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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
Pure Air and Good Health.

To ventilate a room it is not necessary
to make it cold, even in winter. A sup
ply of fresh outside air may be kept up
in the room without materially lowering
the temperature. We have only to take
advantage of certain property of air
when it is heated it expands and rises,
while cooler air takes its place. If we
make openings in the room in or near
the ceiling, the foul air will rise and pass
out, while the pure outside air will enter
and sink to take its place. Because
the current produced is a very gentle
vertical one, it will take little heat from
our bodies, especially us the outside all
becomes heated somewhat in its slow de
scent. Openings under doors and win
dows, or under hase-boards, chill us, be-
cause the air they admit comes in as a
cold, rapid, horizontal current, striking
us directly; and air so admitted does
not so well ventilate the room as air ad
mitted from above. If no other provis-
ion for ventilation has been made, the
windows can be let down little from
the top. A very narrow opening will
suffice Close the lower part of the room
as tightly as may be, but have entrances
and exits for the air above while the
rooms are occupied. To sleep in an un.
ventilated room is still more hurtful. II
| the windows are let down from the toy
| there will be no danger of catching cold.
| 1t is currents striking directly which
produce colds in the head, or throat, OF
chest And it is sleeping or sitting ID
close, unventIlated rooms which makes
one susceptible to colds.-American Ag
/ Ttculturtst
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
Dynamite's Terrible Possibilities.

The terrible possibilities of dynamite
warfare OF long range were shown by the
test of the fifteen inch pneumatic gun
at Fort Lafayette, N. J. A target area
50 by $50 feet was marked off on the
surface of the bay at n distance of 2, 13S
yards by buoys. Eight shells, each
carrying 175 to POI pounds ofdynamite
and nitro gelatine, were thrown. Half
of them struck within the target area,
throwing up columns of water 200 to 300
feet high by their explosions. Six of the
eight shots were effective within the area
of the largest war ships, and the poorest
shots struck so near that they would
have demoralized the crew of II vessel.
The test proved that the time primer
could be cut so as to regulate the depth
under water at which the shells explod-
ed. The last shot with long primer
sank to the bottom of the bay before
exploding and sent up great cloud of
mud and water to height of $50 feet
above the surface. The shells were
driven from the gun by an air pressure
of 600 pounds to the square inch, and
made the flight in twelve to fourteen
seconds. Shells containing 800 to 600
pounds of dynamite are in preparation,
and q test will be made with them
shortly. The fifteen inch gun is de-
signed for the new cruiser Vesuvius and
for coast defenses. The Secretary of
War has awarded to the Pneumatic Dy-
Mantle Gun Company a contract for
seven of these fifteen-inch guns, three
for Sandy Hook, two for Fort Schuhler,
and two for Fort Warren, Mass. These
guns will deliver at distance of a mile
shells containing 800 pounds of dyna-
mite, the explosion of which will knock
down crew and probably sink an iron
clad. Atlanta Constitution,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
Invisible Patches for Shoes.

Procure from the druggists two ounces
wide-mouthed bottle, add to it one-half
ounce of -percha shredded. The
mdia-rubber is frequently procurable i'll
shavings kept for this purpose, III India
rubber supplies. Shake the bottle often,
until the gutta-percha is perfectly dis
solved; it is then ready te be applied.
Scrape gently the boot or shoe until free
from blacling and the leather slightly
roughened; thin by pairing carefully the
edges of the bit of leather to be applied;
dust with the tiniest mite of finely pow
dered resin, both patch and shoe, spread
a little of the cement well over each:
but little of the cement is needed. The
surfaces must be pressed close together
and smoothed with n warm iron or spoon.
The parts will adhere firmly in few
minutes and may then he worn. A few
hours will be required for the cement te
harden. 1t is waterproof; if nicel1
done, the patch will be invisible and
will probably outlast the shoe-a simple
piece of work that may be done 10y g
lady, or within the compass of n boy on
girl of twelve years of age. 1t is mex
pensive; n sufficient quantity of virgin
India-rubber may be bought for ter
cents to do the patching of the shoes oi
a family for quite a length of time, ano
for nickel or ten cents an ounce the
bi. sulphuret of carbon. The very dis
agreeable odor of the latter quickly
evaporates. s.-Iadpendent.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
Homes in Honduras.

The total absence of glass in windows
in Truiillo impresses one as singular at
first, but after several days of the coast
heat he acknowledges the good sense
which endeavors TO open the house as
much as possible to any breeze that may
be stirring. Iron bars cover all the win
dows of dwellings of any size; many
"patios," and the corridors surrounding
them, are tiled with a blue and white
variety of marble, quarried near Pota,
a few miles back from the coast. The
rafters in many houses are exposed, the
space between them being covered with
n native straw colored mating, which Is
also often used ON the walls instead of
plaster; the mating, with the tiled
floors of the room, affords the traveller n
refreshing sense of GOODNESS, after hot
ride under burning sun.
The furniture of the wealthy is made
of the finest grained mahogany, and
some of the massive bedstends will never
be moved from the town to the interior
unless railway is built, for no mule
can carry such immense affairs. Closets
or cupboards are never seen, and in q
hotel one is fortunate if he finds II
clothespress. The most we'll to-do have
no idea of hCme decoration, and even if
homes were made pretty, the wretched,
stupid servants would be unable to keep
them in order. In the middle classes
no house servants are employed, the
mistress of the house being cook,
chambermaid, and waitress, and when
one of these poor souls passes away her
history may be srlmme mp i'll few words:
'She nursed. made 'tortillas, and died. "
n. J. Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
An Odd Will.

Hor"tin, @ -Onder,Ionll, brother of
Bishop Onderdonk, of -PUnnsylSan1a,
and Bishop Onderdonk, of New York,
left will which is unparalleled as to
the peculiarly of its provisions. He
lived and died in Queens county, n. Y,
and left an estate worth between two
and three millions. His will was ad-
mittcd to probate, and has recently been
brought before the General Term for
construction.
The clause in dispute reads as follows:
-''Parental fnithfulness requires and
long experience enables me to point my
descendants to those defects which
bring disrepute, disaster and poverty. /
order and direct that if at the com
menccmcnt or during the existence of
any trust herein created any male de-
sccndant who but for this section would
receive some share of my estate is or be-
comes an idler, sluggard, spendthrift,
profligatc, drunkard, gambler or fast
man; or habitualiy omits rising, break
fasting and being ready for business by
nino o'clock each morning, except Sun
days; or omits pursuing some reputable
business while over twcnty-One and
under fifty years of age; or engages in
hunting, fishing, or unseemly sports on
Sunday; or if any descendant uses
spirituous or fcrmcnted liquor or tobac-
co immoderately; or repeatedly visits
horse races, gambling saloons, lottery
or policy shops, billiard saloons or any
disorderly OF disreputable or qnestiona-
| BILE houses OF resorts; or associates with
idlcrs, gamblers, horse jockeys or fast
persons, or shall marry before reaching
twenty-five years of age without con-
sent of parents OF my executors; or shall
impute anything which shall tend to
bring any one OF my blood except my
inhuman son John into contempt, or
shall contest the probate of my will,
then in either case such person shall
forfeit his interest in my estate
The executors are made the sole
judges of character, and the beneficial
lics must come up to their standard
Neic York UerLh
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
Two Brothers Wed Two Sisters.

Old Liederkranz Hall, on East Fourth
street, was thronged with Magyar
friends of the Kleins and Peppers on
Sunday afternoon to witness the nuptlal
ceremonies which should bind Herman
Klein to Fanny Pepper and Geza Klein
to Charlotte Pepper. 1t is not often
that brothers take two sisters for better
or for worse at the same time, and 1t IS
seldom that two brothers are found to
look SO much alike as the two Kleins, or
two sisters who so closely resemble each
other as the Peppers. The grooms are
blonde, closely shaven, and the brides
are handsome black-eyed and plump
brunettes. The ceremonies were an
nounced for three o'clock, but it was
nearly five before the Rev. Mr.. kOhn-
field, of Kaschau, Hungary, turned his
face to the east and chanted the "Mln-
cha" (afternoon) service. After this the
Huppa (nuptial canopy, of red silk
bordered with orange-satln was raised
upon four small poles held by four sin
gle men wearing their hats. Beneath
the centre of this Herman Klein took
his place, facing to the east and vis-a-
Wis to the officiating rabbi. He was
fanked by Herr Wohlberger, Wolf,
Greenberg and Bernard and Leopold
Klein as his best men. An orchestra
then struck up the Rakozcy march, and
the bridal procession entered the hall
led by the bride, supported by Amelia
and Lena Klein and Misses Wohlberg
and Greenberg. The brides were clad
alike in old-gold silk en- traine, sur
mounted by long wells and orange bios
SONS, while their impending spouses
wore black Prince AIberts. Only one
pair were mated then, as it is an old tai
mudical law that two brothers cannot be
welded to two sisters ON the same day.
The Hebrew day, however, according to
the narrative of the Creation in the
Bible, has no night, as it says, "And
the evening and the morning were the
first day. SO Herman and Fanny were
united Just before sundown, and two
hours later, after the next Biblical day
began, Charlotte and Geza were made
man and WIFE All the principals were
compelled to fast until after the cere-
mony, and the brides were kept scrupu-
lously separated from their grooms the
entire day, neither being permitted to
see the others face until the ring had
been placed upon the brides finger. The
rabbi had previously recited the mar
riage contract in Hebrew, which had
been signed in that language by the
contracting parties. Benediction wine
was then drunk by the new y married
couple, glass was broken to indicate
that separation is as impossible as a re-
union of the broken fragments, and the
bride and groom were declared man and
wife amid a hurricane of ''mozzel
tauvs" (good lucl). A great deal of
wholesale indiscriminate kissing among
the guests followed, and all the pro-
ceedings were duplicated two hours
later at the nuptials of Charlotte and
Geza.-Ne,o York Mercury.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
The Students Got Even.

1t is told in Boston that a party of
Harvard students, anxious to get even
with the Boston police for some un-
doubtedly good reason, bought bar
ber's pole, got a receipt, and started
through the streets, bearing their prop
erty. OF course they were soon stopped
by a policeman. 'Hello, there, what
yer dom 18th that pole2" "Thats our
business. ''Oh, is it? Well, you come
along 18th me-" So he marched them to
the police station. whats the trouble,
officer?" asked the sergeant. "Stealin'
a barber's pole" Then the policemen
gave detailed account of the crime and
the arrest of the criminals, who were
about to be sent to their dungeon cells.
when one of them handed the sergeant
the receipt ''Officer, you may return
to your beat, said the sergeant, and the
students filed ont, bearing the pole
proudly. Two blocks away another
policeman stopped them. Then followed
the same dialogue, another arrest, and
the same scene at the station. And SO
it went on until the young men had
been arrested six times. They might
have been arrested twelve times had not
a general notice been sent ont to the
police not to molest the party of young
men paradng about Boston benring =
BARRIERS pole,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
Style of Pulpit oratory.

The style OF pulpit oratory has chang
ed very much in the last twenty-five
years. The conversational tone, simple,
direct, often homely, sometimes even
colloquial, is the vogue now. The old
style of preaching, with its elaboration of
detail, with its formal exordium, its nu-
merous heads, and its rhetorical perora-
ton, would not hold the people nowadays.
What is looked for and appreciated in
the pulpit is a crisp and epigrammatic
style, with IN element of newsiness and
freshness about it. Such Il style at its
best demands quite as much ability and
culture as the old style. Indeed, itreally
demands more, for it presupposes the
power to condense a great deal of
thought into n few words, which is only
possible to high order of intellect. DR..
Parkhurst and DR.. Paxton, of this city,
are noteworthy instances of this style of
preaching. They both, in an eminent
degree, have the power to put II great
thought before their hearers in few cpl
grammatic sentences, tinged with the
homely vernacular of the people. They
might indeed be called pulpit etchers.
The Young preacher who wants to learn
the secret of public success could not do
bette than study carefully the methods
of these two greatple'chers. .-Ne0 York
Tribune,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
ERICSSoN'S MONITOR.
The Government Came Near Not
Getting the Little Vessel.

Mr.. G. s. Bushnell, of New Haven,
an old friend of John Ericsson, has been
interviewed about him by the New Haven
Palladium. Here is part of what he
said: ''Mr. Ericsson, soon after our ae-
qualntance, let me take the Monitor
plans. He had vowed that he would
never go to Washington with the plan
because the Government owed him $12,-
600 for his engineering work in con-
structing the propeller Princeton, the
first propeller ever built, but would not
pay it. [ took the plans to Mr.. Welles,
Secretary of the Navy, and also to Mr..
Seward, Secretary of State. Mr.. Sew
ard gave me n note to President Lincoln
and on the following day called on the
President. He said he did not know
much about vessels, save fat boats, but
he agreed to meet me the next day with
the board of Naval Commissioners.
Well, at this meeting President Lincoln
heard great deal of adverse criticism
on the part of the naval officers, but he
said that the idea reminded him of the
expression of the girl, who, when she
put her foot in her stocking, said:
There's something in it, Then l re
questcd the board to make favorable
report that there might be a vessel con-
stIucted from the plans. Two were in
favor and one was opposed, and l could
not persuade him to consent. / was
rather discouraged, and 1 saw but one
way to secure adoption of the plan, and
that was to bring Ericsson before the
Board. ] left Washington for New York
that night l saw Ericsson the next
morning, and, by the way, I was admit
ted by n servant girl, Ann, who has been
in Mr.. Ericsson's s service from that time
to the present l succeeded in persuad
ing him to break his vow, and return
to Washington, telling him that all that
i believed was in the way of the accept
ance of the plan was the fact that one
of the members of the Board did not
think that he understood the idea well
enough to give it his appreciation. So
Mr.. Ericsson returned with me, and
under the influence of the mans enthu-
siasm and eloqucncc, the board became
convinced Of the feasibility of the pre- ject
and gave it hearty approval. Thus APP
proved the plan was carried out and the
Monitor was built. 7 have been associ-
ated for the past year with MIR. Ericsson
in the construction of the Destroyer,
and he has left his plans for the vessel
in such perfect shape that his subordin-
ates can go right on with the work and
complete what is to be an absolutely i'm
pregnable vessel, capable of destroying
any or all of the vessels of the world,
monitors included, and which will un-
doubtc1ly be accepted by the Govern
ment as the style of vessel for the entire
coast. Mr.. Ericsson was certainly a
most wonderful man. The Dictator was
composed of 5000 different parts, all the
=
signs for the vessel sent to the draughts-
men at Delamaters S, were SO very explicit
that not plan or Il plate had to be
changed i'll the slightest. "
Mr.. Bushnell is one of the executors
of Mr.. Ericsson's will.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
A Gigantic Employment Agency.

The employment agencies of New
York are required to be licensed, but
this is the only attention or regulation
of public nature to which they are
subjected. The experience of Paris
might be proftably studied here. That
city has begun the erection of building
to cost 5000, 900, whose first floor will be
used as an employment agency, con
Quoted by the city, with register open
to all applicants; the top floor is hal
seating 1900 people, for the use of Labor
meetings, and the floor between holds
the offices of the Paris Federation Of
Labor and of every union in the city
The city heats and lights the building.
pays its expenses, and appropriate'
s., 900 year to pay the Office expenses
of the Federation. All this, i'll the end,
comes out of labor, and in France work.
men are lily paid. There are some feat
ures of the scheme, however, that are
commendable, ,-New York Graphic.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
A WHITE CASTAWAY.
His Terrible Experience in the Wilds
of Africa.

Africa contains over eight million
miles in area, and has over twenty mil
lion inhabitants. In such vast and
almost unknown country thrilling adj
ventures are of everyday occurrence,
and the traveller, hunter and explorer is
subject to perils peculiar to Africa
alone. OF such was the experience of
Mr.. Deane, one of the agents of the
Congo Free State. He was in command
of Stanley Falls Station when it was at
tackled by the Arabs. Deane, with his
comrade Dubois and four Haussa sol
diers, fled from the station, and 1t was
not long before Dubois fell into the
river and was drowned. Deane and his
soldiers pushed on all night in drench-
ing rain, and only stopped at daylight
for Il short rest. While Deane' clothes
were hanging on the bushes-to dry, g
shout in the rear told them that they
were discovered and that the Arabs
we're in hot pursuit. Deane had just
time to throw his clothes over his arm
and start at full speed through the
bush, followed by his attendants. 1t
was nearly noon before they succeeded
in distancing their pursuers, and by that
time it was most woe-begone band of
fugitive5. In the race for life every Haus-
sa had lost his gun, and not q weapon
of any sort was left in the party. One
by one Deane had dropped his garments,
and he had nothing left except n small
military cape, which he threw over his
shoulders. In the midst of IN African
jungle he had not the slightest proteo-
ton for his bleeding feet, and even if he
had saved his boots he would not have
dared to put them on, for the tracks
would have revealed to any prowl1ng
Arab or hostile native that white man
was in the neighborhood. A cannibal
tribe, with whom Deane himself had had
a serious fight, lined the river below,
and he dared not appeal to them for
succor. He was about three hundred
miles from the nearest white station OF
Bangala. All that could be done was to
struggle down the river, through the
dense brush and forests, several miles
inland, avoiding all the tribes except
one or two that were known to be friend
ly, and living on whatever they could
pick up that would afford nutriment.
For four weeks this white castaway
wandered through the country, living
on wild grapes, fried ants and caterpll-
lars, and sleeping at night on the bare
earth, with no covering but dried leaves.
At last they came to the Bakuma tribe,
and shortly afterward were rescued by
Crptain Coquihart, who had been sent
in search of Deane. 1t was an expert
ence that not one white man in a
thousand could have lived to relate.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
A Peculiar Gotham Business.

''While we make speciality of find.
ing owners of money held in chancery,
said the proprietor of foreign claim
agency to New York Sun reporter,
''we transact great volume of business
of a private nature for people who are
unable to run over to the other side.
Many men leave their families and CONC
to this country in the hope of bettering
themselves. Other men who have pros
pered in business are often annoyed by
the opportunities of poor relations.
They don't like to see their own flesh
and blood in need while they have
plenty, so they frequently get us TO find
out if their friends are really as bad of
as they pretend. Holders of patents are
here almost every day to have us place
their inventions upon the English mar
ket. They always profess to be making
fortunes out of their claptraps, and say
that they would go over themselves only
they want to be sure that there is moth
ing of the kind already i'll the foreign
markets. We don't make much out OF
this branch of our business, because tue
American inventor is nearly always
strapped. People who want to be dead
headed across the Atlantic give us no
end of trouble. They are mostly women
who wish to return home, and are will
ing to transact any business we may
have in consideration of having their
passage paid. Some years ago n woman
came to make arrangements with us to
have her name written in all the fashion
able hotel registers and books of record
in the historical places throughout the
Continent. She offered us a very fancy
price to undertake the job. While we
were well aware that there We're many
shoddy people who were anxious to be
thought visitors to Europe, we came to
the conclusion that the woman's desires
were too far in advance of the present
day. She assured us, however, that she
knew people who had their names
cabled over among the late arrivals in
Paris and London, to the great envy OF
their friends, while in reality they were
hiding away from their creditors in some
country farmhouse
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-03-28
Cunning Ruse to Collect a Debt.

A good story is told of a hotel cashier
who got stuck" with a worthless check
but succeeded in securing part of tn,
amount. He had cashed n check for S7'
for gentleman who was not II guest @
the house, but was so frequently about
its corridors that he was supposed to b'
good for the amount of the check Tho
check came back with the report thai
there were no funds III the bank ts
cover it. The cashier tried every eXpe
dent to get the money out of the mar
who drew it, but without avail. One
dry he learned by accident that there
were $50 to the credit of the fellow in
the bank. He quietly went to the bank
and made a deposit of $15 in the name
of the man, presented his check and wai
duly paid S75. He was out only S15
instead of $75, and counted himself ex
ceedingly lucky. 1t is the rule of tn,
hotels to cash no checks except for vel
known guests.-Nep Iork Graphic.