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The times., 1897-12-09
supreme Court of the United states

supp 1tdA VI 'aAN
Present: The Chief Justice, Mr.. Justice
Harlan, Nj. Justice Gray, Mr.. Justice
Brewer, Mr.. Justice Brown, Mr.. Justice
Shiras. Mr.. Justice White aud Mr. Justice
Pcckhrm.
Harrison O. Shepard, OF Muscogee, / T.,
and Milton E. Robinson, Of Utica, \. y,
were admitted 10 practice.
No. 145-wiliam A Clark. plaintiff IN
error, VI. William F. Fitzgerald ct al:
argument continued by Mr.. j. ". For5is,
for the defendants in error. and conclud ii
by Mr.. Robert b. Smith, foT the plaintiff
in error.
No. 146-The Missouri, Kansas and TeXa :
Railway Company, plaintiff in error, vs..
orange Fuller, assignee etc; argued by Mr.
George z. b. Jackson, FOR the plaintiff
in error. and by Mr.. Harrison o Shepai d,
for the defendant in error.
No.l47-The Del Monte Mining Nil ing
Company, appellant, IS. The Last Chance
Mining and Milling Company; argument
ocnu enced by Mr.. Charles 5. Thonids Tor
til" appellant and continued by Mr.. Toe!
F ale fer the appellee.
hdjourned until today at . clock.
TIE day cali for today, December =, viii
he as follow Nos AZ 15l (and I59j, I6I,
405, 40. ia, %, 1856, aud 158.
The times., 1897-12-09
washington Stock Excnanse.

Russel' sage is said to lie strongly buIii,n
Gn Missouri Pacific.
The times., 1897-12-09

After an a bsence of several years Ro-
lsnG Reed and his company including
Isadore Rush, will be the offering 1t
the Columbia, beginning Monday evening.
Mr. Reed viii present for the first time
here n!s new comedy, The Wrong Mr..
Wright which has scored an immense
success. II is said to be highly anIs-
ing and entertaining, and Mr. Reed has
been fitted with a strong character in
Seymour Sites. II Is that of a wealthy
man who had been noted FOR his parSi;n my
until he becomes interested in a pretty
woman, when the layisnIess of his gen
erosity exceeded ali bounds. This indi-
vidual had been Tobbed of $50, 600 by
trust ed clerk In hopes or capturing the
thief himself and thus save the reward
Offered. the merchant assumes the name
OF Mr. Wright. Numerous complications
result. There are EaIi d dozen other
characters, an amusing English lori-
ling, an heiress, who, wishing 'to he
loved for herself alone, = changes ,la scs
with her maid; an una ppropriated" spin
ster, who longs to be loved on any ac-
count; hypoer ritieal psalm singer and
United states artillery officer.
The times., 1897-12-09

Your credit is good al Lanspurgh's Fur
niture House, 18th and L SITS. oc3-tf
The times., 1897-12-09

The earnings of the c., c., C. < ST. L.
for the fourth week Of November increased
SSC 200.
The times., 1897-12-09

In the case OF Michael L. Sullivan gainst
the District of Columbia, judgment of
the lower court was affirmed. The action
was brought to recover DANA ges for per
sonal injdtics caused by defective side
walk Judgment was given for Sullivan.
The times., 1897-12-09

James A. Herne begins q weeks en-
gagemeut at the National OH MonIay
evening next W hen he viii again appear
ia his charming idyl of New England coast
life ''Slore Acres" This is Nr. Hernc
EiNtr consecutive seasoa IN this play.
Although Mr.. Herne conteHplates pro
dgcina his neNt play, Rev. Griffith payen-
port" next season. he VIII not discard
Shore Acres" In The company engaged
to appear with him next week there are
several new plt yers. Mr. Herbert Flans-
burph. a promising young actor VIII en-
&C the role OF DR.. Warren. Miss Marion
Cullen viii appear a. Helen Berry during
a part OF the week giving way on Wednes
day evening 10 Miss Julia A Herne, the
eldest daughter of the actor drauatist,
who win, on this occasion, make her
Washington debut as Heleti Berry. Miss
Herne IL only seventeen years of aga, amt
gives promise of winning great success as
an actress OF the new school. The children
are the same that were seen here 4 year
ago. During tie past summer entire new
scenery wBs prepared and some improve
uieuts have heen made IN the age set
tiugs. o. the opening night a superb
gold plated FlOrentine frame VIII he given
TO every lady as a souvenir OF tile fifteen
tundreGth performance of shore Acres. :"
The times., 1897-12-09

The court sustained the Commissioned rf
Patents in the case Of Clark NJ. Platt
against Alfred J shipley and I X. Hyde,
jr., on appeal from the commissioner.
The times., 1897-12-09
A Little Girl ST. ST.. S. %fss S.. S..

uhs, Etc. with scrap pictures, fancy paper,
etc. j. JAY GOULD, 421 Sth 50.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19

There is an illustration OF the above in
story told by David Hoffman, an emf
nent lawyer of Baltimore, and incorpor-
ated in Forney's Anecdotes of Public
Men. Mr.. Hoffman relates in substance
how as lad of twelve he met the great
Virginian at Beltzhoover's hotel, Balti-
more. An immense GRO wd had gathered
to greet the patriot. After they had dis
persed Hoffman with two other boys lin
gered to see if possible the honored guest
Washington had retired to his chamber,
but answered the knock and invited the
boys in. In those days the French repub-
leans had many imitators in the United
States and Hoffman's two companions
wore the French cockade in their caps.
After Washington had asked their names
he turned to Hoffman and said, II see
YOU have no cockade. Will you allow
me to make you one?" And calling a
servant he directed him to purchase a
piece of black ribbon and with this" said
Mr.. Hoffman she cut out for me black
cockade which he pinned to my cap with
his own hands, and that is why have
remained Washington Federalist to
this day, and why shall die one" No,
many presidents OF the United State:
after the exhaustion OF great public re
ception would thus have given attention
to company of curious boys. But Wash
ington knew how to write his name il
the hearts of the coming generation.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19
George Washington.

AS Washingtons birthday (Feb 22)
draws near everything about the man
will be invested with new interest, and in
deed there is no character in all American
history that can so profitably be studied
in minute detail. His life was most
significant one. Every act and word,
and every feature of his personality seems
to have in it some element of beauty {;
some lesson of value to his countrymen.
And this doubtless is due to the fact that
he was careful himself of every little de-
tail in his life and work. He did not de-
pise the smallest things. He appreciated
the value OF the most triflng incident
that would help him in his great work,
and so gave it his most prayerful atten-
ton. This is why his life can be put to
microscopic tests without revealing seri-
Gus faults.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19

The question to answer to yourself at
the outset is What is the child mind ?"
Some things it is certainly not, and by
disposing OF the negatives, the positive
purpose of education becomes clearer.
1t, the child mind, is not alone a sheet of
paper to be written on at will, nor a
gaping cistern to be filed to repletion,
nor a plastic substance to be moulded
just as you choose. nor an animal to be
taught to act without reflection, nor a
mere machine to be set going and kept
going for the purpose of earning living
until death puts an end to need. In
some ways it partakes of the nature
OF all OF these figures OF speech. But
more than all, it is like an uucultivated
territory to which man, the saviour,
comes. Absolutely beyond his control is
the original outline of that land, Its
rivers, its hills and its valleys were there
before ever it came into his possession. II
the owner has wisdom, however, he
carefully studies every portion and
decides on the treatment needed to get
the greatest possible good from the land
at his disposal. He drains the lowlands
and makes them produce. He removes
the great boulders left by glaciers OF
former ages. He dverts a stream and
makes even dry, poor soil surrender
things that are good. Furthermore,
bear in mind, that whatever he puts into
his fields by way OF fertilizer or OF seed is
/ OF no profit at all il it retains the condi-
ton or the form in which he distributed
it. The soil it is in must act upon it,
taking from the fertilizer or giving up to
the seed and therein is the wisdom oil
the husbandman shown in suiting his
efforts to the character Ct the ground
and then leaving light and air, soil and
moisture-things he never made and
never can make-to do their unobserved
work by day and by night. One other
point and we will turn to the application
OF this somewhat lengthy similitude
Each of all the tracts of land in your
town calls for different attention. Every
farmer reader of these lines will say
"Ameu" to that.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19

Go back to the "uncultvated territory"
for a moment. If man neglects the
swamps, they poison him; if he makes
no clearings, he starves. We have but
opened the subject.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19

back, in the fashion first introduced in
Paris last summer.
There are many odd designs in collars
grass linen with narrow line ofwhte,
helotrope with squares cut out and lace
inserted, and a narrow edge of lace all
around the collar, aud great variety of
different collars with medalions inserted
oflace or fine embroidery, These more
elaborate collars do not launder as well
as the plain ones-indeed, require to be
sent to the cleaners in many Instances
consequently they cannot be recon-
mended for "hard wear"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19

Thus is it with the child mind. Fond
mother, bending over your dull-eyed
babe for the first look of recognition,
though that child is yours in wonder
full sense, bone OF your bone and flesh of
your flesh, yet after all, physically and
mentally, it is nothing but gathering
into living form of inheritances OF body
and of mind that have come down
through generations. Its later life may
convince YOU even that in some instances
those gifts from earlier ages reach back
to the days of savagery 1t is for you
aud the teacher to operate upon condi-
tions as you find them. Each child in a
family has peculiarites of its own. Each
little child calls tor individual considera-
ton, lust as with each of all the farms in
vour town. Il the attempt is made to
treat all alike in training and i'll control
,be result is disastrous and cruel. This
one needs to be urged to self assurance
that one to be held in check; here perfect
trankness must be used to counteract a
living tendency there little effort made
TO set a too conhding nature on its
guard. Your failure to recognize all this
means danger to the child and demon
strates your un6tness for training.
know it will be said that it is fear
fully difficult to give this close persona
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19

Have we in our day any experience
with such a gathering must answer
very carefully, or possibly later Demet-
RUS may be affronted. For SO years or
more we have heard swelling cry that
has echoed and re.echoed through the
land, Great is education in the public
schools!" And by sort Of mental infec-
ton the cry has been taken up by all
who heard until Education Educa.
toni Education !" greets the ear on
every side. Now | reckon there were
some Ephesians who worshipped Diana
in sincerity and in truth They actually
gained strength from the wholesome
myths that had gathered around her.
and their shout, therefore, meant some
thing far more spiritual than did the rest
of the clamor; much of it was for "busi-
ness" So believe that Education" on
the tongue of growing numbers, who
look deep down into the conditions of
life, means all that is helpful and hopeful
in the race. But with the great swaying,
shouting multitude, it begins and ends
with parrot-like book knowledge; it is
against this very common view of the
subject that these lines are directed.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19

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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19
Try Grain-OI Try Grain-Ol

Ask your grocer today to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The chill
dren may drink it without injury as well
as the adult. All who try it like it.
GRAlN.O has that rich seal brown of
Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure
grains. and the most delicate stomach
receives it without distress, a the price
OF coffee is cts. and 25 cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19
Recent Publications.

The special Washngton's birthday
number of the Youths Companion is an
unusually attractive issue of this most at
tractive and interesting paper. The ar
ticle entitled early Days of the Ameri-
can Postoffice," by Hon. W. L. Wilson,
postmaster general, is full OF valuable in
formation concerning the postal service
of the country 100 years ago and even
earlier. Ethel M. Coson contributes to
this number touching story of lieroism
in the third of the stories told by teach
ers.
Tips rebel doube-runner" and "The
waking up of Ansel Judd" are both in
teresting stories with just suspicion Of
moral skilfully woven in.
In addition there are many short arti-
Giles on current topics, anecdotes, and
stories for the little folks, all of which
constitute most profitable whole.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19

AS there are myriads Of homes, each
more or less wisely or mistakenly solicit
GUS regarding the welfare and the career
OF one or more children, perhaps in this
column we may prohtably dwell for
while on some phases Of education that
are much overlooked. Furthermore, as
these children will be the young people Of
the next century, right idea of educa-
ton will be just as profitable prepare.
ton for the opportunities of the new age
as will be the massing and uni6cation of
reform forces that have dwelt on for
the past weeks.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19
Saturday Evening Transcript
Sixteen or More Pages.
Weekly Transcript
Published Fridays.
Address BOSTON TRANSCRIPT CO.,
ga Washington st Boston, Mass.

at is only necessary to look over the
newspaper field to be con vinced of the truth
of the contention that it is character rather
than mere size that makes a circulation val.
uable-character of the readers and character
of the paper.
"T here Is in Boston. for example, the Eve
ming Transcript which is a most excellent
the even tenor of it's way, without defling
the minds OF its readers or spending n great
amount of money for the frothy substance
regarded by many papers as important
news."-[ Newspaperdom New York, Jan. 80
1896.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19
Some Rambling Thoughts.
BY MEMO"
(Copyrighted.)

Once upon time certain silversmith
(Acts 10: 24-41) gathered around him a
mob, and for several hours all cried out
Great is Diana OF the Ephesians." The
silversmth had most excellent reason for
the agitation, since by beliefin Diana he
made his living. AS for the rest, most of
them knew not wherefore they were
come together but they shouted Just
the same. That mob mot Demetrius
has always stood forth as an
example OF blind devotion.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19

Mrs. Washington is certainly entitled
to most affectionate consideration at
such a time, for she was most worthy
hepmect of the first and greatest of
American presidents. And it might be
well if in this day, when society at the
capitol and elsewhere tends toward mag
ni6cent display and costly entertain
ments, the first ladies of the country
would study and possibly initiate this
truly queenly woman.
Henry Wansay, an English gentleman,
breakfasted with Washington and his
family on the Sth of June, as related by
Forney. He was greatly impressed. The
president was then sixty three. but
looked much younger. Mrs. Washing
ton herself made the tea and coffee for
them. On the table were two small
plates and sliced tongue and dry toast,
bread and butter, but no broiled fish as
was the general custom. Miss Eleanor
Curtis, her granddaughter, a very pleas
ant young lady in her sixteenth year, sat
next to her, and next, her grandson,
George Washington Park Curtis, about
two years older There were few formal
tiles. One servant only attended, who
wore no livery. Mrs. Washington
seemed older than her husband though
both born in the same year. She was
short i'll stature, ather robust, extremely
simple in her dress, and wore very PLAN
cap with her hair turned under it. This
description of Mrs. Washington CORE
spends exactly with her portrait painted
by Trumbull, and which saw years ago
and possibly now may be seen in he
Trumbull gallery at New Haven, Con
necticut. In another place speaking Of
the Washington household, when New
York was our political capital, which
embraced only one winter, president
Washington's i'll health and the death of
his mother, and other circumstances pre-
vented him from attending public balls,
and Mrs, Washington had little inclina-
ton for such amusements and was never
present at grand entertainments. She
was an oldfashioned person and rarely
figured save in the subsequent presi-
dental receptions in Philadelphia, after
the removal of the capital to that city"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19

Mayor Hamilton Peck was unan-
imously renominated for mayor Of Bur
lington at the republican caucus Friday
evening. In spite of a driving snow
storm 1927 votes were cast, an unusually
large number in view of the fact that
there was no opposition.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1897-02-19

attention to each one. Certainly it is.
So is it much more difficult to clear a
piece Of land than to leave it alone, but
the farmer goes to work with hope of
gain, and the teacher and parent should
be actuated by the same motive. But
the gain in the latter case is infinitely
above nerely material profit. 1t repre-
sents the removal of bad tendencies and
the planting Of grand purposes, that,
after being absorbed into the being of
the child, shall be transmitted to genera
tons vet unborn, but over whose fate
your influence shall have been exerted.
Is not that reward enough?
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
CITY of PORTLAND, ME.
Assessors Notice.

Tho Assessors OF the City of Portland hereby
give notice to all persons liable to taxation in
said city. that they will be in session every
secular day, from the first to the fifteenth day
from nine to twelve o'clock in the forenoon and
from two to four O'Clock in the afternoon, for
the purpose OF receiving lists of the polls and
estates taxable in said city.
Administrators, Executors, Trustees, Etc.
And all such persons are hereby notified to
make nd bring to said Assessors trne and per-
feet lisis of all their polls and estates, real or
tor, administrator and trustee or otherwise, on
the first day of April, 1897. and be prepared to
make oath to the truth of the same
Estates Distributed
And when estates of persons deceased have
been divided during the past year, or have
changed hands from any cause, the executor,
administrator or other persons interested, are
hereby warned to give notice Of such change,
and In default of such notice will be held under
the law to pay the tax assessed although such
estate has been wholly distributed and paid
over.
Persons Doomed.
And any person who neglects to comply with
to the laws OF the State and be barred of the
right to make application to the ASSESSORS OR
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS for any abatement
OF his taxes, unless he shows that he was I'M
able to offer such lists within the time hereby
appointed,
Blank schedules will be furnished at the AS
SCISSORS Office on application.
eH-1n no case where the Assessors have
been put to the dIsagreeable necessity of max
ing a doom will tn possession of government
bonds or deposits in the savings banks be
allowed as plea IL mitigation of such DOOM
WALTER l.. LEFAVOR,)
A ASkAoE X. a sM HIAA1HLErr' ASSESSORS
anr1-d2W
The Portland daily press., 1897-04-09
MAINE CENTRAL e. X.
In Effect Oct, 4th. 1898.

In Effect Oct, 4th. 1895
Trains leaye Portland Union Station, Railway
Square, for stations named below and inter-
mediate points as follows;
700 a. IN. For Brunswick. Bah, Rockland,
Augusta, WatervlIle, Skowhegan, List on
Falls, Lewiston via Brunswick, Bangor, Bucks
port, Vanceboro, St. Stephen. Houlton. Wood
$50 a. m. For Danville JIG. poland Springs
Mechanic Falls. Rumford Falls. Law.
iston, winthrop Waterville, Livsrmors Falls,
Pennington, Phillips and Rangeley.
:, 1880 a. m. For Brunswick, Bath. Lisbon
Falls, Lewiston. Augusta and Waterville.
1900 p. N. Express for Brunswick. Lisbon
Falls, Augusta, Waterxille Moosehead Lake
and Oldtown, Bangor & ArOostook to Houlton.
LILO p. M, For Danyille Js,. Poland Springs
station, Mechanics Falls, Rumford Falls. Bemfs
Phillips and Rangeley Winthrop. Oakland,
Bingham, Watersilie. Skowhegan and Malta
lao p. m. For Freeport. Brunswick, Au
gusta, Bath, Rockland and all stations on
Knox q Lincoln division. Watarville, Skow-
hogan. Belfast. Dover and Fcxerott Green
:, sos p. m. For Brunswick. Ratp, LISBON
Fails, Augusta and Watervllle.
1u 1aG ps.a For New Gloucester Ds.,sills
Falls. Auburn and Lewiston.
HOO p. m. Night Express. for Bath
Lewiston. Augusta, Waterville Bangor, Bar
Il goSs B ns St
and the Provinces. The Saturday night tram
does not run to Belfast, Dexter, Dover and Fox
croft OF beyond Bangor
White Mountain Division.
SAB q. m. For BrIdgton, Fa3yans, Burlins
Ton, Lancaster, St. Johnsbury, Sherbrooke
Mo- Montreal t Chicago, st. Paul aud Minneapolis
$50 p. m For sebago Lake. Co, nish, Brldg-
ton, Fryeburg, North Conway, and Bart EFT,
FaDyans. Lancaster, Lime Ridge, St. Jolns-
bury, Montreal, Quebec and Toronto.
SUNDAY TRAInS
gusta. WatsrvilIe and Bangor.
1880 p. m. For Brunswick. Lisbon FAILS
LeWiEtOn, Bath, Augusta. Watsrvtlle. Bangor.
HOO p. m, Night Express 10 Bath. Lew
lston, Bangor and points east with sleeping
cars for st. John.
ARRIVALS IN PORTLAND
From Montreal and FaDyans. Bartlett
and Brldgton. S.25 a. m; Lewiston AID
Mechanics Falls. $50 a. m; Watsr v'Is
and Augusta. 80 a. NJ ;Skowhegan. Lewiston,
KiEgfeld. Phillips, Harrington, Bems, and
Rumtord Falls. Il. 80 p. ~ ;Mattawamkeag, Ban
gor and RockIand 1926 p. m. mixed
VS. erville. Rock,and. 6.26 p. m. St, John
Bar Harbol, Caribou, Ashland and Moosehead
Lake viaB. & A.. Bangor. o. IS ., IN. ,kanseley,
Farmington, Rnmford Falls, Lewiston, 6.45
p. m. Chicago and Montreal and all White
Mountain points. $40 p. M; MattaWamkeag
Bar Harbor, Rockland, 40 a. M. daily eX-
press, Halifax, St. John. VancebOro. Far Ear
except Monday
T. G. BOOTHBV, q. T. s. T. A.
Sept3O dr.