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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12
A Story of Arthur Gilman.

A number of architects were talkino
the other day of the bright men of the
profession in Boston, and they agreed
that the late Arthur Gilman, who de-
signed the City Hall, Arlington Street
Church and Horticultural Hall, took the
palm for dashing self-confdence. The
way in which his practical humor
cropped out amid seemingly adverse
conditions was recalled by a good
story. Though he made a good deal
of. money he managed to spend more,
and the result was that he applied on a
certain occasion to take the poor
debtors oath. To be able to take this
oath person has to satisfy the magis-
trate that he is not worth $40 in the
world outside Of certain exempted arti-
eles of property. The questions put to
Mr.. Gilman by the counsel for the credi-
tor elected the fact that he was board
ing at the TremogS House, then kept by
that prince of landlords, Paran Stevens,
at the rate of $40 week.
''Is not this high price for a man
who hasn't got $50 in the world ~ asked
the lawyer. The architect hesitated
about answering this troublesome cues
ton, but on being told by the Judge
that he must reply to it, he exclaimed :
eyes, your honor, l have often told
Mr.. Stevens that he was charging me a
great deal too much, and l wish your
honor would present the matter to him
in this light"
The GOODNESS of this speech convulsed
its hearers, and the judge, who knew
Gilman in his social relations, could not
refrain from joining in the merriment.
The witty architect was allowed to take
the oath. -BostOn Record.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12
Cause For Rejoicing.

CINcINNATI.-The 7Imes-S says:
ga remarkable discovery made last win
ter, is attracting wide spread interest.
As it involves most important ques-
tion,-that of public health, it is being
discussed by eminent physicians and
public men, 1t is shown conclusively
that throat and lung troubles can be
cured without resorting to the use of
morphia or opium, especially danger
Gus in the case of children as arresting
development, and poisoning the system.
The Governor of Maryland and all the
officials of that State endorse the remedy
the State chemist of Delaware pro-
nounces it the purest and most etfec-
tive, and hospitals and charitable insti-
tutions in Philadelphia and other cities
use it with remarkable results. The
remedy, which is only twenty-five cents
a bottle, is Red Star Cough Cure. 1t
is purely vegetable; it contains no poison
or narcotics, and is positive cure.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12
Life of East Indian Widows.

A Hindoo lady has sent a striking
contribution to the Times Of India. She
takes enforced widowhood as her theme
and writes strongly and bitterly of what
| she describes as the brutalized human
nature that could lose sight of the diff.
ference between child widow of and
matron widow of 60, and provide fol
the innocent mite that life of long mis-
cry which is the invariable lot of the
Hindoo widow. She tells how, directly
after the husbands death, the widows
hair is cut off and her ornaments are
taken away; how she must thenceforth
wear the coarsest clothes and eat the
most unsavory food. Her presence is
Stunned, and she becomes the leper of
society, doomed to pass her life in Sc
clusion. She is not allowed to mix free
ly with her people. If she unwillingly
intrudes on any occasion of festivity.
the company curse her presence, and re-
gard it as of evil omen. The mental
work of the family becomes her lot as
matter of course.
Suppose" asks the Hindoo lady, sit
had been enacted when man lost his
wife he should continue celebrate. live
on coarse fare, be tabooed in society,
wear mourning weeds for the remainder
of his life, and practise never-ending
austerities, would not my countrymen
have long since revolted against such in
human treatment
She goes on to give striking illustra-
tons of the venerable head of a Hindoo
family sending out his creatures to hunt |
down girl of ten to bless his remaining
years, and then turning to his widowed |
granddaughter of fifteen, and telling
her that her widowhood is a punish !
nent for the loss of her husband, which |
AN only be expiated by life of auster-
ty, devotion, and purity.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12
Chestnuts for Rheumatism.

Chestnuts-not of the story telling
kind, nor yet of the kind roasted and
sold on street corners-but horse chest
nuts, such as Bishop McNierney is car
rylng in his trousers pockets for relief
from rheumatism. The good Bishop of
Albany has been induced to carry horse
chestnuts by Californian, who told him
that the superstition is native of the
Pacific coast. The Californian is mis-
taken. 1t was introduced upon the Pa
( cific coast in 1851 by a New Highlander,
who was prominent ofiieeE-=in- the San
Francisco Custom House. He both
practised and preached it, and every
year he sent to the East, by way of
Cape Horn, for package of horse chest
nuts to distribute among his converts.
1t has prevailed in many parts of New
England for hundred years certainly,
and probably longer, and there is no sea-
port between Portland and Boston
where dozens of old people cannot be
kets. to which they attribute their free
dom from rheumatic complaints.
Whence the superstition originally came
we do not know, but we are sure that
New England is the place from which
it has been generally ditfused through
out the United States. An instance,
however, has recently been brought to
our notice in which it was both believed
and practised by an intelligent immi-
grant under circumstances which imply
that he learned it first in Ireland. Ac-
cording to our observation of the New
England usage the anti-rheumatic virtue
is supposed to depart from horse chest
nuts after year, when the old dried
nuts should be replaced with fresh ones.
N Y. Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12
Great Guns.

One of the members of the Commit
Senate is Senator Aldrich, of Rhode
Island. He is deeply interested in the
investigations that have been going on.
He said to party recently: cit is re-
markable what advances have been
made in scientific means of warfare in
the last ten or even five years. The con-
test between ordnance and armor has
been definitely decided in favor of ord
nance. OF that there can be no ques-
ton. We used to think that the old
Parrot and Rodman guns were tremend-
ously long. They are short, indeed,
compared with the big guns now made.
The length is now determined by the
diameter of the bore. Thirty diameters
is the latest rule. Thus o twelve-in
gun is thirty feet in length They make
them forty odd feet long of the larger
bores. Such gun could not be handled
on board ship under the old muzzle-
loading process, but it is easy enough
on the breech-loading plan. On the
large English ships the gun carriages
are operated by hydraulic power. One
man with his hand to the levers can do
all the work that it used to take small
to handle the loads and elevate or de-
press the gun. Nothing can withstand
these heavy guns. The only thing is to
get out of their way. The ship cannot
be made that will carry armor enough
to withstand them. They pierce thirty
inch armor plate like she'll"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12
PATHS Chagrin.

A German paper tells good story of
how Patti made mistake in Paris some
years ago.
She was called upon at private enter
tainment, to which she had been invited.
to sing a couple of songs. She did so,
and the company overwhelmed her with
praise.
Next morning the gentleman who had
given the entertainment sent her q mag
niicent pair of diamond earrings. They
were worth not less than 5000 francs.
The prima donna expressed her thanks
in note, for the present, but she added
postscript: to the effect that he had
omitted to inclose her 5000 francs,
which<sTas her regular price for singing
at private entertainments. The gentle
man was very much shocked, but he got
even with her neatly He went to q
| jeweler, and bought another pair of ear
rings for eighty francs. He sent his
servant to the diva with these cheap ear
rings, and check for the amount she
claimed. The servant said:
"AIy master received your note this
morning, and he finds your demand per
fectly reasonable. Here is check for
It. He also sends you pair of earrings,
hlat these ifch lGft here I'd s
were sent you by mistake. Will you
have the Kindness to return them, and
overlook the mistake"
Patti saw too late that she had made a
faux-pas, With face as red as fire she
returned the magnificent diamonds, but
she sighed heavily as the servant put
them under his arm and went off with
thsm
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12
In the Land of the Kazh.

The Afghan women, of whom perhaps
we saw a dozen, says traveller, wore
no bonnets, but simply long veil OF
gauzy stuff Look at them in the right
way and they are pretty. Their coun'
tenances have a Jewish cast, but they
are'not brunettes. Their skin Is pale
strikingly so, and they wear their hail
tied over ball, so as to make them look
more than naturally white. They walk
remarkably well, and in the manage
ment of their wells display much grace
and elegance. OF the men 1 may as well
say that they are not unlike what cross
between a Hindoo and Persian would
be. Athletic, fair, and we'll bearded,
they have aquiline faces, with the fore
heads shaved, and the hair on the sides
hanging in curls that fall over the shout
ders in picturesque, shaggy, mane-I like
way. Their carriage is full of resolution
and pride, and from one corner of the
country to another you cannot but re-
mark that they remind you of bantam
roosters. And they are like them, too
turbulent, vain, brutal, quarrelsome,
liking nothing better than the practice
of cruel sport. The Kazh, or chief
tribesman of Co.'s, was as perfect game
bird as ever saw.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12
Cabbage for Winter Use.

The time is at hand when the putting
up of our winter cabbage will have tc
take place. There are several modes
which are pursued to preserve it in good
condition through the winter up to
April The best one that we have tried
is to take up the cabbage and stand il
in rows just as it grew, close together,
mixing the soil among the roots, cover il
over with straw or corn-fodder, and
over the whole to erect temporary pro-
lection. This is done by forming a
shed-roof, starting from a board fence
or stone wall, and planting at the lower
end two posts, laying Oh the top bean
poles, and over this either boards OF
corn-fodder to turn off the rain. The
lower end, where the opening should be,
ought to have northern exposure, as in
that case there will be no danger that
the change of temperature will affect
the soundness of the cabbage. We
have uniformly kept our cabbages by
this method until late in the spring-on
more than one occasion to the end of
April. Some people place cabbage with
the head down, the better to protect it
against the admission of water; but we
never suffered from this in the slightest
degree. Germantown Telegraph.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12
A Maine Character.

The Lewiston, Me-, journal saws
Miss Prescott, a Hallowell is maiden,
probably the most pronounced advocate
of ''woman's rights" in Maine, and
dresses most like a man, and her odd
costume forms figure familiar TO Ken
nebec county people, and they long ago
were done staring at her, but she makes
the eyes of strangers open. She has
worn the ''Bloomer" rig for quarter of
century. When / saw her, few DAYS
ago, she had on cranberry cplored calico
trousers that reached to her ankles,
frock of the same stuff, that reached to
her knees, and over this a short sack of
the same material which came down as
Tar as her waist and was full of pockets.
On her head she had broad -brimmed
straw hat; which she took off as she
came into the car, showing that her
short hair was parted little TO one side.
her only ornament was short wooden
scarf, which was attached to the back of
her neck and hung down in two straight
ends. In the winter she wears mems
wooden trousers and mans hat. She
is very keen IN business transactions, and
has pleasant face, indicative of much
intellectual strength. She coesn't ask
odds of anybody.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12
LIFE AT WEST POINT.
Ciass 81 landing No Criterion by which to
Judge of Military Ability.

Judge of Military Ability.
sit is impossible to Judge of persons
military ability by his standing at West
Point, said an old cadet yesterday. ''Ii
young fellow is trife careless and
forgets to invert his wash bowl few
dozen times year, and go to parade
with spot on his trousers, or with his
boots unblacked, he may pile up demer-
its that will give him poor place in
his class, though he may have a good
standing in his studies. The boys who
avoid any kind of fun that might lead
to black marks are far from favorites at
West point.
Zone cadet, who spent the last two
months of his cadet life in light prison,
was found at graduation to have more
than 100 dement's for the preceding six
months He passed his examination in
studies, but his deficiencies in disci-
pine caused his discharge. Had it not
been for them he would have stood sec
ond In class of sixty He managed to
get an appointment in the army from
civil life, and is now Lieutenant of in
fantry.
'sThe opportunities for being reported
Tor breaches of discipline at West Point
are very numerous. There are dozen
chances during the day for him to get a
bad mark for being late. At the inspec-
ton of quarters the cadets gets dement's
If he is found in his room coatless, if the
door IS dirty, if his overcoat hangs on
the second nail in the alcove, or if the
shell jacket has changed places with the
night shirt. The wash bowl must be
bottom up, the soap dish clean, the
water pail full, and towels immaculate
s'My room mate and l once smuggled
into the barracks basket of fruit which
a friend had sent US. We placed the
basket upon board wedged far up the
chimney, where it was to remain until
we had chance to invite few friends
to the feast. My chum was at the sec
ton room and working at my mathe-
matics, when little faxen- haired Lieu
tenant of cavalry came in and stood at
attention during his inspection. He
found nothing out of the way and start
ed to leave, when suddenly he stopped,
shifted little, and said:
g There Is fruit in this room is there
notP
''1 decline to answer, SIR said l. !
My refusal to eliminate myself, a right |
that was at perfect liberty to exercise,
made him angry. He turned everything
In the room upside down, until his at
tention was directed to the chimney.
where the fruit was found. He ordered
1t turned into the guardhouse, and the
next day, being called to the Command
ants office on business, | saw the last of
the fruit disappearing down the throat
OF the officer in charge"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12

Boston supports 800 insane, says Mr.. T. b.
Sanborn, not rs of whom will recoverI
This is frightfulI Insanity has increased
10 rer cent. in decade and most OF the cases
are incurkblas Whatever the individual cause
NAV be, the fact remains that Uric Acid
blood sets the brain Oh 6re5 destroys its tbs
sues, and then comes SONS form OF fatal
lunacy.
Nothing IL so pitiable as mind diseased.
Most brain troubles begin in the stomach
then II the blood is filed with uric acid,
caused by failure of kidney action, and the
consequent destruction Of the blood hfe-al.
bun1en-you have the fuel and the flame and
a brain in fill blaze as when one raves, or ID
slow combustion, as IN milder forms Of insan-
ity. Rev. E. d. Hopkins, of St Johnsbury,
Vt, few years ago was confined In an asy'
lurn. He took terrible cold while aiding In
putting oft fire in a neighbours burning
house, and for twenty-f years that cold was
slowly filling his blood with uric acid and
finally the deadly work was done. The case
looked hopeless, but he happily used Warmers
safe cure and recovered That was three years
ago, and having ridden his blood OF all sur
plus uric acid, he has remained well until
this day.
1t is indeed terrible thing to lose ones
mind. but it is more terrible thing to suffer
such condition when it can be SO easily pre-
vented.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12
Talmage in the Pulpit.
no CHANCE IN THE NEXT WORLD.

eff the tree fall toward the south or
toward the north, in the place where
the tree falleth there it shall! be.n This
was the text of Rev. Dr. Talmage Sun
day morning, and he preached to a
crowded congregation sermon about
the question whether the wicked will
have another cAance in the next world.
In the course Of his sermon he said =
s'There is notion in the minds of q
vast number Of people that there may
be an opportunity In the next world to
correct the mistakes of this. That, how
ever complete shipwreck we may make
of our earthly life, the shipwreck will
be on beach, SO that we may walk
thereon to a palace.
1.-THE object of my sermon is to show
that common sense declares that by a
review of the past such expectation is
chimerical. There are those who say
that if an impenitent and unforgiven
man enters the next world he will see
the terrible disaster of his sinfulness and
will refrain from any further sinfulness.
There are ten thousand instances around
us of disaster coming upon sinners of
this world, but still they go on SHINING.
This Is true CT drunkenness. What is
true of one sensual indulgence is true of
all. Then the prospect of reform in the
next world is more improbable than
here. Don't you recognize the fact that
a man starts in this world with the in
nocence OF infancy? In the other world
he starts with the bad habits of a life
time. If man starts with comparative
innocence and does not become good, is
- l. Il. l.
of sin and from that seraph can he
evoluted2 There are people who be-
heve that man can start in the next
world with dead failure and make a
success of it.
but some people say we ought to
have another chance because of the
brevity of this life. My friend, do you
know what made the ancient deluee a
necessity? 1t was the longevity of the
antediluvians. Those men were worse
at the second century than they were at
the first, and still more at the eighth
than the first. They got so bad that the
whole world had to be sunk into the
water, to be scraped and cleaned, be-
fore it was made tit for decent people to
live on. "a murmur of suppressed
Il wish further to notice that another
chance in the next world means the ruin
of this. Now, suppose a wicked man
was assured that after a lifetime of
wickedness he could fix it all right in
the future; that would be to demoralize
all society and the whole human race.
There are many men who are kept with
In the limits of sin by their fears. A
wicked man with such hope says, 1'n
overtake the righteous before long; I'll
only be in heaven little late; I'll come
into heaven via Gehenna or via sheolp
Another chance in the next world means
license and decentralization in this. My
friends, why should you have another
chance in the next world when you have
declined innnmerabe chances in this?
All heaven has been offered to us for
lifetime, and yet we importune God for
another chance. There ought not to be
another chance, and there can be no
such thing as a posthumous opportu-
nifty"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12

One of the simplest and most effectual
means of relieving pain is by the use of
hot water, externally and internally, the
temperature varying according to the
feelings of the patient.
Fer bruises, sprains, and similar acei-
dental hurts, 1t should be applied imme-
diately, as hot as can be borne, by means
of cloth dipped in the water and laid
on the wounded part, or by INNER sion if
convenient, and the treatment kept up
till relief is obtained. If applied at once,
the use of hot water will generally pre-
vent, nearly, If not entirely, the bruised
flesh from turning black.
For pains resulting from indigestion,
and known as wind collie, etc., cup OF
hot water taken in sips will often relieve
at once. When that is insufficient fan.
mel folded in several thicknesses, large
enough to fully cover the painful place,
should be wrung out of hot water and
laid over the seat of the pain. 1t should
be as hot as the skin can bear without
injury, and be renewed every ten min
utes, or oftener if it feels cool, until the
pain is gone.
The remedy is simple, efficient, harm
less, and within the reach of every one,
and should be more generally used than
1t is. If used along with common sense
it might save many doctors bill and
many course of drug treatment as well.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12
Her Bonnet.

A woman with 81 can-manage-my-
own-affairs" look on her countenance.
stepped into the baggage room at the
Boston and Maine station in Haverhill.
holding good-sized bandbox In her
hand. "Say, do you suppose you can
send that box by the baggage car to
Newburyport without tearing it all to
pieces2" she remarked to the assistant
baggage master. eyes. mum, was the
reply. ''Well, that box contains my
bonnet, and don't you dare to hurt it.
The Boston and Maine ought to send
man on the train to hold these small
bundles and keep them from getting
damaged; The road is rich enough.
But, mind you, if you break that box
I'll smash the whole railroad from here
to Newburyport. And with this part
ing injunction she walked away.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-11-12

A doctor in the Physiological Journal
says that he has tried ehis cure for a
felon in many cases and has never known
it to fail take common salt roasted on
hot stove until all the chlorine gas is
thrown off, or it is as dry as you can
make it. To teaspoonful, and also a
teaspoonful of pulverized CASTLE soap,
add teaspoonful of Venice turpentine;
mix them well into poultice and apply
to the felon. If you have ten felons at
once make as many poultices. Renew
this poultice twice day. In four or
five days your felon will, if not opened
before your poultice is first put on pre-
sent hole down to the bone, where the
pent-up matter was before your poultice
brought it out. If the felon has been
cut open or opened itself, or is about to
take off the finger to the first joint, no
matter, put on your poultice; it will
stop right there, and in time your finger
will get well even if one of the first
bones is gone. Of course it will not re-
store the lost bone, but it will get well
soon. -American Rural Home.