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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18
Mound Builders Unit of Measure.

A remarkably interesting paper on
the "Unit of Measure of the Mound
Builders has been contributed to the
Cincinnati Society of Natural History
by j. Ralston Skinner. 1t may he pre-
missed that any one going for the first
time through any modern building, and
noting the number and construction of
the various rooms, passages and open
ings, could not fail to observe that they
were on n system under which some
recognized unit of measure prevailed.
Inches and feet as used in Britain could
bc easily worked out in any large Amer
can building as the basis of the system
on which it was constructed. In this
manner n mathematical examination OF
the mounds in Ohio has been made, as
well as of other material from the hands
of the Mound Builders that must have
required accurate measurement to con-
struct. There seems to be no doubt
whatever that the British inch and the
British foot, chiefly in the form of two
foot rule, comprised the unit of measure
employed by the Mound Builders. In
confirmation of these results a stone
measure has been discovered and is now
preserved in the museum of the Ciucin.
natl Society. 1t is just possible that
such unit of measure may have been
worked out by distinct races of people,
widely separated, and wholly ignorant
perhaps of each others existence. Still
the general consensus would be that
races with such unit of measure were
very likely to have had q common origin
somewhere in the remote past. A very
interesting fact brought out by these in
vestigations is that i'll addition to the
inch and the two-feet measures they
had one nine inches, which seems to
have been used for elliptic work.-Indc-
rendenf
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18

once. There's the dinner set you ad-
mired and tea set as well. Where
shall put 'em?"
Bring them in, please, she answered,
rather family. He did as he was bid
and then drove off.
Mrs. Thompson sat down by the
hamper of crCckery and cried as if her
| heart would break. They were magical
tears, too, for they washed all the wear
mess and despair from her face and the
shade from her eyes and heart. She
forgot that she was tired or that the day
was hot; she only thought how kind
Robert was, and what wicked woman
she had been for saying to herself in her
! temper that she'd rather have had
! Squire Burnham. Then she unpacked
/ the treasures, pulling them out from
amid the hay, and singing softly all the
while. o, it was beautiful, that ware!
with its clear Opaque white, and here
and there a delicate tracing of fuchsia
or cOnvOlvulus.
Mr.. Thompson came in and found her
in the midst. "What is this, Jennie"
he asFssl-the old fond name he used to
call her.
"Oh, Robert" taking a step toward
him.
He opened his arms and drew her
close to his heart, kissing her as fOndly
and tenderly as he ever had in the days
of his courtship. 81 have been a brute,
little wife, " he whispered huslily. "Can
you ever forgive me?"
''Forgive you? o, Robertl I never
was so happy in my life. l have been
TO blame. [ have not been SO patient
and kind as might"
eyes, you have. You've been an
angel compared with me; but that is all
over now. / did not think, Jennie; [
did not, indeed"
Robert"
"You shall have more help in the
house-another servant. Well get her
in, Jennie, long before the sewing club
night comes round.
80, Robert, how kind you are! 1 feel
as light as bird.
''And you are, almost, he answered,
smiling a little sadly as he looked into
her eager face. "We'n all turn over a
new leaf, Jane. Heaven knows L did
not mean to be cruel.
''RObert, you were never that.
''Well-we'll let it be; bygones shall
be bygones, if you will. o, 1 forgot to
Il Il
very dull time now, the poor fellow
says, without a job on hand; 50 l thought
I'd give him one. They'll be here to
begin tomorrow morning"
''You-are-not going to have the
house done up?" she exclaimed in wild
surprise.
every square inch of it. And, once
the painting and that's finished, we'll
see what else we can do to make it look
little bit brighter"
She hardly believed it; she burst into
tears.
''And Ihave been so wicked?"she cried.
"Only to-day l had quite wicked
thoughts, Robert / was envying Mrs.
Burnham L was feeling angry with every
body. 1t WAS the discouragement,R Rob
ert,"
eyes, it was sdiscouragement," he said,
quite humbly. eve will do better for
the future, Jane; I'll try another PLAN
She cried silently for II minute longer;
soft, happy tears; fecli 2g that light had
darkness.
''And it has all risen from my irving
TO cag1y out for Il bit that blessed pro
verb, a soft answer turneth away I
wrath = she murmured. "Robert, did |
you ever before see such lovely white
ware ?"-Argosy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18
Hay-Fever.

"What are the causes, nature, pre-
ventiOn and cure of hay-fever? What
places are exempt from it What are
the latest opinions Of the medical pro
fession respecting this disease z"
The most recent opinion is that it is a
neurosis, OF an affection of the nerves, a
peculiar susceptibility of certain nerves,
terminating in the mucous membrane,
to irritation from the pollen of various
plants.
1t is only about seventy years since it
was first described under the name of
summer catanh. 1t prevails much more
extensively in some countries than in
others, being twice us common in Eng
land as elsewhere, and much less com
mon at the South and in Canada than
in our Northern States. 1t is q rare dis
ease west of the Mississippi.
It's seat is the mucous membrane of
the nOstrils, eyes, pharynx, larynx and
bronchial tubes. 1t sometimes assumes
an asthmatic form, and hence has been
called hay asthma. The susceptibility
to it is often inherited.
Although it is caused by pollen, vet
the inhabitants of rural districts are less
liable to it than visitors from the city.
In this respect it is like other diseases.
Yellowfever, for instance, is most likely
to attack those who come from abroad
into the infected locality.
1t is called hay-fever, but the pollen
of many different plants may give rise
to it. 1t prevails from May to August.
All patients are not susceptible to the
pollen of the same plant. That of the
grasses is perhaps the most potent.
June is most prolific of pollen grains.
Eight hundred day have been col
lected on glass less than half an inch
square. Rains often wash the atmos-
phere nearly clear OF them.
To be sure of escaping the annual at
tack, one must remove to region at
distance from the offending vegetation,
say to the White Mountains in New
Hampshire, Mt Mansfield in Vermont,
the Adirondacks in New York, to ex-
tended grazing regions, to the seaside
where the prevailing wind is from the
oceaR, or to densely inhabited cities,
with few parks and open spaces. Res
pirators are help.
The general system needs to be forti-
fed, say by shower baths and tonic
and the local irritation
should be allayed under the advice of a
physician. Each attack increases the
and frequently recurring
attacks may lead to deafness, as the
tube generally shares in the
irritation. n.-YOHth'S Companion.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18
Not Above the Snow Line.

A bridegroom took his wife on tour
to Switzerland for the honeymoon, and
when there induced her to attempt
with him the ascent of the highest
peak. The lady, who at home had
never assembled n bill higher than a
church, was much alarmed, and had to
be carried by the guides with her eyes
blindfolded, so as not to witness the
horrors of thepassage The bridegroom
walked close to her, expostulating re
specting her fears. He spoken "honey-
moon whispers" but the rarefaction of
the air was such that every word was
audible. "You told me Lenora, that
you always felt happy, no matter where
you We're, so long as You We're i'll my
company. Then why are you not
happy now z"
"Yes, Charles, | did" replied she,
sobbing hysterically, "but L never
meant above the snow line.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18

Papa chat is to be)---What are youl
prospects, Mr.. de Brazen?
Mr.. de Brazen-Merely that of being
yonr son-in-law, sir l don't want any
thing better Life.
FAIR WARNING. 3.
She--You must never let father see
you put your arm around my waist.
He-Why, would he be so angry?
Nhee-No, dear; but he would try to
.sDorroW some money from you.-LQe.
DOMESTIC PULL. :.
Mrs. Topploft-Do you ever. have
any trouble III getting money from your
husband!
Mrs: Oleboy-None in the least. /
accuse him every once in a white of talk
ing i'll his sleep.-JeyTe Haute Erpress.
AN UTTER FAILURE
'"Was yoru rainbow tea a success ~
ooh, N.Y. no. 1t actually poured
that afternoon, and not man turned
out Rain--beaslx, indeedl We had a
dreadfully stupid time"
ICE WILL BE HIGH.
"Clara, who was that young man that
spent last evening with you?"
Papa, that was Charlie Cool, the son
of Mr.. Cool, the ice man."
HAS his father got any ice z"
ga little, Charlie says"
"Marly him, my dear; he'll be mil
honaire. Chicago Herald.
ANSWERED.
Teacher-It seems you are never
able to answer any of my questions.
How is this, my little boyl
Little Johnnie-If L knew the things
you asked me, ma'am, dad wouldn't go
to the trouble of sending me here.
WANTED TO BE PAID.
Dentist Ito patron)-I am through,
sir. What are you waiting for?
Half-murdered Patron (confusedly)-
I-I-was waiting for my pay.-Ihila-
delphia Record.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18
A Lost Color Found.

A lost color has been discovered!
Artists and scientific men have long
wondered about the beautiful ''azZurri-
no" found in the ruins of Pompeii. NJ.
Fouquc, the m ncralogist, with a mix
ture of sihcato of copper and of lime has
now obtained the brilliant crystalline
''azurc" of Pompci. It is n tint per-
fcctly Interchangeable and identical with
the AlcXandrinn blue which was known
to the Ptolcmics and imported into Italy
in the first wears of the ChristiaE era,
The hue is "Sky of heaven.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18
Whitechapel Economy.

An old lady who lives in Whitechapel,
London, spends weekly shilling as fol
lows: Her rental is paid for her, and
her weekly allowance consists of relief
tickets for cwt. of COAL one lib. loaf,
2 OF. of tea, J lb. of sugar and Is, which
is spent as follows: Clothing card, ID;
oil and wool, Id; meat, 3D.; soap, Id;
butter, I'D; vegetables, I'D; apples for
dumpling), I'd; -four, I'd; total, is. The
''mcJt" means either bones or the trim
mings of fish and meat from an eating
house. She and another old woman put
by one lump coal each week, and this
lasts them through the summer months,
when the coal tickets are not given out,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18
Illumination by an Artesian Well

The seekers after health and rccrea
tiOn in the northern part OF the United
States, have flocked to the State Of Flor
ida, where the Spanish cavalier, Ponce
de Leon, sought the fountain Of youth
over three and II half centuries ago. In
the grounds Of one of the extensive
hotels is an artesian well, twelve inches
in diameter and over 400 feet i'll depth,
which delivers over 10000, 900 gallons Of
water per day. This water is applied
directly under a turbine water wheel,
which covers the well and operates the
dynamos that generate the electricity
for Illuminating the hotel and spacious
grounds. The temperature of the water
is increased about degrce for every
fifty feet of DEPTH and the temperature
OF the present discharge oil the well Is 81
degrees.
1t was intended to carry the well to II
greater depth, but the loss OF the tools
caused the abandonment of the work III
its present state This method OF using
the flow from artes!an wells Tor the OPP
Grafton of water wheels is not without
precedent, as the water from number
of artcsian wells on the Continent has
been used for that purpose and also for
heating. The artesian wells at Grenoble
have been used for heating the hospital
in that place, and in Wurtemburg large
manufactures are heated i'll the same
way. :,
it is proposed to sink other wells in
various parts of Florida, i'll the hope
that the same water bearing strata may
be reached. The supply from the pres
ent well is remarkable for its steadiness
and continuity of force.-4NanaJact'"er
and Builder.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18
Advertising Rates.
IT I. BUT KNEW.

II but knew what the tree-tops say. %
whispering secrets night and dav.
I'd make song
For you
10 sing and sing, your whole life long.
If but knewi
If but knew how the lilies brew
Nectar rare from a drop O dew
A cup I'd fill
For you,
With q magic mixture to ward off ill
If | but knewI
If but knew. one elegant word
Sweet as the note of wooing bird
I'd tell my love
To you;
And-would it fail your heart to MARI
If / but knewi
Amy. Leigh in Once a Week.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18
Overland Tea.

It is well known that most of the tea
intended for consumption i'll European
Russia has been diverted from the over
land route and now goes to Russia by
steamer, either via London or direct to
Odessa. The finest tea of all, owing to II
prevalent opinion that sea carriage I'M
pairs the flavor, still continues to go over
land; but though Russians are in the hab-
it of paying prices for tea unhcard of in
this country, the caravans would have
little to depend on now if they trusted for
support to the tea which still goes over
land to Russia. They rely, however, on
the coarse brick tea which is consumed
III Mongolia, Manchuria, and Siberia.
On my way back to Pekin from visiting
the Great Wall, met numerous large
armed caravans of camels, laden with
tea, and often preceded by picturesque,
tierce-looking Tartar horseman, lance in
hand, who glared rather ferociously at
the strange ''foreign devil" The de-
mand for brick tea-manufactured ut
HankOw, 600 miles up the Yang-Tse-
kang, and Foo-Choo on the Min,
whence it is shipped to Ticn- -Tsin--is
great and annually increasing, the in
habitants of Mongolia, Manchuria, and
~
while sometimes it even takes the place
! OF currency, the value of articles being
calculated in bricks of tea. In spite of
the fact that this trade is so hopelessly
weighted by the enormous charges for
overland carriage, the demand is so
great that more than 10000, 900 pounds,
principally brick, were conveyed over
land in 1887 to Mongolia, Siberia, and
Russia, via Kalgan-that is to say, an
amount equal to about one third Of the
total annual consumption of Great Brit
ain. 1t is therefore not difficult to i'm
agine the sudden development which
will take place in this trade alone, when
not inconsiderable proportion of the
heavy overland charges are knocked off
by the advent of II railway. And tea is
only one of the many specific articles of
commerce for which this railway will
create an intensified demand. Coal, for
instance, which is found within sixty
miles of the capital, and now costs from
$15 to $40 per ton at Pekin, will prob
ably be reduced in price to considerably
under 50 -Bdck7DOOd's M11dzi1e
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18
A CONTENTED MIND.

Papa chat is to be)---What are your
prospects, Mr.. de Brazen?
Mr. de Brazen-Merely that of being
yonr son-in-law, sir. 1 don't want any
thing better.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18
EARLIER INFORMATION.

"Why, George" said girl to her
little brother, 'I've just heard that you
were whipped at school last stweek. [ had
no idea of it till ma told me few min
utes ago"
Hadn't you?" responded Georgie.
And then he added with an air of pride,
"Why, I knew it at the time.
ANYTHING BETTER THAN SUSPENSE.
Winifred-And so Emily Tenseasons
is going to be married 1 hope she may
be happy.
Maud-Well, at any rate, she'll have
a chance to see whether she can be hap
py or not.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18
THE JOKERS' BUDGET.
JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY
MEN OF THE PRESS.
Where They Met-A Very Close
Friend-A Nose for Music, etc.,
etc
WHERE THEY MET.

WHERE THEY MET.
Angry Wife (after quarreD-Seems
to me we've been married about hum
dred years. [ can't even remember
when or where we first met
Husband (emphatically)-I can. 1t
was at dinner party, and there were
thirteen ut table-Neao York Weekly.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-04-18

Henpecked Husband (reading the
paper and rocking the cradle)-Ahem!
the hustle is going out, / see.
Vixenish Wife (who had just finished
dressing)-You bet it is, and am going
with it. You take care of that baby till
[ get back. Boston Courier.
Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23
RODENT AND FELINE.
Tho Rat Climbs Upon Tom aud PuIls His
Bars and Tail

Bars and Tail
A "a: and cat may be seen playing to-
gether almost any CAV at a livery stable in
this city, says 2 Louisville letter. The cat
is big black Tom. with long whiskers. a
short tail, and yellow eves. The rat is a
sleek and fat specimen Of the genus roient,
and has a cunning but prosperous aDo con
tented look The cat is ferceness AMI saw
agery Itself, and bears the scars Of in
Vulnerable battles. not alone with rats and
other felnes, but with dogs as well, and be
has never been whipped and never been
known 70 decline q fgh; Tho rat was
caught IN q wire trap one night last week
BE was 50 uncommoniy large and looked
50 Ugly As he stood upon his hind legs and
rattlcd the wires of his cage that his cspfors
resolved % have scme sport with him and
Tom. Tae cat aud he were, accorain CIV.
taken over 10 a neirhbo-inr saloon, the
doors closed, holes stopped . I'D a select
fesv gathered 20 witness the nzht.
Wben the rat was turned iooss from the
cage Tom was really suG pounced upsn HIM
instarlsf. To tie surprise of a.. however.
he ail ne hurt him rs claws wers
shea,he1 al he plainly invited rorso
TIE rat "a not understsad ,adva1ces. =,
fret. bar was s-cn- reassared All void
finally ruu from fhe ren - the CO. for pro-
lection. II short -'s faey beams fas.
trends 1aeg now 2. 1y fsssther cons stsr-lv
sui seem 20 unfers-s-t each cther rer-
IertT Tie rat ciuss a. over T.us
hack. 0ul.s rs ears s1d tai, and treats as
bz friend wlta the lHost freedom Roth
srsu1 the greater part - thslr t'.s su6e~
fhe stove ia the s-aas of.re sr l4-zs
r.r .ars ~ visitors 60 there g. r-ss "a
uras.ai friendship between sacs na.1r@4
81 e. =.
Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23

K. b. Lyman, = travelling man Of
Grand Rapids, Says After months Of
suffering with avery stubborn case of
Eczema, or fever sore ou uiy leg. and
consulting and taking treatment from
a score or more physicians all over the
country, Dr. LeMorellx, Of Lake View.
Mich, told me OF L0Ose's Extract Red
Clover. ! only used two pounds solid
extract and taking four bottles of fluid
extract internally, AN entirely well. II
was the only thing that the sore Welded
%, and | mad tired every and anything
that hsd been recommended 20 nae.
0r. Lemoreux considers it ore of the
very best remedies as blood purifier
II existence.
Fer sale by White & White, druggists.
Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23
The New Discovery.

Have You heard your friends and
neighbors talking about it2 You may
yourself be one of the many who know
from personal experience Just how
good a thing is. If vou have ever tried
because the wonderful things about it
Is, that when once given a tisl, DIR.
Kings New Discovery, ever after holds
a place IN the house. II YOU have
never used it and should be afflicted
with Il cough, cold, or any Throat,
Lung or Chest trouble, secure a bottle
at once, and give 1t fair trial 1t is
guaranteed every time, or money re-
funded Trial bottle, 10 cents, at Peck
Bros Drug Store.
Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23

The only guaranteed cure FOR
catarrh, cold in the head, hay fever,
rose cold, catarrhal deafness and sore
eyes. Restore the sense of taste and
unpleasant breath, resulting from
catarrh. Easy and pleasant to use.
Follow directions and a cure is war
ranted, 10y all druggists. Send for
circular 10 Abctine Medical Company
OrOyIIle, Cal. For sale hY Peck Bros.
Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23
" ool.
Washed 2iegc : uount.

The delicious fragrance, refreshing
coolness, and soft beauty impaired to
the skin by rozz0uls Powder. COM
mends Il % all lallls.
Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23

The Original Ahet.ne Omtmcntis on
ly put up N large twO-ounce tin boxes,
and is an absolute cure for old sores,
burns, wounds, chapped hands. and all
skin eruptiOns. VII positively cure
all kinds Of piles. Ask Tor the Original
Abietine Ointment. Sold 10y Peck Bros,
at % cents per box-by mail 80 cents.
Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23

All diseases of women and children
are cured by DR.. s. Clay Todd.
Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23
Jobbers' Prices.

Beans a. Sea l.-5 p tashel.
furr-r-l-f SO p p1l1a.
tsg> lsslft ? dozen.
iloLcy -iA2l5e = Fo4ld.
lJt4I0es-15yf9c 2 tusaeL
Telegram-herald., 1889-07-23
SOME CURIOUS WILLS.
A Few Modern Instances OF ges-
tamsaIary EcoensricaEy.

1sstzssrs VI 10 Len Lsxzeies a. the shape
- rsrEOAs ~ Thrir f>sSiss-AH ALos-
s2S~ hse21sAthsa 20 . Cat-A
saaalsr's tr.se Dsseklo1-
Wichita eagle., 1889-01-24
ONE REASON FOR IT.

Viewed from the standpoint of New
England interestedness there is more
than one reason why the managers of
the western railroads should have fallen
into disregard of the properties of good
business morals. The first is that they
have been for years making rates in vio
lation of common honesty. Men who
charge, say, $40 for hauling a car the
whole length of their road and $40 if
they only haul it half way, violate the
plainest principles of arithmetic and
right. They might charge just as much
for the half service, saying that it was as
much trouble and expense as the whole
service would be, but nothing except an
arbitrary and unfair exercise Of power
can account for any greater charge. The
Hartford Courant thinks the people mix
up the pro rata notion, in talking of
this subject, and get themselves out
of the line of fact. More per mile IS
perhaps entirely justitiable, it says but a
totaal mount of charge that is more for the
half service than for which the whole is a
swindle. Suppose the United States
government should establish 1 cent post
age to California, Oregon and Texas, and
charge cents for all nearer points. 1t
would end the career of the party that
adopted such a policy.
Letting individuals have the power to
so reverse the law of common sense is
an invitation to other arbitrary acts.
Then letting them see that the richest
railroad owner of the country acquired
his possessions by operations in Wall
street, many of which are equally de
void of the saving grace of honesty, and
that a host of others do the same, IS not
a suggestion to them that they are ex-
pected to do business according to the
ten commandments.
Railroad troubles are almost invariably
the result of dishonest work, and too
often the sufferer isn't the knave.
Wichita eagle., 1889-01-24
DON'T LEGISLATE 1T.

In answer to the Emporia News screed
on interest, all we have to say is that
money is a commodity and it has price
as all commodities have, which price
can't be fixed or controlled by legislative
enactment. The price of the use of
money is ordinarily denominated inter-
est, and it's no use to sling Gov. Martins
message or the Republican platform at
US, on that question. If the legislature
by enactment renders the market price
of loaned money unstaple and uncertain
in Kansas then the men who own it will
seek another market. AS for the stay
law and interest law, taken together,
they are equivalent to saying to the far
mer, here, you shall only have SO much
for your corn in this state, and you shan't
collect the price we have fixed short OF
two years. That farmer would be a
fool not to carry his commodity to some
other state where he could sell his corn
in competition with the world. and get
his money on delivery of his corn. He
would sell in that other state, too, at a
much less figure than IN the state where
the price and payment are arbitrarily
controlled. 1t is just SO with the money
owner, and all the legislature has to do
to find it out is to monkey with the in
tereSt and collection laws.