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SEATTLE WOOD YARD.

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DIT ktndling specially. Coal d<ilverx-sf
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GAN FRANCISCO BRIDGE CO., BUILD.
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TGr LATE EATH II ALL PART1
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-05-16
4 VALUABLE GIFT FROM CHINA

1t is announced that the Chinese
minister at Washington has made a
valuable gift to the regents of the
Smithsonian institution. Ensconced
in a beautiful gold plush case is a
''jode' ring about ten inches in diam
eter and One-eighth of an inch in
thickness. 1t has a hollow center
about four inches in diameter The
face of the ring has ornamental spots
and its back is quite smooth. 1t is
of a pale pea hue, though it was or
iginally of cream color. Upon it is
cream colored spot about the size of
a ten cent piece, which, if continuous
ly rubbed with Il piece of silk, will
grow in size. This ring is known as
the Han PEEK" jewel of the dynasty
of Han, who reigned about $500
years ago. In that dynasty the
court officials, when having an audi
ence with the emperor, held this ring
with both hands, thrusting their fin
gers into the opening and guarding
against moving their hands while
addressing the throne. 1t was used
as an emblem of submission or re-
specific their sovereign. 1t has been
buried with its owner, was unearth-
ed from the sepulcher recently, and is
considered very valuable
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-05-16

swollen, plumelike tail that rose and
fell, and cat-calls, with stihed feline
splitting at every other second, ming
led with the dull thump of the lobster
as he came down on his back on the
floor. But at the end of the bout,
when the cat sat up, the lobster was
still facing her, and he still had hold.
The cat looked surprised. The lob
ster seemed to be relishing growing
conviction that there was more fun
in the world than he had ever dream
ed of in the cradle of the deep. He
was fresh Bnt the rumpus had
brought the housewife to the scene,
who, beholding her favorite Maltese
in the grip and embrace of COM
paratlve stranger, at once darted for
the lobster to pull him off, while the
cat, seeing in her a rescuing cham
pion, simultaneously made rush for
her ample lap. He was the quicker,
and thereupon it became a triangu-
lar affair of cat, lobster and woman
The Maltese had the lady with his
three disengaged claws, the lady had
the cat, the cat had the lobster, with
his fourth claw, and the lobster had
the cat. Then the whole performance
had to be rehearsed again, and the
lady was not able to seperate all the
performers until she dragged the cat
and lobsterinto the kitchen and pried
open the Holsters grip with an
OvSter-krlife Since the affair the
Maltese will have nothing more to
do with sea-food.-T New York Sun
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-05-16
WONDERS OF THE TELEPHONE.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says:
1t seems almost incredible that a per-
son in Philadelphia should hear a
band of music playing in New York
city, the ringing of her church bells,
the whistles of steamboats,, and the
shouts of her populace in the streets
as the civic and military professions
passed by, and yet this was the ex-
perience of a lady in this city during
the centennial jubilee. She takes
press news over the long-distance
telephone, and, in order to facilitate
matters and aid her in hearing dis
tinctly the dictation of the news
sender at the other end, she wears a
metal cap; attached to which is a re-
ceiver which presses close to her left
ear. On Monday, during the naval
pageant that welcomed the arrival
of the president, she distinctly heard
the whistles of the steam craft, the
roar of the artillery and the chime of
Trinity bells. On Tuesday, during
the progress of the military process
sion, strains of music from the va
rious bands and the shouts and hur-
rahs of the witnessing crowds were
plainly borne to her ears. These
phenomena were repeated Wednes-
day during the passage of the civic
parade.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-05-16
GETTING RICH BY Small INVEN
TIONS.

The New Jersey man who hit upon
the idea of attaching rubber erasing
tip to the end of lead pencils is worth
$2OO,OOO
The miner who invented a metal
rivet or eyelet at each end of the
mouth of coat and trousers pockets,
to resist the strain caused by the
carriage of pieces of ore and heavy
tools, has made more money from
his letters patent than he would have
made had he struck good vein of
gOld-bear1ng quartz.
Every one has seen the metal plates
that are to protect the heels and
sOles of rough shoes, but every one
doesn't know that within 10 years
the man who hit upon the idea has
made $25O,OOO.
AS large q sum as was ever OBJ
tanned for any invention was en-
loved by the Yankee who invented
the inverted glass bell to hang over
gas jets to protect ceilings from be-
ing blackened by smoke.
The inventor of the roller skate has
made 81 100000, Notwithstanding
the fact that his patent had nearly
expired before the value of it was as
certained in the craze for roller skat-
ing that spread over the country a
few years ago.
The gimlet-pointed screw has pro-
duced more wealth than most silver
mines, and the Connecticut man who
first thought of putting copper tips
on the toes of children's shoes is as
we'll off as if he had inherited 81 900
600, for that's the amount his idea
has realized for him in cold, clammy
coin
The common needle threader which
every one has seen for sale, and
which every woman owns, was a
boon to needle users The man who
invented it has an income of 81 O 900
a year from his invention.-[ Pitts
buroh Press
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-05-16
LOBSTER, CAT AND LADY.

A StOn1ngtOn, Conn, lady was
drawn into q curious cat and lobster
affair in that borough by the sea the
other day. The marketman had left
a large sea-green lobster on the rear
veranda of her house, and he was
basking in the sun. He was alive,
but he didn't look it. With claws
sprawled out and with long smellers
barely swaying, he looked like a sea-
plant the wind was fooling with.
He was waiting for something to
turn up. Along the sleek hand
some Maltese family cat. The cat
saw the lobster and the lobster also
saw the cat, but made no advances
Gingerly and suspiciously the cat
picked her way to the lobster and
smelt of him, but still he gave no
sign. 1t was evidently a question
with her whether the lobster was
merely a piece of fashionable new
that she could have fun with, and she
walked diffidently around the lobster
twice, and finally stepped in front of
him. She put out one paw. The
lobster thrust out his claw, and there
was a bony crackle and creaking, as
of unloosing toggle joints as he did
so. They shook-they shook for a
second, and then the cat wanted to
let go. The lobster wouldn't. He
was a slayer, and he had the cordial
hand-shake of a Stonington bony fish
captain. Then the cat tried science
to make him quit She suddenly de-
scribed a double back somersault four
feet in the air, but the lobster went
along, too, and he came back with
her, and as he came down smote the
veranda floor with a sullen, hollow
whang. Next the cat spun the YER
anda boards SIS quickly as she could
with a six-pound lobster still shaking
hands with her in a tenacious way,
but the lobster held his own. Then
she waltzed back to the starting
place, the lobster going with her,
whirled over on her back and kicked,
and for ten seconds the veranda and
the air was full of flying lobster claws,
smellers, flying legs, bits of fur,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-05-16
VERMONT NEWS.

The Burlington Cotton mills cor
stock $4,000, making their present
capital $25O,OOO.
Hon. L. o. Greene of Woodstock,
VT, state inspector of finance, has
started for the West, where he is to
examine into certain securities held
by Vermont savings banks. He will
be absent two months.
Messrs. E. n and H. E. Bissell of
Shoreham have shipped two carloads
of blooded stock to South America
including - Spanish rams and seven
head of Galloway cattle. The ami
mails are in charge of Mr.. H. E. Bis
sell, who will accompany them to
their destination.
A sad accident recently occurred at
Holland. Alfred Davis was loading
manure, using a fork, when his little
son, a bright, active boy about four
years old, ran in front OF him and
one tine of the fork penetrated his
temple two inches or more. The
child died in about an hour.
The Billings Library, built at an
expense of nearly $15O,OOO, and pre-
scented to the University of Vermont
by Hon. Frederick Billings, of Wood
stock, one of the six finest college
buildings on the western continent,
is to be further beautified this season
by the erection of a wing at the north
end to complement that of the south
end, the gift of Mr.. Billings, built to
accommodate the rapidly increasing
requirements of the library
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-05-16
ALLEGED HUMOR.

Get out O. here" said the hen to
the china egg. You don't belong to
my set
Bromley, l hear you are going to
housekeeping" Yes, Darlingger. :"
What have you got toward it?" "a
wife. y Detroit Free Press.
Teacher in Sunday School-"Now
Jimmie, who was the first MANI"
Jimmie" Adam" Teacher-"Very
good And who was the first wom-
an?" Jimmie hesitating- MADAM. :"
II Detroit Free Press.
'Who is that distinguished looking
gentleman over there?" THAT is
Gen. Airbleau, the great military
man." "Ah! the great military man.
l have heard of him. What battle
was he IMP" "What battle? 1 don't
know, I'm sure. He's magazine
writer, you know"
Christian Scientist-Do you be-
lieve in spirits? ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
don't keer eff l do Harper's Bazaar.
An Undisputed Title.-"So you say
your friend got a lot in Oklahoma
city, and is holding it in spite of ev
erybody! Yes, they buried him III
it."-[Chicago Globe.
Miss Angelique Garrique of the
Fair Harvesters' Dramatic Com
pany, passing the cabs which fringe
Madison square: First cabby-
Hanson, LADY," Second cabby-
Hanson, Lady," Miss Angelique,
indignantly-"well, you needn't all
sing it. | know I'm handsome. -
New York Herald
An article in valued exchange is
headed do you read advertise
ments?" Well, about three times a
week we are led to reading a thrill
ing account of something by an eye
witness that tails off into a cake of
soap or a bottle of bitters; but it is
not our fault, and it isn't a means of
spiritual growth or moral improve
ment.- Burdette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-05-16

no reason why the United States
should not continue the policy of in
creasing the size and completeness OF
the advantage is apparent There IS
plenty of money, and public sent1-
ment, as it now exists, will lndorse
such policy. Of course, with the
completion of the new plants, the
present secretary of the navy will be
able to lay out a much larger pro-
gram of expenditure than was pos
Sible under the last administration.
Under President Cleveland the found
alton was thoroughly laid for navy
adequate to the needs of the United
States, and commensurate with her
dignity and position among the ma
tons, and it is to be hoped and eX-
pected that this foundation will be
built upon. A few evenings ago a
nephew of Charles Reade, the novel
list, in lecture here in London, said
it had been reported that the United
States had dynamite gun which, it
was claimed, could blow into smith
Greens any war ship now afloat. AS
he made the statement man in the
audience shouted out that he didn't
believe it 1t is certain that the dyn-
amite gun referred to has passed be-
yond the experimental stage. 1t has
been demonstrated that it will throw
an aerial torpedo containing 600
pounds of nitro-g1yceripe to a dis
tance of one mile, and one containing
200 pounds at a distance of two
miles. do not care now to express
myself as to the amount of destruc-
ton which the dynamite gun will
cause over and above that of the
guns now in use, and it remains to
be shown yet to what extent the
dynamite gun can be utilized on ship
board. l simply say that unless the
navy department had great expecta
lions from the dynamite gun it would
not have expended so much money in
finding out what it could accom-
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-05-16
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The Home Maker for May keeps
up the standard which the publish
ers established long ago and this
number abounds in choice literature
for the home, the housewife, and the
young people. The stories are good
and the rs pages are well worth the
price of the magazine which is only
20 cents or So year
The Cosmopolitan at $2.4O year
or 25 cents a number is the cheapest
and best magazine published. The
May number is richly illustrated and
Frank B. Sanborn, "Ouida', David
Ker and Edward Everett Hale are
among the contributors. Wong
Chin Zoos translation of the Chinese
novel has reached its fourth install
ment and is beautifully illustrated as
is also the American school at Ath-
ems" and the paris Conservatoire. !"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-05-16
WHITNEY ON OUR NEWNAVY.

A special from London to the New
York Herald gives the views of ex-
Secretary Whitney on the condition
and prospects of the American navy
Among other things Mr.. Whitney
said: The Administered ton of Presi-
dent Cleveland was notable, so far
as naval affairs are concerned. 1t
developed in our country the facilities
for the creation of a navy modern in
character. AS look at it, President
Cleveland s administrat ton should be
credited, not merely with what has
thus far been actually done in the
way of construction, but with the
fact that we can now create entirely
from our own resources every mod
ern implement of war of the highest
character, including war vessels of
the highest types, with their guns
and armor. Upon the accession of
President Cleveland to power, nei-
Their armOr nor high-pOwer guns of a
caliber above eight inches nor second
airy batteries could be had in the
United States, and in the previous
gether 10 new war vessels. Large
appropriations that had been made
from year to year had been spent in
repairs upon old wooden ships which
were really worthless. Our people
differ regarding the responsibility for
such state of things. However,
there is no one among us who does
not at the present time condemn it
1t arose, quite naturally, from the
fact that, at the close of the war, we
had a navy larger than we required
helargest in the world at that time,
l think. For many a year there was
reason for reducing, rather than in
creasing, our navy. Naturally the
habit of repairing old ships instead
of building new ones became fixed
upon us, and SO, after a series of
years, we practically had no service
able navy, and there was a general
lack of confidence in the navy depart
ment. President Cleveland reversed
the policy which had been for a long
time pursued, and the old navy has
been allowed to die a natural death.
During this administration we have
had IN the course of construction
war vessels, modern in character, of
over II, 900 tons. About half of this
tonnage is in armored ships, and of
unarmored ships those of the class
known as protected cruisers we are
building seven, of an average of 1000
tons each, and with a guaranteed
speed of 10 knots and upward In
this class of vessels we will soon rank
second only to England. / know of