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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-10-26
GOLD FIELDS OF THE TRANSVAAL.

Rev. James Gray of Pretoria gave
a very interesting lecture in the Mus
cum Tuesday evening upon the gold
fields of the Transvaal. The lecture
was under the auspices of the Natu-
raj History society and was the
first lecture ever given in the upper
class room. The room was well
filled with an appreciative audience
and at the close of the address Mr..
Gray received hearty round of APP
pause.
The speaker began by referring to
the early developments Of the gold
fields of South Africa. Records had
been found which proved that these
fields were worked at least 400 years
ago and some thought that some of
the gold Tor King Solomon's temple
came from South Africa. The gold
fields of the Transvaal are in the form
directs and the gold is found imbedded
in quartzose conglomerate. These
fields are of recent discovery and they
are proving to be the richest in the
world. The output in 1893 will be
$2S, 500, 900 or about one-fourth of
the entire gold product of the world.
Johannesburg, which has grown up
since the gold was discovered, now
contains 10000 people and as fine
buildings as can be found in any
city ofthe United States. The speak
er described how the gold was mined
and said that the advent of the
railroads would lessen the cost OF
production, In closing he gave a
brief description of Mashonaland,
where war is now in progress.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-10-26
MEMORIAL SERVICE.

Chamberlin Post, G. A. R., held a
memorial service last Saturday eve
ming in honor Of Major Allen Spauld.
ing, who died in St. Johnsbury,
Sept. 81, 1898.
The exercises opened with prayer
by the chaplain of the post, E, {.
Potter. A quartette consisting OF
p. F. Hazen, Mrs. II. K. Ide, Mrs.
{. E. Peck and T. w. Shufelt, with
Mrs. W. Sault, accompanist, then
gave selection. Commander l.. B.
Head said it was the intention OF
the post to hold memorial services
hereafter for every member of the
post who passed away. He called
first upon Major N. P. Bowman.
Major Bowman gave the early
history of Major Spaulding's life
from his birth at Roxbury in 1904
to the close of the civil war. He
interspersed his biographical facts
with several amusing anecdotes from
Miss Hemenway's Gazetteer.
After another selection by the
quartette, Capt. E. L. Hovey spoke
Of Major Spaulding characteristics.
He said he would place his origi-
nality first, that he was an original
thinker and actor He was also a
delightful man to converse with, and
was well posted on all the current
events. Capt. Hovey said it was
supremacy grand for Major Spauld-
ing to enter the army at the age
DIST.
DR.. Billiard was the next speaker
and he read letter from grand
son, Harry A. Powers, giving the
early history of Major Spaulding.
The quartette sang again and then
H. c. Bates was called upon. Mr..
Bates spoke of Major Spaulding's
his interesting man
ner in conversation and the fact that
he enlisted for war not from any i'm
pulse, but from a principle. Mr..
Bates also spoke of the many i'm
in the world during
Major Spaulding's long life.
The exercises closed with singing
The Vacant Chair" by the
luartette.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-10-26
CHURCH NOTES.

The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Railroad street Baptist church
held concert on Sunday evening in
place of the regular preaching SER
vice. Aside from several Rotations
and music by the children, report
OF the recent state convention at
Barre was given by Miss Alice Clark,
and there was also a 6fteen-minute
talk concerning some of the bright
ening elements Of the Christian
Endeavor movement.
Rev. James Gray, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Pretoria.
South African Republic, preached at
the North church last Sunday morn
ing.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-10-26
FELL FROM A HIGH-CHAIR.

An infant daughter of Mr.. Lodge,
who lives in the CLAY hill" neighbour
hood above Fairbanks village, fell
from her high-chair Tuesday noon
and received injuries which are likely
to prove fatal. The little girl was
thrown into commissions by the fall,
and medical aid has not been able to
relieve her from these commissions.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-10-26
PREMATURE EXPLOSION.

By a premature explosion in Leon
Guyer's stone quarry last week We'd
nesday night Augustine Morancy
and Frank Blais were badly burned.
Mr.. Morancy will lose one eye and
perhaps both eyes. Mr.. Blais was
badly burned about the face, but will
not lose his eyesight. 1t was a very
painful accident and the men were
fortunate to escape with their lives.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-10-26
Buffalo Bugs
MARRIAGES.

At St Johnsbury, October "a, by Rev NJ
{. Henderson, Eugene S. Ranney of Lyndon
and Evalyn A. Bowen of st. Johnsbury.
At St Johnsbury, October 1S, by Rev w
S. Smithers, Charles E. Aver and 7 nnie F.
Clark. both of st. Johnsbury.
At St Johnsbury, October 20. by Rev. w.
). Smithers, Albert Z. Gaskill and Elizabeth
b. Gotta, both of st. Johnsbury.
AT Ryegate, October 1S, at the residence of
James Mills, by Rev d. Harris, George w,
Dow of Washington and Clara Scales
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-10-26
DOUBLE LIABILITY.

On behalf of several stockholder:
in the Northwestern Guaranty Loan
Company Treasurer Richie of the
Citizens Bank recently wrote the edi
tor of Rhodes Journal of Banking
concerning the double liability OF
stockholders. This is the CORE
spondence referred to:
ST. JoHNsBURy w., August 10, 1898.
EDITOR RHODES JOURNAL OF BANKING
SIR:-Can the double liability be en-
forced against stakeholder residing in
the state of Vermont who has stock in
the Northwestern Guaranty Loan Co.
of Minneapolis, MINI. +?
john T. Richie, Treas.
ANSWER The general rule is that the
ordinary statutory liability against
stockholders is a contract liability, and
as such will be enforced in the courts of
other states. Corning VS.. Mccullough,
l N. Y, At; Queeman VS.. Palmer, III
ILL.,, 619; Sultmans Appeal, 90 Pen,
and cases there cited. But when the
liability is in the nature of a penalty for
failure to do certain acts, then, upon the
principle that the courts of one state
will not enforce penalties imposed by the
laws of another state, such liability
could not be enforced in another state.
(See authorities cited above.) The
answer to the question of our CORE
spondent will therefore depend upon the
nature of the liability. We infer that it
is the ordinary statutory liability, and
hence could be enforced in Vermont.
From the alb I'VE answer it would
appear that the stockholders are
liable to be assessed 5000 for every
share Of stock they hold. If this
should be done it would be most
unfortunate ending to one of the
greatest swindles ever perpetrated.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-10-26
A POST MEMORIAL.

Chamberlin Post is having biog-
raphy gifts members prepared, to be
kept as a memorial volume in the
posts headquarters. Only one copy
is being made and it will contain brief
sketches of all the members. The
memorial will be given to the post
by Col. Franklin Fairbanks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-10-26
Deaths.

At St Johnsbury, October 81 Hugh Coffey.
aged "a.
At Danville, October 81, VIM. H. Nutting,
aged "a.
At Newton, Mass, October 16, Oliver W.
Turner. native and former resident of Con
cord, aged 80.
At Lowell, Mass, October 20, Mrs. Abigail
]. (Whte) Wells, aged 81, formerly of Wells
River
AT Walden, October 8, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. F. w. Cheever, Mrs. Cor.
nelia G. Rollins, aged 81 years and II days. :
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-31
The Most Despicable Man.

The man whom l thoroughly and pos
itively hate, and against whom as a type
| would warn young women, as the
board of health officers warn the public
against infection with a scarlet fever
card, is the domestic tyrant, the man
who is a bully in his own family, the
man who is a hero at home and a coward
among bigger men than he. When he
was a boy, he loved to torture kittens,
trap rabbits and tease birds by breaking
up their nests and cracking their eggs.
But ayearling calf or a sitting hen would
always make him run. Now he is a man,
he swears at his wife and nags her life
away. He sends the cold chills down
the children's spines whenever his steps
draw nigh and is as pompous and big
feeling among the women folks and the
helpless boys and girls as a fussy old
turkey gobbler with his hens.
Fun can no more thrive where he is
than pansies can live in coal gas. He is
civil to the black man who gives him his
dinner, to the boy-provided he is full
sized-who blacks his boots and to who
ever is richer and stronger than he, but
politeness for his wife was laid away
with his wedding garments, and he curses
his daughters and his sons for every
trifing misdemeanor in a way that would
rouse a newsboy to thrash him if he
spoke to the lad with equal insolence.-
Chicago Herald.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-31
NY SOMETIME SWEETHEART.

do not know what her name may be,
But sure us the skies are blue above,
somewhere in the world she waits for me-.
She who will one day be my love.
Now, this moment perhaps she wonders
Who Is heIB in the lonesome lands,
On the other side of the sea that sunders
Our eyes, and our lips, and our hearts, and
our hands.
But there is q place where the waters narrow:
There is a point where the margins meet;
And in the morning of som glad morrow
We shall press the isthmus with fated feet.
Though she be with a thousand will know her
How can | fail to find her when
Today my heart to my thought can show her,
AS she must be now-as she will be then?
And she is as fair as the fairest fair:
She is as true as the truest truth:
Pure as purity-holy as prayer
Her heart kept fresh in the faith of youth.
With a sunny gayety ever sheening
In eyes that can sparkle with widest fun
Or sober to tears and earnest meaning
When tears are timely and laughter done.
| pray to meet her with soul unsullied
AS hers will be-with a heart uniform
Like a fallow field, all gashed and quilted,
Where passions torrents their ways have
worn.
Can | falter and fall beyond retrieval,
With the thought of my lady to deter,
When ali that is base and impure and evil
Goes out of my heart when / think of her?
My dream sweetheart! for in dreams / see her
And hear the sweep of her dainty dress,
While a fair arm falls with a furtive fear
Around my neck in a soft caress.
feel her breath as she bends above me;
catch the CLEAN of her dark, sweet eyes,
And | long for the time when, with her to love
me,
Earth will be fairer than paradise!
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-31

The Saunterer has a friend on the staff
of a western newspaper with whom he
often exchanges interesting clippings.
The latest bit received at this Office was
the following, cut from a small paper
published in North Dakota: ''The many
friends of Mrs. E. will be pleased to
learn that she is not in serious danger, as
the shock is not so severe as at first sup
posed. The particulars of the unfortu-
nate affair are interesting. 1t seems that
Mrs. E. while going up stairs saw a
mouse run behind a barrel. Her cries
were heard by the hired man, who has
tened to the scene, armed with his gun
and followed by his faithful bulldog.
Mrs. E. then took courage and poked
the barrel with her broom. The mouse
ran out, the dog started in pursuit, the
hired man fired, the dog dropped dead,
Mrs. E. tainted, and the hired man,
thinking he had killed her, and that he
would be arrested for murder, took to
his heels and has not been heard of since.
The mouse escaped."-Boston Budget.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-31
The Influence of the Press.

Probably the time is coming in the
halcyon future when everything that
everybody does will be open and above
board, when there is nothing hidden that
shall not be known, when that which is
spoken in the ear shall be proclaimed
upon the housetops, and we rather think
that the impairment press is helping to
bring about that day. The fear of pub
licity deters many a man from doing
wrong or delivers him from the tempta-
ton to go astray. Men who seek to take
unfair advantage of their fellow men be-
cause of their poverty Or ignorance or
weakness Or for any other reason find
an obstacle in the light which the press
throws upon their actions and motions.
Individual newspapers have their idiosyn-
crasies and other faults, but as a whole
the press believes in right living. honest
dealing, truth telling and doing as you
would be done by.-Springfield Union.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-31
The Phenomena of Weeping Trees.

In the forests of Oregon, Washington,
Montana and British Columbia there is a
species of tree that has a continuous and
copious dripping of pure, clear water
from the ends of its leaves and branches.
This extraordinary sight may be wit
messed at all seasons when the leaves
are on, and seems equally plentiful on
clear, bright days as on damp, cloudy
nights. The tree is a species of fir, and
the weeping" phenomenon is attrib-
uted to a remarkable power of condensa-
ton peculiar to the leaves and bark of
this species of evergreen.
In the island of Ferro there are many
species of weeping trees" but in this
latter case the ''tears' appear to be most
abundant when the relative humidity is
near the dew points,. Louis Republic.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-31
An Old, Old Hunting Story.

Baron Munchausen, when hunting for
deer upon one occasion, encountered a
magnificent animal, but found himself
without shot. Speedily gathering to-
gether a handful of cherry stones, he
loaded his gun with them and fired at
the deer, hitting him squarely between
the eyes, not killing him, however. The
deer managed to escape, but some time
later the baron encountered him again
and was surprised to see a beautiful
cherry tree growing out Of the animals
forehead, covered with blossoms and
fruit. 1t is suspected that the Baron
Munchausen's story is not true.-Har-
per's Young People.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-31

LIFT OF NUMBERS. CURES. PRICES.
1-Fevers, CQngestions, In~fiammations rs
2-WOrms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic... .25
3-Teething; Collie. Crying, Wakefulness .25
4-Diarrhea, of Children or Adults. 49,. .25
S-Dysentery, Gripping, Bilious Collie. .25
6-ChOlera MOrbus, Vomiting. ........ 81
5-COughs, Colds, Bronchitis. .......... rs
S~-Neuralgia, Toothache. Faceache.... rs
9-Headaches, Sick Headache, Vertigo. rs
1O-Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Constipation .25
11-Suppressed or Painful Periods. .25
12-Whites, Too Profuse Periods. rs
13-Cr0up, Laryngitis, Hoarseness.. .25
14-Salt Rheum, Erysipelas. Eruptions. .25
15-Rheumatfsm, or Rheumatic Pains, .2J
16-Malaria, Chills. Fever and Ague... rs
17-Piles, Blind or Bleeding..... - ..... .25
1S-Ophthalmy, Sore or Weak Eyes,. rs
19-Catarrh, Influenza, Cold in the Head .25
2O-WhO0ping Cough.....-......... .25
2l-Asthma, Oppressed Breathing. ...... rs
22-Ear Discharges, Impaired Hearing rs
23-ScrOfula, Enlarged Glands, Swelling .2J
24-General Debility, Physical Weakness rs
25-Drcpsy, and Scanty Secretions. rs
26-SeR.Sickness, Sickness from Riding .25
25-Kfdney Dfsea ses .................. .2S
20-SOre Month, or Canker. .95
30-Urinary Weakness, Wetting Bed. .25
31-Painful PeriOds.......... .......... rs
34-Diphtheria, liberated Sore Throat. .25
35-ChrOnfc COMPOSITIONS & Eruptions. rs
EXTRA NUMBERS:
2S-Nerv0us Debility, Seminal Weak
ness, or Involuntary Discharges. ....1.OO
32-DiseasesO of the Heart, Palpitation 1 90
33-Epilepsy, Spasms, st. Vitus' Dance. ..1.OO
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-31
Immobility In a Child's Life.

We believe a large part of the ~unfavor-
able influence of school life upon the
child's health is due to the prolonged
~immobility which the ordinary system
requires, and the necessary confinement
OF a young child to a chair or bench
without some intervening muscular &C
tivity OK recreation. Immobility is OPP
posed to growth, it Is opposed to all the
instincts of the healthy lower animals,
and to those of all vigorous children
Harper's Bazaar.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-31
New Use For a Linen Cuff.

Look here" said a well known man
the other day, 'this is a letter from
a friend who is now in Pittsburg." The
speaker produced a soiled cuff on which
a message had been written. The cuff
bore the stampof the Pittsburg postofice,
as well as a Cancelled postage stamp.
The message read: II haven't any paper
at hand, but Uncle Sam will transmit
this cuff, for which / have % further
use. Linen is of no use to a man who is
dead fiat busted. Send me $100."-
Philadelphia Record.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-31

Sold by Druggists, or sent postpaid on receipt Of price.
DR. HUMPHREYS MANUAL n44 pages MAILED FREE.
NED. CO, III Wis William St., New York.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-31

No matter what daily paper you
read at other TIMES, the Daily
State Journal, published at the
state capital, is the paper for Me-
braskans during the Legislature.
Eighty-fve cents a month. Try it.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1893-03-31
WE TELL. YOU

nothing new when we state that it pays to engage
in a permanent, most healthy and pleasant bust.
ness, that returns Il profit for every days work.
Such is the business we offer the working class.
We teach them how to make money rapidly, and
guarantee every one who follows our Instructions
faithfully the making of 800 90 a month.
Every one who takes hold now and works wiz
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can be no question about it; Others now at work
are doing it, and you, reader, can do the same
This is the best paying business that YOU have
ever had the chance to secure. You will make a
grave mistake if you fail to give it Il trial at once.
will directly find yourself in a most prosperous
business, at which you can surely make and save
large sums of money. The results of only a few
hours work will often equal q weeks wages.
Whether you are old or young, man or woman, it
makes no difference, do rs we tell you, and sue
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Box No. 40, Augusta, Me.
The morning call., 1893-08-29
SAY 1T is SPITE.
Buyer 6 Reich Deny
Towe's Charges.
They Claim the Fire Marshal Has q
Personal Grudge-An Investi-
CATION Demanded.

The report of Fire Marshal Towe on his
Investigation of the fire in the Bush-street
store of Buyer e. Reich has caused those
gentlemen TO enter vigorous protest. and
there is every indication that the investi-
cation will be taken up by some one other
than the Fire Marshal. The report now in
the hands of the chairman of the Board of
Underwriters states that the fire was of
incendiary origin. and further states that
Mr.. Buyer and Mr. Reich were seen to
leave the store five minutes before the fire
was discovered.
'The report of the Fire Marshal" said
Mr.. Reich yesterday, was made up for
the purpose OF injuring our firm. and the
allegations made therein are wholly with
out foundation. The whole thing is the
result of piGue and personal spite, and
propose to have some investigating done
on my own account for the sole purpose of
showing the public how unjustly we have
been treated by the Fire Marshal. / pro-
pose TO formally demand OF the Board of
Underwriters that they appoint COM
mittee to look into this matter and l will
agree to show the utter falsity or a IL the
assertions made by Mr.. Towe.
THE excelsior and cotton batting which
was found on the fourth floor by the Fire
anu WHICH 0o SAWS Hdu OeeD
soaked in turpentne. is easily account ted
for. The stuff fell through from the fifth
floor where IL had been used for packing
several cases Of surgical instruments con-
signed to Buckingham 81 Hecht If the
Marshal had taken the trouble 10 subpoena
any OF the members or employees of that
firm he would have sscertained this fact
and saved himself the trouble of charging
us with using this material to set fire to
our store.
''Mr. Towe made rash assertion imme-
diately after the fire occurred" continued
Mr.. Reich, ''and he is now seeking to
prove it. When l was called by him to
testify | refused TO make any statement
unless was granted permission to have a
stenographer present 10 take down all that
was said. My demand was nnally ac-
ceded to, though with a very poor grace,
and now the Marshal Is getting even. 1t
has required thirty years of hard work as
a conscientious business man for me to
build up the reputation that Mr. Towe
now attempts TO destroy in IL single day.
l can assure you that / will leave nothing
undOne that may aid in giving the Board
of Underwriters a full knowledge of the
true state of affairs"
As yet the Board of Underwriters has
taken NO action regarding the repor. of
Fire Marshal TOwe.
The morning call., 1893-08-29
EXCITING ENCOUNTER.
Truxton Beale and Editor Cosgrave
Exchange Blows.

Pedestrians on Market street, near the
Croker building. witnessed lively en-
counter about noon yesterday between
TIuxtnn Beale of the firm of Shoobert,
Beale & Co. and j. O'Hara CosgraYe,
editor of weekly periodical
Beale and Charles Baldwin were walk
ing together when they met Cosgrave. An
account OF polo game appeared in the
periodical Saturday and Baldwin took ex-
cAption TO something that was said about
him in the article. He accosted Cosgrave
and asked him what he meant by holding
him up to ridicule. Cosgrave replied that
he had nc particular meaning in writing
the article. Then Beale chimed in and
asked Cosgrave an insulting question,
which the editor resented by Stamping
Beale in the face. Beale replied by hitting
Cosgrave over the left eye and blows were
exchanged very freely. Cosgrave missed
his footing and fell, with Beale on top of
him, and he declares that Beale either
struck OF kicked him when he was down.
Police Officer Nettleton at this jUncture
appeared upon the scene and arrested the
two combatants. Cosgrave went to an
Oculists Office in the Croker building for
treatment and Beale was dragged into
Bryan's drugstore by his friends. where 1t
was found that his mouth was cut aud his
right eye blackened.
The eneoun ter only lasted few minutes.
but in that time a large-siZed crowd had
gathered and the police had some trouble
In getting the people TO move on.
The morning call., 1893-08-29
THE OSTWALD CASE.
A New Claimant of the Estate on
the Scene,

A New Claimant of the Estate on
the Scene.
S. c. Denison and Eugene Deuprey fled
petition yesterday with the County
Clerk of San Mateo County setting forth
the allegation that Mrs. Rose Lolly Ost-
wald died intestate. This will prove to be
something of surprise to the husband of
Mrs. OSWALD. who is now trying TO estab-
lish his claim TO the estate and about
whom so much has been said in tae news
pa pers of late.
The petitioners allege that, as the will
made by Mrs. Ostwald on May /, 1880, was
revoked by the will made by her on May
3, 1880, therefore the former will is neces-
sarily null and void. The second will was
destroyed five years after it was made.
By il decedent bequeaihed $1,000 TO her
husband. $500 to Father Scanlan for the
poor and $500 to a cripple named Ann
Curtis. The balance WAS bequeathed to
her natural heirs.
The petition concludes with the request
that Timothy Guy Phelps be appointed
special administrator for the estate.
Some interesting facts will be brought out
when the case Games up for hearing