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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
The Gorgeous Secretary.

In his Boston lecture, the other night,
G. A. Sala told of his experiences at the
coronation of Alexander III. 1t was
necessary to wear a uniform to gain ad-
mission. He accordingly wore a plain
one that did not gain him any particular
attention, but his secretary held some
civilian appointment at London, the
chief perquisite of which was the right
to wear uniform, sin comparison with
which Solomon in all his glory was the
smallest of potatoes. To his paper he
sent dispatch of seven and half col
umns. bow to get it in ahead of other
correspondents was a quandary. But,
intrusting it to his secretary, what was
the latter's surprise, as he neared the
door in his flaming raiment, to see the
entire guard present arms while he
marched through. His dispatch was
sent two hours before any other corre-
spondent got away from the ceremony.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
He Is In Trouble.

The Arizona editor has got into trou-
BILE. He explains it thus {: ''We edit
our paper this week from the Jail. where
We are living for the present. We have
been put in the jug for a month because
we resented an insult offered us by the
pin-feather journalist who tries to run
an opposition paper in this town. But
if he thinks he will muzzle the press in
this way he is mistaken. Like Edmund
Yates, we shall come out of Jail stronger
than ever, and shall take our place IN
the world with renewed vigor and
strength. A month is not a long time
to man with good conscience, which
is our case. We would request our
friends to turn in all items of news to the
gentlemanly iailer, who will give them
to u.s."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
Never Mind the Expense.
RECKLESS MANNER IN WHICH FOOL AND
MONEY ARE CAST AsUNDER.

A millionaire dude is exciting great
deal of interest among Chestnut street
storekeepers. He filings money about
in a Coal Oil Johnny sort of way and
smashes and pays for things in the most
reckless manner. His protector is
generally a "night-hawk, who follows
him in and out of every saloon he enters.
At 2 o'clock on Friday morning the dude
staggered into Green's and lurched
up to the bar and hurled his ebony
cane at the delicate glassware that
adorned the bar. A crash followed and
the bartend0rs were paralyzed with
astonishment. The dude laughed and
pulled $50 bill out of his pocket to
pay for his destructive fun. The head
bartender counted up the smashed
glassware and said to the dude:
"Fifty dollars won't pay for the dam
ege, sir; you've broken two hundred
dollars worth"
"Zats all right gimme pen and
ink" He took book out of his pocket
and drew up check for 5000 on the
Farmers and Mechanics Bank. Hand
ing it to the barkeeper the dude walked
out and told the ''night-hawk" to drive
him to his home on Brown street, near
Broad. A petition is to be filed in
court by some of his relatives to have a
guardian appointed for him to prevent
his prodigal proclivitves. He wantonly
smashed a $500 mirror in Broad
street hotel few nights ago, and soon
afterward gave waiter $500 diamond
pin in token of his, the dudes, apprecia-
tion. -PhilddelDhia Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
Forming a Square.

Gen. Stewart's square at Aub- Klea
has been less fortunate than that which
resisted the Mameluke charge at the
battle of the Pyramids, where Napoleon
gave his famous order to ''form sqaare
with the scientists and asses in the
CENTRE" Its experience, however, con-
tradicts the theory held by so many
critics that an infantry square is prac-
tically ruined when once penetrated by
the enemy. When completely broken
up by cavalry it might be SO, but
squares have been pierced again and
again without losing their coherency or
power of resistance. A striking instance
of this occurred during the Peninsular
battle of Talavera, where there was
some severe hand-to- hand fighting.
"Well, Sergeant" asked Sir Thomas
Picton, after the battle, addressing q
non on-commissioned officer OF the famous
irish brigade who had become proven
bal for his reckless courage, chow
came you to let those French rascals
break into that square of yours to-day ?"
Faith, your Honor" answered the
veteran with stern significance, "the
spalpeeus did get in, sure enough, but
bedad they never got out again. "-NeaO
York Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
Do You Know Him z

There was man in our town, and ha
was wondrous wise, for when he marked
his prices down, he then did advertise.
And when he saw his trade increase,
with all his might and main, he marked
still lower every price, and advertised
again.
And when he advertised again, his
rivals stamped and tore, to see folks rush
with might and main, to patronize thai
store.
And while they sat in solitude, and
saw him custom in, that man behind
the counter stood, and raked the shek.
els in.
And when he raked the shekels in
and saw his fortune rising, he took (
goodIy lot of "tin," and kept ON adver
tising.
Each day a genuine sum he'd seek
and demonstrate full plain, the more
one pays for printers ink; the greater
is his gain--,Sara atoga Eagle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
Alleged Penitentiary Abuses.
CHARGES OF INHUMANITY WHICH HAVE
CAUSED SENSATION IN TENNESSEE.

A few days ago the Nashville Banner
published report of DIR. E. D. Sim,
chairman of the Committee on Prisons
and State Board of Health of Tennessee,
making a severe criticism on the present
penitentiary system. The Banner in
dulged in some strong editorial COM
ments upon the system as represented
in Sims report and was sued for $50, 900
for an alleged libel, and two of its pro-
prietors- indicted by the Grand Jury.
The Banner insists that its assertions
can be sustained by proof, and publishes
an interview with DR.. j. W. Reed, rep
resentati tive from Campbell county.
DR.. Reed said the convicts at the coal
mines have been cruelty treated; that
he and Drs. Smith and Britton had dis
sected the body of convict four hours
after death; that it was customary to
furnish physicians with dead convicts,
and that he never knew the body of a
convict to be buried. He also says the
convicts are whipped numerically. Sick
or well, if any fail to complete the task
set for them they are whipped.
He continued: 81 have known some
to be so sick that they could not com.
plete their task, and others have volun.
teered to help them out to keep them
from having the lash applied to them.
I remember that not long ago the bank
boss forced some convicts to go into
mine when it was suspected to be on fire.
He refused to go himself, but pushed
the convicts in and two of them were
killed. One was blown seventy yards
and crushed to death. There has not
been single charge brought against the
penitentiary system that cannot be
proved"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
Who Was DrivingY

One of the prettiest conceits in Uncle
Remus' new book is put into the mouth
of an old negro driver. he had run
away from his master and could not be
caught; but an old lady bought him,
because he had saved the life of her son,
and he surrendered himself and became
faithful servant.
When his old mistress came to die
her wandering mind dwelt upon the
negro who had served her so faithfully.
She fancied she was making a journey.
"The carriage goes smoothly along
here" she said. Then, after a little
pause, she asked, "is David driving !"
and the weeping negro cried out from
corner of the room:
''Tain't po' Dave, mistr'ss De good
Lord done tuck holt er de lines.
And SO dreaming as little child
would dream, the old lady slipped from
life into the beatitudes, if the smiles oil
the dead mean anything,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
INTERESTING NEWS NOTES.

A BILL was introduced in the Wiscon
sin Legislature giving women the right
to vote in school, city, town and other
municipal elections. Also bill appro-
priating $780, for State weather SER
vice.
THE exodus of negroes from Anson
county, North Carolina, has begun.
Their Mecca is Arkansas. The men sent
out ahead have returned with favorable
reports. Every tram on the Carolina
Central Railroad toward Charlotte car
ries larger number of blacks.
In the Pennsylvania Senate the bill to
infict corporal punishment on wife
beaters was reported negatively, its op-
ponents in the committee having had
but one more vote than its friends.
After a spirited debate its friends
triumphed, and the Senate, on motion
to place the bill on the calendar, carried
it by 80 yeas to 16 nays.
The oystermen of Princes Bay, s. T.,
have suffered heavy losses this winter
from cold northwesterly winds and low
tides, that kept the water off the oyster
beds and froze the bivalves solid in the
mud, killing and spelling hundreds Of
bushels Of prime fat oysters in single
night. The aggregate losses from this
cause will, it is believed, amount to up
ward of $4,000.
For some time chicken thieves have
committed depredations in Morgan Co.,
W. Va. A farmer named Priest, living
on the edge of Berkely county, to pro-
tect his hennery, placed several dyna-
mite torpedoes about it. At about 10
o'clock at night terrific explosion
reused the Priest family. Going out
they found the henhouse blown to atoms,
and fifty feet away they found the dead
body of a negro named Bracy horribly
pooOplad
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
"THE TOWERS OF JULIUs.v
EnRland's Most Famous Prison Fortress-
Its Munitions of War and Royal Treas
uraM.

London Tower is on the same side of
the river as Westminster Palace, but
two miles or more distant, at almost the
extreme end of the city, the east end
being below London Bridge and the
Custom House. It is the only fortress
OF the metropolis and is of very ancient
origin. Shakespeare and Gray, among
other poets, as well as other writers
attribute it to Julius Caesar, but appar.
emily without good authority. It covers
about twelve acres of ground and is sur
rounded by a garden occupying the site
of the old moat. It was formerly en-
tered on the river front by the Traitor
Gate, through which prisoners of State
we're conveyed after trial, being brought
in boats from Westminster; but this is
now closed up. The White Tower, one
OF the most famous portions of the
building, was built by William the Con.
querer, and still remains unaltered
within, though Wren remodelled it ex-
ternally. The late explosion occurred
in st. Johns Chapel, one of the finest
and most perfect specimens of Norman
architecture to be found in England.
The lower floor of the tower is known as
Queen Elizabeth's Armory, and the
upper floor contains rooms formerly used
as Council Chamber and banqueting
room. Near the Traitors Gate is the
Bloody Tower, in which the two young
sons of Edward ". were murdered by
order of Richard I'LL; this the Duke of
Wellington thought the securest prison
he ever saw. Beauchamp Tower was
the prison of Anne Boleyn and Lady
Jane Gray. In the Bowyer Tower the
Duke of Clarence was drowned in butt
of Malmsey wine. The histories of
Catherine Howard, Walter Raleigh,
William Russell, Somerset, Thomas
More, William Wallace, King John of
France, and many others, add to the
tragic interest of the place.
Within the prison fortress, too, are
the Jewel Room, containing the regalia
of British monarchs, and the Armories,
where are to be seen the renowned col
lection of ancient arms and armor. The
crown jewels are enclosed in a huge
glass case for the inspection of visitors.
Among them are Victoria's coronation
crown, which cost 100000; the great
ruby worn by the Black Prince; the
crown of Charles IL; the Koh-i-noor
diamond; the silver baptismal font used
at the christening of the royal children,
and many other famous objects. In the
Armories are the suits of armor worn
by Henry VIII, Charles l., John Of
Gaunt, "time-honored Lancaster; Dud-
ley, Earl of Leicester, Elizabeth's favor
lte, and a historical collection of arms
and armor from the thirteenth to the
centuries. To the northward
of the Tower is Tower Hill, on which
the famous scaffoId was raised. Various
portions of the Tower buildings have of
late been used as barracks and ar
senals, and vast quantities of munitions
Of var are usually IN sIore Inere.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
A VaSSar Girl's Sad Fate.
SHE ELOPEs FROM HER HOME AND Is
FOUND LEADING A LIFE OF SHAME.

FOUND LEADING A LIFE OF SHAME.
A beautiful girl of eighteen years,
graduated from Vassar College last sum-
mer and returned to her home in Mar
quet.e, Mich, where her father lived in
fine style with his family. The father
is the owner of several copper mines in
Michigan and is very wealthy. Soon
after the young lady returned home a
Pittsburg drummer, whom she had met
in Poughkeepsie, turned up in Mar
quette, and after brief courtship, much
against her fathers wishes, the young
couple eloped in October last. The
parents were stricken down with grief,
and search was everywhere made for
them. In December the father heard
that his daughter was in San Francisco,
and thither he went at once. After
some search he found her, but his grief
almost killed him when he discovered
that she was an inmate of a house of i'll
repute. His first impulse was to leave
her to her shame, but the thought of
the broken-hearted mother at home
anxiously awaiting her child's return,
induced him to take back his now peni-
tent daughter, and couple of days ago
they started for Michigan. 1t was the
old, old story. The drummer had prom
ised to marry her, but, firing of her after
reaching San Francisco, he deserted her.
The last heard of the drummer he was
in Denver, Col.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
Edgar A. POe's Child-Wife.

A New York letter says:-The Poe
memorial monument for Central Park
has arrived from Europe and will be un-
yelled some time in the spring. It con-
sists of plain shaft and a square
pedestal, on the four sides of which are
bas-reliefs representing conceptions
from the Raven" and one or two of his
other great poems. I mention this for
the purpose of relating some facts con-
cerning Poe's poor child-wife, which
have never before been published. It
was in 1845 or somewhere thereabout
that the poet came to New York to find
something to do. He did not succeed
we'll, and it was on that visit that he sold
the "Raven" to the american ReUael0
for SIS. He finally went out to Ford
ham, little village up in Westchester
County, which borders on the suburbs
of New York City. It was then that he
We. living with his child wife, who took
assumption and died. She was buried
at Fordham, and she it was who was the
"Annabel" of the most beautiful and
touching poem he ever wrote. What
other human heart than his could have
measured such depth of tender pathos
About three years ago the people of
Fordham determined they would remove
the village graveyard. Few of them
knew of Edgar Allan Poe or his beauti-
full "Annabel. They began to remove
the bones and lay them away promiscu-
ously in sort of charnel ground some
distance out in the country. A gentle
man in New York who knew much of
Poe's life, who loved his poetry and
was aware that his wife was buried at
Fordham, heard of the removal of the
graveyard and went out to protect the
bones of sweet "Annabel." The grave
had already been opened and he came
near being too late. He collected the
precious relics. wrapped them neatly in
a piece of paper and took them to his
home in New York, where he kept them
for nearly two years. One day a gentle
man called who had known Mrs. Poe
and who was very fond of the poem
"Annabel." The conversation drifted
toward those beautiful lines, and verse
after verse was repeated over and over.
Finally the gentleman of, the house
arose and said 81 will show you some.
thing"
He then proceeded to unwrap the
bones of the poor heroine.
"These," said he, "are the bones of
Annabel.' He then proceeded to tell
.he story. The bones were soon after.
ward sent to be inferred at Baltimore.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
Cannon of Silk.

A German inventor proposes to wrap
a steel tube with silk until diameter is
attained corresponding with the baliastic
power which is required for the cannon.
For any given diameter silk possesses q
senacity as great as that of the best tenn
pered steel, and has the advantage of SUI
perior elasticity. After the tube has
been made, it is centered upon a lathe
which turns with a great angular veloc-
ity. Above and parallel with the tube
are arranged number of spools of silk,
which covers the surface in the form of q
helix, by means OF guides, without leav-
ing any space between the threads.
When the desired thickness has been
obtained, the silk is coated with gutta
percha or hardened caoutchouc, in order
to preserve it from air and dampness
The silk being a bad conductor of heat,
the gun can be fired very often without
getting hot, and it is stated that it can
be more easily managed, since its weight
is only one-third as great as if it only
were of steel.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26

spinal column from the charge o
malaria; it is perfectly innocent"
And now the nurse examined thu
other articles laid out for use. There
wasn't an inch of flannel to be seen
nothing but the finest and most eIabor.
ately berufled and embroidered linen.
fAnd you do not own a flannel petit
coat, Blanche ?"
"What in the world do I want of fan
nels? You know almost always go out
in the carriage, and there are lots OF
warm robes.
sit is about as I supposed" Miss
Harrington remarked, sadly. ''Your
break down is due to perfectly plain and
natural causes. There is nothing in the
least mysterious about it. You have de-
formed your feet, weakened your spine,
aud consequently your whole nervous
system, by the shoes you have worn. By
series of exposures you have reduced
your vital force to such an extent that
reaction was impossible without further
prostration and a complete cessation of
irritating causes. Here are your corsets.
How much do they measure, please ?"
Nineteen inches, auntie" young
lady was almost ready to cry now-''and
they are whole inch larger than most
girls of my size wear"
'What is your size? Here is tape
measure, and will soon tell you. You
have lost considerable flesh, and shall
have to allow for shrinkage. Twenty
four inches just as you are, Blanche.
Think of it ! A twenty-four inch waist
squeezed into nineteen-inch corsets
We will now clear the heart and lungs
from the charge of malaria. Your If
regular pulse, the cutting pain in your
side, your uneven and most inadequate
respiration, can be traced directly to
tight lacing. Now have this to say,
my child. I shall not permit you to
wear one of these articles as long as you
are und er my care. If you will accept
a pair of my quilted slippers, and allow
me to wrapyou in blankets till you have
some clothes suitable for convalescent
to wear, all right. If-not, you must find
some one else to take care of you. My
time is altogether too precious to throw
away. This may seem very cruel,
Blanche; but I really think it would be
far better for you to die now than to be
nursed back to the old shameful condi-
tons. There is nothing before you but
a life of invalidism if you decide to go
On as you have begun"
"But how can I wear horrid old shoes
and old scratchy fannels, and have a
waist like a washer woman's ?" the girl |
between laughing and crying |
You haven't said anything about
,oloshes and leggings yet, but perhaps
'ou'd like to have me wear those 2"
"Shall I get the blankets and my
quilted slippers, Blanche?" Aunt Mary
inquired.
"Yes; bring the gun-boats and the
annels," her companion replied. "And
you can find a few hens feathers to
ick in my hair, the resemblance to a
ioux squaw will be still more striking"
After this Miss Blanche had some les
ms in physiology and hygiene, and
sry interesting and profitable topics
ley proved to be. She learned the
,asons of things, and had sense enough
, accept and utilize them-Harper'8
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
No Use Hiding Any Longer.

On the banks of bonnie Dundee lived
a woman of Christian faith and hope,
whose husband bore the old time name
of Adam, and who, to his shame be it
spoken, sometimes took ''wee drop"
more than was good for his equilibrium
This fact was kept very secret from the
neighbors, and especially was no hint of
it allowed to reach the minister's ear.
1t is common in many of the churches
of Scotland (perhaps elsewhere) for the
minister to call upon certain days at the
houses of his flock and inquire into
their true knowledge and understanding
of the Scriptures. On one of these days
he was expected at Adams bouse and
all was in readiness to receive him,
when unfortunately Adam arrived 'fower
fu', more ''fu' " than usual. He had
rAiItsu several times l,ofoIe roeoLiraes Liz,
own door, and his wife decided that her
best plan was to hide him somewhere
in recumbent position until the min
ister's visit was over. In fear and trem-
bling, therefore, she got him under the
bed, completely hidden from human
eye, and the minister arrived. He en-
joyed pleasant chat with the wife on
Spiritual and temporal affairs, and then
expressed much surprise and regret
that Adam had not arrived that he also
might be subjected to catechism. The
wife apologized and the minister waited,
but no Adam made his appearance. At
last, the minister's time being ex-
hausted, he began his Scriptural ques-
tions by saying to the old woman,
Describe to me Adams fall" She was
aghast, quite overcome by the sudden
ness of the thought that after all the
minister was aware of Adams shortcom-
ings and perhaps already knew he was
under the bed. All she had strength
to utter was: 'Come out from under the
bed, Adam Come out, the minister
kens a about your fa."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-02-26
IN THE RANKS.
By ELLEN L. cHANpLER,

His death-blow struck him, there In the
ranks
There in the ranks, with his face to tbs
foe:
DID his dying lips utter curses or thanks?
No one will know.
sun he marched on, he with the rest
Still he marched on, with his face to the
foe,
10 the days bitter business sternly addrest :
Dead-did they know9
When the day was over, the fierce fight
done,
MS cheeks were red with the sunsets glow.
And they crowned him there with their
Iaurels won:
Dead-did he know?
Laurels or roses, all one to him now
What to dead man is glory or glow?-
hose wreaths for love, or a crown on his
brow
Dead-does he know?
And yet you will sec him march on with the
rest
No man Of them all makes a goodler
show
In the thick of the tumult jostled and prest
Dead-would you know?
-HdTper'S.