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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1895-12-13

related, and he added that fit had not
been for this experience he doubted if he
had ever made his visit in 1873, and thus
begun his great work there.
Gail over the country" Mr. Moody
concluded, "where work for God is done,
it is not so much the men about whom
so much is being said, who are accom-
plishing the work. as it is the bedridden
saints who are praying"
A large part of the time at this meeting
was DEVOTED by Mr.. Moody to presenting
the features of the work in jails, in which
he is so much interested at present He
has made careful study of the situation
all over the country, and reports that
while the state institutions, as general
thing, are well supplied with reading
matter, the county jails, in which there
are something like hundred thousand
prisoners confined are lamentaby desti-
tute of such material. Mr. Moody has
prepared book OF such reading matter
as he thinks most desirable, which can be
supplied at a cost of ten cents each, and
is actively engaged in placing it in the
criminal institutions all over the country.
In the week preceding the one when he
was here, he had put no less than 5000
of these books into the hands of confined
men, and he was able to relate some re-
markabe results which had already come
from the work.
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ST. LOUIS CHOSEN.

The national republican convention
will be held at St. Louis June 16,
1896 This was decided at the meet
ing of the national committee in
Washington Tuesday atterfou exclt-
ing ballots. San Francisco led on
the first ballot and was really the
only rival of St. Louis. This is the
first time republican convention
has been held in St. Louis, though
two democratic conventions have
been held there. Every man who
has been elected president since the
war, Mr.. Hayes excepted, was first
nominated at Chicago. But in spite
of this circumstance, we confidently
expect to see the republican candi-
date for president triumphantly elect
ed next fall. The committee made a
good choice on the location of the
convention and some hope to see
Missouri in the republican column
next fall. But they made serious
mistake in holding the convention
so early. The people are tired OF
long campaigns and the members OF
the national committee knew this
fact before they fixed the date. A
nominating convention two months
later would have been much better.
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Sentimental Tommy
BY J. M. Barrie.
BY J. M. Barrie

;s+ VINO have read land Min
TtEr and "A Window Thrums' can anticipate Mr..
ba1Iiie!s sentimental Tommy will be
A. is to he the chief ScRmNERs for 1896 beginning
the January ~ ~
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THE CHRISTMAS VERMONTER.

The Christmas number of The YER
monter is an artistic production, and its
contents are of a very attractive charac-
ter, Its pages are embellished by score
of halftone portraits of Vermont women,
including several full page pictures. The
articles are from the pens of the most
gifted Of Vermont's daughters at home
and abroad. The cover is printed in
colors and is ornamented with portrait
of the opera star, Hattie Brazor Pratt,
(StelIa Brazzi) of BrattIeboro. The title
page is graced with an excellent likeness
of Mrs. !. Gregory Smith, who contrib
utes an exceedingly interesting article on
"Reminiscences of Edwin NJ. Stanton. "
Original poems by Mrs Dorr, Miss
Winslow, and Mrs. Paine appear in the
number; also interesting articles on Ora.
tory and Physical Culture, by Miss
Weeks; Woman in Medicine, by DR.
Gary; Vermont Homes in Washington
by Anne Weary Walton; Daughters OF the
American Revolution, by Mrs Burdett
Co.education of the Sexes, by Mrs. G. G
Benedict; Then and Now, by Heller
Campbell; The Kings Daughters, by
Mrs. Stranahan The Rebekah Assembly
by Mrs. II. l.. Stillson. The Vermonte
was made the official organ of the Stat,
Teachers Association, at the recent St
Johnsbury convention, and this numbe
contains a report Of the meeting,
The Ncrmontcr is for sale at all news
dealers, Price 10 cents. $1.00 year
c. S. FORBES, publisher, St. Adams.
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ENGLISH AS SHE rs SPOKE.

There is pertinent article in the
Nation, by Prof w. W. Goodwin, of
Harvard University, on School
English, which all who havein charge
the teaching of the young idea how
to shoot, should read and ponder
well. Prof. Goodwin asserts that
our students come to college at an
average age of 10 years, in most
cases poorly prepared to pass an ex-
animation which school boys of 16
or II would easily pass in England,
France or Germany. This is given
as an old truth, and any thinking
person must recognize it.
One has but to listen for few mo-
ments to the conversation OF many
presumably we'll educated persons,
to reach the conclusion that the sys-
TEN on which they learned their
English must have been faulty, One
of the remedies which Prof. Goodwin
suggests, is a radical change inlower
education by which pupils shall enter
the high school at least two years
later than they now do, so that the
elementary studies could be put back
where they belong, and pupils can
use the important years so gained
for studies which belong to THERE age.
1t is advocated that the colleges
should help on the reform by apply
ing powerful pressure from above
upon the schools below them, which
will be in turn eagerly TRANSMITTED
to the lower level where the rea
work must be done.
Ola!limportant questions in the mat
ter OF education surely there isnon,
more deserving OF attention than tn,
raising of the standard ofthe Englisl
spoken by our pupils, who are sool
to be the men and women of tn
country, leading, perhaps, in man.
lines of thoughtful work, in which
deficiency OF pure English woul
greatly lessen their usefulness.
1t is matter for regret that thi
was not one of the subjects discusse
at the recent convention of teacher
in this town, Tor it is certainly i
greater need of attention than an
of those so ably handled by the ed,
Gators present.
1t is scarcely necessary to look fc
examples of bad style or grammar j
the speech around us, but there al
two, we may say three, errors S
common as to pass almost unnotice
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ADVERTISING RAT Es.

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Their notice.
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DIscoUNTs.-To all advertisers using regu-
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every day. One is the faulty pro-
nunciation Of words containing the
letter U. Such a word as introduce
is pronounced Introduce instead oil
having the sound OF as in use; dew
or due becomes doc, Tuesday is Toos-
day, and so on.
The next one is more painful still.
Some people will say "you was
there" "was you at the lecture"
ETC., and ears accustomed to the
plural verb are liable to be assaulted
fifty times day with this specimen
of English as she is spoke.
Lastly, the peculiar inverse, inside
out, upside down method of express
sion in vogue, has its ludicrous as
well as its annoying side. How often
do we hear sentences like these :
There didn't anybody go from our
house" there shouldn't anybody
say thing like that" II didn't see
her but a moment" etc. The last is
comlcally reminiscent Of the beautiful
old English Ballad, "She Wore
Wreath of Roses" which might be
rendered as regards that particular
verse,
| didn't see her but a moment,
Rut mcthnks see her now,
With wreath Of summer roses
Upon her sunny brow.
or the song might be begun,
She didn't wear but a wreath of roses
0 horrors
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ALEXANDRA DUMAS.

There died in Paris at the end of
last month one of Frances most ia
nous literary men. The famous son
of famous father, Dumas fills was
born in Paris July %, 1924, a nat
uraI child. He is best known in
America by his masterpiece, La
Dame aux Camelias," which, as the
play of Camille, has brought the tears
to many eyes. This book made him
famous, and both it and the play
have been translated into many lam
guages. Since its success in 1852,
Dumas wrote many dramas, and on
February II, 1875, he was installed
a member of the French Academy,
and was promoted to the rank of
commander of the Legion of Honor.
He was proud of his negro blood.
All agitations against slavery had
his earnest support. He once wrote
to great anti-slavery leader: at is.
therefore, not only for our brothers
from the Christian point of view that
l thank you, but perhaps, also, for
same real relatives whom l may still
have on board the slave traders
vessels"
The style of his writings is what
may be described as Frenchy, and the
morals are not always commendable.
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THE WEEK OF PRAYER.

The Evangelistic Alliance for the Unit
ed States has issued its annual list OF
topics suggested for the week of prayer "
January 5 to 10. The subjects are; Sun
day, January 5, sermons; Monday, "Hu-
initiation and thauksgiving;' Tuesday
"'The church uniyersal;" Wednesday
Nations and their rulers Thursday
Foreign MISSIONS Friday, "Homc
missions Saturday, Families and
schools" Sunday, sermons. Scriptural
references and other suggestions are add.
ed and there is also this year a page Of
special notes for pastors. Copies of the
programme may be had of Rev. Josiah
Strong, general secretary, room Sill,
United Charities building, Fourth avenue
and Twenty second street, New York.
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Boston turned down a good re-
publican mayor Tuesday, Mr.. Cur
tbs, and elected Josiah Quincy by
about 1000 majority. Mr.. Quincy
is young man of famous lineage
who has great contempt for civil
service reform. Municipal reform in
Boston has not gained ground in the
change of administration.
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The Baptist parsonagein Pittsiord was
burned Monday morning, Dec o. together
with household goods belonging to A.
W. Mandigo, who rented the parsonage
and who was out of town at the time.
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WILSON & KING.
SCYibner'S
for Chris tn0aS

Frank Stockton has Christmas story, which bears
TipnG1frSt title The Staying Power of Sir Rohan" Its
iustratons are quaint and exactly suitable
-, thrilling Detective Carryll "Tle
illustrated. - 'e ~ ' 49, ''
THE Colonc's ~ ~ - -
Other Christmas stories "a Blot" by Henry Van
poetic aud imaginative of picture {ilustrated)
oierQsmo Lande by Pier lustrated) and "Hoppers
oIu Man. by r. c. V. Meyers.
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THE LABOR WORLD.

THE British Government is considering q
scheme under which ship owners will receive
a subsidy conditional on their carrying In
their ships certain number Of boys, appren-
tices and reserve men.
On account Of the intensely cold weather
all the men employed by the Governor on the
Hennepin Canal, Princeton, ILL.,. were laid off
for two weeks. The men are living in tents
and much suffering is reported.
THE American tin-plate factory at Elwood,
Ind, has started up its new addition OF four
mills and an equal number of Timing stacks
and set 250 more mon ut work, thus increas-
ing its force to $50 men and its output to
1900 boxes per week.
ACCORDING to tho Commissioner Of Labor
for Ohio, the average earnings for chief en-
gineers on the Great Lakes in 1898 was
ST00.60 and for second engineers, $500.59.
The latter Is about equal to S1.50 per day and
the former is under 50 per day.
A BosroN manufacturing company recently
celebrated half century Of existence by max
ing distribution of fund Of $50, 900 among
its employees on the basis Of S5 for each year
of service. Some of the employees have been
In the service so long that their shares reached
$3.50 each.
To determine what time their days work
begins, the East End Street Railways motor
men and conductors in Knoxville, Tenn,
struck. The amount OF time in dispute was
three minutes, and the total wages of the
four men for that time was two and one-ffth
cents. Their places we're filled.
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Foreign Notes.

TEE Radicals and Socialists were defeated
in the communal elections in Italy.
FAMINE was threatened In the district Of
Hungary southeast of Budapest. The Social
lists took advantage of the situation to incite
rioting. They were dispersed with fixed
bayonets.
A DESPATCH from Wei-Hai-Wei says that
the Chinese General Tai committed suicide
in q fit Of anger at the desertion of some Of
his inferior officers.
THE revolutionary forces Of Tolima, Co
lombia, have surrendered.
J. CRANsToN, A. Muller and ]. B. Johnston,
who were forcibly deported from Honolulu
by the Republican Administration, arrived in
Victoria, British Columbia, by the steamer
Warrimoo.
AN appalling story comes from Liverpool,
Nova Scotia. The Gloucester (Mass.)
schooner Clara F. Friend has been lost near
there and her entire crew OF fifteen have been
drowned.
THREE more Chinese warships at Wei Ha
Wei were sunk by Japanese torpedo boats.
b TURKISH attacks on foreigners are so fire.
uuent the American Minister has asked the
Porte to increase Constantinople's police
force.
TEN men, all the crew Of the British brig
Nelson Rice, weresdrowned by the wrecking
Of that vessel on the rocks of Douglass, Isle
of Man.
SEVEN men were killed by an explosion In
the Timsbury colliery, near Bristol, Eng
land.
HEAVY snowstorms prevailed throughout
Great Britain, and gales swept various other
portions Of Europe.
An envoy from China has landed In France
who is said to be charged with the mission OF
asking the great Powers Of Europe to inter-
vene in the war in the East.
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BODIES ON THE WRECK.

Loss of the Schooner T. p. Dixon on
Martha's Vineyard, and tho Crew.
Some time during the late storm the wreck
of schooner, evidently engaged in the lime
trade. came ashore at Paul's Point, on the
northern shore of Martha's Vineyard, Mass
Her mainmast was standing, with sails hang
ing alongside. and on top Of her house were
three dead bodies lashed to tho skylight.
The name of the vessel had been defaced
by the storm, but as soon as the ice was re-
moved from the dead bodies one Of them was
recognized as Captain Joseph Boswick. which
proved the schooner to be the T. P. Dixon,
formerly of New York, but lately hailing
from Rockland. Me. One of the other bodies
was recognized as that of the mate, Martin
Lee. The third body could not be recog-
nized.
The captain was warmly dressed, which
would indicate that he was on deck at the
time of the disaster. The mate was in his
stockings. There was a dead dog beside the
bodies on the house. The belief is that in
trying to enter Vineyard Sound she struck
on Sow and Pigs reef or Devils Bridge. The
Dixon was of 1aO tons register, and was
built in 1887.
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SPRlNcER'S BILL KILLED.
No Further Hope for Financial Legislation
by This Congress.

No Further Hope for Financial Legislation
by This Congress.
-.residact Cleveland's revised plan OF cur
rency refcrn vas rejected BY tie House OF
Representatives oy an overwhelming vote,
leaving tho Administra.io-- at liberty to an
scuncs Few sale Of bonds.
l. wss nearly noon when the House, IN
Comrit:ee Of tho Whole, took up the Springer
Bill auth icrizing tie sale of $500. .000, 900 OF
gold bonds &c maintain the gold reserve and
to retire the greenbacks. The pending ques-
tioc was Mr.. BANDS appeal from the ruling
Of Chairman Richardson that his substitute
was not Il order. On q vote by teilers the
decisicn CT tie Chair was sustained-130 to
52.
When it came to considering the substitutes
pending, the Speaker ordered vote to be
taken first on that offered by Mr.. Reed, which
authorizes the issue of two-year three per
rent deficiencies in the revenue and bonds to
cover the deficiency in the gold reserve.
The vote on Mr.. Reeds substitute resulted:
Yeas, 1O9; nays, 1877; present and not voting,
2. This was nearly party vote. Messrs.
Cannon (Cal), Grain (Texas), Davey Ola. y,
Geary (Cal.) Griffith Mich Lawson (Ga.),
Pendleton (Texas) and Shell Is. c., Demo-
Gratis, voted with the Republicans for the
substitute. The Populists voted with the
Democrats against it.
The vote then recurred on the engrossment
and third reading OF the Springer bill as
amended in the Committee of the Whole,
which, on division, the House refused to
order by the decisive vote Of 81 ayes to 159
nays. The announcement OF this vote was
received with applause by the opponents OF
the bill, in the midst Of which Mr.. Springer
was seen rather than heard demanding a
yots by yeas and nays. This was ordered,
and resulted: Yeas, 1876; nays, 1872; present
and not voting, 4.
Mr.. Springer. having changed his vote for
that purpose, moved to reconsider the vote,
and that motion, on motion OF Mr.. Hatch
Dem., Mo. }, was laid on the table, yeas l35,
nays 12S, which finally disposed OF the mat
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In the morning, when o violent shock made
the big vessel tremble throughout her 4s0
feet of length. Immediately following
was a series of violent conclusions. The
women tainted and men bit their lips,
for all knew something had happened. The
Gascogne came to full stop. The passen-
gers congregated in the saloon. discussing
the accident, but they were relieved when
one of the oflcurs informed them that 1t was
nothing more serious than break In the
piston rod of the intermediate cylinder,
which could easily be repaired.
The matches were battened down, and ex-
eept for the intoierable pitching and tossing
and the confinement to the saloons and
staterooms the passengers suffered little.
They were all well behaved, and there was
nothing that might be called an approeh to
panic.
The passengers all united in saying that
they were not alarmed, and had a good time
aboard. The ship was out sixteen days in
all and both coal and provision held out to
the end. ..
The repairs to the piston rod were made
by splicing 1t with steel bands. These
worked loose or broke after day or two's
steaming and had to be made over again.
On this trip La Gsscogne's cabin passen-
gers numbered forty-four, and there were
about 125 steerage passengers. Most Of the
passengers were French.
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FACED DEATH RoR HOURS.
only Two Of Schooner Places Crew o4
Nine Were Saved.

ONLY Two Of Schooner Places Crew o.
Nine Were Saved.
Two sailors, speechless from exhaustion,
stiffened with cold. and all but dead with the
sufrerings of forty-hour fight for life in the
rigging Of the schooner which went ashore
near Patchogue, Long Island, in the great
gale, were rescued at midnight by the life
saving crew Of the Lone Hill station.
Six of their shipmates died one by one
under their eyes, either dropping into the Ice
filled surf or freezing to death lashed to the
rigging. The survivors are William Stevens
and S. J. Nelson. Their rescue puts eleven
lives saved from the storm to the credit of the
Lone Hill crew.
For q long time after their rescue the two
sailors were unable to speak even enough to
tell the name of their iil-fated craft. Stevens
was the first to revive. and his story OF the
wreck and of the cruel struggle against cold
and exhaustion, during those long hours,
with life and safety literally within their
grasp, though they had not the strength to
avail themselves of it; with their comrades
dying one by one beside them, and finally OF
the horror OF the two dead bodies swinging
from the lashings which had been the hope
of the living men. and threatsning to knock
the wretched survivors into the sea. is such
q record us is seldom found in the annals OF
the sea.
The wrecked vessel was the three-masted
schooner Louis Y. Place. from Baltimore to
New York. laden with coal, with Captain
and crew of seven men. OF these the follow
ing are dead:
Captain William Fl. Squires, Bridgehamp-
ton, L. l., f1fty-flve years old. married;
leaves wife and two children; - Jaiby,
mate, Norway. forty-four years old, un-
married; Charles Allen, engineer, Providence,
twenty-eight years old, unmarried; Charles
Morrison, cook: Gus Oelson, seaman,
Swedish, twenty-eight years old; Fritz Oscar
Ward. seaman, Norway, twenty-one years
old, unmarried.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

DR.. TAIMAGE is siNty-three years OF age.
The new President Of France was once
tanner.
THE Shah Of Persia drinks bottle OF bran
dy u day.
English Frecmasons.
MRS KATE CHASE SpEAaUE, it is said, is re-
duced to almost absolute want.
FELIX FAURE is the first President Of
France who has been u confirmed smoker.
THE Ameer of Afghanistan, who is going to
visit England in the spring, will probably
come by way Of Japan and the United
States.
JOHN B. TABB, the poet, is Catholic priest
living in Amelia County, Virginia, but hold
ing professorship in st. Charles College,
Maryland.
The King Of Greece gave orders to have
the Chateau of SIniddrup. in Denmark. pre-
pared for his occupancy in case he should
abdicate.
In a letter to the army Emperor William, OF
Germany. ordered the guns and standards
which took part in the war with France to be
decorated with oak leaves.
WILLIAM WALDORF AsToE cancelled the
order for a blanket Of flowers on his wife's
grave every day for year, because he was
annoyed at the publication OF the fact.
Ex-GovERSoR NoRTHEN. of Georgia, has be-
come an editor Of an agricultural paper. He
acted as flagman the other day at Atlanta
when the Georgia train for Nebraska was
sent out On its errand OF mercy.
SENATOR RANSOM, of North Carolina, re-
tires from Office in March after twenty-five
years of service in the Senate, at the age OF
seventy, poor and with no profitable employ
ment he can fall back upon at that time Of
life.
QUEEN V1cToah has not opened Parlia-
ment in person for nine years, and her phys
ical disabilities are such that she Is never
likely to open 1t again, as she could not as
eend the staircases. She is now restricted to-
functions which do not require any exertion
or TO which she can be carried In Bath
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