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The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-25
CHAPTER XIII.

We Go to a Funeral and Hear a DIR.
Dodd Preach Sermon One Dying
Winters Afternoon In Little
Country Farmhouse.
We got off the paper at noon, the
day OF the funeral, to give US time
to dress and reach the Purse place
by two o'clock. Looking back upon
it now from the perspective of years,
it seems as though that service and
time of sorrow was like scene from
a play or something we have read in
a book. Yet the sermon which ma
turing doctor" Dodd preached that
day has ever remained in our mem
DRY, standing far and above a hum
dred funeral sermons we have heard
preached since We turn back to the
1895 file, to place it down here YER
batim:
"Friends," he said "-the ritual of
our church DEGREES that we should
cruelty open such a pretty service as
this, with the thought and the words:
Dust to dust, and Ashes to Ashes
But / am not going to follow the ri
tual of our church in the few remarks
[ want to make in this house this
beautiful winters afternoon. Nor do
we want the old hackneyed references
about standing in the presence of a
great mystery-for we stand con-
stantly in the presence of great mys-
teries one after the other from the
time we come helplessley into the
world down to the moment when we
gather our cloak of faith about us
and lie down to eternal dreams. No;
we want instead to think sanely and
happily of the significance of this
hour and its service and lift up our
faces to catch a vision.
Ny friends, all of us were born
into a very beautiful world,-a world
of kindness, gentleness, love, fellow
feeling, generosity, righteousness.
The moment that we came through
the mists of birth, we found soft and
tender mother-arms ready to receive
us; we found gruff, blunt, but all
protecting father hearts ready to
fight for US and provide for US and
shield us. AS little children we wan
dered through the mornings of our
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-25
Common Witchhazel
Fine for Sore Eyes

1t is surprising how quickly eye in
flammation is helped by common
witchhazel, camphor, hydrastic, ETC.,
as mixed in Lavoptik eye wash. One
elderly lady, who had been troubled
with chronic eye inflammation for
many years, was greatly helped in two
days. We guarantee small bottle
of Lavoptik to help ANY CASE
weak, strained of infammed eyes.
Aluminium eye cup FREE. w. B.
Eastman, druggist.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-25

FOR SALE-Chalks, early Jewell
Tomato seed at Counsell's. 219 f
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-25

| FOR SALE-A secondhand Schiller
Spring Top Buggy, also open Buggy,
/ both are bargains. G. t. Boynton,
G GurnHler street. 222 If
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-25

SOFT WOOD for sale at SINNERS
Mill. Call 133-M. Pearl St. 220-230
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Mot What He Meant.

1.-THE paths up this mountain are
too steep for even az ass to climb
therefore did not attempt the as
cent /" were the words in a lecture
which aroused untimely peirth.
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-25
WANTED

GOVERNMENT needs hundreds of
clerks for Railway Mail, Postoffice,
Income Tax, File Clerks, $1000-$1800
yearly. Men and women, IS and
over, desiring Government positions,
write for free particulars of exam
nations j. C. Leonard, Former Civil
Service Examiner), 1873 Equitable
Bldg, Washington. 223-225 pd
WANTED-Family mending of all
kind, and hand sewing, done reason
able at my rooms, 80 Eastern Ave.
Angie Day. 223-5 paid
WANTED-At once a pood reliable
married man to work in barn, and
wife to board man if needed. Apply
to w. N. Hubbard or Alfred Hudson,
Lyndonville. Tel. 36-5. CT t f
WANTED-Table girl at Sher-
burne's Restaurant. 220 If
WANTED-A young man to learn
the clothing business; also man
with some experience. Apply to
Besse- Baker Co., 65 Main street,
Brockton, Mass. 222-224
WANTED-Party to invest $500
in first mortgage on $4,000 farm at
once. Either long or short term. Ad-
dress, Loan care Caledcnian. 219-42
WANTED-Best Dairy Butter for
which we will pay best price. F.
Scott Co. 219-24
PIN BOYS at Barquin's Bowling
Alley. 223 t f
WANTED housekeeper in family
of one on a small farm near East ST.
Johnsbury. w. M. Miner 1876 f
WANTED-Boarders and roomers
and transients. Hotel with modern
improvements. Cottage Hotel.
$50 If
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WANTED-Fannily mending of all
kind, and hand sewing, done reason
able at my rooms, 80 Eastern Ave.
Angie Day. 223-5 paid
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-25

FOR SALE in Summerville, two
tenement house, barn, garden, maple
shaded lawn, electric lights, full bath,
$4,000 this week. Buildings insured
for $250O $500 down. A. B. Dow, IL
Eastern avenue. 225
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-25

WANTED-Table girl at Sher-
burne's Restaurant. 220 If
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-25
THE Greater Glory
by
William Dudley Policy

1OO0OOwod Novel by the Editor of The Evening
folks like Johnbury-The
girls each with philosophy of life and of
PHILOSOPHERS worked after @ the worldly
chapter by chapter and the your experience
The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-03-25
CLASSIFIED DEPT
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Storage barn 20x90,
well located $3.50. Caledonian Real
Estate Co. 224i It f
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FOR Sharples and Univer-
sal Mixers Our man can install now
before rush season work commences.
A. E. COUNSEL & Son. 220 f
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-15

published. The government was in no
hurry TO take the burden. A tele-
graphic sermon, preaching duty, dis
tributing blame, was sent from Wash
ington, Perhaps not Faraday himself
wassmore disturbed than the debaters
of the Desert hotel.
"The railroads no infant in arms |!
It wasn't asleep when 1t took over
the affairs of the d. R." Here spoke
the majority. "a benefactlonl 1t
was self-interest! When the river is
harnessed, who'll profit the most from
the valley prosperity? 1t can afford
to pay the obligations; that is, it
could. 1t will find way" the ravens
croaked, ''of shaking the Desert Re-
clamation company's debts; of evad-
ing the damage suits. Look how
Hardin was treated!"
The feeling ran higher. For many
of the ranchers were ruined; there
was no money to put In the next
years crop unless the promises of the
irrigation company were kept. A
few landowners, and others who had
not completed their contracts, dis
trusting the good faith Of the COM
pany, or its ability to pay, had ''qult"
in disgust, to begin again some
where else. Parrish, and Dowker.
and others of the "Sixth" secured dis
trict had secured the promise of EN-
ployment at the Heading. Work, IL
was expected, would be begun at once
now that the danger to Calexico had
passed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-15

as some Of us have, as Hardin has.
Mine are cold all right" he lifted an
amazed foot. "Coldl Look here,
boys. they're wet The men looked
to find the water creeping in-Bab-
cock climbed on his chair.
"This means the station" cried
Wooster. Every man jumped. II the
waters had got to them, it wouldn't
be long before they were reaching the
o. p. depot The tracks would go
They were pilIng out OF the door
when the telephone caught them. II
was a message from Rickard. A car
was to be rigged up, papers. tickets
and express matter taken from the
station. The river was cutting close
to the track. The car would be the
terminal. half-mi1e from town.
The situation looked black. Coul-
ter, Eggers. began to pack their stock.
The levee, 1t was said, would not hold
half of Mexlcali was gone. Calexico
would go next. Richards Indians
were kept stolidly piling brush and
stuffed sacks on the levee. This, tho
word ran, would be the fierce night
no one expected to sleep.
They were preparing for the big
battle, the final struggle, when the
grade recession passed the town.
Spectacular as was its coming. there
was an anticlimax in its retreat. The
water reached the platform of the
depot, and halted. The town held it's
breath. There was some sleep that
night.
The next day. the nerves of the val
ley relaxed. The river was not cut
ting back. The men at the levee
dropped their shoyels, and went back
to the discussion of their lawsuits.
Their crops were ruined; too much
water, or too little. Whatever way
they had been hurt, the company
would have to pay for it,
A small shift guarded the river.
Richard, in his room at the Desert
hotel, and Hardin up the river, slept
day and night without waking. The
chair-tilters picked up their argument
where they had left it; was the rail-
road reaping harvest Of damage
suits when they should be thanked
instead? Faraday, the newspapers
reported, was trying to shift his re-
sponsibility; he had appealed to the
president. Their correspondence was
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-15
CHAPTER XIX.
More oratory.

Four men sat at small table in a
corner of the crowded hotel dining
room. In Ell Centre. Their names
made their corner the psychological
center of the room. Marshall was al
ways target Of Speculation. Mac
Lean, straight and soldierly In his
mustard-colored clothes. was, as usual,
the man of distinction. Black start
cd the whisper going that the dark
stranger was General de Ia Vega, the
Mexican commissioner.
What was he doing In that gronpf
Babcock completed combination
which encouraged speculations and
head-shaklngs. The room was jammed
with valley men. The meeting OF the
ranchers aud the several water COM
panies had been called for that after
noon. the summons signed by Fara-
day himself. Nothing else had been
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-15

Queer, they couldn't see that it was
Hardin's fault; Hardin who was up
the river fighting like a melodramatic
hero fighting without caution or re-
serve, demoralizing discipline; he
couldn't help admirlng the bulldog en-
ergy, himself. That was what all these
men adored. He'd clenched the girls
antagonism, now, for surel How her
eyes had flashed at himl
Hellol There was q tree floating
down toward the station house. &.
Bring your poles" !" he yelled.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-15
RIe1ard Was With Her sIster-in.Iaw

gloom for the dnrky, turning her Ian
tern In every dark corner. She knew
that she would find him sleeping.
Then she heard steps on the veranda.
She ran toward them, expecting to see
Sam. She swung her lantern full on
two figures mounting the shallow,
steps. Rickard was with her sister
in-law.
sob, excuse mel" she blurted blum
dcrirgiy. or course Gerty would take
wrong intention from the stupid
words
The blue eyes met those OF Innes
with dcliance. 1t was as Though she
had spoken: 'NNell, think what you
wln g. 1t, you Hardinsl / don't care
whqt sou think Of me r.
What indeed did she think of lt?.
WHY fanuld sao feel like the culprlt
before tllasc two, her words desert
ins her! "a wcs Gerty's look that
ms :e ~, f'dl.y, rs though she
had been spying. To meet them to-
gether, here at midnight, why should
not they feel ashamed? She had done
nothing wrong. And Tom down y0n-
der fghting--and they make his abb
sence a cover for their rendezvous.
'Tm looking for Saml" The effort
behind the words turned them into an
0ratorlcal challenge.
$50 are we. 1 want to send him
home with Mrs. Hardin. She's worn
out"
"She can go home with me. / am 60
Ing directly. As soon as l give a mes
sage to Sam" She instantly regretted
her words, abruptly halting. It came
to her that Richard would Insist upon
delivering her message. OF course, he
would oppose her going. Some petty
reason or other. She knew from the
men that he was opposltional. that he
liked to show his power. Not safe, he
would say. or the horse was needed,
or Sam too busy to walt on her!
"You cannot go home alone, you
two. The town is full Of strange In
dams. Give me your lantern, Miss
Hardin; I'll rout out that darlSy."
Rebelliously she gave him the Ian
tern. The light turned full on hcr
averted angry eyes.
A naughty Thusnelda followed him.
Sam was discovered asleep In the
only room where the windows had not
yet been attacked. His head rested on
bundle OF sacked trees which the
ladies OF the Improvement club had
planned to plant the next day. Deep
snores betrayed his refuge.
"Here, Saml | want you to take
these ladies' homa Chase yourself.
They've been working while you've
slept. thought you'd have all these
Windows out by now"
Gerfy had TO supply the courtesy for
two. Sl.e told MIR. Richard In her APP
peallng way that he had been very
kind; that she "would have been
frightened to death to go home nlone."
Innes had to say something "Good-
nightp The words had an insulting
ring.
The wind covered q passionate ST.
Ience. as the two women. followed by
Sam, yawning and stretching. made
their way down me shriekIng street.
- aas tsae.. Irlnas sgas thlnkin~ Sha
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-15

fided TO wait for the dawn. A saatched
sleep FIRST. but who would call herr
She would sleep for hours, so weary
every muscle. Her mind fixed on Sam
as the only man In town who had
time to saddle horse for a woman.
She went In search of him. She
found that the long adobe Office build
Ing had already taken on the look Of
defeat of ruin. The easements had
been torn from the partitions; the
doors and windows were out The fur
niture had been hauled up to high
ground farther, away for safety. She
went hunting through the ghoullsh
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-15

ington has been, Do this the way we
like, or we'll not take 1t off your
hands," A murmur of angry voices
started somewhere, swelling toward
the balcony.
I'VE don't want the government"
began the rising voices. Marshall's
voice rang out:
but the government wants--youl !
Unless you will help save your own
homes, the government will have to, In
time. It's got to. Up there at Laguna.
have you seen itf There's nothing go
ing on. They're watching US. That's
useless toy If our works are washed
out. Faraday says this to you" Not
sound In the stilled house. "Unless
you withdraw your damage suits, he
won't advance another damned cent
Continued next Saturday,
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-10-24
HAS BUST OF HER0D0TUS
Antique in Metropolitan Museum Of
Art Identified as Portrait of
Father Of History.

Or. Robinson. director OF the Metro
politan Museum of Art. in New York,
has identified an antique marble bust,
which has been in the museums store
room for 20 or 80 years. as being a
portrait of Herodotus. the father Of
history" The marble, which has lain
in dust all these years, viii now rs
sumo an important place of honor In
the institution.
There are but five known portraits
of HerodotuS. The New York portrait
bust was originally found at Beuha.
in Lower Egypt. and passed into the
possession of Emil BrugSch Bey. from
whom it was acquired and presented
to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts.
The recognition was based on the re-
Semblance of the known portraits and
the finding OF the learned mans name
inscribed upon it. As 4 work Of arr it
was not very highly regarded. but rs
the sixth known portrait of HerodotuS
It assumes new dignity. It is also said
TO be one of the best portraits extant.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-10-24
SUGAR FROM AIR.
LIGHT AND WATER

New York-During the present aSi-
tation over the high cost OF living IL
is interesting to note several recent
discoveries made in the field of syn
thetic chemistry. DR. Winthrop John
Vanleuven Osterhout, Ph. d., professor
of totany at Harvard university, has
hit upon plan of making nutritious
food from sunlight, air and water.
Although this process of food max
ing is as yet confined to the laboratory
stage Prof. Osterhout points out that
many discoveries remained some time
in the laboratory stage before they
could be placed on a commercial basis.
AS an instance he cites the many
doubterS of the practical value of cleo
tricity, and the long uphill road Edison
had TO travel before he gained recog-
milton commercially.
Anent the production of nutritious
food in the laboratory Prof. Osterhout
who is in no sense q visionary. but
whose manner would indicate prac-
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-10-24
GERMANS ARE AFTER TRADE

THE men are working furiouSIy,
without pressure of any sort, up TO
fourteen hours day to be ready 70
enter the worlds markets again at the
first opportunity.
This German chairman of Swiss
concern simply chuckled with clee
when he said: Our good German
workmen know their hands They do
not want this easy day of eight hours
they want wealth. and they will have
it.
Germany is recuperating after the
war faster than any other nation
simply because, instead of giving way
TO the reaction of peace and demand
ing the impossible by means of strikes.
she is working as hard as human
strength and brain allow to regain her
old commercial pinnacle and again be
the pre-war Germany.
Germany Is out TO provide the cheap
est world market. and our eight-hour
industrial day will spell disaster for
US If we do not wake up"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-10-24

this issli.s i,s. asass.ais y 80. 10 foias
Hope, which until recently was one OF
the most famous Whaling stations In
the arctic regions From there the
great but futile attempt northward
WAS made toward Point Barrow.
Dr. Marquis on his return trip gave
special study TO the conditions as left
by the Influenza epidemic. As result
he brings back with him pitiful stories
of the terrible ravages wrought by
this epidemic among the Eskinos.
In Nome alone. says DR.. Marquis,
over 90 per cent of the Eskimo popula-
ton was wiped out almost overnight.
and in other sections of the country
whole villages of igloos were swept
away. In one town OF 800 only thirteen
adults We're, left alive. and small VII
lagos of twenty igloos or SO with all
inhabitants frozen stiff. In one case
one little girl and baby We're FOUND
alive in village. This child had Kept
herself from freezing TO death by re-
naming wrapped up in bed with the
baby beside her. The condensed milk
which sustained her life she. also took
10 bed with her There had been no
fire in the villages for days and the
temperature was so degrees below
zero.
According to DR.. Marquis. the Eski-
mos showed practically no resistance
TO influenza and went down almost
without q fight. Among the foreigners
the mortality was about the same as
in similar communities in the United
States.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-10-24
RELIEF SHIP HELD
UP BY ARCTIC ICE

work and with pitiful tales of the ter
rible havoc wrought by the '.fiu.''
which in some sections wiped out
whole villages.
On leaving Seattle July Z. DR.. Mar
quis took passage To the Aleutian ISL
ands and thence to Nome AT Nome
passage was taken ON the Bear and
for six weeks DIR. Marquis was on this
government vessel. From Nome DIR.
Marquis went to ST. Lawrence islands
and thence TO Siberia Leaving Sibe-
ria. the next stop was ar the Diamede
islands, and then to Cape Prince of
Wales, the westernmost point of the
American continent. about four hours
west of Seattle.
Upon this trip the vessels coal sup
ply ran low and the Bear had to put
back from Cape Prince of Wales to
Nome for recoaling. Leaving Nome the
vessel began its journey TO Point Bar
row. Kotzebue sound was entered and
stop was made at the village. where
the Society of Friends had excellent
missions. and then the Bear went
north to Kivalina. where no mission
fields are established. but which few
missionaries visit at intervals. From
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-10-24
D0DSON TELLS THE
HORROR OF CALOMEL
You Don't Need to Sicken, GRIPPE or
Salivate Yourself to Start
Liver.

You're bilious, sluggish, constipated.
You feel headachy, your stomach may
be sour, your breath bad, your skin
sallow and you believe you need vile,
dangerous calomei to start liver and
bowels.
Here's my guarantee Ask your drug
gist for a bottle of Dodson's Liver
Tone and take a spoonful tonight. If 1t
doesn't start Your liver and straighten
you right up better than calomel and
without gripping or making you sick /
want you to go back TO the store and
get your money.
Take calomel today and tomorrow
you will feel weak and sick and nau-
seated. Don't lose a day. Take a
spoonful of harmless. vegetable Dod
sons Liver Tone tonight and wake up
feeling splendid. 1t is perfectly HARM
less, so give it to your children any
time. 1t can't salivate.-Adv.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-10-24
ROAD BUILT OF EPSON SALTS
Texas to Have Unique Highway Ten
Miles Long, Say State High
way Officials.

Austin, Tex-A road of epson salts
Is an attraction Texas can soon hold
out TO tourists. according TO the state
highway department.
Ten miles of highway out of Rock
port is being surfaced with a material
which analyses more than one-fourth
epson salts. The material is obtained
from flats where constant evaporation
of gulf water has left silt strongly i'm
pregnated with salts. among which the
epson variety predominates.
Highway engineers declare the mix
ture forms an excellent road surfac-
ing material. as the salts absorb
enough moisture from the air to keep
the roads damp. free from dust and
firm on the dryest days. One trouble.
however. is that the road becomes
very slippery during wet weather. but
this is overcome by adding n small pro-
portion of shell and regulating the
slope OF the surface
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1919-10-24
Attempt to Reach Mission in
Northernmost Alaska
Again Fails.
REACH WITHIN So MILES
Or. Marquis Brings Back PitifuI Tales
q the Havoc Wrought by infiu-
enza-Whoie Villages Are
Wiped Out.

Cewport.-TurneG back by an i'm
penetrable ice-field within 60 miles of
his goal. DIR. John A. Marquis, general
secretary of the board of home mis-
sions of the Presbyterian church of
the United States, was forced TO re-
turn to New York without reaching
his destination at Point Barrow, Alas
ka, the northernmost mission III The
world operated by the Presbyterian
church
DR.. Marquis left New York June %
and sailed from SEATTLE July TO
Nome. where he boarded the United
States coast guard service steamer
Bear, TO reach Point Barrow. but for
the second time within two years this
doughty little craft with its hardy
crew was unable TO buck the terrific
ice jam of the arctic For eight days
the sturdy boat battled, but finally on
August 10 it was forced TO turn back.
The supplies for Point Barrow were I'M
loaded at Point Hope, $50 miles south
of that town. From here il is expected
that sledges will be able TO carry some
of them TO the needy people at Point
Barrow.
Last year." says DR.. Marquis, ''the
Bear was able to get within % miles
Of Point Barrow, but the steady winds
this year had forced the ice masses
down farther south than they had been
for years.
Massive fields of ice were reached
when we were at latitude 70h degrees,
Captain p. III. Uberroth, U. S. N. in
charge of the Bear, declared the ice
was the worst known since 1896"
DR.. Marquis went TO Alaska to see
about the appeal from the people there
for the erection of a hospital at Point
Barrow ard also to study the oppor-
tunities for Presbyterian mission and
school work generally in Alaska. par
ticularly since the influenza epidemic
last year wrought such havoc. He
returns with interesting stories of the