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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17
Shooting Stars.

The number of metpOrS which fn
to the earth is very great. and tothou
unacquainted with the figures will a..
pear astounding. The number wha
may be seen upon an ordinary even
ing, when shooting stars are not M
merous, will vary from three to te
per hour. But a single observer sees
only a portion of the heavens, and 4
has been estimated that a c0mpts
circuit of the heavens visible from mT
point would exhibit an average Of
thirty meteOrs an hour. For twenty
four hours we should have 72O. Bg,
the portion of the earth's atmosphe,
intercepted by the horizon of any plae
is not large, so that the number Of me-
teors which might be seen over tut
whole earth would be more than
10000 times the number visible at a
given point Gifts surface. Calling Oh,
number 10000, and multiplying by
700, the number visible from one Str
ton in twenty-four hours, we gd
100000 as the total number falID.
to the earth in one day. But this est.
mate only covers those which are VS.
ible to the naked eye. 1t is estimate
from the observations of Pope an.
Winnecke that the telescope used By
the latter showed fifty-three times a
many meteors as are visible to th
naked eye. Multiplying by fifty-thre'
we get upward of 400,O00,OOO meteor
as the number which the earth en-
counters every twenty four hoor
Great as this number is, it must be r.
membered that an increase Of opl@
power would render it still create
and that the real number Of metro.
entering our atmosphere remains I'D
calculated and perhaps incalculal
Notwithstanding their number, it VI.
be understood by the reasoning ab5
that one who looks for them cam
expect to see very many within a give
time, even when the earth is pa's.f
through meteoric stream.-Bosto
He7OJH
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17
How to Remove a Tight Ring.

A novel method Of effecting the r
moval of ring which has become COZ
stricted around a swollen finger, or
any other similar situation, c.n.I|
simply in enveloping the a aIc'f
member, after the manner Of a clreut
bandage, in a length of fiat India ra.
Der braid, such as ladies make use d
to keep their hats on the top Of tA.L
heads. This should be accurately ~
plied-beginning, not close to ID
ring, but at the tip Of the finger aa
leaving no intervals between the sl
cessive turns. so as to exert its Ella u
force gradually and gently upon ID
tissues underne ath. When the bIli
ing is completed. the hand should I.
held aloft in vertical position anu j
a few minutes the swelling will pr
ceptibly diminished. The brald
then taken off and Immediately reap
piled in the same manner, W en-, ate
another five minutes, the finger
again rapidly uncovered, will be sn@.
enough for the ring 10 be remJ'"
with ease.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17

ferings of such a wretch must han.
been. with that bamboo shoot Sion
and inexorably growing through |:
living body. Fortunately, before n
en- came, complete insanity genera
obscured the consciousness of the sr,
ferer.
Death by being trampled under IA,
by elephants used tobe a Commonpn
iShment in the East, and there q,
parts of it yet which still employ Ig
means of destruction. A chan
wound around the elephants II nd i.
and the victims body. Then the Il,
phant is bounded on to his clua,,
amble by torches dashed in his face =,
firecrackers exploded beneath his bo3r
Wildly, furiously, he plunges aloD,
dragging the prisoner with him. 4
every lurch breakinga hone in thew
TINS body. crushing his face to II.
ground, or tearing the flesh from n.
bones. A few hours of this -Sometime
less time. because thetOrmentedan ANNA
feeling the obstacle at its heels, turn,
round and either puts its foot throlg
the man or pounds h m TO Jelly wit.
its trunk-sufiices to Kill the vIctjr
who expires while the plaudits 4
spectators are still minging in n.
atmosphere with his last agonzn,
breath. Here, in Burmah, such
punishment has been often seen q
late, but, in the arena of the Gaciwg
of Baroda, in the presidency of Bon.
bay. there is scarcely a stone LETT IN.
spattered by the blood of poor crushe
and mangled MahrattaS and Gu e.
attees whose death at one time-Dr
so very long ago. furnished a IIindg
holiday. Thank God such ATROCITIES
have now pa sed away in Bit1
Hindostan, and before many yeas
lthey may have even become o'soIe.
I in cons erYative countries like indie
pendent Buhmah, Siam, AMMAN, China
Corea and the, islands of Niphon.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17

The shadows closed on the orchard glooms,
The seen. Of the locusts filled the lane,
TIL, ii ght win Is kissel tas mjst-trs3s
plume
And bore on their wings the kiss of rain.
Clouds in the red west dimmed tie skies
With Heecy fingers, cold ard gray,
As the sw et-bre lnIed kline with Juno ;
eyes
Game down the clover-perfumed way.
And the shepl erdess there, in the morning
light,
With rel lips fashion "a like Cupijs bow,
Her clear gray yes so iender bright,
And white brow catching the sunsets
glow;
I will hear her speak, when the loving
herd
is fokied under the walnut trees,
Soft as the note of P s ngng bird
And I'd give a thousand collars right out of
the Office il / could think Of any rhyme for
trees EXCEPT "breeze" but can't all
the same, | heard her voice she hit a brnd G
COW Owe the hip with a cedar PAL, and said:
50, brute o HudduD your fDat Stand
D or! I'll spike your tail to the fence if you
strike me with 1t again 20, brute, SOP
burlington Hu1CkeYe.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17
HUMOROUS.

"Why," exclaimed a tourist, ga
donkey couldn't climb that HILL" and
then he added, land I'm not going to
try it,"
When the hen with chickens at
tackled the small boy in his mother S
yard the hen informed him she had
him some time.
"W ere is my darling boy to-day ?"
Oh, anxious mother, bark,
He's stealing ride on a street car gay
Headed for baseball park.
Evansville argus.
els that dog mad?" he asked the
boy as the animal dashed by. al
reckon he u.s. replied the boy. q just
see butcher take piece o meat
away from Kim and kick him six feet
into the air"
A young correspondent complains
that there are too many lawyers in
the country" oh, no, my boy; they
aren't too many lawyers. There aren't
half enough clients, that's ALL
HG,Ckeye.
It's Lowell who asks, "What is so
rare as day in June?" is it not ?
Well now, if he had only stopped to
think minute, he might have known
the Doth of February was the answer
to the riddle.-HGrt0rd Ian Poon.
A Brooklyn woman has been ar
rested charged with stealing an ac-
Gordon. "A woman wicked enough to
steal an accordion would do worse
She would even play on the diabolicai
instruments Sharp.
The curiosity of child of five had
been aroused 10y seeing a magnifying
glass. How many times does it mag
nify?" asked gentleman, thinking to
puzzle him. GAS many times as You
look through it, was the quick reply.
The old weapon used by David to
slew Goliah seems, look ng at it in the
light of these latter days. TO knock the
romance all out of the great victory of
the former. The IS ing" slewS giants
and pigmies alike even unto this day,
and people marvel not thereat.-Peck'S
Sun.
Charles Francs Adams, Jr., attacks
the system which now preva Is in the
colleges of making Greek and Latin
the basis of liberal education. Mr..
Adams should rest his soul in patience.
Baseball and boat rowing are rap dly
suppianting Greek and Latin as the
basis of a liberal college education. -
NorriStoeCn Herald.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17
The Plant or the Kissing Tradition

The cultivation of that slng1iA
parasitic shrub, the mistletoe, for ofle
mental purposes is recommended Z
foreign papers, and young trees WV
mistletOe growing on them are oileio.
for sale in English M series. II !
generally found on branches o arr.
trees, but it is not very particulaT I.
this respect and takes It's habit Iy-
al Oh different other trees. III do:
lie raised from seed placed III " Y,
creyices of tn bark of young, hea. y,
bran ches, OF it may De prol a 5atei y
graft ng, in which case a portion ( I.
the bark of the tree from which u (
taken has to be cut with the piece 81
fcmly secured to the new position
american Garden.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17
The stars ON Our Flag.

1t is to a woman flat the United
States are indebted for having STIR
with five points on tltir national Ia =
Her name was Betsey Ross, and she
was an upaolste er by trade. The
committee of Congress authorized to
desg flag cane to er 10 perform
the work, ana she sugg sted that the
five-poinle ed star would be better for
their purpose than tn siX-pointed.
She was created flagmaker to the gov
eminent, and her business descended
20 her children, but was at last relin-
pushed by her daughter, who joined
the Society of Fri -ndS, and did not
wish TO have her handiwork used in
war
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17

The famous packet liner Great West
ern, now sailing between San Fran
cisco and other Pacific ports, is already
twice as old as ships usually get to be-
She first sailel from New York to
Liverpool forty years ago, and re-
NAMED in the .tlantic feet twenty
nine years.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17

From statistics recently publishedit
appears that there are in the world 20
fewer tan $3.50 paper ills,pr9ducinS
every ar $4,000 tons of papec from
all kinds of substances, lacludn;,
rags, straw and alfalfa
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17

Physicians say that ginger ale is a
poor substitute Tor water. because the
capsicum it con aims irrila,es the lining
of the stomach and produces danger
Gus Inflammation.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17

Dallas. Texas. is said to hc built o-er
a graveyard of mastodons. and Tor five
or six years past excavations for build
ings have eldom failed TO bring up
their homes.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17

There are at present 1922 cars iun
ming daily in the city of Boston, and
D. 703 men employed by the same coz
porations
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-06-17

The Pennsylvania railroad owns
more than 365 locomotives.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12

Ex-GOv. Stanford of California is
about to found college for working
people in that state, to be splendidly
endowed at the cost of several mil
lions.
A gatherer of statistics has discOv-
cred that 1904 million pounds of paper
are manufactured annually, and that
the Englishman uses the greatest aver
age, l0t pounds, the American con-
Stunning I04 pounds. The Mexican
stands lowest in the scale, using only
two pounds a year.
A Scotch clergyman recently preach
ed on "The Sin of Cheapness," and
argued that the craving for cheapness
and hunting after bargains is not only
economically false, but a cause of
great suffering to thousands of men,
women and children, who are OPP
pressed in order to furnish cheap arti-
cles of consumption.
Ex-Governor Prescott, of New
Hampshire, has secured one hundred
and seventy portraits of distinguished
men for the State house, Dartmouth
college, his alma mater, and Exeter
academy, where he received his earlier
education. Among those at Exeter are
portraits of Daniel Webster, Edward
Everett, Lewis Cass, Jared Sparks and
George Bancroft.
The wealth of the United States is
estimated at $4,000, DOC. 900, that OF
Great Britain at $4,000, 100000 The
wealth per inhabitant in the United
States $4,000, and in Great Britain il
is $1,000. In the United States Z:
parts of the wealth go to labor, % to
capital and to government. In Great
Britain Al parts go to labor, 30 to cap
ital, and % to government.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12

A considerable share of farmers use
the large shallow pan for setting milk.
Some of these were arranged at first
for cooling the milk with running
water, but after IA few years trial many
have abandoned this process as I'M
satisfactory. There are occasional
spells of hot weather, however, when
without some cooling appliance milk
cannot lie kept sweet but short time
in most dairies, and there must be
more or less loss of cream at these
times, while the butter can hardly be
of as good quality as when the temper
Azure is about right.
If during hot or sultry weather the
milk were to he cooled in some man
ner after being drawn from the cows,
thus getting rid of the animal heat, II
very manifest Improvement would be
visible. Some farmers practice this
with good results. By strainng the
milk into tin sap buckets and putting
in vat filled with cold well water to
cool before putting in the large pans,
we find that it Will keep sweet one
half longer, and that the cream will
he much tirmer and of better quality.
This is simple and not expensive
process and can Ice easily tried when
desired. If the well water is not cold
enough little ice would reduce the
temperature to sufficient degree. We
believe that where necessary if farm
ers would try this method they would
find it to pay well for all the trouble
that would be incurred.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12

these Italian cities are nearly all walled
The gate through which we passed was
fine, and we had pleasant view of the
city when passing round it as we left
on the train.
Though Venoa is one of the least in
teresting cities we have seen. vet as it
was the last one in Italy we were to
visit. we all desired to secure some
lovely object as a last view, and were
successful. 1t is vivid in memory now.
After looking earnestly, even jealously,
at turrets and tombs, and fields green
with grass, and beautiful with the most
brilliant of scarlet poppies-a sight
somewhat different drew our attention
"a neat, slick, little bit of a donkey,
standing in field, near il cart, loose,
his ears straight up nearly rs long as
his body, and he looking at the cars
in most interesting and intelligent
manner There he was, bright-eyed,
sweet faced and beautiful - the last
Italian scene. But he did not bray,
not even goodbye, and we babe
adieu to sunny Italy, donkey and all.
Trent was our next resting place.
The city is nestled lovingly on the
hank of the river Adige, which flows
between very lofty mountains. From
the top of hill we had a magnificent
view of the city in the midst of its
surroundings. A park with its beauties
before us. the moon shining over the
hills at the left, and at the right of the
city, the river and mountains lifting
their snowy peaks toward heaven, so
high and white-we gazed with rapture
and felt rested in body and better in
spirit by looking at the wonders around
us. The wild grandeur of the scenery
here is much spoken of and admired
10y travellers, and well it may be. In
an old church here was held the cele-
brated council of Trent about the mid
die of the sixteenth century, and III the
choir i the picture of those who com
posed the council. The cathedral is
closed for repairs, and looks sadly i'll
need Of them.
Our route from Trent to Innsbenck
was near the Bremen Pass of the
Alps. Those pictures cannot be de-
| scribed. There were the cloud capped
mountains, white with perpetual snow,
huge, rocky cliffs, little, babbling
brooks, and leaping mountain streams
| The railroad crept along the bank OF
the crooked river. 1t was all fine, and
fine ending of our trip together, but
we were more accustomed to grand
scenery than when we crossed these
mountains by the Summering Pass
and for that reason, if no other, we
were not so enchanted, so fairly taker
hv storm with wonder and admiration
as we were ut that time.
The train stopped ten minutes al
Bremen. The professor and Ida went
around the cars togatheT flowers thai
were growing in profusion there. The
rest of us ran to snow bank, that
9th day of May, and had plenty O
snow to eat and snowballed each Other
Justify. All this so close to blooming
flowers and green fields.
At Munich, May 10th. Here end.
our journey together. the professor
and his wife will remain here few
weeks, then visit other Universities
and reach Berlin the last of June prob.
ably. The girls will 90 with us tC
Nuremburg and to Leipsic, then tt
Dresden for awhile.
''TO meet and part is mortal's lot"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12
.sGod Bless YOU"

God bless YOU dear" said grandma once,
When bidding Frank good-by;
And all along his way it seemed
The echoes made reply.
God bless you ~ rang from rocks and hills;
Twas whispered in the trees,
And smiled from every nodding flower
Stirred by the passing breeze;
While all the blue sky overhead
without one dark clouds frOwn,
Told of the wondrous love and power
That sends His blessings down.
For all Gods works are gifts OF love
To those beneath his care;
Whoever heeds their voice may hear
God bless you everywhers.
THE Sunbeam
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12

Enormous icebergs are floating in
the Atlantic ocean near Newfoundland.
One of those recently seen was so enOr-
nous as to practically blockade the
harbor st. Johns. Another was said to
he seven miles long, and third nine
miles long by quarter of IA mile wide.
In one sense these bergs are causes of
apprehension. There is little doubt
that the French brig Senorine, lately
sunk with all on board, was crushed
10y one of these gigantic ice islands,
and they are a menace to vessels ply
ing the ocean until they reach warmer
ATTITUDES and dissolve. But they in .
dictate an early breakup in the artic
regions, and hold out the hope that the
Greeley relief expedition will have lit
tie difficulty i'll reaching its destina-
ton.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12

The death-rate of Russia is the high
est in Europe. This is attributed to
the paucity of medical men and the
habits of the rural population. Ac-
cording to late returns the average
duration of life is only twenty-six
years, and the mortality among infants
is frightful. More than sixty per cent
of infants die before they reach their
fifth year, and nearly 100000 chill
dren perish every year. OF 5000, 900
boys, only 3,770,000 attain the age of
military service-that is to say, their
twenty fifth year; and of these at
least l 100000 are found, by shortness
of statute and weakness of body, to be
unfit for military duties.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12
Beach Lots For Sale.

Fifty of the most desirable lots the Atlantic
coast, situated at Wallis Sands, Rye n. H., four
miles from Portsmouth. These lots all front on
the ocean and beach, about thirty feet above the
highest tides, unfaling supply OF soft water ON
each lot perfect drainage, and algraded and ready
TO build upon
This property is pronounced by all visitors a.
the best located for ocean and inland views and
sanitary conditions of any on the coast, and with
the improV ements now being made, will place this
location among the most desirable for summer
licences, that can be found. For further ntorma.
tiOB in regard to these lots address
JEROME c. BUTLER,
tJupe25 Portsmouth, y. Ii.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12
Is He "a Whistler.

An old farmer AYERS that he wont
have hired man on his farm unless
he is whistler-that he never knew a
whstling laborer to find fault with his
food, his bed, or any little extra work.
Such man was generally kind to
children and animals-would whistle a
chilled hand into warmth and life. and
bring his hat full of eggs from the
barn without breaking one of them.
He was careful about closing gates
and putting up bars, and seeing that
the nuts of his pillow were frightened
before using. A whistling man never
beat or kicked "A COW, while the sheep
he fed in the yard would gather around
him without fear. Aud, finally. he had
never employed whistler who was
not thoughtful and economical. Moral
Good boys should learn to whistle,
Deal very gently with those who are
on the down-hill side of life. Your own
time is coming to be where they now
are. You, too, are stepping west
ward" SoOthe the restlessness of age
by amusement, by consideration, by
non-interfereDce, and by allowing
plenty of occupation to fall into the
hands that long for it. But let it be OF
their own choosing, and cease to order
their ways for them as though they
were children.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12

The CdledOnidn has nor been printed
nearly fifty years. Its character is nell
knOion by nearly all IN this part Of the
State, and a good many outside the
State. 1t endeaUors to be honest, true,
pure and clean. as a public Journal it
is compelled to tell unpleasant truths,
bit it neUer hunts for scandal. 1t beliepes
that a newspaper has a higher mission
than to pander to the Uiie or even the
sensational. Ifits conductors hare not
kept it up to the ideal, they certainly hare
received much credit for the high stan
dard it reaches after.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12

STATE OF VERMONT. CALEDONIA DISTRICT IS
y In Pa obate Court held at the Probate Office in
st. JOhnsburv in said district, the Goth day Of
May. a. ID. 1894.
Pearl ID. BlOdgett, administrator upon the estate
Of Esther l. Hutchinson, late of St Johnsbury. in
said district, deceased presents his administration
account for examination and allowance, and makes
application for decree of distribution and parti-
tiOn of the estate of said deceased
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court, that said
assount and said application be referred to SEES
sion thereof, to be held at the Probate Office
in said st. JOhnsbury the 18th day of June
A. ID. 1884, for hearing and decision thereon And IL
is further ordered that notice hereof be given to
all persons interested, by publication of the same
three weeks successfully in the CaledOnian news
paper published at St JOhnsbury, previous TO said
hme appointed for hearing that they may appear
at said time and place, and show cause if any they
may have, why said account should not he allowed
and such decree made.
By the Court, Attest,
4-4s' WALTER p. SMITH. Judge
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

II any one wishes their buildings thoroughly
protected from the hghtnings stroke by the best
Elect 0-magnetic wire cable. composed of best
charcoal iron and Bessemer steel wire (galyanizadl
in one continuous coil Tor copper wire cableJ put
up in the most approved and substantial manner,
and with thorough insulation with gold plated
points. can have il done at q reasonable price by
applying to VIM. WILDER & son.
ST. JOhnsbuTy, VT s3u
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1884-06-12
T. HILL MANsFIELD's
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-:CARDS:-
25 Beautiful Embossed Picture.
FOR SALE.

Ny house and barn with nearly one acre of land.
situated at the corner OF Park and south streets
in the village Of st. Johnsbury. The house h
heated by steam, and has hot and cold water and
gas throughout Apply to W p. FAIRBANKS.
Soft