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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10
GEN. BARRIOS' BRAVERY.
The Omen that was Thought to Presage his
Death Before he Went TO the War.

'Gen. Barrios, the late President of
Guatemala, was one of the bravest of
men, according to all reports. An at
tempt was made to assassinate Barrios by
throwing bomb at him. 1t fell at his
feet, and he quietly put his foot upon
the fuse and extinguished it, re-
marking as he did so, These people do
not know enough to kill me-
SIN the conference last March between
Commissioner Curtis, of the United
States and Barrios, the little seven-year
old daughter, seated upon her fathers
knee, acted as interpreter. At this
meeting Barrios said: when you go
back to your people tell them am with
them. After / have accomplished the
reunion of the Central American States
intend to go to New York to reside
there and become citizen
GA strange incident occurred in Qua
temala the night before Barrios left
for the war. A grand celebration was
held in the Opera House in his honor.
All the military bands in the country
were invited, and rendered march COM
posed in honor of him by the greatest
musical leader in the country. The
building was filed to its utmost capacity,
and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed.
In the midst of the celebration large
banner was lowered in front of the stage
containing this:
Viva la Union de Centre Amer
icano, Vive la J. Ruino Barrios, hefe
mliitar.'
Tho axo;4o,,,o,4 ,,,oc ;o4o,co N. 4b;s -,
scription met the eyes of the audience.
When the enthusiasm YVES at its highest
the banner suddenly split in two through
the name of Barrios, and the lower half
fell to the floor. Had an earthquake oc-
CURED the effect could not have been
greater. The cheering was instantly
turned to wailing, and many people left
the building believing this to be an evil
omen. Among them was Barrios's wife,
who said that the death of her husband
was near at hand.
''Barrios was absent from the celebra-
ton. The next morning he left at
o'clock for the war, and was killed in
the first battle. He died bravely He
was sitting in his tent writing to his
wife. His son had left at the head of
accommodating party. He soon met
strong force of the enemy, and was
driven back upon the camp. Barrios
rushed out of the tent to learn the cause
of the confusion He took in the situa-
ton at glance, and, springlng bare
headed upon horse, called to his men
to follow him. His voice acted like
magic. He was worshipped by his men.
They turned on the enemy. Barrios was
among the first to fall.
''Gen. Barrios was more interested in
fostering friendly relations with the
United States than any President the
Commission met He said if he had his
way Guatemala should trade exclusively
with us. He would so arrange the Gus
toms laws that everything manufactured
here should be admitted into Guatemala
free of duty, provided we would receive
coffee and sugar free"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10
They Mixed the Babies Up.
VERY FIsHY 'tPINAFoRE' STORY WHICH
COMES FROM CANADA.

A Montreal dispatch says: Mr.. Frank,
lawyer, of Nebraska, is expected here
in few days to examine witnesses IN a
case involving the right to an estate in
Iowa and Nebraska valued at $500, 600.
1t appears that some years ago Stephen
Desnoyes of this city, emigrated to the
Western States with his wife and boy
about five years old. After some time
he retired from business, having become
owner of large landed property. In
the meantime his son, now young man,
became dissatisfied with farmers life
and sought new fields. After he had
left his home his father received letters
from him from New Mexico. Desnoyes
died, leaving no will, and his next of
kin applied for and received letters of
administration lie was, however, not
allowed to remain in undisturbed pos
session, sas fsaether +Aolatipe,- who, in the
event of young Desnoyes death or the
illegitimacy of his birth, would be en-
titled to all the property, commenced
suit, setting forth that the young man
known as Desnoyes was not the lawful
son of the deceased; that while baby
in the cradle another child was substi-
tuted for Desnoyes by woman who was
a near neighbor and who had adopted
the rightful son, and that after some
years the boy who was stolen died and
was buried in the East, while the child
who was put in the place of the true
son grew up without the Desnoyes fam
lily ever noticing the difference between
the children, as their ages and complex
Ions were the same. 1t is said that wit
nesses have come forward and confessed
the crime. They will be examined on
the part of the plaintiff by Mr. Frank.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10
BYE.AND.BYE.
A Touching Little Story of the Anglers
Visit.

He was but child, when one night,
after he had been i'll for many days, an
angel appeared at his bedside and looked
so kindly into his face that he held up
his thin hands and whispered:
81 am ready let me go with you.
"Some time-not nOw," whispered
the angel, and she soothed him to gentle
slumber.
Again, when manhood had come, he
fell asleep one day and in his dreams the
angel returned. 1t had been years since
he saw her, but her face wore the same
radiant smile, and age had passed her
by.
cit is time-I will go with you," he
said as he started up, but the angel
waved him back and said:
''Wait-it is not time"
Years passed away. The gray hairs
were thicker than the black-the face
was furrowed with many lines-man's
prime had passed and mans decline
had come. The bright dream came once
more, and with it the angel.
"Surely you will take me now," he
said, as he felt her soft presence. 81
have accomplished my work on earth
and long for rest"
"Wait-I will come once more" she
answered.
Other years were numbered with the
dead. A feeble old man had wept bit
ter tears over loss of wife, and sons and
daughters. One by one they had been
gathered to earth while he waited. One
by one the friends of his youth and of
his manhood had passed into the dark
valley beyond sight and sound of mortal
man.
One night, when the summer sun sank
to rest in a sky of purest gold-when
the great world seemed almost noiseless
when the robin sang softly and flew to
his nest to quiet the fears of his mate,
the ears of the poor old man heard the
sounds of sweet music afar off. 1t came
lighted up with such a glorious light
that his old eyes saw a procession
marching past him. AS he looked and
wondered and doubted, his angel turned
aside and stood before him.
'Who are they ?'' he asked.
'tFriends who have gone before.
Watch closely.
By and by he saw the faces of the
friends of his youth. Then glad shout
reached his ears, and hands were waved
from afar off. People broke away from
the procession and gathered around him
and rejoiced. There was his wife
there were his sons and daughters. He
held out his trembling hands to the
angel and pleaded
''You promised mep'
"And the by-and-by has comew the
angel answered.
When the men and women of earth
came to look upon him in his coffin they
whispered to each other:
''He must have died as a child falls
asleep. See the glad smile on his face"
NJ. QUAD.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10
A STORY OF AUSTRALIA.
A Little Girps Wonderful Endurance.

A remarkable instance of endurance
ana OF the possibility of living without
food for thee weeks has. the Melbourne
SApstralla) Argus says, recently come to
lIght. On the 18th of May girl named
Clara Crosby, twelve years old, was lost
IN the bush in the Lilydale district,
ABOUT twenty-five miles from Melbourne.
Inc locality In which she disappeared is
WIG and mountainous, and after several
search parties had unsuccessfully secured
| II, IL was concluded that she had per-
lshed IN some inaccessible spot. 1t is
| probable, however, that she would have
oeen found promptly had not erroneous
information been given to the search
| partles that she had been seen proceed
ing In certain direction. On the I'd of
June, just three weeks after she was
lost, two men, who were looking for
strayed horse in some dense scrub in
the locality, heard a faint "coo-ee."
Inc men searched, and soon saw the
little girl tottering toward them in an
ulster, without shoes or stockings on,
and In an emaciated condition. She
was, however, strange to say, quite SEN
slble. When she lost herself she was
proceeding from house where she had
been staying to her mothers in the
nelghborhood, and she subsequently
gave the following account of her adven-
lures:
Il got out Of the paddocks on to the
road all right, and went on long way;
but did not see mothers house. l fol-
lowed some sheep, and they ran away
from me. l lay down and had little
sleep by path in some long grass, and
then went on again. 1 got to house
where there was cart in shed; but
there was nobody at home. 1 didn't
stop until I got into some rushes, which
cut my legs, and came to a creek with
tree across it.t lay down in the rushes
for the night and in the morning I
crossed the creek on the log. Near the
other side a branch broke, and [ fell
into the water, but managed to cling to
the bank. Close by saw a hollow tree,
and | was tired and wanted to sleep, so
l went in there. When I woke up l
could not find my way. l went down
to the creek five times for water at first.
! used to sleep lot, and as soon as it was
night it was Gay, and when it was day it
was night lick again. On moonlight
nights Iheard people firing guns, and l
heard them Knocking making fence; but
when I coo ed they did not hear me. I
I used to sing Salvation Army hymns at
first, and pray that some one would
come for me. The COWS used to come
look at me, but could not getan milk.
1 tried to chew piece of bark, but spat
it out, as thought it would poison me,
and got weaker every day"
Australians are familiar with the
agonizlng experience undergone by peo-
pie lost in the bush, and know that in
such cases adults, as rule, do not MAINTAIN
their metal balance, and that the diff
culties of their position are consequently
greatly enhanced. This little girl how
ever-who by the by, was not accus-
toned to country life-was actually able
to preserve mental record of the exact |
number of days during which she was
tout Of humanity's reach.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10
The Undertaker's Bill.

A Washington dispatch says In
dertaker Merritt, of New York, it is re-
ported, thinks his bill for the Grant
funeral will reach $4,000. In his
opinion it will be paid in full by the
United States Government. 1t is prob
able that Congress will take some action
relative to the payment of the expenses
of the sickness and burial of Gen.
Grant, but Undertaken Merritt should
not have too good an opinion of the lib
crafty of the Government in making out
his bill, or he may be disappointed.
Undertaken Speare, of Washington, has
not yet received his pay for services rem
dered at the Garfield funeral. Like Uh-
dertaker Merritt, he paid $40 apiece for
carriages that formed the procession
from the railway station to the Capitol
when the body was brought from Long
Branch and the same again when it was
escorted back to the railroad station be-
fore starting for Cleveland. He fur
nished sashes for the Congressional
delegation and the pall-bearers, ETC., his
whole bill amounting to something like
81, 900, but the Board of Audit created
by law to adjust the claims on account
of the funeral thought that no more
than the usual price for carriages should
be paid by Speare, and they refused to
allow such an amount. They never took
into account the fact that on the day of
the Garfield funeral in Washington car
riages could only be obtained with the
greatest difficulty even at $40. The
Board told Speare that they would al
low him only about third of his bill,
and they would not pay him that until
he agreed to sign release of all further
claim and give receipt in full for his
account. He declined to do this, and he
has never received cent. He hopes,
however, that Congress will do some
thing in the premises. 1t may not be
generally known that if Congress does
not settle with Mr.. Speare he can sue the
Garfield estate for the amount of his
claim. His experience may be of inter
est to Undertaken Merritt when he goes
to collect the amount of his claim for
the Grant funeral
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10
They Signed the Paper.

In a suit at Longview John w. Dun
can, one of the attorneys in the case,
argued that no value or reliance could
be placed upon petitions promiscuously
signed by citizens. The opposing coun-
Gil characterized Duncans arguments as
absurd and idotic. The court and the
jury were also against Duncan.
Duncan quietly went to work to prove
that petitions were of no value. In open
court he read a solemn petition praying
that the court would hang their fellow
townsman, Luke Howard who is one of
the most respectable and enterprising
citizens of the place. Duncan displayed
the names of all the country officers and
of fifty business men signed to this ludi-
crous petition. Among the signers were the
brother-in-law and father-in-law of How
ard. Every signature was genuine and
it was concluded that Lawyer Duncan
had proved his argument.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10
Born ON the Battlefield.

There has just been admitted to the
Military School at Weilburg, in Ger
many, youth with curious name, and
still more curious history. He is called
Sedan Bohme. Young Bohme is one of
very few who can claim to have first seen
the light on the field of battle. Just
after the battle of Sedan, in the Franco
Prussian war, sutler belonging to the
German force gave birth to child, and
it was forthwith christened with the
name of this decisive struggle. The
Crown Prince acted as sponsor, and a
Silesian battalion of chesseurs, now sta
toned at Gorlitz, took the infant under
its especial protection. The son of the
regiment has continued with his mill
tary protectors until quite recently, re-
celving frequent tokens of the interest
taken in him by the Crown Prince and
enjoying the marked care and attention
of the battalion. 1t was naturally de-
cided that Sedan Bohme should follow
the trade of war, and so he has Just be-
gun study IN the Weilburg School.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10

While the weather is too warm for
a circus, it seems to us that it is
just about right for full-fedged
negro minstrel troupe. Everybody
would enjoy it, and the most cynical
would refrain from severe criticism OF
course, negro minstrelsy is an illusion
1t represents nothing on earth except
the abnormal development of a most ex-
traordinary burlesque. Perhaps the
very breadth and statue $50 to speak, of
this burlesque, overshadowing and put
ting to shame all other modern bur
lesques, gives it strength and vitality,
for it is enjoyed with as keen relish in
the South, where the negro is supposed
to be known, as it is in any part of the
North, where all that is known of the
negro is that he was a slave, and that he
has what may be called a humorous
turn.
In Georgia, for instance, we have long
ago ceased to ask ourselves why the
stage negro appears in variegated cloths,
with his coat tails dragging the floor !;
or why it is that his pasteboard shirt
collar threatens to scrape the hard oil
finish from the moon; or why his buttons
are as large as saucepans. We have
long ago ceased to remember that the
negro was and is anything but comic
character; that he made no puns and
asked no conumdrums. Under the
vital influence of the stage, we have
even ceased to remember his seriousness,
feature intensified rather than light
ened by his humor. When, therefore,
the Mammoth (or the MastodOn, as the
case may be- Aggregation of Ministries
march in and proceed to crack the old
jokes we have seen in an almanac, and
perform on all sorts of difficult instru-
ments, and MARBLE sentimental songs,
we accept it all as genuine--at any rate
we enjoy it as keenly as if it were an ex-
aggerated transcript from life. But it
is all false in fact. 1t is not even pass
able burlesque; for burlesque, to be
passable, must have some grain of truth
at bottom.-Atianta (Ga.) Constitution.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10
Not for Sale.

To rebuke politely requires both a
good spirit and sharp intellect. Those
who are continually thrusting unasked
advice upon persons about their private
affairs deserve rebuke Not far from
New York lies fine estate, occupied by
an old gentleman, On it, near the man
sion, is an old building. Said an Off
cious neighbor: ''Mr. , why don't
you tear that old house down and mt
up something handsome p The old
gentleman merely looked at him and
said, ''This place is not for sale''--an
effective and polite way of saying,
''Please mind your own business. -
christina Adg0cate.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10
Could Not Explain 1t.

'No," said the merchant to the re-
porter, ''we are unable to explain our
bookkeeper's defalcation. He had no
bad habits. We never suspected any
thing wrong. He only ran one yacht,
he owned i've horses, but you know a
good many folks are fond of horses. He
lived in villa that he paid $40, 600 for,
but we supposed he bought it from his
savings. What was his salary Well,
now, I'll have to think. 1t was either
5000 or ST, 900. l think it was 5000,
but you'll have to ask my partner to find
out certainly. - Boston Transcript
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10

CoNsENTED.-A London. paper says
ga telegram from Belgium, to the effect
that the dock laborers on the Scheldt
have consented to the erection of grain
elevator, reminds one that less than
sixty years since such an exhibition
of labor-saving machinery as that now
being held at South Kensington would
have been impossible. If attempted, it
would have been wrecked by an infuria-
ted mob
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10

A SIMPLE cure for sleeplessness has
been advised by Partisan physician for
an American travelling through Europe
who suffered from wakeful nights The
remedy was complete cessation of men
tai exertion in the evening, and the for
nation of a habit of retiring at the same
time each evening. No letter writing,
no reading of cxcitable books was al
lowed, and the mind was placed in as
passive a state as possible. The Ameri-
can, who had been q victim of sleepless-
ness for years, returned home cured.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10
He Kept the Whole House Awake.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Mr. F. o. Nc
Cleary, prominent solicitor of patents
of this city, was troubled for several
weeks with severe cough, which not
only deprived him of sleep but annoyed
others. The only thing which did him
any good, he says, was the new prepara-
ton Red Star Cough Cure, a purely
vegetable compound, free from opiates,
narcotics or poisons of any kind.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10
Designs for Wool Dresses.

English tailors are designing new
wool dresses, with double or second
skirts and plain lower skirts, Harper's
Bear tells us. The shaggy fabrics de-
scFibed above will be used as wide
band at the foot of plain skirt, or else
the entire skirt may be of the rough
surfaced goods; this skirt will be plain
" finished without even depassant, or
foot pleating, so that nothing unneces-
sary may be added to the weight. The
long over-skirt may fall in pleats from
the waist down, with an open space on
one side or both, or else it may be plain
in front, with merely pleats behind; it is
then caught up high and in careless
fashion on one side, or it may be drawn
up alike on both sides, and held by
velvet loop or strap and buckle. The
tendency is toward straight back draper
les that are made sufficiently full and
bouffant by the tournure beneath them.
1t is said that the exaggerated tournures
introduced by English women are fast
being abandoned by them, and their
winter dresses will show a return to
more graceful flowing drapery. Both
single and double breasted basques will
be worn again: Vests will be retained,
but will be greatly diversified, being
visible in some cases only in the lower
part of the corsage, while in others only
a short plastron at the top will be used
inside of the notched collars that are
copied from masculine garments.
Polonaises are to be revived, as they
have been long out of use, and all the
changes have been rung on basques and
coats. The soft-camePs- serges and
diagonals will be used for long and
stately redingotes, to be worn over
shaggy cloth skirts One of the new
wool stuffs has diagonal lines woven in
double rows that are so prominent that
they resemble soutache braid applied in
bias rows; this is the result of the furore
for braid trimmings that has prevailed
for two or three seasons, but which it is
predicted viii soon be over; these heavy
diagonal cloths are to be used for redin-
gotes, basques, and jackets, with bord
ers and large buttons of fur as trimmings.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10

IT is AMAZING that any human being
should continue to suffer from bilious
ness, nervous headache, indigestion, or
general weakness, when it is as notorious
as that the sun is the source of light that
VINEGAR BTTTERs inevitably cures these
complaints. This medicine is sold every
where, taken everywhere, and cures
everywhere. Reader, it will cure you.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10
Never Omen Your NInnfh

xcept to put something to eat into it, is an
xcellent motto for the gossip and the sufferer
rom catarrh. But while the gossip is prac-
ically 1ncurable, there is no excuse for any
ones suffering longer form catarrh. DR.,
Sage's Catarrh Remedy is an unfailing curs
for that offensive disease. 1t heals the
diseased membrane, and removes the dull
and depressed sensations which always at,
tend catarrh. A short trial OF this valuable
preparation will make the sufferer feel like
new being.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10

Who, in taking passage in great trans
Atlantic steamer, does not feel thrill of ex-
ultation over her magnificent power. Against
her the Storm King may hurl his elemental
forces, nor pierce her armor, nor stop her
onward course.
But let me describe q scene when, one
morning in mid-ocean, there came an alarm
from the pilot house followed by a cry: 1.-The
ships rudder is lostIn From the confident
expression, CONSERVATION came to every face
The wheelman being helpless to direct her
course, the vessel was at the mercy of wind
and wave.
The captain had been negligent-the hang
fngs of the rudder were allowed to wear
weak, and suddenly it had dropped deep
into the sea
Strong in intellect, in physical vigor, in
energy and in ambition, man confronts, I'M
daunted, gigantic tasks and commands app
plause for his magnificent achievements. But,
all unexpectedly, an alarm comes-the rud-
der of his constitution is gone. He has been
careless of its preservation; mental strain,
nervous excitement, irregular habits, over
work, have destroyed the action of his kid
neys and liver This would not occur were
Warmers safe cure used to maintain vigor
And even now it may restore vitality to those
organs and give back to the man that which
will lead him to the haven of his ambition -
Ihe IrnpeLer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10

A STRANGE FAoT.-It is a curious
fact that wasps' nests often take fire, as
is supposed, by the chemical action of
the wax upon the material of which the
nest is composed. Many of the fires of
unknown origin in haystacks and farm
buildings may thus be accounted for.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-09-10

THE PRooF.-A preacher in Youngs-
town, Ohio, having declared from his
pulpit-''on the authority of promi-
nent physician"-that mo less than six
ladies belonging to the best circles re-
quire his attendance for delirium ire
mems, the doctors have held a meeting,
pronounced the statement to be ridicu-
lous, and demanded that the name of
the prominent physician" shall be
given. This the clergyman promises to
do.