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S2o, ,ooo PAID FOR A BIBLE.
Psalterium. Printed in Gutenberg's shop
 Worth Even More.

Psalteriuni. Printed in Gutenberg's shop.
 Worth Even More.
 Fabulous sums are paid for copies of the earliest printed Bibles on account of their rarity. Yet it is known that many more were manufactured than have ever come to light, and every now and then we hear of another copy hay ing been found in some garret or eel lar amid the rubbish. The famous "Mazarin Bible" has been sold for more than $20,000, and this Is called cheap, as it is one of the finest speci- mems of the printers art ever pro- dueed. and, most interesting of all. was set up and published by Gutenberg in 1455. after three years of continuous leser He printed only 100 copies, but . i've of these have never been feuIa It is called the Mazarin be- causs the first copy to be discovered in medeyn times was in the library of Cardinal Mazarin. But there is an other part of the Bible, called the 'Psalterium,. because it contains the Psalms only, which commands even higher price, having been sold for S25,- GOO, for but six copies are known to be in existence It was printed by John Faust and Peter Schoeffer on parch- ment in Gutenbergs shop, and is the first printed book bearing the year and day of it's publication on the title page. This inscription reads, ''1457, on the eve of Ascension" Of course, all of the earliest Bibles were printed in Latin. The first complete Latin Bible with a date appeared in 1462, and is valued at S7,000. After that time many editions of the Bible appeared n all ages-German, English, French and Greek-and in 1514-1517 was the first polyglot Bible, one in which the Bible appeared in various languages side by side. The most valuable Bi- bles all date from the fifteenth or six teenth centuries. After that no special value is attached to them.
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THRIFT OF A CLERGYMAN.
Letters Whose Backs He Used for Copy
 Made Amu.ing Reading.

Habits Of thrift are generally com mendable, but sometimes they give cause for amusement without the per- son praetieing them being aware of it. This was the case recently with a we'll known clergyman, whose church is one of the most fiourishing of it's denomi- nation in the city. This clergyman re- ceiyes a salary of S6,000 a year and has in addition comfortable income of his own. He is liberal giver to many charities, lives in a handsome brown-stone house, and apparently has less reason for economy than the average citizen, yet he has one habit might well be taken as an indication Of poverty .by those who did not know the clergyman. With inborn Scotch thrift the minister makes use of the blank side of letters he receives when they are written lon one side only" He was recently asked to prepare an article for magazine. Tn due time the manuscript reached the editor, each page of it written on the back of an old letter, and it was only too evident that he had paid no attention to whether or not the letters were of a personal character. The letters fur nished a rather curious commentary on the sort of letters metropolitan clergyman receive. Among them were: A notice from an insurance company that his policy had lapsed owing to the non-payment of S156 premium. A note from the general passenger agent of a railway refusing his request that a pass from New York to Chicago be given to a poor brother in the min- istry. An appeal from a poor widow for money to pay her rent and keep her from being dispossessed. letter from a broker, who was one of his con. gregation, advising him to invest in a certain stock, as it was certain to be "a good thing" 4 criticism of one Of his sermons from one of the pillars Of the church. A receipt showing that he had paid for the license of his dog New York Herald
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Actress, Wedding Cards.

An actress playing small parts in a Berlin theater has turned her marriage to some account. The usual formal in- vitation has been suppressed in favor of something that reads like this: "Fraulein x. invites all her friends and admirers to see her debut in a piece called Marriage" The other part will be taken by Herr x. It will depend on the latter whether this play turns out comedy or drama" One admires the courage of man that could read this and then walk to the altar.
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MANILA PIGS AND CHICKENS.
The Former VIII Always Attract a
 Crowd,

io H oEAtf VIII ALWAYS Attract a
 Crowd.
 One of the curious sights to an American visiting the Chinese and na- tive quarters is the ever-present pig, but as pigs are not allowed at large they have an ingenious method of ty- ing the pigs by the ears, says Manila Freedom. They cut small hole through the pigs ears, ene-half to an inch in diameter; through this hole they insert rope, with large knot on one end. This rope securely con fines the pigs liberties about the prem ises The same sights are also often seen on the native boats and even on the swell launches plying about Manila bay. Transporting pigs through the streets of Manila will always attract a crowd, although the sight is very common one. The legs of the pig are securely tied together and the pig is then suspended on the long pole rest ing on the shoulders of two native car riers. The pig. with his legs up and head down, makes about as much noise while in transit as the pig under a gate in the state of Missouri, and never fails to hold the crowd. It is a very common sight to see hen or a rooster staked out in the dooryard of a native house. Game cocks are pick eted just as the plainsman pickets his pony. A string is tied to the leg of the fowl and small wooden peg is tied to the other end. When the na- tive makes visit he carries the fowl and when he stops to chat the picket pin is pushed into the ground, and Mr. Chicken is quite at home.
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John Wesley the Great Man.

From Scribners for December: No man lived nearer the center than John Wesley. Neither Give nor Pitt, neith- CT Mansfield nor Johnson. You can not cut him out of our national life. No single figure influenced so many minds, no single voice touched so many hearts. No other man did such a life's work for England. As writer he has not achieved distinction, he was no Athanasius, no Augustine, he was ever preacher and an organizer, Ia borer in the service of humanity; put happily for us his journals remain, and from them we can learn better than from anywhere else what manner Of man he was, and the character of the times during which he lived and moved and had his being.
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 POMPADOUR'S RING.
It Was Lost Over a Century and Hall
 Ago.


 Ago.
 A ring containing an engraved stone was recently offered for sale to the medal department of the National Library, and on close scrutiny, says the London Post, the curator recogniz- ed the gem as the famous lost .Tri- umph of Fonteney,'s left by testament of Mme. de Pompadour to the medal department. The ring had disappeared on the marquise's death and was sup posed to have been lost forever, when chance brought it to the very spot Awhere it would have been had Mme. de Pompadour's will been carried out. The Triumph of Fontenoy" is one of the first works the engrayer Jacques Quay executed for Mme. de Pom- padour. The favorite possessed con- siderable skill in painting and engrav- ing on precious stones. She chose Jacques Quay for master, took him to Versailles, and installed him in her apartments, where he gave her lessons and also executed series of engrav- ings representing the principal events of the reign of Louis KY. There is little chance of discovering through what hands the Triumph of Fonte- noy' has passed since it disappeared 150 years ago It has just come from Poland, and precise information can- not, it seems, be obtained.
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An Interesting Collection.

An interesting collection of gold or. naments from the Ashanti country may now be seen in the windows of jewellers shop in the West End 0, London, England These and many others formed part of the loot of ex- King Prempeh's palace at Coomassle when that bloodthirsty monarch wat publicly dethroned few years ago They consist of curiously wrought amulets. which were worn as fetish charms, and several slug-shaped orna ments which are identical with somt that have been dug up in Ireland, savs that the Irish productions are soild whereas the African are hollow.
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The Prog ress of slber a.

The Russian government is, says
 Engineering, with great energy and foresight, pursuing it's work in various directions, for the purpose of assist ing the progress of Siberia. The fact that Siberia will in all probability cease to be the dreaded home of erim- inals is only one link in this chain only one of many efforts for introduc ing European culture into the vast
 possessions of the czar in Northern and Central Asia. Siberia has hitherto
 known nothing. or in any case very little, of customs and tariffs, and goods from all parts of the world have been
 imported into Siberia free of duty. This will now be altered, and Siberia will henceforward have it's closely
 guarded tariff frontier, both along the coasts of the Pacific ocean and on the inland frontier. Siberia will have it's
 own customs department; the finance
 ministry at St. Petersburg will act to
 great extent quite Independently.
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Changes in the Senafe.

Thirty United States senators went out of office on March 4, 1899; thirty more are to go out of office on March 4, 1901, and thirty more on March 4, 1903, the whole membership of the senate being ninety.
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Jurispru dence.

And you still employ the ordeal Of fire in your courts of justice2' we ex- claimed, in horror. The barba-ie king hastened to explain that recourse was had to the ordeal of fire anly in certain cases. If man is accused of mur- der said his majesty, we do not sub jeet him to tLe ordeal of fire, but if he is accused of wearing celluloid collars. we do" After all. there was some thing in the jurisprudence of this rude nation to command our respect.-De- trnit Journal.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-07

List Of letters advertised in tho postofice at
Aztec, New Mexico, September 1, 1900.
Daniel Porgin, J. W.. Hyatt,
L.. p. WANING, P. N.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-07


@. -. Mead has been appointed super
inteoJent OF the department Of farm
products for the Coloraio-Nev Mexico
fair. At Dursngo. The department TO-
cludes the vegetable display and We
consider that ioa very important one.
The management made an admirable
choice Ia Mr. Mead. Tie will be able %
give the department his personal super
vision and attention.
A crowd Of boys escaped from the
Aztec Sunday school. Sunday and went
down to Harrington and just simply
nallopod the earth up with the nine
down there. The tally vas, Aztec -.
Huntington g. The low score is &C.
counted FOR by the factthat neither side
could bic the ball. but the game is said
to have been very well played aud more
than usually interesting. The Aztec
kids are all right.
The Pagosa Syringe News says; "Curg
williams and Jessie Halter, Of MaDcos.
we're here last week and matched a
horse race Cor $500 bet y cen (Nettie) bay
mare, owned BY Fred Holman OF Paeosa,
and (CricketJ a race mare. owned 10
Mancos. Distance, $50 yards. 'fhe
Pagosa boys tried hard to pull the race
of in Pagosa, but there being nc
round track. ao agfeemsnt vac made e
run at MaAcos. September 17r
The hosrds Of roristration hsgina
been appointed is The teriope praclncia
those who are entitled lo vote at the tall
election should sec 3 it that their
names are on the roll. The boards must
sit at least thirty day prior to the cleo.
ton, and remain 10 session three days.
and then meet each Saturday to within
ten days Of the electioa. The list for
Aztec precinct can be found at any time
at E. G. Berry's shop.
One Of the best improved ranches
along tho Animas valley is that Of s. +.
Koontz, a few miles north Of Aztec. A
visit 10 it at this time q year will be g
source Of delight to any one. Bert
has eighteen varieties Ut grapes in bis
vineyard, has ar orchard paying hand
some dividends and his buildings and
permanent improvements are all first
class. He has nine acres planted to
corn, aud the crop i8 lone that makes
Missourians feel as though they we're
home again. Il was planted on virgin
soil and will go fifty bushels to the acre
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-07

Don't forget the fact that every
body gets suited at the Nathan Shoe
and Clothing %company's, Durango.
Finest goous, lowest prices, most cour-
teous treatment.
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For surerintendent.

1 hereby announce myself a candidate for
superintendent Of schools Of SanJuan county.
subject to the decision OF the Democratic
county convention.
B. A. BAKFR.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-09-07

I hereby announce myself as a candidate
for denomination to the Office OF representa-
tive Cor San Juan county, subject to the action
ofthe Republican county convention.
A.. ID. MCINTOSH.
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Notlee b

An EXAMINATION of tesrt win he held At
the Farmingtoa ssnvol 10 rs on Saturday
September ~, 1t . o'clock q m.
wa. LOCKE.
MAUD WARING,
A. R~OSENTHAL,
Board Of Examiners.
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For Sale.

I a 1000 head Of sheep for sale. Parties
wishing to buy should correspond with me.
JUAN A. JAQUEZ,
Largo. n. NJ,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-11
KnIohfs Of pxfniaa.

Regular convention of Apollo Lodge No. 2
Tuesday night, April II.
L. P. SLACK. Chancellor Commander.
!. NJ. CUsHMAN, Keeper of Records and Seal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-11
A Business Change.

John Rickaby leaves the first of next
week for Chelsea, Mass, where he has an
excellent position in the office of Prescott
Chamberlain, insurance and real estate
dealer, which is one of the largest offices
in the city. His father, Thomas Rickaby,
will continue the real estate business in
the office where they are now located,
but the fire insurance business has been
sold. The representation of the Granite
State Insurance company has been trans
ferred to Charles S. Hastings and the
other companies to Moore & Co.
During the time Rickaby & Co. have
been located here they have done a good
business and the CALIFORNIAN bespeaks
for John success in his new field. He has
had, aside from his experience here, seve-
raj years work in Hartford and ought
to be thoroughly familiar with this line
of business.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-11
Lecture Course e-ConwelI.

On Thursday evening, April 12. St.
Johnsbury audience will again have the
rare pleasure OF seeing and hearing Rus
sell Conwell. A more acceptable orator
has never visited this town and we shall
listen to him, on this occasion, with
mental appetites whetted by the delay
caused by his recent illness. At the urg-
ent request of Mr.. Conwel, the lecture
committee have consented to change
of subject The lecturer had not taken
into account the fact that he had already
spoken here upon "Garibaldi. His SUBJ
ject Tor the present year was to be
Anita, the Feminine Torch" Now
"Anita" was Garibaldis wife, and Mr..
Conwell has sent word that there is, in
this lecture, large amount of narrative
and incident that must of necessity be a
repetition of portions of his "Garibaldi"
lecture. His request for the change of
subject is so urgent and so reasonable
that the lecture committee have acceded
to it. Mr.. Conwell desires to present
Lessons of Travel" and to all who
know his faculty of keen observation and
his rare gift of describing the excelencies
and the oddities of those whom he meets
this subject promises an evening of de-
lighttul entertainment. With any sub
juct this lecturer is always "Conwel, the
inimitable."
A special car has been arranged to ac-
commodate people from Lyndonville,
after the lecture.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-11
Easter at Grace Church.

Services appropriate to the Easter
season were held at Grace Methodist
church last Sunday and were helpful and
inspiring throughout. In the morning
Rev. Mr.. Hunt preached an able sermon
on the Easter theme, bringing out the
lessons of the day with good effect. The
quartette choir. composed of Miss Som.
erville, Mrs. H. w. Brooks, Mr.. Parker
and Mr. Atwood sang finely three an
thems, including "As it began to dawn"
"They have taken away my Lord" and
"Christ is Risen"
In the evening there was an entertain
ing concert by the children oil the Sunday
school. The choir sang an anthem, and
other music was furnished by choru.
Of 80 or 40 voices. The young peopl,
ie.ited numerous selections, and every
body present enjoyed the program.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-11

his twelve-year-old son, who followed
his father to the police station and wit
messed the proceedings.
The very warmest, gladdest, joliest
minstrel merriinent that ever shook st.
Johnsbury sides is promised on the night
of Friday, April 20, by Apollo Lodge,
No. 2, K. P. Watch for posters announc-
ing the long list of attractions.
Long distance telephones have been
put in at the residences of F. P. Cole,
H. R. Albee, O. H. Henderson, Geo. W.
Cree, c. E. Simanton, B. F. Weeks, W.
E. Peck, F. L. Woodbury., Geo. w.
Spencer, L. P. Slack, H. A. Stanley, c. c.
Follensby. F. A. Pierce, H. {. Bates,
Crawford Ranney, F. E. Spalding, Chas.
Sha W, and W. w. S. Brown; also at the
North church parsonage. One at A. L.
Bailey,s, S. H. Brackets, Mrs. J. A.
Morse's, L. W. Rowells and DR.. Tinker's.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-11
In Mem0riam.

The Church Bells, published at Kansas
City, Mo-, had in a recent issue fine
tribute to the late Mrs. Darling, who is
so pleasantly remembered as a former
St. Johnsbury resident. The article was
written by Mr.. Mann, rector of Grace
church and is as follows
I'm the recent death of Mrs. Darling
the parish has had severe loss. Mrs.
Darling had only returned to us short
time ago after some six or seven years
absence. She at once entered our church
life with her usual loyalty and earnest
ness. She was to have been the presiding
genius OF our Girls Friendly Society, for
which work she was siugularly fitted by
her executive capacity, her musical
ability, her general culture, her kindly
nature and her thorough churchmanship
In common with all who knew her here
and they are many, | mourn her de
parture. For both those women, de
parted in the true faith of Gods holy
name we confidently pray may they
rest in peace, and may light perpetual
shine upon them -"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-11
Choral Union.

The series of weekly rehearsals which
have been held since early in February
will be completed with rehearsals on
Friday evenings of this and next week.
at both of which Prof. Blaisdell will be
present. During the season The Messiah
and various miscellaneous works have
been taken up and Prof Blaisdell speaks
in highest terms of the work of the
chorus.
The annual festival will be held April
% to 27. Miss Ruby Cutter, soprano:
Miss Adah Campbell Hussey, contralto;
Mr.. Clarence B. Shirley, tenor; and Mr..
Leverett B. Merrill, basso, have been en-
gagged as soloists. All these artists are
from Boston. and are spoken of in the
highest terms wherever they have been
heard. A more extended notice Of each
will be given next week. Blaisdell's
Orchestra of II pieces has also been en-
gagged and will appear at the four con
certs.
With the splendid work of the chorus
and the array of special talent engaged
the convention cannot fail to be a great
success musically. Its success or fall
ure financially depends upon the public
OF St Johnsbury. There are few towns
in Vermont whose residents have the
opportunity to hear such musical works
as the oratorios and operas which the
Choral Union have given, and at the
low price of So 90 for season tickets,
every concert should have crowded
house.
Season tickets will go on sale at Bing-
hams drug store and the Stiles drng
store Monday morning, April! 16, at
s o'clock.
The social assembly mentioned in last
weeks paper will be omitted
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-11
rlary Howe Concert Company.

The concert given by Mary Howe and
her company at the Howe Opera House
last Friday evening was the event of the
season and proved to be one of the most
enjoyable musical treats in the history
of St. Johnsbury. The opera house was
practically filled, very large number
coming from out of town. Ofcourse the
central feature of the evening was the re-
appearance of Mary Howe, after her
long absence in Europe. Since her first
visit to st. Johnsbury several years ago
she has been the great favorite of our
music loving people, and since her sue
cessiul career abroad the desire that she
might be heard again in this town has
been general, and the large audience
which greeted her on Friday evening
showed that we appreciated the priv
ilege.
The programme was splendid one
The first part consisting of solos, duets,
anu WOlh1 anu LuC last Pal
the celebrated Garden Scene from
Gounod's Faust" The work of Will
liam LAWN, Clemente Bologna and Edith
MacGregor was of very high order,
and greatly appreciated by the audience.
In the garden scene, Mr.. LAWN as Faust,
Mr.. Bologna as Mephisto, and Edith
MacGregor in the dual roll of Seibel and
Martha, sustained these parts in high.
ly creditable manner and received good
deal of well deserved applause. Mr..
Lawn is not stranger to St. Johns
bury audience, having sung here with
Mary Howe on her last visit several
years ago, but the chief interest of those
present was in the star OF the evening,
Mary Howe. They had come to hear
her; they OF course expected that the
years spent in study abroad had i'm
proved the already accomplished singer,
but it is safe to say they were hardly pre-
pared Tor the magnificent vocal exhibi,
tion to which they listened. We will not
attempt to speak of the character of her
work, except that st. Johnsbury has
never heard it's like before, and can hard
ly expect to again. In everything she
sang the audience was under the spell oi
her wonderful voice and we doubt il
there were many present who would not
under like circumstances go again simply
to hear repetition of her rendering ot
Robin Adair." The introduction OF an
act from great opera as part of the
concert was something of an innovation
to ST. Johnsbury audience and the rem
dering of the third act OF Faust was a
rare treat, inasmuch as it gave an oppor.
tunity to hear Mary Howe in a role in
which she has achieved so signal a sue
cess and surely it would be difficult to
imagine more finished Marguerite.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-04-11
Republican Town Caucus.

The legal republican voters Of the town of
the Stanley Opera House OF said town on
Saturday, April 14th 1900. at 7.30 O'Clock
in the evening to elect ten delegates and ten
alternates to the Republican State Convep-
tion at Burlington, VT, Wedneso ay, the 18th
day of April 300, for the purpose of electing
four delegates at large to the Republican
National Convention.
Also to elect ten delegates and 10 alter
mates to the Republican Convention for the
Second Congressional District to he held at
Montpelier, vt on Tuesday the 18th day of
April 1900 for the purpose of electing two
delegates and two alteruates to the Repub-
lican National Convention.
F. A. PIERCE. Republican
PHILIP II. STONE, Committee.