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cent, childish lips, pronounced his doom!
She does not know what she is doing. l
will plead guilty. What is life to me now
Madeleine is dead! There is nothing now
to live for. But my poor little child! do
not let her have weight of misery to carry
with her to the grave! Let her he taken
| away. cannot bear this. Have some
pity on me, colonel!"
"Renaud, 1t is but right to hear the
child. You think that you have been un-
justly accused. You and these comrades
Of yours must learn on what grounds sus-
picion Of your guilt is based" Colonel
d'Aubretot turned to Adrienne, who,
startled by the sound Of her fathers
voice, was struggling to get away from
Marie and run to him. swat one mo-
ment, my child" said the colonel. detain-
ing her; ''then you shall speak to your
father. Why do you think that your
papa was with your mamma when you
heard her calling out SO loudf"
because mamma said So"
A eroan Of horror from the prisoner
was echoed by the listeners.
"Arc you sure Of that, Adiienne7"
"Yes. knocked on the door, want
ell TO get out--and mamma said; sleep,
my child, I'm with your father"
"Never. never! 1t did not happenr
cried Renaud, almost out of his reason
with the long-sustaned torture.
"You have all heard, gentlemen" said
the colonel, looking around on the horror
stricken group.
"Adriennc, did you hear anything else n
III heard mamma cry AMI talk, and then
something fell, AMI then all was still"
IL think it hut right that On this evil
dence the accused should he committed
| for trial. Remand, you are u prisoner. II
you wish for any counsel during your
trial Your request will be granted. Ser
geant O'Rourke will lie responsible for the
prisoners safety"
Remand listened like man turning to
stone. then he relinquished his arms to
the soldiers who approached him.
MAY lid my child farewellY~ he
| asked. with ~ hollow. suppressed voice, as
the colonel turned away.
Certainly"
The bysiantlers fell back, overpowered
by the s0lemnity Of the scene, and Jean
| Remand was left alone in the open space.
Released from Marie's hold, Adrienne
bounded toward him.
"papa. papa! dear papar'
Then the tall figure relaxed as IL struck
by palsy. the strong muscles quivered,
the flashing eyes filed with tears. and the
strong man fell on his knees and caught
the child to his heart.
my darling, my own AdrieDne!"
The slight arms were clasped around
his neck, the fragile little creature put
her face against his cheek. and pressed
kisses on his eyes aud lips.
Papa you are crying. Did do wrong :
told the truth"
mo, my darling, you were right TO tell
the truth"
''Then why do you cry, papa"
"Alas. Adrienne, you. cannot under
standr'
"Well, will you come home, papaf Oh,
papa, what have done2"
Then the long, pent-up agony broke
forth in terrible words.
"You have destroyed your father, poor
child; but do not blame you. And re-
member well, through all your life to
come, these my last words to you-it was
not your fault, my little one. You have
killed me. but pardon you and i love
you"
Rising with an effort 10 regain his self
control. Jean again kissed the wondering
child and tnrned away.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-02
GleaningS.

Pere Hyacinthe's deacons say,
"Thank yOu," to those who contribute
us they pass the plate around. "a lit
tie of this French politeness, in pass
ing the plate" says Baptist paper,
''might be copied by some of our Ameri-
can deacons. We have seen dcacons
present the plate as though it was Il
revolver"
The action brought by Mr.. Dunn, Il
colored man, against the Windsor
(Canada) school board, tn compel that
body to admit his daughter to the pub
lie central school has been decided i'll
favor of the defendants. The trustees
pleaded that the girl was refused ad
mission on account of want of space.
In Washington, Elmore Beach, aged
ten years, died recently, from enlarge
ment of the abdomen. An autopsy
showed that the small intcstines were
obstructed twenty large seeds of
damSons, Il copper cent, Il nickel, one
tooth, two buttons and other indigesti-
bile articles were taken from them.
Strange what a tremendous hurry
everybody is in at this time in the
year! Things that ought to have been
done in better weather months ago
must be done now Monitor.
!. Among the passengers by the steamer
Servia, which arrived ut New York
Monday morning, was Matthew Arnold
the eminent poet and critic. He will
deliver Il political and social lecture i'll
that city and then go to- Boston, where
he will lecture. He expects to remain
in America until the middle of Feb
ruary, when he will return to Eng
land.
A very strange accident: Mrs. George
Robinson and son, while driving down
steep hill in Great Darlington, Mass,
were thrown from their carriage by the
breaking of the harness, which caused
their horse to run. Mrs. RObinsOn's
leg was broken. Her dress caught III
the swiftly revolving wheel and caught
fire from the friction of the axle, and
she was only released when her dress
burned off. She died in about an hour
| The sons arm was broken and shoulder
dislOcated.
The crop of merchantable oranges in
! Florida last year amounted To about
:}}O, 900 boxes of 100 each. The crOI
now III SiShI, dcchf'ihS 10 uhe estIhliit'
of competent judges is GOO,O0G boxes
including choice and inferior fruit
The number of select boxes viii prOba-
bly, reach 375, 100. This rate of in.
crease is most gratifying and gives
promise of glorious future to the
growers. The crop is now considered
pretty safe from mishaps, rs the frui
is turning rapidly and is beginning t'
come forward for shipment. Florid;
| Times Union,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-02
VOLUME 47---NUMBER 2414

has any ducats at its back, the prosecu-
tion is generally worsted. Indictments
are drawn defectively, or in case the
alleged criminal skips his bail the
prosecution drops the case. If the
bonds are called and paid the prOsecu-
ton seldom takes the trouble if the
fugitive returns to put him under fresh
bail. Where the prosecuting officer
has only to deal with the poor, the
ignorant, the irresponsible and the
wretched ; in short the class that. like
a sick Cyprian, have no friends, his
convictions are rapid and easy for want
of effective opposition on the part of
or social standing to fight with.
Furthermore it is a common trick to
enter il nOIe pros in cases that the
prosecution find it awkward, incOn-
venient or politically perilOus to try.
The Legislature pays no attention to re-
and regularly votes down the bill to
create the office of attorney general,
which exists in Massachusetts and New
York and many other states. Such an
office, with IA salary of say $4,000 at
tached to it, would he accepted by
tirst-cla lawyer, whose reputation
would he a perfect guarantee that the
state should suffer no wrong, because
of careless. lifelesS, indolent, ignorant.
Incompetent prosecuUion.- Rutland
Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-02
The Mother Of Men.

Some one, who had noticed the in
huence of wives in promoting the good
or evil fortunes of their husbands,
said, "a man must ask his wife'S
leave to he rich.n We doubt not that
Il similar observation of the influence
of mothers upon their sons would
Justify the remark, "a man must ask
his mothers leave to be great"
Years ago, IL family of four, father,
mother and two sons, dwelt in "A
small house, situated in the toughest
locality of the rocky town of Ashford,
Conn. The family WAS very poor.
A few acres of stony land, dozen
sheep and one COW, supported them.
The sheep clothed them, and the COW
| gave milk. and did the work of IL morse
in ploughing and narrowing. Corn
bread. milk and bean -pOrridge was
| their fare.
The father being laid aside by i'll
| health. the burden of supporting the
| family rested on the mother. She did
| her work in the house, and helped the
| bows do theirs on the farm. Once, III
! the dead of winter, one of the boys re-
uuircd IL new suit of clothes. There
was neither money nor wool on hand.
The mother sheared the half-growr
fleece from the sheep, and in one week
the suit was on the boy. The shori
sheep was protected from the cold 10y
| a garment made of braided straw.
The family lived four miles from the
''meeting house" Yet, every Sunday
| the mother and her two Sons walked
to church. One of these SONS becam,
the pastor of the church in Franklin
Conn, to whom he preached sixty -ont
years. Two generations went from
that church to make the world better
The other son also became "a minister
and then one of the most successful o
college presidents. Hundreds of young
men were moulded by him.
That heroic Christian wOman's namt
was Deborah Mott. She was the
mother of the Rev. Samuel Mott, DID.
and OF Eliphalet Mott, DID, LID.
/ President of Union college.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-02
He HuInOred Him.

A New York stock broker, who was
on his way to Buffalo last week, oh
served that one of his fellow passengers
was closely regarding him, and after n
time the man came over and asked
"Didn't see you in Chicago in 1879 p
The broker wasn't in Chicago that
year, but, thinking to humor the
stranger, he replied in the Affirmative.
''DOn't yOu remember of handing IA
poor devil silver dollar one night in
front of the fremont ?"
81 do"
''Well, Pm the chap. | was hard up,
out of work and about ready to com
nit suicide. That money made new
man of me. BY one lucky shift and
another | am now worth S2j, j,000.n
"Ah glad to hear it,"
"And now | want You to take s. in
place of that dollar. | can't feel easy
until the debt is paid"
The broker protested and objected,
but finally, just to humor the man, he
took the $40 bill and gave him back
Sl5. The stranger then withdrew, and
everything might have ended then and
there if the broker, on reaching Buffalo.
hadn't ascertained that the twenty"
was 4 counterfeit and that he was $l5
out of pocket Wall Street News.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-02
Is Water Power Disappearing
in New England

There has not been time i'll many
years when the water in the various
streams and rivers has been so low as
this season. Streams which have
never given ont before have been 50
low that they were practically worth
less, and this emphasizes the fact that
the steam engine is the coming power,
for the long vaunted water power of
New England is giving out. Various
causes have appeared to make the
water power less, and even less than it
was supposed to he, and these causes
have been working all the time and
increasing in practical effect, SO that
now it is giving out almost i'll every
place of any account, with some very
few exceptions where the timber has
not yet been cut off back in the sources
of supply on the hills or mountains.
The effect upon the goods trade upon
this account is already appreciable, and
there is demand for the best kinds
of cotton which was not expected So
early in the season, if we are to take
all the views which are expressed upon
this matter and put them together.
The curtailment of production on ac-
count of the drouth will work, in the
present state of the market, a very
great advantage, and really it will be
out of the reach of buyers to make Il
very large break in prices of manu-
factured cOttOnS, for the reason that
the supply is very much cut down at
present. In this way it will make a
brighter fall trade and better out
look for the winter trade, more espec-
tally if we have such Il winter as we
have had i'll two or three instances
where the water has not been in its
usual quantity until almost spring, in
stead of early fall, us usual, and it will
be another instance of exceptional con-
ditiOns to prevent the market from
breaking down under the load of ac-
cummulated goods. One thing is far
beyond question now, and that is that
the water power of the eastern states
is fast fading away, and that it is less
than it was few years ago, and is
growing less each and every year. Let
us look therefore to steam with Il
clearer eye, and learn more of it, and
how to handle it, so that we can keep
up the busy wheels Of the million OF
cotton spindles and thousands of sets
of woolen machinery. Water power
in the eastern states is doomed, and it
will not be long until we are il steam
spinning section of the country Cot
ton, Wool and Iron,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-02
The Abuses Of the school SyS-
tenn.
THE NO-RECEss HUMBUG.

The editor of the Boston Journal of
Education says of the nO-recess eXneri-
ment, adopted in Rochester, n. Y,
that it has given ''pertect satisfaction"
Among the advantages gained, he men
tiOns, "a continuous schoolSeSsion
without Interruptions in schOOl-work :"
''better health of pupils, on account of
freedom from exposure to cold and wet
weather in the midst of each session :"
''discipline easier, on account of free
dom from recess trouble :" ''more time
for teachers" etc: ''less tardiness aud
absenteeism - and ''less frequent OPP
portunities for vicious pupils to come
in contact with and corrupt other pu
pills Believing that these reasons
are unsatisfactory, and that the ten
dency is bad one, | propose to offer
some general considerations that weigh
strongly against it. The schools are
utilitarian in their aim to fit the child
| for living successfully is the object OF
| their existence. As animal strength
is the foundation of all moral and phys
ical welfare, and is the chief condition
of success in all the pursuits of life, the
| future welfare of the child in every
way depends upon the normal develop
ment of his body. An effeminate man
is half sick and when it comes to any
of the severer trials of life, either physi-
cal OF moral, where great endurance or
courage is required, the weakest must
inevitably be the first to succumb. This
is as true of moral trials as of physical
for moral cOwardice often results from
physical feebleness. 1t is to be doubt
ed if anything that is taught in the
schools is of SO much value to a child
that it would not better be fOregOne
than to be obtained by the loss of any
physical vigOr whatever. Taken III
the truest sense, that city has the best
schools where the school restraints
have least effect upon the physical
growth and normal development of the
pupils, and not the one where the pu-
pills show the greatest proficiency il
acquiring in a memOriter way a few
fragments of conventional facts whicl
: happen irratIonally to pass current fol
an education. But because in so many
} schools the test to be applied at til,
, end of the term, or at the end of the
course, is the memOriter one, and be
cause no teacher expects her pupils Il
be examined as to their health, or as Il
whether they are forming habits o
: life that will be conducive to health
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-02
Labor, Liquor and Tobacco.

Probably no committee in quest of
valuable information ever had Il great
er amount of nonsense inflicted upon
it than the Senate committee on cdu-
cation aud labor has been compelled
to endure. Men with bees in their
honnets, and women with impossible
crotchets, have been permitted to talk
and read to these patient gentlemen
until the patience of the public has
been exhausted. The burden of much
of the advice has been that the gov
ernment ought to provide subsistence
for the people. And the woman who
insisted before the committee that the
government should provide cooks in
order that the food might be properly
served. was only little more ridicu-
lous than the rest Of these labor re
formers.
1t is certainly marhahlc and true
that the most SCI communication
to the committc, made 10y Mr..
Mcdil. editor Of the nicag" Tribune.
The substance of his dcliverancc was
this that if the people would dis
pcnse with the use of Intoxicating liz
uorS and tobacco, there would he no
trouble about labor and wages. He
pointed to these things as the great
hindranccs to comfort, the drain upon
income, keeping the poor ut the low
est point, and entailing want and mis-
cry on the family. Now, there is more
truth and good sense in that than in
all the theories yet proposed to regu-
late the relations of labor and capital.
Mr.. Medill goes into some calculations
to show the vast amount of money eX-
pended ON these useless and often in
furious articles.
This is worth thinking of. Let the
vOung man who complains bitterly
that his wages are insufficient make Il
calculation of the amount of money he
| spends on mere luXuries, useless and
worse, and he will astOnish himself.
The unskilled laboror who gets dollar
day works with Il pipe in his mouth.
and smokes more than the worth of 4
loaf of bread every day of his life
There is probably no country in the
world where labor is better paid fol
than in this, and there are very few
countries in which more money i,
expended by laborers on that which Is
not bread but is poison.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-02
The Husbands DiaboIis,m.
A FIENDIsH WIFE MURDER


The brutality of wife murder is not
often more meanly illustrated than by
Thomas Young at Brooklyn, Oct. 23.
Young was once a clerk in the internal
revenue office and married a widow
with one child. He took to drink after
marriage, lost his place, and drove his
wife ont of his home, with another
child of his own. She went home to
her mother. He pursued her there and
requested an interview alone. The
wife knowing probably too well his
brutal nature said "You have often
threatened to kill me, yOu have a pistol
in your pocket. You want to shoot
me; why don't you shoot me here
where we can both he seen if You want
to murder me, rs | know you do
Denying his intention with his lips, he
drew his revolver, chased his wife into
another room and fired. His wife
called "murder" from window, and
made this statement, cOrrObOrated by
her mother, in full expectation of death,
although Young on his knees implOred
her to say that the revolver went off
by accident. This is the kind of fiend
made 10y jealousy and drink. Mrs.
Young died Wednesday morning, and
Young claims, as his wife said he
would. that the shot was accidental.
1t is Il good ease to give the full pen
atty of the law.
STEALING To SUPPORT A DRUNKEN
HUSBAND.
The degradation of rum and the
blind devotion of wOman's love, are
strikingly illustrated in Il ease before
the New York city police court. The
proprietor of Il large store on Sixth
avenue received an anonymous letter Il
few days ago stating that thctts had
been going on in his ribbon depart
ment for four years, and that the thief
was n woman whose husband had left
her because of her bad habits. This
led to the arrest of the forewoman of
the department, a longtime employe,
a hard working, quiet and patient wo-
man, who had been greatly trusted.
She confessed, and in the court told
the whole story. She married black
smith eleven years ago, and had borne
him four children. From the day of
the wedding the husband had never
done an hours work. The wife sup
ported the family, and had met all its
expenses from lnc IlSI- ana lllu nllu-
aged somehow to give little spending
money each week to the husband.
This he at once spent for rum. As
years passed and appetite increased he
worried the struggling woman for more
money, and as she did not nave it to
give, he began to insist on her stealing
from her employer. She weakly con-
sented at last, and had for four years
been stealing ribbons enough for him
to pocket about SIG week from the
sales he made at one or two stores
where he was supposed to he an honest
peddler. When it was too late the
wife repented, and few weeks ago
she told her husband that she would
steal no more and turned him out of
doors. The revenge he took was to
write the letter of warning to the vic
timized shop-keeper, who estimates his
loss at about $1,000. The drunken
sneak who has ruined this patient
wite's fair name and character has, it
is pleasant to see, been arrested, and
stands fair chance of ut least sharing
his wife's punishment.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1883-11-02
A Romance.

This pretty story is told of the
founder of the Mendelssohn family.
He was humpback, and young
Hamburg maiden rejected his love-suit
in consequence. When wishing her
adieu, she said, ''Do you really think
that marriages are made in heaven, as
they say ?r eyes, indeed" he replied,
''and something especially wonderful
happened to me. At the birth of II
child proclamation is made in heaven
that he or she shall marry such and
such one. When was born my fu-
ture wife was also named but ut the
same time it was said, ALAS, she will
have Il dreadful hump on her back
oh, Cod | then said, 1T deformed
girl will become embittered, whereas
she should he beautiful. Give me the
hump, and let the maiden he well fa-
vOred and agreeable.'" The sophistry
had its reward they were married.
London Society.