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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-01-22
County Court.

In the case OF B. NJ. Kicker of Groton
VS.. { E. Demerltt OF Montpelier, which
was mentioned at length last week, the
jury returned verdict for Mr. Kicker to
recover $12625.
The court has dealt with several in
toxication and furnishing cases during
the week. When Fred Elliott of Walden
was before the court for intoxication
recently be disclosed on James FindIay of
the same town, who was arrested and
brought here. This is a case where the
liquor was furnished in Mr.. Findlay's
own house, but Elliott was under age,
and the giyer became technically guilty
OF furnishing. He pleaded guilty Of one
first offence and was fined SIS and costs,
amounting to $50 90 which was paid.
John M. Mcpherson OF Hardwi was
brought here charged with intoxicatlon.
Harry Barnet Of Walden, was implicated
with Mcpherson in the same scrape but
got wind of the approaching arrest and
left the state. He came back voluntarily
Saturday auo gave himself up, pleaded
guilty to intOXicatiOn and paid fine oil
SIS and costs. amounting to about $40
Barnet disclosed on Mcpherson as the
turnisher, so when the latter came into
court Monday afternoon, he was charged
with both intoxication and furnishing
He pleaded guilty and was fined, with
costs, S23 Ct on the first charge and
$29,36 on the second. In neither case
were the respondents liquor sellers, they
were simply guilty of treating friend.
The case OF DR.. S. M. Eastman vs. the
Town of Groton, for medical services
was finished Yesterday, the jury return
ing verdict for the plaintiff Of $7e.9 &C
and his costs. Mr.. ShadCr ~, O peddlcr
was arraigned yesterday afternoon fol
peddling without a license and PLEADED
not guilty. The jury was dismissed yes
terday and court will adjourn TODAY
until after the supreme court session.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-01-22
Eastern Star Installation.

The following officers Of the Order of
Eastern Star were installed by District
Deputy Grand Matron Mrs Ella Horner,
Monday night:
Worthy Patron, William Wetherbee.
Worthy Matron, Mrs. Carrie Gage.
Associate Matron, Mrs. Azada Spauld
ing.
Conductress, Miss Ella Williamson.
Associate Conductress, Mrs. Effie
Patrick.
Treasurer, Miss Rosie Weeks.
Secretary, Miss Christina Borland.
Ada, Miss Emma Babcock.
Ruth, Miss May Tilotson.
Esther, Mrs. May Heath.
Martha, Mrs. Hattie Story.
Electa, Mrs. Celia Ranney.
Marshal, Mrs. Jennie Holder.
Sentinel, 0. c. Chamberlin.
Warder, Mrs. Lima Switser.
Organist, Mrs. Lizzie Fuller.
After the installation banquet was
served, William Wetherbee acting as
POSTMASTER, and remarks were made by
Grand Patron James S. Weeks, District
Deputy Grand Matron Mrs. Ella Horner
and Charles A. Calderwood.
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Births.

At West Barnet, Jan. 10, son to Mr. ant
Mrs. Henry HASTE.
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WEATHER RECORD.

At Binghams Drug Store. for the week
ending Jan. 20, 1902.
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Deaths.

AtLyndon. Jan. 20, Mrs. Sarah, wife of
Louis Parties, aged Sc years.
At Danville, Jan. 10, Samuel H. Ward,
aged 90 years.
At Concord, N. H., Jan. rs, Mrs. Polly
Woods, formerly of Bradford.
At ST. Johnsbury, Jan. 20, Pauline S.,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William d. Brown,
aged nearly two years.
At West Danville, Jam IA, Willis Carrck
aged 3S years
At Lancaster Jan. ID, Mrs. Ellen Howe,
formerly of Lunenburg.
At st. Johnsbury, Jan. 10, Mrs. Warren
Wright, aged as years.
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Civil Service Examination.

The United States Civil Service Com.
mission announces that on February Is
examinations will be held at St. Johns.
bury for the following positions in the
civil service:
Immigration service: INTERPRETER
Slayyenish (Kraiuish), Croatian aud
Italian; Interpreter, Arabic, Italian and
French Indian service: Industrial
teacher (emae) Discipinarian (malel.
Railway mail service; Assistant printer
Frank X. Lanctot, secretary of the local
civil service board at the post Office, will
give necessary information to applicants,
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with Napkins to match. Sizes 81, 1914.
1874. So so, $500 SIS 90 and Sc 90 ca.
70 and "a Napkins, So so, 800, 35O,4.OO
and 500 dozen.
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Gard of Thanks ,

We wish to thank the neighbors and friends
who so kindly assisted us during the sickness
and death of our husband and father, Samuel
H. Ward.
Mrs. SAMUEL WARD.
Mr.. AND MRS. WESLEY WARD,
ANDREW J. WARD,
FRANK WARD
HIRAM Q. WARD,
MRS. GEORGE B. CLARK.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
GIVES WARNING TO cHINAMEN.

Emperor Says They Must Behave
Themselves Better In San Francisco.
Chinese Consul General Ho Vow has
caused 10 be posted up In Chinatown.
San Francisco. huge copies Of proc.
lamation warning the Chinese resi-,
dents against further bad behavior and
threatening dire vengeance II the ad'
monition is not needed.
The proclamation calls attention To
the recent attempt at robbery and
murder at Dupont and Clay streets,
and instances all Of the violent crimes
In the Chinese quarter for several
months past. and declares that such
things must not continue. Almost GER
tain punishment 1t says. is bound to
follow the commission OF crime In this
country, and II that does not have a
deterrent effect, then the good old Chi.
nese custom Of vicarious punishment
is promised on the malefactors' rela.
tives In the old country.
II is the desire Of the emperor. says
the proclamation. that his subjects
shall live In their adopted country In
conformity with It's laws, and he pro.
poses to see that they do II or he will
know the reason why.
All this is set forth in huge letters
in Its Chinese equivalents, and groups
Of slanteyed Celestials gathered be-
fore the posters and discussed the
proclamation. Peactable Cinnamon
look for cessation of disorder among
their countrymen. as a threat Of ven
geance on relatives in China Is q po'
tent argument with the race.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM.
Distinguishing Names Not Always to
Be Relied Upon.

Distinguishing Names Not Always to
BE Relied Upon.
German silver is not silver. neither
is II the invention of an inhabltant
Of the fatherland. It Is an alloy Of
several metals. and has been known
in China for many hundreds Of years,
Burgundy pitcn Is not pitch, neither
is Burgundy Its home any more than
Prussia is the home of Prussian blue.
or that Holland is where Dutch clocks
come from.
Leghorn hats have no association
with Leghorn except as port OF
shipment Our vice-consul states that
these hats are all plated up the Arno.
at Sigma, near Florence.
Port wine is not always wine from
oporto by any means. Stranger still,
a great quantity of the Scotch whisky
sold in London is Irish, to use an
Irishlsm. Far more Irish than Scotch
whisky is sold In London. In the
poorer districts the so-called Scotch
whisky contains two-thirds Irish, and
even the special" Scotch contains
one-third Irish.
Irish stew, on the other hand, is not
Irish. 1t is a good old English dish.
Turkey cocks are no more Turkish
than are Turkish baths. The birds
first came from America, the baths
from Russia. .-Pearson's Weekly.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06

stratford. wis. July 2sth.--william
Junemann was working with q farm
or near this place last summer and
one day they got stuck with q load
OF grain. Mr.. Junemann says: I'VE
had 70 lift like fools and my back
cracked and started TO hurt me &c
that couldn't stand II any longer
The man ! was working with took
me home and | went TO bed. ! saw
an advertisement Of Dodd's Kidney
Pills in the paper and sent and goi
one nfty cent box. Before had
this box used up began TO feel bet
ter and I kept on and very soon my
back was well again.
Il can't say enough for Dodd's Kid
ney Pills and cannot understand
why anyone should continue to suf
fer with backache when Dodd's XIII
ney pills will cure II 50 quickly"
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06

,wn to perform. be would have gladly
levoied All OF his time toward effect
ne tho rescue Of these terrified Girln
Az Il was, he could only think Of
Airline.
Her lovely face was before bis eyes
and seemed to plead with him 70
make hasts
The smoke was growing even more
dense. and he had to push close 20
the doors 10 distinguish the numbers,
IN order to make sure that he was on
the right floor.
AZ last this knowledge came 20
him.
The opportunity was In his grasp
Here the same conditions seemed 70
abound-there was smoke in plenty,
frenzied maids and flying figures
darting through II all like Hpectres.
Charlie was somewhat out Of breath
a. q result Of his steady climb. but
otherwise in good physical condition.
He had the number Of Arilne'a
rooms well In his .mind--the house
had been crowded. and these were the
best At her service. though the clerk
had promised her 4 suite near the
McKlnleyn after that day.
What II he could have made q mis-
take In any wayi The wretched CON
sequences almost paralyzed him TO
even think OF it
Eagerly he had scanned each flying
or crUuchlng female figure he met. In
the hope that he might thus discover
the one he sought
But as yet he had not found her.
Even In that smoke-laden atmos.
phere he knew he could not mistake
her figure. while one note from her
voice must have thrilled him through
and through.
Ito be contlnucd)
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
crIeks,.FIuhtInu In chInG.

The Chinese are lnveterate gamb-
lers. and never lose an opportunity to
bet. no matter how trivial tho cause
may be. One OF their great instltu-
tons is crickethghtins. the crlekets
being caught fed and trained careful
ly as Is blooded horse. There IL a
fixed diet for them. part Of their food
consisting Of honey and boiled chest
nuts. II they get sick. they are fed
with mosquitoes. Prior to lighting,
their weight is ascertained and duly
recorded, there being a fixed regula-
ton as TO their size and weight On
the door of the house In which thu
fight is to take place the record OF
each cricket is pasted up. and the
owner Of the winner gets ten per cent
Of all the bets. The cricket-pit is a
low tub placed on a table. and, after
Weighing. the combatants are put in
It and tickled with straws until they
rush at each other with loud chirrups
and fight until one Of them Is killed.
Good fighting crickets are very yalu-
able and are often sold for large sums.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06

First Of all the birds q Peru comes
,hs condor. a sober. utaid-looking in.
dIyidual, With a black coat. white coll
Iar and a ahAven crown. He has also
4 touch Of white on bis wings cuffs.
one might call them. The females ara
distinctly black without a touch Of
color, though there la a little White
on their wings Hldeous brutea they
are TO look at near 70. and II you man.
are TO shoot ono you will nnd him
sEarmlng with the most loathsome
parasites; they are 4 grand sight up
against the shy, sailing swiftly on
their great twenly-foot spread Of
wing. or lowering for honrs az mo-
tionlsss as II they were painted against
the blue,
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
CHAPTER XIII.
The E'ateful Hour.

Charlie looked after the retreating
figure of Capt Brand. and was In
doubt whether to take him seriously
or consider his threat huge Joke. He
soon resolved to dismiss from his
mind Capt. Brand and all he typifed,
and seek repose.
He gained the sanctity of his room.
and, lighting the gas, sat down to
have a last deliberation ere retiring.
All seemed capable of running in q
smooth groove, but "the best laid
schemes Of mice and men gang aft
agley," Bobby Burns tells US, and who
has not found 1t true in his own ex-
perience?
Charlie retired. Whether he slept
soundly or not concerns us little, but
under the circumstances It Is hardly
probable that his slumber was very
refreshing.
There was too great a load on his
mind.
He felt very much as q man might
who stands upon the brink Of preci'
pice.
Success or failure--his whole fu'
ture depended upon one little word
was balanced in the hollow Of girls
hand,
Charles previous bitter experience
had caused him to feel more or less
caution, with shade of distrust to-
ward the gentle sex, and against this
he had to fight
Could he have known what lay be-
fore him, under what fearful condi.
tions he was fated to win his sweet
heart, even his bold warrior spirit
might have Quailed little.
II is Just as we'll perhaps, that these
things are mercifully hidden from our
yiew-just as well that we need only
grapple with each difficulty as 1t ap'
pears in view, instead OF crossing
bridges before we come to them.
The day dawned.
There was more or less Of q hustle
In the air.
New YorK contains more sons OF
Erin than probably any Irish city out
side Of Dublin.
And these patriotic exiles never
neglect to fittingly celebrate St Pat
| ricks day, no matter what the
| weather may be.
Charlie felt he must have something
| to distract his attention. Artemus
was not in sight, the daily paper han
been exhausted, and as last resort
he sauntered out to watch the crowds
Never once did he wander FAR from
the hotel, which fact, later on ne vas
inclined to believe was a speciai dls-
pensation Of Providence. :.
The magnet was there that he'u
him. - =
He smoked and walked, ana 80
the time dragged by until the hour Oh
fate arrived.
charlie. the better to see and be out
os the anticipated jam, had mounted
a convenient carriage-stone stanoihs
q, front of a dwelling house nan u
block from the hotel. ...,rA
craat "A was the excitement around
him. II seemed to be doubiy in.enSl'
aed further along the line Q, msicH'
especially in front Of the hotel ..,.
Ne saw the procession break 81 tAis
Doint--melt away as It were.
NEor ran toward the hotel IN sQusas'
waving their arms wildly ..
was il an opportunity to ouencn
,hs thirst that frequently burns if'sh
,hroats on this glorious holiday
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
saIfour's Quiet Humor.

Mr.. Balfour, the new British, pre-
mier, has been heavy sufferer ow-
ing to the fall OF the value of land
in Scotland, but he regards his losses
with the same philosophic calm that
once he displayed when, in the House
Of Commons every night, the Irish
members endeavored to enrage him.
and only succeeded in tickling his
sense of humor.
"Yes," said Mr.. Balfour, recently.
my friends tell me ! am ruined. |
wish they had kept the news to them
selves, did not know It till they
told me, and If they had kept quiet
should never have found 1t out"
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
nIoomers and nRompers. .

The emancipated woman Of the fu-
ture Is glorying at this season in divld-
ed skirts. which are really an apology
for full trousers. Little 4-year-old,
like her baby brother. wears overalls
these days. They differ from his in
name more than in fact, for out Of
difference to her petticoats. they ere
called rompers. They are made Of
duck, and at a distance look like long
skirts with overall bodies. In reality,
they are almost as nearly related to
trousers as the blue Jeans her baby
brother wears when digging in the
sand or wedding his flower beds.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
curloun nl,oovsrx Of colnn.

At Nottingham, En- land, in 1880. a
remarkable discovery Of coins was
made which is intimately connected
with a passage In the continuation Of
Florence OF Worcester's Chronicle" +"
recording what seems to be the very
Incident which explains the loss Of the
treasure. A peculiar feature Of this
Nottingham find is that all the coins
have been subjected to intense heat,
and are bIistered and cockled by fire.
They were found In the basement Of
an old building during excavations for
enlarged cellarage and mostly belong
to the reign Of King Stephen. The
chronicler, after detailing the sud
den attack upon Nottingham by the
Earl Of Gloucester, In 1141, relates
that wealthy townsman was made
prisoner and compelled to give up his
money. He conducted the plunderers
to his cellar, and while they were en-
gagged in breaking open doors and
locks he contrived to make his escape,
locked them all In, and set fire to bis
house. 1t Is reported that thirty men
in the cellar perished in the fames.--
London Athenaeum.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
Why Your Name Isn't Jones.

did you know that the Jones fam
lily was the Oldest one in the world" !"
remarked Senator A. M. Jones, as he
twisted his peda.- about each other
like grapevine. at the Hotel Pfster
yesterday. THE old original man of
red clay we read about In the Bible
was named Adam Jones'"
''how is It, Senator. If that is the
case, that we are not all named
Jones?" inquired bystander.
"Why, simply because when one Of
the descendants did a mean act he
went away and changed his name"
Then the little group Of politicians
lay back in their chairs and laughed.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
RoeksfeIIer,s Antseedents.

Emperor William is keeping close
track of the miIlionaires of America.
1t is said that he gave Pierpont Nor
gan q surprise the other day by prov.
ing to him from some old reeesis
brought from Weisbaden, that John
d. Rockefeller is of German blood.
The Weisbaden records showed
furthermore that MIR. RockefelIer's
great-grandfather had at one time
worked on 9 farm in Ireland for an
English landlord at the wages Of ~
cents . day.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
Human Pack Horses In Mexico.


A striking feature Of these roads II
the number of human beasts Of bur.
den" you meet. The roads are SO bad
that there Is very considerable risk In
conveying goods of any kind-risk
both to the goods and the pack mule
that carries them; consequently large
numbers OF Indians make q living by
carrying. The Mexican Indian carries
his load on his back, slung by broad
leather belt across the forehead. Thus
all his limbs are perfectly free, and ne
carries long, light stick, like an al.
penstock, to steady himself in going
down, steep places or in crossing
streams. These men will, in good
weather, carry load from 100 to $50
pounds over the worst of roads. for q
distance of twenty to twenty-five
miles a day. They wear no clothing
except a pairof cotton breeches rolled
half way up the thighs, and pair Of
leather sandals on the feet; and each
man carries q blanket to roll himself
up in at night. They eat no meat,
their only food being posol (boiled
maize ground and mixed with sugar,
then rolled into a ball and carried
moist). This they break into bowl
OF water, mix up well to the consist
.ency of thin Cruel. and drink, and
their only food consists Of this posol
All tortillas. The power Of endurance
displayed by these carriers is wonder
ful
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06

Dromsdafies have a great love for
tobacco smoke and can be made to do
almost anything under Us influence.
and In Egypt thoy rely more on Il than
anything else TO control these huge
animals. In cases where dromedarIes
hare 70 work night and day TO accom-
plIsh journey in Ihs shortest pvssiiss;;s
time they are kept going with cigars.
The driver inserts a triangular piece
Of wood pierced at one point like 4
clgarholder into the mouth Of the AMI
NAL, the cigar being lighted and
pressed into the hole in the fashion
followed by man. The dromedars i'm.
medlately shuts its eyes and puiis away
through It's nontriIs until the cigar is
burnt out The smoke appears TO re-
fresh Il and the driver has no difleui-
" In persuading Il to 90 on without
further rest.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06

The frst wound inflicted during the
late Turco-Greek war was received by
a Jew. There are in the British army
700 Jews. l4l Of them being officers.
France has 800 Jewish officers, among
whom are several brigadier-generals
and generals of division. In Italy the
Iews held high rank in the army.
Thus, the eommandant OF the fortress
At Turin is a Jew-LIeut.-Gen. Otto
lsnghi. He Is persona gratissima
with King Humbert, and was chief Of
The Italian crown princes brigade at
Naples.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06

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Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06

A list Of the number Of students at
the largest universities In the United
States has recently been completed by
an officer Of Columbia University,
New York City, and the leading ten
make the following showing: Har-
yard, 5,576; Columbia. 4.422; Michi-
gan, 1872; Chicago. s,727; California,
S,64O; Minnesota, 1886; Cornell, 3,2l6;
Wisconsin. 2.S12; Yale, $3.50; PENN
sylvania, $500. Total, 1854.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
Actress Has Novel bracelet.

Miss Nellie Stewart. the Drury
Lane (Eng.) favorite. Is never seen
without . certain bracelet. 1t is enor
mously heavy. made Of solid gold. and
round 1t Is woven a pretty story. When
acting in Australia some years ago q
number of admirers dubbed together
and presented her with purse OF 126
sovereigns fresh from the Sydney
mint. Her manager had the coins
melted down and made into n solid
gold bracelet, which Miss Stewart has
worn for the last fourteen years with
out once removing 1t.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06

Within ten or twelve years the Rus
,,.o army hhs increased, on peace
,ootins. from 100000 men to SEQ. 1000;
,h,t Of France has grown from $40. 900
a $4,000; Germany has increased her
$4,000 men BY $4,000 more. and Aus
~ has raised the number OF her SOL
sIsrs from 100000 70 spbIooo The sx-
uoudlturs Of Great Britain on her army
md navy has grown within the sumo
osrioa from Rslooo.ooo to nearly
cis,ooo.ooo. and the BrItIah will prob.
abIy spend about a million and . half
moro In the coming year
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
True Greatness.

True greatness, first Of all, is q
thing Of the heart. It is all alive with
robust and generous sympathies. 1t is
neither behind its age nor too far be
fore It. II is up with Its age. and
ahead of 1t only Just 50 far as to be
able TO lead its march. It cannot
slumber. for activity IL necessity of
It's existence. It is no reservoir. but 4
fountain. Roswell D. Hitchcock.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06
swlnolno Electric Fan.

One of the latest inventions, which
comes now with particular timeliness
Is swinging electric fan. Directly
in front Of the fan are placed narrow
strips turned 80 as to catch the
breeze. This Is set up when the mo
tor is started. Thus the whole mech
anism Is swung on pivot until Il
reaches a certain point, when II
swings back. In this way the far
stirs up the air in several directions
a decided Improvement on the old sta
tionary form.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06

A curious incident OF the bee world
Is reported from Hampshire. England.
A eottager took two large barn OF
honey and square section from one
Of his hives. This honey he put into
q large pan and covered II with a
cloth. placing Il in an upstairs room
Of his cottage. During the day the
bees got scent OF the honey through
the open window and the whole hive
entered the room. crept under the cloth
cover and took away all the honey In
an Incredibly short time and stored II
In their hive again. The quantity was
about ten pounds In weight.
Marble Hill press., 1902-08-06

French army oAcsn repor. alumi-
hum cooking utensils employed IN The
nneSass Of the rank and nle stand the
wear and tear Of service very well. enf-
ierlnG less than timed vessels when
oyerheated. Other observers make the
same report Aluminium undoubtedly
has a Widening prospect OF use in the
family AZ well 40 In the arts.