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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-21
LOCAL NEWS

All soldiers and sailors are request
cd to meet at the armory next Mon
day evening at 7.30.
w. J. Bigelow, editor of the Brat
tleboro Reformer, was in town Sat
urday.
John B. Chase, editor Of the Yer
mont Union-Journal, Lyndonville
was in town Saturday.
At the North Congregational
church, Sunday at 1890 Rev. Wallace
Nutting, D. D., will preach. Subject
Mercy" Sunday school at 1890.
Attorneys H. 3. Amey and O. H
Cameron Of Island Pond were in town
Saturday, and Mr.. Amey left in the
afternoon for Hanover, N. H..
to attend commencement exercises OF
Dartmouth college.
The new bus service will be resum-
ed to Joe's Pond tomorrow. The
new vehicle has arrived and has a
lower body than the other one, ii
having been an army ambulance
truck.
An opportunity is given to organize
company of National Guard to take
the place of old Company G, and all
men between the ages of 18 and as
who are physically able to pass are
requested to meet at the Armory
Monday evening at 500 o'clock.
Meetings of the international Bible
Students next Sunday in G. A. r.
hall, Citizens Bank Block at and 7
o'clock, p. M, addressed by A. L..
Huntley Of Morrisville. Subject for
the afternoon: Goods Strange Work
and Gods Strange Act" A cordial
invitation is extended to all interest
cd. Seats free, no collection.
The village trustees have notified
all dealers handling fireworks, not to
place them on sale previous to July
8. Children and all purchasing same
are not to fire them off previous to
the night before the Fourth. These
regulations have been made by the
trustees and police department to
make a "safeer and saneer" Fourth
of July celebration.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-21

Evening CaledOnian
SATURDAY, JUNE Fl, 1919
LOCAL NEWS
Established 1887

The Sunday hours at Bingham's
Drug store during the summer will
be from to 10 a. m. only.
Mrs. G. E. Woodward of Hartland
is spending the past week at her home
here. Friday she visited in Barton.
Mrs. Foster Butterield of Spring
field is here visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. H. Hallett for some time.
The North church Sewing Society
was entertained at Mrs. C. T. Wal
ter's at Lyndon Friday.
Mrs. James Miner of Barre came
Friday and is the guest of Mrs.
James Logan for the week end.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Davis of Stan
stead, P. O., have spent the past week
visiting at the home of their son, G..
H. Davis.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. d. Bissonnet of
Burlington are visiting Mrs. Bison
nets sister, Mrs. F.. M. Crosby for
the weekend
Robert L. Stone, who is with the
American Railway Express Company
at Boston is spending the week end
at his old home.
A. A. Gle of Boston and Clifton
Maynard of New York, Oscar ProulX
and Ted Human of Burlington were
here Thursday and Friday on bust
ness.
Mrs. Cole of Montreal, who has
spent the past few days in town and
attended the Commencement exer-
cises returned to her home Friday, ac-
companied by her daughter, Miss
Ruth Cole, who is a student here.
Mrs. j. N. Jencks of Sherbrooke,
who has been here on a visit to her
mother, Mrs. S. T. Brooks, and for
Commencement week, returned home
Friday, accompanied by her daugh-
ter, Miss Charlotte Jencks, who is a
student at st. Johnsbury Academy.
"The Amateur Adventures" is a
breezy comedy-drama in five acts. 1t
gives Emmy Wehlen, the exquisite
star of the screen, role of unusual
originality and charm. She is seen
as Norma Wood, a girl who tires of
her monotonous existence and deter
mines to seek the adventure which
she Graves. Two things are necessary
however, for the undertaking-cloth-
es and money, neither of which she
possesses. How she eventually gets
them, and what she encounters on her
quest for excitement is cleverly
shown in this brilliant and scintillat-
ing comedy The play also tells of
the romance and love which comes
into her life and how she decides that
thesea re the greatest, biggest adven-
lures after all. The plot is cunning
ly constructed to entertain and
amuse, and Miss Wehlen is seen in
the cleverest characterization of her
career. At the Globe today.
Dorothy Gish will again be seen
and welcomed in her latest Para
mount picture "Peppy Polly" by her
legion of admirers everywhere. No
star has ever sprung into stardom so
quickly and firmly as has Dorothy
Gish. Tho just out of teens she has
won untold fame and screen renown
by her genius and personality. She
is a coincidence born to the purple
and sways her admirers with irrisis-
tible force, bending them to her
every mood "Peppy Polly" is recog-
nized as the finest achievement of
her career, Polly being arrested and
incarcerated in public institution
where she exposes the graft and
cruelty, and ultimately finds love and
happiness. An absorbing story,
amazingly portrayed, as only Dorothy
Gish can portray. Miss Gish is adj
mirably supported by Richard
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-21

December 10th, 1917.
II Twas great sufferer from PheNm-
atiSw Jor O0cr I6 gears, I consulted
specialists, took medicines, used
lotions but nothing did me good.
Then, I began to use "Fruit-a-
tives"; and in Is days, the pain was
easier and the Rheumatism was
better. Gradually, "Fr~st-G-ti0es"
00e1rame my Rheumatism; and now,
for five years, L have had no return
of the trouble. Also, had severe
Eczema and Constipation, and
''Fruit-a-tives" relieved me of these
complaints and gave me good
appetite and in every way restored
me to health". P. II. McHUGH.
Soc. a box, 6 for s.. so, trial size 25c.
At all dealers or sent on receipt of
price, by FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited
OGDENSBURG, NY.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-21

103 Church Street, Montreal.
December 10th, 1917.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-21
AN EIGHT HOUR DAY
Howe Scale Factory Has Decided to
Grant Request of Employees for
Eight Hour Day

Elk. Gov. John A. Mead, president
of the Howe Scale Company, Rutland
which was the first manufacturing
concern in that city to give it's en-
ployes a nine-hour working day, and
also to adopt the weekly payment
plan, announces that the officials of
the concern have decided that eight
hours would constitute a days work
at the plant, beginning June 80. The
new hours, though not yet definitely
decided upon will probably be from
7.30 a. M, until 4.30 p. M, with an
hour at noon.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-21
Saint-sa a Prodigy.

Saint-Saens commenced to play the
Piano almost as soon as he learned
to walk. He could tell as a child the
notes struck by all the clock chimes ID
the house.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-06-21
From the BEGINNING.

Men who expect women to be pune
tual in keeping their appointments fail
to remember that Eve did not arrive
until Adam had been in the garden
quite a while.-Boston Transcript.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
GETS WRONG VIEW OF LIFE
Person Of undeelsiVe Character Can
Hardly Be Brought to See Things
In Right Light,

A person of undecIslve character
wonders how all the embarrnssments
In the world happened to meet exactly
In his way, TO place him Just In that
one situation for which he is peculiarly
unadapted. but In which he IS also will.
Ing to think no other man could have
acted with facility or confidence. In
capable Of setting up n firm purpose
on the basis of things as they arc, he Is
often employed In vain speculntions on
some different sup7Osahle state OF
things. which would have saved him
from all this perplexlty and lrresolu-
tion. He thinks what a determined
course he could have pursued II his
talents, his health, his age, had been
different; II he had been acquainted
with some one person sooner; If his
friends were, in this or the other point,
different from what they are: or II
fortune had showered her fayors on,
him. And he gives himself as much
license to complain MS II all these adj
vantages had been among the rights OF
his nativity. but refused, by malig-
nant or caprlcious fate, to his life.-
Rev. John Foster.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
Stephenson-s hackleford

Miss Mary Fields Shackleioro
and Mr.. Robert w. Stephenson, both
Of this city, were quietly married
in Meridian last Saturday NOTING
about 10 o'clock.
Miss Shackleford had been in Mo
bile where she is physical culture
director of the " w. C. A., and
accompanied by friends, the young
couple met in Meridian where the
ceremony was performed. After
the wedding Mr.. and Mrs, Stephen
son left for New Orleans Where
they are spending a few days.
The bride is the pretty and At
tractive daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. w. Shaclxleford Of this city. She
is a graduate of the |. |. e. c., hav-
ing received her diploma last June.
The groom is the son of Circuit
Clerk Stephenson. H. is a ycWg
man of sterling worth aul ability
and is 2 valued employee of the
Southern Railway in ;Gis city.
Numerous friends Of the young
couple join in extending congratula-
tions ard best wishes,
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
MOTOR CARS ON STAGE LINE
Old Four. ln-H Hand Vehicles on Nevada
Rcadways Suecumb TO March
Of improvement.

Stage lines in Nevada have ahan-
doned the time-honoored four-in-handS
Of horses in favor Of high-pOwered
motor buses.
Daily. with clocklike precision.
these big cars pound along the 100
miles of sun-bitten alkali roadway car
rying passengers and mail. In much
less time and far greater comfort the
rancherS and business men of today
speed over the same roads where once
ratified the four-ln-hand stage, slow,
jolly and not AZ all certain of reach
ing Its destination.
The cost OF transportation by motor
bus compares favorably With operating
expenses Of the horse stage. The pro-
prietors VI the lines are thorough bust
ness men and can tell TO the penny the
gasoline mileage Of every car, the oil
and Just how much serv-
ice is obtained from tires.-San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
Rock Dust to Save Miners Lives.

Perhaps the oldest, yet, one of the
most effective, mems for preventing
or, at all events, minimizing disas-
tiers in coalsmInes is the use of rock
dust.
A lot OF 1t Is placed on boards hung
by chains from the roofs of mine tun-
nels. Obviously in case of an explos-
ion the boards Will swing and the dust
will I've thrown off.
Following an explosion a roaring
flame, let us say, is coming through
The tunnel. The air Is filed with coal
dust Tor possibly with innammable
gas) to feed It. But II meets a cur
tain of non-ntlammable rock dust dds
charged from the board shelves) and
Is theecl,yr stopped, Rock dust Will
NOT Bttif snnder any provoestion. Sus-
i'ebdea thlcklystn the air, it acts like
an, asbestos curtain. The flame cam
not get through II.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
Holy paxs In poitch Land.

What is religion? It is not the oh
servance of forms and feast days. We
have only nine national holidays in
America. Only two of our holidays,
namely, Thanksgiving and Christmas
may be called even quasi religious
The others celebrate the birth Of some
great man like Columbus, Washington
and Lincoln: or some great achieve
ment like the birth Of independence
on the Fourth of July or the new birth
OF liberty on Memorial day.
Germany. on the other hand, in Its
nineteen holidays. has only two, name
ly. Christmas and New Years which
have not a distinctly religiousN siGnif-
icance. Among them are the Epirh-
any. Ash Wednesday, Annunciation,
Good Friday Ascension, Corpus Chris
II. Assumption, All Souls day and All
Saints day. These formal celebra-
lions Of sacred events, have appnent-
~ not made Germany moro sanity
Better Farming.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
The Wig In History.

The custom Of wearing a wig as
recognized part Of the costume,
dates from the early days Of the sew
enteenth century. II started in France,
when Louis NH, being greatly struck
with the long. fair locks Of the Able
La Rivere, attained by the simple
means Of periwig adopted the style
for himself. and so set the fashion.
BY the time Of Charles II the wearing
Of the periwig, Or peruke. or perruque.
had become general. Pepys records
the fact TINT he paid f3 for one; hut
Il was not until the time Of Queen
Anne that periwigs. or wigs for short.
really came into-their own. Then did
they appear in the fun glory Of an
ever changing though fast stabillZing
fashion.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
Lost Arms Without Pain.

Our story of man being blown
away unhurt, by the aexplosleQ OF
bomb Which ledid not hear.uiust sesm
incredible to many people. Here is
something like an analogy.
King Edward once brought together
AZ his dinner table RuStem Pasha. who
had had half his right hand and part
~ his arm torn off by bear, and Sir
Edward Bradford, who had had his
left arm up to the elbow munched
away by tiger.
The two men compared notes.
Neither had felt the least twinge Of
pain at the time. They imagined that
their intense desire to save their lives
dulled all other senses. - London
Chronicle.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
FORTUNES OF WAR
High Military Rank Attained by
Humble Civilians.
Sir Douglas Halg Tells Of Many In
stances That Came TO His No
tice During the Great War
Men That Failed.

An interview with Sir Douglas Haig.
printed in the Manchester Guardian,
contains some shocking Instances Of
the romance and fortunes of war.
"TTomotion," said the field marshal,
"has. been entirely by merit, and the
highest appointments were opeAI to the
humblest, provided he had the. neces-
sary qualifications of character, skill
and knowledge.
MANY instances could he quoted Of
men. who, from civil or comparatively
humble occupations, have risen to I'M
portant commands.
"a schoolmaster, a lawyer, a taxicab
driver and an ex-sergeaHt major have
commanded brigadeS.
"One editor has commanded a di-
vision and another held successfully
the position of senior staff officer TO
Q regular division.
THE undertook of a Cambridge
college, a clerk TO the Metropolitan
water board, an insurance clerk. an
architects assistant and police in
spector became efficient general staff
officers.
"A mess sergeant. a railway signal
man, a coal miner, market gardener,
an assistant secretary of haberdash-
cry company, a quarteJmaSter ser
geant and many private soldiers have
risen to command battalipnS.
CLERKS have commanded batteries.
"a sChoomaSter. a collier, Che son
Of n blacksmith, an iron molder. an
instructor in tailoring. an assistant
gas engineer, a grocer's assistant, as
well as policemen, clerks and privutes,
have commanded companies and acted
as adjutants."
These instances are not strange.
They show possession of military in.
stinct which only required the chance
to be displayed.
Analysing further. Of course. It
could be abundantly shown that some
men. although given high rank, fell
down lamentably when opportunity
for work offered.
While technical education is essen
tial, soldiers are born, not made.
1t would be interesting to collnte
from our own records some Of the
many instances of American soldiers
who rose from the ranks to commits
sions after a brief apprenticeship to
the profession Of arms.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
FAMILY OF SNAKE cHARMERS.
Women Have Peculiar Power over
Reptiles Which the Ordinary
Person Holds in Dread.

Possibly nowhere else is the art of
snake charming brought TO such a
pitch Of perfection as at Mount Popa,
Upper Burma, India, and strangely
enough by women. Here two famous
sisters, whose fame is byword
throughout Burma. make their home.
At special requests they will conde-
scend to bring their proteges down 10
the towns for exhibition of their skill,
but rs rule they prefer the vicinity
Of their mountain. This particular
family has carried on their profession
for many years past. keeping their
secret always within their own circle.
The snakes they use are the deadly
hamadryad or naia bungarus (naia
ophiohagus), the king cobra. The
task, possibly, would no: appeal to
many, as these reptiles are the most
dreaded OF their kind. Measuring up
10 10 feet I'm length, they possess a
deadly poison in their fangs, and nm
alarming speed. II is said OF them,
also. that they are the only snake who
will attack a human being on sight.
chasing him for miles untilDOne or the
other is bound TO give in.
The snakes are fed on fowls, and
appear amenable and tame TO handle.
The origin of the family and their
work is probably unknown, lost in
the dim passages Of years, hut their
zeal is not one whit less today than
II has been since the profession was
first heard of. How long they will
continue to carry II on IS a matter for
conjecture, hut undoubtedly they stand
for one of Burma's chief curlosltIes,
and a mark for tho enterprislng tourist
who cares TO scale the mystic heights
OF Mount Popa. ~
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
Creative Ability.

In our office we draw a very distinct
line between designs or sketches and
working drawings, and it Is, in my
opinion. fatal to try TO measure de-
signer's ability by the number of hours
II would take him to produce a sketch.
That IL work that requires creative
Imagination. and our designers are not
Judged by the amount Of time they put
into the solution Of an architectural
problem. but solely by the results
which they obtain, Irrespective Of cost,
so that this part Of the work does not
come under this category. Only after
sketches have been approved. and the
work is turned over 10 general drafts
men to be developed into working
drawings, can we begin 20 apply scien-
tific methods In accomplishing the diff
ferent Sunbeams.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
CALOTABS ARE BEST FOR
COLDS AND INFLUENZA
Doctors Now Prescribe CalOtabs, the
Purified Calumet 9 Tablets That q
Are .Nsusealess.

Doctors are warning the public that
simple colds and mild cases of innu-
enza often lead to pneumonia and
other serious complications. They
say that every cold should receive
immediate attention and that the first
step in the treatment is to make sure
that the liver is active. For this
purpose Calotabs, the perfected, nau.
-saaless ealomel tablets are the surest
best and most agreabl laxative.
One Calotab at bedtime with a
swallow Of water-tha.'s all, no salts
ne nausea, and no upsetting of the
digestion and appetite. Next morn
ing your cold has vanquished, your
liver is active, your system is puri-
fled and refreshed and you are feeling
fine with a hearty appetite for
breakfast. Eat what you please, no
danger. -.
For your protection, Calotabs arc
sold only in original sealed packages
price thirty-five cents. All drug
gists recommend and guarantee
Calotabs and are authorized to refund
the price if you are not delighted
with them.-Adv.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
Blsmarek's Wine Thirst.

In his choice of drinks Bismarck
displayed somewhat unpatriotic
spirit. Talking to Mr.. John Booth in
1870. Bismarck confessed that when
statioued at St Petersburg. he used to
drink two bottles Of champagne day.
He estimated that altogether he had
drunk 1900 bottles of champagne aud
smoked 100000 cigars.
On anpther occasion Bismarck de-
cared that beer makes men stupid,
lazy and useless. II is responsible for
the democratic nonsense spouted over
the tavern tables A good rye whisky
Is very much better"
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
LOOK TO SARDINIA FOR CORK
World Turning to That island for Pro.
duetlon Of Material So Much
in Demand.

Cork has probably passed olive oil
MS the leading export of Sardinia. and
Commercial Attache A. P. Dennis
states that recent production has been
so stimulated that large factory at
Tempo Is qundrupling its capacity.
The bark is stripped from the tree
once in nine years. At the Temple
factory the dried bark Is first thor
oughly steamed and fattened out by
hydraulic pressure: II then remains In
piles about 30 days, when IL is taken
OFT covered with blu" mold. and is
carefully scraped on both sides and
cut into widths varying according to
the lengths of the cork shoppers de.
sired. The strips are cut by hand into
cubes. a process requiring highly skill
cd labor. with much care In picking
out detective pieces. The cOrks have
been rounded and tapered by high.
speed cutting machines. hut q new
abrasive process is claimed to reduce
the waste of this finishing from 20 10
30 per cent. Before the war the fine
dust sold in Germany for unknown
use for about 500 ton. AZ Terranova
the cork is differently utilized, the
best being haled in sheets for ship
ment, while the inferior is eoarSely
ground and used With magnesium
surface for walls and floor coverings
The war demand was for cork trench
mattresses, which were both light aud
Afforded protection from cold and
moisture.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
From the New York Sunday American

This girl aurora Mardganan) who had been held captive
harems of the wealthy Turks had been dragged the Of wild
Kurdish Chiefs who had off captivity,
saddle Arab raider who had been purchased by
sold on the auction block to the highest bidder,
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
Chilean Nitrate Needed.

In spite OF the prophets Of disaster,
the war did not ruin the Chilean nj
tra;e Industry; instead. military needs
created an unprecedented demand,
Nov that this has ceased. the Chilean
peS>imisis are once again predicting
ruin. but ~ Industrial of AntnfagnSia
says there viii now he greater de
mand than ever Tor fertilizer and that
artificial uiiraieS have failed even to
rival the natural product Of chile
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08
NoIlCE nd SuRSCRIBERs.

Subscribers to The Dispatch who
receive their papers by carrier
or through the mails will confer a
favor on the management if they
will file written complaint of any
fanure of the paper to reach them
promptly and regularly.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-08

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The Washington herald., 1919-11-21
uncial News---Stock Market Prices
washinstoa Stock Exchange.
SALES.

SALES.
Washington Gas b. 500 ~ o. a.eu n %,
= 90 at %. 3 900 at %. $500 al o.
Potomac Electric hrst 5s N.m st %
Capital Traction, . at sih.
washington Gas. 10 at fsA.
Union Trust. 10 at iis. 70 st lls. 10 st us.
10 at rs. 10 at ii6.
After call:
Potomac Electric g. 81 90 at @A
Lanston Monotype. q s3a