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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
WHAT DO THEY DO WITH IT.



Passing through the wholesale district
the other day reporter stopped III at
one Of the large houses to ask about
prices When ginseng was reached in
the list, the dealer said:
"What the Chinese use ginseng for is
TO the masses one Of the mysteries of the
age, but that they gobble up every ounce
of the herb that the known world sup
plies is ney ertheless fact. Because the
most thorough inquiry has failed to
bring about complete unfolding of the
secret is not regarded by the average
American as sufficient reason for refus-
ing from So to So per pound, on the
average, which the Celestial offers for
the root. Some Of the largest firms in
China make a specially of handling the
American export of ginseng and coin
money at it. Some of our shrewdest
traders have coaxed for the secret, and
have offered money for it, but the gray
matter at the other"e end of the China
man s cue doesn't seem to see it that
way.
"The American ginseng is growing
scarcer yearly. Tho cultivated root has
not the wonderful pswer which fixes the
value of the wild article-at least it
does not manifest itself to the same de-
gree This fact renders the cultivation
of ginseng rather improbable. 1t might
be planted and allowed to grow we'll for
years and years and then be salable at
good figures, but not otherwise. The
older the plant the more pronounced the
wonderful properties of the root. In
view of the fact that it is growing
scarcer, unless the demand diminishes,
the price of ginseng must go materially
higher within the next few years.
"We encounter some funny expert
ences in buying the root. The diggers
are often the poorest people, and far
from enlightened Well the root is hard
to get, and when it is thoroughly dried
the weight shrinks like a nickel's worth
of soap after hard day S washing, so the
digger resorts to all sorts of receptions
to fudge an ounce or two in pound
and reap more of the precious dimes and
dollars. For instance, we have frequent
ly gotten in root which was we'll dried
but suspiciously heavy, Upon investiga-
ton we found that many of the pieces
were loaded with lead, thus almost
doubling the weight of the whole lot
This was done with great deal of cum
ming and ingenuity, When the root was
green, it was split, and lead melted and
poured on driven in in slugs, The root
was then allowed to dry, and in the
process the cams entirely close up, COM
pletely hiding the lead, which, in case
like this, was almost worth it's weight
in gold, "-Nashville American.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

A bewhiskered man who didn't lock
as prosperous as some of those behi
him pushed himself to the front of tue
line in the city comptroller's office yC5-
terday and stood at the license window.
"Is this where they get wagon Ii
censes?" be asked the clerk.
ayes, this is the place Pay your
money up stairs and bring the receipt
down here, " was the reply.
Lem me see. How much is wagon
license?" inquired the unprosperous man
as he fingered his pocket.
at will cost you 49,"
ono les'en that?"
"No, that's the price regulated by
law"
"How much for an express licenseY'
"That will cost you $l.25."
"Well, l can't afford it. I'll run my
old wagon i'll the shed and turn my HOSES
out to pasture. I amt got enough mon.
fey and can't borrow it. "
"Well, I'm sorry
"Say, how much is dog license?"
Zone dollar. "
"Well, gimme one. That's all I car
afford. Indianapolis Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

In the Oak Hill cemetery, at Stony
Brook N Y, large tombstone of
notified Italian marble bears a remark
able portrait of an average sized human
face. The picture is not the work of a
sculptor, nor has it been craven with
the marble cutters chisel. 1t is nat
ur2l production, the outlines of the face
beng formed by peculiar grouping of
the clouded veins and dark spots char
acteristic Of first class imported stone
The remarkable popularity Of this par
ticular stone has been known for two or
three years, and throughout the length
and breadth of Long Island it is re-
ferred to as the miracle face " Stand
ing near, as one would in reading an
epitaph or inspecting the grain and pol
ish of such memorial shaft, the out
lines of the face cannot be traced, but
at a distance of from 30 to 80 feet it is
as plain as though done with an artists
brush, the grouping of the spots, veins
and wavy ] les combining to make not
only fair resemblance to q face, but a
complete portrait, including hair, eyes,
nose, cheek mouth, chin, etc. Its out.
lines are clearest, of course, when the
shadows and light play properly upor
it, but at the distance mentioned, al {
in the proper direction, the portrait IS
plainly visible at all times. The face is
on the back of the stone, and the eveI
are so set as to appear to be looking
down upon the grave of the person tt
whose memory the shaft was erected. -
ST. Louis Republic
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
The Ball Nozzle.

According to Chief Bonner, the ball
nozzle which has excited so much inter-
est throughout the country is destined to
work a radical and highly beneficial
change in the system of fighting fire.
Instead of working at distance with
straight streams, firemen, by using the
ball nozzle, can enter burning buildings
and work at close range, thus not only
doing more effective work, but averting
to considerable extent the serious dam,
age to interior property, and in many
cases this system will enable firemen to
save the lives of inmates of burning
buildings. The man who has given the
world an appliance of such value is GER
tainly entitled to the gratitude of his
fellow men. New York Tribune.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
License to Sell Real Estate.
WILLIAM K. STREETER'S ES

WILLIAM X. STREETER'S ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District SIS.
In Probate court, holden at the Probate Office
in ST. Johnsbury, on the 5th day of Sep
TENDER. A. d. 1895.
+. w. Silsbv administrator upon the
estate OF William X. Streeter, late of Burke,
in said district, deceased, makes appi-
cation to said court for license to sell the
whole of the real estate of said deceased,
except the widows right OF homestead there
in. Said real estate consisting of dwelling
house, outbudings and land occupied by
the said William X. Strecter, at his decease,
situate in Burke, aforesaid, representing to
said court that it would be beneficial to the
heirs and all persons interested in the estate
of said deceased to sell the whole OF the real
estate OF said deceased except as aforesaid,
and convert the same into money; and also
brings Herewith into court the consent and
appreciation in writing to the granting of
such license, OF all the heirs to said estate
residing in this state.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said court
that sad application come under considera-
ton and be heard on the 21st day of Sept,
A. ID. 1899, at the Probate office in st. Johns-
bury, and is further ordered, that all persons
interested be notified hereof by publica.
ton of notice of this application and
order thereon three weeks successfully in the
Caledonian, a newspaper printed at st.
Johnsbury before said time of hearing, that
they may appear at said time and place. and
If they see cause object thereto.
BY the Court, Attest:
WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
PROGRAMME OF RACES.
Tuesday, Sent, 10.

PROGRAMME OF RACES.
Tuesday, Sept. 10.
$50 p. m. $50. Green Race. For all
horses owned within the limits of the Socie-
ty that have never trotted for money Trot-
ting race.
Wednesday, Sept. IL.
1000 a. m. 5000. 2.23 Glass. Trot.
100 p. m. 500. Minute Glass. Coun-
ty race. Open for all horses owned within
the limits of the Society that have never beat
en- minutes.
$50 p, m. 5000. 2.27 Glass. Trot or
Pace.
Thursday, Sept. 12.
1000 a. m. $3.50. 2,s3 Class Trot or
Pace.
100 p. m. $3.50. 2.4o Class Trot or
$50 p. m, $500. Free-for-All. Trot or
Pace.
Entries close Aug. 81 at / p, m.
Horses eligible Aug. 81, 1895.
All entries to be made with ]. D. Could,
Passumpsic, Secretary.
All entries for exhibits should be made
to Arthur F. Stone, Secretary, at the Caledo-
nian office, or at the Fair Ground.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
To Each His Part.

Mrs. Snaggs-What do you think Of
the inference that Mark Antony was an
undertaken because he said his mission
was to bury Caesar not to praise him?
Mr.. SnagSS-That is very fair in.
ference. The man who carved the tomb
stone would attend to the praising part,
---Pittsburg onicle-Telegraph.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

Talk about these horseless vehicles, ;"
said Uncle 81. Il seen EN- long ago"
"Why, pal" began Aunt Mandy.
ooh, but did. Don't you remember
the ole OK cart we rode to our weddin
inY-Indianapolis Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

"MdtrOn of ~ BeneUOtent Home
and knowing the good DR.. Miles Nervine
has done me, my wish to help Others, over
comes my dislike for the publicity, this
letter may give me. In Nov. ard Dec, 1893,
The inmates had the "LGGrtppe,"
and was one OF the first. Resuming duty
too soon, with the care OF SO many sick,
did not regain my health, and in a month
IbecGtIe SO debiIifGted and nervous
from sleeplessness and the drafts made on
my vitality, that it was n question II could
go on. A dear friend advised me to try
DIR. Niles Restorative EerUine.
l took bottles and am happy to say, am
In better health than ever. still continue
Its occasional use, as a 1erUe food,
as my work is very trying. A letter adj
dressed to Milwaukee, Wis, will reach me-"
June G, 1894. MRS. LAURA @. PHOENIX.
DR.. Miles Nervine Is sold on q positive
guarantee that the first bottle will benefit
All druggists sell it nj 81, 6 bottles for s., or
IL will be sent prepaid, on receipt OF price
by the DR.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
DR.. Miles NerVine
Restores Health
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
In 1896.

1t looks very much as though Benja-
min Harrison would recover his health
in time to meet an emergency. New
York World.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
Lii Hung Chang's Attitude.

Lii Hung Chang proceeds on his mis-
sion with his heart in his mouth, if not
exactly with his head in his hand. -
New York Telegram.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
Commissioners Notice.

WARD S. BAYLEY'S ESTATE.
The subscribers having been appointed by
the honorable Probate court for the district
of Caledonia, commissioners to receive, ex-
anime and adjust all claims and demands OF all
persons against the estate OF Ward S. Bavley,
late of Hardwck, in said district, deceased,
and the term of six months from the god
day of August 1895, being allowed by
said court to the creditors of said deceased
to exhibit and prove their respective claims
before us: Give notice that we will attend
to the duties Of our appointment at the office
of Montgomery & Son in East Hardwicl<
in said district, on the 9Th day of
October and the 22d day of February
next, at 1 O'Clock in the afternoon on each
of said days.
CHARLES c. MONTGOMERY,
JABEZ w. HOVEY,
Commissioners.
Hardwick, VT, Sept. 2. A. D. 1895.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache
A pleasant laxative. All Druggists.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

The management is assured that the 4sth
annual exhibition will surpass all other fairs
of this Association i'll the number of entries
and quality of the exhibits.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06
ES~specinl rates ON the Railroads.

E. T. IDE, President.
]. D. GOULD, Secretary.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-09-06

CONo0 We ready to make your brass iron castings
and patterns for same fit is a MILL orShaft-
ing and pueys for same make them you power and
belts for the MILL furnish you secondhand and
boilers low one and have place them and put
the BELTS there trouble with your engine boiler have
fclass hand them right Send for him. All job work
promptly attended to, by
O.V. HOOKER & SON.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27
CoLoRADo,s BULL FIGHT.

For several years past Colorado has
been sinking lower and lower in the
public estimation. This sinking pro-
cess began when Waite was elected
governor, and seems to have gone right
on. The last evidence that it is still
an active force is the bull fight at Gill
lette Sunday last. To read of the af-
fair is sickening. What must the spec
tacle itself have been? That it was
butchery of the most revolving kind is
not more evident than that the par
Elephants who called themselves bull
fighters knew not the first principle of
their profession. He who assumed the
role of matador was as clumsy as
clumsy could be. The Geographic ac-
count says that "Chireta, the king of
the arena, not only in Mexico, but in
Spain, made two stabs at the animal
and then left him practically dead"
After being practically Dead" the bull
continued to go around the ring, blood
squirting from gaping sword wounds
just back Of the right shoulder" A
matador in Madrid or Seville who had
made such a mess of the killing would
have been Missed from the ring. In
Spain the king of the arena gives the
coup de grace at a single stroke, and
the animal goes down as though struck
by lightning. Even in Spain the sport
is brutal, but it has the merit of be-
ing artistic and native. In Colorado
it is inartistic and foreign, it is bung-
ling and revolving to American ideas,
a travesty on the genuine exhibition.
1t is time. that the better class of
Colorado's people. a very superior
class, too, organized movement for
the redemption of Colorado's reputa-
ton from the degradation into which
it has sunk
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27
PROTECTION TO WOOL.

The wool industry in Utah is i'm
portant and one that we all wish to sea
thrive, but no industry should be al
lowed to thrive at the expense of any
other industry. Yet this is what the
protectionist demands. Nowhere is the
homely saying that What is sauce
for the goose is sauce for the gander,"
more applicable than in this doctrine
of protection. If it is good for one
industry it is good for all, and when
all alike get what they want, no one
has any advantage over any other, and
protection, instead of being benefits be-
slowed becomes benefits deprived.
Upon what must the prosperity of
the wool industry ultimately depend?
1t must depend upon the prosperity of
the consumers of wool, who are the
great wooden manufacturers. The Her
aid has repeatedly shown that these
manufacturers must have free access
TO the markets of the world for their
wool that they may diversity their pro-
ducts. We have never seen this view
better stated than in recent article
in the Industrial Record. of Boston.
which is not a free trade journal but
the organ of one of the most highly
protected industries. 1t puts the case
in the following language;
From a manufacturers point of
view, confined to his idea of personal
advantage, the privilege of selecting his
wool from any and all the markets in
the world on equal terms with his COM
petitors is of immense benefit to him.
There can be no gainsaying this. With
this acknowledged fact before US.
would it not be strange if it did not
exercise some influence upon the senti-
ment and action of those affected?
Manufacturers desire to diversity their
products with as much freedom, at
least as their competitors, wherever
they may happen to exist, here or
abroad; and it is an undeniable fact
that this cannot be done if they are
unnaturally restricted in the purchase
of their raw material that an import
duty must necessarily involve. If the
WoolgrowerS of the country could and
would raise all kinds of wool manufac-
tured by our manufacturers, they
would have an argument of some. po-
tency upon which to ask for restora-
ton of protection more convincing than
the necessity of existence"
All this was brought out by a letter
from Judge Lawrence, president of the
National Wool Growers association, in
reply to an article in the Record which
expressed the belief that the wool tariff
as political issue is dead, at least for
the present.
The best protection to the wool IN
dustry is the prosperity of the wooden
manufacturers, and their prosperity is
best secured by free wool.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27
H. o. HouGHToN, SIR.

Mr.. H. o. Houghton. ST.. the head Of
the great publishing house of Hough-
ton, Mifiin & Co., Boston, has just
died. Mr. Houghton was a, Vermonter
by birth. typical Yankee of the very
best sort. He was a whole-souled man,
easy of approach by all. He was a
great publisher. and from the house
of which he was the head have come
some of the finest specimens of the
printers art in America. He was a
publisher not merely of books as such
but of books as literature. He was the
intimate friend of Emerson-aLongfel-
low, Lowell and Holmes, as we'll as
their publisher. He was the sort of
man who has made the New England
character the standard of character
for the whole country. Boston loses a
citizen and publisher of whom she was
justly proud, while the country loses
a genuine patriot. Honor to his MEM
Org, peace to his ashesl
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27
OUR RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND.

The new English Conservative govern
ment is invited by the st. James's Ga
zette to report upon the relations of
Great Britain and the United States with
a diplomatic deadlock or a surrender of
English interests. With the return of
the Conservatives to power a more Wig
orous foreign policy was promised. If
we are to have strained relations with
Great Britain in consequence of the Con-
sentative triumph our interest in the late
parliamentary elections will turn out to
be something more than that of a mere
observer. The Gazette wants the gov
eminent to bring the subject to the at
tention of the House of Commons to
sound British sentiment on this delicate
Observation-Disclosures Ledger
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27
LET HARMONY PREVAIL.

The Democrats Of Utah should see to
it that the harmony which has hitherto
prevailed in the party shall not be dis
turbed by any cause, and particularly
that feuds shall not be permitted of a
local character so as 10 weaken and
divide their forces. A little breeze of
discord caused a trifiing jar in the
Third precinct of this city. It is all
on account of a misunderstanding as
70 the authority OF certain committee
men, and the proper time for holding
the primary in that precinct. There
are some persons who seem designated
by nature to cause a ferment. They
may be necessary in their place. More
good comes out of agitation, every
where and at all times, than from
stagnation. We hope the small stir in
the Third precinct will produce ben
eficial results. If it tends to awaken
all the Democrats of the precinct to
their duty. and the necessity of attend
ing the primary meeting and taking an
active part in political affairs, the re-
suit viii be excellent. AS between the
two parties to the dispute over this
small matter, good Democrats will see
the necessity and propriety Of acting
in unison with the county committee
and those persons who officiate by
their authority. That is the only way
to preserve the order and union which
are essential to strength and success.
We advise all our friends IN the Third
precinct to proceed in unison with the
properly constituted authorities of the
party, and not to encourage any FAC
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27
COMMERCIAL INTERESTS INTER-
TWINED.

Nothing is so affective to some of our
esteemed protectionist contemporaries a S
the news received from England of re-
vived manufacturing and commercial
prosperity contemporaneous with the re-
viVal of the industrial prosperity in the
United States. But when we reflect that
of the commodities we have to sell
Great Britain buys more than all the
other nations of the earth put together,
it is strange that we should find any
cause of regret in the good fortune of
our best customer. When business is
prosperous in England the United States
may always be sure of a large incidental
advantage .-Philadelphia Record.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27

been disbanded: the wages of work
men have been increased; the prices
of products have gone up; general pros
perity has set in; the clouds have
cleared away; the sun is shining, and
every prediction uttered by Republican
prophets Of evil as the certain conse-
quence of Democratic supremacy has
been entirely reversed. showing the
utter unreliaIbility of those prognosti-
Gators of i'll, which should stand as
warning to the people not to place
any dependence upon their rash asser-
tons, which are of no more value and
no nearer the truth than their prophe-
cies which have SO signalIy failed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27
ADDIcks AS A BooDLER.

Gas" Addiclcs of Philadelphia, who
bought a seat in the senate from the
Delaware Republicans, and failed to get
what he paid for, is the most fragrant
case of boodleism in connection with the
attempts made by wealthy men with no
equipment to purchase seats in our high
est lawmaking body. He is a growth of
trated the great danger of that system
by coming perilously near to an election,
and by holding to his support from first
to last a large majority of the Republi-
cans in the Delaware legtslature.-St
Louis Republic
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27
THE ST. LOUIS, GREAT RUN.

The engine test to which the American
steamer st. Louis was subjected was
borne thoroughly well. 1t is obvious that
the st. Louis can be a record breaker, for
after a run of seven hours at full power,
the machinery was found to be in perfect
order and without the faintest SUCCESS
ton of heat. 1t will be a proud day for
us all when the American flag is borne
across the ocean, not alone by the ST.
Louis and the sister ships of her line, but
by scores of others, for which an abund-
ant patronage would seem to be in wait
York Recorder.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27

UNITED STATES Conusl Gibson at
Beyrout has been instructed to go to
Tarsus in order to open an inquiry
into the attack recently made on the
American college there. What the
result of the inquiry will be cannot
be known for some time yet these at
tacks in various parts of the Orient
are becoming so frequent that it is
time some stringent measures were
taken to prevent their recurrence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27

WHAT WILL whilome Democrats en-
gagged in the sheep business who have
Joined the Republican party because
of its past record on a tariff on wool,
do if that party does not restore the
tariff on wool? Will they not be under
the necessity of focking by them
selves?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27
A SILVER TURN-CoAT.

The Chicago Times cites a book pub.
lished in 1S49 to show that we experienced
hard times at a period when silver was
Tribune never refers to the period, some
twenty-five years or SO later, when it
was one of the most radical silver advo-
Gates in the country. The Times had the
same editor then that it has now.-Denver
Times.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-27

THE Consolidated Street Car com,
pany of Atlanta proposes to double the
fare to the Exposition grounds. II the
policy at Atlanta is to double the price
of everything to visitors to the EXPOSE
ton, cur advice to intending visitors
is to stay away from Atlanta and let
the people of that place enjoy their
exposition all by themselves.