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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-08-13

What is the need of this eternal
blazon about bimetallism and de-
monetization having destroyed the
value of silver, when the whole silver
question can be compressed (as has
been done by the New York Times
into these dozen lines ain 1873 the
total product of silver in the world
was 100000 ounces, and the sill
yer in dollar was worth 81. 04 in
gold. Last year the worlds product
of silver was 65,000,000 ounces,
and the silver in q dollar was worth
only 80 ITO cents. In 1894 the po-
tato crop of the United States was,
in round numbers, ITO, 100000 BUSH
els, and the average price SO cents.
In 1895 the estimated potato crop
was 400,000,000 bushels and the
average price was 26 cents"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-08-13

"Sbe is very seriously hurt, sir
indeed you may prepare for the
worst"
These were the words of the doctor,
pronounced over the still, deathike
body of Belle Mildman, who had been
galloping over the fields, when her
red nubia, Topping in the breeze, had
attracted the attention of one of her
fathers fine Durhams, which pitched
suddenly at her horse from out a
dense thicket.
The horse, coming to such sudden
halt, threw Miss Belle over his head
into the very horns of the enraged
bull.
This served as taunt to the en-
ragged beast, which now rushed mad
ly upon her, paving and stamping
her 1.-THE form into the yellow soil.
Young Charlton, who was passing
near by, flew to Bellies rescue, when
the animal pitched at him so unex-
pectedly that he was terribly gored
before his trusty revolver had done
it's work.
Poor Charlton was now unable to
walk, much less take care of uncon-
scious Belle; but the field hands in an
adjoining Enclosure, being attracted
by the firing, came and bore the in
jured persons to the house.
Miss Belle was so horribly tramped
that she died, and Henry came near
following her; but nature, aided by
the best nursing, combined with the
best medical skill in the State flor
Mr.. Mildman spared no expense for
him who had risked his life for that
of Belize, triumphed, and after six
weary weeks they announced that he
would live.
But Jacob Mildman did not long
survive his daughter-the shock was
too much for his naturally weak con-
dition-and he, the last of the name.
soon went to meet his daughter and
her angel mother.
But before he died he did not forget
Henry. In his will, after a few minor
requests to servants, Henry was
made the principal heir.
When fully convalescent, after
spending a few years in Europe,
Henry came back to Mildman home
stead; and thinking how best to in
vest his accumulated surplus, he
resolved to found an asylum for
those who were truly hunting
work"
This he did, and one day, while rid
ing in his carriage, just approaching
the asylum grounds, he met a poor,
blind basket-maker, led by niece,
lass small, though about nineteen
years of age.
Something in the girls face seemed
familiar, and she looked so pretty
withal, that he instantly warmed
toward them, resolving not to take
them to the asylum, but to his own
house-at least for time.
'Do you wish to sell your baskets?"
he said, by way of opening the con-
versation.
Pitchers CastOYIa.
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Every Dollar of the assets of this Bank Is Invested
in Ve7mORt
ITO those who deem absolute safety principal greater Importance
bigh rates of interest heoloMing

bgh rates of interest, heoloWng facts will be of interest
has far known dollar doubtful has
dollar outside
mole adjoining dividends stock
holders but they held for
TAKES CARE OF HOME INTERESTS 1t
Lamoe
counties constitute
During the responsible borrower from amoe county
first organization
borrower been denied the security offered within the
the bank.
THE PEOPLE During panic
had the confidence the depong public that
gained thousand dollars deposits while the other banks
the whole, showed million dollars
FoURm-T Is MANAGED BY MEN WHO BELIEVE IN VERMONT.
industries feeling assured that such loyalty will
mand the
believe
ered oarge rates desire that money invested home
where the security with their personally that
FHTH:-FOUR PER CENT INTEREST TO DEPOSITORS is ABS0
LUTELY GUARANTEED no withdrawn compounded semannUaly
without action the part of the depOsitor
SXTH:-COMMENCING BUSINESS
have been folOws:-
January 907S061; January
January 1891, 1S2107S9; January 1894, SS7S306;
January 1892, 23567S37 January 1895, 9Gl 52246.
January $39i06l2S.
CARROLL S. PAGE, Prest. S. 4. FIFE.
II. M. MCFARLAND, V.-Prest. II. P. STOWE.
PHILIP K. GLEED. o. =. GATES
9. a. KNIGHT. Treasurer.
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none of these favorablecircumstances
conducive to vigorous growth
either of body or mind
He bad "hunted work" and faith
fully, too, ever since Squire johnson
had started him out tramp.
After his few days stay at the gar
dener's, that worthy informed him
that he must "hunt some employ
ment."
Whittier was he to go? His weak
looks and attenuat4d form were a
barrier to his being employed.
You can't stand it to work, they
said.
SO it was, day after day, the poor
boy had trudged along, travelling
miles and miles, kicked and cuffed,
receiving harsh words and scornful
looks everywhere.
He stepped out from the haystack,
looked toward the town in an unde-
cided way, for he had begged at every
house on the previous evening, re
ceiving only a few cold buckwheat
cakes, from an old colored woman.
AS if unvoluntarily, he started
toward the house of the farmer, by
whose stack he had passed the night.
81 can chop wood, or husk enough
corn" he thought, ito pay for break
fast"
"What is it?" said Farmer Mild
man. "Want to chop wood, eh ?
Well, yes, some of your stripe asked
to do that same thing, one morning
last week, and when | went into my
breakfast, he ran off with my axe"
ooh, let a starving man do some
thing for his food ~ said Henry.
Farmer Mildman was moved by
the sad, pathetic pleading, and being
thus moved, turned the stream o.
Henry's life into smoother channels
forever.
John, bring this man basin o.
water, soap and towel. Come into
the porch, l will try you. | will give
you something to eat, and plenty tc
do"
There was vein of kindness in the
farmers tone, which almost made
Henry think he was dreaming one o
those hunting dreams which only
those subjected to great hunger
dream.
"When did you have as much al
you could eat, young man? Yor
must be careful Tor a few days"
The smoking fatty pones" ant
seething SAUCES, with other substan
tials, so bountiful on the farmer''
board, did seem. indeed, to justify hi
caution to the half famished wretch
Henry soon increased in health anC
spirits, as much from the farmer
kindness as from being bountifull.
fed.
His father had successfully i'm
planted in his youthful mind tn
princip pie of doing thoroughly what
soever he undertook. So Henri.
pleased the farmer by his willingness
and thoroughness in his work.
1t is needless to trace his progress
in the farmers favor; suffice it to sa.
that he was soon the trusted fore
man on the large stock and grail
farm of Jacob Mildman.
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Bucklen,s Arnica saIye.

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 % cents per box. For
sale by II. ]. Dwinell.
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ooh. sir, if we only could sell one |!
Poor Uncle Jonas has had nothing
to eat since yesterday evening, and |
am so tired of being ordered away
from peoples doorsW
"Uncle Jonas!" thought Henry.
1T must be Della"
Fellow experiences, as well as fellow
feelings, make us wondrous kind,
though Henry was kind by nature.
"I'll buy all of your willow" he
said" Come, get in here, you and
your uncle. I'll feed you, and you
need never wander any more"
Half dizzy with joy, the dull, heavy
eyes of the maiden spanked with
delight as she whispered a few hasty
words to the old man, who nodded
assent.
Two years later, Henry Charlton
made his way, one bright, frosty
morning, down to the milkyard,
when Della Lester, now a symnet-
rical beauty, was experimenting the
milking.
Della, | am the little Henry who
used to play with you and your
brother Tom in Squire Johnson's bill
orchard away down in Virginia. You
never suspected that [ was that
Henry, but Uncle Jonas and | have
talked the matter over. even knew
you were my own Della two years
ago, when l brought you here"
She blushed when he said "my
Delia," but was too confused TO
speak.
He went on
"You know Tom used to play
preacher, and marry us beggar chill
dren. Della, will you act your part
over again in real earnest?"
That was a year ago. Now little
Jacob Mildman Charlton sits in q
nice basket crib, and is watched and
rocked by good old Jonas, and never
is tramp turned away from that
house united.
Mrs. Della Charlton pays frequent
visits to the Mildman Asylum, anC
all the inmates seen to know bel
cheerful step, while they are always
better for her coming,-Saturday
Night.
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When Baby - as 81 K, W. gave her t'as;or!a.
When she was Il Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Hiss. she chung TO Castoria.
when she hat chi lren, she gavsthem Caster {
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Are removed from each other by span of
many years. He Travelled in slow going
stage-coach while you take the lightning ex-
press or the electric car. When he was sick
he was treated by old fashioned methods and
given old fashioned medicines. but you de-
mand modern ideas in medicine as well as in
everything else. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
medicine of to-day. 1t is prepared by mod
ern methods and to it's preparation are
brought the skill and knowledge of modern
science. Hoods Sarsaparilla acts promptly
upon the blood and by making pure, rich
blood it cures disease and establishes good
hnalth
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1896-08-13

White kid and satin slippers should
be wrapped in blue tissue paper, not
in white. The acid which is used to
render paper white acts upon the
fabrics wrapped in it and yellows
thpm
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-11-21
THEY HOOKED A SEA LION.
The Tale of Two Fishers and Their
Wonderful Bite.

The Tale of Two Fishers and Their
Wonderful Bite.
From the Xazuma (Wash.) Post.
Last Monday, while Comrade Ewing and
son William were fishing in a small boat
just inside the bar at the mouth of the bay
one of their big hooks, to which was at
tached a small line, accidentally caught a
fish" which started off at a terrible pace
before William could get twist on the line
to stop it. When he did eventually sue
coed in making the line fast, the pull
stopped instantly. but a moment later the
fish" popped out Of the water. and with
bellows that echoed and re-echoed along old
oceans shores. made for the small boat at
2.O2 gait, believing and flashing the water
in awful rage at every jump. Consider the
case of the two handsome orphans q long
ways from land and home and kindred and
only a couple Of oars apiece with which to
defend themselves from the rage of
fish" which they now discovered to he a
sea lion of the thousand-pound variety. 1t
was case where something had to be done
In hurry, and they hustled the oars into
the water and splashed the bosom of the
Mighty deep until the boat rocked as if in
mighty storm, while their yells out
rivaled anything they had ever put up
ANYHOW, the wild circus so astonshed the
sea lion that he turned tail, and. instead of
wrecking the frail boat, he dug down.
into the water and fed out over the bar.
But in his rapid fight he soon took up the
slack in the hne and, finding the hook still
fixed In his anatomy, and proving great
drawback to his peace of mind, he seemed
tc forget, through pain, his scare Of the
previous moment, and made another grand
rush for the boat, believing like mad and
beating the water into a great foam. But
the beleaguered fishermen were "onto their
job and raised such a pandemonium of
sounds upon his approach that he again
fled; and SO the retreat and fall back" fight
ragged for about an hour, and then the lion
'broke'' for the deep blue sea-" much to
the qualification of the entire boats crew,
who had been engaged in more prolonged
energetic and exhaustive labor than they
had bargained for.
1t was big fight with big fish," ard
while they were not at all alarmed during
the scrimmage, two-thirds of the particle
pants are willing to make affldavits that
they don't banker after such fish as sea
land.
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few moments the whole gang is inside.
And now comes the absurd part of the
business. When the birds have stuffed
themselves and have turned to leave up
go the long necks through the slips in the
pen on every side. frantic Cravings ard
fiutterngs shake the stout rails, but not
a single idiot Of the lot ever by any chance
sGueezes back out of that hole under the
lowest rail which admitted him.
Another Objectionable Device.
Instead Of pen, the trails may be led
to blind when the habits of a particular
flock have been studied closely enough to
make 1t worth while to sit in ambush from
daylight on and wait for them. Thirty feet
in front of the ambuscade of artistically
arranged cedar boughs, a narrow trough
in the ground is filled to the brim with corn
and grain. If all goes well, the birds come
up on the scanty trail and begin to eat
greedily altogether at the trough, their
long necks interlaced while they peck away
for dear life. If an old four-bore muzzle
loader. stuffed up with about three ordi-
nary charges of heavy shot, is kept trained
on the trough until this thrilling moment,
there Is a good chance that pull of
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tne SoulueFn states
give any hope for the persevering turkey
hunter.
The wonder is that the bird still exists
at all, for ever since the white men came
all manner of nefarious schemes have been
concocted for his destruction. Let g.
gang" of turkeys. say, ten or twelve,
the adults Of a couple Of families, show
themselves few times on the edge of
their almost impenetrable swamp dwelling
and there will not be wanting pot hunters
to spy on them for months till the roost
Of the big birds is located" on some high
veteran pine. SCARED with lightning. rails
ing its arms, Laocoon-like, from some little
island hidden in the marsh and thicket.
Them on a night when the moon is fat
and red and round, the murderers wade
through miles Of the morass and peer
above into the pine until they dimly per-
ceive the dusky forms crouched on the
more horizontal boughs. Not until the
position of every turkey is determined does
the massacre begin, and then the bird near
est the ground is selected to be ruthlessly
shot. After that the one next above re-
ceives the old muzzie leaders charge of
buckshot, and SO on to the highest. If
this order be followed the whole flock may
be shot down, but let a wounded bird come
f1uttering down from above by one of his
poor perking, quitting neighbors-the lower
In a moment.
An Effective Trap.
The mountaineers may catch glimpses
now and then in their wood chopping of
gray, disappearing wings and learn that a
flock is constantly about a certain ridge.
A big pen Of rails is built. with no opening
large enough to admit turkey except
a single hole dug under the bottom stick
or the pen, then enticing trails of corn
are laid from various parts Of the ridge
and the ravines on either side, some of
the corn trails about half mile long,
but all converging to this opening under
the pen and a tempting pie of grain is
left just inside the trap. On some unfor-
tuEate day the turkeys find the trails and
feed up in the right direction, running
one by one quickly in front of zach other.
picking up the grains, which are dropped
foot or so apart, until they come to the
pen. .a--3
Presently one can stand the temptation
no longer and squeeZcs under the rail
through the hole. The sight of the daring
one gobbling up all that corn is too much
for the nerves of the outsiders; and in a
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several OF the handSomeSt are only lycees
or institutions for the secondary teaching,
that is, for the necessary Latin, Greek.
mathematics, history and science, which
prepare for the higher studies Of the uni
versity. These are boarding schools; and
their students stand out with the most
comical distinction from the free and law
less rovers Of the maturer university and
art and technical schools. The higher stu
lance and no limits but empty pockets and
the fear of disgrace at their examination.
The boarding-school boys. on the other
hand. are led about like tender maidens.
Of age, he will be through about sixteen.
and will be popped Immediately into the
university. From bird in cage, he
suddenly becomes hawk set free He may
sit on the terrace" of a cafe. smoking
cigarettes and drinking hot speed wine. to
cast jeering eye on his companions of
last year, who file before him, two by two,
like geese led down to water. They are on
their weekly holiday walk, like an orphan
asylum All are in the hated uniform which
they have worn from eight years of age
shoes BACKED, coats brushed. buttons
frightened, gloved, caned, washed and
combed.
They have had their weekly compulsory
foot bath; they have changed their stock
ings and will change their underclothes
next week; their exercises are written;
their dormitories are in order, and there
will be jam for supper. Once or twice each
month these boarding school youths go out
Oh something like bona hde holiday, but
parent or guardian must come to take
them In the morning and return them at
night. They accept the hooking smiles of
their old friends with patience. Another
year or two will make them also free. And
so they walk with furtive eyes that look
aslant at ladies on the promenade.
II the surveillance of the boarding school
boy in the Paris Latin quarter is curious.
the complete liberty which this same boy
obtains at one great leap into the university
IS stranger still. At sixteen he was less
than a boy-he was an infant. At seventeen
years of age, if he has been at all lucky
with his studies-or at nineteen, at the
latest-he becomes man, complete, not to
be judged not to be questioned. His father
grins over his escapades. His mother sly
ly gives him money-and advice. He leads
over again, as nearly as modern conditions
permit, the life his father led before him.
In his university career the Paris student is
as free as any bird and he Is not disinclin-
ed to MARBLE.
Phases of Life.
In his gayer hours you may picture him
among a crowd Of compahionable young
devils-male and female-bawling his stu
dents songs along the otherwise silent
Seine Or you may think Of him as he ap-
pears at mid-Lent, when the Latin quarter
participates in the washerwomen's parade
which so interests all Paris.
Such are the students in their public life
If you should see them at their studies they
would look like any others. They are, as a
fact, bound to study fairly hard; for most
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of them depend for their career in life on
passing the university examinations. This
is an Indispensable preliminary to nearly
every profession in France, from druggis t
and veterinary surgeon to civil engineer
and teacher In the high schools, not to
speak of medicine and law and the officers
career in the army and navy. They also
have their clubs, which all persuade to
seriousness.
There is the vast General Association of
students. with it's branches in all the cities
of France, having a university faculty.
There is the Catholic Association, with it's
large number of students, who turn their
backs on the infidelity which triumphs in
the persons of their very university profess
sers There Is a Democratic League, in
love with the French revolution, and the
Socialist League has it's own large circle of
followers. But all these are hid away in
corners. STERLING HEILIG
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The Sexes in Burma h.


The new woman should take her way 10
Burmah. There. travellers say Is the only
place on earth where true equality between
the sexes exists. In spite Of this it is
claimed, no women are more womaniy than
the Burmese women whose coed sense en-
ables them to see the line where they ought
to stop. In the higher classes u woman has
property of her own and manages it her
self. In the lower classes she always has
trade and runs her business on her own
responsibility. The sexes choose their own
operations, and 1t is curious to see the men
sometimes sewing on embroidery, while the
women have nearly all the retail trade of
the island on their hands,
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lie the drama and the fine arts, and we
rejoice in the establishment of an Amer1-
can University Dinner Club" which is
to have Its inauguration on Thanksgiving
day this year And yet a proposition to
spend an evening in the Latin quarter
thrills US like an invitation to the Bowery.
1t must be that college life and college
men" in France different from those at
home.
The cabs rattle and jolt over the Belgian
blocks on the way to the river as we
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plunge into dark and narrow streets The
electric lights and wood pavemants of
modern. cosmopolitan and frivolous Paris
are left behind. Crossing the Seine some
one exclaims at the beauty of the dark
and silent river with its bridge on bridge
all sparkling with it's lights both white
and red Then we dash on intermnably
again into the night. through narrow thor
oughfares which have no traffic, silent and
mysterious Some voice breaks tremulous-
ly into song. Comrades, Comradesl Ever
since We were boys But it rings false
and We are only comrades in adventure
The fact is are bit afraid of the roll
licking youth we are about to meet The
Latin quarter daunts us, and the students
ball is livelier than our native Moulin
Rouge.
There Is blaze of light; the cabs draw
to the curb; policeman line the entrance
way; give up your canes and umbrellas as
an evidence that you have not come to
fight; two francs admission. down a flight
of steps, and you are in the sought-for
pandemonfum. The vast hall is absolutely
crowded with young men and women.
dancing, or attempting to dance, pushing
disputing. promer aiding with their arms
around each others waists, hugging. kiss
ing. hair-pulling. a mingling of peace and
war wherein there is no rest. There are
girls ''ho weep, girls who pout, girls who
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SpOrtsman's Paradise,
the PHILADELPHIA Ledger.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
South Africa seems to be the sportsmen's
paradise, even If the stories told about the
country are only half true. recent ac-
count says the country is simply teeming
with big game. Buffaloes are in immense
numbers, one herd which was seen recently
being at least 1000 strong. Buck are also
extremely plentiful, while zebra and Quag-
ga and lions are too numerous to be pleas
ant. Wild fowl are in myriads, from a
black duck with white patch on its
wings down to a sandpiper
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Of paid performers as they step through
the dance, impudent and unenthusiastic.
Here young men dance as wen. And
girls. who make a spectacle Of them
selves to the tourists Of the whole world,
these young men who emulate their Tril-
bys in high kicking and are not ashamed
to sit in public with their washerwoman's
daughtar-they are the hope of France.
The hope Of France, the youth Of France
the college men" of France are here be-