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Rates of Advertising.
Vol. XIII. Whole No. 1907. No. II.

so far as money goes, by 100000 of dol
lars. and the difference between the twen-
ty-seven millions and the two millions.
we have in our pockets, in our business
and In the annusl accumulating wealth of
the state. The effect of this Is clearly
seen In the fact, that Maine has suffered
far less than other states from the present
financial crisis.
The liquor traffic has been completely
expelled from all the smaller towns and
villages, and from the rural districts o I
the state, because the penalties of the law
are sufficient to extinguish the small rum
sellers who infested such places. But
the traffic liDgers to some extent in a few
of the larger cities and towns, carried on
secretly by the lowest and vilest part OF
our Irish population. The penalties of the
law are not sufficiently stringent to deter
such people from engaging in the infam-
Gus traffic.
The liquor traffic is actually 1.-THE gi-
gantic crime of crimes and no person
who understands its herrid influence upon
the welfare OF society can doubt that it is
so. Let IL be our mission to educate the
public opinion of the country up to the
full recognition of that important truth, so
that this crime may be placed in its prop
er position in the scale of crime, and have
meted out TO 1t, pains and penalties In
some degree proportioned to its enormity.
When that shall be done, there will dis.
appear at once from among us, more than
three-fourths of our poverty, pauperism
aud suffering. fully three-hfths of our in
sanity, and more than nine-tenths of our
crime; and there will be employment
food, and shelter, comfort enough tor all,
and vastly greater prosperity of the
church of Christ and a higher, purer
christian life among all classes of our peo-
ulc.
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Prohibition Of the Liquor Traiic In Maine.

More than quarter Of a century ago,
the people of Maine resolved that the
liquor traffic was in deadly hostility to
every interest of the state, and they pro-
hibted it by stringent provisions of law.
1t being a trade from which no possible
good came, bnt only infinite harm they
did not adopt the weat and foolish device
of limiting the extent of it, and regulating
it by lcens, but of an absolute and crush
ing prohibition and suppression, as thing
wholly and altogether bad.
The favorable effect of this policy may
be seen by the most casual observer in
every part of the state, in the improved
condition Of the people and in the greater
prosperity of every branch of industry
No one knew what Maine was before tine
law and know what it has been since. and
some to the present time, can fail to SET
the wonderful Improvement that has taker
place in every department Of social life.
The drink bill of the people of the
United States is now 700. .000, 900 OF dollars
Names proportion of the cost and loss il
the liquor trade would almost 81 ,000.0OO
and the people Of the state used to con.
sumo their full share Of strong drink. Blu
the actnal loss Of the state by the liquor
traffic now, would be more than covered
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your eyes. Christy. your mother is CON-
ing In at the front gate
The last sentence was effectual. Christy
sprang to her feet with the idea OF escap.
ing. but found herself detained.
She is not here yet. Stop just one mo
ment and tell me II may ask your mother
II she will let you marry me some day
Christy, NAV Il?
And Christy, blushing like rose, an.
swered low:
'ies-some day-when am a young
lady?
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As the car sped up Shawmut Avenue
his arm began 10 steal around her waist,
and his head inclined lovingly, unconscious
of observation. just as the car approach
ed Sawyer street the conductor thrust his
head inside and shouted, SAWYER close to
Hayseed's ear The latter hastily drawing
himself into form. Indignantly remarked
You needn't er howl ii through the car II
YOU did we're engaged" and the rest OF
the freight set their faces toward the driv-
er and griHned.
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A tramp, tall and fine-looking. called
at the house of Sheriff Barton. Faribault
Mimi, the other night. announced himself
a Jesse James. said he had been hunted
long enough, and wanted to go to jail. Il
believe what you say said Mr.. Barton
You are Jesse James. the outlawed muir
derer. Boys. bring me a rope quick. an
We will string this rascal so high that a
plea OF guilty will never save him And
as the sheriff took a step toward the bach
room. the tramp gave one look OF agouized
disappointment at the comfortable looking
stove, and then bolted.
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Waiting.

\ fair Young girl among her flowcrs,
And. - 20 blossoms born IN May.
Her morrow- >tlli brought SUMMER hours
Than madr up sunny YESTERDAY
She did but wait. ''uuir J. 80 sweet.
w love - wei. ms love aud /
The hour- that come The hours that fleet
End all IN one glad by-and-by."
\ pale. worn woman. scarcely sd.
Bul tired like those who. long pen,.
FORFEIT the JOY they have not had
OF the IRE, wlnd- aud droOp content.
She did but wait; All. no. 10 me
The silent hope i nev.r dead;
What are the diy- that are TO Do
But part Of the dear day, long hcd:'
H. came: u he wealth we need /. mine;
And now 2 "Alt,." -hc said, ''.u vain
The love | love J. now ~ thine.
wait who never cH me- again.
oh. for my lover Of old DAYS.
We two from all the World apart,
~ a one on earth. h.eAk MAYS.
He l. not now save Ia uy heart
He chose an ihrr. She, alone.
Palieni and wear b.. toilrd for bread,
AMI bycone >till wa never gone
The silent hope Wa never dead;
She did bLl wait; Il haVe the past;
The new dAy- i've the oil dAy- Ger,
And there aAllt> uuiii the il.t
Tn" by-Anl-by that was before"
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AT kalamzoo. Michigan, a man named
Clark quarreed with his wife last week
and finally they agreed to disagree and
separate, the husband making a division
OF the furniture and effect with a hand-saw
and butcher-knife. cutting into the wash
stand. bureaus, bedstead. feather bed. mat
tress &c. and giving the wife. the choice
of pieces. Several hundred dollars worth
of iurSiture was 10 be destroyed. This
is supposed to be the masculine idea o.
breaking up housekeeping.
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1)Oetrp.
Cupid Schooled.

when she was gay a. linnet,
And was - fresh as a lark.
Never a dav but some minute
ve met betwiXt dawniug and dark
Katie. snd when shall we marry
Marry she laid, with n Sigh
That, cake and ribbons on Monday.
And sorrow ere Saiuruay'sby.
You are ~ lean a. lizard.
| am A. poor - mouse:
Nothing per aunum, paid quarterly,
Hardly iind> rent Tor a house.
Love ard crust in a cottage
capital iu-t for a pair.
Whist II the hut should grow popuious:
How would the populace fart:
oh. sy . the uncle YOU reckon on
Gouiv, and rich. aud unwcd -
Dick they wal III. says the adage. who
" ai' for the shoes OF the dead.
All, II | loved YOU. III risk il!
Thai's what YOU'RE thinking, | guess
Why, / would ri>k tto-morrow,
Dick. il cared for You less
Love, apt to ily out at window
when Poverty looks in At door;
Rather Ia die than help hani-h him.
Dick, iu,j by keeping you poor.
'kis. me you'll look IN on sunday;
Mon't my now bonnet be hraycs
June At IL longest AMI icahe-t-
Mn what a ramhlc well have.
'Byc-bye. There's grandmother waiting
Patient al home for her tea;
Dick. Il You wouldn't wed both Of u.
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Temperance Column.

The usual weekly temperance meeting was
held last Friday noon in Moody's Tabernacle
The uncommony large attendance show ed
what interest is felt in this branch of the work
and after the evangelist had conducted the
opening services, the audience listened to ths
following.
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The meanest man in Cincinnati has
just been discovered. Just before Christ
mas he got drunk and was sentenced to
months Imprisonment. and it is now found
out that he did it on purpose to cheat San
ia Claus and get rid of making Christmas
presents.
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a Nut TO Crack.

There was an old woman who lived in = hut
About the >iKe of a hickory nut;
The wal were thick. and the ceiling low.
And seldom out doors did the old woman 90.
She ,ook no paper. and in NJ book
or any sort wa> she ~,eu 10 look,
Yet she imagined ,hr knew much more
Than man OF woman had known before.
They talked in her tearing wonderous thng-,
o. the dazzling >pendor Of Eastern kings.
OF mountains covered with Ice and show
When I'll the valley lay green below.
They spoke Of adventures by sea and land,
OF oceans and seas by 4 cable spanned,
OF buried treasures but though she heard.
She said she didn't believe one word.
And still she lives in her little hut
About the >ieZc OF 4 hickory nut.
AT peace with herself, ami quite content
With the way in which her days are spent.
Little it troubles her suppose.
Because 80 very little she knows.
For keeping her doors and her windows shut
She shrivelled up in her hickory nut.
And YOU, INV dears. will no larger grow
II YOU rest con'eDtcd with what you know
But a pitiful object you will dwell.
Shut up inside of your hickory she'll.
Wide Awake
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1 was requested to see you sir, by your
lovely daughter. Our attachmeDt--'
Young man. interrupted the parent, brisk
Is, i don't know what that girl OF mine is
about. You are the fourth gentleman who
has approached me, this morning, on the
subject. l have given my consent to the
others, and give 1t 70 you; God bless
you
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Said dry goods dealer: of course
We lose money on every piece of goods.
But, my dear madam, we sell such enor-
nous quantities OF them
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Does he drink 2 asked one of the Gold
Hill News compositors OF another. refer
ring to a fellow w-crafts-man. Drink He's
got breath that would pi FROM
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This Book also contains more than fif-
{, prescription. for the above named and
other diseases. zach one worth more
tha m the price Of the book.

Also, another valuable medical work treating
exclusively on MENTAL AND NERN lOIs DIS
EASES more than 200 roya octave PAGES twenty
elegant engraviugs. bound in substantial muslin.
Prce Only s2.co. Barely enough 10 pay FOR prinI-
ing
The Book tor Young and mddlo-aged men to
read lust now. 10 the Science Of Life, sell Pre-
serNAfion. The suthor has returned from kuToTe
IN excellent health, ana - again ihc CHEF Con
sgltng Physician Of the Peabody Medical lnsti-
luie. No. BGlAnch street Boston, Mass.'-Ic-
publican Journal.
The science Of Lie Is beyond all compari son
the most extraordinary work on Ply siology ever
ubllt bed "-Bosion Herald.
Hope nestled Iu the bottom Of PSudora's box.
and hope p!uines her wlhEs aue" since N Leu
Ing Of these aluable works, published by Tie
Peabody Medical Institute. which are teaching
thousands how t. avoid the malatlios that sap the
citadel OF life e.--PhiladelphsA enquirer.
1t should be read hE the Young. the middle
aged and even the oil New Iork Tribune.
The nrst and on ) Medal ever conferred upon
any Medical Man IN this country, a rec sgUItson
OF sEill and professional SERVICES, wA> lrc-entcd
Ia the author Of these wurks, March 3lst, l-so.
The presentation nouced at the lime of Ii-
occurrence 10y the Boston Pres. and the lcadlnE
journals throughout the country. This masniu-
cent Meaal l. OF soild gold, set with more than
one kundred India diamonds OF rare hrIlllangy-
Altogether, IN its execution and the richnrss
OF It's nAtrrials. and size. this is decidedly The
most noticeable medal ever struck In thi- country
TO- any purpose Whatever. II vel worth The
inspe, ton OF Numls smatlsis. Il WAS fairly "a on
and worthiy bestowed. .'-M@ssachuseits Plough
man. June 81 l-s6.
ss- Catalogue sent on receipt Of &C for pOstag"
tiiher oi be above works seDt bN mai on re-
INSTITUTE. (or " ~. PAKkkH, NJ u. Con
sultng Fny -iciAn.l No. 4 Buihuch ST. Boston,
Mas, opp Revere House
y. Is. The AuIhorrAn bs consulted on the above
named diseasc~, well A. all dlssa-cs requiring
". To 20 NJ. lsIsj
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SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY

Senator John Sherman OF Ohio was born
at Lancaster, OHIO. May 10. 1923, brother
OF General William T Sherman. and hav-
ing served in Congress. succeeded salmon
r. Chase in the Senate. and his present
term does not expire until 1879 He is
sound upon the currency question and is
more conservative than he has the credit
for beinu
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HANCOCK HOUSE |

'a- Uel.s Is centrally located and has recent
J.. .#ru thorough repaired and reiRrnI he'd
throughout
iHe r'oaricfHr Intends to give ersonal atten-
i'" rs tft .t'. aad th" wants of his guests. and
nl.ar- uf-rf tua be can now furnish good
ru...l lf....s can he found IN the city. A
s.H stable aHa i tAIihiul osticr. always on
GEo. GOULD.
West EaA of Union River Briige.1
.E-aur.n. ~eHt -t t~s. Iyr8
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Our Schools.

EDUCATIONAL MATTERS IN MAINE-INTEREsT
ING FACTS AND FIGURES.
From the Keun bee Journal
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POSTMASTER GENERAL.

Ex-senator David NJ. Key Of Tennessee
was born in Green Co., Jan. 20, 1924, and
was farmer till he was q years of age.
He was graduated at Hiwassie College in
1850, was a Presidential EleCtOr in 1886,
was Judge and was appointed Senator to
fill vacancy caused by the death OF Andrew
Johnson. He served in the Confederate
army as Colonel, but was always regarded
as a man of high tone and concilatory dis
position.
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SECRETARY or WAX.

George w. McCrary of Iowa was born in
Indiana Aug. ~ 1875. removed to Wiscon-
SIN when quite young and has gained a
high repnte rs lawyer. He has been
eight years member OF Congress, where
he has won grea: distinction.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY.
noi X. w. Thompson of Indiana was
born IN Cul2epper county, Va, June 9,
lso9 lie was Representative in Congress
from Indiana from lS47 to lS49.
SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
Ex-senator Carl Schurz of Missouri was
born at Liviar. Prussia, March ,, 1920 was
reducntesf at the / University et Bong, and in
early life edited a paper Qienthed with the
Revolution of lSiS. He~vas Obliged to
leave his country on account of his pollti-
cal sentiments, and came to the United
States in 1882. He was appointed Minis
ter to Spain by President Lincoln but he
resigned and entered the army. lie was
member Of the Senate for Missouri from
1869 to 1875
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ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Judge Charles Devens of Massachusetts,
born at Charestown. Mass. April /. 1920,
graduate OF Harvard College and for
many years a lawyer. He was United
States Marshal in this State from lS49 to
1853 under Fillmore. and entered the mill
tary service IN 1861 as Major OF Battal-
ION OF Rifles, closing his army record with
Brev. Major General. He was appointed
Judge OF the Superior Court in 1869 and
subsequently, OF the Supreme Court. which
position he now holds Boston journal.
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The Cabinet.
SECRETARY OF STATE.

Hon. William NJ. Evarts of New York
was born in Boston, Feb. 6, 1918, attended
the Boston Latin School aud graduated at
ale in 1887, passed through Harvard Law
school aud was admitted to the bar in
New l ork in 1871. He vas counsel for
the United States before the Geneva Com
mission in 1872 His familiarity with inter
national law and his high social position
emlnently qualify him tor this high posi-
ton. which for eight years has been SO ably
tilled BY Hon. Hamilton Fish OF New \ ork. :.
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THE SCIENCE OF LIFE;
Or. sELF-PREsERVA
MORE THAs ONE MIllloR COPIES SOLD.
SseId MEDAL Ava s~d 90 the Author by
the ..Nationsl Medical A..ocia-
ton" March JIst. 1876

TUST published by the PEABODY MEDICAL
u INSTITUTE. new edition oi the celebrated
medical WORK entitled the ">tlENIE OF LIFE.
or SELF PRESERVATION IL treats upon
MANHOOD. how lost. how Tcgaincd and how per
uetuated cause and cure OF Exhausted vitality.
Impot-ntcv Premature Decline m Man, Sperna-
torfhr. or seminal Losses tnocturnal and dur
ual' Nervous and Phy Debility, Hypochon.
dria Gloomy ForebOding>. Mental peprc~s Ion
I.n-- Of Energy Haggard CounienAnce. 1onfu- ion
OF VI nd and Loss of Memory, Impure State OF thu
Rloed and all Diseases arising from the kBRoBs
OF oUTH or the indlscreiions or cAcesses Of ma
ture wears.
II tells YOU all about the Morale Of Gencrutirc
Physiology. the Physiology Of Marriage. of We'd
lock and offspring, fhysicai Contrasts, True Nor
AIity, Empiricism fep cEston OF Marriage. Ton
iugal Prrcept and Friendly CouU- -cl, Phystcsl In
IN ,nitv. It. Causes aud Cure Relation. Between
the sexes Proofs OF the Expansion of Wee. The
Miseries Of Imprudence. ancient Ignorance and
Errors, MEANS pF tUEk. Cure oi Body and Mind.
TRUE PRINCIPLES or TREATMENT, Address to
Patients and Invalid Readers. the Authors frIn-
ciples The prlce of this Book j. only ei %.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04

famous English executioner, who, dur
ing his period of office has probably
launched into eternity more human be-
ings than did ever red Indian or
frontier desperate. Every body, how
ever, does not know that New York
has a corresponding functiOnary. Our
Jack Ketch," who also Officiates in
Brooklyn, where he resides, is quiet,
black haired, swarthy man, who has
pursued his unattractive calling here
for about twenty-five years. He is Il
carpenter by trade, and doubtless rose
from building scaffOlds to operating
them. What his real name is | cannot
learn, as he persists in calling himself
by an assumed name to shield his fam
ily from the odium which still clings
about the hangman's office. He has
already swung off nineteen victims,
which number would have been twenty
by this time but for the death in prison
of the Jewish murderer Rubenstein last
year. His fee for doing the disagree
able job is $3.50 per criminal. It's Il
good round price, but it doesn't strike
me that | should care to compete with
him for the business, even if | were
sure of getting it at the same rates. As
our criminal matters stand at this writ
ing, | don't know of any one who is
awaiting his kind offices. RADIX.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04
Close of the Moody Meetings.

The Moody and Sankey meetings at
the Boston Tabernacle, closed last Sun
day. These meetings have been i'm
mense in the numbers that have at
tended and in the power of the Spirit,
from first to last and towards the close
in fact for two weeks before they
ended-the crowds were so great us to
make it actually dangerous for feeble
or intirm people to attempt to get in
the building. Those bound to get in
any way, would take their stand in the
streets before the doors at least two
hours before the time for the meetings
to begin.
There is no question but that great
and permanent good has already re-
suited from these labOrs of Mr.. Moody
and his ready helpers, and much more
may he reasonably expected. In his
last services, Mr.. Moody expressed great
gratitude that he was ever led to Bos-
ton aud certainly Boston and all New
England have great reason for devout
thankfumcsS that he came Besides
the wonders of grace mt the Tabernacle,
nearly all the churches in the city and
suburbs are quickeued, and are now in
a season of revival. Aud it seems us
though the work was still widening and
spreading.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1877-05-04
The New Route to Boston.

We understand new train is soon to
be put on the Eastern road between
North Conway and Conway Junction,
making close connection with the Port
land and Ogdensburg Road ut the for
mer place. Also that ii Through car"
over this line, and another from Johnson
to Portland. When this arrangement is
completed, the Boston and Portland
train through the Notch will reach this
place in season to connect with the train
North over the Passumpsc-or three
fourths of an hour earlier than the pres
ent time.
The perfecting of this arrangement
will make this at once and from this
time, the desirable route to Boston,
Portland, and all points east of Boston.
Its advantages are ride through the
gramdest mountain scenery in this part
of the country, ut least. a passenger
on the train on Thursday, said to the
writer, that he had seen the beauties of
the Blue Ridge on the Baltimore and
Ohio Road of the Alleghanies and its
famous Horse Shoe" from a platform
of Pennsylvania Central car; and the
grandeur of Cape Horn" in the Sierra
Nevadas but he had never seen any
thing of the kind equal to the ride
through the White Mountain Notch on
this bright April day.
Nor is the ride through the mountains
the only recommendation to this route.
The road from Portsmouth to Boston
takes one along the coast, il portion of
the way in sight of the ocean, thing
which country people enjoy above al
most everything else. Besides, the Eas-
tern is one of the best equipped and
best run roads in New England.
As soon as it becomes known that
people from North eastern Vermont can
go to Boston ovel this route at the same
price as the other, with all the attrac-
lions of mountain and ocean thrown in,
the p. s. 0. X. r. will become more
popular, and be more the peoples
Line" than it has been heretofore. Speed
the daV
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have stopped in Providence. Recent
and more searching investigation has
disclosed the fact that there existed at
the time Phalr claims to have been in
Providence, a restaurant and lodging
house such as Phair described when
first arrested, which were demolished
very soon after to give place to the
New City Hall.
The atfidavits of the keepers of these
places confirm incidents and descrip-
lions as given by Phair. This tends in
some measure to substantiate Down
ing's testimony. 1t now further APP
pears that Phair mentioned before his
trial that he met and cOnversed with a
man formerly from Vermont on his way
from Providence to Boston, on June
10th, 1874. This also is in confirmation
of Downing. Some other evidence APP
parently favorable to Phair, has also
been adduced, but it is impossible at
present to judge of its nature.
Whether this new evidence will stand
the test of thorough judicial investi-
CATION, remains to be seen. If DOwning's
statement is true it seems inconsistent
with the claim that Phair and +. F..
Smith are the same person. Phalr did
not have the benefit of the evidence on
his trial. 1t seems to raise reasonable
doubt as to his guilt. One would not
willingly deny the condemned man the
benefit of this doubt. This is the view
taken by Gov. Fairbanks and for this
reason he has granted reprieve, that
the courts, the only tribunal where the
matter can properly be determined,
may finally dispose of it.