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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-02

TRADE WITH THE TROPICS.
In a recent article in the London
Times, Mr.. Benjamin Kidd presents the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-09-02

The camps to be visited by the board
of medical officers named a few days
ago are Camp Alger, Falls Church, Va,
and Fernandiua, Fla.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-14
yranellers' Guide,
New York, New Haven and
 Hartford R. R.
November 2S, 1897.


 FOR NEW YORK-*4:O5, *4:5O. x6.1o "Eoo, $500, +S:1O, S:3O, s9:35, xlO: 30 ~ m., Fl2:C0, 12:O5, *1:3O (parlor car limit. eQ, I:S6, 200, *2:SO, 800, *4:OO. a4:1z 4:So, *5;10, 5:S5, 6:SO, *7:1O, *S:1O, s:1s Bridgeport accommodation. #e.10 S'lo p. m- Sundays-*4:05, *4:50, 500 a. H., A4'So' x6:15. *7:10, "S:10. S:15. *9:1O p. m.
 FOR WASHINGTON via Harlem i'lvel--~ ~l:o5, S11:50 p. m. (daily).
 FOR BOSTON via Springfield--s1:1o alo'Io' ~ll:O5 a. m., *1:45, s5:52 D. m, ounuays-"l:l0 a. m., *5:52 D. m.
 FOR BOSTON via New London and rrovidence-*2:1O, "2:20, *11:35 (parloi car limiteO a. m., *12:05, *2:47, *4:2o 4:oo' "6:55 p. m. Sundays-*2:1O, +2:2Q a. m. *4:55, *6:55 D. m.
 FOX MERIDEN, HARTFORD oPRlNGFIELD, etc.-*1:1O, $40. 8:O0 xlo:lo, ~l1:05 a. m., 12:06, .1:45. BIO o;oo, '5:52 (6:15 to Hartford), SOS, s:55, lI'lo (to Meridem p. m. Sundays IIo a. m., *5:52, S:2S ps m. NEW LONDON DIVISION
 For New London, etc.-*2.1o &2.9o Eoo' lo:OS (Guilford acc.). 11:o5, .11: (parlor car limited) a. n1.. *12.05 @2.47 a:oo' "4:20, *4:55, 515 (to Saybrook Juno. | t1on), 6:15, *6:55, 11:2O (Guilford acc1 n | m. Sundays-*2:1O, *2:20 a. m.. *4.55 | *6:55 p. m AIR LINE DIvISION- l From Middletown, Willimantic. etc. 7:45 a. m., 12:55, "2:33, 6:O5 D. m. Sun- | oays-NGl5 p. m. Connecting at Mid. dletoWn with the Valley division and al Wlllimantic with the N. E. R. R. and | IN. l.. IN. R. R.; at Turnersville with | Colchester branch.
 NORTHAMPTON DIVISION
 For Shelburne Falls, Turner's E ills l Williamsburg, Holyoke, New Hartford and intermediate stations-7:5O . n, and 400 D. m. For Westf1eld and inter. mediate stations, 5:57 D. m.
 For Farmington, New Hartford and points this side-7:50 a. m, 12:04, 400. 5:57 D. m.
 BERKSHIRE DIVISION
 For Derby Junction, Derby, Ansonia etc.-7:00, 500, 9:35 a. m., 12:O0. PRO 400, 5:35, 7:50, 11:2O D. m. Sundays, S:1O a. m. and S:3O p. m.
 For Waterbury-7:0 500, 9:35 a. m. 12:OO, 2:39, 5.35, 7:50, 11:20 p. m. Sundays l-S:10 a. m., 6:15 p. m. (via Naugatuck | Junction).
 For Winsted-7:oo, s:s5 a. m., 2:s9, 5:35 p. m. Sundays-8:10 a. m. l For Shelton. Botsford, Newtown, Danbury, Pittsfield, State line-s:35 a. m., 400 D. m.
 1 For Albany, Buffalo, Detroit, Cincin- 1 nati, St. Louis, Chicago, and the West via State line-9:35 a. n., 400 D. m.
 For Litchfield and points on S, L. q N. R. R.-6:1O a. m. (via Bridgeport), 400 p. m. (via Derby Junctionl. Express Trains. xLocal Express.
 c. T. HAMPSTEAD,
 General Passenger Agent.
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INFORMAL RECEPTION.

A very pretty informal reception was that of Thursday evening given by Miss Lottie Reynolds in honor. of her class in dancing. The event took place in the large double parlors at her resi- dence, sri State street. The scene was a beautiful one as the festivities were in progress. The grand march took place at 8:30 o'clock. The music was furnished by the A. o. U. w. orchestra under the efficient leadership of MT. Teator The class evidenced great pro- ficiency in the terpsichorean art and re- fleets great credit upon theinstructress. During the evening refreshments were served. At an appropriate point in the exercises a flash light picture of the pretty scene presented was taken. The order of dancing which was given on tasteful little cards, was as follows:
 Grand march, lanciers, waltz, two step, quadrille, waltz, caledonians, two step, waltz.
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MITSTc TN WAR

To the present day, in all the armies of the world, musical war-signals are considered not only useful, but abso- lutely indispensable. The infantry drill regulations of the United States army give the music and significance of more than sixty trumpet-signals- calls of warning, of assembly, of alarm, of service, with such names as: "Guard- amounting" drill" ''stable," ito arms" fire" retreat church, fatigue" attention" forward" .ha1t," ''quick time,'' double time" Hcharge,'' "lie down." rise" etc., be- sides a dozen or more drum-and-fi signals, all of which must be known to the soldiers, to whom they are def1- mite language, in the sense of Wagner ian Leitmotive. Every one is familiar with such expressions as drumming up recruits" drumming out desert- ers," and so on
 Besides it's importance for signalling purposes, there are no fewer than five other uses for music in the army. A few words about each of these must suffice. Zoller, the African traveller, says that 'among all savage and half civilized races, song dnu udHce are considered as indispensable aids to military training, as drilling and drumming in our armies" The mar vicious precision with which these primitive races execute their war songs and dances has been commented upon by many admiring explorers; and as the value of perfect drill and co-op- eration are well understood music, which supplies the regularity of rhythm, is seen to be of paramount importance. When our armies parade, they always do so to the measured beat of military band or drum and fife.
 Another very curious use of music in war is suggested by the word panic. :" The historian Rowbotham says that ssall panic is derivable from trumpet like sound, if we may trust the deriva- ton of the word, which refers the first pauic to the time when the great god Pan put to flight an army by sudden shout" Many savages use wild songs and shouts, or drums and horns, to ln- spire terror and to create panic in the enemy's ranks. So horrible is the sound of this music, both in itself and by it's bloody associations, that it is said the Spanish settlers in some parts
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-05-14

of South America to this day cannot
 hear the awful trumpets of the Indians
 without being frightened. It is inter-
 esting to note that Homer represents
 the Trojans as going to battle with
 bowling war-cries, while the Greeks
 are silent, and that Thucydides makes
 Brasidas say, "They are towards who think they can frighten us by their loud shouting;;" thus indicating that the more civilized Greeks did not re- sort to this method of creating a pan ic. It is believed that one cause of the
 defeat of the Chinese in their last war was that they at first relied too much on the effect of their war songs to frighten away the Japanese.
 A military writer says that the drum in the army is used especially for in spring the soldiers under the fatigue
 of march or In battle" This function
 of military music reminds one of the primitive custom of singing in order to i facilitate work It is recognized by the greatest authorities. Field Mar shal Lord Wolseley, for instance,
 wrote not long ago, in the preface to 1 the Soldiers Song Book that
 Troops that sing as they march will not only reach their destination more | quickly and in better fighting condition l than those who march in silence but, 1 inspired by the music and words of na- tional songs, will feel that self-confi- dence which is the mother of victory" 1 The German army includes more l than ten thousand military musicians, able-bodied men who might as well be l soldiers. We may feel sure that the 1 great and shrewd commanders of the | German army would not employ in 1 times of war such an enormous num- | Der of musicians unless they believed
 that in this way these players could do
 more good than an equal number of | fighting-men. In other words, the
 generals fully appreciate and endorse l the utility of music. Even in times of peace there is use for these musi- l clans; for they make excellent bands, which, at their daily parades and weekly concerts, not only edify the 1 military men, but entertain the popu- 1 lace, who thus get some return for the | taxes they have to pay to support the army.
 | Summing up the evolution Of war
 music, we see that it's original function of inspiring terror and creating pan ic was gradually abandoned; while it's | usefulness as an aid in drilling, in tac- tics, in signalling, in arcusing courage
 and patriotic enthusiasm, in sustaining Tagging energies, and in providing en- tertainment in times of war and peace, 1 ;s now rnora fully acknowledged than ever.-Forum.
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WALLINGFORD HAPPENINGS
HORSEMEN STOPPED FROM SPEED
 ING ON MAIN STREET.

WaIIingford Mine Plays New Britain This Afternoon-M. w. Futile Will be Grand Marshal on Memorial Day Death of George II. Carter-Other Borough Items.
 Three of the uptown horsemen had last evening and were speeding them up and down the street. The racing came to sudden end when Officer White came on duty at o'clock, as he appeared on the scene and called down the horsemen for violation of the borough bylaws. Naturally there were some kickers who thought the officer too officious The main street is no lit place for horses or bicycles to be racing and both will be stopped if the officers do their duty.
 Judge o. I. Martin attended the fun eral of Reuben Augur in Northford yesterday afternoon and says it was the largest attended of any he ever saw Corinthian lodge, F. and A. M., of which the deceased was a charter member, had charge of the services.
 A strong team from New Britain will play the Wallingfords on the South Col ony street grounds this afternoon. The game will be called at 3:30 o'clock. Nrrr- 4o ,a n fee in F. A. Wallace's block on Main { street, where Andy Billions barber shop was located.
 J. D. Williams, the milknan, is able to be about again after severe illness.
 Past Commander M. w. Futile of A. H. Dutton post, G. A. R., will be grand marshal on Memorial day.
 The Yalesville drum corps will go to Waterbury with the A. o. H.
 Mrs. A. J. Goodrich has been ap- pointed delegate at large for the state w. R. c. at the National convention in Cincinnati.
 Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Dickinson left yesterday for their home in Vermont.
 Charles Martin expects to start Monday for his home in Grand Mead S OWS, MILL
 George H. Garter died Thursday , night at the home of his sister, Mrs. Waldo Cook, after a lingering illness with consumption aged forty years The funeral will take place on Sunday at 2:SO o'clock.
 w. J. Frost, who has been the guest of J. w. Aldridge has gone to Mon- treal, Canada.
 c. H. Tibbits is expected to return to-day from the Adirondacks.
 Flour is selling here from $S.50 bar rel.
 B. D. Hall is to move his feed busi- ness from town hall building to Ward street.
 0. D. Morris expects to sail from Queenstown for home May P.
 The YaIesville drum corps has been engaged for the fire department for ss~Memorial day.
 The Pelham Manor and the Rosemary hall teams will play cricket here this afternoon.
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STARIN'S New Haven Transportation Line

DAILY EXCEPT SATUhDAYS
 Steamer JOHN H. STARIN, Captain Me. Alister leaves New Haven from Starin's Pier, foot of Brown street, at 10:15 D. m. CT ''ERAsTUs CORNING" Captain Spoor, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays The STARfN' leaves New York from Pier 13 North R Riysr at B h m MqndsES ss WsSass 5SgN ING" Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdaya
 Fare 75c, excursion tickets $1.25 State Tickets and staterooms for sale at ]. B. Judson's, S67 Chapel st.; Peck & Bishops, 702 Chapel street; Fremont House.
 Free stage leaves. the depot on arrival of Hartford frain, and from corner of Church and Chapel streets every half hour, com. mencing at S:30 pm. Through freight rates given and bills of lading issued to points
 0. H. FISHER, Agent. Order your freight via starin Line.
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American and Red Star Line

*New York - Queenstown Southampton. New York = Southampton Antwerp. The steamers performing these services are
 either British or Belgian.
 Every Wednesday and alternate Saturday
 at noon.
 Friesland May 1slKensington, June s Southwark ....May 25l+Berlin. ... June Il sChester. May 2StNoordland. June Ii Westernland, June 1lFriesland. June g International Navig ation Company, Pier IA, North River, office Bowling Green, New York; Peck X Bishop, TOP Chapel st., NJ. Zunder & Sons, 253 State st., M. B. New. ton S6 Orange st. Thos H. Pease 6 Son, 1O2 Church st., New Haven. ap29
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Do11ar=Saving

Dollar=Saving
 in the Housekeeping
 Basement.
 e-arm Towel Racks 15c Chair Seats Sc Paper Mache Wash Basins 12c Coffee Mills 19c Wash Boards Sc Self-Wringing Mops f9c 25c Brooms f5c Clothes Wringers 1.19 Sugar Fails fSc Salt Boxes 7c Towel Arms Sc Bread Cutting Boards 15c 5-ft Skirt Board 25c Folding Wash Bench 25c 3oc Garden Rakes 25c Garden Hoes 1Sc Odorless Kettle with extension top 1.55 I Potts Irons, best nickled, per set 65c Gas Stoves 25c Automatic Steam Cooker 1.33 I-burner Oil Stove, glass tank 29c Spring Hinges, per pair 6c Grass Sickles f5c LOG Garden Trowela 5c | Needing Hooks Sc Ice Chisels 7c Large Hammers Sc Csrpet Beaters Sc Sink Cleaners 1c Bristle Counters Brushes fOc Horse Hair Brooms 75c Chimney Cleaners 4c 3oc Water Closet Brush 25c Goblet Brush iOC Nail Brushes Pc Cylinder Egg Beaters 4c Egg Whips 1c Lyons Egg Beaters 19c Soap Shakers 5S Retinned Dish Pans fOe Oil Stove Tea Kettles Sc Crumb Brush and Tray f5C Bicycle Bells 1Oc Bicycle Pumps S5s Bicycle Wreuches fSs Bicycle Oil 5s Hatch Bicycle Patch 10, Best Whisk Brooms 1Ot Sanitary Sink Strainer 13,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-24
BONDAGE OUTSIDE OF PRISON

IT APPEARS to be an unwritten
law Of custom that one is justified
in seeking whatever comfort he
may draw from the fact that bad
as his lot may be at present it
might be worse. A man in prison
is apt to feel that nothing save an
ignominious death can be con-
sidered worse than his present con-
dition as an incarcerated felon. It
will be admitted that it is hard to
conceive Of a more disgraceful pre-
dicament than that of a fairly in
telligent man in the degraded garb
of felon. But it must also be re-
membered that it is possible and
quite practicable to retrieve the
reputation lost by a misstep, where
as there are many enjoying legal
freedom who are shackled by
bonds that imply even more poig-
nant punishment than falls to the
lot of those who are for time I'M
der legal restraint.
In looking only at our individ-
ual conditions we are apt to feel
and sometimes very reasonably
that fate has been extremely harsh
in dealing with us. When you are
in this mood just think for a mo-
ment of the number of people born
into the world who practically
suffer all the tortures of hell from
sickness or crippled limbs that they
are in nowise to blame for. Think
what must be the feelings of such
as these if they are wont to brood
upon the injustice of their punish
ment. Is it any consolation for
them to feel that, according to
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-24

plished by placing men on honor,
by showing a willingness to trust
them, than can be attained by the
closest watchfulness and continual
nagging. All prison officials know
this, though it is not to be assumed
that watchfulness is not a neces
sity; there is always a certain num-
Der in and out of prison who are
OF very little use to themselves or
the world, and who must be
watched with the care hungry
tabby exercises in securing
breakfast Of mouse meat. Were it
not for this latter class, life in
prison as we'll as out of it would be
more bearable. But the existence
of such class should not be made
an excuse for the existence of the
general spirit of distrust that is
fruitful of so much unnecessary
evil.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-24

biblical injunction, they are suffer-
ing for the sins Of their ancestral
sires? Any Of us may call to
mind some relative or acquaintance
who suffer in patience from day to
day with some dread affection from
which there is no hope of relief
this side of eternity. And yet we
seldom hear these invalids make
complaint. Picture for a moment
the just cause for resentful repin-
ing that might surcharge the
hearts Of these invalid heroes and
heroines were they of the narrow
disposition of many of us who,
while enjoying the blessings of
good health and a rugged consti-
tuition, complain bitterly of a
suffering that in most cases is self
imposed.
Now, my friends Of the whine
herd, it is unnecessary to all belch
at once. The relator does not ex-
clude from the ''whinery" his own
ability to howl; and we are also
aware that there is considerable
argument on our side of the case.
But we should all strive to remem-
Der that there are many suffering
more hopeless agony than ours
through no misdeed of theirs. We
should also recollect that a wordy
hullaballoo will not improve mat
ters particle. The quiet resigna-
ton of the bed-ridden sufferer
should be an inspiration to us to
bear up manfully and look forward
cheerfully to the day when legal
freedom should instill within us a
stronger brotherly feeling for the
unheralded heroes and heroines of
the sick chamber who, though re-
moved from the clang of bars and
bolts, are suffering a lifelong
bondage outside of prison walls.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-24

"NO ONE man owns a mortgage
upon the convictions or opinions
of another" says the editor of the
St. Peter Herald. Just get into
prison once, my friend, and you
will think the entire world has an
iron-clad mortgage on your "con-
viction.'
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-24

A NEW method of administering
judicial Oaths is to be tried in
Germany. A witness will first
make an unsworn statement in
court and will then be asked to
swear to it, but before taking the
oath he will be allowed to correct
or withdraw any part Of the testi-
mony. It is hoped by this method
to avoid some of the wilfully false
statements made in court. Strong
penalties are provided to ensure
the working of this new process of
taking testimony; these penalties
apply equally to the parties to the
case as we'll as the witnesses.
Such law as this would not be
amiss in our own country. It is
we'll known that the wording of a
simple sentence given in testimony
is oftentimes given a different ap-
plication than intended by a wit
ness, and if the matter was read
over to him in it's new phase he
would gladly correct it before at
testing thereto by oath. At pres
ent witness gives testimony in a
way in which he would not write
it on paper, were he permitted to
do SO, and a good prosecutor may
put such construction as he pleases
upon it, unless you have an equally
alert attorney for the defense. IN
fortunately it takes more money
than the ordinary offender can
secure to provide attorneys nearly
equal in ability to those elected by
the people as states attorneys.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-24

The hardest part Of any mans
daily task is acquiring liking for
the work. Even though the work
may be part of punishment i'm
posed, it is still better-for ones
own sake, if for no nobler pur-
pose-to take an interest in the
work as thereby it's tedium is con-
siderably relieved. You will al
ways notice that men who are we'll
paid for their labor, or who are
working by the piece, are able to
perform a heavy task daily and
feel less fatigued after it than the
grumbler who goes to work with a
frown. A man working on his
own account or who is earnest in
his labor for others is always in
terested in his work. It is this
interest that buoys up his spirit,
allays fatigue and gives him a
keener enjoyment of life than can
be felt by the complaining laggard
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-24

The general value of kindly
treatment whether in dealing with
an animal or a human has never
been questioned as to it's being
more effective than straight-laced
severity. In the following short
story, taken from the San Francisco
Argonaut, will be found a good ap-
plication of the power of kindness:
When the Duchy of Baden was occu-
pied by PruSsian troops after the in
surrection of 1849, the officers were
warned against playing at Baden
Baden. One summer evening, King
Ohen Prince) Wilhelm strOlled into the
gaming rooms and noticed an officer in
civilians clothes sitting at play He
had won twice on the red, and was
about to pick up his money, when he
caught sighJ of the prince watching
him. Terror stricken, he sat quiet, not
daring to reach out for his winnings
The red turned up a third and then
fourth time. AS the maximum was
quickly reached, the prince touched
the officer on the shoulder ard said,
gently: "Take up your money and 60,
lest one of your chiefs should find you
here" OF course. the soldier got out
Immediately. Two days later there
was review, during which Prince
Wilhelm sighted the culprit, and sent
for him. "Lieutenant -" he said,
"after you went away the red turned
up four times more. l prevented you
from winning four times the maximum,
which you would certainly have staked.
You will draw on me for that amount.
But take my advice, do not gamble
again." The memoirs of an old Ger
man general who lived to see his last
victory at Sedan have stated as follows:
cit was the kindness of the lesson that
cured me of gaming. For me it was
better than years imprisonment"
Had Prince Wilhelm brought
condign punishment upon this
officer, there is no doubt but that
his action would have been APP
plauded at the time. But there
are none who will say that the re-
suit would have been better had
the man been punished. A man
who has been punished for an
offense feels that he is under no
compliment to any one. He
reasons that he has paid his bill
just as fully as the man who planks
down hundred cents for a dollars
worth of goods. He is also prone
to think that, if anything, he has
considerable change coming from
Society on the deal. On the other
hand, the man to whom clemency
is extended feels the cookies of his
heart warm toward the fellow NOR
tails who are willing to forego the
selfish desire to add to his punish
ment for the sole reason that it is
in their power to do SO, and adds
to their individual comfort about
in the same measure as does
volley Of oaths to the man who
has ust inflicted them on some
object of his scorn.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-24

WHEN men in general band to-
gether for mutual welfare as is
done nowadays by members of fra
ternal societies, trusts, and other
protective organizations, that oft
sighed-for millennium will be then
in full swing.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-24

IF YOU are innocent or only in
directly guilty of an offense, the
best way to prove such is by your
conduct in the future. Judicial
DEGREES and public sentiment are
sometimes very harsh; but when
people see that man is trying
hard to do what is right it goes a
long way toward palliating the in
discretions of the past. A good
man may fall occasionally, but no
power on earth will keep him
down if he makes up his mind to
regain his lost standing in the
worldly race.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-24

LAST week St. Paul legal lumi-
nary while making a local political
speech said: "Men who were COM
mon thieves twenty years ago are
now holding the position Of alder
man." That is very poor progress
for a reformed thief to make in
twenty years.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-24

HE surest way to masculate a
Chawley-boy is to switch him off a
thousand miles from home with a
weeks board money in his pocket
and solemn warning in his ear.