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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
They Had Met Before.

A few days ago d grey haired old man
was in one of the hotels of Centrallia,
Ill, when q stranger got of, a train
which had Just arrived. and passed
through the waiting room. He eyes
the old man closely, and over the face
of the latter there flashed look of
recognition.
'Pardon me,n said the stranger,
"your face has familiar look, yet
cannot place you. Perhaps am mis-
taken"
"Oh, no." said the elderly gentlemen.
81 know you are not mistaken. know
you like book"
"Indeed2"
eyes, sir, You used to board with
me-"
'Is it possible2" asked the stranger.
eyes, sir; and you left without pay
ing your board"
THAT, sir, cannot be-" was the in
dignant mans answer, as he became
more and more confused.
and" continued the old man, "you
left in the night and neglected to take
your luggage"
By this time the stranger was furious.
He grew red with anger, and intimated
that only the grey hairs of his tormentor
saved him from violent treatment.
ooh, you needn't get mad" said the
old gent remaining provokingly cool.
"You did all of these things, and can
prove it"
"see here old man, who are you, and
where are you from2"
81, sir, am Capt. Jack Warner and
you are Quartermaster Murphy, and you
escaped from Libby while l was Quarter
master of that institution
my God ~ was the strangers eiecula-
ton, as he warmly clasped the hand of
the ex-rebel. "Are you, indeed, the old
commissary2 Well, l did board with you
while, and gave you the slip, too, :"
he laughingly continued.
Quartermaster Murphy belonged to a
New York regiment, and was captured
and sent to Libby. 1t was the practice
of the rebels to allow prisoners who had
been practitioners of medicine to attend
the sick in the prison hospital. They
were given the freedom of the prison, to
come and 90 at will.
One day green sentry would not
allow these men to pass, when he was
sharply reprimanded by Capt. Gibbs,
and was told that those men who wore
red ribbons on the lapels of their coats
should pass unmolested.
Murphy overheard this and took ad-
vantage of it. He had some red lining
in his vest, and tearing off strip, he
pinned the physician ensignia on his
coat, and watching an opportunity, he
got past the guard and escaped over into
the Union lines.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
The Change of Foliage.

The immediate cause of the change in
the foliage during the fall lies in the
lessened action of the breathing organs
or pores of the leaves, resulting from a
loss of warmth and light due to the
shorter days. The natural stimulants to
vegetation are withdrawn. Shortly be-
fore the fall of the leaf, very delicate
layer of cells starts from the side of the
stem and grows downward, completely
separating the leaf from any participa-
ton in the life circulation of the plant.
This explains the AGth surface exposed
on separating t-e leaf from its
branch. With theFyssation of circu-
lation of the sap, the leaves no longer
absorb carbonic acid gas and give off
oxygen. The great natural process of
deoxidation is arrested, and finally re-
versed-oxygen is absorbed. The ckl0rO-
phyl, or leaf green, which gave color to
the leaves during the earlier part of the
season, is now oxidized and changed to
santhophH, or leaf yellow, and erethrophyl,
or leaf red.
These new salts contribute nothing to
the nourishment of the leaf. No car
bonic acid is absorbed from the atmos-
phere, and the leaf soon dies and falls
to the ground. The difference in the
coloring of the leaves depends upon the
local conditions, which hasten, modify,
or retard this chemical reaction. In the
so called evergreens, no transverse cell
formation takes place, and the leaf is
never separated from the circulation of
main tree. They also evaporate less in
proportion to their leaf surface than Or
binary trees. Their more sluggish cir
culation is more dependent upon climatic
influences.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
Making an Old Woman Happy.

We knocked at the door of wretched
house, and it was opened by an old wo-
man. We had been shi7ering little
ourselves in our warm wool gowns and
heavy wraps. This woman, whose blood
was thin and old, wore-well, what was
it9 The original material was lost in
the patches that covered it. That poor,
thin old woman in that poor, thin old
gown! She led lis to a little bare room
where q moderate fire was burning. She
gave us seats, and Dorothea handed her
the things the good women of the mis-
sion had sent her. When a plump
chicken was laid before her, she said,
fixing her hungry eyes upon it:
"a chicken! never thought to have
one again. get mutton at two cents a
pound, and it's very good for poor
folks
1 looked at Dorothea. The tears
were in her eyes, and her slender fingers
were nervously handling her little
purse. In the room adjoining lay the
old woman's only daughter dying with
consumption. oh, that cold room! that
wretched bed those bare walls! the
thin old nightgown that the sick girl
worel those hollow eyes, the laborcd
breathing, the wasted hands!
And yet the old woman said that God
was good hccauac her son had succeeded
in getting lob in coal yard, and now
they could have ire .--BnPalo Express.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
A BurrOwing Bird.

A quiet picture is afforded by the hill
where the auks brood. They resemble
the eiderduck in shape, except that
their bills are sharp and not flat like
those of the latter. There are three
species of them, which are distinguished
from one another by the length of their
bill and its curvature. All three spe-
cies live and brood in the same places.
l was told of mountain where a mil
lion of them had built their nests. l
am sure of one thing-that no man has
ever seen a million of birds, even though
he has travelled over half the earth.
Doubling the accounts, l visited the
described mountain. On a bright sum-
mer day my companion and myself took
boat and rowed toward it, over the
smooth, transparent water, between
beautiful islands, followed by the
screeching of the startled gulls High
above us, on towering ridge, we saw
the watchful ospreys; by our side, on
right and left, along the shore cliffs, the
sitting eider-duck. Finally we came to
the populOus part of the mountain,
which is from 800 to $50 feet high, and
saw really immense numbers of birds
sitting on the ridges. The higher parts
of the cone were covered with brown
spoon-wort, and as we approached the
shore the birds drew back thither and
suddenly disappeared from view as if by
concerted agreement. When we had
reached the shore and landed, and were
wondering what had become of the hosts
of birds, we found the ground bur-
rOwed all over with holes that looked
like common rabbit holes. We soon
learned that they were the entrances to
the nest chambers of the auks. The
holes are large enough to permit the
birds to pass through, and then widen
on the inside SO as to give room for the
nest and the two birds. AS we climbed
toward the height, the tenants first
carefully and anxiously peered at US,
then slipped out and threw themselves
screaming into the sea, which was soon
covered, as far as the eye could reach,
with birds whose cry resembled the
noise of gigantic surf or of raging
torm.-PopuLar Science Monthly.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
What He Was Going to Say.

Geo. W. Peck says Of his recent
interview with the President: 81 had
thought of several things | wanted to
say to Mr.. Cleveland. Several of the
bcys in Milwaukee had told me to give
their love to Grover if l saw him, and |
had made up my mind to just give him
to understand that he was thought a
good deal of up in Wisconsin, and that
so far as could see his appointments
had given pretty general satisfaction,
and that we all wished him we'll. in
tended that the few remarks l should
make would be the greatest effort of my
life. My idea was to wait till all the
gang had pas sed him, and then bring up
the rear, and when he took my hand /
would hold on to it and speak about as
follows: "Mr. President, | cannot let
this occasion pass without saying to you
that the people cf Wisconsin are very
proud that you have got a 'ong as well as
you HAYES The Republicans are hope
full that you will not do anything very
brash, and the Democrats will stand by
you. Ed. Wall and Bill Dodsworth. who
is an old Buffalo boy, and Art. Delany,
and George Paul, and any quantity of
Milwaukee bows want to be remembered
TO you o, had a speech as long as
your arm that | was GOING to fire at him,
and fell in behind the crowd and went
along. A big hand was reached out. and
mine was clasped by the President, at
last had his hand. had my head
down. to keep me from stepping on the
trail of a woman ahead CT me, who seem
ed to lingcr longer than was necessary.
As the trail disappeared, l was just go
ing to look up TO say my speech, when
he let 90 my hand and reached for
another fellow just behind me, and the
other fellow stepped on stone br;lise
on my heel, the only heel | have got
with stone bruise on it, and I looked
around at the big footed gaIoot behind
me, and WAS borne out Of sight, and
hope never TO see the back of my neck
if ! had said word to the Presi-
dent. -
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
WAGES OF GERMAN FARM HANDS.
Less than $500 Year Paid TO a Man and
kfs WIFE for Agricultural Labor.

Consul Dithmar, at Breslau, Germany,
has made report to the Department OF
State relative TO agricultural labor. He
rays the laborer usually lives upon the
estate, and is employed upon 1t the
year round. The working hours are in
summer from a, m. to Z p. M, and In
winter from sunrise to sunset. He has
free lodging and free, fuel. and it Is Gus
tomary also to allow his family the use
of 100 square rods Of land for raising
vegetables. As direct wages he re-
ceiyes per annum $40 to $3.50 in cash
and "a bushels of rye, 8 bushels of peas,
and IL bushels of wheat. The labdrer's
wife is bound to work in the field when
ever required, and receives for days
work in summer 10 to IA cents, and in
winter 10 to 10. OF tea, meat, and to-
bacco tie farm laborer gets but little.
II he smokes pipe it is but seldom,
and his tobacco is manufactured leaf.
In harvest time he is treated to schnapps
to encourage him in his work, A writer
on economic subjects Estimates that
labofsr's family, consisting of himself,
wife, and five children, under twelve
years of age can subsist for $1.93
week, or $57 year. Miners and mine
laborers receive daily from 524 cents
(Which is paid to foremen, engineers,
and carpehtets) tb 1S4, and IS cents
paid to women and minors. The aver
age cost of the subsistence Of a miners
family, including rent, C othing, and
taxes, amount to 1922. 0per annum. The
rents paid by miners range from SO cents
to S1.19 per month,
Mr.. Fox, the Consul at Brunswick,
sends report on agriculture labor in
that duchy. The wages paid to agri-
cultural labor depends upon the locality
where such labor is employed, being
considerably higher in the level than In
the mountainous districts. In the for
mer the wages of man and wife aggre-
gate 1894. 26 per annum, while in the
mountain districts a man and his wife,
assisted by child, earns but 1874. Men
and women earn from 35 to AZ cents
hocing, and from At to SO gathering
beets In this latter work children are
also employed to cut off the leaves. and
a child from 10 to IL years old will earn
in a period of three or four weeks "a
cents daily. In the matter of beet cul-
ture contract labor is sometimes engaged,
cash wages being from "a to 80 cents
per diem. Often a donation of III cents
per diem is given, provided the laborer
remains steadily at work until the con-
tract expires. Each employee receives
from 90 to 20 cents head money upon
entering into the contract, and extra
hours are paid for at the rate of 2, and
4 cents per hour. AS rule, every five
or six work people receive one quart of
milk and often one pound of bread per
head daily, with coffee in the morning
and a warm meal at noon and night,
with meat on Sunday
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
Enri0us Christian Names.
THE BURDENS IMPOSED UPON SOME chill
DREN BY PREJUDicED PARENTS.
from the Philadelphia News. ]


"What name that young man has, :"
said clergyman yesterday to Ne9s
gatherer as the person indicated left his
presence.
"What is it2"
"E, P. Baxter, he writes it. Nothing
remarkable about that; but what amount
of foolish patriotism ID Concealed in
those initials. The young man was
born on Jan. 3, 1868, and his parents
named him Emancipation Proclamation
Baxter, in honor of the OCCASION"
That's pretty bad"
ayes, but there are sbnte parents with
cranky ideas on the subject Of flaming
children. One boy l christened Perse-
verance Jones. l endeavored to dis
suade the father, but he said the child's
mother was called Patience, and he saw
no reason why the boy should not be
called Perseverance, because the two al
#ays Vert tSgetbGf; Within few
PAGES OF the grave of Benjamin and Deb
orah Franklin, in the old cemetery at
Fifth and Arch streets, there is head
stone bearing the inscription; Sacred
to the memory of S. L. U. Lloyd Ii
the owner of that name were living now
lis frie4ds would probably call him
'Celuloid.' i had d c010red man named
Alexander doing some work around here
once. | used to hear the other work
men call him 'Trib' and Hole, and it
struck me one day to ask him what his
name was.
'Tribulatien ;, Wholesome Alexan.
der, Sab, he replied.
at may have been some relative Of
his who came to me with twins to have
baptised,
"'What names will you call themT I
asked.
" 'Cherubim and seraphim, replied
the mother.
"'Why2'"I asked in establishment.
"'Because,' she replied, de pra'r
book says ode cherubim and seraphim
continually do cry" and desc yere
chil'en do muffin 6ls6;'"
The Neoos gatherer edged toward the
door, and when he had got in the lobby
shouted ''Chestnnts" and skipped down
stairs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
A Brave Child.

During the temporary absence from
his house of John Gunderson, an en-
ployee Of the Woodville Lumber Com
pany, at Baldwin, Wis, his wife, after
putting her youngest child in bed, left
two others, one about five and the other
four years of age, and went to the stable
to milk the COW. In some way unknown
the children overturned the lamp, ex-
plOding it, and the clothes of the young
est child were set on fire. 1t would
have been burned to death had not tho
elder one carried it olt doors and extin-
guished the flames with snow The
mother was very badly burned trying to
rescue the baby, and would have per-
ished in the flames had not the neigh
bors prevented her making the second
attempt. The house with the contents
was entirely consumed In the debris
the charred body of the child was
found
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
The Big Dakota Farmer.

The Cincinnati Enquirer says:-I had
a conversation yesterday with Mr..
Dwight, the manager Of the great
Dwight farm in Dakota. He has sixty
thousand acres of land to till, one of
the largest tracts in Dakota or the coun-
try. | asked him if the India wheat
crops affected Dakota and was surprised
at the prompt answer in the Negative
lie explained his reply by saying: "The
wheat raised in Dakota is harder than
any wheat grown in quantities anywhere
on the face of the globe. 1t will always
bring higher price than any other
wheat because it makes better flour. As
long as some men are richer then others
and will have the best of everything
that money can buy, so long Dakota
wheat will have the best of every market.
l attribute the quality of the grain to
the GOODNESS of the climate and the large
quantity of alkali that it finds to absorb
III Dakota soil. The Indian wheat is
soft and pulpy. 1t is not good article
of food. Right alongside of us, Montana
and Washington Tc"ri'oeiys are unable to
produce such wheat AS we do"
70 fol Ia, e..
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

EVERY PART OF THE BODY is filled
with veins and arteries; the last carrying
pure blood to build up the tissues-the
first carrying away waste matter. Pure
blood is necessary to health, and the
waste, if not removed, is poisonous. DR..
WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BrT-
TIERS stimulate the organs that separate
tho poisonous aste from the body.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

A MAN who had applied for mar
rage license in Cincinnati the other day
had to return home so as to obtain the
name of his intended wife, which had
slipped his memory. He soon after
ward returned and got the license with
the forgotten name, which was Antonio
Bauholzer, properly set forth in it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

With Ely's Cream Balm a child csa be
treated without pain or dread, and with per-
feet safety. Try the remedy. It cures Catarrh,
Hay Fever, and Colds in the Head. 1t is easily
the first application. Price 50 cents. At drug
gists. 90 cents by mail. Ely Bros, Owego, n, Y.
Ely's Cream Balm has entirely cured me OF
a long standing case Of catarrh. have never
head and headache resulting from such colds
It ID a remedy of sterling merit.-Ed. L. Grossly
Nashville, Tenn
for the past fifteen years, with distressing pair
over my eyes. Gradually the disease worked
down upon my lungs. About year and a hal
with most gratifying results, and am to-da!
apparently cured.-z. G. Warren. Rutland, vt
President Cleveland understands sign Ian
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
An Unmatched psir-Aee and Want
rha ..Fnvorite Prescription"

- - --I.oo
DR.. r. v. Pierce, Of Buffalo, n: IL worId
through bis success as physician and e5Re %,
tally through the reputation OF ms work. IN
nrcnariTic; an esuecial remedy for the many as
tressing troubles ciassed as female weakness
es." Il is known as the "EsvoriLe hres Csc, AZ
ton Under its administration all the pelvlc
oruans are strenGthened, and the wolfram Ds-
comes that embodiment of health anu oe''"''
which God intended her to be.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

GLOW MANY times have I got to climb
up three flights of stairs to collect this
billT' said bill collector to Gilhooly.
"You can suit yourself about that. I'm
not going to move down in the cellar,
for the accommodation of bill collect
ors
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

About thirty years ago prominent physician %
the name of DR.. william Hall discovered, or pro
duced after long experimental researcha remedy FOL
diseases OF the throat chest and lungs which was oil
such wonderful efficacy that It soon gained a wide
reputation In this country The Of the medicine
is DR. VIM HALLS BALsAM FOR THE LUNGS
and may be safely relied speedy and positive
cure for coughs, colds. sore throat. ETC.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

THE born poet has no agony In the
deliverance of his song. The utterlng Is
to him that soothing balm which the
utterance is to the reader. 1t is weeping,
not the tear wept, that gives relief.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
Important.
when you visit or leave New York city, "a

when you rsi. leave New York city. saw ssEse.
sxpressage and ss carriage hire and stop At the GrA
GOV elegan rooms. fitted up At cost OF one miinon
dollars 81 and upward per day. European plan. Ele
Vator Restaurant supplied With the best Horse oars
stages and elevated railroad 10 al depots. Families
can live better for less money at tbs Grand Untos
Hotel than at other hrstclsss hote in The city.
FOR SPECIAL RATES for advertising in this pa re
apply to the pu blisher of the paper. 70
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

For coughs, colds, sore throat, bronchltls'
laryngitis, and consumption iii its early stage s,
nothing equals DR.. Pierce's Golden Medlcai
Discovery" 1t is also great olooo.puLI iIles
and strength -restorer, or tonic, ana lot nveI
complaint and C0cbive condition of the bowels
It has no equal Sold by druggists
MANS inhumanity to man fnakes count
lpSS thousands mOurn.H
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

AN ARMY's LOSSES. Napoleon lost in
his retreat from Moscow AGO, 900 men.
OF them 125, 900 were killed 1872, 600
died of hunger and disease, and 1913, 900
were taken prisoners or deserted. Many
of tfem joined him afterwards, and the
actual loss did not probably exceed
300 900
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

AT the type-setting tournament in
Chicago Barnes set 2,6S04 ems in an
hour and half. This was counted from
uncorrected proof. Mccain came next,
with 2,S2S set, and Hudson third, with
2,475 set,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

A DOSE of Red Star Cough Cure will
prevent you disturbing the congrega-
ton, and put you in a right frame of
mind to enjoy the services. Twenty
five cents bottle,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

If 9 cats can kill rats in 9 minutes,
they can kill 1 rat in 1 minute, and it
will take cat minutes to dispose of l
rat, or six times as long.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

In 1880 there were 4, 923, 457 people
over ten years of age in the United
States Treble to read and $3.50, 800
unable to write.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

More than all other Lung Remedies" Is
what E. w. Fairman, druggist, Dayton, Ind.
writes of Aliens Lung Balsam. He has sold i
for eight years, and 1t gives satisfaction in al
cases. 25o., 5c. & 81 por bottle, Druggists-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

In7igorate, renew, and beautify the mar W
the use Of Halls Hair Remover. 49,
For sick and nervous headache. constlpatlor
and liver trou bles, take Ayers Phls'
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

No one should delay when they have S fNig,
or cold when a 80 cent bottle OF BigeI cprs
Positive Cure will promptly ana saieH s our q,
them. Dollar size cheapest tor '@nN'
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
Frazer Axle Grease

The Postmaster of Liverpool, Florida, writes:
rheumatis1n Send me another" Csc.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

neglected, often becomes stfansulated, anc
proves fatal We employ new method anG
guarantee cure in every case or no pay. Sene
10 cents I'll stamps for pamphlet and references
Worlds Dispen5ary Medical Association, oot
Main street, Buffalo, n. u
Contributions to the Graft Monument
Fund amount to $4,000.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04
Rupture, Br6aeh, or Hcrnin

Hydrophobia may be prevented by applying
internally hs1f An ounce of lead TO the dogf
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

The purest, sweetest and best God Liver on
in the world, manufactured from fresh, healthy
Hvers, upon the seashore. It is absolutely pure
and sweet Patients who have once taken II
prefer IL to all others. Physicians have de-
cided il superior to any of the other oils in
market Made by Caswel, Hazard d. Co. New
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

Is kept by all dealers. One box lasts as long
as two of any otter. Received medals at n. G.,
State Fair, Centennial, and Paris Exposition.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

1t is reported that Senator Vest would make
Il q Inisdemeanor for any man to solicit office.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

THE best cough medicine is Pisd's Cure for
Cnhsnmntion. Sold eYerYMhere. 25C.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

CHAPPED HANDS, face, ptnples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
Casweu, Hazard & Co., New York.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-02-04

The Congo Free state has entered the Postal