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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
Human Endurance in the Water.

Man and animals are able to sustain
themselves for long distances in the
water, and would do SO much oftener
were they not incapacitated, in regard of
the former at least, by sheer terror, as
well as complete Ignorance of their real
powers. Webb's wonderful endurance
will never be forgotten. But there are
other instances only less remarkable.
Some years since, the second mate of a
ship fell overheard while in the act of
listing sail. 1t was blowing fresh the
time was night, and the place some
miles out in the stormy German ocean.
The hardy fellow, nevertheless. managed
to gain the English coast. Brock, with
a dozen other pilots, was plying for
fares by Yarmouth; and, as the main
sheet was elaybed, a sudden puff of wind
upset the boat, when presently all per-
ished except Brock himself, who, from 4
in the afternoon of an October evening
to the next morning, swan thirteen
miles before he was able to hail a vessel
at anchor in the offing. Animals them
selves are capable Of swimming immense
distances, although unable to rest by the
way. A dog recently swan thirty miles
in America in order to reioin his master
A mule and dog, washing overheard
during gale in the Bay of Biscay, have
been known to make their way to shore.
A dog swan ashore with letter in his
mouth at the Cape of Good Hope. The
crew of the ship to which the dog be-
longed all perished, which they need not
have done had they only yentured to
tread water as the dog did. AS a cer-
tain ship was laboring heavily in the
trough OF the sea, it was found needful,
in order to tighten the vessel, to throw
some troop-horses overboard. which had
been taken in at Corunna. The poor
things, my informant, staff-strgeen,
told me, when they found themselves
abandoned, faced round and swan. for
miles after the vessel.-Popular Sci
ence MonthLy. . 'a. -s-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
How They Treat the Latest Epidemic,

The epidemic which has broken out
among bank cashiers attracts a great
deal of attention. The effect of the
disease is to make the cashier lose all
power to distinguish between what be-
longs to him and what to the depositors
of the bank. No system of treatment
has as yet been definitely shown to be
the best, but in two of the most prom
inent cases the following methods have
been adopted
!. Newark treatment, rather homeo-
pathic. Take the cashier to court, have
him give bail, and then send him back
to the bank to straighten out his ac-
counts. By going over the figures again
he will be convinced he did wrong. and
will agree never to do SO any more.
Cure guaranteed, but the attack may
occur again.
II: Kansas treatma eclectic, little
heroic. Take the cashier and tell him
you want your money. If you don't get
it, take long rope with a moose at one
end. Then, holding the cashiers nose,
insert his head in the moose. Pass the
other end of the rope over the limb of
tree; then pull on that end until the
distance from the point of the rope
touching the tree to the toe of the CASH
ier's boot is less than the distance from
the limb of the tree to the ground. Con-
tinue this treatment for several minutes.
Cure guaranteed. Attacks never occur
again.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
A Story of Speculation.

According to the story in the New
York Times, Mr.. Jay Gould had mar
row escape from utter ruin about three
years ago, and was so hard pressed by
Keene and several other operators and
co-operators in Union Pacific that his
courage vanished and he became limp
as rag. Keene summoned him to a
conference, to which he meekly went /;
told him he must drop out of Wall
street entirely and go to Europe for his
health-to which he assented-under
penalty of being SO eternally smashed
that he wouldn't have money enough to
pay his fare to Hoboken. He went out
of that room, says the Wall street mar
rator of the incident, ''as though he had
been spanked"
just outside the door he met Russell
nnnG1spasIsr big operator-uho,
kg to make Gouad
1ea~o saRd deliver, did not find it to his
interests to drive him from s'the street" +"
On hearing his story, Sage "waltzed in"
and found Keene and his fellow conspi-
rators together.
''Just let me serve notice on you fell
lows" said Sage, waving his long arms
about; ''iust let me serve notice on you
that I'm dead against this plot, and
dash, dash, dash, I'm going to stand
right up to the rack and fight you.
don't give continental about this man
Gould himself, but dash, dash, dash, I
amt going to let you shove him down
IN this way.
''He owes me one million of dollars,
and he can have three more tonight if
ne wants it. I'm on the make Just as
much as any of you, and had just as
cave pocket Gould's money as anybody
lse's; but I'll be dash, dash, dashed if
IN going to see him throttled in this
way. Union Pacific can't afford it; T |
,an't afford it, and here he shot |
'ut of the room, and at 10 o'clock next |
morning Gould was in possession of
'age's check for $2,OOO,0OO. Those
Who have lost faith in the proverb that |
here is honor even among-speculators,
viii be pleased to have it revived by
his narrative.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
The Presidential Succession.

The following is the full text of the
bill introduced in the United States Sen.
ate by Mr.. Garland, to provide for the
performance of the duties of the Presi-
Dental Office IN case of the removal,
death, resignation or inability of the
President:
Be it enacted, etc., that section las
title 8, of the Revised Statutes is hereby
repealed.
Sec. 2. In case of the removal, death,
resignation or inability of both the
President and Vice President of the
United States the Secretary of State,
for the time being, or if there be no
Secretary of State, then the Secretary of
the Treasury for the time being, or if
there be neither Secretary of State. or
Secretary of the Treasury then the
Secretary of War for the time being
shall act as President until the disabil-
ity be removed or a President be elected
in the manner and at the time provided
in the constitution and laws, or in case
there be no occasion under the law for
an election, until the existing term of
office of the President so removed, re-
signed, dead or disabled shall have ex-
pired.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
Whom not to Marry.


Women who love their husbands are
happy and at rest. Those who do not
are disturbed and restless; they are
always seeking for some means of kill
ing time; they are ready to hirt at any
moment; their children are, according to
their means, either hidden in nurseries
under the care of French 6onnes, or
handed over to Sally, the slatternly
nurse, to shake, and slap, and stuff with
sugar, as her wisdom dictates, while
society and amusements OF all sorts oc-
cupy their mothers time. Home is not
happy to the poor woman, because she
has chosen her mate foolishly-because
she trusted to that Glove after marriage {"
which mercenary old people promise
those who make what they call a sensible
match. Sad as a neglected wife, who
loves her husband well, must be, I
believe shei happier than this poor rest
less creature, though she be worshiped.
The love of one we do not love becomes
simply bore, especially in the close
intercourse of home-life, and she who
does not give her heart to her husband
is not likely to care much for his chill
dren. So, girls, if you do not love your
lover, don't marry him. Remember that
marriage is serious step, and that when
you give him your hand, that he may
encircle it with wedding-ring, you seal
the happiness or misery of your natural
life. Don't marry unless you are sure
of your love for him. and his for you.
COP HAS marked each sorrowing day.
and numbered every secret tear,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
The "Boss,, Jockey in England.

Archer, the chief jockey in England,
has a larger income than the Queens
Prime Minister. His regular fees are
$25 for the mount if he wins, $15 if he
loses, and SO for trial. These fees
are the smallest part of his income, not
withstanding that he rides in a vast num-
, ber- OF races every year. In 1875, he
won 172 races; in 1876, he won 207 in
1877, he won 21S; in 1878, 229 in 1879,
1877; and in 1880, 100. He has not rid
den SO many horses during the last two
years on account of a savage bite which
disabled one arm for several months.
The fees for races are, however, insig-
nifcant compared to the presents made
to him by owners Of the horses he has
ridden. Gold watches. diamond rings,
riding harses, dog carts, yachts, suits Of
clothes, hats, cases of champagne, etc.,
are quite common. Money gifts accom-
pany these smaller testimonials of graft
tude. Hegot ST, 900 from Mr. Lorillard
for winning the Derby, and Mr.. Keene
gave Foroham So, 500 for winning the
Grand Prix of Paris. Still larger sums
than those have been given. The jockey
who won the Derby ten years ago with
Hermit was presented with $15, 1000.
The policy of paying such sums to
Jockeys has been much criticised, but
the amount of money at Stake is so large
that it is thought wise to protect the
jockeys against corrupt offers. Archer
has only to ride his appointed horse.
He keeps a valet to assist in
changing his dress. He trav-
els from one race meeting to an
other in a first-class carriage, probably
the companion of the nobleman by
whom he is employed. In winter he
rides to his hounds, or goes to town. In
1876 he is reported to have earned
100000.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
Why Buildings Burn,

The cause of nine. tenths of the fires
in New York during the last thirteen
years was careless in some form, as ap-
pears from the reports of the Fire Com
missioners. Of 1880 fires 4,600, or
about one-fourth, were caused by gross
carelessness in throwing away matches,
lights, cigars, hot ashes, etc. Another
fruitful cause of fires, due to neglect
rather than actual carelessness, was that
of foul chimneys. Coal-oil lamps caused
l 2S7 fires and children playing with
matches S87. Over 900 fires were caused
by curtains being fired by gas jets, and
several hundred were due to ignorance
or carelessness in building fiues and fur
naces and erecting stoves. A great deal
of the money lost through carelessness
might be saved if everybody could be
made as careful in preventing fires as
they are ready to help in putting them
out after they are started. .-PtiLddet-
a1hia Ledger.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
A Rabbit Plague.
AN AFFLIoTIoN OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW
ZEALAND FARMERS,

The "rabbit plague" has come to
be looked on in Australia as almost as
great bane as the smallpox now visit
ing Sydney. In New Zealand especially
are its ravages fearful and widespread,
whole runs having had to be abandoned
to the ever-victorious bunnies. But
now an organized system of destruction
has been hit upon which seems likely to
arrest at least the plague. The new
remedy is phosphorized oats, which are
found to be the most enticing and the
most killing bait yet hit upon. The
rabbits devour these with avidity, while
they did not seem to care for the white
arsenic.
But difficulties have arisen in the way
of actually getting the rabbits poisoned.
The ordinary method adopted is to sell
the poisoned grain to the trappers at SO
much per bushel, and to pay them I'd
per skin that they may bring back.
An enormous amount of rabbits were
got rid of in this way, and yet it was
discovered that somehow they did not
all disappear as they should have done,
and in certain inclosed districts could
have been made to do.
1t was found that the trappers who
had devoted themselves to rabbiting as
profession not unnaturally conceived
the idea that if once they cleared q
whole district of rabbits the hope of
their gains would be gone, and, conse-
quently, they have, wherever the rab-
bits were found to be disappearing too
fast, been in the habit of removing the
grain when enough rabbits seemed to
them to have been poisoned. In fact,
breeding stock has been left throughout
the Southland district. In addition to
this, it has been found that the pro-
fessed rabbiters have been in the habit
of laying the poisoned grain in heaps,
to the great admiration of passing cattle,
who of course speedily devour it, with
the natural consequence
Some time ago run-holder in Vic
toria paid penny each to certain men
for every rabbits tail they should bring
him, conceiving that the loss of those
appendages would be fair proof of the
death of the former owner. A short
time after it was remarked that the rab-
bits were running about looking pos
teriOrt like Manx cats, from which it
was justly inferred that the iudicious
trappers had prudently cut off the tail,
and left the possesser to increase and
multiply It Is an interesting question
how long it would have taken, accord
ing to the Darwinian theory, these rab-
bits to develop into tailless breed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
New JERSEY Labor Statistics,

The third annual report of the New
Jersey Bureau of Labor Statistics has
just been published. By system of
questions printed in circular form and
distributed throughout the State, the
condition of the individual laborer is
discovered, and averages showing the
general situation are obtained. The
tables in the report give the occupa-
tions, the amount received, the amount
spent, the hours of labor, the days of
idleness or sickness, the sums received
from the labor of children and women of
the family not regularly employed, the
average daily pay, the division of ex-
penses, etc.
1t is shown that the average amount
spent by workingmen in year is
$455.27, and the average amount earned
$498. So, leaving an average saving of
only $43.2 in a year. The expenses
also include sundries, tobacco, liquor,
physicians and druggists bills and
other similar items. The report says
that the truck system-compulsory deal
ing with stores in which the employers
have an interests nearly abolished in
the State, and that nearly all the wages
are paid in cash. The average number
of hours per week during which labor
is performed is sixty.
During the past year there was
marked diminution in the number of
days lost through inability to obtain
work. The average was forty from this
cause, while last year it was eighty
seven. The average from sickness was
seventeen. Wages have also advanced
in most occupations, the average for
men this year being SITS as compared
to 81. 45 last year. A fact shown in the
report is that great many laboring
men depend for substantial assistance
upon their families indeed, that nearly
all wage earners receive aid in this way.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29

A band of outlaws raided the town
of Bullion, in Idaho, some days ago,
and held undisputed possession of the
whole place for several hours. One of
the first places that Bill Kearney, the
leader of the gang, entered was the
Office of the Gold and Silver Mining
Company, where he ordered II. Steven
son, the bookeeper, at the muzzle of O
revolver, to draw a check for $1,000 in
his favor. Stevenson obeyed, but when
Kearney LAID his pistol down and be-
gan to fold up the check, Stevenson
seized the pistol quick as flash, level
led it at Kearney, and ordered him to
return the check. Kearney had no
alternative but to comply, and left the
place very crestfallen, nor was Steven
son disturbed again.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29

packing up, some using the pick and
bar, and down near the creek powder
was being used to blast the ledge. 1t
was about 10 o'clock in the morning,
and blast had been prepared and the
fuse lighted, when from our retreat, full
ten rods away, we suddenly saw Little
Forty-Two turn the thicket and run
straight for the blast. He was laugh
ing and shouting, having been playing
stag" with Uncle Ben. We sprang up
and shouted and screamed, and the boy
halted within ten feet of the blast and
waved his cap at us. Next instant he was
hidden in the dust and smoke, and when
we reached him some of the men sat
down and covered their faces. He was
dead.
Well, that wasn't the end of it. That
afternoon, after Uncle Ben had made
the poor little body ready for burial,
and moaned over it, and. Will rnSs1
digging a sfs.a
to the blast, placed the mnzzle Of a re-
volver to his heart, and was dead before
the report reached US. He had lost his
boy and found him again. M. QUAD.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
A Vivid Dream.

A week or so ago young married
lady living on Oak street took in q
tramp and gave him square meal, for
which he was apparently exceedingly
grateful. He went away, and the mat
ter passsDtsslnh siSe <Stil a night
or two ago, when it was suddenly
brought up in rather singular manner.
She was sitting by the fireside reading,
during the earlier portion of the even
ing, waiting for her husbands return.
While thus engaged she dropped of
into gentle slumber from which she
says she was rudely awakened by some
one grasping her by the wrist. Looking
up she saw her old friend the tramp
but, in place of the rags with which his
back was covered when first she saw
him, he now sported a nobby suit and
wore silk hat. She told him to get
out, but, producing a roll of bills from
his pocket he offered it to her upon the
condition that she permitted him to sit
down and talk with her for an hour.
When she threatened to call her hus-
band he laughed and told her that he
knew he was not there. Finally she
broke away from him and ran breath
lessly to the Chicago avenue station,
where she applied for protection. A
couple of officers were sent back with
her, and, though they searched the
house from top to bottom, and exam
ined every door and window through
which the unwelcome visitor might have
entered the house, they could discover
no traces that would lead them to think
that man had been there at all. The
young lady's fears were quieted, and
when she talked the matter over with a
friend or two who dropped in she began
to think that perhaps she had dreamed
what seemed to be an unpleasant reality.
The police take this view of the case. -
Chicago Tribune.
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29

who pay taxes to make up de poo fund
an yet we kin not afford to buy dc
choice goods demanded by de paupers,
who secure orders on de grocers. OATS
ALL"
GUESS NOT.
The Secretary reported the following
inquiry from the Office of the Secretary
OF State of New Jersey: "Are the bar
rlers of American liberty being gradually
| demolished ?''
The question being open for discus
sion, Trustee Pullback said he couldn't
see any signs of such calamity. When
an American could open grocery in
one end of building, saloon in the
other, and poker room upstairs, it
didn't look as if American liberty was in
very great danger.
Samuel Shin said he had carefully
studied the subject of the barriers for
many years past, and he had of late
come to the conclusion that as long as
red-faced young man could blow a brssl
horn all the evening next door to where
N OAAAo A@y uJAhS onO OfslI1cIS WoIO IASuo
and sound as dollar.
Giveadam Jones observed that he had
also kept his eye peeled for any signs
that central government was seeking
to undermine the barriers erected by
Washington and cemented with the
blood of patriots. When an American
could sit on dry goods boxes all sum-
mer and make charity support him all
winter, there need be no alarm for the
safety of the Republic.
Several other members spoke in the
same vein, and the President closed the
address by saying:
81 think dis club am purity we'll satis-
fed dat be barriers of liberty am all solid,
an on behalf of de organizashun I feel
safe to assure de kentry at large dat all
de rights an privileges granted by our
fofathers are still Wort hundred cents
on de dollah. Now let de Glee Club
strike up dat good old air, 'Gwine Down
de Lane, an as we rush fur de doah it
will avoid complcashuns fur all to re-
member de fust par of obershoes on de
eft as you go out belongs to me-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
YET ON WIZARD.

thank thee, Lord, for precious things,
Which thou into my life hast brought;
More gratefully my spirit sings
ITS thanks for all yet have not.
How fair thy world to me has been,
How dear the friends who breathe Its air;
But who can guess what waits within
Thine opening realms, thy world more fair
For walls of hope before thee drawn,
For mists that hint the immortal coast
Hid in thy farthest, faintest dawn,
My God, for these thank thee most.
Joy, joy, to see, from every shore
Whereon my step makes presence fond,
Thy sunrise reddening still before =
More light, more love, more life beyond
LUCY LARcoM.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29

PARADox1oAI.-"Ma, hain't 1 been q
real good boy since I've been going to
Sunday-school?" "Yes, my lamb, +"
answered the maternal parent fondly.
"And you trust me now, don't you,
ma p eyes, darling" "Then," spoke
up the little innocent, "what makes you
keep the preserves locked up in the
pantry the same as ever ?"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
Feeding q Crowd.

It is not the income alone that the
great hotels at Saratoga have to con-
slider. The proprietor of single hotel.
the United States, bought during the
past summer for the 10000 persons
whom he entertained, $1,000 pounds OF
beef, costing $17, 165; $4,000 pounds OF
mutton for So, 172; IL, 780 pounds OF
lamb for S2,4l6; 51,s77 pounds OF
chicken for $40, 458; 20, pounds OF
butter for 81, 718; 20, 900 dozens of eggs
for 81, 269; and SO, 900 quarts of milk for
S2,387. The total cost of provisions for
the season was $99, 479, a; the sum OF
$40, 900 was paid for rent, $4,000 for
help, and $50, 900 on the general expense
account, making an aggregate expendi-
ture of nearly $270, 600 for season that
began June 4, and closed October 1.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29

The insect world having collapsed, it
is now safe to put your screen doors
and windows away in the coal shed,
where you can fall through them on dark
nights when you go after fuel. If screens
were only as deadly on flies as they are
on the man who tries to stick his nose
through them in the dark, there wouldn't
be an able-bodied fly in existence.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29

'BE SURE you're right, then go on
head was the remark of Hood.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29

COP HAS marked each sorrowing day,
and numbered every secret tear.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1881-12-29
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
The President Talks About Angels
General Notes.
From the Detroit Free Press.l

from the Detroit Free Press.l
"I should like to hev de Seokretary
read de follerin' letter in very loud
voice, said the President as he handed
over letter.
The Secretary read as follows:
GLEN Rose, TEX.
DEAR BRO. GARDNER-There is a man
down here who says that colored folks
haven't got any souls. That only white
folks turn to angels when they die. He
points with triumph to all the pictures
Of angels ever pointed, in which not q
single colored angel is seen. He says
he defies even old Bro. Gardner, the
greatest living logician, to prove that
colored men have souls all samee as
Mclean men. VIII ypu accept the
challenge?