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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-17

DOWN BRAKES of Thurman 5
intimate friends while lie vas in the
Senate was Senator Henry G.. Davis of
West Virginia. Davis, in order 10 I'M
derstand the story, you must know; was
at one time brakeman on the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad. Tired out with legisla-
tive toll Senator Davis was one after.
noon enjoying quiet snooze in the Sen
ate cloak-room. Suddenly Thurman en-
tered the room, and, taking out his red
bandana, he blew two tremendous blasts.
The sound reused Davis He had heard
the two short, loud blasts. Half awake,
he saw the fluttering of the red bandana-
a danger signal. His old railway instincts
came across him like flash. Jumping TO
his feet, he yelled. Down brakes" and
grasping a chair in front of him, he ac-
tually twisted the back of it of before he
fully awakened and realized the ludicrous
situation.-St Paul G!o6e.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-17

Now EXPECT \ IowL-Borax is left
on the the free list of the Mills bill. Now
EXPECT howl from The defenders Of
American industry because every black
smith and washerwoman in the land is
10, 20 be taxed to heap u1 fortunes for a
few California spectators in natures
gift to this country-a mine OF boraN.
Tariff reform that makes no monopoly
squeal is a sham-N. !. Word.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-17

AZ Ar TO HIs BsR'..-The most
interestiu news from Chicago is The zap
peiance of Ms Logan As an active
hacker Of the Algei boom Nith so
powerful Al ally in addition to bis barrel,
Alger ought to make some impression on
the boys. Il illustrate, the odd condition
of politics just now that Ayers candi-
dacy ia not regarded as joke He Is
apparently the man whom the Blaine
engineers are really looking at with most
favor IHHa Times
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09
New Books.

A silver lining to every cloud !!
With the short dull days of winter
comes the CHEEKY holidays and Vick's
beautiful annual, and 10! spring al
ready appears not far distant. In the
way of Catalogue, Vick's Floral Guide
is unequaled in artistic appearance,
and the edition of each year that ap-
pears simply perfect, is surpassed the
next. New and beautiful engravings,
and three colored plates of flowers,
vegetables, and grain, are features for
the issue for 1888. 1t is in itself a
treatise on horticulture. and is adapt
ed to the wants of all who are interested
in the garden or house plants. If you
want to know anything about the
garden, see Vick's Floral Guide, price
only 10 cents. Published by James
Wick, Scotsman, Rochester, n. 7.
The publishers of the Springfield,
Mass, Good Housekeeping are just out
with u new book, ''Dainty Desserts for
Dainty Diners" the finest thing in
the cookery line ever published. With
this book one can serve Il dainty des-
sert every day in the year. This work
is prepared by Mrs. Nellie NJ. Little
hale, who has exhausted the dessert
catalogue so far as buildings are con-
cerned, and has IL large list of custards,
charlottes, creams, ices; merlngues,
compotes, jellied fruits, patties, tarts,
etc, making over Il hundred carefully
prepared recipes. All booksellers and
newsdealers sell it, or it is sent by
mail postpaid, on receipt of fifty cents.
1t is published by Clark w. Bryan &
Co., publishers of Good Housekeeping,
Springfield, Mass.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09
THE HEN AND THE FARMER.

Hen-"Have you provided for my
winter comforts 2"
Farmer-'I have not paid any par
ticular attention to your wants so far
this winter. What do you want any
way 2"
Hen-"I want good, comfortable
house for winter. 1t should be rain,
wind and frost proof, with plenty OF
light, sunshine, and good ventilation.
And give us Il good earth floor that will
stay dry, have it well bedded with
leaves and straw for us to scratch in
for grain, and have trough for us to
eat scalded feed from"
Farmer-"YOu are getting choice, |
think. Will not the old house do if it
is cleaned out and patched up some ?
Times are hard and l have so much
to do"
Hen-"Just come into the old hen
house at nine o'clock p. m. and four
o'clock a. M, and stay with us one
hour, and if you are not the sickest
man from accumulated stencil, and the
lOusiest man you ever saw Il imagine
[ can see you shiver now, | will say
that teeth are better than brains"
Farmer-'If that is your condition,
1 won't go near you. l think there are
a few trees in the woods that might be
converted into material for a house
for YOU"
Hen-"That sounds like business.
Under our former treatment you could
not expect much of us, but well treat
ed we will shell out the solid meat
that sells at high prices now for ready
cash."
Farmer-"How is it you don't shell
out now? You have plenty to eat and
have free range of the farm"
Hen-"I have not had good meal
for month. Bugs, grasshoppers, in
sects and beetles are all gone, grain
all shut up in the barn and granaries
and now, when | need it most to grow
my new suit for winter and get ready
to lay you lots of high-priced eggs,
you give me poor ratiOns."
Farmer-"Well, what do you want
in store for winter, seeing you have
more brains than teeth 2"
Hen-''Provide for us maize, oats,
bran, wheat, buckwheat, cabbage, pO
tatoes, onions, beets, turnips, meat
scraps, cracklings, butchering waste,
ETC."
Farmer-"Ts that all you want in
the feed line ?"
-"Well, in fact, we want some
dried clover, more tender and sweeter
than that Terry keeps his horses on"
Farmer-"Oh, come now! You're
not going to eat everything on the
farm, are you, even down to my hay ?"
Hen-"No, sir; not hay. We want
young, tender clover cut, then dried
in the shade, or on the barn floor !;
then in winter, when everything is
clothed in white, cut this dry grass
fine, and steam it for hours in hot
water; then give us chance to hide
it for you"
Farmer-''Is that all you want pre-
pared 2"
Hen-"We want nice lot of road
dust gathered for our toilet-room and
stored in some dry place for winter
use few loads of gravel, old plaster,
lime, charcoal, etc, for appetizers and
tOnics."
Farmer" Come, now, old hen, don't
go to putting on airs"
Hen-"No, sir; we just ask for ne
cessities. Dust is our preventative
for lice. We have no teeth gravel is
our grinders, without which our feed
is almost worthless to us."-[J. NJ. Y.
in Ohio Farmer.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09
A Cure for the Hiccoughs.

A Mississippi practitioner was called
to attend man, who was suffering
from obstinate hiccough. 81 knew"
says the physician, "that he had Il
large dog, so | took my mastiff along
with me. The house consisted of only
one room, entered by Il single door.
The house was crowded with neighbOrs
who had assembled partly ont of sym
pathy, and partly from curiosity. My
patient was on low bed when | en-
tered with my dog. No sooner did my
patients dog see mine than he sprang
for him, and a tremendous fight ensued.
The noise of the dogs. the screaming
of the women and the general confusion
was indescribable. When it was over,
the sick man was missing, bnt was
finally found under the bed. He never
had another spell of hiccough as long
as he liVed.r
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09
HER FLIRTATIONS.

A family whom we shall call the
Harpers were well-tO-dO, cultured peO-
pIe. living in an inland town in one of
the Middle states. Their lives were
very quiet; hence, when Miss May
Dallon, of New York, who had been u
classmate of Sue Harper, came to spend
4 month with them, the visit was an
event of Importance.
Sue had described her friend as
beautiful, modest and sensible. Sc
cretly she had her own schemes con-
fcerning this visit. Who would be so
likely to please her fastidiOus brother
John as May Who could make him
so happyP
OF her beauty there could be but one
opinion. The family were charmed by
the dazzling fairness of her face, the
soft blue eyes, the delicate grace of her
figure. May arrived at night, and,
abashed by the welcome of so many
strangers, scarcely spoke that evening.
John watched her lovely face with
keen interest. He was absent during
the next day, and by the time he re-
turned in the evening, the charming
stranger had recovered her power OF
speech John took his place at the
supper-table, and listened in silence.
s'Oh dear, yes, we've had lots of call
ersl | had no idea your town could
boast of so many swellsl That Mr..
White is darling little fellow. Such
n perfect mustacIe! And Mr.. Pitts
Sue tells me he is so clever! dOte on
literary men. There was one fellow,
an Englishman,-a newspaper man /;
| was wild about him for a whole week
last winter"
John, who felt it to be necessary to
say something, ventured Il remark
about her journey.
'.Oh yes, it was tedious; but the
conductor was awfnlly polite Snch a
handsome fellowI Do you know him,
Suef Aquiline nose, English side
whiskers. He really seemed quite
struck, though was only commonly
civil to him. Rushed out to buy me Il
bouquet of field flowers at a station.
So ridiculous in a man of that rank "
Sue, red with annoyance, again tried
to turn the conversation.
1.-TWO Cinnamon, mamma, have
opened laundry down town, did you
know p
"Oh. for goodness sake" interrupted
Nav. ''don't have anything to do with
them | used to drop into a Chinese
shop on Fourth Avenue, and there was
a good looking, young, pig-tailed fell
low there | chatted with occasionally
And do you know he ended by falling
i'm love with me-"
John pushed his chair back, and rose
from the table with a muttered apollo
py. He found that he had business in
the country the next day, and did not
return until the pretty visitor was
gone. She reported to her friends in
New York that he Hwas a charming
fellow, 6ut grumpy
Sue was appalled, at the change which
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09

few months of life in society had pro-
duced in her friend. She insisted that
May, when younger, had been modest
and rational. The acquaintance ceas-
ed from that time. May, year later,
ran away with dissipated, good look
ing young man, who made her future
life wretched.
When the time for marriage comes
to young men and women. it is natural
and right that they should think of it.
God made them for each other, and the
relation of man and wife is altogether
pure and holy.
But maiden should wait to be
sought. The bird, by Gods law, sits
in the shade and sings her own happy
song until her mate comes to find her.
Who should a young girl parade the
streets, ready to fiirt with every new
conner, until she is as cheap and COM
mon in the eyes of men as any wayside
weed
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09

From JUDGE-ADvocATE GENERAL MARSH, Sena-
tor from Franklin County, VT. Fall of 's6: Mrs.
Lathrop Marsh. four years ago suffered from all
the symptoms of an impending shock, with numb
ness of one side of body. Anti-ApOplectine cured
her she is hale and hearty Lady now in her eigh-
tieth year. 1t is the best family medicine ever
used.
GEN C.. L. MARSH
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09

For Sale by all druggists. Price s1.O0 bottle
six bottles for $500. Send to
DIR. F. S. HUTCHINSON e. CO.,
92t Apr. 'sa EHosBURGH FALLS, VT, q. S. A,
for circulars, testimonials and Treatise on
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09
DIR. J. Q. A. PACKER, Proprietor,
t sep 80 Marshfeld Vermont.
Anti poplectine

Is preparation that has long been in use by a
physician of forty years active professional expert
ence and the claims that made for it have
thousands of times been verified. 1t has combi-
nation of the most potent remedies known to Med
ical Science for preserving the Fluidity and PU-
vessels should you suffer from Dizziness OF Press
ure in Head, Spots before Eyes. Pain around or
Palpitaton of Heart, Pain in Region of Heart with
feeling of suffocatlon, Ringing Sound in Ears,
Numbness or Prickly sensation of Limbs. especi-
ally the Arm, Pain between Shoulders and Side
Dry Cough Flatulence, Sour Stomach, or if suffer
ing from General Debility with Loss of Appetite,
procure bottle of Anti Apoplectine, it not only
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09
Desirable Property for Sale.

offer for sale my residence at the head of Main
Street House large. convenient beautifully To-
Gated and in a splendid neighborhOod. Good barn
Lot half acre, giving good garden.
also offer tor sale my farm consisting of thirty
acres of good land tillage and pasture tillage in
high state of cultivation and less than a quarter
of a mile from the village
want immediate customer for either. will
sell cheap enough to make investment an obi ect
mean btisiness.
Intend TO remove to California soon as 1 can
sell and settle up my affairs Please examine;
property will speak for itself.
w. II. PRESTON
St Johnsbury, March - 1897.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09
No Signs OF Lapsing.
Near York Sun.

1t is gratifying to know that the re-
publicans of that very doubtful state,
Vermont, are thoroughly aroused, and
engaged in the manufacture of repub-
lican clubs. There seems to be wide
spreading belief that, with proper eff
fort, Vermont will be republican next
fall. 1t Is not announced, however
that Mr.. G.. F. Edmunds shows any
tendency toward lapsing into Blaine
ism.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09
Cotton Seed Meal.

We desire to call your attention to the fact that
Cotton Seed Meal is selling much below it's intrn1
sic value feed, and much below the selling price
of former years.
1t is considered by experienced feeders by far
the cheapest cattle food in the market considering
its MILK, BUTTER and FLESH PRODUCING
and MANURIAL VALUE.
Cotton Seed Oil Meal has been used many yea rs
and the fact fully established that it largely in
creases the flow of milk, makes richer milk, and
produces more and better butter.
The richness of the manure dropped by cattle
and sheep fed on Cotton Seed Meal far excels
manure from other kinds of food to return to
the farmer large share of his outlay for the meal
An approved method of feeding Cotton Seed
Meal is two quarts Cotton Seed Meal, two quarts
corn meal and four quarts of bran per day. This
ration should be well mixed; and this quantity is
for cows or cattle weighing about 1000 pounds
Young or lighter weight animals should not be fed
so much. Feed sheep about onehalf pint daily.
Lambs about one gill daily, mixed with other food
For Sale by 2stf
E. II. 81 HI. X. IDE,
ST. JOhnSbury and PaSSumpSic.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09

For sale by all Druggists. Prices Is cts. per
box; boxes for IS cts; sent by mail, postage
tree, on receipt of price. DIR. j. H. Schenck d
Son. Philadelphia. 1851
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09
Farm for Sale.

One-fourth mile outside the village limits of st.
at the head of Pleasant ST.. within the
village school district containing one hundred and
fifty acres. cutting seventy-ive tons of hay, and
very productive for wheat, oats, and all crops
grown in northern Vermont. a thrifty wood lot
of fifteen acres. Well watered, with good water
at house and barns. Buildings pleasantly situat-
ed and in all respects desirable place for resi-
dence and for profitable farming. portion of
the purchase money remain if desired.
RICHARD w. PEABODY.
June % 1881 Aft
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09
The Same Old Story.
Rrockton Enterurise.


At the fair-"Rather slim attend
ance, tonight"
"Yes, the paper didn't even give us
little notice, today, although l ex-
pected it would"
"Did you advertise in it 2"
"No. We spent all our money on
handbills and posters. But l must try
to get the paper to give US free no
ure.n
Gov. Stewart has introduced bill
in the house to erect a government
building at st. Adams.
John Warner, of Georgia, over fifty
years old, fell from the window of a
barn about eight feet, and was serious-
ly injured.
Electric light is banished from the
English palaces because Queen Victo-
ria's elderly friends say that it makes
them appear rights. Oil lamps alone
are tolerated.
North Carolina will give no more
pensions to confederate veterans,
and will use the money thus saved to
buy a soldiers home.
A Turkish porter was seen recently
at Adrianople walking briskly down
the street with a heavy American piano
strapped to his back.
st. Louis dwelling house owners are
to combine and assess themselves
whenever a dwelling is burned. The
expense to each owner will be very
light.
The gambling bank at Monaco made
unusually large returns to its share
holders last year. There we're 76
suicides, but the shareholders profits
weren't lessened by them, so it dosen't
signify.
Hotel porter who has shown the
colonel to his rOom-"Pitcher of ice
water, sir 2" Colonel-'No; them
three bottles on the wall will be all I'll
want to drink till morning."-[The
Epoch.
Patrclman O'Karsh (whO has brought
home his night stick for the first time)
me club2 Mrs. O'Karsh-
Club, is it7 Sure, Oh fought it was
wan o. thin Dutch sassages, an it's
b'ilin' it isl Puck.
At Christmas Gen. r. A. Alger sent
a ton of coal or a cord of wood and a
barrel of -four to one thousand of the
most worthy of the poor families of
Detroit, and also a complete suit of
to every newsboy and boot
black in that city, expanding for these
purposes between $4,000 and SIS, 900.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-02-09
Desirable Residence For Sale.

1 viii sell my house on Webster St. in St. Johns
bury. 1t contains 12 besides bath ROOM halls
pantry, closets, and all modern conveniences. 1t
and was built ''pOn honor and not ito
sell" Good furnace, barn and shed, with spacious
grounds. 30sf HENRY &. BATES.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-16
CHRISTMAS TOY.

"The Christmas toy of the day in
Paris is Sarah Bernhardt's collin,'
says the London Graphic.
''At this time of the year topical
neutrality-suspicious. du jour-usually
abound, and aptly relate to the pre-
vailing political interest. But the
caricature spirit was used up at the
time of M. Grevy's fall, and the pre-
sent President and his surroundings
are too lutte known, and too honest
"a word now synonymous with
'dull'-to afford scope for fun. So
the street-sellers fall back on Mdme
Bernhardt, now again to the front
through her creation of La Tosca'
in Sardou's play, and offer penny
leaden coffin with tiny knob at the
top. The buyer is asked to open
the coffin, he presses the knob,
which springs aside, and sharp pin
pops up and pricks the unwary indi-
vidual's finger"
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-16
A CLOSE CALL.

Captain Nordberg, master of the
barkentine Geo. G. Perkins, had a
close call last night. He had left
his vessel at the p. M. S. S. wharf
at about 3 O'Clock yesterday after
noon, and went up town. While
absent, gang of workmen came
and pulled up number of the old
rotten planks at the entrance of the
p. Nj. S. S. wharf, to replace them
with new ones. Captain Nordberg
on returning to his vessel at about
10 O'Clock last night, went through
one of the holes left by the work.
men and fell into the water under
meath the wharf. The captain man.
aged to catch hold of some timber
under the wharf, called for help, and
was rescued. The opening, though
long, was not very wide, and as
Captain Nordberg is thick-set, it is
surprising he was not considerably
bruised by striking the timbers.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-16
The Arcade EGAN & co.
Gents Furnishing Goods
CHILDREN AND SLEEP.
Finest Custom Made Clothing,
ladies e. Gents Fine shoes.

a child should be in bed as the
fowls are, at shutdown at least.
And he should be allowed TO rise in
the morning as soon as he wakes.
1t is not only torture but unhealthy
mischief to compel children to lie in
bed awake two hours to prevent dis
turbing older people. The morning
sun is most essential to plant life.
A conservatory should always, if
possible, be on the east side of a
house. 1t is equally true that the
morning sun is most valuable for
animal vigor, and thota includes hui
man beings. We, all of us, are
breaking both ends of the law. Our
sleep should be taken earlier, and
we should never fail of getting the
morning sun.
| abominate night parties for chill
dren. l believe every physician
does. 1t is not so much the expos
ure and the eating in the night, and
the bad associations formed Gotta
high, toned sort, possibly, but the
breaking into the sleep habit.
Equally bad is it for children to
study in the evening. 1t gorges
their brains with blood, and if they
sleep they dream. l had little
patient of twelve years, who was
wasted and nervous, and whose
dreams were filed with his prob
lens. 1t was a marvel and pride to
his parents that the youngster work
ed out hard problems in his sleep,
such as he failed is master when
awake. But he came near his final
problem. l locked up his books at
A O'Clock. He must not touch one
after his supper. He must play and
romp, and then 60 to bed. He is
now robust. You cannot empha-
size too strongly the mischief of
children's night study.
a good deal of nonsense is some
times published about sending chill
dren to bed with full stomachs.
This is well enough so long as a
babe is an animal and has not awak-
ened to much use of the brain, but
as soon as child has come to an
age of active thought he should
have chance for light exercise and
sport after his meals; never, how
ever, allowing him to go to bed ex-
cited. Above all things to be de-
preciated is the stormy season sc
frequently INDUCED in just at retir-
ing. The child prefers to sit up,
and invariably retires in storm Of
passion, added to by the storm o.
purse or parent. He should be
calmly and firmly restrained from
all such outbreaks. There is q grea
difference in children about retiring
some very active brains grow sleeyy
and desire to retire early; other
equally active grow wakeful and ex
cited.-- st. Louis Globe Demo
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-16
OPINION OF QUARANTINE.

A gentleman entered q city front
store this morning, with grip-sack
in hand and spoke as follows: "Just
out of quarantine. Can l use your
telephone Captain? (to the store
keeper). This quarantine is hum
bug, farce; cost me SO q day
will ruin the country and the hotel
keepers. The Sc or $40 paid out
by each person who has been in
quarantine is no circumstance, nc
circumstance; will ruin the coun-
try; prevent people from coming
down here. Those who were in
quarantine could see the humbug of
the affair, while it may have APP
peared all right to those outside.
Humbug, farce" AT the telephone
voice very soft) "Out of quarantine
will call on you to-day; are you all
well; glad to hear it; good bye. "
(Going out of store, voice harsh)
"humbug, farce" (exit).
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1888-02-16
VESSELS EXPECTED FROM FOREIGN
p0RTS.

ii Neiths Ms Zilveren Kruis, locke,
from S America due Mar 80
Am bark Will w Case, Robertson,
from San Francisco, due at Kahului,
Jan 2-l5
HI j NJ S Tsukuba, from Tahiti, due
April 1-20
Ger bark Deutchland, from Bremen,
sailed October 2Sth, due Feb 100
Am blk Martha Davis, f M Benson,
from Boston, due Mar
Am ship Mystic Belle, Cooke, from
New York, due March l-20
Brit blk st Thomas Bell, sailed from
Cardiff, October 22d, due March 1-20
Brit blk Natuna, sailed from Liver
pool, Nov Doth, due Mar 5-31
Am blk Saranac, from San Francisco,
due Jan lilo.
Ger bkH Pritzenlerg, from Honkong,
due Dec 1918
Am bktne Eureka, Meyers, from San
Francisco, due Jan Ito
Am bark GO Mhitmore, from Port
Townsend, due Jan 20-3l.
US S Adams from Samoa, due Feb
1918.
Am blk Edward May, Johnson, from
Hongkong, due Jan 2G-31.
Am bktne Huttie s Bangs, Bangs.
from Hongkong, due Feb 10.