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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
Prudent Swallows,

If birds will only resort to practical
measures, and actually "boycott" those
countries which destroy them for their
plumage, there is yet hope that the law
will step in and protect them, for econ
the swallows have taken this sensible
precaution, as far as feathor-loving
Franco is concerned, and have appa
rently de :ided not to take up any longer
their summer quarters there.
Hitherto the toughness of their flesh
has preserved them from the cook, and
popu ar superstition saves their nests,
but the milliners, who usc their feath-
eTs for trimming, some years ago organ
lied against them new plan of cam
paign.
The department of the Bouches-du-
Rhono is one of the great landing places
of swallows coming from Africa, and
there deadly engines formed by wires
connected with electric batteries, were
arranged to await them. The birds,
tired out by their flight over the Medi
toiranean, perch on the wires, and arc
instantly struck dead. Their bodies arc
then prepared for tho milliner, and
crates containing thousands of them are
sent to Paris every year.
This spring, however, with strange
instinct for preservation, they have not
sought that coast, but have landed
either to the west or the east of it, and
have gone in much larger numbers than
was their wont to other parts of Europe.
The French Geological Society, which
puts forth an earnest petition to the
government in their behalf, says that
places which were once thronged with
swallows are quite deserted by them,
though there has been no falling off in
the number of gnats and other insects
on which they live. Great injury would
be done to French agriculture by insects
if the birds should avoid the country.
1t is to be earnestly hoped that their
petition will be needed, and the deadly
batteries and wires will be removed. =
Youths Companion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
Rooms the Queen Locks UP.

AS is well known, the Queen is in the
habit of keeping rooms which have been
occupied by deceased relatives locked
up. The apartments at Claremont i'll
which the Princess Charlotte died more
than seventy years ago are vigorously
closed, and nobody is allowed to use
them. Prince Albort's apartments al
Windsor, Osborne and Balmoral are all
kept precisely as they were when he was
alive, and, on the wall Of the room in
which he expired there is n tablet with
All inscription, recording the fact that
''this apartment was the scene of his
demise" The Duchess of Kent's rooms
ut Frogmore are also shut up-an ar
rangement which renders that abode
absolutely useless, inasmuch as they are
the best in the house. Frogmore, by
the way, is officially part of Windsor
Castle, and any repairs that are done
there go into the castle account. The
Queen has also kept John Browns S
rooms Mt Windsor entirely closed since
tue death of that domestic, and largo
brass has been erected in the apartment
i'll which he expired, with all inscription
commemoruting his virtues and deplor-
ing his loss
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
He Was An Old Man, But Lively
One

We were sitting in front of David
sons grocery one summer afternoon,
when some one observed that "Old Tay-
lor' was coming. He was q dried up,
little old man, who might have been
anywhere from 80 to LOG years old, and
he had a voice to remind you of broken
glass rattling in tin pan.
''Now, boys" said the village shoe
maker, who was about 45 years old, and
weighed 175 pounds, "1'll show you
some fun. I'm going to scare old Tay-
lor half to death.
The old man drove up before any ex-
planation could be sought, and, after
hitching his old plug he stood for a
minute to wipe the dust off his ancient
plug hat with his elbow. The shoe
maker took advantage of this to adj
vance and say:
"Uncle Taylor, it is over twenty years
ago that sold you a pair of boots on
tick. They have never been paid for
yet"
"They didn't fit, and they never will
be paid for!' hotly replied the old man.
81 have waited and waited" con-
tinued the cobb!er, "but my patience is
finally exhausted. You must now pay
me, or I'll take it out of your hide"
"Goin' to lick me, hey!" shouted
Uncle Taylor, as he drew back a step.
'I'll have to, " answered the creditor.
"Then pitch right in!'
"Will you pay?"
'No, sirl''
"Unc'e Taylor, / hate to break you in
two, but if you don't pay that old debt
''Then come on!' squealed the old
man. and with that he swung and
caught the shoemaker on the jaw and
laid him ont He followed it up by
piling on, and he kicked, bit, scratched.
and pounded so vigorously, that inside
of three minutes the cobbler was shout
ing to us to take him off. He was
licked man. Instead of having fun with
the old man, the old man had made a
circus of him. We hauled him into the
shade of a sugar hogshead and famed
him with q hat, and after about ten
minutes he family remarked:
"Boys, was | liclked?"
Fright from the mark, we answered.
"And by old Taylor alone?"
eyes"
wen, IHiG SHOWS NJ" han Cau 10
mistaken" he sighed. ~''For over
twenty years l have fondly figured that
I could lick that old cuss with my eyes
shut and both hands tied behind me,
and now he does mo mp i'll fight of
my own picking and with all my tackle
eear! Please leave me alone for q
while, boys. My head swims, and my
body aches, and l want to reason it out
and find some excuse for making a fool
of myself. ~ New York Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
A Methodical African Explorer.

From the second and last part of the
Scientific Results of DR.. Wilhelm Jun
kcr's Travels in Equatorial Africa, we
learn that the doctor, when on the
march, wears coat of his own design
ing, with numerous pockets for his note
books, his watch and compass. From q
button hang pencils of different colors
red for his route line, blue Tor the
streams, and black for noting the time,
direction of his course, and incidents.
Throughout a journey of nearly four
thousand miles he Travelled entirely on
foot, thus making his notes both more
exact and more legible. On starting IN
the morning, he would enter in book,
ruled especially for the purpose, the
exact time of departure; and thereafter,
at the end of every five minutes OF
actual marching, the direction by the
compass i'll which he was going. He
would also indicate by varions signs the
breadth and depth of streams and the
direction of their currents, the character
of the country, the apparent distance
and height of any prominent object, the
names of places, tribes, ETC., rs well as
the readings of the aneroid and thermo-
meter. At night these notes were care
fully copied with pen and INK into q
larger book one page generally, some
times two, being devoted to days
march. So numerous we're these various
details, that DR.. Hassenstein found 1T
impossible to reproduce them all upon
his map, although on a scale OF l,75o,0OO.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01

THE slaughter of the dervishes on the
Niles bank has raised shudder even
in England. where shooting savages is
regarded as a part of the empires great
civilizing mission. The position of the
poor wrctchcs i'll this case is particularly
horrible. They advanced many days
journey across the desert, and almost
reached the Nile, painting for drink of
its refreshing waters. But there on the
bank the Khodivo's troops were drawn
up. The savagcs fought whole day in
the broiIing Soudan sun to get at the
water, but without avail, and they hid
themselves at night in the hills. Mount
ed cavalry secured the banks all night
to prevent the tribcsnen reaching the
Nile, and gun boats flashed electric
lights and fired shells continuously with
the same oh. Get. All next day the same
tactics were observed, and scores of poor
Arabs have now been found dead, their
parched tongues protruding and shriV-
eled
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01

THERE seems to be a Sunday closing
movement sweeping over the country.
In Cincinnati the authorities have sue
cceded for at least one Sunday in clos
ing not only the liquor stores but also
the stores of the cigar dealers and con-
fectioners. The BARRIERS Association is
making an effort to close all the barber
shops in that city, also, on Sunday
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
UP AND DOWN.

s'I called, sir, said old J1nks to the
tailor, sin reference to the letter you
sent about the way my son has treated
you. guess you will find him all right
in the future, because he has promised
me to settle down"
.eThat doesn't interest me" replied
the tailor; 81 want him to settle up.
so TO HARMoNIzE.
Miss Giggle-There is that insuffer-
able snob, Mr.. Piggle, driving his dog
cart.
Miss Wiggle-He ought to be in a
pup p-cart. II Epoch.
WALL STREET MAN.
| George--Did Gus ever operate in
! Wall street,
| Frank-Ycs, he swindled a fruit wo-
man once out Of banana. Il New York
Epoch.
FLIES AR d9ss5TSG&
Miss Boston-.z.-dIsss sNN growing in
culture, learn fronftnc it;lbiic prints,
Miss Wabash.
Miss Wabash-zyou're dead right.
When it comes to cult there's no flies On
us.-[Epoch.
THAT SETTLED 1T.
"That settles it," said o prisoner
whom His Honor sentenced to the Work
House for sixty days the other morning.
"Settles what2" asked the officer to
whom the remark was addressed.
81 have been troubled in my mind
whether to go down to Long Branch or
up to Mackinac this summer. Now l
won't have to go to either. - The De-
troit Free Press.
MIsER's TRICK.
"Now, boys" asked the miser, as
twelve pair of eyes gazed hungrily at
the steak over which he invitingly held
the knife and fork, ''How many of you
will take nickel and go to bed without
any supper?" With visions of tops,
marbles and similar attractions, there
was ready chorus of "I's," but alas for
their bright-hucd dreams In the morn
ing, refreshed by sleep, their appetites
whetted to n ravenous degree, the old
man asked: "And now, who will give
five cents for his breakfast ?"-[L
THE LITTLE GARDENER.
know gard dncr, bright and spry,
But for a certain reason
llIs crops, tho blest with culture high,
Are far behind the season.
More faith is what the laddis needs,
For he is always doubling,
And every day digs up the seeds
TO see if they are sprouting.-lJudge.
1T WILL FILL LONG FELT WANT.
Cumso-I see that Edison has in
vented machine by means of which
persons face can be seen miles away.
Mrs. Cumso-Oh, how nice You'll
get one, George, and then when we go
to the theatre you can see man on the
street without leaving your seat.-LLife.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01

AND now it is a Missouri catfish
weighing eighty pounds. A respectable
colored woman of that State, whose rep
utation for verac;ty is unimpeached, but
who has cultivated the habit of telling
fish stories, has something to say about
the fish. The other day, while engaged
i'll washing some linen on the banks of
stream that runs through Louisiana,
Mo-, it occurred to her that, without
pausing i'll her work, she might have II
little fun fishing. Accordingly she
baited hook and threw it into the
water, tying the shore end OF the line to
one of her ankles. She caught the big
catfish, but, according to a dispatch sent
to the st. Louis Globe Democrat, 1.-TWO
mems united strength was necessary to
save the woman from watery grave,
for the fish was rapidly pulling her into
the river" More likely, comments the
New York Tribune, it took ''Uwo mems
united strength" not to speak of the
colorcd woman's, to manufacture this
pleasing narrative.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01

In Canton, China. with its 10000
inhabitants, are fifteen Christian
chapcls, where missionaries and the
native ministers preach the gospel, not
on Sundays only, but daily, and from
two to four hours each day, to audiences
varying from fifty to several hundred.
After the sermon these evangelists con-
tinue the services.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01

The Court of Spain.undcr the reign of
It's baby King, is obliged to maintain a
Lord of the Bottle, II Purvoyor- General
of One Cows Milk, Lady in Waiting
with Rocking Chair Obligations, two
pages to carry certain unmentionables,
and an Overseer of Toys and Books
Socialists in Madrid are beginning to
grumble at all this.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
Diamonds at the Paris Exposition.

Writing of the displays of the Paris
Exposition, a correspondent says: Zone
sees the diamonds in every state, from
the time they are taken from the mine
until they are finally set in the most
beautiful bracelets and rivieres. A most
splendid and interesting exhibition,
The exhibition of the diamond cutting
is more complete, a number of the most
skillful workmen have been brought
from Holland and can he seer at work
on the different branches of the trade.
First we see those who pick out, test,
and finally select the stones that are to
be cut; then those who decide how these
stones shall be cut, and finally the
workmen who cut and polish them on
the whirling grindstones which, with
the new motor, make 2,400 turns per
minute. In order tu make this rXpoSi
tion complete one, Messrs. Boas have
one of the old grindstones which were
formerly used. These ure worked 10y
hand, and the workmen take turns at
the wheel The expense is sin times
that of the grindstone worked by s'Cam,
and the work so tiresomc that the men
who turn the wheel have to be changed
every fifteen minutes,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01

TIE Australian kangaroo VIII soon
join the bison of the North American
prairies. Kangaroo skins are so val
liable that even the young are killed by
hundreds, and Melbourne naturalist is
of the opinion that Australia will soon
have seen the last specimen of the inter
esting marsupial. Twenty years ago
sometimes migrated on masse, now
troops of two or three dozen can be found
only in the arid bush land near the
hcadwItors of the northern tributaries
of the Darling River.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01

AN unusual number of deaths by
drowning are reported from summer re-
sorts on the Atlantic coast Comment
ing ON this fact the Trenton On. j.
Times says: There seems to be even
larger quota than usual of smart
swimmers this season. The lfo-guards-
men who go out to save them from
drowning thereby risk much more valu-
able lives than the ones they design to
reScuo,"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01

ACCORDING to tho Boston Herald,
which appears to have studied the fig
ures, the cost to France, i'll actual mon
ey, of the foolish destruction of its
forests, has already amounted to nearly
$47, 100000, and even yet the effects of
the devastation of century ago have
not been removed. The national mu-
scum at Washington has on exhibition
a collection of photographs which give
vivid illustration of the nature and
extent of the erastation wrought in
Franco by the common people during
the revolution.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01

THERE are over 100000 more widows
than widowers in England. In France,
for every 100 widowers there are 1874
widows. These facts lead the West
minister Review to treat the growing
disposition of men to marry late in life
us very serious evil of modern society.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
OUT in India, the editor of an English

Our in India, the editor OF an English
paper gets from $5, 900 to $1,000 year.
He does not have much to do, because
the heat makes it impossible for him to
do much. He fills his paper with editor
ials and clippings. In the matter e1 of
The editor has to keep his eye ON floods
and cyclones A short time ago hail
storm killed $50 people in an open field.
When the weather furnishes such items
it is, of course, big thing worth look
ing after,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01

One OF the 4ourishing Grades of San
Francisco is shark fius. The Chinese
residents pay 10 cents pound for these
delicaces, and it is sad among "iirst-
chop" Celcstials, "shark fin soup ranks
MS high as that made from edible birds
nests"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
there must be some monstroui

man; there must be some m0nStrOui
mistake about it all.
Natalie seized pen and paper, and sent
Giacinta to the Bargello with a tear
stained note declaring her belief in his,
Philips entire innocence, and her shame
at her uncle's conduct.
Philip, in durance vile, poured out as
much of his soul as the back of an old
playbill would hold, in reply.
Thus these two lovers-for the cruelty
of the tyrant uncle had reused in both
young hearts this consuming passion
were made to suffer, each for the dis
tress of the other, in hopeless uncer-
tainty.
The third day of Philips bondage, a
young woman, with a handkerchief
bound over one eye, presented herself
at the Palazzo Roseli and asked for the
young contesSa.
"They tell me that young English
signorino is in prison for stealing the
contessa's money!" she began. "Per-
haps they will let him free if l tell what
L saw on Thursday night when the
money was taken"
"What did you see? Tell me every
thing!" cried Natalia, eagerly.
"Pm chambcrmaid in the house
across the street. A bad headache was
on me on Thursday night; couldn' t
sleep, and came to the window for fresh
air. / saw two men prop ladder
against your window. One man was a
big, brawny, evil-looking fellow the
other was lame"
So This lame man, was he old or
young?"
cold, signorina, with one shoulder
higher than the othe"."
HPa-lo !" said Natalia, under her
breath ''my intuition was right. Go
on-what happened then 2"
"The big man began climbing the
ladder. l thought it all looked sus-
picious, and l slipped out of my room
to give an alarm. 1t was dark as pitch
in the corridor, and L fell down stairs,
giving my head furious blow on the
stone stairs. was wild and wandering
like till yesterday, because of this
wound on my head. To-day L remem-
Der everything, and thought it right to
tell the slgnorlna contessa.
With all possible haste Natalia dis
patched a man of the law to Libro
Aperto, to question Paolo, the farm
servant. Paolo was accused of the theft,
frightened into full confession of his
guilt, and the greater portion of the
money was recovered.
Philip, upon his release from prison,
learned from italian friends the history
of the Roselli family.
The young cOntessa was considered
little less than an angel by those who
knew her well.
''Poor child!" CO tinued Philips in
formant, "she hasn't friend or pro-
tectOr on earth but that faithful old
nurse, Giacinta. Her uncle is a hard,
cruel man, and the rest of the family
are all gone. There is barely enough
money left to keep this young contessa,
the last of a long and noble line, from
actual want. The big patazz0 has the
name of being haunted, and they can't
get tenant for any of the scores of
rooms. l wish some prince would fall
in love with the contessa and give her
the surroundings she deserves.
instead, - Thought Philip, he betooIs
himself to the Palazzo RoselH.
A week later the poor artist, poorer in
his own estimation than in reality,
offered himself heart and soul to the
beautiful patrician.
'.My darling Romeo, I could not-live
without you," was her shy response to
his pleading Il Frank Leslie's.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

SINCE August 3, 1887, this Govern
ment has purchased bonds to the amount
of $l63, 1882, $50, and thereby saved
$34,413, 692 to the people.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
a1nrtrn AND 5atisrrllamn,
a NATTER OF TASTE.

a NATTER OF TASTE.
Says the peacock to the rabbit,
@'Who's your tailor? tell me, pray;
For, good sir, he's cut your eoat-tail
In most old-fashioned way.
Look at me,
Would you see
What a stylish tail should bel"
Says the rabbit to the peacock,
Who's your barber2 tell me pray,
For his shears have shorn your ears, sir,
In a most old fashioned way.
Look at me,
Would you see
What a stylish ear should be-"
Esther B. Tiffany, in ST. Nicholas.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01

FoUR HUNDRED miles of natural gas
and oil pipe lines are to be built this
year in the Western States, and it is
probable that if these enterprises pay
other lines will be built on q larger
scale.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
Advertising Rates.

Reading notices. 10 cents per line each insertion,
But NO charge made of Less than OIL. %. Probate
and commissioners notices "a tnserttons) o.. %
Lberations. Esrays, &C. (3 insertions) 81. 80. Leea
soticea q tnse<tions1 10 cents Der Line
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
A QUEER SECT.
PECULIARITIES AND VIRTUES
OF THE SHERMANITES.

They Are All Small Farmers in
Alabama - Are Contented and
Happy, and Never Cut Their Hair
or Beard.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
AFRAID.

The ragman dreamed
A garment seemed
This statement to have made
''Oh, when I'm new
don't dread you,
But when I'm old I'm frayed"
Philadelphia Press.
COULDN'T STAND ANY WORSE.
Mr.. Curtis tell you what It's, you
could have far worse husband than |
am
Eunice (his wife)-I don't want one.
i Epoch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
IT WAS EXPLAINABLE

"Weigh me, please ?" said Briggs, as
he stepped on the grocer's scales.
The man who manipulated the weights
looked at him in astonishment. Briggs
looked as though he ought to weigh
about 12O pounds, but the beam bal
anced at POP.
"You must have something heavy
about your clothes, said the grocer.
"Oh, that's it," reioined Briggs; 81
have my summers ice bill in my pock-
ct. - New York Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
FLIES ARd1ssaaST.

Iih''' nst~ ~MsArSSksIS1~
Miss Boston-7zd7ass 40 growing in
culture, learn 'front.' tine ir;Ibiic prints,
Miss Wabash.
Miss Wabash-zyou'r Dead right.
When it comes to cult there's no flies On
us. .-[Epoch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01
ADMIRATION.

care you unfriendly with this MANI"
asked the Judge.
az am not, sir; / used to bo, but l
amt now"
"What has caused this sudden change
in your feelingsl"
"Wcll, Judge, l never knew before
how hard he could hit. He certainly is
a daisy. - Merchant Traveller.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-08-01

ShYlcigh-Are you fond of animals?
Miss Mature Very.
Which one do You like
best!
Miss Muture with q far away look)
MAN. Time.
The Irish standard., 1889-02-09
A. Sweet Voice.

There is no power Of love so hard to
get and keep az kind voice. A kind
hand is deaf and dumb. It may be
rough in aesh and blood, and do the
work of soft heart, and do it with a
soft touch. But there| is not one thing
that love 50 much needs as a sweet
voice to tell what it means and feels,
and it is hard to get and keep 1t in. the
right tone. One must start in youth
and be on the watch night and day, at
work. at play, to get and keep q voice
that shall speak at all times the thought
of q kind heart. But this is the time
when sharp voice is most apt to be
got.
You often hear boys and girls say
words at play with a quick, sharp tone,
AZ il it were the snap of a whip. When
one of them gets vexed, you will hear
a voice that sounds as if it were made
up Of a snarl, whine and q bark.