St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-05-21
Odd Items from Everywhere.

Od0 items from everywhere.
One of the largest fuchsia trees in the
world grows in the garden OF a house in
Ramsey, Isle of Man. AS one enters the
garden round by the horse drive, the
house which is not so yards away, is
completely hidden by the tree.
Sick headache can be quickly and COM
pletely overcome by using those famous
little pills known as "DeWitt's Little
Early Risers. Boynton & Eastman.
For the first cabin of big Atlantic
liner there must be 5000 spoons, 1000
forks, 1000 napkin rings, 5000 knives,
500 finger bowls, 800 salt cellars, 1000
tumblers, 1000 cups and 1000 saucers.
5000 plates OF various kinds and 10000
napkins. In the outfit OF the cabins
there will be required at least 1000 blan-
kets, 1000 counterpanes, 500 mat
tresses, 800 pillows, 1000 sheets, 1000
bath towels and 10000 other towels.
Not only piles of the very worst kind
can be cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, but eczema, scalds, burns, bruises,
boils, ulcers and all other skin troubles
can be instantly relieved by the same
remedy. Boynton & Eastman.
One of the most costly crowns in exist
ence is that OF the king of Portugal. The
jewels which ornament it are valued at
$8,500,000. Queen Victoria's crown is
valued at $l,S00,000. In bis state
clothes, including the crown, the sultan
of .Johore wears diamonds worth
$12,O0O,0O0
Don't neglect cough because the
weather is pleasant; before the next
storm rolls around it may develop into
a serious difficulty beyond repair. One
Minute Cough Cure is easy to take and
will do what its name implies. Boynton
& Eastman.
DR.. Brierre, well-known continental
scientist, declares that he has often
heard mice sing. He says the music"
generally begins about sunset. One even
ing he noiselessly opened cupboard and
observed tor about halt a minute the
movements of the throat OF a mouse,
which, he says, emitted song like that
of the wren, the snout being elongated
and held up in the air as a dog does
when it bowls.
"They are dandies" said Thos. Bowers
of the Crockett, Texas, Enterprise, while
writing about DeWitt's Little Early
Ris9s, the famous little pills for sick
headache and disorders OF the stomach
and liver. Boynton & Eastman.
The latest novelty in the line of time
keepers consists OF watch which does
not require any winding. All that is
necessary Tor its owner to do, in order to
have the time with him always, is to
walk half a mile day. The winding
mechanism consists oil an ingenious con-
trivanCe by which small weight is
raised and lowered from the jar OF walk.
ing. The motion OF the weight works a
small ratchet arrangement, which winds
the spring to its full tension, and then is
automatically held until more winding is
needed.
TERRIBLE ACcIDENT.-It is a terrible
accilent to be burned or scalded; but the
pain and agony and the trig htiul dishgure-
ments can be quickly overcome without
leaving scar by using DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. Boynton and Eastman,
A bee is never caught in the rain, and
you will notice that ants, wasps and
spiders will prepare their nets against
the coming of a storm many hours in
advance.
Don't thin your blood with sassafras
or poison it with bue-mass; but aid
nature by using DeWitt's Little Early
Risers, the famous little pills for consti-
patton, bliousness and stomach and
liver troubles. They are purely vegeta-
bic. Boynton & Eastman.
A rather curious discovery is that fish
can be kept alive for considerable time
ii the vessels containing them are only
partly full of water and Theoretically
sealed. In one experiment two vessels
containing fish were used-one being
Theoretically sealed, the other left open
to the air. The fish in the open jar died
i'll 4S hours, but those in the scaled vessel
were apparently in good health at the
end oil three weeks.
w. B. Johnson, Newark, o., says, Zone
Minute Cough Cure saved my only child
from dying by Group" 1t has saved
thousands OF others suffering from Group,
pneumonia, bronchitis and other serious
throat and lung troubles. Boynton 6,
Eastman
Suits of Uniform color and pattern
for soldiers in the British army date
from 1914, when the foot guards were
clad in gray. The introduction Of a
regular uniform for sailors dates from
174s, when the "bluejacket" became
customary.
| Some for ten. some for twenty and
some for thirty years have suffered from
piles and then have been quickly and per.
manently cured by using DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salve, the great remedy for piles
and all forms Of skin diseases. Boynton
& Eastman.
There is BARRIERS choir in Houlton,
Me-, in which Hannibal Hamln, Fred
Douglass, Blaine, Garfield, Theodore
Tilton and President Mckinley are said
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