St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-10-10

her people. The anarchists had their
bloody plan made for the Shah OF Persia,
but he escaped.
The summers obituary list numbers
many well known names: Lord Russell,
chief Justice of England, Irish by birth,
deeply attached to his country and its
religion, but still so Britshin his patriot
ism, and so much beloved and respected
by all classes that his death drew forth
the warmest eulogies alike from Irish,
Scotch and English the death of the
Duke of Edinburgh removes one whose
face, some years since, was very familiar
to dwelers in our little Island of Malta,
for during his connection with the Brit
ish fleet as admiral he was for years
resident OF Malta, and one of his daugh-
tiers, Melita, was born at st. Antonios
Palace, one of the legacies of the grand
masters. Both the Duke and the Duchess
were popular on the Island. They were
very simple in their way of living, and
seemed to take real pleasure in the life
which they found around them. The
Duke was a good sailor attached to his
profession, and his brains, not his birth,
brought him his position. Under his eye
the Mediterranean fleet was kept up to
the highest standard of efficiency. King
Humbert, l think never visited Malta,
though he could see on clear day the
coast-line from the highlands Of southern
Sicily. The new king of Italy is little
man in body, but he certainly has more
brains and good points generally, than
some critical pens have given him credit
for. He is in trying position for Italian
affairs are not in a brilliant shape polite
ally, socially or financially, and it will
require rare wisdom to avoid the break
ers ahead. The chances of making for
tune raising oranges in Alaska would
be far greater than in finding peace and
happiness on the Italian throne. The
bullet which killed King Humbert was
more cruel to the son than his royal
father. 1t lifted crushing burdens from
the shoulders of the one and laid them
on the youthful head of the other. The
Russian prime minister, Muravieff, has
also joined the majority. This China
business over-taxed his brain it is said.
1t is question whether Russia or China
can work in the greatest amount OF du-
plicity in their diplomacy and the one, in
either nation, who is the representative
head of that Departmental politics, must,
require a strong constitution. The
death of c. P. Huntington, the great
railroad builder has proved that building
and managing railways could be made
as profitable as wrecking them. His
millions point different moral than
Goulds. wish he had arranged to per-
petuate his name in some such grand
way as has one of his California assocla-
| ties.
The Exposition is nearing its end, not
a direct success financially, but as an
illustration of the century's growth in
matters industrial educational, artistic,
an object lesson, France and her guests
may we'll be proud of. England has not
been in mood to do her best, but what
she has to show is worth her position
among the nations. Germany has for
gotten the days of the early seventies,
and the German department is in many
respects far ahead of that of the United
States, though our country comes next
to France in the number of her exhibits
Later on we shall take another look at
the French capital. The Herald reports
many dinners still being given in the
United States building, but perhaps
somewhere "between the acts" shall be
fortunate enough to get squint at The
interior Of that social edifice on thu