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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-13
LORDS PRAYER BY BOOTH.
How the Actor Entrnnced a Coterie

How the Actor Entrnnced n Coterie
of Diplomats in New York City.
Il think" said James O'Neill, in his
talk about the Booths, "the most
thrilling experience l ever passed
through was in New York city one
time, when quite by accident a num-
Der of foreign diplomats from Wash
ington, a few American statesmen,
some prominent New Workers, and
one or two of us professionals were
gathered together in a smoking room
of the Fifth Avenue Hotel, when
somebody asked Booth who by the
merest chance happened to be there,
If he would not repeat the Lords
Prayer for the assemblage. 1 was sit
ting not far from the tragedian when
he fixed his eyes upon the man who
made the request. l think that it
was Lord Sackville West, at that time
British Minister to the United States,
and l shall never forget the peculiarly
searching expression that Booth shot
out of his dark eyes. They seemed
to penetrate the very soul of the man
at whom they were directed, and then,
as if satisfied, resumed their wonted
vacuous density.
1--WE were all breathless with anx-
iety, at least l was, for seldom would
he ever recite off the stage, but at
length he arose. walked to a little
cleared space at one end of the room,
and began a recital that even after
n
through and through. He said Our
Father and never before had those
two words been clothed with the ma
jesty and reverence with which his
look and tone enveloped them. And
then he carried us into celestial re-
gions, our spirits seeming to leave our
| bodies and to follow his behest he
lowered us into depths too dark for
Dante's genius to conceive or Dores
pen to portray; the power exerted
over us was simply unnatural. His
unsteady resonant tones sounded
slowly through the room, and as he
swayed his 1.-THE body we unconscious
ly followed his motion. 1t was some
thing horrible, beautiful, terrible,
! Fascinating can not md words in
the language to express it. There are
none.
81 would not go through the scene
again for a thousand worlds, and yet
if l had the opportunity l would brave
any danger to hear it once more. Do
you understand? Those few score
words as delivered by Edwin Booth
were the most powerful argument for
Christianity that l ever heard. and
could every being on the face of the
globe have heard them there would
no longer be atheism. Booth strobe
out of the room when he finished and
simultaneous sigh of relief arose,
while without a word we stole away
singly and on tiptoe and | do not be-
lieve that any of us think of that
thrilling evening without shudder.
He was a great man, a great man."
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-13

In Louisville, KY, recently clergy
man who was called upon by friend
to perform the ceremony at his we'd
ding refused because he was in love
with the girl himself. The girl over
heard the statement, dismissed her be-
trothed and married the parson.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-13
WOmnn's Way of Keen

WOmnn's Way of Keeping Accounts,
A famous evangelist recently told
this story of woman's way of keep
ing accounts the other day: They had
been married but a few months and
had begun in the right way, determin-
ed to keep track of every penny and
to save little if possible He bought
her an expense book and told her how
to keep it and she faithfully scrawled
her accounts every evening like the
thrifty housewife that she was. One
evening the young husband asked to
see the book. His wife beamed with
pride as he glanced at the red lines
and the next array of figures. Every
few days this cabalistic sign appeared,
&c. X. W., % cents" or &c. X w,
ST." or &c. K. w, 81" The sums
varied, but the initials were always
the same and they appeared with as
tonishing regularity. The young hus-
band was disturbed. My dear" he
asked, who is this G. X. w. and why
do you give him or her so much
money!" The bride laughed. why,
that isn't any one, Tom" she said.
'You see at the end of every week
there is always a certain sum for
which l can't account, so l put down
G. X. W.-goodness knows what,
don't you see?"
Another bride, who began keeping
accounts soon after her marriage,
made the following entries in her ac-
count book: Jan. 2 Received from
BERTHE, $85. Jan. Z. Spent it all"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-05-13
Saved.

It was at an afternoon tea and the
crush was simply hOrrid. 1t seemed
that nothing would save the few men
present, when one quick-wltted woman
exclaimed: Ladies, please remember
there are gentlemen in the crowdl"
1t was all that preserved the poor
things from a horrible fate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22
4 BETTER OUTLOOK.

The nation has set it's foot down em phatically on the free silver humbug. That was a mighty uprising of two years ago against the heresy, for which all lovers of sound money are truly thankful and the credit for which per- tains to the sound money men of both the great political parties. great danger menaced the nation, but, as usual, American good sense triumphed. Let US hope that the time will never come when the voice of the people will proclaim for error in our great and glorious and apparently still much ex- banding country. For time Bryanism seemed to be about to sweep the coun- try and the monotonous and yet mo- mentous discussions of the Bryan cam- paign and the spacious, fallacious argu- ments of the free silver theorists are they not yet well remembered by the public? But Bryanism is thing of the past Here and there a free silver poll- tician crops cut protesting that ''all is not lost' and that free silver is yet very live question, but that doesn't count in the overwhelming tide of pub- lie opinion against the fallacy in ques- tfon. Two years ago there were alleged big lions in the way" to block the road to a sound currency, but they have vanished. The nation has had great stumbling block to it's prosperity re- moved. Ex-Governor Flower a leading democrat, but a very clear-headed one, E. English of our own city, is about right in his roseate assertion that there is not a cloud on our coun- try's financial sky" And by the way. ex-Governor Flower was splendidly en- tertained in this city not long time since by the late ex-Governor English at grand reception, as many of our citizens who were present will remem- bef.
 "Sound money" seems now assured for many years. Dollar wheat and two dollar wheat knocked the bottom out of tte Bryanites' platform and the prosperous West with abundant crops and money in the bank has had a most effective and salutary object lesson Free silver as an issue in the last elec-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22
ERECTION EXPENSES.

The good old State of Illinois, which, with all it's Chicago glories, Worlds fair fame and other brilliant, distin- gushing marks, lost ground recently in it's behavior in the Virden matter is in need of a law requiring an official state ment of campaign expenses by candi- dates for political honors. Connecti- cuts comparatively new law on the subject, enacted in '95, works very sat isfactorily, and the public is now re- galed after each election with the pub lication in the newspapers of the off, cial returns of what it cost the candi- dates to run for office. The Chicag Record calls attention to the need of law on the subject in that State as fol- lows: ''The publication in States which have adopted corrupt-practices acts of the campaign expenses of the various candidates serves to call attention to the need for similar legislation in Illi- nois. The expenditures for election purposes in this State, and especially in this city, are believed in many instances to be very large, but the public has no means of knowing how large. The ex- penditure of such enormous sums can not possibly be excused on any grounds whatever and ought not to be tolerated The use of money in politics is one of the greatest evils against which work CTS for honest government have to con- tend.
 Tt would be worth good deal to have law that contained an effective provision requiring each candidate sim ply to make public statements of the amounts expended by him in securing his election Coupled with that, how ever, should be provision limiting ex penditures for campaign purposes with in reasonable bounds
 The Connecticut law covers the ground quite completely requiring re turns of the kind in question from oan- didates not only for State offices, but also from candidates for city and town and even country school district of fees.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22
NOT BROKEN OFF.

It seems that the story of yesterday afternoon that the peace negotiations With Spain had been broken off is un- true, as will be seen by reference to our telegraphic dispatches.
 If in any event the negotiations should be broken off this country would stand where it does to-day regarding the occupation of Cuba and Porto Rico. As says the New York Evening Post onthe subject: Each article of the pro- tocol must stand, for it was in no re- spect dependent on what would follow at Paris, saving the one clause touching the Philippines. For instance, Spain agreed positively to relinquish her sov- ereignty over Cuba and Porto Rico, and evacuate those islands, and to cede to us one of the Ladrone Islands for naval station. Those agreemnts are beyond recall, and all that was left to be settled at Paris related to the Phil ippines. That is the ultimate position of the United States government as an- nounced at the State department.
 ''As to what shall follow, peace or war, the officials are not clear, and earnest consideration will be given to this subject before any decision is an- nounced. It is believed that the Span ish forces in Cuba will continue the evacuation of the island, which is now in progress. It is not thought probable that they will attack the United States forces; the latter will not attack them SC long as they continue to carry out the terms of the protocol.
 There is no problem connected with Porto Rico, which is now completely in our possession Guam, one of the La drones, can be easily garrisoned, at any time, the Spanish force there having surrendered.
 "This leaves about the only questions to be determined those connected with the Philippines. It is not believed that Spain will make any effort to recon quer those islands
 The United States will, if peace nego- tiations are broken off, proceed to ex- tend it's occupation of the Philippines and if the step becomes necessary the sooner it is taken the better for the protection of life and property in those islands.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22
a--f. MODERN TASTE FOR EPICS.

Rougemont, the Kaiser, and the News
 papers, Instead of Homer, Virgil,
 Dante.
 The romance has somewhat disap
 peared and the newspaper takes the
 place of the bard who sang in the halls
 of Alcinous or at the Court of Dido.
 The adventurer has no tales to tell of "Gorgons and Harpies and Chimaeras
 dire" of goods in the likeness men, of
 Pan and his crew of satyrs, or the nymphs of wood and stream and foun tin But the German Emperor has just reminded us that an element of TO- nance may still be found in the per
 sonally conducted expedition of mod ern potentate to the Holy City, ac- companied by tons of baggage and many changes of uniform. and with a business and commercial purpose un- deriving 1t. What travellers tales again can be much stranger than some of the records of modern travel and ad- venture, such as those of Livingstone, Du Chaillu, or Stanley in Darkest Africa" of Burton and others who have have penetrated the jealously guarded areana of Mohammedanism or of ex- plorsrs who have carried their lives in the.r hands-amcng fierce tribes in the wilds of Central Asia? In such ory again as that Of Nansen's "Farthest North" are all the essential elements of an Odyssey of artistic adventure the careful preparation cf the good ship Tram, as Jason prepared the Arg5; the start fthe expendlt'on and the dis appearance of the explorers into the
 unknown, to emerge long after with strange, weird tale of hardship and perseverance, and to be borne back with shouting and rejoicing liko Jason or Ulysses, to their own Understand.
 The material of an epic is all there. All that is wanting is the touch of iIn- agination to convert the sober reality of hardships endured and difficulties overcome into mythical account of adventures with unseen powers and mysterious forces. But this cannot be now. We depend, not on the song of the bard or poet, but on the plain. un- vanished record of the newspaper or the printed book of the lecturer. We want facts not fancies; and though conscious as we read them, CT the wealth of poetic material that remains unutilized, and that in the printed rec ord there hath passed away a glory
 from the earth,' we feel that it must te so, and that truth, if sometimes stranger than fiction, must always for us be better Not that we do not appre- ciate fiction or fictitious tales of adven- ture. Robinson Crusoe" or 'Gullivers Travels" will never it may be hoped. lose their charm; and the success of Robert Louis Stevenson's " Treasure Island' and other books of the same
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22

ored and beloved New Haven citizen and Yale man: "The resignation of President Dwight must not be permit- ted to overshadow the retirement of Professor George J. Brush, director of the Sheffield Scientific school, with which he has been identified as profess sor since 1855. Forty-three years of such service is in itself worth celebrat- ing but when it is remembered what his energy, judgment and executive ca pacity, not to speak of his teaching work, have done for this important de- partment of Yale university, it will be recognized that an important figure is to be withdrawn. He was for some time secretary of the Sheffield school. for many years its treasurer, and since the formal organization of its faculty in 1872 has been director of the govern ing board. No one man has done more than he to promote and strengthen this school. As scientific man, min eralogist, Professor Brush is known by students the world over through his work, his publications and his member ship in scientific societies. He, too, has earned the relief which he has insisted upon having, and Yale does well to make him professor emeritus"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22
MORE.

Little girl Hooking at impressionstic landscape)-"M Mamma, what made him think it looked like that ?"-Harlem Life.
 Little Harry Mamma, what's a Bacchanalian revel?" Mamma-"That's polite name for those social events your papa's club gets up every little while. Chicago News.
 Having had taste of war, Lieuten- ant Higgins seems to want more of it. Why; has he decided to go into the regular army?'' No; but he's go- ing to get married next week."-Chica- go News. 8
 T see,' said the elderly boarder, that the paper says the foe retreated doggedly. I wonder what sort of a re- treat that was?" Presumably" said the cheerful idiot, they took to their barks. s."-Indianapo Journal.
 She-"Golf can positively be traced in Scottish history in 1457, and it is be- lieved to have been played much earlier than that date" He-"I suppose the balls lost in the first game have not yet been recovered ?''-Yonkers Statesman.
 The Professors Little Pleasantry- Well" remarked the professor with a regretful sigh, as he finished the last page of his volume of Aristophanes and laid the book aside. .I seem to be at my wits end again. "-Chicago Tribune
 Plls-"Dosem has been expelled from the medical association for advertising poutrarv tn cp6n
 Squils-" How did he advertiser"
 Pills-"Called to lead the prayer meeting the other evening, he walked up to the front and gave out the hymn The Great Physician Now is Here. "-- Crypt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22

class shows that the tastes to which Homer or the Arabian Nights" min istered are not yet out of date. There is plenty of sympathy with the epic of adventure, if only it be well told, and is content to pose as fiction.
 For fiction, however thrilling, that passes itself off as truth, the critical spirit and wider knowledge of these days has no patience and no mercy The ingenious M. de Rougemont, after being welcomed with exclamation as teller of true travellers tales, and de- oeiving even the savants of the British association, is at this moment discred- lted-and why? Because he was born many centuries too late, or m.stook the signs of the times, Had he lived many hundred years ago, he might have been honored as Herodotus or a Homer. Had he published his care fully concocted narrative as a profes- sadly fictitious tale of adventure, it would probably have had great, if temporary success. But his vaulting ambition overleaped itself. He rose too high, to fall so low; and now he lies, so to speak, between the two stools of the i'AolCAl tleQullIy Ul lHG IlUIlleIlC age and the critical matter of fact spirit of the nineteenth century. If false adven- lures are palmed off upon us as true, we find it out. Perhaps we should be happier if we could believe them. We often envy the innocent imagination of a child who lives in world of it's own creation" peopled with heroes and master-spirits," and to whom all is for the time delightfully."- reai.
 Disillusionment comes to the child, as if has come to the human race now past it's childhood. The glamour van- ishes, the glowing hues of fancy fade into the light of common day and of prosaic reality. But still, as we said be- fore, the spirit of adventure and the capacity to delight in tales of great deeds done are not dead among us. There is still such thing as popular imagination, and it is capable of being touched, It was, we think. touched strongly at the jubilee ceremonies of last year, as the aged Queen moved slowly through the shouting streets" ," escorted by representatives from every corner of her worldwide empire. It has been touched again in the hearty reception given to the Sirdan of the Egyptian army, returning Victor ad Aurorae populls ct litore rubro," gal lant soldier and skillful leader, who by one well-planned and decisive blow has, we trust, forever delivered some of the most fertile regions of the. earth from a desolating and barbarous tyr amy. For such exploits and such stor- ies of adventure there is always a ready welcome in the popular imagination. We do not need the yates sacer to sing their praise. The newspapers tell us all about it long before a Homer or a Virgil, even if we had them among us could create imperishable lays; and events move so fast in this hurrying age that the appearance of their Had or Odyssey would be out of date. It is, however, the conditions under which great deeds of adventure are now re corded rather than the spirit which of old gave birth to the epic of adventure, that have now become obsolete.-Th The London Times.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO.,, NEW YORK;

tion succeeded in only five states and these were the unimportant ones of Ne vada, Colorado, Idaho, Utah and Montana, which altogether represent only 16out of the 447 electoral votes of the union. The gains for sound money were the great est In the very states where the free silver issue was the strongest in the battle of the ballots two years ago. Could any political defeat have been more crushing? With free silverism relegated to back seat and practically killed, with abundant crops again this year. with tremendous balance of trade in our nations favor, business en- terprise looks up not afraid to embark in new enterprises and the outlook for abundant national prosperity is now of the brightest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22

or any of a dozen delicate tulle and net materials, with some combinations that are really magnificent of looks and price. Sc much for the skirt Then to beautify above the belt there are en- tire blouses, ready to put on, of lace, net, chiffon, silk. satin, velvet, even fur. AS rule they must be lined and have yoke, or must be worn over another bodice. Then all sorts of bolero affairs, even little coats, can be had all ready to cover you if front and collar be added. such coats are mostly in very beautiful lace, but that need not upset the eco- nomical woman, who can buy little bo'ero that will make a charming part or costume for reasonable figure.
 FLORETTE.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

situations; wants: Kents, ana s other sma,l ;n serton. Five Gents n Word for full week (seven times).
 Display advertisements. per inch. one in- eertion, $1. 20; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents: one week. S3,2O; one month. $10; one year, $40
 Obituary Notices. In prose or verse. 15 certs per line. Notices of Births Mar riages, Deaths ar Funerals 30 cents each, Local Notices. 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to their own Immediate business (all matter to be include Wants. To Let. For Sale. etc
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In Bielefeld, Germany, there is col ony of epileptics, numbering about 1,500. The colony was established in 1868, and patients from all parts of the world go there for treatment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22

Brazil is now the principal coffee pro- ducing country of the world. In 1895 the crop was estimated at 7,00O,O0O bags.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22

! The use of coats of arms as a badge for different families did not come into practice till the twelfth century. The Germans are said to have originated it, while the French have developed the science.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22
A9 fsre1l
Suscjal Sale of heatars and Ranges

on. We have secured a fine line. of heat ing stoves for the fall trade, which we are selling at tow figure. but our great bar gains are number of high grade ranges. which we have bought in large quantities to secure the small price. These we must sell quickly. as we are overstocked, and we z, offer them to the pubic at cut prices: Call and see them We have other bargains in ali liN sorts sort Of furniture. Trading stamps given for credit or cash.
 H. F. .BLOGG < BRQT1---R.
 6c9 hapel street.
 HOME OUTFITTERS.
 Below the Bridge.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, II CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS MONTH, ssroR SIX MONTHS, SC A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY NAH.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22

Since the year 1S95-that is to say, within the last four years-German ty-four men-of-war for foreign navies --namely, thre iron-c1ads, ten torpedo boat destroyers and eleven torpedo boats; and, besides this, there are now fin hand twenty-two other vessels namely, one iron clad, three other large men of war, ten torpedo-boat de- stroyers and eight torpedo boats,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-11-22

An Adrian county, Missouri, court has been wrestling with a peculiar lawsuit in which rats cut the principal figure. IA farmer named Sturgeon hired one Walker to kill the rats on his place, agreeing to pay one cent apiece for the tails of one thousand of the victims. When 750 tails had been presented for tally, Walker asked s7.5o as pay for his services. Here the trouble began, for the farmer refused to pay for any num- ber less than one thousand. He also claimed that Walker tried to palm off mouse tails on him as tails of young rats. The hired man secured a favora- ble verdict in the lower courts, but Sturgeon will continue his legal fight to escape payment.