court found him guilty of the three
charges preferred aud sentenced him t.
dismissal.
The pension appropriation bill. a
agreed upon by the house appropriation
committee. carries an appropriation o
$l66, 400. 900, an increase of S20,662, 65C
over the appropriation for the curren
fiscal year. and $43l $50 less than the es
Inmates. After July next no pension 4
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03
Last year we told you in this

paper something about the Chiffon
Paints, how they are made from the
best materials that can be bought, how
they are mixed by machinery, and how
we turn out a paint superior to any
paint now made. You did not paint
your house last year. Perhaps some
one in your place has used the Chiffon
Paints. If you want to paint this year,
20 and ask the man who used the
Chiffon Paint how he liked it, ask him
all about it how much paint it took,
if gallon covered as much surface as
he expected, if it was easy to put on,
etc. You can see for yourself how it
looks. II you don't like the colors he
used, send to us for color card.
Chiffon PAINT CO., New York or
Boston.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03
Chamberlain's I'VE and Skin
Ointment

A certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
letter, Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Old
Chronic Sores, Fever Sores, Eczema,
Itch, Prairie Scratches, Sore Nipples
and Piles. 1t is cooling and soothing.
Hundreds of cases have been cured by
it after all other treatment had failed
% cents per box.
For sale by all Druggists; also sold
F. c. DYER, West salisbury, VT
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03
BINDING!

Arrangements have been perfected by
which we can have Magazines bonnd at the
following rates per volume: Halt canvas, q,
cents half sheep, So cents; halt roam, 3 hall
morocco, &l25 These prices are for the
common sized magazines, like the Century"
"Harper's," etc. Publications having larger
page will, OF course, cost more.
REGISTER co.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03
A GARD,

Having made arrangements to furnish a
limited number OF visitors to the Worlds Fair
with commodious lodgings at reasonable
figures, shall be pleased to hear from those
who desire to make engagements in advance.
Full particulars as to location transportation
facilities, character of accommodations.
prices, etc, furnished upon application.
Reference by permission to Hon. L. d. Ell.
dredge, Middlebury, VT, and to the Calumet
National Bank, South Chicago, Ill.
Address,
GIDEON +. CLARK,
~ If South Chicapo III
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria.

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03
Settlement.
Settlement.
George G. Dana Cestuique Trust.

STATE OF VERMONT, The Probate conrt
/ 1DIsrrICr OF ADDISON. tor the district of
Addison VI
TO All persons interested in the matter of
the trust account OF Geo. G. Dana in said eis
trlct, deceased GRrFcISc.
BY the authority of the State of Vermont.
you are hereby notified to appear before the
said probate court, at the Probate office in
MiddlebuIy, in said district on the 9Th day
or February, a. d. 1885, ut 10 o'clock a. M to
snow cause. II any you have, why the account
of Ira l.: Hamblin, trustee of said George e..
Dana, should not be allowed
Dated at Mlddlebury, in said district, this
10th day of January, A. D.. 1893.
JAMES NJ. SLADE,
Judge OF Probate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03

A hale old man. Mr.. JAS. Wilson of
Aliens Springs, H., who is over GO
years of age, says: Il have in my time
tried great many medicines, 'ome OF
excellent quality; but never before did
| find any that would so completely do
all that is claimed for It ms Chamber
lain's Cole, Cholera and Diarrh9a Rem
edy. 1t is trulya wonderful medicine.
For sale by all Druggists; also Dyer &
Co., West Salisbury, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03

Last year:
Her eyes were rheumy, aud weak and red
Her breath-you could smell it afar,
She had ringing and dizziness oft in her
head,
And the cause of it all was catarrh.
This year,
Her breath is as sweet as the new meadow
hay,
Her eyes are as bright as star,
And the cause of the change, she is ready
to say,
Was the DR.. Sage Cure for Catarrh.
DR., Sage's Catarrh Remedy will posi-
lively cure catarrh in the head, no matter
how bad or long standing. Fifty cents
by all druggists.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03
NOTTCE!

The Board OF Civil Authority of the Town Ot
Middlebury will meet at he Town Clerks
Office on Wednesday, Feb. 8, ut 10 O'Clock a.
IN. tor the abatement of taxes.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD.
Middlehury, Jan. 25, 1893 42w.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03
FARM FOR SALE!
My farm OF 300 acres, in Ripton, known a.
the
DAY MILL PROPERTY.

consisting of about IS acres of meadow and
pasture and the rest timber land 1t is
unconmonly good tor hay, potatoes and
grain. Two fine trout brooks, as good as
any in town, on the place. win be
sold cheap and only halt the purchase
price Will be required in cash or nego-
TABLE note; on the remainder all the time
needed may be taken My reason for selling
Is the distance OF the farm from my home
place.
II. z. FERRIS.
Ripton, VT, Sept. 6, 1892. 81
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03
FOR SALE!

a Sll9O FIRST Mortgage payable in gold
Value OF security $1,000 Fire insurSnce
$1,000. Time five years. Rate per cent guar
anteed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03
FOR SALE.

ThirtY.siX acres of pasture land on the
west side of the road running past the Aol-
ley place in Cornwall For further par
ticulars inquire of c. ID. Lane, Agent, Middle
bury, Vt. 4tt
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-02-03

HOODS PILLS do not purge, pain or grippe.
nut act promptly, easily and efficiently. Csc.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

arranged in fan-shaped pattern upon
the walls, and beneath them are
grouped specimens of that unique
weapon, the boomerang. With these
implements of war there are a num-
Der of striking portraits, giving one a
very comprehensive idea OF the aborigi-
mes. Some of the spears are ten fret
in length. They are made of the hard
woods of that country. of which there
are many varieties The natives ideal
of deadline6s-and not without reason
was the teeth of q shark. The spears,
in conformitv to this idea, have fiat
tened heads, along which have been
arranged two rows of pointed spikes,
as nearly resembling sharks teeth as
possible.
The spikes are glued to the wood
with tenacious gum obtained from q
tree called "black boy" The tree
has a short, rough trunk, with clus-
ter of fern-lixe leaves at The top, from
the center of which springs peculiar
blossom spike. The gum of the ''black
boy" is used by the aborigines for
many purposes. or was formerly, be-
fore the forests were so wantonly de-
stroyed in clearing the land for sheep
stations. Tne skill of the people in
throwing these spears, skill which
the women acquired as we'll as the
men. was almost phenomenal And
they used them indiscriminetely, upon
an impulse, without moments warn
ing. Lady Broome, whose husband
was governor of West Australia some
years ago. relates two characteristic
incidents.
"a ranehman who had been extreme
Iy kind to the natives was walking
along q trail with several armed ma
tives following him. lOne of them was
a powerful fellow, an expert in throw
ing his spear, and lie came immediate
lv behind the Engllshman Suddenly
he asked permission to wax in front,
and when it was given and he was
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pressed for his reason he said j an
afraid will kill yon: have such .
desire to throw my spear at your
back, but the ranchman kept an eye
ON him for the remainder Of the jour
ney''
On another occasion Lady Broome
found particularly amiable man
among the prisoners upon the island
opposite Perth, where convicts in that
part of the continent are sent He
was especially efficient when his serv-
ices were required by the sportsmen of
the party. among whom his good
nature made him n favorite. When
she inquired into the nature of his
offense. she found that he had
killed woman who was quarreling
with his wife. But did not mean t0
oit," he said. II only meant to wound
her ] aimed it at her leg, and the
spear glanced and struck her in the
throat" an explanation that was re-
ceived with some incredulity.
The boomerangs are thin pieces of
wood some of them worn and pol
ishcd from long use. They are used
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
INDIANA's THOUSAND LAKES.
a singular Group hut Little Known
Even ia Its Own State.

A person might look on the map
until he was blind, says the New
York Sun. without discovering the
curious fact, too insignificant from
Il geographical point of view TO be
taken into account in the collection
of general geographical data. that.
huddled together in the northwest
ern corner OF Indiana, are more than
1920 natural lakes, ranging in size
from ten to 100 acres They are all
within the boundaries of Steuben,
De kalb, Lagrange, Noble and Kosci-
uskO counties, 312 of them being in
Noble county alone. Such is the iso-
lation Of this extraordinary group of
lakes that the average Indiana citi-
zen, outside of the small area in
which the system is situated. is una
ware of its existence. 1t is entirely
separate from the river system of
the staIe and corresponds in charac-
ter with that famous group of lakes
in Orange and Sullivan counties New
York, and Wayne and Pike counties.
Pcnnsy sylvania-literally great springs
of crystal water, with bottoms of tho
whitest sand The wild charm OF
the mountain environment that is the
characterist of their Eastern coun-
tcrparts is lacking, however. in the
Indiana lakes. although they occupy
the highest situation in the state
Nowhere else in Indiana is there a
lake of any size whatever These
sheets of water are the natural
homes of the small-mouth black bass.
and ex-Fish Commissioner Dennis of
that state declares that the small
mouth black bass that lnhabit the
waters of every part of the country
came from that group OF lakes. No
where else on the continent have
these fish been caught equal in size
to those taken from Indiana waters.
The largest small-mouth black bass
of which there is any record was
caught last season in Sylvan lake. at
Rome City, by Sydney f Smith of
that place. 1t weighed nine and one
half pounds. A year ago DR.. Meyer
of Kendallville. took one "a the same
lake that weighed nine pounds. Syl-
van lake is the largest of the Indiana
waters. its natural size having been
enlarged by draining to make it a
supply reservoir in the days of canal
navigation. 1t is five miles long
and milo wide.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

A Traveller stopped at a little cabin
in the Georgia woods He wore d
white rose on his coat-one that Il
little girl had plucled and pinned
Nere as he was leaving home.
A woman entered the cabin. She
stood and gazcd at the rose mo-
iGent; then, darting forward, she
tore it from the steam gers coat and
stamped it on the rude floo-
why did you do that?n asked the
stranger, leaping To his feet.
Hush" said man who was sit
ting near, That's my wife.-and- -
she amt right here" tapping his
forehead. 1--WE had little girl
once with blue eyes and hair like a
sunset. She wandered off among the
roses one day-lost. lost.-an' when
we found her she was where the
roses grow, an they was creepin'
over her An tho wife there went
mad an now she says the roses stole
the child md hid her away from us
forever, an she goes about All
tramples them-just like she did the
rose there on the tioor.'
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
AN ISLAND o. Hls OWN.
a Pacific Coast Maa saho owes No Al
Iexience SaVs so Him. -eIE.


Pacific Coast Maz s4hO Owes No Al
Iexience saws 10 Him. self
Tho people OF Olympia NFast.. and
residents of neighboring piints know
of lost island that is equally lost
so far as tho government records are
concerned, says the San Francisco
Chronicle. II is known to steamboat
captains anl people i'll the neighbor-
hood as Steamboat island. because of
its resemblance to big steamboat.
Instead of being lost to sight this la~
land has really lost it's identity Az
cording to FRANK admission of the
land department this island Is not
under the control of any known gov
crnmeHt This d discovery was made
by a man hY th9 name of z Brun-
son, who sQuatted on tho Island
about th"cc years ago and then
sought t. file on the lanl rs home
stead. lie va, sent from o:a point
to another trying tt ge: il Surveyed.
but met with nothing but disappo:nt
ment at each turn. AT length. after
weariso,ne delay. the department. at
Nasei-gtoa selt VIZ! tI3t it lad no
kn owie1.,e cf any sucl piece of land
within tie hor cr5 of the United
States. B12a5oa coItinl15 to squat
sad nov. drGc5 the powers that be to
oust him. He il bachelor and is
the sole re ,idelt OF the isian /, which
contains 4 a'solt s'x acres. He has
small ranch. where he raj ei garden
truck. etc. aad lives as independents
ly As any OF tie proud potantates of
Europe. At low tide Erunion can
reach the Iaainanl along low spit
of sand. but wheI the waite" cognes in
he is cut Of from all communication
with the out idc world except by
boat. This miniature kingdom Is
about twelve miles from Olympia, at
tho inter cct}2a of Big SkookuSl and
Oyster b.ys. According to Brun-
sO1's, Gr,t under5 'anding his
kingdom WA il t over the line
il Mas IN county. 1t sccms.
howeTcrc%, that the middle OF the
channel is counted as the dividing
line in thc buys of Puget Sound. and
by this ErunSoas kingdom is in
Thurst2n count. The question of
taxation is now in dispute. Bruu-
sol refused t. pGJ his poll tax to
-hei1NtA IJtt-itl On biiE = tudI4 Iillb ilIS
island was not sub ,ect t. any gov
ernmcnt and that he was literally
law unto himself. This seems to be
the generally accepted view of the
case. Som Of his ncighb )rs joked
him about his prjncipality. and he
remarked that he had good notion
to run up the British flag and take
possession in the nam, Of Queen
Victoria II has been suggested
that if he should sell whisky within
the borders OF his king lom he would
soon find out who owed the island.
Since he pays no taxes his right to
vote is called in question. Accord
ing to latest accounts Brunson was
disposed to favor Thurston county
with his vote. The case is quite in
terest;ng and has provoked 20 little
discussion among the inhabitants OF
the sound.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

The only instrument used purely
for punishment in English jails now
adays is crank handle Weighted
heavily with lead and working hcav-
lily inside a box, an indicator at a
slit recording the number OF revolu-
tions madc-S,0 900 to 11,009 consti-
tuting Il days work. Among the
purely mechanical labo.' is included
the working at the crank handles of
tn. huge water pump. and by cranks.
too, all the meal used in tho prison
is ground. but in the case of the corn
grinding the prisoner may rest as
often as he likes provided he gets
through his allotted task.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

twenty-four inches in length. Boom
erang or kyle TIN owing used to be one
Of the most interesting entertainments
provided English and American tour
lists. Owing to Its peculiar form, the
boomerang when thrown strikes the
object at which it is med, then cir
cfes and "eturuS and tails at the feet
of the thrower. or behind him. This
is merely as it is ordinarily used. The
artist can use it with skill that sur
passes that of the tyro as much as the
crack shot of a rifle corps surpasses
the feats of militia marksman. Sew
eral exhibitions were given in honor
of Lady Broome and The governor,
which we're described as something
almost beyond belief. The boomeran {
was thrown into the air with such
force that it disappeared for a few
seconds, then reappeared, circling. de-
scending; posing and rising and again
descending until it dropped upon the
ground in front of the "boy" who had
thrown it.
The portraits of natives which have
been sent with the collection by the
chronological societies OF Australia are
most interesting. They give one an
impression of the aborigines before
they were vitiated and enfeebled by
their admixture with tho white race,
as seems alwa to occur. They were
of immense height. six feet and half
being common stature, q nd eight feet
being not unusual. They were mus
cular-not fat--erect and physically
powerful but treacherous and cruel.
Cannibalism on occasion was practiced,
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Boomerang

and ir IN; cloth made from the fiber of
plants-and q little later in the list OF
progress from wool and silk. There
are the clumsy weapons preceding the
invention of gunpowder by many
ages, not so swift and sure, but still
capable of infiicting wounds and death
in the hands of savage enemy.
The S meress of invention and deco
ration impress me strongly: the rude
figures. the more satisfactory attempts
at convcntionali7ation are strikingly
alike, whether it be the Egyptian the
product Of the Nile basin WHICH
Draf er terms the real cradle of civili-
zation-or his brother the Estec on the
oppo ite side OF the globe. OF course.
this similarity is apparent only to the
unframed eye; the student sees a
thousand differences, all of weight
and import, blishing his thu cries
bv indisputablc proofs.
There are tic arrows and spears and
war clubs of countless tribes-of Amer
lean India S, of Asiatic and African,
South Sea Islanders and the people of
the arctic zone. They mean pot only
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29
rnE MlDDlE or The EARTH.
Mnny Places Contsst the Homer Thsir
Claims.

For several centuries different
cities of the Orient have contested
with each other for the honor of be-
ing recognized as the mid-spot of
our planet In 1888 a London geoe-
rapher issued an elaborate work. in
which he tries to prove the British
metropolis to be the center of the
landed surface of the globe. Jerusa-
lem and Delphi, Notwithstanding
that neither is situated on or very
near the equator, have for ages been
the two main contestants in this
great central city controversy. says
the Philadelphia Press.
William Simpson Of the London
society for the exploration OF Pales-
t:no. tells US that Herr Schicl1 has
sent home drawing OF the spot in
Jerusalem which Is supposed by some
to be tho exact center of our world.
This interesting place is in the
Greek church, nine feet TO the right
of the reliquary containing what
purports TO be the crown of thorns
worn by our Saviour, the first nail
that was driven through His right
hand, ard the blood which He shed
on that memorable occasion.
1t is written in the Psalms: God
is my King OF old, working salvation
in the midst OF the earth.
This can only refer ) the scenes
of the Passion anu of the holy sepul-
cAro; the lni9s: or mid spot of the
earth must, therefore. be sought in
that vicinity. The belief that the
center Of the earth is at JerJsaicm is
very ancient, for it is alluded to by
st. Ephrem in his reference to Noah s
prayer over the bones of Adam. St
Ephrem says: And Noah
buried Adams body in the middle Of
the earth" A certain round stone
in the temple o. Delphi is also spoken
OF by the ancient writer's as being
the navel o" center Of the earth. >
Orastes takes refuge there when
pursued By Eumcnides Pindar also
makes mention Of the exact location
OF the center of the world; and Pen
sanius. like Her Schick. also had
the pleasure OF bcholding the only
genuine central hub of our planet.
He, however, locates it at Delphi,
instead of at Jcrusalcm. 1T is made, -
he says, '.of white stone, smooth and
polished, ana is no doubt the middle
point of all the world.
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the belie- >-+l=1t::=0. - among other
savage races, that in eating the flesh
of a valiant enemy his courage and en-
durance were transmitted to the eater.
Men were killed and eaten during a
certain religious rite which was kept
profoundly secret, and upon the eve of
3 battle where Che forces were equally
matched and the result matter of
doubt
The favor1te food of the natives, with
the fruit of the bunya-bunya tree and
other fruits, was the iguana. Troll
lope describes It las "a lizard with q
huge body and . very fat tail He
saw one shot which was Eve feet IN
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length asd wsaRiied III IS
The Whlte Pecples oEs coesSe.
eat them but the m tige1 deoi1Ee
the flcsh resembles that 81 95A.e
As these portraits snfIAcieutlY Rk4
the ab9riaiaes have nush NA
hair. dark skin and eyes an4
thick noses and lips ~ the n4E
races. pecuI:aritirs that are cfstIsi
to most of the natives Of New Zea'sy 80
and Of all the South Sea islnn4lA n
well.
The presiding genius Of Che exhibit
10 the kanRarro-thkt chief Of n1r
eupials of a continent where even th'
mice are constructed upon tho Tno4
ancient surviving plan of aufmaa LIE
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their shoulders. In CLAGgECE n LONG.
i've shots at The reain target at 200
Yards he hit four times. Master Cler-
ence, whose father is Conductor John E
Long of the Monon road, living At
Lafayette, Ind. began TO develop his
talent with y rife about . year ago.
learning it from his father, who is .
crack shot. At short-rang9 gallery
shooting he has no. equal f0rNhis aEa
He INDUCES in fancy shooting
kinds, such as nipping small d
from his fathers fingers, lighting
lor matches and cutting cards
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1893-10-29

why do you always sound that
gong as you pass another carY' the
motOrmAn was a-ked.
TO try to warn fools who haven't
any better sense than to jump off the
wrong side of Il car backwards or
with closed eyes" he replied. The
only thing we can do is to try to
ding caution into their ears You'd
be surprised to count the number of
such people we see every day."
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The Wanderers Reason.

First Tramp-Goin' in that house
over there. pard?
Second Tramp tried that house
last week, | amt going there any
more.
'Fraid on account of the dog?r
My pants are
Pants are WHAT"
Prayed on account OF the dog. -
ToXas Siftings.
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The Err, Printing I.ress.

The first printing pres with the
utmost diligence. could be made to
print from twenty to thirty five
sheets an hour on one side only; the
printing presses of to, day print from
%, 900 to $4,000 in the same time on
both sides