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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09
AN INCH FROM EEATH.
And 1t Might Have Been the Most HOr.
yible of Fates Too.

We were sitting on the veranda of our
bungalow one evening in far off Bur-
ma, r. A. and l, enjoying our after
dinner cheroot. The waters of the bay
Tapped lazily at the sands at our very
feet, for our house was "builded on
the sands" of the shore. All the world
seemed at peace; only the PUNK,
PUNK of the monotonous night bird in
the jungle and the occasional weird
note of the jackal signaling in the dis
lance to his comrades was heard. The
moon had come up from behind rocky
island just over in the Big, and spread
a flood of golden yellow light over the
silver topped breakers, rolling in over
a neighboring coral reef. 1t was so calm
and beautiful that It seemed that all
that was wicked and bad had gone out
of the world, and yet death lurked just
at my friends elbow as he pulled I'M
consciously at his cheroot
We had been discussing in leisurely
manner something that had happened
in America. To prove some point my
friend arose and stretching himself lazily
sauntered into his bedroom to get pa
per bearing on the matter we had been
discussing. Usually lights were placed
in all the bedrooms, but this evening,
for some unaccountable reasOn-prOb-
ably the moonlight-the servant had not
performed his duties. | could hear my
friend fumbling about on his dressing
table, and then suddenly he gave quick
cry Of horror and rushed out to the
light.
81 have been struck by a snake, he
gasped, and his face was deadly pale.
"Where is it? Quick! Show me!' !
exclaimed as whipped out my knife.
He held out his right arm. There was
no mark on the hand, which / examined
critically, but Oh the cuff of the shirt
were two tiny scratchlike punctures and
two little globules of poison sinking in
to the starchod linen, and leaving sick
ly, greenish yellow mark.
you've had close call, old man, "
I exclaimed, with great sigh Of relief
land think you need a peg to brace
up your nerves. But first let US settle the
snake. ="
We found him coiled up on small
mirror which lay on the table, and an
ugly looking devil he was, too, ready to
strike again.
Hewas a very poisonous snake known
as the DeboB RUSSELL, but after my
friend had finished with him it would
have been difficult for any naturalist tt
have placed him in his proper genus
W. A. Fraser in Detroit Free Press.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN.
Plan of the Institution to BE Started In
Bronx Park.

Bronx Park.
Bronx park, in which the New York
botanical garden is to be established, is
about two miles in length and about
half a mile in width, contains 653 acres,
and extends along both sides of the
Bronx river, from a point about quar-
ter Of a mile south of Williamsbridge
station, on the New York and Harlem
railroad, in a southerly direction to
West Farms. Under the act of incorpo-
iation the citizens forming the corpora
ton known as the New York Botanical
garden are obliged to raise a sum of not
less than $250,000 as an endowment
fund. When that sum is provided the
board Of commissioners of the depart
ment of public parks is authorized and
directed to set apart portion of Bronx
park, not exceeding $50 acres, for the
purpose of the botanical garden. Of the
$3.50, 600 required $3.50, 900 has already
been subscribed, and there is every pros
pect that the remaining $11, 900 will
soon be raised. A committee of the sci
entifc directors Of the garden, who are
ex officio members of the board of man.
ayers, is now engaged, in conjunction
with experts appointed by the park
board, in considering the question of To-
cation.
1t is proposed to show in the outdoor
department as great variety of plants
as will grow in this climate. They will
be selected ON account of their beauty,
their uses and their general interest,
and will include collection of plants
arranged by botanical affinities. There
will be an arboretum, i'll which all trees
that will endure our climate will be
grown. The arboretum will require
large space, probably not less than rs
acres. Special attention can be given to
aquatic plants on account Of the great
facilities afforded for this purpose by
the Bronx river.
Under the act of incorporation it is
provided that when the $3.50, 900 re-
ferred to shall have been raised the city
shall appropriate $500, 900 for the con-
struction and equipment Of buildings.
There is to be a building for botanical
museum, in which it will be sought to
collect specimens of all the products of
plants. This building will contain also
laboratories, lecture rooms and an her
barium, which, it is hoped, will ulti-
mately contain specimens of all known
plants. There will be large number
of greenhouses Of various sizes, which
will contain growing plants in as great
variety as possible from warm and trop-
ical countries. These plants will be
grouped in the different houses. One
house will be devoted to palms, another
to orchids, third to ferns, fourth to
cacti, and so on. The garden will be
open in winter as well as in summer.
The botanical museum will be equally
interesting at all seasons, and, with
winter scenes without, the greenhouses
will be especially attractive. New York
Letter
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09

The lion does not appear to possess
the wariness of tiger. He will dash
into a tied up bait in the most head
strong manner, needless of the hunter
seated behind a screen of bushes, whose
presence, with his keen powers Of smell,
he cannot fail to detect. From what I
have heard and seen of his habits I
should say he was holder animal thai
the tiger, but by that l do not mean
more dangerous one. In one respect per-
haps he is less dangerous than either
tiger or panther, for / am inclined to
think that it is not so much his habit t.
feed on putrid flesh as either of the two
latter and consequently he does not kill
by blood poisoning after mauling his foe
so often as the others do. OF late year
since Africa has become more accessib
to sportsmen, one hears $requently of
lions getting the best of it and leavin,
their adversaries fairly we'll mangled,
but in nearly all the cases l have heard
Of, the mauled man RECEIVERS, whereas
India as surely as the hot season and
its accompaniment tiger shooting, come
around tiger and panther score several
deaths, usually by blood poisoning con-
sequent to mauling received from one
Of the two. --S'cribner s..
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09
The Rise In CAMPHOR-
The l-rice of the Drug Has Nearly Doubled
In Twelve Months.

In Twelve Months
The peculiar and uncertain u0 ion of
camphor i'll the market has caused more
comment and speculative gossip con-
corning this article, its sources of sup
ply, methods of producticn, o.. than
it has received for years past ne ma
populations of syndicate, saI - have
headquarters in London, and tia air of
mystery which has surrounded us oper-
ations have made camphor a commodity
toward which much interest has been
directed for months past. Refined cam
phor, prime quality, sold at 81 cents
per pound year ago, since which time
it has brought Ga cents. 1t is now quot
ed at 50 cents, this decline from the
higher figure being attributed to the
bearing of the market by the syndicate,
or because of outside competition with
the syndicate. The future course of the
market is problematical. The syndicate
commenced buying last June aud has
not yet cornered the market. Dealers be-
Heve that if the syndicate can continue
to purchase all that is offered during
another six months it will be i'll abso-
lutte control Whether it can do this or
not is uncertain because the personnel
of the operators and their financial
strength are not known and can only be
guessed at
In view of the interest and the posi-
bilities of the situation, timely reference
can be made to Japan and Formosa,
where most Of the crude camphor of
commerce is grown. In oldeu times
camphor was produced in Sumatra, Bor-
neO and other parts of the East Indies
and China, but of late years they have
been no factor in production. Camphor
trees are of the evergreen variety, sym
metrical in proportion, blossoming with
white flowers and bearing red berries
They attain great age, some living 300
years, and are of ponderous size, the
largest measuring 10 feet i'll diameter.
The camphor of Formosa is inferior to
that of Japan, which, coupled with the
fact that the former island is inhabited
largely by savages, and the production
of crude camphor being attended with
so much danger, leaves Japan practical
ly to supply the world. The annual ex-
port of crude camphor from Japan aver
ages about 5000, 200 pounds, Of which
one-fourth comes to this country and
the remainder is distributed over Europe.
This merchantable product must be re-
| fined before it can pass into consuming
channels, and until two years ago it was
exclusively treated at American and
European Tefneries, The attempts re-
Gently made to finish the product in Ja-
pan have met with moderate success, re-
sulting in Japan brands being placed
on the market by about a dozen small
Paint, Oil and Drug Review.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09

A Dundee butcher exhibited at his
shop door various articles, such as
sleeps heads, bullocks tongues, etc.
Two thieves in search of their dinner
noticed the conspicuous and tempting
tongues at the butchers shop, and they
resolved to victimize him.
Accordingly one Of the thieves made
a rush into the shop, and hastily adj
dressing the butcher said:
did you not see big black dog
running away with large tongue in
its MOUTH"
"Impossible!" said the unsuspecting
butcher, who fancied one of his tongues
was off, and selling chopper he rushed
out of the shop after the supposed dog
thief. Getting glimpse of one of the
canine race somewhat answering the
description given, he made full chase,
but lost sight Of the animal at corner
where a crowd Of hangers on are always
to be found lettering
The butcher, somewhat discounted,
appealed to the crowd by asking if any
Of them had "seen big black dog with
a tongue in its mouth.
with q tongue i'll its MOUTH" said
one of the crowd. "You stupid man
Did You ever see black dog without a
tongue in its MOUTH"
II am sold, said the worthy butcher,
and so he was, for when he returned to
the shop he found that the whole of his
tongues were gone as we'll as the two
thieves who had taken them. London
Tit Bits.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09
Paying For the Honor.

In China it is believed that people
should pay according to their means.
The one barber in Picking who under
stands the foreign mode of hairdressing
charges a foreign minister half a dol
lar, a secretary Of legation % cents and
an unofficial foreigner 10 cents. Natives
pay about half cent for the same serv-
ice. So says Mr.. Holcombe in his book,
"The Real Chinaman," and he adds
this bit of personal experience:
In passing through Japan l once had
occasion to employ a Chinese chiropo-
dist residing there. His charges, so he
declared, were cents to his fellow Chi
nese, 10 cents to an ordinary japanese
and half a dollar to all other foreign
ers. In the course of the conversation,
while he was at work, he said:
81 hear that our Chinese minister
came to this hotel today. Do you know
whom he came to see?"
"Oh, yes" said 7, che came to call
on me.
"Then you must be an official, said
the Chinaman.
modestly admitted such to be the
fact, and the conversation drifted to
other subjects. When the mans labors
We're concluded, he demanded a dollar,
in the face of his own statement that
his regular charge TO all foreigners, ex-
Cepting japanese, was 80 cents, and he
enforced his claim by this Argument:
"Sposey that China minister come
see you, you long all same he. You
b'long same he, you makey pay 81 all
same. That long ploper
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09

AS rule, it IS only among the pros
porous that one finds the pet meanness.
The poor haven time to develop fads
of any kind; they never have much of
anything, bu5 they give Of their little in
a way that puts their richer neighbors
to blush.
The most amusing instance I can re-
call Of the effect of a suddenly acquired
fortune upon pet meanness is that told
by an English author about an old wom-
an in an almshouse, who came into a
million by chancery decision that had
been pending 100 years. She bought ev-
erything that money could buy-silks,
velvets, laces, furs, estates, carriages,
horses, soiGisant friends even. She
threw away her bank notes upon every
thing imaginable, in kind of frenzy Of
possession. But when it came to tea
she suffered, she debated, she chartered,
but she never could make up her mind
to buy and pay for, at any one time,
more than quarter of a pound Of
good black Bohea." She would have
felt beggared by pound of any tea at
any price; it had always been so pre-
cious to her that she had lost all sense Of
its intrinsic value. Perhaps it represent
ed to some extent the bright unattaina-
BILE, without which life has no zest.-
Lippincott's
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09

Mr. William L. Winans' distribution
of s., 500 among the ballet girls at the
Alhambra has made him the hero of
London S music hall world Mr.. Wi
mans has been known for some weeks
among the frequenters of the Alhambra
as "the mad American. " Every night
he has occupied alone $15 box during
the 40 minutes of the "Titania" ballet
on the stage. He has never sought to go
behind the stage or make the acquaint-
ance of any of the performers. His name
was unknown until week ago, when
he sent a check to the managers, with
directions to distribute the money among
the girls, giving the first dancers 5000,
the general dancers $50 and the children
$40 each. His solitary figure is still
seen in the box every evening, and the
members Of the ballet now salute him
as "the American Monte Cristo -
New York Sun.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09
A Curious Telephone.

81 have a most remarkable telephone
in my house, remarked a resident of
the western addition. "Inoticed that at
times l could hear very distinctly the
conversation in the next house. Sudden
ly it would Ee broken off short in the
middle of a sentence, and | could not
hear another word. 1t would become au-
dible again just as suddenly.
"By series of experiments / have
found out that the sound is conducted
by the water running through the pipes.
When the water is turned on in my
house, can hear all the conversation
in any Of the rooms next door in which
there is running water. When | turn off
the water, all sounds stop suddenly.
81 told my neighbor of it, and we
have put it to practical use When l
wish to speak to him, tap on the win
dow, he turns ON the water i'll his house
and listens while / talk to him over the
water pipe IN an ordinary tone of voice.
When have finished, he turns off the
water in bis house, and turn it ON in
mine and listen. In that way we can
carry ON long conversations with as
much ease as if he were in the room
with me. Still our houses are about 20
feet apart. San Francisco Post.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09
Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, OF Junction
City, ILL.,, was told by her doctors she
had consumption and that there was
no hope for her, but two bottles of
DR.. Kings New Discovery completely
cured her and she says it saved her
life. Mr.. Thos. Eggers, 139 Florida
street, San Francisco, suffered from a
dreadful cold, approaching consump-
ton, tried without result everything
else, then bought one bottle of DR..
Kings New Discovery and in two
weeks was cured. He is naturally
thankful. 1t is such results, of which
these are samples, that prove the
wonderful efficacy of this medicine in
Coughs and Colds. Free trial bottle
at II. j. DwinelPs Drug Store. Regu-
lar size SOC. and $1.00
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09
Every Dollar of the AssetS of this Bank Is Invested
in YeI mont
THO those who deem absolute safety of principal of greater Importance
high interest following

ITO those who deem absolute safety principal of
high of interest the following facts will be of interest
lamo county counties adjoining N9dvdends paid to its stock
holders but they held for the security of dep0s0rs
SECONDLY TAKES CARE OF HOME INTERESTS. 1t
mOe portions
constitute the
During the borrower from lamoe
denied the security offered within the
of the bank
THIRD-THE PEOPLE BELIEVE During panic
the confidence the public
while Othe
the whole showed than million dollars
u MANAGED WHO IN VERMONT.
Men believe Vermont should be
those who believe that safety
the security with their personally know that
the the
FIFTH:-FOUR CENT. DBPOSITORS
GUARANTEED lfnot annually
without the part of the depOsitOr
BUSINESS JANUARY deposits
have been follows:
January January
January January /, 3Sz53I6;
1892, 2S56937; JanuaHy 1885, 361 ,52246.
CARROLL S. PAGE Pssst. S. e FIFE.
I'M. MCFARLAND, V.-PrestA r. ?. STOWE.
PHILIP <. GLEED. @. F. GATES.
G. 4. KNIGHT, Treasurer.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09
Rnoklen,s Arnica SaIpe.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
tions, and positively cures Piles, or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction or money re-
funded. Price 25 cents per box. For
sale by II. J. Dwinell.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-01-09
Good Manners.

Good manners are the settled medium
Of social as specie is of commercial life
Returns are equally expected from both,
and people will no more advance their
civility to bear than their money to q
bankrupt Chesterfield.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-04

The time occupied by dream is one
cf The marvels Of sleep. In tho work
entitled The Philosophy of Mystery"
we read of Il man who dreamed that he
had enlisted as n soldier; that he had
joined his regiment and travelled to u
foreign country; that he finally de-
serted on account of the harsh treat
mcnt he had received at the hands OF
his superior officers; that he had been
npprehended and carried back to his
regiment; that upon arriving there he
was tried by court-martial, condemned
10 be shot and was led out for execu-
ton. AZ this moment the guns Of the
eNecutioners exploded and the sound
owoke the dreamer. 1t was clear now
that II loud noise in an adjoining room
had both produced the dream and awak-
cned the dreamer almost Mt the same
moment
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-04
a Remarkable Nevada wood.

One of the most remarkable products
OF Nevada is species of wood known as
mountain mahogany, which, when dry,
is as hard as lockwood, very fine grained,
red in color. and of very high specific
gravity. 1t has been used for boxes
for shaftings. and. in some instances,
for slides and dies in quartz batteries.
1t burns with blaze as long-lasting as
ordinary wood, but after going through
what appears to be regular combustion
it is found almost unchanged in form,
being converted into charcoal that
lasts about twice as long as ordinary
wood. giving out immense heat, greater
than coal, all the time.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-04
SHE CHANGED 1T.
Tut the New Subject was as Objection.
able TO Him as the Old One.

But the Now Subject was as OBJECTION
able TO Him N the Old One.
lie threw his newspaper on the floor
and waved both hands over his head,
while his clinched teeth refused to give
exit to the remarks which seemed
struggling 10 come out, says the De-
troit Free Press.
whats the matter, Orlando??" his
wife exclaimed. although with less agi-
tation than the situation seemed to
warrant. for she was used to his ways.
Every time am reminded of it," he
muttered, in voice which shook, ~ am
filed with Indignation"
Every time you think of what, Or
lando?".
"Of the way Europe gets our money.
Our heiresses marry noblemen.
European actors and singers come over
her and ship money home in barrels.
They take it in so fast they're too busy
10 count it. The outflow of wealth from
this country is something awful"
We'll. Orlando. I suppose it's pretty
had. But did You know that you haven't
had the leally faucet in the kitchen at-
tended to yct?''
THAT is not the topic under consid-
Grafton" he exclaimed, .savagely.
Not exactly. But you know, dear.
you aren't going to have nearly as much
trouble with the outflow of money as
you viii with the outflow from that
faucet if they find out about it and
make you pay fine for wasting water"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-04
SUICIDE OF A RATrLEsNAkE.
IAttio Doubt Of tho Fact That They Kill
Themselves by Their Own BItcs.

Little Doubt of tho Fact That They XIII
Themselves by Their Own Bites.
The question us to whether the rat
tlcsnakc's venom is poisonous to itself
has often been discussed, but IL any
satisfactory conclusion has ever been
arrived at we are unaware of the fact,
says the st. Louis Republic. DIR. W. j.
burnett, formerly n member of the
Boston Society of Natural History,
says that there nre good reasons for be-
licving that the action of the rattler's
rirulent poison is the same upon all
living things, vegetable rs we'll as
animal. Other eminent naturalists
combat this theory and declare that the
idea of an animal poison killing or in
Juring vegetable is really preposter-
ons. Burnett says: at is even just M
fatal to the snake itself rs TO other ami
mails" Then he relates the experience
of one. DR.. Bearing. The doctor had IL
specimen of the prolific RATHER which
he kept alive in n cage. One day he
irritated the reptile so rs to study the
effect OF the anger thus provoked. The
snake struck wildly about few times
and then buried its fangs in its own
body. Almost instantly, the expert
nenter says. the reptile rolled over and
lied. IL this story is true. and we have
no reason to doubt the story. we see in
II the remarkable and unique physio-
lc" acl fact OF n liuqid sccrcted from the
binod which proves deadly when in
PRODUCED into the very source from
which il was derived.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1896-12-04
THEY WE'RE KIN.
Bot the Traveller Did Not Caro- to Inqu
Too Closely.

Bot the Traveller Did Not Caro- to Inquire
Too Closely.
THE best joke ! ever heard was on
me-" said j. ID. Buford to Washington
Star reporter.
81 was in Wise county. Va, in the
heart of the mountains, in the south
western part of the old dominion. am
II Virginian. and in common with all
loyal Virginians. claim kinship to every
one of my name in the state. The land
lord saw my name ON the register.
$50 yO' names Buford?' he said.
"'Ies.'
"'Ustcr be sum Bnfords hyar.'
"'Well. they must have been rela.
tions. My family are all virginians.'
"'Iaas. fo' do favor 'em. Reckon
yo' all air kin. 70 look jess like Dave
My fathers name was Dave
"rhar war three, Bob, John an
Dave
81 have unclcs by those names. They
arc family names
"'fo' sho' air kin. 1 thought SO.
mint looked ut yo'.'
"'iou say the Bufords moved away y
"'Not zaclily.'
eel thought you said they used to
live hcre?'
"'rhets what I sed. Yo' see. John
an Dave was Bob's sons. TIL ole man
was gwine ter marry agin, so tn boys
wouldn' git tn little propity tn ole
man had. an they killed i'm, so we hung
John an Dave
Il did not trace the relationship or
the family resemblance any farther"