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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-13
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

Andrew Carnegie, 1t Is said will be the
next Liberal candidate for parliament
for Sutherandshlre.
M. Castor Tissandier, the distin-
guished French chemist and aeronaut,
died at Paris, aged 56.
Baron De Bush Of Preshaw, Hamp-
shire, it is announced, will marry Miss
Pauline Joram, the American singer and
violinist.
Groceries, generally, have been ad-
vanced 10 to Is percent at johannesburg,
and supplies from the coast are anxious
ly awaited.
The German government has sent
Professor Won Volkens of the University
of Berlin to the Carolines to investigate
the soil and the fora.
The transport Sydney is reported at
Yokohama and coaling, with all well on
board. She carries 800 marines and $50
recruits, bound for Manila.
The members of the Dutch Transvaal
committee at Amsterdam have cabled to
Queen Victoria imporing her lin the
name of humanity and Gods kingdom to
preserve the peace"
The Chinese foreign office has offered
the Italians mining rights in the Ming
Hal district, but the grant Is entirely
unsatisfactory to Italy anG is likely to
cause complications.
1t is reported that President Romano
of Peru has declined, on grounds Of
economy, to ratify the appointment Of
Senior Reyes as representative of Peru
at the Philadelphia museum.
A dispatch from Hammerfest, Nor
way, says that all the vessels of the
Yenessei expedition are returning to
London. They are badly damaged by
the ice and unable to reach the Obi.
There Is to be held grand interna-
tional military tournament in Montreal
next September, to which all military
and Great Britain, and the latter's pos
sessions are to be invited.
The directors of the Standard Insur-
ance company of London have received
Sir Thomas Lipton's offer for the lakes
Of Killarney. A meeting has been called
to consider the matter. Mr.. Lipton is
the only person who has ever seriously
negotiated for the purchase of the lakes
The German government has resolved
not to send a special representative
to the Philadelphia commercial con
gress, but has delegated the German
consul at Philadelphia and the German
agricultural attache at Washington t
make a report Prussia will not bt
represented.
AT 500 Saturday afternoon the court
martial returned a verdict of "condem-
nation" against Captain Alfred Drey-
fus, charged with high treason. He was
sentenced to 10 years in prison. The
crowd outside greeted the verdict with
cheers for the army. The court stood
five to two for the condemnation of the
prisoner The court found eXtenuatine
circumstances.
The Peary Harmsworth steamer Wind
ward from Etah, North Greenland, Aug
&C. arrived at Brigus, N. F., reporting all
well on board. The Wndward report.
that all on board the Diana were we'll al
the time the vessels separated. Much
work of value has been accomplished
Lieutenant Peary had his feet frost
bitten and lost several toes. Valuable
reports and personal papers were OBJ
tanned at Fort Conger, which was foun(
Just as the Greedy expedition left it II
years ago.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-13

The Middlebury Electric company ex-
pect to have 125 horse power gasoline
engine in operation by the middle of Sep.
TENDER, as an auxiliary power for the
electric plant at low water times. This
will be the first gasoline engine of such a
power in Vermont.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-13

llU. ne earliest authentic aC-
mail communication with Fort
Dearborn, says Chicago pa
per, is in a work that is among
the treasures of the Chicago
Historical Society, entitled
Keating's Narrative. of an Ex-
petition to the Source of St.
Peters River"
In this old book it is stated
that in May, 1923, at Fort
Wayne the exploring party met
the express sent from Chicago
for letters and detained him as
guide. His name was Bernis.
A courier, it is learned from
other sources, was dispatched
once a month from Fort Dear
born with and for mail matter,
which service was maintained
until the establishment of a
regular mail with an office at
tHls pldce'
The late John Wentworth,
while conducting one of his
many historical researches. dis
covered that a namesakeof his,
Elijah Wentworth, carried
mails between Fort Wayne and
this place in 1880, and that in
1882 the feet OF a halfbreed
Canadian were frozen and am
putated while he was carrying
the mail from Green Bay to
Chicago. This was one year
after the postoffice was located
here, which historicalevent was
in 1891
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-13
COAL! COAL !!
The Best is the Cheapest.

The Best is the Cheapest.
We buy direct from the Mines have of the best storage
pockets in northern New England and deliver with team
We have purchased large lot at June prices that must be moved
Immediately Customers have the benefit Of this deal by
ordering
HONEY BROOK,
highest Grade LEHlGH,
WILKESBARRE, Hard White Ash
Gotten sold Lehigh)
The Celebrated DELAWARE g. HUDSON all rail-
are some of our leaders,.
G. T. & n. X. IDE.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-13
WHAT THEY SAY.

Read what we'll known men in different
towns say about our Gold Seal Rubber
Boots and Shoes.
st. Johnsbury VT, Aug. 10th 800.
Bundy's Shoe Store,
wore pair of the Cold Seal
Lumberman's Rubbers two winters from the
time the ground froze in the fall until 1t
thawed in the spring and part of the third
winter
c. F. BADGER.
wheelock VT, Aug. 10th 1899
F. G. Bundy Esq,
The Cold Seal is the best rubber
boot ever wore.
MERRITT WEIGH.
West Concord VT, Aug. 9th 1899
Bundy's Shoe Store,
| can find no rubber goods that
w. E. DOUGLASS.
Danville, VT, Aug. 18th 1899.
Bundy's Shoe Store.
l can Recommend the Cold
Sealsto any one wanting good rubber goods
ABEL HARRISON.
st. Johnsbury, vt
+. G. Bundy,
The Gold Seals are the best rubber
goods have ever bought at any price.
WM. b. JOHNSON
Lack of space alone prevents our
giving many more of such
testim onials.
Found only at
BUNDY'S ss s9sre,
45 Main ST.
ST. Johnsbury, VT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-13
When Chicago Was Young.

The first postoffice from which the few
inhabitants OF Chicago received mail
matter was not in Chicago, but at Fort
Wayne, Ind. The earliest authentic ac-
count of mail communication with Fort
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-13

0Don't cheer boys; the poor devils are
dying."-Captain Philip, OF the Texas.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-13

NOW you have returned
II from your vacation all
rested and feeling fine, and
no doubt looking well, it's
a good time to get your pho
tograph taken before you get
tired again. Call at Clark's,
26 Eastern ave, and see the
new styles. Best work for
the price.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-13

Wheelock VT, Aug. 10th 1899.
F. G. Bundy Esq,
The Gold Seal is the best rubber
boot ever wore
MERRITT WEIGH.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-13

Read what well known men in different
towns say about our Gold Seal Rubber
Boots and Shoes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-09-13

West Concord VT, Aug. 10th 1899
Bundys Shoe Store,
can find no rubber goods that
wear equal to Gold Seals.
w. L. DOUGLASS.
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THE MOST COSTLY PIANO.
A Marvellous Creation of Gilded Bronze
 Designed by Jan Van Beers.

Jan Van Beers, the famous Belgian artist who has painted so many portraits of cele- brated women owns the most remarkable study of interior decoration
 Tt was my desire" he said, Ito design and produce the most beautiful piano of ancient or modern times After much care full work, have completed my designs, and the piano will be finished for the Paris ex- position in 1900.''
 Whether the instrument shall be a Stein way or an Erard must be determined by it's purchaser. The body of the piano is of natural wood, tinted green; the legs, gar lands cupids and all the ornamentation are of bronze, gilded and chiseled by the ablest sculptor of Louis XIV bronzes In Paris. The five sketches which appear on the sides and on the front of the piano paintings by Jan Van Beers, representing the four sea- sons and minuet danced in the park of a grand seigneur in the days of Louis XIV, all after the manner of watteau
 'I have tried as far possible,'' said Van Beers, ito convert those parts of the piano which are ordinarily ungraceful and harmonious" The pedals, which generally represent a Tyre, are replaced by the own CTS initials. One bronze cupid, at the touch of of a spring, offers his vioincello as sup port for the cover when open. This cover is lined with small pieces of ivory, each surrounded by Louis XIV frame of bronze, where some day distinguished musicians will write their names, using for this purpose the sheath and arrow of a cupid at the left, which have been ingen- ously converted into inkstand and pen. The music, resting upen a small frame of bronze which glides forward upon a spring, is lighted by two delicate electric flowers, and the musician is thus left in an agreeable half light.
 The total cost of the piano will be not 1 less than $20.0
The age-herald., 1899-01-08
MAY VETO APPOINTMENT.
On Account ot Mrs. Davis Gov. Merriam
 May Not Go to St. Petersburg.

From the New York Evening Journal.
 Washington-If former Governor Mer- riam, of Minnesota, is chosen to succeed Mir. Hitchcock as ambassador to St. Peters, burg, it will probably be for the reason that a woman wills 1t. This woman is the wife of Senator Cushman K. Davis, the retired peace commissioner.
 For many years Senator Davis and for mer Governor Merriam have been at dag gers drawn, and the reason of this enmity is the real or fancied slight which the wife and daughters of the governor put upon the senator's wife in St. Paul more than a de- cade ago. It has never been forgotten. It has moulded the ambitions of their hus- bands ever since.
 President Mckinley is ready and willing to appoint Merriah, but he knows of the feud existing between the Minnesotans and he is in a quandary.
 The president has practically told Mir Merriam that if he can gain the support cf Senator Davis he may have the portfolio So eager is the president to know how Senator Davis feels now toward his old antagonist that he called the peace com missioner to the white house on Monday and had a long talk with him, first about the treaty, then about the appointment.
 The trouble between the two powerful
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shall take, its shape and colors and the vessels that shall be permitted to fly it.. It is only temporary in its nature, but the flag Is likely to become fixture in the list of national signals.
 After stating that the coasting trade of Cuba heretofore has been restricted to Spanish vessels, and that no foreign ves- sels have been allowed to engage in it, the report goes on to say that this principle has been carefully preserved in the order, as the United States would not be war ranted in imposing on the independent government of Cuba, yet to be created, a policy different from that which has all ways prevailed in the island. As the rev. olution was against Spanish power, the coasting privilege should not be specially enjoyed by vessels under the Spanish flag. To enable residents of Cuba, who have hitherto employed Spanish vessels, to con- tinue in the coastng trade the regulate permit such owners to continue trade on making the customary renunciation of all legiance
 Coasting Flags
 While the military occupation is in force, American vessels will frequently be
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 politicians began when St. Paul society re- fused to recognize Senator Davis's second wife. She was Miss Anna Agnew. who had been a seamstress in his family. He and hs first wife were divorced and then the senator married Miss Agnew, beau tiful and accompl shed woman. Mrs. Mer- riam was the leader of St. Paufs '40O, and she and her daughter refused to recog- nize Mrs. Davis.
 From this grew the bittetr feeling be- tween the two men. When MT. Davis ran for the senatorship, it is said that a00O0 was expended by former Governor Merriam in a futile attempt to defeat him.
 When Governor Merriam was slated for the ambassadorship to Germany. Senator Davis forced the president to choose be- tween offending him or Merriam, and Mer- riam withdrew his name. Senator Davis has openly avowed his intention to meet Governor Merriam at every turn and de- feat him if he can.
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raded, was a white flag bearing black cross. This, it was expected, was the form the new flag would take, though fears were expressed that any symbol of that kind would be likely to excite disturbance among the Mohammedan population.
 The sultan is not likely to appreciate very highly the ingenuity with which the admirals of the European powers have full filled in the letter If not in the spirit, the promise that the Turkish flag should con tinue to float over one of the fortihed Iurk- ish posts in Crete, in token Of his soVer- eighty. They have selected Tor thls pur- pose the little island of Suda, which lies at the mouth of the Suda harbor, and is separated from the land on either side by toerably wide channels. Its population IS entirely Mohammedan.
 This circumstance and the remoteness of the situation will tend to protect the flag from insult, and minimize the irritation which its display will cause among the
 Norway's Proposed Emblem
 Christians It will be guarded probably by a detachment of the new gendarmerie, ana the high commissioner will be responsloie for it's protection. It was at first feared that the term fortified post" was intend- ed to denote one of the maritime towns. The hoisting of the Crescent in Canea or Candid would undoubtedly have caused trouble It is hoped now that the Cretans will acquiesce in the decisions or the po" CTS and that no more trouble will be raised over this question: Their new flag Is also counted on to help in quieting their indls- nation.
 New Worlds Flag
 The new flag of the new world is the one that concerns us more than either Of the three others for it is likely that, since It is a purely mercantile flag, 1t will fly over more American boats than of ships or any other nationality. This flag is designed for a flag of peace; but in the present trouo- lous condition of affairs in Cuba, coupled with the expressed fears of many of the army officers of the temporary army of occupation, it is not by any means an un- certainty that this new Cuban flag may not vet be the signal of another bloody war in the Pearl of the Antilles, though all hope not.
 The question of new flag for vessels lh the Cuban coasting trade has been taken care of by the war department, who nave issued a formal order as to what form 1t
The age-herald., 1899-01-08

breeds, the care of the poultry yards, the importance of the expositions, the official instructions given to farmers and the for nation of associations devoted to avicul- ture There are noted some new breeds that is, new comparatively, for they ex- isted a long time in the poultry yards, though only slightly observed, because of the small attention given only a few years ago to aviculture.
 One of these unnoticed breeds, says the American consul, is the Nerve chicken, which is black, and has a moderate single, straight comb, reddish brown eyes, red gis and ear lobes, small roundish wattles, stocky neck and abundant flesh. The breast is rather strongly developed, and the ver- tical tail is quite well feathered. The legs, of very dark bluish or blacksh cslor, are not long. This fowl is healthy and active, and rivals the best layers. It is originally from the district of Nerve (hence its name), in the province of Liege, where it has long been known to farmers. It has, however, been much neglected and bastardized with breeds of lesser value.
 The Manheid is similar to the Herve; 1t has the same characteristics, and differs only in it's plumage and its height, both of which are less developed In color it Is blue black or light ash blue. Its comb is single and straight, not too large, and Is slightly notched. Its eyes are reddish brown its ear lobes bright red and its wattles are not highly developed. The shad- ing of the neck is darker than the remain der of its plumage; the breast is rather wide; the tail slightly developed; the legs bluish gray and mostly covered. It is a good layer. The Herve and the Manheid weigh about four and one-half pounds each.
The age-herald., 1899-01-08
FOUR NEW FLAGS TO
 FLOAT OVER FREEDOM

It is not often that new flag is added to the page of brilliant national signals which is usually to be found in every good encyclopedia and dictionary; nor is it ev cry year that can boast of having seen one created.
 And yet, unless some extraordinary event occurs during the next twelve months the closing year of the nineteenth century Is likely to add no less than four flags to those already in existence. These being new flag for vessels engaged in the Cuban coasting trade; one for the little island of Crete, over which the war clouds have been hanging now for so long, and separate flags for the countries of Norway and Sweden
 Sorway's Flag
 The agitation which is now going on in the Scandinavian peninsula for a separate flag for Norway has not developed as yet into very definite idea as to just what the protestants want for their new emblem. Legislators are not without a proper sense of what is becoming in the way of respect, and the recent illness of the king has for a time-only a time. however-put a stop to the animated discussion that has been going on in Norwegian government circles regarding the new flag.
 The movement has been a national one and has been openly advocated for some time. Definite legislative action, however, was not begun until the middle of Decem- Der, when it was announced in Stockholm that at meeting of the Norwegian cabi- net it was resolved to ask the king to sign decree legalizing the decision of tine Storthing establishing a separate Norwe- gian flag. It was also resolved that the foreign office inform the consuls abroad of the operation of the law.
 To show how earnest it was in the mat ter the cabinet declared 1t would resign in body if its request was not granted The kings illness, however, kept the mat ter in abeyance.
 It is not made quite clear as to just what Is the nature of the change the Norwegians desire. The royal flags of the two coun- tries are alike as to size and shape, and have one striking feature in that they have three points, something that no other na- tional flag possesses.
 It may be that the Norwegians are de- sirous of eliminating this point Gf resem- blance from their new flag, since in other
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respects the flags of both Norway and Sweden are so much alike that at dis tance it Is not easy to tell one from the other. The elimination of this third tail from the Norwegian flag would solve this difficulty.
 At present the Norwegian royal nag has red ground crossed with blue, with the royal colors in the upper corner and the coat of arms in the center. The merchant flag is the same as this, but rectangular in shape, and is without the coat of arms.
 The Swedish royal flag is blue crossed with yellow, the royal colors in the upper corner and the coat of arms also in the center. The merchant flag is rectangular, and lacks the coat of arms.
 Crete's Emblem
 Whether England does or does not hold Crete, as her recent occupation of the island gives European diplomats reason to believe she intends trying, it is scarcely possible that she will be the first of the European powers to break faith with the sultan, or that the other powers will per- init her to do so.
 The island of Crete has furnished us with a variety of interests the past three years, having given us the Greco-Turksh war, turned the word 'ultimatum'' into a sub- ject for the humorous paragrapher, and also was the scene of the famous firing
 
 five miles and then only killed an old mule.
 Now it proposes to add to the brlliancy, If not the gaety of nations, by giving us new flag.
 Although there are fewer indications of warcouds hanging over that island now than there have been for any time in the last three years, there are still a sufficient number of these harbngers of future di- plomatic squalls to keep the eyes of the various foreign offices rather sharply fixed on that particular spot on the map.
 And what with the recent landing of the British troops and the dissatisfaction of the sultan over the way the promises made him have been kept, it may be possible that, before the year is out, some more ul- timatums may be issued concerning that island some more harmless melinite shells may be fired, and that the flag of Crete may have become standard that will have planted itself firmly in the pages of his tory.
 It Is wired from Paris that the four pow CTS interested in the reconstruction of Crete have agreed upon the design of a Cretan flag. The ground is blue, traversed by two diagonal bands of white. forming a St Andrews cross. In the upper quarter, next to the staff, Is a red field bearing a white five-pointed star the red square be- ing the symbol of the sutan's sovereignty. The flag will be submitted to the sultan and Cretans for approval.
 The pattern of the new Cretan flag which some Cretans In Athens lately pa-
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Repairing roadway from Pensacola, Fla. to the National Cemetery near that city. Depot Quartermaster's Office, Washington, D. C., December 27, 1898. Sealed proposals, in triplicae, will be received here until 12 o'clock neon, January Il, 1Ss9 for improving roadway mentioned above. Specifications can be had here and at mayors office
 Pensacola. Right reserved to reject or accept any or all bids or any part thereof
 Envelopes containing proposals should be arked Proposals for Improving Road way, Pensacola, Fla. to National Ceme- tery," and addressed to T. E. True, It. Col
 Depot @. M. 12-3o-6t
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Notice to Contractors,
Office of City Engineer

Office of City Engineer,
 Birmingham, Ala, December p, 1898. Sealed proposals will be received at this office until 12 o'clock noon. Wednesday, January 4, 1889, for certain grading, macad- amizing, curbng and storm sewer construc- ton in the neighborhood of Bsslers Station. Plans. specifications, forms of proposal, and estimates of quantities may be obtained at this sffIce.
 Certified check for $150 made payable to the mayor and aldermen of Birmingham must accompany each bid.
 Bond will be required to the amount of s3,O0O.
 Right Is reserved to reject any and all bids.
 (signed) JULIAN KENPRICK, 12-2S-td City Engineer.