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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-08-06
COR w ALL

Mrs. Caldwell, who has spent several
weeks at c. F. Benedict's, returned TO
her home in Winchester, Mass, Thurs
day. accompanied by Mrs. Benedict, who
will make visit there. Mr.. Caldwell
and son. Kenneth, returned earlier in
the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hamlin spent the day
Wednesday in Addison with relatives.
T. j. MacMurtry and two brothers
from the West with their wives recently
visited relatives in Crown Point and
Moriah.
Miss Sylvia Hamlin has returned from
an extended stay in Addison with her
aunt, Mrs. NJ. A. Smith.
A. w. Foote went to Essex Junction
Monday to file the application papers of
the Patrons Cooperative Fire Insurance
company with the Secretary of State.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-08-06
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh that Contain Mercury

OF smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering 1t through
the mucous surfaces. 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
Cheney & Co. Toledo. O.. contains no
mercury. and is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genu-
Inc. II Is taken internally and made in
Toledo. Ohio by F. ]. Cheney & Co. Tes
timonials free
Sold by Druggists. Price 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for Constipation
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-08-06
ADDISON.

Mrs p. A. Graham and daughters,
Helen and Maud, are in Bristol for a
few days stay.
Mr. and Mrs j. w Wilkinson were
recent visitors in Bristol at D. j.
Shiverett's.
Miss Stella Cross was taken to the hos
pital on Sunday to have the bullet re-
moved from her face
Willis Palmer's bicycle was found at
Larrabes's Point, but failed to locate the
man that took the wheel
Miss Mary Crane came home on Fri.
day after visiting relatives in Middle.
bury.
d. j. Vanderhoof of New Haven was
in town Saturday calling on old friends
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-08-06
Neuralgia Pains Stopped

You don't need to suffer those agon-
ing nerve pains in the face, head, arm,
shoulders, chest and back. Just apply a
few drops of soothing Sloan's Linimenti
lie quietly a few minutes. You will
get such relief and comfort! Life and
the world will look brighter. Get bot
tie today. 3 ounces for 25c., at all
Druggists. Penetrates without rubbing.
adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-08-06

There will be held Tuesday of the
Fair, in connection with other big
attractions, athletic meet of the
High Schools of Vermont and East
ern New York. In addition the st.
Peters A. A. will give meet open to
all amateurs. Prizes amounting to $500
will be given. The Big Fair is Septem-
Der 6-7-8-9-10 adv. 32tI.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-08-06

Heavy, impure blood makes muddy
pimply complexion, headache. nausea,
indigestion. Thin blood makes you weak,
pale and sickly. For pure blood. sound
digestion. use Burdock Blood Bitters
$1.00 at all stores.-adv.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-08-06

For any itching skin trouble, piles, &C.
zema. salt rheum, hives, itch, scald head :,
herpes, scabies, Doans Ointment is high
ly recommended. SOC box at all
stores.-adv.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
BULGARIA
A Useful Work on Gear Ferdl
nand's Domain.

Rt.IGARI. AND HER PEOPLE Win an Account
~ ihe Balkan Wars. Maceio.la anu We Ma va.
donian Busars By VII : monroe ~ ~ -
$40 - III. 40 Boston. J.. & rage a 20.
A recent writer on affairs IN the
Ralkans has said that no observant
visitor can remain neutral there.
Professor Munroe proves the truth OF
this assertion. He is wholeheartedly
pro- Bulgarian. without reservation OF
doubts. The Serbians and the GREEKS
arc the villains of recent Balkan ms
,ory. he asserts; the Bulgarans ITS
stainless heroes. The truth Of the
matter is that none Of the Balkan al
lies cared for any but It's own inter-
csts; that, having prepared the ground
for conquest by years Of ASSASSINATION
of each others nationalitieS IN Mace
donia. each grabbed what 1t could, ana
Bulgaria got the worst OF II. The END
of the second Balkan war found Serbia
clamoring aloud for its racial rights
i'm ia-IIerZegOvina, while IN ioree-
ful and murderously oppressive pos
session Of territory the bulk Of whose
population was undenlably Buigar
Now new crisis has come IN the
history Of the Balkan Kingdoms. Once
more Bulgaria faces destiny.
Professor Monroe tells swiftly the ms
tory of Bulgaria from the earliest days
20 its liberation by Russia in 1877;
then he takes up the story of the
able leadership and the intelligent fol-
lowing of the people. which made the
kingdom the leading power of the Bal
kans i'm steadily progressive clyIllza-
ION as well as in military strength.
Stambulof and Ferdinand are both
heroes in MS eyes; for the sake o. the
harmony Of his picture he passes
lightly over the assassination Of the
one and the unscrupulOusnesS Of the
other. an exceptionally able scion Of
the remarkably able house Of Coburg
Country and people are described in
all their phases: Geography, com
mcrce. industry, education, govern
ment, art, music and literature, moth
ing is forgotten. And there is chap
ter on the findings of the Carnegie
committee on the atrocities OF the sec
ond Balkan war. The book is well IL
lustrated. Its present timeliness need
not be pointed out.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27

RUSSIA AID TIE WORLD STUDY - 'he va. W"
emil statement o. me Notn 0,'.1 R,
s,epbe1 f;-aham Illustrated. $40 ~. Il. 5o'
The Mscml an toup.n,.
Mr.. Graham is an Engishman oy
birth. Russian by choice. We owe
TO him several rarely sympathetic
studies of the Russian peasantry, Of
what we have come 10 call the "SIaV
soul" Indeed Russia IS TO him a mys-
tic state Of mind that must be pre-
served at all costs from the organizing
efficiency Of the German in the hrst
place. and thereafter from all western
contamination in general. DO not edu-
cate the moujiks, ne pleads do not
norvcrt them en- massei" Look at what
il already happening IN Siberia. lie
Is not much impressed with the life
in that new land. The settlers are
prosperous and healthy. their houses
are larger and cleaner. but the spirit
that really makes Russia interesting
is lacking. In Russia. one concludes
from Mr.. Graham's lament. filth and
ignorance must remain next to godlI-
ness. Progress and order are deadly
to the mystic soul about whose mis-
sion as a regenerator Of the world Mr..
Graham is as grandlloQuently vague
as are the Russian dreamers them
selves. And. By the way, Nletzschc
was really a Pole. a Slav: the Ger
man spirit is merely the drOss in his
writing. It is the Slavic that is the
cold".
This book is composed OF newspaper
articles written in the early days Of
the war. One wonders that the author
has not chosen TO revise some OF them.
and TO suppress several others. To
one at a distance, at least. il appears
as il Russia will not thank him for
this picture OF its children at war
Here are snatches Of testimony given
by Russian officers and soldiers: Ger
many is fine country, no comparison
with our poor villages. . Many Of
cur wounded have trophies taken from
the dead and from the houses Of the
ranSackcd villages watches. rings.
guns; one we saw had bracelet q.
A wounded officer whom we met AZ an
other place told US how the streets Of
the German towns were strewn with
books, gramophones, vases, white pi-
ano keys IN handfuls. Eydtkunen
is terrible sight. Not a house
that is not blackcned by fire. not
window that IS not broken. not room
that has not been ransacked." The
whole Of Russian popular feeling is ot
tenderness, says Mr.. Graham else
where. but "the Russian peasant SOL
der regards the enemy as yermln that
must be destroyed" And a Russian
newspaper Sapiently remarks: "Since
the outbreak of the war many more
male than female children are born.
This il thought 20 be Natures effort
20 put right the great waste Of male
lives"
Russians and Poles are going TO live
in Slavic love together hereafter if
Russia wins. But "if the war leaves the
old eastern frontier unchanged Russia
will not feel that she is IN a position
20 resurrect Poland, for she would
have charge only Of third of the old
kingdom" as heretofore. The present
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
RRVTEWS AND COMMENT

condition Of Russian Poland rs aluos.
~, hoJ a. tha, Of Belgium. but ther'
ig the difference that be'gluH
heppy and prosperous country 20 S'a'
,,itb and Russian Poland 'or ,n'
most mart was miserable ana PoVe'H
.,ricknn When the Germans nrSt W.
,.ded the country they gasped al I'M me
6Itb and poverty Of tho ghcttoeS ne
pussian Jews need no expect anything
a. pli. They can cmigrate % Amer,ca'
or norbapa, Zion viii become r"al "
- Turkey loses. "ln Russia Je" De-
canes a Russian only when ne gives up
Tho Jewish faith and IS baptized. IN
England also Christianity should ne
compulsory qualification for compete
natio1aliZatIOn.'
Uaif o. this book - balderdaSh a9d
the hysteria - tue early days OF nc
war. during which most OF th'N'
cnapters were written en- route from
tho Altai Mountains to London. Nj.
Graham peryersely praises ""p
breaches tho prcserva'ion OF the very
weaknesses and backwardnesse7 which
Russia must overcome n she ~ 10 take
her mace and exert beneficial lnhu
nee among the worlds great civilized
nations. lie draws up terms o. peace
he would preserve Germany as soIt
- scientific and cultural servant OF an
Of us and insists that neither the
United States nor any other neutral
nation shall have a voice IN the settle
ment. lie does not approve OF US.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
SHAKESPEARE
The Man as He Is Found in
His Works.

SH HAKESPEARE PERSONALLY. By David
MasSon. Edited and arranged by Rosa
limo Mason. Emo. Up. VIII 2f3 T.. +
DIttou & GO
The world owes a debt to the late Pro-
tcssor Mason for his Shakespeare lect-
ures at Edinburgh l'liyel Sity. and 70 his
daughter for so ably editing them and
giving them 20 the public The little
volume must forthwith become clas-
sic 10 Shakespeare lovers because Of
both its methods and its results.
Here is student with open and un-
prejudlced mind and clear. straight
vision, and with rational judgment.
searching impartially for truth. He is
looking TO sec what manner Of man
Shakespeare was. aS he is revealed in
what he himself wrote and what others
wrote about MIN; also, in what he did
not write, for some Of his silences are
most eloquent. To this investigation
he applies the rules OF traightforward
common sense and honesty. Not a point
IS strained. Not a conclusion is far
fetched. Yet the net result is astonish-
nG. f. is 10 remind Us. not how little,
but how much we know about Shake
Speare; TO invest that illustrious name
with human vitality; 20 cause us TO
see the poet as he lived and moved and
had his being as a man among men;
above all, perhaps, 70 enable US 20 per
ceive the workings Of that marvellous
mind IN its progress from phase 10
phase and from stage TO stage
From the time Of his arrival in Lon
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27

LET. given TO mystery and melancholF
The third was the high tragedy o.
robust manhood, the tremendous moral
realities. the great passions OF mature
Iifo seen in Macbeth. Othello and Lear.
After this came brief space o.
defiance. revolt. careless, II NOT con
temptuous, Indifference 20 the world
its wishes and It's requirements, ~
which. in "Timon" and "Corlolanus'
he wrote 10 please himself and no one
else. Last. and perhaps best Of all
came the milder mood, the contemp!a-
tive faith. the generous tolerance, the
stately and serene benevolence OF Pros
nero in "The Tempest" and OF The
Winters Tale" There is in all his
writing, perhaps. no more signihcant
and characteristic passage than tne
great farewell speech of Prospero.
The plays contain many illuminatlVe
messages of self-disclOsure. But II -
IN The sonnets that Professor Mason
finds most autobiography and most
revelation Of the metaphysical trend OF
Sbakesppare's genius. His analysis OF
these. and OF the numerous fecui
rences" in both sonnets and plays, -
most instructive and convincing. IN
iced il goes far toward challenge OF
his own modest depreciation or com
mentaries and criticisms. There mas
beon much folly put into print about
Shakespeare with which the world
could we'll dispense, but We are never
Ikelv TO have too much OF sane and
;nspiring interpretations like this OF
proFesSor Mason.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
FURNITURE
A Safe Guide for Collectors
and Home Makers.

Tgr PRACTICAL Hoo6 oF rIE"p tl RI
n ~ R. Harold Donaldson Lbcf"u sn' AZ
..t N-tfira NIh go iins'' a'I0h. '', ~
pr.Is.rr.is Il Mppin"uf 'ompaH
This = one OF the most satisfactory
thorough and serviceable books on IT'S
subiect vet published either in th!s
country or in England. Its arrange
mont = practical; the Introductory
chronological key giving IN abundant
illustration the characteristic articles
If furniture in the distinctive style o.
each successive period will be found OF
the utmost value BY beginning colIec-
tors and by all who would have some
measure OF knowledge OF the furniture
Of the past at its best. THIS Key shou'd
ma studied. not merely glanced at; IN
deed. it should be gradually learned By
heart
I, Is not for collectors and dealers
however. that this book has oeen eN-
clusivplv. or even primarily. written
Not all OF US can afford 70 possess an
tio,ies. but modern reproductions are
many nowadays. and generally the!
arc superior TO the original modern
furniture Of the hour in beauty OF form
and design. Provided that they are
true 10 type. 1t is TO make sure OF
This that the home maker resolved upon
a period will find the book OF unfalI-
ing assistance. =
The furniture dealt with is that Of
the Jacobean period, William and Anne
Queen Anne and early Georgian
French. English and American tmDlre'
and "ather American furniture a
chaptsr wSfeSx after briefly pointing
out tho general identity OF Colonial
American furniture with that of Eng
land AZ the same time. goes INTO de-
tails Of local Developments in different
narts o. the country There are sePa-
rate char-ors on Chippendale. the
Adams. Icppelwhite and Sheraton;
Louis Ouatorze and Louise QulnZe are
the only foreign periods included anG
tho whole ends fifty with a budget o.
adyice 70 buyers and collectors. ana
some hints on furnishing and arrange
ment Throughout the illustrations are
all that they should be. Those IN
search Of 4 reliable and comprehensive
book on the subject need look no FUR
ther. Here il is.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
Nv Dear Kenneth:

Ny Dear Kenneth:
Our divorce decree wax granted n.
day. a. you will doubtless zee by thi.
evening" New York papers. suppose
Miller 4 Kent will send you som. .Ors
OF official notice and whatever dOca.
ments are necessary.
Thank goodness all the both.rssm.
legal fOrmalities are over,
Affectionately. your eN.Wifs. SJbn
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
WAR FICTION.

WHO Co.'s THERE By Robert W Chamber,
Uustrsti0us d. A / Keller l-m0. ~. 'So y
Appleton n 60.
HERE'S To THE DAY By Charles Agres Ma
Lean ami Frank Bnshtou. l.mo 10. 5lt TIE
George II. Doran Company.
LITTLE CONRADE 4 Tale of me Great Nar
~ Burton +. Stevenson. l-mo, ~. so. he''
liot %.
The big guns of the world war have
not yet begun to roar in our hcuon;
the time is not vet for the mighty
panoramas that we shall, let 1t be
hoped. set approvingly by the side OF
Tolstoy's and Zola's master canvaScs.
But the skirmishers are already IN me
field. and what they are giving us Just
now is romance and adventure against
a background OF mobilization, the
scurryng for safety OF non-comba-
tants. the marching Of hosts, and carly
border engagements. with aeroplaneS
and Zeppelins soaring overhead. And
their heroes and heroines American,
French. German, English Will he
happy ever after.
Mr.. Chambers's story is capital ad-
venture and colorful romance. HIS
hero is plain Mr.. Kervyn Guild IN
America. but in Belgium he is well
coined as the grandson Of keryyn de
Gueldres. Comte d'Yvoir, HaStlere Ct
LesSe. Nothing less. md most thrilling
10 feminine readers. Although an
American citizen, he has served his
year in the Guides, the crack regiment
Of the Belgian army. He is. however.
merely on a visit 70 the country of ms
divided allegiance. as a plain American
citizen. when the war breaks out. Thus
1t comes to pass that he purchases the
hives Of the burgomaster and leading
citizens Of Belgian town, condemned
to death for sniping by its inhabitants,
By promising TO bring young German
woman safely out of London. He finds
her; she is charming it is a case Of
love at first sight. Then begin their
adventures The British secret service
is on her track. but the German agents
prove their superior efficiency IN an
astounding manner. They jump up like
mushrooms in public garages. on
taXicabs, in steamship agencies it is
most exciting. Is this well-born. we'll
bred, beautiful young woman really a
spy? 1t is incredible! But what o.
those papers about which she is so
anxious? Mr.. Guild-de Gueldres is
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27

least as large and as formidably
equipped as the invading force, ready
AT a days call. and sufficiently mobile
10 be rushed without delay 20 what
ever place on the coast our marine
or aerial scouts reported 20 be the
intended landing place of the enemy.
For that purpose we need iorce OF
at least quarter OF a million men.
1t will not do to rely upon such prom
isc as that which Mr. Bryan recently
made. that "if this country needed
million men, and needed them in day.
the call would 90 out a. sunrise. and
the sun would go down on million
men under arms Every rational man
knows that that is flubdub. There might
be a million men under arms, but they
would not be an army. The folly o.
trusting TO an unframed levy was tragi-
callv demon strated n the War Of ISL.
L was shown in the first half OF the
Civil War in more than one appalling
disaster. IL was shown IN our httIe
but costly war with Spain. IL VIII m
variebly be disclosed whenever the IN
sensate trick is tired.
For one other pertinent and weighty
reminder We are indebted 10 Mr..
Wheeler. and with it we must take
leave Of his most suggestive and in
structive volume. That is that this
fearsome bogie Of "militarism' is, after
all. not a thing. nor form Of govern
ment nor yet system, wholly. II IS,
in fact. Il state Of mind. which may
exist in an unprepared a. well as in
prepared nation. Probably 10 nation
in the world suffers from that state OF
mind less than Switzerland; yet prob
ably none Is more prepared for any
military emergency. No nation was
ever more unprepared for war than
was the United States IN 1912. yet
none was ever more madly possessed
BY the spirit Of mlitarism. Such eN
amples should be sufficient to expose
and to dismiss in ridicule and contempt
the notion that the nations command
Of an adequate military establishment
10 assure its security would inevitably
imbue il with the spirit Of militia
risn" and make il an international
swashbuckler. Is every man bully
and a brawler who has his muscles well
developed and knows how to use them :?
Mr.. Wheeler's book deserves the in-
mediate attention Of every patriotic
American. May his voice be needed,
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
VIC TORY !.

VICTORY A. !. snd Tale b J ssph ''hfh'
I.mo. 70 ~ Doubsday. P'ge 80.
Il is simpllfed Conrad whom we
fpd i'm this new tale Of his Of the Ind
.an Archipclago. Whatever the reasons
for this new departure and more thah
one suggest themselves, the resuii j.
all that can be desired. Here IL the
Old Conrad still with all his compel
Ing powpr OF the drama OF life. all MS
magic Of distant scene and atmosphere
all his wondrous insight OF character
For. tense as is the plot, It IS the men
and the woman who figure IN ~ 'hat
fascinate us long after the last PaE'
has bce1 turned. There is Heyst, the
Swedish mol leman, as true gentle
man "a ever was drawn, and a PM
osouher withal; there is the Iago-lke
Schomberg it is likely that German
villains will he the fashion in Anglo
American fiction for some time 70
come. there are the two arch-crlmi-
mails. Jones. carefully preserving the
veneer Of his breeding. and even eH-
perienclng the resurgcnce OF IT'S es-
,cnce at one moment IN the climax
and his follower Martin. pohshed
like. half-savage South American nall
breed is their unquestionlng tool, anu
tben the woman. abused. crushed, her
wSmsnliness reviving under the warm
ir0 influence Of the first kindness she
has ever known from man:
"They call me Alma. ! don't
know why. Silly namei Mag
dalen. too. It doesn't matter; you
call me by any name you choose.
Yea. YOU give me name. Ihink
OF one YOU would like the sound
Of something quite new. How !
should like to forget everything
that has gone before, as one for
gets dream that's done with,
fright and all. would try
One would like to outline the plot
hut dare not for fear OF marrlng the
readers pleasure. Suffice II to say
that Heyst saves the girl from the
seryitude Of ladies' orchestra IN a
Sourabaya hotel, and from the, ad-
vances OF its proprietor, Schomberg'
craftily aided by the fellows brow
beaten. silent wife; that ne takes her
with him 20 the lonely island where lie
the ruins of his enterprise; and that
tbither they are followe by Jones and
Martin. the one in search Of the wealth
ascribed to him by ,Sciomberg,- the
other in search Of the woman. Heyst
is defenceless. He has not even a re
volver. nothing but pocket-knlie:
Then begins the game of the cat and
the mouse between the TWO men Of
birth and breeding; that Of the hunter
and his prey between the follower and
the woman. who would save the man
who has saved her. One hopes one
feels sure that those who have hither-
10 been unable 70 see Joseph Conrad
VII begin 10 appreciate him in these
pages. for. be it repeated, this simpii-
fed Conrad is the real Conrad still:
It is superb piece OF work, worthy OF
all he has already given US.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
OF CURRENT FICTION
The New Joseph Conrad-War Fiction The First Phas.
Of Adventure and Romancc-Eden Phllpottss
Story Of the Potter and the Clay.

torn between his sympathy FOR k.,
and MS sympathy for 'he Allies One.
out Of England. after a Channel ps,
sage of nervc-wrac< danger. ~.
arc in tho midst o. Do again in RI
gium. II ia capital reading.
The German villain looms dark "a.
rect and efficient NJ "Horo,. - 'Si- ,I
Day" In this story it i' The America,
heroine wh' claims relationship "a
Continued on page n. column
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27
RUSSIA IN WARTIME
An Englishman's Embarrass
ing Enthusiasms.

rrSsIA AID TIE WORLD 4 STUDY - 'he W"
s,I A statement - The World Problems ina
.- tonf-opf Russia and Grr7' BRIAN. b'
s,s,hso G-ahsm Illustrated $40. ~. It. 800
The Mscmi an COMPANY.
New-York tribune., 1915-03-27

pttc,RI. AID HER PEOPLE With an Account
~ he Rs'kan Wars. Macedonia snd t1e Wa. -
d,nian Bulsars IS VII Monroe. lIu'lia,'u
$40 % ri llo. Boston. j.. {. rage q ''
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-23
Christian Endeavor Program

Sunday, Dec. %, $50 p. IN.
Place, c.. p. church.
Lesson, Phil. 3:l2.l6.
Subject, Keeping on the Up
Grade.
Leader, Mabel Coday.
How can we put our C.E meet.
ings on the up grade' Mrs. Pet
ers, Blanche Burney.
How a we keep our religious
life on the up grade? G. W. Free
man. Maude Coday.
What New Year resolutions do
you expect to make to help you
keep on the up grade? Mintie
Avery, Alice TombIeson, Mabel
Hoover, VIC. Coday, Jewell Hoo
yer, Opal Freeman, Thelma Davis
and JIG. Carter.
Why must a Christian keep
continually on the up grade?Rev.
Joseph Davis.