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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-27
Harper's Weekly
IN 1896.

HARPER'S WEEKLY la journal tor the whole
country # deals with the events OF the world
that are important to American.
In carrying ont tins policy, in 1895, Julian
Ralph visited emma and Japan, and journeyed
through the West; Richard Harding Davis
took a trip through the Caribbean Sea; the
eYOlutiuls of IN new navy were described
by Rufus f /ogbaum; Frederic Rcmin gtOn
presented studies OF Army ana Frontier lite;
Poultney BigclOw attended the opening OF
the kiel Canal.
In 1896 like attention i'll be given to every
notable hlppruipG The chIet events in ART,
literature ana music and the drama will be
artisticallV pre- Scutcd. ". Il. HOWells, in the
cuss In his interesting way books and the so.
cial questions OF the time. r. :. Martins
sprigntlY gossip of the BUSY WORLD will be
continued. The progress OF the TranspOrta.
ton Commission arOund the World will be
followed, and Ca-par " whitney will con
duct the department OF AMATEUR POR
In 1880 viii Occur a Presidential election. In
It's editorials and through lt7 political car.
toons thu weekly will continue { he an indie.
pendent advocate OF good govern nent and
sound n uueY.
In fiction the Weekly will he especially
strong II will publish the only novel OF the
year by W , towels, and II stirring serial
OF a scotch tcud, by :. r. rocket The short
stories selected are OF uuusu i excellence and
interest In "v,ry respect Harper's Week'y
VIII matnlhtl it's leading place in the Illus
trated jpurulllsm OF the world.
The Volumes OF the Weekly begin with the
hrst nnmhcr tor January OF each year. when
no time l. mentioned, subscriptions will be.
order.
Remittances should he made by Post office
Money OrderOr Draft, to avoid chance OF loss,
0nhout the cypress order Of Harper II brothers
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-27
Jonathan Willis' Estate.
for Distribution of Share of an
Absent Heir,

CTATE OF VERMONT, BE IT remem.
DDIsTRICT " ADDISON, S.. bered that Mt a
session OF the Probate court holden nj Mid
dlebury. within and tor the district OF Addi-
son, on the 10Th day OF December, A. ID. ls9j.
Present: Hon. James VI. Slade, Judge.
Whereas. a petition has this day been filed
in this court by j, IL. Witherell of Bridport
Vt, and Asa Hemenway of MiddleburY, W.T.
h~eirsat-law OF Jonathan Willis, late OF Mid.
dlebury, deceased, setting forth in substance
that i'm the settlement of said Jonathan willis
estate there was "A portion OF said estate set to
Philo ;. Severance as agent tor Edgar Willis,
"A son of the deceased, then absent, and fur.
Their representing that said Edgar has not
been heard from tor more than fifteen years
last past, five years of which have elapsed
since the cath of the said Jonathan, and
praying the court to order the share so set to
Engar Willis to be distributed To the lawful
heirs of SAID Jonathan Willis, il not being
known that said Edgar has sny lineal heirs.
Therefore il is ordered that all persons inter
ested in he estate of Jonathan Willis be mott.
fed to appear before said court nj the Probate
office In Middlebury, I'm said district, on the
18th day of January, A. ID. 1876, AT 10 O'Clock a.
IN, by publication OF this order three weeks
successively previous thereto In the Middle
bury Register, "A newspaper printed at Mid
dlebury, in said district, to show cause, II any
they may have, whv said petition qhIuld not
be Granted and the order for the distribution
of said share of said absent heir maae by said
court as by statute provided.
ssw Attest. JAMES NJ. sLADE, Judge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-27
Peach Yellows In Connecticut.

Josiah M. Hubbard, Connecticut peach
yellows commissioner, reports that 50l,-
604 peach trees have been examined this
year-S0, 900 more than last year. Near
ly 90, 900 trees were condemned and or
dered destroyed, about the same number
as last year. Nine appeals were taken
and only one sustained
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-27

When these are absent we have ricketts, "a lack of
bone-tissue, which shows itself in delayed teething, profuse
head-sweats, and later, if not arrested, malformations and
deformities.
Such a baby needs lime for its weak bones and codliver
oil for its fat-starved body.
ScOtt's Emulsion Of Cod-liver Oil with Hypophosphtes
of lime and soda will give its little body the needed fat in
an easy form.
B. H~ yH get S@Tt EmHATor wm ,4 vast ii and Il" a eAss anea.A.
Scott s Bovine, New York. All Druggists. SOC. and S..
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-27
DEADLY SNAKES
SEVEN DIFFERENT DEAD
LY POISONS-A SURE AND
CERTAIN ANTI
DOTE.

Inc poison VI
the rattle-snake is
no o deadly
and %venOlnOus
than some that
we make in our
bodies.
Ptumaines are
the poisons gen
Grated in the body
itself and their
deadly qualities
are like those OF
strychnine,arsen
ic. morphine. etc.
The details of
numerous murder
trials and text
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-27
Social Equality Rules.

Whenever men are rcmandpd to n situa-
ton where personal worth has sway, So
cial equality rrnppears among them. In
danger of any kind, in times of great hard
ship, in periods OF struggle or suspense,
in moment Of patriotic emotion, equality
again charactcrizcs life, and one man is as
good rs another. In new countries, where
people live in the need of ncighbOrhoOd
and kindness, equality is the rule; they
laugh at the notion of anything else. That
is the reason why equality was so long the
ideal of America, for here we were every
where emancipatcd from the old classiilca-
tiuns by the necessity which knows no eti-
quctte. We were forced to simplify our
selves. The new world, while it was new,
had no Use for the distinctions and differ
ences of an older c%iyility, and the eastern
er, even now, when he goes west finds a
whole section incredulous of claims which
his own sophistication has admitted
From Equality as the Basis of Good So
ciety," by W, d. Howells in Century.
Real Excitement.
eyes" said the meek looking man,
"I've no doubt you've had some great
hunting experiences in the west"
Il have, indcrd!"
Buffalo hunting"-
"Sure!"
"And bear hunting''-
"Of coursel'
"Well, you just come around and let
my wife take you house hunting and bar
gain hunting with her. Then you'll begin
to Know what excitemer' - "-Washing-
ea., Co.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-12-27

books on Toicology teach us these facts.
Then there are the pOisons that result
from imperfect digestion of our FOOD.
From only partial oxidation of the
blood elements.
From the waste and breaking down of
our muscles, bones, brain and nerves.
Besides these are the disease germs of
Typhus, Typhoid, Scarlet Fever. Grippe,
Small POX, Malaria, Diphtheria and the
like.
The very air we breathe is full of
these germs.
The water we drink teens with
myriads of them.
We are beset from rithiB and UithOut,
and as if not content with all this, we
ourselves add nicotine and alcohol to
the deadly list.
What is 1t then that prevents our
sickening and dying from all these
poisonS?
Our Kidneys.
They are the s%cavengers and sewers of
the body.
God gave us two, so that if one kidney
was injured the other could still carry
on the work.
On perfect action of our Kidneys de-
penis, not only the purity of our blood,
but the healthy and free action of every
other organ in the body.
Once let them falter in their work, let
the poisOns and impurities collect and
the seeds of "A thousand ills spriug into
active growth.
Nature, the great Mother Healer, has
"a remedy for every i'll to which man is
heir.
The simple Asparagus Shoot heckOn-
ing like a finger from the bosom of the
earth, holds the secret Of perfect Kidney
Health locked up in its roots and berries.
Here lies the greatest of all remedies
for the kidneys when weak, sluggish OF
diseased.
In DR.. Hobbs Sparagus Kidney Pills
this active remedy is found in all its
concentration and perfection.
Their use means:
Healthy Kidneys.
Blood free from POisOns and lmpuri-
ties.
No soil in which Disease Germs car
grow.
No rheumatism because no Uric Acid,
Fifty cents per box, from all druggists,
or enclose 30 cents in stamps OF silver to
the
DsHobb's HOBBS
CParagus cn %nD'G sam yf @o y
S@Ac";
KS1%Zxxn;He Interesting and in
ney health and blood filterlng free.
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DCJOTC num-
 tempt at floral cultivation, but all quite recent. So, too, were a wicker garden seat, bright Japanese umbrella and a tropical hammock suspended between two arctic looking bushes, which the rude forefathers of the hamlet would have probably resented.
 He had just passed the house when a charming figure slipped across the road before him. To his surprise, it was the young girl he had met few months be- fore on the Slzyscraper But the Tam O'Shanter was replaced by little straw hat, and light dress, summery ill col or and texture, but more in keeping with her rustic surroundings, seemed as grateful and rare as the sunshine. Without knowing why, he had an i'm pressiOn that it was of her own mak ing-a gentle plagiarism of the style of her more fortunate sisters, but with demure restraint all her own. As she recognized him faint color came to her cheek, partly from surprise, partly from some association. To his delighted greet ing she responded by informing him that her father had taken the cottage he had just passed, where they were spend ing three weeks vacation from his business. It was not so far from St. Kentigern but that he could run up for day to look after the shop. Did the consul not think it was wise?
 Quite ready to assent to any sagacity in those clear brown eyes, the consul thought it was. But was it not, like wisdom, sometimes lonely?
 (COnc1udpd next weekly
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YOUNGROBEN GREY
By BRET HARTE.
[Copyright, 1895, by the'Author.l
 CHAPTER l.

CHAPTER l.
 The good American bark Skyscraper was swinging at her moorings in the Clyde, off Bannock, ready for sea. But that good American bark, although owned in Baltimore, had not plank of American timber in her hulk nor a na- tive American in her crew, and even her nautical "goodness" had been called into serious question by divers of that crew during her voyage and answered more or less inconclusively with belay- ing pins, marline spikes and ropes ends at the hands of an Irish-American cap tain and 8 Dutch and Danish mate. So much so that the mysterious powers of the. .EAmerican consul at St. Kentigern had been evoked to punish mutiny on the one hand and battery and starvation on the other, both equally attested by manifestly false witness and suborna- tion On,each side. In the exercise of his functions the consul had opened and shut some jail doors and otherwise eff fected the, usual sullen and deceitful compromise, and his flag was now fly ing on a final visit from the stern sheets of smart boat alongside. It was with feeling of relief at the end of the in terVieW that he at last lifted his head above an atmosphere of perjury and bilge water and came on deck. The sun and wind were rufding and glinting the broadening river beyond the measured mile,'' 8 few gu1ls were wavering and 4I,o sound of Sabbath bells, mel1owed by 9 distance that secured immunity of con- science, came peacefully to his ear.
 "Now that jobs over we'll be takin a partin dhrink," suggested the cap tain.
 The consul thought not. Certain in- cidents of "the job" were fresh in his memory, and he proposed to limit him self to his strict duty.
 "You have some passengers, see, i" he said, pointing to group of two men and young girl, who had appar- sntly just come aboard.
 ~"Only wan, an engineer going out to Rio. Them just his friends seein him off, I'm thinkin,' returned the cap tain, surveying them somewhat con- temptuously.
 The consul was a little disturbed. He wondered if the passenger knew any thing of the quality and reputation of the ship to which he was intrusting his fortunes. But he was only passenger, and the consul's functiOns-like those of the aloft sitting cherub of nautical song-were restricted exclusively to looking after ''poor Jack However, he asked a few further questions, eliciting the fact that the stranger had already visited the ship with letters from the
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CHAPTER IT.

When the summer had so Waxed in it's fullness that the smoke of factory chimneys drifted high, permitting glimpses of fairly blue sky; when the grass i'll St. Kentigern's proudest part took on less sober green in the com fOrtable sun, and even in the thickest shade there was no chilliness, the good St. Kentigerners recognized that the season had arrived to go "down the river," and that it was time for them to betake themselves with rugs, mackin- tO6hes and umbrellas to the breezy lochs and misty hillsides for which the neigh borhood of St. Kentigern was justly famous. So when it came to pass that the blinds were down in the highest places, and the most exclusive pave ments of St. Kentigern were echoless and desolate, the consul herOically tore himself from the weak delight of bask- ing in the sunshine and followed the others.
 He soon found himself settled at the farthest end of a long nalTow loch, made longer and narrower by the steep hillside of rock and heather which fanked it's chilly surface Oil either side, and whose inequalities were lost i'll the frs and larches that filled ravne and chasm. The fragrant road which ran sinuously through thor sh;;dOWy depths was invisible from the loch. No protu- berance broke the seemingly sheer de- c1ivity. The even sky line was iut1cntod in two places, one where, it was cracked into a fanciful resemblance to a buln3n profile, the other where 1t was curved like a bowl Need it be said that one was distinctly recognized as the silhou- cite of prehistoric giant, and that the other was his drinking cup? Need it be added that neither lent the slightest hu- man suggestion to the solitude? A toy like pier extending into the 1och, mid way from the barren shore, only height ened the desolation. And when the lit tie steamboat that occasionally entered the loch took away a solitary passenger from the pierhead the simplest parting was invested with dreary loneliness that might have brought tears to the most hardened:eye.
 Still, when the shadow of either hill side was not reaching across the loch, the meridian sun, chancing upon this coy mirror, made the most of it. Then it was that, seen from above, it flashed like falchion lying between the hills then it's reflected glory, striking up, transfgured the two accIivities, tipped the cold heather with fire, gladdened the funereal pines and warmed the ascetic
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rocks, And it was in one of those rare, passionate intervals tk2t the consul, riding along tho wooded track and turning his eyes from their splendors, came upon a little house.
 It had once been 8 sturdy cottage, with grim endurance and infexibility which even some later and lighter ad- ditions had softened rather than chang ed. On either side of the door, against the bleak whitewashed wall, the tall fuchsias relieved the rigid blankness with show of color. The windows were prettily draped with curtains caught up with gay ribbons. In stony, pondlike inclosure there was some at
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Valkyrie III sailed for New York on Saturday. She is completely rigged for the voyage across the Atlantic, and pre- sents an odd appearance in her ocean rig Her mainmast is thirty feet shorter than the mainmast she carries in racing trim. Her topmast is very short Several wag- CTS have been made in New York on the result of the coming contest. One, reg istered with well-known bookmaker, is $G0O to $500 on Defender. Bookmakcrs are rather chary, however, about laying odds, and they are asking the Defender men to take to for their money.
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OEND OICC, ALCS(L, UG ItGUU0U. great surprise, and with only parting nod from the young girl. It was as if this momentous incident were suffi- cient reason for the absence of any fur ther trivial sentiment.
 Unfortunately the father chose to add an exordium for the benefit of the as- tonished boa man still lying on his oars: |:
 'Let this be lesson to ye, ma fr'en, when ye're over sure! Yell ne'er and reckit. "
 "Aye," said the boatman, with lazy, significant glance at the consul "It wull be a lesson to me not to trust to a lassie's gangin go, when thar's anither one a-comin."
 "Give way" said the consul sharply.
 Yet his was the only irritated face in the boat as the men bent over their oars. The young girl and her father looked placidly at the receding ship and waved their hands to the grave, resigned face over the taffrail. The consul examined them more attentively. The fathers face showed intelligence and certain probity in its otherwise commonplace features. The young girl had more dis function, with perhaps more delicacy of outline than of texture. Her hair was dark, with furnished copper tint at it's roots, and eyes that had the same bur nished metallic luster in their brown pupils Both sat respectfully erect, as if anxious to record the fact that the boat was not their own to take their ease in, and both were silently reserved, an- swering briefly to the consuls remarks as if to yindicate the formality of their presence there. But distant railway whistle startled them into emotion.
 "We've lost the train, fatherl' said the young girl.
 The consul followed the direction of her anxious eyes; the train was just quit tina the station at Rannook.
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c. l.. Brace: There are some persons whom to meet always afterwards gives one greater courage and hope, as if there were more noblencss and high pur- pose in the world than one thinks
 MT. C. G. Strong, principal of the pub lie schools at Anderson, Cal, says: II have used Chamberlain's Pain Balm and have found it an excellent remedy for lameness and slight wounds."
 Lamcness usually results from sprain. or other injury, OF from rheumatism, for which Chamberain's Pain Balm is espec- tally intended and unequalled. It affords almost immediate relief, and in q short time effects permanent cure. For sale by w. w. Lathrop, Stafford Springs; G. L. Phillips, South Coventry.
 Mrs. Kidhy (to her small son)-"Well, John, what's the natter" Johnny - "Sistpr says that she's an advanced wO- man, and I've got to watch the doll while she sails the toy boatP'
 Mr. A. A. Snyder, Supt. Poor Farm, Winnesheik Co.,, Ia., says: Last winter Mr. ROpert Leach used two boxes of De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve and cured a largo running sore on his leg. Had been under care of physician for months with out obtaining relief. Sure cure for piles. w. D. Heald, Stafford Springs; G.L.P Phil lips, South Coventry.
 "The cOffre is richer in color this morn- ing than usuaI," remarked the typewriter boardtr
 ''There were heavy rains up the river yesterday, and the water is muddy" ex- claimed the star boarder.
 Diarrhpa should be stopped promptly It soon becomes chronic. DeWitt's Collie and Cholera Cure is effective, safe and cer- tain. Hundreds of testimonials bear wit ness to the virtue of this great medicine. It can always be depended upon, it's use saves time and money. w. D. Heald Stafford Springs G. l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
 Gadzooks England is a bulldog that never drops anything.
 Zounds-You seem to forget the letter H.
 Easy to take, sure to cure, no pain nothing to dread, pleasant little pills DeWitt's Little Early Risers. Best fol Sick Headache, BiliOusness, Sour Stom ach and constipation. w. D. Heald, Staf ford Springs; G. L. Phillips, South Gov entry.
 "Ladies' trousers to ride bicycles in is startling statement hung out by { Philadelphia tailor shop.
 Stomach and Bowel Complaints are bes relieved by the timely use of DeWitt's Collie and Cholera Cure. Insist on hay ing this preparation. Don't take any Oth CT w. D. Heald, Stafford Springs G. l. Phillips, South Coventry.
 THEY ARE RARE.-Boys who can whis tie and won't whistle deserve the sincere thanks of the community.
 "Canst thou minister to a mind dis -eased ?" asked Macbeth. Certainly, my lord; the condition of the mind depends | largely, if not solely, on the condition o the stomach, liver and bowels, for all o which complaints Ayers Pills are "tht sovereignest thing on earth"
 A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
 Nopain from burns and scalds where Rcddlng. Russia Salve is used. All druggists. 25 cents.
 The most reckless speculatOrs in risky business investments are those who can not afford to speculate at all.
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STATE OF I2gHS 9g,9' SaTTTH G5TT SE To1HDo' ss.
 FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is the senior partner of the firm of F. J. CHENEY x CO.,, doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use Of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
 FRANK J. CHENEY. sworn to before me and subscribed in my pres enCe, this 9th day Of December, A. D. 1886. ! SEAL. A. w. GLEASON, NO@) Notary P'tb{iC. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
 F. J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, o. GFs Sold by Druggists, 75c-
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The auditorium, just completed by the New England Spiritualist Camp Meeting Association at Lake Pleasant, at cost of about $3,OOO, was dedicated on Satur- day. The new building is 80 by 40 feet, with a veranda ten feet wide running around the entire building. It has a seat ing capacity of 1,500 people, and is To- cated on the new grounds on the High lands.
 One night when MT. Isaac Reese was stopping with me, says M. F. Hatch, a prominent merchant of Quartermater, Washington, I heard him grooming. On going to his room l found him suffering from cramp collie. He was in such agony 1 feared he would die. 1 hastily gave him a dose of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He was soon re- lieved and the first words he uttered were "what was that stuff you gave me? ?" 1 informed him. A few days ago we were talking about his attack and he said he never was without that remedy now. have used it in ny family for several years. l know it's worth and do not hes itate to recommend it to my friends and customers. For sal" by W. W. Lat hrQp, Stafford Springs; G, l.. Phillips, South Coventry.
 Julia Ward Howe, who is 76 years old, declares Sixty years ago I was 16. If knew as much now as I thought did then, might have something very in- structive to tell"
 "It is the best patent medicine in the world" is what MT. E. M. Hartman, of Marquam, Oregon, says of Chamberlain's Colic. Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. "What leads me to make this assertion is from the fact that dysentery in its worst form was prevalent arounL here last sum- mer and it never took over two or three doses of that remedy to effect complete cure" For sale by w. w. Lathrop, Staf- ford Springs: G. L. Phillips, South Gov entry.
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Cholera Morbus is a dangerous con- plaint, and often is fatal in it's results. To avoid this you should use DeWitt's Collie and Cholera Cure, as soon as the first symptoms appear. w. D. Heald, Staff ford Springs; G. L. Phillips, South Gov nntrU
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An entire success is the attempt to transmit power by electricity a distance of twenty three miles from the water pow CT of the American River to the city of Sacramento, Cal. It is found that only 10 per cent. of the power is lost in trans and transformation at the end of the wire The Sacramento plant generates 4,800 horse power, which is to be used for all purposes light, heat and motive power. world that is in actual operation.
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DYSPEPSIA AND GENERAL 0EBILITY

f Ffar's Point, LOdh0x0 O., Mississippi, writes : " Having suffered for & number of years with dyspepsia, d torpid liver and general debility, and having tried sever al physicians with little or no benefit, l resolv- ed, as a last resort, to consult your specialists at the Worlds Dispen- sary. Being advised by them to use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis covery, l did so, and after using several bot ties, l feel entirely re- stored to health. Now, l take great pleasure