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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
Lord Rosebery,s 1YarIlke Threat.

London, Oct. 17.-Lord Rosebery, lead
er of the Liberal party and Gladstone's
successor, made a speech at Epson which
has set all EngNd ringing with warlike
spirit He gave defiance to the whole
world. aiming especially at France, and
warned all nations that England's day of
moderation and conciiiation at insults had
passed
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
Garcia Not Drawing Pay

Santiago de Cuba, Oct. lS.-General
Garcia desires to ontrsdict the statement
made by several newspapers that he is re
ceiving pay from the United States Govern
ment for his assistance in disbanding the
Cuban troops. He deElares that he is a
patriot and is not in need of money.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
YOUNG C]jLD'S ROMANCE.
MarrieS Katherine Clen1monS
the Actress and FOrfeitS
$5,OOO,OOO.
THE FAMILY IS OPPOSED.
The Fathers Will STIMULATES That His
Heirs Must Have Consent of Fam
lily to Their Union.

The Wives of George and Edwin Were In
hexibly Opposed to Miss Clemmons-More
Obdurate Than the Men of the Family
Honeymoon to be spent ON Bridegroom's
Yacht, Niagara.
New York, Oct. 18.-IIoward Gould, a
son of the late Jay Gould, and Miss Kath-
crime Clemmons, the young actress With
whom his name has been associated for the
last two years, were married at the IIol
land House.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
Sword for Ce plain Clark.

Portland, Ore, Oct. 10,-Governor Lord
has appointed a committee Of wel-known
citizens of Portland TO collect funds for
the purchase of a sword to be presented to
Captain Clark, of the battcship Oregon.
The committee desires to raise $1,000 and
has collected nearly ohe-half that amount.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21

Santiago, Oct. l7.-Thirty cannon cap
tured at the differen, forts and in the
Spanish trenches are now ready for ship
ment to the United States. the proposed
plan is to give fifteen OF the principal cities
of the country two guns each as trophies,
TO be placed in positions of honor in the
public parks.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
Shorthand Is Old.

Shorthand is one of the arts that has
never been lost. 1t is believed that it
was practiced in Phoenicia before the
Greeks existed as a people, and posi-
bly, also at Babylon. There is no trace
of it in China or Jaran.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
We VIII RnIe. PORTO Rico.

San Juan, Porto Rico, Oct 16.-In an
swer to a request from the American Com
mission the Washington authorities have
wired instructions to the Commissioners to
notify the Spanish authorities that the
American flag will be raised over the island
on October IS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
Big Brewery Deal Nearly Closed

Cincinnati, Oct. 1s.- The prospects are
that the big deal, whereby an English Syn
dictate is to obtain the Cincinnati breweries
will be completed some time during the
present week. All of the prellminaries
have been arranged, but there is yet some
difference between the syndicate and Lion
and Herrancourt breweries in regard to
the price.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve has tn

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve has the
largest sale of any salve In the world.
This fact and its merit has led dishonest
people to attempt to counterfeit it.
Look out for the man who attempts to
deceive you when you call for DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the great pile cure.
Isaac Storms, Middlebury; b. G. Peck,
or Day Bros, East Middlebury; G. l..
Sowle, West Cornwall; d. II. Bennett,
Bridport; G. B. Kendall, Shoreham; F.
c. Dyer, W. Salisbury; w. b. French,
Orwell.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21

Manila, Oct. ls.-The Insurgents at
LAgaspi have prevented the American
steamer Hermanos from loading or unload
ing on the ground that there were Span
iards on board.
They also refused to allow an officer OF
the United States cruiser Raleigh to land
without permission of General Aguinaldo.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
Queer Iden of nenutx.

Some of the natives in Australia
have queer idea of beauty. They cut
themselves with shells, keep the
wounds open for a long time, and when
they heal huge scars are the result.
These scars are deemed highly orna-
mental.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
Intelligent LIamas.

Llamas are the chief freight carriers
in Central Peru. The usual load for
an animal is about 100 pounds. If you
put upon his back more than he can
easily carry he quietly kneels and will
not bulge until the load is reduced
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21

1t is a remarkable fact that OF over
100 finds of iron meteorites only nine
have been seen to fall. while of over
400 finds of stony meteorites more than
one-half have been seen to fall.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21

Stuttgart, Oct. l7.-An old valet of the
late Prince Bismarck, now retired, is doing
a thriving business selling small mementoes
in the shape of haberdashery which were
presented to him during the lifetime of the
great statesman
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21

curious remed. for sleeplessness is
used by the inhabitants of the Samoan
Islands. They confine a snake in a
hollow bamboo and the kissing sound
emitted by the reptile is said to quickly
induce slumber.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21

Paris, Oct. 1.-THE latest sensation in
Paris is the report of a military conspiracy
to overthrow the Ministry and execute a
coup d'etat. Soon after the report was
published it was denied officially.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
The Passion Flower.

The passion flower which grows in
the South American forests can only
be enjoyed where it grows, as it fades
almost as soon as it is picked.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
Mrs sherman Stricken with Paralysis.

Washington, Oct l9.-Mrs. Sherman,
wife of former Secretary of State Sher-
man, was stricken with paralysis and is in
a serious condition.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
shoes For Our Army.

To furnish shoes for our army would
require the skins of 94,625 calves, not
counting the soles and heels.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
Chairs for Soldiers.

The Haytian government is very con-
siderate of the comfort Of soldiers.
Every picket is supplied with a chair.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21

Alexandra. Egypt, Oct 17.--Thee An
archists were arrested here and six others
taken into custody later. The prisoners are
Italians. One OF them keeps a cafe in the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-21
The EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF figs

is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. AS the
genuine Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co.
only, knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
limitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the CALI
FoRNIA'FIG SYRUP Co. with the medi-
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. 1t is
far in advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not grippe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal
LOUISVILLE, Ky. NEW YORK, N. Y
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-11

At a recent convention of accident
insurance companies some interesting
statistics were presented in regard to
the liability of men in different occu-
pations to meet with accidents. One
would naturally expect that CONNER
cial travellers, being on the road most of
the time, would be very liable to in
jury, or at least more so than farmers.
But the experience Of the insurance
companies has been just the opposite.
The commercial travellers show a per-
centage Of claims for injuries received
of only 3.6 per cent Of the number in
sured. Farmers claims represented
24.3 per cent of the number insured, or
about seven times as many as the COM
mercial travellers. From which it seems
that travelling is not very dangerous,
and that it is much safer occupation
than farming.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-11
EFFECT OF ALTITUDE.
EXPLANATION of the Restorative Effect
of Mountain Air.

Explanation of the Restorative Effect
of Mountain Air.
The mountain air has the following
effect: Suppose weakly, or even a
consumptive, patient goes up into the
mountains. His badly nourished con-
dition renders his tissues an easy prey
to the microbes which have contrived
to effect lodgment under the insani-
tary conditions Of his present life. But
when he breathes an air less richly
supplied with oxygen his blood Is not
able to absorb enough for it's require
ments; reaction" is set up; new cor
puscies are formed, which gradually
acquire the normal amount Of haemo'
globin, and thus host of recruits Is
added to the pigmy carriers, the WORK
Of transference of oxygen Is much more
effectively performed and the result IS
the better nutrition Of the body. 1t re-
sists the assaults of the destructive NIL
crobes; they no longer increase and
multiply, but dwindle- perhaps are
slaughtered (for such things do occur
by the army Of defense. When the pa
tient descends to a lower altitude the
red corpuscles decrease In number, but
the good effects remain and the quality
of the blood Is now much more salts
factory than it was before the visit to
the health resort.
Mountain sickness also is connected
with the quantity of oxygen. This Is
due to asphyxia of the tissues, which
are unable to obtain sufficient supply
lat time, owing to muscular exertion,
it is most needed, in consequence OF
the diminution in amount Of that ele-
ment at considerable attitudes. This
malady, no doubt, often comes from
want of proper training, but even the
most experienced climbers have felt 1t
at great elevations. At the top of Mont
Blanc almost half the atmosphere by
weight lies below our feet, which, of
course, implies a greatly diminished
supply of oxygen. Mr.. Whymper and
his guides suffered severely when en-
camped at about $1,000 feet in the
Andes, and Sir Martin Conway found
in the Karakoram Himalayas the eff
feet was always perceptible at this
height, while at about 10000 feet the
lassitude and difficulty of breathing be-
came painful. Thus, of oxygen, like of
many other good things, one may have
too much, as was already well known,
but one may also have too little.-Lon-
don Standard.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-11

Just now the country is watching the
second generation Of some of it's great
names to discover whether the strength
Of the fathers will show in the sons.
While there is nothing more certain
than that blood will tell-and by blood
is not meant necessarily, descent from
those who made the highways unsafe
when it was the polite and gentlemanly
thing to be q robber baron-the too ad-
vantageous conditions under which
many Of these young men have started
out has made impossible any real devel-
opment Of the powers which may be
latent in them. For Nature develops
nothing good without struggle; de-
generacy Is the product Of her idleness.
Progress toward higher type is solely
by constant effort and unceasing strife.
Man Is no exception to this law. Our
great soldiers fought up to rank against
thousand bitter opponents; our great
merchants gained wealth over a swarm
of pushing competitors; and so on
through the list Of those who have
achieved success in any calling. It Isl
the constant conflict that strengthens!
the sinews Of character. But IN the
second generation Of success we too
often find the son, in defiance Of Ma
lures final law Of development, spend4
ing without earning, and receiving un7
earned, AMI consequently ridiculous
honors. Those who have done nothing
but stagger under a fathers historic
name along the path of easy advance
ment are not likely to make history 1t
is the nameless ones who have been
toiling up step by step whose names
will mean something at the end Of the
present strife; for it is only with work,
that blood will tell.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-11

then only upon necessary business,
When they are at meals book Is read.
and every Friday they eat their dinners
kneeling. If one of the sisters lose her
father or mother, she is not told of the
loss. The mother superior simply as
sembles the community and says, 1.-THE
father or mother of one of you is dead. /"
In this way the silent women cease to
have individual interest in anything, or
anything to talk about. Seven hours
is spent in prayer, and the rest of the
day in cultivating gardens and doing
different kinds Of laborious work. They
wear white flannel clothes with cross
OF black on their backs when at work
on week days On Sundays and festi-
vais they wear black. Bits.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-11

pay the inevitable license fee. Shou10
he fail in this he was sold ont of house
and home, sent to prison, or what not,
according to the pleasure and whim Of
his Spanish master.
He had to pay tax If he owned a
beast Of burden Of any sort-for this
was SPANS helpful method Of encour-
aging him to thrift Every article Of
furniture he used was taxed. If he was
a townsman or vinager and wanted to
keep shop he was taxed for the priv
ilege; not content with this, the very
scales and measures he used in the car
rying on Of his business were subject to
an additional tax. He paid tax when
he married, and taxation kept its Grip
ping grip upon him up to the hour Of
his death, and then the very grave he
filed was made to render tribute to his
oppressors. 1t could not be dug until
a tax of $3.50 had been paid either by
his family or friends. AS sample Of
rapacity-the Spaniard's rule is proba-
bly, without a parallel The revenue
thus collected found its way to the
northern country, where it forms an
important item in the budget required
for the maintenance Of the army and
navy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-11

an ingenious system of spoiliation. He
wants the natives last copper, and gen.
orally speaking he gets it. One must
take into account in considering this
question of taxation that the laborer or
small farmer in the Philippines earns
on an average of from five to perhaps
10 cents day, and work is no more
steady there than elsewhere, yet he
yielded up by way Of poll tax the neat
little sum of SIS a year while IT'S wife
paid q tax of $14. Tt AK was col
lected, too. Any attempt at evasion
was promptly and sternly dealt with;
II the culprit was a man the thumb
screws were used, and If a woman she
was stripped and publicly beaten.
But this poll tax was merely the
start II the native was small farm
er, he must secure license before he
could pick and market the cocoannts
from his own trees. If he wished to
butcher COW or bullock or shear his
sheep, Or cut down d tree, he must first
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-11

At certain age every girl gets an
idea that it is cultured to rave over cut
glass.
Just because man admits that he is
wrong is no proof that he thinks he is
right.
AS soon as a man begins to be sorry
he got married, he begins to try to trap
his wife into admitting it.
The best points in a story are the
ones you think you would have put in
If you had told it instead Of the other
man.
The easiest way to make bitter en-
envy of man is to tell him good story
and then get it off at dinner before he
has chance to.
The only real use the average woman
has for man is to shut the front shut
tiers and to blow out the alcohol lamD
under the chatting dish.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-11

There is in the country great re-;
newal of interest in the Nicaragua
canal bill for assisting in the cons
struction of which is now before Con-
gress with the expectation that it wills
be the most impozeAnt subject to be
discussed by that body at it's next SEES
sion. There are some questions that
will add to the public interest upon the
subject, like the retention of the Phil
ippine islands, but the annexation of
Hawaii is enough to make the project
an important and necessary one. 1t Isl
nearly half a century ago that the
idea Of constructing an interoceanic
canal across Nicaragua was first pub
licly discussed, and since then four or
five surveys have been made to ascer4
tain the best route and an approximate
idea as to the cost Of the work. The
line that has been most popular extends
from Greytown, or some point near 1t,
through Nicaragua Lake to Brito, on
the Pacific coast. Finally a company
was chartered by the United States to-
construct the canal, and necessary conf
cessions were obtained from the Near
aguan Government. The route adopted
was to start from Brito, following the
Rio Grande and the Lajas River to the
lake, distance Of seventeen and half
miles. In this section the canal was to-
have depth Of thirty feet and q width,
at the bottom, of 125 feet. Through the
lake channel would have to be dredg-
ed, the distance from the mouth of the
Lajas to Fort San Carlos on the eastern
shore being fifty-six and one-half miles
From that point the River San Juan
would be followed for sixty-nine miles.
Two important tributaries enter the
San Juan, the San Carlos and the San
Francisco, at point called Ochoa, and
from that place regular canal would
be contracted to Greytown. There
have been several estimates made as
to the cost Of the work, varying from
$65, 100000 to 1888, 100000. but it is
probable that $11O,0OOOOO would be
ample to complete it. The savings In
the distance to our ocean commerce
would, by the use of this canal, be enor-
nous. Ships bound from San Fran
cisco to New York would save abont
5000 miles In taking the canal instead
Of going round Cape Horn. From Eng
land and European ports the saving of
distance would be 1000 or 1000 miles
less. While the cost of ocean transpor-
tation is not great. the risks of naviga-
ton are to be considered, while the
time involving interest charges on
shipments and insurance are of great
moment. Judging from the most care
fully compiled estimates, the revenues
of the canal could not be much If any
less than 100000 annually, which
would pay operating expenses and re-
dividend upon the money
invested. The present bill authorizes
the Government to guarantee bonds of
the company to the amount of $780,
600, being amply secured against any
loss by reason of such Endorsement
The war has been an object lesson To
the people Of the country, and has re-
moved nearly all the opposition that
once existed against the Government
lending Its aid in the building OF this
great waterway.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-11
Uncle Sans Diplomacy.

A lot of talk is goin' on at present o., ~.
sea w
Concernin' how the diplomats shall got
to agree;
They seem to think in Europe that hostlit,,
should cease, '''
And want congress at Berlin to pamo -,
terms Of peace;
They've got some fancy notions as to Vh,,
should now ensue,
And propose to fix the limits for the nj,
red, white and blue
There's call for compromisn' from n,
Teller on the run,
But I'm tired Of diplomacy-wel settle WIFI
the gun!
I'm not much good at sayin' things which
may mean this or that,
When l have any talk to make ! list CONS
right out fat; \
/ never took no lessons in the lynn biznes
and
Prefer to stick to matters that fully up
So let the oily diplomats take notice that
I've done
With Europe's way of dom things-ven
settle with the gun!
I've had enough diplomacy to last me for
spell;
II Europe wants the diplomats to run
things, very Well,
But let them jist confine themselves 10
Europe's own affairs,
And not attempt to mix me up in diplomatic
snares!
I've started in to do job-I've got it nearly
done,
And reckon that I'll go ahead and finish
with the gun!
I've picked out what I'm after, and propose
to have it, too,
And they may as well take notice now that
nothin' else'll do;
SO let them hold their congresses, but In
not goin' in;
My fghtin' isn't bein' done at Paris Of
Berlin
Just let their diplomats go on and get US tt
agree,
But their settlement won't settle If it inter
feres with me,
For I'll stand no slick undoin' Of the worl
that have done,
And l guess I'll blunder right ahead ant
finish with the gun.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-11
Before Santiago.

Who cries that the days Of daring are those
that are faded far,
That never light burns planet bright to be
hailed as the hero's star?
Let the deeds of the dead be laureed, the
brave Of the elder years,
But a song, we say, for the men Of to-day
who have proved themselves their
peers!
High in the vault of the tropic sky is the
garish eye of the sun,
And down with it's crown Of guns a-frown
looks the hilltop to be won;
There is the trench where the spaniard
turks, his hold and his hiding place,
And he who would cross the space between
must meet death face to face.
The black mouths belch and thunder, and
the shrapnel shrills and flies;
Where are the fain and the fearless the
lads with the dauntless eyes?
Will the moment find them wanting? Nay,
but with valor stirred!
Like the leashed hound on the coursing
ground they wait but the warning
word. :.
"Charge! and the line moves forward
moves with shout and swing,
While sharper far than the cactus thorn Is
the spiteful bullets sting
Now they are out in the open, and now they
are breasting the slope,
While into the eyes Of death they gaze as
into the eyes Of hope.
Never they wait nor waver, but on they
Chamber and on.
With up with the flag Of the stripes and
stars, and down with the flag Of the
donv'
What should they bear through the shot
rent air but rout to the ranks of SPAIN
For the blood that throbs in their hearts ID
the blood of the boys Of Anthony
Wayne!
See, they have taken the trenches! Where
are the foemen? Gone!
And now "Old Glory waves in the breeze
from the heights Of San Juan!
And SO, while the dead are laureled, the
brave Of the elder years,
song we say, for the men Of to-day who
have proved themselves their peers
-Leslie's Weekly
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-08-11
TAXES IN PHILIPPINES

Spain Had Worked Out a System of
Absolute Robbery.
The revolt Of the natives of the Phil
ippines is the result of SPANS worse
than prehistoric methods of colonial
government. Misrule on a gigantic and
uncomfortable scale f1ourished in this
island empire-'"The Pearl of the
Orient"
The actual number Of these islands is
as yet unknown, for the Spaniard
makes an unprogressive pioneer, but
there are estimated to be about 1,4O0 Of
them, great and small, Nesting away
Just north Of the equator. The total
area is in the neigrborhood of 100000
square miles. The population can only
be guessed at; perhaps 100000 Of
souls is fair figure at which to place
1t.
The native population is of the Malay
family, and from all accounts simple,
easy-going people when left to them
selves, but capable of both persever-
ance and courage Of high and COM
mendable order when keyed up to the
fighting pitch. There is often large
admixture Of foreign blood in the veins
of these islanders. 1t may he either
Spanish or Chinese, and this mixed
race, "Metizas," as they are called,
forms one Of the most influential class
es in the Philippines.
The Philippine islander has been
probably the most persistently taxed
creature the sun shines on in the world
to-day, for the Spaniard's whole theory