davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
OUR FRENCH GUESTS.
Notable Persons Here to Attend Ro-
chnmbcnu Monument dwelling.

NEW YORK, May 19.-The steamer
La Touraine, bearing the French men
and women who have come to this
country to attend the unwilling of the
statue of Rochambeau at Washington
on May q. is in port. They are NJ.
Gullemin. -. de Billy and Nicomte de
Chambrun. representatives of NJ. Del
cassc French minister Of foreign af-
fairs: COmtc and Comtesse de Rocham.
beau. the COmtesse de Chambrun. wife
of the older brother of Nicomte de
Chambrun. formerly Miss LongwOrth
of Cincinnati: NJ. Croiset. dean of Sar-
bunnC university. who came as the rep
roscntativc of the French minister Of
instruction; NJ. Lagravc, French COM
missioner general to the Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition; Ferdinand IIamar,
the sculptor of the Rochambeau statue,
and NJ. Hamar's father.
The Nicomte de Chambrun is n direct
descendant of the Lafayette family ana
is, in fact. the great great- grandson OF
General Lafayette He is young
man, but has been here before. He
speaks good English. The Comte de
RochambCau. hewever, has only
slight knowledge of English, and Secre-
tary Reynolds had to talk entirely in
French. The comte is tall and good
looking.
Ferdinand Hamar. the sculptor, is
deaf and dumb and was forced to carry
on conversation by means of a pencil
and pad. The sculptor wrote that the
statue in Washington was Il duplicate
of one which he had made in the gar
dens of the Comte de Rochambeau at
Nendome. France.
Most of the party will stay here for
several weeks after the ceremonies at
Washington.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
WORK OF CONGRESS.
Senator DoIliVer on Philippine Bill.
Naval Appropriation Passed.

Naval Appropriation Passed.
WASHINGTON. May 2O.-Only a
brief time was devoted by the senate
yesterday to consideration of the Phil
ippine government bill. Mr.. Dollver
QaD supported the bill. which he said
was one of the most important pieces
of constructive legislation presented
since the civil war. He arraigned the
Democratic minority for its opposition
TO the measure. He insisted that the
Philippine instruction as Il military
proposition was Il thing of the past and
declared that in no circumstances
would the United States relinquish the
Philippines.
Before adjournment the house pass
ed the naval appropriation bill. The
feature of the debate was on the
amendment offered by Mr.. Roberts
(Mass) providing that three of the
ships provided for in the bill, a battle
ship, cruiser and gunhoat, shall be
built in government yards. Mr.. Adj
ans Pal made a point of order against
the amendment. which Mr.. sherman
sustained. but on an appeal by Mr..
Roberts the chair was oVorruled. and
the amendment was agreed to. Under
a suspension Of the rules the bill for
eight hour work OH all government con
tracts was passed. also a bill author
ling the construction of national
sanitarium for disabled soldiers at Hot
Springs, :. -.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
Hugh shaft ouarried at Barre.

Twenty-Five teams of horses were re-
quired 10 haul granite monolith weigh
Ing forty-three tons and measuring
thirty-four feet in length, which was
carted Monday from the Erie railway
siding at Paterson, y. j., to Cedar Lawn
Gem, terry. 1t is to be a part of the maui
solemn where rests the body of the late
Vice President Carrot A. Hobart. The
vault was quarried at Barre. While the
huge mass of stone was being drawn
through the city streets manhole covers
were crushed in, cross-walks were torn
up, and large sections of the macadam
pavement were ripped up. The weight
of the stone sank the wheels of the truck
into the pavement as far as the hubs,
and several times the dray had to be
lacked up before new start could be
made.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
Creed ReviSionists Victorious.

NEW YORK, May 16.-That element
of the Presbyterian church which calls
itself liberal on the subject of creed re
vision achieved what it's adherents con-
sidered notable victory in the first
slIirmish of the general assembly
which convened at the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian church by electing as
moderator of the body for the coming
year the Rev. DR.. Henry Van Dyke of
Princeton, y, j.. acting pastor of the
Brick church of this city.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
THE KAISER'S OFFER.


VIII Erect statue of Frederick the
Great In Washington.
WASHINGTON, May 17.-President
Roosevelt has received from the Ger
man emperor a telegram which is in
part as follows
Il am still under the deep impression
created by the splendid and cordial re-
ception of my brother, Prince Henry,
by the citizens of the United States of
America. | wish to commemorate the
visit of Prince Henry by gift to the
people of America. which | request you
to accept in their name. | intend to
present Il statue in bronze of Frederick
the Great to the United States, to be
erected in Washington on place you
will kindly choose. May this gift be
looked upon as lasting sign of the in
innate relations which have been sue
cessfully fostered and developed be
tween our two great nations
President Roosevelt has replied
thanking Emperor William heartily in
the name of the United States.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23

NEW YORK, May 20.-Among the
passengers who arrived per Ward line
steamer Monterey from Havana was
Sir William Van Horne. who said he
expected that the last spike in the San
ia Clara and Santiago railroad would
be driven next week. He also said:
I'VE shall have no official celebration
of our opening, as l do not believe in
such things. but | believe the event
will be auspicious and an augury of
good for Cuba. We are building Il num-
Der of branch lines as feeders to our
system"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23

NEW YORK, May 16-The Rev. DR..
Brent, Protestant Episcopal bishop Of
the Philippines who sails for his post
tomorrow. teegraphed from Boston
that 100000 had been given him to he
used in building cathedral. school
and bishops house in Manila. The
name of the giver is withheld, The
land upon which the buildings are to
stand is already owned by the Episco-
pal board of missions. Apart from this
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23

MONTREAL, May 2O.-Coloncl Cay
nor and Captain Greene have won the
first slirmish in the fight against ex-
tradition to the United States, and
ngain the two men are in the old city
of Quebec. where they believe proceed
ings to force them to return to the
United States to answer the charge Of
defrauding the United States govern
ment can be successfully fought.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
Descendant of Paul Revere Dead

ORANGE. y. j., May 2O.-Alrs. Su-
san LaZclle Revere Sampson, widow of
the late William 5. Sampson. formerly
of Bridgewater, Mass. is dead ut the
home of her sister, Mrs Stats S. Nor
rs in Fast Orange. She was eighty
five years of age and great-grand-
daughter of Paul Revere. who gave the
alarm at Lexington and Concord.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
story of Abe IIumnnel.

A conductor on a Broadway car had
refused to take transfer the other
day on the ground that it was too long
after the hour punched. The passenger
was politely told that under the rules
he could not except the transfer, and
that he would have to pay his fare or
leave the car, says the New York Sun
day Times.
I'm not pay, and I'll not leave the
car" said the passenger, savagely.
I'll pay for you then" said the con-
ductor, ringing up the fare. "l'd rath-
er lose five cents than wrangle sith a
passenger"
This would doubtless have closed the
incident had not the irate passenger
seen "Abe" Hummel sitting opposite
him. TO him the irate one appealed
to know if be was right or wrong in
refusing to pay his fare.
$40 you wish my legal advice" asked
Mr.. Hummel, with show of gravity.
Il do "
81 never give legal advice without Il
fee"
swell, here's S. bill" said the pas
senger, peeling of bill from big
roll and handing it to Mr. Hummel, who
promptly accepted it.
my advice is-pay your fare or get
of the car"
us that all?"
NO" replied Mr.. Hummel. Then
calling the conductor and handing him
the bill, he remarked: SIT is certainly
worth that much money to find and re-
ward a gentlemanly conductor"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
Serious Chicago Catastrophe.

CHICAGO, May 17.-During the
progress of a fire which last night de-
stroyed the lard refinery of Armour &
Co. in the Union stockyards twenty
nine people were injured, five of them
in a manner which will probably cause
death in Il short time. The loss of the
company is estimated by its officers at
between S75O,0O0 and 5000, 900, with all
the chances in favor of the latter fig
ure
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23

WASHINGTON, May II. Jacob
Sleeper of Massachusetts has been Sc
lected for appointment as first secre-
tary of legation at Havana. He was
recommended by Senator Lodge. He
was secretary Of legation for the Unit
ed States at Bogota from 1893 to 1898.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23

al, ana the land there has Deen rai9oJ,
considerable endowment fund for the
support of the episcopate, the Church
club of New York alone contributing
SIG 600
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
TRUSTEES
HENRY WELLS.

Deposit, made on either of the first four
business days OF any month draw interest
from the LIST. l. made afterward interest
Will commence tbs first CT the following
month.
Interest will he credited to depositors Jan.
/ uary LIST and July LIST, compouding twice g
year. There are no stockholders in this bank.
All earnings, less expenses, belong 10 oe.
postors. The rate of interest depends on the
earnings but the law fixes the rate that any
savings bank i'll the state can pay at not TO
exceed three and one halt per cent per annum,
until It's surplus reaches ten per cent of its
deposit, when 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 $4,000 and no in.
terest will be paid on any SUN in excess OF
this amount, except on deposits by widows.
orphans, administrators, executors, guar.
dians, charitable or religious institutions OF
on trust funds deposited by order of court.
Funds may be sent by Dank check or draft
or postal money order and deposit book will
be returned by next mail.
Applications for loans or for informant at
70 standing OF the bank may be made to Rufus
Wainwright, Middlebury. or Z. c. Dixie,
Bristol.
CHARLES l.. SMITH. President
FREDERICK W. WARD Treasurer
Y i>HAM. Asst Treas.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23
JULIA v. TELLER

almost constant backache for the last
year. The other two suffered from ca
tarrh of the head and throat.
81 have used it after most unpleasant
experience with an attack of la grippe,
and found that three bottles completely
restored me to health. Julia V. Teller.
Mrs. Mary Hardy, of 56S w. Polk
street, Chicago, ILL.,, writes:
81 find il necessary each spring to
take some kind of a tonic and have
tried a great many but have found
none of such value as Peruna.
"Affer taking a few doses feel the
good effects and seldom need TO take
more than one bottle as a spring nedi-
cine. "---Mrs. Mary Hardy.
Mrs. Catherine r. Bertos, SOB n. Elm
street, Centralia, ILL.,, writes:
81 have found Peruna the most salts
flying medicine 1 ever tried in my life.
1 suffered for years with catarrh of the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-05-23

stomach which became aggravated
every time I caught slight cold. My
food did not digest properly, and life lost
its best charm until tried Peruna. 1t
bottles to effect a complete cure, but
would not be back in the former condi.
ton for thousand dollars. am most
grateful for being cured completely and
feel better than l have done for years.
Catherine r. Bertos.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-23
HORACE DAY.

The announcement of the death Of Horace Day, which is made this morn ing. will hardly surprise those who knew his age and enfeebled condition, He had lived eighty-tiye years, and though he was able to be about and at- tend to his duties at the Board If Ed ucation rooms, the labor and sorrow which go with the excessive years had lately been his His career has been a long and useful one. He was well born and well educated, and he has been active in many fields of effort. But the principal and most valuable work of his life has been that which he has done for education in New Haven. This work, which covers a period of about forty years, has been characterized by great good judgment, accurate and comprehensive knowledge and unwaV- ering fidelity to duty. What Mr. Day didn't know about school matters in New Haven nobody knew, and his knowledge was very useful and well used. He was the first Superintendent of Schools in New Haven, and he was the first assistant to all the other superintendents. For his work in and for the schools New Haven owes him lasting remembrance and honor.
 Mr. Day was thoroughly New Ha- ven man, although he had seen and lived in other parts of the world. But he loved New Haven and was interested in all connected with it. He had a most intimate and accurate knowledge of local history, and it is to be hoped that he has set down some of that knowl- edge for the information and instruc- tion of those who will come after him. He was friendly and kind, and his later years brought him a peaceful patience and philosophy which enabled him tc look on the turmoil and yicissitudes of the world with calmness and hope. He had a gentle wit and he was an un- commonly interesting man to talk with Even in his latest years he retained his mental alertness, and his fine mind was in good working order. He has ceased from his labors, but he will be long re- membered as one of New Haven's most useful citizens. He will be especially missed and mourned by all connected with the management of the schools
 who knew him as a capable and wise counsellor and a trusty friend.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-23
ANNUITHS

Prof. c. S. Grimes of Evanston, Ill.,, now 94 years of age, carried a policy of S5,ooo for many years and when he reached theadvanced age 7ohe despaired of its ever becoming a claim, so he compromised with the company on the basis of an annuity of S4Ioper year for the rest of his life. During the past A years he has received his annual payments with regular ity and great equanimity of mind and, having already drawn So, $40, he has come to the conclusion that he has found the elixir of life in an Annuity. Q
 At age 70, s1,ooo deposited in The Mutual Life Insurance Go. of New York will yield an annuity of SI24.77 for life.
 This great corporation is the most wealthy moneyed institution in the world and more than SIo,ooo, 900 in claims has been paid in this state through the under signed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-23
THUNDERsTORMs AND TURNED
 MILK.

During serious electrical disturbances in the atmosphere it is well known that beer may become hard" milk may go sour, and meat may frequently turn" Considerable speculation has arisen as to the cause of this change. It has been suggested that an ozonized state of the air due to electric dis charge has something to do with it, or that the formation Of nitrous acid in tn2 air is responsible for the change. It is. however, not probable that the atmo- sphere undergoes any chemical change sufficient to account for the extent to which certain foods turn" Moreover any important quantity of ozone or nitrous acid would be calculated to ex- .ert a preservative effect, as both are powerful antiseptics.
 It may be urged. again, that the phe- nomenon is due to oxidation by means of ozone, but this can hardly be the | case, in view of the large quantities of beer and milk that are soured in rela- | tion to the very small quantity of ozone which q thunderstorm produces. In the case of meat, at any rate; the turning can scarcely be attributed to the action of ozone or of oxygen. The change is probably due, not directly to chemical agencies, but purely to disturbance of the electric equilibrium.
 l It is we'll known that an opposite cleo triCal state is set up by induction, SC that an electrical condition of the at mosphere induces a similar condition though opposite in character, in the Ob- l jects on the earth. Persons near whom a flash of lightning passes frequently experience a sever shock by induction though no lightning touches them: and in the celebrated experiment Of Galvan he showed that skinned frog in the
 neighborhood of an electrical machine | although dead, exhibited COnvulsive movements every time that spark was drawn from the conductor. Tn the case of milk turning or of beer hardening or of meat becoming tainted, it is prob ably, therefore, an instance of chemica convulson or, it may be, of stimulus given to bacteriOlogical agencies set IT by an opposite electric condition induc- ed by the disturbed electrical state o the atmosphere. Although these changes are most marked during 2
 thunderstorm. yet undoubtedly they oc
 cur at other times though not to tn
 same degree, when thore is no apparent electric disturbance.
 But even when the sky is clear the atmosphere may exhibit considerable electrical tension. The .electroscopt constantly shows that conducting point elevated in the air is taking up ( positive charge Gas rule) of electricity teh tension rising with the height of the
 point This effect increases towart
 daybreak until it reaches a maximum
 some hours after sunrise It thor
 dimnishes, until it is weakest, a few hours before sunset, when again it rise
 and attains a second maximum valut
 some hours after sunset, the second minimum occurring before daybrealz
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-23
The Happy Long Ago.

They tell us Uf the good old times Tilc happy long ago Alas. the world IO-day is filled
 With nothing much but woe! Back ill the blissfuI, lovely Gayss
 When all things were sO nice, No iCeman's wagons rumuIeu, ana
 The people had no ice. Back in the happy, happy days
 When people were so blest, When life was worth the living. and The world was at it's best. Men didn't turn the faucets on
 When they went home Ut night And plunge as We plunge into tubSs
 All smooth and clean and white. The good old days, the fair old days,
 Ere awnings had been made, How sweet it must have been, when It Was ninety in the shade, To sit beside a window where
 The sun was shining through, While from unsprinkled streets the aust
 Ill choking volumes blew! How glad they must have been who lived
 In those old, happy days, When everything was done by hand
 In good old-faShiOned ways, When smoky candies pierced the gloom
 And babies yelled at night Because there were no safety pins
 To give their souls delight. An! happy, happy days long past,
 When all the world WAS gay, Ere window screens had been devised
 To keep the flies away; When people slept on corded beds
 And had their visions rare. While glad mosquitoes took their fill-
 What happiness was there.
 $. E. Riser in Chicago Record-Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-23

There are, accordingly, constant changes of electrical tension going on, changes. however, which are more rapid and much more marked during thun- derstorm and which are quite powerful enough to exert an evil influence on certain articles of food or drink sus- ceptible to change, notably meat, milk, and beer or cider.
 There is no doubt that the unfavor- able effects on the feeling of well-being experienced by many individuals, such as headache and oppression and ner- vous distress, on the advent of thun- derstorm have a similar found4ti m and are dut to the same electrical differ ences of potential, the effects passing away as the disturbed condition of the atmosphere, or the storm, subsides.-- From the Lancet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-23
ynRE MONEY VA WHY'D.

John w. Gates, who has been looked
 upon principally as a Wall street plunger, is developing into an instructor of the public. He is being interviewed
 daily and oftener, and he says much. One of his latest is a demand for an increase of the currency of the country, although the amount of our currency has been raised in eight years over seven hundred millions of dollars, or about 50 per cent. in its volume. Gates says: If some of the politicians of high degree would look more carefully into the financial requirements of this coun- try and bring forward a proposition that could be passed by congress in- creasing the currency, whereby business might be done more nearly on a cash basis and less credit required, the vio- lent fluctuations, tight money and the like which exist at times would soon
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-23

disappear. The lack of the necessary funds to meet the expanding business Of the country seems to me one of the greatest menaces to our prosperity.
 IL cannot be doubted that in thus speaking MT. Gates has the good of the country at heart. He knows that Wall street hasn't money enough, and he also knows that it never will have enough to do what it sometimes wants to do. Still, some more would be acceptable to the gigantic schemers there.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-23
LEmITED.

Harry-What did your pa say when you told him my love was like an in- petuOus river?
 HamIet-IIe said: Dam it."-Boston Transcript.
 He Knew.-Teacher (to class in geog- raphy)--"And who knows what the peo- pie in Turkey are called Class (unan- imousIy)-'Turks!" Right. Now, who can tell me what those living in Austria are called?" Little Boy Please, mum, know. Ostriches! Judge.
 Prohibited.-"Dear, dear" sighed Mrs. Nuliwed, T suppose I'll have to take this receipted bill down to the milliner myself" You can mail it, can't you?' asked her husband. No, indeed. I've seen those large signs stuck up all over the city which read: Post no bills "- Baltimore Herald.
 Made Matters Worse.-Towne-" My wife used to get nervous every time she heard a noise down stairs, but assured her that it couldn't be burglars, because they're always careful not to make any noise" Brown-"So that calmed her, eh?" Towne-"Not much. Now she gets nervous every time she doesn't hear any noise. e."-Philadelphia Press.
 If you keep on as you have begun Mabel" complained the young husband running his eye over the expense &C., count, i've shall never be able to lay C. SS,xY can you say so, Harry exclaimed the young wife. righteously indignant when you know I have two of the loveliest rainy day skirts that were ever made "-Tit-Bit
The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-23

Jules Legras, a French traveller, who has made trip through Manchuria on the railroad Russia is constructing there, tells a story in the Revue des Deux Mondes of the rapid Russianiza- ton of the province. At a banquet at Khaitor to celebrate the progress of civ ilization the Russians and Italians en- gagged in the railroad building said the usual things about civilization and the inferior races, when Buddha Rabdano- witch Rabdanov, a Bouroite by race, gave the eulogium this ironic turn: "Civili- zation?" said he. Yes, civilization goes forward at railroad speed in this coun- try; it expands as this railroad grows. I will give you an illustration. Three years ago I was in Khaitor, and there was nothing but Bouriotes talking Bouriote and Mongols talking Mon golian. Now all that is altered. No longer ago than yesterday in a street here Mongol carter insulted me in Russian"