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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23
Eight Hours a Day.
MAYNARD EMPLOYEES ASKING PAY FOR
OVERTIME.

A meeting of the Working Mems
Union made up of the Brooklyn Navy
yard employees was held on Thursday.
President Ira Lille occupied the chair.
The object OF the meeting was to get
signatures to petition founded on the
failure of President Hayes and his Cab
met strictly to enforce the eight hours
law i'll the Government navy-yards, re-
pair stations, and arsCnaIs, and asking
Congress to reimburse the men who
worked ten hours a day, or two hours
Over-wor6, and were thereby robbed of
two hours pay for each day during the
seventeen months under tie Hayes Ad-
ministration.
"Your petitioners, therefore, pray, :"
says the document, "that law be en-
acted directing and requiring your pc
tihoners to be paid for the extra work
eight hours per day since the act quoted
above, provided for paying the wOrEmen
up to the 18th day of May, 1869, appro-
printing the money to make such pay
ments. And your petitioners further
pray that such penal laws may be enacted
as will for the future compel the admin
istrative officers of the Government to
respect the rights of labor under the
eight-hOur law"
The meeting was largely attended,
and 600 signatures We're obtained. A
speech was made by William n. Streeter,
Esq, which repudiated the idea of any
sympathy with Communism, and as
serted that the Government employees
only wanted their rights under the law.
He was heartily applauded As soon
as the petition has been properly circu-
lated it will be handed over to the Hon.
Darwin r. James, who will present it in
the next Congress. President Arthur
has revoked the order which was the
cause Of the difficulty, and the men are
now working only eight hours a day.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23
Plantation Philosophy.

In de eyes oh de worI luck makes a
smart man Outen a fool.
Oars only mighty short step 'twixt
selhshness an dishonesty. 1t is strong
selhshness dat makes a man steal.
De man wild a thinkin' mind is neber
alone 'ccpt when he's in company, an
Is neber i'll company 'cept when he's
alone
De man what doan care ter be credited
wild the work what he hmsef does, ain t
keen ter gin credit ter oder people fur
what da do.
Too much 'portance ken be laid ter de
Openness Of de eye. De owl is got a
heap bigger eye den de fox, but he amt
got half rs much sense.
De dishones' man often looks mp while
de homes man looks down. De smut
head oh wheat STAINS up straight, but dc
rcal head oh gram bends ober.
When man wanster prUbc eberything
what he says Use sorter 'spicious, hut
when he wants ter bet on cberything he
says. l knows dat he's a liar.
When a rich man Is short in his ac-
counts, folks say, ''what a pity" but
when a POI man is short, da say, "what
a rascal dat felleris. Ial'ers knowed dat
he was a thief.
Imitation is sometimes priced higher
den de 'nginal. De mockin' bird what
caws like de crow is more spected dan
de crow, but he suffers on dis account,
fur de white folks puts him III cage.
1T Is a pity dat all imitatcrs amt shet
uP.-1rEMpSaJO TTurcicr.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23
An Incident of the War.

At the opening of Camp Barnett, in
Cleveland the other evening, Captain A.
J. Kicks related an incident in which he
was personally interested. In it he was
the bearer of the news of Lees surren-
der to Grant at AppomattOx to the whole
of the Twenty-third Army Corps. On q
! bright day in April, 1865, Major General
J. d. Cox, commanding the Twenty
third Army Corps, with his staff and es-
cort, were riding leisurely at the head OF
the marching column on the road to
| Raleigh. The latest news from Grant
was of the fierce struggle about Rich
mOnd, its evacuation and Lees flight
toward Central Virginia. The corps was
pushing on toward Raleigh to prevent a
consolidation of Johnston and Lees
armies, and though hourly looking for
news of important movements, there
were no expectations of any decisive
victories. An orderly from General Por-
ter rode up to General Cox and quietly
/ presented a message to him. General
Cox's face at once lit up with Joy indie
scribable as he cried out Lee has sur
rendered !"
The whole staff was ordered to loose
! the bride reins and waving their hats
! to give three cheers. As cheer after
cheer arose from the enthusiastic cav
aIrymcn, Captain Kicks S horse turned
and ran toward the main army. Before
he could check him the idea was sug-
gestcd: "Why not carry the news to
the entire division % No sooner said
than driving the spurs into the sides of
his horse he sped onward toward the
advancing infantry. They had heard
the shouts Of the advance Of the column,
but could not of course understand
what it was about. As thoy saw the
messenger approaching, the ranks di-
vided on either side and allowed him to
pass between.
"What's the mattcr?"
Lee has surrendered with his whole
army to Grant.
Such shouts of Joy as the good news
sped along Men wept, screamed-did
everything to express their gladness and
relief to know the war was at last so
nearly done that the weary marches,
bivouacs, the lonely picket duty, and
the bloody battles were almost over
Before the messenger were anxious sol
diers leaning forward to know what was
the cause of the shouting, which could
be heard nearer and nearer. Behind
him were men rendered frantic by the
good news, shouting and clinking their
canteens together, SO as to make all the
noise poss bic. One bright looking sol
der leaned forward ont Of the ranks and
inquired, whats the news ?"
Lee has surrendered with his whole
army to Grant :"
Great God you're the man I've
been looking for for years p was the re-
ply, distinctly audible above the yells
and cheers.
On and on the now hoarse rider sped
through eight miles of rejoicing men,
until he met General Jack Easement so
well known to Northern Ohio soldiers.
"For Gods sake, what is the news -
''Lee has surrendered to Grant, with
his whole army p
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23
Cnrlailing a Princc,s Rigllts.

An important State trial has recently
taken place at Rangoon, India. A Shan
Prince soiourning in British Burmah
being prosecuted at the Sessions for
murder, dcmurred to the jurisdiction OF
the Court, averring that he was invested
with the power of life and death over
his subjects and retainers, and had,
therefore, committed no crime under his
law. The British court of Rangoon,
abiding by IN" Indian Penal Code, over
ruled the demurrer, ard he was tried
and found guilty. The case has since
come on moon appeal before the Special
Court, which, however, confirmed the
finding, and the sentence Of death.
Cuiously enough, the view taken by
the Prince of his preroSatives appears to
excite sympathy in organs representing
native opinion. The paper called Rej$
ana RaHyct, for example, observes that
cit may readily be believed that as Il
Shan chief the accused thought nothing
of cutting down one of his Shan follow
ers who had done wrong, and that he
honestly believed in his right" The
writer adds that the argument of the
Appellate Judges is far from convincing,
and is worth nothing i'll a court in
Asia" On these grounds n hope is oy-
pressed that ''Mr. Crossthwalte will see
his way to Il reprieve," or, failing IN
this "the NicerOy will come to the
rescue"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23
A SINGULAR PRISON.
Discipline in Montenegro and the treatment
of COnvicts There.

In the principal street, that which you
enter in coming from Cattaro, you find
on the right hand, first, the powder
magazine, an MISUNDERSTANDING square
building second, the prison. At hrSt
sight you suspect your guide IS imposing
on you. The prison has no windows,
and the door is a permanent aperture,
without means of closing it. The prison
system is as odd as the prison. A male
factor is ordered to lodge himself III the
abode of culprits, and he goes there.
He has no special guards-the commu-
nifty watches over him. He receives no
food, but the Government gives him
three half-pence day to purchase all
necessaries. Under the circumstances
it can be imagined that unless succored
by his family he can scarcely live luXu-
rlously. Unaccompanied by any guard
the prisoners go daily to water the Princes
garden and take his horses out for eXer-
else. They gallop about for couple Of
hours, and then, having put the beasts
in their stables, return to their uncOm-
Portable quarters. A condemned person
does not on that account by any means
forfeit his claims to public confidence.
One example will suffice. A short time
before the declaration of war CONNER
cial house in Trieste notified the Prince
that cargo of ammunition had arrived
at Cattaro, but could not be delivered
until its price, 10000 francs, had been
paid. The steamer should leave in three
hours after the receipt of the dispatch,
and, under ordinary circumstances, six
hours at least are required for the journey
10 T,+tn,.N TToIaCc cd n tho
there would be a delay of many days in
delivering the cargo.
The authorities bethOught themselves
of henious criminal, an individual with
chained ankles, ana who, for the crime
of murder, was undergoing an eXcep-
tiOnal punishment. In order to prove
an alibi, he had traversed an extraordi-
nary distance after his crime, and in all
incredibly short time. The idea struck
the authorities that this man might be
useful under the circumstances. Among
these mountains n man on foot moves
much more quickly than on horseback.
"Can you carry these 10000 francs to
CattarO in three hours ?" was asked the
man.
"Certainly," he replied. He started
the sum was duly delivered, and having
brought back the receipt, the man re-
turned to his unbarred prison. In an
other country it is more than probable
that under the circumstances the prisoner
and the money would both have disap-
peared. But in Montenegro the case is
different. Love of country is the Pre-
dominant passion, albeit that the country
is not worth much. 1t is 50 small the
criminal cannot hope to escape detection;
and he cannot endure the idea of per-
petual ostracism. Sometimes the mon
tenegrin goes abroad for five or six years,
but it it is only that he may return later
on to display his splendid wardrobe, the
fruit of his tolls in foreign countries-in
Albania, in Herzegovina, even in Austria.
-7inSLCy's Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23
A NOTED BUT UNTITLED WOMAN.
Msssrs. Editors -
MI - - a-.11 Tgf-.

Bessrs Editors -
The above is a good likeness Of Mrs. Lydia T. Pink.
ham, Of Lynn Mass who above all other human beings
may DO truthfuy called the Dear Friend of Woman"
as some of her correspondents love to call her She
is zealouy devoted to her work. which is ths oucomd
of Hfe-study, and IS obliged to keep nix lady
assistants to help her answer large correspondence
which daily pours In upon her. each bearing its special
burden of suffering, or Joy at release from it. Her
Vegetable Compound is q medicine for good and not
evil purposes have personally Investigated it and
am satisfied Of the truth of this
On account of its proven merits It IS recommended
and prescribed by the best physicians in the country
One says: at works like q charm and saves much
pain 1t Will cure entirely the worst form Of falling
of the uterus, Leucorrhoea, irregular and painful
Menstruation all Ovarian Troubles, Inflammation and
liberation Floodlnrs all Displacements and the
seauent spinal weakness and Is especially adapted to
the Change Of Life"
Itpcrneates every portion of the system and gives
new life and vgor. It removes faintness, fatuency,
destroys all craving for stnulants and relieves wcas
ness of the stomach 1t cures Floating, Headaches,
Nervous Pro5ration, General Debility, Seeplessness,
Depression and Indigestion. That feeling of bearing
down, causing pain, weight and backache is always
permanently cured by It's 1t will at all times and
under all circumstances, act in harmony with the law
that governs the female system.
tcots only 81 per bottle six for S. and is sold by
druggists Any advice required as to special cases, and
the names Of many who have been restored to perfect
health by tie use Of the Vegetable Compound can be
obtained by addressing Mrs p, with stamp for reply
at her home in Lynn, Mass.
For Kidney Complaint Of either sex this compounds
unsurpassed as abundant testimonials show.
"Mrs Pinkham's Liver Pills" says one writer, "ors
the best in the lrorId for the cure Of Constipation,
BiHousncss and Torpidity Of the liver. Her Blood
1riaerworks wonders in its special line and bids fair
to equal the Compound in It's popularity
All must respect her Angel Of Mercy whose soTs
ambition Is to do good to others
Philadelphia Pa. % Mrs. A. NJ D.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23
4 Monopoly TO Love,

A Milwaukee paper says that they
have monopoly out there that they
rather like, in the St. Paul r.. II. Co.
1t says There is one railroad monop-
oily right here in Milwaukee that has
got a soul bigger than all the combined
souls of the rattle headed demagogucs
in the world. A fewmonths ago a young
woman stepped off IL car mt the depot,
and spraincd her ankle. The company
officers did not go to hunting up evidence
to show that the girl was guilty of ''cou-
tributory negligence" by stepping off
the car with the wrong foot first, and
didn't try to settle with her for a hundred
dollars. She hadno influential relatives,
and was only n poor working girl, but
they provided a place for her, gave her
the best of attendance TO he procured.
and will pay her bills as long as she is
i'll need, having recently sent her away to
be treated, at great expense. Nobody
connected with the road has ever sug-
gestcd settlement, and if that woman
IS a cripple for ninety-nine years, the old
st. Paul railway will see that she is made
as happy as possible, and nobody con
nected with the road Will ever kicl, about
it. That is the kind Of monopoly We
love.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23
A OUEEy OF THE STAGE.
s. Her second Love- and the Important
secret She Reveals for the Benefit of

Her second nF fa me he iR9 anne, NJ
women.
(NeIU York UoTid.)
Several years ago the American public
we're arOUs ed by the entree upon the stage
of little lady who had been previously but
little announced, She was one of an lnnu-
merabIe number of aspirants for pub ic
f yOr and had no / stTum entalty, aside
from her own talents, to cau-e recognition.
In snite of +bis fact, however, she quickly
aphieved q warm Mace i'll the heart Of the
DnbIic wb.cI ST. las cont-n ed to hold eve
since. When if was announced, erefO. e,
tIat Miss ATaud Granger wo Id star the
coming season in the play Her Second
/ owe : VIZ ttan Iv r. John A. ste en-, it
wa 40 0'nIvIat Tal that unusual int es should
b. nantes ed 70 only in thea.r.lal c;r;l :,
bat in otter br.lcEcs Of tie community.
This " as sreo aIIv tn ca-e, as it was known
fl at Miss G.anG hid. for The past year,
b"r =, r,,oo IiIt9.I,. doIIcote baa tn. and the
a. ,,r1i+ W., 70 in a sfro lCr emotional
M, - 81 " -, o,, ~, rie;tlrr 9Oya of tle
It"I " lcrnrr ,c,ly depTti, ed
t ~ +I = mail Il and vaI5iy fha rrII,or
~. ~ no. 500 ~ in,.rIra tIItss.
NJis. Cro1,~,or,. oo,,1,t aranca is familiar to
ror,I,r o,oTI- 40 i, no I-n3+ad States IT is
u 80 80 0LLU - SiiG ~ ho foroo+ten
= otT,roe ,.,>,,,.II-atio ~ +Loir on+Ii5e and
cont0nT snrID 0TiItaj bva nair of large
and daaI, IL the crreafesf SOIL
mower # Is easV 70 where Miss Granger
obtains tie ability to portray characters Of
the most emotional nature. She possesses
within herself the elements Of feeling, with
out which no emotion en- be conveyed to
an audience: The man of news found the
lady at her homo III this city, and was ac-
corded qIiet welcome. 1t was evident at
once that she was in greatly improved
health which the expression and color other
countenance both indicated.
Is IL true, Miss Granger, that you con-
template starring tour the coming season.!
" Yes indeed. My season EegInS III CHI
cagO on July Is. From tn Re 20 to San
Francisco, and then play the remainder of
the sea on through the Eastern and West
ern Stats
Are you confident your health viii per-
NIT such an undertaking. Z!
Aunglng laugh was the first reply to this
question, after which she said:
"Certai lly. 1t Is true L have been i'll for
the past TWO years, but now | am wholly re-
covered. Few IeOf lie can have any idea of
the strain a cOlIscic ntiOus actres uudcrgOGs
in eSsaying an emotional part. 1t is neces-
sarv to mt ones whole sCuI mo the work
i'm 0rIar 70 ric,b W. 10rtrat, the charactnr
T'l,ie IrCreSi+t7 ~ PI+o Sha, lonn1oNt Of
o1n's (ersn,,oi;f ,,1 ~, 'It'I,tiG, ~ tIIa
cLnr,a ar ,l|t' o,aI If tbi l. a., ar,o
fionaI mart Il is 1Eecessarv 10 fe@I the SINE
emotions tba MARI ! sInHosed f. feel For
I1,oTe tI1,,, = ,,oal. ,o+1,o " 1riad aach mint
j., corf.i,, o,(o Cf ~ ,ort I yTos rIo1,iI,
Tbo aI-f1iaIIca 7n5i laval - arI ProIaLiT
:. nv - C'iAS - Il ! -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23
State Elections of 1883.

The State elections held this year are
not many, some of them are of much
importance to the States concerned.
Following is a complete and accurate
list:
Connecticut will elect November 9th
one-half its Senate and its full House OF
Representatives
Georgia elected April oath, Henry D.
Mcdonald, Democrat, Governor, to fill
the vacancy caused by the death OF
Alexander H. Stephens.
Iowa will elect October 9th, a Cover
nor and other State officers, part of its
Senate, and its full House of Represen-
tatives.
Kentucky will elect Aug. 6, Governor
and other State officers and Legislature,
and vote upon the question of holding a
convention to revise the Constitution of
the State.
Maryland will elect Nov. 6 Governor
and two other State officers and Legis-
lature.
Massachusetts will elect Nov. 6 Gov
ernor and other State officers and Legis-
lature.
Michigan elected April 2 Democratic
Greenback Supreme Judges and Re
gents of the University.
Minnesota will elect Nov. 6 Governor
and other State officers and vote upon
three proposed amendments to the Con
stitution o. the State.
Mississippi will elect Nov. 6 its Legis-
Iature.
Nebraska will elect Nov. 6 Justice of
its Supreme Court and Regents of the
State University.
New jersey will elect Nov 6 its
Governor, part of its Senate, and its full
House of Representatives.
New York will elect Nov. 6 Secretary
of State, Controller, Treasure, Attor-
ney-General, Engineer and Surveyor,
and both branches of the Legislature,
and vote upon a proposition to abolish
contract labor from the State prisons
Ohio will elect Oct. 9 Governor and
other State officers and Legislature, and
vote upon three proposed amendments
to the Constitution of the State which
Il and p regulate or prohibit the sale of
Intoxicating liquor, and 81 reOrganize
the judiciary of the State.
PENNSYLVANIA will elect Nov. 6 Audi
tor General and State Treasurer.
Rhode Island elected April Repub-
Hcan Governor and other State officers
and Legislature.
Texas will vote Aug. II, at special
election, upon four proposed amend
ments to the Constitution of the State.
Vermont adopted March two amend
ments to the Constitution of the State,
making officers under the Federal Gov
eminent Ineligible to seats in the Legis-
lature, and providing for the election by
the popular vote of Secretary of State
and Auditor of Accounts on the general
State ticket.
Virginia will elect Nov. 6 part of its
Senate and its full Assembly.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23

Mr.. c. O. WHEELER, N, . Austin Street, Cam
bridgeport Mass, makes the following remarkable
statement. On April p fSs3 he writes MS follows: u
have been troubled with kidney disease forneary twenty
years. Have -Iilt red tms with terrible pains in my
back and limbs. l used many medicines, but found
nothing reached my until took Hunts Remedy.
l purchased a bottle of A. p. ellison, 63O fremont
Street, Boston, and before had used this bottle
found relief and continuing its my pains and weak
ness all disappeared and l feel like Il new man. with
life and vigor. Hunts Remedy did wonders for
me, ana have hestancy in recommending it to all
afflicted with kidney liver Diseases positive
that by use they will find immediate relief You
may tins letter III any way You choose that the
people may know of medicine for the cure Of all
diseases OF kidneys and liver"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23
A DREADED DISEASE.
characteristics of Cholera A Warning
That May be Needed.

DR.. Philip Leidy, whose long exper-
fence as Port Physician and cOnnec-
ton with the Health DEPARTMENT OF
Philadelphia, make him an authority,
was found recently, by a singular com
cidence. by reporter of one OF the
papers of that city, surrounded with
books, engaged in the study of the
history and etiOlOgy of the past cholera
epidemics. -,
81 think it very likely" he said, that
we shall have at least touch OF 1t III
Philadelphia this year. 1t IS travelling
in Just the same track that 1t followed
in other years. There is need for the
utmost vigilance. 1t is not much use to
think of fire department after half the
town is burned. and it is a great mistake
to defer the consideration OF this import
ant matter until the epidemic Is at our
doors. [ believe, and am supported III
my views by most OF the authorities,
that quarantine is not an etfectual pre-
ventive against the Introduction OF the
cholera, but, nevertheless, there
should be precautions, and, above
all, the points should be care
fully watched whence it is likely
to come. Prompt and authoritative in
formation should be given to threatened
ports of the shipments of passengers or
goods from any place where cholera
exists. But even that may not avail.
Persons familiar with cholera history
know that vessels with clean bills of
health from places where cholera was
unheard of have developed cases in mid
ocean. tits even thought that epidemic
atmospheres have been encountered at
sea by different vessels, a thousand
miles apart DIR. Edward GOOdeve, an
eminent English authority whose late
work I have before me, says:
"'Thus cholera seems to have spread
east. south, west and north from its first
birthplace IN Bengal which became
only the centre of an epidemic area
comprising nearly all the world. 1t
Travelled slowly at first, and not continu-
ousIy, but in irregular waves, checked
sometimes, but not destroyed 10y winter
cold. Neither climate nor season, nor
earth nor ocean, seems to have arrested
its course or to have altered its features.
1t was equally destructive at st. Peters
burg and Moscow as it was in India; as
fierce and irresistible among the SHOWS
of Russia as in the sunburnt regions of
India; as destructive in the vapory dis
tricts of Burmah as in the parched
provinces of Hindoostan.
81 am inclined to believe there are
periods when it starts up and follows a
regular course, and that There are at
mospheric conditions which it seeks and
on which it fourishes. 1t can jump
across the sea as well as not, and, per-
haps, is governed by some law of which
we as yet know nothing. We know as
yet almost nothing about it, and all We
can do is to be prepared the best we
can"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-08-23
Good Indian.

The Apache Indian may be susceptible
of civilization, but it seems to be of a
crude sort thus far. y traveller who
writes about that warlike race to the
Boston Past tells of buck who was
called "a bad Indian because he had
killed his mother, wife, and papoose.
He complained to the Indian agent:
''They don't treat me fair. They call
me bad Indian They say | killed my
mother. Yes, did, but did it because
she was too old to work. Then they say
/ killed my wife. Ibid that because she
was too sick to work. They talk about
my killing my papoose. Well, [ did
that too, but it cried too much and
couldn't sleep. / am good Indian, not
bad Indian.