St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-01-03

dogs must wear muzzleS for the next
six months. This has led to protests
and complaints, but the commissions
ers declare that there is no discre-
tionary power left with them about
the enforcement of the law. Tramp
dogs have been impounded and
unless redeemed within 48 hours are
destroyed; but it was impossible to
obtain enough muzzles for all the
dogs SO action has been delayed for
a few days. People generally are
glad of the decision of the officers.
Admiral Dewey has sent his present
of black bear to the Geological
garden.
The war-ship Texas, under the care
OF Capt. Sigsbee, brought the 151
bodies of the soldiers and sailors of
the war-ship Maine to Newport News
from Colon cemetery at Havana.
Forty wagons took them to Airing
ton cemetery, on Halls Knob, where
they were inferred at some distance
from the soldiers of the Cuban war.
The President, members of the cabi-
net and some relatives were present
at the exercises.
Many amendments to the consti-
tuition have already appeared in
Congress. 1t is nearly 80 years since
the 18th Amendment was ratified,
March 80, 1870. There have been
five amendments offered against
Polygamy and to prohibit it IN any
form in the United States or subject |
to its Jurisdiction; neither should any
one be eligible to office, civil or
military, or vote at any election.
Representative Grout of Vermont is
one of the five who has an amend
meut. Some doubt if any action will
be taken as they claim laws now
exist against plural wives and it
requires two thirds vote of Con-
gress and then it must be ratified by
the different states. Religious people
hope something will he done for there
are two more states pressing to be
admitted to the United States, New
Mexico and Arizona. 1t is stated |
that the government is paving
$145, 900 600 on its regular pension
rolls and yet there are many new pen
sion bills introduced. The Curtis bill,
if it is made a law, would make the
$500,OOO,0OO above the
first estimate 1t is hoped that the
Fifty sixth Congress will pass no
such bills, to remove the limit of
payment of arrearages. Gov. Mer-
RAM, directorof the census, has COM
pleted the list Of 800 men to supervise
the taking Of the census. The Gen.
Lawton fund is steadily increasing.
Prof. Dean Worcester, the Youngest
member of the Philippine Commits
sion, gave the first of his two lectures
before the National Geographic
Society upon the different races and
peoples OF those islands. He divided
the ethnology of races into two
classes: The wild and uncivilzed
tribes, which he treated in his first
lecture and the civilized tribes are to
be described in the second lecture. He
thought it safe to estimate the popu-
atiOn at about ten million. The
official list under Spanish control
was not exacE, usually under esti-
mated, for that would allow the
officers to pocket quite an amount
Turing taxation. There were three
aces found in the Philippines; The
Negritas, true aborigines; the Indo-
lesian and the Malayan. The
Negroes were the lowest order, with
p tribes who differ widely. Their
arrows are tipped with deadly
poison, but not polygamous. The
ndonesian have a better physical
development and are more intelligent.
They have 16 tribes. The Bagaboo
hlnk they have two souls and that
me goes to Heaven and the other to
leIl. The Atlas live on Mount Apo
md are fierce and warlke. The
1alayan have 46 tribes. He also
described the Igarrotes or head
uniting tribes and their form of
isury was quite amusing. His
ecture was illustrated by pictures of
he tribes and at the close lady
sked after looking at these wild
FEATURES, "Are you ready to call
hem brothers and sisters?" That
he lecturer has made a scientific