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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-16

tors of the deed have not been apprehend-
ed up to the present time.
The Vermont State Teachers associ-
alton will hold its annual meeting at
Montpelier, Sept. 20. 30, and Oct. l.
Eminent speakers and educators have
been secured and the meeting promises
to be the best ever held in the state.
Railroads will extend the usual courtesies
and board in Montpelier will be furnished
at reduced rates. The announcement
containing program will be sent to school
officers and teachers.
During the thunder storm of a week
ago Sunday afternoon, the lightning
struck a tree on Orlando Smiths place
in Nottingham and plowed through his
cornfield. In some places in the corn
field it looked as If heavy log had been
dragged through it. Mrs. Derry was
prostrated by the shock and 1t was some
hours before she recovered from the
effects of it.
The thigh bone found in the digging
on North street, Burlington, probably
once belonged to one of the soldiers in
the war of 1872, several hundred of
whom were inferred in the "Solders
burying ground, north of the Battery.
There were no soldiers there in the war
of American independence.
George w. Perry has resigned as state
geologist. position he has held for Il
years. He has done a good work in
developing the mineral resources of the
state. Governor Grout has appointed
Prof. George II. Perkins of the Univer-
sity of Vermont to fill the vacancy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-16

At the present moment, when Vermont
has once more serenely proved her indi-
viduality, Charles PeabOdy's words about
the Green Mountain state are interest
ing. while their flavor has a literary rel
ish also. He says aprOpos of Our Sum
mer Mountains: New Hampshire is
the state of the summer boarder, and
tells how the conventions of wild life
close TO nature hold in the Adirondaclls
until people are shocked at sight of a
man in a Tuxedo or a woman in low
necked muslin gown on hot evening.
Then But little Vermont. how about
her: She is not the victim of summer
folk; she has occasional inhabitants of
her own. Neither does she worship an
imaginary self whose dogs are all ante
lopes and whose sum total is return to
nature. Therefore is she looked upon
and envied not of her sisters. But OF
her sisters is she, like Eve, among heI
daughters the farest. She is so human
and therefore so natural. Her noun
tains are protecting and her valleys nes
tie. Her towns are quiet and have elm
lined streets, and her naples run sweet
ness and her marble light for all the ma
ton. Her people are from generation tC
generation and her hospitality even al
that of Virginia. Her roads lead int
boskies of exceeding pleasantness anC
all her paths are peace. One may seel
higher clouds in the East; one may
shoot bigger game in the West; Boston
ians may stride on one side and New
Workers strut on t'other But in Yer
mont are the humanities; happy is h
who seeks them Boston Evening Tran
script.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-16
some KIondilse Fignres.

Mr.. McNicholl, the general traffic
manager of the Canadian Pacific railway,
estimates that $4,000 people have gone
to the Klondike this season and that
10000 of them Will return to their homes
without reaching the gold fields. Each
man carried with him on outfit costing
several hundred dollars and his travel
ing expenses were not less than $3.50 or
$500, making total average expendi'
ture of not less than 5000, or total in
vestment of S30,000,000 In pursuit of the
phantom. Thus far less than one.fiftt
as much has been brought away, taking
the miners own statements as correct
and the total output of the KlondikC
country this year is not expected by the
most sanguine to exceed $4,000, 900
In other words, the gold.hunters vii
get back about one-third of their in
vestment.-Chicago Record.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-16

Sheriff Wilson of Arlington arrested
Charles left of that village and Harry
Hitchcock of Shushan for shooting deer
Sunday. The animals killed had been
in that vicinity some time and had be-
come quite tame. The people there had
become quite interested in them. Sun
day they were out hunting when they
came near where the deer were. Teft
suggested shooting them, remarking
that if they were discovered the fine
would be only 500 and that if they
complained of themselves each would
received a reward of $50 for so doing.
They finally shot them, using number
shot. Their conversation was overheard
and they were promptly arrested. They
had a hearing before Judge Darling
who fined them the utmost that the law
allows, 500 each and costs, which they
paid.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-16
FIRST SUBMARINE BOAT.
1t Was Invented by a Connecticut Yankee,
of Course.

n
of Course.
In the library of T. II. Mcleod of this
village is quarto volume of SG4 pages,
entitled 1.-THE American Geography" aud
printed before 1905. In the part devoted
to Connecticut and under the head of
New Inventions" appears an account
of what must have been very peculiar
looking craft. 1t was probably one Of
the very first efforts at the construction
of a submarine boat, and the crudity of
the conception Is very evident from the
description given, which is included in
the article. The book says:
early in the war, Mr.. David Bushnell
of Saybrook invented a machine for sub
marine navigation, altogether different
from any thing hitherto devised by the
art of man. This machine was so con-
structed as that it could be rowod hori-
zontally, at any given depth under water,
and could be raised or depressed at
pleasure. To this machine. called the
American Turtle, was attached a maga-
zine of powder, which was intended to
be fastened under the bottom of a ship,
with driving screw, in such way as
that the same stroke which disengaged
it from the machine should put the in
ternal cock-work in motion. This being
done, the ordinary operation of a gun
lock, at the distance Of half an hour, or
any determinate time, would cause the
powder to explode and leave the effects
to the common laws of nature. The
simplicity yet combination discovered in
the mechanism of this wonderful ma
chine. have been acknowledged by those
skilled in physicks, and particularly hy-
draulicks, to be no less ingenious than
novel. Mr.. Bushnell invented several
other curious machines for the annoy
ance of the British shipping, but from
accidents, not initiating against the
philosophical principles, on which their
success depended they but partially
succeeded. He destroyed a vessel in the
charge of Commodore Symmonds. one
of his kegs also demolished a vessel near
the Long Island shore. About Christ
man. III. he committed to the Delaware
river number of kegs, destined to fall
among the British fleet at Philadelphia
but this squadron OF kegs having been
separated and retarded by the ice. de-
molished but single boat. This catas.
trophe, however, produced an alarm
unprecedented in its nature and degree
which has been so happily described by
the late Hon. Francis Hopkinson, in q
song. styled The Battle of the Kegs.
that the event it celebrates will not be
forgotten, so long as mankind shall con
tinue to be delighted with works OF
humour and taste.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-16

The following tale comes from Ran
dolph; At liquor agency in near by
town recently man appeared with a
good sized Jug in which he said he wanted
gallon of rum. "a gallon" said the
surprised agent. "Isn't that pretty big
order? What do you want to do with
it?" 81 want it for mechanical pur-
pose" said the customer solemnly.
''What mechanical purpose requires lt?'
81 want 1t to raise HI WITH" was the
reply.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-16
A CHILD ENJOYS

The pleasant flavor, gentle action, and
soothing effect of Syrup Of Figs, when in
need of laxative, and if the father or
gratifying results follow its use; so
that it is the best family remedy known
and every family should have bottle
Manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-16

Dawson City now has two news
papers-The Yukon Midnight Sun and
the Klondlke Nugget. Both are weeklies
and are sold at SOC per copy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-16
MAINS CIRCUS Captures Montreal +!

The
o o seeh
a
n
Main country. The Mauager clean,
ty.and
, 1898-11-04
Had No Use for Anthracite.

Edmund Carey, of Benton, is in this
city this week attending court. He
was n of the early residents Of
W~ilkesbarre, and was born Aug. II,
1922, on a farm at the lower end of
town, now known as Carey avenue,
which has been named after the fam
lily. His father, George Carey, was
one of the settlers who had the hand
ling of the first anthracite coal in Wy
oming valley. He helped open a strip
ping in Pittston township, now known
as Plains township, in 1915, and In the
spring of that year loaded "a raft with
several others and took it down the
S-usquehanna to Harrisburg, where
they sold the raftload of forty tons OF
anthracite for $40. They were discour-
aged at such remuneration and left
the transportation of coal dormant un-
til 1920, when they took another raft
load down and failed TO find a buyer.
They We're so discouraged that they
dumped their load of black diamonds
into the Susquehanna at Harrisburg,
and as far as these early pioneer ship
pers were concerned, the opening UP of
a coal market was ended.-Wilkesbarre
Record.
, 1898-11-04
An Old Transfers Maxims.

AS driving a horse is something that
almost every one has to do, even In this
day Of electricity and steam and BIZ
cycles, the proper way to drive is a
matter of universal interest, and the
following maxims, which are the work
Of an old driver, will be found good for
men as well as for the animals:
The whip, the less horseman-
ship.
B~ad-tempered driyer-bad-tempered
team.
Axle-grease modiies the grain bill.
There are more balky drivers than
balky horses.
The golden rule applies to horses as
much as it does to men
, Whips, like emetics, are to be used
very seldom.
Noisy drivers are like noisy wagons
both empty.
Binders are worth more on the
driver than on the horse.
A horses power is proportionate to
his food.
Five cents invested in sugar is bet
ter than a dollar invested in whips.
He who cannot govern himself can
not govern horses.
, 1898-11-04
MECHANICALTERMS
The Animal Creation Furnishes Much
Queer Nomenclature.

Inc AuInAA AEodtiOu uFn18ucS nluGn
Queer Nomenclature.
There are perhaps few except those
who have had much translating of tech
nical literature from English into for
eign languages who have any idea of
how many absolutely meaningless
names we have drawn from the animal
kingdom, and which very seldom can
be rendered in their technical sense by
their actual equivalent.
Thus the machinist employs a dog on
MS lathe; he takes a hog cut, If the fool
will stand 1t; the castings are made
from pigs of iron, which in turn were
fed from a SOW. Work Is set upon a
horse or buck, and punched or bent by
q convenient bear; screws are turned by
a monkey wrench. Hosting is done by
a crab, and a convenient cat is a part
of the outfit of a shop crane, and a kit
OF tools is ever at hand. A crow helps
to straighten work, a jack to lift 1t, a
mule pulley aids In driving machinery
that a donkey engine turns. A fish con.
meets parts end to end, or strengthens
"a broken beam; shells are used all over;
"a worm does powerful but quiet work.
A cock shuts off the water; one kind of
"a ram raises it and another does heavy
work. A printing press has a fly; the
first locomotive had a gr%asshopper-
valve motion and drive, and butterfly
valves are common. Herring-bone
gears are used by the best builders;
turtles fit printing-press cylinders, and
fywheels are running all over the
world. In drilling, even an old man is
called into service, and doctors prevent
faulty lathe work.
But from the human body itself we
borrow the name of nearly every prin-
cipal part, as head, neck and chest;
arm, leg and toe; heel, sole and foot;
elbow, shoulder, wrist and knee;
Iknuckle and finger, rib and Diaphragm;
eye, ear, nose and cheek; mouth, tongue
and tooth; throat and gullet; back, side
and belly.
From the minor animals also we get
snout and horn, tail and claw, wing and
feather, quill and spur, fin and SCALE
Scientific American.
, 1898-11-04
WHAT Boy Did In SPARE moments


A thin, awkward boy came to the res
idence of a celebrated school principal
and asked to see the master. The SER
want eyed his mean clothes, and, think
ing he looked more like a beggar than
anything else, told him to go around to
the kitchen. He soon appeared at the
back door and repeated his. request.
you want a breakfast, more like"
said the servant girl, and set him down.
to some bread and butter. THANK
you," said the boy, II should like to see
Mr.. = r. he a see me-" Some old
clothes, maybe, you want; l guess he
has non to spare; he gives away a
sight" remarked the girl, eying his
ragged clothes. "Can | see Mr.. -"
asked the boy, with the most emphatic
emphasis on each word. The girl for
the first time stopped her work. well,
be Is in the library; If he must be dis
turbed, he must, l s'pose," and she
whisked him off to that room, remark
ing, as she opened the door, Heres
somebody terribly anxious to see you,
sir, so l let him in" The professor laid
his book aside and talked with the boy
with increasing interest, and 500 took
down some books and began to give
him an examination, which extended
even to Greek, and every question
was answered correctly and promptly.
The professor was amazed at such
youthful erudition, and asked the boy
how he managed with his apparent
poverty to accumulate such an amount
of knowledge. "Oh, 1 studied in my
spare time" answered the boy, bright
by, and with the utmost unconscious
ness that he was an example to even
the man before him. Here was a boy,
IA Woodworking orphan, almost fitted
for college in the spare moments that
his companions were wasting. Truly
ARE spare moments the gold dust of
'time."-Success.
, 1898-11-04
RULER or 400, 600, 900 PEOPLE.
DowaRer En- press of China, Who Has
Deposed the Young Emperor.

DowaRer EN- press of China, Who Has
Deposed the Young Emperor.
The Dowager Empress of China, who
deposed the young Emperor, is the
ruler of a mighty empire and the abso-
lutte mistress of 400, 000, 900 human be-
lngs. Her will may precipitate the
bloodiest war that nan has ever
known; her whim or caprice may in.
volve Christendom in the struggle OF
history.
The dowager, Empress Tuen-Tson.
Hsi, Is now IS years old, and probably
the most brilliant NM in the East.
She was a slave when the late EN-
peror saw her and loved her. In the
Orient the King is all powerful, and
princes may marry beggar girls at their
will. Tuen's beauty won her position
and power, and her fine brain-schem.
Ing through all the years, the real pow
er behind the throne-has at last made
her the mistress of the Chinese empire,
Tuen is not the mother of the de-
throned Emperor. She Is the step.
mother, which accounts for the cruelty
with +lAsct she has treated the sacred
monarch.
The situation in China is this: The
dowager is supreme mistress of the
country. Kank Yu Mel, who was go
ing to reform the antique customs OF
the kingdom, fled in precipitation. The
Emperor, who took from Lii Hung
Chang the yellow jacket-symbol OF
power-was made a prisoner in his own
palace. The crooked stick plow policy
Is in the ascendant. Russia is backing
the dowager, and Picking is freer, ap.
~parently, to-day from the impress Of
western civilization than ever. Great
, 1898-11-04
Natural Mistake.

According to a story told on a certain
Mr.. Swadleigh, by his neighbors, he
had a notifying adventure. He has a
WHNeSar1y large neck, and lately
uad occasion to change his laundry
man.
On the Sunday morning following
this action on his part, it was noticed
that he was IN unusually long time
making his toilet. He called his wife,
and she went upstairs.
MARIA" he said, 81 wish you would
see what is the matter with this shirt.
The sleeves are all wrong, and l can't
find any holes for the collar buttons"
Mrs. Swadleigh gave one look at it,
and went into a paroxysm of laughter.
He waited till she had partially recov-
cred, and then said:
perhaps you will be good enough to
tell me what you are laughing at"
George" she replied, family, ''you
are trying to put that shirt on wrong
side up! The laundryman starched the
wrong end of it!'
, 1898-11-04
The Extent of His superstition.

To a little extent I am superstitious,
says a Virginian. I moved into a new
house a couple of years ago, and some
how things seemed to grow worse con-
stantly. First it was one thing, and
then 1t was another. I mentioned the
matter to an old colored auntie, who
did our laundry work, and she teld me
it was because there was no toad frog
in the cellar. She said it was good luck
for a new house to have a toad In the
cellar and that many builders always
left a frog in the cellar when they fin
.ished a house. AS it was such a SIM
pie matter to set things right 1 caught
toad and put it in the cellar, and,
strangely enough, things began run
ming all right Immediately. Since then
my cellar has never been without a
toad frog, and to that extent I am su.
perstitious. -.
, 1898-11-04
Britain sees her glorious trade pros.

Britain sees her glorious trade pros.
poets vanishing, and with them the
United States sees her own hope Of
commerce in China %dwindling.
The militancy of Russia and the des-
potism of China have joined hands and
understand each other. What will be
the result? Students of China IN
Washington say that Russia cannot
hold her place in the fowery kingdom
against the march of Anglo-Saxon prog.
ress. 1t is liberty versus slavery, and
liberty must win. But there are men
in Washington who freely predict the
most bloody war in history and who
look forward to the slaughter of mil.
lions of Chinese before the question is
settled.
, 1898-11-04
TWINS MARRY TWINS.
fhe Ground work of a Good Comedy
Exists in This Strange Mating.

fhe Ground work of a Good Comedy
Exists in This Strange Mating.
A remarkable wedding occurred at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. Mckee,
neal Wilmington, Ohio, recently, when
twin sisters. Misses AIDA and Alma
Mckee, became the brides of twin
brothers, William and Frank Brindle.
William paired with AIDA and Frank
with Alma. The extraordinary likeness
between the twins, pair for pair, has
been the occasion of much confusion
and fun, the two brothers and the two
sisters are so much alike, inter Sc, that
everybody but their parents long since
gave up distinguishing between them.
The brothers might as well look in a
mirror as at each other; so also the
sisters. Will and Frank dress precise.
ly alike; so do AIDA and Alma. The
Brindle twins never made friends until
they met the Mckee twins, and vice
, 1898-11-04

With local applications as they cannot reach
the seat Of the disease. Catarrh is a blood OF
constitutional disease, and in order to cure
IL you must take internal remedies. Halle
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucous surface. Halls
Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. 1t wa
prescribed by. one of the best physicians in
this country for years, and is a regular pre-
scrlption- 1t is composed of the best tonnes
known, combined with the best blood purifiers
acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two Ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in cur
ing catarrh; Send for testimonials, free.
Sold by Druggists, price, 75c.
HalIs Family Pills are the best.
, 1898-11-04
h Tiger Snake.

There is NJ known antidote for the
bite of the tiger snake of Australia
Persons bitten die almost Instantly, and
the Government mas a standing offer OF
1000 for any ono who will discover a
remedy. Some few years ago q mar
actually discovered an ~eficacious anti
dote. To prove its value he allowed
himself to be bitten repeatedly by
snakes in full possession of the power
to kill. One day he gave an exhibition
before some Government officials, but
being much under the influence OF
liquor, he did not recollect what he had
dole with his antidote, and he died
shortly after the snake bite, his secret
perishing with him.
, 1898-11-04
The Companion for the Rest of 1898

The principal attractions offered by THE
YOUTHS CoMPANIoN for the remaining weeks
OF ioS9 provide a foretaste of the good things
nrSt issu, in November Frank r. Stockton
VII contIlputea humorous sketcn, entitled
week OF November 10th will appear Rudyard
K1pling's thrilling story of the heroism OF
soldiers IN the ranks, THE Burning OF the
there will be contributions by Lord Dufferin.
William ID. Howells, j. E. Chamberlin, the
;Amerlean war correspondent. Mary E. VII
Ems, dSn. IhqmasB b; Reed, the Marquis OF
!maRho subscribe nowtor the 1899 volume
will receive every November and December
Issue or THE COMPANION from the time of
subscription to the end OF the year free. the
{ ,OmDanion Calendar Tor 1899 free, and then
the entire o. lsuesot THE COMPANION to Jan
uary L lUO. An illustrated announcement OF
the 1893 volume and sample copies will be sent
tree to any one addressing TIE YOUTHS
COMPANION, Boston. Mass.
, 1898-11-04
Renntv IL Blood Deem

Clean blood means a clean skin. No beauty
without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathartie clean
your blood and keep it clean, by stirring up the
lazy liver and driving all impurities from the
blotches, blackheads, aud that sickly billion;
complexion by taking Cascarets-beauty for
ten cents. ALI druggists, satisfaction guaran-
teed, 10e., DC, SOC.
, 1898-11-04
Muscles

Human beings have six muscles to
each eye, that they may move it on
either side, but horses, COWS, sheep and
other quadrupeds, which habitually in
cline their heads to the earth in search
of food, have a muscle by which their
,eyelids are suspended and supported,
and which we do not need.
, 1898-11-04
Richest Part of Great Britain.

Wales is the richest part of Grea1
Britain in mineral wealth. England
produces annually about SO to eact
acre, Scotland a little less than $40, bui
the product of Wales amounts to ovel
500 per acre.
, 1898-11-04
To Catch Fish.

A new apparatus for catching fish Is
a pair OF spring jaws, attached to the
end of a pole, which is slowly dropping
down over the fish until within strik-
ing distance, when a spring trigger in
the hand causes the jaws to shut, hold
ing the fish firmly.
, 1898-11-04

Reputation is a very delicate thing
it can't even be defended without in.
jury.
, 1898-11-04

The infants first gesture is in~terrog-
atory. The perpetual question of the
child is why" The characteristic
remark of the Yankee is, II want to
know"
, 1898-11-04

Some people would never want Ger.
tain things if they didn't see others try.
ing to get them.
, 1898-11-04

The scholar sits, like Matthew, a
the receipt of custom, demanding o.
each passer-by his toll of truth.
, 1898-11-04

One of Them.
private Jones is a man among q
hundred"
what makes you say that?'
Because he is. There are just nine
ty-nine other men in his company
Philadelphia North American.
Peace or War;
"Shall we have peaceT' asked the
wife, a%nxiously, as he entered the
house.
''That depends entirely upon you, my
DEAR he replied. For at that minute
he recalled that he had forgotten to
match the button she had intrusted to
him that Observation-Disclosures North
American.
, 1898-11-04

Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat and Lung
trouble of three years ~standing.-E. CADY,
Huntington, Ind, Nov. L, 1894.
, 1898-11-04

You can make lots of Roadway some
times by admitting you are wrong
when you are not.
, 1898-11-04
How She knew.

How She Knew.
Hell am going to ask your father
tonight.
She-I suppose SO.
He-Why?
She-I see you're not wearing your
best trousers.-Life.
, 1898-11-04

Found immediate relief in one bottle of DR..
HATCH, Box $50, Wollaston, Mass, Aug. II, 1898.
, 1898-11-04

Men of humor are, in some degree,
men of genius; wits are rarly so, al
though a man of genius may, amongst
other gifts, possess wit.
, 1898-11-04

1t doesn't take much to make you
cry when you nave run up against two
or three disappointments in success
sion.
, 1898-11-04

When a man considers himself as
''one in a thousand" he naturally re-
CARDS all the others as ciphers.