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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-09-23
A Lame Back-KIdney Trouble Causes

1t don't take long for kidney and
bladder trouble to give you a lame
Mrs. II. r. Straynge, Gainesville, Ga,
was fairly down on her back with kid
.ney trouble and infiamed bladder. She
says: II took Foley Kidney Pills and
now my back is stronger than in
years, and kidney trouble and painful
bladder sensation have entirely gone"
Good druggists are glad to sell Foley
Kidney Pills because they always help.
They contain no habit forming drugs.
C. c. Bingham. adv.
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were weekend guests of her sister,
Mrs. E. M. Carpenter.
Arthur Sunbury, who was taken to
the Littleton hospital, Sept. 18th, and
was operated on for appendicitis is
improving.
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WATERFORD

Frank Fisher is improving.
Mrs. Nancy Wallace is visiting
Mrs. Fannie Cutting in Concord.
Lois Sunbury recently visited her
cousin, Alice Pike, in Littleton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Jones of Victory
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ALWAYS RIGHT!

Are our prices for hearty meal or a dainty
lunch We have every dish that is in season
and many dish thai is NOT.
Sherburne's Restaurant
OPP. DEPOT ST. J0HNSBURY, "
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ESTATE or LUCY M. RICHARDSON
The undersigned. having been appointed
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town of Waterford. in said district on the
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next. from / O'Clock r. NJ, until 4 O'Clock
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1914, il the time limited by said Court for
said creditors to present their claims 70 us
for examination and allowance.
Dated at Waterford this 5rd day Of Sept
ember A. ID. 1914.
II. M. PARKS.
GEO. S. WALLACE,
Commissioners.
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The 25 cent piece was made
famous by the American Liver
TABLETS, the perfect laxative
Evening star., 1914-12-13

dan and to spread out the system from
Jerusalem. Foreign capital was not
sought in this enterprise. An exciu-
sively Ottoman company was formed.
and the Turkish parliament provided
the preliminary funds.
Hostilities have interrupted this pro-
posed gridironing of Palestine with
railways, but the Hedjaz line remains
as one of the great prospective prizes
of the war of the nations.
The present situation recalls some OF
the queries raised and some of the
prophecies made when the line was
opened as far as Ma'an and the
prolongation on to Medina and Mecca
was assured There were earnest Mo-
hammedans, fanatics possibly. yet not
ignorant of western civilization, who
deprecated the innovation as likely
to drive wedge into the heart of
Islam.
There were others, chiefly British bu-
reaucrats in Egypt and British diplo-
matte and consular officers. who shook
their heads and predicted that the time
would come when the Hedjaz railway
would prove a means of pouring Turk
ish troops into Egypt to overturn the
British occupation and to re-establfsh
the sultan's political authority.
Other British officials, chiefly those
who had been in India, took a more
cheerful view and thought they saw
in the Hedjaz railway a future source
of strength to England in relation to
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MosLEM sHEIF PRIEST PALESTINE DESERT

and in every other part of the Moham-
medan world.
The animating motive was to make
easier the pilgrimage which every true
believer is expected to make to Mecca
once in his lifetime. The great mass
of Mohammedans in making their Of
fering apparently did not share the ap-
prehension of some of the religious
leaders that the holy railway might be-
come an instrument of "infidel aggres-
sion."
The distance from Haifa, or from Da =
mascus Is about 1,150 miles. The
lines from Haifa and Damascus form a
junction at De'era on the fertile plain
Of Hauran.
Some years ago. before the line from
Haifa had been formally opened, took
the train that had been provided to
carry occasional passengers and the
mails until regular schedule could be
put In force. A local pasha who was
going part way had his special car,
which was an ordinary passenger coach.
He gave me a seat in it, but when the
car was dropped it was necessary to
climb into another coach where the
Arab pilgrims, the Bedouins, some Syr-
ian traders and half dozen Euro
peans were enjoying the novel journey.
Every mile of the Haifa line covers
historic ground. 1t starts under the
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tanned that the whole number of pill
grims in any year does not exceed
100000.
The estimate Of 100000 from India
is certainly an exaggeration. The pill
grim ships from the Indian ports
through the Gulf of Alden to Jeddah
carry no such number.
The Sultan Abdul Hamid never
showed much desire to build the rail-
way spur from Jeddah to Mecca, al
though the distance is short. His fear
evidently was that the railway would
make the holy city too accessible to
attack from a hostile force landing at
this Red sea port. Moreover. the In
dian pilgrims could easily be protected
from the raids of the Bedouins. Many
of the weather. Mohammedans from
India who come by way of Jeddah take
the trip back over the railway to Da-
mascus and Haifa.
The construction of the railway has
not made Mecca any more accessible to
the outside world than when it had to
be reached by the long and dangerous
caravan route. An occasional account
has been given of the ceremonies in the
holy city by adventurous travellers who
penetrated there, and that is all that
is known.
One account was by Sir Richard Bur
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the attacks of the Bedouin tribes. Out
fitting the pilgrims was then a very
profitable business. for the Damascus
merchants. The business is still profit
able. although the pilgrims wants for
the journey are not numerous
when it had to be made by camel cara
vans.
A French company had built mar
row gauge line from Damascus to Hez-
rib, and this line was made part of
the system under which the prolonga-
tion to De'era was carried out.
French companies and French en-
gineers in the beginning had consider
able to do with the various sections of
the Hedjaz system, but they gradually
dropped out as the work was taken
over by the Turkish government, and
the whole project made government
line. The Germans came in, under
contract with the government, and the
line to Ma'an and beyond. paralleling
the Dead sea, was built under their
direction.
Steel rails for the Haifa line were
bought in the United States, but the
American mills which had the con-
tract did not press their advantage.
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dan subjects. yet the true believers.
who want Medina and Mecca kept free
Fom "infidel'' influence, would hardly
relish protectorate of this sort.
Should Germany win. there might be
no nominal change in the control of
the railway to the holy cities. but Ger
many, as protector of Mohammedan-
ish, hardly could be welcomed by the
true believers. Germany's aggressive
ness in pressing for commercial ex-
ploitatton would be especially feared
as likely to destroy the character of
the Hedjaz line as a religious enter
prise, although commerce already en-
ters largely into it.
The prize is so great for either the
allies or for Germany that it is worth
while to know something of the line in
it's entirety.
The Hedjaz railway system really
consists of a trunk line with terminals
or starting points at Haifa, on the Med
iterranean, and at Damascus. The road
was built under the direction of the
Ottoman government, partly out of it's
own funds and partly from contribu-
tions by Mohammedans. Millions of
dollars were contributed as voluntary
offerings by the followers of the
prophet in India, in Turkey, in Egypt,
in Morocco, In Persia, in the Philippines
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Medina
Followers Present
Biblical
of


lee of Mount Carmel, where Elisha
gathered Israel; follows along the River
Kishon, where he slew the priests of
Baal; passes by where Saul visited the
Witch of Endor, where the Philistines
slew Jonathan and where Deborah
voiced her prophecies.
The road traverses the Plain OF Es-
draeIon, passes Nazareth. crosses Cali
lee and skirts Lake Tiberius in sight of
the Mount of Beatitudes. 1t crosses
the Jordan on a substantial modern
bridge. :,
Though Haifa is the port where pill
erims from the Mediterranean Moham-
medan countries come to take the jour
ney to the holy cities, the line with all
these biblical memories is of infinite
interest to Christian tourists and pill
grimS.
Damascus, as a starting point, means
more to the Moslem world, for 1t Is
from this ancient city that the cara
vans have radiated for thousands of
years Damascus is reached by the rail-
way from Beyrouth across Lebanon.
and through the cut of Libau- 1t also
now has rail connection with Aleppo
and other points in Syria.
Damascus is the favorite rendezvous
of the Mohammedans, who came over
land to undertake the pilgrimage. Be-
fore the railway was opened 1t was
nothing unusual for caravans of 5000
camels to start from the city. with a
military escort to protect them from
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mountain road leading to the little Inn
at Yoshino, looking down the noun
tatnside upon the thousands OF cherry
trees with their fragrant pink and req
blossoms stretching away in a gfeat
undulating mass of riotous color. rms
remote little town or hamlet is famous
for it's cherry trees. SO we telephoheo
from our hotel in Nara to the principal
inn to have rooms reserved for u.s.
"Japan is a perfect network of tele-
phones. We Travelled from Nara as fa'
up in the mountains as they had peeh
able to lay tracks. and then from where
the railroad terminated we took jinrlki-
shas to the little inn. Never shall ]
forget that ride and the beauties OF
that particular road, for, added to the
marvelously tinted mountain slopes and
ravines. the picturesque display made
by the natives was enhancing.
Scores of men in holiday attire and
women decked out in their gayest XII
monos were trudging up the mountain
to Yoshino. We arrived at our inn in
the evening and found that there was
not soul about who could understand
English, and none of US could speak a
word of Japanese. But after much ef-
fort we managed to make ourselves
known and three little maids appeared,
took off our shoes and gave us sandals
before We were shown into our Sleep
ing quarters.
This. by the way. was a tiny room
with three mats or pads which consti-
tuted our beds. The walls were really
only paper partitions. and. with the
best intentions in the world. we could
not sleep a wink because it was fete
season, and the natives in the room
next US talked and feasted. or rather
drank sake all night long. Just at
twilight the greatest beauty of the
scene burst upon US when from the
wonderful cherry trees myriads of tiny
electric lights sparkled into brilliance.
With the hundreds of gayly dressed
natives moving about in the full en-
joyment of their merrymaking. this
scene was one of wonderful beauty.
What did we eat?" Mrs. Jones smiled
reminiscently. I'VE did not care for
the native food. and after the three lit
tie maids brought us some tea and the
little cakes which are always offered
to callers in japanese home they
could not find out what we wanted for
supper. So the innkeeper got boy
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Camping Before the Days of Automobiles and
Railroad Trains-Mrs. Jones Says Japan Is
Veritable Fairyland in the Beauty of Its Seen
cry and Vegetation Interesting Facts About
the Land of Cherry Blossoms-How the
People Live and Entertain Visitors.

had been hauled by huge ropes made
IF hair contributed for the purpose by
devoted Japanese There We're nifty
of these ropes in the temple d display yed
for the edification OF visitors and wor-
shippers. Some OF them were thicker
than the average human arm
Mrs. Jones found the Japanese much
more likable on their native soil than
She had ever found them in this coun-
try, though Washington does not have
many of them and does not encourage
them to locate within its boundaries.
She does not see why they should be
encouraged or permitted to acquire
property holdings in the United States
if for no other reason than the signif-
icant fact that no Americans are al
lowed to purchase land in Japan. All
foreigners in the mikadoS domain must
lease their property.
Though both Senator and Mrs Jones
belong to Illinois by birth, they have
spirit of the west: and Mrs Jones is
one of the few women in the United
States who has voted for a President.
Washington has had the ballot for it's
women for several years and at the
last presidential election Mrs Jones
cast her vote. She says she is not a
militant nor even a marching suffragist.
With her bouyancy of spirit and
wholesome energy that seems such a
dominant note in her makeup, one
would never take her to be a grand
mother. for the love of adventure and
outdoor life have kept her young
enough and active enough to be the
boon comrade of her young daughter.
Both Senator and Mrs. Jones are look
ing forward to better acquaintance
with their infant grandson, who is less
than a year old. Their son resides in
Seattle and this baby is the magnet
that Is drawing his grandparents across
the three Thousand miles of travel to
see him at their earliest opportunity
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Ioly Railway Stake in Great War Came

he entered the mosque, where is the
sacred kaabo or black stone with its
holy carpet cover. The floor of the
mosque is about fifteen feet below the
level of the street. this Englishman
says. He found himself in the midst
of a crowd so dense that il could only
move in a mass the seven prescribed
times around the black stone. This
Englishman. Notwithstanding his desire
to be devout said that the whole scene
reminded him of an immense crowd
struggling to buy tickets outside q
theater at London.
Sir Richard Burton gave a somewhat
more imaginative description of his ex-
periences In circling holy kaabo's
night-black pail" Nothing. he said. is
more simple than the exterior of the
sacred building. The pavement is COM
posed of slabs of fine and various col
ored marbles. The upper part of the
wall. together with the ceiling. is COW
cred with handsome red damask. fiow-
cred over with gold. The nat roof is
upheld by three crossbeams supported
in the center by three columns. Be
tween the columns run bars of metal
supporting many lamps, said to be of
gold
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log, and down you go; SO you must not
be afraid of the water nor mind getting
chilly ducking now and then.
But the joy that comes when you
have landed big trout is one of the
thrills of lifetime. as every real
dyed-in- n-the-wool fisherman knows
Then the delights of sleeping in the
open. with only the stars for light, and
breathing the exhilarating air and the
smell of the earth and the woods are
excelled only by the savory fragrance
of your delicious fish frying or broiling
for supper. And how you do eat and
sleep,
1T really seems to be that a week
or two of that kind of life Is better as
"A health restorative than all of the
drugs that doctors can prescribe. or
the treatments that sanitariums can
devise for frazzled nerves and aching
bodies"
She has always loved outdoor life and
tells with a keen sense of delight of
camping and fishing trips of her early
married lie before automobiles and
railroad trains had penetrated the
western Businesses with anything like
the degree to- which they are used now.
They would drive all day long in a
wagon to get to a stream to fish, and
many times she has stood for hours
and once almost all day-waiting for a
thence was at last rewarded. and such
trifiing matters as wet boots. hunger
and sunburn were not worthy of a mo-
ment's consideration compared to the
splendid fish on her hook.
Once they, with party of others, at
tempted to cross a swollen stream and
were completely turned around by the
swift current. being thankful to get
out alive, though they and their camp
TIT were soaked. Still another time,
while fishing, some cows wrecked their
camp. overturning and destroying
everything eatable. so that they had to
send forty miles for more provisions
Then. Mrs. Jones says, I'VE simply had
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

T is ten years since one of the most
significant modern events in the
Moslem world was recorded. This
was the opening to traffic Of the
Hedjaz. OF pilgrim railway. which
was to bring the holy cities of Medina
and Mecca in closer touch with the
faithful.
In exact terms the time is a little
more than ten years. since the opening
of the railway to pilgrim traffic was
on the birthday of the Sultan Abdul
Hamid, September l, 1904, by the
Christian calendar, the year 1922 of the
Mohammedan era.
The line was far from completion at
that time. but it had reached point
where formal opening ceremonies were
justified because the completion of the
road was then assured. This point was
Ma'an on the edge of the Arabian des-
ert. From Ma'an the route was through
the Arabian sands to the holy cities.
The opening ceremonies were very
impressive, a mission of fifty high ofh-
cials having made the trip from Con-
stantinople to represent the sultan.
The religious heads of Islam were also
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from one of the trains who could speak
a few English words to be our inter-
prefer during our stay.
1--WE did not care to eat raw hsh OF
any of their dishes, SO We rinally SET,
tied upon chicken. The little ma 10
brought it to our room and cooked IL
right there before us. She cut ii lhto
tiny strips and put it into vessel witn
little water and bamboo sprouts, bu'
no seasoning. The finished product was
not what you would be likely TO en-
thuse over, but when you are really
hungry you are not apt to be partlcu-
lar.
we slept in our clothes upon the
floor for there was no furniture, ana
we concluded that the matter of a real
bath could wait, as the pool attached
to the inn was altogether too puniic
to appeal to any of us We learned the
day to drink tea. Three and one-half
sips in japanese etiquette is all that Is
correct form. How one is to manage
the extra half sip is a problem for each
tea drinker to solve.
I'VE visited hundreds of temples. of
course, some of which had as many as
I, 900 Buddhas of brass and wood. and
to the faith of their followers You
Know CnaC the people OellcNe tHdl ShCHt
aches and pains will be banished II
they go to the temple and rub that par
ticular member of the Buddha. For in
stance, for relief for a rheumatic arm
or leg the arm or leg of Buddha must
be industriously rubbed while they
pray. So you will see countless idols
with great hollows worn in the vari-
Gus parts of their anatomy, showing
how fully they have been besought to
cure their praying disciples.
There was one temple which had
been constructed with human hair
that is, all OF the lumber. stone, ETC..
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represented. Construction work was to
follow, and did follow, on to Medina.
After that, outside of Mohammedan
circles, little was heard of the progress
of the railway in closing up the gap of
$50 miles to Mecca.
The midsummer of 1914 found the
Turkish government utilizing the He'd
JAZZ railway as a narrow gauge trunk
line to create a network of railways
through Palestine. The purpose of this
network was commercial and to ac-
gious element was lost sight of, since
the Holy Land i,self. under the re-
straining hand which the European
powers exercised, is more Christian and
Jewish than Mohammedan.
The plans of the Turkish government
were to exploit the valley of the Jor-
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her Mohammedan subjects. This meant
that the control of the railway by Tur-
key or by Constantinople would some
day end.
No one can yet guess which class of
prophets was right, but it is evident
that all of them had some basis for
their prophecies or their hopes or fears.
The veil which the London censorship
draws over events in Egypt and over
the Suez canal and the country contig-
uous to the canal makes it impossible
to determine just what is happening
there. There have been hints, however,
that the fears of the English diplomats
regarding the strategic advantage of
the Hedjaz line for a Turkish invasion
of Egypt were not without reason.
Vague reports have reached the outside
world that Turkish troops in the Sinai
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Future dispatches may make Ma'an
and it's place in the geography of Ara
bia and the Sinai peninsula much bet
ter known than it is today. 1t is not far
from the Petra of the Edomites, and
American tourists and biblical students
seeking Petra and Pharaoh's treasure
house may have been able to learn
something about Maan.
The prospect which some of the Mo-
hammedan leaders feared-that the
railway would cease to be source of
strength to Islam-may also be real
lied. Should the allies win, the Turk
ish control over the HedjaZ railway is
bound to be wrested from the Ottoman
government and placed under Moham-
medan control as determined by Eng
countries have millions of Mohamme-
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ton, the translator of the ARABIAN
Nights" who entered Mecca disguised
as a Moslem. Another and more recent
account was by an English Mohamme-
dan from India, who preserved his
anonymous character in telling of his
pilgrimage.
This Englishman recorded his disap-
pointment in entering the sacred spot,
where he had looked for magnificent
walled city. but found only squalid
shops and houses on either side of a
broad, dusty road. He described the
town as crescent-shaped. owing to a
high fortified hill that breaks into the
middle of it. In the heart of the city
he found the houses high and sub
stantially built.
This English Mohammedan told how
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peninsula, pressing on toward Egypt,
Of water would, however, prove seri-
Gus hindrance.
Ma'an is close to Akabah, at the head
of an arm of the Red sea and conven-
lent to the Sinai desert route to Egypt
Among the earliest dispatches received
after the outbreak of hostilities on the
part of Turkey was one saying that
English troops had been landed at Aka
bah from a transport and had seized
this little port. The British admiralty
and the British war Office evidently
knew it's Importance Whether there are
enough British troops there to under
take active operations against any
Turkish army that may be pressing
on to invade Egypt has not been dis
closed