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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-11
The Loquat.

The loquat is commonly known by
the misnomer "Japan plum" The
Kelsey Japan plum differs from the 10
auet, and the true Japanese plum is en-
tirely different. At late meeting of
the Florida Nurserymen's Association it
was voted that the Eriobotyra Japoica
be known as the loquat, and the Kelsey
Japan plum simply as the Kelsey plum.
The loquat was introduced into Lon
don from Japan about hundred years
ago. 1t came direct from Japan to
California. 1t is a beautiful evergreen,
growing to the height of twenty five
or thirty feet. The leaves are large,
eight or twelve inches in length, undu-
lated, thick and shiny, and dropping
freely at certain seasons OF the year.
The blossoms are produced in umbels
or spikes at the end of the branches,
are small, white and inconspicuous.
The fruit ripens beginning on the Isl
| OF March to the 1st of May, and but fol
| the birds would remain sound on the
tree until the 4th of July. The fruit ii
yellow, plum-like, elongated in shape
from one and a quarter to two inches
long and containing from one to tive
stones or pits. It has a pleasant pc
culiar, acid taste, combining the f1avo
of the tamarind and pineapple.
We are told by ex commissions
Coleman that the loquat is extensivel.
cultivated in Lower Louisiana. Tn
fruit is marketed in strawberry basket
and brings fancy prices. For the yea
1886 and 1887 the cropt was light, owin
to the late and severe frosts.
Orchards of loquats may be seen i
Florida. One near Jacksonville wa
said, few years ago, to have brough
in more cash per acre than any othe
piece of land used for agricultural pul
poses in the State.
The tree is grown from seeds whlc
terminate slowly but readily If plante
, while fresh. It is also grown from lay
ers and cuttings, and can be giraffe
and budded on the ounce and hay
3 thorne, which are closely related tree
3 -ISan Francisco Chronicle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-11
A Chiropodist Has His Say

"Year before last Ihad two women
natrons to one man," said a chiropodist.
q Rut last year. and so far this year,
the falling off in the former patronage
has been more than one half. But
there has been no decrease in the num-
her of nv male CUSTOMERS. How do
account for all this? Easily. Fashion
in shoes is responsible for it. A year
and half ago the high, narrow French
heels were the fashion in woman S shoes,
and they are one of the best friends q
ohiropodist can have. They are regu-
lar and rapid breeders of corns. No
woman can wear a pair OF such shoes
long without looking up corn doctor.
But the low fiat heel is now the
fashion. If the rest of the shoe fits the
foot, the heels are the natural enemy OF
corns and the chiropodist has to suffer.
is generally believed that woman are
more vain of their feet than men are OF
theirs, but my experience has shown
me that quite the contrary is the TACT.
Men will insist in making their foot
look small, and any shoe that will dc
that is the fashion for them. The mar
row-toed OF ''toothpick' style OF men
shoes, worn now as much as ever, VIII
I
always insure the corn doctor living
especially if the shoes are patent leather
A patent leather shoe, for some reason
will call corn into being much quicker
than an ordinary shoe:
The fellows who don't have corns are
those who wear roomy-toed shoes
But they mustn't be too large. a sho'
too large is as bad as one too small. Al
diversified shoe makes corns on the bot
tom of the feet, and they are the wors
kind. The late war was the creates
corn-curer ever known. l never kne'
of single case of a soldier in that wa
who suffered from corns, and L was al
through it. If law should be passe
that no shoe should be worn In thu
country but the pattern army shoe c
the rebellion, the corn doctors occupa
ton would be gone.
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English Laws on Suicide.

Suicide was first pronounced NOR
tai sin at the Council of Aries IN the
In 967, under King Edgar, law was
promulgated classifying suicides with
robbers an traitors and visiting the
same punishment upon each. This law
was reaflirmed at the Council OF Mines
i'll 1854.
In the last century it became q COM
mon practice in England to inter sui
eide at a cross road and drive stake
through his body. The last case OF
cross road burial is stated to have taken
place in the year 1923, ut the intersec-
ton of Grosvenor place and Kings road
in the city of London.
Bv chapter 80 of the 4th volume of
Statutes of George w., this law was al
tered 50 that suicides were permitted
burial, if done without re igious rites
between 9 and IL p. m. In England an
attempt to commit suicide is misde-
meaner.
If woman takes poison to produce
n miscarriage, and death ensucs, she ls
uuilty of self-murder and the one who
furnished her with the poisin is acces-
sorv before the fact.
In 1879 u statute was adopted that Tor
an attempt to commit this crime But-
ish officer was cashiered, apriyate soldier
imprisoned i New York Mail and Ex-
press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-11
A Home for Methodist Deaconesses'

The dedication of the home fo1
Methodist deaconesses, at No. 241 West
Fourteenth St., marked new departure
for Methodism in this CT y. 1t was only
last wear that the general conference es'
toblished the order of deaconesses.
Since then the movement has taken
shape rapidly, and there are now dec
conesses' homes in Chicago, Cincinnati,
Boston, Philadelphia, Omaha and De,
troit, It is an effort, as DIR. Crawford
pointed out in his speech at the dedlca-
ton, to give the Methodist Church the
aid of woman thoroughly organized fo1
works of mercy and charity, IL tremen'
nous force which has for centuries been
monopolized by the Roman Church.
For admission to the order of deacon
esses two years probation and lnstruc'
| ton are necessary, and the present aim
of the New York home is to train these
candidates. They are expected to ind
their chief field in mlnisterlng to the
suffering women and children OF the
tenement-h house districts, and to carry
the practical work of Christianity into
those feds where men are nearly OF
unite useles. Novows arc required, bu'
candidates will only be accepted whc
are over twenty three years old, and wht
may reasonably be expected to devote
their lives to the work.
The home is large twenty-foot house
The rent is $4,000 year, and the rnn
ming exrenses will be from 81, 500 t.
S3. 500, but the managers have no doub
That the funds will be found. Two sub
scriptions of $500 each were received o.
the opening night and many OF from 81
to 800 each. Each Methodist churcl
in the city has furnished one room IN tn
home, and the experiment is under tn
management of the City Church Exten
\ sion and Missionary Society.-lNe'
York Tribune.
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Bennett Ttjuf89

quickly, beheld Miss Josephine Heyder
in the act of fainting in the arms of hel
friend.
In an instant he had pushed his way
through the group gathered about the
young lady, and taken her into his own
strong arms.
at is the heat" said the fat lady, fan.
ming hesrelf,
"No think it was strange man who
frightened her. He picked up her purse.
which l saw her accidentally dror
and"
"Where is he9" "Stop him l' " Close
the doors! Call the police" were
the cries which now arose in the midst
of which Miss Heyden slowly recovered
and opened her eyes.
On finding herself in the arms of man,
she gave shiver of fear and loathing,
until Jacks voice whispered:
"Calm yourself, Josie. Don't yon know
me2"
"Oh Jack, is it you2 I'm so gladl Oh,
dear Jack, take me home, please Il
youl"
AS they passed down the gallery, they
heard some one say;
cit must have been the tall, slim fel-
low who pushed past us at the head OF
the stairs. I've seen him before"
And then came broken sentences-''as.
pired to be an actor >" comic-song
writer" -" scene painter at the Ar.
cade saw him last-restauraut wait
er-''
And with these words echoing in her
ears, and dyeing them and her cheeks
crimson, Miss Josephine Heyden was
assisted into q hack and driven home
with Louise and Mr.. Jack Rogers.
She never afterward saw Junkin-nei-
ther her purse.
But she does not regret the latter, for,
rs she recently remarked SO Miss Roy
ster
" 1t was a small price to pay for such
husband as / have for Louise, dear
if it had not have been for that horrid
affair / should never have appreciated
Jack
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An Ingenious Storm Theory

There is some ingenuity, whether
much pratical sense or not, in the
storm theory put forth by railroad
expert, who takes the thirty thousand
locomotive engines in North America
rs a basis, aud calculates that they
send forth into the atmosphere seven
billion cubic yards of steam every day.
Adding to these figures the seventy
billion cubic yards of steam discharged
bv other non -condensing engines, we
have a prodigious volume of aqueous
vanor which must presently condense-
and fall back upon the earth IN the
form of rain. If this ejaculation is any
where near correct, it is not wonderful
tLot | tbare is SO much humidity in the
otmosnhere. or that rain is SO much
more more, fre1uent now than of old as tc
of of advanced years and well preserved
weather-memories. Il Washington Star
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The Penal Aspects of Suicide.

Suicide is defined by the New York
Penal Code as ''the intentional taking
of ones life.
Many of the ancient writer's claim that,
from a moral and religious point of view,
suicide need not always be considered
as an act of turpitude or as a crime:
Seneca is often called the ablest
champion of suicide among the ancients.
He SAYS in one of his epistles: ''Does
life give you pleasure Live. Does 1t
not Go whence you came. No large
wound is needed; little prick Will
free you"
Buckle wrote that "Suicide is merely
product Of the general condition Of
society; in given state of society GER
tain number of persons must put an END
to their own life"
Rousseau, in his "Nouvelle Helolse,
says: THE more / reflect upon suicide
the more l find that the question re
duces itself to this fundamental prop
osition: To see ones own goCd and
avoid ones own harm is, in that whicl
hurts not another, the law of nature. -
These writer's introduce into then
arguments the false premise that suicide
is not an injury to others, - Mail ant
Express.
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Advertising Rates.
UNDER THE BRIDGE

Ny face was whittier than the dead;
My teeth we're clinched; my staring eyes,
My ringing ears, my swimming head,
We're held by horrid sights and cries,
As DER the bridge we swiftly sped,
As DER that awful bridge we sped.
Below, a gulf where waters raced;
Where waters poured. and somber death
Rode side by side the deathly faced,
With bowling wrath and lurid breath;
Where pity was q thing misplaced,
And hope to moekery debased.
looked, as awful horrors passed,
And saw little child in prayer
Upon raft that drifted fast.
She was alone, and yellow hair
Streamed round her on the whirling blast,
Streamed out to kiss the cruel blast.
As by some loving mothers knee
Her tiny hands we're raised to God;
Her face was raised in gentle plea
Beneath the heavenly Fathers rod
A cruel fate for such as she:
''Oh, set her free and ehasten mel"
In vaini for as her golden locks
Flashed here and there | saw the sign,
She vanished where the whirlpool mocks-
She vanished with brow divine.
With nimbus formed of golden locks
She passed from sight beneath the rocks.
Twas but a second that she cleaned
Upon me as the train few by;
Twas but one ray of glory streamed
Where glorious thousands came to die.
But ah, so young, so sweet she seemed
I've thought of her and dreamed, anC
dreamedl
-[William W. Cook, Chicago News
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A Queer-Money Max ng Scheme.

There was recently organized IN
Boston a corporation that calls itself the
Massachusetts Rebate Association, which
advertises to pay its subscribers dIvl-
dend on their ordinary expenditures.
In other words, subscriber to the rebate
association will receive an income on
his expenses.
This idea seems to tickle the Boston
fancy, for in two week time the assocl-
alton had secured ] $50 ticket holders,
and the number was increasing at the
rate of 100 day.
The scheme is very simple one. 1t
goes on the theory that any retail dealer
will pay commission to any one who
will bring costumers to his store. The
association agreeing to do the same, the
retailers are glad to pay 1T very good
commission. Its subscribers are Gus
toners, and it has no difficulty IN max
ing arrangements with the stores.
| 1t gets its subscribers by agreeing to
divide its commissions among them, re-
serving only enough to pay the officers
| of the association for their trouble:
More than seventy prominent retail
stores in Boston, in all branches OF
business. have contracted to pay the
association commissions ranging from
five to fifty per cont, an average. ovel
eleven per cent. of the selling price oi
their goods.
The purchaser is chargedno more for
the goods, and thus gets all the benefits
of cooperation. The method of opera
ton appears to be very simple. A maj
becomes ticket holder by paying 5.
for a ticket, good for one year. A
pocket directory of the merchants witt
whom the association has contracts i
given with the ticket. This ticket en-
titles the holder to receive commission
coupons from the merchants. Whel
the ticket holder makes his purchase, h
pays the regular price and then present
his ticket, receiving as a voucher for TIL
commission coupon from the merchan
showing the amount of purchase an
rate of commission.
At the end of month, the ticke
holder forwards to the association a
coupons received by him during tha
time. The amounts on the coupons al
collected by the association from tn
various merchants and deposited wit
the International Trust Company, les
, the percentage, and checks are sent
the ticket holders, unless they desire til
, money to remain ON interest," Atlant
Constitution
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How Cranes Hold Court.

"I will tell you something I saw out
in New Mexico" said the eccentric Ger
man traveller, whose sprightly talk and
his skill in the interpretations of palm
istry had made him favorite in the
house, especially with the ladies, for
most of whom he had predicted by the
lines of their palms an early and happy
marriage.
81 was away out in the west, said
he, "and L saw thousands of sand hill
had stopped. They came in fiocks from
the east, the west, the north and the
south, and very soon q great company
of thousands had collected, almost OBJ
scuring the light of the sun. They re-
manned several days, and looked on in
wonder to see what they would do, and
presently T saw them come together
about spring, covering the ground for
acres around. Their manner was solemn
as if they had assembled for deliberation
on some weighty matter. When they
were all in place and everything was
still 1 heard clucking and tapping and
looking up saw that one of the cranes
had risen from the midst of the vast
concourse and was making a peculiar
HOISS dCCOIl pduleO ny Tue lltI)IlluS OI
wings and all sorts of gyrations with his
body and gesticulations with his legs
and wings as if he were making a speech.
After awhile he stopped a moment and
/ heard n great racket among the
cranes down on the ground as if they
were applauding the one who was up in
the air. Finally the one who was max
ing a speech stopped and came down.
Then they all rose in q body, as If they
were taking rising vote, and when they
came down another crane in the middle
of the crowd shot up and fell back to
the ground. AS he came down they all
Jumped on him and killed him. Then
they rose in body and left the place
for good. Only the one crane in the
middle remained, and when L went up
to look at him he was stone dead.
"They are holding court" said the
party in concels, as the German con-
! cluded.
"Yes, reckon that must have been
the case," said the German. "That
crane was evidently on trial for his life,
and the one who made the speech must
have been the Judge charging the jury.
i-Atlanta Constitution.
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Ages of victoria's Contemporaries.

In accordance with custom, the Court
Journal of London, which announced
the completion of Queen Victoria s 10th
year, gave the ages of her royal con-
temporaries, as follows: King of the
Netherlands, II; King of Denmark, II !:
King of Wurtemburg, 66 Emperor of
Brazil, So; King of Saxony, 81; King
of Sweden and Norway, so; Emperor
of Austria, 5S; King of the Belgians,
54; King of Portugal, so; King OF
Roumania, so; Sultan of Turkey, 46 !;
King of Italy, As; Emperor of Russia.
A King of the Hellenes, 43; King OF
Bavaria, II King of Siam, 80 German
Emperor, 80; Emperor of China, IT
King of Servia, u and the King OF
Spain, 3.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-11
Hebrew Population of the World.

A Hebrew newspaper of Paris has
made a careful computation of the num-
her of people in the world of that faith,
With the result that the total is given as
being 800, 900 OF this number there
are no fewer than 5,400, COO in Europe,
the remainder being thus apporuoned:
Asia, 3OO, 900; Africa, $50, 900; and Amer
ica, $50, 600. Taking Europe, the bulk OF
the Hebrew element is in Russia, nearly
300, 900, and of these q large portion
(768, 5000 are in the old kingdom OF
Poland. Austria has ,641 900 Hebrews,
of whom 6SS, 90 are in Galicia Austrian
Poland) alone. The other European
countries come in the following order
Germany, 562. 900; Roumania, 263, 600
Turkey, los, 900 the Netherlands, S2,-
900; France, 5000; Italy, 10000.
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Spirited Ponies from Morocco.

Among the most valuable and most
admired of the presents which the
Moorish Ambassadors recently lavished
on the German Emperor were number
of spirited ponies from Morocco; They
kicked and fought and bit till one by
one they were sent to the army, and ten
of them are in the Potsdam Life Guards,
while the last, beautiful dapple gray,
has Just been given to the little Crown
Prince as g saddle horse, = New Gors
Poak
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Bottles of Skin.

The first bottles were made OF tne
skin of animals, mostly goats, VI TINS
kind were thu bottles spoken OF Ill SCRIP
ture. Skin bottles are still used IN
Southern Europe for the transport OF
wine, and by different tribes OF Africa
and Asia for carrying water.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-11

NJ. BERT recently sewed the tip of
.at's tail into its back, and 1.-THE tall-
immediately took root IN ITS new posi-,
ton. Then he cut the loop thus formed
by the tail, and the rat had two talis'
Hc has found, however, that MS rule,
the no tail has no sensation. All TINS
nav he int sting to NJ. Bert but IL
can't be- rclished very much b7 the rat
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1889-07-11

What have you to say.
The Prisoner-Hic-tak something.
The Justice-Thanks; I'll take $40.
| Il Troy Press.
s'Two-FORs."
"Did you get that box of cigars sent
you?" inquired his fiancee.
eyes, dear"
"And how did you like them?'
1.-The box was very nice indeed" he
said softly Judge.
QUIET AFFAIR.
Bloodgood- understand thatBrowne
was married yesterday
i Poseyboy-Yes, / was there.
Bloodgood-Rather a quiet wedding,
wasn't it2
Poseyboy-De ;idedly. Both the bride
and groom werc so scared that they
could hardly speak above a whisper
Burlington Free Press.
ECONOMY.
Boy-Oh, Mamma, our cat has caught
rat.
Mamma-Take it away from Puss and
give it to the Chinese laundryman when
he calls. He'll allow deduction on
the wash.-[Epoch.
WHAT DID HE MEAN?
Reginald de Binks in theatre)-
Good evening, Mr.. Faser, will you allow
me to take q seat by you!
Mr.. Faser-Ah, with pleasure. How
is it that you are here? Don't you play
tonight!
Reginald de Binks-No, 1 don't ap
pear this evening.
Mr.. Faser-Oh, am very glad.-[San
Francisco Wasp.
SHE SUCCEEDED TOO WE'LL.
"Nellie," said the mother to her four
vear-old little one, who was sitting
quietly in distant corner OF the room,
"what are you doingf"
drawing picture on my slate, re-
piled Nellie.
GA picture rejoined the mother
plancing over her shoulder. eyes, and
q pretty one. What is it,
"It's my kitty" said Nellie.
"But it looks more like a tree.
eyes, l made it so that my left hand
wouldn t know what my right hand had
done. And guess it don't, do you?"
A TERRIBLE STRAIN.
First Bohemian-I never knew what
fear was except once.
Second B.-When was that2
First B.-I was seated penn1less In
a beer saloon, friend entered, and ]
was afraid he wouldn't treat Epoch.
A SAFE HIDING-PLACE.
Wife-Where shall we hide the silve
while we are away?
Husband-Put it in the pockets OF
your dresses in the closet.
A CHANGE OF INSTRUMENT.
''I've just written waltz. Got pi-
ano? I'll Try to run over it for you. "
s'No, haven't n piano; but l have
dog. You might try it on him.
WHY SHE JUMPED THE OTHER WAY.
Bessie-You refused Mr.. de Temps
Why. any other girl would jump Mt al
MI Maud i'd gust isGt' graduated)-Un, know
he's handsome, but l never could MARI.
such an ignorant man. Why, aske(
him few questions about the differen
titation in plotoplasmic molecular bl
valves, and do you know, all he salt
was, 81 suppose so!"-[Lawrence Amer
lean.
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TWINS BORN APART.

The mother of a family showed the
ticket-collector on the railway couple
of half-:are tickets for her two children.
The latter. after looking at them, doubt
fully, said:
Chow old are they3'
'They are only six, and they are
twins.
"Ah-''
Then, after moments pause, the
man inquired:
Sand where< We they born2"
The mothels..a.thinkinglyl: This one
was born NNe9 sork. and the other in
Paris [Feuille d'Avit.
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CERTAIN TO GO HIGHER.

"How much are blackberries?" she
asked Woodward avenue grocer.
"Ten cents, ma'am'' "Isn't that high?"
"Well, yes; but they are certain to go
higher ''Do you think so?'' "Why,
certainly. If Australia and Russia go
to war, as now seems probable, black
berries will jump TO so cents quart in
no time" eyes, L 'spose SO, and l
'spc Sc Charles will agree that ought to
buy now. You can give me pint. p"
i Detroit Free Press.
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THE WAY TO GET LEFT.

Old Fossil got upon n stile.
And said. I'll just sit here and smile,
And Fortune will embrace me.
But when the dame passed by she SAID,
"OId fellow, go and bag your head;
don't like issues that are dead;
hmm down from there and chase me-"
--[Philadelphia Press.
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| THE JOKERS BUDGET.
JESTS AND YARNS BY FUNNY
MEN OF THE PRESS.

The Summer Girl-A Long Felt
Want Supplied-An Awful Request.
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THE FOND UNCLE's REPLY.

A young man known as a "gilded
youth" sent the following note to rich
uncle the other night: "Not one word
if you do not send me 81, 900 before mid
night / shall cease to live" A similar
demand had been received earlier in the
day, so the fond uncle replied: "In re
sponse to former favor / have already
forwarded you my revolver. 1t is in
good condition and loaded"
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THE SUMMER GIRL,


She dresses now in linen or pique,
Or muslin light or lawn;
With ribbons bright t, the charming sprite,
She's fairer than the dawn.
Isometimes meet her in the lane,
Where lilacs scent the breeze
Her lovely face, her sprightly grace,
And other witcheries
Entrance, bewitch me-nay, set all
My senses in whirl
As she goes by, with manner sly
The beauteous summer girl.
-TCourier.