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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
MIsdirected Tenderness.

Some of the contradictions of human
nature in the same individual are abso-
lutely marvellous. Boyne, the German
teacher, who recently threw vitriol upon
the waiter girls in Detroit hotel, is
said to have been very kind to vicious
mustang which he owned, feeding him
with sugar, and on finding after selling
him that the work was hard, he bought
him back at considerable loss. So, too,
the murderer of Nine. Ballerich, in
Paris. not long since, was a desperate
burglar and assassin but who lived I'M
suspected the life OF country gentle
man, highly respected by his neighbors
and friends. He was very fond of dumb
animals, and on being arrested for his
cruel murder he turned to the police
with tears in his eyes and said: Don't
forget to feed my fowls p If some of
this lavish tenderness of murderers and
vitriol-throwers would only spill over on
their fellow beings they would be better
appreciated. Detroit Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
The FrancO-Chinese War,

The proclamation of peace between
France and China will please all, and
none more so than the two contending
seldom been waged. The errors of the
French are well known, and to none
better than themselves. Had they in
September last proposed march upon
Pekin and bombardment of Canton
the war would have been over in
month; but the Chinese Government
cared nothing for the attacks on Foo
chow aad--e%a4esa, for, as the local
mandarins will have to pay for most of
the damage done there, the trouble did
not directly touch the imperial pocket.
Had it done so, peace would have
reigned long ago. 1t is we'll known by
those who know China and the Chinese
that the moment Pekin was threatened
every endeavor was made by the Chinese
to come to terms, and foreign merchants
asserted and felt convinced that before
the tea markets opened the Chinese
would, even if victorious, come to terms.
Sir Robert Hart, the head of the
Chinese Imperial Customs at Pekin,
pointed out to the mandarins at Pekln
that, if peace were not restored before
the general tea markets opened, the Min
River would he blockaded, the French
fleet would waylay tea steamers from
Hankow, with consequence that the
export duty, q source of immense
revenue to China, would fall of, and the
imperial pocket at Pekin would be
touched at last. The Chinese saw this
doubtless the French knew it also;
the former gave way, and the result is
peace.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
The ReVerie OF a Bachelor.

Somehow never weary of watching
the girl L am going to marry. 1t is so
odd to think that she and [ are to pass
the greater part of our lives together
AS L watch her close her eyes in mo-
ment OF reverie, / wonder if she will
wake me IN The morning with a sweat
KISS, or whether she will pull the pillow
from under my head with a Jerk and
make me dream | have fallen down a
preciplce $4,000 feet high. Will abe
De ready to open the door and recaive
me kindly when l come home late or
Will she call me hard names and threat,
to go home to her mother
As take her soft palm in nina ona
Kiss the tips of her pink fingers. ] won.
DER II they will ever give me boz that
may make my ears Jingle? She has a
pretty little mouth and pearIy teeth .
ana Will she ever put them to had nso
Dy reading me Caudle lectures viii
tnose mild blue eyes ever flash in anger
at me, and will that wealth Of anhnr,,
hair, SO neatly coiled, ever hang in
frowsy disorder down her back Sha
has cunning little feet. She saws tbeu
get cold very easily. Horror viii abe
ever put them Cd me when thew are
cold2 i'
No; my darling will do none of these
things. She is little lady, and /
know that her greatest happiness will be
to make me happy. II began married
life by anticipating so many sad things.
l should deserve any fate which might
befall me.-Snap.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
How He Practiced Economy.

A factory owner in Illinois went up 10
Chicago not long since to raise couple
of thousand dollars on third mortgage,
but he only found one capitalist willing
to advance the money, and he wanted
security outside of the mortgage.
''Give you chatteI-mortgage on my
So, 900 turnout, said the man.
'"The horse might die"
"Well, my wife has $4,000 worth of
diamonds"
Eyes, but in case Of disaster she
might make trouble"
give got $4,000 worth OF paintings
in my picture gallery"
"No good"
''Might take a second mortgage Oh
my opera house."
mot without outside security.
Haven't you been a little reckless
with your income to indulge in SO
much extravaganza
'Extravagance! Great Scots WHY.
I've cut down wages three different
times within year p Wall Street
Ne1US.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
Taken for a Dude.

A young lady, Sunday-school teacher
in church pretty near the corner of
Gilmour street and Lafayette avenue,
was Oh Sunday defining faith to her
class of young Americans, from six to
ten years. She set about her task in a
practical way: Gath in anything, -
she said, sis to believe that something
existed that could not be seen. Sup
pose" she said, "your papa should tell
you he put SO in the bank for you and
that you might draw it from the bank
when you grew older. You did not see
the money put in, but you know that it
is there, because you believe what your
papa tells you; and when Won grow up
and want the money, you dress yourself
up, with your gloves on, your high hat
and your cane, and you"
At this juncture the teacher was
startled by one of the boys, who cried
out:
"What are you giving us = Do you
think I'm a dude ?"
The young lady says that she felt
Frustrated, and that it will be some time
before she stirs up the question of faith
again. american.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
The Alaska Indian Children.

Dried salmon is the luxury of the
Alaskan Indians, and the children begin
to nibble it before they think of wa k
ing. The way they bring up children
out there would hardly suit in this re-
gion. The mother carries her child
about from the time it is born until it is
able to creep, no matter where she goes.
Until that tme she keeps it wrapped in
sort of fur sack. The moment the
young one shows disposition to crawl,
she yanks the fur off OF it, and then be-
gins the building of its constitution.
This is done by giving it souse in the
sea or river every morning, and the
chorus of yells that greets every village
during this interesting ceremony is
something terrific. The cries of the
young ones are piteous, and, for fear
that their maternal breasts might not be
proof against these appeals for mercy,
and thus fail to do their duty by their
offspring, the mothers do not per-
form this bathing rite themselves, but
delegate some brother or sister to do
the dousing. These conscientious aunts
and uncles vary the switch with the
bath, in vain attempts to make the one
overswe the noisy results of the other,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
A DEATH TRAP.
Elaborate Preparations to Blow Up a
Woman with Dynamite.

Elaborate Preparations to Blow Up a
Woman with Dynamite.
Otto Funk, otherwise known as John
Talbot. the young medical student,
who, month or two ago, was the hero
of plot to blow up the Public Library
in Chicago, by means of an internal
machine, was arrested, charged with
being engaged in another dynamite
scheme. Late on Monday night man,
found digging a ditch on the Chicago
University grounds, was arrested on
suspicion, and he confessed that he was
preparing to blow up his sweetheart,
Miss Jennie Gibson, with dynamite, as
she approached the University along a
path she always took when going to
class. Funk's revelations led to
further examination of the grounds. In
the path. leading to the University
building were found two "death traps"
carefully concealed beneath the surface,
and leading from it toward the observa-
tory about forty feet of trench, covered
and carefully cemented, to prevent its
giving out hollow sound in the event
of persons walking over it. Funk ex-
planned that this trench was to have been
extended to the observatory, 240 feet
distant, where pit was already dug.
The trench was to contain q wire running
from the pit to internal machines in the
death traps. When all was prepared, it
was his plan to secrete himself in the
pit, watch for the coming of his sweet
heart, and, just as she passed over the
death trap, to pull the wire and explode
the macttf7es. The preparations thus
far completed showed marvellous
amount of elaboration, the utmost care
being taken TO prevent discovery.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
Flames from VesuYius.
ToRRE DEL GRECO FRIGHTENED BY A NEW
FIssURE IN THE MOUNTAIN.

At seven o'clock Saturday evening a
new opening came in the side of Mount
Vesuvius, near Terre del Greco, twelve
kilometres from Naples. The lava
abundantly flowed from the new mouth.
while the grand crater only belched a
reddish smoke. Scientific observers
said in the morning that there was no
great danger, but there was a panic in
Terre del Greco, the site of which has
been several times covered--frst, in
1851, when many thousands persisted;
again in June, 1894, destroying the
Cathedral, the churches and houses, and
last in 1861. The inhabitants who wit
messed this last eruption say that the
present appearances are like the begin
ming OF that one. No sand or ashes
have yet been seen as at the memorable
eruption of 1877, when showers of these
reached Rome. Signor Louis Palmieri,
the celebrated meteorological, who since
1854 has had the direction of the Vesu-
Wan Observatory and has written books
on the eruptions, said to a newspaper
correspondent:-"The absence Of any
trace of tremblings indicates no
immediate grand eruption, ard I think
this light growth of eruptive period
beginning in December, 1875" Never
theless the alarm continues at the town
of Terre del Greco and the village of
Camaldoli, to the southwark of it. Lava
is still flowing in great streams.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
STORY OF A MAMPUM BELT.
How Col. EIlicott Killed n Turkey and
Saved his Lite.

There is in possession OF the de-
pendants of Col. Andrew Ellicott, Of
Penn, q wampum belt of rare beauty
and value, which is preserved as a
memento of the shrewdness and skill OF
the great surveyor, by which he not
only became the possessor of the belt,
but saved his life and the lives of many
others. Directly after the purchase of
Louisiana from the French Govern
ment Col. Ellicott was sent by the
United States Government to survey the
boundary line between the new territory
and Mexico, which then included Texas.
He was accompanied by large corps
of engineers and 100 Government troops.
They had penetrated into the interior of
the then wild country, when one day
Ellicott and his engineer corps found
themselves surrounded by large body
of Blackfeet Indians, by whom the
entire party was captured. Col. Ellicott
had half-breed interpreter, who found
out that it was the intention of the
Indians to massacre the white captives,
and he informed the chiefs that his
master was great medicine man who
could do many wonderful things, among.
them being his ability to kill man or
any living thing at distance of $50
yards, while the object he shot at was
hidden from view behind tree, and he
would not aim at it or shoot through the
tree. The chiefs said that if the inter-
prefers master would kill a wild turkey
in that way they would give the whole
party their liberty. Col. Elljcott was not
a good rifle shot, but he was able to
do many clever things in shooting by
means Of mechanical tricks. When the
decision of the chief was given they
procured the turkey and told Col.
Ellicott to exhibit his power. Confident
of his success, he drove stake in the
ground few feet beyond the trunk of
the tree with an axe. Tying the turkey
firmly to the stake SO it could not move
from its position, he walked in an
oblique direction to one side of the tree
and struck the blade of the axe,
apparently with no design, into the
ground and then made q mark on it
with chalk. Pacing off the $50 yards,
he aimed at the chalk mark and fired.
The Indian chief ran behind the tree
and brought the turkey out dead, the
ball, glancing from the axe, having
passed clear through its body, with such
nicely had Col. Ellicott calculated the
angles. The principal chief was so de-
lighted with the feat that he unclasped
the magnificent belt he wore and
fastened it about Col. Ellicott's waist.
The surveyors we're given their liberty,
and the belt worn by the Colonel insured
him and his party safety and reverence
during the remainer of the survey.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
Worse Than Firearms.

The editor of an Omaha paper, in
commenting on several cases in that city
where children died from the effects of
taking cough syrup containing morphia,
remarks that opiates, poisons and mar
cotics are more dangerous than firearms.
Mothers should note this and further.
more that different Boards of Health,
after making careful analyses, have Ger.
titled that the only purely vegetable
preparation of this kind, and one that ia
in every way harmless, prompt and
effective, is Red Star Cough Cure.
Mayor Latrobe, of Baltimore, and the
Commissioner of Health have publicly
Endorsed this valuable discovery.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
A towards Fate.

General Grant IS firm believer in
the mythical lucky star" an old military
man said to me recently. Like Napo-
leon, he believes what will be will be.
was with Grant in the days preced-
ing the surrender at Appomattox. One
afternoon, during one of the numerous
skirmishes of those last eventful days,
one OF the drafted men, poltroon and
anotorious coward, was caught skulking
among the horses in the commissary's
camp.
Let him go, said the General, let
MIN go. A bullet can find coward in
one place as well as in another
Half an hour afterward the soldier
was found with bullet in his brain with
IN the corral of train horses and dead
Inc Generals words had been almost q
prophecy"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
Costa Riean Presence Of Mind.

No Costa Rican lady or gentleman is
ever embarrassed. They always know
how to do and say the proper tnlng, anu
while their courtesy and good manners
are said to be only skin deep, they are
the most charming of companions, tne
most generous of hosts, and the most
polite of gentlemen. No laborer ever
passes lady in the street without mt
ing his hat, and he always touches tnas
always dirty and generally dlapiidated
portion of his apparel when gentleman
passes him. If lady approaches a
group of men digging a cellar, repairing
the street, or whatnot, even though
some OF them may be half naked, they
always salute her respectfully, and IN
the rural districts no one ever meets you
without saving "May God prosper the
object of your journey, or "May heaven
smile upon your errand, or something
in Spanish like that. The same man
will swindle you out of your eye teeth
if he gets chance, and if you ask him
how far it is to the next place he will
undoubtedly tell you a falsehood. he
doesn't care copper whether you ever
reach the end of your journey, and mas
no more regard for your welfare than
the flea in the grass. but he recognizes
a beautiful custom and says, "God be
good to you," as if he meant it for
blessing. And this politeness per-
meates all classes and castles. If you
enter a store with a lady every man
there will salute you and remove his hat
out of respect to her. On the streets
the people will stand aside to let you
pass, and it is necessary to do SO, for the
sidewalks are often less than two feet
wide. If you go into hotel Office,
barber shop, restaurant or any other
public place everybody present will
salute you with "Buenos Deos," or
some other friendly welcome. While
there is not particle of sincerity about
all this; while the object and end OF life
in the Spanish code of ethics is to get
along with as little work and as much
swindling as possible, they arr certainly
to be praised for cheating you in the
most polite and agreeable manner pos
sible. A Spanish highwayman does not
swear at you and command you to give
him your money or your life; he makes
a profound bow, places his hand upon
his heart, assures you that he is de-
voutlv grateful that you are looking so
well, and regrets that he is compelled
by pressing necessities to request that
you will loan him whatever valuables
you have upon your person. Then
thanking you for your promptness and
courtesy in sparing him the painful duty
of shooting you through the head, he
will mount his horse and ride off with a
prayer that the Almighty will protect
you from the perils of your journey
Boston Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

Probably no other woman in the World re-
ceives SO many "letters Of thanks" as Lydia E.
Plnkham, of Lynn, Mass. Mrs B, of En-
Held, N. H., says: 81 will simply say that
your Vegetable Compound is all you recon-
mend it to be. 1t has done me Worlds of
good" Another lady writes from Ottawa as
iollows: II have just to-day bought the sew
enth bottle of your Vegetable Compound,
have used two boxes of Pills and several
packages of your Sanative Wash, and think
It but right to tell you how much good de-
rived from your medicines They are a reg
utdr God-send. All the pain, and .cbss
have almost disappeared, my stomach is much
stronger, too, and 1 feel myself improved
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

that consumptives should be the least appre-
hensive of their own condition, while all their
friends are urging and beseeching them to be
more careful about exposure and OVERRIDING
1t may well be considered one of the most
alarming symptoms of the disease, where the
patient is reckless and will not believe he is
in danger. Reader, if you are in this condi-
ton, do not neglect the only means of recov-
cry. Avoid exposure and fatigue, be regular
in your habits, and use faithfully of DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery" 1t has
saved thousands who were steadily failing
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

A WESTERN paper recalls the almost
forgotten fact that Donaldson, the aero
naut, who made an ascension from the
lake front at Chicago, in July, 1875, has
never been heard from since. His COM
panion, Newton s. Grimwood, re-
porter of the Chicago EUening Journal,
was found dead near Stony Creek, on
the east shore of Lake Michigan. 1t is
supposed that the balloon was wrecked
in wind storm which prevailed during
the day.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

The child fell i'll and walked forth
no more. Fever burned and pain
racked, she tossed on her bed for many
days, but one evening as the summer sun
was sinking away in the great blue
ocean the fever went away and the
pains came no more. Then the child
heard the rustic of wings, and the angel
stood beside her-not weeping and
Iamenting as before, but smiling and
radiant.
"Why are you here ?" asked the
child.
because Death will soon claim
you"
"But you wept for the youth, the
man in his prime and the old man."
"Aye but a soul without sin will be
carried in my arms to Heavens gates
this night, and the echoes of the reioic-
ing will be heard in the EARTH"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28
When the Angel Smiled.

A child found an Angel grieving, and
being asked the cause of her woes the
Angel replied:
''The funeral bells call me to the bed
side of youth. Vice has already found
lodgment in his heart, and Iweep be-
cause cannot purify his soul before it
enters the presence of its Maker"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

The child walked forth once more,
and again the Angel sat in fearful
meditation.
tAnd will you never smile p softly
asked the child as she came nearer.
''This time 1 am called TO the dying
bed of an old man. He has lived his
three score years and ten, and the
wickedness of the world may have often
tempted him."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

THE FLOUR BUSINESS. --''Push the
price OF flour up another NOTCH" said
the Minneapolis miller to his manager.
81 see England and Russia are likely to
have war;" ''But the latest news indi-
Gates anamicable settlement of the diff
Guilty" sis that so Well, then push
the price up two notches. OF course the
fewer persons killed in war the more
will live to want -four"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

I HAVE been troubled with Catarrh Of the
head and throat for the last five years. About
three years ago commenced the use of Ely +
Cream Balm, and from the frst application /
was relieved. The sense Of smell, which had
been lost was restored after using one bottle.
| have found the Balm the only remedy for
Catarrh l have used with satisfaction, and it
has accomplished a cure in my case.-H. l..
Myer Waveriy, N Y.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

MENsMAN's PEPToN1zED BEEF TONIC, the only
preparation Object containingits entire n,ttrt
tiOls properties. 1t contains blood-making
force generating and DEMONSTRATING properties;
invaluable for indigestion, dyspepsia, nervous
also, in all enfeebled conditions, whether the
result of exhaustion, nervous prostration, over
work or acute disease, particularly if resulting
from pulmonary complaints. Caswell, Hazard &
Co., Proprietors New York libby druggists.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

Again the child found the Angel sor-
rowing, and again she made inquiry.
"Death beckons me to the bedside of
a man in his prime" replied the Angel,
''and I fear for his souls salvation. He
had heart of stone, and his deeds of
kindness were never heard of in
Heaven"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

am an old man. For q years utrered with nj
GERS on my right leg as the result OF typhoid fever
Anputation was suggested the only means OF pre-
serving life. The doctors could do nothing for me
ana Thought must die. For three years never had
shoe on Switts Specific has made perma cure
and added ten years to my life.
WIN. II. REED Hall Co.. Ga
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

No STATION is so high, no power so
great, no character so unblemished, as
to exempt men from the attacks of rash
ness, malice or envy,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

New guaranteed cure for worst cases with
out use of knife. There is no longer any
need of wearing awkward, cumbersome
trusses. Send two letter stamps for PAM
phlet and references. Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association, 663 Main Street, Buffa
10 N Y
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

AN ITEM OF INTEREsT.-''Beeson' Aromatic
Alum Sulphur Soap prevents, cures and heals
skin diseases, softons and beauties face and
hands Csc. by Druggists, or by mail. Address,
VIM. Dreydoppel. Philadelphia, Pa.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-05-28

Turks in the blood of nearly every one. In many
cases inherited. Its seyerest form is that of running
sores on the arms, legs, or feet. Bunches in the
glands OF the neck, pimples. cancerous growths.
swollen joints and thickening of the upper lip.
other symptoms. Hoods Sarsaparilla has had
wonderful success in curing scrofula 1t thoroughly
eradicates the humor from the blood, and gives II
new vitality and richness
Albert Estes. % East Pine Street. Lowell Mass,
had been troubled with scrofulous humor from boy
hood, and in the summer of 1884 had q large run
ming sore on his leg. On taking Hoods Sarsaparis
the sore gradually disappeared. and he has had no
indication of the humor aince.
Mrs. VIM Mcdonald, Wooster. O.. for IS months
suffered with scrofulous swelling of the glands In the
neck. Hoods Sarsaparilla gave immediate relief,
the swellings being largely reduced. She thinks
there is nothing equal to it.