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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-02
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PURE BONE MEAL
RECEIPT FOR MAKING PHOSPHATE.

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-02
Personal Property Mortgages.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-02
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-02
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-02
A MARVELLOUS STORY

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-04-02

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Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
Bathing in India.

The gospel of cleanliness is not for India. Do I begin to argue? 1 am told that "a virtue of Gautama Buddhs was his dirty facer And yet a bath is Hindoo's frequent practice. But the use of mustard oil overbalances all ablutions. A native always polishes his skin with mustard oil before bath ing. 1t prevents the water from en- tering the blood through the skin" Gauga tells me. It makes the pres ence of a native anything but agreed ble, for the amounting having greatly diminished the power of the water, the suns action upon the cutaneous surface is such that the smell has act ually the effect of running the health of Europeans who have to inhale it for many hours daily in the katcherries and courts of law.
 If you say to one of these objection able smelling parties: "You would do "OAA " 0@No O OaIn! ho VIII dhS"ois spitefully: "1 am a Hindoo!" This, being interpreted, means that the man scrupulously observes the many wash ings that the law enjoins. But those washings are something like the mumbling of formal prayer. Indeed, the high-caste Hindoo may not. like the Pharisee of old, eat except he wash.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
Ecllnscs of the Snn.

The eclipses of the sun, says the Chicago Inter ocedn, are caused by the moons passing between the earth and the sun. If the two bodies fol. lowed the same track In the heavens there would be an eclipse every new moon, but as the orbits arc inclined, the moon generally passes above or below the sun, and there is no eclipse. Occasionally the sun Is near one of the moons notes.-the points where the planes of the orbits interseet-when it passes, and then an eclipse occurs. Ii the sun and the moon were always at the same position with regard to the earth, and always the same distance from it. the eelipses would always be of the same size But as these condi. tions vary, so do the appearances of the eclipse. For instance, let us sup pose that at the time of an eclipse the center of the moon happens to pass dI- rect over the center of the sun. It the moon is near the point in the orbit which is at the least distance from the earth her apparent diameter will ex- eeed that of the sun. and the latter win be quite hidden from view, and we have what is known as total eclipse. Of course, even in this case. the eclipse
 
 will only appear total to the observers near the line joining the centers of the sun and moon. If, however, the three bodies occupy similar positions, but the distance between the earth aud moon is greater, the whole of the sun is not covered by the moon, and tho eclipse is annular. If tho moon, how ever, does not pass centrally over the sun, 1t can only hide part of tho lat ter on one side or the other, and the eclipse is said to be partial. As tho moons orbit is quite elliptical, the dis. tance of that body from the earth varies greatly. Its least distance is 22l,000 miles, its greatest 259.600 miles.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
4 New Narcotic.

Something worse than opium or chloral is reported to the New York Medical Society Several city practi- tioners found out that few persons were using hyoscine to produce sort of intoxication that resulted in pro- found slumber. The drug is hydro bromate, and has to limited extent been used in medicine in lieu of atro- phine for relief in epilepsy and other diseases of the nerves. It is obtained from a German plant, and is usually on sale by German apothecaries in this city. The supply has been small, and the price about seventy-fve cents grain; but a suddenly increased de- mand nearly exhausted the stocks and sent the price to dollar. The doses must be infnitesimal in order not to be dangerous, and the peril of self-dosing lies in the liability to kill by carelessly swallowing or hypoder- mically injecting too much. The ex- perimenters with it proved chiefly to be medical students, drug clerks and others acquainted with its sopori- fic qualities. Hard drinkers employed it to force sleep, and very nervous per sons drove off insomnia with it. In order to test its effects, 1t has been systematically administered to thirty six insane patients in the State Hos- pital for the Insane, by Drs. Langdon and Peterson, who say that the effects prove the very greIt danger of hyos- cine eating. They found that it would indeed compel sleep in most cases, but that it's habitual use would surely bring muscular paralysis and delirium of a particularly violent sort. The society will ask the Legislature to for bid the safe except on prescription Cincinnati Enquirer.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
Eggs In Ireland.

Seeing that some three-fourths of the whole population of Ireland are more or less connected with or engag- ed in agricultural pursuits. there is probably no question more often asked daily by at least 100000 of the popu- lation of Ireland than, "What is the price of eggs?" From the moment the well-known "Cluck, cluck," is heard from the hen announcing the production of an egg there is a rush made for it, which never ceases until the empty shell is thrown into the ash bin. That egg is bartered and rebar- tered, sold and sold again, many times before it is introduced to the break fast-table. Many lies are told about it's age, some about it's size, many more about its price. Eggs are bought by the dozen and by the hundred of six score. In some parts of Ireland, notably in Dublin market, the hundred counts one hundred and twenty-four. The trade is divided mainly into two classes-buyers and shippers or ex- porters. The former are again sub divided into two other classes-dealers and shopkeepers- Buyers sell direct to the shippers; shippers export direct either to customers in Scotland, Eng land, or Wales, or to an agent or brok- CT there, who sells for him on commits sion. The buyer is man or woman owning, or in many cases hiring, 8 donkey, mule. or horse, and going from one farmers house to another buying their eggs for money; or, in many cases, giving goods, such as groceries, needles, thread, and other like useful articles, in barter for eggs. Dealers are smaller class of buyers. They are mostly old women who have what is called dealing" that is, a small shop, which from ten to thirty shillings would stock, their husbands or chil- dren being of the laboring class. These poor dealers buy up from 300 to 400 eggs weekly,-nfostly obtaining the same by barter. These they usu- ally send in by a donkey cart in a basket resembling a fsh-woman's creel, once week, to the town where the nearest shipper resides; or some times, if needy, will sell for less price than would be had from the shipper to well-to-do buyer. Even in the humblest walks of life there is pride, and thspoorest dealers will not sell to any one but shipper, unless Fthey are very badly of for ready mon- ey.-ChamberS' Journal.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
The ssBunco" Game.

A "bunco steerer" has been telling Q World reporter how thieves take in unwary strangers in New York. He said:
 First of all, you must know that there are no dens in the business. The boys hire furnished room on the first floor of building in any quiet side street. telling the lanlord that they are agents for some company or other. The hand-shaker grabs prosperous looking stranger and sings out: How are you Mr. Green? How are my friends in Brownvilleg The chump generally replies: Why you've made a mistake I'm Mir. Brown. from Green. vile. Then the shaker apologies, hurries of and reports to the steerer, who pulls book out of his pocket and hunts up Greenyille. The book by the way, is what is know as bank note reporter, and gives a complete lis, of all the banks in the country. From the list the steerer finds that Mir. Jones is President of the Greenyille Bank and that Messss. Smith and Gray are among its directors. or he goes to the chump. shakes hands with him, calls him by name and saying he is Mir. Jones's nephew asks for the health of the Smiths, Grays and other promi- nent people. See? The chump is llattered by the attentions of the bank president stylish nephew, and 1t does not take long to steer him into the room where the boss bunco man is waiting to play his part. There is the usual story about the painting drawn as in the lottery prize, then the cash prize and the rest of it. Usually the chump bites in few minutes; he is anxious to get $500 for sloo, he puts up his wad of bills. the boys get it, and he walks out in brown study, not know. ing exactly how he was done up but quite sure he has been swindled.
 Complain to the epolice? Not much. The bunco men leave their office a minute or two after he does, and no one could find them; besides, the man is ashamed to tell how green he was. Even if the boys are arrested you can't find one man in hundred who will go to police court and give himself away for sucker.
 "Then there's very pretty scheme of Grand Central Pete's You'd laugh to see tho dozens of farmers he gets to lend him $50 on worthless check SC that he can pay aman the balance due for an imaginary horse. That's a dan. dy scheme, and its perfectly safe II generally takes the haybag about ar hour to tumble after he's been left standing outside a store where Pete has to go in for a minute on important business"
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
Electric Signalling by Balloons.


 The idea of signalling by balloons has been worked out by Mir. Eric Stuart Bruce. son of the late Gen. Michael Bruce, and has been exhibited in operation every evening at the AL bert Palace, London. About 9 o'clock a balloon twenty feet in diameter, and containing 4,000 cubic feet of gas, is allowed 10 ascend to a height of 500 feet aI l is rendered visible by six incan- descent lamps of twenty-candle power, fed from battery on the ground. Tho material of the balloon is translucent cambric, and when the lamps are in action the whole glows with a soft light which is very noticeable, and in a clear atmosphere can be seen for miles. Tn the conductors from the batteries 10 the balloon there is inserted a Morse key, by which the circuit can be made and broken, and the lamps be caused to give long and short flashes corresponding 10 the dash and dot of the telegraph code. It can be used in a flat country, or between valleys sep arated by low hills, instead of being confined Go elevated positions like tho hellograph; the balloon also shows a large illuminated disk in place of a small mirror, and can be packed, to- gether with it's batteries, in q little compass for transport t-Seientlfc American
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
Hone as . Remedial Measure.


 It is perfectly useless for us to at- tempt to portray the influence that "hope" exerts upon mankind. It is 8 proverbial fact that a man without hope in the fight for life is already half whipped. The sick man without hope is desperately i'll indeed, however slight his physical ailment may be. It is equally as true that there is a very slight chance for the undertaken to be benefited in the case of patient who has no disposition or idea of dying. The whole system-digestive, circu- latory, and nervous-is directly under the influence of the mind; and if we will ever bear this in mind in treating our cases, we will often have a more potent remedy, easy of administration and more pleasant to give and take. than anything found in the country doctors saddle-bag or upon the shelves of our metropolitan pharmacists. Bad news, grief, or sudden disappointment has been known to reduce the circula- tion to minimum, to cause strong man to become as helpless as a child, and to arrest the process of digestion and assimilation as suddenly as if the patients throat had been cut. Just the reverse of this may be observed under the influence of pleasant emotions and the life-giving power of bright, heaven born hope.-SoEthern Clinic.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
Song of the South Wind.

Through fragrant pines sweep along, And chant for them ighty song, Grand and triumphant, sweet and strong, Like organ notes heard faraway, In some cathedral old and gray, When vespcrs tells the close of day. stir the ripples on tho lake: The dancing wavelets softly br,ak Against the cool white sand, and mako 4 broken melody that seems Like birdlings, chipping in their dreams, Ere lights the east with dawn's faint gleams bring the rain clouds from the sea- The shadows fall on lake and lea; The thirsty plants nod thanks to mo, And yield me treasures of perfume, The sweet mementos of their bl 1om, To bear away to climes of gloom, To tell the Northllnd's prisoned flowers Biding the slow, dark winter hours, While chill and gray the dull sky lowers: 'Long though your time of waiting be, And firm the chains that letter ye, Lose not your hope-ye shall be free H'
 -.Au9ustd D. Dunn.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
Peculiar Monuments.

There are great number of monu- ments of kind peculiar to China, and which alone would suffice to distinguish this country from all others-namely, triumphal arches erected to widowhood or virginity.
 When a girl will not marry, in or der that she may better devote herself to the service of her parents, or if a widow refuses to enter the marriage state a second time, out of respect to the memory of her deceased husband, she is honored after death with espec- ial pomp. Subscriptions are raised for the erection of a monument to her virtue, to which all the relations, and even sometimes the inhabitants of the village or district where the heroine has dwelt, contribute. These arches are of wood or stone, covered with sculptures, sometimes very well exc cuted, of flowers, birds and fabulous animals. On the front is usually an inscription in honor of virginity or widowhood. as the case may be; and on the two sides are engraved in small letters the virtue of the heroine in question. These arches. which have a very fine effect, are frequent along the roads, and even in the towns. At Ning-Po, celebrated seaport in the province of Tche-Kiaug, there is 6 large street entirely composed of such monuments, all of stone, and of a most rich and majestic architecture.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
Clean Heads.

Keeping the head perfectly clean is a great aid to health. A distinguished physician, who has spent much of his time at quarantine, said that person whose head was thoroughly washed every day rarely ever took contagious diseases, but where the hair was al- lowed to become dirty and matted it was hardly able to escape infection. Many persons find speedy relief for nervous headache by washing the head thoroughly in weak soda water. We have known cases almost wholly cured in ten minutes by this simple remedy. A friend finds it the greatest relief in case of ''rose cold,' the cold symptoms entirely leaving the eyes after one thorough washing of the hair. The head should be thoroughly dried after ward, and avoid draughrs of air for a little while.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
THE FAMILY PHYSICIAN.
To Take the Heat Out of Rurns

To Take the Heat Out of Burns.
 Carron oil has been found very much better for this purpose than any other application. It is made of equal parts olive oil and lime water. A bottle of it should be kept, ready for use, in every kitchen. To make the lime wa ter, put one gill of good lime in quart of water, in a tall bottle and let it stand where it will not be jared. The lime should be slaked before putting it into the bottle. When the lime settles use the clear water above it. The water will hold only certain quantity of the hme in solution, and as it is used fresh water may be poured in on the lime uudl the latter is nearly used up.-Cook.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
Houses in the National Capital.

It is easy to obtain home in Wash ington, because most of the real estate agents will take small cash payment and arrange the remainder of the debt at a low rate of interest-in some cases as low as five per cent. Certain lot holders have a very great advan- tage. Scattered throughout Washing ton there is very large number of lit tie plots of ground which belong to the public reservations. These bits of parking are given up rent free to the lot-owners, who build up close to them. They have the practical use of them for nothing. They can fence them in, ornament them as they please, and enjoy everything about them ex- cept building on them. In many in- stances these little public strips are the only yards that certain house own CTS have.--NeU York World.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
Rnnh Night.

 Good nighti l have to say good niEhtl To such host Of peerless thingsl Good night unto that fragile hand All quccnly with It's weight of rings. Good night to fond uplif,ed eyes, Good night to chestnut brnids Of hair. Good night unto the perfect mouth And all the sweetness nestled thorO' The snowy hand deiains me-then I'll have to say good night again. Dut there will come a time, my lovel When, if Read our stars alright, I shall not finger by this porch With my adious. 'Till then, good night, You wish tho time were now' And I, You do not blush to wish i so1 You would have blushed yourself 10 death To own 70 much year ago.
 Whit both thcso snowy haudsf An the' Tn have to say good night hguin,
 Thomas Baiisy .aldrfeh.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28

The New York World remarks that "the old reproach that we are a nation of pie-eaters will have to give way to the new one that we are q people of pickles. A competent authority on this subject stated the other day, be- fore a congress of pickle merchants, that billion of the acidulous luxuries arc grown annually in this country. Whole tracts of land in tho East formerly given up to prosaic wheat and the humble potato are now de- voted to the crescent cucumber, and we hear eloquent picklefs in council talking of failing off of millions in the crop this season. In 1884 there were 200,000.000 pickles raised and salted in the North. That is four pickles to every man, woman and child in the United States; and we are gravely assured that this season 75,- 100000 are needed from abroad to make up the deficit of an extra de- mand. This extraordinary exhibit must dispose forever of the popular notion that only the young ladies of America eat pickles late at night There is fearful suspicion here that young and old and middle-aged ot both sexes eat them morning, noon and night"
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
Morse Music.

X characteristic vein of musical en- dowment runs through the Norwegian nature. The folk songs and national dances of the peasants are very re- markabie. They are the invention for the most part, of nameless "spille- mand," handed down from generation to generation of the local llddlers, without whom no peasant marriage or other merrymaking can possibly be carried on. IIalfdan Kierulf and Ed ward Grieg have arranged some inter esting collections of these quaint and plaintiye airs, and in their own com positions an unmistakable national strain is always traeeable The name of Johan Syenasen is now known along witlTthat of Grieg throughout the musical world. but kierulfs eX- quisite songs deserve wider populari- ty than they have attained outside of Norway and Nordraak, composer who unfortunately died very young, claims mention by reason of his masterly set ting of Bjornson's finest lyrics. The great name in record of Norwegian music, however, is that of Ole Bull, who died in 1880. He was in his way a tone poet of the most original, but remained to the end simply an upland "spillemand" raised to the highest power. Both as a composer and vir- tuoso, he was Norwegian of the Norwegians, and his name is justly held in reverence by the country which his art may be said to have in- terpreted to the whole world.-Fort- nightly Reuieie.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
Her Sort of a Doctor.
George, who syOur family physi-

UeoTge, WHO IS your IaulIIy PHysI- cian?"
 "Dr. Smoothman"
 What, that numbskull? How does it happen you employ him?'
 "Oh. it's some of my wife's doings She went to see him about cold in her head, and he recommended that she wear another style of bonnet, Since then sine won't have any other doctor. Chicago Neaos.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
HUMOROUS.

A call of duty-To visit n custom house official.
 The man who sets out to bc the champion draught player enters upon a eheckered career.
 A French doctor boasts that he can change the shape of mans nose So can a pugilist. %
 An Omaha man adyertises for . buggy horse What strange tastes some people have
 waiter-"will you have some salt with your eggs2" Guest--Nu, thanks; they ain't at all fresh"
 German photographers are now making photographs of lightning. They are said tob striking iikenesses.
 A philosopher who had married an ignorant giN used to- call her "brown sugar." beeaase. he said, she was sweet and unreahsd.
 Girls in searcbofhpaterial for crazy quilts should apply to the railroad com panies. Theythrow away thousands of old ties every year.
 It's many years ago since the poet wrote that "beauty draws us with a single hair" It generally takes for ty-nye-dollar switch to do it now.
 Civilization is making gratifying progress in the Congo country. A few years ago the inhabitants ate white persons raw; now they roast | them.
 The opinion now held by physicians that raw cows milk, Is better for children than boiled" is very grAt- flying, as a raw COW gives much moro milk than a boiled one.
 A writer has discovered that per- sons in captivity live a very short time. This may be a rule, but we know of some married men who have attained a remarkable age.
 Little Tommy was having his hair combed, and grumbled. "Why. Tom. my, you oughtn't to make such a fuss. don't when my hair Is eombed." ]" "Yes, but your hair ain't hitched to your head"
 An exchange asks, "What arc saul eers male of?" That depends upon circumstances If you break one you will find 1t is made of very thin china, but if you try to buy one to replace it you will find 1t is made of solid gold.
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28
uEn cRrEL rA.

'Tvo bought n bonnet, rana, dcari
 My beau declares itis trimmed with akihI have no funds. and I've come hero
 To sec 1T you will foot the bill.' "Your boau' md what unay bo his namcl" Tho mthcr roughly questioned herr She hung her head. with cheeks a1amo,
 She softly answered, "Wnlinm, air" His eyes shone with Q dangerous light
 "IIuml So he says 'tis trimmed with skin [ Well, bring him to tho house tonight,
 And l will gladly foot your Hill.a
Connecticut western news., 1885-10-28

A subscriber asks: "When is the best time to marryp" Mfr. Enpeque says the best time for such ceremony is the 31st of February.