News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-09-23

A DREDGI~G machine at work in Sa,
vannah Harbor has struck an ancient
wreck which seems to have been a wal
vessel. 1t is buried deep in the mud,
and the old and rust eaten bayonets and
gunlocks which have been recovered, as
well as the fa>hioning of the ship tim
bers, make it evident that the vessel be-
longed to the last century. 1t is said
that during the war OF the Revolution a
British line of-battle ship chased a
Spanish corvette into the harbor, and
that the crew of the smaller vessel scut-
tied her to escape capture. Years ago a
band of Northern adventures went to
Savannah to recover the treasure which
the sunken wreck, like all Spanish yes
sells, was supposed to contain, but the
search for the hull was fruitless.
A FRENCH physician, having tested
his theory, advocates sleeping with the
head lower than the feet. He slept that
way for four years, and finds that his
neck is nearly two inches larger, owing
to the swelling of the thyroid gland.
He says in this way the brain receives a
more plentiful blood supply, and is
consequently better nourished, while
there is no danger of SO much blood
pa sing to the cerebral structure as to
cause congestion. This danger is obvi-
ated by the enlargement of the thyroid
gland, which holds back certain por-
ton of the blood in its dilated vessels,
and which also acts as regulator OF
| the cerebral by eXcrtinG pressure upon
the carotids and thus diminishing their
calibre.
ACCORDING to the last Israelitism An
nual, the number of Jews in the world
at present is but six million three hun
| bred thousand of whom five million four
! hundred thousand are in Europe. There
are two hundred and thirty thousand
Jews in the United States, two million
five hundred and fifty-two thousand in
| Russia, one million SIX hundred and
! forty-four thousand in Austrian Hunga-
ry, six hundred and sixtyelght thous-
| and in Gallicia, six hundred and thirty
eight thousand in Hungary, five hun
dred and sixty-two thousand in Ger
many, and in France, notwithstanding
all the fuss that NJ. Drumont makes
about them in his "Jew France" only
sixty three thousand.
THE account of the photograph of
Miss Lillian Paul, taken by lightning
the other day at Plainfeld, leads J. W.
Brady of Barlow, Fla, to tell of an in
cident that occurred in Americas, Ga. A
little child was playing under cherry
tree when thunder storm came up. At
a certain vivid flash OF lightning the
child fell, and when pick up it was
- Of Il fol-
presentation of limb of the tree photo
graphed upon its right hip. Every
twlg and leaf was delicately, yet dis
tinctly, traced in light red lines. The
photograph remained visible for a
month at least, and perhaps until now,
for all that Mr.. Brady knows.
IT is said by the friends of William
J. Kendall who swan the whirlpool at
Niagara, that when he made the attempt
he was about as willing to die as to
live. He had become quite discouraged,
had been discharged from the Boston
police force, and his wife, whom he
loved, had separated from him on ac-
count of his habits. Just before he left
Boston he said to one: "You will hear
of me doing a most daring act, but YOU
will never see me again" To another
he said that he had nothing to live for,
and should shortly do that which would
make him or finish him up. His friends
do not believe that he received any
money for the deed.
Two OF THE largest castings in the
world are to be seen at Nara and Kam-
akura, Japan, the one at the latter
place being forty-seven feet high, and
the other at Nara, being dfty-thTee and
one half feet from the base to the crown
of its head The statue at Nara is sup
posed to have been erected In the eighth
century, but it was destroyed and recast
about seven hundred years since. In
endeavoring to recast it several mishaps
occurred, and when at last success
came. some few thousand tons of char
coal had been used. he casting which
is an alloy of iron, gold, tin and cop
per, is estimated to weigh four hundred
and fifty tons.
THE Salt Lac Tribune says that the
following is the oath ia en- by the ''De-
stroying Angels" Of the Mormon church:
''In the name of Jesus Christ, the Son
of God, do covenant and agree to sup
port the First Presidency OF the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in
all things, right or wrong; l will faith
fully guard them and report to them
the acts of all men, as far as in my pow
er lies; | will assist in executing all
the DEGREES of the First Presidency, Pa
triarch, or President of the Twelve; and
l will cause all who speak evil of the
Presidency or the heads of the Church
to die the death of dissenters or apos-
tates," &c.
A CAMDEN, N. j., man has invented
and is having built an ocean tricycle..
1t will be made entirely of iron and ]
steel, except a small platform where the
operators will stand The wheels will
be eight feet in diameter, and will be
worked by levers from the platform,
which will be twenty five feet from the
ground The idea is to run the ma
chine out to stranded vessels when they
lie in water not over twenty feet deep.
The inventor says that three miles an
hour can be made with the tricycle..
ALVIN ADAMS, when the express bust
ness was in its infancy, had an office and
two horses in Boston. One of these
horses was a fine, fast animal and the
other an old, broken down nag. Pack
ages that were 10 be delivered immedi-
ately he sent out behind the fast horse.
OF goods that didn't have to be rushed
he would say Leave them for the
old boss" In every express office to
this day there is an ''old hoss' room,
where undelivered and unclaimed pack
ages are kept.
CAPT. JACK, a snake charmer, who
has been travelling through Pennsylva-
mia with an Indian medicine doctor aud
tooth puller, was bitten on Monday by
cOpperhead snake, whose head he had
put in his mouth. The snake bit him
twice in the mouth, and Capt. Jack
said that he thought it would kill him.
He said the accident was wholly due to
his forgetting that from the goth to the
25th of August copperheads should not
be handled, as then their bite is
fatal
THEFTs of money from garments
hanging in the clothes room of Meri-
den factory led the electrician of the
establishment to try to catch the hither-
to undetected thief. He connected a
pOcket-book in the pocket of pair of
trousers with wires that terminated at a
gong in a distant room, and so arranged
the wires that the gong would ring
when the pocket-boo was moved. The
pocket book was moved the gone SCUM