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If you Want to
SELL OR BUY
Real Estate
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500 TO $1,000.
Building Lots in all locations.
$3.50.
St. Tohnsbury, 80 acres, pasture and cedar
swamp.
Small farm Al acres near st. Johnsbury
Centre, house and barn.
$1,000.
Passumpsic st. Good dwelling and barn,
large lot.
$1,000.
Hastings st. Involvement house and
barn, rents $156.
$1,000.
School st. Involvement house. well
built, rents $156.
MRS. S. j. MARKINGS PLACE.
Barnet 4 room dwelling and barn, good
repair. Three acres land-a nice home.
$25oo.
North Danvile, Charles Shaw farm, 95
acres highly cultivated. Buildings new and
modern. One and half story dwelling II
rooms barn 32x76; hen house so apple
trees, native and grated; 4O0-tree sugar
orchard.
VALUABLE LOT.
Pearl st. Mrs. Horne property, two-tene-
ment DIV cling and barn.
OUTSIDE VILLAGE LIMITS.
Pleasant st. w. l.. Morris lace, nice
dwelling and barn, large lot. bargain.
THE HECTOR LAcoURsE FARM
On the Danville road III acres, houses
and large new barn, farm in high state OF
cultivation, orchard etc, Will pc sold at O
| bargain.
CLIFF STREET.
Mrs. James Holders residence.
WATERFORD.
One fine large farm and Horace Peck
farm.
CONCORD.
The old Graves farm.
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Through the White Mountains
To Lancaster, Colebrook, North Conway,
Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, Bar
Harbor and st. John.
LOCAL TIME TABLE-ON AND AFTER
OCTOBER g, 1900.
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Real Estate, Loans, Investments

take charge of property in St. Paul and
Minneapolis, loan money from 5 to per
cent, on safe mortgage security only. Good
paying investments made in improved prop
erty, mortgages bought and sold, choice
selection Of over 100000 acres of farm
lands and improved farms in Minnesota,
North and South Dakota from So to $25
per acre; easy payments, including lands in
the famous Red River Valley, where often
one or two crops of wheat or flax have paid
for the farm. The country is settling upfast,
including many from Iowa and Illinois,
| where same kind of soil costs $50 to $50
per acre. Prices sure to advance. Great
| chance for speculation. Can sell large tracts
to syndicates of $4,000 or more at prices
| that will double IN less than three years at
retail Settlers located. Cheap rates to
investigate lands. Fare refunded to pur-
chasers.
References. First National Bank, st. Johns
bury, Vt, Joseph Jockey, Cashier National
German American Bank, st. Paul, MINI.
EDWIN STEVENS,
1O1 East Fourth St.,
st. Paul, MINI.
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Procrastination is the thief of health
as well as the thief of time. There are
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English history is barred from Chicago
schools.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-10-17
Baptist State Convention,

Inc 10th anniversary meeting of the
Vermont Baptist convention opened a
three days session at Brattleboro last
week Tuesday with about 200 speakers
and delegates present. The afternoon
session was given up largely to minis
ter's conference and a woman's mission
airy meeting. Rev. E. M. Fuller, of
Barre, formerly of Brattleboro, read a
paper at the conference, the subject being
The Minister for the New Century"
Rev.H. R. Moseley, D. D., of Cuba,
made the principal address at the even
ing session, his subject being Home
Missions" Vermont Academy was re-
presented by All address by Principal Ed
ward Ellery of that institution. At the
close OF this session it was pronounced
one OF the most successful gatherings in
the history OF the denomination in the
state. 1t was voted to hold the conven-
ton in Burlington next year and Rev. c..
k. b. Dodge of Bellows Falls was ap
pointed to preach the annual sermon.
Rev. W. S. Roberts, Rev. D. D. Owen
and Rev. Henry Crocker were elected a
committee OF arrangements.
liz IL pOl - ouOW Cu 10 CuuICUGS III the
state, with total membership OF $3.50.
Report Of Central Vermont.
The annual report of the Central Yer
mont railway for the year ending Iune
80 last was made public at the annual
meeting of the stockholders, held at St.
Adams last week. For the fourteen
months now ended the balance above all
charges was S142,643 "a; the gross
earnings, $500, 854 81; the operating
expenses, including taxes. $3,O23, 1884;
the net earnings, 5000, 935O7, and the
expenditures for betterments, $426, 766
The stockholders elected these directors
Charles M. Hays, of Montreal, E. c.
Smith, D. D. Ranlett and E. H. Fitzhugh
OF St. Adams, John W. Stewart ofMiddle.
bury, ]. G. Mccullough of Bennington
E. H Baker and Henry B. Day of Boston
Aldace F. Walker and E. KiIner of New
York and John Bell of Belleville, Ont
The directors chose the following officers
Chairman executive committee, c. M
Hays; president. E. c. Smith; vice presi
dent and general manager, E. H. Fitz
hugh.
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ever, often take their airings in this beau
tiful equipage and upon these occasions
they are the observed of all observers.
At the time of the celebration In the Ad-
mirals honor at Washington last autumn,
it will be remembered that he was enter
tanned at Mrs. McI.ean's house and this
carriage was the one In which he drove.
1t occasioned some comment at the time
that he made his headquarters at the Nc
Lean mansion-but the cat was soon out
of the bag and the reason why known.
The carriage is drawn by four magnif-
cent bays. with positions mounted on the
rear leader and near wheeler, with the
footmen, in high hats and black livery
In the rumble; the positions wear short
black jackets with three rows of buttons
down the front, white knee breeches and
top boots, round black caps and black
gloves.
There being no driving seat, the car
riage Is ideal for pleasure driving, as the
view is unobstructed. The rumble is some
times dispensed with, but for full dress
occasions 1t must be used. The harness.
ing is precisely the same as for posting,
but the pole Of the carriage is usually OF
iron and bent down in the middle so as
to be below the leg OF the wheel horse
position. 90 avoid bruising ii. When two
horses, instead Of four are used, the
equipage is called demi-daumont
This style of carriage was much in
vogue at Newport several years ago and
may be seen there occasionally now. Mrs.
James l.. Kernochan and Mrs. August
Belmont have owned daumonts. The
name is taken from the Due d'Aumont, a
French leader Of fashion, both before and
after the Revolution. He had superb
stables filled up with mahogany, marble
and Bohemian glass and he introduced
this style Of carriage; a la daumont is
the usual spelling.
That daumonts and demi-daumonts are
not articles of everyday luxury in New
York is quite certain; a handsome prize
was offered at The last national horse
show, held In Madison Square Garden.
for pairs Of horses TO be shown before
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nude or at most with a fringe about their
waists. but when once girl is put on tho
marriageable list her mat skirt must reach
so low that her ankles will not be ex-
posed to view.
The status of the Women.
1T is also improper for a woman to 90
fishing with any man other than her hus-
band. She may go in bathing with mems
bers of the opposite sex as often as sha
pleases. she may sleep in the same room
but she must not go fishing with them.
remember how we of the mission shocks
ed their sense of propriety. We went
fishing with the men and thought nothing
about 1t but We refused TO go bathing
with them. We wore short skirts and
high necked and long sleeved waists I
am sure they thought us as immodest as
we thought them.
1.-THE character and status Of the wo-
men being an accurate Indication of the
degree Of civilization which a people have
attained would not put the South Sea
Islanders very high up In the scale. And
yet the descent Of rank through the fe-
male line gives the women place OF
Importance which it Is hard at first to
understand, realizing the unacceptable So
cial degradation of the sex. AS queen
or regent she may have almost unlimited
humblest man. A woman must not eat
OF the food prepared In the same oven
as a mans, nor of many viands super
stitiously reserved for the male SEX At
birth she is more unwelcomed than her
brother, and more liable to be thrust alive
into the grave. AS child she must eat
no food that has CHANGED to touch her
fathers dish. AS a wife she is subject to
her husbands will and Is cast off when
no longer pleasing Curiously enough, how
ever, the men cook the food while on
many of the islands the women accom-
pany their husbands to battle.
Marital engagements are made by par
ents or friends, genrally on the side OF the
woman, but quite often by both parties.
AS among the Esquimaux and some other
people there ~ no wedding ceremony,
though the groom sometimes throws a
piece of kappa about the bride and a nup-
tal feast is spread. Marriage tenure is
very uncertain, depending, so far as
have learned, on the will of the husband.
But while such a relation lasts, 50 far as
1 know, there is no such thing as infdel-
hy on either side.
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horses were unsaddled the men scattered
TO collect dead brushwood and in a short
time fire was blazing and a slice from
hindquarter of venison that had been
presented to them by their host of the
night Before, was skewered on ramrod
and placed over 1t. They had made six
ty-five miles in two days journey. They
had not been following any beaten track,
but the men had all made the journey
so often that no path was needed. In
the morning they would begin the ascent
of the lower slopes OF the mountains,
whose crest rose some thirty miles ahead
of them, although seen in the clear air
they did not seem to VIII Harland to be
more than a fifth of that distance. Rather
to the surprise of the men Juan ordered
that a watch should be kept, a precau-
tion they had never taken before.
Il have an idea" he said to VIII, that
We shall all be attacked either tonight or
while mounting the hill tomorrow. 1t
is just as we'll to take the precaution TO
set a guard tonight. but do not really
think that If a party are out after us
they will trouble us tonight. They could
not know exactly the road we should
take, but will be sure that we shall cross
the hills and come down on the north side
of the Great Dry lake, and probably stop
at Martinez. From there the country is
better cultivated. as we go along the
Chatenezonais valley in which there are
several villages. To-morrows journey is.
therefore, the most lonely and dangerous,
and they would have no motive whatever
in going further, so l think that for to-
night we can sleep TRANQUILITY. Tomorrow
we shall have to be on our guard"
To be continued
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but certainly shall not go back 10 my ia
Their with the tale that found my life I'm
bearable and deserted my ship. When I
go IL must be with a better record than
that He may have objected most strong
ly to my taking to the sea, but think 1t
would be an even greater annoyance to
him 10 find that having, in defiance of his
wishes done SO, I had so soon backed out
of IL. He, himself. is man who carries
through anything that he undertakes, no
matter if he incurs loss in so doing. d.
not say that if l saw some other opening
and made a success of it, he would mind,
but when 1 do go back il must be not 5
a returned prodgal, but as man who has
done something, who has in one line or
another achieved a certain amount of sue
cess. As far as I have thought 1t over
my ideas have been to take a passage
down to Valparaiso. which seems TO me
the most go-ahead place on this coast, AMI
there look round I have money enough
to last for some'little time, for my father
on my return from my last voyage gave
me a check for $500, and beyond so or $50
expended on my sea kit, still have it ali
In my belt
But. what do you think of doing in Val
pariso?"
81 would take anything that turned up
except clerkship. Then, if in two or
three months I could see nothing that
seemed likely to lead to good thing,
would ship again.
'Well, you will not embark on any sueh
wild-goose chase for some time, for in
tend to take you off with me to my faith.
er's hacienda for long visit. You will
receive the heartiest of welcomes when
tell them what you have done for
me. l can promise you, think,
a pleasant time, there, and you
will see what will be quite new side of
life to you and learn something of the
ranching business. which, let me tell you.
is as good as another, though 1 admit that
a considerable amount of capital is requir-
ed for making fair start"
II would like it extremely" Harland
said, but
There are no butts in it. Will" the 9TH
er broke in. you don't suppose that after
what has happened you are going your
| way and l am going mine ia the course of
! a few days. as if we were but two passen-
/ gers who had made a short voyage togeth-
er. My father would never forgive me if
did not bring you up with me. 1 expect
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tomorrow or next day We shall have three
or four of the men down with horses,
blankets and other necessities for travel
1 sent a messenger off on the day arrived
There is generally a wagon or two that
comes down every month for groceries
wine and other matters, and as / find that
1t is fully that time since The last trip ex-
pect that the carts and men will both ar
rive tomorrow. Travelling conf ortably.
we shall take the best part Of a week %
get there. of course with relays Of horses
IL could be done in less than half that tine
The wagons take ten days ard that is
good travelling, especially as there are 'tr @
days heavy work over the first range Ct
hills. Here the mules will have a few
days rest and then start again."
You find mules better than horses for
wagons?'
Beyond all comparison better; the value
of mule is six times that of a horse, ex-
! cept for exceptionally good and fast ami
mails. Feed a mule well and there is no
I better beast in the world. OF course, The
mules are big animals, being bred from the
| finest donkeys that can be imported FIR m
| Spain, and can drag as much as oxen and
} go half as fast again"
J Acting under his friends advice VIII
/ purchased the necessaries for his journey
! the principal item being a Mexican Ton-
| cho; this in appearance, was like a large
| blanket made of a long, soft wool that w {
| practically waterproof. A hole edged with
| braid was cut in the middle. This was
| slipped on over the head, and a long rid
| ing cloak reaching to the stirrups was
obtained while at night IL served all the
purposes Of an ordinary blanket Juar
presented him with rifle, a brace OF
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ped their chocolate, who do you believe
set those rufffans onto you? could see
plainly enough that both you and the Sc
norita had your suspicious, though you
did not choose to mention them TO your
father"
you are sharp observer" Juan laugh
ed. Well yes, will tell you frankly upon
whom my suspicious fell. I must tell YOU
first that Don Guzman is a connection OF
mine, my father having married a first
cousin of his. When my father went out
to this new ranch of his, twelve years ago.
he left me behind, under my cousl n s.
charge, and lived here for five years. GO
ing to the mission to be educated by the
fathers. Since then 1 have generally
spent a month or two here and not I'M
naturally, as you who have seen her will
doubtless admit, have gHown to be very
fond of Christina. OF course till lately
she has simply looked upon me as her big
cousin, but when was last here, before
going TO Valparaiso, she was a little
changed she had grown to be shy with
me, which she had never been before, and
1 hoped that she had begun TO return my
affection. Naturally enough, when return
ed the other day I spoke out to her, and
learned, to my delight, that this was so,
but OF course, she could say nothing until
our parents had been consulted. an indis-
pensable step, as you Of course know, for
In Mexico, although young people may
nave some voice in the matter, the pa
rents consent has to be obtained, and the
preliminarieS are, in fact, settled by them.
In this case, happily, there is no fear CT
difficulty arising on that score. Don Guz-
man and my father are firm friends. and
the alliance would be suitable one in sll
respects, as, although my father may be
more wealthy than Don Guzman, Christina
is an only child, while 1 have a sis ter
who is about her age.'
But still do not see, Juan, how this
explains any one having an enmity with
your"
No, am just coming to that. You
must know that the military commandant
of San Diego, Col. Pedros Me!os, has a son
Enriques, who is a captain in the r. gims mt
stationed here. Christina told me before
went down to Chile that Capt. Melos was
a frequent visitor here and that he was
very attentive to her father and frequently
brought bouquets of choice flowers. She
added that although very civil TO her as
far as the customs of the country permit a
callabero to be civil to any young lady not
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Mrs. MLEAN's ROYAL CARRIAGE

The superb Daumont, Drawn by
Four Horses With Positions Used
by Admiral Dewey's MOthef-in-
Law When She Drives About
Washington on a Summers After
noon.
1t is only royalty and Admiral and Mrs.
Dewey who ride in daumonts
The daumont does not belong to the Ad-
miral. be 1t noted. for he is a Democrat
and supposed to be welded to Jeffersonian
simplicity. but 1t is the property of his
mother-in-law, Mrs. Washington Mclean
of Washington, d. C. The Deweys, how
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to get ii the first thing this morning,
for I certainly should feel very uncom-
Portable sitting down to breakfast with
your friends in this rough sailor suit.
Luckily, have some decent clothes in my
bag and half dozen white jean jackets
and trousers which 1 bought for wearing
ashore when l was on my last voyage,
Tor then as an apprentice and in ship
chiefly belonging 10 my father / had a
good many privileges in the way of leave
when We were in port"
You look desperately hot, and if you
would like a swim, there is a pond in
that clump of trees at the end of the
garden-I have had dip there myself this
morning.
Thank you. 1 should like it extremely,
and can then finish my toilet there"
The pond was an artificial one, fhe
sides and bottom being lined with stone,
thick band of trees and underground
surrounded it, and it had doubtless been
formed for the purpose of a bath, and
also as was shown by two or three seats
placed around II, as a shady retreat dur
Ing the heat of the day. In half an hour
viii rejoined Juan, looking cool and COM
portable in his white jacket and trousers
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nevertheless noticed certain peculiarities
of the DEFENDANTS handwriting The
Judge concluded to hear the witness.
He testified that being unable to write,
he was obliged to get some one to pen
his letters for him. The person who did
this for him was the defendant. And
while the one dictated what he wanted
written, and the other slowly wrote H.
the witness would look over the shoulder
Of the writer and his eyes take in every
movement OF the pen. Though the defend
ant could not write, he knew certain fig
ures on money when he was paid his
wages. He noticed that the stroke Of the
figure was generally put straight out
at right angles to the figure. The defend
ant. on the contrary, gave 40 the stroke
queer upward slant. He recognized
the figure on the slip Of paper as being
the defendants writing.
And so it was found TO be. Not only
on the slip of paper, but also in the little
book, wherever that figure occurred Il
was found to have that queer upward
stroke. And judgment was given for the
landlady. and she got her beard bill. But
secure in the possession of her $S5. she
was probably Indifferent 20 the fact that
she was establishing precedent.
William III. II. Walker.
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Land1ady Won
Her Case.
Handwriting Proved by a Witness
Who Could Neither Read Nor

Write.
II was only a small case in an out-of-
the way district court, but the evidence
was certainly novel upon which the land
lady won her case.
When her boarder left the premises, 'he
left also a balance of $35 unpaid. AS the
landlady could not write, she requested
him to set down the figures for her so
that she might have memorandum. This
he did on slip of paper without sign
ing 1t. No one but the woman herself
had seen him write the figures
When suit was brought the boarder de-
MED ever having written the figures in
question; and moreover he produced a lit
tie account book which he said he had
kept, and which indicated that he had
paid all he owed. Some things about this
book looked suspicious. 1t seemed too
fresh and neat and clean to have been
kept any great length OF time by a man
who was not conspicuous for cleanliness.
And the figures were all written in the
same ink and in straight perpendicular
columns as If they were all written at the
same time. But, however suspicious these
circumstances might appear, the woman
was obliged to prove her case on Its own
merits.
So she summoned a witness 20 Identify,
IL possible, the handwriting on the slip
of paper. 1t soon appeared that her witt
ness was as illiterate as herself-he could
neither read nor write 1t was at once
objected by the opposing lawyer that such
a witness was incompetent to testify on a
question of handwriting, and the objec-
ton certainly seemed plausible. On be-
half of the landlady Ii was argued that
this witness, illiterate as he was. had
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In the Hands of the
Cave Dwellers.
The Story Of An Apache Raid.

Copyright, 1900, by G. A. Henty.)
CHAPTER II.


EARLY as Mexican households are awake,
IN order to enjoy the comparatively cool
hours of the morning, William Hariand
was the first up, and. dressing hastily,
started out TO fetch his kit bag. All the
notion Of this he had slowed away, be-
fore he went on board, the clothes that
he had worn when he left home, and also
the contents of small trunk that he had
taken with him, buying an outfit for use
On board from a slop shod. He was back
in an hour, for he had hidden the bag
in a clump of bushes but two miles from
the town. The servants were moving
about, but, with the exception of Juan,
none of the others were yet down. The
latter met him as he entered.
81 have been to your room and when
[ found ii empty, guessed the errand on
which you were away. Why did you not
tell me last night? You could have had a
negro slave TO go with you and carry that
sack of yours back"
30, l am not too proud to carry it my
self, Don Juan, and 1 was really anxious
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aho white flannel shirt with turn down
SSoilar and black silk handkerchief around
his neck
That is a good deal better" Juan
sad; you only want a sombrero to COM
pete your costume. Sit down here; I
'oia the servant 10 bring chocolate for
US directly / saw you coming out from
me trees. Don Guzman and Christina
axe their chocolate in their room.
pon suppose that we shall see them till
breakfast. which will not be served for
an hour and half yet"
How Is your arm, Don Juan?"
Drop the Don, please; was always
ealled simply Juan by my English friends
AZ Valparaiso. IT is much more pleas
ant than our acrimonious way of address,
lns each other, so call we Juan, please,
ard l will call you Will"
Nav. Juan" Harland said. as they SID