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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-05-21
ODDS AND ENDS.

world is 1, 450, 100000.
1t is well known that rabbits, rats
and squirrels all eat apples
The camel will cat figs with all the
relish that a person will.
While the girl of the period is shining
in the parlor her mother is shining in
! the kitchen.
The lace rufus of the cavaliers were a
n cause kissing and an offense in
Roundhead eyes.
A lady visiting a hospital gave a sol
der who had lost both his legs tract
on the sin of dancing.
France spends nearly 1, 900, 900 francs
a year in providing warm meals for the
poor school children.
The English Law Times reports gen
eral complaint among lawyers of lack
of business. 'Crime and contention
are both declining"
1t is well to varnish an oilcloth twice
a year, and if you do a good one will
last you as long as you want it to-
In Athens fifteen public schools re-
manned closed all last year because the
| teachers refused to teach until their
salaries should be raised.
General James A. Ekin, who died at
Louisville few days ago, was one of
the military commissioners who tried
| Mrs Surratt.
The discoveries of tin in Germany
500 years ago, which never became i'm
portant, were practically abandoned
several years since.
What we wish and what we want are
sSsaetimes very different things, al
I though in everyday speech the two
Asorcs asSsoften used Interchangeable.
~ -'s re .ifss-ench chemists who some
months ago succeeded in making small
rubies have now overcome all difficult
ties, and can make them of very much
larger dimensions.
1t is estimated that Indian wars have
cost the United States government
500, OO0 900.
Darwin published his "Origin of
Species" when so and his descent of
Man" when GO.
Sarasate, the violinist, has pocketed
$3.50 as the net profit Of a two
months tour in England.
If you catch an animal in a steel
trap, every minute it stays there its
meat is growing worse.
Germany produced in 1885, 1872, 413
tons of wheat, 1893, 426 tons of rye,
1888, 419 tons of barley and 4,197, 124
tons of oats.
Said an excited elocutionist, "Dare
to harm one head of her hair, and the
last moment shall be your next"
A pint of milk taken hot every night
before retiring will make thin person
plump and produce a wonderfully rest
full feeling
A pleasant household deodorizer is
made by pouring spirits of lavender
over Jumps of bicarbonate of ammonia
Wash your black silk stockings
through strong salt water, dry them
and wash again. Then rinse in clear
water This will set the color.
The pictures that hang on the walls
of the postmaster generals Washington
residence 6he old Frelinghuysen man.
sion) are worth more than 100000.
Mr.. Clayton's measurements demon |
strate that clouds of all kinds float at |
about the same height in the United
States as at Upsala, Sweden, and at
other parts of the world where special
observations have been carried on.
Celestin Kaltenbach, who has just
died at Dubuque, Ia, at the age of
seventy-eight years, apparently had
good grounds for considering himself
the oldest postmaster in the United
States. He was appointed by Presi-
dent Pierce pnd had held the Office
contlTaousfTfeyer since.
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Ms ONLY sairatlnn.

If man has to take drink OF whis.
ky every time he is called upon 10 trans
act business with his neighborit ia about
time his thoughtful neighbors should
cease trading with HMM order 70. save
him from drunkard's grave.-Pionoer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-05-21
To The FARMERS D. L2hDlIG County:

Whether salt is or not good fertilizer is question
which am not going to discuss have sold great many
tons of and many of salt report that its use
has been highly profitable
In article in the Family Herald and Weekly Star
whose agricultural department ranks very high authority
matters pertaining to farming, the following unqualified
endorsement is given in the issue of Jan. IA, 1891:
THE USE SALT AS A FERTIL1zER.-Salt is benef-
cial all kinds of SOIL and rarely used without good
suits. 1t is most effective grass lands often doubling the
yield 1t is indispensable for full yield of mangels and is
always beneficial to urnps cabbages and ruabagas
1t may be mixed with plaster for opdressing grass and
clover in the spring, and when young wheat it
destroys the Hessan fly 1t may be used with ashes but
as wood ashes contain about onethr their weight of lime
it is not usual to mix it with them The salt may be used
grain crops and 500 pounds per
Oats and wheat preserved from by salt; the straw
made stiff, and the grain clear and bright There
very few instances in which salt is found useful
The American Cultvaor takes other grounds with ref
erence to this matter and thus "The main benefit
to be derived from salt solvent, and thus renders
other and the natural fertility of the soil more val
uabe 1t says: Zone barrel of salt per acre. or about 900
pounds makes fair dressing. 1t is large enough guam
ty if the salt be fine and be distributed evenly by care
full sower Salt makes the soil and cold for corn
is better adapted the smaller grains and growing
potatoes but salt should be used on potatoes until the
plants up, will the seed quickly if applied in
contact with it."
The Agricultural College Cienster Eng recently
made quite exhaustive experiments the use of guano So
d. salt and soda Mixed and Proctos wheat manure The
results proved that salt and soda only better but
materially cheaper than any of the other fertilizers The
following the results shown by the experiments.
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A Delaware peach grower says it
doesn't take a frost to kill the set
ting blossoms. A cold wind will do
1T as effectually.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-05-21
Ez-Pre.Idcut uaye. on rnto.Ioant..

The following letter from ex- President
Hayes was recently made public by Mr..
Henry f. Lamb, Of Richmond, Va. a
collector Of autographs and autegrTpn
letters, who has the original In his pos
session;
Fremont. O.. Nov. 4 tsnn
NV DEAR Stn-Thc abstinence from the use
o. Intoxicating drinka Ia the White House, both
In public and privately, while Mrs. Hayes aud
myself were it, occupants, Il without precedent,
and has not since been followed. Neither 81 IA
regretted the course adopted. Every such step
when hrst taken. ofcoursc. meets with opp1ai-
ton and criticism. II cannot hereafter 10
claimed, by fair minded and well informed
people, that liquor n beverage & n necessity
In the executive mansion. sincerely,
RuTmEHroup u. HAYIas.
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! IL 30 lluus

A penfhfyy rrovident fund was estab
hshed in New York city by the Charity
Organization society. After having
been in operation about a year it was
found on Nov. 1, 1889, that there were
S,S46 depositors, aggregating So, GOO 49,
Slowly gaining the confidence of the
community, the fund had July 1, 1890,
the sum of S7,014.77 remaining on de-
post, and over $4,000 persons had
awaited themselves of the privilege in
sums varying from one cent upward.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-05-21

Bennington is removing all her
door-yard fences.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-05-21

The longest pedestrian tramp ever
attempted is that laid out for himself
by Lieutenant Bachmoutoff, of the
Fifth battalion of Siberian infantry.
He has started from Vladivostok, on
the shores Of the Sea of Japan, for
Paris. He has arrived in Tomsk, and
starts thence to st. Petersburg. In
four months he has walked 726 miles,
battling with snow and wind.
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CARROLL S. PAGE.

Hyde Par&, VT, Feb. 10, 'oI.
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A process has been recer

n PROCESS HdS OeSll recently invented
by which iron may be coppered by
dipping it into melted copper, the sur
face of the iron being protected by a
layer of melted cryolite and phosphoric
acid. 1t has been found that if the
article, when immersed, is connected
with the negative pole of battery the
coppering is done more rapidly.
The number of thieves, housebreak-
ers and burglars at large in England
and Wales is computed to be 81, 17S.
Every year these take part in over
$500 burglaries, and last year they
were had up for 25, 80 petty thefts.
A Wheeling journal announced that
the people of that town would soon
have the pleasure of seeing a certain
actor ''in his great role of King Lear in
Macbeth. )" The paper has, however,
since stated that it was misinformed as
to the particular role, and interest in
the approaching event has abated.
A man living in Talbot county, Ga,
it is reported, has never attended serv-
ices at church, has never ridden on a
train and never been to city. Re
Gently gentleman offered to pay his
fare to Columbus, but he refused to go.
The highest chimney in the world,
that at Halsbruckner Hutte, near Fret
burg, Saxony, has been finished. 1t is
AGO feet high. Its diameter at base is
33 feet and 16 feet at the top, the inner
diameter being feet. 1t is built of
clay stone.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has
passion for attiring himself in fashion
able and elaborate clothes of silk.
Some of his costumes are so snowy and
delicate that they would excite the envy
The morning call., 1891-01-18
THE ROAD TO CANTON.
Graphic Description Of a Highway Lined with
Graves.

We pass by fish-ponds where a man is
sorting fish out of hand-net; farnl-houses.
the women coming to their doors to gaze at
the white barbarians"; through rice-felds
where the path is so narrow that the chair
hangs above depth of watery ooze. Here
and there among the newly-turned fields is
patch OF vivid grren-rice plants awaiting
transportation; crop of trefoil; or lotus
with their exquisite leaves, each plant grow
ing alone in wet mud. The Celestials are
lotus-eaters, but the food has lost its virtue
since the days OF Ulysses, for the heather
Chinee" takes opium when he wants TO
dream.
The road winds on through sparse bamboo
Plantations, past hedges in fresh spring
green, starred with jesSamine and tiny
white wild roses; and all along the way on
every scrap of rising ground are-graves !
those OF poor people for the most part,
whose relations cannot afford a granite
SLAB, and only sod of turf shows some one
lies below, some one who has worked out
his llfe's story among the toiing millions,
VINO has Joined the great majority, and so
become an object of reverence to his coup-
trymen. For their dead the Chinese choose
the best and fairest places; they visit the
graves each year; and now, Just after the
"tomb-Sweeping' festival, from every sod
and from every headstone tlutters paper
charm.
We meet many country people bearing
produce to the city; chipping brood of
chickens, or yellow ducklings, two or three
pigs dangling nelplessly in bamboo baskets
eggs, vegetables; and Newspapers with
bundles of mock money to be burnt at the
graves, that SO the spirit may have where
wIthal for comfortable existence in the
land of shades; or roasted pig and cakes
to be spiritually partaken OF by the de-
parted. and actually by the survivors We
are near the mountains now; the road
grows greeneri thread Of water has worn
Tor Use III q baby CanVOn. its red sides plofhad
with ferns, new pink-tinged fronds Just un-
curled. Above, like wild flowers in the
grass. ground ivy and yellow cistuS, give a
look OF home.-Chamber' journal.
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the man that l proceeded to name him nc
the guardian and trustee of the person and
property OF my son and my sole executor.
10 my beloved Theodore, whom | wished to
have stand by herself, independent of the
world In every respect, | gave nv mill pro-
erty. to her and to her heirs and assigns
forever. To YOkel / willed not only good
share of my estate absolutely, but | also
named him as one OF my residuary legatees
and devisees. All the rest and residue of
my property / gave and devised to Yokel in
trust for my son Writ, said trust TO cease
and determine Immediately in ease he
should recover his reason, and in the event
OF his departing this life and leaving mo is
sue his share was TO fall into and form a
part of my residuary estate.
1okel was extremely grateful to me when
made known to him the provisions of my
VIII, and promised in a solemn manner to
regard the trust as the most sacred duty of
Instead of lifting little, as at one time it
haa seemed they might, the clouds OF sorr w
now settled down more thicklv than ever
upon our lll-starred freside. Writ grew
worse and his mania took ON moe DANCER
Gus character. He required constant watch
ing, for he appeared to take delight in tear
ing into shreds the hangings and draneries
of the house, and so Irresistible was this
The morning call., 1891-01-18
CHEMICAL MO0RS.
How to Get a Mineral Bath i'm a Concen-
trateu Form.

How to Get a Mineral Bath i'm a Concen-
trated Form.
The moor baths, of which much Is now
heard, and which are provided at many
Austrian and German health resorts, were
first used al FranZenbad. In 1888, DR..
Poschmann. a physician there, believed that
he had found in them new curative me-
dunn, and they have since become popular
Some physicians still question their efficacy,
while others in Austria and Germany rely
upon them to render good service in many
maladeS. Though the bath is composed of
peat or moor earth to which enough water
has been added 10 make 4 thick paste If the
mass, yet the peat is different from that
which is extracted from boz in Ireland or
Scotland. In both Ireland and Scotland the
peat Is used as 4 fuel; ut FranZenbad the
mineraliz-d peat will not serve such {, pun
pose. The bog from which it has been eX-
tracted has been saturated throughout count
less ages with mineral water, and the
product is a strong chemical compound
Thus a moor bath is mineral bath in "a
concentrated form, and effects are produced
upon the system by taking c0urse of these
baths which cannot be produced. according
10 experts, BY any mineral Waier.-Black-
woods Magazine.
The morning call., 1891-01-18

of the cavern as / have briefly related II to
you, but more wonderful yet, while gr0ping
my way about came upon the body of a6
Indian chief stretched full length upon
rocky shelf. From the symbols embroidered
upon his buckskin clothing at once recoS-
nzed the dead chieftain to be none other
than the famous Cuggerynossett, who had
disappeared so mysteriGusly hundred wears
before, snatched up to heaven by the Great
Spirit. so the legend runs. The truth burst
upon me; not only had this cavern been
known TO the Indians. but its atmosphere
possessed the rare virtue of preventing
putrefaction, and there lay Coggerynossett
in the very attitude in which he had been
placed by his braves hundred years bacl
Since my discovery of this rocky chamber a
quarter Of century ago / have made MANY
tests Of lis wonderful powers by suspending
the carcasses Of animals upon Its walls ami
within its silent depths, like Septimius the
Second, have passed MANY hours of deem
and restful meditation. Thither | Shall he,
take myself. my dear WHIT, when Yokel
fires the laboratory"
And how. long shall you remain there
father" he inquired with slight tremor in
Only few days, my boy" said 1; .'iust
The morning call., 1891-01-18
CHAPTER I.

!. !. u. 4; =: !. i. !: !. !
~ ONE who read this rather curl
(( } Gus tale may be inclined to ques-
~ ton my statement when l tell
~ them it is founded on fact; but
! : Y to all such doubters l make an
ISL swer that the CleGgs are an old
New England family and that my grand
father, DR.. Septimius Clegg the First-for
am the third-was Benedict Arnold's staff
surgeon and just about as recklessly
brave as that great leader, and that L
have in my possession pair Of very hand
some silver-mounted holster pistols, with
which he amused himself firing at red
coats when he should have been attending
to his hospital duties. And that this being
the case, It will not be a difficult task for
any one so inclined TO supply the litmus Of
investigation 10 this relation and satisfy
himself of the absence Of any of the acid of
fiction.
OF my father, more anon; but may say
here that he was quiet country doctor, a
very intelligent man whose ample means
made practice unnecessary, and that his
leisure time, Of which lie had an abund-
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into strap-shaped ones. and these at the
same time become female, as the original
ray foTets are. This change of Sex with
a remarkable circumstance by physiological
botanists. The effect of the change is.
therefore, in an absolutely double dahlIa
that it cannot produce seed unless 1t re-
ceiyes the pollen through some half single
variety through the wind, insects or other
artificial means.
1t may be interesting TO those who would
ike to attempt the raising OF dahlias from
seed to know that seed sown early in the
year III pots indoors, and the young plants
raised therefrom set ont in the spring time,
VIII bloom before autumn.
The morning call., 1891-01-18
A Fine Thing for the Teeth.

Fragrant SOZODONT is composition OF the
purest and choicest ingredients OF the Oriental
vegetable Kingdom. Every ingredient is we'll
known 10 have a beneficial effect on the teeth or
gums. Its embanniug or autisepiic property and
aromatic fragrance make ii toll luxury. 50.
ZODONT removes all disagreeabie odors from
the breath caused by caiarrh, bud teeth, etc. 1t
Is entirely free from the injurious anu acrid
properties OF tooth pastes ana powders which
destroy the enamel One bottle will last six
months.
The morning call., 1891-01-18
TIL GREAT
SIERRA
KIDNEY AND LIVER
CUR

Is new and wonderful discovery. manu-
featured from the pure fresh juices OF the
herbs OF California, in their natural state,
containing all their original properties. De-
hghtful to the taste and immediate in its
effects. Positively containing 10 mineral in
its composition. Perfectly harmless and a
sure cure for all the many troubles arising
from the Kidneys, Liver and bladder; among
which are Catarrh of the Bladder and Stoni-
ach, Dropsy, Diabetes, Bright's Disease
burning, smarting pains in the small Of the
back, Gravel and other disorders these or
gans are heir to. For Leucorrhea. sup
pressed Menses, and all other female
complaints, The Great Sierra Fidnev
and Liver Cure has no equal, being
blood purifier and cnricher, without
biotching. 1t brings the fresh color of
youth 10 the cheeks, and clears the entire
system of all impurities. You will imme-
diately feel the beneficial effects of this
wonderful medicine. Give it one trial; YOU
viii never be sorry. Sold by all druggists.
The morning call., 1891-01-18
The Largest Kitchen in the world

The Bon Marche in Paris possesses prob
ably the largest kitchen in the world. 1t
provides food for all the employees of the
house, 1000 in number The smallest Kettle
holds 10 quarts, the largest 375 quarts.
There are so frying-pans each of which is
capable OF cooking 500 outlets at time or
OF trying 90 pounds of potatoes. When
there are emelets for breakfast 1900 eggs
are used. The coffee machine makes $50
quarts of coffee daily. There are 60 cooks
and 100 kitchen boys employed. London
Glnha
The morning call., 1891-01-18

strange tendency TO destroy, that it led him
upon several occasions TO set fire to the out
buildings. This eXacerbation of his symp-
toms laid leaden hand on Theodora's
heart. She went about the house like some
poor. pailid creature escaped from lever
ward AID wandering aimleSsly hither and
thither in the continuing stupor OF mar
cOtlc. | saw that it was necessary lot
Cousin Myra and me to turn our whole at
tenIiOn to her in order to save her NE.
finally succeeded in inspiring her with
hope which found no place IN my own
heart and at the same time L impressed
upon her the necessity of bearing up bravery
against this terrible misfortune, IN order
that our poor Writ might be sure OIL having
q kind and loving hand ever reauy 10 hilulS-
ter unto his wants.
1t was my custom to take my after-dinner
cup of coffee in my laboratory, where l
never failed to bring my brain TO lne h9le.
cular Quietude so favorable to thought ous
on this particular afternoon my pipe tasted
bad to me and the coffee seemed to nave
most extraordinary effect upon my nervous
system, first stimulating, then depressing
and finally narcutHng it. l Tell INTO ueep
but unnatural sleep and sat there Tor long
time listening 10 my own StentorlouS nIeatu-
ing without being able to rouse myseiI.
at last became conscious that someone
hand was resting upon my shoulder, anu
then l heard Wirfs voice sounding so1t ana
sweet and gentle, Just as in the olden time
Oh. what a delicious thrill those dear,
familiar tones sent through my frame!
/ began to pray, and then l stopped pray
ing and commenced TO Weep.
"Oh, heavenly father! l cried. with a
passionate outburst, stretching my arms
aloft, "look down upon our ravished fire.
side. Give him back to us. we implore thee.
Turn aside thy wrath. Make this dream
real!''
And then again could hear Wirts voice.
Father, beloved father" it murmured,
with all Its Old-time tenderness; lit is real,
it is not a dream. Writ is here in front of
you; wake, wake and look upon him! He
is cured lie is himselfagain. The dreadful
weight has been lifted from his brain, and
his mind is no longer oppressed with be-
wIldering gloom. Here he is, dear father !;
all well again. look upon him; oh, look upon
him.
At these words l felt two hands set
against my cheeks and my head pulled gently
down. Stricken with amaZenent, | opened
my eyes and saw my beloved boy kneellng
in front of me, with his handsome face
lighted up with that smile so dear to us all.
IL was too much Tor my poor old heart to
bear. 1t came to standstill l only re-
| member claSping my arms around Nirts
neck, and then life slipped away from me.
The morning call., 1891-01-18
Alike in Cottage and Palace.
In the cottage and the palace.

In the cottage and tile palace,
Everywhere that health is priced,
You will find the choicest lotion
Human skill has yet devised.
SoZoDoNT, as all Will witness,
Is boon beyond compare,
To the dweller In the cottage
Or within The palace fair.
Young and old alike demand it,
1t enhances beauty's charms,
Age postpones and childhood brightens:
Helps them all and never harms.
The morning call., 1891-01-18
CHAPTER LII.

The confagration was sudden and furi-
ous. Bran Yokel had arranged that there
should be no rescue, for no one save the
maid servants were about Even cousin
Mvra and Theodore were not at home. AS
was replacing the stones in position. could
hear the terrible roar of the flames, accom-
nanied by the crash of falling brick and
timber. Everything was progressing finely.
In a brief space of time the laboratory
would be mass of glowing embers, and
only few charred bones would be found
amid the ashes for the Coroner's jury to sit
upon. The teeth would, l knew. be most
likely TO go through the intense heat IN
scathed, and they would be silent but unan-
CleCc was now numbered with the dead.
| felt a strange satisfaction glowing
within my breast rs L entered the silent
biding place of CoggerynOSsett. and | recol-