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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09
The Proposed Exploration of Alaska.

The Proposed Exploration of Alaska.
There are solid practical merits
about the proposition to send an ex-
ploring party into the interior of
Alaska to map out the almost un-
known country and ascertain its re-
sources that will be certain to COM
mend it to the American people. We
have done our share of Arctic adven-
ture, and the tragic ending of the
Greeley expedition has convinced
most of US that the results of explo-
rations in those frozen and uninhab-
liable regions are far from commen-
surate with the frlghtful sufferings
which they involve. But in the case
of Alaska it is different. 1t is an i'm
portant portion of our own possess
sions, and though few persons will be
so sanguine as to accept Lieutenant
Kennan's suggestion that agricul-
ture may be successfully prosecuted
there, there are good grounds for a
belief that the resources of the terri
tory in minerals and timber are well
worth investigation. Exploration in
Alaska would, in all probability, en-
tail no such hardship as those which
have made the record of adventure in
the extreme North one of the saddest
chapters in human history. 1t would
not be a pleasure excursion, by any
means, but there are plenty of active
and ambitious men in the army of
che United States who would gladly
volunteer when the word is given,
and rejoice at their escape from rust
ing in idleness. The scientific results
of an Alaskan expedition would prob
ably be important in themselves, but
it is naturally the practical consider
ations that appeal most effectively
to Congress, and it must be apparent
that these are more than sufficient to
Justify the expense. The plan which
has been prepared by Gen. Cutcheon,
chairman of the Military committee,
deserves a respectful hearing.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09
A Story of Stanley.

The Llangollen Advertiser (Welch)
relates the efollowingr remarkable story
regarding a missing ring belongingto
Mr.. Henry NJ Stanley, At the time
when the Anglo American expedition
started for Africa, Mr.. Stanley was
presented with ring, on which was
engraved his name, together with that
of the expedition and the date. Mr.
Stanley wore this ring while exploring
the lakes in Central Africa onhis first
march across the Dark Continent. The
ring was, however, missed, being
either stolen or lost. After eight years
it came into the possession ofa Welch
missionary to the Congo, the Rev. w.
Hughes, now president of the Congo
Institute at Colwyn Bay, who bought
the ring from a native and brought
it home. On his return the other day
the missionary forwarded the ring to
Mr.. Stanley as wedding memento.
Mr. Stanley, in acknowledging the re-
ceipt of the ring, expressed great sur
prise and delight that it should have
followed him from the darkest re-
gions of Africa.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09
Which is the Mother?

Which is the mother of the chick
the hen that lays the egg, or the hen
that matches it? This is a question
Just decided by Justice Mcmahon, of
Parkville, a small but interesting
suburb of the City of Churches. 1t is
the first case of the kind known to
have been brought into court, and
by reason of it's unique Importance
the trial has occupied much of the
time of the presiding justice. The
facts are that a Farmer McCaughn
and Farmer GofIhley are next door
neighbors, and their henneries adjo1n
each other. Farmer McCaughn owns
choice game birds, but the fowls be-
longing to his neighbor are of the or
binary farm-yard standard. 1t was
testified to that one of Farmer Nc
Caughn's hens scrambled over the
fence and indiscreetly, if not wickedly
and feloniously, did lay two eggs, at
divers times, on Farmer Gormley's
premises. The triumphant note
which heralded this maternal achieve
ment did not suggest to Farmer
Gormley the propriety of picking up
the eggs and delivering them into the
possession of the owner of the hen
On the contrary, he promptly put
them under a sitting hen owned by
himself, and in due course of time
they were Matched.
SO soon as their feathers and little
red combs began to grow Farmer
McCaughn observed that these dubi-
Gus chickens were full-blooded game
birds, like those in his own hennery,
and he made a demand for them.
Farmer Gormley denied the claim of
ownership with emphasis and dis
dain. Then Farmer McCaughn sum-
moned his chicken-raising neighbor
before the court for trial, and issue
was joined The question was not
between hen and hen, but between
farmer and farmer; or rather, it was
a question as to whose hen was the
mother of the chickens. Now ordi-
nary common-sense would suggest
that as the Matching of chickens is a
mere mechanical process, chiefly de
pendent upon caloric, as science has
demonstrated most thoroughly, it is
not characteristic, or necessarily even
suggestive, of motherhood. The sit
ting hen is unquestionably an efficient
incubator, and so too would be a
rooster, if you could get him to sit
longenough; but who would presume
to say that a rooster could become a
mother, even if he should hatch a
dozen broods? Justice Mcmahon has
decided that Farmer Gormley must
surrender the two chickens to Farmer
McCaughn, or pay to him the full
amount of their value. But is not
Farmer Gormley entitled to pay for
the labor and services of his hen in
Matching the eggs? The decision of
the justice is righteous as to the
main point at issue, but he seems to
have overlooked the fundamental
propriety of a counter claim. We
advise Farmer Gormley to appeal
IN. Y. Tribune.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09
Facts Worth Knowing.

For faded green blinds, rub on a lit
tie linseed oil
Put bits of camphor gum in trunks
or drawers to prevent the mice from
doing any injury.
To freshen leather chair seats, va
lises, bags, etc., rub them with the
well-beaten white of an egg.
To prevent tin pans from rusting,
rub fresh lard on them, and set in q
hot oven until thoroughly heated.
Soak clothes that fade over night
in water in which has been dissolved
one ounce of sugar of lead to a pail
full of rain water.
When washing fine white fannels,
add a tablespoonful of pulverized bo-
rax to a pailful of water. This will
keep them soft and white.
To Danish red ants from the pam
tries, strew whole cloves around the
shelves. The same is also considered
a good moth exterminator.
Tokeep fat-irons clean and smooth,
rub them with piece of wax done up
in a cloth, then scour or rub them on
a paper strewn with coarse salt.
Oil of turpentine or benzine will re-
move spots of paint or varnish from
cotton or wooden goods. They should
be washed in soap-suds after the appli-
cation.
If paint has been spattered on win
dow panas, wet the spots with water
and rub thoroughly with new silver
dollar; or they may be washed with
hot, sharp vinegar
To set delicate colors in embroidered
handkerchiefs. soak them ten minutes
before washing in pail of water in
which dessertspoonful of turpentine
has been stirred.
When a stove is cracked, a cement
may be made of wood-ashes and salt,
in equal proportions, mixed to araste
with cold water Fill the cracks with
this when the stove is cool, and it will
soon harden.
Steel pens are destroyed by the acid
in the ink If an old nail or old steel
pen is put in the ink, the acid therein
will exhaust itself on them, and pens
in daily use will remain in good con-
dition much longer
When mattresses are stained, take
starchwet to q paste with cold water.
Spread this on the stains, first put
ting the mattress in the sun. In an
hour or two rub this off, and if not
clean, repeat the process.
To clean hair-brushes, put a table
spoonful of ANN onia into tepid water,
dip them up and down until clean, then
dry with the bristles down. In place
of the ammonia, they may be cleaned
by using a teaspoonful of soda.
Ivory may be bleached by placing
it for an hour in a solution of alum
then polish it with piece of wooden,
and wrap itin linen to dry. Another
method is to take peroxide of hydro
gen and to one pint oft add one ounce
of aqua ammonia. Warm it and soak
the ivory in it for "a hours; then dry
and polish with chalk.-[Good House.
keeping.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09

wealth of lie was hers, though she
was born with the same physique,
temperament, and natural tastes as
mine, and though her early years
were passed among the same people
and brought her the same early
training. | could not feel that this
difference was the result of anything
but my own fault.
"As | unused over these lost op-
portunities and the fatal habit | had
acquired of preferring present pleas
ure to sacrifice for future good, a
deep feeling of misery overcame me.
My life seemed wasted and utterly
good-for-nothing. l said out loud,
Truly, | know of no worse hell than
that a soulwhich has spent wasted
life should be everlastingly confront
ed with it's POSSIBLE SELF for all
eternity"
"Oh, Miss Emilyp' said Hessie. in
a low, awe-struck tone.
"The sun had set by that tiit,s
and it was growing cold and dark,
but still | sat in my rocky niche alb
sorbed in these sad thoughts. / do
not know how long 1 would have sat
there, but, as the first star shone
down on my troubled face, ray of
hope entered mp heart, for | seemed
to see another POSSIBLE SELF, not
bright and almost perfect, like the
first, but still SO much beyond my
present self that my heart leaped at
the thought that it was yet possible
for me to attain it. 1t was the per-
sOnification of the best self possible
to me from that hour
found my way over the rocks to
our island cottage that night feeling
almost as if / had had a revelation
from God, Hessie Since then not one
day has My POSSIBLE SELF left me.
Every day | try to do what she
would do when annoyances and cares
harass me; to think how unshiny
she would be under those same cir
cumstances.
In my efforts for selfimprove-
ment, in meeting the great as well as
the small trials of life, and in my life
work, | try to live up to that revela-
ton of My POSSIBLE SELF"
II, too, must have a POSSIBLE
SELF" said Hessie, thoughtfully,
and with a far away look in her
sweet brown eyes.
Yes, dear, and so has every one,
no matter how lowly. five all made
it the purpose of our lives to attain
to OUR POSSIBLE SELVES, which is
only another name for Gods plan
for our lives, what a heaven this
world would beP'- Christian Union
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09
TERMS S1.5O.
Selected Reoeines-

Silver Cake.-One-half cupfnI of
butter, one cupful of sugar. one-half
cupful ofsweet milk with whites of
four eggs, one and one-half cupfuls
OF Hour, one teaspoonful of baking
powder. Always beat the eggs sep
arately and thoroughly, and always
rub sugar and butter to cream.
Coffee Cake.-One cup sugar, one
cup melted butter, one cup New Or
leans molasses, one cup strong cof-
Zee, one egg, one teaspoonful baking
powder, one teaspoonful ground
cloves, one tablespoon ground Gin
namon, one-half pound each of raj
SINS and currants, four cups sifted
flour.
MOlasses Cookies. cup butter.
TWO cups mOlaSses, one teaspOonful
cloves, one tablespoonful ginger.
sufficient flour to make a stiff bat
ter, not dough. Mould with the
hands into small cakes and bake in a
steady rather than quick oven, as
they are apt to burn.
COOkies.-Two eggs, one and one
half teacupfuls of sugar, one cupful
of butter, one-half cupful sweet milk.
two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar,
one teaspoonful of soda, nutmeg to
taste. Mix in enough flour to roll,
cut into round cakes and bake in
quick oven.
Washington Cake.-One pound of
brown sugar, one pound of flour,
one-half pound of butter, two pounds
of stoned raisins, four eggs, two
teaspoonfuls of soda dissolved in
half cup of hot water, one-half pint
OF molasses, two grated nutmegs.
Brown Bread-Two-thirds of a
cup of molasess, two cups sour milk,
one cup sweet milk, two teaspoonfuls
soda, one of salt, one cup flour, four
cups cornmeal. Steam three hours
and brown a few minutes in the oven.
Delicate Pie-Whites two eggs, four
tablespoonful cream, one large
spoonful flour, one cup white sugar,
one cup cold water; flavor with lem
on. Line a pie plate with pastry,
pour in the mixture and bake at
once.
Mock Bisque Soup. = Put three
pints of milk, less half cupful, in a
double boiler to boil, and put down
a quart of canned tomato to stew
In the half cupful of milk that was
reserved put n large tablespoonful of
flour and mix it until it is very
smooth; then add it to the boiling
milk and let itcook ten minutes. Add
a tablespoonful of soda to the toma-
toes, and when they are cooked rub
them through a strainer fine enough
to retain the seeds. Add piece of
butter the size of an egg, and the
proper quantities of salt and pepper,
to the boiling milk; then add the
strained tomato and serve immedi-
ately. Put some crOutOnS in the Uu-
reen before pouring the soup into it,
Many people prefer the soup without
crOutOnS. In that case serve them
in a dish by themselves.-[ Philadel-
phia Record.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09

Do you ask, g Where can L do this and
have my money absolutely safe?" Let
us give you some facts. The Lamoille
County Savings Bank and Trust Co. of
Hyde Park is an institution run on the
following principles =
1st. Not a dollar is loaned without
the personal knowledge of some one of
the Board of Directors that the loan is
safe beyond question.
2i. 1t is run as a home institution |
Every dollar is loaned in Lamoille and
counties. and every worthy en-
terprise in the vicinity of the towns |
whence the deposits of the Bank come, |
is fostered and encouraged in preference
to other Investments, so far as it can be
done with absolute safety.
3d. Under no circumstances is dol
lar invested in any western mortgage or
other out-of-the-State security. We
might perhaps pay our depositors one
half of one per cent. per annum more
interest by incurring little additional
believe there is to-day ''long felt
want" in Vermont for savings institu-
tion which will loan its funds at home.
1t is needed that Vermont may not
become impoverished. 1t is needed for
the building up and fostering home in
stitutions. Vermont towns will not
boom without money any more than
towns beyond the Mississippi and in
Alabama. 1t is needed for the greater
safety of the savings of widows and or
phans as well as of all those who look
rather to the absolute security of the
principal than to high rates of interest.
With no disparagement to our neighbors
who prefer to occupy western fields we
offer to the depositing public the La
moille County Savings Bank and Trust
Co. as an institution organized to meet
the demand for a strictly home Investment
Savings Bank That such ademand ex-
lists, and that the people are ready to be-
stow their confidence and encourage
ment upon such an institution, is evil
denced by the fact that the aggregate of
the small deposits alone i'll this bank
not couating any in excess of $1,000
were at the end of the first six months
of its business. $57, 1860, a record
without larall !. we believe, in the
history of Vermont Savings Banks.
4th Under no circumstances does
this Bank take over 6per cent. Itwould
not. knowingly. make an investment
which would pay over s per cent. The
safest class of loans and securities will
command money at 6 per cent. The
Bank pays the State tax of six-tenths
of per cent. on deposits in lieu of all
taxt S to the depositors. 1t must then be
evident that per cent. per annum is all
that the Bank can SAFELY PAY. This
rate it will pay. 1t is guaranteed and
rests on no contingency. Interest will
be compounded seml-annually if not
withdrawn.
The Lamoille County Savings Bank
and Trust Co., Hyde Park, 1T.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09
Bride of the Autumn Sun.

O, golden rod sweet golden rodl
Bride of the Autumn Sun;
Has he kissed thy blossoms this mellow morn
And tinged them one by one?
Did the crickets sing at the christening
When, in his warm embrace,
He gave thee love from his fount above,
And beauty, and cheer, and grace?
He brightens the asters, but soon they fade
He reddens the sumach tree;
And the clematis loses its sunny bloom,
But he's true as truth to thee.
Scattered on mountain-top or plain,
Unseen by human eye,
He turns thy fringe to FURNISHED gold
By loves sweet alchemy.
And then, when the chill November comes,
And the flowers their work have done,
Thou art still unchanged, dear golden rod,
Bride of the Autumn Sun.
-ILadies Home journal
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09

LITERARY NOTES FROM The CENTURY Co.
Prof. g. Fl. Darwin, of Cambridge, England,
one OF the great Darwins very able sons, will
print in the forthcoming (October) Century
what is said to be one of the most important
scientific papers that has appeared of late
years. The subject is "Meteorites and the
History of Stellar Systems, and in this es-
say Prof. Darwin attempts, in an original
and novel manner, to reconcile the nebular
hypothesis and the meteoric theory. Though
dealing with a subject both abstruse and
highly speculative Professor Darwin ex-
presses himself with great simplicity and
cearness. Accompanying the article is a
new and remarkable celestial photograph
which seems to show in actual formation a
great system, like our own solar system, all
exactly according to the program of the neb-
ular hypothesis.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09

MERIT MINs.-We des sire to say to our citi-
zens that for years we have been selling DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption, DR..
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica Salve
and Electric Btters, and have never handled
remedies that sell as well, or that have given
such universal satisfaction. We do not hesl-
tate to guarantee them every time, and we
stand ready to refund the purchase price il
satisfactory results do not follow their use
These remedies have won their great popu
larity purely on their merits. A. o. Gates
druggist.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09
NEWSPAPER LAWS.

1. Any person who takes paper regular
ly from the office-whether directed to his
name or another's, or whether he has sub
eribed or not-is responsible for the pay
ment.
?. If person orders his paper discontin
ued, he must pay all arrearages, or the pub
fisher may continue to send it until payment
is made, and collect the whole amount, wheth-
er the paper is taken from the office or not.
B. The Courts have decided that refusing
to take newspapers and periodicals from tn,
postofice, or removing and leaving them un
.iled for is prina facie evidence of fraud.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09
ADVERTISING RATES.
If and Perhaps.

If every one were wise and sweet,
And every one were jolly;
If every heart with gladness beat,
And none were melancholy;
If none should grumble or complain,
And nobody should labor
In evil work, but each were fain
To help and love his neighbor.
Oh, what happy world 'twould be
For you and me-for you and mel
And if, perhaps, we both should try
That glorious time to hurry;
Hyou and I-just you and L
Should laugh instead of worry;
If we should grow-just you and L
Kinder and sweeter-hearted-
Perhaps in some near by and by
That good time might get started.
Then what happy world 'twould be
For you and me-for you and me-
Harper's Young People
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09

We want every mother to know that Group
can be prevented True Group never appears
without a warning. The first symptom is
hoarseness; then the child appears to have
taken cold or a cold may have accompanied
the hoarseness from the start. After that a
peculiar rough cough is developed, which is
followed by the Group. The time to act is
when the child first becomes hoarse; a few
doses of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy will
prevent the attack. Even after a rough
cough has appeared, the disease may be pre-
vented by using this remedy as directed. FoI
sale by Gates, Morrisville.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09
T.. III. MILLER.

VETERINARY SURGEON. graduate Mont
real Veterinary College. Honorary Fellow
Montreal Medical Association, Veterinary Sur
geon to Shelburne Farms. Calls promptly at
tended. Office, 110 Church Street,
BURLINGTON, VT.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09

HEALER IN Wagons of all kinds; one and
two horse Lumber and Express Wagons,
Buggies, etc. Iron work and repairing done to
order; also Horse Shoeing. Give him a call.
MORRISvILLE, VT.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09

A SAFE INvEsTMENT-Is one which is guar
anteed to bring you satisfactory results, or
in case of failure a return of purchase price.
On this safe plan you can buy from our ad-
vertised druggist bottle of Dr. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption. 1t is guaranteed
to bring relief in every case, when used for
any affection of throat, lungs or chest, such
as consumption, Inflammation of lungs, bron-
chitis, asthma, whooping-cough, Group, etc,
etc 1t is pleasant and agreeable to taste,
perfectly safe, and can always be depended
upon. Trial bottles free at A. o. Gates drug
store.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09
To Those Who Save.
JUST CONSIDER THIS.

The following table shows the surpris-
ingly large sums which savings of one,
five, ten, twenty five, fifty, and 100 cents
per day, compounded semi-annually, at
per cent, will amount to in 5, 10, 20,
and 80 years
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09
e. e. FOSTER,

MANUFACTURED and dealer in all kinds of
WI Marble and Granite. Work Guaranteed
as Good and Prices as Low as any in Vermont.
Portland Street. MORRISVILLE. VT.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-10-09
w. NJ SMITH.

nEALER IN italian and American Marble.
IL all kinds of Granite; Monuments, Head
stones, Tablets, &c. Cemetery work neatly ex-
ecuted orders promptly filed.
CAMBRIDGE, VT.
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". w. JEwETT,

DENTAL SURGEON, MoRRIsvILLE, VT.
Office open Sundays from IL TO 1 p. NJ. for
extracting. Patients from out of town, please
make engagements by mail IN ADVANCE