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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
Friends.

A man who has studied wild animals
in their native haunts says that we are
mistaken if we imagine that wild ami
mails of different species are always enc
mics. He says that people who do not
know them think that they rush at each
other in great anger when they meet.
This, this hunter tells us, is not true; some
times the most astonishing friendship
will spring up among wild animals; once
out on the great prairies he found fla
ningo perched on the back of buffalo,
evidently the two having perfect under
standing. This man says that the test
of friendship is the extent to which one
friend will seek to secure the happiness
and comfort Of the other, and that this
buffalo and hamingo stood that test
very well. He says that the flamingo
picked from the back of the buffalo the
insects that annoyed him, and that some
times the hamingo bit the buffalo's back,
and the buffalo never resented it, under
standing seemingly, that it was an acct
dent. The buffalo at night would move
with the greatest caution lest he disturb
the little friend on his back.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
What John Said.

The professor was crossing a small
lake in Ireland. After admring for some
time the way his boatman, John, handled
the oars, he thought he would like to try
to row. John, nothing loath, sur
rendered the blades and the professor es.
sayed the task of rowing. Things de-
veloped rapidly into shower-bath as
the oars splashed this way and that, and
finally catching a crab, the learned gentle
man landed with crash in the bottom
of the boat, very nearly upsetting it.
"Well, we'll" said the professor, "row-
ing is quite difficult thing, after all.
Dear me, how my back aches ?"
Faith, yer know" said John, tits all
in the SOULS"
The professor is still bordering over
what John said whether he meant the
oars or the heads Of the oarsmen. The
sly twinkle of Johns eyes when he said
it ratherincines him to believe the latter.
Il Harper's Round Table.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
The Frigate Bird.

Crossing the Atlantic in day and a
night would be travelling at lively clip
Itwould be maintaining a rate of nearly
1875 miles an hour for almost three thou.
sand miles. 1t would be such speed
achieved as has only been dreamed of Sc
far, even by the widest enthusiasts
And yet it is declared by some who are
familiar with the frigate bird that such a
flight is quite within its power.
The body of the bird is not much larger
than a chickens, and yet when it's wings
are spread for fight the tips are fully
seven feet apart. Unfortunately for al
accurate measurement Of its rate of speed
when flying at its best, it is not migra
tory bird, but some enthusiasts among
tropical bird hunters have declared the
belief that, with the wind, it ought easily
to make $50 miles an hour, which would
be flying twice as fast as would be nee
essary to go from New York to Liver.
pool in "a hours. Others not so enthu
siastic, place the rate at 175 miles ar
hour, and Others at only 100, but all say
that it is incredibly fast.
Each wing is about three feet long and
furnished with remarkably strong leath
ers. Save when they are exerting them.
selves, irigate birds use that part Of the
wing which corresponds to mans up
per arms, propelling themselves solely
with the pinions and moving that joint
only which corresponds to the human
elbow. When they wish to make time
they extend their wings to the utmost
and then they are a wonderful thing tc
see.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
A Very Wild Flower.

Within garden once there grew
A flower that seemed the very pattern
OF all propriety; none knew
She was at heart wandering slattern.
The gardener old, with care and pain,
Had trained her up as she should grow
Nor dreamed amid his labor vain
That rank rebellion lurked below
A name sufficiently highs sounding
He diligently sought for her,
Until he thought that the "Rebounding
Elizabeth" he should prefer.
But when grown up the flower began
To show the tastes within her hidden;
At every chance quite wild she ran,
In spite of being sternly chidden.
They told her beds for flowers were best
But daily greater grew her failings;
Up to the fence she boldly pressed,
And stuck her head between the palings.
Then to the street she struggled through,
Tearing to rags her silk attire,
And all along the road she grew.
Regardless quite of dust and mire.
You'll find her now by country ways,
tattered tramp, though comely yet,
With rosy cheek and saucy gaze,
And known to all as Bouncing Bet"
i Mildred Howells in July st. Nicholas
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14

There are now about 20 wholesale
commission dealers i'll cut flowers in the
city. The first dealer in this business
started about IS years ago. Before that
retail florists who did not raise their
own flowers sent to the greenhouses of
the growers for them. Now nearly all
florists buy of the wholesale commission
dealers in the city.
The flowers sold in this city are grown
in New Jersey, and on Long Island and
at some other points in this state. They
are brought here by express packed in
boxes constructed for the purpose. The
busy part Of the day in the wholesale
flower establishments is from s O'Clock
in the morning, at about which time
the flowers arrive, until about noon.
The customers of the wholesale dealer
include not only city florists, but also
florists in many places within rs miles
around New York, and flowers are often
shipped from here to points much more
distant. New York Sun
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
Tornadoes and Cyclones "A
Distinction.

The words tornado" and cyclone, u
although used Interchangeable in popular
language, and to great extent in the
public press, are sharply distinguished
usage may be conformed more exactly tc
scientific usage, an effort is now being
made by the United States weather
bureau to bring to the attention Of
newspaper men the distinction between
the two words, and to urge them to
recognize this distinction in their journals.
To this end the following circular has
been sent out from Washington over the
signature of Willis L. Moore, the chief OF
! the bureau:
Managing editors are requested to
make a sharp distinction in the designa-
ton given these phenomena, which are
entirely dissimilariu their manifestations.
The terms are now generally used errone-
ously by the press.
THE tornado is sudden outburst OF
wind in an otherwise quiet, sultry
atmosphere; it is ushered in by loud,
indescribable roar similar to a continuous
roll of thunder; its path is very
narrow-seldom more than five hundred
feet wide at greatest destruction; it
moves, generally, from southwest to
northeast, and rarely extends more than
twenty miles; it very often rises in the
air, to descend again at point few
miles ahead; it is always accompanied
by thunder storms, with often bright
glow in the cloud; this cloud has usually
funnel shape, which appears to be
whirling, though some observers have
described its appearance like that of a
huge ball rolling forward. A tornado
may be considered as the result of an
extreme development of conditions which
otherwise produce thunderstorms.
"a cyclone on the other hand, is very
bad storm, oftentimes a thousand miles
in diameter, and sometimes can be
followed half around the world; the
winds circulate about it from right to
left, or the way one turns clock hands
backward Tin the southern hemisphere
this motionis reversed. THE air pressure
always falls as one approaches the
center, where, at sea, there is por-
tentous calm with clear sky visible at
times. The cyclone winds often rise to
hurricane force, but are not to be COM
pared with the extreme violence of the
tornado, before which the most solid
structures are RACED.
"The French term trombe or tourbillon
describes almost exactly the tornado,
which term was first applied to severe
squalls, with funnel.shaped clouds, ex-
perenced on the west coast OF Africa,
and which, to this day. inspire the ut
most fear in the minds of the natives"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14

Dig down to the cause Of your sickness,
ifyou want to get well and stay well.
Most likely it's indigestion, The irrita-
ting poisons Of fermenting, putrid food
left in the stomach by Indigestion, cause
headache, neuralgia, nervousness, dizzi-
ness, stomachache, nausea, irritability,
and all the other well known symptoms
OF indigestion.
They also cause many pains and dsor-
ders that are often laid to other causes
and hence are not easily cured. But as
soon as the poisons are removed all
these symptoms and disorders disappear,
because there is nothing left to cause
them. Nothing succeeds in this like
Shaker Digestive Cordial, because it pre-
vents the undgested food from ferment-
ing in the stomach and helps the stom-
ach to digest its food.
Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to
$1.00 per bottle
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
Jingle and JangIe,

Jingle and Jnngle are two little bells
Tbat jingle and jnngle all day;
And Jingle rings sweet, with an accent that
tells
= vi lghtsomencss, promise and May:
sunshine and sugar and honey and bees,
Rainbows and butterflies wings,
bird'songs and brook'songs and wide
spreading trees
otJoy little Jingle'bell sings
Jingle and Jangle are two little bells
That jingle and janRle all day;
And Jangle rings harsh with an accent that
tells
OF darkness, forebodng. dsmay;
Stormcloud and vinegar, NORWOOD and
gall,
Toads tongues and poisonous things.
Owlets and ravens, and dreams that
appal-
OF Woe little Jangle bell ringsl
Yes, Jingle and Jangle are two little bells
That jingle and jangle all day;
And the one that you listen to strangely
compels
Behavior that's sure to betray.
SO listen to Jingle and be a good boy
WTo Iangle, oh, never give ear;
And your days will be merry and bubble
with JOY,
While sadness will never come near.
Il William Lord in st. Nicholas.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
A CObbIer'S Dozen.

We often hear of a bakers dozen, and
most of us know that it means thirteen.
There is also cobbler's dozen, and that,
too, is thirteen. There is tradition
that there was law which compelled
cobblers to put twelve nails in the heel
of each shoe, and that when nails grew
cheap the cobblers drove the thirteenth
nail in the center of the heel for good
luck, and that from this came the legend
of the cobbler's dozen.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
N. r. SWITSER
BOSTON & MAINE R. R.
PAssUMPsIC DIVISION
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT, JUNE 20, 90
Trains Leave st. Johpsbury.


GOING SOUTH.
For Concord, Manchester Nashua, Lowell
and Boston via White River Junction,
1910, $50 a. m, 40 am, arriving at
Boston SOP q. m, so p. m. and 40 p. m.
For Concord, Manchester, Nashua, Lowell
and Boston via Wells River and Plym outh
40 a. m. daily, $50, 9.45 a. M, and
2.34 p. nj. Arriving at Boston, 500 a.
M, $50 p M, As p. m. and 8 80 p. m
Northampton, Springfield, Hartford. New
Haven and New York, 1910, $50 and
9.45 a. m.
For Newbury, Bradford, Norwich and White
River Junction, 1910 and $50 a. M,
and $50 p M
For Passumpsic. Barnet and McIndocs
s.56 a. M, 5.55 p m. and 1915 p. m.
For Wells River, 1910. 40, and
$50, 9.45 a. M. 2 .34, SO and 10 is p. M
For Montpelier, 9 As a. IN. 2.34 p. m.
For Littleton, at $50 a. m, 2.34 and 5.55
p. m.
GOING NORTH.
For Lyndonville and Newport, 2.17 a. m,
3'15 and 1915 a. M, 3.13, 4.27 and
For West Burke, Barton and Barton Land
ing, 3.15 and 1915 a. M, 3.13, 4.27,
and 7.56 p. M.
For Stanstead and Derby Line, Massawippi.
North Hatley, Lennoxville and Sherbrooke.
3.15 and 10.45 a. M. 4.27 and 7.56 p. IN.
ForQuebec via Sherbrooke and Grand Trunk
Ry., 3.15 a. m. and 1856 p. IN.
For Quebec via Sherbrooke and Quebec Cen
trail Ry., 3.15 a. m. and 7.56 p. m.
For Montreal via Sherbrooke and Grand
Trunk Ry., 3.15 a. IN. and 756 p. M.
For Montreal via Newport and Canadian
Pacific Ry., 2. a. m. daily, 3.13 p. m.
d.. FLANDERS,
Gen Pass, and Tiki. Agt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
Half Rates to milwaukee.

On account of the National Convention
of Republican League Clubs, August 49,
"a and %, The Northwestern Line (Chi.
cago & Northwestern Railway will sell
excursion tickets from Chicago to Mil.
waukee and return at rate of one fare for
the round trip. For tickets and full in.
formation apply to ticket agents Of con.
Meeting lines, or address w. B. Kniskern
G. P. & T. A., Chicago, Ill.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
Snecimens of Spelling.

The question Of spelling ought to inter
est our young people, The New York
State Regents examinations have just
been held, and the results in the matter
of spelling are so curious that a report
has been made of the way in which some
words have been spelled. These exam
pies of spelling are from the eighth grade
the pupils of which average about thir-
teen and half years. This is the high
est grade in which spelling is taught in
the public schools Of New York state
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
Crowned with Honor.
The Great Presbyterian,
Rev. Chas. L. Thomp-
son, D. D., of New
York.
what Paiue's Celery Compound Has
Done for the Eloquent Preacher.

From no one class of men has
Paine's celery compound received
more unstinted praise for its won
derful powers OF making sick people
well than from ministers of the Cos
Del in every denomination.
Rev. Father Ouellet, Rev. DR.. Meek,
the editor OF the Central Metho-
dist" Rev. Dr.. Baird, Rev. w. ].
White, D. D., of the Georgia Baptist,
are among the hosts of clergyman
who have gratefully published, that
their experience might be Of benefit
to others, the ever true story of how
this greatest of all remedies makes
people well, building up the shat
tered nerves, enriching the thin blood
and roofing out disease.
Rev. Charles l.. Thompson, d. D.,
pastor OF the Madison Avenue Pres.
byterian church in New York city, is
man crowned with honor. Before
going to the celebrated church where
he now breaches in New York he
served in prominent pulpits in Gin
cinnati, Chicago, Pittsburg and
Kansas City. He has written much
and we'll on themes ofpublic interest,
presided over the Centennial General
Assembly in Philadelphia, and has
been often a commissioner and chair.
man of leading committees, and an
exceptionally forcible debater in all
the church courts.
His large charity has made him a
welcome representative of his church
to other churches and to his brethren
OF other lands.
DR.. Thompson is a prodigious
worker. He is one of the many
thousands who has discovered what
Paine's celery compound does for
those who are worn out by labor,
who are suffering from some stage
of nervous exhaustion, and who re-
quire a health-giving remedy that
will speedily replenish the syetem
with proper nutriment.
Writing from New York on June
%, DR.. Thompson said:
Il think to the use of Paine's cell
cry compound is due the fact that
after a winter OF exhausting work |
have been able to carry my duties
through the enervating springtime
with unusual ease and comfort. :"
To the multitude who suffer from
enervating effects of the warm
weather in this climate, this plain,
straightforward statement from so
eminent and fearless clergyman
should be needed.
Pane's celery compound has put
an end to an enormous amount OF
sickness and disease.
1t began at the very outset of its
splendid career TO cure men and
women OF kidney troubles, liver com
plant and nervous prostration. Its
speedy and lasting cures of all these
nerve and blood disorders were not
slow in spreading its reputation
through every state in the country.
Physicians everywhere greeted the
great remedy as the most enlight-
ened, most skilliul means that could
be employed TOR invigorating the
rundown" system.
Thousands of wholly disinterested
men and women saw their neighbors
and townspeople made well by
Paine's celery compound.
This epoch-making discovery in
medicines due to the patience, thor.
oughness and zeal of the great Dart
mouth scientist, stands today
unquestioned as the greatest brain
and nerve strengthened and restorer
the world possesses.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
Bicycle Humor.

~ second the notion" said the man on
the rear of the tandem Yale Record.
Scorcher: Thirty dollars, eh2 That's
nothing. had a bicycle suit that cost
$1,000" Tandem: Who took your
measured" Scorcher: "Ajury."-[ Truth.
He: dearest girl, the tire of my heart
has been punctured by the tacks of your
charms. Be mine, and let us ride tandem
through life" She; How sweet and
strange You have scorched your way
to my affections, aud cannot back pedal
against your attractions. surrender
the handle bar of my life to your hands,
and am sure YOU will steer our united
lives wisely. y Philadelphia Review.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
$500 Chicago to ST. Paul and Re
turn.

On account of the G. A. r. Encamp-
ment The Northwestern Line Chicago
G. Northwestern Railway will, on
August 81 and September 1, 1896, sell
excursion tickets from Chicago to st.
Paul and return at rate Of $500 for the
round trip, good for return passage until
September 49, with privilege of further
extension to September 80, 1896. For
tickets and full information apply to
agents of connecting lines, or address
H. A. Gross, G. E. P. A., 423 Broad
way, New York.
]. E. Britain, N. E. P. A., 5 State
street, Boston, Mass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
ST. J0HNSBURY AND
LAKE CHAMPLAIN R. R.
Summer Arrangement, June 20, 1896.
Trims Leave ST. j ohnsbury.

Trains Leave 81. JOhnsbury.
GOING WEST.
For Danville, Hardwick, Morr.isville, Cam
bridge Junction, Burlington, st. Adams
and Rutland 7.30 a. m. and $50 p. m.
For Danville, West Danville, Walden Green's
boro, East Hardwick, Hardwick, Norris
vile, Hyde Park, 7,30 a. M, $50 p. M,
sos p. m.
For Johnson, Cambridge Junction, Burling-
ton, Fletcher, Fairfield, Sheldon Highgate
and Swanton, 7.30 a. M. and $50 p. m.
For Stanbridge, st. Johns, and Montreal via
East Swanton, 7.30 a. m and 800 p. m.
GOING EAST.
For East st. Johnsbury, North Concord,
miles Pond and Lunenburg, 200 a. M,
700 a. m, 2.40, $50 (inixed). and $40
p. IN.
For Whitefeld, Fabyans, Crawfords, Glen,
North Conway, Fryeburg, Portland,
Brunswick, Lewiston, Augusta, Waterville,
Bangor and st. John, 100 and 700 a. m,
2.40 p. m.
For Boston via North Conway, 200 a. IN.
and 90 q. m.
II. +. FOLSOM, d. j. FLANDERS,
Supt. Gen. Pass. Agt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given to all persons owning
or holding outstanding town orders drawn
on the treasurer OF the town of Ryegate, W.,
that all OF said orders will be paid at the
said treasurers Office on or before the first
day of September, 1896. and that after said
date interest on said orders shall cease.
JAMES JOHNSTON,
Treasurer of the town of Ryegate
Ryegate Vt, July 81, 1896.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
MAINE CENTRAL R. R,

Through the White Mountains
To Lancaster Colebrook, North Conway,
Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, Bar
Harbor and St. John.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-08-14
for Infants and Children.

Castoria isso well adapted to chidrenthat
Trecommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
iii So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N, Y.
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and lay it between newspapers. put weight
on it and let it remain two days.
To keep the hair in crimp take two cents
worth of gum arabic and add to 1t Just
enough boiling water to dissolve it. When it
is dissolved add alcohol until the mixture is
rather thin. Let it stand over night and then
bottle Moisten the hair with 1t before curl
ing and it will remain in crimD on damp
days. The mixture is not injurious to the
hair.
A cup of hot water taken the first thing in
the morning will often prevent a bilious at
tack Hot water as beverage is exceedingly
wholesome, especially when the digestive or
gans are weak. 1t should be taken before
each meal. as well as after. \ half-teaspoon-
ful OF lemon juice makes it palatable.
Pine cones, to be picked up in any place
where there are fir trees valuable for
making an open fire, which has become dull,
more cheerful. They are full of turpentine
and a few thrown into a dying fire produce 4
blaze at once pleasant and fragrant.
To remove tight ring from the finger, take
a long thread of silk and put one end under
the ring and draw it through several inches.
holding it with the thumb in the palm of the
hand. Then wind the long end of the silk
tightly round the finger down to the nail.
Take hold of the short end of the silk, ano,
holding it toward the finger end, unwind it,
and the silk pressing against the ring will
withdraw it.
Some of the uses of salt; little salt
rubbed on the cups will remove tea stains.
Salt put into whitewash Will make it stick
better. Use salt and water to clean willow
furniture, applying it with a brush and rub
bling dry. Ginghams or cambrics rinsed in
salt and water will hold their color and look
brighter. Salt and water make excellent
remedy for niamed eyes. Hemorrhages OF
the lungs stomach often checked by
small doses of salt. Neuralgia of the feet
and limbs can be cured by bathing night and
morning with salt and water as hot can be
borne. After bathing, rub the feet briskly
with coarse towel. A gargle of salt and
water strengthens the throat and used hot
will cure a sore throat. AS a tooth powder
salt will keep the teeth white and the gums
hard and rosy Two teaspoonfuls of salt in
half pint of tepid water is emetic al
ways on hand, and is an antidote for poison
ing from nitrate silver.