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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
saurians Stay Their Stomachs.

The other day Mr.. Sim Bowles. who
lives in Mitchell county was walking
around his mill pond, which is sitra ed
at the forks of two creeks. In his
peregrnations he came across q cave.
Leading from it through the earth was
apparently large burrow. He OBJ
tanned pole and began investiga ing.
The cave and burrow extended some
twenty feet asessafrJ, NC -in.o it, and be-
tween five or six feet beneath the sur
face he came TO seven aligators. They
were large rusty old fellows, ranging
from four to ten feet in length.
They were sound asleep, enjoying
their winter nap i'll accordance with the
queer habit of these alternating sauri-
ans. They were promptly despatched.
There is an old belief that when the
alligators find the winter approaching
they gobble down o number of pine
knots TO fill up their aching voids, and
then take their lengthy siesla.
Mr.. Bowles thought this would be q
good opportunity to test this bel eff,
and accordingly one of the reptiles
was cut open. Within it was several
fat lightwpod knots. ard now Mr..
Bowlcs is ready TO testify to the truth
of this th~o:y as to the cap city of the
alligator for digesling the knots of the
pine while slumbering through the
winter months.-Atlanta Constitution.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
Life in OCEAN ADVISES.

DR.. Regnard has raised the question
as to whether corpse which silks to
a very great depth is preserved indcfi-
mitely or otherwise from putrefaction.
Acco ding to his researches, published
in the archives of the Biological So
ciety of Paris, putrcfaction docs not
take place in decomposable substances
submitted to pressure of GOO to 700
atmosphcrcs. These figures correspond
TO depth of 6000 or 1000 metres at
sea. From these experiments it must
not be concluded, according to DR..
Regnard, that there is q total absence
of putrefaction in the greater depths
of the sea. The curious "abysmaP
fishes discovered in the CHALLENGER and
other expeditions appear TO rise after
death, so that they arc sometimes found
OH the surface, though, as rule, they
go to pieces as the surrounding pres
sure diminishes, long before they re ch
the air. Still, there is 10 proof that
bathybial or abysmal micro-organisms
do not exist, and, if so, they could
cause decomposition in the corpses of
men as well as i'll the dead bodies of
abysmal fishes. The question is of
considerable lncdico legal, and yet
greater biological, interest, and il is
far from setti British Medical
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
A Matter CT Etiquette.

a. woman who has studied the qucs-
ton a good bit was speaking TO me .lio
other day of the difference between
New York and Chicago cafe etiquette.
ain Chicago" she said, ono lady
thinks of taking a glass of wine at q
public restaurant. Should she order
wine for her luncheon at Kinsley's or
the Richciieu she would be socially
ostracized. AT Dcl's or the Brunswick
here the reverse is true. 1t is COM
mon affair to sec ladies order wine at
either of these places and nothing is
thought of it." The New York fem
in lie swell never goes to the opera or
to an assembly with nan. She goes
with her maid unless she is to be of n
party. A verilablc sensation was made
t. C other night at the opera by the APP
pearancc of q sweet creature who came
in in the middle of the second act ac-
companed by her maid. The lady was
fair to look upon, and her frock was
very smart, but she had, rs it were,
laid herself out OH her Dorcas. The
maid was q very pretty girl, several
years younger than her lady. Sho
wore the stiffcst and sr1artest of caps,
and as she slipped of her pc showed
to an awe-stricken audience that shc
wore black stuff gown, high-nccked
but with shoulder-slccves Long black
gloves were worn which did not quito
reach the shoulder and which left an
inch or two of the pretty, bare arms
exposed. There really seems 10 be no
valid reason why maid should not
expose her anatomy as well rs her mis-
tress, but it is an innovation, to LAY tho
least.-New York Letter to Chicago
Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
DIR. Hall and the Maiden

The Lentcn loitcrer is sure to meet
the Rev. DR.. John Hall, pastor of the
wealthicst congregation in town, who
lately stood champion for C.lvinism in
the Presbyterian doctrinal discussion,
says New York letter to the Buffalo
Express. lie is moro than six
footer, benignant of aspect, and
yet authori alive in manner.
lie meets daughter of one of his
parishioners and greets her in father
ly way. Sh is tiny young woman,
and as she gazes up into the face of
the big man, we are reminded that
natures moulds for human forms have
as wide range of sizes as does any
shoemaker's stock of lasts. Just then
the tall minister drops his glove aud
the short maiden picks it up.
"Thank you, he says smiling, yet
half i'll earnest, "but You shouldn't
make an old man feel that he is de-
crepit."
Now here comes in the bright quick
ness of the New York girl. ooh, it
wasn't that" she replied, with q pretty
sweeping glance at his great proper
tons, "but, you see, didn't have half
SO far as you to CO."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
A Whim Of Fortune.

Probably the most striking illustra-
ton of the within of fortune i'll con-
nection with the turf is the story of
the Warnkc family anu their beautiful
FLY, Rec.arc. Henry Warnkc was n
switch-tcndcr on one of the small roads
that run to Concy Island at a salary
that was little more than sufficient to
keep himself and fam ly. His eldest
son was of small stature, and with the
hope that he would make good jockey
tho boy was sent to Jimmy Shields, at
Shecpshead Bay. lie made SOM
progress and rode in f w races, but
nature soon clamorcd for her rights,
and young Warnke found that he was
much toe big and heavy to ride any
longer without weakening himself by
reducing. About this time the father.
who had put by couple of hundred
dollars, dubbed his savings with the
earnings of his son, and set off for the
sale of Commodore Kittson'S ycarings
Mt Fl denheim. A handsome black
Gilly, Oy Reform out of i'm, orted Clara.
caught thor eyes, and whom sae was
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
IreIand's Great Champion.

1t is rumorcd that Charles Stewart
Parncll will soon conc to America for
dollars. He will get them, it is said,
by leciuring. Some of the descriptions
of Parneli arc remarkable for inaccu-
racy. Scarcely one agrees with an
other OIL the makeup and prcscntabi.-
ily of :hc Irish leader, and yet there is
nothing remarkable about him. lie is
tall, slender and courteous, and has the
air of confirmed l.. ealth. Ills checks
arc pallid, his neck thin and his shou!-
dcrs bowed. In manner lie is abso-
lutely and indubtiably the most impcr-
alurbaDlosniall IN the British Parliament,
and when it is remembered that he is
the target night and day for an endless
amount of abuse and assailmeni, his
composure is all the more wonderful.
His popularity is not only with tho
pee; lie, tut with the great men of Eng
land rs well. No mater low bit
ter the announcement of the Iish
leader may DC by tho Conscrva-
tivcs, there is always deep and whole
some sentiment of admiration for tho
uncrowncd King of Ireland. All tho
talk about the great sum of money
which he receives is absurd. If hc
had an income of S10.000,00 a year
it would not be conducive to his CO ~
fort in the slightest degree, for his diet
is restricted TO the commoncst food, he
does not care for fine clothes, and his
life is passed constantly i'll study and
work.-Ncw York letter.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
The MOther-in-Law Was Surprised.

A well-known young man i'll town
who became the father of twins the
other morning, grew so Glazed over
the event that he proceeded 10 triflc
with the telegraph to the extent of
twenty-five cents, and wired his
mother-in-law in Chicago in this iubi-
liant, jag-on strain:
"Twins bornl Head us OFF,
The next day he was surprised by a
sudden swooping down of the mother
iu-law upon him, bathed in tears and
full of anxiety, even as the proud
father had been full of q sweetcr spirit
ever stree the advent of his heirs.
The mother-in-law had been shocked
at the receipt of the telegram, for a
wicked and soul-hardened telegraph
ope ator had construed the message SO
that the Mortified grandmother of the
two innr cents read it;
"Twins bornl, Heads o1."-Tolcdo
Blade. ---
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
An Anti-Climax.

There is q good joke going ITO
rounds on certain clergyman in
Rochester who is noted quito as much
for his Observation-Disclosures on occasion
as for his general piety. lie was called
i'll not long since by q Young couple
whose home had just been lightencd
by miniature representative of tho
mothers sex. The happy parents de-
clded to have the chris cning ut h INC.
The minister took the child in his
arms and in his kline, fatherlv way adj
dressed few words of advice 10 tho
young people.
"Sec that You train this child up in
INC way that he should CO." he began.
"Glvc him the benefit of a good cx-
ample and sec that he is surrounded
by the very best Influences. If vcu DO
this, who knows but that lie NAV be-
come Washington or General
GrantE What is his namc?"
"Jennic," dcmurely responded tho
mother.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
Ghosts on the Illinois Central,

There are ghosts hanging around the
big bridge OH the Illinois Central just
East of the village of Hallsvillc. The
trainmen OH the night runs arc willing
to wear TO it, an so are many citi-
zens of Ha.lsvillc, Beacon and Midland
City. Every night at 10 o'clock q
train passes over the bridge, and every
night at 10 O'Clock three spectral figures
take their stand in the middle of the
bridge and wildly wave their hands
as # to induce the engineer to stop.
But as they do not appear until tbs CHI
gine is within few yards of them
there is no time to stop the train, and
the figures OH the bridge are hurled in
to the water below. This happe' ed
every night for week. Last night
several men frlm IIallsvillc waited
nca: the bridge till tho til &C figures
appeared and then fired several ,hots
at them without effect. The people
living i'll the Leighborhood arc in
panic.-Chicago Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
put up at auction they went their limit

put up at auction they went their limit
and secured her for 1925.
The filly was brought to Brighton
Beach and q stable constructed for her
near the little cottage where the
switch-tcndcr made his home. Rcclare
was the name bestowed upon the lilly by
Mrs. Warnke, and, as the winter passed,
the young miss improved i'll appear
ance, until she was the finest looking
youngstcr around tho Brighton Beach
track. When Spring came and Re-
clare began to take her gallops, young
Warnke, now trainer and exercise boy
combined, found that the black 1iliy
had world of speed, and visions of
big winnings at Gravesend and Sleeps
head Bay filled his mind. The first
time Rcclare ran was at Shcepshead
Bay in a b g field. She was very
long short in the betting, and every
member of the Warnkc family was
there to see her debut. Johnny Rca-
gan had the mount, and af CT the first
furlong there was nothing i'll it but
Rccarc, the fly winning under
double pull. Mutucl tickets costing So
yielded dividend of $I05 OIL the
race. From that time forward Rcclarc
was the champion of her age and sex,
suffering defeat but three times, her
earnings in stakes and purses alone
footing up close to $25 900. 1t is a
modest estimate to place Mr.. Warnke's
fortune at $50 900, besides which he
still owns Rcclarc, and should she train
on as three ye;r-old and retain her
form of last season lie can with perfect
safety write down his winnings at
S25 ,000-perhaps double that sum.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
Something Masculine About Her.

"Isn't she an awful sweet and
charming girl9" asked all uptown
young man of o friend rs
the twain rode down TO business this
morning. The remark was called cut
by the passage of Young lady across
the street in the wake of the car.
"Wcll, I'll admit now tnat she is.
Not because she's engaged to you, but
| really do think so, now"
"Well!" said the first speaker in
surprise, '.did you ever think any
thing clsc"
eyes, l did. l saw her first at Mrs.
Blanks party and there seemed t
times during the evening to be some
thing masculine about her."
"Masculine! Jennie?" disgustcdly
repeated the young man..
"Well' saw you sitting with her in
the shadow of the stairs tina; night and
| imagined your arm was around her
waist"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
Bought off the Curtain Lecture.

A wcll-known citizen adopted novel
expcdicnt the other night to secure
peace. 1t was incumbent upon him to
attend to some business down town
and he promised his wife hc would
positively be back at $50.
There would be no slip-up, no acct
dents or mishaps, no offs" or "buts"
the C could be no mistake about it
he would be homo at $50 prompt.
His wife locked little doubtful.
'fWill You give Inc dollar for every
hour You arc later than that?' she ask
cd.
"Donc," lie exclaimed, and forgot
all about il.
AS he CROPPED his way in at l o'clock
he suddenly bethougkt himself of his
wager. OF course, his wife was up.
"Hcre, my dear, PIN two hours and
half late, here's S5-doub,c pay
Now don't say word"
The lady saw that she could not hon.
orably refuse TO abide by the compact,
but declares now that she wouldn't
have taken $40 for the curtain lecture
which she had mapped out and commits
ted to memory for tho occasion.-S
Louis Republic.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
Arabian Rabies.

Life has exceptional difficulties for
the babies of Eastern nations, cspc-
Chilly for those who arc of sufficiently
high rank to be brought up according
TO all the ancient customs of their race.
The lady who tells her own story i'll
the "MeEoirs of an Arabian Prin-
cess" says that royal baby's first tot
let, in Arabia, consists in winding q
bandagc about its body, after it has
been bathed and perfumcd. The little
creature is then placed on IFS back, its
arms and feet are Strengthened and the
entire body swathed to the shoulders.
In this position it remains motiol.lcss
for forty days, but the bandage is re-
moved twice day that the child may
have bath. The Arabs believe that
this process will make the body
straight for life. Under such circum-
stances it seems forum tc that baby
hood is not period which can be re-
membcrcd i'll after years, for no one
would choose to suffer such DAYS of
misery again, even in recollection.
If the child be girl, on the seventh
day after her birth, holes, usually six
in number, are pricked in her cars, and
when she is two months old heavy gold
rings are attached to item, to be worn
throughout her Lifetime, except during
periods of mourning for relatives.
On the forticth day the baby's head
is shaved. ceremony which could
scarcely be performed in our own
country, wnere thick hair is usually of
a latter growth. This operationis con-
sidered very important one, and
thirty or TO. tv persons arc witnesses of
it, fo.' the crfo mancc of certain rites.
The disposal of the first hair is re-
garded as very weighty matter; it
must not be burned nor carclessly
thrown way, but buried, thrown into
tina sea, or hidden i'll some crevicc of
wall.
The fort:cth day marks turning
point in the CHI Ids life. Heretofore It
has only been seen by its parents, the
slaves on dny, ard few intimate
friends of The family; now, however,
it may be seen by anybody, and is re-
9arded as fairly launched on the tide
%! existence.
Several charms are attached to It's
bodv for p election against the "cvil
eye" boys wearing them to certain
age, and girls sill longer. The favor
lite charm consists of gold or silver
locket worn on q chain.
The smallest children among lthc
Arabians are strongly pcrfumcd; evSry-
thing they use, from their clothing to
articles of the toilet, is covered at
night with jcssamine, and before it is
used, fumigatcd with amber and musk,
and sprinkled with altar of roses.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10

entrance; Stevenson turned TO en-
brace, not the leading lady, but his
own daughter!
The audience were spell-bound; you
could have heard pin drop III any
part of the house.
"Father!"
"My child" was oil that was said;
it pierced he audience like all electric
shock. The two were locked in each
others embrace, and then the curtain
descended on the finest climax L had
ever witnessed. But oh, the cost!
The success of the play was made;
the audience were clamorous in their
enthusiasm to have the principals be-
fore the curtain. Each member of
the company had taken their call, end
there were loud shouts for "Stevenson!
Stevensonl" but poor Stevenson had
answered ellis Last Call" lie was
dead in his daughters arms.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
Character i'm Shoes

"Do you know that an old shoe is q
good index 10 the character of the per-
SON who wore it?" said salesman in n
Sixth avenue shoe store to me the other
day.
81 have been in the business close on
to twenty years, and have observed
the matter closely. A person who
wears q sole and heel OH the outside
toward the rear is of q passionate tenn
permanent, one who is g, morally cnthu-
siastic, and one who does whatever he
under axes in q rapid manner. Such
persons have found arc not success
full i'll accommodating money. A" even
ly worn shoe indicates an casy-going
person. But if the toe end is badly
worn, look ont for the wcarer. Shady
people and mostly all criminals wear
out the toes of their shoes first. Why?
Because, as a rule, crooks glide along
on their toes. A per Oh of little am
bition wears a shoe on the inside. He
lives contcntedly, and is little con-
cerned as to the morrow. If married,
he has large family. If the whole
heel is badly worn, the person is full
of resolution and determination, is
buoyant to the point of brusqueness,
and is possessed of ability 10 both make
and save money."-Ncw York Star.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
fair,s under ths It's in the back of tbs

'A'' 's'
spanish colors, Spanish styles, Tor :
reador hats, and red, black and yellow
millinery stutfs a.e features in spriny
fashions.
white cloth gowns, made in drcssy
Styles and braided with god and sill
Ver' are now i'll favor for ball dresses
here and abroad.
BIRDS, bees, butterflies, and other in
sects III the act of flight are cmbroid-
cred III jet and tinscl all across the
ooulccs and skirts of new ball gowns.
triple capes matching The dress, or
or dark Ilue or green or black cloth, or
Whltc or scarlet for evening wear, or
OF draD or gray for the street, arc the
1aVorlte light wraps for informal oc-
casions.
lie fronts of many gowns of tar
tan, chevlot and vclveteen are made of
SILK 10 match, forming KIND of drap-
ed tablier between the sides of the
outer skirt of one or tho other above
mentioned materials.
Now silk pe'ticoats, flounccd with
lace and pinkcd-out ruffies, are the
latest fad II underwear. They come
Ill ace, pleated and barred, striped
ard plain silks, and are "taking" at
once with the girls of the "4OO."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
Apples as Medicine.

Chemically, thu apple is comp ,scd of
vegetable fibre, albuneH, sugar, gum,
chlorophylI, malic acid, gallo acid,
lime and much water. Furthermore,
the German analysts say that the apple
contains larger percent &c of phos-
Dh Grus than any other fruit or vege-
table. This phosphorus is admirably
adapted for renewing the essential
nervous matter, lcthicin, of the brain
and spinal chord. 1t is, perhaps, for
the same reason, rudely understood,
that old Scandinavian II .dition, repre-
cent the app.e as the food of the goes,
who, when they felt Themselves to be
growing feeble and infirm, resortcd to
this fruit for renewing tn ir powers of
mind and body. Also, the acids of
The apple arc of signal use for men of
sedcntary habits, whose ivcrs arc
sluggish in action; those acids serving
to eliminate from the body noxious
matters, which, if retained, would
make the brain heavy and dull, or
bring about jaundice or skin eruptions
and other allied troubles.
Some such an experience must have
led to our custom of taking apple sauce
with roa pork, rich goose and like
dishes. The malic acid of ripe apples
either raw OIL cooked, will neutralize
any excess of chalky matter engen-
dered b. eating too much meat. 1t is
also the fact that such fresh meats as
the apple, the pear and the plum, when
taken lipc and without sugar, diminish
acid;ty in the stomach rather than pro-
woke it. Their vegetable salts and
juices arc converted into alkaline car
Donates, which tend to counteract acid
ity.
A good, ripe, raw apple is one of the
easiest of vegetable substances for the
stomach to deal with, the whole process
of its digestion being completed in
minutes. Gefrard found
that tic "rulpe of roasted apples
mixed in q wine quart of fairc water,
and laborcd together until it comes to
be as apples and ale, which we call
never faileth in certain
diseases of tho raines, which myself
hath often proved, and gained thereby
both crownes and credit" "Thc par
ing of all apple cut somewhat thick,
and the inside whereof is laid to hot,
burning or running eyes at night, when
the party goes to bed and is tied or
bound 10 the same, doth help the
trouble very spec lily and contrary to
an excellent sec et."
A poultice made of rotten apples is
of very common use in Lincolnshire |
for the cure of rheumatic eyes. Like
wise in the Hotel DIES lnvalides at
Paris, an apple poulticc is used COM
monty for in1amed eyes, tho apple
being roasted, and its pulp applied
over the eyes without on intervening
substance. Long ago it was said APP
pies do easily and speedily pass through
Inc belly, therefore they do mollify
The belly, and, for the same reason, a
modern maxim teaches that: To cat
IN apple going TO bed, the doctor then
will beg his brcad.-Hos pital, London.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-04-10
No More Needed,

Before we take up .hc collection
this morning." remarked the good
pastor as lie looked mildly over the
congregation. I" wish to say that we
have i'll The church treasury already
two quarts of n.ckels that appear to
have been punched through and after
wards plugged with lead. These coins,
l am informed, will not buy stamps,
groceries or fuel, and conductors on
street cars refuse to take them. The
choir will sing o land of rest, for thee
! Sigh. -Chicaga Tribune.