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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
A CrOcOdiIe-Tamer Attacked.

The accident which happened to Per
onnet, the crocodile tanner" at Bona,
in Algiers, will be capital advertise
ment for the poor fellow in France,
should he recover from his injuries. 1t
appears that as he was mounted on the
back of ono of the animals and engaged
in feeding them with raw meat he sud
denly turned his head round in order to
reach out his hand for more food, when
the most ferocious of the Saurians seized
him by the stomach. PerrOnet beat the
animal with his stick, but he would have
been devoured had not an assistant OF
his menagerie. as well as some specta-
tors, prodded the reptile with iron spikes
and made it relinquish its hold on its
victim. The occurrence recalls tragic
affair which happened in Suez IN 1869,
when the Empress Eugene was out
there for the inauguration of the Suez
Canal. Under her Ma;esty's windows
in the Palace of Ghezireh was tank
containg an enormous crocodile, % feet
long, and said to be COO years old, and
the animal was fed every morning with
big Jumps of meat by little boy about
10 years of age. One morning the lad,
in stretching over the tank, overbal,
anced himself, and, to the Empress's
horror, fell in. The gigantic Saurian
tore the body to pieces in the space of a
few seconds, and her Majesty fell back
falntlng from the Palace window at the
horrible sight. Telegraph.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
Electric Acupuncture.

The Chinese, We are told, employed
acupuncture at least ZOO years since,
and the japanese adopted it long ago.
Their practitioners employed punctur-
ing needles of gold and silver, and their
manufacture was an art of great impor-
lance. They were of different shapes.
Some bladed like swords and others of
the ordinary needle form. At the end
of the eighteenth century acupuncture
was introduced into Europe, and was de-
veloped in the present century. NJ. Cattle,
a French electrician, has recently con-
structed variety of needles for electric
acupuncture, specially applicable to the
perforation of painful tumors, so as TO
avoid unnecessary pain. By the electric
acupuncture the current is conveyed
into the tumor and applied at the point
where it is most required to effect the
dissolution of the morbid liquor con-
tanned in it. For this purpose the blade
is vanished, except at the point, and
thus insulated, so that the current only
escapes at the point. Glass or India
rubber has been used to coat the needle,
but insulating varnish is preferred, since
it does not thicken the probe so much
The upper end of the needle is con-
nected to one pole of the voltaic battery
used, and there is conducting plate
applied to the skin, and connected to
the other pole. When, therefore, the
needle is forced into the tumor the cur
rent flows from its point to the conduct
ing-plate through the flesh, and decom-
poses any unhealthy fluids there may be
in its passage. This process aids the
absorption of these secretions and the
destruction of the tumor.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15

A party of American gentlemen, who had
been camping out on an island III the great
Lake Nipissing, Canada, last Summer, were
returning in sail boat and were yet seven
miles from port when the sun went down,
and with it the sailing breeze.
A discouragng situation, truly.
Never mind, l can row you there inside
of two hours, said the guide who had charge
of the party, as their murmurs arose.
why, man, it is seven miles, there are
four of us in this heavy boat-its big job
you undertake." said one
mo matter | have done the likes before
and can do it again" cheerfully replied the
broad shouldered Irishman, as he slowed
away the sail and bent to the oars. He was a
splendid oarsman, and the boat was soon
under Roadway again.
"What would | not give to en- 10Y your
health and strength" remarked the Pro-
feSsOr.
Eyes. am pretty healthy, and though /
am past sixty | feel as strong as ever" re-
piled the guide. But only three years ago
! stood at deaths door, and never thought to
pull an oar again. You see, was in the
woods all winter, logging, and l got into the
water one day and caught cold. 1t settled
on my lungs and l had bad cough, which
hung OH till ran down almost to q ske.e-
ton"
Call in physician?'
eyes, l went twenty miles through the
bush to see a doctor; he gave me some medi
cine, but it didn't help me much"
"How was the cure effectedN
IAN old Scotch lady, who had come over
from the States. gave me preparation of
balsams and herbs, which she said the early
settlers in America used, and it soon
stopped my cough and put me on my feet
again"
One has but to travel along the frontier to
learn how easy it is to get along without
doctors, and how effective are the natural
remedies which the old grandmothers know
how to prepare. They often cure where the
best physicians fail
Every mother of a family knows how
coughs and colds are quickly and radically
cured with syrups and teas made from bal
sans and herbs which grandmother taught
us how to make"
Warmers Log Cabin cough and consump-
ton remedy was, after long investigation
into the merits and comparison with other
old-timo preparations, selected from them
because proved to be the very best of them
all. 1t has brought back the roses to many
pallid cheek there is no known remedy its
equal as cure for coughs and colds.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
How He Won the Widow.

A playful shoemaker in Ohio, who
had cobbled pair of shoes for comedy
widow in the neighborhood, sent the
shoes home with message to the effect
that three kisses would make it all
right for the job The widow was in
dignant. She felt that she had been
grossly insulted by the son of Crispin.
Had he been young and handsome
cobbler perhaps it would haze been diff
ferent. Had he even been a middle
aged bachelor, with competency, she
might have found mitigating circum
stances in the case and forgiven him,
but he was 60 years old at least and
twice q widower, with quite family of
children besides. She thought of APP
pealing to q lawyer and suing him for
damages, but concluded that she would
first make him q visit and give him a
piece of her mind. She repaired to the
shop and found him industriously at
work on his bench. There was merry
twinkle in his eve the irate widow
and he e ,i@ndiy r1s 9i3G5sfGedu r r "F6""8e
seated. She said she had not come to
be measured for shoes but to deal out
to him the measure of wrath that his
conduct merited, and proceeded to do it.
He listened meokly and then said that
he couldn't help doing what he did 1t
was really the smallest pair of women's
shoes that had come to his place since
he had been in the cobbling business,
md his heart surrendered to them at
once. The widow blushed and said she
believed she had rather a shapely foot.
'Shapely" cried the enamored cobbler,
throwing himself at her feet, 1T is di-
vine, and will not rise until you prom
iso to be mine!" If there is anything a
widow likes it is sudden lovemaking
and an ardent wooer, and the woman
was won almost before she knew it.
They are to be married next week.
TeraS SJtiqlgS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
THE ST. LAWRENCE.
Dangers and Eccentricities of a
Great River.

If the seamen of the st. Lawrence arc
exceptionally supcrstitious even i'll this
superstitious class, they have some JUS
LITIGATION in the exceptional dangers and
eccentricities OF these waters. The river
lust below the Isle d'Orleans is eight
miles Wide-merely the beginning of
the lower st. Lawrence; in the next $50
miles it gradually attains o width of
thirty-five miles at Metis; in another
hundred it becomes about sixty miles at
La Bale DIES Sept Isles. AS matter of
fast the st. Lawrence is an estuary
rather than river. | presume that the
gulf may be safely recognized ct La Bal
des Sept Isles. 1t is q triangular sea,
about 500 miles long from northeast to
southwest, and about $50 mil wide
from Newfoundland to this bay. The
region of the It. Lawrence has such
remarkable natural features that even
the matter -of-fact reports of the Admir-
atty are snotsWithoptmint The nav
GatiGin of fhGse W ate presents excep-
erOTS islands, reefs bars, and rocks in
the channels the irfegulhrity of the tides
and currents; the severity OF the climate
especially toward the close of the navl-
gable season; and, above all, the fire.
quent fogs. These are difficulties that
may we'll cause much anxiety, and call
for the exercise of all the seaman's Wig
lance, prudence, and ability. Besides
the recorded variations and deviations
of the compass, the magnetic attractions
of the shores are said to complicate the
captains problems. Ice is often a dan
gerous element here in the spring May
in this latitude and often June also-the
entrance and the eastern parts of the
gulf are frequently covered with drift
ice that heset vessels for many days;
icebergs are common there during the
summer, and navigation is closed by ice,
as rule, from November 25th to May
LIST.
Such is the feature of the river that
ships often spend moro time in sailing
up the st. Lawrence than in crossing
the Atlantic; generally they require
eight or nine days to beat up to Quebec
from Bic, 40 miles; they can sail only
during the flood, five hours, and then
must anchor, unless the wind changes.
The clumsy coasting schooners, requir-
ing always fair wind, sometimes
spend q month in going sixty or eighty
miles.
With SO many dangers as l have set
forth, the reader might think that the
st. Lawrence is not navigahle; but
thanks to an efficient system of lighting
and plotting, these waters are one of the
great commercial arteries of the CONT
nent; they are frequented during six
months of the year by several lines OF
steamships, fleet of Nor
weigan barks for timber, and limited
number of C, a5ting steamers and schoon
ers.-Harper' Magazine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15

PASSED OVER. Old Jim Bad1au was
found dead in his bed last Sunday
morning, and a coroner's jury returned
q verdict of too much whisky. Old Jim
and ourself were the only two men in
town who didn't put on false whiskers
every time the stage came in, and who
dared to inquire for their own mail at
the postoffice. We remember him
chiefly as the first man who got ahead of
us in Arizona. We intended to strike
him for the loan of quarter, but he hit
us first for the loan of half. Poor old
jim! We are not going to guarantee
that he is better off, but viii wager two
to one that he has found a shortage of
saloons in his new stamping ground
Detroit Free Press
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
WONDERFUL CITIES.
Some of Those Found in Ruins in
India.

One of the strangest things in India is
the multitude of deserted capitals. There
are three old Delhis, three successive
capitals of the East, all close to each
other, all south of the present city. One
OF the three is Tugluckabad, marvel
lous city on hill, roofess and absolute
ly deserted, but solid and gigantic. Tho
second is Ferozebad, including the fort
of lndraput, with handful of inhabi-
tants. The third is the old Delhi of Ku
tub, who was born Turkish slave and
died Emperor of India. His name still
survives III the Kutub Minar, the finest
tower IN the world, springing aloft like
living organism, and i'll the oldest mos
que III India, the Kutub Mosque.
There is Daultabad, on the Nizam's
domlnlons, with fort atop of conlcal
hill of black granite, artificially scraped.
The fort is 500 feet above tho plain ; the
city lies below, with European fortitica-
lions and dry meats but almost the
whole of the city is jungle, tall enough
to hide herd of elephants. There we
ate the best grapes we found in India,
rlpened naturally in February, square
sided, black, delicious. Thither it was
that Tugluck, the builder of that south
ornmost Delhi that still bears his name,
dragged the whole inhabitants of Delhi
800 miles off. "Twice," says Hunter
("The Indian Empire" p. 2S3), she al
lowed the miserable suppliants to return
to Delhi twice he compelled them on
pain of death, to quit it." 1t was Tug
luck who called the city Daulatabad, in
stead of Deogiri. He was a scholar and
a soldier, and very early, if unscienti-
fic, bimetalist. "Having drained his
treasury, he issued forced currency, by
which he tiled to make the kings brass
equal to other mems silver. Foreign
merchants refused the kings br'ss tok
ems, trade came to stand, and the king
had to take payment of his taxes in his
own deprecated coinage"
There is Golconda, once the capital of
the Deccan, rarely entered by the tray
eler now. 1t is surrounded by wall
about four miles in circumference. The
fortress is girt by wall of about one
mile. The citadel has an innermost
wall, and on the very highest plateau of
rock rests the kings palace. 1t is de-
serted city, except the small garrison,
with solid masonry of hewn stone, still
firm. A high wall of some fifty feet runs
around the zenana, with ono breach on
the southeast side. Aurungzebes sol
diers made the breach. September, 1887.
Hyderabad is half visible amid its trees,
the Char Minar and Mecca Musjid con-
spicuous above all. One side is the Mir
AIam lake, n the other the Ausan Sa-
gar, dozen small artificial lakes ante
lopes below you, nibbling grass where
busy streets ran two centuries ago.
Grand tombs lie amid orderly gardens
outside the city and granite hills bound
the horizon.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
A Warlike Peacemaker.

The submarine craft called the Peace
maker, which was experimental with
last year a little way up the Hudson, is
being put in order for another trial. To
avoid tidal influences the boat will be
taken out in Long Island sound, where
an old hulk will be blown up with dyna-
mite off Larchmont if everything works
satisfactorily. The Peacemaker has made
over two miles under water n depth of
forty feet. Her crew consists of a pilot,
an engineer and an operator to attach
and fire torpedoes. Her engine is run by
caustc soda, and the motive power is
regarded by son us ideal for submar-
Inc navagat, on. If the forthcoming ex-
pertinent results as is anticipated mon
Itor 100 feet long will be built after the
Peacemaker pattern, but with number
OF improved features, including inter
boilers that will permit the
use of petroleum for steaming on the
surface. This will enable the craft to
make extended trips without tender
ticaynAe,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
The Latest Thing in Dogs.

One of tho encouraging turns IN the
yagaries of fashion is to be noted in the
report that the style in dogs has discard
ed that canine Albino the poodle. and
the even more idiotic monstrosity, the
pug, and that henceforth the correct
thing in dogs will be the collie and the
fox terrier. The new styles of dogs are
among the finest specimens of the high
qualities of valor, affection, fidelity and
intelligence. The fox terrier is hand
some, useful, plucky and generally indi-
Gates his good sense by Directing most
strenuously to being carried about in the
arms of his mistress. AS to the Scotch
collie, he is as nearly human in intelli-
gence as it is possible for an animal TO
be, and is superior to the average of
mankind in some important moral quail
tiles. The new turn of fashion for dogs
will give the vo:aries of style an oppor-
tunity to become acquainted with intel
lcctual caninity, if the associations to
which these high class dogs are to be
subjected do not prove to facilitating to
their minds
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15

"Take everything that have but my good
name: leave me that and am content" So
said the philosopher. So say all manufactur-
ers of genuine articles to that horde of imita-
tors which thrives upon the reputation of 9th
ers. The good name of ALLCoCK's Porous
PLAsTERs has induced many Adventures to
put in the market limitations that are not only
lacking in the best elements of the genuine
ticle, but are often harmful in their effects.
The public should be on their guard against
these frauds, and, when an external remedy is
needed, be sure to insist upon having ALLCoCK's
Porous PLASTER.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
Made n Fortune Out of Matrimony,

Mrs. Betsey Bradley, of East Haven,
Conn, who died recently, leaving an
estate of $350,000, made a fortune ont
OF matrim ny. She married John Brad
ley, seventy-iive, when she herself was
ttty-two, receiving $4,000. She asked
$4,000 when her lover proposed and
was refused but he went home and
counted over his 100000 or more, and
the next day came and told Betscy he
had decided to "split the difference. !"
and was accepted. The married life of
this strange pair was without event I'M
til Mr.. Bradley suffered a "stroke. )"
and a lawyer was called to make his
will. Mrs. Bradley had verbally given
given up all right to her share in the
estate when she was n fiancee. 500,
alter ner husband died, and she received
Sl25, 900 rs her share of the estate. no
will or other written agreement being
found to prevent it. A life of the GREAT
est economy has increased this to
$3.50, 600, which she has willed to St
Paul's Church. She did not love her
relatives. Once she built fence twelve
feet high between herself and brother
who she said was prying too closely into
her affairs and bought fierce BULLDOG
to keep guard. An effort will be- made
to break the will, however.
ReDLbLicnD
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
Married a Sister of Charity.

L remarkable love affair has just come
to light, in which II conductor Oh the
Santa Fee railroad is tue hero. Some
time ago one of the Sisters of Charity i'll
the Railroad Hospital at La Cruces, n.
NJ, aged 20 years, captivnted the heart
of Fl. j. Savage, ono of the most compe-
tent conductors on the division. He
was lying sick i'll the hospital, and Sister
Alice tended him. The romantic affair
soon got abroad, and the Mother Super
1or had Sister Alice removed to La
Junta. From there she was sent to
Peoria, ILL.,, Keokuk, Ia, and finally to
Davenport. Two weeks ago Savage got
leave of absence, and started to find his
lady love. They met and were married
without delays, L0wis GIebe Democrat.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
Pretty Tough.

First Sweet Girl--Oh, it was so 70.
mantle! 1 got beyond my depth at
Long Branch, and he saved my life, and
.fter that we became engaged. Isn't it
ovely?
Second Sweet Girl-That's just youl
uck. 1 worked out beyond my depth
ix times this season, and was saved by
nix different young men, but every
mothers son of them was married.
PhiLndeLDhin Record.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
A " PIT md CnII,N

This is funny phrase to the uninitiated, but
all the brokers understand 1t. They use 1t
when person gives q certain per cent. for the
option of buying or selling stock on a liked
day, at price stated on the day the option, IS
given. 1t is often a serious operation to the
CALI than this: when you are put to bed with
a severe cold and your friends cali a Hhysi-
clan Avoid all this by keeping in the house
DR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The
great cure for pulmonary and blood disea es
= is action is mary elous-. Y curses tAe Morst
For Weak Lungs, Splitting of Blood, short
Breath ConsuTpnt ion SiE,ht-SSNYets an CiHln=
clneS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
GA Word the Wise is sufficient

Catarrh is not simply an Inconvenience, IN
pleasant to the sufferer and disgusting to 9th
ers-it is an advanced outpost of approaching
disease of worse type. Do not neglect Its warn
ing; it brings deadly evils in its train. Before
it IS too late, use DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy.
1t reaches the seat of the ailme9t, and Is the
with 0uack medicines till it is too late-'till
the streamlet becomes a resistless torrent: It IS
the matured invention of scientific physician.
"a word to the wise is sufficient"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15

THE statue of Chinese Gordon,
which was unveiled in London a few
days ago, is fine piece of sculpture.
1t represents the General in a medita-
tive attitude, his chin resting in the
palm of his right hand. The statue
occupies a prominent place in the
square, and surmounts pedestal about
ten feet high.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15

Mothers, OverwOrked Men, and for all diseases
where the tissues are wasting away from the
inability to digest ordinary food, or from over
work OF the brain or body, all such should a. Q
SCOTT'S EMU SION of Pure Cod Iii er Oil with
HypOphosphites II used the Emulsion on q
lady who was delicate, and threatened with
Bronchitis. 1t put her in such good health and
flesh that must say it is the best Emulsion
ever used."-L. P. WADDELL, Md, Hugh's
Mi Is. S. Q.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15
We extract the following items from

the last issue of the arizona Kicker:
MORE ENTERPRIsE.-Thre new faro
banks and two saloons have been estab-
lished since our last issue, and we hear
of several other new enterprises for the
near future. The town is bound to
grow. We don't claim that faro bank
will add to the population as quick as a
rolling mill, but it is a far more hvelier
institution and doesn't occupy one-tenth
the room.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15

The rush on the druggists still continues and
daily scores of people call for bottle of
Kemps Balsam for the Throat and Lungs for
the cure of Coughs Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis
and Consumption. Kemp's Balsam, tho STAN
dard family remedy,is sold on a guarantee apd
never fails to give entire satisfaction. Price
Soc an 81. Trial size free.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15

GENERAL BOOTH, of the Salvation
Army, Melted about $4,000 two years
ago in England by week of self-denial
and prayer on the part of his followers
and has decided to try it again.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15

THE only recognized G.. A. r. post
outside of the United States is said to
be i'll Honolulu. 1t is called Post
George W. De Long, and always OBJ
serves Memorial Day with fitting cere-
m ODipS
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15

Many pills OF various KINDS.
Blu for mild effective, vegetable purgative
you had better get DR.. Piercc's Pleasant Pur-
gative Pellets. They cure sick headache, bill
iOus headache, dizziness, constipation, indiges-
ton, and bilious attacks; 25 cents vial, by
druggists
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15

Miss ETHEL INGALLS,, daughter of
the Kansas Senator, is one of the uegu-
lar Washington correspondents of the
New York World.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15

The man who is wild on the subject OF
Yachting is an ultra-marine=Puck
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1888-11-15

JOHN BRIGHT never commits speech
TO memory. He merely makes notes
and leaves the words to come when
speaking. Occasionally he writes short
passages, and almost invariably his
concluding words or sentences. Mr..
Gladstone seldom refers even to
note, and never prepares a single SEN
tence.
JUDGE D. A. NEwsoME, of Atlanta,
who wrote "The Lone Rock by the
Sea-" popular ballad twenty-five years
ago, has promised to sing the song and
give its history at an entertainment to
be given at an early day for the bene-
fit of the yellow fever sufferers. Pos
sibly in this instance the end justifes
the means.