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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-09

Next to the Coliseum the baths OF
Caracalla are the greatest, and in
some ways the most interesting ruins
in Rome. None OF the guide books give
you any conception of their pristine
grandeur. They were built 200 years
after the Christian era and the Roman
had free use OF them, paying only for
lights when they were opened in the
evening. European travellers will please
note that this is the first mention in
history of paying for candes). Around
the baths was rectangular building Tor
intellectual pastimes where teachers used
to instruct their pupils, reciters gave the
ballads of former days, etc. Between
this building and the baths proper was a
large open space for athletic sports. The
rooms for the bathers covered about half
an acre and 600 people could be accom-
modated at the same time. There were
rooms for cold baths and hot baths and
another for steam baths. The heating
apparatus and steam pipes have been
excavated showing, as at Pompeii that
the science of plumbing is by no means a
modern one.
The baths of Caracalla are especially
noted for their size and magui6cence.
The buildings covered several acres and
were three stories high. The lower story
has not yet been excavated and much OF
the upper story has fallen in, but from
the middle story we can get an exc, llent
idea of the whole. A single brick arch
which spans two walls is the largest
arch in the world, and there are remains
of other arches much larger. Nothing
was written by the Roman historians
about the magnihcence of these baths,
but nothing in Rome, with the possible
exception OF Neros golden house, sur
passed them in grandeur. The floors
were inlaid with mosaics, much OF which
still remains. The walls and ceilings
were covered with marbles brought
from Egypt, Greece and Abyssina. Hun
dreds OF beautiful statues adorned the
walls and some of the most famous in
the world have been found here. The
Farnese Hercules and the Farnese bull,
both in the Naples museum, were found
here and no one knows how many more
priceless treasures are buried in the debris
of the first story.
ARCHES on arches, as 1t were that Rome.
Collecting the chief trophies of her line
Would build up all her triumphs in one lone,
Her Coliseum stands.
And here the buzz of eager nations ran
In murmured pity or loud.roared applause,
AS man was slaughtered by his fellowman."
Whether you see the Coliseum by day.
light, as did half dozen times. or by
moonlight, as my Rochester friends did
you are always impressed with its size
and grandeur 1t is an elliptical struc.
ture that covers six acres, though only
about half OF the building is now stand
ing. The Venerable Bede of England
gave it the name and uttered this
prophecy:
while stands the Coliseum, Rome shall
stand;
When falls the Coliseum, Rome shall fall,
And when Rome falls-the world"
This prophecy proved quite true, as
Rome in the zenith of her power had
100000 people. When the Coliseum
fell Romes prestige and power fell and il
the middle ages the city had only 10000
people.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-09
Ancient Rome.
Editorial correspondence

Caesar found Gaul divided into three
parts and after a week in Rome have
found here three cities-the ancient, the
medieval and the modern. hope in a
series of three letters to interest YOU
along these lines, but il you are not fond
OF history or of sermons in stories, you
will not enjoy my story OF ancient Rome.
Let us first drive down the Appian
way, possibly the oldest road in Europe,
and which is still one of the great high
ways OF travel. The road was built in
straight line from Rome to Brindisi,
distance of $50 miles, but we will only
drive out few miles from the city. For
centuries before Christ and for several
hundred years after all the triumphal
professions came into Rome over the
Appian way, the conquering general or
emperor leading the line of march.
Besides being brave soldiers and excel
lent architects, the Romans knew how
to build good roads. The original pave.
ment of this road, which was lava
blocks, can be seen in many places and
in some spots there is the curbing OF the
sidewalk, so we know the exact width
Of this road. There is church legend
that just before st. Peters crucihxion
Christ met him on the Appian way and
a monument has been erected on the sup.
posed spot. Near by in the church OF
st. Sebastian are the footprints of Christ
in marble slab. But as said above
the Applan way was paved with lava
you can draw your own conclusions on
the genuineness OF the marble footprints.
AS no one was allowed to be buried
within the city walls the Romans buried
their dead along the Appian way. Ruins
OF great tombs are seen on both sides o
the road for many miles, and some of the
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-09
The Improved u. S. Separator
In the Cream Gathering Factory
ov the cream goes the factory Skm-mlk left feed
"' Saving for outfit in less than

We started our creamery
in 1895 with two outside
skimming stations and
about sixty patrons. The
Swimming stations have
not held their own, but we
now have one hundred and
twenty-five patrons, mostly
Tor cream taken at their
houses. Many of them use
the Improved U. S. dairy
size Separators. They find
they cannot afford to use
any other machine, as ac-
tual experiment shows that
the extra butter produced
Nv he use of the I'm urOVel
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-09
First Come First Served
My house is sold, as also my piano,
carpets and some furniture. But
there are bargains yet in
House hold Goods.
SidebOard, WardrObes,
Ma9ee Range, etc.

If you want a safe invest ment,
and way ahead ofwestern mortgages
and western bank stocks, | offer
you piece of real estate yielding
fair rate OF interest, and certain to
double in value in 5 years, viz.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-04-09
100000.

experts who examined
we have the valuable Mining
100000 heinp
that the interests all
ness are large shareholders II ~ ~
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-11
THE HOLY ALLIANCE.
Alexander of Russia q Man OF Religion.
Mind. E..

Alexander of Russia a Man Of Religious
Mind. Il.
The Emperor Alexander of Russia
was man of a mystical, it may be
said superstitious, habit of mind
deeply impressed with the divine right
of kings, and, it must be added, with
corresponding conviction of the obli-
cation to govern according to what he
regarded as Christian principles, says
the Nineteenth Century. He proposed,
therefore, that the sovereigns in con-
gress should enter into a holy alliance,
in which each pledged himself person.
ally to rule according to the Christian
standard, and to come to the assistance
OF any other in the case of domestic
as we'll as International difficulty
Lord Castlereagh, as the representative
of this country, demurred to a pledge
which his sovereign could not under
take independently of parliament. But
he desired to avoid all possibility of
disagreement with the other powers,
and especially not to offend the suscep-
Utilities of a parsonage who had been
SO influential in overcoming the com
mon enemy; and after correspondence
with Lord Liverpool at home, the
prince regent wrote a friendly letter
expressing his personal interest and
sympathy with the aims of the other
sovereigns, while refraining on the
ground of constitutional necessity from
entering, on his own part, into any
obligations such as were proposed.
The other powers had no such hesita-
ton. They undertook the sacred duty
of crushing trouble at the beginning by
lending their forces to put down any
movement, whether strictly domestic
or not, which threatened to interfere
with an established organization, The
general outcome of the settlement was
series of guarantees against interna-
tional aggression, supplemented by the
special obligations of the members of
the holy alliance to suppress internal
disorders. s.-l
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-11
MANUSCRIPT ROOM J.
: Most interesting Place In the who
British Museum.

Most interesting Place In the 5 b.Ie
British NIuseu m.
In the hewildering maze Of the
British museum, where many miles If
shelves and cases are filled with worlds
treasures, there is one little room that
attracts greater number of visitors
than any other, says Lippincott's. The
crowds that throng about the cases in.
this room are composed Of persons of
curlously diverse characteristics. It is
center of interest for scholar and
literary people, and yet seems as at
tractive to the least learned Of the Wis
ltors.4 This Is the room which contains
the department of autographs and man.
uscrlpts, and the treasures within it
are perhaps the most humanity interest
Ing in the whole museum. Here are
all manner Of writings by the hands of
the worlds great men of many ages
and countries. There are personal let
tiers OF kings and popes, queens, minis
tiers and courtiers, whose names in his
tory, in story and in song seem not to
stand for real men and women. hut
rather for legendary beings; and these
letters reveal in some homely phrase
or bit of simple sentiment a touch of
human nature which seems to make
them more akin to those who curiously
scan the documents to-day. Here one
may come, as it seems, to actual ac-
quaintance with the most notable of
the characters in sshakespeare's histor-
lcal dramas, and get a new reading. in
the quaint original, Of passages in his
works. Here are charters and state
papers that tell volumes of history in
a few lines letters of the great relig-
lous reformers, of statesmen, generals,
poets and composers. These autograph
documents, many of them letters from
husband to wife or lover to sweetheart,
show famous personages in a very diff
ferent light from that in which they are
commonly seen in the pages of his
tory.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-11
Founder OF Red Cross Society.

The name of the man who was the
actual cause of the foundation of the
Red Cross society, which has done 40
much to mitigate the horrors of war ia
little known to the present generation
However, he is still alive, and unfor-
tunately, it is said. in bad circum-
stances. His name is Dunant and he
was born in Geneva in 1928. A man Of
means, he appears to have devoted q
large portion of his wealth to works of
charity in connection with his native
city. The admirable labors of Flor
ence Nightingale, which attracted the
attention Of all Europe, made strong
impression on M. Dunant, which was
further increased by his own partici-
patton in the war of # Napoleon III
against the Austrians in 1859. There
he witnessed war in all it's horrors
and it resulted in his publishing
book On the subject which at the time
attracted much attention. In 1863 he
started on a pilgrimage, at his own ex-
pense, to various countries. to stir m
men into influencing the various gov
ernments into a conference which
should have for its object the forma-
ton Of some means for the mitigation
Of the horrors of war. The result was
the historic conference in 1864 at Ge-
neva, the outcome of which was the
convention which has made modern
warfare comparatively humane.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-11
MIXED PARAGRAPHS.

From Port Tampa, Fla, there were
shipped in August 14,4O0 tons of phos.
plate rock.
. A bicyclist scorching down a Bath
(Me.) street with baby carriage at
tached, attracted considerable atten-
ton the other day. e.
A Russian thistle nine feet in cir
cumference was recently found grow
ing by the wayside in the Santa Fe
valley, New Mexico.
1T seems the courts find no flaw in
Bilk's will" 'You don't say so! Why
I supposed Bilks to be richer than
that. Detroit Journal.
Fuddy-You consider Hartman a
funny fellow? Duddy-The wittiesi
man I ever knew. He can keep a
company of Englishmen in brown
study an entire evening Boston Tran
script.
"Golf ARM is the latest discovery 81
physicians in the way Of physical all
ment. 1t results, of course, from toe
arduous and too steady indulgence in
the royal and ancient game Of the
brawny Scot. II 5as 53 .s
The Arabian and African Bedouins
when suffering the pangs Of hunger
and having nothing wherewith to sat
isfy the cravings of appetite, draw
their belts tightly to compress the
stomach, and thus suffer less CASTRO.
nomic Inconvenience
s - -
Hitherto rubber has usually been Sc.
cured by the Wasteful method Of cut
ting down the trees. The recent dis.
coyery that the leaves furnish pure1
and more copious supply Of gum thar
the trees promises to produce a great
change in that industry.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-11

Dur setting forth at the proposed hour,
so it was nightfall ere we passed
through Colebrook; indeed, lamps were
lit in many of the stores and dwellings
Upon inquiry we learned that we were
still ten miles from the Notch. We de-
cided, however, to go forward, al
though our horses were tired and did
not pull we'll together, being both off
horses which had never before been
driven side by side.
The twinkling lights grew less fire.
quent and finally disappeared altogeth-
'er, which led us to conjecture that we
were now in the DiXville region. The
stars came out and the moon gave a
faint light, but this only served to make
more apparent the gloom of the i'm
penetrable forests and rocky cliffs, and
as we observed all this, we regretted
that we had not retained at ColebrOOk
until morning, for the road if not &C
tually dangerous, was dreary enough.
We seemed as much out of the world,
Or at least from the abodes of man, as
though we had been travelling days in
stead of hours. The cry of loon, or
some other bird of night, occasionally
broke over the silence which settled
over us; for the gentlemen were too
much engaged in their efforts to keep
the horses in the narrow path to in
dulge in any but laconic remarks, and
Miss Alden and I, with tightly clasped
hands, sat rigid and still, waiting for
the carriage to be overturned or hurled
dOwnwards into the far-reaching dark
ness.
aren't you afraid?" exclaimed Miss
Alden.
NO, feel as safe as though | were
in my mothers lap" returned Charlie,
but Immediately before the laugh sub
sided he drew the horses up suddenly.
Mr.. Ackley got down and discovered
that he had narrowly escaped being
thrown down precipice.
"Shall we go on?" l asked anxious
}y.
eve can't turn around, and I sup
pose We must" returned Charlie.
The gloom increased, the darkness
thickened. Trees grew thick on either
side of the road, the curtains of our
carriage were down, and Miss Alden
and myself were thus enveloped in to-
tai darkness. AS for my little boy, he
had fallen asleep.
Suddenly we heard the shrill whistle
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-11
"A TRAIN TEARING ALONG.

"A TRAIN TEARING ALONG.
OF a locomotive and the thunder of
train broke the silence. Our horses
quivered with fright so that their har-
ness shook, and they began plunging
and rearing. Bending forward to peer
out, we saw, high up on the crags, the
lights of a passing train. Another
whistle, a rumble, and it had van
ished
'Heavens!' exclaimed Charlie, 1--WE
have seen the phantom train"
PHANTOM train!' repeated Miss AL
den, Il see nothing remarkable about
it,
Nothing remarkable when there is
not railroad track within twenty
miles of here! That train," said Char
lie, If it did not float in the air, ran
over the points of stones bristling sew
eral feet apart, and at an altitude that
surveyors have thus far not interfered
with
'Is this true?" l asked.
ut is indeed" he replied. "I have
heard of this phantom train, but never
believed in its existence until now. tt
only appears one night in year, and
suppose, luckily or unluclily, we have
CHANGED upon that night" ~
Absurd as the story has always an
peared to me, I did not, in the un-
'canny darkness which surrounded U.S.
find it too strange for belief. Indeed,
had we not seen with our own eyes.
the phantom train? ~,
"Shall I tell you the story as I heard
it?" asked Mr.. Ack1ey. >.s. ."..ss@
20, no, not until we are out of this
;gioom," said !. III
IF We ever are" said Miss Alden.
: We went on, past one or two lum-
Boring camps, untenanted and SOLITARY.
and just as we began to feel hopelessly
shut in by dangers, seen and unseen
we entered cleared space and in q
moment drew rein at large, pleasant
well-lighted hotel, the Dix house.
| The change was wonderful. Out of
the dreadful darkness into the cheerful
house and the pleasant parlor where
quite a number Of guests, remnants of
the summer visitors, were sitting cozily
together.
"See it? Yes, 1 see 1t every goth Of
September for years till the landlord
took to having me here to tell the
story OF his company = broke from one
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-11
A Big Job.

Herr Schultze of the Berlin Academy
of Sciences has taken upon himself the
task of preparing a work describing all
animals that exist now or have existed
within historic times The Academy
allows him $1,000 to cover the expenses
of his undertaking. ~ -.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-11
THE PHANTOM TRAIN.
(By Mrs. Mary r, p, Hatch.)

L was IN the fall or
1881, Sept. &c, that
a party of five, in
Guiding m y S e | f,
started on a trip to
Dixville Notch, a
wild and romantic
pass situated some
fifty miles north of
the White Mount
a j n S. Circu m
tQnOQC nrnUpntp0
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-11
TALMAGE'S SERMON,
CONSOLATION FOR PARENTS"
LAST SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
from the Following Text: "The
H'shteous Is Taken Away from
the Evil to Come"-Isaiah, Chapter
LVII., Verse 1.

e all spend much
time in panegyric
of longevity. We
consider it a great
thing to live to be
an octogenarian. If
any one dies in
y o u t b we say,
wv h a t a PITY"
D r. Muhlenbergh,
in old age, said
+ h q + thu hvmn
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-11

The greatest men have but two
words for their life rule God and
country.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-11

Every animal Adam named was d
new word added to his dictionary.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-11-11

+
So we stick to this world as though
we preferred cold drizzle to warm habi-
tation, discord to cantata, sackcloth to
royal purple as though we preferred
a piano with four or five of the keys
out of tune to an instrument fully at
tuned-as though earth and heaven mad
exchanged apparel, and earth had TAX
en- on bridal array and heaven had
gone into deep mourning, all it's wat
ers stagnant, all it's harps broken, all
chalices cracked at the dry wells, all
the lawns sloping to the river
plowed with graves, with dead angels
under the furrow. Oh, I want to
break up my own infatuation, and
want to break up your infatuation with
this world. tell you,sif we are ready,
and If our work is done, the sboner we
go the better. and if there are bless
ings in longevity | want you to know
right well there are also blessings in
an abbreviated earthly existence.
re- # the spirit of this sermon is true,
how consoled you ought to feel about
members Of your family that went
early. Taken from the evil to come, =
this book says. What fortunate es-
cape they had! How glad we ought to
feel that they will never have to go
through the struggles which we have
4 had 1ia to go through. They had just
time enough to get out Of the cradle
and run up on the springtime hills of
e. this world and see how it looked. and
then they started for a better stopping
place. They were like ships that put
IN at St. Helena, staying there long
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-03-09
WILL REORGANIZE
The Patronage as Rapidly as Is Con-
sIstent with Deceney and Good
government

Washington, March S.-The
Mckinley men themselves have
been given to understand that
no factions will be recognized,
and that where such factions
exist they must get together
and harmoniZe their differences
before any patronage will be
dispensed to any of them. In
several instances this advice
has been taken in good part and
there has been n getting to-
gether" of the brethren who
erstwhile dwelt together in unity
but divided on the nomination.
Politicians who came to Wash
ington wondering what would
be done with them have been
pleasantly disappointed by the
spirit of Cancellation which
greeted them on every hand
when they arrived here.
1t is said that Major Mckin'
/ ley is determined not to protract
/ the agony OF applicants foi
/ places beyond necessary limits
but to reOrganize the patronag,
as rapidly aS i "consisten
with decency and good govern
ment." 4 good batch of ap
pointments will doubtless b,
sent to the senate tomorrow
The four ambassadorships will
presumably be among the earl
lest nominations made.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-03-09
Good Words for Flynn.

Buffalo, y. y, March S.-The
Times publishes the following
from Washington:
Twenty years ago Dennis
Flynn was selling the Buffalo
News in the city of Buffalo.
On Thursday last, ut noon, this
same Dennis Flynn closed a
term as delegate Flynn closed a
tenn as delegate i'll congress
from the territory of Oklahoma.
During the period in which he
has served i'll that capacity, Mr..
Flynn made for himself a repu-
tation which resulted in secur-
ing for him the Endorsement OF
every one Of his republican col
leagues for another and more
exalted position.
within few days President
Mckinley will appoint gov
ernor for the territory of Okla
ma, and if he listens to the sug-
gestions of the republican mem
bers of the Fifty-fourth con
gress, backed as they will be,
by the encomiums of the people
of Oklahoma, generally, he viii
appoint the former newsboy OF
I the city of Buffalo as governor
of this most important of the
I territories now outside of the
pale of statehood.
Dennis is one of the boys
who have made Buffalo anC
Erie county famous Throughout
Y the United States. He is a mar
of great ability. and one whC
undoubtedly would grace tin,
governors chair. No man il
the last house of representa-
tives who is AN applicant 70
office under the new administra
ton has been SO generally in
dorsed for the position he seek
as Mr.. Flynn, and it is scarcel.
probably that the president cal
decline to recognize the indorse
ments which he has for the pc
sition he seeks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-03-09
Enrorth League Meeting.

The business meeting of the
Epworth League of South Ard
more, meets March 10. 1897, at
which meeting Rev. j. I'll. God
frey will deliver a discourse on
the history, objects and aims OF
the Epworth League. Every
body is cordially invited to be
at the tabernacle in South Ard
more at said meeting. BY order
of the league.
WILL JONES,
Lulu HARGIs, President
Secretary.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1897-03-09

The last chance for you to get
in on the ground floor of the
Order of the Golden Chain Is
held open for you until Tues
day evening at Z o'clock. You
know what insurance amounts
to. See W. b. Goldsberry, DIR.
W. Il. Gardner or J. +. Hamil-
ton. Remember this l. oul
last call.