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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
AssasSin'S Death Date.

BUFFALO. Sept 2I.-l.eOn +. Col
gosZ, the assassin of President McKin-
ley, was yesterday afternoon sentenced
to be electrocuted in Auburn state priS-
on during the week beginning oct. d.
Before sentence was passed the aSSaS-
sin evinced a desire to speak. but he
could not get his voice above a wills
per, and his words were repeated to
the court by his counsel.
"There was no one else but me-" the
prisoner said in Il whisper. NO one
else told me to do it. and no one paid
me to do it. | was not told anything
about the crime. and | never thought
anything about that until Il couple of
days before | committed the crime"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
A Good Example to Follow.

Experience, dear bought and wide
spread, dictated the bylaws recently
adopted by the Business Mems asso-
citation of Bridgeport, Conn. 1t reads,
THAT each and every member of this
association discontinue all programme
and kindred advertising, including pro-
grammes of fakirs, societies, churches
and all other organizations. excepting
the official programmes Of two local
theaters, and that each and every mem
Der of the association discontinue Civ
ing articles of merchandise to any
organization or society Of any kind
except charitable organizations"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

WASUINGTON Oct. IA corrected
copy of General Chaf'ec's cable dis
patch from Manila in regard to the
massacre of American soldiers in Sa-
mar was made public at the war de-
partment BY a mistake ip Tanslating
the cipher the dispatch was first inter
preted as saying that Captain Council.
Lieutenant Bumpus and Surgeon Girls
void had escaped. The corrected copy
shows that the cipher words mistaken
for "have escaped really meant lin
vestigation will he made" The correct.
ed copy does not show that the officers
mentioned are safe.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
DISASTER In SAMAR.
Americans Surprised by Insur-
gents and Forty-eight Slain.
ELEVEN OF THE SURVIVORS WOUNDED
Company c. Ninth Infantry. Attacked
by n Superior Force While at
observation-disclosures and Ann
munition Lost.

MANILA. Sept. 3O.-A disastrous
fight between United States troops and
insurgents occurred Saturday near
Balangiga, in the island of Samar. A
large body of insurgents attacked Com
pany c, Ninth infantry, only twenty
four members of the company escap-
ing.
All the others are reported to have
been killed.
The company was at breakfast when
attacked and made a determined resist
ance, but the overwhelming numbers
of the insurgents compelled them to
retreat.
OF the survivors who have arrived at
Basey eleven are wounded.
According to the latest returns the
strength of the company was seventy
two.
Captain Edwin V. Bookmiller of the
Ninth infantry reports that General
Hughes is assembling a force to attack
the insurgents.
The insurgents captured all the stores
and ammunition of the company and
all the rifles except twentysiX.
Company c was portion of the
Ninth regiment of United States infan-
try which went to China at the time of
the Boxer outbreak and which there
performed valiant service. Later the
troops went to Manila and were en-
gagged in provost duty in that city Dur
ing the past summer battalion of the
Ninth was sent to Samar.
Captain Lawrence J. Hearn of the
Twcnty-lirSt infantry reports Il severe
engagement with insurgents near Can
delaria. the Americans losing one killed
and two wounded. The inSurgent loss
has not hecn aScertaincd. The Ameri-
cans captured 10000 pounds of rice and
several hundred rounds of ammunition.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
THE CHARM OF LIFE
Is Lost When the Burden is Too
Heavy

Life is hardly worth the living with the
never-ceasing aches and pains of bad
back. If you would remove the burden
of backache, reach the cause.-The kid
neys. Doans Kidney Pills will cure sick
kidneys, and the cure is lasting Here
is proof of it.
Mr.. Israel A. Morse, of 10 Tying street,
Newburyport, member of the Board of
Aldermen for two years, and Common
Council for three years, says: my ex-
perience with and opinions of Doan's
Kidney Pills which I expressed through
our newspapers in 1896, after taking a
course Of the treatment, have not altered.
l value that preparation more highly to-
day than did when 1 first published my
statement, and that is over three years
ago. To my personal experience I can
add that of many others in this city who
one and all coincide with me in saying
that Doan's Kidney Pills act as repre-
sented.
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers; price so cents a box. Mailed
on receipt of price by Foster-Milburn
Co., Buffalo, N. ", sole agents for the
U. S. Remember the name, Doan's, and
take no substitute.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

NEW YORK. oct. 1.--According to
the latest reports from Manila. Captain
Cornell of Company c. Ninth infan-
try. persisted in the disastrous fight ut
Balangiga. Samar. Captain Thomas
W. Cornell was Il New Yorker. being a
son of David j. Council. who lives at
45 South William street. and a brother
of Deputy Assistant District Attorney
John j. Council. Captain Council en-
tered the Military academy Sept. 1
1889. and graduated in 1894.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
DOMESTIC SCIENCE.
why Make n Curiosity Shop of the
House .-IIousehoId ways.

Why Make n Curiosity Shop of the
Houses- HousehoId ways.
Were houscmaid | would with all
my soul appeal against the growing
fondness for crowding sitting rooms
with bric-a -brac, photo frames, silver
and china, that have no mortal mission
In life but TO cumber the ground Only
those who have the task of busting
these every day can realize how truly
burdensome this duty can become.
But so long as today's customs rule
in the household this will be an ever
present bugbear, and the only allevia-
ton is to devise the best means for
doing it.
The most labor saving and therefore
the easiest way Of doing domestic work
requires not only that the hands be
trained and skilled, but that the head
bring thought to bear on the tasks
which the hands perform. Take, for
instance, this all important duty Of
"Gusting" room already referred to-,
one that must needs be done every day.
The unskill d and unthinking worker
goes throu~h the performance me-
chemically and leaves almost as much
dust behind her as she removes.
The skilled worker, on the other
hand, will have two or three different
busters to use-one for removing the
first dust on larger pieces of furniture,
stained borders, etc; then she will have
one for use on picture frames, door
holdings, lodges and china Ga damp
buster or channels leather wrung until
nearly dry works wonders; also she
will have fine soft buster for the
vigorous rubbing that gives the final
brightness to polished surfaces, mir
rors, etc. But this takes longer time,
do you say? Not at all, as what is
| busted in this manner needs not to be
gone over again.
Common salt strcwn over carpets Is
an excellent cleanser. as it gathers the
dust and prevents the latter from ris-
ing, while it scours at the same time.
To wash carpet with clear water
/ that has been tinctured with am
mona after it has been swept both re-
freshes and helps it to wear longer; but
, pray get the dust out first or after a
few refreshings Of this kind the last
! state Of the carpet will be worse than
/ the first. And so with all domestic
! operatlons-work is best when mixed
, with brains" -..--..-.,--,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

Importance. These afford an oppor
tunity for exceedingly artistic effects,
and designers Of such wares have i'm
proved it to the uttermost. The two H.
Illustrations from Vogue give but n faint
notion of the many beautiful high class
electroliers.
\ flower candlestick for an electric
light represents n single half opened
morning glory in all its fragile grace
fulness of slender stem, daintily en-
circling tendrils of bronze, with the bell
sDaped flower of glass that fairly radi-
ates color, so iridescent is it.
In hanging lamps or lanterns is one
which initiates in design an eastern
water bottle. \ nautilus Is another
quaint design, scarab third; but on
the whole graceful flower and plant
motives prevail in this class of de-
signing.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
VEGETABLE DAlNTlES.
Olsra, Eggplant and sweet Peppers.
Good Things to Do with Them.

Okra Is one of the summer vegetables
which are little known i'm the north.
AS will be seen in the illustration, it Is
q long ribbed pod varying in color from
dark to pale green and from two to
FIVE inches in length. 1t Is Of a de-
cidedly mucilaginous nature and can
be cooked and served either alone or
with other vegetables If alone and the
pods are young. they are boiled in
sailed water until tender, then drained
and served with butter or a cream
sauce, or, after cutting off the stem end
of each, the pods may be sliced and
stewed with other vegetables.
Okra gumbo may be made with or
without meat. If no meat is desired,
a mixture of green's, such as beet or
turnip tops, dandelions and spinach,
is substituted; a quart or more of the
mixed green's are washed, cut fine and
cooked with a chopped onion for five
or ten minutes in a large spoonful Of
hot fat-lard, suet or butter. A quart
of boiling water, pint of sliced toma-
toes and quart of sliced okra should
next be added, together with a high
seasoning of salt and pepper, and all
cooked gently together for two hours
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
Two Towns.
st the bells ring early ;

In the first the bells ring early;
Every one is on the 'go:"
The streets are named Now, Ready, Waiting;
Not a signpost's written Slow!
Here no person has to hurry
Cline for extras one can take),
For the town is called-ycu've guessed 1T
NOT That's strangel It's Wide Awakei
And the other. all is drcwsy;
No one sees much life about
TIL near noon then there's confusion
Rife on Late-in-getting outl
CHATS their street,; here you see people
Rushing breathless up and down,
And their work is never finished,
Cause they live In Sleepy TOWN.
-Adelbert +. Caldwell
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

In choosing an occupation do not
choose one that first offers you the best
position or salary, but choose one in
which you would be willing TO devote
your life There is nothing to be gain
ed by jumping from one thing to an
other and working a few months here
and there.
Every boy has n market value, just
as surely as load of corn or bushel
of potatoes has. Commercially some
boys are worthless, some worth but lit
tie, while others are very valuable.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

Hair dressed low and front bangs
are inseparable. This is the modish-
ness we are about to enter To most
faces, turned in profile especially, the
dip of the back chignon should not
pass much beyond the ear. When it
falls too low, it becomes disfguring by
charging the size of the head and Civ
ing one top heavy look. Pretty little
Malibran rings Of curls either trim
the brow alone or are numerous enough
TO cluster as well over the hair which
remains in large, loose waves and is
still drawn back from the face, ending
in gracefully arranged loops suggest
ing bowknot Long side combs give
pretty line also to the low couture.
Young faces are more piquante when a
side parting of the front hair-a very
short one-is arrested by a small bow
of black velvet, whether the hair is
dressed high or low.-Vogue.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou-
bles and Bright's Disease, which is the worst
form Of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kimer's Swamp-ROot is not rec
ommendedf for everything but If you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble it will be found
just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
in so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every case that special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried it, may have a
sample bottle sent free by mail also book
telling more about Swamp-Root and how to
find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and ER
send your address TO asiNTHs :s:Ee..: n
DR.. Kilmer & Co., Bing
hamton, N. Y. The -sasl ehI.sSs r.
regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-Root.
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
Place For Former Secretary

ALBANY, oct. Hon. w. j. Youngs
of Oyster Bay, who during the term of
Theodore Roosevelt as governor of New
York state was his private secretary,
today received the appointment of dep
uty state superintendent of banks. He
succeeds Colonel James S. Thurston of
Tioga county, who has resigned. The
salary Of the position is $4,000 per
wear
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
And None Sorrowed.

One took the paper. and his life
Was happier than kings;
!. His children all could read and write
And talk OF men and things.
The other took no paper. and,
While strolling through the wood,
Z A tree fell down upon his crown
And killed him. as 1t should.
Had he been reading OF the news
r. At home, like Neighbor jim, j..
= I'll bet a cent that accident
Would not have happened him.
Cottage City (Mass) Herald
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

OKRA, SWEET PEPPERS AND EGGPLANT.
until it is n thick stew. Gumbos with
meat Lave a foundation of ham. a
quarter of n pound of which is cooked
with several chopped onions and the
moat-bcof, veal or chicken cut in me-
dunn sized pieces-in Il spoonful of fat.
When lightly Drowned, a few cut to-
matoos and little chopped green pep
per are added with at least two quarts
Of water and a quart of sliced okra, all
stewcd slowly down together.
Eggplant is now abundant, and it can
be frequently used for breakfast in
place of meat. The simplest method of
preparing it is to wipe and cut it in
quarter incl. slices, dip each into beaten
egg. then into file, dry crumbs and fry
crisp and brown in a kettle partly
filed with smoking hot fat. This gives
a dish less greasy and easier of diges.
ton than where it is sauted in a few
spoonfuls of fat. 80
Another way is to place the uncut
eggplant in a kettle of boiling, sailed
water; boil until tender when pierce
with a fork; drain, halve, scoop out the
center, mix with soft bread crumbs;
add a high seasoning of salt, pepper,
onion juice and chopped parsley, with
spoonful or two of melted butter,
turn into a buttered pan and brown in
hot oven.
In some of our markets it is possible
to procure sweet green peppers which
are very mild in flavor. Half of one,
freed from seeds, cut into the thinnest
of strips and sprinkled over a dressed
lettuce salad will add piquancy and
| flavor to it.-Table Talk.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
influence of Example.

The interest Of the Individual In civic
art should be shown by his care for
his own immediate surroundings not
only by keeping the exterior of his
buildings in repair, but providing them
with a proper setting of lawns, trees
and shrubs.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
Queer Fire Extinguishers,

At a fire in Georgia last summer,
there being no water at hand, some lit
tie colored boys pelted it with water
melons that were growing in n nearby
field, and the bursting melons soon put
out the fire.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

CHARLOTTE, N. c., Oct. Miss
Laura Lemly, forty-five years of age, n
sister of Judge Advocate Lemly, was
burned to death at her home In Salem,
N. G. Her clothing caught from ktch-
en- stove.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

Nv, on lived electric eel
will make
wi max asked them
scornful
angry he them with his tail,
So o rather
then strollng
straight of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
Columbia Won First Race.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2S.-The victory
Of Columbia in the first race for the
cup was the closest in the history of
international yachting. But thirty-sev-
en- seconds of actual time separated
her from Shamrock ii. at the finish.
The allowance of forty-three seconds,
however, brought the corrected time Of
the Shamrock's defeat up to I'm. 2Os.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
II is the great medi-
caltriumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
Dr.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
hey cDecia LET and lie
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Fixtures Very Effective Feature
of Interior Decoration.

With the increasing use of electric
light in the ordinary household the
choice of fixtures becomes a matter of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

Hans Disconnected he grunbed tc the Pig:
"When to the shore went Pm had rubber rig
That the the paint don't why out here
There need be such bother If the water u near
ri borrow Oes bathing suit because have not
Then you and my Pigeie Pork, will have quiet un!"
sneakng OIe's the bathing he donned
And the back slipping out sped down toward the pond
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure 10 know Of the wonderful
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04

Jobbernowls
But Mother Goose this
"You Know" joints will
And Of sick dreadful
a o game,
And If you're good perhaps extra claim"
what heedi
spoke, they
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-10-04


Total Assets, ss,25O,.a3.6I
CHARLES p. SMITH, WILLARD CRAM,
j. l. BARSTOW, HENRY GREENE,
+. w. WARD, a. q. PIERCE,
HENRY WELLS.
Receives and pays deposits daily. Deposits
made on either of the first fOur business days
made afterward interest VIII commence the
first al the following month.
Interest Will be credited to deposltOrs Jan
uary LIST and July LIST, compouding twice
year. There are no stockholders in this bank.
All earnings, less expenses, belong TO &C.
earnings but the legislature at its last session
passed law fixing the rate that any savings
bank in the state can pay nj not to exceed
three and one halt per cent per annum, until
its surplus reaches ten per cent of its deposit,
when a special dividend is provided for.
All taxes in this State are paid by the bank
on deposits of $500 or less. Deposits are
received in sums from 81 to $1,000, and no in.
terest will be paid on any sum in excess OF
this amount, except on deposits by widows,
orphans, administrators, executors, guar
dams, charitable or religious institutions or
on trust funds deposited by order of court.
Funds may be sent by bank check or draft
or postal money order and deposit book Will
be returned by next mail.
Applications for loans or for information as
to standing OF the bank may be made to Rufus
Wainwright, Middlebury, or f. c. Dixie,
Bristol.
7TS CHARLES p. SMITH. President
a., FREDERICK w. WARD Treasurer
q. h. 5. ISHAM. Asst Treas.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-04
Mother Wild Duck.

A green winged teal is the hero.
inc of Ernest SetOn-ThompsOn :
new story in the Ladies' Home
journal for July. After her brood
was hatched she started to take
them across a pond. "This was a
mistake" Mr.. Seton-Thompson
writes. For it exposed them to
enemies. A great marsh hawk
saw them, and he came swooping
along sure of getting one in each
claw Run for the rushes' called
ont the Mother Greenwing, and
run they all did, pattering over
the surface as fast as their tired
little legs could go. Run! rum
cried the mother, but the hawk
was close at hand now. In spite
of all their running he would be
on TO them in another second
They were too young to dive; there
seemed no escape when just as he
pounced the bright little mother
gave a great splash with all her
strength, and, using both feet and
wings, dashed the water all over
the hawk. He was astonished
He sprang back into the air to
shake himself dry. The mother
urged the little ones to Keep on!'
and keep on they did. But down
came the hawk again; again to be
repelled with n shower of spray.
Three times did he pounce, and
three times did she drench him
Now all the dOwnlings were SAT,
in the friendly rushes, the angry
hawk made lunge at the mother
but she could dive, aud, giving ,
goOd-by splash, she easily disap
peared.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-04
Former Mexican.

The following lines were rcceiv-
ed by the MESSAGE Il few days ago
from Mr.. {. Ii. Lander, now of
Roseland. Nebraska. Mr.. Lander
was for many years II tailor in this
city, but lost his wife last winter
and then moved to Nebraska where
he resides with his daughter. He
writes:
"Will give you Il few lines of
myself since | left dear old Mexico
| have been rusticating and may
say recuperating. | have better
health now than for several years .
My surroundings are quite pleas
ant, tho | miss my ol friends;
often think of them and of their
kindness to me and of their untir-
ing care of my wife during her
long illness. May God in His
kindness remember and reward
them for their Christian charity,
is my prayer.
I'VE had a fine winter. Wheat
prospect up to the middle of April
was good, but at that time II Sc.
we're drought set in which has les
sened our prospects twenty per
cent. We now only count on a
medium crop, say 20 bushels to
the acre. This is a wheat section
less area of corn planted. Corn
looks well at present, but we can
make no estimate on the crop, as
it is now dry and hot winds are
blowing. Last year the corn crOI
was an entire failure in this see.
ton.
Il am interested in the Angora
goat, quoted as good brush ex-
terminator and valuable animal
to keep. | would like the post
Office address of J. V. Nobel, OF
Montgomery county, Mo-, whom
the MESSAGE quoted some time
since as making it profitable il
raising this animal"
C. III. Lander.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1901-07-04
THREAT EXECUTED.
Farmers House Fired and
Wife Burned to Death.

Topeka, Kan, June 27.-Hor-
ribly burned and dying in intense
agony was the fate of Mrs. w. G..
Carson, wife of n Cowley county
farmer, all because her husband
refused to deposit 5000 in a
place named by unknown black
mailers. Word reached this city
of the tragedy, which happened
Saturday night in an obscure set
tlement away from postoffice and
telegraph stations.
Three weeks ago Carson, who is
wealthy, received an anonymous
note requesting him to bury 5000
at the foot of a telephone pole by
the roadside under penalty of hav-
ing his house burned. The sug-
gestion was ignored. One week
later another anonymous note was
received, stating that il $1,000
was not deposited within a week
his house would be burned and he
would be killed in addition. No
attention was paid to the second
communication, and on Saturday
night, while Mr.. Carson was en-
route to Oxford for the mail, the
home was fired. Mrs. Carson was
found about 10 feet from the ruins
by Mr.. Dunn, "A neighbor, horri.
bly, burned and insensible. She
was taken home by Mr.. Dunn
where she rallied enough before
dying Sunday to relate her knowl-
edge of the transaction. She
rushed outside when she discover
ed the fire, but remem bered some
valuable papers and a treasured
old violin, and tried to save them
From that moment her mind was
a blank until she awoke in the
home of Mr.. Dunn.