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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
ALWAYS LAND OF TROUBLE
5arbaric Invasion and czarism Have
Nodded Russian History, to Peo.
pies Sorrow.

The backwardness of the Russians
can be pretty adequately accounted for
by three historical factors. There is,
first, the Mongol yoke which rested
upon them for nearly two and a half
centuries. During the wonderful thir-
teenth and fourteenth centuries, while
England was establishing her parlia-
ment and democratic models were be-
ing worked out in the free self-govern-
ing city states of Italy and the low
countries, the Russians lay fattened
under an alien Asiatic despOtism. By
the time they had rid themselves of
the MOngOls all legal rights of individ
uals, local communities and social
classes had disappeared, leaving the
power of the cZars unlimited.
In the second place, for long time
after the Muscovites had freed them
selves from the Mongols, their settle
ments in the rich treeless steppes to
the south of them-the famous 'sblack
soil" destined to become the granary
of Russia and indeed, of Europe
were exposed to raids by the nomad
Tartars hemming them on the east
and south. Until the days of Peter
the Great the Russians were for the
most part confined to the less fertile
forested region of the North, where
they were safe from the incursions of
the nomads. Let one imagine how our
economic development would have suf-
fered had our ancestors been confined
to the wooded region of the upper
| Ohio and the Great Lakes because the
fertile prairies from Indiana TO the
Rocky mountains lay open to the raids
of barbarian horsemen yelling up
from the great populated area in the
| Southwest!
Then there was the Romanoff autoe-
racy, which in Shakespeare'S day
crushed the bulk of the people down
into Serfdom-which later became sla-
very-and kept them there for two
and a half centuries-Edward Ais
worth Ross in Asia Magazine.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
Surely a MReaI LidY."

The cabby was brought before the
magistrate for using violent language
to a lady.
But she amt no Idly" he protested
fiercely.
"Indeed!' quoth his worship. "And
do you know a lady when you see
one?" ~
"Of course l dop Indignantly an
SWered the man. ''Why, only the other
day / saw one; she give me a parnd
note for shillen' fare and walked
away. Il, num- l calls, what abart
yer changer Don't be a blinkin' old
fool" SEES she; keep it, and git drunk
enough to kiss yer mother-in-law.
Now, yer Worship he ended, tri-
umphantly, that's what l call real
lidy."-London Tit-Bits.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
A M ASST.

The war continues to enrich our vo-
cabulary. News from France that the
allies have captured the entire
"massif' of Lassigny will cause an
other searching of dictionaries, by
which it viii be revealed that masSif
is mountainous group of connecting
heights, sometimes isolated and some
times forming part of a larger noun
tain system. more or less clearly
marked off by valleys. The word is
French in origin, but has been adopted
without change by English and Amer
lean biologists and physical geog-
raphers.-Oregonian
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
Something Like a ReardI

Mistakes of military signalers are
sometimes amusing. A German pris-
oner escaped from an internment camp,
and to facilitate reeapture q descrip-
ton of the man was circulated. The
description contained a succession OF
sibilant sounds. which rendered its re.
ception by. telephone somewhat diff
Gulf. One signaler, after struggling val
iantly with the prisoners name, az
pearance,, ETC., finished the message
with t'height foot 6 all beard and
moustache." The possibility Of s.
foot-6 beard wandering about on its
lonesome was questioned, with the re-
sult that the following correction was
ci1culated-"Please read small for
ALL"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
Good Yield on Sod Land.

An instructive and practically use
full account of how third of an acre
of pasture land two miles from the
center of Leeds, Yorkshire, England,
was made to provide food sufficient
fully to maintain three men for a year
is published by the board of agricul-
ture from the pen of A. G. Ruston of
the University Of Leeds.
The land had been under grass for
at least so years, when last year it
was divided into plots and planted
with potatoes by Mr.. Bedford, former
lord mayor of the city, and Some of
his friends. The crop aggregated
three tons sixteen hundredweight,
which is at the rate of ia per acre, as
compared with 81 tons per acre, which
was the average for the farm crops of
Great Britain last year.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
NO DIARY FOR HIM
One Experience Enough for MIR.
Wilbur.
In Common With Most People, That
"5ug" Had Bitten Him Once, and
With Emphasis He Declares
HNever AGAIN."

AS the 7:15 neared the station Bill
lers reached into his pocket and drew
forth little leather-covered book. He
shook down his fountain pen and
wrote:
'Day sunny. Had apple pie and
cheese for breakfast. Feeling fine.
Baby fell and skinned his li'P nose.
Wife wants new dress like sample
in vest pocket. Rent due next week.
Not feeling as well as [ did,"
II see,"' said BiIlers' friend Wilbur,
glancing over his shoulder, "that you
keep diary"
Don't you keep diary?" asked Bill
lers, placing his daily record back in
its resting place.
IF keep a diary lose it, replied
Wilbur paradoxically, "and to keep a
diary that you'd eventually lose is bad
business.
II used to keep a diary. At one
time it was my pet hobby. I'd buy the
fanciest gilt-edged little book I could
| find, make few entries and lose it
Immediately. 1t was very annoying.
81 used to make my entries too init
mate. You know how it is. All dia-
rists do the same thing. While a diary
is in close communion with ones soul
for time, the day comes when it
faces the world.
Imagine the foolishness of man
who writes the following in a diary
that he knows he'll eventually lose:
"'Called on Mary Jane last night.
That she will accept me for better or
worse I have no doubt. Carrie will
rave when she hears of my engage
ment to Mary Janer I wrote it.
"Another entry read: What day !
/ haven't cent to my credit at the
! bank. And yet the world looks upon
me as an example of prosperity. hope
/ can keep up the bluff until the tailor
has my wedding outfit delivered.
should worry when Mary James dad
has cool million. Oh, boy!
The last notation / made was on O
| Friday, the 18th, and, while not of a
superstitious nature, strange feeling
/ permeated my soul as penned the fol-
| lowing:
"'For wedding present I believe
| Mary James pa will give her at least
| 100000 in cash or collateral. While
the old man could easily afford more
to begin with, I feel that more will
come later. think he likes me. Why
shouldn't he?
81 dropped the diary on Mary James
sun porch as [ went away that night
and when I discovered my loss you can
imagine my feelings
lawful to contemplate exclaimed
Billers. MARY Jane found it and all
was off, I'll venture
mo" said Wilbur. "Mary James
little brother found it, and being a
business like little chap held it up fol
$40 ransom"
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
Iapanese Airrsn for Italy.

japanese military flyers accompa
MED by mechanical workmen, will
soon be sent TO italy. The question
Of sending japanese airmen to that
country has long been considered by
the war Office. All negotiations con
corning the question with the Italian
government having recently been con
GUIDED, the war office has Issued q note
@ the airmen and workmen who have
volunteered. assuring them Of the de-
cisioD. At first twenty airlnen were
expected to be sent. but the number
has been reduced, to fourteen or IF.
teen.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
NEWARK

Mr.. All Mrs D. w. King are the
happy grandparents Of a baby girl,
Eunice Blanche, born at Wilbur
Kings Wednesday.
1t seems that the East Newark
school has scored a point, as it has
kept one week. already since closed
by the state.
Porter Wallaces family are i'll with
influenza, also Asa Became, but at pre-
sent all are doing we'll.
The sad news came Saturday morn
ing that Melvin Goodwin, aged 20,
had died after a sickness Of ten days
with influenza and ending in pneu-
monia. He was one of our towns
boys whose school days were spent
here and whose pleasant smile and
CHEEKY dis position won the hearts Of
all who knew him. He leaves Il wife
and little son, Raymond, a mother,
two sisters and two brothers, who
will deeply mourn for him and a wide
circle OF friends extend sympathy to
the bereavcd family. The funeral was
held from his late home at Frank Or
CUTS in Burke and interment was in
the Rowland cemetery.
Newark went over the top in the
Fourth Liberty loan.
Orlo F2rk has been missing many
of his best apples lately and has not
been quick enough to catch the
thieves at their work until recently
he found two bears helping themsel-
YES to the delicious fruit. They went
away unnlolested and are still coming
occasionally to pay their nightly
visits.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
Engineering Pays.

Basing conclusions upon the income
tax returns. the best-paying profession
in the United States is that of engi-
neering. It excels even that of law,
which long held the record. and is far
ahead of those of theology and medi-
cine. The reason for this is not diff
cult TO find. This is constructive age
even though the war would seem to
contradict such an assertion. After
The war, when reconstruction generally
sets in, the engineers bid fair to be-
come a class of plutocrats.-Christian
Science Monitor.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
AS YOUNG AS
YOUR KIDNEYS

The secret of youth is ELIMINA-
TION OF POISONS from your
body. This done, you can live to be
a hundred and enjoy the good things
of life with as much "pep" as you
did when in the springtime of youth.
Keep your body in good condition,
that's the secret.
Watch the kidneys. The kidneys
and digestive organs are the main
causes. The kidneys filter and purify
the blood. All the blood passes
through your kidneys once every
three minutes. They strain or filter
out the impurities. That is their
work Keep them clean and in prop
er working condition and you have
nothing to fear. Drive the poison
Gus wastes and deadly uric acid ac-
cumulations from your system. Take
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Cap
sules at intervals and you will always
be in perfect working order. You will
feel strong and vigorous. Nerves and
muscles will be elastic and your face
will radiate youth and health. GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are
imported direct from the laboratories
at HARLEM, Holland.
They are not patent medicine,
but guaranteed remedy which has
been used by the sturdy Dutch Tor
over 200 years and which has helped
them to develop into one of the
strongest and healthiest races in
the world. Get them from your
druggist. Do not take substitute.
In sealed packages-three sizes.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
SOUTH WHEELOCK

Mrs. Ina Nelson has purchased a
home in Lancaster, Mass, and eX-
poets to move her family there this
week. She has rented her farm here
to Harley Shepard, who will take
possession as soon as Mrs. Nelson
goes away
Bert Mosher sold his farm, stock
and farming tools at auction last
Friday. The farm was bid off by
Ford Rogers, who formally owned
the farm. Mr. Mosher moves back to
Ayers Cliff. Canada. We are sorry
to loose such nice family from the
place.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Gerry and MI.
and Mrs A. Z. Mead were guests at
George Weeds at Lyndon Sunday.
There aHa no cases of influenza in
this place now and probably schools
will open Eext week.
E. j. Dana and wife visited their
granddaughter, Mrs. Carl Hoffman, at
Lyndon last Sunday.
+ There came call for $500 more
in bonds from this town if possible,
altko:~h they had already oyersub-
scr;bcd he $1,000 asked over $1,000.
The committee individually got busy
and between and II Saturday even
mig collected and placed in the bank
at Lyndorvillc the required $500.
Pretty good for this little town and
much credit to the committee.
Charles Chaplin and family and
Neal Chaplin and family of Stowe
were visitors. at A. W Porter's last
Sunday.
Mrs. B. / Gerry Of Newport came
to G. L. Cerry's lat Wednesday
night and returned to her home
Thursday, taking her little laughter,
Lena, with her, who had been spel-
ding two weeks with her grandpar-
ents.
The community were shocked last
Tuesday night to learn that Mrs.
! George Rockford had suffered Q shock
about 5 p. m. She never regained
consciousness and died Wednesday
at midnight.
D. B. Leslie, who has been sick all
summer, died last Thursday at 10 p.
m. Funeral services on Monday Of
this week.
The following arc a list Of officers
for the Red Cross in this
place: President, Mrs. Irena
Porter; president, Mrs Eva Bar
Der; secretary, Mrs. Eta Drake
treasurer Mrs Marion Welch; com
n1ittee or sewing, Mrs. Lila Mathew
son; on the knitting, Mrs. Ella Gerry;
membership committee, Mrs. Ella
Gerry, Mrs. Hattie Roberts, Mrs. n.
G. Simpson: executive committee,
Mrs. JULIA Dean, Mrs. Lucy Weed,
Mrs. Matfa Dwyer.
Mrs, Rolf Gray has been enjoying
visit from her grandmother, Mrs.
Sanborn Of Danville. Mrs. Sanbor7
has returned to her home.
The roi.d commissioners is building:
! the state road near w. p. Deans.
Mrs Dresser, who has made hei
home with her son, Guy Dresser, for
i several years, died Oct. Is. The fun
cral was bold Wednesday, burial al
! Lyndon Center. She has been an IN
valid for several months.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
Faw1, Remarkably Tame.

While standing in the woods Warden
Otis c. Small of HammontOn, \. J.,
after cycling him for a short time
came up and rubbed his body with it's
nose. The warden says he had no
trouble in making friends with the
deer Warden Small expressed the
opinion that deer knew when the
closed season was on, but that this
was the first instance when one actual
ly held him up in the woods.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
East CONSTRUCTION.

A record for hospital building that
is likely 10 last for long time was
made recently on work for the war
department at Staten Island, n. Y.
The building, one-story frame struc-
tTre with every modern convenience,
was put up in just 10 hours and g
minutes from the time work started.
ut seven o'clock in the morning. The
hospital is $50 feet long and "a feet
vide: with 1015 foot porch the entire
length Of the building Oh one side.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
Looking Far Ahead.

A wife. whose husband is on active
service, recently presented him with
a bouncing baby boy. She wrote to
ask him when he should get leave, and
also when the war would be over. His
reply was as follOws:.
"De6r LUCY don't know when |
shall get leavclor when the war will
be over, but if the baby should be
called UP before I get leave, give him
parcel to bring out to me.-9eur
loving husband, Bill."-London Tit
Bits.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22
Columbia National Bank, In
dianapolis. Indiana

Says: We are bothered quite q
little by rats in our basement, de-
stroying our stationery, but after dis
tributing your RAT-SNAP very
thoroughly, we are pleased to report
that we are no longer bothered with
them Four sizes, 25c, SOC, S1O0 and
$500 Sold by Charles A. Searles &,
Co, and Arthur E. Smith, St. Johns
bury, VT, ]. H. Goodrich, Barnet,
Vt,
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22

An incubator invented by a Paris
ian not only matches chickens, but
protects them from microbes until
they reach certain age.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-22

Railroads in the eastern region in
the eight months ending September
so have carried more than IL per cent
more bituminous coal than during the
same period of 1917, the railroad ad-
miniStration Announces.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-04

have been a standard household remedy.
They are the pure, original imported
HARLEM Oil your great-erandmother
used, and are perfectly harmless. The
healing. soothing oil soaks into the cells
and lining of the kidneys and through
the bladder, driving out the poisonous
germs. New life, fresh strength and
health will come as you continue this
treatment. When completely restored to
your usual vigor, continue taking a cap
sule or two each day. They will keep
you in condition and prevent return of
the disease.
Do not delay a minute. Delays are
especially dangerous in kidney and blad-
der trouble. All reliable druggists sell
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules.
They will refund the money If not as rep
resented. In three sizes, sealed packages.
Ask for the original imported GOLD
MEDAL. Accept no substitutes.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-04
TOBANISH WRINKLES

Before retiring battle the face and
neck with hot water, then dry for
three minutes rub Usit into the skin
gently with the finger tips. This Is Il
wonderful skin food made from pure
nut oil, guaranteed to contain nothing
that will cause hair growth.
Usit is formula secured In Egypt
and Is said to have been used by Cleo
patra and other famous Egyptian beau
ties, and handed down through the
ages until today it is offered to the
women of this country. Usit is posi-
lively guaranteed TO drive away
wrinkles and restore any complexion
to it's youthful beauty, and freshness.
Usit is not face cream, but liquid
put up in handsome opal bottles. For
further distribution a bargain. Once
only. Try Usit Face Powder de Luxe,
which is no ordinary face powder, but
preparation appealing TO people Of
discriminating and refined taste. Four
tints-flesh, white, pink and brunette.
Delicately perfumed. One SOC bottle
Usit and one SOC bottle Usit Face Pow
der de Luxe for 75c. Address Usit
Mfg Co., S95 Main street, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-04
What Moves Men.

Man does not live by bread alone,
but by the ideals that stir his heart,
observes writer. Napoleon's men
were struggling through the snow and
cold and Encouragement Of Alpine
passes. Would they ever come through
They did, but the great French leader
fired their souls. He called them to
look down upon the smiling plains of
Italy, It's warm waters, it's orange
groves, its comfortable cities, it's
whole lure and romance. For things
like these men work and fight.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-04
TO ADMIT DEMANDS FOR HELP
War Employment Service, Aided by
System Of Bureaus-New National
Arrangement Planned.

To meet the rapidly increasing war
demand for labor new system OF
labor exchanges, to be known as the
war emergency employment service. is
being organized by the industrial serv-
ice section of the council of national
defense.
l.. c. Marshall, chief of the sec
ton, announces that all state councils
of defense had been asked to form Ia
Dor exchanges in cooperation with the
federal department of labor. Many
shipyards were said To be in need OF
workers, and in the near future the
need is likely to be felt equally By mu-
milton, steel, lumber, mining, transport
tatiOn and all the other essential in
dustries.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-04
A CHEERING Word.

If somebody tell YOU that the aver
age life of an officer i'm the trenches is
nine days and that If your boys gets
into the front line he is certain to be
killed within two weeks, don't believe
him, says Milestones. He probably
got his information" from German
propaganda, since our Teuton friends
seem bent on trying to brighten us out
of this war. No losses were more ex-
cessive than those among the British
infantry officers during the first year of
the war, when they fought losing
fight without artillery support, and
insisted on exposing themselves in
conspicuous uniforms. The percentage
of casualties among them for the first
year was 1873, according to the official
figures.
The percentage OF casualties among
our allies has been decreasing. The
proportion for the entire French army
was 5.41 per cent ian 1914, per cent
In 1916 and 2.75 per cent for 1916. The
total for 20 months was little over II
per cent.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-04
A Genuine Patriot.

The school teachers on the East side
in New York are finding some inter
esting material i'm the manner in which
alien parents are saving to aid In the
war. One little girl told her teacher
how "the folks at home" are going 10
help. MY father and mother and me"
she said, 1--WE made it on piece of
paper last night. My father makes
SIS the week, and he pays for the rent
SIS the month. 50 for coal, SO for milk
for the baby, 81 week for eats. Then
he gets left 81 the week. He gives my
mother 50 for clothes. he keeps 81 the
week and puts 81 the week for the
war savings. He does that SO long as
the war should last" ,
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-04
RELIABLE PRESCRIPTION
FOR THE KIDNEYS

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DIR. Klmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi-
cine.
1t is a physicians prescription.
Swamp Root is a strengthening medi-
cine. 1t helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp Root has stood the test of years.
It is sold by all druggists on its merit and
it should help you. No other kidney medi-
cine has SO many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp Root and start
treatment at once.
However, If you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-04
GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

Has been used for all ailments that
are caused by disordered stomach
and inactive liver, such as sick head
ache, constipation, sour stomach,
nervous indigestion, fermentation OF
food, palpitation of the heart caused by
gases in the stomach. August Flower
is gentle laxative, regulates digestion
both in stomach and intestines, cleans
and sweetens the stomach and alimen-
tary canal, stimulates the liver to Sc
crete the bile and impurities from the
blood. Sold in all civilized countries.
30 and 80 cent bottles.-Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-04
Modern Warfare.

Every man should be sufficiently
trained to fight for his country If the
need should ever arise" said the advo-
cate Of preparedness.
"Just what do you mean by that?''
asked the expert squirrel shooter.
'He should be physically fit and able
to handle a gun"
II can fill those requirements all
right, but would have to have little
instruction before could spray liquid
fire and send over waves of poison
gas"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1918-01-04
YOU NEED NOT SUFFER WITH
BACKACHE AND RHEUMATISM

For centuries GOLD MEDAL HARLEM
Oil has been standard household remedy
for kidney, liver, bladder and stomach
trouble, and all diseases connected with
the urinary organs. The kidneys and
bladder are the most important organs of
the body. They are the filters, the puri-
fiers of your blood. If the poisons which
enter your system through the blood and
stomach are not entirely thrown out by
the kidneys and bladder you are doomed.
WEAKNESS, sleeplessness, nervousness,
dependency, backache, stomach trouble,
headache, pain in loins, and lower abdo-
men, gall-stones, gravel, difficulty when
urinating, cloudy and bloody urine, rheu-
matism, sciatica, lumbago, all warn you
to look after your kidneys and bladder.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules are
what you need.
They are not "patent medicine" nor
new discovery" For 200 years they