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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04
OLD ScARLeTT'S BURIAL PLACE.



If the visitor to Peterborough cathedral
enters the building through the famous
west entrance, which has so often, and
with good reason. been called tho most
magnificent portico, not only in England
but in all Europe and turns abruptly to
the left before proceeding down the nave,
he will see upon the wall before him
striking portrait and quaint inscription
which mark the burial place Of old Scar
lett Under the floor of the cathedral, just
beneath
The tombstone set In the floor explains,
as the inscription on the wall says that it
will that he died in 1894, aged 0s years.
His Office that of sexton of the cathedral
and the town, is indicated by the keys
which he carries and by the spade, picEax
and skull beside him. A close cXamina-
tion of the picture shows a lcathern whip
hanging from his belt, and it seems that
the reason for this was that one of the
duties of his Office was to look after truant
and naughty children. 1t is in connection
with this that he is described as having a
"scarebabo mighty voice, and it is inter
esting to note that this is the only record
of the use of the word 'scarcbabc" known
in the English language.
The statement that che has inferred
this towns huuscholdcrs in his lifc's space
twice over does not mean that he rCsur-
rected and reinforced them, but merely
that his own length of life, % years was
so great that he buried two generations of
his ncighbors. All this might have been
true of old Scarlctt, though, and he have
been forgotten long ago were it not for
the fact referred to in the line He had in
tered two queens within this space.
These were Katherine of Aragon, buried
here in 1886 and Mary, queen of Scots, in
1887. 1t was II strange chance which sent
for burial to this same church the bodies
of those two unhappy, foreign born queens,
perhaps the most pathetic figures in all
English history.
Queen Mary's mutilated body was
brought here as the nearest suitable
church to Fothcringay castle, where she
was bcheaded, only IA few miles distant.
Her body lay here for about % years, un
til her son, then become James l of Eng
land, had it removed to Westminster Alb
hey. There still hangs, framed and glazed
upon IL pillar near the vault whore she wa;
buried the letter which King James sent
to the dean of Peterborough, asking fol-
che removal of the body.
1T DuIldl plttCt vi NSucth hutHtIlho l.
unmarked except for small brass plate il
the floor bearing her name When kinG
Henry VIII was asked why he did not built
her a suitable monument, he is said tt
have replied that he left her the grandes
monument which ever woman had, mean
ing the cathedral, which, in his wa
against the Catholic churches, he sparct
because she was buried there New Yorl
Times
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04
WHAT'S IN A NAME7
The Minister Thought There Was a Good
Deal Before He Finished the Job.

just after the battle of PcrryVille, in
October 1s62, DR. Savage, a strong Union
man, was at one of his appointments to
baptizc some children. There was large
crowd, and a southern matron brought
her four children to the altar.
Name this child, said the linton
preacher, laying his hand on the child :
head.
Simon Bolivar Buckncr" WAS the re
ply. which caused IL smile To- come over the
congregation, but the brave prcdchcrwen
on with his duty
Name this child, taking the next in
order.
Pierre Gustav Toutant Boauregard, -
and the smile grew into a snicker while
DR. Savage became red i'm the face lie
baptized the young namnSako Of the en-
gineer soldier and went on with the cere-
mony.
name this child" he gasped, reaching
for the third
ALBERT Sidney Johnson, came the an
swer.
The smile became audible. Heaving a
sigh Of relief he took the fourth, girl.
whose gender he fondly supposed would
preclude "a continuation of heroic reproduc-
tiors, and said:
Name this child"
"Mary Stopewall Jackson Lee, came
the response that set the congregation into
roar, while tho Union parson thought he
had held in his arms the whole Southern
Confederacy Troy Times.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04
KIDNAPPED BY A TARPON.


The little son of the agent of the South
ern Pacific company, stationed at Bayou
des Allcmands, had an adventure one day
while fishing for the gay and ever biting
catfish The little fellow was out in the
river in fiat bottomcd boat, and while
handling his line suddenly became aware
that something out of the ordinary was at
the other end of it. The line. which he
was holding rather slackiy, became appar-
emily alive, and in Il moment was whiz-
ling through his fingers as if Old Nick
himself was on the hook The boy cndeav-
orcd to stay its outward flight but to no
purpose. and he had the sal sfactiun of SEQ
ing the end reached in quick order. For
tunately for the remainder Of the story,
the end was sccurry fastened To the boat.
and as the line idutcnod out the little
craft began SERIES of mancuvcrs ON the
surface of the river, and the boy, bccom-
ing alarmed at the uEuslal occurrence,
yelled for assistance
The craft went on with the flood. In the
one end the boy on the other powerful
something or another, which, content
with giving IA sample of its skill as n head
on propeller, kept its bulk hidden beneath
the water. And still the boy kept on yell
ing and the boat agoing, until several
men ON the Dank OF tnc bayou, nearing the
cries, embarked in a skiff, and, armed with
a steel harpoon-they had been there be-
forc-started for the boy ana the boat and
the something another, still under the wa
ter, but occasionally breaking the surface
as if it wanted TO fly. When the rescucrs
reached the flying craft, one Of them seized
the tautened fish line, sententiously re
marking, "Grande ecaille," began to
shorten in, and in about five minutes of
hard work had brought the capture along
side, where it began cavorting and plung-
ing, throwing the water in clouds. An
other of the men, Selling the harpoon,
watched an opportunity and in a few
minutes more darted the steel into the
cleaning sides of the fish, for such it was.
When the bank was reached, the capture
was taken ashore. 1t proved to be IA SPLEEN
did specimen of the tarpon, and measured
over feet in length, its scales being larger
than Il silver dollar, and cleaning with q
| silver luster and fcckcd with a multitude
of other colors.-New Orleans Times Dem
QCrat
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04
British Columbia Lakes.

Little Shuswap lake is stated to have n
fiat bottom, with depth varying from 5S
to a feet, measured from the mean high
water mark. The deepest water found in
the Great Shuswap was 555 feet, about six
miles northwArd from Cinnemousun mar
rows in Seymour Arm, though the whole
lake is notably deep. Adams lake, how
ever exceeds either of the Shuswaps, as its
average depth for 20 miles is upward of
|, l0a feet, and at one point n depth of
/, 900 feet was recorded. In the northwest
corner of this lake, at depth of /, IS feet,
the purpose of the scientific explorers was
defeated by the presence Of mysterious
submarine currents, which played with
the sounding line like some giant fish and
prevented any measurements being taken.
1t is Il complete mystery how the cur
rents could have been created M this depth,
and scientific curiosity will no doubt i'm
pei either public or private enterprise 10
send IA second expedition to the scene this
summer to endcaVur to solve the riddle
AS the height Of the surface of this lake is
/ $50 feet above the sea level, its present
bed is therefore only 1870 feet above the
sea. although distant 200 miles from the
nearest part of the ocean DIR Dawsoa
and his associates believe that the beds 2t
some of the mountain lakes in the region
are many feet lower than the sea level
Vancouver World
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04
Queer She Felt Tired.

Farmer (to physician)-If you git out
my way, doctor, any time, l wish you d
stop an see my wife. She says she ain I
feelin well
Physician-What are some of her symp-
tomss
Farmer dunno. This mornin after
she had MIXED the cows, an fed the stock,
an got breakfast for the hands, an washed
the dishes, an built fire under the soft
soap kettle in the lane, an done u few
chores bout the house she complained of
feeln kinder tired l shouldn't he sur
prised if her blood was out of order |
guess she needs dose OF medicine indie
pen dent.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04

In Swiss and German farmhouses, where
the baking takes place once fortnight or
certainly at fairly long intervals, such a
thing as unpleasantly stale bread is almost
unknown 1t is put away in peculiar
manner which tends to preserve its fresh
ness. Sprinkle flour freely into an empty
flour sack and into this pack the loaYes
being careful to have the top crusts Of two
loaves touching. Where they have to lie
bottom to bottom sprinkle -four between
them. Tie up the sack and hang it up in
an airy place, not against Il wall, but So
that 1t can swing The day before the loaf
is wanted take it out, brush off the -four
and stand 1t in the cellar overnight In
this way bread remains edible for three or
four weeks.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04
Brains In the Finger Tips.

1t may not be so generally known that
recent post mortem examinations of the
bodies Of the blind reveal the fact that in
the nerves at the ends of the fingers we'll
defined cells of gray matter had formed,
identical in substance and in cell forma-
tion with the gay matter of the brain.
What does this show 1t proves that n
man can think not alone in his head but
all over his body, and especially in the
great nerve oenters like the solar plexus,
and the nerve ends, on the palms of the
hands and the soles of the feet. The COM
ing man will assuredly perceive and think
in every part, from his head down to his
feet Aroma.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04
AlbonI and Royalty.

Among the many anecdotes told of that
famous italian contralto Nine Alboni, Is
one which, reading like fiction, is never
theless perfectly true About 25 years ago
at a state concert at Buckingham palace
Nine Alboni was commanded to appear
And appear she did and sang exquisitely
AS she turned to go after her last aria she
slipped her hand into her pocket and drew
forth a pair of scissors, sharp and new
Bending down she quickly shipped the
Bope which separated the artists from the
audience. II have done it, she whis-
pered triumphantly to a friend, and es-
capped as gracefully as might be. Nine.
Alboni l need scarcely add, had republic
IN tendencies Lady Mary in Woman at
Home
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04
TO HEAR HER SING.


To see her perfect head thrown back,
While from her lips tthc dainticst ever kissed
There ripples forth melody so free,
So joyous and so glad, the happy birds
Are moved TO wonder on tn" maple tree
Just at the window, where she sits and sings,
Herself the sweetest among all sweet thngsl
The little Psyche knot Of golden hair
! wonder Oft if angels wear theirs So
The soulful eyes upliftcd-I am sure
Not angel, woman, st. Cccilia's self
Could look moro fair or more divii 'ly purel
The bunch of lilies on her girlish breast
Show scarcely white against her bosom s
snow
But with an odorous sigh they closer cling,
Glad to be near her, glad to hear her sing!
Mamie l.. Huttcr in Southern Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04
Not a Bombardment.

Kissam-Has her papa ever fred your
Higgins-He has never resorted to bonn
bardment. His tactics are more in the ma
ture of passive blockade.
GLOW is that?"
"When 1 call to see his daughter, he re-
mains in the parlor during the whole Of
the interview. detroit Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04
He Had Some Also.

Caller-Tm bill collector, sir, from
Highly, Swelle & Co.
Clubly-Well, I've large number here
to add to your collection, and I'll let you
have 'em cheap. Town Topics.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04
His Apology.

"You ought to have apologized to the
lady for stopping on her foot, said his
mother, after the caller had gone.
II did, " answered Willie. II told her
was sorry she couldn't keep her feet out Of
my way. London Tit Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04

The custom and fashion of today will be
the awkwardness and outrage of tomorrow.
30 arbitrary are these transient laws
Dumas
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04

In Korea an unmarried man is treated
as boy, no matter how old no is. a
young married man of 20 is by Korean
custom entitled to be treated as a superior
by old bachelors of 90. Washington star.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04

Every pair of Lewis lima Calf Shoes
has Lewis Cork Filled Soles, which are
impervious to dampness. Better than
clumsy inner soles. \ great $3.50
Shoe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-10-04

In India the cultivation of rice ante
dates history
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Free people, remember this maxim,
We may acquire liberty, but it is never
recovered if it is once lost.-Rousseau.
Rev. William C. Winslow, of Cos
ton. vice-president of the Egypt ex-
ploratiOn fund, has received the deco
ration of the Society OF Science and
Arts of Great Britain for honorary fell
lowship.
F. A. Brockhaus entered business
a hundred years ago and ninety years
ago became a book publisher, begin
ming with the Convcrsat;ons-Lexicon.
The firm has consisted of members of
his family alone ever since, and the
third generation of Brockhauses is
about to retire leaving the fourth gen.
Grafton, Albert and Rudolf, at the
head OF the house, now in Leipzig.
Rev. DR.. L. L. Townsend. the Meth
odist divine and pastor of the Mount
Vernon Place church in Baltimore. has
rendered his resignation to take effect
At the end of the present conference
year. Mr.. Townsend will leave the
ministry entirely and devote his time
Nolhs 40 Id> DCtl llS tc-
sire for some time past. Mr.. Town
send yer to Baltimore from Boston.
The coming man in Turkey is
Iurchan Pasha. the foreign minister,
who las had a remarkable career and
is in high favor with sultan and the
grand vizier. He was educated in
France, and his wife is one of Turkeys
rare new women" At her husbands
official receptions she stands by his
side unveiled, dressed in the latest
European styles and wearing eye
glasses.
-GerOnimo has been in confinement
ten years, and his warlike spirit, if not
%subdued, is very carefully concealed.
During his captivity he has conSoled
himself with dealing out justice, in the
capacity of police magistrate, to his
tribe. Meantime his captor, Gen. Miles,
has been talked of for chief magistrate.
Gen. Miles is fifty-siX years old, and it
is thirty years since he broke the rec
ord in military honors by becoming i
majOr-general at twenty-six.
Il. W. Yeats. the young Irish poet,
ID HHtuIlOucu dS TtiIillulnS OHc VI
Stevenson. He wears a scarlet sash
and 4 sOmbrerO in the streets of Dub
lin and has "A tall, willowy frame,
with the tint in his cheeks of the
wild olive" And if you stop in the
street this mixture of the olive and the
willow with IA question as to the
weather-behOld! he will ''dreamily
spin you Il fable out of the Celtic
twilight or reel off a sad-toned SON.
net"
William WatsOn's new and COM
paratively long poem, which has not
yet reached us. but notices of which
appear in the English papers, is high
ly praised by the Spectator. The poem
is entitled Hymn to the Sea" The
Spectator says: There is not a line in
it which is not a great line. = =
In this noble poem, mistermed 4 hymn,
but all the more wonderful, for the
purely imaginative character OF its
splendor, w are greatly mistaken if
all competent c%riti"s will not recognize
at last that we ha, among us another
of the really greatest masters of En-
CliSh song"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
Tdlkyrie III.

There were rumors that Lord Dun
raven would not nee yesterday, but
when the anxious crowds saw the VAL
kyrie going down the bay they were
content, and as the wind was a good
16-knot breeze from the southwest in
the morning, the prospects for a good
ace were most encouraging. When,
however, the Britisher kept over at
end of the line by himself, but did
not put up his topsail the crowd con,
cluded that he had a grievance. No
steamboats, or tugs were in the British
boats way. To windward was a broad
expanse Of open water. The fleet of
excursion steamers and tugs were
grouped to the north of the line and
not near enough to have any effect
upon the wind.
The starting pun was followed by a
scene that was novel in international
racing. The American yacht. a py-
ramid of canvass, bore down upon the
line. Balloon jib. topsail, spinnaker,
mainsail and towering club top
tails were drawing well. Tho
British boat, on the other hand,
sailed calmly down to the
line under lower canvas only, and
crossed after Defender. Then the
British yacht slowly bore away toward
the line and crossed it, only TO turn
on her heel and point for home. So
carefully planned was his withdrawal
that his tug, the Willard, vas right at
the line, ready to tow him into port.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
mortal remains hev bin Laid

my mortal remains hev bin Laid
away"
And there Mrs. Gallup, who had
gradually been working up to it, broke
down and began to sob and thrust the
end OF her red nose into the mouth of
the bottle in her hand. The putting on
OF the hinge was a tri1ing matter, and
Mr.. Gallup had finished and vas ready
to tackle the rain barrel when Mrs.
Gallup broke down. He walked away
leaving her in tears, but she followed
after and sat on the washbench to con-
tinue:
IF 1 could hev lived a couple of
weeks longer, 1 could hev put up a lot
OF crab-apple preserves and made a jar
of tomater sass, but the Lord knows
best. Shall you break down at the
funeral, Samuel, or only shed a few
tears and heave a few signs? It won't
make any difference to me. but foIksIl
be watchin' you, you know. If you
burst out cryin' you'll git more sym
pathy and they'll say you thought
more of me. Hev you decided on
about how much you'll pay fur my
grave-stEn. Samuel?"
Mr.. Gallup had picked a rusty iron
hoop up out OF the grass and was busy
driving 1t ver the barrel, and even if
he heard her he did not think best to
answer.
"There's-there's another thing ]
wanted to talk about, said Mrs. Gallup,
as she wiped her eyes and chOked back
her sobs. I've bin dyein' my hair fur
the last five years. If they don't hev
hair dye up in Heaven l don't know
what I'm goin' to do. An what about
night caps, Samuel? I've worn one fur
the last twenty years. andif they don't
supply 'em to angels l shall have the
earache rs sure's you're born. You are
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21
a Justice of the peace and orter know
about these things and 1 wish you'd

4 Justice of the peace and orter know
about these things and l wish you'd
tell me-"
But Mr.. Gallup didn't. He straight
encd up and cast 4 glance at Mrs. Gal
lup, but he had nothing to say. She
sobbed three sobS and shed fourteen
tears while waiting, and when it was
apparent that he had NJ opinion 20 aG-
vance she said:
Mrs. BeLce says if she was to die
and Bebee was to marry agin she'd
come back rs a speerit and haunt his
wife, but that's not my way. You kin
git one as soon as you please arter I'm
gone, and | won't never bother her. l
s'pose you'll paint the kitchen floor fur
her, and if she wants the pigpen white
washed twice a year you won't say 4
word. There's another thing about
angels, Samuel. When they are tookin'
sick in the night what's done fur 'em
and who does it? And | was thinkin'
only this mornin' that I never tried to
fly in all my life. and that I'd probably
break my neck unless | was introduced
to some angel who'd show me how to
flap my wings"
Mr.. Gallup had driven on the hoop
and he now moved over to take the
sag out of the woodshed door. Mrs.
Gallup squoze out six tears, took a
hearty snuff of the camphor, and rose
up to say:
''Meb5e the clock stopped because it
was run down, and mebbe the wind
blowed that yaller bowl off the table,
and perhaps the Lord hasn't sem fur
me arter all. Would you be disap-
pointed, Samuel, if | was to live on,
and you couldn't colt around and go to
the circus and marry a young gal? I
'spose you would, but I'm in the Lords
hands. If He calls fur me to flap my
fiappin' wings and soar away I'll hev
to go, but if He decides that l kin stay
on till arter I've made my cucumber
pickles and apple-butter it hain't fur
me to rebel l guess III go in and
look around and see whether I'm goin'
to die or not"
Mr.. Gallup didn't know when she
went, being busy at the door. He had
probably forgotten that such a woman
existed when she called to him, half an
hour later, from the kitchen door:
Samuel, you watch out fur tramps
and tin-peddlers while l run over and
tell Mrs. Robinson that I'm goin' to set
emptins tonight and she kin hev all
she wants to-morrer if they don't soul
on me!"-Detroit Free Press
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-09-21

Although in a dying condition, she had
gone back to the bedroom for the
camphor bottle, and by its aid had
ventured forth.
Samuel" she began as she sat down
on an old box with her back to the
structure, the Lord giveth and the
Lord taketh away, and we can't help
ourselves. I'm about to be tookin'.
I've got my summons, and be-
fore you hev fed the hogs and MIXED
the cow 1 shall be flappin' my angelic
wings. l cum out here to tell you
three or four things before l expire.
Mrs. Johnson owes me seven eggs and
two drawin's of tea, and no matter how
much She cries at my funeral you don't
want to let her off. Mrs. Sam White
owes me starch and pepper and bakin'
powder, and even if she leads the sing
in you want to make her pay her
debts. Some wives would go right on
and die and never think of these
things, but hat amt my way. Mrs.
Hopkins has my quilt-frames, and Mrs.
Greedy has had n of my flatirons fur
three weeks After the funerai-after