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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-05
A NEW SUM IN ARITHMETIC.

A clerk in a Texas store, says the
Siftings man. informed his employer
that his sister was to be married.
and he wanted a furlough of 4S
hours to attend the wedding, which
was to take place out in the country.
The merchant could not well spare
the services OF the young man for
that length of time, but finally con-
sented to let him go on condition
that he would return promptly at
the expiration of the two days.
las soon as my forty-eight hours
are up I'll be back" said the young
man, hurrying off to catch the train.
And that was the last his employer
saw of him for six solid days, when
he came in, gripsack in hand and a
beaming smile on his face, remark
ing:
Back on time"
Back on timeI" roared the ex-
asperated employer. do you call
six days forty-eight hours ?"
"Of course l do. What else do you
call it ?"
Have you lost the use of your
mental faculties, or are you trying.
sir, to take unwarranted liberties
with me?"
"Whv, 1 am surprised / told you
l wanted 4S hours recreation, didn t
II"
Certainly. and l gave it to you
"Just So And l work in the store
eight hours day, don't ?"
"Of course
well, eight in forty-eight goes six
times, and I've been gone eight
hours day for six days; so you see
I'm on time. If there is one thing
know better than another, it is how
to be on hand at the appointed
hour"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-05
WHAT THE VIGILANTES ACCOM-
PLISHED.

The Vigilance committee was a
new departure in the Jurisprudence
of the world. 1t may be called a
compromise between the regular
course of law, and the action of the
people without regard to officers of
the law. 1t was Selling upon the
forces of a mob, arresting them in
their mad course, Harvesting them
quietly, and utilizing their powers in
regular form, systema tically, coolly,
and deliberately. 1t was a demon
stration that had never before been
made, and it was left to California
to make it-while the law was lying
dormant on the one hand, and tram
pied down and disgraced on the
other, the people-the power Of all
government in our syStem-deter-
mined to execute in legal form what
their servants had neglected or ig-
nored. While they loved and revered
plauded it's faithful servants, they
condemned the faltering, and scorned
the false and faithless administra-
tors. In 1851 it cleared the country
Of Sydney eX-convicts and all the
worst elements of the criminal class
es In 1856 it saved San Francisco
from the rule of a mob of political
outcasts, ballot-box suffers, and a
recent immigration of other crimi-
nails. In 1877 in the same place, the
same people under different condi-
tions, and yet in some regards SINH
lar, finding danger from much the
same elements, but on more for1nid-
able scale, determined to act under
the law. The state government was
in better hands; the country gener-
ally was in better condition. The
influence of the Vigilance committee
of 1856 had continued and prevailed
all the time The ethics of the state
were of higher order than at the
earlier date. The early experiences
were valuable to individuals as well
as to the masses, and when called up
for self-government the people again
demonstrated a capacity that has
few parallels Nv. T. Coleman, in
the Century for November.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-05
PARDONABLE LITIES.

Gounod is afflicted with heart
disease, and he is prohibited by the
doctors from undertaking the pro-
auctions of a great work.
Bishop Coleman of the Episcopal
diocese of Delaware, has just return
ed from a twenty days tramp
through Maryland and Virginia, in
which he walked 375 miles.
The Khedive of Egypt neither
smokes nor drinks, and though al
lowed many wives has only one.
He is very learned in Arabic lore, and
knows the Koran so thoroughly
that he can recite it from memory.
6. w. Dunn, the California natural
list, has collected over 10000 insects
belonging to the horn-winged family,
5000 of the cricket tribe, and about
1000 butterflies, and numberless
rare plants and animals.
Lord Salisbury, when he was plain
Robert Cecil, was a reporter, and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-05
WHERE DO THE PENNIES GO?

1t seems to be with them very
much as it is with pins-nobody
knows where and how they dis
appear. Yet they vanish in some
fashion. Last year the Philadelphia
mint coined "a, 100000 of pennies.
1t would take a good-sized building
to hold so many, but they did not
begin to supply the never satisfied
demand for more. Just now the
establishment referred to is hard at
work manufacturing further supplies,
and so it will continue.
Bronze cents are subject to more
accidents than happen to any other
United STAGES coins. 1t is said that
a penny changes hands in trade ten
times for once that a dime passes
from one pocket to another. Being
of small value, these little pieces are
not taken much care of. There are
a thousand ways in which they get
out of circulation, and thus the
minting of them has to be kept uI
continually.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-05

by night, the light from powerful
source being thrown to a distance
by means of big refectors 1t seems
to me that the American and English
friends of Russian freedom can do, if
they choose, something analogous
with regard to the Russian autocracy.
By combining our efforts we could
break the darkness in which its deeds
are wrapped, and keep upon it
permanently the glowing, all-prevad-
ing light of publicity. Will the
Americans or the English care to do
this? l do not know. L only know
that there is way to effectively
help the Russians. and 1 have shown
it. Many times I have heard Amer
leans say that they consider it a
sacred duty of the free nations to
help those who are still struggling
for their freedom. 1 am certainly
the last man to contradict such a
doctrine. But there are duties so
lofty that their fulfilment can be
hoped for, but never claimed We
are prepared for everything. If
there is no hope of advancing the
cause of freedom in Russia otherwise
than through rivers of blood and
over the corpses of Russia's most
devoted children, we will accept this
too. But looking upon the matter
as effectively as 1 possibly can, it
seems to me that there is no founda-
ton for so gloomy view. There is
no cause involving any humanitarian
interest which has not thriven in our
generous age, and the cause of Russia
is the cause of one hundred and ten
millions of men who all suffer in
their different ways-peasants and
Jews, educated people and ignorant.
No cause is greater and more deep
ly ingrained in the thought and
feeling of modern humanity
| From "What Americans Can Do for
Russia" by Stepniak, in North
American Review for November.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-05
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-05
THE DUTY OF AMERICANS TO
RUSSIA.

Hitherto we have been able to
throw into the outer darkness of the
Russian Empire few burning torch
es, so to speak, which have lit up a
certain piece of ground, showing the
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-05

Fred Marks, wealthy farmer liv-
ing near East Bethel, is dead, and
is supposed to have committed sui
eide
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-05

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-08
She Made Him Remember.

Philadelphia Times.
On several occasions her husband
had carried about him in his pockets
for some DAYS important letters which
she had asked to mail for her. Re.
Gently she gave him letter address
ed to himself, with the request not TO
read it till it reached his office, says
the Philadelphia Times. Although
this struck him as a very strange
proceeding, he nevertheless concluded
to comply with her wish. Arriving
at his place of business he opened the
letter aud read as follows;
My dear husb and: | must here
with inform you of q circumstance
which will prove to 0e very disagree
able to you, but it is my bouuden
duty to tell you of it. / have once for
all, determined t, bring this matter
to your notice, let the consequences be
what they may. For a week past
have foreseen that this must be done
but / have thus far RETAINED. The
supreme moment has at last arrived,
and the crisis is at hand. l am com
PEELED to sspeak out. Do not judge
me too severely, and bear up like q
man!
By the time he had read thus his
hair stood on end with horror, and
with trem bling hand he turned the
leaf and read on further;
1--WE are completed out of soap!
Please go at once to our grocer and
order box Of-'s soap and have it
sent home in the coarse of the after
noon. / also want a dozen of-'s
SC package starch. / have adopted
this mode of asking you to do me
this favor 50 that you may not for
get it!
Nor did he forget it.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-08
MERIT WINS,

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-08
BEFORE AND AFTER.
BY W. BROADWAY.


Before our baby came, my dear,
! used TO think IL very queer
That sedate men could be so silly
To act as horse" or else as billy
And Drance around, or strut and capcr
As if their caps were made OF paper,
OF certain size much used in schools.
For those who will not follow rules;
To hear the sounds suggesting each
Was like strange symphonic speech.
Until I'd think Ito please their babies
They'll have in truth case oil rabies.
All this, say. thought waSQuccr
Before our baby cane, my dear.
Pefo"e our baby came, my dear,
used to think it very queer,
That tangled hair and Smeary face
Could court a fathers fond embrace,
Or all the cries took for woe
In mamma ears were far from so.
I'd marvel at the ''gummy" smile
With two teeth showing all the while,
Nor see, indeed, the dearest boy
That was his mammals only JOY"
| failed TO hear the first word low
Although the parents said twas So"
These things 10 me were very queer
Before our baby came, my dear.
But since our baby'S come. my dear,
Nothing Op earth Will Ger seem queer.
I've been for him. by some strange plan
Like eyerything-eNcept man.
No creature on the earth is there
That Eve not tracked it To its lair
Inanimate as well as live;
A locomotive or a hive
OF buZZng, singing, honey bees
I've initiated on my knees:
I've sawed the ARA windmill strong
With arms and legs, whole day long.
Oh! no, indeed, there's queer
Since our own baby'S come, my dear.
But since our baby'S come, my dear,
There's something very strange, not
queer.
His tiny. rosy fingers Irvine
Around our heartStrngS, thine and mine:
] hear his little voice in glee
Say ''lOydie. loydic'-Greek to me
But, as he comes from Gods fair land,
Ny love makes shift to understand.
And as look into his eyes
see the world of paradise
How bright and pure his clear eyes
shine
With perfect innocence divineD
lis then think it wondrOuS queer
God sent so sweet Il baby dear!
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-08
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-08
Spots Resembling the Savior's
Wounds

Mrs. Mary Stuckenberg, of Louis.
Vile, Ky, claims to be suffering from
a peculiar visitation which she and
her family believe to be the appear
auce on her person of the stigmota, or
the wounds of the Savior. 1t Is said
that she goes int frances every Fri
day afternoon, when the spots appear
on her hands, feet and side, cores
pOnding to the wounds of Christ and
that at intervals blood Oozes from the
spots. The story is believed by many
of the superstitious, but Mrs, Stucken-
berg and her friends refuse to talk
about the matter, saying that her
priest has joined silen, On the sub
iect.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-08
The Worth OF Your Money.

Go to Piggott'S and get the worth OF
your money in wagons. or carriages.
Horse shooting and painting a specially.
Cor + aston and SOIGGad streets. So 3m
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-08
TAE NEW HARDWARE STORE,

Alb E. Houston street, Thomas b.
Wren, proprietor; everything fresh
from manufactures; call and obtain
prices before buying elsewhere; low
est figures on all goods; prompt at.
tention to all orders. Telephone No.
399. "a I'm
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-08
" ORA. THE TAILOR,

Announces to his friends and customers
that he has received shipment OF 500
patterns of pants goods and 300 pat 5erns
SuitingS. Fine pants will be sold for IS to
So. Fine dress suits and black diagonals
a speciality. Satisfaction ana fit guaran-
teed beyond question. S-25 II
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-08
SOUTHERN IRON g. WIRE WORKS
516 S. FLORES ST.,

Manufacturers of ornamental wrought
iron and wire fences, iron bedSteads and
cots. Architectural work speciality.
Give them a call. 94-1mo
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-08
Post Office Department.

WEEK DAYS.
Stamp window opens s, a. m.
&" " closes 6, p. N.
General delivery opens s, a. III.
" " closes 6, p. m.
Registry window opens 9, a. m.
closes 8, p. m.
Money order window op'ns 0, a. m.
d" " closes 4, p. m,
General delivery and carrier
windows open on Sunday from
$50 to 1880, a. IN.
S. NJ. JOHNSON, Postmaster.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-10-08
HELP ADVERTISE SAN ANTONIO

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-08-06
AT BAR HAHBoR.
o 'osstary Tracy aud Other Prominent
People Arrive

BAR HARBo1 Aug. The United
States steamer Disps;ch ieft Northess'
Hsrbor this morning, having on board
Secretary Tracy ard son, Commodore Fol-
ger Chi. Of the bureau Of ordnance, H1r.
Seth Low, ex-3ayor Of Brooklyn, Spence I
Trask of He~ York, Mrs. Secretary Soley,
Mrs. wilmerdipg and daughter, and Mrs.
j II ]. Pruyn and daughter. Lardlng at
Cranberry Isles they took on board Con-
gressman Bcutslis, chairman OF the COM
miitee on naval sf .irs, his daughters, ard
Mas Stsvens of Bangor
The Dispatch with party arrived at Bar
Ifsrnor at three. On the arrival Secretary
Trsi wv. ssluted With 10 guns from the
Il < hip PhiladeIphis. Adnirsl Gseradi
Ard the officers vent On board 10 pay re-
spec; subsequently Secretary Trscy.
C ,mmoaore Folser and Congrss man Bou-
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TIT sent 10 Bar HArbor for assistance,
but inally got of the rocks this morning
before arrival Of aid. She was nut serlously
.ius ged but lesAs zone.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-08-06
HaiIroaos 4 Steamboats
Arrangement Of Trains In Eject Jane
2sth, 1891.

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-08-06

J. K. CHM has been appointed post
mater at North orlaud.
The Lewiston Pioneers beat the Cautons
ia game Of ball, Tuesday, Is to3
Fire at Baldwin Depot, Tuesday right.
destroyed dwelling owned BY X +. Case
and occupied by Levi Stone. The property
Was insured.
Tuesday night st Bath Chlnamsn named
Wah Sing got into fight with . customer
named Edward Winslow and struck him
with hatehet. The Celestial was arrested.
Lawyer Macon Of Biddeford has just re-
ceived word that his son. Frederic Mason,
former Bidaefofd nevspapef man now
employed % r. sistef at Wheeiiss. ". Va,
has been severely injured BY being thrown
from . carriage.
Marsser Leonard Ct the recent Portland
bali club, arrived in Lewiston as . 80,
Wednesday, with the idea Of crsanisips =
base ball association in Lewiston With $500
capital stock, 30 shares At el0 each, giving
each shareholder q season ticket.
1t the Law court at Portland, Wednesday.
TIE following cases we're dissosed Of
Auuie " Keller W Inhabitants Of Winslov,
submitted to briefs. H. T. Hsines. Webb,
Johnson & Webb. Geo. ". Abbott " Geo.
=. B. jackson ct ais. argued orally.
Drummond & Dfummcnd, II. r. Virgin.
". b Looney, J. W. Symonds.
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Paosrs.

Ls Mascot drew the pole and kept it
through the first heat, and until the third
quarter Of the second when he droped to
fourth position. Edmund held second
position through the three heats, and Kettle
B. held third position in all the heats
trottsd, except for 3 very brief time in the
second heat where Happy Jack went ahead.
This race was not finished, but the follow
ing is the summary IS far as trotted: