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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-04
No. 21O.-Omitted XYnrda.

In each of the 10 following sayings a word
OF live letters is omitted When these 10
words are rightly guessed and placed one
below another in the order here given, the
central letters, reading downward, will
spell the name of famous poet:
l. Idle -- are always meddling.
= A bird is - by it's note, and man
by his talk
3. Make your self all -, and the flies
Will devOur you.
4. -- is FOOLS argument.
D. - fool your finger, and he will
take your whole hand
Z. small leak will sink Il - shin.
a PERSONS -- ought to be his great
est secret.
8. He that shows his i'll temper -- his
enemy where he may hit him.
y. a rascal -- rich has lost all his
kindred.
TO- Do us most do, and -- will speak
evil of thee
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-04

A man walks around a pole on which
Is monkey. AS the man moves the
monkey turns round on the top of the pole
80 as still to keep face to face with the
man. Query-When the man has gone
round the pole, has he or has he not gone
round the monkey?
The answer which will occur at first
sight to most persons is that the man has
not gone round the monkey, since he has
never been behind it. The correct answer.
however, is that the man has gone round
the monkey in going round the pole.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-04

AAOtAer Letter to J'0mcu.
May rs, 90, Syracuse, N. Y.
Dear Madam:
" | want to tell you what Your
Tegela6A Compound and San
tive Wash have done for me.
Il was so bad with falling of
he womb and Leucorrhea
hat could not stand.
81 had doctored so much
Without benefit | was entirely
discouraged. | expected to die.
One evening | read in the
Herald about your medicine.
got some, and took ? bottles
u the Compound, and used one
It the Sanative Wash.
Il am now well and strong,
m never troubled with either
# the complaints. If more
Fomen would
|se your Com @
|oun d, til ere %SM
you'd be less suf- "a WA
Bring in thu WV
y World" - Mrs. ~ n
[da easier, 1876 @z&1LkIs
pki0e ST. |1E$NEMa.
All druggists sell il. 41/&tI
Address in confidence,
lydia r.. PINKHAM MED. "@~/T~ SSs@<<f-
Co., LYNN, Mass. O@N
Liver pills, rs cents.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-04

and undulate and fall back. throwing NJ,
new lights and shades all the time. Il is
more suitable for self colored material than
Inquired. The light woods and silks are the
prettiest Ii well done, the plaits will stay
In whole season, but it is not well to ex.
pose the dress to the dampness, or it will
be necessary To have them done over again
l ne prettlcst way to trim them Darticu.
larry when made for the young. is to have
three or four rows of lace insertion set i'm
and the plats laid rs if it were entirely
plain goods The waist and sleeves are
made in the same manner. and wide sash
makes handsome finish to the whole gown
Another new fancy in open waists is as
pretty as it is stylish and odd The waist it.
self is made like short Elton Jacket in the
back, and the front is gathered and made
OF light tan silk, while the whole of the
SUIT is made of resada cashmere Diagonal
ly across the front there is a resada surah
sash. The fronts of the waist proper are
cut so as TO come down in point, and
they are cut loose from the body nearly to
the arm size and are lined with the surah.
and the points have rather stiff lining to
cause them to hang stiffly There is a neat
passementerie braiding in Persian colors
along the edge of the fronts. Balloon puff
sleeves are of the cashmere, as is the skirt.
Ihis latter has plain, straight ruffle lust
above the knees and another around tn
bottom, and altogether it makes a hand.
some gown for t. woman not over 25.
saw very handsome dress for lady
Of maturer years and transcrbe it for the !
benefit of those who admire plain but
rich costume. 1t was of black faille with
moderate empire skirt. On this there |
were three flOunces of real black Spanish
lace each headed by milliner's fold of
black velvet. The waist was plain round |
with wide beaded belt The yoke was of
beaded passementerie laid over cherry sat.
IN. There was sort of bertha of velvet.
from which dropped some of the same
Kind of lace as that upon the skirt and
TINS extended across the back also. The
sleeves were the new gigot, cut all in one
piece and the shape formed by plaits.
1 here were two cuffs, one with beadingand
the lower one of velvet. a puffed velvet
toque with ace and beaded trimming and
black umbrella completed this costume.
When one goes into Il store to choose a
gown, there is such an assortment of CAV
colors that ones eye becomes to certain
extent fascinated, so that the judgment is
apt to be warped if the buyer does not keep
a tight rein over herself She forgets for
the time that one of those brilliant colors
taken away from the surroundings is bound
to stand out alone and be conspicuous and
appear anything but what her innate taste
would prefer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-04
M. so0.-A Reading Puzzle.

Nd <UU.-A KcadIIg Puzzle.
supply the vowels.1
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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-04
No. 211.-Riddle-me-ree,

My first is in seek, but not in find.
My second is in strict, buteilot in kind.
My third is in cake, but not in bun.
My fourth Is in star. but not in sun.
My NTH is in sail, but not in row.
My sixth is in deep, but not in low.
My seventh is in white, but not in black.
My whcie is a color you should not lack.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-04

SILK GOWN FOR MIDDLE AGED LADY.
The most Of these plaids are closely
twilled-almost waterproof-but others are
poplin, with smooth surfaces, and others
again will have loose weave, with a
downy surface and tufts of the same shade
as the ground in quite long hairs There
will be kinds enough to satisfy every taste
MATE LEROY.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-04
NEW YORK FASHIONS.
MATE LEROY CHATS ABOUT NEW
THINGS IN DRESS.

Nice Waists For summer Girls and Some
Others-Easy to Make and Comfortable
The scotch Clans to Invade Fashions
Realm Once \ gain.
Copyright. 1893. by American Press Associa-
ton
Never within my recollection has there
been such practical and thoroughly com
Portable styles as those now prevailing, par.
tlcularly such as relate to ordinary sum.
mer wear Every week sees some newly
developed idea tending toward comfort
lirst and picturesqueness or beauty next.
may instance the novel and pretty designs
IN waists such AS are worn with different
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1893-08-04

No. 13.-NumericaI Enigma.

prickles.
My 4, 3, .. 6 is to cut off close.
My |, Q, is writing instrument.
My t. ), is IA drinking vessel.
My B, 2, |, . is strong line.
My /, 3, ., g is support
My 1, >, 3. 0 is to remedy.
My 6, =, >, 3 is to flow.
My |, :, o is something to eat.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03
An Dog.

An irish setter dog, owned Ia Noark,
a few weeks ago surprised his master BY
appearing by his side when near the
Noank Ice Company's pond with q large
eel in his mouth. The incident led TO
the suspicion that he had taken an col
from the pile of some fishermen along
the shore OF the pond, and no notice
wa taken Of It. Pretty soon he up:
peared with another good'siAed. eel IN
his mouth, and the way In which he
came by this eel became q cause of ia
ouiry. The owner thought that he
would follow the dog and see whose
cells he was stealing. The dog seemed
pleased to have the attention OF his owner
and ran to a part OF the shore OF the
pond that was not frozen and along
which large quantities Of dried leaves
were packed In the water. He ran along
the edge of the leaves, and in a moment
or two made a snap at something In
them and brought forth another large
eel. His owner then explored the spot
with a stick and found that the cells
were huddled there together In q mass
passing the winter. He called the o..
tention of an acquaintance to the fact
and he proposed to see how many sels
were beneath the leaves. Having no
e~el-spear he procured an ordinary pitch
fork and proceeded to throw the eels
out. The number astoundsd him, and
when counted they were found to be
nineteen dozen, or 225 cell .-Norwtch
CONN Bulletin.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03
Remarkable Rainfall.

We often hear people declare that dur.
ing a certain heavy shower sat least a
foot of water fell" That such a phenom.
email shower would be impossible I shall
now attempt to prove: An acre is equal
to 6,272, $40 square inches; an inch of
water over the surface of au inch would
mean 6,272, $40 cubic inches, which, at
the usually estimated rate of 227 inches
to the gallon, means %, 000. This i'm,
mense quantity of water would weigh
220, 900 pounds OR exactly 100 tonsl
just think of it, and this calculation is
On the basis of only an inch of rainfall,
not a foot. Yet many reliable (2) men
will tell you that they have seen wooden
buckets of ten and twelve inches in
height rained full in less than an hour.
Such declarations are simply nonsense OF
the most ~nonsensical kind.
Throughout most of the United States
the amount of rain which falls in twenty
four hours rarely exceeds one inch, which
means 100 tons of water to the acre.
There are exceptions to all rules, OF
SSUAS0t oaN oSS0S4onoLy euO Aahl - WuCU
more remarkable. Thus at Flatbush,
Long Island, on the 22d of August. 1s43,
nine inches of rain fell in less than eight
hours; at Catskill, N. Y, on July 26,
1919, fifteen inches of wa er fell 10 six
hours; at Wilmington, Del, on July 80,
1881, ST inches fell in less than two
hours and a half, and at Fairfield, Ohio,
on the 18th day of August, 1861, eight
inches of water fell in eleven hours.
Such phenomenal showers are neces.
sarily quite, limited in extent, for if every
particle of moisture were wrung from the
atmosphere it would cover the entire
globe to a depth of less than four a.
inches.
The southern slopes of the Himalaya
Mountains record as much as 6l9 inches
of rain in a single year, but to c inter-
balance this Peru, Egypt and piets of
Persia often pass whole years !S.shout
rain.-st. Louis Republic.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03

The wages paid Co Chinese laborers are
about twelve cents per diem, with ra-
tions. The workers are easily contented,
demanding only the p~lainest of food,
while for housing they are satisfied in
winter to creep altogether under a long
low mat shed with a solid back to the
north wind. The severity Of the weather,
however, usually stops all such work be-
fore Christmas. What the men do when
they retire to winter quarters is q
mystery, but Cinnamon have a curious
alternating faculty whereby by abstain
ing from muscular exertion they are able
to non considerably in thoir eat.
ing. In times of scarcity, when wages
fall below q certain range, poor people
sometimes choose not to work, because
they consider that they would have to
take more food to repair the waste than
the work done would produce.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03
The Mound City's Name.

The city having been named in honor
of St. Louis many suppose that the pro.
nnnciation should be "St. Looie," be-
cause that is 1the correct pronunciation
of the name of the saint. Louis is not
an English name, and Hume, in angli-
Ching it in his history, always writes it
"Lewis." All the French kings of the
name "Louis" are "Lewis" in Hume's
writings. Those who say 'sst. Looie"
in speaking of the city may think it is
more honor to the sainted King OF
France, for whom 1t was named, to use
the French pronunciation. On the other
hand, our language is English, and it ID
perfectly natural that there should be
those who hold that the name of our
cities should be as nearly English as
possible. The "St. Loole" pronuncia.
tion will never cause any one to forget
why the city was named st. Louis, and
If it is the most popular it should be
generally accepted. Doubtless the ear
LEST settlers never said s'st. Loois," but
it is a long time since they were here
81. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03
DeWfall OF a Year.

Strictly speaking, dew does not 'sfall, :"
it is always formed upon the substance
upon which it is found, and cannot, in
any sense of the word, be said to STALL"
from the atmosphere as RAIN and snow
do.
Dew is a great respecter of colors.
10 prove this take pieces of glass OF
boards and paint them red, yellow,
green and black. Expose them at night
and you will find that the yellow will be
covered with moisture; that the green
will be damp, but that the red and the
black will be left perfectly dryi On an
area of land equal to the size of tho
State of Missouri the amount of s.dew-
falln per annum would be 10, 156. 219,.
322 tons, counting the ton of 252 inn
perial gallons.-st, Louis Republic.
&$##-F#&N#H Nr@&&$G E#
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03

Queen LiliuokaIani Is not in press.
ing need Of any annuity for her support,
remarks the New YORK Independent, as
ale already has al income considerably
larger than the salary of the President Of
Fhe United States. She has always been
thrifty and not at all like her brother,
Kalakaua, who was VIGOROUSLY a spend.
thrift and always in debt. When Prin-
cess she received from the Government
$4,000 . year, and in addition owned
property from which she received about
$4,000 q year. While Queen her income
from crown lands Itas S6o, 200, and the
Legislature appropriated SIS, 600 q year
for her household expenses and $40, 900
for her private purse, 30 that her total
income for the two years that she was on
the throne was $3.50, 900. II is said that
she j. not, as has been stated, q member
Of the native Church, and is d very super.
stltlons woman, frequently consulting
Ens ~Feothsayers of Eabanas
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Chinese botanists can grow oaks il
thimbles.
Science announces that cholera bacilli
do not live long in the body that haE
been properly buried.
The University of Pennsylvania, Phil
delphia, is to have a building entirely
devoted to chemistry.
It is necessary to use high pressure in
order to transmit the electric current
economically to long distances.
The Edinburgh Review says that the
commonest form OF color. blindness ID
that which thinks green identical with
led.
Coal of an excellent quality and in
large deposits has been discovered at
Djebeli- Ebou-Feyaz, in the district of
Ter, Asia Minor.
There is a reptile common to the
Sacramento Valley, California, knowu as
the blowsnake. A full-grown blowsnake
thinks nothing of swallowing a half
dozen eggs at a time.
The auger that bores a square hole
consists of a screw auger in a square
tube, the corners of which are sharpened
from within, and as the auger advances,
pressure on the tube cuts the round hole
square.
The modern lecturer relies greatly up
on the projection of illustrations upon a
screen, and the lanterns for this purpose
have been so improved that efec.s and
illusions of a most wonderful kind are
now obtained in the lecture-room.
NJ. Van Rysselberghe, who died re.
Gently at Antwerp, was the inventor of
the meteorgraph. an electric weather
register, by means of which the con-
ditions prevailing in various localities
may be shown at a central station.
Much research and investigation war.
rant the assertion that man is not the
only animal subject to dreams. Horses
neigh aud rear upon their hind feet
while fast asleep; dogs bark and growl,
and in many other ways exhibit all their
characteristic passions.
Electricians are now considering the
feasibility of using ~potentials up to hum
dreds of thousands of volts. With the
potential of 100, 900 volts the power of
Niagara could be transmitted to Chicago,
with a loss not exceeding twenty per
cent, and it could be sold at that place
in competition with steam power, prob
ably to commercial advantage.
A large dirigible balloon, intended to
make Roadway against air currents of
twenty eight miles an hour, is being
made in France. Il will be similar in
form to the La France of 1ss4-1885, but
larger-230 feet in length and forty
three feet in its greatest diameter. It
will weigh sixty-six pounds per horse
power, aud will be propelled by g screw
In front with a rudder behind.
The enameled iron of various colors |
which has become such a com non ar
ticle of electrical commerce is made, &C.
to a French industrial paper. by
dipping the iron plates into an enamel
liquid composed of: Borax d parts
10y weight), soda salts s., boric acid Is,
sand 25, feldspar 1875. saltpeter
3.5, flour spar 8 parts. The plates are
then dried and fred. Coloring is OBJ
tanned by using metallic oxides.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03

Baron Bleichroeder, the millionaire
Berlin banker, is dead. He was one oil
the syndicate which undertook the adj
justment of Austria's currency system
for the purpose Of restoring specie pay
ments. He was the author of that por.
tion of the movement which so d.
rected the currency of foreign exchanges
as to draw the food of gold from the
United States, which now has amounted
to nearly 800, ooo, 900 In two years.
There is no reason, however, to suppose
that gold shipments will cease on
account of B~leichroeder's death.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03

rectly on the squared log that served
him for a door step.
Stills opened his coat, and reached
his stiff hand into its inside pocket for
the key of the paddock that fastened his
door. It took him an age to find it,and
a weary, weary time to get it in the lock.
But when, at last, he turned it and re-
moved the hasp, leaned against the
heavy door, staggered into warmth and
safety, and fell upon his bed in the
corner, he said, family, "Il say g
them lines again before I drop of to
sleep. It's a wheat farm to a whisp O
straw that they was what saved me!"-
New York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03

! According TO the Baltimore American
Mr. Cleveland has a middle-aged Cab.
met. Their ages are thus given: Cleve-
land, ifty-six years; Stevenson, fifty
eight; Gresham, sixty-ones Carlisle,
ifty-eight; Bissell, forty-slx; Lamont,
f~orty-one; Herbert, fifty; Olney, fifty.
eight; Smith, thirty.eight; Morton,
sixty. Secretary Herbert's short arm
can ~sympathize with Secretary Gresham's
short leg. It was a Federal bullet in
the Wilderness that shortened the for
mer and a Confederate bullet near At.
lanta that shortened the latter.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03

The silk hat, that most characteristic
article of London attire, is said t, b, a
sure indicator of prosperous or hard
times in that city. The denizens of
Chapcery lane and G~racecaurch street,
those who are found about the Temple
and the exchanges. if briefs are plenty
and business blooming, launt it in the
glossiest of new tiles. But if business
10 slow the old ones are ironed and do
longer service. Just now, notes the
New York Sun, business is bad, and
those of the matters of the English me.
tropolis who are not going bankrupt are
growing and grumbling with all their
might.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03
Ia sLuEBIRp,s SONG.

To simI 70 souls, ofttines in simplest ways,
Come weet surprises that-we scarcely
why
Made i with sudden brightness drea4y
dsys,
Or seta rainbow in a stormy sky.
A smile, perhaps, from some dear pass.
F-by,
W !, unsought, Of sympathy or praise,
SAy-side flower, a fiower.like butterfly
T lest triie has its spell to raise
ga dropping heart to whom God bids
it speak.
An f-who heard but now all Navarro
TIL ybluebird's rapture thrilling on the air
1sanow its meaning is not far to seek;
Tome f~aint-hearted. fearful, once again
The Father sends q message-not in vain.
Mary Bradley, in Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03
Why One Illinois County IL Small.

In examining the map ofsthe State of
Illinois the question is often asked how
it happened that Putnam County was
founded so small. This is the reason
given by the Virden Record A num-
Der of years ago Putnam County en-
braced all the territory now in several of
the adjoining counties, and had a Mem
Der of the Legislature. Whepevsr the
citizens of a portion of this district
would object to any of his actions the
representative would introduce a bill
making another county of that particu-
lar territory. This plan he followed for
several years, till all that was left of the
original county of Putnam was four
townships, and this he continued to
represent until he died.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03

The doom of another educational fad
is sealed. The French association of
Volapukists has dissolved. The most
energetic apostle of the language which
was expectsd to set right the confusion
caused by the affair at Babel has recent.
~ taken the post of Professor of German
in . provincial college. There have
been othfr sctbacks and the great object
oil reforming the linguistic evils of the
world has been abandoned as far as
Paris is concerned.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03

In commenting or a recent novel Of
New England life by Miss Mary e. Viii.
kins, the London Academy says: "The
dialect has evidently been taken direct
from the life; i" is singular how nearly
It resembles that commonly heard in the
Weald of Kent and Sussex"
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03
4 Capitol According to Her Size.

Tee State Capitol of Texas is the
largest State building in the United
States and the seventh in size among
the building of the world. 1t is a vast
Greek cross of red Texas granite, with
a central rotunda covered by q dome
81 feet high. It was begun in 1881
and finished in 1888, having cost about
50, 500, 900. It was paid for with 8, 000,.
900 acres of public land, decided to the
capitalists who execa+e1 the work.
Non ollesns Picas une.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03
'EI.OUSAS, LOUISIANA

Travel from the North to Florids has
never been greater than during the pres
emit season, declares the Chicago Herald,
and the large sums of money that have
been invested in railroads and hotels to
accommodate this travel are paying good
dividends.
The Opelousas courier., 1893-06-03

A vast Hindoo conference was recent,
held at Benares, India, and a day wa,
set apart for special prayer to the Hindos
gods for the preservation of their re.
ligion. This is probably the first time
that such a thing has been done in any
pagan land, and the Living Church
thinks it is a great concession to the
growing power OF Christianity.