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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-16
Soil

Impoverished soil, like impov-
erished blood, needs a proper
fertilizer. A chemist by analyz-
ing the soil can tell YOU what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
If your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell YOU what
you need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it. 1t may be you
need Il tonic, but more likely you
need il concentrated fat food,
and fat is the element lacking
in your system.
There is no fat food that is
so easily digested and assimi-
lated as
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-16
THE LEGlSLATURE.

The feeling at the capital nov is that
the Legislature will not be able to COM
plete its business and adjourn before
Thanksgiving. The House has been
doing business rather briskly for the
past few days. but the senate is con-
spcuously slow, and does not appear
to be making very much of an effort
to get business out of the way.
In the Senate Friday the following
bills were introduced
5. 116. BY Senator Phelps of Wind
ham. An act amending an act for the
improvement of the public highways:
establishes "A State highway commits
sion-referred to.tbe committee on high
ways and bridges.
THIRD READING IN THE SENATE.
The following bills were ordered to
a third reading:
Ii. 100. An act to amend the statute
regulating traffic in intoxicating liquor.
relating to licensees receiving goods IN
pawn for liquor
ii. 1913. An act relating to taxation c!
deposits in savings banks and trust CON
panies.
II. 1853. An act to change the name
of the State agricultural experiment
station to L"the Vermont Agricultural
Experimentation"
II. 1SS. An act to abolish the board
of cattle commissioners and to repeal
sections of certain acts in 80 far as
such relate Ito. the cattle commissions
ers.
H. 243. ssAnIact to amendI section 2IS3,
V. s., as amended, relating to license
to SELL real land..,personal estate of de-
deased.persons.
Ii. 266, with amendment. An act to
regulate, the .manufacture and sale of
patent and proprietary medicines.
II. 77.hBy Mr.. Bailey of Essex, by
request. All act to amend statute re-
latng to the appointment of local health
officers.
H. 142. By Mr.. Holland of Towns
bend. II An act in addition to chapter 17s
of the V. S., relating to insurance.
H. 425. An act amending the statutes
relating to the formation of corporations
by voluntary associations.
II. 449. An act providing for uniform
blanks for use in probate courts.
APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR.
The governor has approved the follow
ing bill:
II. LOBBY Mr.. Kirkpatrick of New
port, from the committee on railroads
An act relating to grade crossings.
THIRD READING ORDERED.
House PAT, itemized account from Tor
ticultural society.
House 200, allowance to husband or
wife of deceased person.
House 116, discount Oh taxes five per
cent. instead of four per cent.
House So, instruction of deaf and
dumb.
House 269, marking graves of town
paupers
House %, relating to railroad fares
and the issuing of redeemable rebate
certificates
APPROVED By GOVERNOR.
House IA, an act to amend Sec. LAG
of the Vermont statutes (P. S. 1893
relating to Justices suits.
BILLS INTRODUCED.
To prevent cruelty to live stock; gem
eral.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-16

The finding OF the dead .,r, ~ !,
child in Barre Oh Saturday, who mad
been missing for some time, in AN OLD
y I'D be warning to all house
a . a,ca .in If 'heI "a u COS
or conditions On heir n misses d At need
attention. Children 'atula'v in
clined to search out places t Tia.
10 thf a7er1ge porsOn, ana o.. ', IT,
= lat oldI persons have
o. IN. Mar ,e ost by
* simple precautions g DO" er
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-16
Cure For The Blues
ONE MEDICINE THAT has NEVER Failed
Health Fully Restored and the 10y Of
Life Regained.

When cheerful, brave, light-hearted
woman is suddenly plunged into that
perfection of misery, the BLUES, it is
sad picture. 1t is usually this way:
She has been feeling "out of sorts y
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-16
W!Y99sK! SAVINGS BANK

From careful management has not met
with loss from any loan made during the
last twenty Years.
Deposits made during first five days Of
month draw interest from first day of
that month. Deposits made after fifth
day of month draw interest from first
day of the next month
Interest credited depositors January LIST
and July LIST, compromising sem-annually.
The bank pays all taxes in this State
on deposits of two thousand dollars or less,
Vermont Loans Solicited
Deposits, June 80, 1906 $l,25e,7 7e.4O
Surplus 96,4le 80
Deposits and Surplu, s1,356, les7e
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-16

Tor years ! starved, then b, ,l,1 cen,
. OF dol Dyspepsia Cure. ua whai
IL tie benefited me All the gold G so
LA como not by. kept or taking II and In
40 i'hs baCk . my NC.-- az ma
~ We well amt
49, l'iI.' little coca
puiifier and
IA i've lCns and prosper"
Ig, Ga, Aug. ~, 1906
2 wv II. sheldon, Middle.
~. y 4, D. - Store, Bristol.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-16
Trustees
PA G E'R
PEasfcTED POULTRY FOOD

May be obtained oi %. uiuwns:
n. WI : FOSTER, Whiting Vt.
J. S. AW Weybridge VI.
EMIT ESTATE, Bristol VT.
WARD, Richville, VT.
i-IS II FIELD Cornwall " T..
&. v .tlah Mddleou Y, -.
>. NJ. WHITNEI, " Salishur1, VT.
7. DELANO, Shorohan. Vt.
We want agents in erer ,illapr are
nr PoUltcy Foo i'' ~ not
saie your Si.as on.
-reight epaii a 25-lou "A
or go po-nd sack for 81
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1906-11-16
Sl,356,leS.7e
Officers g.:

Officers:
S. ii. Weston, President; j. b. Small. lst
Nice-President; S. Bigwood, 2nd Vice
President; Ormond Cole. Treasurer
Trustees:
5. Ii. Weston, j. r. Snali. Samuel Big
wood, +. = Mower. Ormord { ole. O. P.
ttaN :. II. Shipman, r. J White.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02
LArIN.AMERIcAN FIGHTERS.

Armies Lack Science, but Not Cour.
age-Case Of Paraguay.
It ID our Anglo-Saxon way TO speak
slightingly Of the military prowess Of
most Of the Latin-American nations,
says the Boston Transcript Their ar
niles are not indeed calculated to stand
much chance in the open field against
our soldiers or those Of the European
powers. They lack science, but not
courage, and even as they are, fighting
behind barricades, they are by no means
foemen to be despised.
The trouble with most of the Latin
American countries is the absence Of
what we know as public opinion Tn
ruler of the hour knows no check but
force, and utilizes the resources Of the
country for his own purposes as des-
notically as ever did Gear those of
Russia. Poor Paraguay, under the
sway Of Francisco Lopez, fought allied
Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay for five
wears. Probably there never was fierc-
or fighting In the new world. The Para
guayans yielded only at the last gasp,
when they had put into the ranks old
men and boys, when their towns were
ashes and when starvation stalked
the desolate land. Paraguay
a nation ONLY because thu con-
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02
POWER OF FALLING WATER.

stream NJ Thick az Mans Hand WIN
| Open Human Skull.
IL Is perfectly well known to every
one that water constantly dropping
upon a stone will wear 1t away. and
there Is trite old proverb regarding
this fact The force of single drop
OF water falling from height Is not
great, but the results Of this tiny blow
when 1t is many times repeated are
astounding, even though we do know
that the stone will, in time. yield to
their power.
There was form of torture known
to medieval days as the 'ordeal OF
dropping water" but the term conveys
little Idea of the horrible suffering
which this punishment Is said to in
fict.
There Is story of one poor wretch
who was bound with his back to a
stone wall and had a stream of water
of the bigness Of mans finger" d.
rected onto his bare head, the water
falling from height of about eighteen
feet. The receptacle from which this
apparently harmless stream trickled
was barrel holding only twenty-odd
gallons, but before the water had more
than half run out the man was dead.
with hole In his skull which exposed
the brain.
By way OF experiment, an American,
who Is mentioned as "a sport and an
acrobat made wager In Vienna with
an athlete that the latter could not en-
dure the falling Of pint Of water on
bis hand, drop by drop, In one spot,
from height Of only three feet.
The athlete had an enormous hand.
lined with skin almost as thick and
tough as cowhide, and all the spectators
pronounced the bet foolish one as far
as the American was concerned.
But when about 800 drops had fallen
there was change Of sentiment The
athlete did not say word, but 1t was
very apparent from the flush on his
face and his uneasy manner that he
was suffering great pain. At the 420th
drop he gave up, declaring that he could
no longer endure the torture.
The palm Of his hand was then bad
ly swollen and rapidly infiaming, and
in one spot the skin had broken, expos
ing the raw flesh beneath.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

Two Little Known Indian Tribes.
The handsomest Indians In the world
are the Onas-inhabitants of Terra del
Fuego. They are very tall and have
strikingly beautiful features. They
wear no clothing except loose skins of
animals, which they wrap about their
bodies. They never stay more than a
night or two In the same place. The
reason for this is that an evil spirit is
thought to be pursuing them, and they
move on to avoid being overtaken.
When they stop in their wanderings
they dig hole in the ground three
feet deep. They weave branches over
this, and at night all crawl into this
and cuddie together with their dogs
for warmth.
Another tribe is called the Yaghans.
These Indians get their living from the
sea instead Of the land. In appear.
ance they greatly resemble the Onas
with the exception that they are much
smaller.
They eat mollusks, fish, birds and
fung! Birds are cooked In an unusual
manner by the Yaghans, who put red
not stones inside them and then plunge
them thus heated into the Goals.
They also have an original way Of
roasting eggs They break a hole in the
end OF the egg, which is then stood up
right In the ashes before the fire. This
Is turned round and round, that 1t may
be cooked evenly.
The 1aghans are good hunters, the
women being excellent fishers. They are
more fearless than the men, whom they
excel In the management of boats and
In swimming their rivers.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02
MADE "EARTHQUAkE GOWNS"

How Londoners of 1850 Prepared for
the TrembIer.
1t is interesting to remember that
Sir Isaac Newton attributed the earth
quake shock of 1850, which emptied
London and sharpened the wit Of Wal
pole, to the dryness of the weather
which preceded it, and predicted an
other unless there were rain.
Several people," wrote the scoffing
Horace, ARE going out of town; they
say they are not frightened, but that
1t is such fine weather, Lord. one can't
help going to the countryv"
According to the same pen, which
spared no one, the Bishop Of Oxford,
fearing to lose his Easter offerings,
tried to stay the general exodus by
preaching sermon, exhorting people
to ..await Gods good pleasure In fear
and trembling" This did not prevent
73O coaches from passing Hyde Park
corner, bound for the country and safe
ty, within three days.
Several women have made earth
quake gowns; that is. warm gowns to
sit out Of doors all night" wrote Wal
pole, whose unkind eye nothing seems
to have escaped. These are Of the
more courageous. One woman, still
more heroic is come to town on pur-
pose; she says all her friends are in
London, and she will not survive
them"
There were two shocks, a month
apart, and both during the night; 10
1t Is easy to imagine the panic within
doors when a certain wit, having dined
one evening rather more plenteously
than usual, knocked at several doors
In Piccadilly, and cried In watchman's
voice, "Past 4 o'clock, and a dreadful
earthquake" We have no reason b be-
lleve that an earthquake In PiccadilIy
of to-day would find men and women
less inclined to make themselves ride.
Chronicle.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02
Painless Chiropody,

An author, paying his first visit to q
married acquaintance, asked the name
of a sprlghtly little girl whose winning
ways had attracted his attention.
1--WE call her Ella" said the child,
mother.
THAT Is a good name," remarked the
author. 1T has been made classic BY
Charles Lamb"
"Well, to tell the TRUTH" explained
the lady, "her name is Cornelia, but its
easier to call her Ella"
II see," the caller rejoined. 1T Il
the painless extraction Of a corn !"-
London Tit-Bits.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02
OLD STREET CRIES.


somewhere about score of years
ago there was published In London a
uny volume Of most unusual interest
TO students Of old-time manners and
customs. 1t was called "Old London
street Cries." and contained several
hundred familiar calls, beginning with
the middle OF the fifteenth century, in
"hich, as In mirror, one can see re-
hected the life Of the common people
through the years-what they ate and
drank and wore, their furniture and
amusements. the toys their children
piayeo with, and their luxuries, long
since become commonest necessities.
walk through London streets In
tnose days must have been a veritable
running Of the gauntlet. A few speci-
mems OF the calls which besieged the
travellers ears will suffice.
Buy my dish Of great eeles =" BUY
nne singing-bird!" BUY my wax or
~arers y Hot baked wordens (stewed
pears) F." KNIVES or scissors to grind !"
buy my four ropes Of onions! 7" Buy
roote-stoole !" Ribbons a groat q
yard" Buy a horn book I" "Songs,
.aree yards penny! I" holy and mis-
'ietoe" "London's Gazette here |" BUY
my nice drops, twenty penny, pepper
mint drops" Troop every one (toy
nooby -horses) I" Three rows a penny
pms short whites and middle-ings |"
Nor were the eager merchants con-
tent with verbal solicitation. The be-
wlidered wayfarer was often 10 pull
nauled' by one after another that re-
s'stance must have been well-nigh i'm
possible.
But times change, and street life
WIN them. A generation ago a few
.'neal descendants of the old London
uacksters called up and down our
streets. Now the rags and bottle men
uaVe disappeared, the "cissars grinder"
"erely rings a bell, vendors of fruits
ano and vegetables have been silenced
~ law In many cities, and, save for
eue sidewalk toys and the holly and
lisuetoe Of Christmas-time, the news
10Y Is sole inheritor Of all the street
cries.
Less picturesque? Possibly. But one
os only to spend an hour among the
.aAers OF country fair to realize that
wen the strenuous life Of the twen-
Ne'h century has its advantages.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

The term American is used to desig-
nate, specifically, citizen Of the United
States, and yet some strict construc-
tionists hold that 1t might just as rea-
sonably be applied to citizens of South
America or Of Central America, as
they are Americans, too. And they say
the same Of the two countries. To call
the United States Of America, how
ever, and Its citizens Americans is so
we'll established as custom that the
terms would not be understood IL you
used them in any other way. There
has been some discussion of this cues
ton recently, looking to the selection
of a better specific term for citizens
Of the United States, but It is not likely
that change will ever be made.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

the nations In the light Of strvines for econom,c.,
.ase rather than for power and glory The time l.
coming when some astute neurologist is going to teach
Tue historian that only too often the lives and destnes
nave depended upon rulers and statesmen whose
nerves We're too hopelessly deranged to hermit etb.
'neir Feelings or thoughts normal expression
one consolation surely remains from such study Al
we understand the nervous limitations of others we com.
' sympathy with them, certainly when their troubles
go ~ no way or their own seeking or making Some
OF the most AFFECT of characters like Louis XII NJ
or example were neurocs deserving pity quite as much
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02
His Answer Ready.

An anecdote is told Of Richard Sed-
don, the late premier of New Zealand.
He was very active in sending trsspa
TO the assistance Of Great Britain in
the South African war. On one ocea-
sion he was tainted by an opposition
member with his readiness to sacrifice
the lives Of the colony's manhood "You
are ready enough to send our sons and
brothers to be shot at, but"-was the
opening Of a taunt by his opponent,
when the premier broke in: "Sir, this
morning I signed commission for my
own son. He will be shot at, too, and
I have dared him to come back with
out wound. New York Tribune.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02
Quien Sabeg

A foreign dispatch says that a Paris.
ian woman has ordered 5000 corset
from this country, and that many of
the grand danes In France wear cor.
sets Of American manufacture. Times
certainly change. After q while this
country may be shipping bananas to
the West Indies, coffee to Brazil and
tea to China.-Baltimore American.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

per pulp. The acid Is then washed out
by water bath. and after the pulp
has been partially dried gum camphor
Is mixed with 1t. The final step In
to roll 1t into sheets and dry it on
not cylinders, when 1t Is ready for the
market Steam softens It, but it hard
ems again when dry. II fame be an
piled to 1t, it will burn about like
sealing wax.
Dives and Lazarus.
Some Of You may b. surprised when
told that the name olives" Is not mem
toned In the Bible, and vet you have
heard the story OF Olives and Lazarus'
time and again, perhaps. Even the
preachers give the name Dives to the
certain rich man" Of the story. The
truth about 1t is that In the vulgate.
or Latin Bible. the word dives" 10
used where the name Of the man might
nave been given; but dives" is a Latin
adjective, meaning "rich," and not 4
proper noun at all. 1t Is not strange
as the poor man is called Lazarus. that
tne rich man should be designated by a
personal name, but there Is no warrant
q the original text for doing SO.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02
PArRoN1zE YOUR HOME STORES.
By Gov. Joseph w. Folk.

We are proud Of our splendid cities.
and wewant them to Increase inwealth
and population, but we also want our
country towns to grow. We wish the
city merchants to build up, but we
also desire the country merchants to
prosper. do not believe in the mail
order citizen. If place Is good
enough for a man to live In and to
make his money in. 1t is good enough
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

querors could not agree on a division
OF the spoil, and the Brazilian army Of
occupation was withdrawn only In 1875,
eleven years after hostllities began. Yet
the man for whom the Paraguayans
battled so stoutly and sacrificed SO
much was simply modern Nero.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

No merchant can succeed without advertising In one
way or another Patronize your town papers, build them
up ana they Will build the town and build you up in
creased trade and greater opportunities Do not he
afraid that business is going hurt by the recent
exposures of wrongdoing in the commercial world No
man who Is doing honest business can be injured nv
the light All business will be better for the cleansing
process 1t is going through and stamping out Of
evil
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02
The Useful Alphabet.

There's one good thing about It,"
chuckled the ancient Phoenician as hs
Invented the alphabet; "some Of those
politicians will be sure to write letters
now that will knock them into 3
cooked hat when they run for ofAnA"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02
CelIuloid Not ExpIo.tve.

There is a widespread belief that cell
luloid is explosive, but it is not, In
spite Of the fact that it is made large
ly of guncotton. The material Is the
cellulose of cotton cloth, or raw cot
ton, which is treated to a weak solu-
ton of nitric acid. This has the effect
Of making a cottan pulp much like pa
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

Along about this time Of the year
If the farmers were allowed to vote
on the most tantalizing thing In the
world, they would say, "a cows tail"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

organizing an imperial army said that there are at
present Ten divisions or 10000 properly equipped
ana trained by foreigners 1t hoped that within the
next ten years the numbers will mount up to half mill
non enlistment Is voluntary and for three years with
the coors after which the soldier passes into the rst
ana second reserve Recruits carefully chosen after
period OF probation They must be between 20 and q
years of age FIVE feet five inches TALL and able to lift
weight OF $50 pounds. No opium smoker is accepted
nor any who cannot get recommended by the head
man Of the village
II chinese soldiers have many fought 90
Dadly that the to be considered negligible
quantity this is simply because they badly fed and
badly led But 1t is not true that they have always
fought badly At Tentsn years ago they were not
more In numbers than its defenders yet they nearly
took the city, And the admirable way In which Chinese
gunners then worked their guns surprised every one
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

The monster pictured here sighted
latitude
eighteen to twentyone inches from the 1t
brown
something like turtles In
sighted The drawing Ncol
observed
Aug8 OF he Of
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

Charity should always begin at homo
but there's no law compelling 1t to stop
there.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

A citizen isn't necessarily worthless
just because his wife is worth more
than he u
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

Many mans so-caIled dignifled ST.
.ehce is due to the lamentable fact that
He doesn't know what to say.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02
REORGANIZATION OF THE CHINESE ARMY

.
Thinking Of the 400,OOO,0O0 inhabitants OF
emma and OF the wonderful resources Of the
country, Napoleon said at st. Helena, "When
China is moved 1t will change the face Of the
globe" Well, China is moved with vengeance
Tor past bad treatment, and some will have
cause to regret that sleeping dogs were not al
lowed to lie
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

What lot of stitches men drop vhsu
thay attempt to mend their waysl
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

And watch rne clouds
That lightly soar
Like white ship sails
The blue sky o'er2
Now tell me true,
What would you do
II you were me
And I were your
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-02

very bore thinks he Is pestered BY
4 lot Of borea