News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-08-28
ODDS AND ENDS.

| A man in Jefferson county, Pa, is
said to have lost his sight from drink
ing too much ice water when heated.
NJ. Stamboulof, the premier and
practical ruler of Bulgaria, is about 46
years old. He is short, rather stout,
and with his round face, black mus
tache and small gray eyes somewhat
resembles a Chinaman.
The Duke of Fife is one of the
shrewdest of business men. All his in
vestments turn out well. He took some
founders shares in London trust com
pany not long ago at $3.50 each, and
they are now worth 81, 500 each
A writer upon birds says that in the
fields and groves there are many old
maids and bachelors who apparently
never had any inducement to marry
There is no doubt that the rivalry in
bird courtship is extremely keen, and
the choice is a deliberate one.
They have curious custom at the
burial of unmarried women in Brazil.
The coffin, hearse and the livery of the
driver must be bright scarlet, the four
white horses drawing the hearse must
be covered with scarlet net, and scarlet
plumes must deck the horses heads.
Numbers of Hindoos were to be seen
recently wandering about the Lahore
bazars carrying bones of their de-
ceased relatives round their necks.
They were pilgrims going to Hurdwar.
Most of them left the train at Jhelum
to wash the bones in the sacred waters
of Hydasnes, and then repurchased
tickets for their onward journey.
Statistics of religious growth for the
past year gathered by The Independent
show that there are in the United
States Isl, ,261 churches of all denoni-
nations, 103, 300 ministers and nearly
%, 600, 900 members During the year
there has been an increase of s, 500
churches. nearly 1900 ministers and
nearly 1, 900, 900 members.
At Bristol, England, are two young
artisans who are the prize twins of the
world. They are of the same height
and weight; have eyes, hair and com
plexion of the same color; walk, speak,
laugh, sing exactly alike; follow the
same occupation; have the same re-
igious persuasion and likes and dis
likes; are both married, and have the
same number of children, who are of
the same sexes-three boys and three
girls.
The captain of a schooner that late
ly arrived at Titusville. Fla, a few
days ago captured near st. Lucie river
two manatees or sea cows Both of
the creatures are females, the larger
weighing $50 pounds. The other is Sfeet
and weighs fifty pounds less. The
manatee is n warm blooded mammal,
an animal that suckles its young, and
is a cross between whale and a seal.
1t lives on vegetable food entirely, re-
fusing flesh of all kinds.
The largest known springs are those
bursting up from the ocean floor. Off
the coast of Florida, in the Gulf of
Mexico, n few miles FROM, tho shove :,
large spring of fresh water rises to the
surface, furnishing water to fishermen
and sailors, who dip it up in the midst
of the salt water of the gulf. Afew miles
from the eastern shore of Florida,
nearly opposite Matanzas, large spring
of fresh water boils up in great abun-
dance. So large is this spring that
Lieut.. Maury took his little coast sur
vey steamer on the top of ''the boil"
and it was quickly swept to one side by
the boiling spring.