News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-05-13
THE MYSTERIES OF A DAY.
STRANGE. CURIOUS AND STARTLING
THINGS OCCURRING ABOUT US.
Red NOse-A Soldier Goose-The Boom
erang ThrOwer-A Ratcatcher-In Fire,
ETC., Etc.

-And 'ySt asks: What is the cause of
Tedness and pimples on the nose9" and
receives the following answer: "Judg-
ing from the liquor saloon heading of
your note and the non de plume you
have chosen, it is fair to presume that
an your case rum is the cause, and med
lcal men would call your disease dipso-
mania and the skin disease acne, while
In common parlance it is called rum
blossoms The explanation is very sim
pie. The circulation is through two
sets of blood vessels, arteries and veins,
both obtaining their motive power
from the heart acting as a force pump.
Alcohol increases the pulsations, and as
the blood is sent from the heart to the
eXtremities faster than the veins can
take it up again to return it, congestion
results, and the nose, being at remote
portion of the circulation, reddens and
finally becomes diseased. This however,
is not different from other organs of the
body; all are congested and similarly
diseased by alcohol. The best remedy
is to discontinue the alcohol, and slim
ulate the absorption of the blood by the
frequent application of oths wrung
out of hot water"
A GOOSE which had just died at Stuff
CART left the flock, while still gosling,
and resolved to have nothing more to
do with his companion geese, but to
try new way of life for itself. So it
boldly marched into the barracks of
Uhlan regiment one day and stationed
itself near the sentry box. The Uhlans
were touched by the goose choosing to
ally itself with their corps, and built
shed for it to I've in. For twenty three
years, neither threats or persuasions
were able to separate this bird from its
adopted regiment. When the corps
changed quarters the goose went with
them, and when the Uhlans went to
fight for their country the desolate
creature took up for time with bat
TALON of infantry; but no sooner did the
first Uhlans enter the town than the
goose marched out to meet them, and
went with them to their old quarters.
Since her death she has been stuffed,
and is to be seen in a glass case on the
gate of the barracks of Stuttgart.
Mr.. BARNUM says that he has wasted |
S., 900 on boomerang throwers. "1Ou |
have heard of Australian bushmen," he |
said, 'twho have weapon made of a
bent stick that they throw with won
derful skill, hitting the prey unerringly
the boomerang returning of itself to tall
at the feet of the marksman? l had an
agent 90 from London to the wilds of
New South Wales; but he writes me
that the accounts are two-thirds lies,
and the remaining third isn't worth
bringing away. The boomerang is
fact, and the native Australian savages
fling it at game missing about as often
as hitting; and it will return, if it
strikes nothing, to somewhere near the
starting point, but with no sort of GER
tainty. My man searched thoroughly,
and witnessed the feats of the best ex
perts to be found, but they amounted to
nothing in particular The famous
boomerang is practically myth"
. A CoLoRED laborer in the Treasury
building at Washington as a record of
having killed six hundred rodents with
his bare hands. He has the knack of
grasping the animal by the skin be-
tween the ear and the jaw, and by
sudden twist end his existence. There
are a number of rat traps in the build
ing, and the ratcatcher makes a daily
round to see what the supply is, killing
the captives as he proceeds. He is not
entirely dependent upon traps, how
ever, but often catches the rats as they
scamper about the waste paper rooms.
The Treasurer employees say that he
never has yet been bitten by a rat dur
ing his career. Some of his victims are |
great big mossbacks that have de6ed !
capture for years. The ratcatcher feels
secure in his Government position.
In the midst of the fire which dcvas- !
tated Key West on the 3Oth ult the |
little daughter of DR.. G. v Harris, Col |
lector of the Port, hearings remark that |
the funds of the Bank of Key West and |
other valuables were being sent ON board |
the revenue steamer Dix for safety, |
hastily gathered up her two wax dolls,
with their wardrobe, and alone through
the binding smoke and flying cinders
flew down the lighthouse wharf, where
the Dix was moored, and begged Capt
Fengar to protect her darlings. 1t is
needless to say those dolls occupied the
post of honor on that vessel.
CHANG, the Chinese giant, has become
a citizen of the United States in Kansas
City, which he intends to make his
home. He will make one more visit to
China and then return for good. His
idea is to open a Chinese store. His
relatives are engaged in the tea business
in China, and he intends to import to
Kansas direct. He admitted to a re-
porter that he had matrimonial designs.
and that at no distant day he would take
out license, but did not wish to dis
close the name of the happy Kansas
belle.
FRANK BOILING of Cherokee, Kan,
threw himself on feather bed that Law
on the floor during thunder storm. He
neglected to draw up his legs, and his
feet were touching the floor, when the
lightning struck the house and PLAYED
about his feet. burning them and knock
ing him senseless. That part of his BODY
that was on the bed was not hurt, and
A child lying by his side was uniniured.
All of which may be used to show that
feather beds are good places of refuge
in thunder storms.
AT his residence in Hearne, Texas,
DR.. Bassett became involved in a Quarrel
with man named Hughes. The latter
grabbed the doctors pistol with the in
tention of shooting him. Mrs. Basset |
seing her husbands danger, hastily Sc
cured a rifle and commanded Hughes to
drop the pistol. Hughes refused to obev
the command and continued to advance |
upon Dr. Rasset, whereupon |
Mrs. Bassct fred, MORALLY wounding
him.
To test the enamel or timing of cook |
Ing vessels, &c, for lead, NJ Ferdoz |
drop of nitric acid, strong, |
placed upon the enamel or timing and |
evaPorated to dryness by gentle heat. |
The spot where the acid acts is then
wetted by drop of potassium iodlde
parts iodide to 100 of
the presence of lead is at |
once shown by the formation of lead 10
dide.
OIL from pine wood is now manufac-
tured on a considerable scale at the
South. The material is subjected to in
tense heat in sealed retOrts, and one
cord is said to yield fifteen gallons of
eighty gallons of pine wood !
oil, fifty bushels Of charcoal. one hun
lred and fifty gallons of wood vinegar,
and quantity of infammable gas and
lsphaltum.
NORMAN ALTER, Fort Plain Knight |
Of Labor, recently revealed some of the
secrets of the order. He has been ex-
PEELED, and the Knights not only will
not let him work in the village, but have
directed all saloon keepers not to sell
him liquor on pain of a boycott. As
Alter has been a hard drinker, this boy