St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1889-03-07

ten prop of newspaper and govern
ment, has fled, leaving a confession
behind him that his much Haunted
letters were forged. 1t is sad way
which the London Times has taken
to soil reputation SO enviable be
fore, but the dramatic vindicatiOn
which this outcome brings to Charles
Stewart Parnell will impress the
world. This leader with a faith
large enough to employ constitutions
al methods, strong enough to i'm
pose their acceptance on his iInpetu-
Gus cOuntrymen, lowered with the
patience to wait and the courage to
suffer under an assault so merciless
and intolerant-this modest and he
rOic figure has emerged into the sun
shine of poetic justice. There have
been American supporters of the Irish
cause who chafed over the expense of
the trial which has come to this re-
suit, but not one of them will now
grudge the money for a defense
which has resulted in so complete a
discontinue of the allied prosecution.
The London Times is indeed left in
a vulgar and wretched plight. Well
might it be said of the indiScreet man
ager of that newspaper
| He digged pit, he dgged it deep,
He digged it for his brother;
But for his sin he fell within
The pit he digged for t'other.
The partaker of an infamous forge
~ is in this case worse than the orig
inal criminal, for the letters were
scattered throughout Great Britain
and the world, stamped with an in
dorsement that has been regarded as
entitled to special consideration.
| The whole fabric of iniquity," as
| Mr.. Gladstone has called it, is made
the most offensive to deCency by the
| knowledge that it was mainly rear
ed on the unsupported word of one
who is shown to be fOrger, black
mailer and vcnder of obscene litera-
ture. The journalism of the United
States, whose reckless phases and
crude sensatiOnalism have called out
many criticism from English pens,
has never produced an example of
gross injustice that begins to COM
pare with this exhibition made by
the old Thunderer, the organ of En-
glish responsibility and the type of a
proper newspaper. The Times will
suffer seriously for the wanton sins
of its present management, and it
certainly ought to. 1t will have a
very burdensOme load to carry in the
expenses of this ill-fated trial, but
that is not all or the worst of the
matter. 1t must undergo such a loss
of prestige through its forfeiture of
public confidence as will seriously
impair its influence, and it may well
be questioned whether the once great
est of English papers can recover
from this blow without experiencing
complete change of management
-[Springfeld Republican.
A CONVERSE TON WITH THE GRAND
LAMA.
George Remnants contribution to
the March Century is q description
of his visit to the Grand Lama of the
TransBaikal, whose portrait forms
the frOntispiece of the number. The
article is profusely illustrated, and
from it we quote the following:
after dinner | had long talk
with the Grand Lama about my ma
shape of the earth 1t seemed very
globe, in the nineteenth century, an
educated man and high ecclesiastical
dignitary who had never heard of
America, and who did not feel at all
sure that the world is round. The
Grand Lama was such a man.
"'You have been in many coun-
tries, he said to me through the in
terpreter, and have talked with the
wise men of the West; what is your
opinion with regard to the shape of
the earth p
81 think, replied, that it is shap-
ed like q great ball
az have heard so before, said the
Grand Lama, looking thoughtfully
away into vacancy. The Russian
officers whom | have met have told
me that the world is round. Such q
belief is contrary to the teachings of
our old Thibetan books, but | have
observed that the Russian wise men
predict eclipseS accurately; and if
they can tell beforehand when the
sun and the moon are to be darken-
ed, they probably know something
about the shape of the earth Why
do you think that the earth is round?'
81 have many reasons for thinking
so, l answered; but perhaps the
best and strongest reason is that |
have been around it
This statement seemed to give the
Grand Lama a sort of mental shock
GLOW have you been around it ?
he inquired. What do you mean by
around it ?" How do YOU know
that YOU have been around it ,
81 turned my back upon my home,
| replied, and Travelled many months
in the course taken by the sun. /
crossed wide continents and great
oceans. Every night the sun set be
fore my face and every morning it
rose behind my back The earth al
ways seemed fiat, but | could not
find anywhere an end nor an edge;
and at last, when | had Travelled
more than thirty thousand versts,
found myself again in my own coun
try and returned to my home from a
direction exactly opposite to that
which | had taken in leaving it. If
the world was fiat. do you think |
could have done this ?
"'It is very strange said the
Grand Lama, after a thoughtful
pause of moment. Where is your
country? How far is it beyond st.
Petersburg?'
my country is farther from st.
Petersburg than St. Petersburg is
from here replied. 1t lies almost
exactly under our feet; and if we
could go directly through the earth,
that would be the shortest way to
reach it
Are your countrymen walking