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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24
Bogus Briiliantss

HOW 90 your uId1lO4uS Oo1ht'tA0
with the genuine" ?"
"Put them side by side and you can't
tell them apart Let me show you
some samples" and the dealer turned
to his iron safe and got out a box of un-
set " diamonds of about three carats
each. Handing the scribe dainty par
of tweezers he requested him to examine
the stones before the light. The report
er picked up one of the gems as careful
ly as though it were a $40, 600 stone,
and held it before his optics. 1t spark
led brilliantly, was cut perfectly, and
ANYBODY but an expert would suppose 1t
to be genuine diamond. The reporter
was tempted to slip the stone up his
sleeve, until he asked the price of 1t,
when, getting the reply, Zone dollar,
he dropped it as though it was poison
Gus.
Here are some thirty beautiful spec
imens," remarked the merchant as he un-
folded another paper and laid before the
scribe half dozen stones about the size
of Il door-knob. These are worn prin-
cipally by gamblers on account OF their
extraordinary size. "They come
great deal higher than those others L
have shown you. | sell these at s.. so
apiece, or a pair of them for a serio-com-
ic singers earrings at S4.25. They are
exceedingly brilliant, you see, and at
night shine like locomotive headlight.
Here are a lot of little diamonds that sell
from 25 to IS cents each.' care those
made of paste or fishscales % "Oh, no !;
I never deal in paste goods. These
stones come from the Sierra Nevada
mountains, and are cut and polished in
New York; and some are even sent to
Paris to be cut and are then returned to
this country. They are the best imlta-
ton of the diamond made, and retain
their brlliancy forever. Not being as
hard as the diamond, care has to be
taken in not getting them scratched. "
" You remarked before that the trade
the second or middle class of society are
the greatest purchasers of these imita-
tions ?'' "That's where you're wrong.
The principal buyers and wearers of
.snide' diamonds are those who move in
the highest society, and I'll tell you the
reason why. Let lady who counts her
wealth by the hundreds of thousands ap-
pear in public with pair of six or eight
carat diamond earrings, and the people
never suspect that they are 'snide. They
imagine that because the wearer is
wealthy she would never degrade herself
by wearing 81 diamonds, but such is the
case. Hundreds of times have matched
genuine diamonds for high-toned
ladies, and it was actually impossible to
tell them apart. You see, when per-
son of wealth wears 'snide' diamonds,
you can hardly make people believe that
they are anything else than genuine
while, on the other hand, let person IN
more reduced circumstances wear genu-
ine diamonds, and everybody they meet
will turn up ther noses and remark that
they are 'snide. So that is the reason
the people of wealth can throw on SO
much style with very little expense.
Cincinnati IJn1eS-StGr.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24

son that as they were approaching the
coast of Novia Scotia, it would be very
dangerous to run further in the dark
ness. His advice was accordingly acted
upon.
As the morning dawned, an island
covered with trees, its shores lashed by
the breaking waves, was discerned only
a short distance to leeward. There was
no time to be lost; the jib was hoisted,
the helm put hard to starboard, and the
vessel falling off before the wind, ran
around the island and came to an anchor
in a quiet land-locked harbor. The
island, so dimly seen through the rain
and fog, was not recognized by Capt.
H., though he well knew he was some
where on the coast of eastern Maine.
Soon boat containing two men came
alongside. Capt. III. saw at once that
its occupants were old acquaintance,
whose silence hes-seeured by signs and
gestures, and managed to inform them
of the situation of affairs without excit-
ing the suspicious of the Englishmen.
He was informed that his vessel was
living in the harbor of Little KeDnebec,
an inlet within the limits of the Town of
Machias.
The visitors under the direction of the
Captain, gave the midshipman to under
stand that they were in a snug harbor,
and only short distance from Halifax
The officers, taking their own boat
and two of their own men, invited the
Captain TO accompany them on q stroll
on shore. On landing they walked some
distance from the boat, when Capt. H.,
who had loitered behind with two
Americans, who had accompanied them,
proposed that with their assistance he
would recapture the vessel.
This proposition was assented to.
Suiting the action to the word, they
turned and ran to the shore; but the
officers quickly discovering the flight, a
very exciting race commenced then and
there, each party making almost super
human exertions to be the first to reach
the boats. The Americans came in
ahead, having the start of the English
men. To throw the oars of one boat far
out in the water and jump into the other
and shove off from the shore was only
the work of an instant. To pull for the
vessel at the highest rate of speed attain
able was the next thing in order.
The officers finding themselves out
witted, began hailing the vessel with the
intention of aroTlsing the two men or
board, and warning them of the impend'
ing danger; but the men were below,
and before they reached the deck, the
indomitable captain with his followers
were on board. Selling the two pairs OF
pistols which lay on the pinnacle and
making belligerent demonstrations, the
Yankees compelled the English seamen
into an immediate surrender.
Very soon the middies came pulling
off using two boats thwarts in lieu OF
oars, Capt. Fl. promptly challenged
them and told them they could come on
board only to make an unconditional
surrender of themselves as prisoners OF
war, which alternative they accepted
without parley. Two hours after they
were duly put into the custody of the
commander of the fort at Machiasport
where they remained until exchanged
and sent to Halifax.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24
EARNING THEIR PIN MONEY.
Women who Make Small Sums in Very
Tedious Way.

A woman with white cloth wrapped
about her Lhead tossed a huge basket
filed with rags on top of barrel in
low shanty on Washington street near
Market. Then she transferred 1t to
her shoulder and staggered off with it
to an inner apartment. She was bare
footed and wore a ragged gown. Pres
emily she came back with an empty
basket and began filing it from the
piles rof rags which lay on the hoor'
Two other barefooted women, with
baskets and heads done up with white
cloths, followed her in and went TO
picking over the rags.
"They are looking for pins, SAID the
proprietor of the rag-shop to reporter
who stood by him at the open window
of the shanty. "I give them all they
find among the rags, and they hnd lois
Of them. Each of the women finds
pin every two or three minutes. Inc
bosoms of their dresses will be STUCK
full of pins by the time they get through
with their days work.
"What do they do with so many
the reporter asked. ..,..
"They sell them. There are plenty
of little laundries and dress-making
establishments that will buy second
hand pins at about half the rates of
new ones"
"How much can one of these women
make out of pins in one day ?"
"Never more than five cents, but
that is enough money to make her
happy. Chicago Ne,cS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24
Warned I'm Time.

Many an unhappy marriage might
have been avoided if the bride had only
been able to decide as promptly and as
wisely as did the young lady who was
the heroine of this incident. An ex-
change says that Miss Josephine Dash,
with whom the. editor is acquainted, may
have a sore heart but she has a sound
head. She lives in the State of New
York. About year ago she became ac-
quainted with young man in Michigan.
They were to be married in October,
and day or two since he arrived at the
lady's house too full for utterance.
When she discovered that he was
drunk she ordered him to be removed.
Her father removed him, gave him his
supper, lodging and breakfast, took him
to the station and advised him to return
to Michigan and reform.
The young lady now congratulates
herself on the fact that it will not be
necessary for her to get divorce in {
year or two on account of drunkenness
and cruelty.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24
Meteor over chesapeake Bay.

Robert Boston, first officer on the
steamer Maggie. reports having seen a
remarkable meteor on Monday evening
He says that the night was perfectly
clear and the wind moderate. lie was
in the pilot house with the captain
They were both startled by seeing a
tremendous fire ball shooting across the
water from south to southwest. LII
looked as large as a barrel and traVeleo
with great velocity, leaving in its wake a
brilliant stream of fire. The meteor
lighted up the entire bay for the space
of a minute. 1t then burst INTO rag
ments, each of which showed different
colors, Boston says that the bay was SO
brilliantly illuminated that he couio see
objects several miles distant as distinctly
as he could at MONDAY.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24
EATING BEFORE SLEEPING.
Recommended as n Positive Care for Sleep
Iessness by Physician.

$50 home and eat a good supper,
that's all the medicine you want, and
the medical gentleman to whom re-
porter had gone for a neryive, a seda-
tive or sleeping potion opened the door
to show him out.
"But, doctor. it's IL o'clock at night?'
"Weu, what of it =? Oh, see. The
popular prejudice against eating at
night. Let me tell you, my young
friend, that unless your stomach is out
of order, it is more benefit to you to eat
before going to bed than it is harmful.
Food of a simple kind induces sleep.
At what hour did you dine ~
''Six o'clock"
"Humph! just what I thought.
Six o'clock. Fourteen hours between
dinner and your breakfast Enough to
keep any man awake. By that time
the fuel necessary to send the blood
coursing through your system is burned
out. Animals sleep instinctively after
meals. Human beings become drowsy
after eating. Why? Simply because
the juices needed in digestion are sup
piled by the blood being solicited to-
ward the stomach. Thus the brain re-
ceives less blood than during the hours
of fasting, and becoming paler the pow
ers grow dormant. Invalids and those
in delicate health should always eat be-
fore going to bed. The sinking sensa-
ton ii sleeplessness is cali for food.
Wakefulness is oftentimes merely a
symptom of hunger. Crafty the desire
and sleep ensues. The feeble will be
stronger if they eat on going to bed
Some persons are exhausted merely by
the process of making their toilet in the
morning. A cup of warm milk and
toast on retiring or of beef tea on awak-
ening will correct it.
"But is it not essential that the
stomach should rest ?"
"Undoubtedly. Yet, when hungry
we should eat. Does the infants stomach
rest as long as the adults. Man eats
less often only because his food requires
more time for digestion. Invalids and
children at night may take slowly warm
milk, beef tea or oatmeal. The vigorous
adult can eat bread, milk, cold beef,
chicken, raw oysters or other such food.
OF course, it must be taken in moder-
alton. You start home now and take
cup of tea and beef sandwich on the
way, and I'll risk your sleeping. Good
night r'-EVening Mail.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24

SHoRT.-An amusing incident recent
ly took place at a trial in Dublin. The
barrister had just risen to state the case
for the plaintiff and had got no further
than "May it please you, my lord and
gentlemen" when he was rudely inter-
rupted by a small juror, whose head was
just visible above the box, with, "Cut 1t
short" To him straightway the barris-
ter turned--'I will cut it short. Sir, l
will cut almost as short as you are" He
was not interfered with any more by the
Juror,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24
NINE GRAVES IN EDLNBRO.
[From the Century for Jnlr.l

GFrom the Century for July.l
In the churchyard, up in the old high town,
The sexton stood at his daily toll,
And he lifted his mattock and drove it down,
And sunk it deep in the sacred soil.
And then as he delved he sang right Justify,
Aye, as he deepened and shaped the graves
In the black old mold that smelled so mustily,
And thus was the way of the sections
slaves:
ITS nine O. the clock, and I have begun
The settled task that is daily mine
By ten o the clock 1 will finish one
By six O. the clock there must be nine;
''Just three for women, and three for men;
And, to fill the number, another three
For daughters of women and sons of men,
Who men or women shall never be.
And the first of the graves in row of three
Is his or hers who shall first appear;
Al lie in the order they come to me,
And such has been ever the custom here"
The first they brought was fair young child,
And they saw him buried, and went their
way;
And the sexton leaned on his spade and
smiled.
And wondered, GLOW many more to-dayY'
The next was a man; then woman came
The sexton had loved her In years gone by;
But the years had gone, and the dead old
dame
He buried as deep as his memory.
At six o the clock his task was done;
Eight graves were closed, and the ninth
prepared
Made ready to welcome a man-what one
Twas little the grim old sexton cared.
He sat him down on its brink to rest
When the clouds were red and tire sky was
gray, :.
And said to himself: ''This last is the best
And deepest of all have digged to-day.
"Kho will fill it, wonder, and when?
1t does not matter; whoe'er they be,
The best and the worst of the race of men
Are all alike when they come to me-"
They went to him with man, next day,
When the SKY was gray and the clouds were
red,
As the sun set forth on his upward way;
They went-and they found the sexton dead
Dead, by the open grave was he;
And they buried him in it that self-same
day,
And marveled much such a thing should be;
And since, the people will often say:
''If We dig, no matter when,
Graves to bury other men,
Think-it never can be known
When yen chance to dig your own,
Mind We of the tale We know
Nine graves in Edinbro."
NoIE.-The following is related concerning the
death of Jenny Gambler one of the testers of King
James 1. during his reign in Scotland
Jenny rose, made him ready, takes his horse,
and rides to the churchyard in the high towne
where lie found the sexton the custom Is there)
making nine graves-three for men, three for wo-
men, and three for children; and whose dyes next,
first come, first served Lend me thy spade says
Jenny. and with that digs hole, which hole hee
bids him make fox his grave; and doth give him a
French Crowne. The msn, willing to please him
(InOre for his gold than his pleasure), did and
of the tovne, and the sodaine within two houres
buried there indeed. .'-RoBERT ARSIAI, THE Nest
OF Ninnies-" "a D. 1861
IRWIN RUSSELL.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24

"No," SAID the returned Cueur
dAlener, "I don't so much mind work
ing claim with spade in one hand
and revolver in the other, but when
the jumpers get so thick that you have
to wrap an order for supplies around
the ramrod of shotgun and fire it half
mile at the grocery store-why then
I'm going to quit.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24

LITTLE Mile. Jeanne was finishing
her dinner. She had already eaten a
small saucer of Strawberries, and was
preparing to eat another, when her
mother gently stopped her. "You know
one of these saucers was for me" she
said. Mile. Jeanne hesitated for mo-
ment, and then exclaimed suddenly:
"What pity; L ate yours first p
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24
TERMS $3.50.

'Weu, darling, don't know certainly.
but l think would mortgage the prop
erty and buy me spring bonnet. =
Merchant Traveller.
HER PECULIAR PAPA.
''Do you know, Miss Smithers. re-
marked young Featherly, "that there is
something very peculiar about your
father ?"
Something very peculiar about my
papa?" repeated Miss Smithers, who
loved Featherly passionately, butpurely.
eyes, " the young man went on, every
peculiar"
"Aud what is it, pray ?"
SIT lies in the fact that although he is
not q grandfather, he has a grand
daughter. ."--Drake'8 Travellers 1[aga-
tine
a HARD WORKING MYTH.
A beautiful Promise stood in the hotel
n,atreSoLmopping his brow.
"You seem exhausted" said a Settee.
Exhausted !! I guess you don't know
me. Not much ! I'm just getting
warmed up to my work. I'm willing to
bet I can do more hard work between
now and election day than anybody"
"Do you never rest p
"Oh, yes; right after election I'll go
to sleep, and you won't see me again
for four years"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24

The number of horses in the United
States in 1884, according to the lafest
official statistics, is IL. .169, 6S3-showing
all increase over 1888 of 331, SIT head.
The number of mules in this country is
now estimated at 1,914, 126.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24

THE fruit-preserving establishment at
Yuba City, CAL, employs about one
hundred women and children during the
season. 100000 cans of fruit were ready
for market on the 1st Of July.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24

Mrs. ABsALoM WRIGHT, of Peoria, has
Just presented her husband with trip
lets; and now the poor man would like
to know what crank "would rather be
Wright than President"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24

yrs. A boy may be a messenger-boy
and still possess lots of that sterling
ouality called sand. But it is not quick
sand.-PUck.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24
He CanVassed the Train.
BUT HE HAPPENED TO STRIKE A DROVE
OF AMERICAN HOGS.

BUT HE HAPPENED TO STRIKE A DROVE
OF AMERICAN HOGS.
There was funny scene on railroad
train from Paterson to New York. As
is usual, the train was filled with pas
sengers on their way to business and at
Passaic new arrival entered the smok-
ing car. He was an unmistakable Eng
lishman, but he had run all to seed.
His plug hat looked like a concentrated
concertina and his long coat nearly
touched his shoes, but not near enough
to expose the fact that his trousers were
of the hight tide pattern that are always
picked before they are ripe.
AS the train neared the tunnel he took
the concertina off and showed unmistak-
able evidence that he had either grown
too fast for his hair to catch up or had
been spun on his head for drinks so fre-
quently that most of the capillary sub
stance had got tired of the fun and gone
home early.
81 see that Cleveland is likely to re-
ceive the nomination" he said in nut
meg-grater tone of voice, "and Ipropose
to see how the crowd stands as between
him and Blaine"
"Why didn't you bring your hair
along with you ?" asked young broker
with eighteen carrot hair.
ooh, where I was raised they didn't
have anything but red hair and would
not take that, returned the man with
the surreptitious cover. CHOW let's see
how we stand"
He had proceeded half through the
He collected the returns from the rear
counties under difficulties. Half of the
time he was under the seats and the
other half over the backs of them. When
the train emerged into daylight he was
lying across the stove endeavoring tc
pull his hat back over his ears.
After he had counted the votes he as
certained that he had two for Blaine,
four for George Washington and one fol
John l.. Sullivan. The rest of the votes
were illegal, and consisted of cigal
stumps, hunks of coal, boot heel ant
four last years guilds of tobacco.
"It's no use to attempt to fight the
crowd" he said as he left the train
"but if I ever attempt to canvass drove
of American hogs again you can call olc
England Jack Bull right to my face.
A YOUNG man who was addicted to tn
opium habit in California city, stole
coat from room in his boarding house
so that he would be sent to Jail for fey
weeks, where he could not obtain th
drug. But to his dismay he found tha
his crime was burglary instead c
petit larceny, and he was sentenced t
the State prison for term of yeal
, Efforts are now being made to secul
} his pardon.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24

You can't chip thing as round as
you can pare it,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1884-07-24

WHAT men want is not talents is purpose,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-11
SPiiNTEES.

Boots to order nj ilunstahle's.
Repairing done at lluuStublc's.
Go to llunstahle's, ~ Elm street.
Go to lluustahle's for boots and Shoes.
Fresh artesian water at Ord's saloon
free.
The llunstablo Shoe Store il the shoe
store.
See the great inducements offered by
Il. Calm a Co, 7O5 Main street.
just recciveo, " lot # horsc-radish in
root, at A, T.. Boucho the grocer.
Webster viii continue to make h.,
hest cabinet photograph at - pen
dozen.
4 better morning meal free IL hnd at
the Glen Lea than can be- bought else.
whore
William Ernonwcin, the house decor.
ator, SIN Main street, paints and papoi
hang.
Something for the lsdios, Angelica ant
| IokuN wine, mild and pleasant. Loeb ~
Frciborg.
Go aud see Dr. Barclay, at tho 81
! James Hotel, If YOU want to be- curud o
the piles.
The Turf Saloon on Elm streNIpal.
ito oliver q Griggs, have tho fines
! uuch IN town.
Those roasts and that spicod soup a
the Glen Loa heats the cafe meal at IN
salons of Paris.
Dr. Choanoy, dentist, 100 Elm street
makesH speciality OF fine operations oI
the natural teeth.
Oyster SHIELDED 10 ordor aud fish fres
rom tire sea aud the rivers, served ii
every style at the Glen Lea.
Paints manufactured 10y Dallas Pain
and Color Works arc nou-pois0nuus
Hamilton " Young, Agents.
The PUNISHABLE Shue company hav
enlarged their retail department and az
preparing tor "a large tall trade.
The Turf saloon has tho finest limnr
and cigars Ia the city. The place is Eli
street, opposite oliver & Griggs.
Geo. Rick, the Elm street mrnitur
, dealer, Is selling chairs, dining-rool
furniture In quality and price To su
, everyone,
/, Ord's Place, Lamar street, IL th
taVOrite stopping place for cuisines
, men, and others, who like fine oil
WHISTLES aud liquors.
Pure aud uncotored md guarantee
, uuadultorated MAY BLOSSOM Tea nj
cents pound In ono pound packages ,
Bouches', M Main street.
The regular Understand nj the Gle
/, Lea saloon Is open all day and All nigh
: Marine luNuries are on hand equal
! freshness to the coast restaurants.
/ Extremely low prices have bee
marked ON Rll the furniture Geo. Ric
has In stock tables, chairs, rockers, he,
room and pdrlor sets. Give him cal
= A solid gold watch, Elgin movement
: u S20 suit of clothing, a handsome chai
4 Der set, fine castor, complete set
shakespeare works, n handsome colt
= loid comb aud brush, u box uf tine ciga
; aud other articles, given away by
A Calm Il Co.
i Miss Waller has lusr ratu.uad Gro
, her annual trip to New lutK. = Grte NJ
4 Went tosohtain the newest anu mo
b popular styles to the apprt 3, iing So
= son. Those whO or her Vth the
y patronage, may be- assured oi perie
K satisfaction, IN hCd III aud style; H25
e Elm street, Dallas. Texas.
Q The Dallas Board Of Trade saloo
9 corner of Main aud Austin, Is excel,
= by none In the country It's fine wine
7 liquors, cigars are noted by every trs,
Q cler In the State. Their billiard hall
/ handsomely fixed up, and their tabl
: of the most approved mako Ii You wa
LIZ spend Raulet hour playing billiard