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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
Stanley's Discoveries.

Whatever may be the outcome of Mr..
Stanley's effort to bring away the Wa
delai garrison, the cause of geographical
science will, at all events, be greatly
benefited. In his interesting letter to
the Royal Geographical Society, he
gives mass of important information
about the unknown regions through
which he lately passed. The country is,
it appears, most prolific of vegetable
life; wherever the Arabs had not created
a wilderness, plenty and prosperity were
found on every hand. Even the dens
and widely extended forests bear witness
to the same fact; where these multitu
dinous trees grow, other and more
profitable crops might be cultivated. AS
for the hostility of the natives, it has to
be remembered that these unfortunate
people have been accustomed to find
ruthless enemies i'll every armed coun-
try moving through their territory. 1t
is not given to them to differentiate be-
tween one party and another; for all
they could tell to the contrary, Mr..
Stanley might have been another and
worst sort of man hunter. That they
are canibals does not initiate against
their character. The Maoris and the
Fijians were similarly addicted Mt one
time, but with civilization came a dis
taste for ''long pig" Perhaps the most
important of Mr.. Stanley's discoveries
is that the Albert Nyanza is rapidly dry
ing up. Even since Emin Pasha first
weht to Wadelai great change has
taken place; what were islands seven or
eight years ago have become headlands
on which villages now stand. 1t is con-
jectured that this is due to the wearing
away of the reefs across the Nile near
Wadelai. But why should the erosion
have taken place all of a sudden, as
seems to have been the case? Were the
lake to continue to fall at the same rate
great change would come over all the
surrounding regions. While los ng,
perhaps, some of their present fertility,
they would become much more healthy,
and so present more promising open
ing to European enterprise. That con
summation may seem n long way off,
but when once the Arab slave dealers are
suppressed, even the dwarf tribes-"ven-
omous, cowardly, and thieyish'-of
Ituri land may be won over to peace aud
industry, -LORdO3 GsObe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
Big Basin of Pork Pickle,

Morris H. Frost, who wes collector of
customs at Port Townsend. Washington
Territory, in 1859, used to tell this an
ecdote about himself: He was raised in
the northern paIt of New York State
and came to Oregon across the plains.
He knew what table salt was and coarse
salt for picking beef and pork. He
also knew about epson sal S and glauber
salts, such as are given to sailors on
long voyages, but had never seen the
bosom of the briny deep; he had never
seen the ocean. After residing while
in Oregon he came over to the sound
and was riding on horseback from the
Cowlitz landing to Fort Steilacoom. The
weather was warm, the road dusty and
his horse very thirsty. At last through
the dense forest he discovered the glim-
mer of water, and, thinking it lake,
he drove his horse in to drink. The
animal, in his raging thirst, plunged his
head in up to his eyes, then drew it up
suddenly, snorting and blowing. The
Colonel got off, and, taking some of the
water in his hand, tasted it, and ex-
claimed: "Pork pickle, by thunder
A man coming along the trail at the
time explained that it was the salt water
of Puget Sound, and showed the Colonel
a brook near by where the horse
quenched his thirst.
The Colonel, when relating this to
reporter of the Port Townsend Argus,
said that he was not as green as II friend
of his from Pike County, Missouri, who
went to Olympia for few days, He
noticed the tides, but did not
know what to make of them. He
told Colonel Frost that this was the
strangest country he ever saw, for there
were two freshets every twentyfour
hours and naly drop Of rain. "The
fact was," said the Colonel, che and
had our hair full of hay seed, but have
got the hayseed out of my hair by wrap
ping some kelp leaves round my head,
and now I am as salt as any one.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
A Society of Hemp Smokers.

A new and curious sect has recently
grown up in Africa, the bena riamba, OF
"sons of hemp" a society of hemp
smokers, who, calling themselves
"frieLds," are bound together by ties of
mutual hospitality. 1t had some new
light thrown upon it in the account of a
journey up the Kasai by Charles Somer-
vile Bateman Its initiatory rites are
d profound and unfathomable mystery,
and whether to describe it as secret
brotherhood or religion am uncertain.
SO far as the smoking of Ihiaba (hemp)
is concerned, there can be no reasonable
doubt but that the MatchiOko intro
duced it primarily for the purpose of
fraud, since persons under the influence
of that poisonous narcotic are tempor-
arily insane, and therefore at the mercy
of the first cruel and crafty trader that
came across them" Another authority,
however, thinks that the society grew
out of political revolution among the
Bashilenge people in 1870, when the
progressist party broke down old com
mercial barriers, aud the custom Of
bbang, or hemp smoking, was intro
duced from Zanzibar to become, Zone
of the most baneful institutions i'll
Central Africa.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
Remarkable Hog Statistics.

Some rather startling computations
have been made on the subject of hog
breeding. 1t has been found that, ii
permitted, hogs will live from fifteen to
twenty years of age, shat they COM
mence breeding when they are from
nine to twelve months old, and that from
one pair only in ten years, allowing
only six to litter, male and female,
upward of 6, 434, S38 pigs would be OBJ.
tanned; that is to say that if, instead of
three acres and Il COW, a countryman
started with some acres and pair of
pigs, he might in the course of ten years
count their progeny by millions. This
is not reckoning on any out-of-the-way
basis, for it has been shown that one
SOW actually produced 355 pigs in TWEEN
ty litters; while at an exhibition of the
Agricultural Society a boar was shown
which, although only twenty months
cid, was already the father of ], ,466 hogs.
Here then is wealth for the million
Lire Stock Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
A Kit Studded With Coins.

Arthur Sherman, young bootblack
who drifted into the city few days ago
to pay Chicago a cursory visit, is the
proprietor of curiosity in the shape of
a foot rest, which is closely studded with
valuable old coins set into the wood. 1t
was over four years ago when young
Sherman left his home in Milwaukee
and started out to see the world. He
has accomplished his object, and during
the past four years has visited nearly
every city of Importance in the United
States, Canada and Mexico. Among the
coins with which his backing box is
decorated are Danish pieces dated from
1850 to 1896, Turkish coins of 1925 and
1911, Russian rub!e of 1770, an Eng.
lish sixpence of 1881, New Jersey cent
of 1887, coin about the size of dime
with the Lords prayer engraved upon
it, Greek coin belonging to an era be-
fore Christ, American coppers coined in
the years between 1897 and 1903, Arabic,
Chinese and Japanse coins of unknown
dates, besides many other coins from all
parts of the globe The face value OF
the coins embedded i'll the backing box
is over $50, but young Sherman has re-
fused offers of several times that sum
for his queer "kit. y Chicago Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
Origin of he Word "Cop."

Mr.. E. w. White, of this city, ask;
for information us to the "origin of the
term cop as applied to policeman,
says the Chicago NeIcS. 1t is a eontrac'
ton of the word copper, which ii
English slang for police officer. Ac
cording to Hotten, "to cop means N
seize or to lay hold of anything unplea
SAINT A "copper"" is one who "cops" ol
apprehends unpleasant objects. In
America the phrase "to copper" is fire
quently heards, and it seems to have
two distinct meanings--one signifyins
"to clinch," "to insure, "to consum
mate" rs 81 coppered the chance AZ
quick as [ could" The other usage
the word obtains among gamblers almos
exclusively, "to copper n card at far
signifying that the gambler bets tha
that card will lose.
The derivation of the original wore
"cop" can only be surmised. 1t may
have been n contraction of the Latin
word "capere, to take, or it may have
been a contraction of another Latin
word, corpus" a body. Perhaps tn,
funniest pathological coincidence is t.
be met with in the English word ''pole
horse" and the o,d Greek word ''polos,'
both words meaning the same thing.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
Lord Dunraven's Yacht Valkyrie.

Lord Dunraven has gone to Scandi-
navian mythology and has selected the
weird name Valkyrie for the boat with
which he hopes to win the Americas &
trophy. Valkyrie is the name of one
of the twelve nymphs of Valhalla, the
place of immortality for the souls of
heroes slain in battle, where they spend
their time in feasting and drinking and
having splendid time generally. These
twelve gOddesses were armed and mount
ed on fast houses, and in the thick of
battle they selected those whom the
Fates had des ined to be slain and con
Quoted them to Valhalla, where they
ferved them with mead aud ale in the
skulls of their enemies
Another name for these nymphs is
the Wish Mtidens. Thus we may con
clude that Valkyrie is Il boat that wishes
to capture the Americas cup and to g1
for the scalp of any Yankee competitor.
We have a boat whose name begins with
the same letter which Valkyrie in vain
may try to vanquish. Valkyrie is de
rived from the Icelandic word Valkr--
the slain-and some of our more enthusi-
astic aud confident yachtsmen already
talk about her rs a dead bird i'll the pit.
Perhaps they are just little bit hasty
in coming to such n conclusion
Francisco Chronicle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
A Prehistoric Canoe.

A discovery of considerable archeo-
logical interest has been made upon the
Barton section of the Manchester eng
land) ship canal. Recently, while the
excavators were at work in what is
known as the Salt Eye" cutting, the
steam NAVY brought to light prehis
toric canoe 1t was embedded in the
sand, about twenty-five feet below the
surface. With some difficulty the canoe
was removed to a shed in the vicinity of
the engineers Office and examined. 1t
was found to consist of r portion of an
oak tree, roughly hewn and fashioned
In length this relic is thirteen feet eight
inches from end to end, with a width of
two feet six inches. Unfortunately the
vessel sustained some damage III the
ruthless grip OF the ''navvy, the bot
tom having been cut through at the bow
end, while n portion of one side S bro
ken in. But for this mishap the canoe
would have been recovered practically
intact.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
Saddle Sky Rockets.

Mr.. Edselle, of Callao, Peru, has filed
8 caveat covering an invention, rocket
of great power with parachute attach
ment which folds over the apex. -Four
tubes connected with the framework
contain explosives. The motor is called
dymoascenimita: it is said not to be de-
tonat:ng. 1t is alleged that the inven-
ton will throw man $1,000 feet into
the air, and that the rider may then, at
will, land about five miles from the
starting firing nther-point. Mr.. Ed
solle claims an applicability for his ma
chine equal to that of war balloons and
fulfilling all desired purposes of birds
eye observation. An American Snowman
has bought the machine.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
A Butter-Meter

Modern improvements must he ac-
counted blessing, all things considered;
but they are apt to cause little incon-
venience, especially when they first
come into use.
Since the Spring Valley meters We're
put in OH Franklin street, little Johnny
fizzletop has been impressed with the
importance of economy in the U.s. of
water, having heard no; hing but meters
and water rates discussed morning, noon
and night.
A few days ago he was burying
his hot cakes in butter, when his mother
said:
''Be CAREFUL, my son. Don't take too
much butter"
"What, mother !" cried the startled
Johnny, care there meter on the but
ter, too?"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
Sons of Revolutionary Fathers.

When the Massachusetts, descendants
of revolutionary patriots were called to
gether recently in Boston the chairman
stated that in communication from the
other States he had learned that outside
of Massachusetts, there were in all six
persons whose fathers fought i'll the
revolution. He then called Cn all pres
ent who were Of the same class to rise
and it was discovered tha5 there were
eighteen sons. Announc ng himself as
also the son of n revolutionary father he
stated that the total was nineteen. The
group of venerable men were heartily
applauded. Chif0g0 Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
UNFORTUNATE ABSENCE OF MIND.

Miss Uppercrust (who has been wait,
ing outside in the coupe)-What keeps
you so long, mamma! Couldn't you
match the braid!
Mrs Uppercrust-Oh, yes But l in,
advertently put my purse into my pock-
ct, and it took me nearly an hour to find
1t again. Burlinqt0n Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
A LEADING New York bicyclist tells a

A LEADING New York bicyclist tells
newspaper man that bicycling is on the
decline in Gotham. "You see no BIZ
cycle riding except in Central Park, +"
said he" and there it is decreasing.
The trouble is the granite pavements
about the city. 1t is fatal to the rubber
tires, and wears them out so fast that tho
expense of repairs is something enor-
nous. | was in Washington recently,
where they have smooth and even as
phalt pavements, and noticed that bi-
cycling and tricycling We're quite the
sage. The ladies We're ont on tricycles
in great numbers A lady ON tricycle.
in Central Park is novelty of the most
pronounced type.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
PRLNTER'S INK IS KING.

There is host of men who boast
Of powder, cotton, steam;
But every hour the mighty power
Of printers ink is seen.
It moves the world as easily
IS does some mighty thing,
And men proclaim in despots' ears
That printers ink is king
The man of gold, of wealth untold,
Printers ink may scorn,
Or knit his brow, nor deign to bow
To one so lowly born;
But printers ink has built its throne
Where minds their tributes bring,
And Gods most gifted intellects
Shout printers ink is kingl
ing of the world of thought refined,
No abject slave it claims;
Where superstition's victims pine,
1t bursts their servile chains.
~ every cline, in coming yearS.
viii men proud anthems sing.
And round the world the echoes aoat
That printers ink is kingl
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
HALVES AND QUARTERS.

An old bachelor, who was quite 9
wit, lived alone in a very uncomfortable
looking place, and his apartments were
always in great disorder.
"Why don't you get married, 2" said
a friend one day. "Then you would
have some one to fix up things here and
make it look home like.
''The fact is I've never thought of it, -
said he, "but it does look reasonable
that better half would make better
quarters. "-Canner's and GrOcer's Gazette
THE HORRORS OFT.
The Happy Bride-Why Mama, what
are you crying for. Every thing is 50
lovely, and eyerybody's been so good to
me. Come and look at my presents,
dear!
The Wise Mama-It's The presents
I'm thinking of d. Every family with a
regiment of unmarried girls shas sent
you the most horribly exransgS gSge things
and now they Il all be g. married,
and you and Charles will have to scrape
and starve to give each of them some
thing handsomer still Presents o,
Angelina why didn't you elope ?-Puck.
ONE ENOUGH IN THE FAMILY.
''Is it true, De Jones, that your affair
with Miss De Rimer is off," asked Mr..
De Smith, on meeting his friend yester-
day.
'It is quite true" was the reply.
"And may L inquire the cause that
led to the rupture %
81 discovered that she writes poetry"
81 should think that would lead you
to think all the more of her."
''There you're mistaken. ] write it
myself, and one poet in family is
enough, my friend. Were we to marry
We should be continually in hot water,
for 1 would despise her productions,
and she mine. boston Courier.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
IRE you're mistaken. ]
and one poet in a
!, my friend. Were we
nd be continually in h
despise her proc
; mine. "-B0ston Courier
AS A PASTIME.
AS A PASTIAIE,

Some time ago, when gentleman of
Bucksport was married, he took his
bride on visit to her people at Ellis
worth. In the afternoon he had petted
little nephew and showed him his false
teeth, with which the little fellow was
much amused. In the evening when
the company was assembled the CONVEX
sation Jagged, and some one said,
"What shall we do next" The little
boy spoke up and said, "Show em your
false teeth. Uncle Al!"-Le,0iston (Me.)
Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
Advertising Rates.
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Reading notices, 10 cents per line each insertion
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
THE JOKERS BUDGET.
JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY
MEN OF THE PRESS.
a. Lucky Day for iages-Caught
from the Elephants - Waste of
Ammunition.


HIS FORTE.
There lived once an old medium who said =
my forte is to raise up the dead,
And for fame or for gain
can always raise Cain,
When the town ] attempt to paint red"
Philadelphia Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09
A LUCKY DAY FOR MARRIAGES

Miss Ann Teak-Which day do you
consider the luckiest TO be married ON,
Mr.. Olebach?
Mr.. Olebach-The 31st of June ought
to be about the luckiest, should think.
Miss Teak-Why, there isn't any such
day.
Mr.. Olebach-Just so.-TerrG Haute
Express.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09

Jack Dorr [recapitulating)-Yes, sir,
Tom CHM is his own worst enemy.
Sandy Hooks-That may be; but
notice he never fails to extend the cour
tesies of war to himself.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-05-09

Robert inquiries if you should look
directly at young lady while kissing
her.
Certainly, Robert. This habit of
kissing maiden while you're looking
for the family bulldog or her fathers
boot is by no means in good form.-
l etrOit Free Press.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-02-20
STEVENS.

{
The elements OF nature which have
been sweeping the ''beautiful" reclp-
rocally In the direction OF the sunny
cline appeared satisfied TO let the
"chasten rest for short tune.
Sleighing is good and the young
people are Improving the opportunity
of the blessing by attending the IN
Vulnerable parties through the well
explored vicinity.
Mr.. j. Regain took a flying trip from
his Soho, | at Clantarf to visit his nu-
merous friends.
Some ofthe horses are troubled with
the distempcr. Some OF them are
quite bad off. 1t Is u good thing to
keep them warm and in dry barns.
Owing to the severe weather and
other slight causes, the singing school
which has been held at the school
house has been closed.
After Ave and one-hali months
term OF school, it closes with but a
short vacation before the'spring term
begins.
Through jest and sport not long ago
one or two persons were through
comparison called ''puppy-dogs."
Though such an expression could
easily have been avoided, yet it is not
out of the way to avoid any cause for
such AN expression, or under such
circumstances to refrain from being
angry when 1t starts in sport and
each party equally starts out only In
fun.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-02-20

The followingls an extract from the
Minnesota state school law: EVERY
parent, guardian or other person IN
the state Of Minnesota having control
of any child orchiIdfen between the
ages Of eight and sixteen years, SHAH
be required to send such child or
children to public school, taught py
competent instructor, for q period OF
at least twelve weeks in each year, at
least six weeks Of which time shall ne
consecutive, unless such child or
children are excused from such at
tendance by the board Of the schooi
district or the board OF education OF
the city or independent school district
In which such parent, guardian OF
person resides, upon its being shown
to their satisfaction that such parent
or guardian was not able, by reason
of poverty, to clothe such child proper
ly or that such child's bodily OF
mental condition has been such as 10
prevent his attendance at school OF
application to study for the period
required, or that such child or children
are taught at home in such branches
of study as are usually taught in the
public schools subject to the same ex-
animation as other pupils OF the DIST
riot or city in which the child resides,
or that lie has already acquired the
ordinary branches required by law, or
that there is no school taught within
two miles by the nearest travelled road.
The penalty for violation is q fine OF
not less than $40 for the first offense
aud not less thau $25 for any subse-
.quent offense.n
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-02-20
SWAN LAKE.

Look out for wedding soon.
The sleighing is beautiful and farm
ers are busy hauling wood and fence
posts.
Last week young son arrived at
tile home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ole L..
Jesnes. All well.
Miss Petra Strand, who has been
seriously i'll from an attack of lung
fever, is now improving gradually.
Mr.. A. @. Malland has quit his
butcher business at Brainerd, Mimi,
and is now farming again at his old
place.
A number of farmers III this town
have taken shares in farmers eleva-
tor to be built at Kensington next
spring.
Mr.. Mathiason has sold his ten-acre
lot of timber at Holmes City for SIS
per acre to A. A. Branvold and B.
Rasmussen.
Mr. A. v. Peterson, on section 1,
died week ago. And was taken to
Oscar Lake cemetery for burial. He
leaves wife and children to mourn
his loss.
Mr.. Andrew Mathiason and wife,
formerly residents of this town, now OF
MayviIle, Dakota, have been visiting
relatives aud friends in this town and
Framnas for the past week.
Last Friday there was meeting in
the school house in district No. 10 for
the purpoee of organizing cheese
factory company. The farmers OF
this township seem to be very much
interested in cheese-making, but as 1t
was showing hard nearly all day, they
were evidently thinking more about a
blizzard than about making cheese.
NoRTH-WIND.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1889-02-20


The Western Rural is just right
when it says: 1--WE should not be at
all surprised to find the Morgan horse
yet occupying q considerable place
among horses. 1t is one of the best
breeds that the world eversaw; hardy
and light but strong and of wonderful
power Of endurance. We do not be-
Ieye that the horse breeding interests
would suffer ut MI by bringing the
Morgan into prominence. Il would
not come into competition with the
heavy draft breeds. The editor oil
the TRIBUNE Is q great admirer of the
Morgan horse, having been raised in
Vermont, where that famous breed ol
horses could be seen in their most per-
feet state. A great little horse, is the
Morgan, and we are pleased to know
THAT Stevens county can boast Of
some fine specimens. AS roadsters
and general purpose horses they cans
be beat r. ) Hall has some excel.
lent specimens Of Morgan horses.
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