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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-19
Mrs. ID. a. Morrison.
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A full assortment of Misses and ChiIdrens Red and
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New line of Satins for Fancy Work Red Blue Pink and
Yellow SOC yard Is inches wide samples sent by mail
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trimmed Night Dresses at 25 New Jerseys BOYS Suits
Coat and Pants 225. Corses so and LOO Bedspreads
ComortabIes blankets Cashmere Gloves and Hose, Felt
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so Railroad Street, st. Johnsbury, vt.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-19
CURRENT AFFAIRS.
Prohibition Sentiment.

There is no better evidence needed
that prohibition sentiment is daily
increasing than the gingerly manner
in which politicians of all parties APP
prOach the various phases of the rum
question. webb of the Boston Jour
nall writes from Washington in rela-
ton to the possible passage of a
prohibitory law for the District of
Columbia, that the timidity of con-
gressmen on the subject of temperance
agitation is just now one of the most
striking peculiarities of public life.
Another curious fact i'll the situation,
says Webb, is that the prohibition
leaders place more confidence in
votes from the South than they do
even in votes in the North. The tenn
perance movement is very powerful in
some of the southern states, and it will
find willing and able advocates In
some of the strongest leaders in the
democratic party in congress. Mr..
Reagan of Texas, for instance, in his
private utterances is scarcely less out
spoken in support of prohibition than
is Mr.. Blair of New Hampshire, and
the ardor of neophyte which he
shows in this case has not, been abated
because of the overwhelming defeat of
the recent prohibition movement in
Texas. Straws indicate which way
the wind is blowing.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-19
The Lick Telescope in Action.

The newspaper reader will be com
DeIled in self-defense to inform himself
on astronomy now that the great 10
inch object glass of the Lick telescope
has been placed i'll position on Mt.
Hamilton, Cal. Already a group of
scientific men have gaZed through this
great window which invention and the
liberal hand of wealth have set up on
the Pacific coast. The first clear night
was the 9TH, but the revolving dome
was frozen in its sockets and the at
PENDANTS were content to watch for
such stars as CHANGED to cross the field
of the fixed telescope. Prof. james +.
Keller in a glowing account of the first
night with the telescope says that the
appearance of Saturn created the
greatest enthusiasm. He continues:
There was not one scientist or me-
ehanic of the group of men gathered
around the telescope who did not ut
ter ordinations of wonder us the
flood of light from the glorious object
i'm the instrument entered his eye. 1t
was beyond doubt the greatest tele
scOpic spectral ever beheld by man.
The great planet with the wonderful
rings, its belts, and it's satellites, shOne
with a splendor and distinctness of de-
tail never before equaled. The chief
characteristics of Saturn in the great
glass as compared to its appear
anee in IA smaller instrument was the
sharp outline of the planets edges and
the shadow projected on them, the
number of strict paralysisms of the
belts of the body of the planet, and
certain minute structure of the rings,
which will be Il revelation to astrOno
merS
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-19
Imprisonment for 13 Years for the Sins
of Others.

The efforts of Capt. H. B. Atherton
of Nashua, the author of the Atherton
bill in the last legislature, have result
ed in the release of an aged couple who
have for Ii years been Gagged in the
Concord insane asylum. They were
placed there for incendiary fires which
they were wrongly accused of setting
at Nashua, their home. They were
known to hold unkindly feelings
against the people who suffered loss,
and this led to their imprisonment.
Mr.. AthertOn introduced bill into the
legislature ut the last session demand
ing their immediate release it passed
the House, but the senate preferred
to have an investigation. Gov. Saw
yer appointed ii commission which has
just decided that they should he set
free. The city of Nashua is troubled
even now 10y incendiaries, but the pres
ent case recalls a worse instance. Mr.
WoOdham who was an industrious me-
chanic resided with his wife and daugh-
ter at that time in little white cot
tage which he had bought. He was a
quiet, law abiding citizen, and, if his
wife was rather inclined to dispute
with her neighbors, no one imagined
her out of her head. The beginning of
the trouble came about through the
mortgage on the house. A payment
which was past due and which had not
been indOrsed on the mortgage Mrs
WOOdham declared she had paid. The
holder denied it. Then the city mar
slal evicted them. They refused to
remove their furniture, which the of
ficers piled in the street. The fires
followed and the family was suspected,
tried and suffered their unjust pun
ishment. This did not stop the fires.
They seemed to increase, and finally
some arrests were made; two men
were tried, "Fatty" Parker and Miles
Wilson. They were placed near each
other in Jail, had the indiscretion to
talk, and gave themselves away. They
were the causes of all tue havoc
Parker killed himself in Jail, and Will
son was tried and is now in the state
prison in Concord. The crimes for
which the Woodlands suffered was adj
judged upon others. but they still con-
tlnued in the asylum year after year.
Their daughter has married and settled
in little town just above Nashua, but
has been nntiring in her efforts to have
them released The state gives them
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-19
MORE WESTERN WEATHER.
Terrible Blizzard Causing Suffering and
Death.

Terrible Blizzard Causing Suffering and
Death.
Railroad men agree that the storm of
Thursday was one of the worst ever
known in the Northwest for their bust
ness. 1t extended from the Rocky
mountains to Lake Michigan, but it's
worst effects were felt in Dakota and
Minnesota. Everywhere it was accom-
panied by high winds, which drifted
the snow badly, and in northern DakO
ia, with below zero temperature, it as
sumed the character of a genui ne biz
zard. The railroads had hardly finish
ed clearing their tracks from the pre-
viOus storm, and that of Thursday alb
solutely blocked all the small roads.
All freights on the Northern Pacific
and Manitoba lines were abandoned,
and no passenger trains were sent out
Oh these roads Thursday. The Mani
tOba passenger trains were laid up at
stations where there is plenty to eat.
The ST. Paul and Duluth tried to keep
its main line open, but abandoned the
branches.
The wind blew so miles an hour at
Huron, OAK, the mercury fell Dc de-
grees. The air was so full of snow
that one was unable to see fifty feet
away. Unthinkiug teachers dismissed
young school children, some of whom
had to go four or five blocks across the
open land. Five or six children got
lost. Whistles blew, bells rang and
people turned out and took long ropes
and walked fifteen or twenty abreast
back and forth over the ground. All
the school children that were lost were
found but one. A number of farmers
started home as soon as the storm be-
gan, and there were grave fears for
their safety. Business men who at
tempted to go home lot their way at
the street crossings. A Webster, OAK,
special says: Several mail carriers are
believed to be caught in the blizzard
and have persisted.
The wind blew at the rate of 60 miles
an hour at Pierre. The snow was very
fine and drifted badly. Street railway
service was abandoned. The snow
will likely cripple numbering opera
tons.
The above dispatches are duplicated
from many points in the Northwest
and probably the death roll of this sim
gle blizzard in it's passage across the
country will never be known, and the
loss of property it will be equally diff
ficult to estimate.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-19
They are Still Adjoining.
Woodstock Standard.

The party is bigger than any man
Mr.. Blaine is a great man, a brilliant
man, Il magnetic man, but can he Sc
cure a majority of the old voters who
defeated him in 1884 and u majority OF
the million and Il half of new freemen
who will cast their vote for President
in 1882 These are the paramount
questions and they cannot be decided
by hurrah.
The Stoddard & Howard Live Stock
company bought during last summer
over $4,000 head of Texas cattle.
These cattle were placed in pastures
in Texas, and will be moved north
next summer.
Gen. McCook, secretary of the SEN
ate, has prepared an elaborate list of
the senator's, which shows Edmunds is
the oldest in continuous service, hav
ing first entered the senate April 5,
1866. His colleague, Morrill,, comes
next, having commenced his first term
March a, 1867, after having served IL
years in the House.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-19
A Pauper's Heroism.

The almshOuse and an adjoining
dwelling, located in East Village, near
the town OF Monroe, were burned tn
the ground early one morning last
week. Thomas COlyer who sleeps in
the poor-hOuse, was awakened about
3 O'Clock by the sound of falling dishes.
Flames were spreading rapidly and he
FASTENED to arouse the inmates. He
rushed into the dwelling where Mrs.
Wheeler, owner of the building lay
sleeping. The smoke was suffocating
and binding, bnt he CROPPED through
it to the bedside of Mrs. Wheeler and
grasping her rushed into the fresh air
saving the wOman's life. There were
II other inmates of the building. Suf-
fering from his own burns, Colyer con-
tinued his selfassigned and heroic
task never once faltering till 9 of the
~ were in a place of safety Three of
the paupers persisted before Colyer
could reach them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-19
Another Cigarette Victim.


Another victim of the deadly cigar
cite, this time in Troy. He was ii
popular young man" and Constant
smoker" he shattered his system by
nicotine poisoning, and now at the age
of 25 he is dead. New York, Philadel-
phia and Troy have each furnished Il
victim to this growing habit within the
last few months. 1t is altogether pro
bable that there are many young men
suffering in mind and body from the
use of cigarettes whose cases will new
er reach the public. The habit is an
extremely perniciOus one, and one to
which boys and youth are peculiarly
liable to become addicted. These re-
cent fatal cases ought to serve as "A
warning to thousands who may be i'm
prIilling their lives by using this cheap
and nasty preparation of tobacco.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-19
The Pope in Politics.

= - sztlf779 EEzt zsaEs'y
+ ~ In III n fs<8agf the supreme pOu-
: ii Il - M i5166EIs For if the head
- Eizt s{Fzs<lss ziE<lztfd teach false doc
& 4 IN the destruction
wreck instead of save. From the chair
of Peter comes nothing but infallible
and unwavering truth. Every word
from that high chair is the voice of the
Holy Ghost. The voice of Peter is to
be Obeyed as the voice of God. When
our obedience is asked we obey no
man, we obey God, and the vicar of
Christ has authority to speak for his
Divine Master.
1t is said that politics is not within
the province of the church, and that
the church has only jurisdiction in
matters of faith. You say, 81 will re-
ceive my faith from the pontiff, but |
will not receive my politics from him."
This assertion is dislOyal and untruth
full OF course it is not his business to
tell you whom to vote for, but when Il
question arises which concerns the So
ciety it is the duty of the pontiff to
speak and it is the duty of the Catho
lies to obey. If a party is organized
and that party is subversive of all law
ana rights OF property III parry is
organized which favOrs communism
and robbery, can the pontitf be still ?
Can he let his people go without warn
ing7 Is it not his duty to tell his peo-
pie to bewareF The rights of proper
ty and the rights of citizens are sacred
both in law and by divine authority.
You must not think as you choose !;
you must think as Catholics. The
man who says, 81 will take my faith
from Peter, but will not take my pol
itics from Peter" is not a true Catho-
lie. The church teaches that the SUI
preme pontiff must be obeyed, because
he is the vicar of the Lord. Christ
speaks through him. The pontiff sits
at the helm, he sees the open seas and
he sees the dangers that threaten his
children, which are invisible to them.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-19

5000 year for support. WoodlIam is
60 years old and his wife five years
younger.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-01-19
BREWSTER, COBB & EsTABR0OK
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-04
GOVERNMENT EXPERTS REPORT

~Usncerning Gems and Precious Stones
Found IN the Uni ed states.
The report Of George r. Eunz, the ex.
pert in gems, which has just been issued
BY the geological survey, contains much
Interesting information relating to the
discovery Of precious stones in the United
States. The list of accidental finds
throughout the country is large enough
b be inspiring. Nr. Kunz calls them
accidental, and then says hat at Salida
Colo. over a ton OF garnets have been
Hcked up during the year. They find
garnets Of the s1ne sort in Lewiston,
idaho. Some of the pure, clear quartz,
when it comes in big chunks, is quite
saluable. They found some very large
masses in Virginia early in the year.
They were reported as transparent
crystals Of quartz, n weighing 642
pounds, another $40 pounds. When
hese reached New York, however. they
eroved not to re crystals, but veins Of
translucent q~uartzite, with crystalline
markings Of q group rather than of a
GngIe crystal. and the clear spaces, which
we're only observed on these crystalline
6des. would not afford a crystal bali
more than one inch in diameter. The
hrger part was almost white with flaws,
sSuch would do, however. to sell to
tourists says Sir. kunz. naivcly.
Some amethysts have been found dur.
ng the past year at Deer Island. Me-,
also a few amethysts are found at Burr
vile, r. /. A precious stone Of much
interest is an opaque white ~hrdrophans
discovered in Colorado. The finder has
samed it ''masic stone,' because, as
usual with this minor1., it possesses the
property Of becoming absolutely trans
parent il water is dropped slowly On is
from one to three minutes. 1t is so
porous that it will absorb its own weight
Of water. 1t quickly RECEIVERS its opac-
tty. A beautiful pink chalcedony has
been found ut Cisco, Utah. 1t admits OF
shigh polish, but it has not yet been in.
PRODUCED in any quantity.
I. +. Lamb and G. c. Hatch mined for
stime at the Mount Apatite locality, near
Auburn, Me-, and found tourmaline gems
and minerals TO the value Of $500. This
locality will be further worked. Quite a
large number Of the yellow, green and
white beryls found in Litchleld county
Ia re been nicely cut and extensively sold.
The cut gems sold during the past year
are valued at 5000. but a large part Of
this sum probably represents the cutting
and other necessary expenses. The Ma
non Bullion company, ut Marion, n. q,
does not make a business Of digging fot
gems, but Col Deming has found SO
many garnets there that it paid him 70
cell them in quantities TO manufacturing
Jewellers. There 10 $50 one fine anne
thyst of a magnificent purple color &c
sver one inch across, fine aquamarina'
from one to six carats in weight anC
some beautiful chloritic inclusions IL
quartz, which, whea polished, show very
6ne landscape effects. Washington Cor
New York sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-04
Railway signals by Trumpet.

The blasts Of the trumpet on railways
u a means Of giving signals to engine
drivers, pointsmen and others engaged in
shunting operations, which are now ex.
tensively used i, large shunting yards OF
the Caledonian railway in and around
Glasgow, are, it is stated, about to lie in
troduced on some Of the great railway
systems having termini in London Ac-
cording TO the code Of trumpet signals
for shunting in operation at st. Rollox
goods yards, Glasgow, the various signals
are represented by long blasts, short
blasts and ''crows" of the trumpet, the
repetition Of each varying the directions;
for instance. a long blast Of the trumpet
means ''move forward" and two long
blasts are a signal to ''move back" As
q rule, the goods yards of the principal
railways, If not quite close to the termini,
are situated usually in thickly popula-
ted metropolitan districts, and it is be-
lieved that if trumpet signaling should be
introduced TO them, discordant sounds
of continuous and diversified blasts OF
the trumpet will create a nuisance-es-
pecially at night, when people are in
bed, night being invariably utilized for
shuntins-which Londoners will scarcely
put up with. Under this novel arrange
ment each shunter, and in some cases
the signal men, are furnished with a
horn trumpet eleven inches in length,
having q reed inside the m~outhpiece, the
whole being of very light construction.
The trumpet is carried by the shunter
slung over his left shoulder with Il piece
Of cord, and hangs across the right hip.
1t is not at present stated whether or not
the use of the trumpet as a signal Will
enable the railway authorities to dispense
with the sounding of the engine whistles,
which have already been the subject OF
SO much objection .-London Daily News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-04
The UnaeInsh LapRncse.

Go where you will you can fed no
where such a bright, good tempered,
laughter loving and innately polite people
as these Japs. They are full Of jokes and
are as unseliish as human nature can be;
generous, trustful and faithful. patient,
gentle nnd brave. They have q strong
pride. too. that is nowhere more clearly
shown than in the fact that though a Jap
seldom passes a beggar without giving
him something, set there are compare
lively few in the country. II YOU are
annoyed by being followed about by a
curious. but note, a respectful, crowd,
you have only 10 hold out a coin and
they melt away like shekels ut a church
fair; they feel nurt at being taken for
mendisants. Toxic Cor. New YORK Tn
bune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-04
The Llama Of south America.

The llama is covered with a very fine
silky hair or wool. which is not shed like
that Of the camel, but when properly
cared for grows TO a length Of from three
TO four inches. The finest is on the legs.
The animal rarely produces more than
u young at a time, the period of gesta-
ton being six months, and il comes to
maturity at three years Of age. The In
dians are very fond Of the meat, esteem
ing IL beyond hat Of any other animal.
They dry IL In quantities. and they regard
the soup made from it Is a sovereign
remedy in nesrly all cases of sickness.
At ordinary labor the llama will last for
twelve years, but those which are used in
the mines do not live longer than three
on four years, in consequence Of inilrmity
caused by the sulphurous exhalationR. =
Consul Bakers Report.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-04
The Origin of a CommoI Saying.

"The divinity students broke out
again" said the young man that boards
OH South Division street. We were
sitting at dinner today, and Miss Stages
she up and says one of her pupils will
never set the river on Gre. Tho divinity
student looked up and said: i rec that
you, like other good people, are in error
occasionally What do YOU meant
said Miss S,acrs, getting rel in the facc.
i mean said the divinity student, that
when YOU talk about setting the river on
fire YOU are using an oh saving that's
got OF the track. l. used 10 be, Hell
never set the Thames on fire." and
people when they said it had in mind the
river Thames; on the contrary it means a
millcr's sieve. called a tense, which was
used in the old wind and water mill DAVIS.
This tense had a wooden rim, which slid
back and forth in a wooden frame. II
the man that worked it vas energetic in
his work he sometimes set the tense on
FIRE from friction. Hence it vas said OF
a dull, slow person that lac would never
set the tense on FIRE, and the saying has
been corrupted to its present form. "
Buffalo Courier.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-04
Tho yeperueIan's National Weapon.

The machete. q broad sword or knife,
about two oil three feet long, and carried
without q sheath. is the universal arm Of
Venezuela and Central America. In the
southern states Of this country the prin-
cipal use for the machete is for cutting
sugar cane, but in South America it re-
places the pocket knife, the axe and the
sword. The llanclo OF haciendero Is
never seen without it. He cuts bread
with it, pecls sugar cane, cuts bananas
and other fruit from the trees, chops
wood, cuts his way through the primeval
forests, slaughters hens or pigs and do.
tends himself against the attacks Of wild
beasts and serpents. There is no better
arm against the serpents than a machete,
for with q single stroke the native will
cut them in two.-E. De Hesse Wartegg,
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-04
Fluctuations Of Rainfall.

OF all current meteorological pho
somena, rainfall is the mOSt irregular,
both az TO time and place. The rainfall
Of one year may be double or treble that
Of the year before or the year following.
At any one station these fluctuations are
ordinarily so great US TO thoroughly mask
any secular change. II may vary greatly
from place TO place, even though the dis
lance be small, while the change Of tho
location Of a gauge from the ground TO
The top Of a house may make IL give very
different indications. For these reasons
Il Is apparent that reliable results, in re-
gard TO a general increase or decrease OF
rainfall, are 30 be obtained only by COM
Inning a large number Of observations
scattered over many years and over the
greatest possible variety Of conditions
Henry Gannett in Science.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-04

A recent article by Herr r. Sendtner
in the ''Meteorolog,schc Zeitschrlt'
tends to prove that the works Of art in
the streets and squares Of cities ale more
liable to decay than those in the country,
and that this decaying process, is more
rapid nowadays than it was forty or fifty
years ago. The writer attributesit not only
IN the changes of tempe:A AZURE in general,
but more especially TO the variations of
temperature near the freezing point. the
freezing of the water in the pores of the
work Of art Fastening the decay, in con-
SIuence Of the sulphurous and ~sulphuric
.clGs, arising from the increased Use OF
coal. These deleterious ingredients mix
ing with the rain, fog and dew net like
diluted sulphuric acid on the surfaces of
statues. monuments, etc., be they OF
stone or bronze.
Worse than all these, however, is the
effect of the SNOW, which absorbs those
acids to a remarkable degree. Fresh
fallen snow in Munich. for instance con-
tanned seven TO eight milliGrammes Of
acid to eah kilo of snow; and the same
proportion was noticeable at Forstenrird,
| about eight kilometers from the city. The
same quantity of SNOW, after having re
manned on the ground a fortnight. showed
in Munich sixty-one milligrammes, while
at Forstenried the proportion had ROT
altered in the least: hence the snow in
the city must needs have a more delete.
rious effect than that in the country.
This also is the reason why the public
monuments in Berlin are always covered
at the approach of winter. -BerlineI
Tagblatt.