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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-02

often checks respiration. If the volume
is small and the potential (o- electric
pressure) light, this effect is only family
observed. But stronger currents, especi-
ally if prolonged, interrupt breathing
more positively, and thus lead to asphy-
xia. Commissions are frequently an
attendant symptom. The revival of an
animal that had seemingly been killed
was effected by DR.. Cunningham in the
following manner: He aimed to restore
the activity of the heart by two agen-
cies; he injected itno the arteries what is
called "defbrinated" blood, and at the
same time gently stimulated the organ
with electricity. So much laboratory
preparation would be required to repeat
this procedure in the case OF a man that
it could hardly be employed effectively in
cases OF pure accident, unless the neces-
airy means were close at hand, in conse.
quence of unusual forethought. 1t is
doubtful whether acentralligh or power
station will ever be equipped with these
facilities for restoring injured men, and it
would probably take too long to carry,
one who had received an apparently
fatal dose of electricity to the nearest
doctor.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-02
How Electricity Kills,

Although with the increasing use OF
electricity for power. Lighting and chem
ical purposes the world sees increased
precautions against accident, there are
occasional exceptions to the general rule
OF safety, and the question how a power
tul electric current acts on a human
being is therefore matter of vital in
tereSt.
DR.. R. H. Cunningham, who has given
this subject good deal of study within
the last five years, recounts in "The
Electrical World" experiments which he
has made on some of the lower animals.
These tests lead him to believe that the
first and most immediate effect of a
powerful shock is to interrupt the heart
beat. 1t does so by impairing the auto
matte tendency ofthe muscles to contract
rhythmically and in unison. An effect
known to Psychologists as fertilization"
is produced. That is to say, the separate
fbers OF muscle that should act together
fail to harmonic, and thus neutralize
one another. One result of this quasi
paralysis is that the cells at the chief
nervous centres, where sense and will re-
side, lose the nourishment which the
blood supplies, and on which they rely for
lite. Furthermore, the electric current
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-02
Elevator Heart Disease.

The cause OF the runaway of the eleva-
tor at the Brown Hotel recently
which resulted in the temporary penning
up OF woman and the pilot, was ex-
planned later. During the evening
when the accident occurred. it was
thought the trouble was with the cable.
But the examination of the elevator dis.
closed the fact that the only damage
Gone elevator, cable or lever had been
done by the collision of the elevator with
the top OF the shaft. The trouble was
thus placed upon Monte Inman, the
pilot.
A sudden attack of heart trouble is
SAID to have caused a temporary para
yzng OF the arm, which refused for the
moment to push back the lever. 1nman
VIII not admit that this was the only
cause OF the accident and insists that the
leVer was out of order, but when ply
slclan was consulted he asserted with
Sleat postivrness that the case as
Inscribed to him was one of an attack
vi ", neart failure. He went on to say that
'nls trouble is very common among ele-
Vator pilots.
=. Especially is this true in such high al
N Cituues as this" said DR.. R. H. Brown of
lineage, the physician who discussed the
niaIter at the hotel. "The sudden ascent
I Iuu descent and often the shock of too
LLasly stop soon tell on the action of the
ns"rt When this vocation is followed at
"n attitude of mile above sea level. OF
r ,,' the faster the elevator goes the
+ hoIg aggravated will be the heart
bn GIDle OF It's manipulation, and in high
b; h" the chances of serious results to
lbs L,s health are more certain than in a
t I"er building. The air at the top of
tb o smart In a 'sky-scraper' is lighter
fro "n at the bottom, and the rapid change
ot tm one altitude to the other made so
no ,,tu mas a most serious result. 1t cam
s;on4 NC otherwise. The ordinary tran
m (nt III this part of the world is affected
sto os. uncomfortably by walking up
el L"l.s at fair speed. The ascent in an
m ['ator at many times that speed does
tb o'e S,; narm. The guest at the hotel or
not VISITOR to the public building does
me-. uotice 1T much, but the pilot, who re-
t;ra ,lS In the elevator for hours at a
iure [I a.; aay after day, is permanently in.
'" .5 IN due time"
Stoto was an interested visitor to the
bonn e SapItol on Saturday. But a few
PTS pts before the accident at the Brown
piIot 'e Motel was conversing with the
this vi vi the State Capitol elevator on
was s very oI subject, and he told me that he
cat;o aiready feeling the effects of his vo-
obIioosi and was at times during the day
serv;Soa TO leave his post and secure the
EN- es temporarily of some other state
P'oyee to do his work until his heart
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-02
Woman's Progress.

A hundred years ago, women could
not vote anywhere. In 1888, Kentucky
gave school suffrage to widows. In
1850, Ontario gave it to women both
married and single. In 1861. Kansas
gave it to all women. In 1867, New
South Wales gave women municipal suf.
frage. In 1869, England gave municipal
suffrage to single women and widows, Vic
toria gave it to women both married
and single, and Wyoming gave full suf.
frage to all women.
In 1871, West Australia gave munich
pal suffrage to women. School suffrage
was granted in 1875 by Michigan and
Minnesota, in 1876 by Colorado, in
1877 by New Zealand, in 1878 by New
Hampshire and Oregon, in 1879 by
Massachusetts, in 1880 by New York
and Vermont. In 1880, South Australia
gave municipal suffrage to women. In
1881, municipal suffrage was extended
to the single women and widows of Scot
land. In 1882, license suffrage was
given in New Zealand. Nebraska gave
women school suffrage in 1888, Ontario
and Tasmania gave them municipal sui
frage in 1884. and Wisconsin gave them
school suffrage in 1885. In 1886, school
suffrage was given in Washington, and
municipal suffrage in New Zealand and
New Brunswick. In 1887 municipal suf-
frage was granted in Kansas, Nova
Scotia, and Manitoba, and school suf
frage in North and South Dakota, Mon
tana, Arizona, and New Jersey. In the
same year, Montana gave tax-paying
Women the right to vote upon all ques-
tons submitted to the taxpayers.
In 1888, England gave women county
suffrage, and British Columbia and the
Northwest Territory gave them NUM-
cipal suffrage. In 1889, county suffrage
was given to the women of Scotland and
municipal suffrage to single women and
widows in the Province of Quebec. In
1891, school suffrage was granted in
Illinois. In 1893 school suffrage was
granted in Connecticut, and full suffrage
in Colorado and New Zealand. In 1894,
school suffrage was granted in Ohio,
limited municipal suffrage in Iowa, and
parish and district suffrage in England
to women both married and single. In
1865, full suffrage was granted in South
Australia to women both married and
single. Iu 1896, full suffrage was grant
ed in Utah and Idaho.
In 1898, the women of Ireland were
given the right to vote for all officers ex-
cept Members of Parliament; Minnesota
women were given the right to vote for
library trustees; French women engaged
in commerce were given the right to vote
for Judges of the tribunals of commerce;
Delaware gave taxpaying women school
suffrage, and Louisiana gave taxpaying
women the right to vote upon all ques.
tions submitted to the taxpayers. In
1899, the Legislature of Oregon passed
an amendment to grant full suffrage to
women, by vote of 48 to 6 in the
House and 25 to 1 in the Senate. In
1900, a bill giving full parliamentary
suffrage for women passed both houses
of Parliament in West Australia Wo-
mans Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-02

marriage onward, her body is daily
drained of strength and her mind daily
burdened by cares She lies on the
couch, her back aching, from female
trouble, and gets up and puts on a snil-
ing face to meet her husband.
Marriage can only be an equal partner
ship when the drains and strains of mar
ried life of the woman can be replaced
by the perfect health of the delicate
womanly organs. No woman need suf-
fer with inflammation, liberation, debi1i-
tating drains or female trouble. There's
an absolute cure for all these In Doctor
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t makes
life pleasure, does away with morning
sickness, and makes the baby's advent
easy and almost painless.
81 had been a sufferer from uterine trouble for
about three years, having two miscarriages In
that time, and the doctors said l would have to
60 through an operation before could give
birth to children" writes Mrs. Blanche E.
Evans, of Parsons, Luzsrne Co., Pa, Box al.
when about to give up in despair saw the adj
vertisement of DR.. Pierces medicine and
thought would give it trial rs a last resort.
bought bottle of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription, and after taking it felt better than
had for years. After taking four and one-halt
bottles gave birth to bright baby girl who is
now four months old and has not had a day of
sickness"
"Favorite Prescription contains no
alcohol, whisky or other intoxicant.
Nothing else is "just as good" Refuse
all substitutes. If you 90 for DR..
Pierce's, get DR.. Pierce's.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-02
REWARD,

We, the undersigned, druggists offer a
reward OF so cents to any person who
purchases of US, two 25 cent boxes of
Baxter's Mandrake Bitters Tablets, if it
fails to cure constipation, biliousness,
sick-headache, jaundice, loss OF appetite,
sour stomach, dyspepsia, liver COM
plant, or any Of the diseases for which
it is recommended. Price 25 cents for
either tablets or liquid. We will also
refund the money on one package of
either if it fails to give satisfaction.
c. c. Bingham,
Flint Bros,
Standard Drug Store,
w. B. Eastman,
F. 6. Landry,
Stiles Drug Co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-02

Economical cooks do not boil the whole
egg when only the hard boiled yolk is
needed. Either the yolk is dropped alone
and unbroken into the water and boiled
hard in this way. the white being previ-
ously drained off, or after the yolk is
separated from the white it is left in the
shell and put thus into the boiling water.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-02

The highest ranking officer of the
United States navy, who will retire from
active service during 1900 because of the
age limit, is Captain w. c. Gibson,
Usually from one to four rear admirals
are retired annually. During 1901 Rear
Admirals McNair and Schley will give up
active service.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-02
Gained
~ .
Pounds

EEDEAR MRS. PLNvGYHAM-
y was very THIN and my
friends thought ! was I'm
consumption
Had continual head
aches hacktache and faM-
SHsg of uterus, and my eyes
were affected.
"Eves'y one noticed now
poorly ! looked and y was
advised TO take Lydia 4.
Pznkhans' Vegetable
Compound.
"One bottle relieved
me, and after taking eight
bottles arm now a healthy
W0zasans have gained i'm
weight from 95 pounds TO
STVS everyone asks what
makes me SO sfOuf, %
MRS. A. TOkLE, 1916 HYy~
ton ST., philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. PiRslki1aRss has fiffv
thousand such letters
from grateful women.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-02
MAGAZINES
AT CUT RATES,

Make out list of the reading matter
you want for 1900 and let us make
you prices. Wecan give you cutrates
on any periodical. Vermont Maya
zine Agency, 46 Portland St., St.
Iohnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-05-02
Provide for the future.

1t is easy to lay a few dollars
aside weekly or monthly if you
have some safe place to deposit
them. We accept deposits to
open an account as little as one
dollar. We know if we once get
you as a depositor your account
will soon grow to respectable d.
mansions. Our Office hours are
$50 a. m. to 8 p. M, Saturdays
and 7ths Of month 7 to s I. m.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
Our Vast Productive Power.

Mr.. Mulhall has undertaken b. cal
culate the energy or working power
of the people Of this country since
1910. He reduces these things to
foot tons, a foot-ton being a power
sufficient to raise one ton one foot in
day, aud in this calculation he finds
that in 1840 the energy OF the people
of the United States was represented
by 1886, 900 foot-tons daily, or
1920 foot-tons per inhabitant; in 1850,
10000, 900 foot-tons, or 1910 foot-tons
per inhabitant, aud in 1895, 128-,
10000 foot-tons, 1850 foot-tons per
inhabitant. This shows that the col.
lective power Of our population has
more than trebled since 1860, steam
power having multiplied fve-fold in
the thirty five years of his calcula.
ton; the strength being shown ap.
proximately in horse power of steam,
in 1895, including fixed engines, 10.
comotiyes, and engines used on steam
boats at 10, 100000, OF 240 horse
power per 1000 of the population.
Two hundred aud forty horse power
represents the energy Of 1852 men
supplemental to each 1000. Accord
ing to Mr.. Mulball, this energy is
more than double the European aver
age, so that 1t may be said that
70, 900, 600 Of Americans represent as
much working power as $50, 100000
of Europeans. Carroll d. Wright, in
Gunton's Magazine.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
COmsdy and TraVadv

Into the terrible tragedy Of war are
inserted now and then bits OF comedy
and kindness, which, like Shakes
peare's testers, tighten the otherwise
intolerable gloom. During the Zulu
war in South Africa an overwhelming
force Of natives was opposed to a little
band Of English sailors. From the
Znlu host stepped a warrior laden with
an anc!>ut frearm which he calmly
mounted upon a tripod in the open,
while the sailors looked on, admlring
his pluck, but wondering much what
he proposed to do. At last one jovlal
tar suggested that their photographs
were about to be taken, and by COM
mon consent no shots were fred. Hay
ing loaded his piece with great delib-
Grafton, the Zulu primed it, sighted It
and leaning hard upon its breech, he
fired. The recoil knocked him head
over heels backward, while a great
roar went up from the delighted sail
ors. He sat up, looking dazed, and
then, amusement over, he, with his
charged, and were ami
hilated by volley from the steadily
aimed pieces of the little band Of blue.
jackets.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
Eeeeatrle Colonel Ege.

Colonel Ege was a famous character
In the early days. Although living in
Doniphan County he was often in At.
Gibson, followed by pack of hounds.
He was a high toned Southern gentle
man with a kind heart, and one day
retu-ning home from tins city he came
aCiJss a man whose wagon was stuck
in the mud in Independence Creek
bottom. Colonel Eye at once started in
to help the man pry out his wagon
with fence rails. While both were
working away, Eye became angry, and
yelled to the man: Lift, you son Of a
gun; you are not lifting a pound" The
man picked up the endgate Of the wag-
DON, and split it over Eyes head lay
ing him up for three weeks. Eye had
his hat off when struck, ana was so
bald before coming to Kansas that he
was known as the Bald Eagle of Mary
land. Eye always carried a pistol, and
was always trying to shoot through
somebody's hat without hitting him.
One day, at the Independence Creek
ferry, he shot at a man, but aimed
a little low, and creased him. But Ege
was always n gentleman; he took the
man to his home, and tenderly cared
for him UNTIL he recovered.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
RoorRLAck TO SENATOR.

Timothy DRY Dollar Sullivan is a
unique figure in New York politics
who has been brought into public no
tice lately by his antagonism to the
movement against gambling and other
forms of vice in the metropolis. 1t Is
but natural that Sullivan should not
be in sympathy with such campaign
He was born and has thrived in the
atmosphere OF which District Attorney
Gardiner is trying to rid New York
and he sees no harm in It.
Sullivan began life as a bootblack.
Now he is a leader in the state senate,
He was born in New York thirty-seYen
years ago and his boyhood was spent
around the Five Points, where he
blacked shoes and sold papers and was
a leader OF the gamins. AS soon as he
could vote the politicians took him up
and at twenty-three he was able to de-
mand a nomination for the assembly
He has been in office ever since, never
tasting defeat. Since 1892 he has been
in the senate. He has maintained his
influence by befriending such of his
constituents as ran afoul of the law,
by organizing relief movements for
the poor, and by giving Dry Dollar
Sullivan plcnics and balls to which the
voters OF his district are invited. He
has a host of relatives, all OF whom
live in his district and every one OF
whom receives aid from the senator
When he moved into the upper house
Of the legislature he had his nephew
Timothy P. Sullivan, better known as
Boston Tim," elected to the assembly
Although he is looked up to as a very
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
Krupp's Profits.

Some time ago Krupp, the great
gunmaker OF Germany, furnished field
guns for the German Government at
Sl145 each; competitors afterward re-
ceived orders for the same kind at
$464.30. Thereupon Krupp reduced
his price from $1145 to $452 each.
For shrapnels Krupp received $2.O3;
his competitors furnished them at
$1.19. Krupp furnishes nickel plates
for the navy at double the price they
would cost if competition were possi-
BILE. The process is known to every in
telligent manufacturer, but the Navy
Department imposes conditions that
render competition out of the ques-
tion. No wonder Krupp can afford
to make costly presents to the En-
peror. New York Press.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26

the same way have the same rankaesS
aud insolent air Of health that the
tomatoes show. This was a poser lts
some of the members of the commit.
tee from the Massachusetts, Horticul.
tural Society who visited the place
some days ago. The house is in com.
petition for the sooiety's prize for the
chest house Of tomatoes" aud mem.
bers of the Committee on Vegetables
and Gardens made a visit of inspec-
ton. The party consisted of the fol-
lowing: Patrick Norton, j. II. Wood
ford, Warren Howard Heustis, George
ID. Moore, Vnrnum Frost, Jackson
Dawson, Henry d. Wilson, from the
society, President George Cruik-
shanks, of the Massachusetts, Fruit
Growers Society, aud A. A. Mar
shall, well.known grower Of Fitch
burg.
The carnation proposition, which
particularly staggered the committee,
was how the "pinks" could do we'll
with this amount of water, when it
has been the practice of the flower
grower to use water sparsely in the
cultivation of this standard flower.
But "the old order changeth," aud
the flower growers will have to ex-
plain this in some way.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
How GoOrgie Disposed of his Relatives,

How Georgie Disposed Of his Relatives,
Just ahead of me in the train the
other morning sat two men who were
telling the stories that are never old,
about the bright sayings of their
children. One of them, however, had
a brand-new one about his four-year-
old George. This yOuugstAr had
been safely tucked in bed after a day
OF the most fatiguing play. He
yawned while being undressed, aud
was all but asleep by the time he
found himself between the sheets.
His mother none the less insisted
upon his repeating the prayer Of
childhood. He started sleepiiy, re-
quiring prompting at the beginning
of every line. Drowsiness had nearly
won the mastery by the time that he
had obediently got as far as "take my
soul"
"God bless" prompted his
mother.
Georgie has a long list of relatives.
There was a hutter of his sleep-laden
lids as he Jumped them altogether:
"God bless the whole shooting.
matchw
And he was asleep at last Boston
Transcript.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
Sudan BabV.

In the Church OF All Saints in Cairo
took place lately an interesting cere-
mony where an infant memorial Of the
overthrow OF khalifadom in Africa was
Christened in the presence Of large
gathering Of English people and under
the auspices Of Queen Victoria. The
small heroine Of the gathering was the
daughter Of Col. Sir Reginald Wingate
(pasha, sirdar Of the Egyptian army
and governor OF the Sudan) and OF
Lady Wingate. The queen. represented
by the Hon. Mrs. Talbot, was the prin-
cipal godmother. The child was
born the day after Sir Reginald
Wingates victory over the khalfa at
ON Debrikat, where the dervishes were
routed and the khalifa killed. Her
majesty presented a diamond pendant
to her godchild, who also received a
handsome cup from Lord Cromer, a
golden cross from the bishop Of Jeru-
salem, who performed the ceremony,
and diamond cross from Sir r. slatin.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
N. E. WASHINGTON LOCALS
Reported Specially for tho CITIZEN.

Its the simplest matter in the world fol
a man to call himself an expert in any
line of business, but it is quite another
thing FOR man to be an expert in real.
ity. The work man turns out is a good
criterion to go by in judging such mat
tiers, and when you Judge Philip Lederel
OF l2O3 II Street by that standard you
will hnd he measures right up to the
standard in his claim to recognition. as
being an expert at the business of clean
ing and dyeing clothes and other gar.
ments. For many years he was with the
late Anton Fischer, from whom he learned
many secret processes. lie was not in
the office writing out tickets and chin.
ming to women, but back in the dye house
where the hard work was done. So pro-
tcient had he become that when Anton
Fischer sailed on that last fateful voy-
age he left MIR. Lederer in full charge
the establishment. After Mr.. Fischers
death his business was much upset, and
Mr.. Lederer concluded to go into busi-
ness for himself. If you are not ac-
quainted with the quality of work he
turns out it will be to your advantage to
soc him or reach him by phone 1871
or by postal.
Mrs. Ira c, Mcmillan, of 9TH Street,
\. w, has purchased Seabright's Oyster
House, lth and Ii Streets, and will CON
duct it in a first class manner hereafter.
am an expert, not only on flannel
suits, but on suits Of every description.
II ANYTHING needs cleaning bring it to
me. Philip Ledcrer, dyer, 1908 IL st. D.,
y. E. Tel 1874.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
RnInwnfer Pnriner.

Rainwater is thoroughly purified by
a new filter, which receives the water
into the lower chamber, allowing the
heavy impurities to settle, with gauze
partitions placed at intervals through
out the filter to support altering ma
terial, through which the water rises
to the outlet ripe at the top.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
OFFICERS;

President, Irwin B. Linton; Vice
President, Washington TOpham
Treasurer, W. w. Porter; Secretary.
A. o. Tingley; Executive Committee
The officers and Messrs. Jay F. Ban
croft, Theo. T. Moore and W. j
Fot
E1~ Total Mem Bersuip about 2sO.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
Fhe Raissr's Amusing Experience.

The German Emperor has a habit
OF frateruizing with his soldiers to an
ten which would shock some Of his
king y associates in Europe. When
so fngaged, he occasionally has anus.
ing experiences. While recently in.
spectiag lot of recruits, he chanced
to ask one young man his name.
Andree,R replied the recruit.
Ah," said the Kaiser; "do you
kndw that you have a most distin.
guibhed namesake?"
1 do, yoar Iulesty."
''Who7toid you -that?"
'iMy captain, your majesty"
''Ands Yh9. did be tell you about
Andree?',,
'He said he had gone to the North
Pole in a balloon, your majesty, and
he wished 1 had gone with him."
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-26
AfrIea,s Num- erons wnrs.

There are six wars going on in Africa
Just at present England is fighting
the Beers and the Uganda hill tribes.
France has three rather mild cam
paigns on her hands, all directed
against tribesmen in the interior, and
the Moors are battling with the tribes
men along the boundaries Of Algiers.