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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
Chinese Did Not Know.

The shape of the earth was suspected
by some philosophers even in ancient
times, but the idea that a continent
existed on the side opposite Europe
does not appear to have entered the
mind of any one previous to the
twelfth century, when it's possible ex-
istence was alluded to by two or three
authors, from whom it is supposed
Columbus received hints as to the fea-
sibility Of sailing entirely around the
globe. Sir John Vaudeville, who lived
nearly two centuries before the time of
Columbus, stoutly maintained that not
only was the earth round, but that IL
he had ships and men courageous
enough to undertake a three years.
voyage he would venture to circum-
navigate the globe. Even in the time
of Columbus, however, the prevalent
idea among the people was that the
earth was fiat, and many believed 1t to
be square, from the frequent Biblical
allusion to the four corners of the
earth. There is nothing in the history
of any nation, even of the Chinese, who
claim to be the most ancient, to indi-
cate a popular belief in the globular
shape of the earth.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
STATE Prison STATISTICS.

The biennial report of the officers of
the state prison of Vermont is Just at
hand. The last report, made July l,
1896, indicated 159 convicts then in the
prison; the present report gives 152.
C%hittenden county is credited with the
highest number, q, while Grand Isle
has none. Addison county has IA.
There are only seven women in the
number of convicts.
The youngest convict was II years of
age and the oldest 20, the average be-
ing 81 years 8 months. Only 81 of the
1872 professed to have no religious faith,
and of the remainder rs claimed to be
Protestants and 80 Roman Catholics.
The liquor question is touched on in the
report that Go claim to be temperate,
while 81 admit intemperance.
An interesting point brought out is
that in relation to education. The pop
ular impression that ignorance breeds
crime is not supported in this report, if
the customary test is accepted as the d.
vlding line. OF the 1872 convicts covered
by the report, only II could neither read
nor write, while the same number are
reported to be able to read but not to
write. This leaves 1870 possessed of
sufficient education to read and write.
Burglary leads the list of crimes for
which the 152 were committed. Twenty
five were sent up for that offense.
Grand larceny follows with %, and
adultery comes next with IL. There are
two convicts incarcerated for murder in
the first degree and five for murder in
the second degree. M~anslaughter claims
8. One convict is held under sentence
"unsafe to be at large" There are
seven prisoners for life and two await
ing the death sentence.
The total receipts for convict labor
were $50, 1926 which amount was
So, 922.94 over and above all expenses
connected with the conducting of the
institution.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07

ADOoAOh "a
We are obtaining statistics of death in
the army of the United States during
the late war, and they tell an appalling
story. 1t appears that there were 346
soldiers killed in battle. This is COM
plete, of course. The death roll from
disease, no wever, is not complete, and
it may not be for some time, as no day
passes without more or less additions to
it. 1t already, according to the latest
figures, has reached the number of
1925, an extraordinary preponderance
over those killed in battle. In the civil
war the proportion of deaths by disease
to those killed on the field was a little
less than two to one. In this war it is
almost seven to one. These are figures
that are sadly impressive of the neglect
and mismanagement that have been
charged against those with whom was
the responsibility for the health of our
armies. If we are told that the Cuban
climate was the cause of them, the re-
ply is that the nature of the Cuban
climate was known in advance, and there
was the more need for precaution against
its effects. But it is to be remembered
that a large fraction of these deaths was
of those of men who never saw Cuba
at all. They were victims of the choice
of camps by authorities who had the
whole range of this country for their
purpose.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
GARD.

We, the undersigned, agree to refund
the money on a fifty-cent bottle of
Greene's Syrup of Tar if 1t fails to cure
your cough or cold. We also guarantee
a twenty-five cent bottle to prove salts
factory or no pay.
w. II. SHELDON,
d. A. BIsBEE,
ISAAC STERNs,
G. n. NORTH, Shoreham,
D. II. BENNETT, Brldport,
j. ii. FLETCHER,
F. II. DEAN, MOnkton.
AVERY & PRESTON, Ferrisburg.
39W26
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
New idea i'm Newspapers.

The Boston Journals habit of keeping
ahead is now once again brought strong
ly to public attention. The Sunday
Journal Will appear next Sunday in a
new and original form, most convenient
to handle, and effective in arrangement,
with forty-eight pages, a large increase
in space over former issues. The Sun
day Journal is the first paper in the
country to bring out this modern novel
idea. The New England Home Maya
zine, with its As pages, profusely illus
trated, and the Illustrated Weekly, filled
with Photographic pictures of events of
the dayin New England and of the worlds
important doings, will be included each
Sunday with the new style Journal.
Features of special interest in next Sun
days issue will include the story of
personal experiences in the war by Col.
E. P. Clark of the Second Massachusetts
Regiment (the initial one of a series by
New England soldiers), and the first of
several articles by FREDERICK Roy Martin,
the Journals special staff correspondent
in Porto Rico, telling picturesquely of
the odd and interesting events connected
with the invasion of that island.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07

some of the most eminent men In the pro-
f~essioEal, political and business life of
the country.
The questions which come before such
great religious bodies have always
marked the trend of spiritual thinking in
all countries and all times and the adj
iudication of the questions has often
made for greater or less civil liberty, for
there is no gainsaying that men of relig-
ious temperament when in control of af-
fairs unconsciously govern their civil
duties in accordance with their religious
education. Probably a list of the ques-
lions decided upon by religious conven-
tions would furnish a history of the
growth of the liberal thought of the day.
The Episcopal convention now in ses-
sion will be called upon to decide one
which may prove turning points in
thousands Of lives. One in particular,
and which will no doubt prove hotly-con-
tested, is a proposition to change the
CONSTITUTION VI lu6 ClluICl vi JIC uiNOIOC
question. The canons of the church now
forbid the clergy to marry divorced per-
sons a second time while both parties to
the divorce are living, if the cause for
divorce arose after marriage. The pro-
posed amendment does away with all ex-
ceptions. There are three or four other
questions pertaining to marriage in the
church, which will come up for discus
sion and adjudication.
The convention will also have the
responsibility of making provision for an
Episcopal clergy for our newly acquired
possessions. Another interesting point
to be settled is the changing of the name
of the denomination from the Protestant
Episcopal church to the Church in
America"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07

Invalids can be given tub baths by
means of a newly patented tub, which
is made of collapsitle rubber, with a
number of rubber tubes arranged along
the sides and bottom, to be inflated af-
ter the patient is placed upon the col
bath, causing the tub to assume
it's proper shape.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
Model Temperance Town.

The little village of Alfred, N. Y,
lying between the hills, at an altitude of
1900 feet above the level of the sea, is
pround of being six miles from a drink
of beer. This village of 700 or 800 in
habltants is strictly al American town,
not a family of foreign birth living
there. The valley in which the town is
built is one mile wide and two long,
surrounded on all sides by hills. AS no
license for the sale of Intoxicating
liquors has been granted for over fifty
years, there is scarcely any drunkenness
in town, and pauperism and crime are
almost unheard of among the villagers.
They support a justice of the peace and
a notary public, but so little litigation
is carried on that no lawyer has been
able to make a living there.-New York
Tribune.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
To Fish in African water..

DR.. NJ. R. Harrington, fellow in
zoology, and DR.. c. F. Hunt, instructor
in physiology. have been sent to the
Calibar coast of West Africa in search
of the various stages in development
of several very remarkable fishes to be
found only in those waters. The ex-
petition is n of the greatest impor-
lance to biologists in all parts of the
world.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
Addison the Banner County.
Burlington Clipper.)

The complete state vote is at last all
in. f. G. Smith of st. Adams had 49,
1853 votes, II. w. Moloney of Rutland had
1854, C. w. Wyman of Brattleboro had
1915 and there were 20 scattering votes.
The republican plurality is therefore
23,679, and the majority over all is 22,-
5S4. Addison is the banner republican
county in the state with a republican
vote of 1864 and a democratic vote of
only $50, Windsor coming next.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07

1t appears that the United States is to
take a hand in the Chinese question.
Admiral Dewey has been directed to send
a couple of wal vessels to a point as near
Pekin as they can get. This country
has a trade of about $50, 900 900 annually
with the Flowery Kingdom, an amount
worth conserving.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07

You invite disappointment when you
experiment. DeWitt's Little Early
Risers are pleasant, easy, thorough little
pills. They cure constipation and sick
headache just as sure as you take them.
Isaac Storms, Middlebury; B. G. Peck
or Day Bros, East Middlebury; G. l..
sowiei west CORNWALL k ID, d. Ben
ham; F. @. Dyer, W. Salisbury; w. b.
French, Orwell.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07

A crockery dealer Ihipped 1926 dishes
from Lansing, Mich, to a missionary
at Teheran, Persia. The goods were
seven months in transit, and were car
ried 800 miles by caravan, but only one
dish in the lot was broken.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
THE EP,soopAl CONVENTION.

Tuesday of this week witnessed the
opening at Washington of the triennial
general convention of the Episcopal
church. The members of the convention
proper include the sixty members of the
house of bishops, the house of deputies
and delegates from the clergy and lay
men of each diocese. In this number are
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07

Medical circles in Berlin are much
agitated over a statement made by a
prominent physician of that city to the
effect that the nurses in the private
hospitals are in league with the I'M
dertakers,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
FRIDAY, OCTOBER Z, 1898.

Addison county came in for a share of
the offices under the legislative organiza-
ton at Montpelier. Fred S. Hamilton of
Salisbury has been made first assistant
clerk of the house and l.. G. Needham of
Leicester is booked for chief door keeper
of the senate.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
CIock. Arc MOI Needed

Liberia is the only civilized country
where clocks are almost entirely dis
pensed with. The sun rises exactly at
6 A. M. and sets at 6 P. M. throughout
the year, and is vertically overhead at
noon
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
Cost of

In the leading navies of the world
the cost of building typical ironclads
per ton is as follows: United Kingdom
$500, United States 1890, France and
Germany $435 to $3.50.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
Historical II. II. station.

One of the stations of the railway
which is to be built from the Red Sea
to the top of Mt. Sinai will be on the
spot where it is supposed Moses stood
when he received the tables of law.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07

THE REGISTER is sent to subscribers, post.
age prepaid, at the following rates:
n
SIX ~
HIRE MONTHS 30
II not paid in advance, 1925 per year is
charged.
In requesting change of address, subscrib-
ers must invariably give their old address as
well as the new. Otherwise names cannot be
located in our lists.
ADVERTISING rate.card will be sent on APP
plication. Copy must be in the hands of the
printers not later than Wednesday noon to
insure insertion in that weeks issue.
Cards of Thanks and Resolutions will be
charged for at local notice rates.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07
Catarrh
Sore Throat, Stomach Trouble,
Great Distress
Hoods sarsaparIIIa Gives Relief
After Others Fail.


"I was a sufferer with cstarrh, inherited
from my mother. l had the grip twice
and was very ill. After this the catarrh
came on in a more severe form. l could
eat but little without great distress, and
began to think 1 could never eat like
other people. l also suffered intensely
with sore throat, which made rue sick for
q week at a time. l thought 1 would try
Hoods Sorsaparilla, having seen it highly
recommended, though l had tried many
medicines without benefit. In a short
time l began to feel better. kept on with
1t and continued to gain. 1 increased in
weight and nave been greatly benefited"
MRS. E. R. PLUMMER, Laconia, N. H.
Hoods s1 psiiiia
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for IS.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07

France pays in pensions every year
10000, 900 francs. Of which 2 5000, 900
are s%ubtracted from the salaries OF OFF,
Gals.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-07

BOOK AND JOB PRINTING in every variety,
at the lowest prices consistent with good
work and quality of stock.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-30

whats tie matter, Brinkertonf
You look as if you had something seri
Gus on your mind"
81 have" he replied. I'm worried,
badly worried. found a dollar in my
Sunday brooches this morning"
You're the first man ever saw that
worried over the finding of money he
didn't know he had"
"But, wait; you don't understand me.
can't make up my mind whether for
got the dollar. or whether any wife
slipped it in there TO try me. She has
been accusing me for some time past
of keeping things from her. Now, if ]
were TO blow this money in without
saying anything 20 her about it, and it
should turn out that she had PLAYED a
trick on me, my finish would be well
worth writing up. One the other hand,
if ! go 10 her and confess that | found
it she'll simply take the dollar. ]
wouldn't have had this happen fo- Sc
cents. Boston Herald.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-30
MAGGIE WAS WILLING.
Somehow This Did Not Cheer the
Cleveland MNn, However.

There is a certain Cleveland man
who fondly imagines he has an excel.
lent memory. He never carries letters
around in his pockets, and he is pretty
good at leaving orders at the groeer's
Occasionally he gets his wife to ASK
him concerning the events of the day
and he makes good record when cate
chised. Somebody told him that was
the way Thurlow Weed improved a bad
memory, and he finds it an excellent ex.
ercise. Not long ago he had tele
phone put in his house. and frequently
uses it. Another strong point with
him is his alleged memory for tele.
phone numbers. He has repeated them
over so many times that the numbers
which he is likely to use he can spin
off in lively style. But his overweening
confidence in his ability in this direc-
ton brought him to grief
He was in his office few days ago
and wanted to call up a particular
friend. He knows that this friend al.
ways answers his phone in person, and
when he had rung up and given the
number he began to talk as soon as he
was sure somebody was at the other
end.
Hello, George" he said, "how are
you? How are things? Say, George,
let's take in the Fitzsimmons show to-
night. Well have little supper first
and then go over. I've got things fixed
so | can get away and nobody be any the
wiser. | told Maggie we were busy on
a partial inventory and that if wasn't
home at seven o'clock she would know
that business detained me. ha. hal She
believes anything her trusted old hubby
wants to tell her Will you go, old
boy? If you viii call for me at six
He paused for an answer and his
breath. Before hc could catch tie lat.
tsr, he gasped again. shrill fem.
mime voice rang in his ear.
yes" said the shrill voice. I'm 60"
''Wh-what's that?" he stammered.
81 say I'll CO. said the shrill voice
"And III call for you at five"
With a spasmodic gesture the man
with the memosy rang off.
"Merciful Jupiterl" he groaned, thai
was my wife's voiee!"
He rubbed his head distractedly
What did it mean? Then he under.
stood it all. Ee had in a moment OF
criminal forgetfuness rung up his OWL
phone instead OF his friends.
His marvellous memory had played
him a scurvy trick.-Cleveland Plair
Dealer
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-30
BRITISH IN AMERICA.
1t Is Estimated That British Sub
jects Own Twenty Million
Acres Here.

How much property do British sub
jects own in America? The aggregate,
based on absolute facts, is known to
N at least 2O,OOo000 acres.
The largest of all is probably the
Texas possessions of the syndicate,
which includes in its membership the
dukes of Beaufort and Rutland, Earl
Cadogan and Baroness Burdett-Coutts.
The total amount of land held by
this association is 1900, 900 acres. 1t is,
as is the case with most of the Texas
land, largely composed of what is called
range country; that is, land that is bet
ter adapted for cattle raising than any
thing else.
Cattle and wheat are what the Brit
ish investor seems to think money
should be made on in the United States.
That is why the syndicate represented
by the British capitalist Vincent Soul
ly owns 100000 acres of land in Ne
braska, Iowa and Illinois. This prop
crty is situated in the heart of the
wheat growing section.
Two American girls, who now wear,
by virtue of their marriage with Eng
lish peers, two of the highest British
tites-the duchess Of Marlborough and
Lady Randolph Churchiil-are interest
ed with Sir Edward Reed in a syndicate
that owns 100000 acres, situated in
Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico.
This is purely a cattle country, and on
it range thousands of head of live stock.
There is another syndicate which in
cludes among its members the earl of
Dalhousie, as well as Viscountess Cross,
Lady Hamilton Gordon, Marquis Choi
mondeley and several others.
Here is holding in a still different
part of the country, for the lands of
the syndicate comprise 100000 acres
in Mississippi, including cotton planta-
tions, acres and acres of sugar cane and
enough swine to stock 1000 farms.
Lord Tweeddale is a syndicate in him
self and owns 100000 acres. Like
most individual land owners with large
holdings, his property includes a vast
territory, which, like that of the syndi-
Gates spoken of, includes immense
tracts of grazing lands. Nearly all of
this immense possession is devoted to
stock.-London Tit-Bits.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-30
THE Use OF MISTER.
n IL Said to Predominant in the
United states, Hut Not In
Other Countries.

"Why," asked a Londoner the other
lay, ARE you Americans always mis-
tering' one another-and mastering us
English chaps besides? Here we don
familiarity as soon as possible, il we
like a man and want him for an ac-
qdaintanee. Talk about American
bluffness and all that! It's Mr.. Brown,
Mr.. Jones, Mr.. Robinson with you till
eyerything's blue!" 1 unused and re-
piled that perhaps we Americans mis-
tered" one another far less than we did
Englishmen.
And the truth is, we often surprise
the latter by showing them an unfore-
seen self-restraint They have heard
about our hail fellow well met" deport.
ment and they are at a loss TO account
Tor our reserve, our almost ceremonial
phlegm. But we, on the other hand,
have heard of their alleged statements
that we are always wanting to shake
hands with persons, and that our man
stamps the caste of Chicago and New
York. Hence mutual mistrusts and
MISUNDERSTANDING. The Englishman
often wonders that we should be 50
"confoundedlya uncordial, and we in
turn often wonder that he should prove
so amazingly approachable.
Later we begin to realize that he may
have deep funds of hauteur to draw
upon in the ease of those who bore
him or whom he sees some good reason
for not wishing to cultivate, but that
he is frankly bon eamarade where per-
sonal respect and hiking have once been
reused. The English have an
odd way of writing to anyone at all
celebrated. They drop the Mr." most
decidedly, and address you by your
full name. For instance, | am sure
that My dear Alfred Tennyson" was
very frequently written by people
whom Tennyson knew but slightly in
the days before he became peer; and
in like way my dear Herbert Spencer. :
my dear Charles Robert Darwin pasr
all doubt.-Edgar Fawcett, in Golfers
Weekly.
The Van Buren press., 1898-04-30
ICE THAI BURNS.
Kansas Lake That Will Flame Up
FierceIy at the Touch
of Match.

It seems a somewhat surprising state
ment to make that on the recovered
surface of a Kansas lake it is possible
to build bonfire by simply breaking
through the ice and applying a match
to the surface of the water. The flames
will shoot up as high as man and will
burn brightly for minute or two. This
is what has been possible for several
winters on Doniphan lake, Kansas, and
on one of its tributary streams.
The fuel for these tires is natural
gas, which bubbles up through the wa
ter the year round, but ii is only during
the very cold wintry nights that 1t is
thus temporarily stored under the ice
III immense bubbles or pockets, some
times ten to twenty square yards in
extent. Puncture these bubbles with
chisel. apply lighted match, and one
has roaring flame before which the
skater may warm his benumbed fingers.
The eXperimenter must be careful to
stand between the wind and the jet
of gas as he lights it, or he will have
his clothing singed before he can get
Ohl VI llIt way VI llo RNA W. ~.
There are places where the gas sup
ply is so abundant as to prevent the
ice from forming, except on the very
coolest nights. When such places are
frozen over they remain covered only
n few days, for the gas, coming from
a considerable depth in the earth, is
so warm that it soon melts a passage
4 /. ha
present winter formed ice of IS inches
thickness on the lake, and yet some of
the areas of gas supply were not frozen
over. Near the entrance of one of the
creeks into the lake the water is quite
shallow and the bottom may be read
lily seen. Here the gas has formed reg
ular channels up through the mud, and
out of these large bubbles of gas are
discharged every few seconds.
Doniphan lake is located about four
miles north of Atchison, Kan, and is a
river lake; that is, it was formed from
a bend of the Missouri river by the
water taking a short cut across the
narrow neck of the bend, thus leaving
the old bed to be occupied by a beau
tiful horseshoe lake about five miles in
length. This happened during the high
waters of the spring and early summer
of 1891.
Because the neck is thus comparatively
recent in formation, some observers have
eontended that the gas which collects
under the ice is only marsh gas. But
the supply is too great to be accounted
for in that manner. We're it marsh gas,
it would rise more equally all over the
lake, for the bottom is everywhere
about the same. On the contrary, the
gas is supplied only in certain localities,
and the eastern arm of the lake is with
out gas. Besides the places of dis
charge are the same the year round.
On the Missouri side of the river arc
three other lakes of like formations:
Mud, Sugar and Bean lakes. These do
not show gas except in occasional very
small bubbles-Scientific American.