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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-08-10

limited coinage Of silver prevailed. The
claims referred to assume that such a
system would furnish an abundant sup
ply of money, that it would create q
source and control Of such supply with
which the common people would have
more influence and connection than with
our present system, and that with tho
free coinage of silver would come to
our country some peculiar independence
which it does not at present possess rela-
tive to its currency system anu moneta-
ry supply.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-08-10

This series Of letters is the result Of per.
sonal visit to Mexico made by the writer
early in 1893 as special representative of the
Michigan Republican Newspaper Association
to investigate the monetary system of that
country.]
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-08-10

euG output VI silver III MEXICO lUS COSC
of production and it's possibilities for
the future, and everywhere my inquiries
and Investigations have been cour-
teously received and kindly assisted I
have visited wooden and cotton factories
for the purpose of ascertaining as to the
wages paid and output secured; have
interviewed American workmen and
American business men here wherever
found; have observed and Investigated
as to the operations of the monetary sys-
tenn of Mexico so far as it affects capital
and labor, the employer and the en-
ployed, corporations, monopolies and
other interests related to those which it
is asserted will be affected by the adop.
ton of free silver in the United States.
1t is not my purpose to review condi-
tions and relations in Mexico for the
mere purpose of criticising or condemn
ing them but to secure from the per-
sistent and necessary effects of the free
and unlimited coinage Of silver here
such ideas as may be fairly formed as to
what would be the first and most i'm
portant effects of the adoption of SINH
lar policy in the United States.
Some degree of acquaintance and IA
miliarity with general conditions here
in Mexico as affected and influenced by
its coinage system promptly and fully
reveal the foundation claims Of the adj
vocates of free coinage in the United
States as assumptions which find no ex-
istence in the practical experience Of
Mexico, nor would they find existence
in any country where the free and un-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07
NOT VERY BLOATED.

Those who declaiin against bloated bondholders and stockholders in rail- roads don't stop to think what has happened to those despised yet envied beings. Their bonds and stocks haven't been, as rule, very bloating. It is fig ured that since 1876 some 960OO miles of railroad have been sold, with s5,95S, ,oO0,- 900 of bonds and stock, or 52 per cent. of the present capitalization of all rail- roads in the United States. In other words, over half the railroads have been sold out from failure to meet their obligations in the last twenty years. On no other class of property, perhaps, have losses been so heavy. Even farm ing has been more profitable, 1t is sup posed, since by no means half the num- Der of farms in tiFe United States have been sold out in the last two decades. The causes of unprofitable railroading are much the same as the causes of un- profitable farming-fall of price of the commodity produced under competition, bad management, etc. Railroad rates have fallen even more than the price of grain.
 It is hoped and believed that those who have survived as .bondholders and stockholders in railroads are now to have chance to bloat little. There is a cessation of railroad failures and the outlook for decent earnings is brighter. A rest will be appreciated by many who are falsely called bloated.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07

ganda. The efforts of Artin Pasha tend to the same end, except that he wishes to deal directly with the revolutionaries. Hitherto he has met with no success whatever; on the contrary, he has re- celved several very threatening letters, and the Huntchakists loudly proclaim their intention of. soon proceeding to extremitles once more. Scarcely day passes without rumors of the arrival of few conspirators in Constantine ple, and batch of arrests, while no Armenians are allowed either to enter or leave Turkey, or even to travel with in the empire. The Patriarch at Con stantinople has complained frequently of the many arbitrary arrests, and IS even now preparing another long com munication. which will be no more ef- fective, doubtless, than its predecessors. The conclusion of the correspondent is that the only hope for the Armenans lies in the temporary quiescence of the revolutionary societies, which can be reached only through the Anglo-Arme- nian association.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07
THE ARMENIAN QUESTION,

When the Rev. Dr. Hepworth gets his question we shall perhaps know just what it is Meanwhile some light is shed on it by the Constantinople corre- spondent of the London Times. It ap- pears that the Sultan came to the con- clusion some time ago that it was cas- fer to buy off the heads of the agitation than to concliate the various revolu- tionary committees. In this policy he has been assisted by Monsignor Orma- nian, the new Patriarch. who is much opposed to the terrorist methods of the Huntchakist, Trochak and other kim dred bodies. Thus far, however, the support given by the Patriarch and the Synod to Artin Pasha, the Sultan's agent, is only half hearted, since they have no faith whatver in him or his master. Their idea is that the powerful Anglo Armenian association, which is the fountain-head of all the agitation, should be brought to understand that violence can only recoil, not so much upon it's authors as upon the innocent thousands of their co-religionists, and that pressure should be brought to bear upon the revolutionary committees to stop their dynamite and bomb propa-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07
WORDS.

What do you call that affair? Is 1t a new-fangled thrashing machine?" Nav. That's a steam mortgage can- er."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 'Do you believe that honesty is the best policy, Rodden?" Most assured ly. I make all my money out of my honest customers. ."-Detroit Free Press.
 How long did you know your wife before you married her, Grims? "Not minute. Don't know her yet. Never will know her."-Detroit Free Press.
 Pat, you complain of being out of work, and yet I heard that coal dealer offer you job to drive one of his carts, not ten minutes ago."
 "Yis, sor; but I'm not going to freeze meself to death to keep alive, Sor."- Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
 Sad, about Joe Smiths insanity, poor fellow"
 What ailed him?'
 "Well, he was janitor in bank, and broke down his constitution trying to keep it warm enough for thin clerks and cool enough for the fat ones."-Detroit Free Press.
 oHs lily lIleHus, there are some spec tacles that one never forgets!' said a lecturer after giving a graphic descrip- tion of terrible accident he had wit messed. 'Fd like to know where they sell 'em," remarked an old lady in the audience, who is always mislaying her gIasses.-Tit-Bits
 Now that We have decided to organ ize the company" said the first pro- moter, who was somewhat new to the business, what is the first thing to be done'?''
 Vote ourselves salaries,' replied the second promoter, who had been in the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07
---------- . = - BEAUTY AND T'H E REPTTLE.


 Lovely and gentle Woman in Paris has taken to wearing live turtles as or naments. The reptiles are studded with jewels and they crawl over the heads and necks of their beautiful wearers, being restrained from going too far by fine gold chains.
 It is a pleasing and a cheering fash ion. Quite as pleasing and cheering as was the fashion of wearing chameleons, which had it's day few years ago. Perhaps a live turtle is better than a dead bird, although it can't be any fun for the turtle to have precious stones imbedded in it's shell. What is the next surprise which the surprising sex will treat us to? Will it soon be the fashion to wear grey mice? They are pretty little animals, and they could run about in q way to attract attention to the wearer. If they were properly chained they might not cause panics, and their wearers could triumphantly say they were not afraid of mice. Or how would it do for some leader of fashion to har- ness up lot of water-bugs and let them crawl about her face and neck? It would create sensation, which seems to be what is wanted. Let's see. Isn't there an ornament called the ornament of meek and quiet spirit? And when was it the fashion?
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07

their business, are given 9 free rein. There is little effort to guide them, They will keep up with the dogs, or nearly so. The man who finds goat path parallel with the chase Is lucky. The ground is cut with dry ravines, creek beds that the Mexicans name lar royas," The mesquite stretches scraw- ny arms with detaining fingers.
 There is crash in the undergrowth. A horse has fallen and rolled upon his rider. Neither can be seen. The man may be dead or he may be in at the death. The chase sweeps on. Inquiry will be made for the unlucky one at the end of the hunt, and if he is miss ing, he will be found dead or alive. Such things are common. One of the men yells wildly. He has caught a glimpse of tawny object shooting through the tangle. It is the leopard" not fifty yards from the dogs They know that the end is near and their cry changes to the short, snappy yelp of the wild animal. A little fur ther on and riderless horse plunges to the front. He is running free and as intent upon the chase as at the start. His owner has been swept from the saddle by an overhanging. limb.
 Wonderful to relate, a small open space is found. It is not quarter of an acre in extent, but the cat has turn ed tired of running, and Is fighting desperately amid an overbearing mass of dogs. His innate ferocity has got the better of him, and he would rather 6ia tbau f1en another Stan Ha is On his back, as the wounded hawk turns to do battle, and every claw is a curved scimetar with which to rip flesh. Time and again his foes are beaten off, to re- turn to the unequal contest. AS yet there is not a mark on him. The brush hound, like the wolf, is poor fighter. He snaps and jumps back, afraid to hang on and gnaw, like his gamer brothers. One of the men who have gathered around springs from the sad dle, his revolver is drawn, shot fol- lows, and the cat is still, struck through the head. This is done to preserve the skin. The dogs are beaten off. Just now they are tremendously valorous. Their lifeless foeman is worth them all. Better deal lion than a live coyote. The horses are bloody, the dogs are bloody, the faces of the men are bloody from innumerable scratches. Placed in that binding. beating sunlight the ther- mometer would mark 130 degrees. It is ten miles back to the ranch. There is no water nearer. Long before shelter is reached the blood will have dried and come off in black f1akes.-Chicago Times-H Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07
tiny buttons supplied the remaining

garniture.
 The stylishness and beauty of gaily plaided petticoats are leading women to buy them who have no business to get them, for they have no place in small wardrobe. Every woman should have for street wear fairly short petticoat of heavy moreen, in good color-say nice tobacco brown, well made, frill- ed, fastened on band and yoke and braided handsomely with black braid. Each time after it is taken off it must be brushed, if need be sponged at the edge. and the braid must be kept in perfect condition. You need d change of white canbric wash petticoats finish ed with Hamburg or hemstitching. These may go on drawing strings, ought to be about ankle length, and should never be worn on the street except at such season as permits light wash dress.
 You probably need also a good black petticoat, either of taffeta, satin or bro- cade. For general wear taffeta is the best. This should come to about the instep, should be well hung and fitted
 on yoke and band, and finished with a
 lot of fiaring frills. It should not be faced up with crinoiine or anything but
 silk, and must be carefully brushed, sponged and pressed after wear. It | may go in the tub once or twice year. It is for wear with dark dressy gowns, and never where the moreen skirt is
 more suitable. Instead of this black taffeta one of brilliant small plaid or check may be used, but if you are only | to have one silk petticoat stick to black.
 If you can afford one in change with this black then make it a plaid, or have l plaid frill made to wear on the black | taffeta skirt. FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07
4 LIYELY MAYOR.
fashion?

Mayors with ebullient tempers are not so uncommon as they might be powa- days. They say New York has one. It is related that Mayor Van Wyck is full of a certain kind of fire. He has turned his desk around 50 that he can keep his eye on the door. He has thrown Mayor Strong's cuspidores away because he does not chew tobacco. He insists on quiet and has caused even so dignified an official as the president of the board of police commissioners to take off his hat while waiting. He has had ver- bal row with two dignified school com- missioners in the presence of g. room full of listeners, telling them that if he found he had the authority he would bounce them out of office as we'll as all the school teachers they had brought from outside the city to teach the met ropolitan youth. He has sharply re- buked the colored bootblack who has held his place in City hall for fifteen years. He has fiatly and sharply re fused to be interviewed. And he has got everybody wondering what he will do next.
 If New Yorks mayor is trying to show that nobody can boss him he is on the right track, even if his way of doing it is not the most impressive. It is not, however, generally expected that he will kick against the big boss. If he does there will indeed be surprise.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations. Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent q Word each in sertiou. Five Cents Word for full week tseven times).
 ' Display advertisements, per inch, one III, inrc cents; one week, $3.20 one month, $10; one year. $40. .-
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse. 15 cents per line. Notices of Births, Mar riages, Deaths and Funerals, 50 cents each Local Notices 15 cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to thelr own immediate business (all matter to be include Wants, To Let. For Sale etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07

The city authorities of Oakland, Cali fornia, have very properly decided that all employees of the city who refuse to pay their personal bills shall be dis missed from service.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07
T1iSHION NOTES.
Tucked at Shoulders and Hips.

IucNeu at shoulders ana Hips'
 The liking for ornamenting dresses with row on row of tucking continues, despite the fact that, whether plain goods is thus arranged or that ready tucked in the piece is bought, the de- vice is expensive to the point of ex- travagance. There is, of course, cer- tain distinction about such ornamental ton, and it stamps the gown as of new design, but it necessitates too deep a dip into the purse to be available for most women. In the dress shown here with the tucking was done on pale gray brocaded at hem of skirt, hips and yoke Bands of chinchilla and and rows of
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07

Krefeld is. henceforth, the only cor rect spelling for the manufacturing town near Dusseldorf, the form Crefeld having been condemned unanimously by a convention of all the school teach CTS of the district, to whom the Prus- sian government referred the question for final decision.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07

It is still read The book that had the largest sale last year was not "The Yel- low Twins" but the Bible.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07

 JACKETS

in fashions of the year 1898. The sale of these garments during the month of De cember having exceeded any previous record for that month. Messrs. Brooks & Company beg to announce that in preparation for Jan- nary's business they have obtained a great number of London Dyed Alaska Seal skins of surpassing beauty which they are prepared to make into Jackets at great ly reduced prices.
 The skins themselves bear our unqualified recommend ation-thus rendering the purchaser responsible war ranty and intrinsic worth.
 Fur Trimmed Evening Wraps. Brooks & Company,
 FURRiERS,
 Chapel, cor. State Streets.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07

means uncommon. Laurence Hutton has recently bought a farm there, and Taylor Pine and Junius Morgan select ed Princeton some time ago.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07

promoting business for some time.- Post.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07

Massachusetts collateral inheritance tax, enacted in 1891, is proving an excel lent revenue producer. Receipts under it for 1897 amounted to $507, 7,971.s5, of which s6,so14S was interest. The col 1ections for 1896, which was regarded as the first normal year, were $275.57324, so the increase for 1897 was $332, ,39861.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07

Grover Cleveland ought to be appre-
 ciated in Princeton. John Clifford of that town, a farmer and editor, who is well acquainted with real estate values there, says that MT. Cleveland's selection of Princeton as a place of residence has increased the value of real estate 50 per cent That is to say" said Mir. Clifford, "Mr. Cleveland's coming at the same time with several New York millionaires has turned the attention of certain class of people to Princeton as a place of residence, with this effect upon values. l know man who has just sold for $3o. 900 farm for which he paid s7,000,
 and incidents of this kind are by no
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-07

The Saxon Ministry of Public Educa- tion has ordered that hereafter the en- ployes of that department should dis continue in official notes the use of the punctilious terms of courtesy that the Germans are fond of interlarding in all formal communications. It is also di- rected that the full names of officials shall no longer be signed to official doc- unents, but only the family name, as in the German military service.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23

It is well enough to look after the cor
rectness of history as we go along making
It. If some of our forbears had been guild
ed by this determination there would now
be no doubt about the Identity Of the Man
in the Iron Mask, whether Napoleon was
responsible for the death of the Duo d'En-
ghien, or who struck Billy Patterson. BY
giving proper present attention to mooted
points about the Santiago campaign, fu-
lure historians may be saved a lot of toll
and uneasiness when they come to deter
mining Gen. Skaters proper place in the
picture.
We have read from the pens of Mr.. Rich
ard Harding Davis, Mr.. Robert 3. Cramer
and other war correspondents stories go
ing to show that Gen. Shafter was not at
the front during the fighting around San
tiago; that, as a matter Of fact. he was in
a tent. OF a hammock. or elsewhere in the
rear undergoing treat for various
pains which temporarily put him hors de
combat. That is the version of the affair
that is generally believed.
1t seems however, that the full and true
story had never been told prior 10 the
recent peace JuDliee IN CHlcdBOt anu az
that time and place It. was set forth beau
tifuHy embeIlished in rhyme by no less
eloquent and erudite parsonage than his
honor the Federal district judge of the
Southern district OF Georgia. The beauu-
full epic in which Judge Speer sang of
Gen. Skaters fight to a niche In the tenn
pie of fame was simple and direct. Its
peroration is worthy of being embalmed
by the art preservative," and here it is:
Some Generals ride on chargers,
And SON e on wings of fame;
Shafter rode in a plain blackboard,
But he got there just the same.
In this is presented not only the pleas
ings Of poesy, but two valuable statements
of history, namely. that Gen. Shafter got
there" and the means of his arrival. A
blackboard and a mule may not have been
the most martial of mounts, but If they
served their purpose, and are acceptable
TO the poets, the war correspondents ought
not TO object
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23
BRIGHT BITS.

twas there much damage to the IL
brary by hre?"
well, all the rare books are well done
now."-Yonkers Statesman.
He (exhibiting sketch)-Irs the best
thing 1 ever did.
She sympathetIcally)-Oh well, you
mustn't let that discourage you.-Tit-Bits.
Mrs. Nagleigh--I suppose you are sat
ished now that you made mistake when
you married me.
Mr.. Nagleigh-I made the mistake all
right, but I'm not satisfied.-Brooklyn
Life.
-Mose-Which would you say, de COM
mittee are or "de committee is?"
Uncle Rastus-I wouldn't say none OBJ
dem. I would say "de committee am
Cleveland Leader. ~
-"Alasg' said she, chat our interest
should lie In different spheresP'
None the less, It was too true. He was
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Papa" asked Sammy, who was la
borIously spelling out an item in the pa
per, what does great manufacturing
plant grow from?''
IRON the TOOt Oh evil. my SOn, an
swered Mr.. Tarbox.-Chicago Tribune.
This scientist says that future war
may be decided by submarine fighting"
That's goodv exclaimed Sagasta, with
a CLEAN of hope in his eye. I'VE have
a lot of ships already on the ground. -
Washington Star.
-Subordinate-werl. gentlemen, what
do you want?
Excited Spokesman-We want to see the
chief of police. We've got all the facts
about that murder. We have three wit
nesses who saw the deed!
Subordinate-You can't see the chief,
gentlemen. He han't got his theory quite
ready to give out yet.-Chicago Tribune.
What do you suppose causes night
mares?"
IT think 1t must be the unstabled
thoughts that go teeming through the
BRAIN"
so young Cadets draws for living"
what does he drawn"
His breath"
-"She's not so green for a grass wild
ow"
Guess not. She's just been gathered in
for the third time"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-23
Meade Left the jug Outside.

An old soldier relates to the
Syracuse Standard. this incident OF
his experience with Gen. Meade in the
late war. It was a raw night in October,
the wind was rather strong, and Gen.
Meade had fixed a stove in his tent. The
soldier was the sentry for the general A
puff of wind knocked down the improvis-
ed stove pipe and soon the tent filed with
smoke. The general came out and asked
the sentry to help him rearrange it. The
soldier replied that he was under orders,
and could not leave his post of duty.
Yes, yes" said Meade. that is true,
but l would like to have that stovepipe
fixed You are right" and the general
went at the job himself
Il kept pacing my beat" said the SOL
dier, land enjoyed Meade's efforts to
get the pipe back in its place. He made
a sorry mess of it. Finally he turned to
me and said: Sentry, you will have to
help me. 1 will be responsible for you,
and If there is any trouble about your
leaving the beat I will explain to the COM
manding officer"
I'm a few minutes We had the pipe in
position. Meade disappeared into the tent
without a word of thanks but he soon
came out with jug of applejack and ask
ed me to take a drink. Once more I re-
minded him 1 was on duty. Yes, yes he
answered; I know, but you helped me to
fix the stovepipe.
the tent. leaving the jug outside. After
a time he came out.
did you drink?" he inquired nod
ded
a." I knew you would but did not see
it,