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perlal appointment plunged the active
boy of fourteen. 1t was discipline. and
yet it was delightful; it was slavery,
and yet it was splendor; there was
labor to tire both feet and brain; there
were long hours of .monotony, but
many opportunities for pranks and
frolics. 1t was run here and run there:
it was do thisuud do that; it was not
soldering, and yet it had its conflicts:
it was not a call for courage, and vet
it was duty joined to temptation and
tried by opportunity. The life of a
page of the palace was not all play.
though passed in the midst of splendor;
nor was it all dignity, though spent in
a constant round of fete and ceremo-
NAL.
And into fete and ceremonial young
Philip Desnouettes was speedily intro
duced. 1t was the year 1910. In that
year Napoleon, the emperor, married
the Archduchess of Austria. The son
of poor Corsican lawyer welded the
daughter of the Austrian Caesars 1t
was year of brilliancy, of excitement.
of restless rounds of display and con-
stant repetitions of marvellous enter
tainments.
Never was boy of fourteen sur
rounded by more of glitter, or per-
mitted to be a part of more royal
"goings on" All this might ruin boy
Of weak nature; but Philip was blessed
with cool head, well-balanced mind
and much common sense. He had "cut
his wisdom teeth as a street boy of
Paris; he had learned discipline in the
school of st. Cyr; and so, though often
sorely tried and many time in scrapes
and in disgrace, he was too manly
fellow to lose his head" and so he
was really developed as well by the
temptations as by the duties that filled
his daily life in those most brilliant
surroundings-the court of the First
Empire.
AS page of the palace he was on
duty both at the splendid Tuileries and
at beautiful st. Cloud. And through
the month of March there was enough
going on in both these great palaces to
tire any ordinary boy and keep his head
awhirl with bewilderment. For then
it was that Paris and the palaces were
making ready for the reception of the
new mistress of France, the girl EN-.
press, Marie Louise of Austria.
Philip could not understand it all
Austria had been a red rag" to every
French boy since the days Of Marie An
toinette. And, at St Cyr, Philip had
been brought up to hate the Austrians,
with whom the emperor was SO often
at war, and whom three times he had
faced and conquered. -Elbridge S.
Brooks, in st, Nicholas
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:. 4. SAVANNAH HARDIN COUNTY TENNESSEE. THURSDAY

Daddy Neptcne's been and cotobed
4 coid' said one of the sailors, fore.
ing laugh; but his mates were in
no mood to join in the merriment, for
these mysterious phenomena. follow.
ing 30 closely upon the equally mys.
terious hints of the professor made
them all more uneasy than they would
have cared TO confess.
All at once n louder rumblinp was
heard, the water boiled and bubbled
ike u seething ealdron, several huge
waves came rolling in upon the shore.
making the anchored steamer rock
like toy, and then, to the amaze
ment and terror of all who beheld IL.
small rocky islet heaved itself up in
the center of the bay to height of
more than thirty feet above the sur.
face
As soon as the convulsion had sub.
sided Prof. Readon turned to the
astounded captain, and said, as coolly
as If the whole thing had taken place
by preconcerted arrangement:
Capt. Barnes, If you can spare me
one OF your boats for half an hour or
so | should like to examine that island
a little"
You're quite welcome to the boat
answered the captain, with grin.
'out II you mean to land upon that
island, expect you'll have Job of it
to get anybody to go along with you."
In fact, SO far from being slow of
belief any longer, the sailors, after
what they had just seen, were now
ready to believe anything upon earth;
and for some time they turned deaf
ear to all the doctors persuasions to
venture near the "blowed-up hisland."
Atlast old Ben Gaskett said, with i'm
pressive solemnity:
We'll. Mr. Readon, if you'll promise
as how that ere hisland sha'n't 90
down again until we gifts clear of it.
we'll take the risk"
The professor at once gave the re-
quired pledge, for his knowledge of
such phenomena was sufficient to as.
sure him that there was no immediate
danger, aud few minutes later the
boat was on its way to the newborn
island.
AS they neared it, Ben Gaskett (who
was steering) gave a sudden start and
called out in a tone of the utmost as
Constituent: "Why, I'm Dutchman
II there amt houses on it!'
$50 there are, sure enough" cried
the professor looking keenly at the
mysterious island. well, there,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-01-24

acre yourvery eyes!' And Prof. Read.
~ pointed asthe spoke, to the dark
's'eepie-shaped mass of volcanic rocl,
nicn' towering two thousand six hun
uleu o ieet above the smooth bright sur
race OF the Mediterranean. with its
naio OF light playing restlesslv around
,H rocky brow, looked like n colossal
image OF some saint or MARTYR of the
oiaen time. 1.-TWO thousand vears
.aeo continued the great scientist
that thing came kissing up through
.ne water piping'hot, and as you see, it
mas Kept hot ever since"
but 1t hasn't gone down again.
enough" cried the old seaman. tri-
nmphantly Come, now; it's come
np. but 1T hasn't gone down"
mo, it hasn't gone down. said DR..
Aeadon' but could tell you plenty of
cohers which have. just where we
.are now an island came up in 1861,
winch was called Grahams island, and
nad the British flag hoisted upon II.
~ sank again few months later. and
came up a second time about three
years ago, in the summer of 1868; but
you won't ind it now, for at the SPOT
where 1t lay there is now depth of
seven hnndr ed fathoms of water.
u say, is all that really true?" asked
the veteran, looking hard into the
speakers face, as if expecting to find
some trace of smile of mockery lurk.
Ing there.
You'll find it in any old newspaper
nf that time, if you don't believe me. y
answered the professor. quietly; "and.
besides, that's only one case out Of
many. In 1883 the islet of Nvpoe rose
from the sea off the coast of Iceland,
ana sank again at the end of the year.
on st Michael, in the Azores, a small
rocky islet has appeared and disap-
peared at. the same spot five times in
ene last two centuries, and its last an
partition took place only few months
ago, OBJ can bear witness, for saw it
myself"
Well, l am blowedp' gasped the
ancient mariner, in aparoxysm of dis
belief.
And you'll see marked on plenty of
old charts" went on the imperturba-
ble professor, as composedly as ever,
"a rock called The Three Chimnevs
(which no man of our time has ever
seem on the course from the west
coast of Ireland to Newfoundland. But
what OF that? The same force which
throws up stone out of volcano
would suffice, If increased hundred
fold or thousandfold, to throw up an
entire island just as easily | don't
see anything wonderful in all that"
Don't yer? Well, do" rejoined
the old sailor, with significant en-
phasis,
On her way up the Levant the steam
er touched at Santoripi, one of the
southernmost islands Of the Greek
archipelago; and old Ben Gaskett
asked, with sly twinkle in his dark
gray eye:
rs this one O. them divin' hislands
you was a-tellin' us bout t'other day,
Mr.. Readon?'
~ don't know about it's diving, my
man, but it is undoubtedly volcanic"
We'll, l s'pose that's wot makes
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was there sound but of my own
tread. An indescribable oppression, a
sort of instructive apprehension, came
over me and / caught myself listening
for knew not what. Swayed by an
unconscious impulse broke into a
mad run for the camp. For the mo-
ment | was the victim of totally un-
accountable terror Panic-stricken, yet
there was a distinct consciousness of
horrible expectancy. | think | felt
like the victim of an interruptions hyp-
motto experimentalist must feel.
knew when what | instinctively
watched for had come. 1t was nothing
but the faint patter of distant rain on
foliage, but it broke the spell and
was myself again. But not for long.
Let me try and describe just what fol-
lowed.
Soon anothe- and totally unknown
sound blcnt with and overwhelmed the
familiar patter. Twas a weird, un-
canny moaning, and rose and fell from
whisper to a below; then with it
blent mighty booming like the ftful
crash of distant artillery. What could
it be? As | paused to think, appre-
hcndinq rather an earthquake than a
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-01-24
A TROPICAL TORNADO.
Expet!enoo of an Orchid Hunter
in South America.
Few Fours of Terror In tho NeIghbor-
hocl OF tho TIumrida Mountains
Scenes and Sights Never to
1Se Forgotten,
Special Vienna Letter |

Beyond the general physical facts,
and these but incomplctely, we North
Americans know very little of the
geographical conditions that obtain in
the great continent that lies southward
of the Caribbean sea; and in place of
the vast amount of interesting and im-
portant information which we have not
got, false impressions prevail that
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-01-24
80, Pretty Good ~

"EIave you been successful in affairs
of the hearth" she asked of an old time
acquaintance.
well, rather" was the reply
.'Twenty thousand from one suit, eight
thousand apiece from three others, AID
half dozen brought me Thousand. -
Judge
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-01-24
A DIVING ISLAND.
BY DAVID kER.
6 & Esa No do Won ma, y

uo you mean
to tell me, Mr.
Rcadou, us how
y u We seed
hislands come
up to the top of
the water to
breathe, like
W h al es, and
then go down
again?"
~ n d Q e d |
have, my man,
and so h a We
p l e n ty moro
people, too. If
you want to see
a n island OF
that sort, there
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-01-24

see, is a plain proof that this 5lf
must have risen and gone down ag
once before, for they don't br
houses at the bottom of the sea-"
In truth, eve-y man of them co
now see plainly among the rocks
the strange island two small but sc
and well built houses of hewn stor
of the type which one now sees or
amid the ruins of Ephesus and 9th
ancient Greek cities. A slight hesi
tion was visible among the crew
their boat ran alongside of this loco
motive territory; but when they saw
Prof Readon spring ashore, the Gu
riosity of the sailors fairly gained the
upper hand of their terror, and, having
made fast the boat, they crowded after
him as eagerly as boys at a peep-show.
The two buildings-the larger Of
which appeared to have been a dwell.
ing house, and the other a kind of
outbuilding attached to it-wcre both
in the old classic style, and Dr.
Readon, having examined their ma
terials and style of architecture, pro-
nounced them to be at least two thou
sand years old.
Masses of seaweed clung to the
graceful columns, and the interior was
almost blocked up with the drifted
sand; but the masonry itself was in
excellent preservation, and there was
even an inscription legible above the
principal entrance of the larger build
ing, which the professor declared to
be Greek, and translated as follows,
for the benefit of the admiring sailors:
'ucon, the son of Theophrastus,
hant of Rhodes, built this house"
glad we've been able to
odsight of this" said DR..
- length, after making
this curious an
We the signal for
lbt very much if
her Glance"
hen, two months
An at Santorini
yage, they found
iand" had taken
vas BOuC do IL ~
,er's Young Peo
greed.
New York, was
compatibility of q
..1d state in this coun-
Idly had been a long
did not get along
they were almost
ng. 1t happened,
when they were
site the fire, in
and lay down
fire, and also
up and says:
it shame we
.eling? See the
ow peaceably they
and it isn't fair
st tie them to-
oey'll act"-Mld-
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"nY. JINaol rr,s BrLlN,r,

everything so precious b
The honest tar, wiping
forehead. \
''Do you know, / rath
comes from the heat of
served DR.. Readon, as qu
"Wot? the sea git bill
Gaskett, with an air oil
If this were to
Well. 9
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-08-16


different members and discuss various
topics, and also arrange short excur-
sions to Vermont points OF historical
interest. In the latter part OF August
they contemplate taking trip to Ticon-
deroga. On that day DR.. Maynard-Bell-
rose will deliver an address on the fort
there, which was first built by the
French and named Fort Carlton
A carefully gathered record of the fires
in Vermont for the three months between
April and July show IA occurring, with
a property loss of $4,000. Among
them are seven steam saw mills, l3 other
manufactures, 80 farm buildings, 10
village dwellings, and five other build
ings. The St. Adams confiagration
caused a loss of 100000. Causes are
defective chimneys and pipes 16; kero-
sene and lanterns, five; boys and
matches, five; sparks on roof four; boil
ers, four; hot boxes on machinery, three;
Lightning, three; tramps, two and 81
unrcported and unknown.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-08-16
KNIGHTS OF The MACCABEES
OF THE WORLD!
The Deputy Supreme Comman-
der Expresses His Gratitude.


Deputy Supreme Commanders Office,
Knights of the MaCcabees OF the World.
Emporium. Pa, Dec. 10, 1898.
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and your valuable medlCino-Dr Miles Re-
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SMILES.

An Erudite Conclusion. "What kind
of money are you in favor of?' in
quired the energetic statesman. Which
metal do you prefer as currency ?"
"Wa-a-l," replied Farmer Corntossel,
81 dunno 2 kin tell. But one thing
do know is tibet ef put in my time
stanin roun argyin' an worryin' bout
it, I'm purity doggone li'ble not ter git
either of EN-. : Washington Star.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-08-16
EXPERT HOTEL ROB5ER.
He Relieved Schuyler Colfax Of a Bag Full
of Securities.

"Did you ever hear Of Charley Holt,
the prince Of hotel thieves?" said Detect
i've James McDevitt. "Well, | had two
encounters with that gentleman here in
Washington. My first experience was
brief and devoid Of sensational incident
"a guest in an up town hotel awoke
one night and saw man going through
his clothes. He gave chase to the rob-
Der, who dropped his booty, consisting
Of u watch and several hundred dollars,
i'll the hallway.
He managed to outrun his pursuer
and reached his room on an upper floor
unseen. The hotel people sent for me,
and after searching the register and
making some inquiries l went straight
to Hollis room and put him under ar
rest He accompanied me to headquar-
tiers without murm1i, but as we had
no proof against him he was let 60, with
warning never toshow up again at the
capital.
He staid away three years, but the
next time he came he did job Of no
less magnitude than to rob the vice
president Of the United States, Schuyler
ColfaX, of 1925. 600 in bonds and Sc
curities. The robbery occurred at Worm
ley's hotel, between ard o'clock, on
the evening Of Feb. %, 1869. l had
been to Alexandria that day and heard
Of the affair as soon as | reached the
city, about p. m. The first thing | did
was to go to restaurant keeper and ask
him if any crooked people were i'll town.
He replied that there was party III the
badger line at q place on Tenth street,
near the old gas Office. In company
with the chief Of police | went to the
house and asked Of the landlady if she
had any strangers stopping there. She
said yes, and Oh telling her our business
she admitted us into the parlor, where
q good looking young man was walking
the floor, apparently i'll nervous con-
dition.
'Before we could say Il word he re-
marked I know who you are after,
Charley Holt has stolen Il lot Of bonds
belonging to the vice president. He told
me so himself and said he was nearly
scared to death when he found whose
property he had taken. You'll find the
stuff in the express Office, for he boxed
it all up and shipped it to Philadelphia
this evening.
"Here was a revelation to take a
mans breath away, Inever dreamed of
making such a swift capture. We went
to the express and got the securities
right enough without any trouble. 1t
would have been an easy matter to get
Holt, but Mr.. Colfax, for some reason,
vetoed the proposition to catch him, and
he went scot free of that particular
crime. The fellow who told me was
crook, but had nothing to do with the
transaction, and in consideration of the
give away was allowed to leave the
city with a warning. Washington
Post.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-08-16
A LUCKY SNEEZE.
1t Came just In Time to Make NJ. Y. q
Spanish Minister.

1t Came just In Time to Make NJ. Y. q
Spanish Minister.
The writer of "Secrets In Spain"
tells in the pages Of The New Review
how ministers were sometimes made
under the regime of Queen Isabella Of
Spain, Perhaps the most remarkable
instance is that of a man who was made
minister for sneezing.
The story is as follows: M. X. had
gone one day to pay casual visit to
one of his friends, To his surprise he
found his friend very much occupied.
Excuse me, said he, 'but l am very
busy today. But if you have nothing to
do come along with me-" "Where are
you going?" II have been summoned
to the palace" They set off together
At the palace one was conducted to the
presence Of the queen, while the other
waited i'll the anteroom. There was a
lengthy sitting in the queens cabinet,
new ministry being in course Of for
nation.
1t was very cold and drafty in the an
teroom, and the man who was waiting
began to grow very impatient, as he folt
cold i'll the head coming on. "Whom
Shall we appoint to the exchequer?
Whom to the Fomerto? Whom to the
war Department." asked the queen.
Gradually after much discussion the
ministry was built up bit by bit. There
was now clly the colonial minister
to be appointed. 81 must have colo
NAL minister, said the queen "Whom
shall we appoint colonial minister" No
one could be thought Of. All at once a
loud sneeze was heard in the anteroom.
WHO'S that sneezing in the antcroomW
asked the queen. IN. X. IN. X. I!
The very mantle very man for t
colonial minister Tell M. X. to come
ill., ~
That is how M. x. became colonial
minister--for having sneezed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-08-16

The Pope has sent diamond cross to
Alfonso, king of Spain, as souvenir OF
his first mssion.-American Mechan-
les of New Hampshire hold big parade
at Portsmouth, n. H.-Another big
strike threatened by New York mems
garment workers.-Big battle certain
between forces OF Sarasti and AlIaro in
mbia.-There will be no gold drain
this year from the treasury. II necessary
bonds will be issued TO prevent 1.-THE
celebration at Berlin in honor OF German
war victories continue. Bsmark
will not be present at the ceremony OF
laying the cornerstone of the Emperor
William monument. SMALLPOX on the
increase in San Antonio TeXas.--Saeby
bank, Memphis, Tenn, assigns.-Freght
train wrecked at Winsted, Ct.-Kipling
and Modjeska leave London for New
York. The Marblehead goes to Tarsus,
Tor protection of Americans in Asia
Minor.-PIenty of work for skilled me
chanics with Panama Canal company
A new trial has been granted James
Lewis, the murderer OF Byron G. Coburn,
Portland, Me.-PortraiL of General Har-
rison will complete the gal cry in the
White house'-lhree SUITS FOR damages
are brought against the Lowell Law
renee ana 1aVern,Il electric me- f1aVer'
hiII'-Conductor lyIer OF the IRAN which
crashed INTO tnc cannon pan heio 'or
manslaughter, Woodsvlle, n. H.-A sep
arate enquiry is to be made, on behalf Of
Americans, into the trouble at Kuchcng,
Ohna'-ArehDishoP Corr'8ah received
many conSratu'atory messages OH MS
ooth DiTthaay, New 1orKI--Le0po'o'
KING OF the belSlahs Is Ill LONDON Eng
Wednesday,
Detective Deehanty, who arrested the
two men who were supposed to have
robbed Dr. Drury lost one OF his cap
tives at Brooklyn, N. Y.-Dedham, Mass,
is to have Chelsea pottery works. The
buildings will be erected at once on High
street. - Farmer McComhs of Middle
town, N. Y, had tragic encounter
with dancing bears and their trainers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-08-16
Lyndon Commercial COLLEGE,
LYNDON CENTRE, VT.

A department of Lyndon Institute, es-
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One of the leading schools for business
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study; in its skllful instruction. in its
uniformity of success for twelve years !;
in its standing among many business
men, and in the character and success of
its former students it leads all the com
mercial schools in Vermont. 1t has a
special course for graduates of high
schools, academies; a course in short
hand and typewriting. 1t has main
tanned its high standing in the past and
its successful experience enhances it's ex-
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Fall Term begins Sept. TO- Illustrated
Catalogues on application to Principal
Ranger or the Secretary.
!. W. SANBORN, SECRETARY,
Lyndonville. VT.
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DR.. Miles Medical Co..
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