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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
The Toy World of Japan.

,.o,ese toy.dom is a wonderful world;
JsP9a neople are many and rare.
~ P{oss and turn. and often are whirled
Ihey land and through the air.
~ are paper dragons with wings that
sail,
AZ tq,,rtles that walk and wag and tail,
ANY "a dolls that are funny and fair.
..,.o., are puzzles and fans, ard nests of eggs,
48acb egg with dozen eggs in it,
,,,t hre are flags and kites, and tops with
rA-oIing out other tops each minute.
IN are pa, er lanterns both large and
small
umbrellas for sun and shade;
% dear little teapots and dear little balls,
Hrd flowers that never will fade.
,,d there are butterflies with truly wings
All That fy all over the land.
,r,lars are birds and insects and curious
things,
.,d many a curious band.
~ The queer little Japs are queer little
race,
- +brir wonderful realm of toys,
no IN NAV they work with skill and grace,
hnSd add to the wide worlds joys.
TI~net Sanderson in the Home Monthly.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
PAN AMERICAN nATTERS.
DEVELOPMENT of Mexico.


The last statistical annual of Mexico
presents some interesting data as to the
development and industrial growth OF
that republic. On the basis of the latest
official census, in 1895, the present popu-
lation is estimated at nearly 10, 100000.
There are $4,000 pupils registered IN
the schools. The schools plumber 1883
of which 1851 are public, supported by
an educational budget of $3.50, $50
(Mexican), and 1929 are co.educa tional.
The thirty public and school libraries in
the country contain 991 ,729 volumes.
Facilities of communication rapidly
in the decade beginning with 1889 Rail
way mileage increased from 5,406 to 9,
044 in this period. The freight and pas
senger carrying roads, exclusive of min
ing and street railways, report an in
crease in 1898-the last year for which
statistics are avGilabe-of over 100 per
cent in passenger traffic, 200 per cent in
freight traffic, and considerably over 100
per cent in gross receipts since 1889, the
figures being for these respective years 4,
los, 900 and 1886 900 passengers, 2,
ia, 900 and 6,09O.O00 tons of freight,
and $17, 1922, 900 and $38, 494, 900 Mex
ican) gross receipts. In the same decade
the telegraph mileage increased from, 27,
862 to 42,271. of which about 33, 900
miles are operated by the government.
The present extent of telephone lines is
1854 miles, slightly over one-fourth Of
which belongs to the public. This is an
increase of over 500 miles since 1889;
2,288.00 telegraph messages are trans
mitted annually. Postofices have in
creased from / 212 in 1889 to 1,71S at
the beginning OF 1899. There are 11S
cotton mills in the republic with nearly
100000 spindles, employing 21,96O op-
eratives and producing an annual output
valued at $2S PAP .766 (Mexican). The
mines employ 1883 workers, and in
1898 produced $136,195,766 worth Of
minerals, an increase of more than $22,
100000 over the previous year. The
most vnluable agricultural prrduct is
corn, most of which is CONSUMED at
home. Beans and wheat follow in the
order named. The respective values Of
these three crops are $142, 408 900, SIT,
| 76S 900 and SIG, 100000. Planters de-
rive a revenue from the manufactured
products OF sugar cane OF nearly $40,
100000 year. The cotton crop is val
ued at nearly $1,000 600. and coffee and
tobacco at $4,50O,000 and 100000
respectively. The only fruit exported
to great extent is oranges, OF which
the United States took $910,S51 worth
in 1898. The condition of the public rev.
enues has steadily improved. In 1883
the receipts OF the FEDERAL government
were $54 sol 1924 and the expenditures
1922 800. There has been surplus
every,year since 1895, and in 1898 the re-
ceipts were $50 ,298, 061 and the expend'
itures $51, .285. The aggregate re
ceipts and expenditures of the states and
territories of the republic are $1S,930
1885, and SIG, 429, 9OS, respectively and
those OF the municipalities $15,635,031
aud SIS 3S1, $40. Only one state shows
an expenditure exceeding its revenus.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
Short Stories.
wired Woes.

A peculiar Geographic correspondence,
saws The Record, OF Chicago, was car
ried on between the capitals Of .Saxony,
Bohemia and Russia. Some one in Ores
den had a maiden aunt who was taken
sick and died in a hospital at Prague on
her way to Vienna.
The nephew was notified, and he tele-
graphed to the Prague hospital authori-
ties to send the body to Dresden, for en-
tombment in the family vault.
When the coffin arrived and was open
ed, it was found tocontain, not the body
of the aunt, but that Of uniformed and
bedizened Russian general. Immediate
ly the nephew telegraphed to Prague:
"No dead aunt, but Russian general.
Where dead aunt 7"
From Prague came the reply: III
dead aunt not arrived then Petersburg"
The next telegram went to the railway
authorities at Petersburg, and read:
What do with Russian general? Where
is dead aunt I"
And from St. Petersburg was received
the reply:
BURY general in all silence. Aunt just
buried here with highest military hon
ors."
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20

o. N. Lloyd, who accompanied the
Yaqui dancers from Mexico to Phoenix,
spent nine years among the people Be-
fore that he served at sea on a man of
war, and, encircling the globe several
times, came in contact with all descrip-
tions of people and phases of hum anity,
mingled with various kinds of savages
and half civilized people, but declares
that he never met more agreeable saw
ages than the Yaqui Indians. In the
last nine years he has been mllwrighting
among them, and recently was employed
as foreman by the Sonora and Sinoloa
Irrigation Company, which employs
Yaquis in the construction of NAM
moth canal in the heart of the Yaqu
country, 100 miles south of Guaymas,
Mexico. The Yaqui territory extends
from that point four hundred miles
south, and in an easterly direction six
hundred miles. Along the eastern boun-
danes the Indians and Mexicans have
mixed their blood. Mexico claims SOW
erelgnty over the entire Yaqui country,
but the Indians do not recognize that
form of government, and each tribe leg
islates to suit itself.
THE Yaquis are the most hospitable
and honest savages l have ever mingled
WITH" said Lloyd. "There are two
things which Americans going into that
country should be warned Of They
should not mix in Yaqu politics and re-
ligion. The two are about the same
thing. as the Indians incorporate into
their religion their hatred of the Mexican,
who, they believe without just cause, is
attempting to deprive them OF their
choice farming lands and put them under
an oppressive yoke. They will always
be at war with Mexico. Their politics
relates only to their antipathy for Mexi-
co, as they really have few laws or even
customs for governing themselves. They
don't need them. The Yaquis are peace
loving people, and their close observance
of the golden rule, which they adhered to
even before they were aware of the
christian religion, almost precludes the
necessity of adopting laws for the pre-
vention or punishment OF crime.
II like the Yaqui people, and in many
ways l am sorry for them. They are
simple children oil nature. Attempts
have been made at their education, but
children who have spent several years in
school return to their reservations and
live as the balance of the tribe, in a few
years forgetting all they learned in
school. l don't know that | should be
sorry for Them for they are contented
and seem to think that it is folly to be
wise, for by their ignorance they are
happy. When an American goes among
them and conducts himself properly he
need have no fear of bodily harm. He
may carry his watch and valuabes into
the heart Of the Yaqui country, and un
less he Injuries the Indians or makes light
of the religious observances he will re
turn with them and unframed. The
pure Mexicaus Of Spanish extraction, as
have found them through Mexico, are
also honest, but it is the halfbreed, thu
mixture Of Mexican blood with that o
the Yaqui, which produces the PREACHER
Gus and bloodthirstv offspring. Th'
Yaquis are very friendly disposed toward
the Americans and have protected then
on several occasions to my know
ledge. = Chicago Record.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
Practical Test of Liquid Air.

The Standard Butter Company of Os-
wego, N. Y, has the exclusive right to
use liquid air in connection with dairy
products i'll this and several other coun'
tries. In a sample creamery adjoining
their big plant, set of experiments was
recently conducted by Prof. G. A.
Bobrick of the St. Petersburg School Of
Technology and chief engineer of the
Tripler Liquid Air Company of New
York, and Francis x. Covers, manager
of the chemical and liquid air dtpart-
ment of the Standard Butter Company.
The experimental plant consisted of ap-
paratus tor the liquid air, an engine, a
refriger ator, cooler and a churn and
separator. The liquid air was placed in
large tank and was released by valves
from this tank to a generator, where the
oxygen and nitrogen are separated
From here it entered the engine. Before
the liquid air reached the generator it
was conducted into large refrigerator
where the temperature had been reduced
to 20 degrees below zero. A tep-horss
power engine had been provided for these
experiments. The engine was started
and ran as smoothly as with steam. Tht
churn and separator were also run. TIT
exhaust from the engine, which is nearly
pure oxygen, may be used with the fuel
The end OF the exhaust pipe was turned
into a coal stove in the room and a fur
mace heat was developed in an exceeding
ly briet time. A small piece of live Goa
was placed in bucket full of coal ant
the exhaust was turned into it and yer.
soon the coal was a dazzling mass O
combustion. This, it is said, is the frs
time liquid air has ever been put to
practical test in mechanics for doini
work andit was successful.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
A Woman's Invention.

The "woman's century" has proved
variety Of things, and it is eminently mt
ting that, among others, it should have
proved that woman's inventive powers
are not limited to devising novelties for
entertainment, and that if they cannot
defend their country as soldiers, they can
nurse the wounded back to health and
care for them even on the field OF battle.
The most practical litter yet constructed
for carrying the woundedis heinvention
of Mrs. Chadwick, wife of Capt. f. +.
Chadwick, lately in command OF the bat
tleship New York. Although the origin
al purpose of the invention was for use
in time of war, it is equally convenient
for hospital use, as it is inexpensive
and easily arranged. The litter, or chair
as it may be more properly called, is sim.
ole in construction, extremely strong and
of remarkable lightuess, weighing only
three pounds and halt. There are a
few households where at some time 1t is
not necessary or desirable to take a pa
tient from one room to another without
Jar. vet there may be no one strong
enough to carry her up or down the stairs
and no chair so constructed as to roll
easily eveu into an adjoining room. For
such cases this carrier is ideally fitted
Two women OF ordinary strength by its
means can carry person OF moderate
weight with comparative ease and alb
soute safety, and two strong men can
transport even an exceptionally heavy
person without difficulty. Thecarrier has
been used for a man weighing over 200
pounds. The weight rests wholly on the
shoulders of the bearers, the "harness"
consisting of two leather straps, one OF
which goes over the shoulder and one
around the waist. The shoulderstrap is
passed through broad piece OF webbing
to prevent cutting the shoulder OF the
bearer, and to the belt strap two strong
rings are attached, to which the carrier
is fastened. A kind OF hammock chair is
formed by these fastenings, with the
weight equally distributed between the
two bearers, and as their hands are lett
free, they can support themselves by
the balustrade or wall, if necessary. The
canvas strip that forms the chair may be
laid on the bed and the patient placed on
it before the harness is attached. ANY
inequality of height in the bearers is ov-
ercome bv adjusting the length OF the
shoulder straps so that the waist belts
shall be at the same distance from the
ground. The Chadwick carrier is SAID
BY the hospital corps ofthe United States
army to furnish the easiest means OF
transporting the wounded that the,
have vet used, and the medical ofhcers OF
several organizations Of the National
Guard in different states have recon-
mended it's adoption as part OF hospit-
al equipment. Not only was the carrier
invented and patented by woman but
the head OF the firm that manufactures 1t
is woman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20

The country young man and his sweet
heart had come in from the mountain
Businesses to be married at the minister's
house in an Adirondack town. The cere!
mony was over, but the bridegroom hest
tated. There was another important
function to be performed.
"What do / pay for this? ?" he asked.
"The law allows me dollar and a
half" said the minister, willing to swell
his wife's pin-money fund to that extent
but not wishing to ask more than would
be convenient for the bridegroom to pay
A look of pleasure came into the bride
groom's face.
"Wel, here's fifty cents" he said cheer
fully, handing him the money. THAT
will make two dollars" and he depart
ed with a comfortable feeling that The
minister had been we'll paid, while the
minister's wife heaved sigh of regret
Selected.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
Missed.

A pathetic as well as amusing speech is
said to have been made by an old native
of New Hampshire just after his second
wedding. .
"Neighbors," he said to those who had
witnessed the simple ceremony, "you all
know that this good friend that's con-
sented to marry me is something of a
stranger in our town. Now feel kind
of insufficient. being only man, to
make her acquainted with everybody as
quick as I'd like to. So I'm going to de.
pend on you women folks he added,
with confding smile at the members Of
the gentler sex, ito make her feel at
home among us just as my first wife would
do if she was here today. Imiss her con-
sid'rable all the time, but more'n usual
on an occasion like this"-[Little
Chronicle.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
Probate of VIII.
ELEANOR LYFoRD'S EsTA

ELEANOR E. LYFORD'S ESTATE.
STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia district SIS.
In Probate Court. held at the Probate Office
in st. Johnsbury, within and for said district.
on the 18th day of February, A. d. 1901.
An instrument purporting to be the last
Will and Testament of Eleanor E. Lytord
late of st. Jonnsbury, in said district, deceas-
ed, being presented to court by M. d. Park.
the Executor therein named, for Probate: 1t
is ordered by said Court that all persons con-
cerned therein be notified to appear at a SEES
sion of said Court, to be held at the Probate
Office in st. Johnsbury on the 2nq day OF
March, A. D., 1901, and show cause II any
they may have, against the probate of said
Will; for which purpose it is further ordered
that copy of the record of this order be
published three weeks successfully
In the Caledonian printed at St
Johnsbury previous to said time appointed
| FOR hearing.
BY the Court, Attest;
WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
true copy of Record, Attest;
WALTER p, SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
nidwinter Humor.

"The difference between the cow and
the milkman," said the gentleman with
a rare memory for jests, lis that the cow
gives pure milk"
There is another difference" retorted
the milkman. THE cow doesn't give
credit. - Indianapolis Press.
The wolf related several instances oil
his having escaped being shot in virtue
Of wearing sleeps clothing. $50 far as
my own experience goes" concluded the
wolf, this talk OF wool being unsanitary
to wear next ones skin is largely fad. -
| detroit Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20

bad, suffered terribly; the blood
went up in my lungs and stomach, and
1 vomited it up. I could not eat
scarcely anything. I cannot tell what
I suffered with my head. My hus-
band got me bottle of Lydia E. Pink
ham'sVeg etable Compound, and before
I had taken half of it began to inn
prove, and to-dayI am another woman.
Mrs. Pinkham's medicine has saved my
life. Icannot praise it enough"
M. A. benson, Millport, NY.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
why do You Commit Suicide

The man who let's cold run on" TN
til he finds himself in consumption's
grasp is guilty OF self-murder. There is
one sure, infallible cure-Cleveland' 8
Healer. Don't delay. We will give you
tree trial bottle. Large bottles, rs
cents, and you can get your money back
II it dosn't cure you. Frank G. Landry,
druggist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
License to Sell Real Estate.
HORACE CARPENTERS ESTATE

-
STATE OF VERMONT, Caledonia District, SIS.
In Probate Court, held at st. Johnsbury,
within and for said district on the 7th day
of Feb, A. d. 1901.
Elmore T. Ide, guardian of Horace Car
penter Of st. Johnsbury, in said District,
makes application to said Court for license
to sell the following described real estate of
his said ward, to wit: one double tenement
house, number 1 Cliff Street in the village
of ST. Johnsbury in st. Johnsbury Aforesaid.
representing that the sale thereof, would be
beneficial to said ward
Whereupon it is ordered by said Court
that said application be referred to a session
thereof, to be held at the Probate Office in said
st. Johnsbury. on the 2nd day of March A D.
1901. for hearing and decision thereon; and,
it is further ordered, that all persons inter
ested be notified hereof, by publication OF
notice OF said application and order thereon,
three weeks successfully in the Caedonian.
| a newspaper printed at St Johnsbury, before
said time of hearing that they may appear
at said time and place, and, If they see
| cause, object thereto.
| BY the Court Attest:
WALTER P. SMITH, Judge.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
Doctors Never Disagree

on one point-that celery isnature's own
remedy for all nerve diseases. Cleve-
lands Celery Compound Tea cures all
nerve troubles, indigestion. constipation,
liver and kidney diseases. 1t puIi6es the
blood and tones up the whole system.
We will give you free trial package.
Large packages, rs cents. Frank G.
Landry, druggist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
nnndruff Cursd in Two weeks.

At last a cure has been found for that
annoying and irritating disease OF the
scalp known as dandruff. Royal Dand
ruff Cure has only been on the market a
few months, yet it is already known from
Maine to California. Nothing but merit
could cause such extraordinary sales IN
so short time. We sell it on a guar
autee. no cure no pay. Price so cts. per
bottle. ia. Stanton, druggist.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
CHANGE OF LIFE.

was taken sick
five years ago with
'The Grippe and
had a relapse and
was given up by
the doctor and my
friends. Change
of Life began to
work on me. l
flowed very badly
until a year ago,
then my stomach
and lungs rot so
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20

"Boy," called Senator Hale of Maine,
addressing the attendant of the cloak
room, "have you seen my rubbers e.
Eyes, sir" responded the boy with a
grin.
well, where are they"
"You have them on, sir"
-TWorld's Washington dispatch.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20

Was also troubled with leucorrhoea,
tired feeling, bearing down sensation,
pain across the back and thighs. l
felt as though there was a heavy
weight in my stomach all the time.
have taken two bottles Of the medi-
cine, and now have better health than
1 have had for four years"
Mrs. LIZZIE DICKSON HODGE,
Avalon, Ohio.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20

wall, and dropping over the other side,
shouted, as he prepared to make of:
"Im thinking, Sandy, you'll be better
ia abide another fortnight, for you're no
RIGHT yet Glasgow Evening Times.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20
PROFUSE PERIODS.

"I commenced
taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
t a Bile Compound
a bout 3 months
ago, and cannot
express the won
derful good it has
done me. Men
situations were so
profuse as to leave
me very weak for
some time after.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1901-02-20

Two inmates of a scotch asylum work
ing in the garden decided upon an at
tempt to escape. Watching their oppor-
tunity when their keeper was absent,
they approached the wall.
moo bend doom, Sandy" said the one
land I'll CHM up your shoulder to the
top, and then I'll gle ye hand up tae.'
Sandy, accordingly bent down. Tam,
mounting his back, gained the top of the
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-01

the crop. There appears 10 he too many
freezes and thaws IN the coming winter
weather to insure good crop for next
year. 80
First half Of December VIII stop cotton
growing I'm southern parts OF the cotton
belt and weather ahead appears quite IA
vorable for the closing days Of cotton
picking.
This years corn crop Is the poorest IN
quality and shortest In yield per acre tne
biz one.tenth OF the acreage planted, Of
about 100000 acres. produced nothing
In 1881 the corn failure was not 50 grea.
above 81 cents in Chicago. II Is used vera
much more generally now than then the
forage crops are less this year thln IN lssl
and surely commercial corn should 20 10
as cents between this and the hrst OF
MAY
We are in period Of weather the hke
Of which has not been known for hundreds
IL years. and II Is not safe TO count on
generally good crops next year. Proba'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-01

Of December, turning to cold -ain in South
ern States ,. 49,,
Lake navigation VIII close apout Dsceuai'
Der 10, but will probably Aoi IMAM gi"ssu ";
as a thaw appears 70 be In the program
for about December "a -.
Products Of the earth constitute the nhsl9
az nrosperity and therefore crop conditions
arc always of interest
Wheat is the great staple among t2oa
products aud from now on w 81 9n9, ne
IRON Is harvested the new crop VIII nave
much 10 do with the value 81 wheat ana
the price Of bread.
II ON correct as % coming 1iigr weather %,,aTlS
tle III innaftIbn and by the time this
bnlletin Is published ibc condition q he ne
Hessian o. aud the southern "p Sofem ,obbsT
WI ,,.h h. feared as 70 these wheat de-
-foyers il seems thar ther rsYa ngfnI must
be counted on before the Hrop m 'a,,IY he
while the "freeze-np VIII plo9anH ~
,,'.nrabie 10 wheat. the thaw scnednled inr
the last half Of December i0oAs OAu tVi
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-01

Hundreds OF thousands Of acres are yet
possibly will be In the next few years.
Fortunately the rice area Ia Texas ~ 50,
Immense that the land owner can not a1ord
fear Of driving settlers Into other fields.
Again, excessively high rates viii force
nix taxes on the upgrade. All this as 1t
may. however. the fact remains that rice
wiu be TO Southern Texas, what wheat
has been TO North Texas. The Almighty
has been very kind to the Lone Star state,
and yet what has been and -, but marks
me era that Is coming. when INDECENT mil
lioas OF poorer sections Will wax rich, and
induce a prosperity that must. perforce,
set Texas on glorious pinnacle OF peace
aud plenty