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The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1916-04-07

60 to the Myers harness and shoe
shop il You want Hrst class work.
Satisfaction guarauteed. ADV.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08

A very strong argument for national
regulation of the railroads is made by
Frank TrumbulI, chairman of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, in a
booklet, RAILROAD Regulation and
Local Motor Ataxia." 1t would seem
that if the national government is to
determine the amount of wages, the
railroads SHALL pay their employees, it
also should fix the regulations un-
der which railroads are to be operat-
ed and railroad securities issued. Mr..
Trumbull very aptly states a fact
when he says Legislation and regula-
ton are not synonymous terms"
There has been plethora of legis-
lation and a tremendous confusion OF
regulation by the different state legis-
latures, but there has not been any
uniform and sane system for the rail-
roads as a whole. He truly states
that "men of all classes and all
shades of political opinion are de-
claring that the transportation ques-
ton is a national problem, not a Local
ISSUE" He believes there is no more
wisdom in disembarking railroad
corporations at state lines than there
would be in disembarking passen-
gers and freight or changing wages
at state lines. That railroads can
not operate and observe the conflict
ing statutes of adjoining states is
evident, and the naturalization of
only a matter of time.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08

The Journal of Commerce reports
that 1900 merchant ships with a
gross tonnage of S,32s.5S4 tons have
been sunk by the belligerent nations
during the eighteen months of war.
Norway, a neutral nation, has lost
the greatest number of ships, fifty
six Great Britain has lost thirty
eight ships. The estimated loss OF
the entente allies is seventy-five pei
cent of the whole number, the neu-
trails have lost nearly eighteen per
cent and the Teutonic losses are less
than seven per cent. 1t looks as
though England is not the mistress
of the sea the world had supposed
her to be. The heavy loss of neutral
ships will certainly make a heavy bill
for Germany to settle at the close OF
the war.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08
How Germany Would Do 1t.

The following bit of conversation by
a German scientist with an American
road engineer and a Western man on
the subject of road building is taken
from the New York Sun. The roao
engineer had admitted he did not
know how long a certain piece of
highway would last and the German
aid:
I'm Germany they would go about
it little differently. OF your $685.
OoO, 900 they would first spend per-
haps 100000 or 100000 in ex-
Pronunciation. They would pave one
mile of a road with brick, another
with concrete, another with wood
blocks. and so on. They would spend
months or a year or two if necessary.
sending given traffic at given speeds
over these surfaces. They would
measure the wear and tear, if neces-
sary inventing mechanism for that
purpose. They would find out that a
one ton load, say, going at 20 miles
an hour over a concrete road would
wear it off three-hundredths of an
inch, or four times as much as a onA
ton load travelling at ten miles an
hour. They would have exact for
mulas for every variety of traffic. and
by measuring the traffic on a road to
be built they would know just what
surface it needed and how long IT
would last. And they would never,
never. never issue fifty year bonds to
pay for ten year roads"
That is one OF the best lectures On
road building it has been our privi-
lege to read. We believe the gravel
roads of Vermont are the cheapest
and best for Vermont. but it would be
worth something to the state to know
just how durable and valuable they
are.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08
High Cost of Luxuries.

A. A. Housman and Company OF
New York are sending out a letter
that has much real meat in it. They
say the trouble is not with the high
cost of living but the way we are
living, and it is in our power to
change our methods. They Suggest
that the mistress of the house might
leave off the fish or oyster course from
her dinner and no one would be the
worse for it. But the expense of the
dinner would be reduced. Clerks,
they say, complain at the cost OF
motor cars. Every one might reduce
their expenditures ten per cent and
cause a halt in the present rise OF
prices.
They close their letter as follows:
1--WE are spending money madly.
We are producing more, consuming
more and saving almost nothing. In
fact, we are running into debt un.
awares because it is so easy to Dor.
row. 1t is easier to borrow than to
pay. 1t is easier to sell than to buy.
1t is always so in times of great ana
sudden prosperity; but let us study
the problem where 1t begins and stop
concealing from ourselves our own
reckless extravaganza by using alb
struct economic terms to explain
phenomena for which we are all in
dfvidualIv tn blame"
Everyone will concede the truth OF
their statements. Everyone, If he
will. can adopt their suggestion of re.
ducing expenses and thus save more
than at present. Let's begin with
ourselves by cutting our expenses ten
per cent and see if we are any the
worse and If our pocket books woulo
not be better
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08
LUNENBURG

(Mrs. F. F. Balch, Correspondent
Mrs. A. w. Suggs, who teaches on
Baptist Hill, has been i'll and her
place has been filed by Mrs. Eta
Turner.
Miss Madeline Curtis, who is en-
ployed in st. Johnsbury, recently
visited her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Curtis.
Mr. and Mrs. Rem Gee and son Cliff
ford, who have been running the
boarding house for the road men i'll
West Lunenburg during the summer,
have moved to the village and are oc-
cupying rooms in Mrs. Sarah Simond' S
house.
Mrs. Clara Dodge and son Ralph,
who have been visiting relatives in
town. have returned to their home in
st. Johnsbury.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Bowker have
returned from their trip to Boston.
Mrs. Edward Mccullough of Grove
ton has been the guest of Mrs. w.
w. Phelps for week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Lewis have
been visiting friends in Groveton, N.
H.
Mrs. v. K. Zimmerman of Lancas-
ter was a recent visitor in the village.
Ernest Silsby, who has been the
efficient clerk in M. D. Bowker &
Co.'s general store for the past two
years, has completed his work for the
company
The following Lunenburg people
have been visitors in ST. Johnsbury
during the past week: Mrs. S. G.
Smith, Mrs. Wilbur Ball, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. L. Silsby, George, Ernest and
Harlie Silsby.
Walter Pierce has finished work
for H. L. Silsby and entered the en-
ploy of the Lunenburg Manufacturing
Co.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Colby or
Woodsville, N. H., were guests OF
their mother, Mrs. Laura Colby,
Sunday.
Miss Dodge of Lancaster, N. H.,
was a recent guest of Mrs. A J. New
man at the Heights House, and the
two ladies were guests of George Tenn
pie in two delightful automobile trips
during the week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08

Oh. A. Blake, Correspondent
Mr.. and Mrs. John Merrill from
Newport were weekend visitors al
their cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. E. L.
Watson's.
H A. Blake was at st. Johnsbury
Thursday as a business visitor and to
attend the meeting of The Caledonian
Correspondent association, he being
the oldest in years and service OF
the association
Mrs. Lillian Kincaid and son from
Glover are visiting for some days at
Mrs. Ursula Kincaid'S.
On account of the rain Wednesday
evening there was not a very large
attendance at the chicken pie supper
at Grange hall. About $50 was ad-
ded to the funds of the treasury
Mrs. H. D. Chapman gave an after
noon tea party to several of her
friends Saturday. Among the out of
town guests present were Mrs. H. M.
Atwood. Mrs Harley Colby, Mrs. E.
E. Chapman from Lyndon Center, and
Mrs. B. D. Ruggles from West Burke.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08
Good Outlook For livestock.

That livestock, especially cattle. VIII
be good property for any farmer is
convincingly shown by Hugh J
Hughes in an article, Agriculture
After the War;" published il
the Review of Reviews. He
states that the livestock sit
uation throughout the worll points to
an era of good prices for American
bred live stock. Not only does it hap
pen that Europe is selling and eating
itself short, but the livestock produc-
ton of the agricultural countries out
side of Europe is not keeping pace
with the growth of these countries.
Western Canada is eagerly buying
foundation stock with which to build
uD herds for the future. The same
Ting is true of the other lands men
toned. and in the United States, south
OF Mason and Dixon's line, the great
diversified farming movement of the
past half-decade is insistentIy calling
for all the good breeding stoVk that
can be brought in.
AS a consequence of this world
shortage and demand the livestock
business OF the United States is In a
thriving condition, with the outlook
for the future most excellent. Be
tween the demands for herd-buildins
purposes and the going consumption
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08

demands OF the local and export
trade. the livestock farmer Is facing
a situation In which the only danger
is that high prices may persuade him
to sacrifice his breeding stock. When
one considers that, broadly speaking,
the agriculture of the United States
is on a livestock rather than a grain
growing basis, and that the dairies.
creameries, cheese factories, and
packing plants rather than the cash
grain crops are representative of the
typical American farm of today, he is
led to believe that the situation from
the standpoint of the American farm
err is an exceedingly hopeful one and
that this great industry with its an
nual business overturn of nearly ten
billion dollars is due to an era of ex-
pansion that will be reflected in the
better equipment for the farms, the
erection of better farm homes, the
development of still better livestock.
the building of roads and schools, an
all that goes to make country life
wholesome.
In this connection the reader should
not forget that while the farmer is
ordinarily thought of as a producer
he represents 40 per cent of the pop
ulation of the country and quite as
great a relative buying or consuming
power.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08

Mrs. Chapman is a good hostess and
all had an enjoyable time.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. I. Lanpher are
the parents of a son that came to
their home Oct. %.
Prof. o. D. Mathewson from Lyn-
don Institute was in town Saturday
at the cemetery and at the town
clerks Office in search of matter for
the forthcoming history of Wheelock
that he and Judge w. H. Taylor are
preparing for publication by Fero
Chase of Loon Lake, N. Y. a native
of Wheelock. H. A. Blake helped
him out on several in Sutton that he
wished to get information about.
Grange meeting comes Saturday
evening of the present week.
Rev. DR.. Cronkite of Burma, India,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08

The value of a morning paper in
service from Boston was shown We'd
nesday morning when the arrival OF
the German under sea boat, Deutsch-
land was announced throughout this
section. This was a piece of news
that broke after the edition of Bos-
ton papers sent to Vermont went to
press. But The Daily Caledonian does
not go to press until a later hour and
the news was sent by wire after the
Boston papers were printed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08

Mildred Brewster, who shot and
killed Annie Wheeler in a fit of jeal-
ousy and who was acquitted by jury
on account of insanity, has been re-
leased for the second time from the
asylum at Waterbury because she is
not insane. In this justice is cheated
and the "cleverness'' of counsel in
working the plea of insanity is dis
credited. George w. Duncan of Rut-
land, who shot and killed his wife
in fit of jealousy has recently been
acquitted of the charge of murder Oh
account of insanity. Judge Butler an
nounces that he will be sent. to the
asylum for observation before he is
given his liberty. That is the proper
thing to do but there may be Difficult
ty in getting the asylum authorities to
say a sane man is crazy and he prob
ably will soon be free. We are glao
to state that the verdict in each OF
these cases was not by judge but by
a jury. When a jury has brought ia
such verdict judge is powerless to
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08
The reestablishment of the King.

dom of Poland by Germany and Aus.
tria brings back to the world one OF
the famous countries of the past. OF
course it is apolitical and military
move on the part of these countries
and it may not protect these people
from subsection by Russia after the
war has closed. But the world will
hope this old nation may have per
manent justice done to it.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08
Newspapers Have Been Robbed

The federal trace commission has
issued a statement from Washington
regarding it's investigation of the al
legged shortage of print paper. 1t
says that during the abnormal in.
creases in price during the first halt
of the year 1916 the average cost OF
producing news print paper in do
mestic mills was below the average
cost in the past three years. So 5
would appear that newspapers in
general have simply been held up by
the producers of paper. The extent
of this hold up is shown by the state
ment that publishers have been oblig-
ed to pay seven dollars or more per
hundred pounds on current market
purchases that previous to January
one they were buying in the same way
for between two and three dollars.
The hold up has been successfully
pulled off and the publishers of the
country have undoubtedly paid mill
lions of dollars profits to the news
print combination. The paper men
grave because 1t is not probable the
people of this country will long SUBJ
NIT to such drastic action that paper
makers will suffer much more than
they would in following a reasonable
course.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08
WALDEN.
IN. J. Kingsbury, Correspondent

IN. y. hlnSSDurys correspondent
George Hanna from North Danville
spent Sunday with his parents here.
Mark Robertson of st. Johnsbury is
doing some carpenter work for N.
J. Kingebury
Mrs. Guy Clifford entertains the
Ladies' Mite society on Thursday af-
ternoon Of this week.
Charles Cole andRoy Patterson were
at home over Sunday from their work
in Peacham.
Frank Reed of st. Johnsbury Wis
tied lis sister, Mrs. Carrie Hale, a
few days last week.
Rev. and Mrs. j. @. Angel were in
Newark the first Of the week to attend
preachers meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Hale visited
friends in Montpelier last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Noyes of
Hardwick visited at F. E. Cox's Sat
urday. tE1M
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08

The announcement that three path
ologists working in the laboratory of
the Mayo Foundation and the New
York hospital have apparently solved
the mystery of the origin of in.
fantile paralysis, and the means by
which the infection enters the hui
man organism will be generally hail
ed with delight. While the means of
controlling the disease have not been
determined, the discovery of the or
igin of the disease will give physi-
clans information that we may con-
fdently expect will soon lead to it's
control. The public doubtless will not
understand the nature of the germ
from the description the scientific
have given-"A peculiar polymor-
phus streptococcus," but it is worth
good deal to know that somebody
else does understand this peculiar
animal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08

will speak at the church next Sunday
morning and we bespeak a good at
tendance for him.
Riley H. Butterfeld and wife from
West Thornton, N. H, are in town
for some. days visit among their old
friends and neighbors.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08
MEN FEEL TIRED. TOO.

While much is said about tired wo-
men it must be remembered that mel
also pay the penalty of overWork.
When the kidneys are weak, inactive
or sluggish, when one feels tired out
and miserable, lacks energy and ambi-
tion, Foley Kidney Pills are tonic ana
strengthening. VIM. III. Clark. SPRING
field, Ohio, writes: II found no relief
from kidney trouble until / discovered
Foley Kidney Pills. Now / am in A
shape" They act quickly and surely
CHARLES A. SEARLES & co.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08

do anything more in the interests of
justice. But the courts of justice suf-
fer from such indiscretions bv jurors
just the same.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08

Entered at the st. Johnsbury post
office as second-class mail matter.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-11-08

TERMS OF THE CALIFORNIAN
One year TO any address y--..-.. .$1.50
Six months 80
1HTeG months sON
Clergymen in Caledonia County $1.00
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-23
SAGE TEA DARKENS
HAIR TO ANY SHADE
Don't stay gray! Here's simple
recipe that anybody can apply
with a hair brush.

The use of Sage and Sulphur for re-
storing faded, gray hair to its natural
color dates hack to grandmother's time.
She used it 10 keep her hair beautifully
dark, glossy and abundant. Whenever
her hair fell out or took on that dull.
faded or streaked appearance, this sim
pie mixture was applied with wonderful
effect.
But brewing at home is mussy and
out-of- date. Nowadays, by asking at
any drug store for a so cent bottle of
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound" you will get this famous old
recipe which can be depended upon to
restore natural color and beauty to the
hair and is splendid for dandruff, dry,
feverish, itchy scalp and falling hair.
A well-known downtown druggist says
it darkens the hair SO naturally and
evenly that nobody can tell it has been
applied. You simply dampen sponge
or soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one strand at
time By morning the gray hair dis
appears, and after another application or
two, it becomes beautifully dark, glossy,
soft and abundant.
y
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-23
Cocoanut Short Paste.

One pound and a half of flour, four
ounces OF fine cOcOanut, one pound of
butter or margarine, half pound of
caster sugar, two eggs. Mix the cocoa
nut into the -four, rub the butter and
sugar together, add the beaten eggs
and lightly mix up without liquid
This can be rolled out and put on
meat tins half an inch thick, baked
in a moderate oven, and, when baked
each sheet CIT in two and sandwiched
with jam. Or the paste can be used
for tarts, etc.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-23
LIES OR FIBS?

OF course. there are real. ugly lies:
but they are few compared with the
fibs that are untrue only in the seem
ing.
To us grown-ups who have drawn
the line with pitiful sharpness be-
tween play and reality. the world of
the imagination and the realm of the
so-called real. there comes at times a
feeling akin to envy, when we think
of the wonder world in which the
child lives.
Truth is beautiful; the child must
be taught its beauty and the neces-
sity. of living it as far as possible
but the mother should consider the
nature of the fib before she runs the
risk of being unjust and losing in any
degree her child's conference.-the
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-23

Many garden lovers who are envi
Gus of their neighbors' earlier blooms
fail to realize that they can do many
things in February to give some OF
their plants an earlier start. Those
who own hotbeds or cold frames, the
specialists of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture say, should
see to it that their annual Towering
plants are started at once. This advice
applies to those flowers to be used
later in beds and to those grown for
cut flowers.
Some of the flowers which give par
ticularly good results if started in
hotbeds or cold frames are:
Agertum, Alyssum, Aster, Calen-
dula or Pot Marigold, Calliopsis. Cam
panula, Castor Bean, Chrysanthemum,
Cockscomb, Cosmos, Four O. Clock,
Marigold, Petunia, Sweet William,
Scarlet Sage and Verbena.
The seed of some of the flowers
listed below need not be started in
hotbeds, but can be sown later in the
season in the open ground and then
transplanted to their permanent lOca-
tions. The seed of these flowers
should not be sown until the ground
is in condition for making a good seed
bed and until there is no longer like
lihoOd of a heavy frost in the locality.
A good test to determine whether the
garden soil can be worked well is to
take up a mass of it in the hand and
compact it into ball. If this ball
readily falls apart, the ground is dry
enough to be worked 1t is particular
ly important in planting flowers to
spade up the ground, fine it thorough
Iy with hoe and rake and remove the
stones and Jumps from it. The actual
surface should be made very fine and
soft. In planting each kind of seed
the directions as to depth of planting
should be carefully followed. Flowers
that can be sown in this way are:
Ageratum, Alyssum, Aster, Pot Mari
gold, Calliopsis, Campanula, Clarkia
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1916-02-23
CHILDREN'S QUARRELS.

Interfering in a dispute between
children, the parent should not as
sumo that all are equally to blame !;
nor should punishment for participa-
ton in a quarrel be administered
equally to all. Parties to a quarrel
are seldom equally at fault Usually,
there is an aggressor. 1t is much
better to separate the small dis
putants. When their tempers have
subsidized the truth will more easily be
brought out by investigation.
The child who develops the bully
ing. nagging or teasing propensity
should not be allowed to exercise it on
younger members of the family. A
proper punishment for such child is
isolation. A quiet talk from father or
mother. showing the offender that it
is not manly or noble or brave to use
ones strength or superior intelligence
to make small people unhappy, will
usually be effective. After period
of loneliness and reflection the bully
will want to contribute his share to
the common happiness. He will see
things in different light-The Moth
ers' Magazine.