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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
Four Aces Beat Five Kings.

The joke about four aces beating five
kings has been often sprung, but there
are few people who know that Bill
Lange of the Chicago team was the hero
of that famous incident. 1t was years
ago in San Francisco, when Lange was
budding boy and King Kalakaua was
social star during his tripto this coun-
try. Lange, although so young, was
even then hot sport, and, so it CHANGED,
happened one night to find himself in q
hot poker game, with King Kalakaua
opposite. Bill had three aces-history
depOses not as to how many he had held
out-and Kalakaua three kings. Every
body dropped out except the king and
the boy. kalakaua caught another king
i'll the draw, and Lange received the
final ace. There was considerable bet
ting, IA coast millionaire backing Tango
heavily, and IA goodly sum was in sight
when the call came. The hands were
shown, and thus it happened that Bill
Lange, with four aces, defeated five
kings-Kalallaua and the four lesser
mOnmchs Of the deck Chicago News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
lightning Reduced to Figures.

Modern scientific discovery is fast UNI
raveling the greatest mysteries Of ma
ture, and it now appears that there are
but few things that are hidden from
the gaze of him who looks for them in
the proper way. Lightning was former
ly one Of the greatest enigmas among
natural phenomena. Today we know
that the average electromotive force of
bolt Of lightning is about $500, 600
volts; that the current is Ii, 900, 900
amperes, and that the time of discharge
is about one twenty thousandth of IA
second. In such bolt there is energy
equal to 1850, 900 volts, or 3, 284, 1872
horsepower. st. Louis Republic.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

A writer III The Saturday Review de-
scribes MIR. Andrew Lang as this mas
ter Of apt, entertaining allusion, knowl-
edge, extensive rcading-chopped fine,
perhaps, bat certainly not digested-a
kind of lawyers knowledge of literary
precedent, and nothing further, save
only moro knowledge and still more
knowledge. " In the same article Mr..
S. r. Crockett is spoken of as Creature
of shreds and patches, who ranks with
Stevenson in the minds Of the academic
school. "
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
FAKMINe AS A PROFESSION.
Many Things That Can BE Raised For the
Stomach and the Head.

Prosperity and pleasure from farm
life require that you aim first to raise
your own food and sell only to cover
the balance. Begin with the idea simply
of independence and not of wealth. 1t
is the best ambition. The rich man does
not enjoy as much as the Independent
man. To do this you must raise fruits
as well as what are called main crops.
Fruit constitutes half or more of a good
diet My own children have never eaten
pound of meat. (My horses have not.
l add this as an answer to those who
think meat an essential to strength,
says E. p. Powell in The Independent.
Fijians consider eating eyes essential to
long eycsight.) We can raise apples,
pears, plums, cherries, currants, berries,
grapes, and these, with eggs, chickens,
beans and milk and vegetables will
cover nearly all family needs for the
table.
Begin in very small way. 1t is an
age of splurging and plunging. Do not
begin that way. Keep accounts and see
that one hand washes the other, Every
farm should have its study department
dS W6Al us us uIB OlcpdIuulcuJ. 1uCIG dI6
geology, botany, entomology, astronomy
all at home for you. Why send the boys
off to learn something else? You think
you cannot teach them; you can learn.
Get books like Comstock's "EntOmol-
ogy" and Shaler's theology. Study
them as a piece Of family work, as our
fathers studied Scctt's "Commcnta-
ries. " Then divide your farm work so
that part Of it shall be experimental.
Pick up facts as we'll as potatoes. Then
have a shop ard laboratory, where all
the finger wisdom in the family can be
developed and muscle wit be encouraged.
1t will pay i'll cash and pay in indie
pendenco and pay i'll pleasure.
What [ mean to emphasize is that
home should be big enough i'll spirit to
make elbow room and brain room for
the boys and girls. There is no reason
why they should feel that home is too
narrow for them, and they must get
away as soon as possible. 1 wish my
home to be so full and roomy that moth
ing else shall seem larger to my chill
dren. While not opposing schools,
hold they should supplement, not sup
plant home Boston Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
TARPON FISHING.
A texans Experience With the Most
Thrilling sport In the World.


A Texas sportsman, in Forest and
Stream, gives an account of an exciting
experience while fishing for tarpon in
Galveston bay. He says:
CAS- l had made my arrangements to
return to Houston at 2 O'Clock, told
Che boatman that if he would give me
one more fresh mullet ] would bait tho
hook, and, when that was taken, we
would go in. He gave me the mullet,
put his oars i'll the locks and was ready
to start when 1 threw my bait over
board. l had not got three feet from the
boat before there was a mighty splash.
Water was thrown all over me, and my
mullet was taken by a tarpon. 1 was
scarcely prepared for him, but at tho
same time | prevented his getting too
much line, and the reel sang the pref
test kind of song, until he had gone
about 80 feet, that 1 ever heard. AT
this distance he jumped at least 10 feet
out of the water, and, finding l had
him safe, l gave him no more slack
whatever. He turned Immediately out
the channel to sea against the tide and
continued his rapid gait, jumping clear
Of the water every 100 feet or so until
he had jumped nine times. He kept up
the pace until he had gone miles to
sea and into very deep water
81 had no control of him whatever,
and he had taken on several occasions
during this outward sea movement
nearly all my line, at least $50 feet.
After this distance he turned to the left
and went at least 2 miles, until he
got into 5 or 6 feet of water. Then
he turned back across the channel and
went on the opposite side of it, probably
l = miles. After 216 hours he went
back into water 315 or feet deep, and
had some hope of getting him into
water where 1 could gaff him. But,
without warning, he turned to sea again
and did not stop until he had gone %
miles. This fish took us around over
the bay for p hours, and a distance of
not less than II or 1 3 miles. l found
had no control over him, and l knew ]
had him foul in some way, because nc
pressure that l dared bring to bear
seemed to turn his head, and when !
got him broadside toward me and en-
deavored to hold him l would draw him
broadsidc to me, and not head foremost,
which told me had him hooked some
where in the side.
After had worn out Captain Frank
Marsh, my boatman and myself, and
we had on several occasions almost de.
cided to cut the line and let the fish go,
we began to have little control over
him, and worked him toward shallow
water, and at $40 got him into water
about 3 = feet deep, and the captain got
into the water himself and worked VI
to the fish and gated him, as he had 6
gaff with a handle about feet long.
After he got the gaff into the tarpon he
drew him toward the boat, and killed
him with an oar. -
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

A floating barrier of pumice stone 10
miles long, over 1000 yards wide and
10 feet deep, closing seaport to all
vessels as effectually as a boom could
do, is not the sort of thing one is likely
to forget, and yet that was one of the
results of the Krakatoa eruption, the
port being Telok Retcung, i'll Sunda
straits Formed in few hours, it would
almost seem to be the supreme effort of
nature in the pumice making line were
it not that such immense quantities are
found at the bottom of the sea-a queer
place for pumice stone. But pumice,
when produced, is really heavy. 1t is
only the air cavities in it that make it
light, and as it floats it becomes water
logged and down it goes. Most Of the
pumice we use in Europe comes from
the Lipari islands, north Of Sicily, "the
home of Vulcan" whence VulcanO as
the name of one of them, and our "vol-
cano" as descriptive of the natural fea-
ture of which it is the type. Hero are
the pumice quarries-at Monte Chirica
and its craters Monte Pelata and Forgia
Vecchia-where over 1000 men are at
work in the narrow tunnels and CALLER
les, lighted by clay lamps of antique
form. The whole hillside is perforated
with groups Of these tunnels, which
number between 200 and 800 and are so
narrow that the men can hardly pass
each other i'll them. And just as coal is
found i'll beds alternated with sandstone
and shale, so the pumice is in layers be-
tween harder lavas and ashes. Leisure
Hour
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

Conversation also is often marked by
moral sloycnliness. Not only is there
that kind Of talk stained with dirt
which some men shamelessly exhibit,
but there are the conversations in which
there is Il covert looseness, Il doubleness
Of meaning, hint of that which may
not be said with manly straightforward
ness, which has in it certain laXity,
as far as moral roctitude is concerned.
There is that ready knowledge of every
body's misdeeds, as of their humber
relations, which people dispense, some
with glittering mischief III their eyes,
others with confding demurenoss-'sC
dreadful, you knowr'-only it happens
that they do not know and are only re-
failing lie which they have procured
from some dealer i'll that infamous ar
ticle, limiting away mans or wom-
ans character and proving that they
have none Of their own.-Good Words.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
VARIOUS NOTES.

SPY this time in 1885," says one of our
leading exchanges, "there will be such
scarcity of horses in the United States
that those who are lucky enough to have
a few to sell will receive very long prices
for them"
1t is suicidal for any breeder to throw
his youngsters upon the market; he
must keep them until they demonstrate
their ability and then he must sell some
of them for work, for all will not prove
possessed of speed enough to win
i Mirror and Farmer.
An inventor of a new sulky essays to
place the wheels of his sulky opposite
the hind legs of the horse at rest. The
seat projects backward and directly be-
hind the horse. The new device con-
sists solely in the more forward location
of the wheels.
Phil Sheridan, one of the noted old
time trotting horses, died July Is at Ra-
cine. Wis. lie was thirty years of age
and was owned by Stephen Bdlle. Sher-
that ever drew sleigh, having a record
of :26 on the road. His record was
made over twenty years ago and has re-
NAMED as the mark to this day.
The biggest sensation of the past week
was the defeat of Robert j. and Joe
Patchen at Cleveland by Frank Agan.
The New England PAGER sold for $50 in
the pools before the start, against 500
for Robert j. and SIS for Joe Patchen,
and won the event in straight heats in
the remarkable time of , 05, :04, 2:Olf.
Happy Jack, PAGER, Is one of the most
remarkable horses ever seen upon the
turf. He is what is known as the
'managerless steed," who performs fast
miles without the aid of a driver. At
the recent GAINESVILLE (Wis.) meeting he
paced a mile without driver in 2:l3i.
There is no fence inside the track on the
GAINESVILLE course and perhaps Happy
Jack stole an inch or two during his
fast flight around the long mile; but
whe Their he did or not he went we'll.
When the starter gave him the word he
sped to the quarter in 81 seconds; to
the half in :043, to the three quarters
in .3S and came home in , :13i, pacing
strong and true. After passing the wire
he came to meet his groom, slowing up
and turning Immediately after the start
er had tapped his bell. The performance
is little short of marvellous. The
horse PAGES without rigging of any sort
but hopples, which apparently are nee
essary to keep him pacing; but fortu-
nately they are so rugged that he can
not get into trouble with them and if he
does he will do no one any harm. He is
surely the most attractive attraction"
eyer seen and it is quite likely, if ne
gotiations now in progress materialize,
that he will be seen on one or more of
the grand circuit tracks later in the
season.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
CURIOSITY FOR FLOWER LOVERS.
Eight Different Varities of Roses Grown
on One Bush.

San Francisco has an immense rose
bush, which looks like an enormous
bouquet AT the top on one side hang
clusters Of pure white roses. In the
middle at the top are red roses, bloom
ing i'll profusion. Pink roses hang in
gay garlands at the top on the other
side. All over the bush are branches of
roses of other lines and colors. The del
icate La France, the white Nine.
Planter, two varieties of Homer roses,
the Pauline Lebeau, the Black Prince,
the Castilian and the white Lamarque
lend variety and attest by their prolific
blooms to the virility of the stock upon
which they We're grated, says tho San
Francisco Call.
The owner Of this rose bouquet is II.
L. Barker, who is connected with the
state bureau Of mining. Once there
were 10 distinct varieties of roses on the
bush, but the tea roses grated on proved
to be short lived, and only the harder
varieties have survived There are
enough now, eight, to make the bush
a curiosity. Mr.. Barker 5 explanation is
that he likes to experiment with plants
ana this rosebush is about % years
old. Branch after branch has been
grated on The original stock is the
June or cabbage rose. The width at the
top is not less than 20 feet, and the
height equals the width. There are
many stocks or trunks springing from
the roots. Carbon is plentifully supplied
to intensity the color of the blossoms.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
SPEED OF INSECTS.
A Common House Ely Travels a Mile In
Thirty-three SecOnds.

1t is the popular belief that the flight
of the birds is much swifter than that
of the insects, but number of natural
lists who have been making q study of
the matter think that such is not the
case.
A common house fly, for example, is
not very rapid in its flight, but its
wings make 500 beats u second and
send it through the air % feet under
ordinary circumstances, in that space Of
time. When the insect is alarmed, how
ever, it has been found that it can in
crease its rate of speed to over 100 feet
per second. If it could continue such
rapid flight for mile i'll Il straight line,
it would cover that distance in exactly
33 seconds.
1t is not an uncommon thing when
travelling by rail in the summer time to
see bee or wasp keeping up with the
train and trying to get in at one of the
windows. A swallow is considered one
of the swiftest of flying birds, and it
was thought until recently that no in
sect could escape it.
A naturalist tells of an exciting chase
he saw between a swallow and a dragon
fly, which is among the swiftest of in
sects. The insect flew with incredible
speed and wheeled and lodged with
such ease that the swallow, despite its
utmost efforts, completely failed to over
take and capture it.-Science.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
RibaId Testing.

at all happened from little joke 1
tried to get off, " the bruised, battered
and tatterod hobo explained to the citi-.
zens who picked him up. "Jist fer fun,
you know, perposed to the gang that
we organize party fer the advocatin
of the free coinage of soap. Inever
dremp they'd take it serious. In
Annapolis Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

The "Tyrian era, which prevailed
extensively in Syria for many ages, be-
gan Oct. 10, B. c. 1876. 1t commemo
rated the independence of Tyre from the
yoke of the Syrian kings.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

Says Charles Baudelaire: "This life
is hospital whero every patient is pos
sessed with a desire to change his bed.
This one would prefer to suffer by the
stove and the other thinks he would
recover by the window"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
Ealsa Rennrt.

Rose-Do you see that man who has
just come, LuluF They say he's cashier
of the Tenth National bank.
Lulu-Whatl Her I've met him al
ready and he's only its PRESIDENT
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

1t is safe rule to wet the wrists be-
fore drinking cold water if at all heat
ed. The effect is immediate and CRATE
full, and danger of fatal results is ward
ed off.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

The taste of beauty and the relish Of
what is decent, just and amiable per-
feet the character of the gentleman and
the philosopher. -Shaftesbury.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

Pass the good word along the line.
Piles can be quickly cured without an
operation by simply applying Dewitt's
Witch Hazel Salve.
ISAAC STERNs, Middlebury.
CLAYTON n. NORTH, Shoreham.
B. f. HASKELL, West Cornwall.
ID. II. BENNETT, Brdport.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14

Holland. though small in size, has
1,070, 900 women. young and old.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-08-14
BREEDERS OF MORGAN HORSES.
JOSEPH BATTELL,
MIDDLEBURY, VT.

stations, in use; Inbred Morgan, DennlnE
Allen, sire OF Lord Clinton 2;0sA; Thought.
SIRE OF Archie Il. 2lS5a.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-16
If you want to sell your Christmas
goods, advertise them in the newspaper.
Tours tn California.


California has been most fittingly term
ed the "Italy of America" All the de-
licious balm, the cloudless sky and the
rich vendure of the great European pen
insula are duplicated in this sunny land
Of the Pacific Here nature basks in the
sunshine of her own beauty; and here
she has established her own sanitarium,
where eternal spring inspires everlasting
youth. With the snow mantled peaks OF
the Sierras upon the one hand, the calm
Pacific with its soft breczes upon the
other, aud verilable paradise of flowers,
fruits and plants between, man can find
and needs no loveler land To visit such
a country is a privilege, a blessing.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
recognizing the need OF more comfort
able and pleasant way OF crossing the
continent, inaugurated series Of annual
tours TO California, running through
train Of Pullman palace cars from New
York to the Pacific Coast, and stopping at
the principal points of interest en- route.
The great popularity of thtse tours de-
mnnstTates the wisdom of the movement.
For the season OF 1897 three tours have
been arranged to leave New York, Pbila
delphia and Pitlsburg, January ~, Feb
ruary "a, and March 81.
The first tour will run direct TO San
Diego via st. Louis and the Santa Fe
Route, and return from San Francisco via
SAT- Lake City, Denver, and Chicago, al
lowing five weeks in California
The second tour will run via the Man,
moth Cave and New Orleans to San Die.
go, stopping at the "Crescent City" dur
ing the Mardi Gras Carnival. This tour
will return via Salt Lake City, Denver,
Omaha, and Chicago, allowing four weeks
in California.
The third tour will run via Chicago,
Denver and Salt Lake City, allowing pas
sengers to return by regular trains via
different routes within nine months.
All OF these tours, either going or re.
turning, will pass through the famous
Colorado region, Glenwood Springs,
Leadville, and the Garden OF the Gods.
Rates from all points on the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad System east of Pittsburg ;
First tour, 1910; second tour, $3.50 ;
third tour, $2l0 round trip, and $3.50 one
way.
For detailed itineraries and other in
formation, apply at ticket agencies, spec.
ia booking offices, or address George w.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent,
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-16

At times of severe frost many per-
sons not skilled i'll the use Of thermom-
eters report remarkably low tempera-
lures. These are often due to the Their
mometric liquid having partly evaporat-
ed from the main column and condensed
at the end of the tube farthest from the
bulb, the Thermometer then reading just
as many degrees too low as there are
degrees of spirit at the top of the tube.
Good thermometers are just as liable to
this error as common ones, and there
fore every one using spirit minimum
thermometer must be on the alert. Gen
orally the owner can restore the Their
mometer without sending it back to the
maker. Grasp the thermometer firmly,
resting u finger on the tube so that there
be no vibration, and, holding the bulb
downward, give several strong, pendu-
lous swings. This will usually send the
spirits from the top and send the index
into the bulb. Stand the thermometer
bulb downward for an hour, then re-
verse it and very gently shake the in
dex out Of the bulb and let it slide to
the end of the column, when the Their
mometer will be as good as new. New
York Ledger.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1896-12-16
CLOTHES IMMORTAL,
Made So For Economizing People by a
Gotham Industry.

Made So For EconOmizing People by
Gotham Industry.
It's easy to be q we'll dressed man
nowadays. If one saves up his old
clothes until he accumulates few
suits and then follows the example of
his rich friends here, he will soon find
out how they pose as bowling swells at
comparatively little outlay. Itcosts only
$25 year to look like man who owns
o valet, providing one has the costumes
to start on. In skyscraping structure
O suit of sumptuous offices Is occupied
BY the clerical staff of concern which
is engaged in keeping the clothes Of
some of our worthiest and most inf1uen-
tial citizens in repair. A large factory
down town, employing small army OF
scourers, pressers and members, is kept
i'll constant operation, and the wagons
of the company may be seen daily COW
ering regular routes in the best parts OF
the city. So sensitive are the patrons OF
the concern, however, lest their econom-
ical proclivities become known to neigh
bors that nothing more than the ambig-
nous title of the firm is painted on the
vehicle.
A lady with pronounced French ac-
cent manages this part Of the business.
From her it was learned that yearly
subscription fee of $25, payable in ad-
vance, entities any ordinary American
citizen to membership in this concern,
by means of which his clothes at least
can jostle up against those of the -Four
Hundred On paying the fee the MEM
bers are entitled to all the services re-
CURED to keep their wardrobe in repair
and presentable condition. The chests
are allotted to him, upon which his
name and address are printed. One of
these remains at his home, while the
other is at the factory. Wagons call at
the houses Of patrons of the company
twice week, if necessary and collect
tho Globes which have been placed Ill
! the chest, ut the Same time leaving a
chest full of clothes, carefully mended
and pressed ready for wear. One young
man who has been patron OF the novel
establishment for some time says that ii
works like a charm, and his apparel
bears out his statement. OF course the
tailors, the old clothes gatherers and the
servants who have strutted i'll the cast
off garments of their masters don't like
the innovation, but it is a necessity OF
the times. Keeping up appearance is @
great business here, and this new clothes
fixing scheme is regular boon to lots
of men who travel on shape and style
New York Letter in Pittsburg Dis
match