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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09

arm -clalr, Wnero size nau oVluenGly
been overtaken by sleep. At her feet
lay a book half-open. The maid was
terrified when she saw that the bed
was untouched, and that her mistress
had not yet laid aside her toilet. She
tried to awake her but in vain. She
was not asleep-but dead
Two letters were Immediately sent
to Philip, one to the depot in g.. and
the other to his hotel. The former had
reached it's place of destination too
late the latter had not been opened
by Philip.
The wealth of the young lady, her
sudden death, and the romantic court
ship of the young American caused a
large multitude of persons co be pres
ent at the funeral. The corpse was to
be placed in the family vault of Mr..
DOrine, in the cemetery of MOntmartre.
This vault was surrounded by an iron
railing, through which could be seen a
heavy Oaken door, which opened into
the vault proper. The vault was
about twenty feet square, had a small
air-hOle in the roof, and contained two
sorcophagi. One of these inclosed the
remains of Mrs. Dorine, who had died
a few years before, and on the other,
which was new, were raised the initials
~. D."
The funeral procession halted at the
little gate of the garden, which sur
rounded the vault, and only the near
est friends followed the coffin to its
final resting place. A wax candle was
burning at the foot of the open sarco-
phagus, which threw a dim light over
the corpse. The coffin was lowered
into its repository of granite, the last
prayer was said and the heavy Oaken
door swung back on its hinges, as the
mOurners left the vault.
MIR. Dorine drew his mantle tightly
about him and stepped into the car
riage. He was SO overcome with grief
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09

At wholesale by
WELLS, RICHARDSON & Co., Burlington VT.
GREEN, HIGGINS g. HYDE, Rutland, VT,
A. PERLEY FITCH, Concord, n. II. tia jul
DR. ROYCE may be consulted by letter at his
address, care Crawford House, Boston Mass. His
large Illustrated Journal sent on application.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09

Our Warrant. If you give Kidney Cure
a fair trial and not cured benefited by it,
will refund your money We wish to be honest
and honorable with you, and do want your
plOy any physician to treat You on these terms
for five dollars. For sale at your Drug Store.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18
How I,aper Money Is Made.

The large apartment in the Bureau OF
Engraving and Printing where the
presses are at work takes up nearly the
whole third floor. By each press is a
plate-printer, with arms barred to the
shoulder and stained to the elbows with
ink. At the other side of the press is
the girl who helps him. The work OF
the printer requires much physical exer-
ton, and the figures &C constantly and rap
idly moving about around the presses
adds a. fascinating animation to the
scene. The press of the ordinary pat
tern has a fat platform called the
'tplank," that passes to and fro under
the rollers. This platform is of heavy
metal, and the motive power Is the
Drawn and muscle of the printer, who
sends the platform back and forth by
giving a turn to one of the four large
levers or "cross -hardies" that radiate
like the spokes of a wheel on one side
Of the press. When ths platform
to which the plate is attached comes
back to the printer after an impression
is made the printer covers Ithc plate
with ink by passing a roller oyer it. 1t
is required that the ink shalE fill only
the lines cut into Che steel. g, with a
rapid movement with a sWab0falotb
the printer wipes off the s%uperfuous ink.
Then with his hands Che goes rapidly
over the plate, rubbing the ink into the
lines, and, finally, with a trained and
delicate touch polishing the surface of
Pthe plate. All this is done by skilled
'.hcn so quickly that the girl helper has
hardly time to take from the stack OF
,paper at her side a fresh sheet of paper
dsnd adjust it on the roller ready for
Espother impression. Then the printer
glyes a turn to one of the big spokes.
I'll platform passes under the roller,
Will leaves the printed sheet on the
plat the girl lifts the sheet off, rapidly
scrpAhizes it and deftly places it on the
evenly stacked pile of sheets already
printed, and the platform returns auto
matically to its first position, and re-
ceives new deluge OF ink on its return.
This process is constantly repeated, and
all the time the press is keeping a watch
on the printer and keeping tally against
him. Attached to each press, locked up
in a case, is a register that makes an in
exorable record Of every impression
taken. A clerk has the key that I'M
locks the case and reveals the secrets oil
the register. The printer not only has
to account for every sheet Of paper he
receives, but for every impression taken
on his press. He might otherwise take
an impression IN paper of his own
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18

Tho British agricultural returns, just
published, show a decrease OF 81, 800
acres III the total cultivated Srea Of the
United Kingdom, representing a money
loss III the country 81 1T least d quarter
Of q million sterling per annum, unless
recovered III approaching years. The
chief Of this step backwards to-
wards barbarism, says tho London
Graphic, seems to be the way in which
fenced meadow land has been left to
become, technically ssunetltivated, " by
reason of fences, on being broken down
o becoming rotten, not being renewed
TO how pitiable an exhaustion Of agri-
cultural capital this points, wc need
hardly say. Other discouraging features
are q dcclina in the number Of mitch
cows, 1 considerable decrease il corn
growing, some partial abandonment even
d root crops, and i steady increasing
dependence on the mere grazing farming
Of poor and backward estates. The in
creased acfeage devoted to fruit grow
ing, especially bush fruit, is a good
sign 81 also il On inGoase in the number
uf horses, Of pigs and Of sheep.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18
CHAIR, Slo,oLy.

A little maid in the morning sun
Stood merrily singing and %churning-
"Ohi how / wish this butter was done,
Then off to the fields I'd be turningi"
So she hurried the dasher UP and down,
Till the farmer called with half-made frown,
t'Churn slowly!n
'Don't ply the churn SO fast, my dear,
1t is no good for the butter, a
And viii make your arms ache. too, fear,
And put you ali in a futter-
For this is a rule wherever we turn,
Don't be in a haste whenever you churn-
Churn slowlyp
eff you want your butter both nice and
sweet,
Don't turn with nervous jerking, o
But ply the dasher slowly and neat
You hardly know that you're working,
And when the butter has come, you'll say,
Yes. surely, this is the better way
HChurn slowly"
Now all Of you folks, DO you think that you
A lesson can find in butter2
Don't be in haste, whatever you do,
Or get yourself in a fiutter:
And when you stand in Life's great churn,
Let the farmers words to you return
'Churn slowly" c
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18
The HORSE Remembers Kindess.

A writer in Wallace's Monthly tells a
good story of the famous horse Messenger,
which had once belonged to a Mr..
Bush. and which, after his transfer to
other hands, had acquired notoriety for
his ferocity. It seems that years after
he was sold Mr.. Bush determined to
see his old favorite, whom he found kept
in a pasture surrounded by a fence ten
feet high, through a hole in which the
food and water were passed to Messen-
ger as if he were "a dangerous convict"
Mr.. Bush was warned not to enter the
enclosure for his very life, but he went
in. and, unobserved, concealed himself
behind a tree and whistled. With a
neigh the grand old fellow came bound
ing across the field in search of the we'll
remembered whistle.
The horse raced around the pasture.
and when at the height of his run. Mr..
Bush exposed himself and whistled
again. Messenger wheeled and made d.
rectly for him, while the onlookers
trembled in terror. But instead of seek
ing to kill, the horse came up gently
aud laid his head over his old masters
shoulder to receive the customary caress.
When Mr.. Bush's time for departure
had come, he had proceeded but a few
yards from the enclosure when there
was q crash and out Messenger came,
bounding through thu strong bars. He
followed his former owner to the stable
gently, where he was secured By strong
ropes, and for 4 long, long distance
upon the road homeWard, Mi. Bush
could hear the noble animal neighing,
lashing the stall, and struggling to Be
free and follow.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18
Facts About Telescopes.

"Oh, no, sailors arc not the only per
sons who purchase telescopes, said a re-
taller in optical goods to a reporter for
the New York Mail and Express recent
". You would be surprised If you
knew how many there are in this city
who take M interest ID star-gazing, and
a great many gentlemen have some very
fine telescopes mounted in a small OBJ
servatory on the roof of their house.
The sale Of telescopes is rather on the
increase than the decrease. Yachting
is getting more popular every year, and
every yachtsman even if he only Jas a
small catboat. must have d telescope
What do they cost2'
ANY price you like. can give you
one for a dollar, and I can make you
one for just as much money as you like
to give. The most popular kind just
now is mounted on a black or Tan leather
case. t will shut up into about SIX
inches Of space and only costs $25.'
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18

but enc hot, August day, when Fred
went to the house after a lunch, he
found her, to his surprise, almost wild
with JOY.
"oh, Fred! oh, Fredr" was all she
could say.
"Why, Minna, what is it7'
And when she@as a little calmer she
told him hog she had written a story
and sent it to the - magazine, and
it had been accepted.
"Rnd they have paid you for it," he
asked.
eyes, Fred, twenty Collars and, best
Of all, they want to hear from me again.
Tn not going to do any more cooking"
Minna's success was really wonderful,
and the old farwAasse was completely
transformed in a short time. Fred pur-
chased a handsome organ, and they have
plenty of good reading. Two stout, red
checked girls, keep the household ma
chinery in motion. g
Fred is justly proud Of his wife, and,
strange to say, he really enjoys her
books and magazines.
Said Mrs. Green to Mrs. Lee, dhe
elder: O. o
cYou like oFrcd's wife better than
you did, don't you9'
ayes, Mis- Green, I do. Is'pose I
was a little hard at first, but I thought
he might hev done better. I called
her extravagant and wastcful and said a
good deal l ought not to hev said. But
I tell you | hev changed my mind"
"She don't do any houscwork docs
shea" o O
"No, and she don't need to-. But
she had a hard time for a while | know,
and when I vent thcred wouldn't show
her a bit. I expect l didn't do just
right. But she earns a good many dol
lars with her pen, and we are all proud
of her. Yankee Blade.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18
Orfqfsa or d Common S0YIfno.

The divinity students broke out
again, said the young man that boards
Oh South Division street. we were
sitiiag at dinner to-day, and Mis- Stages
il aud says ono Of her pupils will
never set The river on fire. The divinity
student locked up and said q 500
hat you. like other good people, are in
errxr occasionally. What doyon meant
saia Miss Stages. getting red il the
faco. Tmean, said the divinity student,
that when you talk about setting The
river ou fire, yoa arc using an old say
ing that's got of the track. 4 used to
be he'll never set tho Thames on fire, Il
aud people, when they said II had in
mind the river Thames: on the contrary,
II MEANS a miller's sieve, called q
semse, which was used III the bid wind
and 8ater mill days. This tense had 4
wooden rim whisa slid back and forth
IA wooden frame. ii the man that
waFel was energetic ii hia work,
RESPONSIVENESS set the tense on fre from
friction. Hence Ii was said III dull,
e person hat be would never SET
tAs talase Y fzs, ana the sayiag has
asIa 4SsEaRsd Il Is present. form
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18
COmnterfetttng Gems.

The closest limitations of diamond
and other precious stones can be made
out of a mixture of violin glass and
borax. A London lapidary once tcsti-
fed in court that he made all his imita-
tions out of real stones, by taking pale,
cheap stones, splitting them, introduce
ing a deeper tone of color, and joining
them again, whereby the salablo value
of the stones was considerably increased.
Diamonds are often split, and each half
of the gem is made to do duty on a paste
foundation on which it has been care
fully mounted. The operator then has
two gems, at two prices. One Zocolind
was accustomed to procure a very thin
fake of an inferior example of the stone
he wished to Improve" choosing those
which had little color. As a bottom for
his 'make up" he took a bit of crystal
which he had shaped for his purpose;
covering this with a transparent glue
properly colored, he fixed on the flake,
and then concealed the joining SO well
in the setting that customers could
be deceived into believing that
they had very fine stones. Varie-
ties of the topaz and other stones are
often cut and polished and palmed off
as diamonds; but this material is costly.
A composition for rubies is made of 500
parts of strass-a specially manufactured
glass-twenty parts of glass Off anti
mony, and a half part each of purple OF
cassius and gold. Mock pearls are
sometimes very deceptive in appearance,
but they can usually be detected by
comparison with the real gem, by their
brittleness, or by the clumsy and blunt
edged appearance of the drill holes,
which are usually perfect in the real
pearls. The scales of a small fish known
as the bleak have been used in the for.
nation of false pearls; but as it requires
some 18, 900 of these fish to provide
one-pcund weight of the pearl mixing
| material the manufacture is not to be-
come extensive. Popular Science
Monthly.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18
BETTING Ap.onq the Anctcnts.

So far as one can go back into the
worlds history the rage for making
wagcrs is found to be prevalent.
An act Of Parliament passed in Par;e
in 1865 rendered it illegal to make a
woman the subject of a wager.
At Venice no wager might be laid
~uporthe election of persons to fill the
public offices; at Genoa, on the revolu-
ton Of states or kingdoms, the success
of military expeditions, the ARRIVAL and
departure of vessels, or proposed mar
riages.
Romans had a great taste for wagcrs
and bets. aad they had a conventional
form of r%atifying these contracts which
consisted in taking from the finger the
ring, which the higher classes ~invaria
bly, wore, and giving it inta the keeping
Of some third pa rty or umpire.
The Romans were forbidden by tho
lex titia and the lex Cornclia to bet
upon the success Of any unlawful game,
or indeed, of any games whatever, I'M
less they were trials of courage, bodily
strength or skill. In the later DAYS of
Rome her citizens were prohibited
from making wagers upon the death or
exaItation Of the popes, and OF the pro-
motion OF cardinals.
In the cary part Of the present cen
fury sporting men were fond off betting
on the duration Of the lives OF celebri.
ties. Napoleon !. was specially the
subject of these waycrs. 1t is related
that at a dinner purity in 1909 Sir Mark
Sykes offered to pay any one who would
give him 100 guineas down. one guinea
a day SO long as Napoleon lived. The
offer was taken by q clergyman present,
and for three years Sir Mark paid him
365 guineas per annum. He then
thought he had thrown away enough
money and disputed further payment
The recipient, who was not at all III !
posed to lose his comfortable annuity,
brought IN action which, alter lengthy
litigation, was decided in favor of the
baronet. New York Graphic,
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18
Taste and Color of RtUers.

AS all water IS naturally pure, any
thing which gives color to a river must
be of extraneous origin, derive from
the soil, from the air, or from its trlbu-
%taries, which again must haye obtained
the impurity from n or other OF these
sources. Hence the Salt River OF Aus
t%ralia, or the Rio Salado and numerous
saltish streams of the Argentine Pampas
must have imbibed their flavor by the
feeders, washing into them the saline
efflorescence found so plentiful on the
soil in these regions. The Athabasca
receives a saline feeder a little below its
confluence with the clear water. 1t
rises In a natural salt spring OF
lakelet of considerable size and
below Athabasca is a second saline
feeder rising in the Cariboo Mountains,
which contain vast deposits of rock salt,
and, according to the Able Petitot, a
cavern remarkable for its crystalline con-
eretions. A ssalt river is also 4 of
the tributaries of the Great Slave River.
In like manner the alkali which charac-
terizes some of the streams and lakes OF
Eastern Oregon---the klamath Lakeland
its deluents, for example, is washed
out of the earth of the neighboring
country. Water which comes ia con-
tact with metallic ores undergocs a total
change by admixture with acids, just as
mineral and other medicinal springs, for
exactly the same reason, are distln-
guished by various properties, due en-
tirely to the substances which have been
dissolved during their passage through
the soil or Che rocks. The Rio de Vim
agre-the "Vinegar river"-of New
Granada, in Central America, is sour
from the sulphuric acid in its wateE
The OrAge river in South Africa
which gives its name to the republic
through which it flows contains cup
GUS matter, which renders it poisonous
to fishes in part of its course, though its
name is in honor of the house Of Orange.
In Algeria there is a stream inky black,
and, indeed, only diluted ink, owing to
one of It's two tributaries being strongly
impregnated with the iron which it inn
bibes from a feruginous soil, and the
other, from meandering through a peat
marsh, being equally rich in gallic acid,
the two principal ingredients of ink.
sour Earth and It's Story"
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18
The Caspian Sea.

In the southeast of Russia Is the
greatest salt lake in she world, the Cas-
plan Sea, which has an area of 100, 900
square miles-that is, an area greater
than all of the British Islands put to-
gether, with an additional island larger
thar England thrown in extra-is in
timately connected with the fresh water
fisheries of the Volga and the Ural, for
the fish migrate from fresh water to salt
and from salt water to fresh mere as
elsewhere. The gr eat fshAy of this
region is that for the sturgeon, and
the great sturgeon of beluga, the sewru-
ga, the o~sseter, and the small sturgeon
or ~sterlet.
Also for the salmon, white salmon and
knifefish. The sturgeon family attains
to an enormous size, especially the
beluga, which sometimes measures 90
feet in length and weighs $500 pounds,
though specimens ofOver 1000 pounds
are rare. The sewruga is also a giant,
but the other surgeons are seldom
taken above 6 feet in length. The num-
Der of these giants disposed of annually
at Astrakhaa has in some years been
enormous-3oO, 900 surgeons, 100, 600
belugas and millions of the others. No
wonder that there are complaints of the
failure of the supplies, and, as is usual
where ignorance prevails, the mischief is
attributed to every causeabut the right.
sIt is because of the steam boats" SAYS
the moujik, and forthwith the moujik
hates the sight of a steamboat. But
steam or no steam the sturgeon of the
Caspian may become as rare a curiosity
as Thames salmon. A~strakhan, the
principal Caspian port, is one of the
most important fishing stations in the
world. From this region alone the Rus
sian revenue nets about 81, 900, 900 for
fishery licenses, and during the fishing
season, 10000 strangers, ranging in de-
| gree from simple laborers to gigantic
capitalists come in to compete with the
regular inhabitants for the profits from
the fish industries. -Chamber's jour
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18
bug Soup.

Al couple Of Indians who were en-.
deavoring to assume the characteristics
Of civilization, were dined BY 4 Boston
phiIanthropist not long since. One Of
tho courses was oyster soup. and it was
their first experience with that de.
lectable biYaive. They did not know
It's name, aad speaking ii their native
Language, INDUCED II q hugh. The
best inquired the cause Of their merri-
mcnt. Oh, NE like your hug sour
serg much, was the reply. Bpstep
J0ur1sl.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18
PEARLS OF
The great man is he whodoes not lose
his child heart.

The great man is he who does not lose
his child heart.
In doing what we ought we deserve
no praise, because it is our duty.
So act hat your principle of action
would bear to be made a law for the
whole world.
The nature of the first seed is first TO
take a deep root downward, and then
to bring its fruit upward.
The greatest outcome of an age is its
best thoughts it is the nature Of thought
to find its way into action.
The characters of men placed in lower
stations of life are more useful as being
imtable by greater numbers,
The hypocrito would not put on the
appearance of virtue if it was not the
most proper means to gain love.
Let all men, whether successful or I'M
successful, whsther they triumph or not,
let them do their duty and rest salts
fed.
The perfection of tho most COM
plicated business is the perfection
of the system with which it IS con-
Quoted.
limo is the measure of business, as
money is of wares; and business Is
bought at a dear hand when there is
small dispatch. bacon.
There are men who no more grasp the
truth they seem to hold than a sparrow
grasps the message passing through the
electric wire on which it perches.
Nothing good bursts all at once. The
lightning may dart out of a black cloud;
but the day sends his bright heralds be-
fore him to prepare the world for his
coming.
They who are most weary of life, and
yet are most unwilling to die, are such
as have lived to no purpose, who have
rather breathed than lived. --Eari of
Clarendon.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18

u. @. Knight Of Philadelphia, is n
Of tho wealthiest men in the Quaker
city. He i president Of three railroads
and is prominently connected with many
important enterprises. He was once a
boy IN q grocery store on the banks Of
Che Delaware river and received 81 q
week for his services. His first knoWl-
edge Of the value Of money was de-
rived in q curious way. One day when
the Delaware was ice-bourd a man in
attempting To- cross the river broke
through the ice and was in imminent
peril Of bis life. Young Knight urged
two boatmeu to 80 to the drowning
man's assistance. They refused. he APP
pcaled to their humanity in vain. FL
naliy ho offered them a dollar apiece to
save the struggling unfort,tsate. They
accepted the offer and saved the mans
sasfn
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18
Pias as Pets.


Now th4t ladies have taken to wear
ing bugs and beetles on their arms and
necks, we should scarcely be surprised
to hear of any eccentricity in the tastes
of the sex. Still, it is somewhat of a
shock to learn, is we do from the
Philadelphia Record, that Mexican
women choose for pets, not cats or par
rots or bugs, but pigsl t is quite com
mon in that country to meet a woman
leading BY . string q pig that is as
black as be can be, with which she ap-
pears to be on chummy terms; and
long after the beast has ceased his iuve-
nile title he literally shares her bed and
hoard-EGolden Argosy.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18

The richest body Of people in this
country, rs p%aradoxical as it may seem,
is the Usage tribe of Indians at Idaho.
Besides the land Of the reservation,
which belongs to them by title hard to
assaib, they have about 81, 900, 600 bear
ing 5 per cent. interest in the hands Of
the government. They are paid about
$3.50, 900 a year IN cash. The entire
tribe numbers only 1000, 50 they are
actually the richest body of people VIC
have.
The Opelousas courier., 1888-02-18

The proprietor Of a Kansas City res
taurant began some years ago-to pick
out and preserve all the old coin that
found its way into his cash drawer, and
he now has a collection Of great value.
Some of the coins are extremely rare
and could be sold for many times their
face value.