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water was coming to end the tie-up last
summer caused by the drought which
dried up that great stream
Cincinnati holds the record for variation
on a single river gauge-6 feet. These
gauges are great measuring rods thrust
down to the river bottoms and extending
farther above the surface than any hood
is likely to reach The accompanying
snapshot shows a flood gauge" erected
for measuring the water when it rises
above the platform of the building where
the man is standing. There ar. thirty
gauges scattered along the Mississippi
alone. In flood times they are read every
hour or oftener.
Prof. Frankenfield tells me that he is
now working on a new forecast scheme
by which he is able to take river S
height at a given point and from that
work out a forecast even more accurate
than formerly for another point a given
distance away. Learning the amount of
water passing one station, he can now
more exactly estimate the percentage that
will appear at the next station. The fac
tors taken into consideration are the
water In sight. the rain that has fallen
and is running into the adjacent streams
the water equivalent of snow on the
ground. the dryness of the SOIL channel
changes. etc. He has been carefully
working this scheme out for the Ohio
river for the past three years and it is
now in operation on over 600 Of the 966
miles of that stream. A separate scheme
has been worked out for each district of
this troublesome river. except that be-
tween Cincinnati and Parkersburg, where
in three distinct schemes are applied. He
says that the forecasts on our big rivers
cannot be much improved upon. Their
every flood for the past ten years has
been forecast with accuracy. Improve
ments are being continually striven for
along our smaller rivers.
Men with snow gauges are now upon
the mountains of the Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts measuring the water which
this snow will throw of into the sur
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READY TO OVERFLOW.

for the year just closed comes to the
world in a report obtained at the request
of President McCrea- He wished to fur
nish data to Orlando f. Lewis Of the
charity organization of Pennsylvania,
with the idea of having the latter press
for the enactment of laws that will do
away with trespassing on the property Of
railroads.
The Pennsylvania railroad began this
crusade two years ago at the instance of
McCrea. The president had been shocked
at the increasing number of lives taken
on the tracks of his company. and he set
himself the task of examining into the
causes.
1t was not hard to find why so many
tramps fell victims. The roads of the
company operate through a thickly settled
portion of the Middle Atlantic states. One
line connects Philadelphia and New York.
and great number of trains Is constantly
kept going over the tracks. The same is
true of what Is known as the main line.
which is the route to the west by way OF
Pittsburg.
Here at night, as well as in the day
time, the amount of traffic is great and
there is hardly time when trains are
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spring hood. II we are to nave ohe'
Doubtless you have never heard that
the government has its flood prophets as
well as its rain. hail, snow and blow
prophets. Well. 1t Is true. and l have
just had long chat with the chief OF
this official corps of flood prophets. Prof.
II. c. Frankenfield, in charge of the
river and flood service of the central
weather bureau.
He spends upward of $4,000 year
enough to pay President Tafts salary-in
telegraph tolls on his flood warnings: but
often a thousand dollars to the citizen is
saved by each dollar spent OH the entire
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557 TRAMPS DEATH HARVEST OF ONE RAILROAD IN A YEAR

to give the unfortunate time enough to
calculate his leap.
Undoubtedly many tramps are killed
while stealing rides.
1t used to be a favorite tramp trick
while preparing to steal a ride 10 take
up station near the water towers spread
at intervals along the road. but with the
modern system by which train scoops
up It's water without impeding its speed
it has been made much harder for the
tramp to get on the train. and he is now
forced to take the flying leap.
Many time in the darkness there is a
mistake, or perhaps the train negotiates
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not flying at high speed over the tracks.
Most of the moving of freight is done
at night. and in a majority OF cases it
is the freight train that has been the
iuggernaut to crush out the lives of the
derelicts.
The freight train is The more dangerous
for many reasons. 1t does not travel
on a schedule that the public can know.
There is no means of telling when it will
come, in fact, and it carries virtually no
such blaze OF light to make known its
presence as is the case with the passenger
train.
The poor tramp is making a trip from
one town to another He goes by way of
the railroad tracks, for he knows no other
road that will tell him the proper route.
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the headlights, the crunching of the
wheels over flesh and bone, a groan and
Their silence. meant little for those who
mot this unhappy fate were only tramps.
They were only tramps. and outside OF
President McCrea of the Pennsylvania
railroad nobody is enough exercised over
this record of nearly two deaths a day
for the entire year of 1905 not to take
into account 791 badly injured, to try
10 obtain the passage OF corrective laws
that would prevent such a wanton waste
of life.
The knowledge of this big death list
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the Ohio any where from February 10
June; those OF New England with the
spring rains that break up the ice crusts
On the Pacific slope those of the Columbia
river set in about the middle of Nav and
last into June because of the very late
thaw on the mountains above. But the
Sacramento is apt to rise earlier in the
spring and California's flood time is geIl-
orally March, though this year the Sacra-
mento got on it's rampage in January and
again in February. submerging GO,OO0
acres, some of IT the finest land in the
world. But the Sacramento is a peculiar
stream, its natural channel not being big
enough to carry off over 25 feet of flood
water. Floods of our eastern and south
eastern rivers are apt to occur during any
season except autumn. Those of the
southern AppalachianS seem to come
without rhyme or reason. but are gener-
ally most apt to be serious in August
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AS soon as food is foreseen warnings
are wired to the 800 special substations
of the flood service. kilograms are sent
also to representative citizens and news
papers. Every one in the threatened
zone is given the alarm and nowadays
there is no trouble in getting them out.
When the exact date of the great Mis-
sissppi flood of 1897 was forecast by the
service. in some places two weaks ahead
of time most of the habitants from
Cairo to New Orleans shifted contemptu-
ously and refused to be scared by a
"lot of fool scientists in Washington
They gazed upon the shrunken Father OF
Waters, flowing calmly and serenely be-
low its banks and refused to budge-all
save a comparatively few people, gen.
orally ridculed by their fellows as over
timid. Even the newspapers scolded the
government for frightening lot of silly
old women. Then came our worst flood
of half century, right on schedule time.
bursting levees submerginS 1900 square
miles. including the main streets of d
hundred cities and towns. To the "timid
ones who took warning in time, however,
s15. 100000 worth Of movable property was
saved and the total appropriation of the
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wharfage Touting" Is a New Profession

probably a brother and sister going to
have the will of their dead father pro-
bated-he loses his chance. He has to
wait his turn. while the next tout may
land fat fee. Then. again. certain min
listers are patronzed. two of whom have
not preached a sermon in fifteen years,
but are waxing fat from the maria ge
tout work. Often as high as ten couples
are brought to minister in one day. At
Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving Is
rush season. for the pilots. They have
both might" and day watches; nobody
slips by.
The police have attempted to take a
hand In the affair. One night young
the only squire in the city was to be
found 1t being after midnight The atten-
ton of the ministers Of the large churches
was called to the matter and they went
Bureau Of Entomology.
From the National Magazine.
The work carried on by the bureau re-
lates entirely to injurious insects, and the
direct object of this work is to discover
remedial measures and to make them
known to the public. The object of the
work, therefore. is of the most practical
character. and every effort is devoted to
the practical end. 1t has been conserva-
lively estimated that the United States
suffers an annual economic loss from in
furious insects of one kind Or another Of
surely 500, 900, coo. This estimate includes
the damage done to agricultural crops. to
orchard and horticultural industries. to
live stock to stored products, to forests
and forest products. and to other prop
erty, but 1t does not include the economic
loss to communities and to the nation
through the lessening OF the productive
capacity of the population through the
prevalence of diseases that are carried by
insects, such as malaria, typhoid fever,
yellow fever. and possibly many others.
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HoUSEKEEPER'S ASSISTANT.
The Electric Motor Made to Do Gen.
eral Work Around the House.

The electric motor has now appeared in
the role of general assistant around the
household. and in this capacity 1t can be
made to do numberless tasks which will
relieve the housekeeper to the extent of
having her time. allowing her with the
machines help to give her attention to
several things at the same time. For in
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KIOW BEGINS THEIR BUSY SEASON-NEW
~ SYSTEM FOR COMPILING FORECASTS
EVEN THE WINTER SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS
is BEING MEASURED TO FIND THE WATER
THAT WILL THAW OUT-WHEN EACH SEC
TIONS SPRING FLOODS WILL BE DUE-SOME
WONDERFULLY INGENIOUS FORECASTS
PROBABILITIES FOR THIS YEAR.
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upon the jail keep OF vagrants.
When such tramps and vagrants are
arrested and briefly confined in county
jails it is rarely that any record is taken
of them. In the minds of squires and
rural constab bles they have committed no
particular offense: they are just nusances
and the quicker they dismissed and
got out Of the way the better
They go to another Jail. but this second
place of Imprisonment has no knowledge
of the previous Incarceration and the
tramp Is released again.
President McCrea advises that a careful
record be kept. and the perpetual va
grants dealt with so summarily that
others will be forced by fright to give up
the railroads as means of going from
point to point
Figures show that the troubles of the
problem are increasing Last year the
arrests by the Pennsylvania railroad were
2,9s3 Tor trespassing and 0457 for illegal
traln riding. These figures show to poor
advantage compared with England, where
STRINGENT laws have virtually wiped out
tins kind Of offense and the peril of death
it carries.
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ND now C o m e 9
flood tim e. Tho
spring rains a r Q
g W e Hing t h e
streams which feed
the great rivers.
The sun, warming
to renewed life, Is
tina awing out the
vast snow banks
on the high noun
tain tops. Every
thing is ripening for
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Secret Society Among Sese Islanders.


From the National Magazine.
The Sese islanders have attained q
peculiar notoriety in Uganda because of
a secret society called the Bachichi which
is not burial society, although its mem
bers take a deep and intelligent interest
in all deaths and burials in their midst
In the more retired villages. although
greatly discouraged .Oy the British au-
thorities, 1t is said to be still the custom
for the sorrowing relatives to bear the
body of the deceased wrapped in bark on
a rough bier to some forest thicket DESC
late ravine or other unfrequented spot,
where 1t is left unburied by the bearers,
who never revisit the place again The
Bachichi, who are denizens Of neighbor-
ing village. and distant relatives of the
deceased, avoid the necessity of burial or
cremation and show their respect for the
deceased by simply eating him.
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IN HUNDRED AND
fifty-Seyen m e n
killed by railroad
trains of one COM
pany a year.
Most of them
were unknown, few
of them had rela-
tives, and the sud-
den rush In the
night, the thunder
of the iron monster
and the flash of
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German Art Invasion.

From Current Literature.
What Prof. kuno Francke of Harvard
describes as "the first truly representative
exhibit Of German art that America has
seen" was opened recently in the Metro
politan Museum Aside from the intrin-
sic merit of the pictures shown, a num-
Der Of events have conspired to give the
exhibition special significance. In the
first place, 1t was Guasi-Official, and in
dicates an organized effort on the part
of Germany to win from America a larger
understanding and appreciation of Ger
man art. The kaiser personally interested
himself in the selection of the pictures,
and had a new portrait painted to ac-
company them. Representatives of several
departments of the German government
and leading German artists have also
co-opeg'ated in making the undertaking
success On this side of the water Mr..
Hugo ReiSinger. a German-American art
lover of enthusiasm and genuine public
spirit has Iabored INCREASINGLY In the in
terest$ of the project. 1t is his purpose
later to balance the German art crusade
in America by organizing a similar ex-
hibitidn of representative American pic
lures for Germany, and the plan is pc
culiary felicitous in view of the ''ex-
change professors already passing be-
tween America and Germany. and the
whole tendency in our time to extend the
cultural boundaries ~ the nations.
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to the mayor in a body. asking that the
police take action and cause arrests: Two
OF the ''touts' We're arrested. as both
were charged with forcibly dragging a
young couple to their favorite preacher.
An attempt was made to prosecute under
the charge Of lettering, but the ''tOuts"
had not lotered: they had a profession
and We're working at their trade. Then
the charge of nuisance was brought up,
but the men did not bother anybody.
Disorderly conduct was then charged. but
nowhere in the testimony in the police
court was the fact that the ''touts'' had
acted in that manner. Thus the dropping
of the prosecution. The "touts" say If
they are ever fined they will appeal their
case to the supreme court. The city does
not care for the expense of taking the
cases to the higher courts and then pay
ing the costs.
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servant. who may in the meantime devote
herself to other work
Ihere Is much work of this character
winch may be done by the motor, such as
operating washing machines, gas man
giles clothes-wringers, coffee mills graf
ing machines, sewing machines, grinding
machines, polishing heads and ice cream
freezers.
The household motor is mounted on a
stool-llke platform. the height of which
may be readily adjusted to suit the char
acter OF work being performed. 1t is Of
one-eighth horsepower. Is easily moved
around, and the mechanism is entirely in
Closed SO that there Is no danger of shock
or injury from it,
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stance, instead of devoting herself for
some time in turning and feeding the
meat chopper, she has but to roll the
motor up to the chopper and make the
necessary connection between them, and
then turn on the current. In this manner
the operation can go on with only occa-
sional attention from the hOusekeeper or
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Copyright, 1909. by John Elfreth watkins.)
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tory and the ''MoonShine Dis
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-12
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

The tenth annual reunion of Co. D
Association, Vt. Volunteer Infantry, will
be held in Red Mems Hall, Saturday eve
ming, May 15. A good entertainment
will be provided.
About 35 boys and girls in the ninth
grade of our public schools will visit
Boston and the historic spots in that
vicinity this week, leaving here Thurs
day. All the young people have earned
the money for the trip which was first
proposed by Supt. Palmer. The latter
will chaperone the party assisted by the
two ninth grade teachers, Miss Wood
ruff and Miss Drake.
The Lyndonville grammar school
was defeated Saturday on the Lyndon
vile Institute ground by the Midgets of
st. Johnsbury in score of 1913. The
Midget team is composed of Morris Grey,
Max Gil6llan, Verna Tisdale, Floyd
Cheever, Albert Lynch, Charley Batch
elder, Reginald Fiske and Raymond
Fiske.
After the regular meeting of the N. E.
o. p, Saturday evening it is planned to
have box party and promenade for the
members and their families. Each lady
is requested to bring a box and the COM
mittee will serve coffee
The Executive Board of the ST. Johns
bury Woman's Club will meet with Mrs.
!. H. Brooks, 3 Brooks Place. Friday
afternoon at o'clock. A full attend
ance is desired.
Several of the young French people
are rehearsing the French play Marie a
la Grace de Dieu, drama in five acts
which will be given in New Music Hall
on the evening of June "a.
The Guard of Honor, a regular mill.
tary organization of the Catholic Order
of Foresters, has recently been formed.
There are "a members in the Guard and
Dr. J. D. Bachand is their first captain.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-12
Our Maple Sugar Crop.
Interesting Facts from an Expert Observer

interesting Facts from an Expert observer
George c. Cary, the maple sugar ex-
pert, has furnished the CALIFORNIAN the
following interesting summary of this
years maple sugar crop:
The crop of maple sugar produced this
year in Vermont is about an average
crop. 1t is not as large as last year,
probably about two pounds to tree is
about the average the state over. This
is as large with two exceptions as we
have had i'll ten years, that is the year
1907 and 1908, when we had the largest
crop we have had for 15 years past
Ohio has produced the largest crop in its
history, as has also Pennsylvania. New
York is about two-thirds of what it was
last year, about an average crop there.
In Canada the crop is very much larger
than last year, and is one OF the largest
crops they have had there in a good
many years. Prices rule very low in
Canada prices being established up there
now at 513 cents to the farmers. What
is called the Beauce block sugar, produc-
ed in Beauce County, Canada, sells for
the highest price of any sugar on the
market, owing to the strength of its
flavor and also to the hardness. This is
all put up in bricks, very much harder
than anything that is produced on this
side of the border.
The large amount of old sugar carried
over in Vermont, and in fact, all of the
American producing states, and our
total availnble sugar this year in Ver-
mont is fully up to the total sugar last
year owing to the large amount that
was carried over. At the price that was
established sugar has been selling very
freely indeed. We have never seen sugar
come in as fast as it has during the last
two weeks. The prices this year are much
higher than great many were led to
believe that they would be. We can see
nothing in the future that should advance
prices from those prices established early
this season. In fact, prices as establish
ed are higher than we expected them.
There has not been as much syrup pro-
duced this year as last year, but the de-
mand on sap syrup is very much less.
and prices rule very much less than they
did last year, and it is very hard pro-
position to market even at the prices
that we bought for this year. The de-
mand for sugar last year was very much
less than it has been previously, and " e
see nothing that will warrant expecting
anything more of demand this year
1t is our opinion that the farmers will do
well to sell at the present prices. They
had the experience of holding last year,
and it did not prove beneficial to them.
1t looks to us as if the same conditions
would prevail this year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-12
The Minstrel Jubilee.

New Music Hall was packed to the
doors on Friday evening and not one of
the crowd came away dissatisfied with
the minstrel show 1t was in every way
all that it was advertised to be, and the
first part with its Indians and COWBOYS
and setting of tepees was as pretty a
picture as one would ask to see. There
were COW boys and COW maidens in
broad brimmed hats, Indian braves and
maidens in feathers and blankets and
tenderfeet in modish costumes. Add to
these the eight end men with their
black faces and gorgeous costumes and
the picture is complete. The choruses
were bright and catchy. B. c. Peters
made a fine musical director, Henry
Ellis an ideal interlocutor, and the jokes
the audience just right. Miss Blanche
Burns made picturesque Indian prin-
cess and the songs by B. M. Shepherd,
Walter Bailey, Mrs. D. c. Stiles, Asa
Welcome and Harold French were all of
first quality. One of the biggest hits of
the evening was Carlyle Sargent, in the
makeup OF monkey, who sang "On
Monkey Honeymoon. Frank French's
song "Trans-mag ni-6-can-b -bam-dam-u-
al-i-ty" was much applauded, and the
finale, Denver Town" with Mrs. B. c.
Peters as soloist, brought down the
house.
In the second part, Messrs. Welcome
and Bailey gave a clever original
creation, "a Darktown Flirtation;"
John H. Moore with his Bingvlle Bugle
and impersonations was never more
amusing; Bonette was all right and
Frank 0. French was at his best, and
that is always enough for St. Johns
bury audience. The performance closed
with an amusing farce, Hotel Half
Back, in which the principal part, that
of the landlord, was splendidly taken by
Sam c. Currier. The other parts were
well sustained by Olin Adams. Alex H.
Porter c. P. French, Fred Moore, B. M. |
H. W. Ellis and Mrs. B. c.
Peters.
The "hig noise" was big success and
all who went will be glad when Messrs.
Ellis, Moore and French announce an
other minstrel show.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1909-05-12
LOCAL NOTICES.

Try the American Throat Tablets
Playing cards at F. G. Landry's.
Moths, moths, moths, moths? Use
Red Cedar Flakes. At Landry's.
Dc you feel nervous? Tired? Worn
out? One boxeven Of DR.. Quesnell's pills
will show you change. Price so cents.
At all druggists.
F. T. Forsaith is ready to demonstrate
to anyone that a powerful Vacuum
Cleaner is the cheapest of house cleaning
help. Give him chance.
Use American Little Liver Tablets.
Food sale BY the Grace Unity Club at
the Methodist Church. Saturday, p.
m. Orders for food may be telephoned
Mrs. Harland B. Howe.
Mrs. E. ]. Gates of Newport, agent for
the Barclay corset, will be in town
Wednesday for few days. ANY one
wishing early orders, write to ST. Johns
bury, general delivery.
Try "Hinkey Dee" at Landry's, 10c.
None Such Hand Soap is manufactured
in St. .Johnsbury and for sale by all deal
ers here and elsewhere. Besides being
the best soap for removing grease it is
Incompatible for all kinds of houseclean-
ing and for similar uses in the kitchen
and all parts of the house. AS its name
signifies it is in a class by itself Buy
box and be convinced.
Having bought the place known as
Pope's Cafe, 90 Eastern Ave, it shall
now be known as the Ladies and Gents
restaurant. Opening day Monday, May
II, 1909. Z. ]. King, Propr.