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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-06
Bankruptcy Notice.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF VERMONT.
In the matter of
Frank +. Dexter In BankruptcyA
Bankrupt.
To the creditors of Frank E. Dexter Of
Waterford in the county of Caledonia
and district aforesaid, bankrupt.
Notice is hereby given that on the 18th
day OF eptember A. d. 500, the said Frank Is
Dexter was duly adjudicated bankrupt ;
and that the first meeting of his creditors will
be held at the law Office of David L. Porter
IN st. Johnshury, on the 23d day of December
A, ID. 1899 at 1 O'Clock in the afternoon, at
which time the said creditors may attend
prove their claims. appoint trustee. examine
the bankrupt, and transact such other bust
ness as may properly come before said meet
ing
DAVID L. PORTER.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
December a. 1899
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-06
A Day in Camp.

On the occasion of their annual Mill
tary ball which will be given Dec. 20,
members of Co. D 1st Regiment V. N. G..
will present novelty in the way of en-
tertainment. The boys are at work ar
ranging representation of part of the
days duties and pleasures in an army
camp. The floor of the armory will be
used as a company street, tents being
pitched on each side. The time repre-,
scented will be from reveille to breakfast,
which includes the Setting up" exercise
used throughout the army, and from re-
treat to taps. The latter part will con.
slst OF an interesting programme of
music, dancing, etc. The desire of the
boys is to make the picture OF life in
camp as realistic as possible.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-06
At Fairbanks Village.

ii. b. Ford has been quite i'll the past
week.
Thomas Wilkie has obtained employ.
ment at Ashland, N. H., and moved his
family there last week.
E. Petty has moved from Crow hill
Wilkie.
Jack Conley and family of Danville
Conley's.
John Hamilton has moved into a
tenement at Fairbanks village.
The Misses Florence and Mabel Kelsey
VINO nave been enjoying short vacation
resumed their duties as teachers in Dan.
vile last Monday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-06
Poultry Association.

The seventh annual exhibition OF the
Vermont Poultry and Pet Stock Associa-
ton will be held at Woodstock January
2 b, 1900. Secretary Eaton of Wood
stock has issued the premium list and
besides the usual cash premiums for
birds there is a large list of cash and
other. prizes offered by friends of the
association. Entries close December &c
and it is safe to predict that our St.
Johnsbury poultry fanciers will have a
good representation at the exhibition
and bring home their share of the prizes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-06
Telephone Notes.

Telephones are this week being put in
at U. S. Grants paint shop and the
Lyndon Club rooms at Lyndonville and
at DR.. Blake's at Lyndon.
A new metallic circuit is to be run to
take in four or five new subscribers who
are now using instruments on ground
ed circuit.
The new booth pay station at Lyu-
donville has arrived and is being put in
today
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-06
First National Bank
ST. JOHNSBURY, w.

The annual meeting Of the stockhoId.r.
the First National Bank of st. Johnsbr-ool
VII for the election ton. OF directors and trans.
legally come before them will be held af ~. nc
banking rooms In st. Johnsbury ON TuesdLan'e.
the ninth day of January, 1900. at tn,y
O'Clock p. m TWO
HOMER E SMITH. Cashier
St. Johnsbury. VT. Dec. 9th, 1899
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-06

While not generally known, it is fact,
that every person that brings cattle into
Vermont from New Hampshire or any
other state is liable to fine not exceed.
ing 5000 for each offence unless he shall
have first obtained a premit to import
said cattle into the state, from c. 7. Bell.
OF East Hardwck, secretary of the state
cattle commission. The quarantine law
as applied to cattle is very strict.
A, V. Wiswell of HYDE Park, had the
misfortune of having 20 or more watcl es
stolen from his house Sunday evening
Nov. 26, while he and his family were
absent from home. These were watches
which Mr.. Wiswell had to repair and
he does not know the actual loss. One
OF the watches was found by the rail-
road track.
Bradley Newell, "the blacksmith
healer" formerly of Jacksonville, and
who made thousands Of dollars out of
Vermont people through the exercising
OF his healing powers. is now fancy
farmer in the town Of Rowe. Mass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-06

FOR SALE.-Ten RI'P'A.NS for cents
at druggists. One gives relief
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1899-12-06
The FRS, of the Chri.tmas Numbers.

The custom of giving to each issue an
individual interest seems to be in vogue
with The Boston Herald, and to make
good its method that paper will, on next
Sunday, give its readers the first install.
ment ofits Christmastde budget. There
will be Christmas stories and Christmas
pictures by The Herald staff, as well as
several pictures by artists of national
reputation. There will be no encroach.
ment upon the space usually allotted to
the news and the customary features, so
that the readers of The Herald may be
sure of treat in next Sundays issue.
DO not delay in placing your order, as
The Herald is greatly in demand.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
The Typ~writer's Spread.

There are probably few even among
those who use the typewriter who have
any proper conception of the variety
and universally Of the ingenious sub
stitute for the pen.
Although only i'm it's very early
youth, it has already penetrated into
every corner of the earth 1t has gone
with invading armies and explorers in
to the very heart OF tfrica Lieutenant
Peary has introduced it to polar ice
and il has travelled thousands of miles
over Siberian SHOWS 1t travels with
every army and feet, and it was one
of the first things rescued from the
sunken Maine.
Two of the mos costly typewriters
belong to the Queen and the Car of
Russia. They are exquisite machines
of white enamel and gold. with KEYS
of livery. The Queen Regert of Spain
uses one for her correspor. dence. the
Khedive possesses one, and, in fact
there is scarcely a court in Eurone
where the typewriter has not a place
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
CqnnihQi parra keetS

One fine day a batch of tiny para
keetS from a neighborng island ar
rived. and | congratulated myself on
having at last acquired some amiable
members Of my bird community. Such
gentle creatures We're never seen. says
the Cornhill Magazine. With their pale
green plumage and little gray-hoOded
heads which easily explained their
name Of "capuchin,' they made them
selves quite happy in one of the many
domes or cupolaS of the Arab cage. In
a few days. however. Il mysterious all
ment broke out among all the other
birds. Nearly every other bird seemed
suddenly to prefer going about on one
leg At last it dawned on me that
many of the canarieS had actually only
one leg. An hours careful watching
showed me parakeet siding up to a
canary. and after feigniRg TO be deeply
absorbed in its own toilet. preening
each gay wing feather most carefully
the little wretch would give a sudden
swift nip at the slender leg of its
neighbor. and absolutely bite it off
then and there. OF course, ! immedia-
tely turned the capuchinS out of the
cages with much obloquy. hut too late
TO save several of my poor little pets
from a one-legged existence
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
Snakes Do Swallow Their Young.

/ met with a curious incident some
years ago while hunting snakes in the
swamps at Melrose. | came across a
male and female striped, with numer-
GUS young ones. The parents were near
each other, the family crawling over
and around them. | was going for
them, when. on second thought. / con-
cluded to watch them. They did not
appear to be frightened, but went on
gamholing about for some time. / went
little nearer when both snakes
turned toward me. making a faint
noise. and placed their heads fiat on
the ground. 1t was curious sight to
see these snakes, not long born. some
of them foot or two away, turn at
the noise, and instantly seek refuge in
their parents wide-Open mouths I am
certain it was a note of warming of
danger. | caught both snakes and put
them in separate bags. The female
had ten young and the male had swal-
lowed five. This is the first instance
Of any notice of male snake perform
ing this affectiOnate duty for it's
young. | placed the whole family i'm
box, where they lived peaceably
long time. From Forest and Stream.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
Tha First Post Office.

The fact that there is a regular mail
route through Alaska, and that even
remote towns in Africa are not with
out postal facilities, is in these progress
siye times accepted quite as a matter
of course. Yet this wonderful system.
which has reached out until it includes
every country on the face of the earth,
had it's beginning in the mind of an in
geniOuS Frenchman who lived less
than two hundred and fifty years ago.
In 1868, early in the reign of Louis
XIV NJ. de Yelayer established a pri-
vate penny post, says the writer in
Harper's Round Table Boxes were set
up at the street corners for the recep-
tion of letters. Offices were opened in
various quarters of Paris; collections
were made once a day from the street
boxes, followed many hours later by a
single delivery, and thus the first Post
Office in the world was established.
NJ. de Valayer was so greatly encour-
aged by the success of his enterprise
that, in order to develop it still further,
he printed certain forms of billets or
notes which We're intended to cover all
the ordinary requirements of business
in great towns. These forms contained
blanks which were intended to be
filled up by the pen with such special
matter as might be necessary to COM
plete the writer's object. The idea at
once became popular. and the printed
forms accompanied the expansion of
the postal service throughout the
larger cities of France, and it was
many years before they fell into dis
use.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
Facts Concerning Copra.

Copra, which is one of the chief pro-
ducts of the Philippine islands is tbs
dried meat of the cocoanut. The in.
dustry, while Comparatively youDg
presents some unique features. and the
production of it is the Outgrowth ~
attempts made a few years ago to find
some convenient method of exDortins
the surplus quantity of cocOanut oil
produced in the islands. The earthe1
jars in which the oil arrived at Manila
were too easily broken to be trans.
ported with any degree of safety. The
only available alternative was crude
form OF barrel made in China for the
purpose, but these leaked so profusey
that they gave very poor results
These difficulties led to a search for
more convenient form in which TO eI.
port the product. 1t was for the Dur.
pose of supplying this need that n
Eduard Vidal taught the natives hOT
to prepare the cocOanut in a dry form
such as is known on the market as
copra, basing his process upon sOmee1-
periments which he. together with
some planters in the province Il
Misamis had carried on with consider
able success in the year 1882
The method Of preparing the cOUa
is a comparatively simple one Wien
the nut is perfectly ripe it is cut in'o
halves and placed in the sun without
further preparation. In a few hours
the meat of the nut is contracted by
the effect Of the heat and becomes is-
tached from the shell. The m0rses
of nut kernel are then collected and
exposed to the sun for several DAYS.
so that all the water which they con.
tain may be evapOrated care being eS-
ercised to guard against moisture anil
dew, which would soften the material.
When the substance becomes brittle,
it is considered ready for the market.
In ordinary times it is claimed that
a thousand COCOanuts will give in .ae
province Of Visayas. about 500 10 'V
pounds of copra, but actual expert
ence hardly bears out these claims,
the average being from 40 to i|
pounds per 900 cocoanuts. The sopfa
industry during its comparatively
short history of fourteen years IN .a'
has attained cons.deraO5
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
He Needs 70 Bracer.

"Old man, I'm a goner. Yes, q
have drink. but don't yOu get .Wo 10.
a quarter drinks. | should fee. t-i'
mine cost 13 cents and couldn't DO i,
No, I'm not superstitious, but ! can
brace up against nineteen hoodo.e'
This is Friday, the 18th CT Janla'!'
and I'm a marked man. ] wanted u
go over to Brooklyn, and. like an l1-'''
took a Greene avenue line car
Now. there are just thirteen Is
ters in the name of that line. goJ oH
the car and was the thirteenth pass"
ger. There were thirteen adVerISyT
ments and thirteen straps on each 81.
Of that car. The name Of the n""''
of the car had thirteen letters I'D j.,
The conductors uniform had tnlrI5sn
buttons on it and there were thirteen
divisions on the face of the fare Ts5''
ter. .,,
mo, I don't want "a nice coch.a.I,
Count the letters in that comDiha--'g,." -.,.
of words Gimme a brOmO seltZ5..
But another count settled even 10 -,
drink, and he took milwaukee D7''
and nearly died Of fright.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
MAKING PEARLS TO ORDER
Aasssl and Oyster Being Domssticated and
Taught the JeweIry Business.

Aasssl and Oyster Being Domssticated and
Taught the Jsw-Iry Business.
Diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sap
phires have all been produced in the
laboratory and it is now the turn Of
the pearl. The chemist, however, is
not himself the maker of the new arti-
fetal pearls; he Is only the collaboration
1t is true that false pearl are made
from mother-of-pearl, but their lustre
is not up to the mark. The Chinese
have long introduced grains of sand
and little knots of wire into the shell
Of the pearl oyster in order that the
animal, to, relieve itself from the irri-
tation SO caused, may coat the foreign
substance with pearl. If this matter be
inserted between the shell and the
mantle the oyster can eject it by con-
fractions of his body. To prevent this
NJ. BOutan, French experimenter. has
trepanned the shell and introduced a
small bead of nacre. which might. how
ever, be true pearl of a small size,
through the hole. and fixed ii by means
of cement to the shell. This bean was
in course of time covered with nacre
by the oyster. and a fine large pearl
was the result. Dealers cannot distin-
guish 1t from an Oriental pearl. The
question of making pearls in this way
was recently discussed at a meeting OF
the Acedamies des Sciences. Paris, and
M. Berthelot, the famous chemist. OBJ
served that such PEEL could only he
considered a true perl if it had at
least a hundred layers of the pearl
nacre; otherwise it would only he a
foreign substance covered with nacre.
OF course. if the foreign matter is a
pearl itself this objection disappears,
and we have the means of producing
pearls at will. According to VI. La
Gaze Duthier. some two years would be
required for haliotide To- produce a
big pearl. The artificial pearl of the
trade, fabricated from nacre. could
also be coated in the same way Evi-
IDENTIFY the pearl mussel and oyster are
about to be .dOmeSticated for the prod
uction of pearls, as the spider for silk.
Pearl divers may become legend Of
the past.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
mucH-NAMED FE8RIJ10,,
o'n'r"ise known Throughout
as Ground Hog D,v

a. Ground Hog Dav.
February 2 is a much ro,
~ is Candlemas Day. Purifa"e'ul DAY.
the Virgin Mary. PrpSam.cca'itOO Of
Christ in the Temple and u1an u'auon Of
In England the Wives Faos, vso,''99quialy
name that is possibly most 80 y out tie
us is GroundhOg Day. Tbo bnaullllar to
Ion of CandlemaS is ohsarro5e 5eelebra.
Angellcan. Roman. Grppk NV, NV 10 the
eran churches, its princin,l s, I Luth,
ing the distribution of c,n5, 5lI,"'uFe be,
procession of lighted ones r 't and
tnan probable that il is frar, - =, = More
tom That the name CandIa,u,uN ,uN Gus
originated. Some autbor;,; ''idS Day
that the institution of rho y f, claim
GATED the manner of r.I,Ln',. ante
claiming that this festival ns ,DIns i
observed iE 542. during tbo "aS "a, hrS
Justlnan. whereas she frst nv ign Of
or lighted candles Gid nor opau,eSSoN
the seventh century. Anotbororm!, undl
While giving t. honor Of oni aiu.'noflf
the celebration of the day to iI,s,ldu9 I,n.I9
says Pope GeIaSiES. in tb boS',alS
port of the fifth century bo, Hrf
first procession of Ggbfod "au The
The ceremonies Of Candlamas 'HHlleS
England have been very mus, mus Oay IN
fed since the time Gf the Reforn.l.o uod-
An order of Council. passed !. a'ICn o.,
second year of the reign of Edalae - lae
abolished the candle rarrvir,, 'a'u,L, i.L,
country. At Rome. howeye. u uiat
late in our century. the cgndlos Ile
blessed and distributed WITH were
pomp and ceremony. accomnani.5 Juyu y
a great procession of ecclpStaS,io,' "
Unlike the majority of waotbo.
noStlcatlonS taken as is r., s
custom. from these set davs ronG u>gdl
mas weather signs 90 by cor,rn.;' 'c
Fine weather betoEpnS 2 ,a'IeS con,in,-I
OF winter and cold dayS. wbno ~"
clement day is sure promise - 80 III
early spring and bright summer - an au
well-knOwn name. Darticularlr aron.
our rural and foreign popuatian
GrOundhOg Day for the second of r.S
ruary, comes from an old nrororb ~,
early Germans brought to Amario.
from their Fatherland. thar atSa
badger peeps out of his hole IN ConEo
mas Day. and wiian he finds snouu
shining he draws back into his boIop
East of the Mississippi the badger i,
scarce and little known. so the f,rmor.
transferred the mantle 10 the wood
chuck, or grOupd-hog.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
Books in the British Museum.

People often ask how many ooon3
there are in the British Museum, ,.o ~,
nobody seems to know. In iacl. NJ -
are so many that it is impo55lo-9 -. =
count them. Some years ago i' ~. Ss.
estimated by measurement tlal ~, no,
were 2,000,0 900 books there. 9lncT .a pas
estimate was made the numDeI 4 10
considerably increased, so tnaL q. S.5lg ~
present time the total IS pF0'''''
nearer 5000 600
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
Soap Said to tss ful.

Ore is always learning Did you ever
suspect that nature varnishes over
with wax not distinguishable from
that of the bee? She does this to pre-
vent chills, too quick evaporation, and
so TO keep the blood thin enough TO
run in and out of capillary arteries.
Alkalies and all cleansing" rs de-
Stroy this natural yarnish. / -quent
warm baths are injurious. but cold
saltwater baths brace the skin. They
remove no impurity, but give func-
tional activity. The new doctrine is
that a healthy skin cleanses itself.
The best help to it is underclothes of
soft cotton, such as Asiatics wear.
This soft raiment absorbs rapidly
what the epidermis throws off.
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
Vegetable Electric PIs.nt

A German professor by the name of
Leipsic has discovered in India q tree
which is natural electric battery.
When the dark green leaves of the tree
were touched with the fingers a tiny
spark was emitted, and a distinct elec.
trical shock was felt. Professor Leip-
sic found that even at a distance OF
eighty feet the tree had a strong in
fuence upon the magnetic needle.
These magnetic variations varied ac.
cording to the time of day. They were
strongest at noon. but almost entirely
disappeared at midnight. The eIectri.
city also disappeaSed i'm wet weather
No explanation of thiS strange Ipbeu.
oznenon is attempted. VI NfT3TN
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17
whsrn w.ahns.. U. strsngtn.

In many employments requiring IDS nd
tsrity and quickness with the nsrT9 s5sn
women are far more VaiuaOl9. ..I3inz
men. For instance, where tns lo,a,s. o.aga.
OF large quantities Of books OF Lo0 5o "A
zines is required one woman can ~
mpch Ias two men
The Washington bee., 1899-06-17

Because it is changeable. The
Justice. that is meted out to the
white man not given to the negro.
There is but lit lie hope for the
negro in the South.
The BEE editor is not looking
for an office and neither does he
want one,
Unhappy is the man who hangs
On Official favOrs.
Abolish the Office of justice of
the peace.
1t is better that they are abolished
All offices in the District of Co.
lumbia should be filled by election.
The negro vote will divide
ID 1900.
Our new leadership S made out
Of that which cannot he seen.
In union there is strength.
E. NJ. Hewlett is the most manly
negro attorney before the District
bar.
Be is lot the man to cater for
favors.
If there was more manhood in
negro attorneys they would suc-
ceed bet er.
BE truthful, it will pay always.
There is too much treachery
among certain negroes to succeed.
This world was not made for the
white man alone.
1t is not well to tell all you know.
Be careful Of what you say and
to whom You say 1T.
Don't be too hasty in coming to
a conclusion.
The Maryland politicians have
not been cared for as yet.
VIII the negro vote ever become
a factor in American body polite:
Be what you say You ar
nothing mora.
Deception is sooner or later
detected.
An honest man is truthful man.
You should do nothing that is
dlstasteful to good society.
1t is not the person who grins in
your face, that should be regarded
rs your friend.
Don't place too much confidence
in the person VINO pretends friend
ship.
BE honest with your fellow man.
The best policy is when you can
not do thing say so.
1t will never effect you to be
truthful.
ont be Allrmel at e
noise.
The try daily has been struggling
hard since lis publication.
1t came out one day and has been
trying hard ever since to make its
appearance daily.
Can any one tell the difference
between the old school and new
school of politicians
Well out of the great number of
fficers appointed in the army not
one negro was appointed.
What has become of the repeal
the civil service law?
Don't forget how the negroes
fought on San Juan Hill.
General Miles thinks well of the
negro soldiers.
And yet not a negro officer has
been appointed in the regular army
The man who speaks the truth is
the man to trust.
Don't be too impetuous in yonr
deliberation.
The man who thinks he knows
it all is generally affected with the
big head.
There was tyranny in the schools
on the part of certain school officers.
There are some school officials
toe much on the old woman order,
The day will soon c1me when all
viii be placed On level.
Il ID not the, wise man who
makes s:iooi OF fmss,f: - NSG1
IS Our bead sseHs some II times y be-
o MP the usual size. tR CGzSSy<s
~ * EE>N IL ISJG|
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1899-05-25
FAIRLAND COURT.
An Important Event in the Rising
Metropolis.

Fairland takes as much interest
in its commissioners court as vi
nita did in its early experience
with its somewhat limited judici-
airy. A civil case was tried there
last week-resulting in a disagree
ment Of the jury-which Consta-
ble Isbell says never can be tried
again in that town because every
body, apparently, within five
miles disqualified themselves as
Jurymen. All who could get into
the court room heard the case
tried and the balance Of the COM
munity were outside awaiting par
ticuiars. One amusing case was
that of a couple OF young fellows
who disturbed the peace at box
supper a good long time ago.
Guilt was clear and conviction
prompt. They paid the assessed
fine, swearing the first time they
caught the prosecuting witness at
Seneca, near which town all lived,
they would settle with him, with
interest.