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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1890-02-22

Perhaps there is nothing so touch
ing about a small child as its hands
after it has been making mud pies
Burlington Free Press.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23

tance of having for ordinary wear
shoes with firm soles, of reasonable
thickness. and made of leather of the
best quality, which will not
easily absorb moisture and thus be-
come source of danger instead of
protection, if one chances to step
upon damp walk. The ''uppers,
also, should be thick enough to give
the foot ample protection. The
leather should be of fine, firm, perfect
grain; not only for its wearing quail
tiles, but because such shoe is the
easiest" possible covering for the
foot. 1t is a highly erroneous idea
that leather is coarse in proper
ton to its thickness; many of the
thinnest shoes are made from coarse
leather which has been split, and
those who buy them are, to say the
least, unfortunate. Trusting that
we have made clear the common
sense principles governing the selec-
ton of shoes, such as will be source
of comfort, health and satisfaction to
the wearer, let us go now to the care
and keeping of them, in order to get
the best value from the money which
has been invested Good House
keeping.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
SHEAR NONSENSE.

If Reed gets into the White House,
it's hardly likely he'll ever do it
with the aid of a Jimmy Phila-
delphia Times.
Too Strong a Resemblance. Pho
tographer-''Now try to look like
yourself. Noting the ehect)-Well,
er, Inn; try to look like somebody
else - Life.
How do you like keeping house in
the West ~ It's very difficult. "
Servants and provisions hard to
get ?" mo. So hard to keep the
house itself when the wind gets live
ly.''-[ Harper's Bazaar.
A student who acted as a waiter
at White Mountain hotel the past
summer is about to marry the
daughter of family at whose table
he served All things come to him
who waits Boston Post.
Preparing for Black Monday
Paterfamilias (reading school report)
-"Ah, my boy, this isn't so good as
it might be. Latin Indifferent,
French poor, Arithmetic nothing -
Tommy-"A but look down there,
papa: Health excellent. ~ Punch.
"This bell" said a well-meaning
sexton, when showing the belfry of
an interesting village church to a
party of visitors, is only rung in case
of a visit from the lord bishop Of the
diocese, a fire, flood, or any other
such calamities. . London Figaro.
A Principle of Evolution. Guest
''See here, waiter, l ordered young
duck, and you have brought a tough
old hen" Waiter-''No, sab; dat
war a duck. But de duck egg was
incubrated by hen, sab; and when
de duck came out he done gone as
sumed de proclivities of de hen, sab. :"
-[Puck.
This is undeniably the age of insur-
ance and endowment orders. First
we had one which paid a benefit in
seven years then the time in succeed
ing orders gradually decreased, until
benefit in three months is the
latest. If this keeps on we may ex-
pect an announcement like the fol-
lowing: "The Razzle Dazzle Union
ANY person under eight years of age
or over 80, may, by paying the sum
of 65 cents tomorrow, receive $3.50
day before Yesterday - Lawrence,
Mass, American.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
SELECTING FOOT WEAR.

In selecting footwear, one should
never forget the old adage to keep
the head cool and the feet warm. The
reason for this is found in the fact
that an equable temperature aids a
uniform and perfect circulation; and
in these days of more perfect and gen
eral medical information, we are
coming to understand how impor-
tant is this matter of perfect circula-
ton. Not only the pressure of tight
clothing upon any part of the system,
but an abnormally low temperature
In any of the extremities, adds to the
work of the heart in carrying ON its
indispensable functions; and when
that organ becomes over worked and
diseased, pitiable indeed is the lot of
the sutherland not the less pitiablc
because it is then too late to undo
the deadly work Hence the impor-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23

relieve the pain and a fair trial insure cure
so cent bottles for sale by Flint Bros
We want every mother to know that Group
can be prevented. True Group never appears
without a warning. The first symptom is
hoarseness; then the child appears to have
taken cold a cold may have accompanied
the hoarseness from the start. After that
peculiar rough cough is developed. which is
followed by the Group. The time to act is
when the child first becomes hoarse; few
doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will
prevent the attack. Even after the rough
cough has appeared, the disease may be pre-
vented by using this remedy directed. For
sale by Flint Bros.
If people would take the advice of Flint
Bros, the druggists, they would never start
on a journey without bottle of Chamber
1ain's Colo, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
1t can always be depended upon and is pleas
ant to take.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
RAISING POTATOES.

The last New England Farmer has
a number of letters from farmers up
on the best way. to raise potatoes
Here is the way E. P. Allen of ST.
Johnsbury Centre does it:
If planted without manure use 600
pounds of No. 1 phosphate to the
acre sown broadcast after the land
has been well plowed and thorough
" harrOwed then harrow in with q
hne-toothed harrow, furrow out
rows three feet apart if on level land,
and three and half if on a side hill,
then scatter 200 pounds of phos-
phate per acre in burrows. Cut po-
tatOes not over two eyes in each
piece and drop one piece every twelve
or fourteen inches; cover with pair
of horses and horse hoe with Killers
turned in we'll then roll Harrow
before they come up with smoothing
harrow or weeder. When all are up
use good cultivator or horse hoe,
carrying the dirt we'll up to the
potatoes. Just before they begin to
blossom go through them again,
killing them up well. If planted on
MANFRED ground omit the 600
pounds phosphate broadcast, but
use 200 to 400 pounds per acre in
furrow to insure good, smooth pota-
toes less likely to rot. When ripe
dig in good weather SO as to have
them go into storage bins dry and
clean. If dug early they must not be
put too deep in bins as they are liable
to heat and rot. Don't plant on
poor land and expect a big crop, nor
on wet land, unless you want them
to rot, and don't let the potato bugs
get the start of you and spoil the
crop 1 have helped raise thousands
of bushels of potatoes in the past
forty years, and send the above as
the common sense way to raise po-
tatOes.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
HERE AND THERE.

Story, the soul ptor, has been chosen
to design the statue of George Wash
ington, which will be presented to
| France in return for the gift of the
Bartholdi statue.
Secretary Tracy has given the con-
tracts for building two of the mann
moth battle ships provided for by
Congress to the Cramps of Phila-
delphia and for the other one to the
Union iron works of San Francisco.
They are to cost $500, 900 each.
Count Won Moltke, who will com
plete his Goth birthday on the 26th
inst, has been invited by the Kaiser
to spend it in Berlin, but the venera-
BILE field marshal, with characteristic
modesty, has declined the invitation
In honor of the day Munich confers
upon him the freedom of the city.
The highest price ever paid for the
picture of a living artist is $4,000
paid at Paris by a rich retired draper
for Meissonier's "1S14." The paint
ing represents Napoleon on horse
back, surrounded by his generals,
on the eve of his abdication. 1t was
painted in 1864, and is thirty inches
long by twenty inches high.
The amount contributed to benev-
olent objects by some of the leading
churches of the country is thus given:
The Tabernacle of New York gives
$50 $50; Plymouth, in Brooklyn,
$4,000 Plymouth, in Chicago,
500, BOG; Old South in Boston, 500
367; Piedmont, in Worcester, 500
500; Union, in Providence, $50, 617;
Pilgrim, in st. Louis, $2O,6SS
Sheriff Chalmers L. Dick, who
made himself a terror to the horde of
plunderers that descended on Johns
town, Pennsylvania, in the days
succeeding the Conemaugh flood,
and is said to have shot man who
was trying to rob drowned wom-
ans body, is dead. He was only
thirty-four years old, but was lead
ing lawyer, and had been mayor of
Johnstown.
1t is said that the Eiffel tower
stockholders are discouraged over
the steady diminution of receipts.
In the season now closing Cos, 200
francs were taken. The cost of keep
ing the tower open was 100000
francs, and 100000 francs more
were spent for repairs. Next season
the small profit of this year will be
wiped out, it is expected, and a con-
siderable deficit will appear in place
of it. In view of this probability
16S, 900 francs were reserved for
future use from the profits of the ex-
h1bltlOn year.
The men who are endeavoring to
redeem Pennsylvania from Quayism
include such men as Prof. Robert
Ellis Thompson, Rev. DR.. Charles
Wood of Germantown, and Herbert
WEIGH, secretary Of the Indian Rights
association To them Phillip Brooks
of Boston, formerly rector of a Phila-
delphia church sends this ringing
message of sympathy:
AS a citizen and a republican, l am
thankful that the republican citizens of
Pennsylvania propose to protest against
Quay. If ever such a protest was needed,
it seems as if it were needed now. | can
not come to the meeting, and indeed l
think that the voices of Pennsylvania
should mostly be heard on that occasion,
but bid you God speed and shall rejoice
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
Yarns. FIanneIS.
Bed Blankets, and
Cotton FlannelS.

At surprisingly low prices Fruit of the loom cotton &c., fair
bleached cotton &c. New carpets rugs window shades Ho
land shades 25 Silk umbrellas elegant ne everything Prices
be beat Good buying the Open till p Tues
days. Thursdays and Saturdays.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23

facts it contained under the heading
of Personal of Abraham Lincoln,
giving credit to no one.
Thus by an accident, a fact was
discovered, that afforded the republic
can party a political cry, that doubt
less contributed somewhat to the
result of the election of 1860. In my
next letter will give an account of
an evening spent with Mr.. and Mrs.
Lincoln at their Springfield home
just before starting for Washington.
GEORGE B. LINCOLN.
Tenafly, n. J., Oct. IA, 1890.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
$1,000
Given Away at E. N. RANDALL'S

During the month of October propose give away all part
profits certain goods Now your time procure of the
best trades offered you
UNDERWEAR25 doz ladies Merno and pants silk stitch
ed pearl buttons &c., regular price 5oc few dozen ladies MernO
vests and pants &c., regular price 5c Is dozen white jersey
&c., regular price 81 IL &c. 20 dozen all WOOL good quality
scarlet vests and pants &c., regular price ST. 20 dozen all WOOL fine
quality scarlet and pants ST. regular price $ 10 do heavy
quality scarlet and pants $25 regular price Sligo IL
CHDRENS UNDERNEATH great variety at the lowest pri
special lot special prices they big drives TO-
25c each DRESS GOODSA good assortment lowest prices As
special nducemen for this month will sell all woodres
goods 10 per discount Do you know what that
that 2 goods % 2 &c. goods you 45c Is
not that worth saving?
HOSERY25 dozen ladies wool hose &c., regular price We
have good the lowest prices for both ladies and chill
den Our store filled with goods prices that tell and you
want to money remember the place.
{. N. RANDALL'S, IT r. STREET.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
Special Notices.

Mr. c. B. Jones of Spring Hill, Iowa, says
Il have used Chamberlain's Pain Balm for
severe and painful burns with better effect
than anything else have ever tried 1t re-
Iieves the pain instantly and cures without
leaving a scar Pain Balm is one of the
most useful medicines that any family be
provided with, especially for rheumatism.
lame back. sprains, bruises, ooth-ache, ear
ache and like ailments One application will
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23

Best pins &c. paper pins paper machine thread
SPOOL thread &c., dress braid &c. best lining Cambcs &C.
Sc dozen ladies 7 and pants &c., SO do ladies &c. and
pants &c., 40 dozen genemen &c. undershs and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
Here They Are.

All WOOL broadcoh fannels AZ n wide, per yard S45
All WOOL double fold tricot Flannels %
Half wool, dark mixed Flannels, 38 in wide, 10
Fine assortment plain Heneas good eoor SO in wde Is
Black Henrietta, all wool 40 in. wide, only so
All wool Henreas and serge all colors 38 in wide, so
Farmers Flannel, Hard PAM" %
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
It is Better to Give
than to Receive

1t has afforded great satisfaction receiving the decided bar
which thorough search the market revealed
take greater pleasure giving Of the greatest
bargains good seasona articles which be found the United
States Every first class style and quality every great
discount from their market value.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
900

Worth $1S. Hundreds of overcoats just the
proper thing, all latest styles, at astonisf-
ing1y low prices. Youths fine overcoats
S3.75, finer grades So, 6, z. and 8. Chill
dren's Overcoats 81, fine children's cape over
coats at 81 80, finer grades at So and 81.
Thousands of bargains in suits for men,
youths, boys and children, also in odd pants.
Some more of the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23

The great trade that we are having and the
big business that we are doing prove concur
Sively that the people of st. Johnsbury and
surroundings appreciate n genuine bargain
when they See it. During the last month we
closed out nearly entire stock and our
manager has just returned from New York
with an
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-23
New A Advertisements
A Chance of a Life Time.

Two new top Carriages and two new open
Wagons for sale for about half regular prices.
One second hand Concord Wagon will be sold
for $15. Bicvcles and Safeties for sale cheap.
One good year old horse to sell at the right
price, not afraid of the cars and perfectly gen
tie and kind GEO. L. GROW.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-07
How Cuban Workmen Work.

Cuban workmen are so addicted to
conversation and gesture that, if left
to themselves. they would lose half
their working hours in social inter-
course. To prevent this loss, accord
ing to long-established custom, the
cigar-workers employ a lector, or
reader who, from his desk in the
center of the work room, entertains
his employers with the latest Havana
newspapers in the morning. and with
Spanish novels and ballads in the
latter part of the day. Although pay
ment is voluntary and comes in the
form OF a small present of money
from each operator at the end of the
week, it is seldom evaded and makes
up very good salary for the reader.
The owners do not object to this plan,
and sometimes even provide plat
form and reading desk for the purpose.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-07
Young Jack" Astor.

"Young jack" as he is called, is
the only one of the family who has
ever shown any disposition to be fop-
pish or frivolous and brisk. The sturdy
old Dutch blood of the Astors is pro-
badly becoming more or less diluted
by marriage with more volatile
Americans, and this may result in pro-
ducing an Astor in a generation or
two who will forget the iron clad ira
ditions of his family and make the
town hum after the fashion of other
young mon of great millionaire houses.
They are "a serious and an intensely
respectable family, and their inAu ence
on New York society has always been
beneficial. But at the best it cannot
be said that the Astors are gay.
young jack who is about six feet
high and exceedingly nervous in
manner, is a bit off the line Of sue
cession. The sons of William Wal
dorf Astor will inherit the bulk of the
great estate. Perhaps it is the reallza-
ton of this that makes young Jack"
feel like fighting occasionally, and en-
courages him to play boyish FRANKS at
Newport and Lenox. He will not have
the impressive monetary esponsibil-
ity of his cousin. as it is not at al ]
likely that he will have more than a
beggarly hundred million or SO to
struggle along with in life at ter the
next shake up of the big estate. New
York World.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-07
CHURCH ETIQUETTE. .
Burdette Gives Some Pertinent Points for Uni
versal Use.

Burdette Gives Some Pertinent Points for Uni
versal Use.
Some one asked "Bob' Burdette for
''a few points on church etiquette"
He suggests the following, among 9th
ers, as tacitly in vogue in the Church
of St Incidence, New Chicorkadelphia:
Fall or slide into the end of the pew
nearest the aisle.
Stop there.
Do not sit erect but lop. Rest one
elbow on one arm of the pew, and sup
port the side Of the face with the out
spread hand. If the cheek be pushed
up in folds and wrinkles. so as to
wholly or partially close one eye, all
intelligent expression will be de-
stroyed. and the attitude of utter and
disrespectful laziness will be heightened
by the charm of acquired imbecility or
natural stupidity.
Do not rise during the singing of
the hymn. The fact that you play
tennis or base ball all Saturday after
noon, or walked four or FIVE miles
around billiard table Saturday night,
entities you to little rest Sunday
morning. This is a day of rest, and
you are no Sabbath
Take advantage of the long prayer.
when other people should have their
eyes closed and their heads bowed, to
adjust yourself into position of limp
and longing listlessness that you can
endure comfortably through the
sermon.
Extend your legs as far under the
pew in front of you as you can make
them reach without sliding off your
seat.
Gracefully and politely cover your
mouth with your hand while yawning
during the sermon. If the minister is
looking at you, cover the mouth with
both hands, and at the close of the
yawn bring the jaws together with a
cheerful snap.
It is mark of the highest culture
and best breeding in refined society to
look at your watch frequently during
the service. After looking at your
watch always turn your head and
gaze longingly and earnestly toward
the door.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-07
An Aggrieved Parishioner.

''That's the last time I'll ever go to
hear that preacher!' exclaimed the
South Water street merchant, as he
returned home from church and threw
himself disgustedly on the lounge.
"Why?" asked his wife.
"When preacher goes to meddling
in the produce Market" the husband
rejoined, kicking off his shoes and
putting on his slippers, ''he is getting
clear outside of his business"
"What has he been doing?"
"We're not making any profit on
fruit" he growled, without paying any
attention to the question. "Prices are
high, of course" he nued, kicking
the cat across the room, ''but we can't
help that. There wasn't any crop.
That's what makes them high. Igive
you my word, Maria, I sold out car
load of apples and peaches yesterday
that didn't make So on.''
''What are you driving at, Hiram?"
II know plenty of other churches
can help to support, and I'm not going
to give another dollar to that preacher,
not another dollar. He talked as if
there was conspiracy to bull the fruit
market. Preached whole sermon
about it,
"Hiram, what are you talking about?"
HE preached a whole sermon"
roared the husband, ION the Necessity
OF Bearing Fruit!''
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-07
A Lock Of Lincoln's Hair.

Il suppose" said Mr. Florence, re-
fectively, as he drew another relic
from the silver casket, ''that two thou
sand years from now some one into
whose hands this relic will have fallen
will hear EXPLANATIONS of hooking un-
belief when he exhibits this lock of
Abraham Lincoln,s hair. Yes, this is.
a lock Of the dear old martyrs hair.
cut it myself from his forehead in
Indianapolis before he was laid in
state in that city. It happened in this
wise: The embalmer, Charles Brown,
was friend of mine, and asked me TO-
accompany him to the baggage car
in which the body lay. I was glad of
the opportunity to see the Presidents
face away from a crowd, and so accept
ed Mr.. Browns invitation. was pro-
foundry affected when 1 looked upon
that changed face and begged Mr..
Browns permission to cut lock of
his hair. This he gave, and with my
knife severed this little lock, which
is to me q priceless souvenir of a great
and good man. But in the centuries
coming there will be plenty of skeptics
to laugh at it and say it's not possible
that lock OF Lincoln's hair could have
been SO handed down. But we know
that it is possible, and If it is possible,
in one case why not in anotherP"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-07
A Literary Conversation.

A charming debutante met a dis
tinguished lawyer at reception and
was much fattered when he asked
leave to call upon her the next even
ing.
Bent on making herself agreeable
she consulted with her girl friends re-
specting his likes and dislikes, his
hobbies, etc.
"Oh, Pm nearly scared to death. :"
She confessed to one sympathetic
maiden. ''They say he's so awfully
smart and I'm certain I won't talk
we'll enough to please him. Now,
you've known him long time. Do
tell me what subjects to discuss so l
can run home and get ready for him."
'Well," suggested the kind-hearted
friend. literature is his fad, so you
can't go wrong if you turn the CONVEX
sation in that channel" Having Sc
cured this valuable information Miss
Budd hurried home comtorted and de-
voted the rest Of the day to reading.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the young
lawyer was ushered in the drawing
room, where he found Miss Budd
thoroughly posted in literature)
awaiting him.
wasn't it delightful reception we
attended last EVENING"" he asked by
way of opening the conversation.
''Oh, yes" was the enthusiastic re-
Spouse, ''but wasn't that sad about
poor Mary Queen Of Scots? They cut
her head of, you know"
l regret to state that neither history
nor the young lawyer has recorded the
rest of this very literary conversation.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-11-07
The Fed Rooms Of the Orient,

The bed rooms of the Orient are far
Aifferent from those of Christendom.
Fully half the women of the world
sleep upon the floor or the ground,
and even the richest of the ladies of
Asia have never known the luxury of
hair mattresses and spring beds. Most
of these Monaghan beauties don't
know what a feather pillow means,
and there is IN the museum a Japanese
pillow consisting of lump of wood
about the size of a loaf of bread with a
piece of soft paper tied on the top of
1t, and so made that it will just fit into
Yum Yum's neck and prop her head
off the floor. The Japanese girl never
needs to shake up her pillow. and it is
her neck rather than her head that
lies upon it. The same kind of pillows
are used in China and Siam, and as
to the average Indian woman of Hin
dostan, she does not know what a pill
low means. You could buy her whole
wardrobe for dollar and half, and
she sleeps on the floor while her
husband cuddles himself up in spoon
fashion on the bed. The Corean pillow
Is about eight inches square. and foot
long. I have seen some that were two
feet long. They are as hard as though
they were flatirons wrapped in cloth.
and there is nothing comfortable
about them. The Egyptians use larg-
er pillows, and the beauties of the
harems sleep on large divans. and
these are often covered with Turkish
rugs. The richest woman in China.
whose husband died worth CSC. 0OO, 900.
has bed fully six feet square. It is
made Of teak wood, and it is covered
with ropes, instead OF a mattress.
The old lady lies on canvas sheet
stretched tightly over this. aud she
does not know what springs are. The