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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-10-28

ture Course was given in Music Hall,
Thursday evening, by the Walter George
Concert Company of London. The pro-
gram of 10 numbers consisted mainly OF
selections from the comic operas, inter-
spersed with some humorous sketches by
Mr.. George.
The Mems Club of the North church
met on Friday evening and thoroughly
enioyed themselves. A fine supper was
served by Caterer Atwood to 65 MEM
bers of the club. The pastor, as presi'
dent of the club, was toastmaster at the
postprandial exercises which followed
and the speakers were Rev. DR.. 5. o.
Barnes, Secretary Dillon, DR.. Henry
c. Newell and Arthur F. Stone. Inc
Mahogany quartette furnished eS-
cellent music and Claude Goodrich gave
a banjo selection which was heartily
encored.
"A meeting of Mt. Sinai Temple,
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, will be held
at White River Junction Thursday night
and goodly delegation from St. johns
bury will attend, including some candi-
dates.
There will be box supper and WHIST
nartv at St. Aloysius church parlors TINS
evening for the benefit of the church.
A nice assortment OF sheet music
only 10 cents sheet at So Main street.
W. s. Hastings & Sons will have a car
load Of apples for sale at the depot oatur
day and Monday.
The Berry-Bal Co. offer special at
fractions to teachers this week, as wei
as to their regular customers, and one o
the special features is new line OF sou7
enir blue and white china jugs tiles
plates and platters. Ask to see them'
Let every boy and girl that looks for
ward to good time Halloween be sur
and see the Bogie men at the stiies
white front bookstore this "Wednesday
evening. They will sold after this ever
ing.
:. The rummage sale will be held by tt
ladies of the Universalist church NOV.
and 6. Any contributions Will oe giao'
s accepted by Mrs. Powers, Cherry stree
J. or Miss Underwood, 80 Railroad stree
" or will be called for il these ladies' a
II notified. Look in next weeks paper II
- place.
IL Harry A. Robie of Lyndonville' hi
been appointed special agent for the Pr
n dental Insurance Company under Ma
ne aeer 7. M. Cady. Mr. Robie is an
be ner;enced insurance man, having be
formerly with the New York Lie al
;. EQUITABLE, and is we'll qualified to rep
80 sent the Prudential. His office will
IN for the present with Lawyer N. A. Nc
ee ton.
up Boston tickets cheap until Oct. ~
By Stiles ticket office, Sc Railroad street.
ne George W. Young was called
* Shtfield, Wednesday evening by St'
I'd. Councillor S. A. Jones OF that place,
to visit Diamond Council, Jr. 0. U. A.
us' to meet the deputies of other distr'
las and consider the appointment as dep'
he of the second district, which appol
nd ment was accepted by Mr. Young
Strawberry blossoms, ripe ber
on and hepatica blossoms were sent TO
CHI CALIFORNIAN office, Monday, which W
pieked on Briarhurst Farmin Waterft
in Sunday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-10-28
Knight Of Pythias.

Regular Convention of Apollo Lodge, No
- ' c. H. CLARK, c. c.
H. w. Ellis, K. R. S.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-10-28

Mystic Star Chapter No. 20, O. E. S.
Regular meeting Monday evening, Nov
Mrs. EIzApA SpAuLDING, Worthy Matron.
Mrs. CHRISTINA BoRLAND, Secretary.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-10-28

Sheridan Council, knights of Columbus.
Regular meetings are held the SECOND ano
fourth Wed nesdays of each month in Citizens
Bank building, second floor
D. H. HEALEY, Grand knight.
CHAs. T. LYNCH. Rec Sec
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-10-28

Palestine commandery. No. 5. X. T.
Stated Conclave, Tuesday evening. Nov 8
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-10-28
ncaI Events In October. .

1881. Turner Art Exhibit Athen9um Hall
20. Football University of Vermont VS.
st. ]. A.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-10-28

2e 81. State Teachers Convention.
Nov, 2. Address by Gen. Chas. A. Woodruh
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Hasw ell Royal Arch Chapter, No. H..

stated Conyocation, Friday evening, Nov.
6. The Royal Arch degree will be conferred
L. P. SLACK, II. p.
Dpy nc M RAcoN Secretary
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-10-28
FRATERNITY MEETINGS.

Passampsic Lodge, No. II, r. and A. M.
Regular Communication, Thursday even
ing, Nov. 8.
PALMER e. PAINE, w. M.
DFLos M. BACON. Secretary.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1903-10-28

81. Football. Stanstead College VS.. st
+. A.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-04
ROYAL ROBES.

The queen Of Portugal scents her
hair, and her beauty is greatly set off
by this act She uses carnation pink,
and her hair is brilliantly lovely with
gloss and attractive with scent.
The king of Siam apparently pos
sesses a sense Of diplomatic humor. Il
know" he said shat / shall be one
day eaten with English or French
sauce. The latter is too tasteless.
prefer the English sauce, mixed with
the famous Japanese sauce"
A few days ago King Otto of Ba-
varia completed his fifty-fifth year AS
a young man he served In the wars of
1866 and 1870, and 1t was very soon
after the latter that his mind gave
way. His elder brother King Ludwig
H., had to be put under restraint, and
the present regent was appointed on
June 10, 1856 Three days later King
Ludwig managed to drown himself
and his medical attendant and the
empty reign Of Otto began.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-04
NEW USE FOR OIL.
Hogs to BE Fattened ON the Crud
Article.

Hogs to BE Patterned ON the Crude
Article.
Several well to do farmers of Cass
county. Ind, have formed a company
to drill for oil, and County Auditor
Gard, who is president of the compa
ny, announces that crude oil will not
be placed on the market but Will be
fed to hogs, according to the Indianap-
oils Journal
Mr.. Gard says that experiments
made by him and others have shown
that hogs thrive better when liberal
supply Of oil is given them when being
fattened for market and that while It
conduces to health the oil is much
cheaper as food than corn at prices
which have obtained for the past two
years.
The discovery Of the beneficial ef-
fects OF eating the crude oil was made
accidentally when hogs We're running
in the fields where oil was produced
Tests were then made. with the result
that the company was formed to pro-
duce oil for the special purpose Of feed
Ing it to hogs.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-04
The Times Daily Short Story.

were six separate and distinct layers
on her deck, and mixed with the bot
tom one we found three Arabian
swords, two or three ancient muskets
and couple Of axes.
The divers had given it as their opin-
ion that she had been run into, but
when we came to make closer IN
speetion Of the holes in her quarter we
concluded that she had been struck by
shell fired from some man-of-war.
1t had sent her to the bottom as quick
as If she had been run into by d thou
sand ton ship. During the week we
were freeing the hulk from her shell
armor a close watch was kept on
the beach. and we picked up coins TO
the value of about $500, American
money. Some Of these were Arabian
and some Persian.
When we had entirely cleared the
decks we found the craft had only one
hatchway. and that was amidships.
We enlarged this and then rugged up a
windlass and bucket to empty her as
dirt is taken from a well. Every buck
etful was carefully inspected as soon
as dumped, but we found nothing more
valuable than shells until well down to
her keel We couldn't make out what
sort Of cargo she carried until the shoy-
fels began TO throw out human bones
along with the sand. With the bones
came iron shackles and other outfit
tings Of a SLAYER, and by and by we got
down far enough to find that she had
been fitted for false deck and thus
enabled to carry a double tier Of slaves
in hold only six feet deep. We dug
out of her old bones enough to account
for at least fifty persons, and a sur
geon who afterward examined some Of
them said they belonged to men and
women Of the negro race In the fore
castle we found nothing except a cou-
pie of gun barrels and two earthen
bowls, but in the cabin we had better
luck.
/ In the last dirt we took out we found
coins to the value Of 5000. These were
scattered about on the floor. Many had
4 worked out and come ashore, and
many were doubtless buried in the
sands beyond recovery. We found a
number of muskets and swords in the
cabin, but as no bones were found
there or in the forecastle we argued
that the crew must have got away in a
small boat.
Six months later when we told our
story at Cape Town we were referred
to history to prove that the dhow had
been fired on and sunk by II. NJ. $,
Sovereign while forming one OF the
fleet to suppress the slave trade. The
dhow had loaded part Of cargo Of
slaves on the Mozambique coast when
driven of and pursued by the manor
war. The chase lasted three or -four
days. and the dhow had finally thought
to escape by running among the is
lands. When she went down her crew
escaped to Bird island and We're after
ward taken of by native craft.
NJ. QUAD.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-04
IN FIFTEEN
FATHOMS

Copyright. 1909. by G. 2. Lewis.l
we had gone to Bird island, In the
Arabian sea, in the trading brig Hope
to fish for pearl oysters. One day as
we were dragging the bottom in fifteen
fathoms we came across what we be-
lieved to be sunken hulk. The spot
was about three miles of the island.
our divers could not descend to such
depth to make an inspection, and after
two days spent in preparing tackle we
sailed the brig out and anchored her
near the spot.
1t was three days before we got the
breeze from the right quarter, but
when 1t came we threw over our drag
and sailed over the wreck. The crap
nels caught her, and the ropes and
chains stood the strain. We piled sail
on the brig, but for ten minutes she
heayed and tugged and was held fast.
Something had to give ais the breeze
freshened, and, to our great joy, the
hulk was pulled out Of her sandy bed
and towed along the bottom behind US.
We got her into thirty feet Of water
and within two cables length Of the
beach and anchored her. The pearl
divers then went down to make an ex-
animation. They reported her to be
the hulk of an Arabian dhow which
must have been in collision with an
other craft, as she was STAYED in on
the port quarter
What we wanted to get our find on
the beach was a breeze from the north
west. 1t came after nearly a week Of
waiting, and the combined efforts Of
wind, current and tide brought the
old hulk in at high water She was
one Of the most curious sights sailor
ever clapped eyes on. From stem to
stern she was a solid mass Of shells.
She was about ninety feet long, and
when we came to dig down to the
wood we found it almost as hard as
iron. She had been rugged with two
masts, the stumps of which stood up
eight feet high. A few feet Of bull
warks remained on either bow, but the
rest OF the deck had been swept clean.
Our grapnels had caught In the hole
which sunk her, else they would not
have caught at all owing to the solid
layer of shells.
If we had been supplied with powder
we should have blown her up. but as
we had none we had to 40 some hard
work with pick and shovel. The in
terror seemed TO be a solid cake of
mud ana sand, but we did not remove
much of it until we had cleared the
outside After she had lain III the hot
sun for three or four days she began
to dry out, and the work Of digging OFF
the shells was much easier There
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-04
GREAT CALL FOR BIBLES.

All Over the Morid the Demand For
the scriptures Increases.
The American Bible society. accord
ing TO the eighty-seyenth annual re-
port Of the managers, issued more BIZ
bles, Testaments and parts Of the Bible
last year than in any previous one in
its history, says the New York Trib-
une. The total reached nearly 2,O00,-
600 There has never been a time,
the managers say, when the Bible
was in such large demand all over the
world
The receipts Of the society were S412.-
406 and the income from permanent
funds S1S,4S6 The total issues at
home and abroad were 1,993,55S, an
increase OF 269, 7G7 over last year. The
distribution in the United States, ex-
cepting the Philippines, was T34,64o
copies, and the issues in foreign lands
amounted to 1,25s909 OF these is
sues 993,454 were from the Bible
House in New York.
There has been a large distribution
Of President RooseyeIts address on the
Bible, printed in English, Spanish,
Arabic, Japanese and Philippine dia-
let's. Steps have been taken for the
unifcation Of the work in Korea and
an enlargement in Japan. A large in
crease is reported in the demand for
Bibles in China and Siam. La Porto
Rico the circulation has increased TO
10000 copies. Last year the circulation
in the Philippines was 81 ,260 against
80, T93 in 1902 Workers in Mexico
have been opposed by the friars.
The receipts from auxillaries and in
dlviduals, and especially from legacies,
have fallen off The gifts from
churches show some gains. The di-
minished activity Of the auxiliary So
cieties. as a whole, is attributed to a
larger supply Of Bibles and the greater
demand on churches to support Chris
tian activities in different directions.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-04
PIANO PLAYING MATCH.
st. Louis and Milwaukee Musicians
to Thu1np the Keys on 5000 Bet.

st. Louis and Milwaukee Musicians
to Thump the Keys on 5000 Bet.
a contest in sharps and fats, ragtime
and waltz, popular and classical music,
is to be held in st. Louis this summer
to decide the long endurance piano
playing championship Of tie world,
says II Chicago Record-H Herald. Pro
fessor .. NJ. Waterbury of st. Louis
and Paul Scheiderer Of Milwaukee,
who recently claimed he had played
twenty eight hours without break,
will be the competitors,
The match is to be for $500 side
Waterbury made his first record II
1895 at the Lambs club, New York
playing eighteen hours. He soon after
made a record of twenty-five hours
Waterbury then met al corners wher
the forfeit money was deposited Only
once has he stopped to hear bis oppo
nent play.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-04
A German shoemaIser.' Esposition.

A German shoemaISers' Exposition.
During the month Of June a German
shoemakers exhibition will be held at
Hamburg, says an exchange 1t is
stated that the prime object Of this ex-
position IS the promotion Of technical
education III the shoemaking industry
There will be exhibits Of the work Of
apprentices and masters of the Ger
man school for shoemakers, Of leather
and tanning materials. Of shoemakers'
lasts. tools and instruments Of various
kinds, OF machinery employed fl the
manufacture OF shoes and of other ar
ticles used or consumed in the shoe
making trade, Foreigners are invited
to exhibit machinery for the manufae-
ture Of shoes, but all shoes manufac-
tured in foreign countries in bulk for
the general trade and placed upon the
market III large quantities are ex
pI1idpd
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-04

him to fetch ft-and he fetched It all"
He is prouder Of his men than Of
himself, and they are prouder Of him
than he is of them.
That is even vet not every word Of
the interview, but it Is pretty nearly
all Of 1t and it is enough to show why
the article has set all London talking.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-04
A 81. louis rair Feature.

The Louisiana Purchase exposition
win have a representative refriger-
ating exhibit The various uses to
which mercantile refrigerators are APP
piled Will be exhibited. There will be
a skating rink, and at certain fixed
hours during the day there will be q
snowstorm.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-04
TO TEST a Diamond.

Here is an easy means Of determin-
ing whether a supposed diamond is
genuine or not: Pierce a hole in a card
with a needle and then look at the hole
through the stone If false You will
see two holes, but If you have a real
diamond only single hole viii appear.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-06-04
Largest snssmarine Boat.

The French admiralty viii build q
submarine boat larger than amy hith-
erto attempted 1t will be 1850 feet
long, 500 tons burden and viii cost
$250000
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-18
z & g
Frisco Excursions

Monte Ne Ark, and return ..............- noo
Tickets sale daily good for 80 days
Sulphur Springs l. T., aud return. l2lV
Tickets sale daily good for 90 days
Mammoth Springs, Ark, and return ......... lo.Zo
Tickets sale daily good for 80 days
eureka Springs, Ark, and return liOV
Tickets sale daily good for 30 days
the South and Southeast On sale
Tuesdays each month Round trip tickets for
plus $780, good 81 days One tickets for half
fare plus $500.
West and Northwest sale daily
follows:
Billings, Livingston and Logan. SZOO0
OGDEN Sail Lake City and PocateIlo ......... 20O0
Helena, Butte and Anaconda 1000
spokane and Thompson Falls 100
Portland Tacoma and Seattle $500
San Francisco Sacramento and Los Angeles 250O
The above rates TO North and Northwest will also
apply to intermediate points,
further information regarding above excursions call on
g address:
c. W STRAIN, VI. II. RUDOLPH,
Division Passenger Agent. Agent
Wichita Kansas.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-18
LATE NEWS BY WIRE.

London. Nov. 11.-Julia St. George Ag-
mes. grandmother OF the stage" whose
name was a household word fifty years
ago. is dead at the 81. Panceas work
house. She was 50 years Of age. She
played Pauline 10 Sir Henry Irving :
Melnotte in 1889
Kansas City, Nov. IF. W. Sipple. OF
St Louis, aged 40 years. proprietor OF an
adjustment company, died today on an
incoming Chicago and Alton train from
St. Louis today OF Bright's disease. He
complained TO the porter during the night
of feeling badly.
Kansas City. Nov. 17.-Henry J. Rose
Grams. a banker and stock man. well
known in the west. died at his home here
today OF paralysis. He was born in Wal
worth county, Wis. in 1872 and served
through the civil war in the Twenty
second Wisconsin volunteers.
Washington. Nov Il Representative
Ball Of Texas. after service in the house
OF six and half years. will retire to-
morrow 70 private life. His resignation
has been accepted. II Is understood Mr..
Ball may become a candidate for COVER
nor of Texas.
IdTl-. nov 4A---AtNnd S@aUpF ftEFeT- IN
der instructions from Secretary OF State
Hay. today formally notified the French
government that the United States had
officially recognized the republic OF
Panama.
Denver. Colo. Nov. I7.-Adjutant Cen
eral Sherman VI. Bell today announced
his Intention 20 resign his position in the
Colorado national guard ana accept the
management OF Hirs IN Mexico.
PaTls. Nov. IA new automobile record
was made today by the former champion
Baras. who covered a kilonetre % 20
feet). in . 2-5 seconds.
Paris. NOT. 17-In duel with swords
today. arising from a quarrel. Henry
Lautier. a lawyer OF Toulouse. zas killed
by his antagonist. Charles Ebaiet q
Paris
washington. Nov. I7.-The general land
Office has directed the with drawai Il
settleueHt Of six to~Eshps in the Occur
D'Alene lard aistrict IN Idaho fo- the
proposed Occur D'Alene forest reserve.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-18
STOCKS AND BONDS.

New York, Nov 17-Trading in stocks
dwindled to low ebb today. This was re-
garded as a significant development fol-
lowing the cessation of bear pressure
against stocks and was accepted as an
indication that there was little inclina-
ton TO embark in speculative ventures in
the stock market as yet The awaken
ing from a long dormant state Of stocks
OF a number of less important stocks
and their brisk advance. so far from
having an encouraging effect on the buy
ing Of stocks seemed TO awaken suspi-
cion. The notoriety of the existence Of
speculative pools in many of these stocks.
which have q connecting common inter
est caused many rumors of developments
in their affairs to be skeptically regarded.
The rise IN the call money rate to s
per cent late in the day, which was at
tributed 10 the light incursion into stock
speculation by minor pools, showed dis
favor with the traders and turned the
course of prices downward The result
was 10 hold down the earlier gains.
Pennsylvania especially was in demand.
presumably from the short interest left
uncovered. The upward movement of
Ing of confidence over the future out
look
Engagements OF gold in London for i'm
port were current Half a million dol
lars were transferred TO New Orleans,
but New York exchange at Chicago rose
to par Sterling made a sharp recovery.
Part OF the demand was due to purchases
OF bills against the gold engaged for i'm
port There was said 10 be large buy
Ing OF sterling for investment by bank
ers. the process being 10 purchase 90 and
90 day sterling bills 10 hold until ma
turity for the higher price likely 10 pre-
vail at that time. This is in effect a
lending OF New York resources abroad
for that period and operates 70 check the
inward movement Of gold or to tighten the
present gold requirements to pay for
foreign debts in New York. This is in
itself an evidence OF the easier money
conditions in New York Rates for time
loans. even for the 90 day period. were
quotably easier today and the demand for
longer periods was wholly nominal.
United States Steel was held back by
the London view that further cuts. in
steel products are likely. Missouri Pa
cific's net increase over last mont h net
OF $780, 600 was favorabIy regarded. but
its effect on the general list was offset
by the cutting in two of the Lake Shore
surplus for September. The market closed
dull and easy
The bond market was fairly steady, but
dull. Total sales par value. were S2,S21 90
United States 2s declined 3 per cent on
the last call
Quotations were as follows:
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-18

Packers Want Hogs and Good
Prices are Paid.
TOPS BROUGHT S4.60
Cattle Receipts Liberal and
Market Was Steady,

The hog market declined five cents yes
terday. caused by the slump in provisions.
Receipts az this market we're liberal, but
the bulk arrived late the previous night
and In order to protect the shippers the
buyers for the Dold and Cudahy packing
houses bought sixteen car loads in the
morning at Mondays prices. The sales
are not quoted, for the reason that the
prices paid were out of line with ycster-
days market. The packers want hogs
and there is not very much probability
that receipts Will exceed the demands for
some time 10 come. II seems 10 be the in
tention Of the local packers 70 hold this
market even with the Missouri river mar
kets as TO preclude the possibility Of hogs
being shipped past this point unless al
loss to the shipper Hogs weighing 100
TO 225 pounds seem 10 be the favorites and
this class viii bring more than those
weighing go and over Large rough hogs
sell about fifty cents under tops.