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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28

A Cossack rode up to the door of a lit
tie inn at BraiIe, dismounted, drank a
succession of glasses of brandy, and
then made a show of remounting his
borse. The landlord reminded him that
he had not paid for his drinks. The Cos
sack, with heavy sigh, drew out his
dirty purse and began fumbling for a
coin, when his horse gave a sudden snort
and fell to the ground. The Cossack
was in despair; he did everything he
could to raise the beast upon its legs,
but all was in vain. HE is dead ! He
is dead p cried out in chorus number
of by-standers, who had been attracted
to the spot by the accident. The poor
Cossack would not believe it. The crowd,
knowing that Cossack's horse is his
own property, and that the loss of the
animal would be terrible blow to the
owner, began to make a collection, i'll
order to mitigate his suferings as far as
possible. Even the landlord was touched,
forgot his bill, and presented the be-
reaYed man with another glass ofbrandy,
refusing any pay. The Cossack lifted
up his saddle, slung his lance over his
shoulder, dropped a farewell tear over
the faithful beast, and walked sorrow
fully away. When he was about l 900
PAGES distant he suddenly stopped,
turned around and gave a long shrill
whistle. At the sound of the well-known
signal the horse sprang up, Weighed
friendly answer and darted off with a
lightning speed to his grinning owner.
The Cossack was soon on his back, max
ing significant symbols of thanks to the
assembled crowd for their generosity
and sympathy. In few moments he
was ont of sight, and the landlord of the
krottchma was loudly registering his
VOW that he would never again trust a
Cossack.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
A LIVE LASSO.
How n Black Snake Drove n Cow In Fran
tic Fright Until She Died.

The Carson appeal tells this story:
On Monday last, at Forests ranch, near
Genoa, one of the hands noticed a COW
charging furiously at thicket. An in
yestigati0n showed that the animal was
fighting big black snake and trying to
stamp it to death with her fore feet.
The thicket was an isolated clump of
sagebrush and the snake did not seem
disposed to leave it and trust its life in
the open country. Finally the COW
lowered her head and attempted to i'm
pale the snake on her horns. In an in
slant the snake sprang on the cows head
and rapidly coiled itself abottt her horns.
The COW stood dazed for an instant and
then set off on a run, occasionally kneel-
ing to rub her head against the ground,
but she was unable to rid herself of her
enemy. She again sought the sage
brush and tried to brush the incubus
off, but the snake only coiled itself the
tighter and refused to be dislodged.
The COW seemed finally to realize that
all her efforts were useless, and uttering
terrible below, set off at full gallop.
The hands made an effort to follow her
and turn her back, but in her frantic
fight she outstripped the horses, and
when cornered, would charge everything
in sight. Occasionally the snake would
half untwist itself and its head would
play before the cows eyes. On these
occasions the poor animal would below
with terror and sometimes go fifty yards
| backward to escape.
For three hours she ran wildly about
the fields, with foam and blood flying
from her lips and sweat streaming from
| her sides. The rest of the hired help
tried to throw Iasso over her horns,
but could not get near enough, and
R nay the poor a op9o naed ont 6e1
| life. The snake was Immediately dis,
patched and was black snake five feel
| long.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
DO Not Put on Ais.

They have Lord and Lady Exmouth
at Long Branch; and if ever a man and
woman threw away their opportunity,
these two are doing it. "By spending
a relatively inconsiderable portion of
their large income in vulgar display, "
says a correspondent, "they might, with
the advantage of aristocracy, be right at
the front of luminous distinction. To
think of delib nrately foregoing such emil
nence as that = Instead of posing for
the deIectation and envy of the people,
they behave as though they didn't wish
to be seen at all. They dress incon~
spicuously, they do nothing remarkable,
and they seem ipclined to be spectators
of the show instead of composing any
part of it. They ride, battle, lounge,
and are lazy, the same as the majority,
but they do these things in so common
place fashion as to attract no attention.
Thus they merely are a small section of
the BACKGROUND in front of which the
more striking figures disport pictur-
esquely.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28

carried a pair of yellow gloves in his
hand, and swung silver-headed cane.
His wife was a tall and handsomely
dressed mulatto; her costume was rich
and fashionable in cut, just as they got
to the corner, a girl about II years of
age came smiling up to them, and they
stopped to chat for a moment. The new
conner wore blue dress with yellow
belt, yellow mitts and big fan, and
though it was night, carried parasol
tied to her wrist by silver chains. She
wore little English turban. and was al
together very natty and trim little fig
ure. The detective said she was the
daughter Of the kalsominer. She was a
chambermaid in boarding house up
town. Everywhere were to be seen
well-dressed, good-natured, and active
negroes. Most of them were acquainted
with one another, and they all seemed
to be enjoying the air immensely.
'These people up at this end OF the
town., said the detective, ''never think
of wearing second hand clothing. A
good many would feel insulted if you Of
fered it to them. They have natural
love for fine clothes, you know, and they
have tailors of their own. Not few of
these Sixth avenue tailors here whose
shops are adorned with gilt signs and
gold letters, enjoy quite an extensive
patronage from the swell darkies of the
neighborhood.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
ODDS AND ENDS.

300. 1000. '
COLD drinks after hot meal induce
dyspepsia.
TURIN claims to make the finest church
organs in Europe.
THERE are still /, 800 Cherokee Indians
In Swain county, n. G.
The Texas fever is still aeitatinp
Western cattle markets.
IT is said that niece of Zachary Tay-
Tor lives in poverty in Michigan.
CRooUET is said to be resuming its
sway and driving out lawn tennis.
THE funded debt of New York is
nearly ninety-one and half millions.
THIRTY-sIx men and nine women COM
mi.ted suicide for love in Italy in 1888.
CYRUS Fl. Mccormick left an estate,
as the inventory shows, of 10000, 900.
Mrs. MARY OSBORN, aged ninety-eight,
is the oldest inhabitant of Portland. Me,
A CORSET maker declares that Ameri-
can girls are the worst in the world for
tight lacing.
The currency in circulation has
shrunk thirty millions within the past
seven months.
FORTY London cabs, with stable of
sixty horses to run them, are owned by
Lord Rosebery.
HIS EMINENCE Cardinal De Falloux
del Coudrav has bequeathed to st. Peters
pence 100000.
THE Coeur d'Alene mines are reported
to be failure, and there is stampede
away from them.
In 1875 there were 156 newspapers
and periodicals published in Japan.
Now there are 1900.
The best dinners given in Washing.
ton are said to be those of Senator
Palmer, of Michigan.
IT is expected that the Farragut prize
money-S143, 000-will be distributed Oh
the 10th of September.
A FRENCH almanac predicts that En-.
peror william and General Moltke will
die before Dec. 81, 1884.
ONE curious effect OF the cholera scare
In France has been marked diminu'
ton of drunkenness in Paris.
THE Puget Sound Oysters are some
times two feet in diameter, and weigh,
inclusive of the shell, as much as sixty
ponds.
THE latest Partisan agony in ladies
hats is called Henry the Second on q
Journey" 1t resembles an inverted
flower pot.
CHOLERA, yellow fever, famine drought,
and cold have had marked success this
year throughout the temperate zone Of
the globe.
VENIsoN was formerly so plenty in the
San Francisco market that it sold from
3 to 6 cents per pound; now it costs
from 10 to Is.
LIEUTENANT GREEDY is thirty-nine
years old, is tall, thin, dark, with blue
eyes and black hair, very near-sighted,
but handsome.
SINCE 1900 the poplation of Europe
has doubled, having increased at amTch
more rapid rate indigenously than that
of its sister continents.
PETROLEUM of such limpid quality
that it may be used in lamps without
refining, has been found near Palermo,
on the island of Sicily.
No WOMAN without a male escort ven
lures out after dark in Naples or Rome,
such has been the inclessed license
given to crime of late.
The number of dogs kept in Great
Britain is decreasing. Last year, as
compared with 1882. the licenses fell
from 998, 800 to 1874, 90S.
a NUMBER of religious women in Paris
go daily to the washing boats on the
Seine and sing and read and talk to the
laundresses while they are at work.
THE top of the foundation for the Bar
thoIdi statue pedestal is now sixty-five
feet above high water mark, and the
funds on hand are sufficient to carry it
twenty feet higher,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
Earthquakes in Japan.

In Japan, where earthquakes are very
common, a house has been invented
which shall not be affected by the move
ment of the earth. The building is of
wood, with plaster walls and ceilings,
supported upon iron bales resting in hol-
low saucer like plates, which method of
support, it is claimed, prevents momen-
tum in a horizontal position from being
communicated from the ground to the
house, and there IS just sufficient fric-
ton at the points of support to destroy
the slight motion that might otherwise
take place. 1t might naturally be sup
posed that people who are always being
shaken would get used to earthquakes,
but Prof. Morse, who has lived so long
in Japan, says that, far from this being
the case, upon first going there one
thinks lightly of such visitation, but
that terror grows with every recurrence,
until life becomes miserable from be-
ing in constant state of dread.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
THE HANDY HOUSEWIFE.
How She COntrives to Keep the Little
TOddlers Quiet and Amused.

ST wish there was some way to keep
those children quiet on a rainy day or
when it is too warm for them to be out in
the sun playing" said weary mother
the other day to her friend and neighbor.
81 always notice what little trouble you
have with your children. although you
have three more than I have: and I
thought perhaps you could tell me how
You managed it.
"A very easy matter, my DEAR" re-
piled her friend. "Children must be
amused or they will become cross and
naughty; so would you or I. Suppose
we were doomed to stay all day. or half
a day, in one room, were not allowed to
read, write, or sew, could only sit on
certain chairs and handle certain arti-
cles, and there was no one to talk to OF
nothing but game of solitaire for us
to play. Why, we'd be almost crazy.
Any one, man, woman or child, in good
health, must have something to do dur
ing their waking hours. Yet how few
mothers try to give this something to the
busy hands and active brains of the lit
tie ones. You notice children out in
the street or garden. Are they ever
still or quiet? No. 1t is true they find
amusement in the most trivial things.
Now, | have thought about all this, and
I have fixed up one room in the house.
the play-room, exclusively for my chill
dren.
"The room is the large one on the
top floor. 1t is all had to spare and as
[ could not afford good carpet painted
the floor and left it bare. A poor carpet
would be worn out in six months. In
the winter the room is heated by little
circular stove, and over this is put q
wire screen SO there is no danger of the
children burning themselves. The walls
are painted delicate gray with pale
pink border, and have wainscoating
that is one of the chief charms of the
room.
"What is it? Well, collected all the
pictures l could out of magazines, illus
trated papers. ETC., and pasted them on
the wall from the floor almost as high
as the mantle. Pictures of birds and
animals and those of child-life are, of
course, the greater number. I put the
colored prints down near the furnace,
so that the smaller children could enjoy
them, and they are pasted on so nicely
that tearing them is impossible.
'Then," continued this nice little
mother, 81 have five boxes in the room,
all of different sizes. These boxes have
covers that fasten down, and are padded
on the top, with a 1ounce around the
edge, so that when the box is closed
they have the appearance of little otto
mans. Each child keeps his playthings in
the box, and it is his particular property.
A nursery rug with all kinds of animals
cut out of cloth, with the name embroid
cred underneath, is among the furnish
ings of the room
IN Y children aRluse themselves fof
hours in that room, with only excursions
now and then to the kitchen for some
thing to play tea party with, and I fiat
ter myself hat they learn considerable
from the pictures, as well as neatness
and order with their playthings."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
How Canned Goods arc Poisoned.

The Rochester Post says:-A good
many persons have been poisoned lately
by eating canned provisions. A Brook
Ign physician has been making examina-
ton to discover the reason. He has dis
covered that in many cases it was GUS
tomary to fasten on the cap at the top
of the can with an amalgam of muriate
Of zinc; that this amalgam was put on
with brushes by boys and the soldering
iron then passed around it; that nothing
was easier than for some of the muriate
of zirc to get inside of the can, and that
when there it must become absorbed in
the contents and render the latter ex-
tremely poisonous, since a muriate of
tin was added to the muriate of zinc by
the action OF the acid wherever it en-
tered the can. Canning establishments
should discard this method of sealing
the cans at once or people will soon
cease purchasing the canned provisions.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
English Society.

At dinner ct Archbishop Whately's
house foreigner once asked how many
grades there were in English soetety.
The Archbishop prudently declined to
commit himself to precise statement,
but said that few days before some
chimney-sweepers he'd presented a pc
tition to the Lord Mayor, complaining
that "certain dustmen and other low
fellows, pretending to be chimney
sweepers had taken part In their May
day festivities.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28

THE WIDOWS CLAIM.
The Story of the Discovery of Gold in the
Ceur d'Alene Mining District.

A letter from Eagle City, Idaho, says: |
The "Widow" of the Coeur d'Alene gold |
district is Mrs. A. NJ. Edgington. She
is about IS years Of age. Her husband
was an oldstjmer on the Comstock and
died there several years ago, leaving
her some property. She had the min
ing fever a little more violently than he
did, and after his death she began bus
mess for herself, but almost invariably
without success. She finally met
Pritchard, the discoverer of the Occur
d'Alene district and, having confidence
IN him, let him have at various times
considerable sums. He too had i'll sue
cess, and finally, on returning to her for
more money, she was forced to inform
him that her supply had been exhausted.
He expressed his gratitude for what she
had done and promised most solemnly
that if his luck ever changed he would
not forget her.
Mis-. Edgington lived with friends at
Virginia City, in California, and in the
East, and her experience with Pritchard
had almost passed out of mind, when
she was informed that he had made
big strike in Idaho. For year or more
after leaving her he had been prospect
ing much of the time alone in one of the
widest and most inaccessible portions of
the continent. As soon as he discovered
evidence of the presence of gold in this
vicinity he took measures to locate sew
eral claims, and the one that he consid-
cred the best of these he named 'The
| Widows Claim" Nobody knew what
that signified for long time, and after a
little, when the mad rush began, nobody
cared. Everything was in choatic
condition, and, as no entries had been
made in absolutely perfect form, claim
! jumping became quite common. The
deep SHOWS added to the inextricable
confusion, obliterating all marks and
stimulating newcomers who had force
enough at hand to hold jumped claims
| to go into the business at wholesale. In
this way Pritchard lost much of his own
property, and the widows claim fell into
the hands of strangers.
Before the snow showed any signs of
melting, Mrs. Edgington, accompanied
! by two adventurous young women,
made the perilous trip from the railroad
to the mining ground, and was royalty
received, but the men who held her
claim laughed when she told them that
| she expected them to vacate it. The
claim has turned out to be one of the
few valuable ones in the district, and
the men who took forcible possession of
| it will not leave until ordered off by
some court of competent jurisdiction.
The widow has made several attempts
to effect compromise, but the men will
not listen to her. Many jokes at the
expense of the parties to the controversy
are in circulation. The men are uni
versally referred to as the widows boys
or the orphans. Probably protracted
litigation will grow out of the dispute,
which, up to the present time, has been
of a friendly nature, though great
wealth is involved.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
His Taste at Table.

When certain San Francisco lady,
who has made wide Eastern reputation
rs writer, visited Japan some years
ago she was entertained by one of the
leading Americans of Toxic. Every
thing in the house was artistic and the
rarest curios, the most elaborate porce-
lain ware, the finest japanese art pro-
auctions, covered the tables and filled
the rooms. The San Francisco visitor
was much interested in all this and was
particularly admiring the dinner service,
which was of very unique pattern. At
ter dinner the host took her aside:
Don't tell my wife. but I'd give 81 to
eat off a white plate,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
Enrners, EOlIY.

Some farmers adhere, even against the full
light of fact and discovery, to the old fash
toned folly of coloring butter with carrots, an
natto and inferior substances, notwithstsnd-
ing the splendid record made by the Improved
Butter Color, prepared by Wells, Richardson
& Co, Burlington, Vt. At scores of the best
agricultural Fairs it has received the highest
q NC ri ovar all cOn1netitCrs
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
Lightning ON Lake Michigan.

When the schooner Jennie Mullin ar
rived in Chicago, says local letter, her
Captain narrated thrilling tale of his
encounter with n thunderstorm on the
Lake. While off Two Rivers, Mich, q
violent storm suddenly swept over the
Lake. The lightning played around the
topmasts and darted through the rigging
In an alarming manner. There came
a terrific crash of thunder, which seemed
to burst directly over their heads. An
instant later the vessel appeared to be
wrapped in flames, aud the lake was
transformed into sea of fire. Intense
darkness followed. All of the crew were
severely shocked. John Williams, the
mate, was found lying on the deck ap-
parently dead. Restoratives were ap-
piled and he revived in about three
hours. The vessel was not damaged.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
Singular Well.

The town of Selma, Ala, claims to
have the most wonderful artesian well
in the world, and it would seem with
good reason. The remarkable feature
in the clse is that two separate streams
of water, of entirely different properties,
flow from this WELL The singular effect
in question is produced, it seems, by
the simple insertion of two-inch pipe
within four-iuch tube. The larger
pipe descends to depth of some four
hundred feet, the water having no min
eral qualities or character, and beng
very cold the inner pipe descends seven
hundred feet; the water is strongly I'M
prcgnated with sulphur and lron' and,
compared with the temperature OF the
twin stream. is quite warm.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
Dou,t Won Do Ii.

Don't suffer any longer with the pains and
aches of Rheumatism, which make life bur
den to you. Relief, speedy and permanent,
can be procured at the nearest drug store, in
the form of Kidney-Wort. Elbridge Malcolm,
of West Bath, Maine says 81 was completely
Frustrated with Rhuematism and Kidney trou-
bles. and was not expected to recover. The
first dose of Kidney-Wort helped me. Six doses
put me on my feet, it has now entirely cured
me. and have had no trouble since"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
A Lesson.

Mrs. Blinks-''I don't see why you
can't be polite in public, even II we are
married."
Mr.. Blinks-"Why, what have L
done now ?"
''When I dropped my parasol you
never made move, and had to PICK IL
up myself"
"Well. you see, my dear, I could not
stoop ever without swapping off a loose
suspender button, and I knew L could
never get you to sew it OH aga'n. "-1"e
Call.
Dor'r eat the smallest morsel unless hungry
if well
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28

and we might also say-time and pain as
well, in our advice to good housekeepers and
ladies generally. The great necessity exist
ing always to have a perfectly safe remedy
convenient for the relief am prompt cure of
the ailments peculiar to wo nen-functional
irregularity, constant pains, land all the symp-
toms attendant upon uterine diSorders-in-
duces us to recommend strongly anG un-
qualifiedly DIR. Pierce's "Fayorite Prescrip-
tion"-woman's best friend. 1t will save
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28
..Rongh On Toothache.,'

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HAY FEVER. 1 was afflicted for twenty
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28

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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-08-28

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