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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-12-21
THE CAUSE OF DIPHTHERIA.

Diphtheria is due to fungoid
growth. Yet its mode of dissemina
ton is still among the obscurties of
science. Water does not seem to
spread it, and, contrary to the gen
eral impression, it is uncertain
whether bad drainage, unless pro-
ducing a low condition of the system
favorable to attacks Of any malady,
has much connection with it. This
was the opinion Of Sir William Jen-
ner many years ago, and it is the
conclusion of DR.. Thorne still. He
connects it with the crowded condi-
ton of the board schools, where
many of the sore throats" for
which the children are not kept at
home are suspected of being some
thing much more. serious. At Enfield
the spread of the epidemic was put
upon the cats, which, ever since OAR
win charged them with being acces-
sorry to the setting Of the clover seed +,
have had the scientific eye steadily
fixed upon them. The pets OF one
family carried the disease to another,
just as they carry other infectious
germs, and there seems, so report
to the local government board in
sinuates, good reason for believing
that in some instances it may have
been conveyed from horses, sheep,
and even from fowls to human be-
ngs. The diphtheritic germs are SO
vital that they are known to have
communicated the disease after ly'
ing inert for four ears.-[Scientihe
American.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-12-21
SELECTED SMILES.

Maude-"Our engagement is
secret Lena-"So everybody tells
me. - Brooklyn Life.
City sportsman-"Have you seen
ANYTHING worth shooting around
here?" Well, no; not till you came"
+ Tid-Bits.
You ought to be very proud of
YOUR wife. She is brilliant talker. y
You're right there" Why, |
could listen to her all night" Il
often do Texas Siftings.
Miss Softly (who had been attend
ing a course of lectures )-'Oh, pro-
lessor, | saw such funny old fossil
in the museum today. | thought OF
you at once" Vogue.
And so your son has finished his
college course? Did he graduate
with honors ?" "Oh, yes; but he
tells me that some of the other fell
lows carried them off. Rascally,
wasn't it ?"-[Boston Transcript.
Husband-"You'll have to wait
half an hour for your change in that
big store, and we are in a l., hurry ri:
Why not 60 to little re?" Wife
The idea. Do you suppose can
get enough stuff for sleeves in little
store ?"- New York Weekly,
"Binkins went out hunting this
morning" "All alone? p Yes ;
didn't even take a dog "Spose
he'll kill anything? mo; not un-
less he gets melancholy and commits
suicide. 81 Washington Star.
Cabby Ito clergyman who has
paid the legal fare Wont leave
me much for the hoffertory next
Sunday, sir, will ?'-[Punch.
THE sentence is that We be hang
ed, said Welsh judge to a poor
criminal, "and l hope it will prove
warning to you.'-[Tid-Bits.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-12-21
A Case in Point.

The actual workings of the Non-Forieiture
law of Massachusetts is we'll illustrated by
the following extract from the Massachu-
sets Insurance Commissioner report of
1875. "a recent case in the city of Boston
forcibly illustrates the beuefcence of the law.
Several years ago young man took out n
policy in Massachusetts, company, and
after the pay ent Of two premiums, suffered
it to lapse. He died a few months since,
leaving no property whatever for support OF
his widow and three young children, the
money received from chattel mortgage
upon the furniture having been expended
during his sickness. Among his papers was
discovered his old policy. Upon investiga-
ton it was found to be in force under the law.
and his little family have receivednearly five
thousand dollars from the Company" Is
this the kind law that you would like to
be insured under9 Ifso, would be glad to
show other stronger points in connection
with the company that I represent. the
State Mutual Life of Massachusetts, the
finest company in the world. A word to
the wise is sufficient,
CHAS. S. HASTINGS,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-12-21

OLD CHRIS TIM AS.

It's long way round the year, my dears
long way round the year!
/ found the frost and the fame, my dears
found the smile and tear!
II.
And cut me keen on the moor;
The heart OF the stream was frozen still
AS tapped at the millers door
III.
tossed them holly in hall and cot,
And bade them right good cheer.
And stayed me not in any spot,
Por I'd Travelled around the year
".
To bring the Christmas joy, my dears,
To your eyes so bonnie and true;
And a mistletoe bough for you, my dears
4 mistletoe bough for you!
IA song, in December st Nicholas.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-12-21
THE IGNORANCE OF CHILDREN,

BY the iberaity OF Mrs. Quincy
Shaw was enabled to make COM
prehensive studies in 1880 of large
number Of Boston children just after
they had entered the lowest grade
Of the primary school. Fourteen per
cent of these six-year-old children
had never seen the stars and had no
idea about them; thirty-hve per cent
never been into the country; twenty
per cent did not know that milk
came from cows; titty-hve per cent
did not know that wooden things
came from trees; from thirteen to
fifteen per cent did not know the
colors green, blue and yellow by
name; torty-Seven per cent had never
seen pig; sixty per cent had never
seen robin; from thirteen to eight
cen per cent did not know where
their cheek, forehead or throat was,
and fewer yet knew elbow, wrist,
ribs, etc. More than three-fourths
OF all the children had never seen to
know them any OF the common
cereals, trees, or vegetables growing
These subjects were chosen be-
cause most of them constitute the
material OF school primers or elemen-
tary instruction which this new
science of ignorance shows must
make mere verbal cram of much
matter construction. What idea car
the eighteen per cent Of children who
thought COW no larger than its
picture get from all instruction
about hide, horns, milk etc. ? Pres
c. Stanley Hall, in the Forum.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-12-21

New Advertisements.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-12-21

For two cents Ia stamp any
reader of the CALIFORNIAN
can have a sample copy of the
NEW ENGLANDMAGAzINE
by dropping a card tOits pub
Usher at s Park Square, Bos-
ton, and he can obtain a club
rate on the magazine and this
paper by addressing the pub
fishers of the CALIFORNIAN.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-12-21
ALL SORTS.

Carneian is greatly improved by ex-
posure to the sun and then heating III
earthern pole.
Guaranteed Cure
We authorize our advertised druggist
to sell DR.. Kings New Discovery for con-
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-12-21
HOMESTEAD FOR SALE.

In Barnet, near the west part OF the town,
on man road. near church. school and store.
Good buildings, seven acres of land, has
some fruit trees. Also the personal property
a nice one-horse traverse sled, one-horse
lumber wagon with hay rack, 2 sleighs,
wheelbarrow, set OF cooper and carpenter
tools. and other articles usually found about
farm buildings. Inquire OF -
MRS. c. w. MOVES,
East Barnet.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-12-21
PaskOla
A Flesh Forming Food.
ArtificialIy Digested.

While this is an artfcially digested food it
appears to increase the appettein most re-
markable manner, and what is more crafty
ing it causes the food to be properly digested
so as to give strength, vigor and pumpnesS
to the body. All unpleasant feelings after
eating are prevented and refreshing sleep re-
stored WEAKNESS and exhaustion give place
to health and cheerfulness. The emaciated
should use Paskoa. 1t supersedes Cod Liver
oil and is far more effective 1t never rises in
the mouth alter being eaten, 1t creates an
appetite at once Send for pamphlet
Address
The Pre-Digested Food Co.,
100 Duane street, New York.
FOR SALE BY
&C. BINGHAM,St' Johnsbury,Vt'
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-12-21
CHAS. S. HASTINGS,

Gen. Agt Over Post Office st, Johnsbur,
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09

"You'p LAUGH TO SEE DAN CONF THEN
OUT MORNINGS"
fore they reached us we raised our re-
volvcrs and ordered hands up They
looked surprised and sullen, but had
sense enough to see that we had the
best of them, and obeyed. When we
got to camp we put them in conhno-
mcnt separately, and 1t was not long
before we had nll the particulars of .
most villainous plot by the next
night we had captured the whole
gang.
Poor little Goldenrod was COM
pletely prostrated. Dclirium set in,
and for two weeks the whole camp
was ms gloomy us funeral. We had
good doctor, though. and he pulled
her through. but it was tough job.
We were so thankful for her recovery
we nll dubbed together, and gave him
500 extra.
"Yes. sir, our little Goldenrod II the
light of this camp, and when you
come around this way II you want TO
get into anyoncs good graces, all
you've got to do is to be specially
kind to her.
'liere she comes again with her
captain. No, we have never found
out Who sue j., bub bt9ko my Ito
it's all right, and all we fear II that
some relative will happen along and
recognize her. Don't care how many
she has II they will settle among Us.
but it would break up the camp II she
should leave.
Quite interested in her? Well,
everyone is for that matter. Bee.
here. stranger, seems to me you and
the little girl have u good deal the
same look, about the eyes especially.
Noticed it first time glanced at you.
What, going? Well, good luck to you.
BETTER wait and speak to Goldenrod.
No? All right then. When you come
around this way give us n call. Good
morning"
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09

DECAY of teeth has always attended
the advance of civilization. and each
barbaric invasion has been followed by
a recovery of sound teeth in the Old
World. Under the circumstances it
might be worth while to consider
whether the repeal of the Geary law
and the opening up Of the United
States to a pacific invasion on the part
of the Chinese might not go far to i'm
prove the American jaw, which, ac-
cording to experts, is in an immeasur-
ably worse condition than that of the
English fact probably due to our
superior civilization.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09
EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED. !
ADDRESS Dan fRANclSG0 GAG

fcrencc broke up that she staftcd for
home. About 8 o'clock she came ny.
inc into camp gasping for breath, and
!. white ns snow. MY captain, shc
cried ss she saw his cabin was empty.
Got word about somo business he
must attend TO nt the other camp !
answered. Left an hour ago and
won't be back for . week.
"The look that came into her fece
was the strangest ever saw: Cniid
MS ale was, the strength and desermi.
nation of womanhood was pictured
there. --T.' .,v..
follow him and bsfore we could ask
a question sho was In the saddle, ana
aving over the trail like . spirit. How
nrctty she looked, sitting the little
animal so steadily, her curls hying like
a golden mist around her. Three OF
us lit onto our horses and followed
her. We wouldn't let her rush on
alone, and no knowing how far she
would have to ride before she csufht
up with the captains party. Besides.
we knew somethin' was up, or sne
would never act like that =
UAbout six miles out she sighted
them, and turning round waved her
hand to ua As good luck would have
it one Of the party halted to Aa his
stirrup, and the captain happened 70
see Goldenrod coming. He rode back
to meet her and as she came up to him
she put out her hand with such look
Of love and thankfulness that he In
Voluntarily stopped and kissed her.
"whnt is 1t, mine grille" he askeds
and she told how he had received
false call, and the danger that lay In
waiting for him. and those loft at the
camp. As she finished speaking the
poor child's strength gave way, and
she would have fallen to the ground II
he had not caught her in his arma.
You can Just bet we wcrc q scared lot.
for we thought she was dying, bot
she had only tainted, and opened her
eyes again in a few moments The
ca aptain carried her back to camp In
his arms, while led her pony.
ION the way we saw Jack Siddons
and Nate Carpenter, both OF whom
said Goldcnrod, were in the plot Be-
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09

IT is an unusually quiet week when
Kansas doesn't produce sensation.
This time it emanates from Governor
Lewclling He has sent to the metro
politan police boards of the cities OF
the state circular letter urging
them not to enforce the laws against
vagrnncy. He thinks that because the
hard times have caused men to be
thrown out of employment they should
not therefore be considered objects of
suspicion. He scores the laws now
on the statute books, which call the
men out of work and penniless, ''con-
dcnce men," Speaking of the va
grancy laws Of Kansas, he says; at
separates men into two distinct classes,
as those who are penniless and those who
are not, and declares the former conf.
dcnce men. Only the latter are entitled
to the liberty guaranteed by the consti-
tuition. To be found in city, with
out visible means of support, or some
legitimate business, is the involunta
~ condition Of some millions at the
present moment, and under the law
we proceed to punish them for being
victims to conditions which we, as
people, have forced upon them. |
have noticed in police court reports
that sleeping in box car is among
the varieties Of this heinous crime of
being poor. Some police judges have
usurped n sovereign power not permit
ted the highest functions Of the states
or tho administrations, or the victims
Of industrial conditions have been or
dersd to leave town. The right to go
freely from place to place in search
Of work, or even in obedience to
mere whim. is part yf the liberty guar
sntee.l BY the constitution OF the
United States e every human being
on Ancricsn soil.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09

One of London's leading merchants
is credited with using the phonograph
every day to save the time in which he
drives to his office. The machine is
put into his carriage, and during the
drive he talks instructions into it.
Upon reaching his place of business
the phonograph is given to the head
clerk, who makes it repeat what it has
just learned This is all very well if
the man isn't arrested as lunatic.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09

THE New York .Sm,, in speaking of
the granting of suffrage to women in
Colorado, says: The women of the
Centennial state can hereafter vote in
all state elections. Never before could
the womans suffragists of any part of
the country boast of such a victory.
The Colorado miners were disheart-
ened for awhile by the repeal of the
Sherman silver purchase law. but, all
the same, they carried their hearts to
the polls when they voted to give the
ballot to women. That was right.
Every voter should use both his brains
and his heart, as also both eyes in pol
itics"
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09

TuK publishers of the Cosmopolitam
recently received an order from the
American News Company for 200, 000
copies of their December magazine.
1t will take one hundred tons Of paper
to GIL this order. They expect alto
gcthcr to print 500, 900 copies of this
number.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09

A RICH New Yorker, in a recent in
tcrview, said he always put down
among his necessary annual expenses
IS, 900 for box during the opera sea-
son and $3.50 for church pew. The
surprising thing about this expendi-
turc is the largeness sf the payment
for Dew rent.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09
sncci,arine.s Rival,

Saccharine has rival. A new
substance called valzin is now being
manufactured in Berlin, under a
patent, and it is claimed to be 200
times sweeter than sugar and free
from the Objectionable properties Of
saccharlne
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09
CURRENT COMMENT.

THE Spanish army in Morocco,
having been reinforced by twenty-five
generals and = number Of soldiers, the
Moors will soon be brought under sub
lection.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09
A Hint

"How aro you? Just thought ia
drop In awhile to kill time"
We'll. we don't want any Of our
.'me killed"
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09

FRoM all parts of the country comes
up the cry of people in lack of food,
fuel and clothing. In large cities es-
pecially is destitution the most severe,
and thousands of families whose heads
are without work are applying to char.
liable societies for relief. Unless the
wealthy and well-to-do open their
hearts and purses as never before,
there not only will be numbcrless
cases of suffering, but many deaths
from hunger. That the dcstitution is
not confined to the cities is evidenced
by the reports of distress that come
from the iron regions of Michigan and
Wisconsin, where thousands of people
must be supported by charity or they
will starvc, as there is no work for
them. Six German farmers have Just
been sentenced to Jail by the court in
eastern Wyoming because they stole
cattle to keep their families from hun
ger.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-09

AMONG the literary contributors to
the December Century one finds the
names of James Russell Lowell, Mark
Twain, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Rich
ard Henry Stoddard, Mrs. Schuyler
Van Rensselaer,, Phillips Brooks, Kate
Douglas Wiggin, F. Hopkinson Smith,
Anna Eichberg King, 7. Cole (the en-
graver), Joel Chandler Harris, George
W. Cable, Nellie Mackubin, William
Bipsham, Clinton Scolard, Howard
Pyle, Charles Egbert Craddock, Rev
DIR. Henry Van Dyke, John William
son Palmer, Alice Williams Brother
ton, W. g. Church, A w, Drake, W.
Lewis Frazer, Alice Wellington Rol-
lins, and Richard Watson Glider. The
number is pervaded by holiday spirit,
and presents in art, music, literature
and fiction most attractive program.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-28
Written for the LIGHT.
PLAIN POINTERS.
By OBSERVER.

HypOcricy and religion live in
harmony nowadays and are reap
ing a rich harvest amongst the I'M
wary suckers" Religion presses
the button, and hypOcricy does the
rest.
Beware of the pious, sOur-faced
saints who are so modest that they
would be shocked to look at the
naked truth. They are the most
dangerous element to the pure and
virtuous society.
The woods are full of hypocritic
saints, preachers of the gospel, re-
formers, lecturers, etc. Just strike
these fellows for a nickel, for some
charitable purpose, and you will
discover their true colOrs without
much difficulty.
Talk may be cheap, but it is GER
tainly very expensive with the
high-salaried preachers, who tor
ture their congregations with long
winded, dry and uninteresting SER
mons.
If all the sinners will be con-
signed to hell as our narrow
minded preachers assert, then
heaven will be a dreadfully lone
some place with scarcely a few of
these saints occupying such a
spacious dOmicile.
The ministers in former days
used to "Praise the Lord" Nova
days they bestOw their praise upon
the lords-of the almighty dollar.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-28
For a Transcontinental Meeting.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2S.-Every trans
continental line, including the
Canadian Pacific, has agreed to be
represented at a meeting to be
held here today. The object of the
meeting is to advance the present
war basis of freight and passenger
rates. 1t may not be possible to
advance to the old basis, but near
ly every line has expressed itself
as heartily sick of the rate war.
The Northern Pacific and Great
Northern have already agreed to
advance passenger rates between
st. Paul and Puget Sound points.
This they will do, irrespective of
the result of the meeting. The
whole trouble in passenger rates
started with the reductions
of the Great Northern, and if
it and the Northern Pacific como
to terms the other lines anticipate
no trouble unless the Canadian Pa
cific is nursing grievance II it is it
will be in a position to make its i'll
feeling appointment factor in trans
continental rates when its al
most completed Moose Jaw extern
sion is in operation. Owing to the
necessity for conservative action
in the present depression Compel
ing lines are sanguine the Cana
dian Pacific will not stand in the
way of an agreement to advance
rates.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-28
Electing Notable Delegates.

NEW YORK, August 2S.-The Re-
demptorist Fathers of New York,
as well as throughout the world,
are preparing for the election of a
new superintendent to fill the
vacancy caused by the death, in
Rome, of the very Rev. Nicholas
MaurOn, who ruled the order for
thirty-eight years. From today to
August 81 "chapters" will be held
in every Redemptorist church hav-
ing a rector. These chapters will
be attended by all the members of
the order. They will elect a
"soiuse," or delegate, who accom-
panies the rector to the Provincial
Chapter. In this country there
are two Provincials-Nery Rev.
Ferdinand Litz, C. IS. r., in Balti-
more, who rules the eastern portion
of the country, and Very Rev.
Joseph Schwartz, who is in charge
of the West and makes his head
quarters in st. Louis. The Pro-
vincial chapters will be held in
October, and the delegates-elect
will be two members of it, who
will accompany the Provincials to
Rome, to participate in the
General Chapter on February %.
The United States will thus have
six votes in the General Chapter.
This latter will be presided over
by the vicar of the order, Very
Rev. p. NJ. Raus. The rules of the
order require the convocation of a
chapter and the election of
within ten months
of the death of the superior, who
is elected for life.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-28
Tilted Her Husband,

The first suit filed on the docket
of the fOrty-fifth district court this
morning was that of f. b. Smith
against Lizzie Smith for divorce.
They were married on December
II, 1883, in Medina county and re-
sided in San Antonio the past
three years. They lived together
as man and wife until August %,
1889, when defendant voluntarily
left plaintiffs bed and board with
the intention of abandoning him.
They have three boys living,
aged nine and seven years, and
child which was born since defen-
dent left plaintiff. These children
are the issue of their marriage.
The father prays for the possession
of the children.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-08-28

BULLETIN-WAsHINGTON, d. c.
Aug. 2S.-The House began to vote
on the Bland free coinage substi-
tute ratio at 16 to l at II o'clock,
and it was defeated. Yeas 100,
nays 225.
BULLETIN No. 2.-The II to
amendment was defeated, yeas 100,
nays $40.
On the vote taken at II to |, be-
sides the loss of Populist votes,
the members of that party with
holding their votes, there were sew
eral negative votes from those who
voted in favor of ratio of 16 to l..
The Is to l free coinage amend
ment was rejected, yeas lO2, nays
239.
The 10 to l amendment was re-
jected, yeas 105, nays 237.
The 20 to l amendment was like
wise rejected, yeas 119, nays 900.