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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
Look on This Picture.

Such incidents have been the turning
point in the fortunes of more than one
family ';You must excuse me, gentle
men, for cannot drink anything" said
man who was known to the entire town
as dr1nkard.
"That is the first time you ever re-
fused a drink" said an acquaintance.
''The other day you were hustling around
after a cocktail, and, in fact, you even
asked me to set 'em up"
"That's very true, but I'm very diff
ferent man now"
preachers had hold of your"
"No, sir; no one has said anything to
me-"
"Well, what has caused the changer"
''I'll tell you. After leaving you the
other day I kept on hustling after a
cocktail, as you term it, until I met a
party of friends. When I left them I
was about half drunk. To man of my
temperament half drunk is miserable
condition, for the desire for more is so
strong that he forgets his self-respect in
his efforts to get more drink. I remem-
bered that there was half pint of whis-
ky at home which had been purchased
for medicinal purposes.
"Just before reaching the gate heard
voices in the garden and, looking over
the fence, saw my little son and daugh-
ter playing.
"'No, you be ma, said the boy and
I'll be pa. Now, you sit here and I'll
come in drunk. Wait, now, till I fill my
bottle.
"He took bottle, ran away and filed
it with water. Pretty soon he returned
and, entering the playhouse, nodded idi-
oticalIy at the girl and sat down without
saying anything. The girl looked up
from her work and said:
James, why will you do this way 2
Wilmer way he replied.
"'Gettin' drunk
"'Who's drunk p
"'You are, an you promised when
the baby died that you wouldn't drink
any more. The children are almost rag
ged an we haven't anything to eat hard
ly, but you still throw your money away.
Don't you know you are breaking my
heart ?
81 hurried away. The acting was too
lifelike could think of nothing during
the day but those little children PLAYING
in the garden. "-ArkansaaU Traveller.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
Training Elephants for Circus Tricks

Adam Forepaugh, Jr., the circus pro-
prietor, says: African elephants are more
intelligent and cunning than the Asiatic.
In training elephants the best method is
to win them over by petting and feeding
them with something nice. / always
have cake or some delicacy to give
one of them when I take him out for
practice, consequently the beast is al
ways glad to see me, and is more atten-
tive and docile than he otherwise would
be. Elephants never forget anything
they recollect their ''stage business" and
Situation and do not vary an inch one
evening FROM another in taking their po-
sitions. 1t requires about five months
to train an elephant. We practice from
6 o'clock in the morning until 6 o'clock
in the evening. They are drilled singly,
then in squads, and then taught their
Especially acts and tricks. Elephants
are more initiative than any other AMI.
NAL perhaps, and are very cunning.
While practicihg they are looking out
for an opportunity to ''cut up" and will
reach back and kick the trainer, and
then look as innocent as truant school
boy. They seem almost human
enough to talk. The importa-
ton of elephants has increased ter-fold
within the PAST decade. Ten years ago
very few circuses had more than three
or four elephants, aud one was the usual
number; now, no circus is complete
without fifteen or twenty.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
A Young Man Of Talent

The new bill collector entered he
Office of his employer.
well, how's collecting ?" asked the
merchant.
"Rlther slow. I've only collected
five dollars. -
whats this ?" asked the, merchant,
taking up paper which the young man
threw upon his desk.
Expense account"
HWhat !" CHANGING at the paper, "ten
dollars for a hack ?'
eyes you see, I didn't feel like walk
ing"
Young man," said the merchant,
arising5 'come with me. over to the
bank. You can find employment there.
Such talent as you possess should be
employed among scenes OF great tinan'
cial transactions. Come"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
HENRY CLAY's FAREWELL.
The Last Appearance of the Notable Old
Wing on the ROstrum.

Henry Clay's farewell to the Senate
on the 31st of March, 1912, attracted a
large crowd, and every available place
was occupied, the ladies having not
only filed their gallery but invaded the
floor. When Mr.. Clay rose between
one and two o'clock to make his farewell
speech i'll a chamber which he had
entered nearly thirty-six years before
all eyes were upon him: Senators of
all parties took their seats and gave the
most respectful attention. Members
from the House focked in and occupied
the privileged seats round about the
chamber. Then came the address, for
it was more of an address than speech.
the report of which was only the body
of beautiful Grafton without the soul.
The picture presented in such congre-
cation of people was not only fair
enough and perfect enough in all its
proportions to charm the eye, but it
was scene which might have given.
either in the sympathy created or in the
pride excited, feeling but little less
than one inspired. The ladies who were
all hope and buoyancy a moment be-
fore, were now "Like Niobe, all tears. -
Mr.. Clay, in speaking of himself, of his
friends, of the noble State of Kentucky,
where he had been received as a son
forty-five years before, was himself
quite unnamed. Others were much
more affected and many of the Oldest
Senators were in tears many times
while Mr.. Clay was speaking. He re :
tired from the storm and turmoil of
peblic life to the bosom of his family in
the State which he loved, and which
had honored him for nearly forty years.
To leave the councils of the nation for
ones own altar and home was next to
leaving the world itself in the hope of
enjoying another brighter and better, q
consummation which almost every puhlic
man might covet. The widest ambi-
ton OF Mr.. Clay's case might have been
fully satiated. He had been at the
head of a great and triumphant party.
He had shared it's confidence in pros
,perity and in adversely. He had admira-
lion such as has rarely been given to
any man in his age. His friends were
legion, and they chung to him to the
last with all the tenacity of holy affec-
ton. He left the Senate with reputa-
ton for craftsmanship, for patriotism
and for eloquence which any man might
covet. He left public life, too, at peace
with all mankind, and with conscience
void of offense. In his retirement he
carried with him the best wishes of all
men. There he could have no foes, and
those who had been foremost to de-
nounce were among the first to speak
his praises. The last act of MIR. Clay
was to present the credentials of Mr..
Crittenden, whom he spoke of in the
most exalted terms, and into whose
hands he expressed his willingness to
yield the interests of his State and
country. The Senate adjourned as soon
as Mr.. Crittenden had taken his seat,
though the hour was early. The crowd
scattered, and the late Senator from
Kentucky was surrounded by hosts of
friends.-BEN, PERLEY PooRE.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
A Remarkable Mirage.

The Los Angeles (Cal.) Herald says
) asst before the rain of Sunday, Oct.
II, when the clouds hung low on the
Sierra Nadre, and the air was heavily
charged with vapor there was rare
sight in Crescent, Canada. The Sierras
were hidden from view and the upper
side of In Canada, by the refraction OF
light, seemed lifted up about 5000 feet.
occupying the topmost height of the
mountains. The ranch of Col. T. S.
Hall was most conspicuously exalted.
His eucalyptus trees appeared to be in
the very skies, while neighbors along
the upper mesa were also elevated to a
strange, weird and fantastic height. The
spectacle continued for nearly two
hours, when it slowly faded away and
the landscape settled down again ap-
parentIy about 5000 feet to its normal
condition. The sight was rare and of
absorbing interest to all who beheld it.
1t is not often that the refraction of
light is so intense in its manifestation as
in this case, and the occasion is deserv-
ing of more than a passing notice. In a
horizontal distance of two and one-half
miles there was manifested elevation
of more than a mile. To one familiar
with the features of the country the
sight was especially interesting.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
The Army Pensioners.

The pension list of the late war will
not be ended when the last veteran dies,
saws an flicial of the United States pen
sion department. The Revo utionary
war closed 101 years ago, yet many pen
sions on that account are still drawn
from the Treasury by soldiers widows
Last year they numbered about forty,
and may he expected to expire in three
wears from now. L presume the sur
yiyors of the civil war and their widows
will be pensioned on the next century,
and If the same rule is followed we shall
have paid out our last money directly on
account of services in the year 1859.
We have an immense number of widow
pensioners of the war oflS12 Men late
III life marry yonng women, there fire.
quently being difference of forty years
of age between them.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
Preparing the Orchard For Winter.

The orchard should not be neglected af
soon as the fruit is harvested, says Farm.
er Bailey in the American CttLtiUatOr.
In most orchards winter preparations
are necessary. During winter trees are
exposed to wind, ice, water, rabbits and
mice. Weak and cracked branches are
apt to be broken down by wind and ice.
All crotches which show disposition
to split should be tied or bolted togeth-
er. Weak and injured limbs should be
tied up or cut off Small and weak
trees should be staked.
During thaws water will settle in the
hollows.- See to it that there are no
such hollows about the trees. Level
culture is the best safeguard against
winter and spring injury from water.
Where hollows occur, either fill them
up or provide a way for the water to
es cape.
If the orchard and surrounding fields
be kept clear of brush heaps and kindred
rubbish, rabbits will not make much
trouble. Slovenly fence rows afford
good wintering places for rabbits. Un-
less the snow drifts into the branches
these pests will not injure large trees.
- 6COAhuCo - SOOd IGAlcUJ lOI IdD-
bits, but should prefer to employ 9TH
er means of getting rid of them and
dispense with the dog altogether.
have melted sulphur and poured it over
small pieces of cloth, and have then
secured these cloths to sticks and placed
them promiscuously through the orch
ard. never knew trouble from rabbits
where the sulphar was used. Blood and
various animal substances smeared on
the trees will keep rabbits away.
Mice are worse evil than rabbits.
Their work is not often discovered until
too late to be avoided. Clean culture is
a good preventive of Injuries by mice.
Mice delight in high grass, which bends
under the snow, and in all litter which
accumulates about the tree. They are
especially fond of corn shocks about
trees. If a loose mulch remains about
the trees they will be likely to discover
it. Therefore, keep the base of the
tree clean. Remove all grass and litter,
or cover it up with dirt and pack it
down firmly. In northern New Eng
land, where the paper birch grows
abuLdantly, it is favorite practice to
peel strips of bark two feet long and
place them about the trees. This bark
soon curls up tightly about the tree and
protects it from all harm.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
That Old Tin Horn.

The country. is strange place to poor
children whose life has been spent in
the narrow streets and dingy tenements
of a city. One of these, who had been
so fortunate as tc spend a day or two in
the country owing tor the New York
Tribune Fresh Air Fund. thus relates
her experience to q companion:
The first thing when we got there the
horn blew and we had breakfast, lots of
good things to eat. Then we went out
to play and before long the horn blew
again, and we had nice dinner. We
went out again after dinner and in a
little while the horn blew again and we
had supper.
After supper we went out oplay again
aud pretty soon the horn blew again.
We went in and the lady said it was
eight o'clock and time to go TO bed, but
before we went she gave us a bowl of
splendid bread and milk.
When / went upstairs l was just as
sleepy as I could be and wanted 10 go
to bed right away, but l told them il
that horn blew again to be sure and
wake me up.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
Wages of Servants.

In 1870 there were ], O75, 900 domestic
servants i'll the country; at this time
there are undoubtedly at least .200, 900.
The wages of servant girls in Liverpool
average $G68 month, in Marseiles
Sc Is, in Chicago $14. Wages of cooks
IN Liverpool average 50, in Chicago $40.
The consular report indicates that the
average paid to all servants of this class
in England is about 1874, in France
about So 81, and in this country, while
the wages are somewhat lower than at
Chicago or in other large cities, the av-
erage is at least $l5. If we suppose that
there are now 200, 600 employed in this
country, their wages are about $216,-
600, 000 At the English rate of wages
these same people would earn about
S113, 900, 900. At the French rate of
wages these some people would earn
about 800. 000, 600.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
The Ruling Passion.
A GAMBLER STOCKS. THE CARDS ONCE TOO
OFTEN AND NOW WEARS PLASTER.
From the Buffalo Courier. ]

1t is not often men reform after they
get married. They do sometimes. 7
know man who really entered into q
scheme of practical reform. He had as
single man been fond OF, poker. In
deed, as a measure of economy, being
tired of supporting several institutions
in town on limited income, he made a
big bluff at matrimony. He thought he
could master the gambling propensity
by teaching his young and blushing
bride the fashionable game, and she en-
tered into it with all her heart and soul.
The stakes were beans, coffee beans
plain, innocent and healthful articles oil
after-dinner refreshment.
But, alas, the gambling spirit grew
upon her and one fatal game upset the
happiness of their lovely home. He had
been honest with her. He had con-
cealed his deep knowledge of the game
But there came time when he saw his
chance and took it. He stocked the
cards. He gave her four kings aud he
himself took four aces. Her eyes glis
tened She grabbed half of her pile and
put it in. He put everything he had to
If. She added hers. He went out into
the pantry and, taking a handful of
stakes from the been repository. threw
them down defantly. She we4A$oAhe
same place, seized the canister, ami. Fe-
turning in wild excitement, turned iBup
on the table. Against her four kings
were four little spots. There was pause
for moment.
He has had his hair cut and wears a
piece of plaster where the tin can struck
him, and the lady in waiting finds coffee
beaDssyet all over the house. Chronicle
II1nerfOIleS. 4
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
TALMAGE ON CURIOSITY.
Lessons Cleaned from the Fall of Our First
Parents.

1.-THE evils Of IN unregulated curiosi-
ty'' was the subject of DIR. Talmage's
talk Sunday morning. He took his text
from Genesis, il, 81. "Itwas the first Sat-
urday afternoon in the worlds history"
said Rev. Talmage, ''and ever since sun
rise Adam had been watching the birds,
fishes and beasts which had just been
created. He noticed that the birds few
in twos and that the fishes swan In
twos, and even the lions walked the
fields in pairs in the warm sunlight.
Adam went into a sound sleep, and
while he was slumbering Eve was taken
from his side." After a glowing de-
scription of paradise, DIR. Talmage de-
scribed the fall, caused by the fatal pen
atty of inquisitiveness.
'fThere is nothing" he continued.
'tmore dangerous than an unregulated
and unhealthy inquisitiveness. Healthful
curiosity has led to many benefits to
this world in the shape of scientific re-
search and inventions. Look at the
great ships with nostrils of steam and
threats of fame and see how they bring
the continents together; but unhealthful
inquisitiveness has rushed thousands and
tens of thousands into ruin.
Ewes curiosity blasted her and blast
ed all nations, and many man has his
whole moral nature wrenched outof Joint
by trying to pluck fruit from the forbid
den trees of religious mystery. There
are men outside the Kingdom of Heaven
who could not actually understand who
Melchisidek wasn't There are some
people in this world who are the first to
hnnP a fa1oahAn1 arA h.
another story and two wings to it, and
who always manifest this unregulated
curiosity about other peoples affairs.
''There are thousands of Adams and
Ewes who do nothing but eat fruit which
don't belong to them, and who forget
that good breeding and good sense,
minus curiosity, equals mind your own
business.
"By all means encourage healthful
curiosity, but by all means discourage
iIlregulated inquisitiveness. Sin may
be sweet at the start, but it is the cause
of great wretchedness afterward. The
cup of sin may sparkle at the top, but
death lies at the bottom"
Mr.. Talmage then explained how re-
pelling sin is, when attended by beauty
and great accomplishments, and cited
Illustrations in the persons of Mary
Queen of Scots, Catherine, Empress of
Russia; Queen Elizabeth, Lord Byron
and others. He also spoke of the regal
influence of woman, claiming for the
fair sex great power for good or evil,
and said that woman's chief ability con-
sisted in the exercise of Christian in
huence. He adduced an example in the
person of his own mother TO whose
memory he paid truly filial tribute,
and closed by an earnest prayer that his
in regard to unregulated
curiosity might not be disregarded by
his audience.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
SOIuIerS Longevity.
CURIOUS CALCULATIONS IN REGARD TC
THE LIMITS OF HUMAN LIFE.

SIT is hard thing to tell when the
last soldier of the civil war will die, >
said the old actuary. "We do not know
the number of men who enlisted, nor
what portion of them died, and without
this it would be impossible to form an
exact estimate. The last signer of the
Declaration of Independence, Charles
Carroll, of Carrollton, survived that
event sixty years the last Brigadier-
General of the Revolutionary War died
in 1924, and the last Major General, the
Marquis Lafayette, in 1888.
''The first million of the 1912, 900
soldiers would take thirty years to die
in, the second million fifteen years and
the third substantially twenty. The
percentage of decrease is very slow in
the first few years, or up to this time
not over five per cent. each five years of
those living in the previous semi-decade.
From 1885 to 1890 the death rate be-
comes eight per cent; 1890 to 1895, ten
per cent; 1895 to 1900, fourteen per
| cent; 1900 to 1905, nineteen per cent
1905 TO 1910, thirty-ive per cent; 1916
to 1915, thirty-nine per cent; 1915 to
1920, tifty-three per cent; 1920 to 1925,
sixty-seven per cent; 1925 to 1880,
eighty-five per cent, and 1890 to 1885,
ninety-nine per cent. The greatest alb
solute number of deaths will occur be-
tween 1910 and 1915, when more than
two hundred veterans will be buried
each day, or $50, 934 in all. These fig
ures are not strictly accurate, for they
are based on the assumption that those
who survived the war were each twenty
eight years old, but this is not true
This is the average, and while stating it
in this way will make no material differ
ence in the first fifty years, there will
be decided decrease in life expectation
in the latter years. The youngest of
those who served on either side are now
about .thirty-fve, while the oldest are
about eighty five. There are many who
have not yet attained the age of forty,
and their expectation of life is far be-
yond what 1 have given, the average
now being forty-seven. I believe that
enough of the younger men are living to
maintain respectable roll up into the
thirties and forties. To give the num-
bers more closely would require cal
culation of all the ages in the army for
each of the four years, which would be g
long and tedious task.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04
Loss and Gain
CHAPTER ]
oI was taken sick a year ago
With bilious fever"

With bilious 1eVer.
.eav doctor pronounced me cured, but 80,
sick AGAIN. with terrible pains IN my O"'N 'i'O
Sides and got so bad
Could not novel
/ shrunkl 49,. Ioo+o,.;,o.
from ron liver liz, hut it did me no good quo
~ oyJ,act to live more than tnIee hlohon-''
I began to use Hop Bltters.
n;rectlv nv appetite returned my pam aitaS ie 4,
me NV entire system seenleu Ieiio hottles !
tiI e, ,a5,;c and after using several Dooule?,
am NOT only as sound as soTeIS 9I Pitte1S
more than did peloIe' d FITzpATRICK
owe my life" I've
Dublin, June 6, 81.
CHAPTER II.
s.Nro1dan Mass, Feb /, 1851. 6SntI1iil11 >
+ s,1ffered with attacks OF SICK heaud'cho'
1T.-,,.o1crio ferrrale trouble, for years In the
w. NeI torribie and excTuciating manner.
ms odicina or doctor could give me relief
-. N c,Ire until used Hop Bitters.
'sThe first bottle
Nearly cured me-"
The second made me as well and strong a.
when child, 70 +l,is dawn
NJ husband was an invalid Tor twenty
wears with a serious .l.i.,+
SISidney. liver and urinary complaint,
..Pronounced by Boston's best physicians
'Incurablel" n...-.., H., o,,d
seven bottles of your Bitters cured MN ana
know of the
tIives of eight persons
Tn INV neighborhood that have been saved
" And many more are using them with great
benefit
''They almost
Do miracles ~ MRS H. ID. SLACK.
Jovy TO GET SICK.-Expose yourself day
and night; eat too much without exercise
uorlr foo hard without rest; doctor all the
ne. fake all the vile nostrums advertised,
O una then YOU will want to know ho!o to get
,neu. which is answered in three words--1aKe
~ ~ y. ne genuine without BUNCH of green
on n, . white label. Shun all the vile,
Hops -s Sin. # with chop" or ...aops" IN thelI
name. Ss.~asz.s,-,.g.s
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04

PAID UP.-Many years ago, owing to
circumstances over which he had no
control, Sir Moses Montefore failed in
business. Having subsequently made
money, he called together all his credit
ors and presented them with the amounts
due to them, with interest at the rate of
five per cent, calculated from the day
on which the debt was incurred.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04

TROUBLE AHEAD.-It is q somewhat
instructive comment upon English policy
in Ireland, remarks the London Tr,eti.
that last year force of nearly 25 DOC
officers and men was found necessary to
garrison the country. while only 1920
were stationed in Scotland. Unless
however, something is done to reform
the Scotch land system, the same journal
thinks, another ireland will be upon
English hands. Already, the SKYE
crofters are in a state bordering on
rebellion, while those of TREE have
Passed a resolution to seize tract of land
by force, if it is not given up to them
within stated period.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-12-04

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