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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05

Messrs. Allen and Sachtleben, the young
American students who made bicycle
tour across ASIA dispelled one illusion con-
corning the ignorant Chinese. Writing in
Century of their arrival at the city of Ian
Chou Foo, they say
"On the commanding heights across the
river we stopped to photograph the pic
turesque scene. AS usual, the crowd
swarmed in front of the camera to gaze
into the mysterious lens All the mission
aries we had met cautioned us against tax
ing photographs In China, lest we should
do violence to the many popular supersti-
tions, but the only trouble we ever expert
enced in this respect was in arousing pop
ular curiosity. We soon learned that in
order to get something besides Chinese
heads in our pictures it was necessary first
to point the camera in the opposite direc-
ton, and then wheel suddenly round to
the scene we wished to take"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05

A barber out on New York avenue did
not know that he was saying something
appropriate until after some one had told
him of the point Of the joke, but the dud-
i,h young man did The barber was cut
ting the long, curling, profusc locks Of the
young man, who has some pretensiOns to
being literary and occasionally poses be
fore his friends us a great genius. With a
superciious smile and words that could be
heard all over the room the young man in
quired:
Say, barber, what makes man grow
bald?"
The barber snapped his scissors once or
twice and ran the comb through his heard.
"Well, " he answered, slowly if man
has got lots of brains and is deep thinker
he generally gets bald That, they say,
leads to it every time.
Several Of the customers looked at the
young mans luxurious crop and smiled
rather broadly. The young man, how
ever, did not exactly see the joke, so pretty
soon, when the barber was running his
fingers over the curly locks he tempted
fate again.
say" he asked, do you think my
hair will come out and III get bald?"
The man Of the scissors paused reflect
lively, and then, in tone like he was de
livering judicial decision, announced;
No; l don't think you stand any dan
ger of getting bald"
Then the crowd laughed and the barber
looked surprised. w Washington Post.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05

"No, " said the slender young man. who
looked as though he smoked too many
cigarettes, I'm never going back to clerk
ing. a man can't be a man and do it.
He's got to be machine He can't lose
his temper, or he'll lose his place. Why,
the last place was l couldn't even laugh. "
"IIow was that?" inquired his friend.
lit was like this, " answered the ex-
clerk u was in furniture store. One
day some ladies were in, looking at dress
ing tables. They We're elegant ladies, you
know, that knew the difference between
one kind and another. They looked at
some empire furniture, and they called it
by name. Well, when they were gone, up
comes woman who didn't know any
more about the styles and periods than l
know about Arabic But she was rich
She wore tight satin dress and diamonds
and carried II lorgnette. She looked SUI
perciliously at the empire furniture, and
then she said in voice away up in the
air, 'Ah-er, can you-ah, tell me the alb
price of that vampire dressing table,
And l just broke down and rOared. l was
fired that night. Do you wonder I'm Civ
ing up clerkingf''-New York World
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05

If mOnarchs have often permitted them
selves the indulgence of making puns tho
fact has not been recorded in the pages of
history. One pun. however is assigned
to King Frederick William V of Prussia.
1t is said that on the occasion of IA court
ball ne was standing near the middle of
the dance hall in conversation with an
exceedingly thin ambassador. In the haste
and excitement of fiery galop a lieuten-
ant of the hussars danced with his part
ner between the monarch and the person
whom he was addressing, and then, seeing
what he had done, he began to stamner
abject apologies and explanations.
"Oh, that was nothing" replied the
king, with hearty laugh. "A hussar must
go without fear through thick and thin.
A whimsical glance from his own port
ly figure to that of the slender ambassador
accompanied this answer, and the hussal
felt himself not only pardoned, but invited
to share in the kings laugh.-Iouth' s
Communion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05
THE "bRAeANcA" DIAMOND.
Us the Biggest In the World and Is
Valued at S25,OOO,OOO.


The biggest alleged diamond in the
world Is the "Braganca. 1t is the size
of goose egg Weighing l / ounces, ana is
still uncut, though valued at S25, 900, 900.
Three outlawcd criminals found it in a
rivulet in Brazil. 1hey surrendered it
and received pardons in return. The stone
4 now in the treasury of Portugal Elk
perts suspect that it is only white topaz,
and it is kept hidden i'm order that POrtu
gal may not lose the financial credit at
taching to the possession of a gem of such
enormous price The German Aulic Coun-
rlor Bercis of Helmstadt had white
topaz as big as an ostrich egg, which he
always claimed and many believed TO be a
diamond After his death in 1909 it could
not be found 1t was thought that he
destroyed it rather than that his rcputa-
ton should suffer by the discovery Of its
true nature.
1t seems strange to take a couple of
ounces of charcoal in ones hand and to
consider that one is handling the pure ma
terial of the diamond. If you could trans
form it into crystalline form, you could
sell those few pinches of stuff for 81, O00,
600 perhaps No wonder that chemists are
eager to discover the secret of etfecting
this change TO assert that they will never
learn how to make crystals Of carbon
would be absurd BY means of the voltaic
battery real diamonds of almost micro
scopic size have been deposited upon
threads of platinum But, even if sue
cessful process should be discovered, it
might he that the cost of making a dia-
mond by it would be bigger than the price
of a stone of equal size and purity from
the mines One recalls the experience of
/ Professor SAGE who turned ont pOldDipces
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05
A Lesson In journalism.

Professor of Journalism-If you vera
called upon to report dog fight, what
would be your governing consideration?
Class-To increase the sporting circula
ton without driving away the religious
readers.
Profcssor-How is this to be accom-
plished?
CLASSIFY deploring the brutality Of the
exhibition and then describing it.
PROFESSIONALISM destroys barns?
Glass The fire fiend
Professor What did the scene dor
Glass eggared description.
Professor-That will do for today To
morrow you may prepare yourselves fcf
examination on battling investigation. -
Boston Transcript
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05
THE EARTH's THIRD MOTION.
1t viii Eventually Tangle Up the Equator
WITH the North Pole.

Marshall Wheeler of the Pacific Coast
School of Newer Sciences says that the
earth has a motion not mentioned by the
recognized authorities. He speaks of it as
the oarth's third principal motion" and
says that his discoveries in this peculiar
line of investigation are of more impor-
lance to the world than were the discov-
cries Of such eminent scientists as Newton
and Galilei. In an interview concerning
his queer beliefs, Wheeler says:
" y ftcr tircless investigation for period
extending over nearly 80 years l have
found indisputable facts which warrant
me in making the statement that the
earth, in common with the other planets,
changes the position of its north and
south poles once in each 20.903 years
This monstrous change is brought about
by the suns attraction for the earth 5
magnetism. The great luminary 50 strong
~ attracts one of the poles of each of the
planets and ropcls the other, that once in
a given period of time each of the worlds
turns 90 degrees. In the case of our earth,
rs | have already stated, the period is once
in each %, 9O3 years, rs near as it can be
figured.
From present DETECTION, as calculated
by delicate instruments, showing the at
trnctiVc force at one of the poles and the
repulsivc or negative force at the other,
we calculate that the last turn our planet
made was about e, coo years ago.
Reasoning in the line laid out by orr
friend Of the golden slope, we find that it
is only a small matter of something like
-, 900 years until the equator will get
tangled up by coming in contact with the
north pole and Cuba and the Central
with Spitzbergcn and Greenland.-S
I0uis Rpnublic
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05
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KOREAN WoMAN'S HARD LOT.
Known only as Some Ones Sister Outward
Forms OF Respect.

Forms OF Respect.
When n Korean child mentions its moth
or, it adds words meaning indulgent,"
'I'm not afraid of her, to show how lit
tie the maternal parent counts in the do
nestle economy.
One cannot but pity the Korean woman,
il what is said of her position be true.
Such total eradication of identity as she
undergoes is wholly incredible inconceiv-
able indeed.
She has no home In childhood she re-
ccivcs indeed a surname by which she is
known i'm the family and ny noar friends,
but to all others she is the sister of such
one or the daughter" of So and-so.
a ter her marriage her name is buried.
She is absolutely namcless. Her own par
ents allude to her by employing the name
of the district or ward in which she has
married Her parents-in law speak of her
by the name of the place in which she
lived before marriage, as women rarely
marry in the same village with their hus-
bands
When woman appears for trial before
a magistrate in order to save time and
trouble she receives special name for the
time being.
At an early age boys are withdrawn
from the companionship of the female
members of the household and are whipped
on the shin bones if they dare to set foot
in the female part of the house.
I "A Korean of good taste, says one au
thority, "only occasionally holds conversa-
ton with his wife Though living under
the same roof husband and wife are widely
separated. "
And yet nowhere is the chastity of
woman more highly esteemed or more jcal
ously guarded. Wives or maids of mar
riageable age are confined to their compart-
ments as though they were objects Of
sacred alteration. They are forbidden
even to look out into the streets.
When a wife or daughter has oven by
chance come into contact with Il stranger,
she has her choice of meeting death at the
hands of husband or father or of commit
ting suicide.
In the outer show of respect for their
womankind the Koreans are vcritabe
Bayards They have formulated an ex-
tensive scheme of honorilic terms with
which to address every petticoatcd Crca-
ture in the kingdom. The apartments of
women are inviolable from the intrusion
of the laws officers. A criminal of the
higher classes may not be seized or sought
in his wife's chamber. BY some trick he
+ must be enticed out of the nuptial sane
tuary before he can be legally arrested
When a man wishes 30 mend or 20 upor
roof, he first notifies his ncighbors il
i order that they may shut their doors anC
j windows, lest he risk the horrible suspicion
of peeping at the women.-Ncw y ork Tel
egram.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05

SORROW.


What is it, you ask me,
That changes VA SO
And makes us I'll different
In this world below?
All, my dear, tits hard
To tcll-to explain.
II all comes SO quickly
And causes much pain.
The world calls it sorrow.
Stll it means so much,
For it wlings the heart
With the strongest of touch.
1t chains in the heart
With great strong links,
And it never will loosen
Until the life chain parts.
Tt chases all smiles.
They Danish in fear
When once the great chain
Draws tighter, my dear.
Do we each have this troubleP
Yes, sometimes in life,
And friends then are needed
To make sorrow light.
-llaria Pendas in Brooklyn Eagle
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05
To Fry an Egg

To fry an egg so that it will be partio
ularly tempting to the eye as well as the
palate, first separate the white from the
yolk, then beat the white into ii froth
drop it into the pan, make "a hole in the
center with a spoon and drop the yolk III
to the hole. IL will cook it into very
dainty bit. New York Telegram.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05
NO HOESE OWNFRS.

For putting a horse in fine healthy con-
dition try Dr. Cady's Condition Powders.
They tone up the system, aid digestion, cure
loss of appetite, relieve constipation, correct
kidney disorders and destroy worms. giving
new life to an old or over worked horse. %
cents per package. For sale by druggists.
Also Dyer Il Co., West Salisbury, Vt.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05
The Wise VII.

Mrs Toni wouldn't j. husband
have his own way as you're
Mrs. Dick-Does he?
Mrs. Toni heard him so today.
Mrs. Dick (softly)-I'm glad he thinka
so. I've been "A long time teaching him
that-Detroit Free Press
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05

Husband-A bachelor doesn't know
what home is
Wife-Neither do some married men UNI
til long after midnight.-New York Ad-
vertiser.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05
The Natural Feeling.

A man came sailing down Brush street
md into the station.
A" Has the trdilksor Bad AK gomez" he
inquired breathlcssly Mt the ticket window.
Eyes, sir, " replied the clerk.
"How long agoy"
"About'--
"No, don't tell me" he interrupted.
"If it has been gone an hour or so, / can
stand it, but if it's only few MINUTES
I'll kick the lining out of this valise and
Uck somebody or get licked. When does
80 next one ieave?"
The clerk told him, and he wiped his
lace and sat down placidly,-Detroit Free
Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05
BY HOOK OR CROOK.

TT linn will a |
.,,.n ttincs lie n,,lst have entire resnon-
,ihility ~ must Two is one too many
,,,,, = chow.
aa,,fo,1 th.,, j., +r,,oli,,,, nrcfor to
.,,,, Hl chow, ,,,,..,lf md ns ,,s,,al thino
a., g. oyIo,,li,,,.1r ,,cli oltbo,1gb tbo 9th.
f,,i,,,'. s,,,,',,ti,,,os Iii ,ot admit no
,,,,nh oc+,,atcd asJ hold Inv envy Mt NV
a,vn ,narvolons orosn of detail
From these intrdductorv rcnarks Won
ill I nndcrstand With Whit reIuotnnce I
,,,l,o tho fnlln,vin, buini1inting confes-
s ,'',I' '''
Tboro wore two of us. and I was run
,int, the shn,v .\vo ,voro Mt Tho Hnuuo
md ,vorc ooino thrt niabt by the Hnrwich
Loot ~ nndnn Friends sfroI,',I v advised
49, to toIEc nm c,.nr,ss tbnt won't THROUGH
E,hc unrue to f,,, IjooI> of Holland. and
there Get comfortably settled Oh the boat
The EXPRESS takes onlva few minutes
md docs not s.o,, between tho capital Of
Holland and the hook thereof. 1t was. Of
course. the scn.iblo thin, to do, but Is
tafd. / was running tho show. and !
Thought had a better rlan.
No" said l: we viii 80 to Rottc1-
dam drive down TO the Iiorwich boat
from tho station. laavc our baggage on
boord find when She leaves. then take n
carria-c drive through ROTTERDAM and see
]
Sow. left and reached the Bours sta
lion r. little before O'Clock in the after
noon. did not know what t'rl7 tho Iar.
witch baat lett Rotterdam, but | knew she
left the hook a6 1889. ana supposed she
Nyould leave Rotterdam ans XhOro between
Sordq This would rive rs ti,Yc to see
the citv and have n GOOD dinner at one Of
the hotels
On coming out Of the Bcurs station
there was not a c.ntiaco to ~ seen. We
walked ulonu through thatcity for half an
hour Without seeing a single cab plying
for hire. Rotterdam resembles Venice in
many respects. but in none somuch as the
lack OF public carriages. Finally We took
a street car that went down to the wharf
A man who told us what kind Of street
car to take asked us if we intended to go
by the Harwich boat. l answered that we
did
..Ob >, he said II am sure the Harwich
boat has gone by this timer
PM that seemed to me impossible. and
surc onouyb when we rot off the street car
ut the terminus saw the fine steamship
Rerlin nj thr wharf and I could not help
rrmnrllino to NV communion:
.sIf ono nni,l attention TO what everybody
said one would have no fun at all. y
,Ycs. was the reply, but | notice
they are unloading this boat, and think
thot if She is uninlr to sail touirht they
would IN, nuttinr Things on rather than
taking tha,. off.
II struck ,na tbat thcrn was some rood
old common sense in this remark. and
tbrro was lust = tone of fDprchcnsion in
my voice IA hailed a man on deck and
shouted, When docs this boat lcave?"
The answer was Supplying, "TomorrC v
night. sir
Good g1aciousr' l cried "Whero is
the boat tha5 leaves tonight"
She left for the Hook Of Holland about
half an hour ugo, sir"
Are there no trains for tho Hook of
Holland?" ! shouted
Il think there are several" he answer
ed. you can find out at the Central sta
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05

The fattest man was Daniel Lambert
A few days before his death, in his Forfeit
year, he was weighed and turned the bal
ance at 739 pounds.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05

"Penscratch won a prize with his las,
poem.
"How was iti'
1T had been declined oftener than any
other "-ChiOago Inter Ocean.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05

Chamberlain's Eye and Skin Ointment
Is certain cure for Chronic Sore Eyes,
GRADUATED Eye Lids, Sore Nipples, Piles,
Eczema, letter, Salt Rheum and Scald Head,
% cents per box. For sale by druggists.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-10-05
Commissioners Notice.
Estate of Edward Grant.

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Prhbatr Court tor the district OF Adj
Olson, commits iO1er~, to receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands OF all
persons az tin~i the estate OF Edward Grant,
late of Midllenury i'm said district. de ceased,
and all claims exhibited in Offset thereto,
hereby give notice HAT "" will meet tor the
purposes aforesaid. at Henry Grants on the
2!d day OF October and sd day of May next,
from ten q lock, Il. IN. until four O'Clock, p.
m, each OF -aid day :, ana that siN months
from the 22d day at Oc' DER, y. d. l>9i i the
time limited hN said court for said creditors
to present their 81 ms to IA tor examination
and llowauce.
Date at Nlddl"hurN, this 2ith day OF Sep
tember \. D. l.94.
90 v. /. F RELKNAP' comr's.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-24

OF course, no boy or girl can
have an education literally given
to him: this costs personal effort /;
a father may give his son the adj
vantages Of schools or books and
encourage him in the proper use of
these opportunities, but farther
than this the parent is powerless,
the child's own mental effort must
do the rest. With the Britannica
in the home an unlimited educa-
tion is within the reach of every
son or daughter. Even one volume
of this work contains more expert
knowledge, more practical infor-
nation than the whole faculty of
any college. With this Encyclo-
pedia in your home you have at
hand, night and day, a private
tutor of your own, whose services
are always yours and whose intel
ligence is pre-eminent. That tutor
will give your children an educa-
ton that will make them the peers
o: the sons Of the rich in the race
Of life. The people Of this section
are fortunate in having the re-
markable Introductory offer of The
Express brought to their atten-
! ton.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-24
WEDNESDAY,JANUARY2 "A, 1894

The Texas Democracy are ready
to give any premium within the
bounds of reason to the blacksmith
who will weld the severed sections
of the state Democracy together,
but the artist has not yet appeared
who can do the welding. 1t is
equally certain that the white heat
of passion that will be engendered
later on in the year will not be the
proper heat at which to do the
welding. 1t may possibly happen
that the divided Democrats will be
turned out to grass for season
and given an opportunity to cool
down and arrange their differences.
The state could well afford to try
the experiment of Republican gov
eminent for couple of years as an
object lesson in the art of develop
ment. Two years Of Republican
rule would make the face of the
state shine.
Let some of the charitably in
clined in this city volunteer as de-
teCtiVes for a week and follow up
those who are frequenting the soup
houses and begging for money with
which to buy food, and they will
begin to appreciate the situation.
They will find that the frauds are
a mighty large minority if not an
actual majority Of the whole, and
that the utmost circumspection is
required in distributing supplies
The bogus poor are ever more soil
CitiOus and forward than the de.
serving ones.
Every ablo-bOdied man or woman
who sOlicits aims on these streets
should be taken in charge and eX-
amined as to his whence and
whittier, why he is in his present
condition, whether he is idle from
choice or necessity, and upon the
information thus elected let him
then be dealt with. The begging
nuisance should be stopped on
these streets and it can be done
without any hardship to the de.
serving.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-24

Mason News endorses the Ireland
plan for the resignation of the
chairmen of the two Democratic
factions, as a condition precedent
to restored harmony. Can the News
suggest some method of persuad-
ing these chairmen thereto? So
long as Baker and Matlack do not
resign what will the News do in
the premises.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-24

1t isa sheer waste of time en-
deavoring to secure the San Pedro
park for a fair ground. That mat
ter has been canvassed to a con-
clusion in so far as the right of
such fair to charge admission to
the park grounds is concerned, and
that right they do not possess.
Fair should be held this
spring, but it Will not be if it
on San Pedro park for its
location.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-24

There is more bigotry Matched
out in the name of free thought
than would be believed by those
who have not made deep enquiry
into the subject. This is to the
everlasting shame and disgrace Of
the free thinking fraternity and
should not be countenanced. A
zeal freedom of thought works
both ways, it comedies to those
who oppose it the same rights that
at demands for itself.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-24

The Republicans in congress are
excusable if they do get little
hot during the progress of a dis
cussion in which it has been or
dained, by Democratic conspiracy
against the national industries,
that they shall be defeated. 1t is
not party defeat, but industrial
that hurts them.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-24

San Antonio has a double duty
to perform toward the destitute in
her midst. To see that no one
suffers for want Of food and shelter,
and to see that those who can work
for it do so. There is no true
charity in aims giving and the self
respecting will not accept aims
save in the direst need.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-24

The Democratic party is carry
ing out it's declared intention of
knocking the industries of this ma
ton in the head. 1t only remains
to be seen whether the Senate will
be a party to this crime against
the revenues and means of support
secured by the protective policies
of the Republicans.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-24

ton. Add to it the other hundred
millions held all over the country
and it is readily seen what the bust
ness world suffers on account of
the reactionary measures that are
being pressed by the majority now
in power.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-01-24

Cleveland comes back at Hill
with another New York nomina-
ton for the supreme bench, to the
full as unacceptable to Hill and
Murphy as that of Hornblower.
VIII Hill win two times?
The state Democracy will have
to put Waller Baker and Matlack
on ice this summer IL the party is
to be harmOniZed.