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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
New Advertisements.
REFRICERATORS.

have a few Refrigerators that will sell at
cost to close out. A rare chance to get good
one cheap. Cost from So to So each; just
about half regular prices Don't wait but
get one at once Also Hammo cks and Boys
Wagons. good sett of Croquet for $1.OO.
GEO. e. GROW.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16

Ranney & Potts customers insist on
their keeping Lamoille crackers. Why?
Because they are second to none.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-07-16
Noted Horses! A Fast Track !

The best display of Thoroughbred Horses,
Cattle and Domestic Animals in the Province.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03

tail and massive rear limbs. "a on tripod
utilizing its forearms for grssping. Its
whole body, including the throat, was sheathed
with armor, but its most remarkable feature
was q row Of immense bony plates along its
back, the biggest of which were each four feet
across. Its head, containing prOpOrtiOnally the
smaifest brain belonging 70 any known verte-
bvate, was aiminutive and covered in front by
horny beak; it was sluggish. stupid and
aquatic in its habits. wading near shore and
feeding upon soft and succulent vegetation.
Scattered remains of the hypsirhophus have
been found from time to time. but il was only
The other day that a complete specimen was
discovered imbedded in solid rock IN southern
Colorado, with its armor platesaud bony spines
perfectly preserved, just as the animal was
when it lay down and died in distant epoch,
perhaps 100000 years ago.
THE FORMIDABLE AGATHAUNAs.
In life n could scarcely have been less for
midable than the agathaumas, which was one
o. its most Interesting contemporaries. The
skull alone OF this latter beast. which was not
less than twenty-five feet in length, fills a huge
glass case by itself at the museum. Two sharp
curved horns. each yard in length, spring
from the forehead. while smaller one adorns
the nose. which was further armed with pow
erful cutting beak- Its most striking peculi-
arity, however, is huge friil of solid bone six
feet In width extending backward from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03

velous age was the morosaur, plentiful remains
of which have been found in Wyoming. 1t
grew to length of forty feet, had short fore
and hind legs and was very sluggish, having
extremely heavy bones. 1t bad a smaller
cousin. however. only fifteen feet long, which
possessed small and light bones. The latter
has been called the NOR osaurus agilis. because
of its activity.
The titanosaur was also built or the kangaroo
plan. being sixty feet in length and standing
thirty teet in height asst walked upon the noun.
tain sides and fed on the foliage of the forests,
portions of which food have been preserved with
its remains. OF equal bulk was the vast iguano-
don, which was a biped in habit and had a
nipping beak. Contemporary with these were
the anchisaur and ammosaur. about the size
of setter dogs. which are believed to have
made the foot prints in the Connecticut valley.
for a long time supposed to be those OF giant
birds. Immense nevis there were. too. as
large as men. land tortoises twenty feet long
and no end of other marvellous creatures,
among them being monster which had regu-
lar masts and yard arms on its back for de-
fensive purposes.
With the exception of the mosasaurs and
other swimming lizards the animals thus far
mentioae,, were all vegetable feeders. The
armor plates and tremendous bony spines
which some of them wore were necessary to
them, as well IS their huge horns, for pro-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03

vas OF amphibious habit, feeding upon aquatic
plants. The remains of this animal are
usually found in places where IL evidently got
s.ucR in the mud which subsequently turned
to stone, thus preserving for ages the iuckless
beast enguIfed. vast in bulk a. the creature
was. il was but smaller first cousin of the
mighty atiantosauf. which was OF much the
esIne bnild- This latter was the bigges, land
saimoi that ever lived. single thigh bone
now hanging on q wall at the musean n longer
than . man by two feet
LIKE THE SEA SERPENT.
Among the most numerous aud formidable
Of tire giant reptiles of the mesozoie as repre-
sensed In the government collection seem to
have been the mosassars. which we're SWIM
ming lizards from sixty to eighty feet in length
very nearly resembling the modern notion OF the
Sea serpent So plentiful were they IN that
epoch that their remains are thicEly distributed
In various parts of the wet. and Prof. Marsh
says that q journeying through certain valley
he once beheld seven 81 their skeletons in s.yht
NJ one time. Yale College has bones represent
ing 400 specimens. In tine cretaceons seas
they ruled supreme. their numbers. size and
carnivorous habits enabling them 70 vaneu;sh
all rivals.
Thew rcsembled vast snakes with paddles bv
the aid Of which they swan. and their lower
Jaws wtre % aetxeh~i BY cartilage to the "a ull
that they could open their mouths enormously
vide for swallowing. a. se-r,pts DO. Cariously
enough, these strange aniniais appear to have
been comparatively scarce III EGrope.
ENORMOUS YIsu LIZARDS.
The seasof the mesozoic epoch swarmed with
other dangerous reptiles besides, the biggest o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03
Not So Hard of Hearing After An.

From the Omaha Morning World Herald.
When the September term of the district
court opened yesterday there was one among
the jurors who wanted to be excused. John
Doe is not his name, but it goes here.
what is your name?" asked Judge Davis.
''John Doe, - was the reply
do you want TO be excused from duty?" in
quired the judge.
.Hey2 You'll have to talk a little louder.
judge. Tn a little hard of hearing" said MI
Doe.
Judge Davis repeated the question and Mr.
Doe replied;
mo. sir; don't want to serve"
''What excuse have yon?'
"Well, judge. I'm hard O. hearing, and I'm
afraid it would be useless for me to try to
serve"
Can your hear an ordinary conversational
toner" asked the judge.
"Hey?" remarked Doe, placing his hand be-
hind his ear.
Il say can you hear an ordinary converse
tional tone Of voiceT' asked the judge, pitching
his voice little higher.
"Well. it bothers me some" said Doe
''Well. said Judge Davis, in a low tone of
voice, Il guess We will have to excuse you if
you can't hear we'll"
Low as the tone was, Doe heard it and he
started away with q pleased smile twinkling
about his face
"wait, Mr.. Doe" said Judge Davis 81 euess
il you can hear that you can hear well enough
to serve as q juror. We cannot excuse you.'S
And John Doe collapsed and fell into the
nearest chair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03
Moral Forces I'm War.

from the London Globe
1t is most interesting to note how one factor
after another, in military preparation, assumes
a predominant place in the writings of French
officers. At time il is the excellence of
their arms. at another their attack formation
and at another the physical exercises practiced
that seem TO be of paramount Importance to
Inc army. AT present IT appears that moral
forces are held in tho highest estimation. In
the journal des Sciences Militaires'' there is
an article on the Rational Instruction of In
fantry. urging that more care should be taken
10 develop the attention. intelligence and
Judgment OF the men, and that these qualities
rather than memory should be cultivated and
depended upon. The writer SAYS that some COM
manding officers make great mistake in giving
so much time to instruction in single stick box
ing and fencing, which are all very well in their
way. but are not to be compared to the moral
teaching which alone can enable soldiers to win
battles. The same publication deyo,es an arti-
Gle to the we!lknown Col. l.. Maiiiard's new
book. The Elements of War This author
takes, to some extent, the same line as the pre-
ceding one. He says: 1T is not in the perfec-
ton of the material engines that tho force of
armies resides. 1t is solely in the moral power
that springs from intelligence. the viii and
courage" One regrets. however. to find that
an officer like Col. Maillard who was for ten
years a professor, with constantly growing
reputation, at the superior school of war,
should write a powerful and remarkable book,
which breathes throughout spirit burning
for war and reconquest. 1t must have a con-
siderable effect in tanning the flames of a
hatred which already seems unauenchabie. He
prOpheses that ''the name of some little vii
iage in Lorraine will yet efface the shame of
Sedan"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03
SCOTT AND VANDERBILT.
The Great Pennsylvarian's business Activity
illustrated.

The Great PennsylvaEian's business Activity
illustrated.
From the Louisville Courier-JournM
In business matters Mr.. Scott was Quick in
his conclusions, sound in judgment and mex
haustible in resources. The public remembers
yet the sale by William II. Vanderbilt of 500
O00. 600 worth OF stock in the New York Cen
trail at l2o. That sale was made by William
L. Scott.
Vanderbilt, harassed and worried in the man.
agemcnt OF the property, vexed by public
criticism. and uncertain about his health, ex-
pressed in the presence of Scott a wish to be
rid Of the property.
''You are not in earnest" said Scott
81 was never more in earnest in my life, was
the reply.
'why not sell it, then2" the Pennsylvania
asked.
''sell it!' exclaimed Vanderbilt where can
l find purchaser for S2o,e0o.o00 OF the
stockp'
Il can find such purchaser" said Scott,
''at fair commission"
DO it," was the response, ''and / will pay
you half million dollars
In a few days Scott had organized n syndi-
cate among the bankers of New York to pur-
chase the Vanderbilt stock at 10, and without
any difficulty the transaction was concluded.
Then came Mr.. SCOTS demand for his COM
mission OF So0oUOo. vanderbilt demurred;
hall million dollars was a big sum OF money
for such work. Mr.. Scott insisted that it was
Il bargain made openly and seriously and car
ried to CONCLUSION. Still Vanderbilt objected
that it was too big commission
What was it worth? asked Mr.. Scott
"Oh," said MIR. Vanderbilt, 1.-TWO hundred
| thousand"
Very well, then, let me have the 1000 co.,. ~
| said the gentleman from PENNSYLVANIA, and the
| matter was settled. Had Mr.. Scott insisted
| there is little doubt the half million would
have been forthcoming. As it was the COM
mission was as easily earned as any money Mr..
Scott ever made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03
The Plant OF Lightning Rod Men

From the ChicaeO Sunday Iribune.
An old man in a Lake street house who bas
travelled over the western country many times
in all the weather for which the west has been
noted. was explaining 10 an acquaintance hoe
he happened 10 be in the city.
Il guess haye put up many lightning rods
any man in the United States, he said. But
1 am through. not because I am 80 yery old.
but because the business is playing out. You
have no idea how things have changed in this
respect People know good dead more than
they used 10. 1 am not conscience smitten Sy
anythng ever said to = customer on a man i
was trying to land customer 4 used 20
believe a good deal more myself than do now
lay the decline ot the lightning rcd 70 pubic
schools and colleges. 1 reckon no one viii
doubt me when say that the more education
we have IN this country the fewer lightning
rods we will have. The last few trims
made to the country / found people
who had their chairs sitting in glass
cups, such as Won see on the telegraph
poles. l found the sume people with their
pedstesds placed AN the came. That 10 the re-
suit OF public schools aud colleges. The old
people themselves would never have known
any better than to buy lightning rods. bat
their children have grown up aud know more
than the old folks. You see. the youngsters
.laye been taught at school that glass n IA
suator. and they have explained that 10 ths
old folks, until now IN some Of the more en-
lightened sections where the youngsters have
been to college, YOU VIII see such signs 90 this:
No lightning rod agents allowed on the prem
ises.' That rs putting on city airs After .
while expect 80 zee signs on the cross roads
forbidding colporteurs from soliciting orden
for Bibles.
The farmer isn't what he used 20 be- have
seen the time when l could 60 in the country
and sell the farmer an almanac. But, with
smart children growing up under the influence
of schools and smart politicians organizing de-
batting societies, the American farmer is getting
pretty fly. And that is why quit the road
There is nothing more in IL for me. There 10
one good thing, though. that win be accom-
phshed by this-we won't see any more funny
items in the newspapers about iighsning roa
agents"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03
The Plan Was Too Exactinc,

From the Chicago Post.
He was from Sheibyrilie. and looked like it
when. with his son Bill" he ''orrove" at the
Palmer House the other day. In burst Of
confidence he shook hands with Clerk Cunning
ham and informed him that Me an Bill come
in this mornin' with a Car O. hogs an we lowed
we'd come in from the stock yards an see the
sights. Whuts the cheapest room We kin give
me an Bill2 We don't want no stvle-inst
like We hev yer own self is good 'nuff fer
us-ch. Biil?''
Bill bobbed his head forward in pantomime
assent and Clerk Cunningham informed them
that the lowest price for the two would be IS a
day.
MY That's pretty steepi They ou'y charge
81 day at Smiths Hotel down to hum. But
guess. seem as re here, wen go the whole
hog, Ell, Billg'
Again Bill assented and the old man asked
Cunningham:
What time is meals ready?'
Breakfast from Csc to IL, lunch from $50
to 8, dinner from $50 to 10 and supper from s
to II 80, replied Mr.. Cunningham.
The old man waited for a minute and then
shouted: "Gosh. Bill we won't nave scarcely
no time to do nothing but eat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03

From the Philadelphia Record
To suffer wreck in O stanch vessel, under a
calm sky, in midocean and with not enough
wind blowing to fill a sail, is a rare fate. but
the crew of the steamship Effective Of the Earn
line, which arrived in port yesterday, feel that
they came very near to such an end. The
Effective was on her way from Cuba with a
cargo Of iron ore, and Capt. Crosby noticed
nothing un usual until the Bahamas we're passed.
Soon after the vessel began rolling heavily
in q sea running strongly from the eastward,
and this was continued steadily for six DAYS
There was no storm nor any indication OF one
and not enough wind at any time to make il
worth while to run up the staysails to steady
the steamship. Twice the Effective was thrown
on her beam ends and il was feared that she
would turn bottom up.
The cargo Of 2 200 tons Of iron ore was badly
shifted and, with the heavy sen running from
the east. II was almost impossible to right the
vessel When the Effective arrived IN the har-
Dor her stnrboard side was i've feet below the
port and she was badly listed.
Capt. Crosby thinks that his boat got into the
track OF n cyclone which had swept up the
coast short time before. leaving in its wake
heavy sea ard a dead calm. The case il con-
sidered one Of the most singular on record.
The English steamship Arul. from Shields,
Capt. Simpson, had q somewhat similar expe-
rience, but the seas which il encountered we're
not 10 heavy.
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its tail-to fellow-scieutist, and the latter.
abserving the beasts astonishing protective
equipment, remarked:
There must have been some other creature
which lived on this hinge reptile. Possibly you
will come across it some day"
Il have already done so." replied the pro.
fessor. Within the last few weeks the yery
animal has turned up, which was entirely Cap
able OF proving upon the hypsirhophus de-
youring the body of the victim after ripping UP
It's belly with n stroke of its powerful hind foot
have called it the 'creosaur atrox.' Probably
1t was about twenty feet long in life
Besides this 'atrocious flesh lizard" there
was the comparatively huge meSalosaur. which
was fifty feet in length and fierce in proportion
20 its bulk. Another and smaller earnivorous
specimen was the ceratosaUr, distinguished by
a mighty horn.
TIE LAND.
At the time when these extraordinary crea-
tnres lived there was comparatively little dry
land in the world, the greater part Of the con-
tnent not having, ~ vet emerged from the
ocean, and what are now the Rocky mountains
were then merely sea tered islands. Up 70 that
period animal life had been chiefly repre-
scented BY fishes, which may be said to have
run creation. At the close OF the Conforming
period there was a great en,ergence Of hand
from the water, due to contraction Of the
earth's crust, the Alleghanies being inciden.
tally upheaved- Then came the mesozoic era,
which has been called
THE AGE OF REPTILES"
This was the epoch when as yet the
Rockies were nearly submerged and all the in.
terror Of the continent was covered by q vast
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lection. against formidable enemies. These
dreadful foes were carnivorous lizards. which
lived by eating the herbivorous ones. They
were built after the fashion of kangaroos. with
enormously long hind legs. upon which they
walked erect looking about for victims whom
they might devOur. To render them more
agile and swift Of movement their bones were
hollow, and their leaping powers were simply
incredible. The ''lelaps," as has been esti-
mated. could jump seventy feet at bound. II
had not only tremendous teeth to bite with.
but sharp claws well on its fore feet. which
are believed to have been used chiefly for the
purpose OF scratching out its adversaries' eyes.
This terrific animal stood about twenty-five
feet high. One day. not very long ago. Prof.
Marsh exhibited fossil hypsirhophus- the
creature with the bony frill snd the brain in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03

Paris Letter to the London Queen
Nine Guzman, D. widow lady of wealth. died
ct the end Of June last. and her will was opened
lately. 1t contains. among other items, three
various legaeies. By the first she leaves the
large sum of 10000 francs to the Academy Of
Sciences. to found prize which is to be given
TO the person, Frcnchman or foreigner, who
shall discover way to correspond with one of
the heavenly bodies-that is to say, to receive
an answer from the inhabitants of a planet to
some sign made to them on ours" No par
ticular planet is specified, provided it be not
Mars. which. Nine. GuZman thinks, SIS already
sufficiently known" This last condition will
most probably put off for an unlimited period
of years the awarding OF the money. The
prize is to be named the Pierre Guzman
prize" in memory OF Nine. Guzman's son. a
major in the French army. whose life was spent
searching after the mysterious problems which
psychicai societies endeavor to solve. His last
words we're: do we after death still keep our
individuality" Nine. Guzmap had a belief in
the mysterious and still doubtful ''teiepathy,"
and, probably, she was convinced that il ever
We did communicate with the stars it would be
owing to it.
However, rs she saw vol enough that it
would be a long time ere the money could be
awarded, Mme. .GIzman enacted by her will
that the interest Of tho "a, 600 be left to ac-
cumuiate for persons who shall have greatly
increased our knowledge OF the constitution Of
the heavenly bodies or Of their connection with
our planet, either by means OF extremely per-
fected instruments or by any other method -
These Inst words clearly alluded to s'tele-
pathy." Nine Guzman's second legacy is as
unlikely as the first to DO ever paid off
She has left 20, 600 francs to the man who dis
covers a euro for confirmed organic heart dis
eases, Of which Pierre Guzman died ave years
ago. Her third legacy is still moro curious.
Fifty thousand francs are left to the Assist
ance PubliQue that music may be played in the
homes Of Ste. Perfume, Issy and les Petits-M Ne
nages, where the old and infirm can live COM
fortably for moderate rate, not generally ex-
ceeding ESQ year; military bands are to be
hired once q week to play If Mime. Guzman's
legacy is accepted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03
1SIOS AURUS Swimming LIZARD, 25 FEEL

with a snake, the fippers with which they
swan being like turtles There is no doubt
of the fact that they lived in the shoal waters
near land, feeding upon the fishes Of the shall
lows.
SEVENTY FEET LoNa.
One Of the largest Of the amphibious reptiles
contemporary with those above described was
the esmarasaur, which was seventy feet long
and iwelt in the ocean shadows. In pursuit Of
the sea weeds which formed its diet it walked
along in water deep enough to cover its back,
while it extended its enormously long neck so
TO lift its head above the surface and look
about for food As a convenience import ant
to this manner of life its backbone was COM
posed OF vertebra which were mere shells filed
with warm air from the lungs. These served
as floats TO support its huge body, while its
solid and massive legs and tail we're useful for
anchors.
OTHER MONSTERS.
Among other gigantic reptiles Of that mar
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having heads like alligators and swimming
paddles resembling those OF the turtle.
Although they sometimes came lahore, they
lived hab!tually in the ocean. diving to great
depths in pursuit of prey. They were most
with which to see in the watery abysses. Some
notion may be got OF their size from the fact
that in a mold made for a cast OF one at the
British Museum twenty-eix gentlemen sat down
to dinner very comfortably.
Smaller rivals If the ichthyosaurs were
the piesiosaurs. which were somewhat DIFF
ferently built, having very long necks. with
shorter tails. They did not attain a length
of more than twenty-five feet In appear
ance they have been described as resem-
bling the body Of a tortoise strany through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-03
THE JOSIAH QUINCY. or sosres.
The Author OF ~Naiociah- Tetis About .
Wonderful soInssdep~e.


nR. MAYO. THE WELL KNOWN AUTHOR
H Of ''hAloOlAA. tosd a writer for Tar srsR
the story OF curious coincidence. some
years ago he was acting A. surgeon ~ teatd
the United States ship Of war CynnA Ths res
81 WAS in midoccaR. when n craft D. full sail,
bat 50 low down the horizon as TO be scafcelv
visible with the usset eve. was de-cr,od nv
ms TO make out the stranger. with hs spy glass
the captain nd;
Il wonder what that vessel can be-"
Or. Mayo. who was one Of a group Of ohscers
abou; the captain. spoke mp and said:
'ph. that's the Josiah Qaincy' OF Bostor. +"
The captain turned. looked al the doctor in
an as,oEished sort Of way and then proceeded
once moro 70 Saze through his spy glass. while
the others went below 10 the whrd room.
Il say. doctor" said a sonior heutersut.
you'll md it's a mistake TO quiz our conn.,
mander. He has no moro notion Of hutnor
Jokes"
That's fact said tho rest in chorus. A. .
Oo''ic OF something stimulating Was pae~ed
around, and one Young lieutenant piped; The
ca 1aim won't forgive Won fur that in hurry"
i'r. NaNo only smiled, bnt he felt a Hftle
nervous about II himself. for OF course be no
mose Anew ,he maine ol the vcssol sighted than
ne alS That oi tho man IN the moon.
M h"af ia"r the stranger was approached
almost within h0ihag distance She U,s
nA:ine-rieg'd and evidently loaded heavily
VITA some Aiad 81 "A. rci.Ruaisc Bat a. the
!a''' passed her she went "a ON a fresh tack aud
the %ntaln could read her main. through, his
glass on her stern. Il VAS .,Iosinh ou,,,,, "a
Boston" -
N ! and blazes'" exclaimed The astonisl,ed
commander. Then turning 90 the doctor n.
SAID How Oh earth could YOU kno~g'
n Ierci! bF the cut OF her j'h, ar" replied
away IN The ward room TINT his CUES, had l.sen
merely the trst name that came INTO his mad
since that time he has firmly believed ttat
nothing Is too strange 10 be referred 60 ~ q
coincidence