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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-09

They came into Il Fourteenth street car
nncV here nCt" = street ono recent bitter
cold evening he and She, thcater
'uund He was six foot u man, and
oU micht have arrived at tol,rahly ac-
ratio estimate of his weight by allow
~, SAY, 80 pounds TO the foot H. was
trapped in Il fur lined ulster Wide fur
u.I, hid his heavy gloves, and a great fur
,llar covered hi, cars Now and then he
,markcd on the intense cold and shiv.
rcd.
She was as blond as the Morse Freia
and fra gilc as Il morning glory She was
all a-Shimmor of soft silk Her small feet
We're >hod in the thnncst of shoes. On
her curly hair she wore creation of lace
and spEnEles and plumcs that left half
h"' head bare. About her shoulders was
II fur collar, which exposed her thin silk
sleeves from shoulder To wrist. II WAS
her only wrap, but she wasn't cold. Sho
said so and she looked So. She hadn t
even n blue nose to disprovc her assertion.
He WITS half frozen. she was as warm as
toast. Washington Posi-.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-09

Browne Now that the horseless car,
riage has proved successful, what do you
suppose will follow?
Towne-The whcellcss bicycle probably.
Brook lyn Life
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-09
Tho Gum niinnXIlla. Snue.

sit may be true that nctions speaklouder
than words, said the Cumminsville sage
"but they don't speak So often, by long
chalk. "-Cincinnati Enquirer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-09

Hell think your sister has excellent
taste.
She-Oh, has she refused to marry yous
-Honkers Stat, sman
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-09
I'riNing,

Dyer-Did her father interpose any seri
GUS objcctionsY
Duell-No; just an ordinary kick to-
Brooklyn Life.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-09

PA, did YOU know ma long before you
married herr"
No, my boy ! didn't know nor until
long after ! married hcr!"-Boslon TRAY
81
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-09

So much depends upon the purity of tho
blood that by taking Hoods Sarsaparila
many different diseases are cured.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Shallow Corn Culture.

A revolution in corn culture in Ne
braska is promised. For some years the
advocates of shallow cultivation have
been endeavoring to prove the value of
their plan, but have made little head
way. At the request of number Of
farmers the experimental station has
been making thorough tests, and bulle-
tin announcing results is being prepared
Tor publications.
-Four acres of land was divided into
tracts of one acre each. and each tract
was cultivated by different cultivator.
The result showed that the acre under
deep cultivation yielded fiity.nine bushels,
while one under shallow Welded sixty
eight and the other two sixty-nine
bushels each. The land receiving shallow
cultivation was stirred to a depth of
three inches, that receiving deep cultiva-
ton to depth of six inches.
The director of the experimental sta
tion says that the advantage of shallow
cultivation lies in the fact that the air
does not penetrate so deeply, and there
for does not dry out the roots IN a year
where the rainfall is below normal. A
study of the roots OF the corn plant
shows that many of them would natural
ly grow within three or four inches Of
the surface, but when the upper layer is
dry, their source Of nourishment is shut
off. Deep cultivation has the disadvan-
tage, too, of tearing the roots. thereby
hindering them from securing the proper
amount of nourishment. The one thing
insisted upon in shallow cultivation is
frequent stirring to prevent a hard crust
from forming for any time on the surface.
Wherever tried, the shallow cultivated
corn this year has proved the more
vigorous, although so we'll timed have
been the rains that the yield is certain to
be enormous. The prospects are such
that the millions of bushels held by
spectators in cribs are being marketed
as fast as possible, although the market
has sagged some within month.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Millions Of Dice.

The bone dice used in the United States
are all imported from France though it
may be that the bone of which they are
made came originally from this country.
they are made in a manufacturing dis
trict not far from Paris in which are pro-
duced various articles OF bone, and also
things partly of bone, as, for instance,
tooth brushes. Bone dice are made in
eleven sizes, from 0 to 10 inclusive, and
in each Of these sizes they are made both
square and round corned, as are all other
kinds of dice. In all kinds of dice there
are sold OF the squarecornered variety
ten times, perhaps twenty times, as
many as of those made with rounded
corners. Round. corned dice are often
used in playing backgammon they wear
board less than square-cornered dice
would and roll easier There are made
some black bone dice with white spots,
but the sale of these is comparatively
very limited. The great majority OF the
very large number OF bone dice sold are
in the form of the familiar white cubes
with black spots.
Celluloid dice, which are made in this
country, are OF both opaque and trans
parent material. The transparent dice
are made in saffron color, in magenta
and in green; the opaque in imitation OF
ivory. The imitation ivory dice are
finished in various ways as to the color
OF the spots, some being made with black
spots and some with spots of blue and
some with red spots. The spots on the
various transparent dice are made white
We L., afo L.
made in seven sizes.
There are made in celluloid two styles
OF poker dice, one octahedron-sbaped
and containing on its eight faces repre-
sensations OF the seven, eight, nine, ten,
jack, queen, king and ace of ordinary
playing cards; the other poker dice is
cube-shaped, containing on its faces, in
stead OF the spot, numbering from one to
six, as seen on common dice. representa-
tons OF the ordinary playing cards from
the nine-spot to the ace inclusive.
Dice are made i'll various sizes Of vege
table ivory, of ivory and of pearl; the
most costly dice are those OF pearl, set
OF FIVE Of medium size would cost at re-
tail about $3.50. Some Of the bone dice
are very cheap, dice Of small size selling
at retail tor cent apiece, or ten cents
dozen.
A considerable number of dice OF one
kind and another are sold for use in the
household. All cabinets made to hold
cards and counters and so on have a
compartment for dice, which are part of
the equipment, and many dice for such
use are sold separately.
Take it altogether, the consumption of
dice In this country amounts to millions
Annually.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
High-HeeIed Shoes.

Since women have been wearing sensi.
BILE, broad-toed, fat-heeled boots most of
the chiropodsts have found business
slack. But if Dame Rumor foretells cor.
rectly they'll soon be brushing up their
signs and working overtime to meet de-
mands.
Our British cousins say that womens
feet should look small. American girls
always had their own ideas about this
matter, and crammed their toes into
narrow shoes until they hobbled like the
dainty little almond-eyed ladies of China,
but, since the golf girl came and the BIZ
cycle girl, too, there has been a change.
Louis w. shoes are all right to dance in,
but they don't amount to row of pins
when one is boating or wheeling or fish
ing or climbing hills, and that's what
the summer girl OF today is doing most
OF the time. She doesn't want to be
pinched up or helpless, and enjoys the
fresh air of heaven and the sunshine and
nature. The broad, comfortable shoe
was godsend after years of misery with
the sharp pointed footgear that kept her
toes twisted together and her instep
raised like fagpole. And now, just
after salvation has come, must she once
more don the painful horrors from which
she has been but recently unclaimed?
Every woman will declare that she
will never again be victim of short,
narrow shoes, whatever the fashion may
be. That's all right to say, but how
many will have the courage to wear one
sort of a shoe when all the rest of be.
skirted humanity is wearing some other
style? Not many, it is to be feared.
The physical culture advocates will be
among the minority and possibly the
girls who go in for outdoor sports to an
unusual extent. But no matter how adj
vanced women may become, or how
strong minded, it takes the nerve and
energy and courage of Julius Caesar or
an Alexander TO war against the DEGREES
of fashion-and Julius Caesars and
Aexanders are rather rare in femininity's
ranks these days-[Chicago Times
Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23

but with little benefit. I began to take your
Favorite Prescription in November and had
a nice little baby girl in February following. I
was only in hard labor about one hour and was
up and dressed on the eighth day. never had
the doctor with me at all; Just the nurse and two
friends This makes my second child with the
first one did not take the Favorite Prescrip-
ton and the little one was sick all the time
and lived Just about two months. This last baby
is as plump and healthy as any mother could
wish She is about three weeks old now and is
gaining in flesh every day."
Mothers who suffer undue pain prior to
or succeeding the baby's birth are invited
u consult DIR. R. V. Pierce, by letter, abso-
lutely without charge. The great success
which has attended the careful methods
pursued by DIR. Pierce, has caused imita-
tors to spring up, who make offers of free
advice, which they are not competent to
give not being physicians. When you
are invited to 'write to a woman" ask
the simple question, els this woman a
physician p" You will find that she is
not, and does not, and dares not claim
to be, physician. To offer such advice
is deceitful. To receive it is dangerous.
Prospective mothers should send for
free copy of DR.. Pierce's great 1000
page book the Common Sense Medical
Adviser" A copy in paper-covers will
be sent to any address on receipt of Fl
one-cent stamps to pay cost of mailing
only, in cloth-binding 81 stamps. Adj
dress DIR. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Women
Would Sure
yTry Mrs.
Pil1khass1,S
Medicine IF
They Only
Knew, Says
Mrs. King

and received benefit from it at once.
l have taken it ever since and now
have no backache, no pain in my
side and my stomach and bowels are
perfectly well. can honestly say that
there is nothing like 1t. If 1 could only
tell every woman how much good your
medicine has done me, they would
surely tryit."-MARTHAM M. KING, NORTH
ArTLEBoRo, MASS.
The way women trifle with health
shows a degree of indifference that is
misunderstanding. Happiness and USE
fulness depend on physical health; SO
does good disposition. Disease makes
women nervous, irritable and snap
pish. The very effort of ailing women
to be good-natured makes them ner-
vous. Write to Mrs. Pinkham, she will
help you to health and happiness.
1tcostsnothing togetMrs. Pinkhams
advice. Her address is Lynn, Mass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Customs in Siam.

The favorite delicacy in Siam consists
of putrid prawns saturated with very
strong red pepper.
Samese babies, dogs and cats are all
dyed yellow by rubbing in a paste con-
tanning turmeric powder.
Until recently seashells and cocoanut
shells were current coin of the realm in
Siam, $50 of the former being change for
one OF the latter.
When member OF the royal family
dies, honey and quicksilver are poured
into the body, which is placed inside
copper urn and that inside a golden one.
Siamese school children are probably
the best behaved in the world. Not
merely corporal punishment but even
the need OF hard words toward them, is
unknown.
They have never taken kindly to kiss
ing. When a sovereign dies, the whole
people must shave their heads, while
some go even further and shave their
eyebrows also.
Every man, woman and child in Siam
is reckless gambler. One consequence
is that pawnshops there are numerous.
Some of the streets in Bangkok contain
nothing else.
No Siamese will sleep with his head
toward the west. except on a Monday.
To do so would be, in his opinion. GER
tain death, for dead bodies are always
laid out in that position.
The Siamese have so strong a super
stition against even numbers that they
will have none Of them. The number OF
the rooms in house, of windows or
doors in room, even of rungs on
ladder must ALWAYS be odd.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Interesting Facts from Its own
Record.

The 72d annual report Of the Vermont
Mutual Fire Insurance Company sho VS.
total of 725 losses for its fiscal year
ended August l, 1S99-two hundred and
one more than for the previous year-an
increase very largely due to lightning s
frightiul work. The "Old Mutual" paid
$191 ,079 IL to unfortunate members
during the year-$63, GAL 5S more than
in the year 1S97.9S.
Was this severe drain upon its re-
sources? Not very. Look BY the wise
policy of its directors who, lin time of
peace prepared for war;" surplus had
been created for just such an emergency,
and by draft OF only $16,S35 equal to
about Is Of one per cent OF its Premium
Note capital) from a total reserve OF
sos, 9O2.73, the assessment rate in this
acknowledged year of remarkable dis
aster is kept at the tour per cent stand
ard" while the amount thus raised will
be adequate to cover every loss OF the
year, and every fire sufferer receives his
money when due.
The reasonable assurance which this
precedent establishes, that ones assess
ment will not, except through catas-
trophe as yet undreamed of, exceed four
per cent, (the lowest amount consistent
with conservatism and sure protection).
is invaluable to the insured and to him
who would be insured.
In respect of business and financial
strength this bulwark Of Vermont fire
insurance stands firm; and the remark
able increase in the number Of those who
are coming to lean upon it is infallible
proof that it is daily growing stronger
in public regard aud confidence.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Tobacco in the Connecticut Valley.

This years yield of Connecticut valley
tobacco promises now to be a record
breaker, il it energies from the cure in
good shape. The prices realized from
last years crops were the highest since
1892. The crop will probably be the
equal OF the 1892 yield, but prices that
year were due to considerable extent. to
the tariff then in force. As a result of
the prices which last years crops com.
manded, farmers who had abandoned
the raising Of the weed returned to it
this season, in many cases mortgaging
their farms to buy tools end fertilizer.
1t has generally been the rule that good
crop of tobacco in the Connecticut valley
is followed by several poor crops. This
year has proved an exception, and the
crop gives every indication of being uni
formly desirable. Much of the choicest
leaf has already been contracted for at
high prices. No sales are reported at
less than 16 cents pound and the price
ranges as high as 20 cents.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23


broken stone some finer material must
be introduced into the structure Of the
roadway, and this material is usually
called a binder or by some roadmakers
a filler"
There used to be much contention re-
garding the use Of binding material in
the making of macadam road, but 1t
is now conceded by nearly all practical
and experienced roadmakers both in
Europe and America that the use Of a
binding material is essential to the
proper construction Of good macad-
am road. 1t adds to its solidity, in
sures tightness by closing all of the.
spaces between the loose irregular
stones and binds together the macad-
am crust in q way that gives it firm
ness, elasticity and durability.
Binding material to produce the best
results should be equal in hardness
and toughness with the road stone.
The best results are therefore obtain
ed by using screenings or spalls from
the broken stone used. Coarse sand or
gravel can sometimes be used with i'm
punity as binder, but the wisdom Of
using loan or clay is very much ques-
toned. When the latter material is
used for a binder, the road is apt to
become very dusty in dry weather and
sticky, muddy and rutty in wet
weather.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Paid No Duty.

A Washington woman, who has just
returned from the other side brought
home with her some pounds of delicious
tea which she came across in England,
the like OF which she had never drunk
before. On the way over she made up
her mind that she would not pay duty
on it, for she felt that no really patriotic
American can conscientiously pay tea
tax after what our ancestors did in Bos.
ton harbor. So she made herself petit
coat and into the lining thereof she quilt
ed the tea. When the steamer drew in
to port she put on the garment. To
wear it was martyrdom. 1t seemed to
weigh ton, but she passed the custom
house officers successfully and in con-
gratulatory mood took the train for
Washington. Her husband met her at
the station. He marked her pale, worn
look. AS she stepped into the carriage
she told him the story. ~ wasn't going
to let them get ahead Of me-" she said
proudly. Wasn't it lovely idea ?" Her
husband fell back in the carriage and
roared. Lovely" he said, "lovelyl |
should say it was. Why, my dear, there
isn't any duty on tea"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Is Pitch a Solid or a Liquid?

An interesting question has just called
forth an opinion from the courts in
Trinidad as to whether pitch is solid
or liquid. The stratum OF pitch in that
island is usually from four to seven feet
below the surface, and when dug through
the pitch melts and oozes out. SO if
man dug down near his neighbours lot he
would be able to collect pitch coming
from under his neighbors land. The plan
was described by one OF the witnesses as
"the plan adopted when you want to
dig your neighbours pitch" 1t "bulges
out" he explained, land you shave it off
each morning" But suit was brought
by one outraged neghbor whose pitch
had thus been shaved off in adjoining
land. The defence was that an under
ground stratum of pitch was like so
much water, no mans property till ap-
propriated. But the court held that
pitch was material, and that one had
no more right to abstract it from a
neighbor by the oozing process than one
would have to tap his deposit Of iron or
silver From The Manufacturer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Too Much Fruit,

The shipments of green fruit to the
east from California for the last few
weeks have been the heaviest on record
One day one hundred carloads of fruit
left Sacramento, divided into FIVE trains.
The average for July was SO carloads a
day, and for this month the average will
be rs cars day. 1t is estimated that
Northern California will send 10000
carloads of green fruit to the east this
season. Fruit packers are greatly wor-
ried over their failure to secure enough
tins to handle the fruit which they have
engaged. Those who have contracts
with can factories are safe. but several
large concerns have been forced to an
nounce their inability to handle fruit.
The chief sufferers will be the orchardists,
who made no regular contracts, but
counted on the usual demand from can
nerS.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Dewey's English MlIkmaid.

Many of the prominent English resi-
dents, both men and their wives, among
whom Admiral Dewey had many warm
friends, were aboard to say good by.
And in this connection there is a pretty
little tale about beautiful mestiza who
they whisper in Manila, saved the adj
miral's lite. Last summer, so the story
runs, the admiral's health was much i'm
paired and the Olympia's doctor pre-
scribed diet OF fresh cows milk One
might as well recommend dissolved
pearls to beggar as to prescribe cows
milk at that time in Manila. The adj
miral was telling, as a good story, the
incident one dav to party of his friends
from Manila, one of whom happened to
be the pretty young mestiza, whose
father is prominent Britisher. They
all laughed heartily at the American
Doctors acknowledgement is, all except
one.
As in fairy tales, it so happened that
this pretty young lady's father was the
possessor OF number OF splendid Aus
tralian cows, who gave "real milk"
every day. This was a treasure that
few were able to indulge in in Manila.
Therefore it happened that the next day
and the next and manana indefinitely, as
long as the Olympia lay in the harbor of
Manila, there was sent every day aboard
ship nice fresh bottle of Australian
cows milk, and so our Indebtedness to
England continues to increase. Whether
the story is true or not there is at any
rate, or was, in conspicuous place on
the dresser in the admiral's cabin, when
the Olympia sailed away from Manila, a
picture of the very celebrated Manila
beauty, and, unless the seas get too
heavy, III wager that it is still there
when she heaves anchor in New York
harbor.-[ Manila Letter in Leslie's
Weekly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23

Spain. The society reports great inter-
est in the Bible in China, where the en-
peror has shown favor, and in Japan,
whose emperor accepted an English
Bible from the society, and Japanese
translation from his Christian subjects.
TRANSACTIONS of parts Of the New Testa-
ment have been printed in Hingua col
loquial, and a revision has begun Of the
Foochow colloquial New Testament and
the Shanghai colloquial Old Testament.
Since The American Bible society was or
gained in 1916, it has sent forth Co.
962 sos copies Of the scriptures.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Give the Children n Drink

called Grain.O. 1t is a delicious, appe-
tizing, nourishing food drink to take the
place Of coffee. Sold by all grocers and
liked by all who have used it because
when properly prepared it tastes like the
finest coffee but is free from all its injuri-
Gus properties. Grain-O aids digestion
and strengthens the nerves. 1t is not a
stimulant but health builder, and chill
dren, as well as adults, can daink it with
great benefit. Costs about "a as much
as coffee. Is and csc.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Bible Society Report.

The American Bible society has pub
lished its SD annual report, from which
it appears that in it's last year, ending
June 80, there were l 3S0,S92 copies OF
the Christian scriptures issued. 7SO,943
from the Bible house in New York city
and the rest in other countries; but OF
the Bible house issues 1868 copies
were sent abroad. Chapains in the
navy were given $780, and 1880 were
given to the army commission Of the
Young Mems Christian association for
the soldiers and sailors in the war with
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-08-23
Wireless Telephony in Brussels.

Necessity has again been the mother of
invention. Recently violent storm
broke the wires connecting the telephone
subscribers at Ixelles with the central
telephone Office in Brussels, and it was
declared that it would take about three
weeks to reestabsh communication.
Somebody connected with the telephone
service then suggested trial of telephon-
ing without wires until the damage
could be repaired. The suggestion was
taken up. and some experiments were
made which proved so successful that
the inhabitants of lxeles have since been
telephoning to Brussels with as much
facility as when the wires were intact
Westminster Gazette.