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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27
AN OCTOPUS PREY.
A Thrilling Story Told by n Sponge Diver

Over went at last, and it was only
few seconds before | struck bottom close
to a large rock. Sponges were growing
all around me, and as / reached out for
the nearest felt something whip across
nv bare shoulders. All the dress l had
on was a pair of trunks, leaving legs,
shoulders, arms and most of the body
naked. That something" stung and
burned and blistered, but in two seconds
the feeling had passed from my shoul-
ders to my waist, and in another second
it was in my legs. 1t was not until
tried to spring away that 1 realized my
situation. At the first move l was
ierked in the most violent manner to-
ward the rock, and the burning in
creased tenfold.
An octopus had gripped me He had
three of his terrible arms around me,
and he was drawing me to the rock.
How his suckers burned and blistered
How the hairy arms gripped and
twisted
tell you was frightened man, and
for several seconds forgot that l had a
knife in my belt. When I finally
reached for it the octopus had dragged
me into the shadow of the rock, and
there l saw old Petersen's body. Two
of the creatures arms were around it and
| was to make a second victim.
NV left arm was bound to my side,
but the right was free. As I drew the
knife caught sight of the body of the
reptile. In fact, the arms were drawing
me within reach of his beak. did not
slash at the arms, but struck straight at
the Jelly like body. l had then been
down so long that my ears were roaring
and | realized that l had only few sec
onds to spare Luck guided my blows
and | slashed at the creature until pieces
of the body floated around me and the
arms let up on their grip. Then l
started for the surface, and l reached it
about as near dead as man could be
and have my life left. They pulled me
inboard, and with me came the three
| terrible arms which had been cut from
the body. Not sucker would loosen
its grip, and they had to cut them off
with knives, one by one, close to my
flesh. Effects2 Well, that was the last
dive I ever made, for | was in bed for
months. l can show you thirty spots on
nv body where the flesh looks like a
fire burn, and the remembrance of the
situation down there will start chill
over me in the hottest day.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27
I HAD A LITTLE DAUGHTER.

had little daughter,
And she was given to me
To lead me gently backward
To the Heavenly Fathers knee,
That by the force of Nature,
Might in some dim wise divine
The depths of His infinite patience
To this wayward soul of mlne.'
know not how others saw her,
But to me she was wholly fair,
And the light of the Heaven she came from
Still fingered and cleaned in her hair;
Fer it was as wavy and golden,
And as many changes took,
As the shadows of sun gilt ripples
On the yellow bed of brook.
10 what can hken her smiling
Upon me, her kneeling lover,
How it leaped from her lips to her eyelids,
And dimplt d her wholly over,
I'LL her outstretched hands smiled also,
And almost seemed to see
The very heart Of her mother
Sending sun through her veins TO me
She had been with us scarce a twelvemonth,
And it hardly seemed day.
When troop of wandering angels
Stole my little daughter away;
Or perhaps those heavenly Zncali
But loesed the hampering strings,
And when they had opened her cage-door,
Ny little bird used her wings.
But they left in her stead Changeling,
A little angel child,
That seems like her Dud In full blossom,
And smiles as she never smiled;
When awake in the morning, I see ii
Where she always used to lie,
And feel as weak as a violet
Alone heath the awful sky;
As weak, yet as trustful also,
For the whole year long sse
All the wonders Of faithful Nature
Still worked for the love of me;
Winds wander, and dews drip esrthward,
Rain falls, suns rise and set
Earth whirls. and all but to prosper
A poor little violet.
This child is not mine as the first was,
cannot sing it to rest
IcInnot lift it up fatherIy
And bless it upon my breast;
Yet it lies in my little ones cradle,
And sits in my little ones chair,
And the light of the Heaven she's gone to
Transfgures it's golden hair.
JAMES Russell LOWELL.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27
The Following is a Partial List Of my
OFFERINGS OF REAL ESTATE :

One e5OAcre dwelling Sheds etc. suitably di
tage PASTURE running
formerly farm
productive be re-
garded selling
down, balance so
village laborins man
vegetables price s5oo15o down
balance 50
Hyde village good buildings new
size; price s., 100000 down. balance per year.
vilage-a desirable
one price $50 per acre by
measure Will sell part or ALL
Hyde village To enterprsing
young
glass; shingle
whewh build respectable
Price of lots s5 slOO, $125 and $50 each
Hyde village Store" pages
Block ID rented for five two hundred dollars but
probably
$2,O00-s5O0 down, balance 800
Sixty
taxation equity
s25 miles of
sawmin and
desiring logging
dollars M reserved until paid
of lying the
NJ
One Building Belmont of and
Fohburg way Price s4OoOO down,
property placed
it, but
the
desiring will find this well worth
examination
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27

AFAvoRITE mode of getting China
men safely to station houses in San Fran
cisco is for the officers to take hold of
their queues, and it is getting to be a
common thing for apprehended heathens
TO quietly part with those APPENDICES,
leaving them in the officers hands while
they make good their escape.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27

My Cali Skin Business is absorbing my capital time and
attention. and having decided to close out all of my other
branches of business we'll my miscellaneous personal
property and real estate offer for sale all the land own
except that occupied in my business and my dwelling and will
dispose of at very low figures and eas terms of
payment
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27

Hrs HoUsE.-A young gentleman in
Atlanta, says a local paper who has
been living in blissful anticipation of an
early welded existence, is now lugubri-
Gus and inconsolable. He has been en-
gagged to vivacious pretty, popular
young lady of the city, and of late has
been dreaming dreams no mortal ever
dared to dream before. He built him
and her cosy co .tage and planted a
garden, but last night the birdie in
formed him that she had consented TO
be Gagged by fellow with more spa
clous mlnsion. Ia amcnting his plight
he ejaculates: Why, doggone it,
even dug a we'll"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27

COME IN.-In anticipation of large
influx of country people on circus day,
an enterprising Oswego merchant strung
the following suggestive sign across the
walk in front of his grocery store:
Don't go somewhere else to be swim
died; walk in here" Y
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27

A FAIRY LAND.-Alaska, according to
a newspaper correspondent, is a sort of
fairy land in summer. The almost con-
tinuous light of day shines upon bright
green slopes, varied here and there by
dark timber belts, rising up from the
deep blue waters. An endless variety
of bright-hued flowers, the hum of in
sects and melodious song of birds, make
the land seem almost a second Eden, but
the intensity of the suns heat dispels
any hasty impressions of this sort.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27

WHITE.-Mr. G. A. Sala is known by
his white waistcoat. II have worn a
white waistcoat," he says, "every day,
winter and summer, for five and twenty
years. Once, in Paris, at a shop where
l used to buy my gloves, serving wo-
man said to me: You always wear a
white waistcoat.' Yes; l always wear
one the year round All the year
roundT she exclaimed. "A clean one
every dayF Yes, l said. 'OhT she
exclaimed, if had only been your
washerwomanp
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-08-27
CARROLL S. PAGE.

Hyde Park, VT, Feb 2, 1886.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
An Astonished EngIishman.

From the New York Times
| well remember riding along the bluff
one evening with an English gentle
man, who had recently arrived in
America. and who was not too super
cilious to take a lively interest in his
surroundings. As we bowled along the
level drive | saw a dark bay horse,
with a long, swinging gait, approach
ing with a light top wagon behind
him. In the wagon sat square,
sturdi.y-built man, whose air OF set
determination would have struck the
most casual observer. He wore a
plain suit OF black and a rusty silk
hat. He held the lines loosely in one
hand and appeared to be enjoying the
fresh southerly sea breeze. | turned
to my English friend and said:
Here comes the president.
president OF what :" ne asked.
President OF the United States" |
answered.
sWhat, thai gentleman-alo -alone-in
a buggy God bless my soul"
He took good long look at Gen.
Grant, and then, turning to me, said
very earnestly:
My boy, you live in a wonderful
country, and you have wonderful
men, but you may hang me if ex-
pected to see a great hero, whom the
people had raised to the highest po-
sition in the country, riding about in a
buggy and driving his own horse
A woULn-BE bridegroom visited the
county clerks office, yesterday after
MON RI secure. a r1sreYrI atr.a Iipausa IN. I.
as he forgot the young Iady's name
his wish was not gratified Fran
cisco Call
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
Where our Soda Comes From.

From the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Along the Peruvian coast, stretch
ing for hundreds of miles, are the fa-
nous beds of nitrate of soda, which
purified is saltpeter. These deposits,
more profitable than silver or guano,
were discovered accidentally by va
grant Englishman named George
Smith, but were not operated to any
extent until recent years. Now
nitrate, having been found valuable
component OF hundred chemical
forms, is in demand the world over,
and millions OF dollars worth is
shipped from the ports along thecoast
annually. Before its value was fully
known a number of far sighted men
located claims after the fashion in
vogue in mining camps everywhere,
and then the government stepped in
and forbade any further pre-emption.
But the original locations cover
enough of the deposit to supply the
market for century or two, and to
keep up prices they have formed a
pool, a monopoly combination, under
which they charge from 50 to 50 per
cwt. for what costs them about 15c.
There is apparently no limit to the
stuff, the bed stretching up and down
the coast for 300 or 400 miles
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
Yankee Windmills.

from the New York SsIn.l
Wndmills are sold at prices regulat-
ed by the diameter of the big Wheel
and these wheels are usually
made of fixed sizes. Thus the
smallest size usually has a wheel
81 feet in diameter. 1t will raise in
the course of the day 5000 gallons of
water into a tank 25 feet above the
level OF the water source. Such a
windmill will cost 1925, including a
plain tower or derrick to support it.
That is about the right thing for the
ordinary farm. Where there is plenty
OF stock to water, and the farmer
wants to keep big tank filled in the
top OF his house for the benefit of the
women folks, he may put in a 10-foot
mill, or even one that has a 12-foot
wheel. The 1O-foot mill will pump
5000 gallons of water 25 feet high in
a day, and will cost $3.50, while the
12-fOOt wheel will raise Is, 900 gallons
of water, and will cost him S21O.
Farmers generally, even dairy farmers,
do not care for much larger wheels; but
manufacturers turn out mills with
wheels 1, Is, Is, 20, and 25 feet in
diameter.
The western railroads buy great
many of these mills. In the East
steam engines fill the water tanks
from which the locomotives draw
their supplies, but on the prairies,
where the wind never ceases to blow
the railroad men can rel V on the wind
mills, which cost less to run, although
the big ones are expensive to buy.
The largest size costs 81 200, but it
Will raise 100000 gallons OF water a
day. Although scores of patents have
been issued on windmills, there is no
great difference between the various
makes so far as an ordinary observ-
er can see. Instead of the four pict-
uresque arms and broad sails that
furnish power to the old-style Holland
mills and those that attract the eye
all over the old world, the American
mill has a wheel that looks like a cir
cular window shutter, the narrow
wooden Stats OF which radiate from
near the center. The shaft of the
wheel runs across bearings on top of
the tower, and beyond that is the big
fan which keeps the wheel faced to-
ward the wind. There is one wheel
made of iron, sort of a wind turbine,
that is popular also. About the
queerest use ever made of the old
style grain-grinding mills is to be seen
near southampton, on Long Island.
A summer resident has built a Queen
Anne addition to one, and uses the
combination as a summer residence.
WindmilIs are no longer OF any use for
anything but pumping, but for that
they are about perfection. Ohio and
Illinois have the largest factories for
turning out windmills. In addition to
the home market there is a good sale
IN South America and elsewhere
abroad
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
PATIENCE.
BY AMY r. BLANCHARD.

Have patience, heart!
That were no rose that were not first a closed
bud.
How comes the day? Not with the MONDAY sun
o'erhead,
But slowly stealing up the east, in faintest red
Have patience, heart! Wait so thine own life's
dawning good.
Have patience, heartl
Seek not at morn to make the day as bright as
noon.
Force not the bud, before its time, TO be a rose.
How slowly, when We watch the sky, the daylight
grows;
And yet for al, indeed, the sun goes down too
soon.
Have patience, heart
For rain VIII come; thine own self knows how
tear-drops fall.
Seek not to stay the clouds before they We spent
their rain,
Or else across thy sky the clouds may come
again.
Have patience, grieving heart for good must
come to all.
Have patience, heartl
What though kisses fall upon thy tired
eyes.
And love holds not its rose to thee. nor day is
fair2
Mourn not; perhaps thy love needs heavens
purer air.
Oh, heart! be sure twill wait for thee in Para
disc
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29

Co. S wOrsted mills, at Camden, y. J
was destroyed by fire on the goth.
The loss is estimated at between S75,-
600 and 500, 900.
4 fire broke out on the goth in the
Bell Telephone Company Works, at
Montreal, causing damages estimated
at $4,000, against which there is a
full insurance \ watchman named
Bradley, had fallen asleep and was
smOthered.
The Memphis street-car strike is
over. The men accepted the propo-
sltiOn OF the company and returned
to work on the Goth.
George and Henry Thieman, broth
ers, were both found insane by a Chi
cago jury, on the Goth. The excessive
use OF tobacco was given as the cause.
John Nichols, vice president OF the
City National Bank, OF Fort Worth,
Tex, whose sudden death occurred at
the bank week ago, proves to have
been a defaulter for $4,000. Nichols
was also city treasurer, but so far his
accounts there are supposed to be
straight.
Jacob B. Noris was stabbed and kill
ed by VIM. Clark, at Nincennes, Ind,
on the 10Th. Trouble about a woman.
On the 10th, while the cars were as
cending and descending the inclined rail
road of the Cobir Greek coal mines, a
short distance above Charleston, W.
Va, the loaded cars broke loose and
collided with a car on which were Lay
ton Oakford, president of the road,
Thos. Peacock, Amos Mitchell, Joseph
Hall and a man named Thoman, kill
ing the four first named and severely
wounding Thoman. The road is sew
en- miles long, and is used for the
transportation OF coal from the mines
to the Chesapeake & Ohio track.
The general stores of H. Blumenthal
4 Brothers, Bell Brothers and Silas r.
Green and several other houses were
burned at Golden, H., on the 18th
Total loss estimated at $4,000.
Phillip Easterhrook, OF Gambler, O.,
was killed at Cleveland O., on the
10th, while walking on the railroad in
an intoxicated condition
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29

ance of the police tug. VIM. S. stokely,
which was lying near by, at once pro
ceeded to remove the injured The
ambulance OF the Pennsylvania Hos
pltal soon arrived and took most of
the injured to that institution. An
investigation led to the conclusion
that the explosion was caused by
dynamite, but how it was placed on
board and for what reason has not
developed. The names of the injured
are; John f. Medium, aged 9 years,
severely hurt about the legs; Silas
Reed, badly shocked and confused;
Bessie Bradley, ankle dislocated; Sam
uel Cooper, injured about head and
body; George Erven, injured about
limbs and body. The steamer is
owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, and is a large well-equipped
boat. The damage will not exceed
81 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
How to Keen Cool.

Don't work as hard as usual during
the middle OF the day if it can be es-
capped.
Don't eat as much as usual. 1t is
not necessary, and a little fasting in
hot weather always pays.
Don't drink extremely cold ice wa
ter. 1t is always better to eat the ice
or let it melt in the mouth.
Don't have any fires going in the
house unless absolutely necessary.
Use cold food and do without hot
drinks.
Don't wear your clothes tight. 1t
impedes the already depressed circula-
tion and is a great source of discom-
fort.
Don't eat any meat or butter, if you
can do without them. They are heat
ing and anyone is better without them
this weather.
Don't fail at meals to give preference
to fruits and acids, which are more
agreeable now to the stomach than
anything else that can be offered.
Don't neglect any chance to get out
OF the city to the country or seaside
even for half day. Such an excur-
sion will often bridge a person over an
entire heated term.
Don walk any faster than is neces-
ary. Strain a point and ride as much
as possible, as every street car fare
such weather as this is a great saving
OF physical wear and tear.
Don't drink any strong stimulant,
asthe simplest and plainest beverages,
such as lemonade. milk or iced coffee.
do more for the tired energies at such
a time than the best brandy.
Don't worry and fret. Try and put
off the unpleasant things with which
you have to deal until cooler weather,
and make up you mind not to get
mad at anything during July or Au-
gust.
Don't neglect your feet Battle
them night and morning, pay more
attention than usual to corns and
wear the oldest and roomiest shoes
you have. No one can keep cool with
tight shoes on their feet.
Don't miss any opportunity that is
offered to battle or 90 in the water
Ii nothing else can be done dip the
hands in a basin of water and rub
them all over the person ON arising
and before retiring
Don't wear stiff hat. Compromise
on something light and soft-straw,
ii possible-an ventilated above to
let out the hot air. Frequent sham
poOing and wetting the top OF the head
is one effective means of keeping cool
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
He Succeeded With Bruin.

On the Fourth OF July, writes a Ket-
tie Creek, Pa, correspondent to the
New York Sun, John Colman, we'll
known hunter and fisherman, was en-
gagged by Calvin Keiplen to supply his
table with trout. He started for the
headwaters of Kettle Creek. As hedid
not return, it was supposed he had
given up the trout contract. Yester-
day he appeared in the village. His
face was covered with bandages, his
clothing was nearly all torn off OF him,
and his LETT arm was In a sling. By a
rope around its neck he lead a good
sized bear cub. On his way TO his
fishing ground he had come upon the
trail OF a bear He followed the trail,
which led him about hecountry until
Saturday last, when it had brought
him back to keating summit, within
a mile of the place he had started on
the trail. COlman wounded the old
bear when she attacked him. and he
killed her with his hunting knife after
a severe struggle. She had two cubs,
one OF which resisted capture, and
gave Colman another fight, in which
he killed the cub The other cub sub
mitted to being taken alive Colman s
left arm was terribly lacerated, and
there was barely spot on his face
from which the flesh was not torn
The dead bear and the dead cub were
found by parties who went out to
keating summit after hearing Col
mans story.
GEN. BOoTH says his Salvation Army
will number 20,0OO,O0O in 1900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
1T UiS DYNsUTTE.



An explosion occurred on the steam
er 5. NJ. FELTON,, just after she had left
her dock, at Philadelphia, on her trip
to Wilmington, Del, on the 18th. As
she was opposite Pier 8, the passen-
gers and crew were startled by an ex-
plosion which shook the boat from
stem to stern, and when the smoke
cleared away it was found that the en-
tire forward part OF the vessel above
the water line had been badly dam
aged and a number OF passengers in
iured, some Of them severely. The
pilot-house and entireupper deck We're
Fitted and fell to the lower deck. The
bow presented a scene OF complete
wreck. Tugs proceeded at once to the
injured vessel, and, with the assist
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
TWO WOuEN SHOT.
A Crime that Recalls an Incident of tn
Great Chicago Fire.

A Crime that Recalls an Incident of the
Great Chicago Fire.
Late on the night Of the 22d, in a
sparsely populated portion of the
town Of Lake, suburb of Chicago,
Sarah Snyder, mistress OF Cornelius
O'Leary, was shot and instantly killed,
and Kate OI1eary, sister OF the sup
posed murderer, was so seriously
wounded by pistol shot that she will
probably die. 1t is believed to be
almost certain that O'Leary killed his
mistress and attempted to take the
life OF his sister, as, shortly previous
to the shooting, the trio were seen to-
gether drinking beer. OLeary hadnot
been found at last accounts, and the
wounded woman refused to say any
thing whatever about the affair. The
occurrence has a historical aspect, in
that Cornelius O'Isary is son OF
Mrs. OLeary, whose fractious COW
kicked over the lamp that started the
tie that burned Chicago.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-08-29
WELDON FEVER IN NEW YORK.
4 Sailor Infected with the Dread Diseas g
Manders Through the Streets.

Wanders Through the Streets.
A dispatch from Health Commits
sioner Raymond, OF Brooklyn, on the
10th, warned the New York sanitary
authorities to be on the lookout for
Henry Ryners, % years old, sailor
on the schooner John Gibson, who had
eft the vessel, lying at Brooklyn
dock, sick with symptoms uspiciously
like those OF yellow fever The John
Gibson came into port from Cienfue-
gols on August 8, and was detained at
quarantine till August >, when ali be
ing we'll on board, she was allowed to
come up to the dock Ryners left the
ship on the 18th, and it was found
that he had crossed the city to New
York. Search was at once made for
him. Before it was begun, a citizen
had found Ryners lying very i'll in the
Battery Park, and had helped him to
p State Street, where he fell in the
hallway, unable to 60 farther. Here
DR.. COnant, a sanitary inspector,
found him and had him at once re
moved to the Riverside Hospital.
During the night he developed the
well-knOwn signs OF the dreaded dis
ease. The following morning he was
removed to quarantine. Thepremises
IN State Street we're dislnfected. The
Brooklyn health officers are looking
after the ship and its partly-discharged
cargo The health officers say that
they do not believe that yellow fever
could become epidemic in New York in
its present excellent sanitary cOndi-
tJOn