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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31
THE JANUARY MAGAZINES.

The Forum begins the new year with
an exceptionally interesting number,
made up of the following articles. viz.
"Our Coast Defences," by Mai -Gen.
Nelson A. Miles; 1.-THE Future of Bimet-
allism," by Senator George G.. Vest
"Electrical Advance in the Past Ten
Years. by Elihu Thomson; exports
and Wages" by Jacob Schoenhof; THE
Reconquest of New York by Tammany,' =
by Simon Sterne; "The Political Out
look" by Henry Watterson; 1.-The Incor-
poration of the WOrkin Glass, by Hugh
McGregor; "Chna and Chinese Railway
Concessions by Clarence Cary; "ls it
Worth While to Take Out Patent?" by
Harwood Huntington; Education in
Hawaii" by Henry s. Townsend ;
american Excavations at Sparta and
Corinth," by j. Gennadius; and "The
Relation of the Drama to Literature" by
Prof. Brander Matthews.
Lord Brassey writes in the American
Monthly Review of Reviews an interest
ing account of the present condition of
the British navy. The Review publishes
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt's COM
ments on this article, together with an
instructive summary of the last annual
report of the United States navy and a
review of Capt. Mahan's new book,
"The Interest of America in Sea-Power."
A genial comment on the tendency
among well-to-do city people to take up
with amateur farming is to be found in
an article entitled "The Blazing Hen
Coop" by Octave Thanet, in the January
Harper's. The article is an amusing and
very sensible account of the authors
ventures and adventures in poultry-rais-
ing, and, together with the profuse illus
trations by A. B. Frost, gives vivid ac-
count of the trials of the amateur farmer.
Mrs. Mckinley in a new portrait,
seated in a luxurious chair in the White
House conservatory, makes striking
cover to the January Ladies' Home Jour
nal. 1t is also appropriate, as John
Philip Sousa's new composition, "The
Lady of the White House," which the
wife of the President permitted 1.-THE
March King to dedicate to her, is given
publicity for the first time in this num-
Der. OF course, the composition will be
tremendously popular.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31
TYPHOID AT FORESTDALE
Report of a Health Ohcer on the Causes
and Preventives.

Report of Health OHcer on the Causes
and PreVentives.
The Brandon Union publishes letter
from DR.. C. w. Peck, health officer, from
which we quote the following. There
were about fifteen cases of typhoid in
Forestdae. The doctor says:
In all of these cases, found the fam
lilies have been using water from wells
which is always attended with more or
less risk. In the case of the Rogers fam
ilv think there is unmistakable evidence
of poisoning from the water from their
own we'll. In the Smith family think
their we'll is receiving a supply of impure
water, and that it is from this that the
family contracted the disease, although
the facts to substantiate this opinion are
not nearly so well founded as in the
Rogers case.
1t is a we'll known fact to the people
living in this locality of Forestdale that
cases of typhoid fever have prevailed |
think can safely say every season for
the last - or 20 years or more in this
vicinity, and many sad and unfortunate
deaths have been the result.
My own opinion is that all through
that region known as "Ikimble's Corner"
coarse, gravelly soil prevails with
water coming within three or four feet
of the surface of the ground. Conse-
quently poisonous germs generating on
or near the surface are sure to be washed
into wells and produce disease, and at
this season of the year ii is generally
typhoid fever. and there will be no bet
ter condition of things until the town
adopts some system of sewerage to re-
lieve this unfortunate locality. y sewer
would give these people an opportunity
to have carried away filth instead of al
lowing it to soak into the soil, as they
are now obliged to do, and thus poison
their water supply. 1t would cost the
town a little money, but it would be n
humane act and afford relief to an unfor-
tunate part of our townspeOple who, in
my opinion, can get relief from this
dreadful disease in no other way. The
fact that we are almost entirely exempt
from typhoid fever in this village Bran
dom is that our water supply is where it
cannot be contaminated by our drainage.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

There is a total disregard of the val
lie of the precious metal in Dawson
City, Alaska. Every one has so much
gold dust that the sight of big sacks
and cans of it have ceased to attract
attention.
For instance" said Mr.. Thompson.
you will see a wooden sack covered
with canvas, a bar across one end of
it. This is a saloon, about as unlikely
a place for riches as a man would find
on earth, and yet at any time of the
day and night the aggregate wealth of
the men in there at any one time would
reach into the millions.
why, one day I was in a place of
this description and in front of the bar
was a long box filled with sawdust.
This sawdust, owing to frequent ex-
pectorations from the tobacco chewing
custom, gets soiled. AS l say, l was in
one of these places one day and some
boys came along and said to the pro-
prietor: If you will give us this old
box we will bring you another filled
with clean sawdust.' Take it along,
was the rejoinder. The boys immedi-
ately put a clean one in its place and
took away the old one. | was so inter
ested to see what they intended to do
that l followed them, and to my sur
prise they commenced to pan out the
sawdust and in little while they re-
covered S14 in gold.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

ionaire was beyond adequate expression
in words. just previous to the dancing
a big GO pound bag of candy was hung
from the roof of the ring building and a
large canvass spread beneath it. Four
boys were then blindfolded and given
sticks with which to break the paper of
the bag and let the candy loose, after
which all were allowed to scramble for
its contents. This created no little mer-
rimcnt.
At o'clock the programme of dancing
was begun, to the music of the orchestra.
The first dance was a quadrile, which
was led by Mrs. Webb and Mr.. A. lay
lor. Opposite them were Mr.. Webb and
Mrs. Gebhart. Dancing continued until
II o'clock, when goodnights were said,
all voting it the pleasantest Christmas
ever known in Shelburne. The phlan-
throplc millionaire and his family appre-
ciated in all their fullness the truth of
the words, ut is more blessed to give
than to receive"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

There is a ring which the Queen
cherishes more than anything else she
possesses save her betrothal and we'd
ding ring-a circlet of fiat gold in
which shines a ruby cross surrounded
with diamonds, signifying the Severe
ign's union with her nation; her cor
onation ring, in fact, which she has
worn every evening since the day it
became hers by right, and which is
jealously guarded when not encircling
her finger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31
q to be reduced 5 per cent in

goods are to be reduced 8 per cent in
Victoria.
Great Britain declines to enter into an
agreement with the United States, Rus
STA and Japan to stop sealing in Ber-
ing sea.
Captain Horace Draper, who com
manded Admiral Farragut's flagship,
the Hartford, during the entire war, is
dead.
Mrs. Jarvis and her nine children
were burned to death In four-room cot
tage in Bethnal Green, London.
The striking engineers of England
have rejected the proposals of the
employers.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31
CARD.

We, the undersigned, agree to refunC
the money on a fifty-cent bottle o.
Greene's Syrup of Tar if it fails to cur'
your cough or cold. We also guarantee
a twenty-five cent bottle to prove salts
factory or no pay.
w. III. SHELDON,
w. O. SANFORD,
ISAAC STERNs,
C.. n. NORTH, Shoreham,
ID. II. BENNETT, Bridport.
j. II. FLETCHER, "
f. III. DEAN. MonktOn.
AVERY 81 PRESTON, Ferrisburg.
4l-26w
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

Mrs. Stark, Pleasant Ridge, o., says
"After two doctors gave up my boy to
die, saved him from Group by using
One Minute Cough Cure" 1t is the
quickest and most certain remedy for
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
troubles. Isaac Stems, Middlebury; b..
G. Peck or Day Bros, East Middebury /;
c. L. Sowle, West Cornwall; d. II. Ben
net, Bridport; C. B. Kendall, Shoreham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

Mrs. Mary Bird. Harrisburg, Pa.
says, MY child is worth millions to me /;
yet would have lost her by Group had
| not invested twenty-five cents in a
bottle of One Minute Cough Cure 1t
cures coughs, colds and all throat and
lung troubles. Isaac Sterns, Middle
bury; b. G. Peck, or Day Bros, East
Middlebury; c. L. Sowle. West Corn
wall; d. II. Bennett, Bridport; c. B.
Kendall, ShOreham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

Mrs. NJ. b. Ford, Ruddel's, ILL.,, suf
fered for eight years from dyspepsia and
chronic constipation and was finally
cured by using DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for all
stomach and liver troubles. Isaac
Storms, Middlebury; B. G. Peck or Day
Bros, East Middlebury; c. w. Sowle,
West Cornwall; d. II. Bennett, Bird
port; G. b. Kendall, Shoreham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31
Door for Furnaces.

An automatic door for furnaces and
locomotive boilers has a standard set
on the end of a rod which runs through
the floor and operates a lever to raise
the door and swing it back whenever
the standard is stepped on.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

THE HoMELlEsT MAN IN MlDDLEBURY
As we'll as the handsomest, and others
are invited to call on any druggist and
get free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam
for the Throat and Lungs, remedy that
is guaranteed to cure and relieve all
Chronic and Acute Coughs, Asthma,
Bronchitis and Consumption. Price 25c.
and soc.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31
DIR. Frost Offers
You 20 cent Bottle
OF
Kidney Cure for 5 Cents.
BE WISE AND ACC EPT NOW. As THIS
OFFER H. GOOD FOR FOUR
DAYS ONLY.
READ COUPON ATTACHED.

Frost Kidney Cure ays all inflammation of the Kidneys Bghs
is often serious trouble before of
Bgh disease
until few weeks o a before
inflammation the kidneys Alcohol
hours All druggists sell
unity
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

comfortable circumstances, financially,
by the death of the duchess, has been
offered place by the King of Wurtem-
burg.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

The people of Japan have turned their
eyes toward klondike, and several thou
sands will start for the Yukon in the
spring,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

The pipe smoked by the Shah OF
Persia on state occasions is set with
diamonds, emeralds and rubies. It is
said to have cost G80,000.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

Senator Mcmillan, of Michigan, has
one of the finest collections of paintings
in this country. He is a great admIrer
of American art.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

Bulgaria makes every person in
receipt of a government salary wear
clothes and shoes of native material and
manufacture only.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

The Referee-But, my dear sir.
trust you do not intend to proceed to
extremities.
The lrate Husband-Thats lust
what l do intend-I'm charging her
with cold feet.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-31

A man at Fairfield, Ne, recently
traded two grayestones for a bicycle
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-09
PER SONAL.

-Wilbur L. Anderson of Lynn, Mass,
leader of the Holiness band has set May
8, 1903. as the day for the resurraStion of
the dead and the translation of th8 ants.
An old gypsy named Rafael has asked
the emperor of Austria to invest him with
the dignity of king of the gypsies, because
he can prove his direct descent from the
Pharaohs.
bishop Camilus Paul Mas, who has
been chosen archbishop of New Orleans,
is native of Belgium and is one of the
most learned men in the church. He is
now 81 years old
The death has just occurred at Brad
ford, England, of Joshua Northrup, said
to be the Oldest Methodist local preacher
in the kingdom. EIe was born on March
10, 1893, and preached from 1920 to last
July.
THE monument In honor of Christian
Frederick Samuel Hahnemann, founder of
the homeopathic system of medicine.
which is to be dedicated in Washington
next spring, is almost finished. The cost
is SIS, 900.
Miss Evatima Tardo, the young wo-
man who has attracted so much scientific
attention abroad on account of a total
absence of touch has also been found to
possess complete control over the circua-
ton of her blood, which she can cause to
stop flow at will
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-09
Two Little Matters.

There may be many matters under the
jurisdiction of the city authorities which
need attention, but there are two little
ones which, it seems to us, deserve imme-
date consideration. We refer to the broken
condition of many of the sidewalks and to
the very unusual amount of paper with
which some of the streets are Uttered. The
city authorities may not consider these
matters TO be of much Importance but we
assure them that they cause a great deal
of unfavorable comment, particularly
from visitors.
In some places the sidewalks are so
badly worn and hence uneven, that it is
painful for the average pedestrian to walk
upon them. In other places the curbing.
cellar doors and gratings are either higher
or lower than the sidewalk, and therefore
make them dangerous. In still other places
the bricks are either loose or broken. Loose
bricks soon get out of place, and leave
holes which yield dirt and dust in dry
weather and are puddles in wet weather.
Those whose duty it is to have the side
walks repaired don't appear to be having
much success in the discharge of their
duty. Many of the places needing atten-
ton could be repaired at a very small ex-
pense, il taken in time, but when neglected
the cost of mending them amounts to a
very considerable sum.
There is absolutely no excuse for the ex-
istence of so much waste paper in the
streets. How ragged the streets look
now days. is an exclamation frequent
ly heard. And there is truth in it, People
who deliberately throw paper in the streets
should be put on the docket and be re-
quired to answer to the recorder for their
misconduct. The street and lane depart
ment has put scrap-paper receptacles at
convenient places, and the people should
be required to make use of them If few
examples of delinquents was made the
habit of throwing paper in the streets
would soon be abandoned.
What is needed is little pressure in the
right direction by those in authority
Many people, if permitted to do just as
they please, would rather have the city
present a ragged appearance than 60 a
step out of their way to put waste paper
in the receptacle provided for it, and they
would trample the grass in the squares.
and do other vandal acts If not restrained.
Wouldn't it be advisable to put them un-
der mild restraint?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-09
FOrty-four Absent.

The record which the Georgia House of
Representatives made on Tuesday is not
one that is likely 10 do the democratic
party of the state any good There were
forty-four democratic members of that
body who were either absent or failed to
vote when the convict bill was acted upon.
It was well known that the convict bill
was to be voted upon Tuesday, and all of
the members of the House knew that the
pOpulist members and a few democratic
members were opposed to it. Why then
were they not in their places, prepared to
discharge their duty? The bill was defeat
ed by ten votes. If all the democrats had
discharged the duty for which they are
paid the bill, no doubt, would have passed.
If it should finally fail to pass. no other
convict bill would be passed at this ses-
sion, and If the convict matter should go
over to the next legislature, the state, ac-
cording to the statement of the governor,
would stand a chance Of losing $4,000.
The legislature complains that the news
papers of the state have nothing to say
in praise of it. What can they say? They
see much to condemn and little or nothing
have not hesitated to SAY pretty much
what the newspapers are saying. They
realize that the legislature is not meeting
the expectations of the people. What must
the people think of their representatives
when the speaker has to give orders to the
doorkeepers to forcibly detain members in
the hall in order to retain a quorum?
This Legislature was elected with the I'M
Outstanding that it would settle the con-
Wet question. Only about a week of the
second session remains, and it is not set
tied yet. The bill which was acted upon
in the House on Tuesday has the support
of majority of the members but it fail
ed to get the constitutional majority be-
cause forty-four members were absent.
What excuse had these forty-four mem
bers for being away from their posts of
duty? Their absence may impose burden
of 100000 upon the people. Under the cir
cumstances the people have a right to
complain of them. Not only should they
complain, but they should see to it that
those who are so neglectful of the public
interests are never honored again with an
office of trust or profit.
One of the Atlanta newspapers says the
legislature is entitled TO praise because it
has killed a great many worthless local
bills-bills which were introduced not be-
cause there was a demand for them or be-
cause they would serve any good purpose,
but because the members who introduced
them wanted to give their constituents the
impression that they were doing some
thing. Do the people elect their represen-
tatives to do that sort of work-to intro
duce worthless bills merely for the purpose
of killing them? Surely the legislature has
much more serious business to do than
that. If that is the average legislators
idea of what is expected of him it is not
a matter of wonder that so little progress
has been made with the convict bill.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-09
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

MISUNDERSTANDING Lodge, No 10, f. &
"A. NJ.
Special Notices-Ship Notice. ]. F. Minis
& Co.; Ship Notice, Richardson & Bar
nard; LIE Panic Cigars; Residence Tele-
phones; Not to Be Overlooked, DR.. NJ.
Schwab & Son; Notice, Jas. M. Kreeger, at
Jones Pharmacy Without Doubt, Beck
mann's Cafe; Notice to Members of the
Bar, Superior Court; Notice 10 Superior
Court Jurors; Ship Notice, Georgia Ex-
port and Import Company; State and
County Taxes, 1897; Notice to City Court
Jurors; Special Notice AS to Stearns' 1913
Bicycles, R. V. Connerat.
Amusements-De Wolf Hopper at Thea
ter, Dec. II.
Sale No. 6-Metropolitan Clothing Com
pany.
A Good Overcoat-B. H. Levy & Bro.
Sale No. metropolitan Clothing Com
pany
Which Is the Best Place-B. H. Levy &
Bro.
Sale No. metropolitan Clothing Com
pany
Auction Sales-Fine Carpets, Etc, by c.
II. Dorsett, Auctloneer.
Sale No. 9-Metropolitan Clothing Com
pany
Sale No. 1O-Metropolitan Clothing Com
pany
Sale No. 11--Metropolitan Clothing Com
pany.
Sale No metropolitan Clothing Com
pany.
Gardeners Bazaar-12 Broughton street.
Books For Christmas-Leopold Adler.
Legal Standardization From the Clerk
of the Court of Ordinary of Chatham
County.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors-Estate
Eliza McCalla, Deceased.
Charlestons Fail Festival of 1897 Opens
Dec. 10.
Steamship Schedules-Ocean Steamship
Company; American Line; Red Star Line.
Gold Dust Washing Powder-N. X. Fair
banks Company.
Iedical-McElree's Wine of Cardui; Ter
saline; Cuticura Remedies; Castoria;
Ayers Cathartic Pills; Erie Medical Com
pany; Worlds Dispensary Preparations;
Carlsbad Sprudel Salt; Hoods Sarsaparil-
la; Ponds Extract.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Help
Wanted Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-12-09
HaytI HumiIIafed.

If Herr Lueders, the German for whose
Imprisonment Hayti has been Inundated
by Germany, had been dealt with in New
York just about as he was dealt with in
Port au Prince, 1t is pretty certain that
Germany would not have demanded indem-
nifty and an apology in such summary
and offensive manner Because Eayti is
practically unable to defend herself against
such power as Germany she had to COM
ply with Germany's demands.
The facts in the case of Herr Lueders
are as follows; His father was a German
who was a merchant in Port au Prince and
his mother was a Haytian woman. When
he was less than two years old he was
taken to Germany where he was educated.
When 20 years of age he entered the Ger
man army and served two years; then he
returned to Port au Prince and entered
his fathers business. Last September he
was arrested by the police on the charge
of assaulting a cabman. He asked the
authorities to release him on the ground
that he was a citizen of Germany. No
attention was paid to his request He was
tried and sentenced to pay fine of $500
ana to serve one year in prison. The Ger
man minister demanded his release, and,
on the recommendation of the American
minister. the demand was complied with
few days after sentence had been passed
upon him. He Immediately went to Ger
many, and his case was presented to the
German government by the German min
lister to Hayti. The demand for indem-
nifty and an apology followed
No doubt the Haytian authorities were
under the impression that as the mother
of Lueders was a Haytian he was amen
able the laws of Hayu. They thought him
Haytian and not a citizen of Germany.
Their mistake cost their government
dearly. But is Lueders to suffer no pun
ishment for his assault on the cabman, if
guilty of that offense?