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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
why the Pyramids Were Built.

A traveller who recently visited the
great pyramids writes from Cairo to the
Philadelphia Inquirer as follows Wiser
beads than mine have cogitated over
the construction of these curious
erections, and it would not be out OF place
for me here to offer few suggestions
ON the subject; but / haven't any. Ac-
cepting the theory that the pyramids
were erected as receptaeles for the royal
mummies, and their interiors are built
exactly upon the plan of the hundreds
of tombs in their immediate neighbor-
hood; first, q reception chamber;
second, well, leading down to (third)
a cave for the reception of the mummy.
We must agree that the Egyptian kings
had the most implicit faith In their
theories concerning the future state.
| They believed that after death the
mummy must remain undisturbed for
,452 years, if eternal bliss was to be at
tanned. During these years sort OF
preparation was undergone--trial, test,
publication, polishing, etc.-to fit the
soul for its final condition. III the
mummy WAS disturbed, then eternal
misery would follow. How, then,
thought the Egyptian philosopher and
king, can L best secure the undisturbed
seclusion of my mummy for the re-
quired number of years 1t was 8
point he could not decide, and one day,
as he sat upon the sand in apparently
idle contemplation, he was chided by
his wife for idleness, $50 unbecomlne
in King" &" 1 have it, he answered,
without responding to her acrimony.
"I have it Look you When l ALLOW
this sand to fall from my hand, it re-
turns not to the level of its fellows, bu
coming, as it does from the hand o.
royalty, lifts itself into tower o
strength, of which it is indeed model
So it is in your kitchen with your lentili
end your rice and the -four with which
you form your pastries. SO are the
banks Ct the Nile when the inundatior
is ended; so the corn in the granarry
the debris from the quarries all, fal
thus, and are typical of strength AM
indestructibility. Thus will build th'
tombs in shape, which are to hold u
after our lives here are ended" An
thus old Cheops and his follower
bnilded better than they knew.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
THE QUARREL OF THE WHEELS.

sat within my wagon on heated summer day,
And watched my horses Aing1ng feet devour
the dusty way,
When suddenly voice below shrieked out, it
seemed to me-
"Yonre bigger, but you cannot go one-half SO
fast as we!'
looked around. but no one there my straining
vision caught;
We were alone upon the road; must have
dreamed, L thought;
Then almost at my feet I heard, distinct, a
voices sound
"Yonn never overtake us, though you twice
60 DER the ground p
1t puzzled me at first, but soon the fact upon
me broke;
The fore-wheels Of the wagon had thus to the
hind-wheels spoke.
listened for the answer, and it came in &C
cents low:
You're no further now before us than you
were an hour agor'
waited the rejoinder, but no further answer
came;
The fore-wheels were too busy, and the hind
wheels were the same;
And though strained my hearing much, de-
pressing well my head,
By fore-wheels or by hind-wheels not another
word was said.
The matter set me thinking how in life one
often knows
OF bitter controversies with the words absurd
as those,
How many claim as merit what is after all but
fate,
With success that others make for them exult-
ingly elate.
Your wise and mighty statesman just before
his fellow set,
Strives, as wheel in the wagon, further
from the hind to get;
Rolls along in his complacence, as he thinks, tc
name and fame,
To find, the journey ended, his position just
the same.
The patient toiler struggles, but no inch beyond
is gained;
And he grumbles that despite him, one posi-
ton is maintained,
Not rejecting that the Owner, who can every
thing control,
Babe him ever as the hindmost for fitting
purpose roll
Still speeds along the wagon DER the steady
roadway drawn,
Till ends the weary journey, and the light OF
day has gone;
And all the rivalries of men, the quiet thinker
feels,
Are idle as the quarrels of the fore and hinder
wheels
Thomas Dunn English, in he Ledger.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
Curious Habits of Ants.

Sir John Lubbock's extraordinary
book on "Ants, Bees and Wasps" will
amaze readers. Fancy ants having slavesi
Fancy these proverbial examples to the
sluggard keeping certain insects as we
keep COWS, and building sheds over
them, and keeping others as pets The
aristocracy of ants seem to have all the
vices which brought antique monarchies
to destruction. Sir John writes soberly,
as philosopher should, and weighs his
words no doubt, which makes his con-
illusions the more astonishing.
"The author quotes some of Huber's
experiments, the value of which he has
himself tested. The bloated ant aristo-
Gratis, it is said, "have lost the greater
part of their instincts their art, that
is, the power of building their domes-
tic habits, for they show no care for
their young, all this being done by the
slaves; their industry, for they take no
part in providing the daily supplies if
the colony changes the situation of its
nests, the masters are carried by their
slaves on their backs to the new one; nay,
they have lost the habit of feeding.
Huber placed thirty of them with some
larvae and pup@ and supply of honey
in box.
"'At first he says, they appeared
to pay some little attention to the Larvae;
they carried them here and there, but
presently replaced them. More than
one-half OF the Amazons died of hunger
in less than two days. They had not
even traced out dwelling, and the few
ants still in existence were languid and
without strength. eommiserated their
condition, and gave them one of their
black companions. This individual,
unassisted, established order, formed a
chamber in the earth, gathered together
the lavr@, extricated several young
ants that were ready to quit the condi-
ton of pup@, and preserved the life of
the remaining Amez ons.'
"This observation has been fully con-
Grmed by other naturalists. However
small the prison, however large the
quantity of food, these stupid creatures
will starve in the midst of plenty rather
than feed themselves. I have,
however. kept isolated specimens for
three months by giving them slave for
an hour or two day to clean and feed
them; under these circumstances they
remained in perfect health, while, but
for the slaves, they would have persisted
in two or three days"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
Canning Tomatoes.

In recent number of the american
AgriculturiSt read some remarks re-
garding the preserving of tomatoes, and
a lack of success. The m1odus operandi
is very simple, and why the many who
fail do not succeed, cannot understand.
The main point to look after is the jar
1t is of no use to put tomatoes into jar
that is not perfect throughout. Many
persons, after using the contents, and
cleaning the jar, set it upon shelf, and
the covers are put into box or other
receptacle, and after being iumbled to-
gether for several months, it would be
surprising if the covers, and especially
the glass ones, came out whole small
nick out of the sealing edge of glass
cover will cause the fruit in the jar to
spoil.
have seen persons use rubbers that
had been in use for years, and were so
stiff and hard that they would not
stretch such rubbers are useless. A
good rubber should be soft and pliable.
The tomatoes should be thoroughly
cooked. My way is to stew them in a
large kettle, all at once. Take your jar,
set it on cloth wet in cold water, pour
in enough cold water to cover the bot
tom well, then fill up with boiling
water. As soon as the jar is thorough.
ly hot, empty the water, and fill at once
with the hot tomatoes, trimming full,
then put on the rubber. Be very care
full that no seeds get under it; put on
the cover, and screw down. If glass
top, it should be warmed the same as
lhe jar *; continue screwing down the
cap as the jar cools. If done carefully
and quickly, success will follow. Many
people fill their jars too slowly, giving
too much chance for. the cold air to get
in, and the fruit to cool. These remarks
will apply to the canning of any kind OF
fruit.
Peaches I can differently. pare my
peaches, taking care thst they are III
good condition, ripe, but not mellow,
put in as many whole ones as can, and
pack all round the sides with halves and
quarters as close and tight as I can,
without bruising; then l. put in seven
ounces of sugar, and fill up with water.
Put on the fire a kettle with cold water,
set these jars that have been filed i'll it,
keeping them off the bottom by a graf
ing or something similar, and SO they
will not touch each other put on the
covers, and screw the ring down little
(but not the rubbers). After boiling
hard for ten minutes, take out and fill
up with boiling water, put on rubbers,
and seal as above. People say my
peaches are very nice.-R. 3. G.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
Distress I'm Iceland.

The famine and disease now threat.
ening grave disaster to iceland combine
to form the severest affl jction suffered
by the island siuc1 the volcanic erup-
ton of 1876. A succession of two unfa-
vorable winters, the first extraordinarily
cold and the second series of storms,
with an intervening summer that yielded
only half hay crop, brought ruin to
many of the pr pllatioD. Snofelisues-
sysla and DalasysIa, with other dis
tricts, are greatly distressed, as their
cattle have persisted in great numbers
for lack of fodder. Another calamity
came this year in the Greenland pack
ice, which filed the ocean and every
inlet on the north and west until the
beginning of July, thus again killing
the hay crop on the western half of the
island. A viruIent epidemic of measles
has now set in, redoubIing the miseries
of the Icelanders. Mr.. Eirikur Magnus-
son gives pitiful account of this wretch
edness, accompanied with appeals to
American charity.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
A Texas Goat Rancho.

The Galveston (Texas) Nea0S, says =
The editor of the Uyalde HeSpe1'ian
has made visit to the famous Nueces
canon, including the Angora ranch of
S. J. Arnold and brothers. Here the
canon widens out for distance of seven
mlles-iu fact, it is the widest and most
beautiful spot in the canon. These gen
tlemen own and control about $4,000
acres, embracing the rich valleys OF
Maverick Greek on the west and Ranch
Creek on the east, which are only min
iature canons putting into the Nue.
ces Valley from either side, furnishing
an abundance Of grass and water the
year round, and which is used as q sum-
mer range, while in Kinney County they
have another ranch where they winter
their sheep until after the Iambing sea-
son, keeping the goats on the home
ranch during the kidding season. Six
years ago last July these gentlemen com
menced with 875 goats and /, 400 head
of sheep. Now they have A, 900 of the
former and 5000 of the latter. Their
losses in sheep will amount to about the
same in money value as their purchases,
while on the goat question they are
So, 900 ahead of their losses, besides
their increase. During this period their
losses from disease and otherwise have
not been over 2 per cent on their goats
They run seven different focks, which
gave steady employment to seven herd
ers, besides viciero, (who superintends
the focks) as well as extra hands to at
tend to other work on the ranch. In
the shearing, lambing and dipping sea-
sons of course the number is greatly
augmented. On this ranch the goats
have been improved up by the best thor.
oughbred billies until now the grades
run from one-half to fifteen 81 xteenths.
Last spring their goat clip amounted
to 1000 pounds, which was sold in New
York at an average of 40 cents. We
have often heard the question asked,
what profit is there in goats In COM
mon goats the profit lies in their hides
and tallow, which always command
good price, and the supply of good meat
in shape that will not spoil in warm
weather before it can be used up. By
using Angora sires flock can be graded
up SO high that the voc is more prot
liable than that of sheep, where the
animal itself is harder, more prolific,
and less expensive.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
RESCUED FROM DEATu

William j. Coughlin, of Somerville Mass, says In the
fall Of 1876 was taken with THK LUNGS fol-
lowed by severe cough. lost my appetite and flesh
and was confined to my bed. In 1877 admitted tc
the hospital The doctors said had hole in my lung a,
big as half-dOlar AT one time report went around
that was dead. gave up hope but friend told OF
DIR. WILLIAM HALLS BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS.
got bottle, when to my surprise, commenced to feel
better and to-day feel better than for three years past
| write this hoping every afflicted with Diseased
Lungs Will take DIR. WILLIAM HALLS BAIsSAM. and
be convinced thai CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
can positively say 1t has done good than all the
other medicines have taken since my sickness.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

BEFORE the colored folks broke up
their debating society, this question was
up for debate, Gam fire more useful dan
iron ?" The affirmative would have
gained it had not sable member on the
other side thrown this bombshell: "Ef
it hadn't been fer iron de white folks
would er bin hckin' der niggers till yit. :"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

These who use Carboline, as now improved
and perfected, the great petroleum hair re-
newer, are always distinguished by the beauti-
full soft t,x'ure of the hair produced by the
use of that most exquisite of all toilet prepara-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

For DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION, depression
spirits and general debility, in their variou
forms also as preventive against fever an
ague and other intermittent fevers, the "Fe'
ro-Phosph GRATED Elixir of Calisaya, made b
Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York, and col
by all Druggists, is the best tonic, and for pa
tients recovering from fever or other sickness
it has no equal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

BY TIE WoMEN.-It is asserted that
prohibition was carried in Iowa through
the efforts OF the women. They organ
lied associations in nearly every co unity
and, nv diligent and importunato APP
peais to individual voters, induced a
large proportion of those who were
languldly opposed to the proposition to
support it at the polls.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
$4,000 REWARD

Will be paid for the detection and con
viction of any person selling or dealing
in any bogus, counterfeit or imitation
HOP BIrrERs, especially Bitters o.
preparations with the word HOP O,
HOPS in their name, or connected there
with, that is intended to mislead and
cheat the public, or for any preparation
put in any form pretending to be the
same as HoP BTrTERs. The genuine
have clusters of GREEN HOPS (notic,
this) printed on the white label, and are
the purest and best medicine on earth,
especially for Kidney, Liver and Ner-
vous Diseases. Beware of all others.
and of all pretended formulas or recipes
of HOP BITTERs published in papers, OF
for sale, as they are frauds and swim
dies. Whoever deals in any but the
genuine will be prosecuted.
HOP BIITERs MIRO. Co.,
Rochester, N. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

SILVER GREEK, n. Y, Feb. 9, I88U.
GENTs-I have been very low, and have tried
everything to no advantage. heard your Hop
Bitters recommended by so many, concluded
to give them trial. did, and now am around,
and constantly improving, and am nearly as
strong as ever. w. Fl. WELLER.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

BAD temper often proceeds from those pain
full disorders to which women are subject. In
female complaints DIR. r. Y. Pierces Fayorlte
Prescription" is certain cure. By all drug
Criata
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

Young or middle aged men suffering from
nervous debility, loss of memory, premature
old age, as the result of bad habits, should
send three stamps for Part VII Of Dime Series
pamphlets. Address WORLDS DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

THE FIFTEENTH. case of De-
trOit negro convicted of marrying O
white girl is to be made test of the
Fifteenth Amendment.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
90 HuchuDafba.'

Quick, complete cure for kidney affections
irritation, frequent or difficult urination. 81 AT
druggists. Prepaid by express, s1.25, fol
IS. Z. s. WELLS, Jersey City, NJ.
ron .srFoIAI. RATES for adyertisine this paper
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

If we were all permitted to put our own
valuation on ourselves, there would not be a
loW-priced man in the world.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

ONE may be betrayed into doing things by
combination of other circumstances which ont
NAV never have done otherwise.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
Warmers Safe kidney and Liver Cure.

IT IS astonishing how much easier it is to do
evil than bear 10 be told of the evil we have
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

THE BIBLE IN SoHooLs.-A lawsuit at
Andover, VT, involves indirectly The
right of public school teacher to read
the Bible in school. Farmer Hazelton
didn't want his children to hear the
Scriptures, and SO the prudential com
mittee arranged with the teacher to have
devotional exercises o few minutes be-
fore school opened each morning, at
tendance being optional with the pupils.
Hazelton informed the committee Of his
intention to stop the religious exercise s
entirely. With this end in view he in
structed his children to attend them,
and to get up and leave during the read
ing without the consent of the teacher.
This was done, and the children were
expelled. The case will go to the Court
of Appeals.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21
SILVER CREE,

IT is not until we have passed through the
furnace that we are made to know how much
drOss WAS in orr cOmpOsitiOn,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

1t is the cire of very great part of mankind
to conceal their indulgence from the rest.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

LITTLE Brown Jug is the name of O
race horse. He is full of spirit.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

That terrible scourge
fever and ague, and
its congener, bilious
remittent, besides af'
fections of the stom'
ach, liver and bowels,
produced by miasma-
tic air and water, are
both eradicated and
prevented by the use
of Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters, a purely
vegetable elixir. in
dorsed by physicians
and more extensive.
" used as a remedy
for the above class OF
disorders, as well as
for many others, than
any medicine of the
age. For sale by al
Druggists and Deal
ers generally.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

SKILL IN THE WoRKsHoP.-To do good work
the mechanic must have good health If lonr
hours of confinement in close rooms have en-
feebled his hand or dimmed his sight, Let him
at once, and before some organic trouble ap-
pears, take plenty OF Hop Btters His system
will be rejuvenated, his nerves strengthened,
his sight become clear, and the whole constitu-
ton be built up to higher working condition
THE moment anything assumes the shape of
duty, some persons feel themselves incapable
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

PRETTY MExIoANs. The Mexican
women are wonderfully graceful. This
is partly due to their manner of carry
ing baskets and bundles, begun in early
childhood. I watched a Mexican girl
carry an immense basket of clothes
home to be Numbered. First she Sc
lected from the basket towel, and
twisting it tightly, wound it round and
round until the circumference was tn
size OF her head, on which she placed it;
then, helped by companion, she lifted
the basket, weighing at least thirty
pounds, on top of the roll. She balanced
it by touching it lightly. first with one
hand then with the other. After she
had gone a short distance she folded her
hands in her shawl, walking with the
greatest ease and Inconsistencies.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

WHOM the gods love die young. -
The gods do not love spring chick ans. -
Puck.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

IF YOU feel dull drowsy. debiltated, have
salow color of skin, or Yellow h-brown spots
on face or body, frequent headache or dizzi-
ness, bad taste in mouth. internal heat or
chills alternatcd with hot flushes, low spirits
and gloomy forebodngs, irregular appetite,
and tongue coated, you are suffering from
'ttorpid liver" or 1" biliousness." In many
cases of oliver complaint only part of these
symptoms are experienced. As remedy for
all such cases, DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery has no equal, as it effecus perfect
and radical cures. AT all drug stores.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-09-21

THE moon like some men il the brightes
when it is full; but like them again it soon be-
gins to lose ifs luStre
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EXPANSIONS TO ALL

EXPANSIONS TO ALL
Soldiers that disabled by wounds disease
&FYBloss of finger piles darrhoea,
EEEF Hof eyesight loss ohearing heart and lung disease
"a other disease hurt by acci-
x4 kdent otherwise gives you pension. Widows,
fathers mothers, brothers and sisters
EM ened to pensions. Pensions procured where dis
kSfIEA charge is lost New discharges obtained Hon
discharges and pensions for all deserers,
ESk N flNby August 1882. PENSIONS INCREASED
lA Nv lrom $500 to S72.oo per month. REJECTED PEN
t3EA ~ kAson claims speciality. Advice FREE Address
kA sel:th stamp) D. +. Prtchard Washington, d. c.
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Connot be Disputod.

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fuii7 for all diseases of the hsd1 Jotes ana 'ii'aAs
f,eh Shake well before using.