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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

20 say: "I can't do that"
Then they thought perhaps he was too weary
to speak, and they said: Now, if you can't
say 'Juggernaut,' think of that God" He
VNo, no, no. They then bent down to his
pillow, and they said: I'm what will you
trustp' His face lighted up with the very
glories of the celestial sphere as he cried out,
rallying all his dying energies: Jesus"
o come to-day to the fountain--the fountain
omen for sin and uncleanness. | will tell you
the whole story in two or three sentences.
Pardon for all SIN Comfort for all trouble.
Light for all darkness. And every wilder
ness has a well in it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27
Esau Finds a Friend.

Little Madeline was eating boiled par
fridge for the first time. and great was
her delight at it's flavor. Its nicer
than anything / ever tasted, quoth she,
land 1 don't blame Esau n but: What
has Esau to do with it, queried
her mother. "Why, you know, mann
ma" said the little one, IN grave
surprise at such Ignorance, che sold
his birthright FOR mess OF part
ridge, - Phi atlollhia Item,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27
Value of Dead Chinaman.

A Chinaman i'll Canton was i'll the
habit of stealing his masters money and
swallowing it. At last he died of his
bad habit, and when the surgeons exam
med him thirty-two ten-cent pieces
were found in tho interior, and two o.
t ,sm had lodged 80 awkwardly rs to
cause his death. "Such" piously re-
marks the Chinese commentator. are
the wages of unhallowed greed" If
money-swallowing is a common habit of
All Sin we can understand why, when
he dies abroad, his relatives are so anx-
ious to have his material envelope sent
home to them. 4 dead Chinaman may
be ms good as gold mine to his sorrow
ing kinsmen. Pail Mall Gazette.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

I met Christine Nilsson, now Count
ess de Miranda, while walking the other
day in the boulevards of Paris. Woe is
me How direfully has the once lovely
Swede changed for the worse. She has
not faded, but she has fattened/ Her
face is broad, her features heavy, and
the expansion of her cheeks has dimin-
ished the apparent size of her once lus-
trous blue eyes. Her bright fair hair
alone reminds the spectator of her for
mer charms. The winsome songbirds
of the past quarter of a century are one
by one losing their notes and their
plumage as well.-[St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27
A Jointed Snake.

Mr.. W. W. Hardy brought to our
office recently in glass jar live
snake of the species known as "joint-
ed, or glass snake, from the fact that
in summer, if struck with switch, it
will jump up in the Air and fly in pieces.
The pieces thus disiointed from the body
die, but the parts will grow out again
until the snake resumes its former pro.
portions. The ono in question had a
joint of its tail broken off, which is now
growing out. When the weather gets
warmer we will have public exhibition
of the voluntary ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
parts. Mr.. Hardy will preside, and
says if this one does not do as he says,
he will produce one that viii. IL Bruins
wick Ga Advertiser,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

AN Ell Paso reporter was recently
shown strange freak of nature. Mrs.
L. Howard witnessed the balloon
ascension, and few days later pre-.
scented Mr.. Howard with nice little
boy, who bears a singular birthmark,
which is nothing more nor less than a
perfect representation of Professor LIE
Roy's balloon. The photograph, as it
might be called, is located just above
the eyes, on the forehead, and every
outline of the balloon is boldly por-
trayed in purple lines in the skin of the
infant; even the patch on the air-ship
can be seen, being reproduced by
patch of white skin. The photograph,
as already stated, is perfect, and GER
tainly entities the little fellow to some
Of The gate receipts,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

A FRENCH fisherman who was re-
ported lost, and whose property was
divided up, returned all right after al
absence of two years, but the French
courts hold that he is dead, and he
has got to take a new name and be
somebody else.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

The tensile strength of a wet rope is
found to be only one-third that of the
same rope when dry, and rope satur-
ated with grease or soap is weaker still,
as the lubricant permits the fibers to
slip with greater facility.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

EX-VICE-PREsIDENT HANNIBAL HAM
LIN is now so years of age. He is as
lively as the majority of men at 90.
He has never worn fannels nor an
holding such articles of dress
to be superhuous and unnA 9ssary to a
person in good health.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

Why should DR.. Picrco's medicines not dis
tancc oil competitors In amount of sales as
cines sold by druggists possessed of such WON
derful curative properties as to warrant their
manufacturers in guaranteeing them to cure
the diseases for which they are recommended.
You get q cure or money paid for them re-
turned. The Doctors "G- lden Medical Dis
covery'' cures all diseases caused by do ange-
ment OF the liver, as blliousness, indigestion or
dyspepsia; also all blood, skin and scalp dis
eases, tetter, salt-rheum, scrofulous sores and
swelltnCs and kindred ailmente
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

STATE ENToMoLoGIsT LINTNER, of
New York, says the destruction of vege-
tation by insects was not so great be-
fore the introduction of the English
sparrows as it is now. Down the
sparrow.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

A TEXAN is reported to have invent
ed a machine that will husk twelve
acres of corn day. 1t is still imper-
feet, however, as it will not kiss the
girls of the neighborhood whenever it
husks red ear.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

THE opinion is expressed that if all
that is promised by recent applications
in the use of water sre--Fe- verified,
electric lighting-will be outrivaled both
in cheapness and beauty of light.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

Besides the letters from Mrs. Carlyle, which
an English gentleman named Richie will
soon publish his volume viii contain eleven
letters from Mrs Carlyle's husband, referring
chiefly o his studies for the Cromwell and
turc"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

THE surveys for a railroad in the
valley of the Congo, around the great
cataracts, have been completed. The
length is 264 miles, and will take four
years to complete. 1t will cost So, 000,-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

VIRGINS mas again DroKen use ana
declares that the Middle States will suf-
fer from great earthquake on Aug.
II, 1904. He cannot frighten any one
with an event so far away as that.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

Houghton, Mff1in & Co. expect to bring
out their new edition of Thackeray at the
rate of four volumes month.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27
DistnnceJ I'm the Rncc.

Nevada man has a strawberry patch
which yields \ 900 boxes day.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

IT is related that when Prince Bis
marck met Samoan Commissioner Kas-
son he was struck with the idea that he
had met that gentleman before. "Is
my face familiar to you?" asked Bis
marck, with puzzled expression on
his countenance. "Your features are
known to everybody in our country"
said the courtly Kasson. But the lat
ter was not pleased to think that Bis
marck should have wholly forgotten
their meeting when Kasson was Minis
ter to Austria.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

The farmer who reads and studies is
the one who works to a purpose; while
the one who does not read makes his
efforts at hap-hazard. The farmer is
posted on the markets, and from long
study is able to draw conclusions and
form pretty correct ideas of what it
will be to his interest to market. He
Will not be found nowadays. turning
his attention to raising scrub cattle,
nor building large barns and granaries
to accommodate his prospective crc2 of
oats.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

Roberts Brothers will issue in n few weeks
Mr.. p. W. Clnydcus continuation Of his BIZ
ography Of Samuel Rogers, the first part
having been published 10y them about n year
ago.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27
A Fair Trial

The decrease in the public debt during Ma
is estimated at $S.000,0OO.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

Can the sale of an inferior article constantly
increase for "a years? Dobbinss Electy Soc D
has been on the market ever since 1ee and is
to-day ae ever, the best and pUrest fanny soap
made. Try Il. Your grocer will ret IL.
Christine Nilsson's Lost Beauty.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

II anhcted with soro eyes Or. Isaac Thomp
sons Eye Water. Druggists sell 2sc per bottle
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

Don't hawk, hawk, and blow, blow, disgust
ing everybody, but use DIR. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy and Le cured.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27
Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.

Mild, equable climate certain and abundant
crops Best fruit, grain, grass and stock coun-
try In tho world. Full information free. ADJ
dress OREGON Im'igrat'n Board, Portland, Ore.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-06-27

Again I find in this Oriental scene lesson
or sympathy with woman when she goes
forth trudginy IN the desert What great
change it was for this Hagar. There was the
tent and all the surroundings of Ahrahan's
house, beautiful and luxurious no doubt
Now she is going out into the hot sands of
the desert. o, what change it wasl And in
our day we often see the wheel of fortune turn
Here Is some one who lived in the very bris hit
home of her father. She had everything pos
slble to administer to her happiness. Plenty
az the table, Music in the drawing room.
Welcome at the door. She is led forth into
life by some one who cannot appreciate her.
A dissipated soul comes and takes her out in
the desert Iniquities blot out all
the lights of that home circle
Harsh words wear out her spirits The high
hope that shone out over the marriage altar
while the ring was being set and the vows
given and the benediction pronounced. have
all faded with the orange blossoms, and there
she is to-day, broken-hearted thinking of past
JOY and present desolation and coming an
guish. Hagar in the wildernessl
Here is a beautiful home You cannot
think of anything that can be added to it,
For years there has not been the suggestion
Of a single trouble. Bright and happy chill
dren fill the house with laughter and song.
Books to read Pictures to look at.
Lounges to rest on. Cup of domestic
joy full and running over Dark
night drops. Pillow hot. Pulses flutter.
Eyes close. And the FOOT whose well known
steps ON the door sill brought the whole
household out ct eVentide, crying: Fathers
coming viii never sound on the door sill
again. A long, deep grief plowed through
all that hghtness Of domestic life. Paradise
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26
II. MAX. the t..ur. standard.

NEW YORK. Nov. 25.-lt in stated to-
night that the directors of the Denver Il
Rio Grandc held IL meeting to-day AIT
which an important decision WAS made
affecting traffic. Ii was
voted To make standard the gauge of their
road from Canyon City to Grand Junction.
20 which point tl., Rio (:rande Western
is about completed. to connect with the
Denver a. Rio Grtnde system. This move
mcut will give the Missouri Pacific and
Chicago, Burlington Il Quincy roads "A di-
rect route over less grades and shorter
distance than any other route to San
Francisco. The amount that must bc eek.
pended IA complete the arrangements 10
from to xs,OUU,OOO.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26
A Boys Wonderful E;yesight.

John Thomas Helsop. of Birmingham,
England, is u lad whose powers Of vision
are tn be accounted. among the marvellous.
He is known as "thc living microscopic"
on account of being able to see the most
minute objects clearly defined. In 1873 or
1879 he was attacked with some battling
eye trouble, and caIne very near losing
his cyssight forever. After the disease had
reached it's worst there was AN instant aud
startling change for the better. When
his sight returned il was with rStraordin-
ariiy Increased powers of vision. To John
Thomas the most minute plant louise was
as large as "a rabbit. and the mosquitoes
bill WAS as large az an ax-handlc. He could
see and describe distant minute Objects
with startling clcarness and precision.
He was amazingly iock upon repair
ing to the well tai get "a cooling dratght to
see the immense number of hideous
creatures that were floating, fighting and
about the water. From that
day to this water has never passed the lips
of John Thomas Helsop; his drinks com
sist wholly of coffee, tea and milk. thor
oughly boiled. The doctors say that the
entire organization of the eye has under
gone u structural change that the corner
has become abnornially enlarged, and
that the crystalline lenses have divided
into three different discs or circles, each
circle surrounded 10y another light blue.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26
HE SWEARS OFF.
How His wife Hnsiuced Him to Give an
the Practice eft ssassk imw.

How nia Wife Insiucedi Him Ten give I'm
the Practice of Smoking.
A young benedict i'm his city. says the
Kansas City Times, tells n good Joke ON
himself which illustrates the Influence u
wife has over her husband. provided she
can reach his pncket-book. The young
husband is i'm charge of n Department of
one of the larger retail Main street stores,
a rnemitcr OF the firm. He In addicted to
smoking. and In a moment of
weakness confessed to his wife that
his cigars cost him 81 q day. "Do
you smoke Decent cigars ?' she asked.
He replied in the affirmative, and the
young bride. who had ideas OF her own
regarding economy. asked him IL he would
not give her in the evening when he RI
had smoked during the day for pin money.
She explained that her idea was To break
him Of smoking. and as he acknowledged
he wanted tn quit. but did not have the
courage To do SO, he readily consented to
the proposition.
III was as good as my word for one
kept "a faithful account Of ,hen number OF
cigar l smoked each day.. Sometimes IL
would bs mine, b Wh. more : "f. n
that had given her ssa. That made sii i
naiy s s,sS f %n ",TarSI s sam = my xo SALARY no, w .is.
l had numerous consultations with my
friends before getting married as To
marry on ~ salary of 81 800 "a year and had
been told that he could IL he wasn't too
~extravagant i'm his notioIs. There we're
only two things to Ito, quit smoking or
tell a story every night when I got home.
- would hardly give me time tn put
on my smoking jacket before she would
would ask snow. how many cigars have
you smoked to-day -" Her tone expressed
so much confidence that would have to
'fess up, and at last l told her that, with
her permission, I would swear Oft. She
readily consented, and l haven't smoked
u cigar since"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26
PRIZE FIGHT NEAR SPOKANE.
Nineteen Rounds Fought with skin Tight
ssloSe.-Ihe Fight stopped.

GioSe.-The Fight stopped.
Fails, Nov. ga wicked
prize tight with skin gloves took place six
miles below this city at an early hour
yesterday morning. Two young men
named Walker and Irving had met on two
former octasioiis, the last time about u
year ago i'm Butte. Montana. when Irving
whipped Walker i'm seven rounds. There
had been bad blood between them ever
since. and they w'rt. determined To come
together. To make il more interesting ~
purse Of $iUO was raised To- go to the win
ner, and AT daylight yesterday morning
about forty members of the sporting fra
ternity accompanied the princi-
pals to n place selected for the
fight. Is 9th weighed l:S pound .
Irving had an advantage, his age being "A,
while Walker IL hut II. The fight was
fast and furious from the first. In the
second round Irving sprlincd his right
arm ON Walkers head. Irving was game
and fought pl,ickily till the 18th round.
when lrc spraiucsl the other arm. At the
end of the 18th round the. spectators stop
ped the Hight. both men being badly pun
ishcd. Irving began To cry when the light
was stopped, although hc had no show in
his disabled condition.. Walker generously
offered Ia divide TN" purse. Thc spectators
raised "a purse of $40 which WAS given tn
Irving.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26
when He Went Ia Church.

A wcll-known young lady of this city,
who has been called tn mourn tlie death
of her second husband, WAS standing look
ing over some periodicals. She was ac-
conipanied by her SON, who il aged about
d years. Evidently she was i'm the best of
spirits, for, fortunate woman that she Ia,
she was niarried the third time only "A few
weeks ago. While standing with her lit
tie son the minister who had OBLIGATED at
ting the boy ON the head said: snow. my
little fellow, that we are well acquainted
and l have called at your house so many
times, you must come and hear me
preach" 40, j never go To church," am
swered the hadcsward-bound imp. ~
hain-t got time. l never go to church mn
less mamma is getting married or papa is
getting buried"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26
He Has Resigned.

LwAuKE Nov. 25.-J. e.. Subbs. vice.
president Of tire Chicago, Milwaukee, &
st. Paul road, admitted tonight the truth
of the rumors that he had resigned and
was about 90 return tai his old place as
general manager of the Southern Pacific.
He said the Southern Pacific people. had
said his long service had given them "a
claim on his services, and they were en-
very suddenly he admitted this and says
IL worried him SO he determined. with the
consent of President Miller, of the 81. Paul
road, To return to to them. Mr.. Mill. r
kindly granted this and he goes back. The
matter has caused u great sensation i'm
railroad circles.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26
xh.s .. Ac...ns OF J..s...v.

PINE CITY. Mimi, Nov. 2.-This after
noon William and wife were
visiting William II. Coombs' family.
After helping Co0snbs tn kill ~ calf
Brooker began abusing his wife, whose
sister, Mrs. Coonll,s. intcrfered. Without
n word save N muttertd curse, he sent u
rife ball through her neck killing her i'm
stantly. Hearing the nOise, l,oopmbs
rushed out and was met with a. deadly
charge of shot in the abdomen. Both VIC
Tins died instantly. Brrpoker and CoOnbs
had married sisters and the former was
~insanely jealous. The murderer has been
arrested. Excitement runs high.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26
a Ptttsburx Isoy n iduapuesi.

PIrrsBURG, Nov. 25.-The tw~elvc-year-
old son of John NJ. Bruce. u wealthy gem
tlcman who resides i'm the fashionable
quarter of the East End. has been kid
mapped. presumably by Mr.. Bruce's wife.
from whom he was divorced years ago.
Mrs. Bruce Is an actress aud her home is
i'm New York. She met Brace i'm his city,
and after a brief courtship married him.
They lived together for ten years, during
which time three children We're. born. Al
the tim. OF the divorce Mrs. Bruce nc:
cspted $4,000. gave up her children and
returned To the stage. A day or two ago
IL i~ said she came here and met the three
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26

children returning from school. She is-
troduccd herself as the mother aud In
duced the twclvc-year~old boy to take y
walk with her. The boy and his mother
left for New York. The police have moth
fed officers in the eastern cities, hut ~
yet have received mo- reply.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26
n N STOCKS.


Va 49, nn0W0o IN A0rWet VALUES ~ ssC
New Y0rk Exchange.
New YORK. Nov. 5.-Stocks wrrc only
fairly acsive to-day and remained weak.
declining almost throughout h entire
session though the fluctuations I'm tire rR-
ular list were conf fined to small fractions
as n rule. The final n are evenly
divided between small gains and losses.
but sugar is down tai IA. Atchison ~,
Oregon Short Line IN. while Tennessee
coal u ap "a.
GovtrJiusent bonds wcrn dull and steady.
Petroleum. opened strong at 1O93<. hut
after moving up slightly gave way under
selling by Standard Oil brokers and de-
cliussi . GENTS. Sligh reactions then fol-
lowed on which the market closed steady
at 1857. II is tllouoht decline is due To
the ds.sir, of the Standard Oil company
~ reduce premiums paid in oil fields and
take less for certificates in the Specializing
market. There WAS no news in regard To
production tn affect prices.
Stock Exchange: OIs,iing. HOS highest
1905; lowest 1906: closing luics.
CONSOLIDATED Exchange: Opening. 1lol;
highest, III; lowest. los; closing,
1O6L. Total sales :. iss.OnO harrrls.
M. .s.EA
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26

Money on call easy, five tai seven, last
loan six.
Prime mercantile paper at fsfs &c.
Sterling exchange: Quiet. steady; sixty
day bills, S4.Sti4 demand. S4.s5.
Coppcr-Briskcr, stronger Lake Dec.
&13.25.
Lead-Duil stcadicr; domestic. $3.s2I..
Tin-Quict,f firm; straits. S21.D.
Mining ,lptntions as follows:
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-26

A. 4. Playter has just received n large
stock of paints and window glass.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-08
pREsTpRNr aREENE IY INpIANAPoLIs.

Indianapolis, Feb. (speeaD.-Jscob J.. Greene,
president Of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company IS in indianapolis, having for
the purpose, he states Of explaining to the dissatisfied
policvholders here some things regarding the com
panys dealings with Joseph A. Moore which have been
the subject OF criticism. Mr. Greene teegraphed to
Mr. Henderson have the meeting deferred until after
bis arrival to-day but the request was dsregared, and
he expresses surprise He says he cannot help belev
ing that there IS malice IN the course that IS being
pursued by those who to be dissatisfied with the
company. He says that there have been many false
and unfounded statements made regarding the COM
pany's affairs, which really In good condition not
withstandng Moore's defalcation. He asked what
would be done toward capturing and prosecuting
Moore
AS to that he replied, 81 only say that the
policy holders and the public may rest assured that
we will do our whole duty
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-08
GovERyoR HILL AND mn. sowpEy.

washington, Feb. speciaD.-"A little Incident
"The Star" says happened at Secretary whtney's
reception to Governor Hin yesterday afternoon which
has caused good deal Of comment and considered
quite significant Of the Governors ambition
ultimately his residence from Albany to Washington.
Representative stahlnecker introduced Mr.. sowden,
Of Pennsylvania, to the oVernor and added that he
was 'of Allentown Post-oflce Building biz fame
This seemed to confuse the Pennsylvania Congressman
for moment but, looking the head OF the state OF
New-York squarely In tho eye, he said:
"'Wel. Governor you wouldn't have vetoed my bill
IL you had been President would your
The Governor quickly replied: Certainly not
in favor Of ell internal improvements especially for
those who are my frlenda.' y