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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-11-22
Affection in the Home.

If all husbands treated their wives
according to the maxim laid down by
Nathaniel BOwditch, the famous navi-
gator, it would revolutionize many a
home. He made the following a rule
of action toward his wife: "Whenever
she came into my presence | tried to
express to her Outwardly something of
the pleasure that it always gave me-"
Too many men go upon the principle
that it is sufficient for a woman to
know that she is loved, and that it is
foolish for her to demand any outward
expression of his feelings. Children
trained in such an atmosphere are snre
to be shy and awkward when occasion
seems TO demand kiss for the father.
AS some writer has remarked, "child-
rem bare of kisses seem cold as children
bare of clothes" Let there be spOn-
taneOus manifestation of affection be-
tween husband aud wife, parents and
children, brothers and sisters. This
will help to beget condolences within
the home circle, and thereby save the
formation of injudicious friendships
outside. Human hearts must have an
outlet somewhere, and the safest, pur
est, most satisfying place is the home.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-11-22
A New Lincoln Story.

Here is new story that the New
York Commercial Advertiser has of
Mr.. Lincoln. During the war Vir-
ginia girl, whose soldier brother was a
Federal prisoner, went to the Presi-
dent for permission to go and see him.
She had been cautioned beforehand not
to betray her Southern sympathies, but
when Mr. Lincoln said To her: "Of
course, you are loyalf" she could not
resist the impulse to reply: "Yes-
loyal to the hearts cOre-tO Virginia"
After a long look at her Mr.. Lincoln
wrote a paper and gave it to her with
ont word. And when she open ed it
in fear and trembling, she read:
Pass Miss NJ. She is an honest girl
and can be trusted. A. LINCOLN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-11-22
DIZZY E?
Gtap s9I
Ladies' Use Peerless Dyes.
Do Your Own Dyeing, at Home.

DO 1Uur OWL D5eII6' E1t 1IoIHHe.
They will dye everything. They are sold every
where. Price 10c- package They have no equal
for Strength Brightness, Amount in Packages OF
for Fastness of Color, nOn-fadng Qualities.
They do not crock smut; 40 eolors. For sale by
o. b. CUTTING, West Concord, VT t20msr 20
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-11-22
Relic Hunters at Harrison's Home.

a correspondent writes from Indian
apolis as follows:
| looked out of the broad windows
I'd said "Where is your famous pick
ct fence, General 7"
He stepped to the window, and
pointing from one side of the lawn t.
the other said: at used to extend
right across there. 1t was US feet
long, but it, is all gone now. They
have carried il all away, and | observe
that they have commenced on the size
walk"
This was true. A large portion OF
the brick pavement had been removed,
and relic seekers will soon remove the
rest.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-11-22

WOOd-wOrkers say that while the
first cost of mahogany is more than
that of cherry, oak or ash, it is the
cheaper wood when its durability and
cleanly qualities are considered.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1888-01-18

But the people Of Hamburg had judged
rightly. The soldiers were but men, and
many of them, perhaps, had left behind
at home Just such little ones as these.
When they heard the patteriDg of the
tiny feet, and saw the white-robed throng
surrounding their tents, their hear Is
were indeed melted, and all disposition
to fight and rsvage and destroy passed
away. They who had come to rob, to
ruin, and to kill, only desired to take
these white-robed little ones to their
hearts and TO shower love and kindness
upon them.
What could they do for them? They
looked around and saw that the trees Of
the orchards around about were loaded
with cherries. With one accord they
threw down their weapons, and gather.
ing great beautiful branches filled with
the rosy round fruit, loaded the children
with them, and sent them back to their
parents with message of peace and
goodwill The victory was won so far
as the safety OF the city was concerned, a
great and bloodless victory, won by the
children. Back they marched, and from
the Threats of the waiting multitude rang
glad shouts OF thanksgiving.
For many years as the day came
round on which this great event took
place, it was celebrated and called {" The
Feast of Cherries" Through the streets
of Hamburg long professions passed
made up OF children, each one bearing In
the right hand branch filed with cher
ries.
There have been wars and bloodshed
in every age, wild struggles between ma
tions, and great victories, but rarely do
we read in history more beautiful and
thrilling story than that OF the army Of
little ones who saved Hamburg.-H0T-
Per's Young People,
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Tell the Truth.

There are too many persons who some
times find it convenient to lie little.
The following incident in the life of
General Grant Is a severe rebuke to such
persons.
An important conference was being
held in the executive mansion in Wash
ington. A caller had sent in his card,
hut either the caller was unwelcome or
the time was quite unsuitable for his ad-
mission. One of the persons present
turned to servant and said:
"Tell the person who sent up the card
that the President is not in.
NO. said General Grant, tell him
no such thing" Then turning to his
friends the General remarked
81 don't lie myself, and don't want
my servants to lie for me"
That was noble. If our boys want to
copy the example of great men, let them
pick out such things as this and follow
them. Great men, as well as others,
make mistakes The mistakes they make
are not any better or nearer right be-
cause they were made by great and lead
ing men. We are not to be excused for
following great men into wrongdoing.
We should follow only their examples
when they do right. The example of
General Grant in reference to telling the
truth is worthy of copying. His words,
with little change, are worthy of being
used as a motto: II don't lie for myself,
and l don't want anyone else to lie tor
me-"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1888-01-18
The Bows Who succeed.

Boys whose parents are rich are to be
pitied. You don't think so? Well, I
know they have better time while they
are boys, but they are not half as likely
to make successful men as those who
have to work for what they need as well
as for what they want, and have little
time to spend in play.
Abraham Lincoln, as you all know
was poor boy. He chopped wood and
kept grocery then, but he was ambiti-
GUS, persevering and industrious, and be-
came a very noted man. General
Grant was poor boy, and he, too,
rose to the highest position in our gov
eminent. Vice. President Wilson was so
poor that he never spent the amount of
one dollar in money, counting every
penny from the time he was born, until
he was twenty-one years old. Horace
Greeley was poor, and at fast unsuccess-
ful ;'but he finally founded the New
York. IT5bnne, and made it worth mil
lion dollars.
The Harper brothers, who have es-
tablished a great publishing house in
New York City, were poor boys. James,
the oldest, learned his trade In John
street, and made it practice in summer
to do fair halliday work before other
boys who worked in the same place had
had their breakfast. He often worked
after hours, also, and almost the last
words that he uttered before he died at
a ripe old age give the secret of his sue
cess. He said: 1t is not best to be
studying how little we can work, but
how much.
David Livingstone, who both as a
Christian missionary and as an explorer
and discoverer, did grand work for
God and his fellow.men, began to work
in cotton factory when he was ten years
old. After working hard all day he
went to school at night until he was
fitted to enter college Even there he
paid his own way, and at last was ready
to 60 to Africa as medical missionary
He paid visit to England after sixteen
years, but soon went back to the work he
loved.
More than a hundred years ago there
lived in Oxford, England little boy
who was so poor that he BACKED the
boots of the students at the university so
as to get money to buy food. Some of
the students took an interest in him and
began to teach him, and he learned so
rapidly that they were all astonished
After time he became one of Che most
pious and eloquent preachers England
ever produced. His name Is George
White6eld
What is your secret ?" asked q lady
Of Turner, the distinguished artist.
have no secret" was the reply, but
hard work" And that is the only secret
that will make really successful man
out Of any boy, rich or poor.-Anon.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1888-01-18
A.Prayer.

The most beautiful and efficient feature
of the order of the Kings Daughters is
c. The Prayer of Conservation, which
each Kings Daughter offers every morn
ing upon rising. 1t Is this:
Each morning 1 seek to give myself
to my Heavenly Father for the day, say
ing, Take me, Lord, and use me to-day as
thou wilt.
Whatever work thou hast for me to
do give it unto my hands.
" If there are those thou wouldst have
me to help in any way, send them to me.
Take my time and use it as thou
wilt.
q" Let me be vessel, close to thy hand
and meet for thy service, to be employed
only for thee and for ministry to others
In His Name.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1888-01-18
The sabbath-Egg Society.

Early in the year 1876 family, con-
sisting Of father, mother, one boy and
two girls, started plan for raising
money for benevolent uses. AS they
kept about twenty hens, the mother pro-
posed that all eggs laid on Sabbaths
should be devoted to such uses. This
was agreed to, and ever since that time
the father of the family has bought all
the Sabbath eggs, at the market price
for family use, and put the money into
their family benevolent fund.
Then it was agreed that on every Sab
bath day each of the family should also
make such a contribution to that fund as
he could willingly make out of his earn
ings or savings.
In the first year they raised 500 OF
With this one of the children was made
a life-member of the American Tract
Society. After making the three chill
dren hfe-members of the Tract Society,
they concluded not to send all their
money to one place. Perhaps they re-
membered the proverb about not putting
all your eggs in one basket.
AS the children grew larger they be-
came able to give more, and God has
prospered their efforts and their plan.
If they had only been able to give as
much in each year as they did in the
first year, it would have amounted to a
little more than 5000 by this time but
it has amounted TO more than $500.
The well kept treasurer's account shows
Just how much of this has been given by
each member Of the amily and how much
by the hens.
Only think Of IL. That one family, in
the first year that they tried it, raised
twenty dollars ia that way. Probably
there are more than $4,000 families that
will read this. If each of them should
raise $50 next year, it would make $780,
600. Ia ten years what the Sabbath
Egg Society raised, multiplied by our
$4,000 would amount to over nine mil
lions of dollars
Still more important is the habit of
.coneecratine common things. Do you
not think that that family have learned
to look on even their hens as the Lord g
Holy unto the Lord are those Sabbath
eggs and tGen all the week, Whenever
the hens ere seep or fed, or heard to
cluck, or AcEls they will often be
thought OF as creatures which God has
given, to be kept and cared for, and
used for him.
Hens are liot the only creatures that
can be used and managed in that way.
If you keep COW why not let all the
milk that she gives on Sabbath be the
Lord's2 Such family might have a
Sabbath-milk Society, or an Alderney
Missionary Society, or Red-heifter
Benevolent Society.
Probably some Of you can think of
other ways in which you could get up
such pleasant societies in your homes.
Probably a good many families have
such societies, or other ways of laying
by them in store as God has prospered
them. to give money for his work, and
to learn about the many ways in which
money thus given to God can be used as
he would hketo have it used Church
at Home and A5roaG.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1888-01-18
Tommy's Ca1t-Load of Biscuits.

Tommy's Calt-Load of Biscuits.
Tommy Mellon is a round, roly-poly
little boy, with cheeks like the sunset
and hair like moonbeams. He has great
big eyes, almost purple they are so blue
Tommy Is no make-believe, but fair lit
tie boy four years old Among his few
playthings he has a little red cart on
wooden wheels, Almost any hour in the
day he may be seen drawing things
back and forth.
One day he came to his mamma, say
ing, / want a load of bikits."
"a load Of biscuits, said his mamma.
What for
q" To give to the poor people" was his
reply.
So his mamma, wishing to encourage
every noble impulse in her little boy,
brought out a dozen biscuits. They were
enough to pile the cart heaping full.
With pleasant "Thank you" the little
fellow trudged off into the back ward.
When he returned his cart was empty.
His mamma looked up 10 surprise, say
ing, Why, Tommy, did you find any
poor folks ?
NO, mamma, be replied, 90 i gave all
my bikits to a poor, little black dog as
has no home, and nossin 10 eat, and he
was awful glad, cause be gobbled EN-
down right quick. / guess there amt no
poor folks here, cause 1 looked up and
down the back alley eber long, and no
one come but little dog.
But his mamma assured him that
there we're plenty OF then Some day
she would start out with him to hunt
them up.
Oh, good, good !" cried he little fell
low clapping his hands; "sDd can ] sabe
al my pennies for EN-
His mamma told him BE- might, and
now he is saving his pennies p paste
board box to distribute on hia FIRST visit
to the poor. lie says when be becomes
a man he is going TO give ma set baskets
fall TO the poor people every day.-Ouy
Little ones.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1888-01-18
The Beginning and the End.
~ BEGINNTNG.

a schoolboy ten years old, one lovely
June day, with the roses in eull bloom
over the porch and the laborers in the
wheat fields, had been sent by his Uncle
John to pay bill at the country store,
and there was twenty-five cents left, and
Uncle John did not ask him for it.
At noon this boy had stood under a
beautiful blue sky, and great tempta-
tion came He said to himself Shall I
give 1t back, on shall wait till he asks
me for 1T If he never asks, that is his
lookout If he does, why I can get it
again. He never gave back the money.
THE ENDING.
Ten years went by he was a clerk in
a bank a package Of bills lay in a
drawer. and had not been put in the
saie He saw them, wrapped them up iu
bis coat, and carried them home. He is
now TO a prison cell but be set his feet
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in Rhyme.

"a Is 80 hard for the little folks to be
POLITE and orderly at meals, and they sc
I,ften forget the rules with which papa
Ind mamma try to help them to be gen,
Elemanly and lady-hke, that it would
perhaps be good thing for children who
are troubled in this way to commit tC
memory these rhyming rules from the
Philadelphia En- ,;irer.
"In silence 1 must take my seat,
And give God thanks before 1 eat;
Must for my food in patience wait
Till 1 am asked to hand my plate;
must not scold nor whine, nor pout,
Nor move my chair or plate about;
With knife, or fork, or napkin ring,
must not play--nor must l sing;
must not speak useless word
For children must be seen-not heard;
must not talk about my food,
Nor fret if [ don't think 1t good
My mouth with food l must not crowd,
Nor while IN eating speak aloud;
Must turn my head to cough or sneeze,
And when 1 ask say, If you please
The table-cloth I must not spoil
Nor with my food my fingers soil;
Must keep my seat when 1 have done,
Not round the table sport or run;
When told to then 1 must put
My chair aw with noiseless foot,
And lift my cart to God above,
In praise for all His wondrous love"
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that way when boy. years before, when
he sold his honesty for seventy-fve cents.
That night he sat diegraced, and an
open criminal. Uncle John was long ago
dead. The old home was desolste. the
mother broken-hearted The prisoner
knew what brought him there.-SchoOl
Journal.
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GnInmM.

Apliments.
me fitting,
rning repose.
the lily,
- the rose.
whisper,
bthat blows:
IT," said the lily;
"a l." said The rose,
sre, IN st. Nicholas.
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SORGHUM

A LITTLE book that every farmer ought to have
is the " Sorghum Hand Book" for 1855 which
may be had free, by addressing The Blymyer
Iron Works Co, of Cincinnati, o. Sorghum is
very valuable crop Tor syrup making, feed, and
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-11
A Baptist Picnic.

In spite Of Indictment weather q few of
the Sunset Baptist people joined Miss
Juddie Fry's school yesterday and went
out to the San Pedro Springs for pic
MIC. On arriving at the Springs. the
weather was still gloomy, but toward
noon while the children were playing all
kind of games, the board was laid for q
sumptuous feast to which all present did
good justice. In the afternoon Brother
j. j. Maurer brought the boys bat and
ball, and with the assistance of Brother
Frank Fuller they had very pleasant
game of ball.
We were then entertained with music
by Miss Laura Langly; also recitations
by Miss Fry's scholars, with pleasant
smile on each happy face, one by one
mounted bench and spoke like little
men and women. By this time the even
Ing shadows were frightening and all
started home feeling that more enjoy
able day was never spent. Thanks to
our kind teacher and friend, Miss Fry,
for her untiring efforts for our pleasure.
FROM FR.AND.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-05-11
Shackles for the Boodlers.

CHICAGO, May l1.-Ex-Warden Var
nell, ex-County Commissioners Wasser-
man, Vanpelt, Leyden and Oohs, the last
five county boodlers, whose bold rob-
berry Of Cook county astonished the
courts who passed into review of the
evidence Of a gigantic steal, started for
Joliet on the O'Clock train to begin their
term Of two years imprisonment. The
once proud commissioners had shackles
on their limbs for the first time, but they
seemed to accept the situation with
stoical Indifference.