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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-11-16
GunpOwder Engine.

A powder engine has been patented
in Germany by Herr Beck. In it a
piston is forced to and fro Ill horizon
tai cylinder by small quantities of pow
der ignited on either side alternately.
Powder pans are provided on the bot
tom within, on which at the proper
moment, powder falls through passages
from two holders which rest on distri-
button slides. The igniting of the
powder is effected by means Of spirit
or gas fame from the cylinder
cover, drawn in through an obhque
aperture by the suction force of the
piston. The access is regulated by
slides. The gases of explosion are ex-
PEELED through holes furnished with
slides, on return of the piston. The
heavy residues ere pushed by the piston
into bags, which are emptied at inter
walls. 1t is claimed for the new motor
that, with small occupied space, it is
very effective and easy set at work. The
consum ptior of powder is comparatively
small, and the engine regulates itself.
The danger is represented as slight.
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A Little White FrOek.
A OAR DRIvER's STORY.

Riding on the front platform OF
street car, says Cincinnati paper, our
attention was attracted to the sudden,
and so far as we could see, entirely I'M
called for checking up of the car. No
one left the car, nor was there any
thing ahead to impede our progress.
Naturally we glanced at the driver
inquisitively, who, as he turned his
weather beaten visage toward us, an
swered our inquiring look with, 81 al
ways see the futter of that little white
dress here on this trip"
And then he told us, his lips culver
ing and his voice broken as he spoke,
how just at the place where he had
put on the brake, he had once run over
child, little girl clad in white.
"Sbe looked like my Nelly, sir" he said
with half sob, ''and when they told
me that the little one had murmured
just before she died, 'The bad man
ruined over me, papa, it nearly broke
my heart. They found that I wasn't
to blame at all: the child had run from
the sidewalk right under the wheels,
and before could check up they passed
over the poor little body. Ever since
then on this trip fancy see the little
white frock on the track; my heart
comes up in my throat, and I try to
stop the Car just as I did on that sad
night"
Sand you cannot overcome this
strange fancy ?" we asked.
"No. I've tried to reason my fancy
out of it, but it's no use, and suppose
1 shall always have the same feeling as
long as I drive a street car on this
line."
"Can you not be transferred to an.
other line ?"
"Well, yes, could, but I'd rather
not be. It would seem cowardly for
me to desert the route on that account,
and somehow I believe I am a better
man for the remembrance, sad as it
S. No, I'll stay where am"
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MOTHER EGYPT.
By JOAQUIN MILLER.


Dark-brewed she broods with weary lids
Beside her Sphynx and Pyramids,
With low and never-lifted head.
If she be dead. respect the dead;
II she be weeping, let her weep;
II she be sleeping, let her sleep;
For 10, this woman named the stars
She sucked at her tawny dugs
Your Moses while you reeked In wars
And prowlod your woods, nude painted
thugs.
Then back, brave England, back in peace
To Christian isles of fat increase!
Go back Else bid your high priests take
Your great bronze Christs and cannon make
Take down their cross from proud st. Pauls
And coin it into cannon balls
You tent not far from Nazareth.
Your camp spreads where His child-fee
strayed,
II Christ had seen this work Of death
If Christ had seen these ships invade
think the patient Christ had said,
$50 back, brave men Take up your dead;
Draw down your great ships to the seas;
Repass the gates of Hercules.
Go back to wife with babe at breast,
And leave lorn Egypt to her rest"
l. Christ then dead as Egypt is
Alb, Mother Egypt, torn in twain
There's something grimly wrong in this
Some like some gray, sad woman slain.
What would you have your mother do2
Hath she not done enough for your
GO back And when you learn to read
Come read this obelisk. Her deed
Like yonder awful forehead is
Disdainful silence like to this.
What lessons have you raised in stone
To passing nations that shall stand2
Like years to hers will leave you lone
And level as yon yellow sand.
st. George, your lions, whence are they5
From awful, silent Africa.
This Egypt is the lions lair
Beware, young Albion, beware
know the very Nile shall rise
To drive you from this sacrifice.
And if the seven plaques should come,
The red seas swallow sword and steed,
10 Christian lands stand mute and dumb
To see thy more than Moslem deed.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-11-16

william J. Coughlin. Of Somerville Mass says In the
fall Of 1876 taken with LUNGS fol-
lowed by severe cough. lost my appetite and flesh
and confined to my bed. In 1877 was admitted %
The hospital The doctors said had hole my lung
big a half-doAr. At time a report went around
that was dead Igave up hope but friend told OF
DR.. WILLIAM HALLS BALSAA FOR THE LUNGS
got bottle when 10 surprise commenced te fee
better and to-day feel better than for three years past
write this hoping every afflicted with Diseased
Lungs will take DR.. WILLIAM HALLS BALSAA ana
De convinced thst CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED.
an positively say has done good than all ths
thes medicines have taken since sickness.
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Notwithstanding to DR.. Haltenhoff.
Professor of Ophthalmology in the Uni
versity of Geneva, there are in Europe
311,O 600 blind persons, who cost about
four million pounds year, and rs per
cent. OF whom have become blind
through neglect and carelessness.
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Speed In War Vessels.

The French have lately launched
new turreted ironclad, the Arethuse,
carrying four steel guns in her turrets,
besides battery of twelve smaller guns.
Her engines are intended to develop
as high as 4, 200 horse power, giving her
an average sea speed of sixteen knots
an hour. Her length is 296 feet s
inches between perpendiculars, and her
displacement about $3.50 tons.
1t is but a few months since our
Naval Advisory Board recommended
the building of unarmored cruisers to
have speed of fifteen knots. The ina
bility of such cruisers to cope in speed
with unarmored vessels like the Arizona
and the Alaska, which would be prompt
ly converted into cruisers in case of
war with commercial power, was
pointed out the momeIu the recommen-
dation of the Advisory Board was 81 nd
mitted.
In the Arethuse the proposed cruisers
would meet an antagonist which they
could as little fight as run away from
with any hope Of success; and the naval
constructors of other nations are not
likely to rest until still higher speeds
are attained by 1ronclads, as they have
already been by lighter vessels.
1t would be consistent with the gem
eral conduct of our naval affairs to go on
with the building of twelve-knot cruis-
ers, admirably appointed to secure the
comfort of officers on official picnics and
practically useless in time of war but
it may be questioned whether the peo-
pie, who have to foot the bills, will be
at all pleased to have it done.
If the navy department cannot design
or get designed a cruiser capable of
making or approaching twenty knots,
the reconstruction of our Anticipated
navy had better be postponed until the
itself has been reconstruct
ed.-Scientjfc american.
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AFTER THE BEAR.-Bears are unusual
ly common in Coos County, New Hamp-
shire, this season, and when encount-
cred are in many cases ready to fight.
ApTOpos of which it should be stated
that nugget of gold resembling a bears
paw and worth 81, 300 was recently
taken from Forest City mine, California.
The miners are now looking for the rest
of the bear.
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MARKET NOTES,

NEW YORK MARKET.
The Wholesale New York market quota lions
show:
BEANS Prime So 35@$34O; fair to good
$2.85(0S2.85 per bushel.
BUTTER - New York sold at 36O38c. fol
choice in pals, and 30R33c. common to good
Western sold at 37Q36c. and the common
Western at 1S@21c.
CHEESE : Factory fancy, 1890 @13c; do
fair to good, 9G10c.
EaGs-Quotations ranged from CSC. for or
binary, to SEE. for New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania.
FLOUR -Superfine, So 25@$4OO; Western.
81 5OCDS8. so extra New York. $4.40GD$6 rs.
HAY Shipping, 55@6Oc.; clover, 45@7Oc.
salt. Csc; straw, 30@40c.
HoPs-New York, 95c@$1.00; Eastern, 90G
$1.00; yearIings, %; olds, @.
PETROLEUM - Refined, &C.; crude, 7A@
7Tsc. in bulk in barrels, 715c.; naphtha, G$4c.
in shipping order, and 1l16C@l2$lc in cases.
Pork New mess, $22.75@$23O0; dressed
hogs, 90 @93sc.
waukee. No 3. $1.36; amber, $l.32@$1.4O /;
white $1.1G$ @$1l112.
RYE State. 74C076I5c.
WooL-Ohio, PENNSYLVANIA and Virginia,
xxx -45D4ic.; Xxx, 420l5c.; X, 42@43c.; No.
!, 45D47c.; No. ,. 3S0D4bc.; common, 33@35c. !;
New York and Western Xxx and X, 39@i515c.;
No. l, 44@l5c.
PHILADELPHIA MARKET.
FLOUR - State family, -(154S E rye
-four, $425@$k3715 wheat, State, SO
$l.13; amber. SL43; corn, yellow, Sic;
mixed State, 94c.
PETROLEUM Refined, 79Ic.; crude, exc.
Wool State and Western Xxx, 46@5Uc.; x,
47O4Sc; medium, 5O@51c; coarse, 45c.
BOSTON MARKET
FLoUR-From S3.7507400 for low and
medium. to IS. 50@$6 81 forchoice Minnesota.
Corn, S5O88c. for mixed aud yellow.
BUTTER Common, 21025c, Vermont
dairy, 1908 &C.; choice creamery, 32@34c.
CHEEsE-120l3c.
BEANs-$3. 300$3 IS.
HAY-Choice $200B22.
CATTLE MARKETS.
BUFFALO - Cattle, good quality, $3.50
$3.50; hogs, fair to good, S6.60@$7.15; best,
$7.75.
EAST LIBERTY. PENN. Best CATTLE $4,000
300; medium to good, S5.50@$6.0O common
to fair, $4.00@$4 SO; Hogs, Workers, $6.5Ol0
$3.50; PhiIadelphias, $7.5O@$S.00. Sheep,
$4. 50@$5.00.
WATERFOWL, MAss.-Cattle, choice, $1,000
@3lO.25; extra, $8.75@$95O; first quality,
@7O0@S s 90; second quality, $5.00@$6.0j;
third quality, $4O0@$450. Sheep and lambs
wool sheep, $2.25@S4.75; extra, $4,000
S. IS; spring lambs, 415@6c. Veal calves,
3D71&c. As
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Magic Lanterns Outdone by tn
Murray Hit Pub. Co., 129 {. GBth ST., ". 7
b OLOEOP.ATIIHs

FAMILY MEDICINE CASES and BOOKS giving
plain directions for their uso a necessity for
every family removing to the country or sea shore
Send for Descriptive Catalogue.
BOERICKE & TAFEL'S HOMEOPATHIC PHARNA-
CIEs at New York. las Grand St. Philadelphia, 1Oll
Arch St; Baltimore 1876 West Fayette St. New Or
leans, 1870 Canal St.; Chicago, 234 Wabash Ave
BOERICKE & TAFEL received the onty Centennial
Prize Medal at Philadelphia awarded for HomBo-
patEic medicines. Business Established in 1885,
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Recollection is the only paradise out of which
we cannot be driven. -Caron

MENsMAN PEPToNIzED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nutri-
tiooLS properties. 1t contains blood-making
force-generating and DEMONSTRATING properties ;
invaluable for Indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
prostration, and all forms of general debility :;
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration over
work or acute disease, particularly If resulting
ron ron pulmonary eo4lPL&Iits' Casweti, hazard
There is no greater delight than to be con-
scious of sincerity in determination. Men
eius.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-11-16

IT SOMETIMES happens that people
who are married are only basted to-
gether, while others are stitched to-
gether 30 firmly that they can never
be parted,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-11-16

In general those who have nothing
20 say contrive to spend the longest
time in doing it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-11-16

JERSEY CITY, n. j., Sept. 20, 1881.
H. Fl. WARNER & Co.: Sirs-I have used your
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure for kidney disease,
and it certainly did for me all that could have
been expected and all that desired.
I2ENS1 CuAArIN-Ey
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RESCUED FROM DEATH.

Mother Swans Worm Syrup. for fever
ishness, restlessness, worms. Tasteless. Csc.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-11-16

ALWAYS taking ont and never putting
in soon reaches the bottom,
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Truth is tough. 1t will not break, like
bubble, at touch; it will be round and full at
evening. o. w. Holmes.
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ONE pair of boots saved every year by using
LYONS Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners.
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Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-21
REWARD OF INDUSTRY

A few days ago poor, friendless lad
might have been seen wandering along the
streets looking for employment. He pres.
emily halted in front OF a butcher-shop,
and, walking boldly up to the proprietor,
the young mans frank, honest countenance
which struck the proprietor favorably.
"Not afraid of hard work % he asked.
"No," responded the lad, with trem-
bling voice I" L have supported my mother
and two sisters for five years by hard
work"
He was put on trial at S. week maui
ing leathery beef, and his sturdy frame
and healthy constitution came in good
play. One day an old lady came in to get
some beef, and the proprietor told him to
attend to the customer.
"a tenderloin steak, if You please, she
said.
"Here's cut that nobody but the first
families get, responded the boy, smilingly,
as he sliced off four pounds of tough round
and cast it with heavy hand upon the
scales, jamming it down with quick,
dexterous movement until the indicator
marked six even pounds. Then be snatched
it off before the delicate machinery used to
weigh beef had time to recoil.
"Slx pounds and half, madam" he
said, looking her square in the face with
his clear blue eyes.
The proprietor of the stall called him in
that night, and remarking that he had
watched his course carefully, added that, as
a reward for his quick, comprehensive grasp
of the business. he would raise his salary to
s25 week. This shows the advantage of
doing everything well, and when the boys
mother back in New Jersey hears of his
success, there will be Joy in that house,
hold. Young men starting out in life
should learn to adapt themselves to their
surroundings and never let an opportunity
pass.-[Salt Lake Tribune.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-21
Answers TO Correspondents and Correct
Solutions
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

1t is reported that Erckmann's Chat
rian's new piece, the Rantzan, will in
all probability be adiourned>until the win
ter of 1882.
Fornari's new opera, ''Zuma, has been
we'll received at the Bellini Theater, Ma
laga. The winter season opened at the
Grand Theater Of that town with Tamber-
lik in ' Polinto."
Alexander Parodi, author of "Rome
Vaincue and '' Ulm le Parrcide, has re-
ceived letters of grand naturalization in
France NJ. Psrodi was born at La Canoe,
in this Island Of Crete, in lS42.
NJ. lola has put the last touches to
new novel from his fertile pen; it is enti-
tied - Potboullie" and he is said TO have
received a sum OF 80 900 francs for the pri-
ority right of publishing it in feuilleton
form.
The Capjtole Of Rome has published a Sc
ries of documents in support Of the claim
of the Countess LAmbertini to be the daugh-
ter Of the late Cardinal Ausonelli. claim
which gave rise to a Lawsuit few years
ago.
The town Of Groningen, Holland, has
an official dancing master. who recently
celebrated his fortieth jubilee in office. He
20 years of age, and presiding officer of the
Netherlandish Dancing Master Associa-
ton.
At the recent annual hunt on the vast
domains of Prince Schwarizenberg, in Bo-
hemia, four hareS were bagged. The ex-
penditure for maintenance etc., amounting
to SAY horins per annum, each hare cost
the owner 2, l04 forms and Is kreuzers.
The town of Coburg was smitten with
one OF the plaques of Egypt-rats. The
distress of the inhabitants was such that
the city fathers appointed two days in
which general poisoning OF the dread
rodents took place by means of phosphorus.
Rochfort visited the theater OF Berne the
other day, having just arrived from Paris ;
but no sooner was he recognized than the
public Kissed hun out again, This is the
way the Switzers revenge themselves for
Rochefort's disparasing remarks on their
fatherland in his paper.
1t has been estimated that in the in
fantry and cavalry of the French army
2S II per cent of the officers were noble.
In the officers Of the staff 81 05 per cent.
are nob!es From this it is concluded that
the higher the intellectual level required
the less the success of the mobiles.
A singular sort OF saint died in the Frank
for Lunatic Asylum last week. His name
was Johannes Kutt. He was formerly
Court gardener to the Duke of Nassau, and
created quite sensation some twenty
wears so as the faunder OF a religious sect,
which ne called 1.-THE children of God"
M. Gambet:a gave his first dinner to the
Corps Dipiomatique at the Palais d'Orsay.
The Papa Nnnclo sat on mis- right hand.
The greatest luxury vas displayed, and
the etairswere covered with choice flowers.
Tne Paris press complains that, contrary to
precedents, reporters were repulsed from
the anli-chanber.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-21

the young eentisman, who had acted en-
tirely on his own responsibility, and that
at that rate she would feel bound to pay
for any article any stranger might take
it into his head to have printed. The
proprietor of the journal insisted, when the
tragsdian became indignant, and the affair
went before the Courts, which decided that
Sarah Bernbardt should pay to the jour-
nalist the several hundred francs demand
ed. This she again refused to do IN the
face of the law, and she was glad to shake
from her feet the dust of city where JUS
tice appeared to be stranger; but on
arriving at the railroad station and wishing
to have her baggage checked, she found
that her trunks had been seized IN the
name of the law in payment OF the debt
the Court had decided she owed. Her
trunks she must have, fer how was she to
play "Adrien Lecouvreur, Camille,
and her other two roles without the neces-
ssry costumes So throwing the money in
the face of the official with tragic air,
she seized her precious trunks and hast
ened to her next destination. At Moscow,
when she was about to appear before a
crowded house, she was found to have lost
her voice entirely, and the money had to
be returned to the audience, who were
dismissed. VAL.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-21

Notice the relative amount of nitrogen
between the wheat and pea, and straw and
hay. As nitrogen goes to make up the
working part of the body, that is, the mus
cles, tendons, nerves, etc., it can be easily
seen that peas are better calculated to give
physical power and vitality than wheat,
and is one reason why straw is greatly in
ferior to hay for cattle feed. Having now
got some general idea of these six elements,
we will next, after explaining few chem
ical term, proceed to the study of "such
compounds of these elements as constitute
the basis of plants in general; since a
knowledge of them will prepare us to con-
slider the remaining elements with greater
degree of interest"
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-21
A SNORING MACHINE.

Take Connecticut man for inventions
One of them recently went without sleep
for ten days, working on '' ventriloquial
snorer." II was machine by which you
can make the sound of snoring proceed
from any desired point. The thing wasn't
calculated to benefit humanity. 1t was
built to make money for the inventor. 1t
did. Every drummer who went out Of
Boston for two weeks took one along
Ragbag bought one, and starting for Al
bany, as night came, retired to the sleep
ing car. He kept still till about II P NJ,
when rybody had got nicely settled
to sleep, and then gauging the thing to
man across the aisle, SET the machine in
motion. In about half a minute discon-
tented grunts were heard in different
berths. Then somebody swore, and finally
somebody else SHE'D a boot into the old
mans berth. That called him ou5, and he
Indignantly denied snoring and wanted to
wallop the man who threw the boot.
While three or four were wransliug with
him, the snore was heard again coming from
the berth of an elderly lady of single condi-
tion, down the aisle. Apologies were made
to the fat man, and as it was known
to be a lady snoring, it was at first pro-
posed to let her snore. But the racket
got so dismal and lonesome that it was
no use. The passengers got up and re.
quested the porter to speak TO her. The
porter, after much urging. did SO. He had
the idea that he shouldn't enjoy the job,
and he didn't. He got called dirty,
black imp, aud the tongue lashing bestowed
upon the suffering passengers ended with
violent Mysteries. 1t was 1920 before the
row was so settled that all got into their
berths again. They hoped for peace and
quiet. But, alas just as all were sink
ing into slumber, it came again. Whoop
what snore it was 1t brought people
up so quick they bumped their heads
against the tops of the berths, and pro-
family was numerous. That time it came
from the berth of red headed plumber
from Chicago. With howl the excited
passengers jumped for him and yanked
him out. They were about to hurl him
from the window, and even the mention
of his trade did not scare them off To
save the man the drummer rose aud ex.
planned. He wished he hadn't. He was
nearly torn to pieces by the iniuriated
crowd, and the machinery was smashed.
Finally the conductor quelled the riot
The passengers retired filed with indigna-
ton at the drummer, ard the next day
every mothers son of 'em bought one OF
tie snorers to use in some other car.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-21
THE PosY.

As went down my garden,
Before the dew was dry,
Along the road to Hawarden,
A lovely lass came by,
Her cheek was rosy, rosy;
Blue, blue her eye;
offered her a posy,
And she did not deny,
Pansy, pansy,
Yellow, white and blue,
She has won my fancy,
Far away with YOU.
So much mused about her
| could not sleep o night,
And one month without her
Left me W sak and white;
Till lily. O. valley
Her leaves did decline,
And forth must sally
To seek my Valentine.
Pansy, pansy,
Yellow, white and blue,
She has won my fancy,
Far away with you.
At long last found her
Alone in a wood,
With linnets warbling round her
Would do your heart good.
Her cheek no more was rosy,
With woe her eyes were wet,
ana TO ner lips po>y
OF faded flowers was set.
Pansy, pansy,
Yellow, white and blue,
Have Won her fancy,
She 80 favors you?
Toward her l hasted
And told my loving tale,
She saw my form was wasted,
She saw my cheek was pale;
And blushing rosy, rosy,
She sighed in my ear.
" The day took your pOsy
You took my hearts ease, dear.
Pansy, pansy,
Wherever 20,
You shall be my fancy
Of all the flowers that blow.
Good Words.