News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1893-05-04
NOTES.

The st. Louis Republic asserts
that it was the unvoted vote that
disposed of Ben Harrison.
A new serial story by Mrs. G. V.
Jamison, the author of that popular
children's book, "Lady Jane" will
begin in the May st. Nicholas. Ii is
entitled "Toinette's Philip" and is a
story of child-life in New Orleans.
All tie counting is done by the
woman in Ukraine, Russia. When IA
woman discovers a man she would
like to marry she visits him at his
house and tries to charm him. II he
does not like her he leaves her and
lives elsewhere until she deserts his
| home.
It's houSe-clcuuiug time, and that
! suggests the Importance of looking
! after cellars and Easements. Making
the parlors and Giving rooms shine
with purity is well enough; but many
"A disease germ turks i'm an uncleaned
cellar, all the more dangerous be-
cause hidden from view.
Japanese books begin at what we
call the end. The lines are vertical
instead of horizontal, the first being
on the right-hand edge OF the page,
and are read downward from the top.
The place for the foot notes is ut
the top of the page, and that for the
readers marker at the bottom.
One of the visions of Jules Verne is
likely to become a reality. Expert
ments have demonstrated to the
satisfaction of experts of the navy
that n ship can be constructed witha
capacity for submerging itself and
moving below the surface of the
water rapidly and under strict con-
troll.
It's good story, whether true or
not, that the Washington cores
pondent of "A Pennsylvania paper is
responsible for. "Good morning Mr.
President" said a persistent office
seeker the other day. 81 suppose
You recognize me-" Yes | recognize
you" solemnly answered Mr.. Cleve-
land, "but cannot place you"
South Cardinals new liquor law
will throw out of business every sa-
loon-kepper in the state. According
TO latest returns, there are SS7 retail
liquor-saloons in South Carolina and
fourteen wholesale establishments.
1t is calculated that there are 5000
men connected with these places. The
only persons who will be permitted
to sell liquor for the state must be
total abstainers, so there will be the
curious spectacle ola lot of tetotallers
4 20. la
Cholera can be prevented by vaccin-
alton. So writes DR.. Haafkine from
India, where he claims he has innocu-
lated hundred persons by a newly
discovered method with perfect success
and he promises to give his method
to the world on his returnfrom India.
If his discovery proves his claims for
it, he shall stand among the few great
benefactors of mankind; but alas,
too many wonderful new medicinal
projects turn out to be absurd blum
ders, and this is still very new.
The May Century will contain one
of the most strikingly illustrated ar
| ticles which that magazine has ever
printed. Ii is a suggestive paper by
| Mrs. Van Rensselaer, on how to see
the Worlds Fair to the best advan-
tage, and the engravings, which are
from drawings by the French artist
Castaigne, reveal the poetry of the
buildings and the beauty of their sur
roundings in a way that has not yet
been shown. The originals of these
Illustrations will be in The Century's
exhibit at the Fair.