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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-15
Some Singular Signs.

An inscription on a sign. board in Lam
cashire announces the following miscela-
neous articles for sale: bibles, black
balls, and butter. Testaments, tar, and
treacle, Cody books, and gimets sold
here"
shop-sign in London reads: "Plots
for novels or short Sorcs. Prices rea-
sonable.' The occupant of the shop is
SAID to have a rare talent for devising
plots, but no great powers of narration,
so he is supposed to make his living by
selling skeleton plots for stories in cheap
papers,
Teeth pulled while you wait" is a
singular sign said to have been set up by
dentist in Fleetwood
This curious specimen of photography
was displayed on house in a street in
Marylchone; THE Mangelling Traid
removed hear from the Strete round the
Cornr. Threhapense a Duzzen. n. B.
New Milk and Creme Sould Hear. Warren
tdd Fresh anG not Stall evry Mornin'."
A dealer in ice thus attracted public at
tcntion to his cold commodity:
Ice Ice! Ice
1t you want it pure and II
And al reasonable pr
Follow no new dev ice
But send to me in a tr
A my off
Irish & English is name of firm
in Buffalo, n. Y. The strangest thing
about it is that Mr.. Irish is English, and
Mr.. English is Irish.
The following pulling sign is in front
OF shoemaker's shop at Cannes. 1t is
i'll English, and is thus worded Repairs
hung with stage-coach." The visitors
for whose benefit this information is in
tended may, after much cogitation, ar
rive at the conclusion that the cobbler
only wishes to inform his patrons that
repairs are executed with diligence.
Another cobbler's sign runs thus:
"Shews Maid and Men dead Hear
lChamberss Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-15
State News.

A Putney girl is decided success as a
farmer. Miss S. E. White has sold one
OF the best and heaviest crops OF tobacco
that has been raised in that town. The
product of her one and half acres of
land cured 1900 pounds.
During the past season there has been
taken from the Fisk quarries Isle La
Motto, over three and a half miles of
curbng for use in Burlington. All of this
curbing is taken from one layer of some
through the quarry that is just the right
thickness. By drilling and wedging a
curbstone 20 feet in length is sometimes
taken out.
Vermont hickory will be used as handle
bars for bicycles. J. T. IIildreth of
Brattleboro has an order from firm to
make 10000 of them by June. Ten men
are working night and day to fill the
order.
The Boston Herald recently devoted
halt page to our Vermont town of Bal
timore, in Windsor county, which it says
is the smallest town in the world. Balti-
more is fairly old, as American townsgo,
having been set off from Cavendish and
organized in 1893. 1t then had 275 pre-
sumably ambitious and hopeful inhabi-
tants, but every census taken since then
has revealed a steady growth-down.
ward. In 1900 the place had lost one
citizen, and the subsequent record stands
as follows: In 1910, 2O7 inhabitants;
1920, 204; 1880, 179; 1910, 1856; 1850,
1874; 1860, JIG; 1870, SO; 1881, II;
and 1890, Ga, Today the number is so.
and one of the SO spends his winters in
the Soldiers Home at Bennington.
Nothing ever happened in the town, not
even crime, and it has no distinguished
sons OF daughters. The houses are scat
tered over the territory included within
Baltmore's limits, nowhere forming any,
thing like village, and there is no store,
no church, no postoflice, not even cider
mill. The people are prosperous enough
but they keep moving away whenever
opportunity offers, and nobody ever
moves in. 1t is twenty years since a we'd
ding took place in the town.
1t is claimed that a cedar tree 165 feet
in height and measuring nearly % feet
in circumference was cut on the McLaren
lot recently in Greensboro.
The state of Vermont seems to be dis
tingushed in many notable and divers
fed ways. 1t trapspires that the first
patent granted by the United States was
to Samuel Hopkins OF Vermont (Julv 81.
1880 for making pot and pearl dishes.
James p Cleveland Jr, OF Randolph,
who has been deputy sheriff in Orange
county since 1855, excepting two'vears
when high sheriff, has resigned. Julius
r. Lamson has been appointed by Sheriff
Smith to fill the vacancy.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-15
Bric-a-Brac.

Mexico claims a population OF 10000
600, Q 10000 OF whom sleep on the
ground and 100000 live in comfort and
luxury.
A weed in the garden can be easily de
stroyed when it first starts. Consume
ton can be npped in the bud by One
Minute Cough Cure Boynton & East
man.
Hoods Pills cure liver ills, bilousness
Indigestion, headache. A pleasant laxa.
tive. All druggists.
A proposal to tax foreign commercial
travellers to the tune OF $1,000 has been
defeated by the municipal council of Rio
dc Janerio.
Soothing for burns, scalds, chapped
hands and lips. Healing Tor cuts and
sores. Instant relief for piles, stops pain
at once These are the virtues OF De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. Boynton &
Eastman.
A bill posting machine, which sticks
bills on walls, even as high as 80 ieet,
without the use OF a ladder or paste-p
is said to be doing us iul workin Europe.
a torpid liver means bad complexion,
bad breath, indigestion and frequent
headaches. TO advoid such companions
take DeWitts Little Early Risers the
famous Iitte pills Boynton & Eastman.
The Pacific coast newspapers report
the cutting OF a tree at Coggins mill
near Sisson, Cal, which is said to have
been 404 wears old. The tree furnished
$4,000 feet OF lumber.
Lost-A dear little child who made
home happy by its smiles. And to think,
it might have been saved had the parents
only kept in the house One Minute Cough
Cure the infalllble remedy for Group.
Boynton & Eastman.
Male children at birth weigh an aver.
age Of one pound more than female.
All the different forms Of skin troubles,
from chapped hands to eczema and indo-
lent ulcers can be readily cured by De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, the great pile
cure. Boynton & Eastman.
A North sea codhsher carries a set of
lines 1900 lathoms in length and having
the amazing number OF 1850 hooks, each
one of which must be baited.
Minutes seem like hours when life is
at stake. Group gives no time to send
Tor doctor, delay may mean death. One
Minute Cough Cure gives instant relief
and insures recovery. The only harm.
less remedy that produces immediate re.
suits. Boynton & Eastman.
The Canadian government is consider
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of deepening the St.
Lawrence and the canals from Montreal
to Lake Erie.
Constipation in its worst forms, dys.
pepsia, sick headache biliousness and
arrangement of The liver are readily cured
by DeWitt's Little Early Risers. The little
pills never grippe. Small pill, safe pill,
best pill, Boynton & Eastman.
The secretary of the treasury has ruled
that Canadian trained hospital nurses
come under the alien law
Chcora, Pa, Herald Richard Vensel
reports One Minute Cough Cure the
greatest success oimedcal science He told
us it cured his whole family OF terrible
coughs and colds after all other so called
cures had failed entirely. Mr.. Vense
said it assisted his children through a
very bad siege of measles. One Minute
Cough Cure makes expectoration very
easy and rapid. Boynton & Eastman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-15

positivelv cure Biliousness and Sick Headache, liver
and bowel complaints. They expel all impurities
from the blood Delicate women find relief from
using them. Price 25ci I'VE 81. SOLD everywhere
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-15
Relief in Six Hours.

Distressing kidney and bladder diseases
relieved in six hours by the New Great
American Kidney Cure" This new rem
edy is great surprise on account gifts
exceeding promptncss in relieving pain in
the bladder, kidneys, back and every
part OF the urinary passages in male or
female. 1t relives retention OF water and
pain in passing it almost Immediately.
fyou want quick relief and cure this is
your remedy. Sold by c. c. Bingham,
druggist, 81 Main street, st. Johnsbury,
Vermont.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-01-15

A reward OF $25 was offered bv a
Washington citizen for the safe return of
two young men who were supposed to
be lost and were last seen in East Barre,
but before the search was begun to any
extent the young men presented them.
selves safe and sound to claim the S25.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-17
IeOo1OOU1UIfJ sUOt14fUIOUs
GILBERT W. PHELPS,
Recorder of Dalles City.
The F.remen,s Excurslon

Sunday was u delightful day on
the river, there being just enough
breeze to create a ripple on the water,
and no merrier crowd ever BOARDED the
steamer Regulator than the 115 who
went from here to Multnomah falls,
nor did that vessel ever make pleas
anter trip on the river. AT o'clock
in the morning the boat left her dock
with banners flying and band playing,
and seemed to fairly fly down the river.
while the passengers enjoyed the mag
nificent scenery on either bank. The
locks were passed at 10 O'Clock and at
ii the falls were reached. When
the people were once ashore they
scattered through the cooling shades
near the falls and lunched under the
spreading frs within hearing of the
music furnished by the roaring cateract
as the waters from Multnomah dashed
down the cliffs. Capt. Waud, Mate
Alden and a few others climbed to the
head of the falls from whence they
could view the happy throng below,
while the majority of the excursionists
themselves with enjoying
the shades of the valley. At 2:l5 the
boat weighed anchor and started for
home, arriving here at 7. 1t was
pronounced by all as one OF the pleas
antest outings they had ever had, and |
vas perfect success every way ex-
,ept that it did not materially swell |
he tournament fund, one of the OBJ
ects for which the excursion was
,iyop
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-17

the time he crossed the state line he
was received with outstretched hands
by people who considered it an honor
to entertain the distinguished orator.
At Ashland he was listened to by
thousands of people who came from all
sections to hear the great young COM
moner. At Eugene he addressed a
large audience from the car platform
Sunday morning. AT Albany he was
met by delegation of prominent silver
men who accompanied him to Lebanon,
where Monday forenoon he addressed
and audience of $1,000 people. His
next stop was at Gladstone Park, near
Oregon City, where it is estimated 25,-.
600 people listened to his address, and
it is said to have been the largest and
most enthusiastic meeting ever held in
the state. In the evening he made an
hours speech at Multnomah field in
Portland, where he was again greeted
by an audience of about 1S, 1000.
From Portland he started on his
homeward journey, arriving at The
Dalles on the ! o'clock train. Despite
the unreasonable hour Mr.. Bryan ap-
peared on the rear platform of his car
while the train stopped at the depot.
Having made three speeches during
the day, he was unable to address the
people who had assembled, though he
stood on the platform and shook hands
with 500 or 600, while The Dalles con-
cert band played number of national
airs. The fact of Mr.. Bryan being un-
able to speak was a sore disappoint-
ment to many. however they felt re-
paid for having staid up half the night,
by being privileged to meet and shake
hands with the illustrious gentleman.
When the train left for the east rous-
ing cheer went up for Bryan, the
next president of the United States"
Mr.. Bryan was accompanied to Pen
dleton and Walla Walla by Chairman
F. A. E. Starr, of the democratic state
central committee, and Sam Wolf,
another prominent Portland democrat.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-17
A NEW RECORD.
Deepest Spot In the Ocean Nearly Six
Miles.

Deepest Spot In the Ocean Nearly Six
For20years or more the deepest in
northeast of Japan, says the New York
Journal. There the bottom lies 4,655
fathoms down, or more than five miles
beneath the surface of the waves.
In the latest thydrographer's report of
admiralty surveys, made by the British
government, this ocean record, which
has stood so long, is beaten, for there is
official information of a deeper sound
ing than has hitherto been made. The
deepest spot in the ocean, so far as
known at present, has been found to be
in the neighborhood of the Friendly and
Kermadee islands, in the Southern Pa
cific. Here the maximum depth Is
5,155 fathomS, or close upon six miles.
The observation, made by the officers
on board the British ship Penguin, is all
the more interesting for the fact thatit
bears out the result of previous re-
searches, showing curiously enough as
it does that the deepest parts of the sea
are not far from land.
n Deep-sea sounding has come of late
years an exact science in itself. One GU
rious feature of it, and one which is lit
tie known, is that the leads" used have
to be constructed with especial strength
in order to withstand the enormous
pressure of the mass of water which
bears down upon them when they lie
upon the bottom. So great is this pres
sure that the sounding apparatus in
ordinary use would be crushed,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-17
THE TEACHERS. INSTITUTE.
Twenty-Five Teachers In Attendance the
First Day


Monday the following persons as
sembled at the high school building
for study and improvement. John
Gavin, j. S. Landers, Melissa Hill.
Louise Rintoul, Lena Smell, Catherine
Davenport, Curtis Egbert, Francis
Fouts, Minnie Elton, Mona Rowe, EN-
ma Roberts, Maggie Finn, Salina
Phirman, Tena Rintoul. Mrs. James
Wilson. Clarence Gilbert, Cora Stan
ton, Katie Cooper, Ella Cooper, Nan
Cooper, Mrs. Roche and G. l.. Gilbert
After short, appropriate talk from
Mr.. Gilbert. the instructors assigned
lessons, and work began in earnest.
Physiology class discussed the value
OF the study to the young and analyzed
the Skeleton. Some problems in PRO-
portional parts in Brooks mental ariy
metic were discussed. Arraneemf nts
were made in the book. keeping cI ass to
take uo thorough discussiop of the
principles of the study, and 70 work
out as may sets as time permits.
Spelltng,g geography, gen.l al history,
school law: theory, physical geography
ard Z. S. history classes ere or
ganized, and some work done in each
class.
Today Nellie Hudson of Dufur, and
w. b. Walker, of Wamic were en-
rolled. Supt. Gilbert intends to pre-
sent each person who attends the in
stitute with a certificate of attendance
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-17
SIAM SAPPHIRE MINES.


Value of Their Product Is In the Quantity
Not Quality.
The Palm mines are spread over an
area six miles by two, and consist of 13
mining villages, the chief of which are
Baw Taxa and Baw Dineo. These two
are more than four miles apart, but
they are joined by an excellent road cnt
through the forest and well drained.
Sapphires, says the London Times, are
found all over this district; the whole
countryside is riddled with holes sunk
in the red soil down to the sapphire
layer. Formerly the stones were found
quite near the surface, but those places
have long since been exhausted, al
though the Burmese still continue to
turn over the old heaps in the firm con-
viction that precious stones grow. Now
the stones are found at depth of from
Is to 25 feet, in reddish, gravelly layer
of varying thickness up to 18 inches.
The pit sunk is usually some five feet
in diameter and either square or cir
cular. Soil is raised in bamboo basl-
cts, attached to the end of balanced
lever, and when the sapphire layer is
reached the stratum is carried to the
nearest water and washed carefully for
stones. Not more than one shaft in
three pays for its working expenses, but
when the sapphire layer is struck the
profits may be large indeed. 1t is all
question of luck. To dig and work out
one shaft occupies two or three men
one month. Two or three Burmese gen.
orally go into partnership and hire
Laos miners to work for them and sink
the shaft at the rate of two ticals 1.-TWO
shillings eight pence) per IS inches. Oc-
casionally sapphires of considerable
value reward the miner, but tho sap
phires of Palm are of more commercial
value because of their quantity than be-
cause of their intrinsic excellence.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-17
THE STORY OF THE SALMON.
Said to Deposit It's Eggs in Its Native

In the autumn time, and onward to
the beginning of the next year, the
mother salmon ascends the rivers to de-
posit her eggs, and thus to secure the
continuance of her race. In connection
with this periodical visit or visits to the
river must be mentioned, says Cham
ber's Journal, q very curious fact. The
idea is entertained very strongly by
some authorities that q salmon invari-
ably returns to its native river or that
in which it is bred. 1t has even been as
serted by fishermen that, when several
rivers enter the sea in one stream (as
at Bonar bridge, for eXample), the sal
mon bred in each river will pass back
into their own water and will avoid the
strange streams. The late Frank Buck
land, a strong believer in this instinct of
the fish, regarded the sense of smell as
that which led it to itsnative river. Per-
harS the truth is that for the most part
salmon do return TO their own river, but
the practice and habit are not recessari-
ly invariable. We know the fishes GER
tainly swim great distances along coast
lines where they are captured in stake
and bag nets, and it may well be the
case that now aud then a fish will turn
into river that is near, in preference to
seeking its own and distant water.
Arrived in her river, the mother sal
mon begins to scoop out kind of trench
in the gravel of the stream. This she eff
fects by plowing into the gravel with
her body. This trench is to be. the
nursery of her young. The eggs are laid
in the furrow, and are duly fertilized by
the male salmon. Then the trench is
filled in by the efforts of both parents,
the eggs are covered with gravel, and
the mound thus formed is called, in fish
er's language, a "redd." How many
eggs a mother salmon win deposit is. of
course, difficultquestion to determine,
but stock calculation maintains that
che produces about 900 eggs for every
pound she weighs. Each egg in its di.
ameter measures about a quarter of an
inch, and it is estimated that 25, 900 eggs
go to gallon.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-17
Catching Snakes For Money.

1t is reported that four or five China.
men who are employed on the ranch oi
Pleas Bounds, on the Selah valley,
have discovered a unique way of ad.
ding several dollars a year to their
wages, says the Yakima Republic.
There are many rattlesnakes in the
vicinity of the ranch, and the ceiestials
capture all they can of them by means
OF slip-not and short stick, catch
ing the reptiles around the throat.
When caught, they are dropped into
bottle containing alcohol, and then
shipped to China in quantities. They
say their net gain on each snake ap-
preaches $5, which makes the narra-
tive take front rank among the usual
snake stories. Chinese doctors buy
the snakes and extract medicinal oil
from their bodies.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-17

to be gone two weeks. At Seattle
they will be joined by Mr.. and Mrs. F.
A. Mcdonald, who will take them in
their naptha launch and spend several
days cruising on Puget sound.
A stranger was arrested in Milton,
Manday for trying to pass two forged
checks and for having forged a letter
of recommendation. When arrested,
he made a hard fight, and chewed up
the letter of recommendation before it
could be taken from him.
A Chinaman by the name of Pete,
who owns two fish wheels on the
river above town. was arrested today
for allowing his wheels to run on
Sunday, and was arraigned before
Justice Filloon this afternoon. The
case was continued until o'clock this
afternoon.
Last week was not remarkable for
high scores on the club alley. The
highest records made were: Monday,
Fl. Fredden, 45; Tuesday, Miss Myrtle
Michel, 40: Wednesday, Judge Brad
shaw, As: Thursday. Miss lone Ruch,
40: Friday. Vic Schmidt, Al: Saturday,
F. Houghton, 56.
The first week at the Umatilla bowl
ing alley was notable for some fine
bowling. The highest scores made
during the week were: Monday, c. E.
Porter, 46; Tuesday, c. Rath, 56; We'd
nesday, II. Fredden, 40: Thursday, ].
Robson. so; Friday. J. Unger, 50: Sat-
urday, Joe Erhart, 60.
Today we were shown samples of
oats grown on Henry Williams Eight
Mile farm that were about as fine as
could be grown anywhere in the world.
The stalks were about six feet long,
and the heads were we'll filed. They
were from an 8-acre field that is ex-
pected will yield Is bushels to the acre.
Some heartless creature has turned
an old blind horse out to starve near
Chenowith creek. The poor old brute
is very thin, and being unable to see
has got into barb wire fences and is
severely cut in number of places.
The party who turned him out would
have been more merciful had he killed
| him.
Wind River is the favorite resort
| for Dalles pleasure seekers this sum-
mer. A number went there last week
and today party consisting of Mrs. 1.
J. Norman and children. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. E. Barnett and children Mrs. Roe
| Grimes and daughter. Miss Mabel
Riddell, Mrs. M. Hicks and daughter
ana Fred Hill, started for that place to
spend two or three weeks.
Last week E. Schanno visited the
orchards of Sherman county, and ex-
presses himself surprised at the appear
ance of the fruit trees in that country.
1t has been the general supposition
that fruit could be raised only in spec
tally favored locations in Sherman
county, but Mr.. Schanno says from
what he saw there, he believes every
farmer can raise fruit. All the trees
are thrifty, and bid fair to yield good
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-17
AN UNCOMFORTABLE MAN.
Hundreds Witness His Writings and
Show No Pity.

Hundreds Witness His Writings and
Show No Pity.
On a narrow platform, close to the
glass roof of Hammerstein's Olympia
roof garden, may nightly be seen, says
the New York Herald, one of the most un-
comfortable men in New York. He is
the man who operates the calcium
lights which play upon the stage. He
has barely room to stand up, so he
kneels most of the time and stares at the
stage before him.
Below are persons trying to look SO
cool and comfortable that the sight OF
them must be a perpetual aggravation.
They sit and laugh and talk, and take
no notice of the uncomfortable fellow
perched high aloft and yet in full view.
He is there for four hours every night.
He shifts about and occasionally stands
up in his endeavor to get the kinks out
of his legs. He sits, kneels and some
times leans back against the big iron
girder behind him. He sees the show
over and over again. He listens to the
endless splash of the water on the crys-
tai roof and sees the same little come
dies nightly enacted around the round
tables beneath.
Sometimes a. sign Of human interest
is shown in a bending forward as some
woman with a more towering hat than
usual, or a boy-with more resplendent
lat band than common parades through
the garden