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The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19
STAGE CONNECTIONS.

STAGE CONNECTIONS. Via Laguna to ths Indian village of Acoma, IS miles.
 Via wingate to Fort wingate, miles: ZunI, 4s miles. Via Manuelito to Fort Defiance Navajo Aksn- cyl 2j miles; Canon de Chellc. 65 miles; Keans Canon, 90 miles.
 Via Navajo, tri-weekly stages to St. Johns, 4A miles: Springerville S5 miles.
 Via HolbroOk, tri-weekly stages to Fort Apache go miles; show Low, jO miles; Taylor, 35 miles. M0qu indian Villages tho regular stage) go miles. Via WinSlow, to Brigham City and Sunset. Via Ash Fork, daily stages to Prescott and Whipple Barracks, 54 miles; daily stages from Prescott to Phoenix, and tri-weekly stages from Prescott tO Fort Verde.
 Via Peach Springs to the Grand Canon of the Colorado, Ia miles
 Via Kingman, daily stages to Stockton Hill 10 miles, Mineral Park I6 miles; CerbaL, l4 miles. Via Yucca tri-weekly stage to Signal, 70 miles. Via The Needles, steamer to Yuma, Colorado river agency. Fort Mohave. MOhaye City, Hardy vile, Arizona, and Fl Dorado canon, Nevada.
 ". A.. BiSSELL, Q. B. ROBINSCN, Gen'l Passenger Agt. Genl. Manager. Albuquerque. N. Nj.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19

St. Johne. Thureday, Auguet l9,
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19
RssTRAY NOTICE.

The following described animals have been running on my range for some time: One bay mule, about l5la hands high branded L on left shoulder.
 One bay horse, about fl hands high 1; branded TIC connected, also G l. and a bar, all on left hip or thigh.
 The owners can have them by prov ing property and paying charges.
 jy22 St J. G. BERRY.
The St. Johns herald., 1886-08-19

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+Meal Stations. Through tickets to all principle cities esss and west on sale at the following s'atiOuS: Holbrook, WinSloW, Flagstaff, Peach springs. kingmsn, Prescott,
 The Needles, Daggett AohaVs,
 and Albuquerque.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05
THE CURE FOR MERCANTILISM.

The Rev. Edward ITungerford, in an
essay entitled "Spiritual Preaching for
our Times, in the January Century, says {:
"Science has grandly stimulated indus
try by increasing its rewards. The
prizes of enterprising labor are great,
often glittering. The power of wealth is
fascinating. The successful producer or
dealer of to-day is a prince. The indus
trious laborer is rich. And the result of
all this is that laziness is ceasing to be
fashionable the nobility of England
are learning to make themselves useful
Science sets the world astir. The goal of
its motion is gain. The race is eager
Hence mammon-worship. Hence mer-
cantiism, the inordinate estimate of
wealth; the grading of all things at a
value in cash; society graded on a cash
basis ideality sacrificed to material good {;
virtue. patriotism, heroism, manhood
counting for less, money counting for
more: votes, offices. Justice having their
price. This is mcrcantilsm. the great
danger to society; greater because more
subtle than nihilsm. 1t crecps into
literature, science, art, politics, the state.
the church; and here arises the demand
for that spiritual teaching which fell
from the lips of Jesus. the antidote for
inordinate worldly care and worldly
striving; the lofty view of life which
is more than meat; God coming in among
the elements of this world, clothing
lilies, feeding birds, summoning man to
the glory of an ideal kingdom and to the
attainment first and foremost of character,
rooted in God and Gods righteousness
The cure for the mercantile spirit is not
ethics, but faith. 1t is not moral code.
but the divine Fatherhood. 1t is not even
the golden rule. except as the golden rule
is formulated out of the spirit of Christian
Brotherhood"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05
THE LAWYER AND THE SHARK.
From the Boston Record.l

There is distinguished lawyer over on
Court street (there are several distinguish
ed lawyers over on Court street for that
matter, but this one is more distinguished
than some of the rest of them) who is a
great stickler for professional courtesy
on the part of his learned brethren. He
is also Il great swimmer, and when he
was at Newport last summer he had a
most remarkable experience. He swan
out one day at Bailey's beach, and while
in deep water was appalled, to see the fin
of shark moving steadily and relentless
ly toward him through the water. He
struck for the shore. After desperate ex-
ertion, he struck the shallow water ahead
of the shark. and leaped out on the sand
Then turning around, the lawyer shook
his fist Indignantly at the shark, and ex-
claimed with the greatest emphasis,
"There, that's the most unprofcssonal
thing | ever saw done!'
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05

half an ounce, and so on. 1t was not I'M
til the closing hours of the next Congress,
March 3, 1917, however, that the idea of
afliXing stamp was authorized by law.
Up to that time postage had been paid in
money and its prepayment was always
left optional. On the first day of July,
1871, the first postage stamp was affixed
to letter in the United States. Two
stamps only had been devised-the five
cent, with the face of Franklin upon it.
and the ten-cent, bearing the face of
Washington.
For many years before 1915 the amount
of postage received was about the same
for each year. The reduction in postage
and the convenience of stamps increased
the receipts of the department very great
ly. But there were wise men in Con-
gress who believed that the postage was
still too high. The matter was agitated,
and in 1851 postage was reduced to three
cents and six cents for letters. 4 new
series of stamps was struck. These at
first consisted of the one-cent and three
cent denominations only. The one-cent
stamp bore the face of Franklin and the
three-cent that of Washington. 4 little
later, ), 10, II, "a, 30. and 90-cent stamps
were struck.
This reduction in postage for the first
time in our history made the post-ollice
popular. Everybody now began to
write letters. Thepeople could afford it,
The enormous increase in mail matter
can scarcely be imagined until the official
figures are studied. For four years pre-
vious to this time only S274.710 worth of
stamps were sold. or 4, G03. POO stamps. The
number of stamps sold the first year I'M
der the reduction was ~. l3G.3l9. and
their value was the encouraging sum of
81 80, 63S.5l. The new arrangement
brought great business activity. People
began to get acquainted with each other
Those who had only written letter or
two year now wrote as many month
Before that the arrival of a letter at Il
country post-office had been Il subject
for gossip and conjecture for a week
among the curious. but now it came to be
expected by everybody. and the person
who seldom received letter was the one
talked about.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05
RUSSIA.

Russia must be considerably further re-
moved from civilization than is common
ly supposed. The minister of finances
has just made what to him is the startling
discovery that cologne is not imported
into that country solely for toilet uses.
lie aScertains upon indubitable evidence
that it is consumed in great quantities as
spirituous drink. and he officially recon-
mends the imposition of the same duty
now laid upon brandy. The hitherto
uniformed minister can hardly have
travelled far beyond his own boundaries
or he would have known that cologne
with its alcoholic basis is largely used as
Il Stimulant and even an intoXicant. eS-
pecially by women, many of them of
what the IribuHc calls 1.-THE better class
es " in France, England and the United
States II'oHd.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05

numbering the peace and industry of the
community, and thereby converting
happy, Industrious homes into misery,
poverty and rags. Anxious wives and
mothers watch and pray in tears nightly,
with desolate hearts, for the coming
home of your victims, whom you are lur-
ing with the wiles and smiles of the devil
into midnight debauchery.
One can have no adequate conception
of cataract until he has seen Niagara.
nor of the terrible fury and grandeur of
storm in mid-ocean until he has Witness
ed one; so no one can know the utter
degradation and total depravity to which
his species can be brought until he looks
upon the desolate ruin caused BY your
hellish traffic. You are persistent, de-
faint law-breakers, and shamelessly boast
that in defiance of the law and moral
sense of the community, you will con-
tinue in your wicked and criminal prac-
tees. 1t has therefore now become the
imperative duty of this court to let fall
upon you so heavily the arm of the law,
that you shall either be driven from your
nefarious traffic, or ruined in your for
tunes or wicked prosperity. You have
become "A stencil to the nostrils of the
community, and all good men are praying
that you be speedily reformed or sum-
marily destroyed. By the providence of
God and the favor of this court, these
prayers shall be speedily answered by
signal and exact justice for your crimes.
And, finally, let me entreat you, if YOU
are not lost to every sentiment of human
ity, to desist from your criminal, vaga-
bond traffic, and betake yourself to some
honest calling for livelihood-that YOU
may yet become virtuous. useful citizens,
and entitled to the respect of Christian
community. If you persist in this way
your ruin is certain, and you will receive,
as you deserve, the eXecration of man
kind. You may think that the sentence
of the court is harsh and uniustly severe.
but the court assures you. that compared
with your crimes and the desolation YOU
have already brought upon the commu-
nifty, it is mild in the extreme"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05
CIGARETTES QUICKLY KILLED HIM.

y son of one of the professors of Col
umbian University in Washington died
suddenly last week after short detention
in his room. So sudden was the attack
that party of young men who had been
invited by the deceased to call W on him
to play whist kept their engagement on
ly to find their friend a corpse. 1t was
learned that the deceased, who was en-
ployed in the patent office, had been in
the habit of indulging in cigarettes excess
sively and inhaling the smoke. Two
physicians held a consultation, and, after
investigation, decided that this practice
had exercised a depressing effect upon
the action of the heart and fastened his
death. AOrtic reorganization was given
as a primary cause of death, which had
been increased by the Indulgence of
the deceased in the inhalement of cigar
ette-smoke. Everything possible was
done by the physicians for their patient,
but his constitution had been too surely
undermined. and in his last days he was
unable to rest quietly in bed. but main
tanned sitting position.-Er.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05
THE DAYS OF HIGH POSTAGE.
From the New York sun.


Prior to 1915 the rate of postage was
reckoned on a scale of distances. For 30
miles and under it was cents for IA letter
composed on Il single sheet of paper !;
10 cents: over 50 and not exceeding $50
miles. - ID cents; over 80 miles and
not exceeding 400 miles, Is ID cents :
over 100 miles. twenty-five cents. Peo-
pie in New England writing to their
friends who had emigrated to the West
crn Reserve of Ohio had to pay - cents !:
but the sum was usually charged upon
the letter and paid by the person who re-
ceived it. Very often letters remained in
the poStmaster's hands for weeks and
sometimes months because the pioneer
did not have the necessary funds to pay
the postage. Sometimes the person adj
dressed, knowing the nature of the letter
and the person who had written it, rcfuS-
ed to take it at all. Letters containing
dunS, and not prepaid, seldom reached
their destination.
For every double letter or letter com
posed of two pieces of paper, double the
above rates were charged, and for every
triple letter or letter composed of three
pieces of paper, triple these rates, and
for every packet composed of four or
more pieces of paper or one or more
other articles, and weighing one ounce
avoirdupois, quadruple these rates, and
in the same proportion for all greater
weights. In those days envelopes were
not known. Letters were written on
large sheets of paper and skilfully fold
ed so as to leave white surface on the
outside for the addresses, and were fast
ened together by red waters.
1t was late in the night of March 3, 1915,
the last day of President John Tyler's adj
mnistration, that the first substantial re-
duction was made in the rates of postage.
The law passed at that time read as fol-
lows -
For every single letter in manuscript or
paper of any kind, by and upon which in
formation shall be asked for or commune
Gated in writing, or by marks and signs,
conveyed in the mail for any distance
under 300 miles, five cents; for any dis
lance over 300 miles, 10 cents.
/ Double these rates were charged for
any letter or parcel weighing more than
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05
THAT SAUSAGE.


Editors Drawer in Harpers MagaZinel
a clergyman in Southern State was
on his way to preach funeral sermon.
As he was passing the house of Il widow
lady, member of the congregation, she
ran out and stopped him, saying. as they
had just slaughtered their hogs. she had
put up few pounds of sausage as IA
present, adding that, as she had put it in
double paper packets, she thought it
would not soil his clothes. He thanked
her earnestly for her kindness. and rode
on, having put the parcel in his pocket.
All the time he was officiating at the
grave large, half-starved hound kept
snuffing around him, sometimes ap-
preaching alarmingly near, attracted by
the scent of the fresh meat. As the de-
ceased was man of some prominence.
there was a considerable crowd collected.
and great mourning and lamentation
came from the family group: so no one
paid any attention to the movements of
the animal, but all noticed with concern
for he was beloved by his congrega-
tion-the great ,pallor of the clergyman,
and the beads of perSpiration standing
upon his brow. and they began to wills
per to each other that Mr.. Il must
be i'll.
After the interment they all proceeded
to the church, where the funeral sermon
was to be preached. just before enter
ing, Mr.. II-turned round to ascertain
the whereabouts of his tormenter. when
10. there he was. not far from him. but
the crowd prevented him from approach
ing too closely. just at this moment
some one gave the poor creature Il cruel
kick, which sent him off bowling. When
the minister reached his pulpit-one of
those old-faS hiOncd affairs assembled bv "A
short, steep flight of stepS-he breathed
more freely. He was Just about to COM
mence his duties when the sexton. Il good
old man, came noiSeessly up the steps
with slip of paper in his hand. which
he wished to give to the minister. but
who was unnoticcd by that gentleman,
though seen by all the congregation. lie
gently twitched his coat to attract his at
tention. \ thrill of horror passed over
the unhappy preacher at the dreadful
thought that the dog had entered unseen
in the crowd. and was now about to take
forcblc possession of the sausage before
the whole assembly; so, hoping to drive
him away, he kicked back cautiously but
vigorously, and struck the old man in
the breast, who rolled down the steps.
Seeing the look of surprise and alarm
on the faces of the audience, he stam-
mcrcd out, with Il crimson face: 4" must
explain to you. my brethren, what must
seem my Incorporate conduct. \ friend
came out to me. as | was passing her
house, with Il small package of sausage
to carry home in my pocket; but ever
since | dismounted from my horse this
old dog pointing behind to the pros
trate sexton. but without looking around
- has been following me, and at length
came into the pulpit, and has been tug
ging at my coat, determined to get the
sausage from my pocket"
/ At this moment the sexton, little
stunned and little hurt, arose from the
/ floor, and the minister at Il glance took it
all in, stared wildly at him, took drink
of water, turned very pale, and sat down,
overwhelmed with CONSERVATION.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05
PLAIN TALK TO RUMSELLERS.

In passing sentence upon some Iowa
rumscllcrs. Judge F. VI. Hubbard in
dulged in the following timely remarks :
while there are greater crimes known
to the law which are punishable with
great severity. there are none which i'll
volve more of those qualities known as
despicable mcanneSs and audacity than
the selling of Intoxicating liquors.
There is something in the taking of hui
man life instantaneou>ly that shocks and
terriiies the minds of all: and yet we
look upon the man who takes human life
quite a surely, but by slow. lingering
process, if not without condemnation at
least without horror. You, who stand he
fore the court for sentence. are in every
moral sense murdcrers. and you are in
the spirit, if not the letter, guilty of man
slaughter; for the law says that whoever
accelerates the death of Il human being
unlawfully, is guilty of the crime. Your
bloated victims upon the witness stand,
and who undoubtedly committed perjury
to screen you from the law, not only
abundantly testify that you are accelerat-
ing death, but that you are inducing men
to commit still greater crimes than your
own.
You still maintain the appearance of
responsibility, but how morally leprous
and scrofulous you are inwardly. The
ruin, poverty and idleness which you are
inllicting upon this community, declare,
as from'the housetops, that you are lv-
ing in idleness and eating the bread of or
phans watered with widows tears; you
are stealthily killing your victims, and
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05

Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wondered:
Plunged in the battery smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Rcel'd from the sabre stroke
SHATTERED and sundcr'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Nollcy'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd ut with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so wei
Came thro' the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.
when can their glory fade?
q the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honour the charge they made!
Honour the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred!
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05

And still the adage lives in the valley of thy
BIRTH
when hayward children spend their days in
needless play and mirth.
OFT mothers say, half smiling, half signing,
"Hcavcn knows
Whatever will become of my naughty Bricr-
Rose"
-Hjdimdr Hjorth BOyesen.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05

@ FREE TO : An Fiue C..,r,d In. -n..i.- O.. d. 20
n Old SUI 1av-rl in Phidcp. b which tho trt
DA.r odge in \. America r-aniz'd held. Also
" AZ large illustrated Catalogue Mfsnno book AID
~ good vim eoisn,g, Ire,' ,A..e enrr q h,, las,
7 " \hu,in-ss 70 r. \, VI. LEDDiNG * co.
AasvLle ruyef AID Mauactgret-,'o Broadway New l.iA,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05

We do not sound Il needless alarm when we
tell you that the faint of scrofula il in your
Ayers Sarsaparilla alone will effectuallyerHd-
icate il.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05

Every mother should have Arnica Il Oil Lin.
inent always in the house in case of accident
from burns, scalds or bruises.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05

Costivencss can be permanently cured by
the use of BaNter's Mandrake Bitters.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05

To what i due the ruddy hue?
The voice OF cheerful sound?
The bounding step, which lately crept,
To CELERY COMPOUND.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05
CELERY COMPOUND

Tor 5000, and NAV be obtained Of ever
retail druggist in the United States or OF
NJ. X. PAINE,
70 To introduce The Celery c
places 7oherc Gealfys DO net haze u in !
receipt Of two dollars, send two bottles
in New England. securely packed and ,
paid, to your nearest express Office
A. G. FISHER, General Westsr
Wabash Avenue. ChieaSo. IL
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-02-05
CELERY COMPOUND

had go years experience in com
Its ingredients are purely vegetable
herbs, banks, seeds and flowers, IN,
given on the label Of every bottle.
inc in the world for aged people,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-29

Last Thursday, Henry Wood
(colored) was returning from the
Fair down the railroad track, and
while crossing The Mill Creek tres
tie, was run over and had his right
foot and ankle badly crushed BY
the incoming Charleston train, ne,
cessitating amputatiOn. Conduc.
Tor Nick Clarkson stopped his train
and tenderly conveyed the old man
TO his home near the Fourth street
crossing. Drs Gardner and How.
ell were called and amputaled the
limb about three inches above the
ankle. DR.. Gardner received q
telegram from Superintendent
Thomas R, Sharp Of the X, & o,
railroad, requesting that every Of.
tentiOu be given and that they
would pay all expenses, No blame
is attached to the train officials
Galiipolis Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-29

SAD INDEED.-Word comes 10 us
from Hannah District, that Mr.,
John W. Young, lost three Of his
children last week, two sons and a
daughter, all grown. One died last
Friday, and the other two died Sat
uEday and were buried Sunday. lie
has three more children sick, and
it is reported that they cannot get
we'll. Flux was the cause of their
deaths. The attending physician
advised Mr.. Young to move out Of
his house, which he did. This dis.
ease seems to be growing epidemic
in this county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-29
A Gentle Stimulus

Is impaired TO the kidneys and bladder
by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which is
most useful in overcoming torpidity Of
these organs. Besides infusing more
activity into them, this excellent tonic
endOws them with additional vigor, and
enables them the better TO undergo the
wear and tear Of the discharging funCt-
ion Imposed upon them by nature
Moreover, rs they are the channel for
the escape Of certain impurities from the
blood, increases their usefulness by
Strengthening and healthfuIly stimula.
ting them. In certain morbid condi.
tons Of these important organs, they
fall into sluggish state, which is the
usual precursor Of disease. What then
can be Of greater service than a medi.
cine which impels them to greater activ.
ity when slothfulH No maladies are
more perilons than those which affect
the Kidneys, and medicine which
averts the peril should be highly cs.
teemed.