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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-02
RiPTON.

H. +. Day is Smuggling the store.
Mrs Dolly Noble is decidedly better.
d. p. Mills has had the misfortune to
lose horse.
Crows have been very numerous and
troublesome.
Frank Fits is quite i'll and has been
for some time.
w. X. Foster and wife of Middlebury
were in town June p.
Mrs Winnie Devoid has been quite i'll,
but is now on the gain.
Some of our farmers were planting
potatoes and sowing oats June 24
There will be a dance on the evening
of the 9th inst. at the town hall.
The mercury indicated Sso in the
shade al o'clock p. m, on Friday last.
1t is hoped that some club will take
our basebalists in hand and shake the
conceit out Of them.
c. j. Tierany and wife of East Gran
vile were in town on Sunday last,
stopping at G.. J. Hodges.
Your correspondent saw no frost on
Sunday morning last, but credible
person says that he saw plenty.
The ladies of the willing Workers
society will meet with Mrs. Frank
Lumbra Thursday afternoon, July s, at
, o'clock.
A few days ago Mrs. VIM. Whittemore,
by reason of making a misstep, fell on
the edge of a kettle and injured her side
severely. She Is now confined to her
bed.
1t Is now reported that Mr.. Hodges
will not rebuild, owing to a failure to
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-02
CORNWALL.

chool in district No. 3, taught by
Miss Halnon, closed June Is. Those
pupils having no absent marks were
Walter Barnum, Anna Halnon, Slas Hi
ter, George Hitter, Mary Hitter, Ruth
Manchester, Roy Manchester and Dan
Root. Those absent only one half day
were Alice Barnum and Anna Manches
ter. Those having no tardy marks were
Walter Barnum, Alice Barnum, Gertrude
Barnum. Rachel Frost. Silas Hitter,
George Hitter, Mary Hitter, Ruth Man
chester, Row Manchester, Harriet
Remele, Fred Root and Dan Root.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-02

G. y. Horton was taken worse Satur-
day night.
Mr.. Partlow expects his boarders from
the city soon.
J. W. Alden's city boarders have be-
gun to arrive. His rooms are all taken.
Mrs. Brown and children of Brooklyn,
n. Y, have arrived at their summer
home, Locust ledge
School closed in Fernvlle June 2G.
Those who were not absent nor tardy
during the entire term were Lulu Rckert,
Harry Morse, Exile Morse, Phoebe John
son and Carol Mayhem.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-02
WEYRRIDoE.

j. A. Harrington was in town Sunday,
Miss Grace Howe is visiting her nece,
Mrs. IL. l.. Thompson.
l.. G. Sturtevant's broken leg is doing
as we'll as could be expected
f. Elliott has leased the Hayward mill
for one year and business has started up
anew.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-02

Mrs. James B. Rider vice president,
Mrs. +. r. Dckerman; recording secre-
tary, Miss Edith Brown; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. f. G. Marsh; treasurer,
Howard Hasseltine; organist, Miss l..
Sherwin.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-02
BuokLen's ARNlcA sALvE.

The best salye in the world tor cuts
bruises, sores, ulcers. salt rheum, feve
sores. letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns, and all skin eruptiOns, and pos
lively cures piles, or no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction or money refunded. Price ,
cents per box. For sale by w. H. Shel
don
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-07-02
DON'N MISS SEEING

The welted fine calf shoes in tan we
are closing at $500. No $500 shoes
will give you better service. A small
lot of Boys russell shoes at Sl.OO a
pair. Two lots of Ladies' fine slippers,
$175 quality, are closing at $L25.
We haven't mentioned many bargains
we are selling, but will show them
with pleasure.
We shall not open Saturday, July 3.
BOND BROS
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Servant Problem Abroad.

In order to overcome the difficulties
OF the servant problem the German gov
ernment has inaugurated new system,
claiming 1t to be both beneficial to
both mistress and maid.
The government provides book
(Which the servant can have upon appli-
cation) and the mistress is required to
place in 1t each week a Scent stamp is
sued for that purpose, says the Chicago
lnter-Ocean.
If this aVailed nothing more, it would
prove date and number Of weeks Of salts
factory service, and be a valuable refer
ence; but it has far wider intention.
When the girl becomes sick, aged, or
unable to work, every stamp Is redeem
able by the government, thus providing
bank account for her time of need.
1t is tax imposed upon the employer,
but the benefit derived from reliable SER
vice Is sufficient compensation.
Several years continuance seems to
prove the plan successful
Russian cities have tried a prize sys-
TEN, giving certain sum of money to
servants with two years record of faith
full service In one place, confirmed by
written statement in pass book, from
employer
This Is really nothing more than a
written reference" subject to the OBJ
jections attending all of them-that is,
forgery, and even If genuine, governed
by the mood and prejudice of the mis-
tress at the time Of writing. The success
Of this plan Is uncertain and doubtful
There is one advantage, however, the
fact that the servant has remained in
one place for two years Is one advantage
in her favor, even If, because Of some
difficulty at the time Of parting, the ref
erence Is not so satisfactory as might
be desired by the servant, for even a
two-years' stay In one place speaks we'll
for the servant in this day of changes.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Ingenious Refuses.

At suburban church social not long
ago each person was required to wear
cOnspicuously upon his or her clothing
some pictorial or other device that
should represent in "rebus" form the
title of any well-known book, and all
the others were to guess at the book in
tended. A prize was to be given for the
most ingenious of these devices
Paradise Lost" represented by a card
upon which five dice had been pasted,
and from which two had evidently
dropped or been removed, was easily
guessed. Hard Cash" was no puzzle.
Neither was 1t hard to recognize "A
Pair of Blue Eyes" "Innocents Abroad"
Vanity Fair" or "Uncle Toms Cabin"
in spite Of their pictorial DISCUSSES.
One OF the guests, however had
poser. Attached to one Of the buttons of
his coat was a card bearing simply the
inscription Ton"
Every one at last gave it up and asked
for the solution.
why, that's easy" he said. 1T means
A Tale Of Two Cities.'"
Explain"
Boston and Washington. Last sylla-
bles of both. See?"
That's not fair" said the others. 'It's
tn last syllable Of Charleston, Whining
ton, Coshocton, Kingston and Yankton.
We protest"
well" he said, 81 won't insist. Try
this one"
He turned the card over. It was in
scribed on the other side with these
three letters ans"
After a severe mental struggle every
body gave this up also.
That ought not to puzzle YOU" he
said It's the Last of the Mohicans.'" b"
He got the prize.-Youth's Companion.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Explosive Sea Shells.

Walking along the beach on Mobile
bay, young woman, relative of the
writer, picked up a handful of little
shells, left by the tide, and among them
several shells of small marine snail"
the largest Of which was probably
half inch in diameter and the smallest
some three eighths Of an inch. She
dropped them into her pocket and for
got all about them until several days
afterward, when an unpleasant odor in
her wardrobe attracted her attention
to them. On taking them out of the
pocket, sOT0 fell on the floor, and in
recovering them she placed her foot on
one The act was followed by an explo-
sion, quite sharp, and loud enough to
be heard all over the floor on which her
room is. Astonished, she concluded to
try another. ard the same result fol-
lowed. The shells were then brought to
the writer, who, on examination, found
the mouth firmly closed by membrane
of greater or less thickness, formed by
the drying OF the animal slime. This
had probably occurred soon after the re-
moval from the moisture of the beach,
and the little inhabitant Of the shell dy-
ing, the gascs Of decomposition had
quite filled its internal space. On exert
ing a little pressure by squeezing the
shell between two blocks OF wood quite
a loud explosion was produced, the
fragments of the she'll being thrown sew
eral feet. Subsequently, on trying the
experiment, out of dozen shells only
two failed to explode. The condition
most favorable to success in making the
the experiment seems to be removal
from the beach in very hot, dry weather,
which causes the slime to be exuded in
greater quantity than usual and dries it
up rapidly as 1t exudes.-Nationa Drug
glst.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
The Young People.
IN LATE DECEMBER.

The midnight bells are trowling,
The wintry winds are bowling,
The cliff-beat surge Is growing
In thunders far away;
And heaven and earth are signing,
And drearlly replying,
The old year is a-dying,"-
So, so they seem to say,
The angry clouds are driven
Across the scoWling heaven,
In vain the stars have striven
To show their shlmmering light;
one broad and mighty shadow
Clothes stream and hill and meadow,
And, weeded like a widow,
DroOps, down the gloomy night.
Across the pathway shooting,
The spectral owl goes hooting,
The yelping fox is footing
His way along the moor;
Within the farmers houses
The baying watchdog rouses,
Then stretches down and droWses,
And dreams upon the floor.
The ways with snow are blocking,
Against the easement knocking
The wind makes dismal mocking,
With gusty rise and fall;
On creaking hinges hanging,
The garden gate is banging,
And drearily are changing
The windows one and all.
George Lunt.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
THE NEW YEAR.

A New Year knocking at the door
How strange II seems The days fly fast,
The future soon becomes the past,
And quickly 1 shall reach the last,
When days and years will all be DER,
When time for me shall be no more.
All, who can penetrate the veil
Which hides the future from our View2
None knoweth II our days be few
Or many. All, and II we knew
Before the knowledge hearts might quail
And tTemble and our courage fail.
What of the year to come? pray
For purity Of heart and long
For patience. faith and all the thrOng
OF Christian virtucs, to be strong
Against temptation. LORD / say,
Grant strength sufficient for my day
80 weak am unless to me
Thou givest strength, sure | shall stray
Unless Thou leadest all the way.
Abide with me this year" ! pray.
Lord, II Thou wilt, oh, give to me
The power to win some soul to Thee!'
r. o. Hammond,
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

disown a bookseller and cease all inter
course with him for a 1.-THE of the false
hoods and petty frauds which it passes
unnoticed in a newspaper proprietor.
It may disbeheve every word he says,
and yet profess to respect him, and may
occasionally reward him; so that II IS
quite possible to find a newspaper which
nearly everybody condemns, and whose
influence he would repudiate, circulating
very freely among religious and moral
people, and making handsome profits for
It's proprietor A newspaper pYoprie-
tor, therefore, who finds that his profits
remain high, no matter what views he
prOmugates, and what kind Of morality
he practices, can hardly, with fairness to
the community, he treated as an expo
nent of its opinions. He will not con-
slider what it thinks, when he finds he
has only to consider what 1t will buy,
and that it will buy his paper without
agreeing with it.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Panaies Within Doors.

In nearly ever flower garden there Is
bed of pansy plants, and lovers of the
quaint blossoms would be glad to have
the blooms for longer period if they
knew how. Here is a plan both simple
and practicable. If the pansy bed is in
sheltered situation, as it ought to be,
one may get into the ground on sunny
days even in mid-winter. Prepare a
shallow box, say three or four inches
deep, and fill with good garden soil, then
with spade dig up several clumps of
the pansy roots, digging sufficiently
deep to lift them with plenty Of soil
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
The English Have Danced to Yankee
Doodle" Ever Since.

AS Lord Percy rode along the band
played Yankee Doodle" and a boy
shouted and laughed at him from the
side of the road. Lord Percy asked him
what he meant, and the boy replied,
"To think how you will dance by and by
to Chevy Chase" The contemporary
witness who chronicles this little Incl
dent for us says the repartee stuck to
Lord Percy all day One cannot help
wondering whether it made certain lines
like these run in his head:
The child that is unborn shall rue
The hunting of that day.
From The Story of the Revolution" +"
by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, in the
January Scribner's.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Points About Kansas for the Young.

Coronado, Spanish explorer, was
the first European who set foot on Kan
sas soil. 1t was then an Indian prov
ince named Quivira. This was in 1541.
His route across the State was through
the present counties of Barber, King
man, Reno, Harvey, Mcpherson, Marion,
Dickinson, Geary, Riley, Potawatomie
and Nemaha. In his report he speaks
of the prevalence of "crooked-back oxen
(buifalo). DePenelosa, Governor of
New Mexico, made journey to Quiyira
in 1862. The territory included in the
present boundaries of Kansas was first
claimed by Spain and then by France.
Spain held 1t under the name of Louis
lana from 1863 to 1800 when the whole
territory Of Louisiana was ceded to
France. 1t was purchased by President
Thomas Jefferson, in 1903, for $27, ,O0O,-
GOO. The first white settler in Kansas
located on the north side of the Kaw,
twenty miles above its mouth, in 1921.
In 1926 house was built at Muncie,
and in 1880 trading post was estab-
lished on Mission creek, in Shawnee
county. The first grasshopper invasion
occurred in 1920. The overland trip to
Santa Fe was made by Baptiste La
Lande in 1904 Fort Leavenworth was
located and building began in July 1927.
The first free school was located at
Wyandotte July l, 1874, by J. M. Arm
strong. A convention was held at Wyan-
dotte July 2S, 1853, Territorial govern
ment was organized and Abelard Guth-
rte was nominated for delegate to Con-
gress. Rev. Thomas Johnson, who was
beaten by Guthrie in the convention,
also became candidate and was elected
by Indian votes, it is said. Johnson was
never recognized by Congress.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

adhering to the roots, and set them
carefully in the box of prepared soil.
Keep the box in warm room for few
days until the soil is soft and loamy,
watering 1t occasionally; at the end of
a week the box of plants may be taken
into room which is only slightly
warmed, and placed near a window
where the sun occasionally strikes; be-
fore long the plants will start a good
growth and in short time bloom and
remain nearly the entire winter. EN-
peror William; a deep blue, and Giant
White, white with violet eye; both are
large sorts. The plan recommended for
pansy plants may be used with lily-of-
the-valley clumps, though it is best not
to take the latter into the house until
about six weeks or two months before
they would start growth out OF doors.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Plants for the Window.

II the room in which the plants are
kept is heated with a coal stove do not
attempt to grow any plants that are at
all delicate, such as helotropes, ferns,
bouvardias and the like, but confne your
list to such sturdy plants as geraniums
and towering begonias. II good Sc
lection of varieties is made, these two
classes will give a sufficient variety in
bloom and, with the begonias, a con-
siderable range Of foliage markings.
Both classes are strong growers and will
stand a considerable amount of abuse
and neglect To be successful with
plants in the window they must have
plenty OF light, a fair amount of sun,
even temperature which should be about
the same as that in which human beings
are comfortable, both day and night,
plenty Of water and rather moist at
m0sphere which may be had by keeping
dish filled with water on the stove or
IL this is not practicable, set among the
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
SHOWER OF STARS.
Rain Of MeteOrOids Coming With the Close
Of the Century.

The astronomers look for the next
great meteoric shower on the morning
of November Is, 1899. They calculate
that the earth will then pass again
through the center Of an immense swarm
Of meteoroids. as they are called be-
fore combustion. These great "leonide
star showers" as they are called, occur
at intervals Of every thirty-three years
and one day The great shower Of 1893
occurred on November 12; THAT OF 1888
on November 13; that Of 1866 on No
vember IA, and consequently repeti
tIon Of the wonderful phenomenon is eX-
pected on the morning of November Is,
1899.
In the meanwhile, however as the
aggregation Of nleteorOid Is Of immense
length, one end Of It will encounter the
earth in 1898 and the other in 1900,
making, as Professor Lewis Swift, the
distinguished astronomer of Rochester,
says, considerable showers in those
years. Professor Swift says: "The thick
ness OF the meteoroidal stream is 100000
milesand the duration of the shower Is
equal to the time Of the diagonal passage
Of the earth through it, usually from mid
night to dawn" He adds: "As there is
light shower Of leonoids every Novem-
ber we know that there is a vast ring
formed by the comets tail and that the
immense shOal in one portion is the
product Of teh exploded comet itself,
through which we pass once every
thirty-three years and day"
The meteorold are dark bodies, and
1t is only when they pass into the earths
atmosphere that they are ignited by fric-
ton and become visible for a few Sec
onds. The stream makes revolution
around the sun in about thirty-three
and one-quarter years, and by conse-
quence the earth passes through it in
a new place each year. Ihe length of
the swarm Is so enormous that, although
at perihellon 1t moves at the rate of
nearly twenty-five miles a second, yet
1t takes two years to pass the earth, so
that when its hinder part is still with us
It's advancing side will have reached
the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn. Not
withstanding this extent it is but q frac-
tiOn of the entire orbit. Professor Swift
says: This great cluster will reach the
earth'S orbit about June /, 1899, but
the earth will not have arrived there
then, but will be due nearly six months
later, when our planet will plunge into
the swarnling mass and for at least five
hours We shall experience a literal rain
of tire.-Baltimore Sun.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

Advocate and News and Kansas Farmer,
both one year $l5O Send money to this
Office.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Newspaper Morality,

One of the most curious things about
the newspaper. says E. l.. Godkin in the
January Atlantic, is that the public does
not expect from newspaper proprietor
the same sort of morality it expects
from percons In other callings. 1t would
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
FS+%E' +++ f. +F*FfE+ !"
FOR FAMILY READING.

plants. Never allow draught Of cold
air to strike directly on the plants, but
keep the air pure and fresh by Indirect
ventilation.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
is not called consumption cure; it is
a blood-maker. 1t gives energy to the
blood-making organs to create new
blood, full of healthy, red corpuscles.
This rapid supply of pure, rich, red
blood drives out all diseases that have
their roots in the blood: Consumption
is one of these; scrofula, malaria, &C.
zema, erysipelas, catarrh-are others.
1t is absurd to doctor them separately
as lung, or skin, or head diseases. They
must be driven out of the blood. You
can rely on the Golden Medical Dis
covery" to do this every time. 1t is not
a patent medicine. 1t is the perfected
result of thirty years, practical expert
ence by one of the most skillful physi-
clans and eminent medical authorities
in this country, DR.. r. V. Pierce, Chief
Consulting Physician to the Invalids'
Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo,
NY.
Advocate and News and Kansas Farmer,
hOfb yno 20
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11
FITZ'S GRAMMER.
How He Writes His Articles and How They
Appear.

How He Writes His Articles and How They
Appear.
A New York paper claims to have Sc
cured the exclusive right to publish all
signed statements made by the Navada
prize fighters, and, as result, arti-
cles like the following, bearing the
signature Of Robert Fitzsimmons, ap-
pear from day to day:
II took my usual run to Carson this
morning, making the trip easily and
starting good perspiration. Return
ing to my quarters at II o'clock Hickey,
Roeber and Stelzner rubbed me down
well, and 1 felt the blood bounding
through my veins with the vigor of
boyhood. Slowly, but with certainty
that can not fail on the 18th, I feel my
self strengthening and building for the
battle that will place to my credit the
championship honors of the world"
1t would be hard to make any one
believe that Fitz wrote such perfect
English as that. According TO a man
who knows the real telegram read:
"I slammed me hooks for hot foot
dis mornin' up to de joint were yeh
gets de poipers and lettus from NJ
Yark. l ducked and screwed back hot
foot, swettin' like h. Dan and
Dutch turn me and gimme de rougl
rwab wild coarse wipe till / felt swea
comm all tru me. I'll beat his bloody
head off and win dead easy"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11
State Of Franklin.

NJ. P. Reeves, of Greeneville, Tenn,
writes fuller details of his plan to bring
to the exposition the capitol of the state
of Franklin, and says he thinks he will
have no trouble in securing the build
ing. He is also trying to get Andrew
Johnson's old tailor shop, and if sue
cessful, will bring both. He will bear
ell the expenses himself and only asks q
good location. Old times in Tennessee
will be shown in the larger building.
Mountain girls dressed in native Co.'S
tune will manufacture cloth in all its
stages from the fax wheel to the loom,
A wildcat still, showing how moonshine
whiskey is made, will be had if the
proper arrangements can be made. The
buildings, SO far as the outside is con-
cerned, it can be seen free, but an ad-
mission fee will be charged. Immedi-
ately upon the granting of a location
the work of gathering relics will be
taken up gain.-Somerville Reporter
and Falcon.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1897-03-11
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAYS EXHIBIT

At The Tennessee Centennial Exposition.
Arrangements have been'perfected by
which the Southern Railways territory
will be represented at the Exposition
which opens at Nashville on May l..
This, like former exhibits made by that
Company, will include sample speci-
mems of mineral, agricultural, forest
and other products of the States Of Vir-
ginia, North and South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Alabama, Mississippi, East Ten
nessee and Kentucky. This Compa-
ny's exhibit at the Atlanta and Pitts
burg Expositions attracted the atten-
tion of the agriculturists, manufac-
turer, miner, stock-raiser and others,
and did more to educate the visitors to
an appreciation of the great wealth and
possibilities of the South than any 9TH
er one exhibit that was shown. and it is
the policy of the Company to actively
continue this method of advertising.
The scenic beauties of the country
through which the Southern Railway
runs will not be neglected in this ex-
hibit.
Practically, this exhibit will be a
bureau of information, so that visitors
from the North and abroad can obtain
specific data relative to all branches of
industry to the vast number of points
on the Southern Railway.
This exhibit is under the direction of
the Land and Industrial Department
Of the Southern Railway with head
quarters at Washington, d. c., and
persons located along that system hav-
ing exhibit material that they think
will interest the public and thereby
help advance the best interest of the
section from which it comes, should at
once communicate with the agent of
that department.
This is an exhibit in which every
citizen of this section should be inter
ested; and we hope that some of our
readers can supply something to rep
resent our territory.