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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
Estate of Mary Spaulding.

NTATE or VERMONT,
0DIsTR1CT OF ADDISON, -. \
The Probate Court for the District OF Addi.
son.
TO all persons interested IN th" estate of
Mary Spaulding, late of Bridpurt in said
district deceased.
GREETING:
BY the Authori Y of the state of Vermont
you are hereby notify 10 appear before
the said PROBATE Court, Mt the Probate Office
IN Middlebury, in said District ON the
2sth day of August, y. d.. 1903, to show
cause, If any You have, why the account
OF Calvin $. Isham, administrator Of the es-
tate OF said deceased, should not be allowed,
and also why the residue of said estate
should not be distributed to the parties en-.
titled thereto.
Dated at Middlebury, in said district, this
Goth day of July, a. ID. 1905.
80 HANNAH J. HARVEY, Register.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
WEYBRlDGE HILL.

Minor Hayward has moved his family
to Bristol.
Phelps Nash Surah of Cambridge,
Mass, is spending the summer at John
\. James.
The musicale held with Mrs. j.. \.
James was a decided success both social
ly and financially.
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton entertained
the Ladies' Aid society of the Congrega-
tional church Thursday afternoon.
The Congregational Sunday school
will hold their annual picnic at Lake
Dunmore ON Wednesday of next week,
August 16.
Misses Grace and Bernice Twitchel,
Ruth and Helen Smith and Mr.. Ben
Wales of Weybridge and Ruth Twitchel
of Hartford, Conn, with Mrs. Dan
Twitchel as chaperone are spending the
week at Lake Dunmore in one of the
Foote and Hamilton]cottages.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
In the District Court of the United States
for the District of Vermont.

In the District Court of the United States
for the District OF Vermont.
In the matter of
Edward NJ. Mathews In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt.
To the Hon. Hoyt II. Wheeler, Judge Of the
District Court of the United States for the
District OF Vermont:
Edward NJ. Mathews of Shoreham In the
county of Addison and state of Vermont, in
said District, respectfully represents: That
on the 9th day of February last past, he was
duly adiudged bankrupt under the Acts of
Congress relating TO bankruptcy; that he has
duly surrendered his property and rights OF
property and has fully complied with all the
requirements of said Acts and OF the orders
OF court touching his bankruptcy.
wherefore he prays that he may be decreeu
by the court to have a full discharge from
all debts provable against his estate under
said Bankrupt Acts, except such debts as are
excepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this 9th day of April, 1893.
EDWARD NJ. MATHEWS, Bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that the above
named bankrupt has filed his petition as
above, praying for a discharge from all his
debts in bankruptcy, except as are excepted
by law from such discharge, and that all
creditors and other persons Directing to such
discharge may attend before the undersigned
referee at his ONCE in V~ergennes on the 22d
day OF August. 1905, at ten O'Clock a. m, ana
then and there present their objections, II
any, to such discharge, with their proofs
thereon.
Dated, Vergennes, VI, August 10, 1905.
FRANK W. FUTILE, Referee
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
IN MEDICAL PRACTICE.

BY means of the leprolin serum, a
temporary cure has been effected in a
number of cases under the care OF the
mission of lepers in India, and the
patients are kept in special observa-
ton wards.
Inasmuch as a soldier wounded in
battle sometimes lacks the strength
to call u for help. DR.. Matignon, a
French doctor in the japanese Red
Cross service, has invented a whistle
which, with a very slight exertion,
gives a loud sound.
The purihcation of the water sup
ply of Chicago and the improvement of
the drainage system of that city have
cut the mortality from typhoid fever
down to about one-third of the death
list from that disease when the popu-
lation was little more than half as
great as it is now.
According to DR.. T. l.. Macdonald,
the prosperous and strenuous mental
life, combined with gorging, explains
the frequency of Bright's disease in
Ugh official circles 1t Washington. He
says IhdJ ONeTedtlnS Is the germ VI
nephritis. Mental activity and physi-
cal quiescence aid in it's production and
carking care and worry are also causa-
tive factors. Brights disease is
prone to attack the intellectual and
the anxious. Alcohol, he thinks, is
not as potent a cause as is generally
believed.
A rubber film glove has been de-
vised for surgeons. The gloves are
put on" by immersing the hands in a
weak solution of gutta percha in ben
zine or acetone. The purpose of the
film is to seal the surfaces of the hands
with an insoluble, impervious ano
practically imperceptible p~ellicle, which
will not admit blood, pus or secretions
Such a protective measure for sur
geons is said to be preferable to work
ing with rubber gloves, inasmuch a:
the sense of touch or ~pliability of the
skin is not impaired in any way.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
r E AL ESTATE !

House on South Main ST., for $500.
A good house on Pleasant street at
a bargain.
125 acre farm on good road, well
located, will keep 20 COWS, at a bargain.
l have a pleasant place in this vii
lage with barn and large lot, well
located for $4,000.
l have lots Of other places which |
do not advertise. 1t will pay you to
call and see me if you intend buying.
l have farms of all descriptions in all
parts Of the state. If you intend buy
ing, why not see me and l will make
arrangements for you to see such
places as will interest you. Do not buy
until you see what l have to offer you.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
BEWARE OF OiNTMENTs FOR CATARRH
IhAI CONTAIN MERCURY.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys.
TEN when entering it through the mucus sur.
faces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is ten
fold to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. j. Cheney x Co., Toledo. o., contains no
mercury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mocus surfaces
Of the system. In buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. 1t is taken in.
ernally and made in Toledo. Ohio, by f. j.
Cheney 4 Co. Testimonials free.
Sold Dy Druggists. Price. &c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
PUBLIC is AROUSED.

The public is aroused to a knowledge
of the curative merits of that great medi-
cinal tonic, Electric Bitters, for sick
stomach, liver and kidneys. Mary H.
Walters, of SAG st. Clair Ave, Columbus,
O., writes: For several months | was
given up to die. I had fever and ague,
my nerves were wrecked; l could not
sleep, and my stomach was so weak from
useless doctors drugs that l could not
eat. Soon after beginning to take
Electric Bitters obtained relief, and in
a short time l was entirely cured
Guaranteed at Sheldon's drug store
price SOC.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11

The nonresident proprietors of the town
of Granville in the county of Addison ana
state of Vermont, are hereby notified that
the taxes assessed by said town within three
years proceeding this date remain in whole
or in part unpaid upon the following de-
scribed land in said town to wit Part of Lot
No. 81, lt Division, drawn to the original
right OF John Lord, part OF Lot No.
So, list Division, drawn to the original
right OF Aaron Graves, taxes set to A.. W.
French, amounting to $lS.Sl: Part of Lot No.
lbs, Bird Division, drawn to the original right
OF Ezra sheldon, part of Lot. No. Isl, LIST
Division, drawn to the original right of Ben.
jamin Scott, taxes set to John ID. Nichols
estate, amounting to S4.74; Part OF Lot No.
40, LIST Division, drawn to the original right of
JOIN Stamford, Jr., taxes set to Abial H.
Patch, amounting to Sl.09.
And so much of said lands viii be sold at
public auction nj the store of If, &. Hubbard
in said town of Granville, on the 10th day OF
September, \. ID. 1905, at one O'Clock IN the
afte as shall be requisite to discharge
said taxes with costs, unless previously paid.
Dated at Granville, Vt. this 9TH day OF
August, A.. ID. 1905. +. y. HEMENWAY,
33t3c Collector of Town Taxes.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
MANNERS.
Step all the way back.

Don't block the doorway. Other
people want to get out
Sing out before you get to your floor,
so the boy won't have to reverse his
machine for you.
If you want to be regarded as a man
of mind, keep your hat on when all
the other men in the lift have theirs
OFF.
Take off your hat in honor of an
ancient lady, for a pretty girl is sure
to step in next, and then how chival-
rous you will feel.
Don't gouge, don't push, don't scowl
and say mean things. If you object
to being showed up against you ought
70 take the stairway.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
PECULIAR DISAPPEARANCE.

j. d. Runyan of Butlerville, o., laid
the peculiar disappearance of his painful
symptoms of INDIGESTION and biliousness
to DR.. Kings New Life Pills. He says:
''They are a perfect remedy for dizziness,
sour stomach, headache, constipation,
etc" Guaranteed at Sheldon's drug
store; price 25c.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
Thumb Marks Favored.

European bankers are agitating the
question of adopting the thumb mark
as a means of identification on checks
and other commercial papers. It is
declared that by this means it will be
impossible for the holder of a check
to obtain money unless he can match
the thumb print ON its margin.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
Pure Blood is a Defense

it means safety, a person whose blood
is in an impure and %impovished condition
is in the greatest danger of catching any
Kennedy's Favorite Remedy is the mild
est, safest and surest purifier of the
blood, thus striking at the root of Kidney,
Liver and Bladder diseases. $1.OO at all
druggists.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1905-08-11
WEYBRIDGE.

Quite a number will attend the camp
meeting from here.
Miss Hampstead was called home on
Wednesday by her fathers sickness.
Mrs. d. S. Twitchell and Misses Grace
and Bernice are at Moosalamoo Park for
a while.
Geo. Jimmo and Wesley Sturtevant
are at Little otter creek for a weeks
fishing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-10

Truffie dogs are very Jealous work
ers. If one were to make himself too
ofticious his companion would fall on
grow underground, and in such a case
the first few are gathered by the dogs
from the surface. Occasionally the
man is able to pick one or two himself.
They are not quite ready for taking,
however. No animal seems to be at
tracted by truffles only half grown and
immature The scent comes only when
they are ripe. A copse may be hunted
one day till apparently every truf1e has
been collected, and yet If visited after
short interval will probably yield as
many as before. Until they are mature
the dogs cannot find them.
Every time a truffle is found the
dogs stop and look at the pocket where
the bread is In begging attitude and
do not begin to hunt again till after
the repay" Food is doled out in the
tiniest morsels, and yet before the day
ask for the reward, they cease to eat
it. They are the most tfreless creatures
imaginable The assiduity Of one in
particular is extraordinary. l have
seen her work from dawn until dark,
collecting in that time nearly eight
pounds of trutfles, and yet with as
much briskness and apparent enjoy
ment for the last as for the first. "She
has the brains Of a whole litter in her."
says the owner gravely. Her mother
had only one puppy at her birth, and
he sincerely believes that the talents
which might have been divided be-
tween five or six were concentrated in
one.-Longman's Magazine.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-10
Eclipse Incidents.

Sir Norman Lockyer, the well known
astronomer, records that he never felt
more annoyed in his life than when he
discovered after the eclipse in India
in 1871 that an army officer who had
travelled 400 miles to help at his camp
never saw the eclipse at ALL 1t was his
duty to time the eclipse with chro-
nometer; but, knowing this would be
difficult unless he kept his eyes fixed
on the chronometer. just before the
eclipse he deliberately placed his back
to the sun in order that nothing should
tempt him to remove his eyes from the
timepiece
At this eclipse Sir Norman had no
little trouble with the superstitious ma
tives, who imagined that the sun was
about to be swallowed by the dragon
Rahu, whom they attempted to scare
away by the smoke of sacrlfcial fires.
The smoke would certainly have stop
ped all observations Of the eclipse had
not soldiers and policemen promptly
put out the fires.
In Egypt in the eclipse of 1882 sol
diers had to guard the British camp
from the excited Egyptians, who would
have Invaded 1t. AS it was, their wild
shrieks as the sun became overcast
were sufficiently disturbing.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-10
jean Antoinette POISSON

In reply to the question, What man
or woman, not monarch or acknowl-
edged ruler has welded the most des-
potic power?' a writer says no single
individual has ever equaled or even ap-
preached Jean Antoinette Poisson, the
most famous among the train of Louis
XIV Of France, who was created Mar
quise de Pompadour and for twenty
years swayed the whole policy Of
France. She filed all public offices with
her own nominees and made her own
creatures ministers of France She it
was who brought Belle Isle into office,
with his vigorous policy, and intro
duced the Able de Bernis into office to
work her own pleasure. Previous to
1855 the policy of France had been to
weaken Austria by alliance with Ger
many. This was arbitrarily changed
because Frederick the Great lampoon-
ed her and because Maria Theresa
wrote her d courteous letter entered
into an alliance with Austria, ultimat-
ing, as it turned out, in the Seven
Years war. She, moreover, correspond
ed with the generals in the field, pre-
pared all business for the kings eye
and daily examined the letters sent
through the post The king was a
mere puppet who assisted at the spec
tacle of his own reign and the people
for the time being bowed down and
worshiped" her.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-10

CRAVING nar.
But you know you are a family
man now" she reminded, with q little
murmur of irrepressible enjoyment.
You must expect to meet with new
difficulties. l wouldn't let a few fairy
tales bother me-" Her eyes twinkled
at him in gentle badgery.
"Give me that list" he suddenly de-
manded. taking the paper and pencil
from her you've left off one of the
most important items. There's some
thing else want to get him." He
scrubbed it down hastily.
"a motherr' she read in astonish-
ment and looked into his face with
startled eyes.
Don't you think he ought to have a
motherT" he asked mistakenly
Perhaps" She seemed suddenly be-
reft of ideas for conversation.
He leaned forward and took both her
hands in his. The notebook and pencil
fell unnoticed to the floor
Il seem to be developing a regular
mania for being family man." he
said enthusiastically, "and you know
you could read fairy tales better than
could. Won't you be part Of my fam
ily?" His voice was full of boyish
hope
The little smile around the corners Of
her mouth was more expressive than
ever
III get marriage license first" he
said joyfully. land then we VIII have
the papers of adoption made out in
both our names.'
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-10
THE DOMESTIC HUSBAND.
One View of the Man who Haunta
His Own Home Circle

One View of the Man Who Hauntz
His own Home Circle.
The foolishness of wives Is shown in
their warfare against the club be 1t
good or bad, and their indiscriminate
laudation of the domestic man. The
latter is not apt to be an alluring per
sonality, for, oscillating between down
town and home, his circle of interests
is necessarily narrow, and he inevita-
bly, takes up with more or less petty
matters and becomes a domestic mar
tinet or tame cat. All the big civic
interests that engage the energies of
public spirited men in their leisure
from business he ignores, as he does
association with men identified with
other worthy interests The petty gos-
sip of the home and the evening paper
constitute the typical domestic mans
relaxation from the grind of money
making, and apart from merely hav-
ing him within reach it is hard to I'M
derstand what pleasure the wife can
take in this variety of husband, for he
apparently feels under no obligation to
make himself agreeable 1t is not he
who makes the meal cheerful by set
ting the conversational pace In the d.
rection of amusing stories or interest
ing information, his usual contribution
being fussy comment on some trivial
domestic incident. More often he eats
in silence and departs in the shortest
time possible for the most desirable
chair In the living room, there to re-
main for the remainder of his evening
Such a man, however good a provider
he may be for his family, is a social
vegetable merely, in whom no woman
is justified in taking pride at this day,
when the need in public affairs is for
citizens who bear their share of the
burdens peculiar to our nation and
times.-Vogue.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-10

1.-THE rest cure" said the pale faced
man YEARLY as he stopped to reply to
the question Of IN inquisitive friend,
lis not all my fancy painted it. Here
Is how 1t worked out in my case:
"At 7:30 a. m. the nurse came to
take my temperature, at / had to
take bath and breathing exercise
then came medicine. after which fol-
lowed breakfast, visit from the resi-
dent physician, massage, a visit from
my own doctor, a slight operation to
test the purity or otherwise Of my
blood, more medicine, dinner, a visit
from another patient, letters and
tradesmen's bills, electrical treatment.
beef tea, more medicine, another visit
from the physician, cold pack and a
glass of milk
That's how the day passed. At s
was thoroughly exhausted and went to
sleep, the first real application Of the
rest cure had known since morning.
Rest cure indeedr And he pass
ed on with growl-London Mail.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-10
CHINESE CARVINGS.
Artistic Ornaments Cut Out of Nuta
and Tiny Fruit stones.

Artistic Ornaments Cut Out of Nuta
and Tiny Fruit stones.
The most curious objects which are
made subjects Of the carver's art In
China are the various nuts and fruit
stones. Among the latter class may be
named the stones Of the olive, plum,
peach, cherry, and Of the former the
most common are made upon the shells
of walnuts and cocoanuts. These seeds
and nuts are collected with great care
and carefully cleaned and dried before
being taken to the carver, who has an
invariable standard of size, proportion,
weight, hardness, etc. When every de-
tail has been carried out to the salts
faction of the artist a nut or seed is
selected by the designer, who roughly
traces upon its surface an outline of
the future picture. This is handed over
to apprentices, who block out the de-
sign by cutting through the Iigenous
tissue along the lines drawn The
crude carving is again passed to the
designer, who sketches a second and
more intricate series of outlines, when
it again goes forward to the subordi-
mates, who cut out the indicated chan
nels. After this the designer gives the
object its finishing touches, and the as
sistants prepare it for market by pol
ishing, oiling and waxing the carvings.
These nut and fruit stone carvings are
shown in the shape Of buttons, watch
charms, sleeve links, earrings and
brooches. Collections of them strung
on silver, copper or gold wire are also
used as bracelets, anklets, necklaces,
rosaries and official ornaments.
The carvings represented upon these
seed and nut ornaments are frequently
of very high order Of conception and
display much of the carvers clever
ness and dexterity. The writer has
seen single cherry seeds upon which
were plainly and artistically outlined q
dragon, two crickets, cornfower and
bunch of grapes. On the larger seeds
and nuts are represented entire trees
and their fruits and leaves, vines with
leaves, flowers and vegetables attach
ed as well as buildings, bridges, tow
ers, temples and fences. Among the
second group. which are usually com
posed principally of animal figures, the
horse, lion, tiger, elephant, camel and
bull are most generally represented
Exchange
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-10
A GREAT TIMBER ei:l-T.
The worlds Creates. Forest I. to q

The Worlds Greatest Forest Is to BE
Found In Siberia.
Siberia from the plain of the Obi
river on the west to the valley of the
Lndighirka on the east is one great
timber belt, averaging more than 1000
miles in breadth from north to south,
being fully LOO miles wide in the
Yenisei district. and having a length
from east to west of about 5000 miles.
Unlike equatorial forests, the trees of
the Siberian tiagas are mainly conf
fers, comprising pines of several va
rieties, frs and larches. In the Yeni-
sci, Lena and Olenek regions there are
thousands of square miles where no
human being has ever been. The long
stemmed conifers rise to a height of
$50 feet and stand so closely together
that walking among them is difficult
The dense, lofty tops exclude the
pale arctic sunshine and the straight,
pale trunks, all looking exactly alike,
so bewilder the eye in the obscurity
that all sense Of directionis lost. Even
the most experienced trappers of sable
dare not venture into the dense tiagas
without taking the precaution of "blaz-
ing" the trees constantly with hatchets
as they walk forward. If lost there
the hunter rarely finds his way out,
but perishes miserably from starva-
ton and cold
The natives avoid the tiagas and
have name for them which signifies
places where the mind is lost"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-10-10
How People Bothered owen

Owen was known to all circles pos
sessing the slightest tlncture of science
as the man who could reconstruct an
entire extinct animal If you gave him
the fragment of fossil tooth. The
public would not buy his books, but
they showed their appreciation Of his
genius in various simple minded fash
ions. All reports about the sea serpent
were referred to him for examination
People who fancied that they had
found live toads imbedded In rock or
coal wrote to ask him what he thought
of it. One Gay, just as he was setting
out to keep a dinner engagement he
was detained for half an hour by a
note from a stranger wanting to know
whether something he had found In a
sausage was or was not the tooth of a
dog and requesting an immediate an
swer. To the credit of the sausage
vender it proved to be the tooth of a
sucking pig.
On another occasion, Earl Russell
having received as present from
President Grant what purported to be
a bear ham, sent the bone for examina-
ton to Owen. One is sorry to hear
that the great anatomist at once pro-
nounced 1t to be the ham bone of an
ordinary pig.-London Academy.