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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-15

Lecture on Cuba.-C. F. Sweeney,
who has been for several years an opera
tor in the cable office in Cuba, gave a
lecture in Music hall last Friday evening,
telling about the people, customs, etc,
OF Cuba, and about the present situation
there. Mr.. Sweeney was introduced by
Major n, p. Bowman, and commenced
his story by telling of his early life, how
he commenced to learn telegraphv at the
age of 10, drifted through nearly all the
states of the Union and then accepted an
offer 10 60 to Cuba In speaking of the
Cuban rebellion he said there was not the
least doubt about the island being indie
pendent before long. hcCuban soldiers
had been victorious in nearly every EN-.
gagement, and now that the unhealthy
season had set in the Spanish army would
have double enemy to meet
The entertainment was given under the
auspices OF the orchestra, which rendered
selections in an excellent manner before
and after the lecture.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-15
Annual Scale r1eeting.-The annua

Annual Scale rleeting .-The annual
meeting of Z, &, T. Fairbanks & Co. was
held here Wednesday morning with S. N.
Brown, president, in the chair. Four
thousand and ninety shares were repre-
scented at the vote for the directors who
are as follows: Henry Fairbanks, H, N,
Turner, John c. Clark, st. Johnsbury
Samuel n. Brown, Boston; William S.
Wells and James G. Gardiner, New York 4;
Charles H. Morse, Chicago, These are
the same directors that served last year.
The board organized by electing the
same officers as last year as follows:
President, Samuel n. Brown.
Vice president Henry Fairbanks.
Manager, II. n. Turner.
Sec. and Treas, John c. Clark
Auditors, William S. Boynton, Edward
7. Fairbanks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-15

Minister'S Meeting.-The quarterly
meeting of the Caledonia County Minis
terial Association was held in st Johns
bury Tuesday in the parlors Of the South
church. Rev. G. w. Patterson of st.
Johnsbury East was moderator and 10
members of the association were present.
Rev. F. f. Lewis of Hardwck was pre-
sented for membership, Mr.. Lewis pre-
scented paper upon the Bible in the light
of recent discoveries in Egypt and Pales-
tine and Rev. c. l.. Guild Of Greensboro
upon the Bible of tomorrow, wherein he
showed how the Bible is coming to be re-
garded. An informal discussion was
held upon both these papers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-15
Wednesday,.
WANTED, FOR SALE. ETC.

LSmall advertisements will he inserted In
thlS column in reading matter type at the
rate ot two cents word for the first inser-
uon and one cent a word for subsequent in.
Ser'ionS. Cash must accompany the order. |
For SALE. Two young Jersey new
mich cows six years old. LA. & G. w,
Ladd, st. Johnsbury
f. a. Scott pays cash for maple sugar.
WANTED. Firstclass machinists (close
workmen) at the works of the Vermont
Farm Machine Co., Bellows Falls, VI
Desk room to rent in Pythian building.
Address Lock box &c.
WANTED. Horses or cattle for nastrr
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-15
Marriages..

At ST. Johnsbury, May ~, by Rev. M. c.
Henderson, William H. Bean aud Lila L.
Gordon, both of Newark
At Groton May 2, Elroy Page and Blanche
WEIGH.
At the M. E. parsonage in Derby May o,
Elmer p. Ware of West Derby, and Alice D.
White of Stanstead, P. Q.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-15

Use Harmless; it washes more clothes
and don't rot them.
The morning times., 1896-02-02
Again the District Building Is in Crepe.

The Bingham revoking the permit
granted Commissioners the Potomac Electric Light
scheme District lighting favored corpora
ion AS previously stated the owed its
origin purchase of Commissioner Truesdes lexington
light plant Coinciden with the transfer OF
wires connect
Georgetown with that ostensby to conduct cleo
tricty Georgetown but reality the extend
District appropriation bill amended to authorize
competing companies to public lighting by
of expected that the Potomac
Light Company would be enabled to tear
without the of franchise
from Congress
1t would perhaps to the Commissioners
completely of the stimuli
taneouy with alleged sale of Commissioner Truesdes
with positive refusal
ocracy authorizing competing lighting
plants by Congress- air of suspicion to the entire
transaction.
Fortunately decision Bingham. sustained
by higher the of the schemers and
would learn that Commissioner Truesde
will time future possession
of the lexington electric plant might be well to state that
the Commissioners SocitouS that
pratioD placed in deficiency bill to
supply this plant with funds continue its service Other
nothing electricity But there something being
Commissioner
peculiar misfortune to attend the recent
the Commissioners is at least great
boon public The squechng of the highway act and
bond BILL Judge public
dollars, legal beheadng of
favored lighting Justice Bingham will doubtless
Wholesale tearing parks.
the effect of influencing the
afford overlook further such
questionable they propose continue to
benefit individuals to the derment
public would better either have
discreet Commissioners of government where the
to unmake laws we'll execute them,
be placed in the hands of three
The morning times., 1896-02-02
Value Of Drills in Public Schools.

Some more or less sapient observer OF
human nature has remarked that all men
are beasts Of habit, and that this is as true
of children as of adults. An illustra
of the aptness of the observation, as wellas
of the importance of drilling the lit
tie ''beasts of habits,' is furnished by an
incident in an Omaha public school, in
which also the presence of mind of one OF
the youngsters stands forth in bold relief.
A slight fire started panic and the
children were rushing peil-mell from the
rooms when hoy, whose duty it was to
beat the drum at the daily drill, rushed down
the stairs, placed himself in his accus.
toned station, and began his drumming
just as if nothing out of the ordianry were
going on. As if by magic, the children
fell in line and kept step and time to the
familiar dram beat, and though the build
ing was filled with smoke the hero of
the day, like the Pied Piper OF Hanielin led
The morning times., 1896-02-02

a bed, in an alcove adorned with graceful
marble columns, writing table, an arm
chair, and kneeling stool, and one ward
robe.
Besides these, there is his private study, in
which the table and chair stand upon a little
earpeted platform, other tables being placed
on each side upon the floor, together with
an extremely uncomfortable but magnifi-
cent straightforward armchair, which is
one of the gifts offered on the occasion OF
the episcopal jubilee There is, moreover.
a little room containing only an old lounge
and an old-fashioned easy-chair with
wings" and nothing else. 1t is here that
the holy father retires to take his afternoon
nap. and the robust nature of his nerves is
proved by the fact that he lies down with
hiseyes facing the broad lightofthe window.
Thisprivate apartment occupies thesecond
floor, according to Italian reckoning.
though we Americans should call it the
third; it is On a ,eveI with Raphaeis logGie.
The floor above it is inhabited by Cardinal
Rampolia, tie secretary of state.-century
Magazine.
The morning times., 1896-02-02
What Will Dunraven Do Now?

Now that the first comments on the
findings of the New York Yacht Club
committee of inquiry have subsided, there
seems to be a general opinion that it is
Lord Dunraven's turn to say something.
The opinion is strengthened by the fact
that the tone of the committees report
is in such distinct contrast to the arro-
CANT and insulting charges which caused
the investigation. IL Dunraven has any
of the instincts of a gentleman, which,
until few months ago, it was presumed
that he possessed, he must be shamed by
the courtesy of the committees answers.
In fact the nlagnanimity displayed in
their findings is matter for astonish-
ment to the English lord as it is to every
body. The document has been justly ac-
cepted on all sides as temperate, gen
erous, and courteous treatment Of the whole
vexatious subject. Dunraven may count
himself fortunate that he escaped such
scathing rhetorical treatment as his i'm
pudent charges" provoked.
: And now what will Dunraveu do about
it? Taking advantage Of the typical
American treatment accorded him by the
committee, he may yet, to some extent,
retrieve his damaged reputation in the
eyes OF a public, which is not too critical,
though he cannot hope to dc . with
The morning times., 1896-02-02
Bitter Fight Of the Gamblers.

From the dispatch of the Richmond cor
respondent of The Times, published this
morning, the encouraging intelligence is
gathered that the Maupin bill, which pro-
hibils all kinds of gambling in the State of
Virginia, whether called bUokmaking or by
any other name, stands fair chance Of
being passed by the house of delegates, the
adverse report of the majority to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. The minority men,
bers of the committee are hard at work
upon their report, and lively time is pre-
dicted when the bill comes up for conSidera-
ton next Wednesday.
There has been an awakening among the
members of the legislature, thanks to the
press of the State, which has stirred up
the people until the sentiment against gam
bling has become Overwhelming and the
legislators have heard from home. 1t was
not to be expected that the people of Vir-
ginia, once the true state of affairs be-
came known 10 them, would rest satisfied
until a change has been brought about. The
disclosures about the outlaw tracks and
Jackson City dives, SO graphically narrated
The morning times., 1896-02-02
These Editors Say That

When transatlantic liners captain is so
ambitious to make 4 record that he forgets
to shut off steam and runs into dry land it
is time to stop.-Ghicago Record.
They sa y there is but one sugar plantation
left standing in Cuba. This kind of revenge
on the Spanish tax-gatherer is sweet, but
will prove costly by and by.-Boston Globe.
Boston must be strait-laced place. The
Herald speaks of ''corsets on Winter street"
New Orleans Picayune.
Mr.. Terrell is keeping the sultan supplied
with copy OF the Congressional Record
these esedays.-Indianapol News.
1t is said that Mr.. GARNER proposes to
start school in which he will teach monkeys
to read. or course the first work they will
want to peruse will he Charles Darwin's
'Origin Of Species. es."-Boston Globe.
Ex-Goy. Pattison, of Penns ylvauia, is
a good man and good Democrat, but he
comes from State which rolls up 200 900
majority from the other side too fire.
quently-Boston Herald.
The kaiser is said to sleep very little
The fact that misery loves company may
account for his industry in the way of caus-
ing other eminent pcrsonages to walk the
floor nights.-Buffalo Express.
The morning times., 1896-02-02

sportsmanlike gentlemen who support iu-
ternational yacht racing. But without
regard to results which might accrue to
his own standing in the public esteem,
Lord Dunraven should make an apology
as handsome as the Yacht Club commit ttee's s
verdict was magnanimous. The owner of
a noble title should not allow ordinary
American gentlemen to out do him iu
courtesy.
The pressure of the obligation must be
apparent TO his lordship. The public ex-
pectation of such an action is not confined
to this side OF the Atlantic; the London
newspapers, though not unanimous on this
particular point, are generally looking to
Dunraven for an expression of some kind.
''It will be the opinion, We are confident,
OF all British lovers of the best kind of
sport that there is only one course open for
him, and that is to make an instant and
complete apology" says the Chronicle.
And then that journal adds. 1.-THE apology
should be made in terms which should rival
in consideration the language Of the gen.
tlemen whose painful duty it has been to
place his gross and most unfortunate error
beyond the possibility of doubt"
Here Is. good advice for Dunraven, his
own countrymen, too. The question is,
win he heed tt7
The morning times., 1896-02-02
Careless Commanders

Editor Times: / have read with respect
the crusades that your paper has made
against the evils OF our city. great
wrong is now being practiced upon our
people by some druggists of this city, who
leave their stores in charge of unregistered
and incompetent pliarma cists. The law
distinctly says: "A person left in charge
OF any drug store must be registered by
the board OF pharmacy" This means four
years experience and a diploma from
college of pharmacy or passing an ex-
animation before the said board.
Three pharmacists and two physicians
constitute the board of pharmacy, whose
business it is TO see that the pharmacy
law is carried out. Ii seems to have been
carried out and buried long ago. Ignor-
ing this act OF Congress subjects the peo-
Pile to all the dangers of incompetent per
sons in compromising prescriptions and
dispensing medicines Mistakes have been
made and many injured through the in-
competency of PHARMACISTS. Human life
is too valuable to leave in the hands of an
ignorant druggist. | write this that IL
may awake our citizens to the danger
which lies at their door.
PRO BONO PUBLICO.
The morning times., 1896-02-02

in The Times and widely copied by the
Virginia papers, could not fail of effect
upon men and women of high intelligence
and moral worth, when they read how lives
were wrecked and fortunes squandered in
those places.
The missionary work done by the press
and people OF the State should not cease
until the last minute, not until the victory
is won or all hope of it is past Some
more converts may still be made, and
others, inclined to be weakened or whose
spinal column has not yet attained the
requisite degree of rigidity, may have TO
be wrestled with. 1t is a case in which
uneeasing vigilance is the price OF the tri-
umph of right aud dccency and good morals
1t will not be an easy conquest for the
race track people have uerved themselves
and their friends, advocates and sup
porters, both iu and out of the legislature,
to a desperate fight. They will leave no
stone unturned and no means untried to
carry their point 1t is a battle of the
hosts of light against the legions of dark
ness. The issue should not be uncertain.
The morning times., 1896-02-02
Its independence


The Times has never been accused OF truck
ling TO the Will Of special interests where
those interests were i'll conflict with the
welfare of the people. This fact and this
alone has given it the confidence of its
readers, who represent The intellectual and
reasoning clements of the WashiDgto on
public. Its circulation exceeds in number
by many thousands the circulation attained
by any other daily paper now or ever pub
iished in the District OF Columbia. In max
ing this statement ii is not necessary for
The Times TO resort to evasiye language.
THE CIRCULATION OF THE TIMES Is
LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY PAPER,
MORNING OR EVENING, as is attcsted
by its weekly sworn statement
CIRCU LATIoN BRINGS RESULTS. and
shrewd advertisers have not been tardy in
ayailing themselves OF the opportunity
given them. To such as have not yet tried
The Times as an advertising medium
reference need only be made 10 The thrifty
appearance of its columns devoted to The
business announcements of Washington's
representative merchants To show what
others think of 1t.
An average of more than thirty-four
thousand daily subscribers is the best testi-
munial 10 lis merits as ncwspapeI.
The morning times., 1896-02-02
Seeing With a New Light.

nature man has dra agged forth from their
hiding places and made subseryient to his
purposes. Niagara has been barnessed, and
furnishes the power that may drive u
sewing machine.
The results which Prof. Roentgen's new
light has achieved are wonderful enough for
a beginning. BY means OF ii Photographic
impressions OF the interior OF the human
body have been obtained; it has penetrated
wood and sent its rays through other
opaque substances. By means OF it the
physicians will be able to make accurate
diagnoses OF the diseases OF lungs and
heart and stomach, and even In its pres
cnt, presumably, yet imperfect state it
las demonstrated its ability to point out
TO the medical investigator ealcareous de-
posits in certain parts of the human anat-
omy.
IL would be unreasonable to assume that
this new light, or at least the methods
of applying it, will not be improved upon
In time, and that its possibilities will de-
veIop, as do those of electricity, almost
daily. 1t is yet more unreasonable to
expect that all this should happen at
once.
The morning times., 1896-02-02
Menace to the Hip Pocket.

doing that which is interdicted; imprison-
ment and deprivation OF the privileges and
rights of citizenship would have n more
deterrent effect, excepting, of course, that
class of people whose hands are always
raised against law, order and their fellow
men.
The habit of carrying concealed weapons
this respect We can profit by the example
of almost all the nations of Europe. The
practice is reduced TO a minimum there. and
the man who would be found indulging it,
would be regarded, and properly, too, as a
dangerous subject and be deprived OF the
power to do harm. With us in the United
States the trouble is that even men who
belong TO the better classes of society do
nor feel ashamed 70 go about with pistols
amt dirks and other deadly weapons, ready
temper or glass too much may furnish the
incentive. 1t is not surprising that such
exainples must have demoralizing effect.
Carried to its ultimate conclusion, every
person ought TO go armed untilevery mans
hand would be raised against his neighbor;
the law would be powerless and anarchy
would reign.
The sooner such laws as that which the
South Carolina legislature has just re-
jected are passed everywhere, the better
1t will be for the public peace, and the
lighter will be the criminal calendar.
The morning times., 1896-02-02

The South CafOliIIa house of representa-
tiyes has done n most unwise thing in
killing a bill the adoption of which would
have materially, contributed to the main
tenance Of public peace and order and
the dininution of crime. II was a bill
which proposed7 to disfranchisc any per-
son convicted OF violating the law against
with the best and most advanced sentiment
of the day. II proposed to deal with the
carrier OF concealed weapons in rational,
but RADICAL manner: that is, treat him as
an enemy of the public peace and, besides
infliciing penalty upon him, strip him
or the highest privilege OF the citizen-the
voting or governing power.
Every State i'll the Union has law
forbIdding the carrying of concealed
weapons, and every city an ordinance.
books because of the recognition OF the
fact that when a man makes "A perambu-
latng arsenal of himself he becomes a
menace to the community. II is not even
necessary that he be professional" tough;"
the fact that he deems IL advisable to 20
armed, bodies evil to some one. the trouble
with the majority. if not all, of the laws
and ordinances bearing upon this subject
is that they deal with the ofrense a
misdemeanor, instead of putting 1t in The
category of felones. The imposition or
fine does not ordinarily keep man from
The morning times., 1896-02-02
It was laLPf0Plt'S DAY
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sentiment among the common people was
increasing that seciarianism should not De
encouFagcd. The Impression should not be
created That oiie Denomination is more
| American than stn0ther.
Mr. Moudy said lie had been profoundly
impressed by the remarks Of Mr. Hainer
| ana desired iulI Information on every item
| giving pablc money to "A private Institution.
Messrs. Cannon, Miles, Henry. Moody
and others aged iii Il general dialogue.
Mr.. Bartlett then took the floor and
| said he was glad that the opportunity had
arisen TO show who are the True friends OF
the Union soldiers.
This declaration was greeted with pro-
longed laughter of q more or less derisiye
character.
BEHALF OF THE SOLDIER.
Proceeding, Mr.. Bartlett said that but a
few days had. elapsed since three OF the
gentlemen opposing the appropriation had
posed as the special champions of the Union
soldiers when the pension bill WIS penGing.
They now seemed TO have lost their interest
in the soldier. The friend of the soldier,
who moved 10 eliminate the item. would
see the soldier suffer want and poy ariy in
order that other institutions to which tney
Objected might not become the benefic.lries
of the same bounty.
Mr.. Gibson expla ined the actual workings
OIL the lcinpoI'tEy hohie anu Hiite an
elegant appeal for its continuance.
Mr.. Haner replied to Mr.. Eartlett's re-
marks and said the horse laugh with
which he was greeted. exhibited the con-
fidencc reposed in his protestations of
affection for the old soldier, The love
of the gentleman from New York was
measured by an appropriation OF $500
and not by the millions carried in the
pension bill.
Continuing, Mr.. Hainer said, he was
simply opposed 10 the appreciation of
public money to institutions which rendered
no report to the government. The chief
foundation of our government, he said
is the principle that the public are entitled
to an accounting from their servants.
Mr.. Hainer deferred his motion to strike
out until the paragraph referring to st.
7 obn's Orphan Associa ton sh ould be
reached, when he would include the other
private institutions in his motion to strike
out.
Mfr. Grant said 1T was evident the bill
could not be completed today, and hence
he moved the committee rise, and at
4:25 the house adjourned.
The morning times., 1896-02-02
Comments on Congress.

The free silver people who have been in
session at Washington represent nobody
but themselves. and they do this with very
little ability.-Chicago TimeS-Heraid-
Now thatthe Senate has shown that it is
capable of doing business by disposing of
sixty-five bills in one day, the country has
a right TO expect good deal more than it
has been receiving from this venerable body.
Detroit Free Press.
That Peffer funeral bill begins to have a
startling resemblance to a corpse.-Detroit
Free Press.
1t is pretty hard for John Bull to see Alright
when some Senator fist is thrust under his
nose every day.-Indianapoiis News.
The morning times., 1896-02-02
Cheaper and Better Tele ephone Service.

The people of Washington do not care
Il rap whether there is one telephone
company or a dozen of them operating in
the District; but what they do want is
better service and cheaper than that of
the Bell monopoly. This is a case in which
competition may bring about the desidera-
tum, for though Congress might regulate
the price of telephones. public and private,
in the District. it cannot compel the COM
pany to put up, or down, as the case may
be, new wires. and furnish its patrons with
better instruments. The contention of the
District Commissioners, that a centralized
service would be more easily controlled
than two or three different establishments,
lacks force and logic.
In. considering this matter it is not
necessary to discuss the question and prin-
ciples CT competition. The only point to
be considered is the convenience and the
The morning times., 1896-02-02
Eternity.

God is near upon the ocean;
God Is near upon the land;
He Is all. both rest and notion
We are only grains of sand.
Little mites upon life's billow,
May flies buzZing out the hour,
Dreams upon reyered pillow
Dewdrops on a withered flower,
Only waiting for UomoFrow-
That has never come to man;
Here We live in joy and sorrow.
Chasing phantoms while we can;
Chasing pleasure, chasing greatness;
over tangled walks and waves,
But we learn the bitter lateness,
Just before we find our graves.
Hope is nigh with fairy fingers;
Tracing sunbeams on the way;
Magic memory ever fingers,
Busy with the bygone day.
Life and dea tn are but the portals,
To a realm of endless rest;
God is working through His mortals-
All in some way shall be blessed!
JOHN a. JOYCE.