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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
Tit For Tat.

He rejoiced in the not very humor-
Gus name of Wood, and he prded him
self on his jokes and smart repartee.
Few of his friends had escaped the
lash Of his tongue and he had victim
lied many by his practical jokes-in
fact, he never lost an opportunity of
being funny. One day he met friend
whose name was Stone, and naturally
a name like that was too good chance
to miss.
Good morning. Mr.. Stone" he said
gayly: land how is Mrs. Stone and all
the little pebbles"
ooh, quite we'll, Mr.. Wood" was the
whitening reply. "How's Mrs. Wood
and all the little splintersT-Stray
Stories.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
Truly ConRfderate.

A considerate patient had an artery
opened by mistake for a vein by a
French surgeon in the operation Of
bloodletting. The woman succumbed
not long after to the effect of the
blunder, but in her will left the sur
geon a small yearly pension, mot only
to comfort him, but so that he could
live the rest of his life without doing
vivisection any more" A similar his
toric occurrence is related in the Med
ical Times of a Polish princess who
ed clause to her will expressing her
forgiveness and leaving the surgeon a
small pension to indemnify him for the
floss of reputation that may follow my
sad catastrophe"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
THE GRANGE
Conducted by
J. W. BARROW. Chatham. N. Y.
Grange
STATE LECTURERS DUTIES
Chiefly For Improvement of Lecture
Work In Subordinate Oranges.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
believe the duty of the state grange
lecturer should be chiefly for the i'm
provement of the lecture work in sub
ordinate granges-planning that work
in measure, suggesting methods, reg
ularly furnishing topics for discourse,
preparing special day programmes,
etc. and in a general way assisting the
subordinate lecturers in making their
work as effective as possible. Many
personal letters should be written
where a weak lecturer is located, and
at all times let the lecturers feel that
the state lecturer is their servant in
time of need.
Secondarily comes the field work
through picnic addresses, Pomona
grange talks, lecturers conferences
and occasionally a visit to n subordi-
nate grange when it is in everyday
working order. This field work gives
the much needed personal touch to the
lecture work, although we hold that of
the two the printed page and personal
letter can best do our duty. The work
Of organizing oranges should not be ex-
pected of state lecturer unless it be
where comparatively few oranges ex-
list and the combined force of grange
officials in the state is needed to ex-
tend the organization. The state lee
turer should never lose sight of the
fact that the greatest progress our
Order can make must come through
the subordinate grange, where the rank
and file of members are to be helped.
MRS. F. D. SAUNDERS,
Lecturer Michigan State Grange.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
THE GRANGE LIBRARY.
The influence of Books In the Hands
of Patrons.
Lecturer Michigan State Grane

The Influence of Books In the Hands
of Patrons.
The fact that so many oranges are
awakening to the Importance of found
ing grange libraries is a most hopeful
sign. We talk a great deal about ed
cation in the grange, what it should
and should not include. OF this fact
we should never lose sight: The great
est thing pertaining to education is to
know how to read well. Arithmetic,
geography, bookkeeping. all have their
place in education. They prepare the
child for practical conditions, and to a
great extent they develop the mind,
as all mental exercise necessarily does.
But the mind is really fed through
reading. 1t grows by what it feeds
upon, and if fed by the sensational
stories of the newspapers and by trashy
books it can never gain the heights Of
excellence. Let the grange library take
more prominent part in the domes-
tic economy of every well regulated
grange. Let the grange library be-
come the missing link between the
grange and the home The book in the
hands of Patron should carry on the
work begun in the grange meeting.
We should select our books with
care since good books in library tend
to promote moral and intellectual
growth. Books cannot be read with
out exerting some influence. They ele-
vate or degrade; they strengthen or
weaken; they add to or subtract from
mental force. One man reaps tares,
and another gathers golden grain in
the same field because of the seed sown
somewhere in his early life. Let us
have more grange libraries.-New York
Grange Bulletin.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
Milk In the Sickroom.

Milk is the chief article of food and
nourishment in every sickroom and
hospital, and every physician and
nurse should know the source of sup
ply, its purity, before ordering it in
any form for invalids and GONZALES
cents. 1t is not enough that it comes
as country milk" There must be in
tegrity and experience back of it. 1t
has been scientifically demonstrated
and proved that pure milk products
are the most nutritious, economical
and easily digested foods when the milk
is obtained in all its purity and kept
so from pasture to consumer.-Charles
Elley Hall in Leslie's Weekly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
Canals and Roads In France.

1t is curious that the French, who
have done more than most nations to
cultivate the graces of life, should be
the people to boast the most perfect
system of canals and roads in the
world; more curious. still that, when
most practical, they are still careful
not to sacrifice the purely graceful or
decorative. The roads and canals are
built for use, but between their serried
ranks Of poplars they become so many
stately groves and avenues. crossing
the country from end to end.-Century.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
The Word "Papa."

For some time after the word papa"
was taken into the English language
In the seventeenth century it was re-
stricted to courtly and polite speech
and was common even among adults.
Long after It had become childish it
was still accounted genteel. Hood
wrote of one who was "genteelly
taught to say. not father, but papa"
Papa" may be comparatively a new
conner into the English language, but
it is as old as Homer. Nausicaa in
the Odyssey" calls her father "pappa
phile"-dear papa.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27

Every human being. unless he lacks
utterly the capacity to love. is an ideal
list. No man can boast that he accepts
only the plain facts" of existence as
his guide posts. Love makes idealists
of us all. Through love we are given
the power to look beyond the crude
husk we call the fact. Any great
achievement is impossible without this
power. Life thrills with meaning and
magic for the true idealist.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
A WOOD SAVING FLY.
The Tool with which II Makes .
Cradle For Its Young.

Cradle For Its Young.
1t is marvellous how many of the tiny
creatures in the insect world conceal
and preserve their eggs. Some will
deposit them in extraordinary places;
others will insert them in the skins Of
living animals; others, again, deposit
their eggs where the young grub, after
coming from the egg, finds food close
at hand.
Among these last mentioned are In
sects who bestow great labor in the
cradle Of their young. The place they
select is hard part of leaf or the
woody branch Of tree. In this they
saw out a hole large enough to contain
their eggs, whence their name, saw
flies. For this purpose they are pro-
vided with an ovipositor of peculiar
construction. 1t consists of two long
pieces closing like a sheath over a
third.
In the tenthredo this third piece con-
tains two little saws, each Of which has
been compared to the tenon saw used
by the cabinetmakers. The tenor saw
is single, but that of the tenthredo Is
double, consisting of two distinct saws.
The insect in using them throws out
one saw and while it is returning
pushes out the other.
This alternate motion Is continued
until the cut is made, when the two
saws, receding from each other. con-
duct the egg between them into its
place. Not only is the edge of the saw
notched into teeth, but on every tooth
a number of smaller teeth appear.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
THE BEST SLEEP.
1t Is That Which One Cannot Avoid
Without q Struggle.

WtnOut struggle.
When debating the question, How
much sleep is needed? one must keep
in mind that the best sleep, indeed, the
only healthy kind, is that which one
cannot avoid without a struggle. 1t is
the sleep that always follows on weari-
ness; it is not that which is obtained
by difficulty. If person slept for three
hours right away and then awoke re-
freshed-that is, with no further in
clination to sleep-he would not then
be in need Of it. His proper course
would be to arise and engage in work.
But he must be prepared to sleep at
any time in the day when the longing
occurs. To the latter rule there is one
exception. Let us suppose that one
has acquired the habit of sleeping half
the night and lying half awake during
the remaining half. Such a habit can
be best broken by rising after the first
sleep and refraining from nap in the
day. When the bed hour arrives the
chances are that the victim of insom-
mia will be so sleep hungry that he
will not wake until the proper hour for
rising.
In any case it is a great mistake to
turn over on the other side and remain
in half conscious state. Indeed, it Is
a more serious mistake than many
would believe says Home Notes. The
brain is now in a peculiar state. more
closely resembling the hypnotic than
would be possible under any other nor
NAL conditions. Quite q lot might be
written about the peculiar dangers and
powers of this half waking state.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
The Silence Cure.

Nerve specialists, it is said, are now
recommending silence cure" for wo-
men who suffer from nerves. The pa
tents have to set apart a certain num-
Der Of hours in which no word is
spoken. A woman we know tried this
treatment, with a curious result. She
herself came out in a rash, but her
husband, who suffered from head
aches, recovered.-Punch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27

The highway tax of the town of Or
well for 1906 was S45053. Her oppor-
tionment by the state was S54753, Her
gain under the present system of taxa
ton was $1,000. Mr.. Clements demo-
cratic platform would deprive Orwell of
this material gain. Will the voters of
Orwell stand for it?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
FERRISBURG.
J. o. Walker is on the gain.

D. " w dihei 10 VII VIC gam
A handsome and very docile deer
walked leisurely into Joseph Danyaw S
yard last Thursday noon. After looking
around awhile went slowly down the
road.
Mr.. and Mrs Lee Bodies of Clinton
vile. N. Y, have been visiting their
aunt Mrs. j. Danyaw and went Saturday
to Proctor to visit another aunt, Mrs.
H. Gibbs.
Last Saturday night some of the late
stragglers who were returning home
from Vergennes, were kind enough to
stop and help themselves to about all
the milk that 5. n. Jackman had in his
cans. 1t is known who the culprits are.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
LINCOLN.

The highway tax of the town of Lin
coin for 1906 was $194.13. Her appor-
tionment by the state was S404.13 Her
gain under the present system of taxa
ton was $4,000. Mr.. Clements demo-
cratic platform would deprive Lincoln
of this material gain. Will the voters of
Lincoln stand for it?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
SAILS BURY.

The highway tax of the town of Sails
bury FOR 1906 was $229.20. Her appor-
tionment by the state was S26073. Her
gain under the present system of taxa
ton was $31 SO. Mr.. Clements demo-
cratic platform would deprive Salisbury
of this material gain. Will the voters of
Salisbury stand for it?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
Question For n Question.

John" said the distinguished law
yer severely, ''have you been in swim
ming in spite of my express prohibit
tom"
Father" said John earnestly, isn't
it one of the first principles Of law
that no witness is bound to incriminate
himselfT- Somerville Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
LEICESTER.

The highway tax of the town of Lei
cester for 1906 was Sll9.23. Her appor-
tionment by the state was 2Os5S. Her
gain under the present system of taxa
ton was $685. Mr.. Clements demo-
cratic platform would deprive Leicester
of this material gain. Will the voters of
Leicester stand for it!
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
A "SovEREIoN" THAT COSTS ONLY ONE
DOLLAR.

DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy,
of Rondout, N. ", is a Sovereign" medi-
cine for nervousness, Rheumatism, Kid
ney and Liver complaints, and all the
ills peculier to women. 1t drives the
poison from the blood, and restores the
patient to the bloom of health. You will
never regret the exchange of one dollar
for bottle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
Matrimony.

Matrimony resembles pair Of
shears, so Joined that they cannot be
separated. often moving in opposite
directions, yet always Furnishing any
one who comes between them.-S.
Smith.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
The Change of n Word.

A prospective woman tenant through
the typewrlter's omission of one all i'm
portant little word of two letters re-
ceived the following startling state
ment: Dear Madam: You can have
the fiat, provided you repaint and re-
decorate yourself.'
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27

Caller-Is your father at home? Lit
tie Daughter - What is your name,
please? Caller-Just tell him 1t is his
old friend Bill Little Daughter-Then
guess he amt at home. I heard him
tell mamma If any bill came he wasn't
at home.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
His Resources About Exhausted.

Father-Do you think you can sup
port her in the style to which she has
been accustomed? Suitor-Not in the
style to which she has been accus-
toned since we became engaged.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
BEATS Ths MUSIC CURE.

ITO Keep the body in tune" writes
Mrs. Mary Brown. 20 Lafayette Place,
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 81 take DIR. Kings
New Life Pills. They are the most re-
liable and pleasant laxative have found"
Best for the Stomach, Liver and Bowels.
Guaranteed by w. III. Sheldon, druggist
25c.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
GRANVILLE.

The highway tax of the town of Gran
vile for 1906 was S77.9S. Her appor-
tionment by the state was S2S0.29. Her
gain under the present system of taxa
ton was S202.31 Mr. Clements demo-
cratic platform would deprive Granville
of this material gain. Will the voters of
Granville stand for it?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
CORNWALL

The highway tax of the town of Corn
wall for 1906 was $276.47. Her appor-
tionment by the state was S351.96. Her
gain under the present system of taxa
ton was S7551 Mr.. Clements demo-
cratic platform would deprive Cornwall
of this material gain. Will the voters of
Cornwall stand for it:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
At the Play.

"She must be fifty If she's a day.
How can she manage to play the part
of young grip
"Well. you know. she was a young
girl once. brooklyn Life.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27

When all is summed up, man never
speaks of himself without loss. Els
accusations of himself are always be-
lieved, his praises Observation-Disclosures
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27
Changed.

Nagsby-You're naturally pessimis-
tic. don't think l ever saw you look
cheerful. Carsby-Ah. that's easily ex-
planned! Nagsby-How so? Carsby-
You didn't know me before l was mar
ried!-Illustrated Bits.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-07-27

What is fanaticism today is the fash
ionable creed tomorrow, and trite as
the multiplication table a week after.
Wendell Phillips.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-05-05

In the following poem the late Bret
Harte, who wrote probably more than
any one else on California. predicted
some time ago disaster overwhelm-
Ing san Francisco which is OF timely
interest on account Of the Golden Gate
City's recent devastation:
FATE
Copyrighted by Houghton. Mifiin g. Col
The sky Is clouded. the rocks are bare:
The spray Of the tempest is white In the
air.
The winds are out with the waves at play.
And shall not tempt the sea today.
The trail IS narrow, the wood Is dim:
The panther Clngs 20 the arching limb.
And the lions whclps are abroad at play.
And shall not Join in the chase today.
But the ship sailed safely over the sea.
And the hunters came from the chase in
glec.
And the town that was bundcd upon a
rock
Was swallowed up In the earthquake
shock
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-05-05

Gate, on the extreme western coast or
the peninsula upon which San Fran
cisco was built. Ii slid into the sea. IL
was a favorite resort In the summer
attracting thousands from the thickly
settled eastern section OF San Fran
cisco. One could sit on the veranda
and look out over the ocean and watch
sea lions playing around the rocks
few hundred yards distant. out 10 the
south he could see a long line OF sea
beach upon which the breakers rolled.
On clear day Farallone islands. TWEEN
ty-six miles distant can be seen from
the spot where stood the Cliff House.
4 The huge structure that slid into the
sea was designed after a French cha
teau or the seventeenth century. Run
ming around 1t was an inclosed bal
cony. There were parlors. dining
rooms and halls where photographs OF
local objects or interest and curios
were sold.
The Clin House has suffered several
disasters. 1t was first built in 1863. II
was partly wrecked In July. 1886. when
the schooner Parallel driffed inshore
with $4,000 pounds or dynamite on
board. which exploded Having been
rebuilt, Il was burned to the ground on
Christmas night Of 1894. Cliff House
was seven miles from the Palace hotel,
and several car lines led to II. Its
keepers boastsd that Presidents Grant,
Hayes and Harrison bad stood on Its
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-05-05

According to the most authentic re-
ports from San Francisco the earth
quake and following FIRE destroyed the
finest buildings as well as the poorest
In the city. says the New York Times.
The danes went marching up the hill
from the downtown sections. where
huddled the Chinese by the thousands.
to Van Ness avenue. the Fifth avenue
OF San francisco. destroying some OF
the most palatial homes Here are
brief descriptions or some or the best
known buildings In the city that were
destroyed:
Palace and Grand Hotels.-Tha Pal
ace hotel at Market and New Mont
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-05-05

balconies.
Mills Bulding.-This was one OF the
finest buildings In the city. being ten
stories high and made OF California
marble, light pressed brick and terra
Gotta. 1t cost $1,5OO,OO0 and was put
up In 1912 by ID. o. Mills at the
northeast corner of Montgomery and
Bush streets. The three entra uces from
Bush, Pine and Montgomery streets
led into great open court in the cen
ter. The entrance from Montgomery
s,.Set was through a magnificent mar
bic arch that extended to the top OF the
second story. The halls were tiled and
wainscoted with marble. A complete
law library was supplied for the use Of
the tenants. The United States wealth
er bureau had its headquarters on the
top fioor. with the signal station on the
roof. This was another building which
the San Franciscan was always proud
20 point out 10 the visitor. Built OF
iron. stone. brick and marble through
out. II was thought 10 be proof against
both earthquakes aud fires
City Hall.-This occupied large
three cornered tract OF land bounded
by Larkin and McAllister streets and
City Hall avenue. 10 required twenty
Eve years 20 erect this building. and
San Franclscans learned TO designate a
long period by saying. "As long as II
Will take 10 build the city hall" IL
cost between 100000 and $4,000. 900.
Connected with the city hall was the
Hall OF Records. which was surm1unt-
I'd by dome l34 feet high. The build
ing was surrounded by Corinthian pill
lars forty eight feet high.
The land upon which the city hall
stood was formerly the Yerba Buena
eemetery, and there once lay the bod
les OF the early pioneers OF the city.
The bodies were removed 10 Laurel
Hill and other cemeteries In the early
sixties. In the northwest wing OF the
building was the city prison. The Re
ceiving hospital occupied a like posi-
ton In the southwest wing
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-05-05

st. Ignatius' Church.-Thls was the
biggest church In the city. 1t stood in
the fashionable district on Hayes
street. between Van Ness avenue and
Franklin street. IL cost 100000 and
was the finest Jesuitical church in the
world. Its spires, 275 feet high. were
the tailest in California. Its organ was
the second largest in America and was
the only one on the coast operated by
electricity. 1t weighed 100000 pounds.
Its central columns were surmOunted
by life sized angels. with trumpets.
and the outer ones supported huge
urus holding burning torches. The or
gan was presented TO the church by
AIRS. WEIGH. The main hall OF the
church was 200 feet long Hanging
over the altar was large oil painting
representing the reception in heaven
OF St lgnatius Loyola.
The Chronicle BuIldlng.-This was
Que or the first high buildings erected
la San Francisco. Its skeleton still
stood at Market. Geary and Ksarney
streets at last reports. 1t was nine
stories high. surmounted by a bronze
clock tower 210 feet high The build
ing was OF pressed brick and q dark
brown sandstone that is found In Ven
tura county. The building was fitted
with all modern improvements. II was
one OF the handsome buildings that
made Newspaper corner n csptsr OF no
little architectural beauty.