Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-12-27
rights as an individual. In this case tne

rights as an individual. In this case the
National Government makes II permls--
sive, not mandatory, that the citizen
shall keep his roadway in order-th the
particular benefit in this Instance peing
the extension of themaiI delivery services
practically saying "You can get your
mail daily under certain conditions, one
being that the carrier has good ROAD.
If the farmer does not see fit to go INTO
the bargain, the loss Is his, not the gov
ernment's but the government mas the
same right to insist on the PROVISIONS
necessary in its postal service that the
farmer has to insist on keeping his ROAD
uncared for and in poor condition.-New
York Tribune.
AMERICAS BIG LEAD IN CAVES.
In addition to supplying the world with
bread and locomotives this country is
rapidly becoming the greatest cave pro-
Queer In the world. Every little while
we hear of the discovery of some new
cave. Kentucky was the first state to go
into the cave business to any extent; Dut
year or so ago South Dakota got In
line with her Cave of the Winds, which
was expected to be a new wonder OF the
world.
Recently very large cave was discov-
cred in southern Illinois. This cave Is
said to be even more extensive than the
Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, and the
formations within it are described as
nothing short of marvellous. But the
caves mentioned appear to be poor, COM
mon place holes in the ground in com
parison with the cave that has just been
discovered In Montana. This subter-
ranean wonder is located near Butte, and
is supposed to have been!the home OF a
prehistoric race of giants. The dis
coverer of the cave describes it thus:
The cave consists of many rooms, some OF
magnificent dimensions, and all OF them CIV
ing evidence of having been inhabited. one
OF the rooms resembles the Interior OF vast
cathedral, in which was found gigantic pipe
organ, the pipes being formed OF stalactite'
tuned by nature A member OF the exploring
party struck the pipes and they gave out In
glorious volume "Nearer My God to Thee"
The cave has been explored to the distance
OF ten miles, and the articles and utensils
discovered demonstrate that the denizens OF
the cave were expert in the workings OF
copper.
1t isn't likely that even this is to be the
last of our caves. The Carolinas are still
to be heard from, and there may be great
caves in the UNEMPLOYED regions of Ari-
IONA, New Mexico, Alaska and Arkansas.
Whether there shall be any further dis
coveries or not, however, it is certain
that we lead the world in caves, Some of
no N
the people who have explored them claim
they are, but even the poorest of them
is probably unrivaled by anything Of the
kind to which the old, worked-out coun-
tries of Europe can lay claim.
This unquestioned supremacy of ours
in the matter of caves ought to give every
good American a thrill of pride, and it
probably does. There is only one I'M
satisfactory thing about our caves. We
shall never be able to export them,
whether we have reciprocity and great
merchant marine trade or not.-Chicago
Record-Herald.
MILLIONS WILL NOT MAKE A UNIVERSITY
Mrs. Leland Stanford has given $50, 000,-
900 to enrich Stanford University.
She is making, however, only very rich
boarding school. A university is much
more of an institution than this lavish
giver is able to imagine. She can raise
buildings innumerable and pay teachers
high salaries. She can get the right
from the state to confer degrees; she can
hire students to attend if she likes; but
no real university can be built up in that
way. Garfield said that his idea of a
university was log with Mark Hopkins
at one end and the student at the other
That was ll'that was absolutely essent.
ial, though other things might be desira'
BILE.
But place where the so.called pro-
lessons are bound to teach only what the
owner of the school thinks proper is nc
university. A place where the teacher
must say nothing against trusts; must
keep quiet about Chinese immigration
must consider the railroad companies
benevolent institutions, on pain of losing