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Weekly commercial herald., 1885-11-20

Acknowledging the Receipt of Con-
tributions to the Parliamentary
Fund.
DETROIT, Nov. 14.-Rev. DR. Chas.
O'Reilly, treasurer of the Irish Nation
al League of America, has received a
letter from Thomas Harrington, M. P,
acknowledging the receipt of 1000
for the parliamentary fund. 1t is
dated Oct. 3lst. He says: "On behalf
of the members of the parliamentary
party and the Irish National
League, l beg you will convey to
our friends in America the as,
surances of our warmest thanks.
Their generous subscriptions are doing
great deal to secure and maintain
the hearty union which prevails among
our party in Ireland at the present
time. Yesterday | attended the 18Th
county convention, for the selection of
candidates. Nothing could exceed the
harmony that has prevailed at every
one of these conventions UP to the
present, forty-four candidates have
been selected and the unanimity which
marked our proceedings at all the
conventions assure us that there is not
the slightest danger of any difference
of opinion in our own ranks which
could weaken our chances at the gen.
eral election"
Weekly commercial herald., 1885-11-20
A Decision by Commissioner
Sparks Which Creates Some

A Decision by Commissioner
Sparks Which Creates Some
Excitement.
BUTLE, MONTANA, Nov. 14-Land
Commissioner Sparks recent ruling in
reference to cutting timber upon
public lands for mining uses has caused
intense excitement throughout Mon
tana. 1t is alleged that if enforced it
will close up mines and force smelters
to shut down. 1t practically shuts
miners and mining companies out
from timber. and will compel thou
sands to leave the country. The llws
don't permit them to acquire title to
timber lands or to purchase timber.
Petitions are being signed in every
camp in the territory for the abroga-
tion of the order, and committee of
prominent mining men will take the
petitions to Washington and more
fully present the claims of miners.
The salt used in the mills Of Butte
for reducing silver ore is secured from
Salt lake. The freight on it from
Odgen, four hundred and forty miles,
is $26 per ton. Against this charge
mill owners have long protested and
determined, unless reduction is made
in freight charges, they will close
work on January first. This decision
on the part of mill owners has pro-
duced the greatest CONSERVATION, as
it will throw 5000 or 5000 men out of
employment in Midwinter and be a
serious blow to the city.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
Localized WickedneSs.

The dealers in ardent spirits may be
compared to men who should adver-
tise for sale cOnsumptiOns, fevers,
rheumatisms, palsies and apoplexies.
Would eur public authorities permit
such traffic No; the public voice
would be heard at once demanding the
punishment of such enemies of our
race and the rulers that would not
take speedy vengeance would be exc
Grated and removed. But now the men
who deal out this slow poison are Ii
censed by law; and they talk about
their constitutional rights and plead
that they are pursuing their legal call
ings. These traffickers in the blood of
men tell us that this work of death is
their liying-their means of support
ing their families. But where lies the
difference in criminality between the
dramseller, who for gain administers
slow but certain death, and public
murderers7 The former is licensed in
his wickedness by law; the latter must
be hanged.-(Lyman Beecher.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
Squibs.

Yes, Longfellow is poet, but all
poets are not long fellows. In fact,
poets are generally short very short.
Recent dispatches from the seat of
war in the SOudan have AFRO sed IL
suspicion in the minds of some cynical
observer that General Wolseley is be
ing paid by the day.-[Somerville
Journal.
A Connecticut man has spent five
years of his married life trying to in
vent flying machine. 1t is unneces-
sary to add that his wife weighs 209
pounds aud is active about the house.
burlington Free Press.
A chin. holder HAS been invented,
for violin players. If it can be APP
piled to the fellow who is always gab-
bing during musical performance the
inventor will make Il fortune.-N. Y.
Journal.
A Florida young man, who bought a
pair of shoes that were too small for
him, stuffed them full of beans and
water and left them over night. In
the morning he found them three sizes
too large, while the floor was covered
for several yards around with gigantic
swollen beans.
A little Burlington boy was making
great outcry OH New Years day,
chasing his dog about the yard and
shouting at him, when the boys moth
er came to the door and told him to
make less noise. "Why can't holler,
ma 7" asked the little fellow "Ain't
New Years one of tire legal boiler
days pr Free Press
NO. said the Vermont deacon, IL
don't approve of boss racin' aud when
another member of the church becomes
80 goddess as to try to pass me on the
road comiu' home from IneetI4l', feel
it my duty to the church to let ont "a
ieetle on the reins just to keep him
from putin his trust in earthly things"
An amusing incident occurred re-
Gently at church in the west Of Lon
don. One of the church wardens WAS
observed to cast uneasy gIances toward
an individual wearing a sailor Jacket
and cap of n sea faring and jaunty APP
pearance, which latter surnIounted Il
cletn-sIiaveD face and closely cut hair.
a fter little while the church warden
the sailor laddie, and wills
pered andibIy, "Can't you take off
your hat 2 is there any reason why
YOU can't take off your hat 81 BY the
look of the questiOner as
he returned TO his seat, aud the APP
pearanee of the rest of the costume as
church at the conclusion of the service, |
it WAS evident that the whispered re-
ply was, 81 am a girl y
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22

cited are the best culled from wears of
observation, and that the reverse side
of the medal has been kept out of
sight. hope that l may not be mis-
understood when | say that within my
personal experience there has been no
reverse side. ........
In some of the instances have cited,
the treatment would have been lash,
and even culpably dangerous, without
large experience as to the effects of
this kind of exercise, and a knowledge
of the peculiarities of temperament and
organization of the patient so treated.
/ do not offer them as examples 10 be
initiated, but as extreme proofs of
what can be done with good results,
by one who has given sufficient study
and observation to the subject; and
much good may be done in more ordi-
nary cases, where no more is required
than fund of good sense to dstin-
guish the dividing line between cOur-
ageOus effort of will and rank impru-
dence and the experience which comes
from practice when in the ordinary
conditions of health, and experiments
under slight indispositions, gradually
carried on to holder measures In
cases too serious for ones own judg-
ment the opinion of a physician should
be taken, provided as l have said be-
fore, that he is one who believes in the
value of outdoor exercise. Profession
al exploits aside-I have never known
any one to be injured by walkinsSand
outside those cases which abselutely
demand the attendance of a physician
believe there are few human al ments
which with ordinary courage and com
mon sense, may not be walked away.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
An Alarm Clock at Church.

The youthful organist at st. Michaels
Episcopal Church. in Litclilield, has
been compelled to give mp her alarm
clock this week, much to her regret.
1t was nickel-plated affair, and was
presented to her in return for services
rendered a wedding party of New
York summerers there. Since then it
has been her constant monitor to time
her daily practice hours. 1t has hung
directly above the heads of the choir
i'll the organ loft. Last Sunday rs the
rector arose for his closing prayer at
the altar, and the choir and congrega-
ton also arose, "whiz-z-z burr-r-ri
whang! whang! clicker rec !" came
from the fatal alarm in the manner pc
culiar to these machines. The clock
could not have selected u more dread
full moment. The rector and the CON
gregaLiOn We're startled and shocked.
Then everybody except the rector be-
gan to smile The choir managed to
get through the final hymn, though
the situation was very trying, partic-
nlarly as the second stanza began with
the words, "No more alarms. - New
York Sun.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
The Worth of Newspapers.

Certain false ideas prevail, among
some people, in regard to the cOmpar-
ative worth of newspapers. They
estimate the value of papers by the
square foot. Anything that looks
like IL newspaper is II newspaper
quantity and quality of reading mat
ter, local news, general intelligence,
editorial articles. public discussions,
trustworthiness, being left out of the
account. This way of estimating a
newspaper is the OutgrOwth, to some
extent, of equally false notions of econ
Omy, such as prevail sometimes in the
management mismanagement--of
schools and other affairs which do not
yield tangible returns like bank stock
well kept cattle, or .judiciOusly cult
waited land. All is not gold that gilt
tiers. Every sheet of printed paper is
not IL newspaper. No person buys Il
farm without regard to the quality of
the soil. All is not good farming land
that is fenced in and called a far ~.
Area is not the sole criterion of value.
Of two farms having an equal area the
wise buyer takes the one having the
better soil, in the better state of cult
walton, even though there is very
material difference in the price.
But many persons who can tell the
difference between brass and gold on
very slight inspection, who would
make no mistake in choosing between
a poor aud a good farm, or in buying
IA horse because the thing had four
legs aud looked like horse, seem to
choose their newspaper with sole ref
ereHce To appearances or to area and
price buy for newspaper anything
so marked and that looks like IA news
paper. This lack of discrimination
has assisted in filling the country with
cheap newspapers, which have bolster
ed up their claim to support by APP
peals to local pride and by pointing to
the fact that they are printing as large
an area of white paper us other jour
mails, which are weekly putting more
labor and expense into single issue
than these mushrooms put into doz-
ell or more. That competition is the
life of business is true with certain
limitations but competition may be
the death of business. The publish
ing business has been subjected in
Vermont to this ruinous kind of COM
petition More papers have been
started than there is natural demand
for, and more than sustain prosper
Gus existence, even with the "patent
insider device to help them out.
They lack the ability, rs IA general
thing, to pubiis!f even the local news
satisfactorily. In some instances this
is done more successfully by papers at
IL distance, with a larger and better
equipment.-M Montpelier Waterman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
Took Him For q Tramp.
A Hotel Clerk Tries to Paralyze Cue

A Hotel Clerk Tries to Paralyze a Guest
There is no denying the fact that he
looked seedy. His hat was of the
shocking bad" order, the cut of his
coat of antique style, his general make
up of the modern tramp school. Try
ing to dodge cart in crossing upper
Broadway yesterday, Il gentleman ans
wering the above description blunder-
ed against vehicle coming from the
opposite direction and smeared his
hand with tar grease oOzing from one
of the hubs. 1t is "A good thing to have
clean hands, although manual unclean-
ness is no uncommon thing in this
great, bad city. Walking into aB ad-
.jacent hotel, the man of sneared hand
proceeded to- wash himself in one of
the marble basins for iayatory use
Cant you read ?" asked a stylish
young man with cutaway coat, richly
particoiored scarf and glitterihg dia-
mond scarf pin.
81 cam" answered the stranger, as
he vigorously rubbed the ball of soap
over his smeared hand. '"Why do you
ask 7n
because there. is a printed notice
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
nels and coarse ones, aud is generally
a merely transient condition.
PERNICIoUs EFFECT OF LOTTE.
RIES.

There is an interesting story con-
nected with lottery scheme, gotten
up under the protection and warrant
of the Grand Army post of Stoughton,
Mass, town some twenty miles south
of Boston. The scheme was conduct
ed in connection with the annual fair
of the post, and was instituted in di-
rect opposition to an appeal an the
part of the clergy of Stoughton. When
the clergy and their supporters found
that their endeavors to prevent the
lottery were to be entirely Intellectual,
they appealed to the authorities TO
stop this bold violation of the law
The result was an extraordinary out
burst of opposition to their course, not
only on the part of the post itself. bnt
of many prominent citizens of the
town and vicinity, and a host of hood
lums, who threatened to burn the
churches and houses of the ministers if
the law should be carried into effect.
Under these circumstances the law, as
usual. fell back abashed, and the draw
ing took place. The capital prize of
$1,000 fell to club of school boys in
purchased a large block of shares
Unlike the lottery companies" whose
advertisements appear in some of the
newspapers, the Grand Army post, of
course, hOnorably paid its premiums !;
and now there are n score or SO of New
England boys "mashed" on the lottery
craze, and it will probably lead to the
ultimate financial, if not moral, ruin
of some of them. A law which is not
enforced is infinitely worse than no
law Burlington Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
Against Over Pressure in Schools

Commissions have been at work in
several of the German states investi-
eating the conditions of over-pressure
in the schools, and official action has
been taken on their reports to re-
lieve the evil, for which physical eXer-
else has been found not to be n sniff
cient cOunteractive. In Hesse, a limit
has been fixed to the amount of heme
study that may be imposed, and tests
of progress that necessitate much re-
viewing have been forbidden. The
Saxon government has issued DEGREES
against excessive attention to techni-
callties and the imposition of useless
exercises in the classical departments,
and particularly against the ''extenipO-
ralia," or dictation exercises in the for
eign languages, which, it is said, are
calculated to produce in the student
ga feeling of anxiety and vexatiOn in
stead of an agreeable consciousness of
knowledge" In Baden, the teaching
hours and the hours for home study
have been reduced, and the memorial
ton of Latin words is disapproved of,
The study hours have also been re-
duced in Alsace- Lorraine, and six
hours week of physical exercise i'm
posed. A petition, signed by teachers,
physicians, and others, has been ad-
dressed to the Prussian chamber of
deputies, setting forth the mischievOus
effects of excessive strain upon the
nervous system of scholars, and asking
that an end be put to an abuse which
threatens, little by little, to reduce
the cultivated classes of society to a
state of moral weakness, that shall
render them incapable of great and
manly resolution"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
Advantages of Wooden Under
clothing.

The advantages of WOODEN under
clothing, besides its warmth, and the
closeness of it's application, depend up
on it's better adap tation in respect of
temperature to the requirements of
climates and to changes of season than
any other material for dress. 1t also
has special faculty for absorbing and
distributing moisture that makes it
particularly salutary next to per-
spring skin. A linen garment will ab
sorb the products of transudation till
it is wet and becomes sticky upon a
moist and clammy skin, while flannel
will rest upon a skin which it has near
ly dried, and be only damp itself.
Hence, the body wearing flannel is in
best condition to resist the after-chilIs
that follow great perspiration. The.
irritation caused by flannel which is
brought up as an objection against it,
is an accompaniment only of new fan
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
IMPEACHMENT QUESTIONS.

The other day the seven years old
son of one of the republican office
holders at the Capital heard his father
read the account of double elope-
ment which occurred in Long Island
town. Thelheroines of the affair were
the wife and daughter of Congrega-
tional Clergyman. AS this fact came
out in the details, the youngster I'M
tremendously interrupted his paternal
ancestor with the solemn inquiry :
"Papa, what for did icy run away 2
Did the minister vote for st. John Pn-
Montpelier Watciman.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22

rien, Kentucky had Clay and Chitten-
den, Missouri had Benton, Mississippi
had Robert j. Walker. These were
all men of mark in their day, and
would have been men of mark i'm any
day. There Is but one state in the
list so well represented in the Senate
now. The falling off from their STAN
dard began before the days of the
war. There were strong accessions to
the Senate, however, during that time.
Illinois sent Stephen A. Douglas and
Lyman Trumbull; Massachusetts, c.
Sumner New York, William III. Sc
ward Ohio, Salmon p. Chase Maine,
William Pitt Fessenden; Vermont,
Jacob ColIamer. The South was less
fortunate in her public men. Still,
she bad Benjamin and Soule, from
Louisiana TOombs and Stephens and
Cobb, from Georgia Jefferson Davis,
from Mississippi, and John Bell, from
Tennessee.
In later days the decline in ability
has been still more marked. Since the
South came back to the Union she has
elected scarcely one senator who has
been up to her highest standard in the
days before secession. Ben Hill of
Georgia intellectually was nearest to
attaining this; but he had little in
fiuence as senator. The North and
West have added Edmunds and Hoar
and Hawley and Conkling and Blaine
and Sherman and Thurman and Bay
all great men, perhaps, but as good as
their states could furnish. Vermont
and Delaware have done nobly, con-
sidering their size as states. Ohio,
with three such senators elected as
Thurman, Sherman and Garfield, is en-
titled to rank above all the other
states of the Union, North or South.
Carl Schurz, who represented Missouri
for short time, is surpassed in ability
by none of these men but he was in
the nature of an accident as coming
from that state.
1t is not within the purpose of this
article to inquire as to the causes OF
this failure to hold to the higher stan
dard of the Senate. The peculiar con-
dition of politics which is initiating
against the prosperity of Mr.. William
M. Evarts in New York at the present
writing, and the tendency to elevate
men of wealth rather than of brains to
senatorships, are the most obvious
among them. They are unfortunate
for the country, and their effect
threatens to be still worse in the fu-
ture.- Boston Herald.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
WEDDING STATIONERY.

We have added some choice Wedding Papers
Envelopes and Cards TO our stock aud with new
and Beautiful script type, can it out wedding par
Some nise calling cards, pl=iB and giit-edged
a. The CALIFORNIAN OFFICE. =.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
7 n z
SIS.
BURLINGTON, VIZ.

More Free Presses printed and sold during
the past year than any previous twelve months of
the papers existence, and it is still growing in
circulation public favor and valae II You do not
already know the Free Press by its Daily OF its
Weekly visits you ought 10 test its quality by a
trial Both papers printed from new,
plain and very clear type. They said Ia be the
most tastefully printed papers in New England
and are in quality the best ever published in Yer
mont.
The Daily Free Press is Of the highest value TO
the business and intelligent residents Of vii
lagos the lines Of railroad in Northern VsTnnnt
and the Weekly is printed in the interests Of the
farmers and ,idents Of the smaller villages and
country districts.
The Boston Times whose editor is n capable
judge of newspaper wares. says the Daily Pree
Press is .the best newspaper ever printed in Yer
mont" We are inclined to think that every intel
ligent Vermontsr II agree with the Boston editor
on full acquaintance with the Free Pres
TERMS OF THE FREE PRESS
Daily .------------------.----S6 90 per year
:" --------- 50 per month
Weekly --.-----..-.------..-2 90 per year
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 100 for six months
.---.---------.-----..- so three months
Invariably IN Advance.
ADDRESS THE
Free Press Association,
neb BURLINGTON, VT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
Justices Record in Criminal Cases.
C. r. SHEPHERD,
pr,Drrvkrte, r,ro,.

A new blank for Justiee of the Peace Just
printed and for sale at the CALIFORNIAN OF
FICE ...----
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1885-01-22
Wire Staples and Punches.

just the thing for fastening together legal doeu-
ments. manuscripts, pampbiets exc. For sale at
the CALIFORNIAN OFFICER
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-05-01
Beware Of Mercury and Potash

Mercury is more destructive TO
human health and life than war, pes
thence and famine combined. So
said distinguished writer many
wears ago, and ii is as true to-day as
then. The poor victim Of Blood Dis
ease is drugged with Mercury 10 cure
the malady, and then dosed with
Iodides to cure him of the Mcrcuria
Poisoning; but instead of any relief,
the first breaks down his general
health and makes him cripple, and
the other ruins his digestive organs.
Mercury and Potash arc dangerous
even when administered by directions
and under the eye of a good physi-
clan, and when put up in nostrums,
otter by incompetent persons, are apt
to produce evil consequences. BE
careful of these poisonous mixtures
or you may regret ii. Swift's Specific
is entirely a vegetable preparation,
and should not be conf0unded with
the various limitations, non secret
humbugs, 'Succus Alterans," etc, all
of which either contain Mercury and
Potash, or are composed of old
remedies which have long since been
discarded as Of no value in the treat
ment of Blood Diseases, and none of
them contain an article which enters
into the composition of Swift's
Specific. There is only one Swifts
Specific Is. S. S. and there is
nothing in the world like it. BE sure
| TO yet the genuine.