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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11
IMpRnNEMENrs IN I'll

IMPROVEMENTS IN THE TELEPHONE.
Some important telephone results
have been lately obtained by Belgian
meteorolOgist. He has succeeded i'll
eliminating from telephone commune
cation through wire the inductive
action of Il neighboring telegraph wire
(Which gives cracking kind of noise
in the telephone.) Moreover, he can
employ the same wire at the same
time for both telephone and telegraph
ic work. Thus, i'll recent experiment
ii message was sent from Brussels by
the Morse telegraph to the directing
engineer of telegraph in Paris, and an
oral message sent by telephone was
distinctly heard while the Morse re
ceiver was i'll action. AT the forth
coming exhibition in Munich telephony
is to be tried between that town and
Dresden, distance of about 343 miles.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11
Smoking Among Boys.

The Springfield Republican notes
that there is noticeable disposition
apparent just now to wage war on the
tobacco habit among boys. The Phil
adelphia Times has been crusading
against the use of cigarettes, and claims
To discover a diminutiOn i'll the local
sales of these denominations. 1t has
printed revolving revelations of the
way the paper rolls are often filled
with refuse stubs which are collected
i'll cities, and insists upon the truth of
its discoveries. The use of tobacco
has been forbidden to the students in
the naval academy mt Annapolis and
the military academy ut West Point,
after careful investigation concerning
the physiological effects of the habit.
The best medical advice was sought,
and upon it the regulations were is
sued. The report of the surgeon-gen
eral in 1869 strongly advised this ac-
ton as ''unqueStionably the most i'm
portant matter in the health history of
the students of West Point The
principal of Phillips Academy at Exc
ter. y. H.. has issued circular to the
parents of his students, stating that
the subject had claimed much atten-
tion in England, France, Germany and
America, that he found physicians
unanimous in condemning the use OF
tobacco 10y boys, and asking whether
they would consider the prohibition OF
tobacco reasonable and practicable. A
majority of the parents have replied
and are, rs might Toe expected, unani-
nous in the desire that their sons may
abstain. There certainly can he no
two opinions about the unwisdOm ot
allowing growing boys to smoke.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11
STILES, ESTATE

IL The subscribers, having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court tor the district Of
Caledonia Commissioners Ia receive. examine nd
adjust all claims and demands of all persons against
the estate of Hollis Stiles late of st. Johns
bury in said District deceased, represented insO-
vent and the term of six months from the 18th day
of August Iss2 being allowed by said Court to the
creditors of said deceased. TO exhibit and prove
their respective claims before Give notice. that
We will attend to the duties of our appointment at
the dwelling house of the late Hollis Stiles in
ST. JOhnsbury in said District the 18th day of
August and 18th day of February. next. at one
O'Clock in the afternoon, each OF said DAYS.
an T WSIl ~ w !. R2pxr }Comm'rs.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11
T F. EDWARDS ESTATE.

IL. The subscribers, having been appointed by
the Honorable Probate Court tor the District Of
Caledonia Commissioners 10 receive, examine
and adjust all claims and demands of all persons
against the estate Of L. +. Edwards, late Of
ed insolvent and the term of six months from the
18th dAy of July 1854, being allowed by said Court
70 the creditors Of said deceased, to exhibit and
prove their respective claims before Give no.
tee that We will attend to the duties of ap-
pointment at the dwelling house of the late L Y.
Edwards in Walden in said district on the 3ist day
of August and 18th day Of January next at ten
O'Clock in the forenoon on each Of said days
ABEL GLE. To-
All G BELL. iNA 10
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11
THE ENGLISH CoMMANDER IN EGYPT.

The ENGLISH COMMANDER IN EGYPT.
Sir Garnet Wolseley, to whom has
been assigned the chief command of
the British forces in Egypt, is an officer
of distinguished gallantry and profess
sional skill, who has seen deal of
hard service in the East and in Africa.
He is an Irishman by birth, but of
English stock. He entered the army
as an ensign in 1852, and during the
Burmese war was severely wounded
leading a successful storming party
against the enemy's works. During
the Crimean war, in 1924, he was twice
wounded, but not so severely as to in
valid him. A third and terrible wound
was received in August, 1855.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11
1000 lbs Amoskeaq Ginghams

All alike in a package for 30 cents pound
Not alike in package, % cents a pound. Pieces
range to IS inches long. Also PRINTS, not
alike in package, - cents pound. Customers
must pay their own express. Cash can be sent by
mail, or goods will be sent c. o. ID. Parties can
club and have packages in one bundle.
j. s MASSECK, Remnant Store"
41-ln - Hanover St Manchester n III.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11

CTATE OF VERMONT CALEDONIA DISTRICT s.
- In Probate Court, held al the Probate Office in
st. Johnsbury, in said District on the 3lst day Of
July A. ID. 1882
Justus ID. Goodrich, administrator upon the es-
tate of Hiram NJ COnant late of Hardwick in said
district, deceased, makes application to said Court
for license to sell the whole of the real of
said deceased. except the widows right of home
stead therein representing that said sale is
necessary for the payment of the debts of said de-
ceased, and charges of administration upon said
estate.
WhereupOn it is ordered by said court that said
application come under consideration and be heard
ON the 18th day OF August. \. D. lss2 at the Pro
bate Office in st. JOhnsbury and, il is further
dered that all persons interested be notified here
of by publication of notice OF this application and
order thereon, three weeks excessively in the
Caledonian printed at St JOhnsbury, before said
time of hearing that they may appear at said time
and place, and if they cause, object thereto.
By the Court, Attest
1851 HENRY FRENCH, Register.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11
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For sale by the barrel bottle OF glass by
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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gives power for the water used, and will last
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phlet and catalogue with prices, sent free. by
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c. c. BIN CHAM,
DRUGGIST,
ST. JoHNSBURY, VT.

STATE OF VERMONT. CALEDONIA DISTRICT IS
- In Probate Court held at the Probate Office in
st. JOhnsbury within and for said District on the
Goth day of July, A. ID. 1892
An instrument purporting to be the last will and
testament of Vashti Spencer late of Burke in said
district, deceased, being presented to Court by
Charles I. A. Humphrey the executor therein
nan ed for Probate
1t is ordered by said Court, that all persons con
cerned therein be notified to appear at session of
said Court to be held at the Probate Office i'll st.
Johnsbury, on the 18th day of August, \. ID. 1882.
and show cause. if any they may have against
the Probate of the said will for which pur-
pose il il further ordered that a copy of the
record of this order be published three weeks
successfully in the Caledonian, printed at st.
Johnsbury, previous To said time appointed for
hearing.
BY the Court Attest
4s50 HENRY FRENCH Register
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11

A Lesson OF FAITH.-Two little
boys were talking together about Il
lesson they had been receiving from
their grandmother, on Eliiah's going to
heaven in chariot of fire. 81 say,
Charlie" said George, "but wouldn't
You be afraid to ride on such char
lot ?" "Why, no." said Charlie, 81
shouldn't be afraid III kneU that the
LORD lrdS dririRq.n
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11
GOOD NEWS!
Everyone Their Own Photographer

The great interest now being manifested in this
country in Amateur Photography in consequence
of the discovery of the BrOmO- G elatne Dry Plates
the demand for these wonderful, convenient and
sensitive plates, and the apparatus for working
them have made arrangements with the world
renowned ScOvill Manufacturing Company of
New York, to sell their beautiful and perfect
OUTFITS" for Amateurs and Professionals, also
Corbutt's celebrated keystone BrOmOl Gelatine
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Books OF instruction clearly written that Ia
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may be permitted to say that twenty years
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which enables me to impart useful instruction in
any branch Of Photography. Dry Plate Outfits
for so and upwards Send for circulars giving
full information concerning Outfits Prices &c.
ID. A. CLIFFORD
Artist in Photography. Vice President of the
Photographers Association of America,
1851 st. Johnsbury, VT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11

CARRY RELIGION INTO Business
There are two ways of carrying your
religion into your business. Talking
religion to the people you meet in your
business hours is one way; dealing
fairly, meeting all obligations prompt
ly, treating those in your employment
with kindness and courtesy is another.
Some Christians may do good by the
first method no Christian can do any
good who ncglccts the second.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1882-08-11

A PROMIsE.-A promise into which
we have once penetrated is like star
upon which we have once looked
through the telescope. We always see
it afterwards, full of the brightness and
color which that look showed us. Even
if it grows dim behind cloud, or 9TH
ef nearer stars seem to Outshine it, we
never think it dull or small after we
have once looked deep into its depths.
Il Rev. Phillips Brooks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13

"Suddenness,' he repeated. "Aye, it is
sudden to you-and to Mrs. Banks, but for
me and for Matte, whose thoughts are day
and night, night and day, full of each other,
how can it be sudden ?"
Drew stood still, and then Adam went on
alone, until his footsteps became audible and
Matte turned her head to see him standing at
her side.
Adam had been right no fear was there for
Mattie's brain. All excitement, all surprise
and wonder came afterwards at that supreme
moment, and with a satisfied sight as of child
who has got all it wants, Matte held out her
arms to him, with one word
Husband ~
AsAdam drew her to him it was not only
the mist, or the darkening evening that blind
ed Drew so that for moment or two he saw
neither Of them.
People say thai Drew's luck was turned from
the day Stonedene found tenant. 1t is new
ly done up and prettily finished now Mr.. and
Mrs. Armitage come down there once ortwlce
a year, with their children, for breath of sea
air and to visit old friends.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13
PHENOMENA OF DEATH.

To be shot dead is one of the easiest modes
of terminating life. Yet, rapid as it is, the
victim has leisure to feel and time to reflect
On the first attempt by one of the frantic ad-
herents of Spain to assassinate William, Prince
of Orange, who took the lead in the revolt of
the Netherlands, the ball passed through the
bones of his face and brought him to the
ground. In the instant that preceded stupefac-
ton, he was able to frame the notion that the
ceiling of the room had fallen in and crushed
him. The cannon shot which plunged into
the brain of Charles the XII did not prevent
him seizing his sword by the hilt. The idea
Of an attack, and the necessity for defence,
was impressed upon him by blow which
we should have supposed too tremendous to
leave All interval for thought. But it by no
means follows that the inf1iction of fatal vo-
lence is accompanied by pang. From what
is known of the first effect of gunshot wounds,
it is probable that the impression is rather
stunning than acute. Unless death be i'm
mediate, the pain is as varied as the nature OF
the injuries, and these are past counting up.
But there is nothing singular in the dying
sensations. though Lord Byron remarked the
physiological popularity that the expression
is invariably that of langour, while in death
from stab the countenance reflects the traits
of natural character-of gentleness or ferocl-
ty-tO the last breath.
Some of these cases are of interest, to show
with what slight disturbance life may 60 on
under mortal wound, until it suddenly comes
to final stop. a foot soldier at Waterloo,
pierced by musket ball in thehip, begged water
from trooper who happened to possess cam
teen of beer. The wounded man drank, re-
turned his heartiest thanks, mentioned that
his regiment was nearly exterminated, and,
having proceeded dozen yards on his way to
the rear, fell to the earth and, with one con-
vulsive movement Of his limbs, concluded his
career.
''Yet his voice, " says the trooper, who him
self told the story, gave scarcely the smallest
sign of weakness"
Capt. Basil Hall, who, in his early youth,
was present at the battle of Corunna, has
singled out. from the confusion which con-
signs to oblivion the woes and the gillantries
of war, another instance, extremely similar,
which occurred Oh that occasion. An old
officer who was shot in the head, arrived pale
and faint at the temporary hospital, and begged
the surgeon to look at his wound, which was
pronounced to be mortal.
''Indeed, feared so,' he responded, with
impeded utterance; land yet l should like
very much to live a little longer, if it were
possible"
He laid his sword upon stone at his side
''as gently" says Hall, ''as if it's steel had
been turned into glass, and almost immedi-
ately sank dead upon the turf"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13
Selefted guetrp.
TODAY.


Why do we tune our hearts to sorrow
When all around is bright and gay,
And let the gloom OF some to. morrow
Eclipse the gladness of to-day?
When Summers sun is on us shining,
And flooding all the land with light,
Why do we waste our time repining,
That nearer and nearer creeps the night!
We teach ourselves with scornful sadness
That 1t ia vain to seek for bliss
There is no time for glee and gladness
In such a weary world as this.
The snare Of doubling thoughts has caught us,
And we to grim forebodipgs yield,
And fail to learn the lesson taught us
BY all the lilies Of the field.
They take no thought for each to morrow,
They never dream of doubt or sin,
They fear no dim forthcoming shadow,
"They toll not, neither do they spin.'
Yet still they tell the same old story,
To US who crave in vain for ea>e,
That Solomon, in all his glory.
Was not arrayed like one OF these"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13

pass muster in some districts of that country.
A blanket spread on the earthen floor of their
small huts is considered good enough for any
sovereign of that land while a cot is regarded
as luxury, and only INDUCED in by the we'll
to-do people. Everybody smokes, but no one
chews or snuffs. The ladies smoke as grace
fully as they dance. They smoke in the parlor
at home, and when visiting and are content
only when they have cigarette every half
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13
NAPOLEON,S PARENTS.

The family of Bonapartes were of pure Ital-
ian race there was not drop OF French
blood in any of them. Their ancestors had
come from the mainland in the early history
of Corsica, and their name are found III the
remote annals of Ajaccio. Carlo Bonaparte
was Il poor gentlman of excellent breeding and
character, who married in his youth young
and romantic girl named Letizila Romollno,
who followed him in his campaigns up to the
moment of the birth of Napoleon. 1t is i'm.
possible to say how much the history Of Eu-
rope owes to the high heart and indomitable
spirit of this soldierly woman. She never re-
lnquished her authority in her family. When
ill her children were princes and potentates
she was still the severe, stern Madame Mere
The beauty and grace of Josephine Beaullar-
nais never conquered her; the sweet Tyrolese
prettiness Maria Louise won from her onl a
sort of contemptuous indulgence. When her
mighty son ruled the continent, she was the
only human being whose chidings he regarded
or endured. She was faithful in her rebukes
while the sun shone and when calamity came,
her undaunted spirit was still true and devo-
ted to the fallen. Her provincial habit OF
economy stood her in good stead in her vigo-
rous old age she was rich when the empire
passed away, and her grandchildren greatly
needed her aid.
1t must have been from her that Napoleon
took his extraordinary character, his father,
Carlo Bonaparte, though brave soldier and
an ardent patriot in his youth, was of an easy
and genial temper, inclined to take the world
as he found it, and not to insist too much on
having it 60 in his especial way. After the
cause of Corsican liberty was lost by the sue
cess of the French arms, he accepted the Sit
uation without regret, and becoming Intimate
with tha cOnunprOrS he placed as MANY OF his
family as possible on the French pension list.
His sons Napoleon and Louis were given
scholarships at Brienne and at Autun, and
his eldest daughter, entered the royal institu..
ton at St. Cyr. While yet in the prime OF
life he died of the same deadly disease which
was to finish Napoleon's days at St. Helena; /;
and the heroic mother, her responsibilities
becoming still heavier by this blow, lived for
eight years longer mid the confusion and civil
tumult which had becom chronic in Corsica !:
and then, after the capture of the island by
the English in 1893, she made her escape with
her children to Marseilles, where she lived sew
eral years in great penury.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13

az The bitterness of humility is tonic to
the spirit. To humiliate yourself is as neces-
sary in this wicked world, as it is for travellers
through African jungles to take every now
and then a draught of quinine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13

WoMEN's TEARs.-W give way to
tears more readily than men. Granted but
are they any the weaker for it? Not bit.
It is simply a difference of temperament, that
is ALL 1t involves no noinferiority. If you think
that this habit necessarily means weakness,
wait and see. Who has not seen women break
down in tears during some domestic calamity,
while the stronger sex" were calm? And who
has not seen the same women rise up and dry
their eyes, and be henceforth the support and
stay or their households, and perhaps bear up
the stronger sex as a stream bears up ship?
| said once to physician watching such q
woman, "That woman is truly great" ''Of
course she is he answered Ibid you ever
see a woman who was not great in an emer-
pency o.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13

MoURN1NG.-B is our own emblem of
mourning, but in Italy women grieve in white
garments and men in brown. In China white
is worn by both sexes. In Turkey, Syria, Cap
padocia, and Armenia celestial blue is the tint
chosen. In Egypt, yellowish brown, the hue
of the dead leaf, is deemed proper and in
Ethiopia, where men are black, gray is the en-
blem of mourning. All these colors are SYM
bols. White symbolzes purity, an attribute
of our dead the celestial blue, that place OF
rest where happy souls are at peace the vel
low or dead leaf tells that death is the end of
all human hope, and that man falls as the au-
tumn leaf and gray whispers of the earth to
which all return. The Syrians considered
mourning for the dead an effeminate practice,
and so when they grieved they put on womens
clothes, as symbol of weakness, and as a
shame to them for lack of manliness. The
Thracians made feast when one of their
loved ones died, and every method of JOY and
delight was employed. This meant that the
dead had passed from state of misery into
one of felicity. Black was introduced as
mourning bv the queen of Charles VII. Be-
fore that the French queens wore white mourn
ing and were known as white queens.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13

MONKEYS AS sSERyANTs.-The monkey, in
combination with the hand-organ, has been
found to I've such Serviceable member OF So
ciety that brisk trade in that intelligent but
unhappy beast has sprung up between olnga-
pore and the italian ports. The London Globe
observes that modern Europe has done very
little in the way of developing the talents of
the monkey, though Egypt has furnished
through all ages, an example of what may be
attained in that direction. In the South of
Abyssinia, upon the testimony of the late Sir
Gardiner Wilkinson, monkeys are still taught
several useful accomplishments. One OF these
is that of officiating as torch-bearers at a sup
per party. Seated in row, on raised bench,
they hold the lights until the guests have de-
parted, patiently awaiting their own supper as
reward for their services. Occasionally an
obstreperous animal will interrupt the festivi-
ties by throwing his lighted torch among the
guests, but he is promptly caned into SUBJ
mission.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-10-20
UNIQUE DINNER CARDS.

At a recent dinner-party in New York,
some odd dinner cards were used. They
we're exact limitations of square soda-crack-
ers, made Of pale silk filed with down and
sachet powder. The edges were slightly
colored, rs cracker is Drowned in the bak-
ing, and the print of the cutting stamp
was copied by the silk being stitched to-
gether in places, In the centre, where
was the name of the guest. AS they lay
upon the pure white linen by the plates they
looked like such fresh, good soda crackers
that it was disappointment to lind that
they would not break and crumble into brit
tie mouthfuls