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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15

There is strong appeal to the Commercial
instinct in the opportunity which the rush to
the Alaska Gold Fields gives to legitimate
trade The men who undertake to supply the
new mining population of Alaska with what
they need to eat drink and wear and with
the implements of their work are those into
whose hands the greater part OF the gold
will come.
This company is formed for the purpose
of trading in all kinds of supplies and
will send n ship of 5OO-ton burthen from
Boston in November, stocked with the
necessary provisions, clothing and inn
plemenis requisite for the miners and the
public use, calling by the way of Cape
Horn, arriving at the Gold Fields mt the
Opeping Of the season.
In regard TO passenger service, we can
nccomm odnte but II limited number (sny
fifty. To those investing in the stock Of
the company the following inducement'
nre offered;
Passage from Boston to the centre of thu
gold regions. including one years supply o
food, clothing, medicine, camp and mining
outfit complete,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-10-15
Tbt CALIFORNIAN
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY by
C. M. STONE & COMPANY,

Pythian Building, st. JohnsUuTyi NcrHHo"t'
Entered at the ST. Johnsbury post ONCE as
second. class mail matter.
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Receipt given on payment Of subscription
List corrected once month.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

When we look at the quality Of ten.
dsrness we e at once that it is not
efieminacy. If il were then we, who
are men all over and men all through,
every inch Of us and every ounce Of
us, would be barred out by our pro-
pounced masculinity. The world loves
to say that religion is for women and
children, and the ministry is for men
who arc effeninate in quality, unequal
to the rough and tumble of the world,
which means, in the plain, not good
enough for anything except to be
clergymen. And when II sees one in
the ministry whose intellect commands
respect, whose hair is short, whose
muscle is big, whose voice is resonant,
and whose garb is not a label of his
calling, he is apt to say, in California
phrase: "He ought to be in politics;
he has no business to be hoeing small
potatoes in the garden Of the Lord"
There are men whose phrenology,
ph~ysiognomy and physiology mark
them as gentlemen and retiring. They
have o strong, sweet dash Of the fem
mime. Some Of them get into the
ministry. There they are beloved,
and lead quiet, happy, useful lives,
sometimes going to the front. But in-
ability to battle with the world keeps
many such from reaching the front
ranks. For every prominent pastor
knowsthat the lawyer or the merchant
has no severer tussle with men than
the front-rank minister. It is, then,
when men of strength and capacity
school themselves to a tenderness that
is not theirs by nature that the quality
shines out.-At Home and Abroad.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27
Has little Influence.

AS Senator Stewart, the patriarchai
silver orator and bicycle rider, was
passing through one Of the small parks
in Washington, he met a lady who is
engaged in performing heroic work for
the independence of Cuba. In the
course Of a brief conversation the lady
asked the Senator If he did not think
President Mckinley would soon do
something towards terminating the re,
bellion. Receiving a negative reply,
she expressed considerable surprise and
said:
"Why, it looks to me as il this Ad'
ministYation should take some action
Everybody has expected great things
from Mi. Mckinley in the direction o
freeing Cuba. You do not mean t
tell me that he has lost all interest il
the matterfn
"No,'' said the Senator, sit is no
that. But, notifying as the COMES
sion is, the truth must be told. As
matter of plain fact Mr.. Mckinley ha
but very little influence with the pre-
sent Administration, apd hence Their
is no likelihood of anything definite au
beneficial being done for Cuba
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

Many physicians agree that heavy
drinkers eat but little. In those accus.
toned to the use Of fermented drinks di-
gestion is slower. II we habitually drink
water we are always hungry in three or -four
hours after eating. Some reason from thk
that alcoholic drinks are nourishing, while
water Is not. The truth seems to be that
the system im~pregnated with alcohol Is In
q morbid condition. Obesity, gravel
rheumatism and other ailments often re.
suit. Messrs. C%hittenden and Mendei, OF
Yale University, have demonstrated by
test tube experiments that fermented
drinks retard the chemical processes of di.
g~estion. Experiments have also conclu.
sively proved that in twenty days the same
number of men can do much more work
when drinking water than when they drink
wine, beer and brandy. For the first sis
days they accomplish more with the strong
liquors, showing its stimulating first eli.
fects, but 1t has been conclusiyely proved
that in the longer time the man fed with
water gives out more energy. Water is the
natural drink, while wines, under the ad.
vice Of a competent physician, are very
valuable additions to the pharmacopeia.-
Chicago Inter-ocean.
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Temperance News and Notes.

When wine Is in, wit is out.
Pots Of beer cost many n tear.
The more you think the less you'll drink
Cultivate your roses, but not your noses.
Those who are often drunk and seldom
sober fall like leaves In October.
Alcoholic drinks have no power to pre-
vent any disease, but they have the power
to cause many.
81 have seen the stars OF heaven fall and
the cedars OF Lebanon brought low
During Queen vietorla's reign war has
cost $500, 465 1913. In one year drink and
its products cost almost double this sum.
1t isn't the drop in the wages that hults a
man so much as the drop he takes after
getting his wages. That's what drops him.
Malt liquors render the blood shy and
unfit for circulation, hence proceed OBJ
structions and infammations Of the lungs,
Men who h~abitually use Intoxicating
spirits are more difficult to cure, II bitten BIZ
a mad dog, than temperate men.-Thc late
NJ. Pasteur.
You pay big money to insure your house
against the Are fend. Why not put a little
money in a causet to insure your son against
the drink ilend2
whats whisky bringIng2' inquired a
dealer in the vile stun. Bringing men to
the gallows and women n children to
want, was the truthful reply.
No young man ever climbed the ladde Of
success with a whisky flask In his pocket.
Recently, in one day at Atlanta, Ga,
twenty-five divorce suits were fled, and in
quite all these was a paragraph alleging In
temperance as n Of the chief proyoca-
lions.
n ntan ,o,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

The State of New Jersey has had
some experience with farm values, be
u it invested some Of its Sinking
Funds in farm mortgages. The loans
averaged 500 0 to each farm and the
State has had to become proprietor Of
considerable desirable real estate.
These farms the State rents on shares
half the crop. The State expended on
these farms last year, Sl,3l7s57, and
received s1,613.2 "a, an averaged profit
of $40. A farmer writing to the Dover
Indeu on the above facts, concludes
that "the object lesson in which the
State gives to owners Of farm property
is that our taxes on a farm valued at
$4,000 should rot exceed $40. This
would give the farmers half the crop
and pay taxes with no margin for emer'
gencies. L would suggest that tht
State should own all the farms ant
lease them out to the farmers for thu
crop and exempt from all taxes
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

A horse, which ought surely to bel
long to Colonel Warnings educated
force, is doing duty in the Baltimore
Street Cleaning Department. 1t broke
its halter one night and made its way
downstairs to the basement of the
house of its driver, and then into the
bedroom of a boarder, where it nosed
about to see that everything was
horse-shape until the occupant of the
room was aroused and had his hair
bristle- shape before he realized where
he was.-New York Sun.
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Ingenlou. way to stop rrferlnr.

A business man who has frequent
occasion to send sums OF money
through the mails too small to war
rant the trouble Of check OIL money
order, tells of nm ingenious method he
adopts to guard against pilfering. At
ter directing the envelope in the usual
manner, he draws q misunderstanding
cross in red ink on the envelope. He
claims hat any one inclined to be I'M
duly inquisitive will fear to tamper
with the letter, Judging it to be Off.
cially marked for tracing purposes.
As he has yet to make his first loss,
this superstition would appear to be
correct.
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D%EIleHrFuL vAcATioN TRIP.
Tom TO the North via Pennsslsa-
Mia Railroad.

mia railroad.
Visiting Watkins Glen, Niagara
Falls, Thousand Islands, Quebec, Mon
treal, Au Sable Chasm, Lake Chan.
plain and Lake George, Saratoga, and
the Highlands Of the Hudson. Leave
Philadelphia by special train August
II. The toar viii be in charge Of one
Of the company's tourist agents. An
experienced chaperon viii also accom-
pany the party, having especial charge
Of ~unescorted ladies.
The rate of 500 from New York,
Brooklyn, Newark, Trenton, Philadel-
phia, Harrisburg, Baltimore and WASH
ington covers railway and boat fare for
the entire round trip, parlor-car seats,
meals en- roste, hotel entertainment,
transfer charges, carriage hire-in fact,
every item of necessary expense.
For detailed itinerary, tickets, Ur any
additional information, address Tour
list Agent, Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pauy, 1196 Broadway, New York; SGl
Fulton Street, Brooklyn; or Geo. w
Boyd, Assistant General Passengel
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel
phia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27
A TEMPERANCE COLUMN.
THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST
IN MANY WAYS.

Inventory Of q Drunkard-Hospitai tee-
ords in New York City show That the
People Arc Learning h Folly anu
Danger of Using Alcoholic Beterages'
A hut OF logs without a door,
Minus n roof and ditto floor,
A c~iapboard cupboard without crooks,
Nine children without shoes or frocks,
A wife that has not any bonnet
With ribbon bows and strings upon IL,
Seeding and wishing to be dead,
Because she has not any bread
A teakettle without q spout.
A meat cask with the bottom put,
A comfort" with the cotton gone
And not a bed to put 1t on;
A handle without an axe,
A hackle without wool or fax,
A pot lid and O wagon hub,
And two ears OF q washing TUB.
Three broken plates OF different kinds,
Some mackerel tails and bacon rindsi
A table without leaves or legs,
One chair, and half a dozen pegs,
Ono oaken keg with hoops OF brass,
Ono tumbler made OF dark green glass,
A fiddle without any strings,
A gunstock, and two turkey wings.
o readers Of this inventory,
Take warning by It's graphic story;
For little any mar expects,
Who wears good shirts with buttons on EN-
Ever to put Oh cotton or checks,
And only have brass pins to pin 'em.
IT'S. remember, little stitches
Keep the rent from growing great;
When you can't tell beds from bitches,
Warming words will be too late.
Alice Carey.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27
Big nat For a Big praIn.pox.

Daniel O'Connell's hat was shown
to the County Kildare (Ireland) Arch
geological Society the other day. The
great orators name, in his W hand
writing, was written on the inside of
the hat, which was of very wide di-
mensions-the width inside being 81
inches, and its long diameter ten
inches. The Chairman of the meet
ing put ON the hat, which entirely COW
cred his head and went down to his
chin.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27
The professor out Of College.

Miss vassar-ssDo you think a girl
should be educated for o profession?"
Nj. Harvard-"Not generally, but
I cannot help wishing at this moment
you had BEEN"
Miss vassar-"How delightfullyper-
sonal; and may I ask why?"
Nj. Observation-Disclosures then, per-
haps, you could more readily under
stand and sympathize with the pro-
fession 1 can no longer withhold
Browning's Monthly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

Very few people have an idea of the
different kinds of merchandise an
steamship carries from the United to
foreign ports. The other daythe john
ston line steamer "Vedamore" loaded
AZ lie Locust Point docks Of the B.
and o. at Baltimore, &C cars oflumber,
Of starch, 10 Of oilcake, 6 Of proyis'
ions. i of organs, / of -four, p Of TO-
bacco, 2 Of wire, 8 Of sugar, IS of fresh
meat, 20 Of sheep or 1899 head, As cat.
tie, sss head, 8 of lead, ! of copper, .
Of merchandise, and 161 Of grain, max
ing a total OF 81 car loads.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27
No ripping in the Pension nure.u.

Hon. II. Clay Evans, United States Com.
missioner of Patents, has issued an order
requiring employees Of the Pension Bureau
to abstain from the use OF Intoxicating
liquors, not only during Office hours, but al
all other times, under penalty Of dismissal
from the service. Commissioners Evans
holds that the man who takes intoxicants
at night Is not In a fit condition to do any.
thing requiring intelligent brain work tie
next day. This example may be followed
by other departments and governments
1t would injure no one but the saloonkeeper
who thriyes on the patronage of civil ser
vice employees.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

The Bayonne Democrat carries at the
head of its column Irregular NewspaF
er-Men's Nomination for Governor,
sheffield Phelps, of jersey City" II
he takes as his platform Every news,
paper shall have the laws to print" he
will undoubtedly get elected. If every
newspaper man would not advocate
n other where would they be.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27
odd Methods Of venezuelan Cowboys.

Odd hhethous OF venezuelan No""'s
When the cowboy of Venezuela
wishes to catch q bull OF COW for
branding he rides alongside it and
with horse and bovine on the dead u
stoops from his saddle, grasps the
creatures tail and with a sharp and
peculiar twist sends the animal roll
ing on its back. From the force with
which it falls the animals horns al
most invariably pin it to the ground,
giving the cowboy time to dismount
and sit on its head while a companion
ties its legs,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

When we hear people talk now that
wa can not trade with other countries
except on a gold standard and thai
some foreign products we need it makes
rs wonder how during the civil war
foreign trade was carried on when there
was no gold nor silver standard and
how our forefathers got along in '76and
1912 with a foreign war on hand. why
BENJAMIN Franklin said 100 years age
the colonies could soon get along with
out foreign goods.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

We hear much now about the fall in
the price Of silver bullion all the lead
ing countries of the world have lessen
ed the demand for it by refusing 1t
coinage at their minis. Benjamin
Franklin explains it in another column.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

II a. many and Switzerland it is
haaa,,;na Tnore and more customary
~ hns;nJs firms always to enclose
- . Litter an envelope with their
,r;ntsd address, thus facilitating cor
ssn"ndJx Ne and diminishing the
aSsnna NJ Miscarriage through illegi-
HE wr;t Sacred Heart Review.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

nao,,fiar instance of impulsive
~aatlassnebs is reported from Paris,
Az wblre a sixteen-year-old girl
wha had I}een reproved by her mother
;nn,nad olt Of o third-story window,
and har J1Hineteen-year-old sister who
aass ha. became excited and immedi-
sssir mined ont affer her. Both were
burf aariouslv
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

Tha re productive lead mine in
.hs.Eers rles Missouri. Its output
~ tons year.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

A midwife at stolpe. near Berlin, Ger.
many, celebrated the 6000th occasion on
which her services had been required BY
inviting all the children she had helped into
the world to dinner Mt her house. They
afterward formed a torchlIght procession
and marched through the town.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

Every tariff law and every financial,
law on the statute book Of these UNI
ted states is Of Republican making.
They are now on a fnal trial to bring
prosperity.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

The Ledger says it does not doubt
that the mission Of the American BIZ
metallic Commission is n farce, ana
that opinion is shared by all intelligent
men both abroad and atsshome.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

D AUGUST 10, 1891

The Ohio Populists have refused 70
fuse with the Democrats and nave
nominated Gen. Coxey for Governor
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

rglars Cracked" four safes in
ester, N. Y, the other night and
but $l.02.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

Ask your grocer to-day 10 show you packs
age of Grain-O, the new food drink that takes
the place Of coffee. The children may drink
Il without injury as well as the adult. All
who try 1t like It. Grain-O has that rich seal
brown OF Mocha or Java, but 1t is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stomach RS
ceives II without distress. One-quarter the
price of coffee. Is cts. and % cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27
FRaNELN y mEH
HE THE oRI E-.

contfoi H. Ohs-s herb sy. send
cipal was payapie WIN ~. .,s Win Win to New
every year. Nsafiy wv ny drive
issued. w pets New York.
Thos. POWELL is" Zion Of Mr1sy.s."
glish Parliament saiu' SS heep 81.
"In a country unaer su9fought tr ma r. u
stances money ient upoh ipvs a and II Was
tiers creates money. nhpel and he n in the
lent upon interest VIII eiss.s I az oS Ind Cecil
silver principal, wnue 1he lno when
comes a revenue tnas pays tos ne ne
of the government. ms c@societyl' uarnd
the true Pactolean stream ey ses ost sccus.
yeftzaH into goia thas = Y s5st dress will. For
AS a result Of TINS sys1sulln m ands flashed
ment loans direct % tne PEI give axe Willard
Franklin says;g "betWeena mug,ssed race
1740 and 1872 WINE Avano II yes ho said
ed in Pennsylvania ana : G or sa o.bsrted II
in all her borders, 2 more max
prosperous population COY q m u, s~neering
laps be found on this eiooe 4, nj
home there was couiors. se,I WI business
generally were hlghlJ Sfor inns anu -. "a
knowledge was extensively notbint
This system prevalisu = FFhere flhg trades.
or nearly all, the coio.ies q assn mi nj me for a
prohibited py acto q ans ara tv
reason that y was oino Q
specie basis, oepl,eleasius enso ~; wii 49, !
robbiDg system o. ene y otSei
power. the fnhd-hoiueis Gil Of yos ave The
oYeclasses- ,tSt sur income
David Hume' the he VIA sufficient
writes OF the result q iotles;
British government sooN wrong up 'heh'
! America It's represehsasi not ana
2 manded that no more Z 81 stat
= credit should De issueuswn 50 So"
. should cease to pc q legal new w-certainly
. collected the tax IN aiiser't, "a
= 1913. Now marx sns toweff.d' with 9
This contraction q susd niains y my
|, medium paraly2ed az ttb.sd5
energies of the peoplelI Il IA Ab 3 Mr.. Hay
upon these once 9ileurissAie shffofdrs en-.
ii the most severe distress cry. W..
!. home to every interest," anfrepla sad Geeli,
4 lily; discomfort was urged married. the
K ton till at last ..hunan lPgiUptnat as yet'
and asserted us iignss.e ap 20
American congress- nIse ssyou door, but
adelphiai u lt'o, Aueti01a ss sa0 a strong
% ~indepenorases vote" jior 4 forward.
ng BePr asa zAnklin ilns9' %e to .r sns
ms ografsots tsasf Us q mosl Y brwhite and
he say9 ,epA D. ooetley Question y bot later /,
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27
A suitable Reward.

'.You have done WELL" said the Sui
tan, sand / have been thinking how l
can best reward your services"
Tewfk Pasha made o profound So
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

London has ia.ooo policemen, Paris has
COCO. New York has $500.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

Fits permanently cured. No flts or nervous
ness after first days use of DIR. Kllne's Great
Nerve Rcstorer. Satrial bottle and treatise free
Dir. X. II. KLINE, Ltd, 95l Arch St, Phila.,Pa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softensthe gums observation-disclosures
lion, aliays pain, cures wind collie. 25c.e bottle.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

OF north Missouri's fruit
n It Is mentioned that 1.-TWO
td4ear Hamilton produced a
rfleenehes, and that on a plum
the diameter Of ones thumb
4 As grew.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

pa Woods New York School OF
.rthand, Tuition, Books, Board.
disabilities OF securing good
~ W0op, 9TH Ave. and l25th st.
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

- tvtee 4 specimen OF religion than
Pe2nlo LIKE the twisted irons and
vsRRssJtrs that lie on the beach at Coney
ES@Sasef as a specimen OF an American ship.
rs time that-we draw a line between re-
rIigion ind the frailties of those who pro-
Tess II.
I& There Is a large class Of persons in mid
LIZ life who have still In them appetites
| 5ihaf were aroused In carly manhood, at a
time when they prided themselves on be-
t4,sN, q little fast, !" thigh liyers." free and
NFz. = . shail fellows well met" They are
eixA{A paying In compound interest for
ntzi'f zAes they collected twenty years ago.
te[lf<'z*e 81 you are trying to escape, and you
dezf325f very narrowly, ssas with the ska
to3*E# teeth God and your own soul
4 Of! zEtt how what the struggle Is. omnipo-
IS thiN<H,. r. has pulled out many q soul that
Nri4E haerf1 the mire than you are. They
sAh3ss haaTsn--the multitude
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

l, but he
answered
ost accus-
will. For
Is flashed
e Willard
ssed face
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27
tock belr.m.e,

ind Government is to ae-
andg railroads of that
The Penn's Grove record., 1897-08-27

DON'T Tolsereo spit ! ana
II you want 70 asi4 NJ
fun Of new lie al0e
the wondercworkek
strong, Many
Over 200, 900 curedApall
your own druggltt, who
cure Booklet and sample ny
Sterling Remedy Co.. GhleaRf
Middletown transcript., 1897-10-16
A CHEAP HoGPEN.

1t does not need an expensively built
pen to house hog. A pen warm in
winter, with a tight roof.over it to ex-
clude rain and floor enough for the hog
to stand on while eating, is better than
"a painted house with matched lumber
that will cost $10O. 1t is good thing
to have dirt floor in hog house and
that the house be light and strong
enough SO that it can be easily moved.
Every time The house is moved there
will be a new floor, and the bog if un-
ringed, will root it over. A hog left
free to root in soil that has not been
contaminated with hog manure will
generally keep healthy and will make
healthy pork. In summer time the
house is mostly super fiuous. The hog
likes to be cool and will root for him
self in "a wallow in the moist soil,
where he will lie most of the time If
well fed, and will keep in better
health than in the most artistic pen
ever built. Many Of the experiments
in hog growing begin with much too
expensive hog houses. These make
the pork cost far more than the cheaply
grown hogs of farmers, who can thus
undersell the amateur farmer.-Kansas
Farmer.
Middletown transcript., 1897-10-16
MOTHER MARKING.

For four consecutive years bound
ary rider, having a quiet black dog has
looked 4fter about 800 ewes in one
paddock, aud though different lot Of
ewes were lambed in that paddock,
there were always more black lambs
among the produce than in all the
other breeding lots on the estate put
together, and they number about 1000
says the London Live Stock Journal.
This year the boundary rider had
about the same number of ewes in the
paddock, but his black dog is not there.
The result is t1at there is only one
black lamb in the lot. This has hap.
pened with the same lot of ewes that
last year in that paddock produced
fifteen black lambs. The writer con-
cludes that black lambs were the re-
srlt of the ewes seeing a black dog
among them every day. He also re-
marks that in those paddocks where
foxes are troublesome, there are always
more red and yellow colored lambs
than IN any other where ewes are
lambed.