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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
Unhealthy Habits IN Towns.

The British Medical journal raises
its admonitory voice against the I'M
healthy habits of people who dwell
in cities. The fact, says the
Journal, that the prevailing ep-
idemic of influenza prevails in
towns serves to remind us of
the insanitary influences of town life.
The prevalence of germs. bad odors
and other self-evident sources of grave
disease in cities is we'll known. 1t is
rather the less constantly recognized
unhealthy habits of townsfolk that are
mostly at fault when the fairly-fed and
well-to-do are smitten with colds and
influenza. Diet is abundant but taken
irregularly. The townsman, as a rule.
is not a good breakfast-eater, and he
dimes too late and too heavily. He is
much addicted to taking alcohol, tea or
coffee between meals. He is q late
riser and goes to bed late, so that
large fraction of his ''day' is spent at
night in artificial light.
He seldom takes enough exercise,
for the constitutional" is intolerable
to men of a certain temperament, and
others have no time for that form of
physical exertion. A hurri race to
catch a train or omnibus is not hy-
gienic. He is gregarious, and his
natural flocking instinct makes him
overlook, both in his pleasures as well
as his duties, the fact that he works or
plays with his fellow-man in ill-ven-
tilated or over-crowded rooms. Above
all, he is out of training, as he finds
out during the first days of holiday.
Many explorers and fight ng men have
noted that they catch cold readily in
towns after bearing cold and damp
with impunity in the country.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
A shabbilK Dressed Millionaire.

Mrs. Hetty Green has enjoyed the
reputation for long time of being the
most stability dressed millionaire who
wanders within the precincts of Wall
street. Russell Sage wears inexpensive
clothes, but they are not only neat but
usually have the appearance of being
recently purchased. The only million
aire rival Mrs. Green has in point of
! shabbiness is old Joe Robinson, who
was one of the contractors engaged in
the construction of the Union Pacific
Railroad, and is said to be worth four
million dollars. He does not wear any
overcoat, because it represents an ex-
penditure of money he is not willing to
make. His whole outfit, including
hat and boots, would not command
two dollars and half at any well-reg-
ulated pawnshop.
He is one of the few stingy million
aires who are perfectly good-natured
in their stinginess. He is not cross or
crabbe :, but greets everybody he
knows with the utmost genialky. He
and Sidney Dillon are very good
friends, but neither the arguments of
Mr.. Dillon nor of any one else can
spur him on to invest money in a ward
robe. The story is told of his seeing
friend on the street not long ago, in
conversation with a gentleman whom
he did not know. lie went up to the
two men and was about to speak, when
the man who was stranger TO him
turned and said he was very sorry but
he had no small change. The friend
explained the situation, although he
was somewhat embarrassed, and the
stranger extended profuse apologies to
tie millionaire.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
Much Depends On the Counter

a Democratic member said this
morning that Speaker Reeds ruling as
to what constitutes "a quorum and his
opinion on the same subject. as ex-
pressed i'll debate on the floor of the
House some years ago, reminded him
of the way the old Irish pie woman
told her pies apart without examining
them. 1t was n4iced thct when an
order was given she turned at once TO
the proper pie and cut the desi cd
piece, quarter section or half, or hand
ed it out whole if ordered. She never
made mistake, but dealt out mince.
peach, apple, pumpkin, and so on with
a deft and unhesitating hand. Curl
osity was aroused as to the method she
employed, and finally some one asked
her.
Sure, an that's aisy e1oueh,n she
said. "D'ye moind the pole of pies
at the ind av the counter beyant? Ye
do! Well, thin, dye moind the label
on them, the letthers It. mp
Assured that they were seen, she
said:
"Well, thin, thin letthers name cts
mince.' Dye moind that now?"
That was minded 1t explained
about the minee, but failed to account
for the others,
''Faith, thin, that's just as aisy. DYE
moind this poile?' putting her hands
on heapof pies at the other end of the
counter; "d'ye observe that these are
labe ed It. MP"
l, was duly observed, but it did not
seem to cast any light on the problem.
"Well, thin It. M at this end of the
counter names ''taint miuce' r'-Wash-
inUtOn Critic.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
Our Latest Warship.

The San Francisco was launched
from the yard of the Union Iron
Works in San Francisco last October.
The ship is the second one built for the
government in hat yard, the Charles
town having been the first. The
contract was let in July, 1887, the
construction of the vessel having been
authorized by the act of Marc h, 1887.
This ship and the Philadelphia which
is building at the Oramp yards in Phila-
delphia, are sister ships, and the con-
tracts were let at the same time, tho
price for the Philadelphia being
81 $50, 900 and for the San Francisco,
81 ,428, 900. This ship is twin screw
cruiser, S28 feet long over all; and her
displace nent when completed will be
about 400 tons. The vessel is not
armoured, but carries a heavy pro-
tective deck just above the water line,
and the machinery is further protected
by the arrangement of the coal
bunkers.
The engines are triple expansion.
The engines are expected to develop
1900 h. D. under natural draught, and
5000 h. p. under forced draught, and
the maximum saeed is to be 10 knots an
hour The armament is to consist of
IL 6-inch guns, with a secondary bat
terry of small rapid-flre and machine
guns. The San Francisco and Phila-
delphia and the Newark are the largest
cruisers yet built for the navy, but will
be exceeded in weight, fighting power,
and strength of armor by the Maine,
the Texas, and the new battle ship for
which designs are NOW being prepared
in the Navy Observation-Disclosures
and Engineering Journal.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
VERMONT.

The profits from the reception recently
given for the benefit of the Sherman Military
Band at Burlington were S335.55.
The lime operations at Amsden will be
largely increased this year. Last year the
output was 10000 barrels; this year IL will be
40, 900 barrels nearly IL not qnite. With a
new railroad there would be practically no
limit to the production.
The North Carolina Fair Association has
organized with these officers: President, L..
b. Harris; Vice Presidents, Henry Chase,
and w. A. Bemis; Secretary and Treasurer.
II. b. Davis; Assistant Secretary, L. A.
Sanborn. An executive committee was
elected in each town. The limits of the
society include Ca edonia and portions of
Essex and Orleans counties.
A strike is in progress among the granite
workers at Barre, certain employees having
demanded nine hours day and an increase
of II per cent. in their work. The firms dis
charged several uIf6n employees aud the
others departed. The manufacturers now
offer 10 receive back all the men who left on
their own accord, and will not take back the
discharged workmen. The proposition has
been rejected, and the mills are now running
without union men.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

smoothly lined with pale blue or En-
pire green satin, the crown is laden
with black plumes, and wide black
strings tie under the chin and complete
picturesque hat that should be worn
by young and pretty woman.
Impecunious bridegrooms are ena-
bled, through the courtesy of leading
jewellers and the influence of special
position, to purchase wedding dia-
monds on the installment plan. Ru-
NOR has it that $500 ring, presented
to a rich girl of New York by her
poor, but energetic lover, is being Paid
for at the rate of S25 month.
Theatre toques of flowers and lace
are the perfection of evening bonnets.
They are merely compact wreath of
flowers, with the space between open
to show the hair (or at most covered
with tulle), and folds of gauze or
black net along the edge. The trim
ming is an aigrette, with lace butterfly
wings wired to stand up, and some
velvet ribbon loops.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
Fashion Notes,

The little smock dresses for children
under eight years of age are pretty in
old-rose, gray-blue, or any of the new
artistic shades. These dresses are irish
cd with pulled sleeves reaching t0 the
elbow and ornamented with line of
shocking through the centre.
Girls in their teens wear deep yoke
and mutton-leg sleeves of velvet with
cashmere dresses, the beted waist of
cashmere shirred be ow the yoke and
at the belt. High-shouldered sleeves
are on all such dresses, and the skirts
are straight and simply hemmed.
Handsome velve. toques are made of
soft folds with lace butterfly posed in
the loops in front or else bordered with
fur, sometimes almost whole skin
being used, as of small sable, the
head resting near the front, and the
tail dropping behind, after the Russian
style.
Genuine Empire pokes of great size
are made of black satin perfectly
smooth on the frame; the brim is
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
THE SAWTELL MURDER.
Did Isaac SawtelI Have Accom-.
plices!
Search for the Missing Head Burial of tho
Murdered Hiram.

With the completion of the inquest in the
SawteI case, so far as the giving of testimony
is concerned, but little remained to be done
except to gather together the scattered
threads of evidence and to prosecute the
search for the head and clothing. Officers
Shields and Whitman will proceed with this
work at once, and will be assisted by the
local officers.
Interest was chiefly centered In the inquest
at Berwick, and the finding of the jury will
be awaited with no little interest, for it will
probab decide the question of jurisdiction.
In the early sessions of the inquest it seemed
doubtful if sufficient evidence would be of
iered to place the commission of the crime as
on New Hampshire soil, but it is now under
stood tn It all reasonable doubt on that point
is diSpelied and that the jury will find In ac-
cordance with the evidence. The finding of
the jury is expected to be that the body found
was that of Hiram f. Sdwtell, and that he
came to his death by reason of a bullet
wound inflicted while he was riding in car
riage near the Nutter woods on the road to
Ea Rochester. 1t is not believed that the
guilty party will be named. The county Off
GERS will actively prosecute the case whatever
the verdict way be.
The police are trying to secure evidence to
suDstantiate their belief thrt Isaac was bur-
glar or the accomplice of burglars.
In the vaise which Isaac Sawtell carried
with him to Portland, and which was taken
when he was arrested. were found three very
fine gold pencils and gold locket, all of
which were new. Capt. White has found
out that the jewelry did not belong to Hiram
Sawtell, as his wife had never seen any of
them before, either in Hiram's possession or
ISaac's.
Two J. are in Jail awaiting trial for
breaking and entering, and 1t is thought that
in one of their raids were secured the gold
pencils and locket found among the effects of
Isaac Sawtell.
IT is though that with these men Isaac has
had some dealings. This lead will be follow
ed as far as possible, and important evidence
may thus be secured.
A brief religious service was held Feb. is,
at the home of the Sawtells in Dudley street,
Boston, over the remains of the murdered
Hiram. Only members of the family were
present besides Rev. a. s. Gumbert, pastor
of the Dudley Street Baptist Church, who
oficiated. The remains were placed in the
receiving tomb at Forest Hills.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
A PhOnograph Orchestra.

The reporter was ushered into the
handsome din :ng-room of Henry O..
Bishop, where the instrument Gan Edi-
son photography and all its appliances
were stationed. Mr.. Bishop, with the
skill. of a person who had handled a
photograph for years, adjusted the
instrument and turned on the battery.
The various choice melodies which
poured forth from the cone-shaped
transmitter sounded very natural.
Among the many selections were sew
eral pieces played by the 9TH Regiment
band, of New York, about four years
ago; banjo solo by son of the
mayor of Newburyport, Mass, played
about a year ago; cornet solo; sew
eral selections by male quartet, and
many other musical gems, most of
which were played at Edison's labora-
tory over year ago.
Mr.. Bishop has so arranged his pho
nograph by the appliance of the cone
shaped transmitter that whenever he
starts it going the sound can be dis
tinctly heard throughout the whole
house. Mr.. Bishop has also recol ded
a few remarks of several prominent
men of this city who have talked into
he instrument. 1t is very amusing to
listen with what accuracy they have
been taken and are reproduced. He
intends to have the Concordia Singing
Societ, and Jerome Mays Banjo Quar-
tet give several selections at his home
for the purpose of recording them.
Mr.. Bishop, it is understood, Is tie
possessor of the only phonograph OF
this kind in the city. "Why," said he,
..with This little machine i can sit
down to my breakfast and listen TO
the concert of the 18th Regiment band,
PLAYED several years ago, and enjoy it
as much as if | had actually heard the
band itself" He is undoubtedly right.
The working of this machine is some
thing Observation-Disclosures Comm
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

German newspapers contain express
sions of dissatisfaction from German
scientific men that no effect has been
given TO the recommendation of the
Geographical Congress, held ut Rome
III 1883. The Congress pointed out the
very inconvenient and startling anon
allies as to the days Of the week and
month occurring in the Western P,icitic
and the islands Of the Indian S as.
The great majority recommended that
all time should be rcckoned east and
west from Greenwich, noon at the OBJ
servatory being the fixed poi4t from
which time should be counted. Thus,
for every place within $50 deg. east
from Greenwich it was still TO be Mon
day, when it was noon on Monday al
Greenwich; and similarly it would be
the forenoon of Monday for places
within $50 d g. west. A special reg
ulation was to be made for the places
lying near, on either side of the meri-
dian $50 deg. TO obviate plain difficult
les.
As a specimen of the anomalies al
present existing, tie case is cited OF
sydney in Australia, where it was :
o'clock in the morning of Wednesday
New Years Day. 1890, at the moment
when at Manila it was about fonr min
u es past midnight in the morning OF
Tuesday, 31st ID, ccmber, 1889. Or, to
bring the absurdities still coser to,
gether, w en- it was plf an hour after
midnight in the morning of the last
day of 1889 at Spanish Manila, the
New Years morning of 1890 had just
begun at Portuguese Macao, only six
degrees more to the north. 1t ough.
not to be impossible TO harmoniae these
strange diversitics of time.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
Underground Yorage Near Boston.

Many parties have voyaged in the
tunnel, underground, from Newton to
the reservoir at Chestnut Hill, a distance
of four miles, and the journey is an
exciting and novel one. The water is
about two feet deep, and the current
runs about two miles an hour. Twenty
millions of gallons in twenty-four
hours is the usual supply. Manholes
are placed at intervals along the main
and a descent into one of them was
made by the writer. A ladder leads
down to a tempo. airy landing of boards
placed across the tunnel, through
which the water glides noiselessly. The
place was like dungeon, and the light
which the manhole admitted from
above was speedily lost in the pitchy
darkness which prevades the conduit.
The boats which are used in the sum
mer time to convey parties of explorers
from point to point are provided with
torches fixed in the s;earn and the bow
of the boat to light the way. The cur
rent carries the boat along, and poles
are used to guide the pr gress. There
is also remarkable echo here, and a
stamp of the foo, upon the boards
evokes thunderous explosions of sound
that boom and boom like distant can
non, as the sound rebounds from the
manhole along the main. One of the
party sang a few notes and the sound
was multiplied into choir of mysteri-
GUS voices, the effect being indescrib
ably weird.-Albany Express.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
Cases Of Absent-mindedn; IS,

The greatest abseut-lninded man has
put in another appearance in Seattle.
His first appearance here was in the
form of a young man who hurried
home to change his clothes prepare orv
to going out for call upon young
lady friend. While disrobing he dis
covered two letters left there bv the
poslman during hiSabsence, and as he
read he forgot himself and mechani-
cally crawled into bed. This time he
appears in the form of nicely dressed
gentleman riding in q street car. He
was reading paper and as the con-
ductor passed through the car asking:
'EFares, please he went through the
usual search in all his pockets and fish
ed out nickel, which he handed to the
conductor, never once removing his
eyes from the interes ing article he
was reading.
New passengers boarded the car.
but the reader was not disturbed, and
as the conductor passed through the
car asking the new passengers: "Fares,
please" the nicely dressed, but ex-
tremcly absent-minded man mechanic
ally dove down into his pocket. and,
without taking his eyes off the paper,
handed the conductor another nickel
No telling how of eli this operation
would be repeated if Il small boy on
the other side of the car had not
laughed and said:
MA, sec that man who is reading
pay five cents every time the conductor
comes around
The gentleman folded up his paper,
and during the rest of his trip he sat
in deep cogitation.-The Seattle Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
The ssMountains of the Moon"

A capital idea of the snowy range OF
Ruwenzori, Africa, of which we
have recently heard so much, is given
in the Illustrated London News, from
n drawing by Lieutenant Stairs, VINO
made an ascent to nearly IL ,OOOft. In
the foreground are seen the tropical
vegetation, til, natives clad only in
tie sable skins and loin cloths, the ex-
plorers with their sunshading helmets
and other sufficient indications of the
climate prevailing one degree north of
the Equator, while near the heavens,
in sharp contrast to this scece and the
dark mountain mass that Immediately
overhangs the fert lie valley, are shown
the imposing snowy range, rising to
sharp SUBMITS 1000 feet above the
snow-Iine. The total height of the
mountains thus brilliantly mantled and
capped with snow in equatorial re-
gisns ia nearly $4,000 feet.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27
Our Magazines and Their Subscribers

The subscription lists of the large
magazines reveal some interesting
facts, if one has the opportunity OF
studying them, and the composite i'm.
preston one receives after glancing
over four or five is peculiar know
ledge in itself. 1t conviHces one, in
the first place, that seyen-eighths OF
the subscribers TO the magazine litera-
ture of today are of the female sex.
On the list of one magazine | have
counted $50 names successfully before
coming to that of man. Divide the
lists into States and there is another
su prise. You will see, for eXamr lie,
that Iowa is the most productive of all
the States for the magazine publisher,
that Is, there are more subscribers to
magazines in Iowa, proportionally than
III any other single State i'll the Union.
The next is Connecticut, and then in
order come New York, Massao husetts,
lllinc is, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and so
on. The clergy also form very large
part of the subscription lists. OF Ia
nous men i'll public life, the names of
Secretary Bayard, ex-President Hayes,
Senator Edmunds and George w.
Childs are most frequently encoun-
tered. Mr.. Gladstone's name appears
on the lists of two American maya
zines, the reasons for the preference of
the American editions being his desire
to follow the advertising pages as a
guide to American industries and new
ideas. Foreign subscribers innumera-
BILE te t to the wonderful circulation of
American magazines abroad, one peri
odical having regular paid subscribers
to forty-six of the sixty nations of the
civilized world.-New York Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-02-27

not "new journalism" but sold jour-
nalism." Here is an extract from a
book of Mr.. Rush, Minister of the
United States in England in 1918, en-
titled "Residence at the Court Of Lon
DOM"
Everything goes into the news
papers. In other countries, matter of
q public nature may be seen in them;
here, in addition, you see perpetually
even the concerns of ind viduals.
Does private gentleman me to
town? you hear it in the newspapers;
does he build house, or buy an es-
tate? they give the information; does
he entertain his friends? you have all
their names next day in type; is the
drapery of q ladies' drawing-room
changed from red camask and gold to
white satin and silver? the fact is pub
licly announced. So of a thousand
other things.
The first burst of it all upon Mad
anne de Stael led her to remark that the
English had realized the fable of living
with window on their bosoms. 1T may
be thought that this is confined TO a
! class, who, surrounded by the allure
ments of wealth, seek emblasonment.
If it were only so, that class is i'm
mense. But is influence affects other
classes, giving each in their way the
habit of allowing their personal inclin-
ations and objects TO be dealt with in
print; so that altogether these are
thrown upon the public in Eng'a and to
an extent without parallel in any coun-
try, ancient or modern. When the
drama at Athens took cognizance of
private life, what was said became
known first to few listeners, then to
a small town; but in three days Lon
don newspaper reaches every part of
the kingdom, and in three months
every part of the globe.