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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs WnSlow's soothing syrup mas JPen us
ed by millions Oi mothers tor their children
while teethlng. II disturbed at night and
broken OF your rest by II sick child suffering
and c! wing with pal OF cutting teeth, send at
once ami get n bottle OF Mrs. WinSlow's
Soothing SyrIp tor children tcething II will
relieve the p lur little Sufferer Immediately.
Depend upon II, NJ thrr~, there is no mistake
about il. II cures diHrrhpu, regulates the
stomach and bowels, cures wind collie, soft.
ems the gums ana = .'luce- Inflammation, and
gives tone and q ergV to the whole system.
MR.. WinslOw'S SOuthiuI syrup Tor children
tepthing - pleasant to the taste ana Is the
prescription ana discovery of one OF the old
est and best female phN Sicinns and nurses in
the United states Price twenty five cents Il
bottle. Sold bv all drug gists throughout the
world. BE sure and ask tor "MRs. WINsLow's
SOOTHING SYRUP "
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25


sectarian. Though organized only five
years ago 1t has rapidly grown in num-
bers and influence until it is now one of
the most powerful organizations of its
kind in existence, and its local branches
are widely scattered throughout the Unit
ed States and Canada. The society has
a most liberal constitution. The only req
uisites for membership are Scotch Irish
blood in any degree and good personal
character. The dues are merely nominal,
and the members are furnished free with
the valuable historical works issued by the
society annually under the general title
1.-The Scotch-Irish In America" The So
ciety was organized and the first congress
held at Columbia, Tenn, in May, 1889.
Since then Pittsburg, Louisville, Atlanta
and Springfield, o., have in turn been
the scene of its annual gathering and each
meeting has been manifest improvement
on its predecessors This years gathering
will be no exception in that respect.
No better idea is needed of the caliber Of
men interested in the society than may be
obtained from glance at the names of
some of the principal officers. The presi-
dent is Robert Bonner of New York, and
the vice president general is Rev DR.. j.
S. Macintosh of Philadelphia. Among the
Ouucr NlCG prcSlltulS are OOlOnel L. L.
Wright of Nashville, DR.. j. H. Bryson Of
Huntsville, Ala, Rev. DR.. John Hall Of
New York, Colonel A. X. Mcclure of
Philadelphia and Bishop Hugh Miller
Thompson of Mississippi The secretary
is A. c. Floyd of Knoxville, and the treas
urer is John McIlhcnny of Philadelphia
President Robert Bonner has been so
well known in American affairs that few
people besides his own countrymen ever
remember that he is of Irish birth. He
came to America from the county Donegal
in his youth, over half century ago, and
made a large fortune out of the New York
Ledger, which he started in 1851. His
liberal payments to contributors gave him
an enviable reputation in the literary
world and his fad for owning the fastest
trotting horse in the world cost him fabu-
lOus sums. He is an acknowledged au-
thority on the breeding and care of horses
and is prouder of his skill in farrery than
of his millions. He has just passed his
SEVENTEEN birthday.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
No. 13e.-Exposition Puzzle.

o o o o o o o o
Ok o o o o X o OK oox oo
o % X o o. o.
The upper horizontal represents the first
great fair in America, also where held.
The second represents the next exposition
and that in commemoration of which it
was held.
The last represents the third of the great
American expositions and intimates in
whose honor it was held.
The letters represented by crosses, COM
bned correctly, state what America has
proved in comparison with other countries
concerning practical, labor saving inven-
tons. The fact has been established by
these expositions.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
FOR FRAIL INFANTS.
They Rest Snug as Bug In a Rug In the
New Baby Incubator.

They Rest Snug as Bug In a Rug In the
New Baby Incubator.
The babies ward in the new Postgrad-
uate hospital in New York city has an in
cubator of new and greatly improved de-
sign for the nurturing of prematurely born
infants. Many baby incubators have Eeen
made and used in the comparatively short
time that has elapsed since the idea was
first thought of, but all the old styles are
open TO much criticism on the part of the
medical profession. With them about 20
per cent of the infants lives were saved,
but with the new one it is claimed that the
loss has been reduced to less than per
cent of all the cases treated, so that the
rearing of prematurely born infants has
been rendered almost certainty.
The new incubator is marvelOusly COM
plete in all the details that experience
could suggest or talent invent for its pur-
pose. 1t is mounted on bicycle wheels, so
that it can be quickly and quietly rolled
from one part of the ward to another, and
all its parts are of metal or glass, so that
it is easy to clean, and there is no chance
for the absorption of disease germs. A
most important thing is the arrangement
by which the air enters the interior, keeps
up an even circulation and discharges it
self again. An aluminium fan, operated
by clockwork most ingeniously contrived,
forces the air into the machine, where it is
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
Something TO Figure On.

A train starts daily from san Francisco
to New York and one daily from New
York to San Francisco, the journey last
ing seven days. How many trains will a
traveller meet in journeying from San
Francisco to New York?
1t appears obvious at the first glance
that the traveller must meet seven trains,
and this is the answer that will be given
by nine people out of ten to whom the
question is new The fact is overlooked
that every day during the journey a fresh
train is started from the other end, while
there are seven on the way TO begin with.
The traveller will not only therefore meet
seven trains, but IA.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
No. I33.-A Clever Trick.

Take five slips of cardboard, say about ~
inches by half an inch The exact size is
not very material.
Holding one of the slips by one end lift
them all up together and keep them lifted
in the air, when held at any angle, and
without touching any of them except the
one originally grasped. The slips are held
together by interlacing them and holding
at B, as shown by the diagram.
The trick is sometimes shown with five
straws.
The trick is sometimes varied by desirin g
that a coin should also be lifted and the
slips held at any angle. 1t is obvious that
the coin has only to be pushed under A,
where three pieces Of cardboard meet. By
pushing the slips close together they can
easily be made tight enough to sustain a
coin when held at any angle
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
To sail SIXTY Miles an Hour.

A Welsh engineer has prepared designs
Tor vessel which he claims will attain a
speed Of 90 miles an hour. His proposed
vessel is flat hottomcd, $50 feet long, so
feet in width, wedge shaped at each end
for 100 feet Of her length, with a displace-
ment of some H., coo tons. Such vessel,
fitted with Is paddle wheels, driving at
40 revolutions a minute, this sanguine
inventor believes would be propelled
through the water at the rate of 60 miles
an hour
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
BECAUSE WE LOVE.

Sweetheart of mine, since we were wed
The second summer now is here,
And love grows stronger every year.
We are so happy, sweet" said.
"Why is it?" And she answered low,
Because we love aach other So"
Oft have l heard the moaning dove
Call her lost mate from out the wood.
She suffered, felt and understood,
For she was filled with grief and love.
Such sorrow may we never know,
Because we love each other so.
-Cy Warman ir New York Sun
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
No. I34.-Rehendinrs.

l. Behead to run away and leave a rest
ing place.
2, Behead to look and leave part of a
ship.
3. Behead to deprive of weapons and
leave part of the body.
4. Behead to provoke and leave violent
anger.
5. Behead TO unpack and leave burden.
6. Behead to dig up and leave planet.
Z. Behead to attack and leave part of a
vessel
The initials left after beheading give a
boys name
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25

A and B each took 30 geese to market, A
selling his at three for 81, and B two for
a dollar, and together they received S25.
afterward took GO geet, himself and sold
them as before, five for az. When he count
ed his money, he found he had but S24.
What became of the other dolarP
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
We !. )SglRRkiSs,
-os1@luEs- - rs SIN
~,r.&2~- A. 49, ,-~>S~
No. 129.- Numerical Enigma.

My whole, cou opposed of SO letters, is a
quotation from Byron.
Ny 16, Q, 80, 6, 90 IS, 90, II. 30, 8, 83, IS is
one of the religious denominations.
Ny "a, 10, 5, "a, II, 2s, 3, % is a number.
My 10, Z, 2. 81, /, 25 is an insect.
My 10, SO, 90, % is false hair.
My II, 10, 81, 1, and 81, IA are personal
nrOnounS
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
Solitude.

The lover of heaven and earth and the
water needs no conversation at sea nor on
the mountains. The monologue of the
universe is speech and song for those who
understand, and If they understand they
never talk about 1t. They have no vocab-
ulary adequate to their own happiness I'M
der its spell Exchange.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
No. 131.-Tractions.

One-sixth OF a saucer (of china or delft,
One-third next we'll take of a cup,
One-sixth of a goblet, tall, graceful glass;
One-sixth of a napkin comes up,
One-seventh of dreamer, with rich, golden
store;
One-fifth of a crumb cloth so neat,
One-sixth of the waiter, one-fourth Of a salt,
And now are our fractions complete.
Proceed TO unite them, nor bother your head
To reduce to a common divisor
And if you don't guess this receiver of sweets
I'll call you a stupid surmiser.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
A Social Smoke.

In a smoking car on an Alabama train
a stranger asked another for light. A
conversation was the result, when the men
discovered that they were brothers who
had been parted since childhood.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25

l. A letter 2. Carriage. 3. To blush.
4. An English statesman. 3. To drink to
excess. 6. A bitter plant. = A letter
l. A letter 2. A vegetable 3. Rank.
4. Meter. 5. Keen. G. An adverb Z. A
letter
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
THE SCOTcH-lRlSH SOCIETY.
Preparing For It's Annual Convention at
Des Moines.
Few organizations in this country have
q more distinguished and influential MEM

bership than the
Scotch = Irish So
ciety of America,
which will hold
its sixth annual
congress in Des
NJ o in es n ex t
month, beginning
on the 18th and
c 10 sing on the
10th. The objects
of the society are
purely historical
and social, and it
is entirely nom
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
No. I3G.-Hidden Birds.

/. Rich sot. q One pig 8 In place. 4.
A glee. 5. Sara blots. 6. Pines. Z. Trip,
dear G, S. Haste, Nap
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25
Key to the Puzzler.

No. 123-A Problem: 8, s, II, IA, II, 20
and % cents.
No, l24.-Final Acrostic: /. ScalloP 2.
steeplE. g. PantheR. 4. CobbleR. 3. Tour
LeY.-PERRY.
No. 125.-Drop Letter Proverbs; l. Go
up like rocket and come down like log"
2. Cut your coat according to your cloth"
No, l26-A Farmers Experiments: l.
Cow-wo. 2. Horse-sore. 3. Heifer-ire 4.
Hen-en. 5. Lamb-mab. 6. ok.
No 1o7-A DIAGONAL.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1894-05-25

No. l2S.-About "Ologies:" /. Patholo-
gy. 2. Pomology. g. Technology. l.
Theology. 5. Technology. g. Zoology.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
CLOTHING MEN UNITE.
| Organization Backed by Millions Formed
| to Stop Profitable bankruptcy.

to Stop Profitable bankruptcy.
Twenty-Five Of the largest wholesale
manufacturers in Chicago, according
to dispatch, have organi ed strong
defensive association. They propose
to reorganiZe the system OF credits, to
protect their interests when threat
ened by hostile legislation. and to grap-
pie as one firm with organized labor,
should concerted action be necessary.
There are thirty-one large establish
ments in Chicago where mems and
youths clothing is mado. The twenty
five manufacturers, under the name Of
the Merchants Association of Chicago,
represent an invested capital of sI5.-
0OO, 900 to 0,0J0. 900, and employ from
10000 to Is. 00U tallors, cutters. and seam
stresses. The first OBJ ect is said to be to
prevent overpurchasing by that class of
merchants which gees into bankruptcy
just after laying in large stock OF
goods. These dishonest failures have
hit wholesale clothiers harder than
any other manufacturers. Custc mers
whose credit wa good for several
thousand dollars at the utmost found it
both possible aud profitable to come to
Chicago markets, buy to their limit
at half dozen or more houses and
then go home and fail just about the
time their bills fell due. That is one
of the things the Merchants Associa-
tion intends to STOP The entire sys-
tenn of credits has been changed. In
stead of each firm making credits for
itself. there is now an interchange of
credit news, so that any firm can learn
from headquarters whether q shaky
customer Is over-buying.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

country and Canada, between now and
the middle of next March. So we'll
has the campaign been arranged that
the general knows how he will spend
every inmate of his time until he re-
turns to England. He will hold in all
$40 meetings. Time has not dealt too
unkindly with the General during the
eight years since he was last in the
United States. Though he looks every
minute o his sixty-nine years. and his
hair and beard are gray, there is still
plenty of fire in his voice and energy
in kis action when he gets r, used while
speaking of his lifc's work. General
Booth i, now 90 years old and has been
engaged in the Salvation Army move
ment for ~ years. He was the son Of
q Methodist preacher and was sue
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
CRAWLING, MICHIGAN THURSDAY NOVEMBER l. 1884,
The Kickapoo Indian who possesses

The Kickapoo Indian who possesses
the l.rdly domain is constitutionally
lazy. In the South Canadian River
bottoms the Indians grow little patches
OF corn. When they have planted the
crop they think they have done their
duty, an1 as a result they scorn culti-
walton, and weeds and wild sunfowers
keep pace with the growth OF the corn.
The kickapoos have no schools within
their reservation. There are no mis-
sionaries there. But for the effort Of
gcntle uaker lady, Miss Elizabeth
Test, who has success sfully conducted q
small school in the Kickapoo country,
the rising generation would be exceed
ingly dull in the matter OF education.
Miss Test has been seventeen years
among the Indians teaching the little
papooses the primary steps toward an
education.
The Kicka2oo country is rich in
timber. The settlers who are fortu-
nate enough to secure these lands will
reap a rich harvest. Pecan. wild plum,
hickory. elm, red oak, post oak, jack
oak burr oak, white oak, walnut,
chitam, persimmon, cottonwood, and
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
HOME OF THE KICKAPoos.

Rich and Beautiful, and Inhabited by a
Lazy. Worthless People.
It will not be long before the Kicka-
poo Indian reservation in Oklahoma
Territory is thrown open to settlement.
and when that time comes the sun of
this curious race of people will have
nearly set. Already the note of ap-
preaching dissolution of the tribe is
sounded in the McCrae bill, which
provides for the selling of the public
lands in the ieservatiCn n at public auc-
tion. This measure is in the interests
of the cattlemen, and is regarded as
an outrage against the poor citizens
who are clamoring for homes in this,
almost the last, remnant OF the public
domain. The reservation consists Of
200,00 acres, and Is of great value. 1t
is timbered, we'll watered, and the soil
in the South Canadian River valley is
as back and rich as Illinois prairie
loar.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
Waiting for the Word.

All that now prevents the settlement
of the Yankton Is. ID. Indian Reserva-
tion by white settlers is the proclama-
tion OF the President The treaty has
been signed, the allotment OF lands to
the Indians has been approved by the
Secretary of the Interior, and Con-
gress has made an appropriation to
carry out the provisions of the treaty.
This land will be rea lilly taken, as it is
desirable, being in county that pro-
duced good crops this year, and one
which is rated as the best corn-produc-
ing county in the State.
The Iankton Indian Reservation
lies within the borders of Charles Mix
County. Outside the reservation the
county is well settled, and contains
three thriving villages and great
many well-cultivated farms. Negotia-
with these Indians were concluded
Dec. 81, 1892 BY the treaty thus
made the Indians released to the
Unite1 States 900 acres of choice
farming land, which will soon be open
to settlement to homesteaders at 40
per acre. The sum thus realized will
go to reimburse the government for
the amount pa d the Indians FOR their
land. There are about 2,C0o OF these
Indians, who have made considerable
progress in civilization, and have all
taken land in severalty and become
citizens of the United States. They
are now entitled to vote for State
officers.
Soil that Is Deep and Fertile.
The soil of the reservation is rich,
black alluvial and vegetable mold,
slightly sandy, and from one to four
feet deep. The surface soil is under
laid by clay, or more properly cal
careous mari subsoil which has a re-
markable faculty OF holding mo sture
and enables vegetation to withstand
practical droughts such as would ruin
crops in less favored country. The
reservation is in the celebrated corn
and stock belt of South Dakota, and
when thrown open to settlement will
give the homesteader some of the best
land at the Governments disposal. On
the land in Charles Mix County, out
side the reservation, the yield, per
acre. of crops in 1873 was: Wheat -;
oats, 56; corn, 81; flax, IL; barley, 54:
rye, 10: potatoes, 15o.
AS yet no railroad penetrates the
reservation or the county in which it
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
Atchison Globe sights.

SOMEHOW an old man on bicycle
does not look we'll.
PEOPLE do not seem to be homesick
as much as ormerly.
TIE trouble " it'll practical joke Is
that it is Liable to react.
IT takes peculiar sort of man to
color q meerschaum pipe.
SOME PEOPLE ought to apply for a
divorce before they get married.
The next general complaint OF the
people will probab y concern cold feet.
AS SOON a, the ice collector quits
bothering you, the coal collector be-
gins.
WHEN a man goes to looking for
trouble, he generally finds something
he Is not after.
THERE are so many mean people in
the world that the good ones ought to
be appreciated.
MINISTERS. as a rule, are too willing
TO allow strangers to strike their con-
gregations for collection.
SIDEWALKS are not worn out 20
much by constant travel as by lazy
people who do mot raise their feet.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

cessively drapers apprentice, itiner'
ant G hortsr, gold miner and Saliva
ZIONIST. The idea of the army was sug.
gested to him hy a dream.
The new, national head 1uartsrs of
the army on ourteenth street, New
York ,ity, the cornerstone of which
has recently been laid by the million
aire iron manufacturer, j. NJ. Cornell,
of New York, viii be eight stories
high, and the material will be Indiana
limestone for the two lower stories,
and colored brick for the upper por-
ton The cost of the edifce will be
S125,00O, while the site is valued at
S20O,C00. Appropriate exercises will
be held upon the Generals arrival, to
cele ebrate the progre,, of the work on
the structure, which will be finished
by the end Of the year. An auditori.
um, seating 1900 persons, will furnish
a meeting place Tor army gatherings
of Importance.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
CUT RATES IN FLOUR.
MiIiers Fall Out and the Retailer Reap
N -rodt.

MiIiers Fall Out and the Retailer Reaps
Flour has taken the place OF sugar
as the bone of contention among the
wholesale grocers of Chicago and the
Northwest. A combine, con listing OF
the Fills bury Washburn company, the
Washburn. .Cros by COMPANY, and N orth-
western Consolida ated Milling company
has gone to pieces. One o ult Of
the war is that grccers and dealers for
several hundred miles around are flock
ing to Chicago aud taking advantage
OF the free an open market. For me
time the three concerns named have
had community of interests. heir
plan OF business was t. send products
to local job, e's on consip nment
the latter agreeing to abide by
and sell at the prices established
b. the "Big Three" Their prot
cane in as a commission OF IS cents
a barrel. Competition was keen and
prices were frequently shaded when it
was necessary to do SO to secure an Or
der. When the knife was put into the
sugar pl ice-list the -four schedule be-
gan to suier-sympathetic Job
bers who found their sales dropping of
complained 10 the Three" and asked
thom to enforce the maintenance OF
rates The Pillsbury and Northwe t.
ern people were perfectly willing to
grant the request and notified jobbers
TO live up to their agreement. The
Wsshburn-Crosby Representatives took
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01
s located, but one road terminates four

Is located, but one road terminates four
miles from the northern boundary and
another road terminates at the Mis-
souri, River, three miles from the east
ern boundary of the reservation. A
railroad ha, been surveyed from the
city of Yankton, through the reserva-
tion, to the western boundary of
Charles Mix County. The Yankton
Indians are making satisfactory prog
ress in civilization, aud already many
OF them are capable OF taking care Of
themselves, and for such. it is believed,
1t would be better IL all pecuniary aid
from the government were withdrawn,
throwing them wholly upon their own
resources.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-11-01

mulberry trees grow in profusion, and
prairie chickens and wild turkeys, are
to be found. OF the wild animals,
there are gray wolves. timber wolves,
coyotes, wildcats, catamounts. and oc-
casionally, in the stiffness of the night,
the cry of the panther can be heard in
the dense forests along the Canadian
hiver. The woods are full of the
frisky gray and fox squirrels, and as
they playlully leap from tree to tree
they keep up a chatter that is confu-