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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-15
ORWELL.

The schools enjoyed half-holiday
Arbor day.
The cheese factory began operations
on Monday of last week, and the cream
cry "A week before.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. d. Bush have recent
ly improved their residence by adding
fresh paper, paint and kalsomine.
The Sunday school rally exercises
were held by the Congregational Sunday
school April 26. In the morning the
pastor gave an interesting discourse on
Sunday school work. Special exercises
were held by the Sunday school, including
a roll call, and log out of a total enroll.
ment of 1873 answered. Excellent papers
were read by Miss Addie Raymond and
Mrs. John Hall. The Junior c. f. also
added to the interest by an exercise.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-15

Store.
90 and % Church St.,
BURLINGTON, VT.
O
90
ARE you
AWARE

That we are sole agents in
Burlington for the celebrated
brand of {. P. PEYSER collars
and cuffs ? These collars will
stand as many launderings as
any 25c. collars made, and
what you can save by wearing
them will pay all your laundry
bills. They are made Of POO
shrunken Irish Linen, which
is exactly the same as is used
in the much advertised 25c.
grades.
We have all the popular
shapes as soon as they are
out, and in all sizes.
COLLARS, Ioc. each.
CUFFS, nc. a pair.
3 prs. soc.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-15
EAST MIDDLEBuRY.

George II. Sumner of Brandon was
in town recently.
Ernest Dewey has rented c. II. Sum-
ner's place over the river.
GoOdsell Speare has secured an eX-
cellent situation at Springfield, Mass,
with good salary.
Willie Peck has the measles. Chester
Percival and little Georgia Arnold have
been very Ill with the same disease dur
ing the past week.
Mr. Rose, who has been runnir g the
grist mill the past two years, has, with
his grandson, George Rose, removed to
the west village. +. E. Ross is now
running the grist mill.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-15
CORNWALL.

Hon. r. j. Jones does not improve in
health.
Miss Ida Russell is visiting relatives in
Hinesburgh.
Thomas Harrington and family have
moved to Bridport to reside with Miner
Landers.
Mrs. Lydia Wright is gaining quite
rapidly, being able to sit up, but still
unable to walk.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-15
WHITING.

V. C. Chamberin has moved to
Goshen.
Mrs. NJ. L. Goodrich has gone to
HubbardtOn for a short time.
Miss Carrie Simonds has gone to
Rochester to teach school.
Fred c. Brown has begun keeping
house in Mrs. A. a. Ponds tenement.
Mrs. 5. A. Titus of Moriah, n. Y, is
visiting relatives and friends in town.
The school in district No. ! began last
week. Arthur BroOkins is the teacher.
w. A. Learned of Watertown, Mass.
is making some repairs on his cottage
here preparatory to occupying it this
summer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-15

There's money in using less soap-clothes
too
Use less soap; too much ruins clothes rots
them; eats the fibre.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-15

COUGHING LEADS TO CONSUME
TION. Kemp's Balsam stops the cough al
once.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-05-15

There's too much lye in too much soap-bad
tor clothes use less.
There's money in using less soap-clothes
too.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13

The great castings OF the cruiser Charles
ton were largely composed of this ma
terial. But nowadays no attempt is
made to save the material of a vessel that
gees ashore. Down on the Santa Barbara
coast the English ship Gostord. sunk two
seasons ago to save her from the flames,
still stands fully rugged in shallow water
waiting for the w-ecker.
The ship was new one and cost $3.50, 600
and was but little injured when she was
scuttled but it will cost more to save her
than she will bring and she must be con-
tent to remain where she is until more
prosperous conditions in business prevail.
The great steamer New York, built at
cost of $1,0o00O and wrecked off Point
Bonita three years ago, is another in
stance.
1t will not pay to try to save the 5000
tons of old steel that is left of her. and
she will rust away until prices Of scrap ad-
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
RN UNCONVENTIONAL J0URKEY7N SISKIYOU

which might have loosened the crust. He
had also kindly told her, ''Folks said she
never could do the trip and ought not to
be allowed TO try. If she had no sense
herself her friends ought to have some for
her"-which was pleasant to hear and
made her resolve to go on.
The friend who came to meet her was
that rara avis, man of tact. He glanced
at the weary eyes and the stubborn mouth
and then he said: "Come on, child, and
have cup of tea before you say word.
We fixed late supper and let the babies
stay up to see you" Blessed be they who
know when not TO talk.
On the morrow there was council of
war. If the girl would go she must have
a guide, and the guide must be a respon-
sible person to be trusted on that long
solitary ride with only his mountaineer's
eye to guide him over the trail buried by
the snow. There was one who knew the
way and with whom the girl was willing
to go, but would he go? 1t was no little
thing to ask man to cross that snow
twice; a service hardly to be estimated by
dollars and cents.
Yes, Will ould 60. He liked her de-
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consult marks on trees and tell how deep
the snow was. Twenty feet was common.
Such giants were the pines they were not
dwarfed with that twenty feet off, The
air was clear, the sky from the snowlight
was pure green. The pines barely moved,
the oaks never rustled, there was no tread
of deer or rabbit, no sound of bird. Caught
and frozen in the snowcrust were bits of
moss, pine tassels and oak leaves, mounted
as no botanist could do it. a white world
of silence. 1t was beautiful, wonderful,
but oh, such hard work.
The guide beguiled the way with tales of
other journeys over the road; showed
where he broke q snowshoe and feared q
grave in the vast whiteness; pointed out
the place where he always camped with
the mules in the summer; and told of the
danger of sliding masses in the later
spring. A thoroughly good fellow, the
guide. The girl will never forget his kind
ways.
1t takes short time to tell, it took a
long while to do those four hours of step
ping upward on the CLASSY surface. The
view from the top was grand indeed.
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They didn't go galloping along. If you
have ever ridden on a wet trail you know
that. 1t was jog, Jog at a walking pace,
picking foot-pIaces in the slippery path.
At the smooth white side of the first
snow hill loomed up ahead. The guide
shook his head. The horses took few
foundering steps and shook their heads.
The girl looked back and shook her head.
There was no show for horse The
crust was there. to be sure, and strong
enough TO bear man, but the horse broke
through at every step. Should they go
back or 60 on? They would go on, the
girl said, with set of her lips that meant
unreasoning persistence. They went.
The horses neighed after them. Now con-
ventionality was left behind.
Slippery? Rather. The hobnails in the
girls strong shoes could hardly make
foothold. Every time the foot had to be
set down with force to keep from sliding.
Off came the jacket, on went the green
goggles. The work had begun, the ques-
ton of woman's endurance was to be
settled. Steadily they plodded along.
making no effort for speed. 1t was enough
to be slow and sure. The guide would
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EARNS HIS DRINK.


he architect who drew the original
plans for the new City Hall did one
thing he did not calculate on. and that
was to provide means for practical jok-
ing for the jolly young fellows who earn
their tidy salaries as clerks in the vario us
departments of the municipal government.
When friend of one of these employees
on whom 1t is safe to play joke, and who
Is not posted, first visits an Office, he is
generally asked If he would not like a
quiet nip of Pood liquor, and if he assents
Is given dark hint that there is supply
not lar away. Several of the boys are GO
ing along, will he wait until they get their
hatsY Why, certainly. Then the process
sion, with one of the iokers at the head,
starts out. Through the main corridor to
he central staircase that leads to the
basement they go, and the visitor at once
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vance. The steamships Colombia and st.
Paul are in exactly the same situation as
the New York. Their engines and boilers
were saved, but the rest OF the vessel is
absolutely of no account, except to mark
the grave of the nautical regulations of
their late commanders.
When the wrecking business does revive
there Will be plenty 10 do. Wrecks have
been very nuplerous in the last few years
along the coast. and at intervals of a few
miles black huls can be seen projecting
above the surf. At present money is
saved by leaving these vessels to the ten
der mercies of the wind and sea.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13

Mountains and mountains and mountains !
East, west, north and south were lost;
merged into one ragged circle of noun
tains. Those nearer were clothed from
base tc apex with snow, which curled into
great comb on the crest of ridge. The
guide told how the combs break and fall
In the spring, leaving great scar on the
white. Farther away the foothills were
brown, with glistening crown on the
higher peaks; and still farther, all blended
in the blue of distance.
The girl could have rested there for
hours, leaning against the friendly pine,
painting that picture on her soul. The
guide was practical. Months before a
ha-f-breed had been hired to come to the
other side OF the snow with fresh horses
on this day. The guide knew the genus.
HE won't believe we're coming anyway,
and he won't wait long," he urged; wed
best get over as early as we can"
In theory it is easier to go down than
up. This time it was harder. On the
south side the snow was softer, giving way
at every step three or four inches. 1t was
as comfortable as walking in deep sand,
and besides it was dreadfully wet. Every
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coniures up visions of secret "welp' run
ming on the sly without the knowledge of
the City fathers.
Once in the basement the party plunges
into one OF the dark and gloomy passages
that are such mysteries to the stranger In
the hall, and after turn or two in the
labyrinth the victim is completely lost.
Just as he is about to expostulate and
plead an important engagement down
town, sudden turn brings the cavalc ade
to door, on which one knocks gently.
As if in response to an answer from the
other side he says, "All right; come in, ;"
and ushers the victim into the open air in
e totally different portion of the hall
whence he started and directly IN front OF
place of business where ''steam or lager,
cents, and choice wines. liquors and
cigars" are the most conspicuous signs.
The visitor usually takes the joke good
naturedly and says, "These are on me-"
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once in while feet would slip and girl
and guide would be sitting fiat in the snow
laughing. 1t is too weak an expression to
call it wet.
AT the bottom of the first ravine the
melting snow had made a rushing torrent.
Now, here was situation! How was the
girl to cross that water2 No tree across.
no stones, no anything. The guides rub
Der boots made it easy for him, but wet as
the girl was she snuddered at the icy
stream. Nothing troubled the guide. He
was not conventional person, anyway.
He gathered the girl in his arms and
waded in. Setting her down on the other
side with as much ceremony as he would
use with bag of meal he started back for
the valise. The girl looked at him to see
whether she cared or not. but as he looked
very atter-of-course she said nothing
and plodded on. After all, she thought,
how else could she get across. In the same
undignifed manner they crossed dozen
gullies that day.
All the sunny afternoon they stumbled
and 1oundered in the wet snow till 4
o'clock. The patches of bare ground
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
ion and felt sure of her endur-

termination and felt sure of her endur-
ance.
81 wouldn't undertake to get any other
woman in Callahan over that range this
time of year." he told them frankly, ''but
the teacher is strong as boy. I've seen
her climb"
Elaborate preparations were made. A
lunch sufficient for an African expedition
was put up. The girls baggage Zone
small valise) was packed. Very par:icu-
lar advice was given by various people
taken in one ear and sent out the other.
They started early on Friday morning
on horseback. If they found the snow too
soft the horses were to be left till called
for and they were to go forward on foot
1t was seven miles to the snow. The
morning was bright. full OF the promise of
April. The miners along the trail were busy
making holes while the water flowed. The
river dimpled and made faces. The wet
oozed from the rocky hillside ana trickled
down with little ripples of delight. The
spirit OF the day filed the girl. The snow
would hold. she felt sure. 1t was so an
noying that the guide did not feel sure.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13
THE LOST SHIPS.

me OF the most singular effects of the
~ long depression of business under
which every important branch is suffering
is the fact that it no longer pays to salvage
a vessel once IL is wrecked. The whole ex-
tent of the seaboard of the western coast is
marked by wrecks of the last forty years
Until three years ago the business of
wrecking was very profitable one and
many fortunes were made out of it.
Once abandoned by the owners the
wrecker purchased the hull OF the
wrecked vessel for little or nothing and all
that could be made out of it was his. Al
most every portion of an iron vessel was
In demand, from the rigging to the anchor.
The sheathing that covered her sides and
every other portion made of steel was
bought up by rolling mills to be utilized
for something useful.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13

And my soul is filled with rapture
Ger the sight, surprising fair,
As the sunlight gilds the towers
Of my castles in the air;
Till fear ] may be signing
For the dreamings that have been;
For the real may seem so different
When my ship comes in.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13

An evidence of the striking uniformity
of size among the japanese is found in
the fact that recent measurements taken
of an infantry regiment show no varia-
tion exceeding two inches in height or
twenty pounds in weight,
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-13

And know the world would wonder
Gould it see the scenes | paint
On the canvas of my future
Cherubs fair, and smiling saint,
And idyllic bits of woodland
Far off from the city's din,
Which | know the world holds for me
When my ship comes in.
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JUST FOR A JOKE
By HDELE nHHS

A YOUNG MAN, % YEARS OF AGE, De
n sires to make he acquaintance OF a welledu-
Gated young lazy, with view to mairimony. The
young man has extensive property interests; has
spent the greater part of his time in travel, but
has now concluded TO settle down. Address "a.
K" Berlin Postoffice; discretion guaranteed.
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EN WY SHIP COMES IN==By III. r. FTurlbut

Thrilling are my thoughts and tender,
AS sit beside the sea;
Thoughts of all the untold treasure
That will come one day to me.
And ! find an eager longing
For that future to begin
With dull care forever banished
When my ship comes in.
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COUNTRY REAL ESTATE.
OFARRELL & CO.,
ODAVID BUSH, COUNTRY DEPARTMENT,
IL MONTGOMERY ST.


IL MONTGOMERY ST.
GS PER ACRE - 21Oo ACRES OF LAND 5
DO miles from Red Blur Tehama County, on
county road; about 1900 acres bottom land,
balance only slightly rolling: fenced; spleen
uld frut or grain land; well watered this
would be fine place for colony purposes.
Q1 9 PER ARE 300 ACRES; ONE OF
ID = the finest stock ranches in San Luis
Ooispo County only miles from Paso
Robes: fine improvements and 900 acres in
~ grain this year; easy terms will be granted,
Ulo0U tinez, Contra c Costa l COUNTY all out in
grain, alfalfa, family orchard. garden, with a
furnished house of 5 rooms, barn, all the
stock tools on the place and about 80 tons
OF hay; great bargain.
Q1 O00 WILL Buy 40 ACRES HALF
Ip1OOU mile from Zyante station near FELTON,,
Santa Cruz Mountains, with 10 acres in wine
grapes; house, harm, water from springs;
plenty Of wood: handsome, profitable place.
b 100 bra valley lie near Mar Marine i A ali level
loan land; acres In Muscat and Tokay
grapes In full bearing, balance IN grain; small
$4,000 @5aa suY 6aWs fsTm q aNP
acres miles from st. Helena, on Howell
Mountain, with nice furnished house of
rooms. Broom cottage, stable and chicken
family orchard ard 672 French pruneS, 4
years old; lovely climate and beautiful view
The cheapest place in the State
$4,000 EoR 81 Rosa. AcR RI ,9u5 NILES LIES IRo
acres of wine grapes with family orchard,
balance grain or fruit land; house Of rooms,
barn ana outbuildings; windmill and tank:
Q7S00 pit ACRES NEAR CLOVER
I'D OVO. dale, Sonoma County; 33 acres in
wine grapes; acres In orchard; with good
house, barn and outbuildings; plenty of wood
and water.
ToR EXCHANGE FOR SAN FRANCISCO
II property. Elegantly improved suburban home,
612 acres l1a miles from Haywards, on Cas-
tro Valley road: all out in cherries, prunes;
family orchard; elegant house with all mod
ern improvements, with furniture, stock and
tools; value $4,000.
MECHANICALLY ACRES JUST OUTSIDE
u town limits OF Haywards; all out In prunes
and apricots; fine house with all modern inn
provements; crop Will bring $4,000 this year /;
value $4,000.
T oS GATOS-A HANDSOME INCOME PROP
IL erty at Glen Ridge, Just outside the town
limits Of Los Gatos; lot 75x850, fronting on
streets: beautiful new modern house of 10
rooms, now rented for S45 month. on one
street and new modern house of rooms,
rented for $25 a month; cash price $4,000;
would exchange for san Francisco improved
property at q cash valuation
EOR RENT FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS
Il Qonger If des!red), handsomely furnished
houses on Pacific Heights commanding a
fine marine view in this city, of rooms and
bath, with modern conveniences; rent $50
and SIS per month respectively.
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n 30 cts and $50 cts and $3.50 cts and 81
"KNOWLEDGE Is POWER"


PROPS. EUGENE AND VAN DE WERE,
1928 MARKET ST. .
Their readings astonsh the most skeptical. All
satisfied. The professors give advice on all
matters that OF interest to humanity. Busl-
ness, speculation. investments, Insurance. love,
courtship, marriage and divorce; settle lovers
quarrels and cause speedy and happy marriages
They locate mines and buried treasures, find lost
or stolen property, interpret Dreams cure bad
habits and destroy evil influences in half thu
time required by the best of the other mediums.
Remember, there are but few mediums in the
world that can work these wonders, and none out
side of the eminent professors in san Francisco.
Remember also that the professors are perma-
nently located IN San Francisco: they are here to
stay Hours 10 NJ. to P. NJ. Sundays2 TO P. n.
Letters containing stamps answered.
PROPS. EUGENE q VAN DE WERE,
1928 Market st.
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Q7R00 CLAYTON ST., BET. HAIGHT
u OOO. and Page; 2-story residence: 10
rooms and bath: furnace IN basement all modern
improvements; lot 25xll26
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u ousE RENT ONLY So 20 a MONTH

How can that be? Easy enough. That is the
average mouthly interest Groom and bath
house including lot on the Heyman Tract, costing
$2bOO You pay $40D down, balance $25 monthly.
nothing the last month, making an average of
30 70 per month; the balance OF the 1875 month
pays the purchase price. You can't rent such a
home for less than $25 month Save now while
you are young, and You will have a'home paid for
long before you are old Go out and see the prop
erty and he homes thai have been built over 80
houses on the tract. Take Castrostreet car to Odd
or Mission streets car transferring at 22d st. Mr..
Cotter, our agent, will show you around
JACOB HEfMAN, IL Montgomery st.
L1INE CHANCE FOR AN INVESTMENT:
IL $3.50 each: lots 25x120; $40 down and So
ward, park and proposed electric road you can
build on these lots: other park lots from $50 up.
JACOB HEYMAN, IL NJ ontgomery So.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR BUILDING
lots, investment lots. blocks and acreage prop
erty for nurseries or ranches on easy monthly pay
ments call on JACOB HEIMAN IL Montgomery.
N.OS EACH-2 LOTS IN THE SIS HOME:
ID OO stead; these lots are level and great snap
at this figure
will build cottage and sell on easy terms.
$300-Lots on Twenty-seventh ave, Point
Lobos: easy terms, small cash payment.
Menlo Park-We have several choice lots which
we can trade for city property and pay difference
in cash. MGEWEN BROS,
113 Montgomery ct.
INV. CORNER ON SANCHEZ ST. OFFERED
month; see THU great bargain and make an offer,
as the owner Is determined to sell.
Sl2bO-M odern CO tages built to order in choice
neigh borhood; on small monthly payments; less
than rent - ..,
II. MURPHY, 62S Market st,
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ONLY $1,000 CASH REQUIRED.

" ELEGANT FLATS
SACRIFICED FOR IMMEDIATE SALE
M7 n 900 TWO HANDSOME MODERN
ID lU. UUU. fats nearly new OF rooms and
bath each on q corner facing the Park Panhandle;
beautifully decorated and elegantly finished inside
and outside: entrance different streets to each
fat lot 25x91 q # mortgage of $4,000 per cent
interest can remain: fiat or instalment loan plan.
EASTON ELDRIGE d CO.
63S Market 81.
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MODERN RESIDENCE

ID MODERN RESIDENCE.
IN THE WESTERN ADDITION.
On PAAn SUBSTANTIAL WE'LL BUILT
DOOUU. two-story house of rooms and bath
and basement on Devisadero St., near Haight;
nicely decorated and in first class conditions we'll
worth $4,000; lot 25x1O0 feet
EAST ON, ELDRIDGE 4, CO.,
639 Market St