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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-29
a Chinese TannIa.

Among the last series ofconsular re-
ports issued by. the foreign office is an
interesting account by Mr.. C. t. Gard
ner, consul of Icfang, Of trip mp the
Yang-tsze river. in the gunboat Pearl.
Landing on November II, he started
for the Chin kang temple. "Chin-
kang." says Mr.. Gardiner, sis the Ia
visit JanitOr of Hades The Chinese
proverb equivalent tn the Latin say
ing, Obi tn puisas ego vapHlo tantum,
is: IF yon have a brass Rhoddhis vat
tn, | have an iron Chin kang' After
passing some orchards of oranges and
pomelos, where the plentiful ripe fruit
showed off beautifully in their bright
red and primrose hues against the
glossy dark leaves, bad II steep climb
of two hours, when snow began to fall !;
after another hours climb, | came
across large layers of oolite, of which I
secured some. 1t is in this oolite that
IN these regions nuggets of lead are
found. Twenty minutes more brought
me TO a region where the snow lay in
stead of melting, and was crisp under
my feet. Another half hour brought
me to thick ice and the temple. BY
this time the snow storm was so heavy
that nothing could be seen. At II 30
a. m. it cleared little, and | saw a
tine mountain view, with the numerous
farmsteads below with their snow coy
cred roofs, Ichaug in the distance, and
the dark Yang tsze looking like black
winding snake. found my meat and
biscuits had frozen hard. The Tavist
priest told me that the Nan-t'a al mount.
distant 40 miles by road, in north
westerly direction, is clad with snow
all through the summer this is prob
ably the hill said by Able David to be
IA 900 feet high. | do not think our
elevation was over 1000. The Tavist
priest was over so years old, and
still hale, possessed all his faculties {;
he had lived in this temple more than
60 years. He told me 1t was quite cool
here all through the summer, too cool
for mosquitoes or Heas.' At | 20 |
started back far my boat by another
route. After passing over a pretty
little bridge, the path lay on the top of
a natural wall of limestone Soon af-
teIward it cleared mp and had one of
the most beautiful views | haze ever
seen. was treading on crisp unmeit-
ed snow, with snow covered houses
and leatIess trees glistening with pen
dulous icicles close by me below stood
a limestone needle 1900 feet high. clad
with dark fir, called by the Chinese by
the appropriate name of THE Pillar of
Heaven TO the south. across the
Yang -tsze. the view was partly cut off
by the limestone cliffs of the gorge.
shining dazzling white, and showing
innumerable peaks and needles edged
with gold, where the sun caught the
sharp projections. These cliffs rise in
two terraces To n height of 1000 feet,
with belt between of crimson tallow
trees, with here and there golden flakes
of autumn mulberry and liquid ambar
below again were fields OF light green
bamboo and dark green oranges, inter
spersed with tall coir palm, while in
other directions, scattered fields of
young wheat shOne like emeralds ia
the dark brown setting of ripe spear
grass"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-29
AS the Sailor Had Lied to Him.

Mr.. Allen had curious experience
while on The Herald as exchange edi-
tor. AT the time QS66) he was not
as familiar with current literature as
now, and it happened that he had
never read any of Mark Twain's al
legged humorous articles, then being
published in the San Francisco pa
pers. SO when one of these came to
hand with highly sensational and
most improbable story of shipwreck
told by survivors who had existed for
forty three days in an open boat (dur
ing which they had suhsisted chiefly
on such flying fish as they caught and
box of pills which one of them hap
pened to have on his persOn), Allen
clipped out the account, sent it to the
printers and it duly appeared the next
morning in The Herald with Mark
Twain's name appended as the writer.
Allen and [ happened to he living in
the same house, and was the first of
the wise men of The Herald to Iangh
at him over the mistake of printing
one of Mark Twain's funny tales, as
though it were serious and truthful
narrative. AT the office the same day
Allen was numerically ridiculed for
his ignorance Of the character of Mark
Twain as Il professional eXaggerater,
and the suggestion was made either
by Mr.. Hudson OF Mr.. Bennett, the
elder, that The Herald had ut hand
plenty of original blanked fools to
make it ridiculous without quoting
from the comic writings of an out of
town journalist. Allen. however,
maintained that the story, notwith-
standing the signature and the extra
ordinary incidents narrated, was u
truthful narrative OF actual experience.
Much to the astOnishment of all in
turned out to be the first (and | be-
lieve the LAST seriOus writing Mark
Twain has ever been guilty of. A
year or SO later | met Twain in the
Harpers establishment and he told
me that at the time Of writing the ar
ticle he was sick in hospital Ia which
one of the survivors of the wreck was
brought, and he had written the story
precisely as the sailor had lied to him.
The Harpers bought an amended copy |
of the tale from Twain, ard any body |!
in reading the only serious
and truthful narrative from his pen /
will find the story of 'EForty three !
days in an open boat" III the thirty
fourth volume, page lOl, of Harper's I
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THE STARVING .1Np1ANs.

Congress has suddenly awakened to
the necessity of making immediate
provision for the starving Piegau Indi-.
ans, having passed by a unanimous
vote joint resolution appropriatiDg
$50, 900 for the purchase of subsistence
stores. The mover of the resolution
said that there were $4,000 of the desti-
tute Indians, and that ''hnpdreds of
them have starved absolutely to death"
on account of the failure of congress to
appropriate an adequate sum of money
for their subsistence.
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A VALUABLE LITTLE BOOK.

A copy of The Tribune Almanac for
1880, which is just ont, has been re-
ceiVed by this office. The Tribune
Almanac was one of the hobbies of Mr..
Greeley; and it became under him,
what it has been ever since-an ac-
cepted authority in regard to the cleo
ton returns and the important statis-
ties of the country. The number for
1885 contains complete and carefully
prepared tables, showing in great de-
tail the vote of the country for presi-
dent in 1884. An effort has been made
to compile an absolutely correct state
ment of the result. The list Of the
Congress will be consulted with in
terest, us will also the official state
ment of the new postage rates, and
the statistics of the operation of the
new Tariff law. the general informa
ton OF The Almanac is, rs usual, pre-
scented in great variety ; and as IA ham
dy book of easy reference, it is a work
which every thinking citizen onght to
have, and to which he will find him
self referring hundreds of times year.
Price, 81 cents Il copy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-29

OF delivering bis paper. Another dog
owned by Edward Osborne at a FARM
house mile back from the railroad
GENES regularly. to meet the early
morning paper train below Naugatuck.
His nose is seen through the board
fence as the train winds a curve, wait
ing patiently. He leaves the house
when he hears the whistle ut Beacon
Falls, and reaches the train in proper
time without ever getting left.
During the recent Political campaign
his owner. WHO had been for long
time taking The News, changed TO
the sagacious animal soon discovered
the change and he at once refused TO
carry the new paper home. His mas
ter was unable to coax OF drive him.
New and different papers were exper-
imented with to no avail. While Il
young dog he was taught to carry The
News and he firmly persisted. The
late Senator William Brown had pet
dog that could readily distinguish the
whistles of the New England engines
from the Naugatuck, though trains
ran on the Naugatuck and New Eng
land roads at the same time side 10y
side. The faithful dog always found
his train and car, and stood in wait
ing fer The Hartford Times, which he
carried home ts his master for many
years. There is dog below Derby,
on the Naugatuck road, who has act
ed as family newsboy for several
years, carrying papers from the cars
for his entire neighborhood. The pa
psrs are thrown out of the cars under
full speed. Whether one or large
bundle of them the dog is able tn lug
them off, making good time back.
Newspaper Agent w. II. Beardsley
tells of a number of other dogs that
perform a like service. lie mentions
one that has become an old veteran as
newsbOy and cannot now. from age
and rheumatism, get down to the cars
A younger dog has made his place
good, a fact that has greatly grieved
the old dog, whose master still cares
for him on account of the good he has
dome New Haven Morning News.
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THE
FREE PR SIS.
BURLINGTON. VT.

Slor" Free Presses were printed and sold during
the past year than any Previous twelve months Of
the papers existence, and ii is still gtewjHg in
circulation public favor aud value. If Won do not
already know the Free Press by it's Daily or its
Weekly visits you ought t" test It's quality by a
trial Both papers are. now printed iro1n new
PLAIN aud very clear type. They said 10 be the
most tasieiully printed parers ~ New England
and are ia quality The best Published In Yer
mont.
The Daily Free Press il Of the highest value u
the business men and intelligent residents of vii
lagos on TIE inc ~ railroad in Northern Vermont
and the Weekly is printed IN the interests of the
farmers and sideuts of tire smaller villages and
country districts. --.-
The Boston Times whose editor is Z sspabIs
judge of newspaper wares says the Daily Free
Press is she best newspaper over printed IN Yer
mont. We are inclined to think that every intel
lgent V"rmonter " n agree with the ioston editor
on full acquaintance with the Free Pre-. -.
TERMS OF THE FREE PRESS. ~.
Daily -------..---- 5000 per. year
----.----- --------- 30 per month .
Weekly -----.-- ..----------- =. 90 I,er war
-+---..,-------. 800. ! % for ak s,cptiis
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 81 three months
snVariabIy in Advance.
ADDRESS THE 80
Free Press Association.
teb BUKIINGrON VI
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Che 6 aledonian.
THE BEST WIND THAT BLOWS.

THE BEST WIND THAT BLOWS.
Whichever way tbs wind doth blow
some heart j. glad to have it 50:
Then blow 1t oast or blow il west,
The wind that blows that wind is best
Nv little craft sails not alone; ....-.
thousand fleets from every zone
Are out upon thousand seas
And what for ne were favoTing breeze ..'
Might dash another with 'be shock
OF doom. upon some hidden rock
and so do not dare 10 pray
For winds 10 WAIT me on my way,
Br; leave il to a Higher viii
To stay or speed me-trusting still
That all is well, and sure that He
Who launched my bark will sail with me
Through storm and calm. and will not tail
Whatever breezes may prevail
To land me, every peril past.
Within His sheltering heaven At last.
Then whatsoever wind doth blow
My heart il glad to have il SO;
A nd bluv It east OF blow 10 west
The wind that blows that wind is best.
caroline \ Mason
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A Curious Traffic.

The national interchange in fish
eggs has reached enormous figures, aud
in fact this traffic has become one Of
the curiosities of commerce, writes a
New York correspondent. One Of tie
Glasgow steamers recently brought
nearly half Il million eggs of Loeb Lev
en- front, which were delivered to
u. ). Fish Commissioner Baird He
placed them at Cold Spring Harbnr.
l.. l.. where he has snitabfe depot,
but they will soon Ice sent to various
hatchers. These eggs were contained
in six cans aud were TINS kept in x-
cellent condition. Carrying out this
international exchange, our commits
sioner has shipped nearly 100000 eggs
of lake trout. white fish aud brook
trout to the Fish Cultural association
of London. He has also sent a million
white fish eggs to Berlin, where they
are placed in what is termed the
"Fisc.erie Yerein." A half million Of
the same kind of eggs were sent to
Bernie, Switzerland Commissioner
Baird has on hand Il million white fish
eggs ready for any demand, and ex-
poets to hatch half million of salmon
for our own rivers, also large l,tan-
tity of German carp. He has :, half
inilliOu eggs of the tom cod, which will
also be hatched the coming season.
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WEDDING STATIONERY.

We have added some GboiCe Wedding PzP-rs
Envelopes and CaEds Is out stock, and V ith new
aud BEAUTIFUL SCRIPT type. ft out wedding par
ties At short notice So
SO1ps Mae calling cards plzi. and silt-edged
AT lhs CALEbONIAN OFFICE.
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wire Staples and Punches.

Just the thipg for fastening together legal doeu
Inefts. manuscripts psmPhiets. ete For sale II
the CALIFORNIAN OFFICER.
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f r. a NJ i $
10 be found ia the state Can and sr+ them.
c. r. SHEPHERD,
Justice s Record in Criminal Cases.

4 new bIank Eor Jnsties OF the Peace. Just
printed aud for sale a. lie CALIFORNIAN CfF-
FiCE
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BLOCKED PAPER.

Letter and Bili-hesds priat-d aud Blocked IN the,
most approved style at the CaisdouiAh Office Cali
and see samples. tf - ..-..-
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Kdmnnd's bill 10 place Grant on the
retired list has passed the senate 30
to .. .....'..... ..
Mr.. Moody is well pleased will, the
results of his work is Richmond. lie
says it has opened u door ia the south,
and that lie will in time go all through
that section. 49,.
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"Oh, Willie, is that the first verse or
the last Have you written it down p
Willie smiled shyly, putting his
head down toward one shoulder, with
ONT making any reply. His mother
urged. with eager fingers
Print it in some place, when you
get it done. Nancy Ellen would be
pleased"
I'm not an obituary poet waved
Willie.
'sBut that's so good" Mrs. Harbisoa
moved her lips, repeating il to herself
And amt You ever going to publish
anything you write I've heard of
people getting money for it,"
Willie uttered "a gentle sneer. He
laughed ut his mother in a way that
always made her laugh with him.
'But if you would let your father
Tx up your writings" she continued,
an old plea. land send them
t. some Publishing house, / know they
would put them in a book for you"
The gate, weighted by stone, Slam
med to behind his father coming To the
evening meal. But before his mother
rose, Willie found time 10 make dance
before her eyes the characters indicat-
ing this promise
"Some day I'll get on my bicycle
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Bnsiness Gards.
A. G. ALDRIcR. M. d,

17hS >iCihn ana surgeon.
Office and Residence over - Main street. epu,
ST. Johnsbury House. tJufy
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presidential Nominations.


The following nominations were
recently sent in by President Cleve-
land:
Consul generals Of the United States
Thomas w. Nj. Walker, Connect
cut, London; Frederick Paine, Mary
land, Berlin. Ministers resident OF
the United States G. Bell, Jr., Rhode
Island, to the Netherlands; RUFUS
Magee, Indiana, Sweden and Norway.
Ministers resident and consuls gener-
al OF the United States Edward
Parke, Curtis Lewis, New jersey, TO
Portugal; Rasmus Henderson, Wis
consin, to Denmark. Consuls of the
United States "A. Halter Gross, Pa,
Athens, Greece; Evan p. Howell,
Georgia, Manchester, England. En-
voys extraordinary and ministers
plenipotentiary of the United States
Thomas j. Jarvis, North Carolina,
to Brazil; Alexander II. Lawton,
Georgia, to Russia; Anthony M. kel-
ly, Virginia, to Italy; minister resi-
dent of the United States, Geo. w.
Merrill, Nevada, to the Hawaiian Is
lands; consul general of the United
States, Il. Jussen, Illinois, Vienna;
Brown, Shipley Il Co, London, Eng
land, special financial agents of the
Navy Department; Alexander Nc
Cue, New York, solicitor of the treas
urv; Joseph +. Johnson, Virginia,
commissioner of railroads.; Lewis
Mullen, New York, appraiser of the
District of New York City; Capt VIM.
j. yalkman, Fifth cavalry, major aud
assistant adjutant general; Capt. Geo.
ii. Barton, Twenty first infantry, ma
lor and Inspector general.
There were also a number of APP
pointments TO minor postoflices in H.
linnis and Colorado, and district rev.
enue collectors in Indiana, Texas,
Ohio and the south. Jessnn, of Hi.
noiss, who was appointed consul. gen
eral at Vienna, is brother-in-la of
Carl Sohurz.
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The Auti-Treatiag Law.

The Carson Index says: "The ac-
ton of the liquor dealers as published
yesterday was quite unexpected bv
the general public. Instead of pro
vidlng test case as to the validity of
the law their proposition seems to be
to ignore the law aud to resist prose
BUTTONS which are liable to be inaupu.
rated 10y the friends Of the measure.
From the expressions we have heard
we believe the challenge thus thrown
Will be accepted at an early day and
Case presented to the courts for ad-
ludication. General Clarke, it is un-
derstood, has been retained to assist
the District Attorney in such cases
and the question win thus be thor
oughly investigated on its legal mer-
IT'S. No arrests have been made, and
At IS said that very many people are
obeying the law conscientiously--to
the detrlment of the saloons. The
effect OF the law is especially felt
along the line of the railway. We
are told that in some of the promin.
ent bar-rooms along the Central Pa.
eiiic, business has decreased IS per
cent.
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Administrative Sale.

m oTICEIS HEREBY GIVEN, That in pursuance
~ ofan order OF the Probate Court OF the Co,,nty
of Boise Territory o. Idaho nsde on 2nd day Of
April iSs5. in the matter OF the estate of red Ho,
man deceased, the u dersigned. the Administratri
OF tho said estate will sell at public auction or at
private sale. 10 the highest bidder, for cash. and
subject TO confirmation by said Probate Court on
saturday the 25th das Of April 1885, at - O'Clock NJ
at the Court House In the County of Boise all the
right tie, interest estate of the said Fred
Hoffman at the time of his death and all the right
title and interest that tie said estate has, by opera
ito OF law or otherwise. acquired other than or in
addition to that of the said Fred Hoffman at the
lime of his death. in and to all those certain lots
pieces or parcels Of land situate. lying and being
in the said County of Boise. Territory Idaho and
bounded and described follows To witt
L. x of =. 4. y h s. f. y Of N Z. y oflot of Sec
in Township N.sof RANGE Il. containing l59
5l-l00 Acres less IL sold by g. X Golitrsp 10
Ireton brothers. Also W. u offs. W. J. of N. W. 4,
Ct Sec in I o vnship n. OF range E. containing
100 acres beth parcels being in the District of lands
subject to sale at Boise City, /. T.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE:
ish ten per cent of the purchase money to be
raid to the Adm nistratrix on day Of SALE balance
on confirmation ii sale by said Probate Court
Deed at expense of purchaser.
ELLA n. HOFFMAN,
Administrative Of the estate OF Fred Hoffman de-
ceased
Idaho City April ,. 1885. 3w.
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For the last six months the earn.
ings of the Union Pacific Railroad.
exclusive of the st. Joe and Western
Railroad, were $l4, 73S,O0o; expenses,
s6,So7,600; taxes, s549,000 the sur.
plus earnings of the entire system for
the last six months of 1884 were 81.
5al,ooo. Other receipts from miscel-
ianeous sources make total income
of s7,S92,O00, as against an income
for the first six months of the year of
s3,o49,0OO. The expenditures for the
last six months We're s3,795,OO0. OF
this amount $2,674,O0O was paid for
interest on bonds. The total surplns
for the last six months of the wear
was $4.096,000. From this is deduct.
ed $75O,000 for the United States.
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Cleveland has resappointed Henry
G. Pearson as postmaster at New
York. Pearson Is > Republican.
jeff Davis is suffering from return
Of his rheumatism, complicated with
the breaking out OF his old wound,
which he received in Mexico thirty
eight years ago.
George w. Merrill, agent of the
State of Nevada at Washington, has
been appointed Minister to the Ha-
waiian Islands, to succeed r. M. Dag
gett.
President Grevy insists on prompt
and vigorous prosecution of the war
against China. Two divisions Of
troops, oy order of the Cabinet, were
modified and sent to Tonquin, under
command OF four brigadier generals.
Ten thousand men were also sent to
reinforce Admiral Courbet.
In accordance with provision of
the last Indian appropriation bill,
Commissioner Atkins, of the Indian
Bureau, has ordered the removal of
Joseph's band of Nez Perez Indians
from Indian Territory. Of 2S2 lndi-
ans composing this band liz will be
sent to the Colville Reservation,
Washington Territory.
The passage of the new penal code
in the Minnesota legislature recalls
the fact that the last hanging in Min
nesota was in. 1855. This was when
Minnesota was territory. Hereto
fore the passage of death sentence
was left to the option of the court,
but no Judge has ever exercised that
privilege.
The President has accepted the in
vitation of the veterans of the FIRST
and other corps to visit the battlefield
Of Gettysburg when they make their
historical visit there on the 4th and
9th of May, unless prevented by some
urgent necessity of the public service.
The president is anxious 70 be on the
field when the leading generals of
both armies are there TO explain their
movements.
The latest news is to the effect that
General Barrios has been killed and
his golden hilted sword found broken
on the battlefield of Chalchahapa on
the San Salvador frontier, and that
the Legislative assembly of Guatema-
la had annulled the decree pro-
mulgated by him on the 29th of Feb
,uary, IN which the union of the Cen
trail American republics was proclaim
ed and himself announced as dictator
and supreme military chieftain of
Central America.
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General Wolseley Ito England)-
DIVE got Ell Mahdi just where want
him." England --"Bring him here,
them" Wolseley-"He won't come"
England-"Then come YOURSELF"
Wolseley-"He won't let me-
philadelphia Call.
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LEGAL BLANKS.

All kinds Legal Blanks, inst printed
or extra good paper and for sale a,
this Office.
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quality being anu Oh me 6EST
only ,e gehs M any brand of four that we have
Nt3SS"E GUARANTEE
ana profits" Satisfaction
Will as heretofore, publish !" every Instance
liberal 10
ciaS goods at the lowest prices
idaho City, April - ~ wy anu rlacerVlle, Idaho.
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CHICAGO
COTTAGE
ORGAN

las attained a standard of excellence which
imts of no superior. !
It contains every improvement that inventive
senius, skill and money Can produce.