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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24
Meeting of State Firemen.

At the annual meeting of the Yer
mont State Firemen's Association in
Burlington July II fifty delegates
were present. The Secretary recon-
mended that an effort be made to
arrange state tournaments as a
means of keeping up interest in the
association. The Treasurer reported
a balance of $34in the treasury. OF.
icers for the ensuing year were elected
rs follows: President, Daniel Car
mody of Fair Haven; Vice Presidents,
Il. T. Hope of Poultney, s. D. Miner
of Vergennes, DR.. E. A. Burdick of Wi
nooski, N. d. Phelps of Barre, f. T..
Dewey of Montpelier; Secretary, E. d.
Moore of Bennington; Treasurer, L.
c. Grant of Burlington; Executive
Committee, F. E Perkins OF BurIing-
ton, II. l.. Thomas OF Winooski, j John
II. Donnelly of Vergennes, r. f. Stone
Of Middlebury, George Dunton OF
Rutland; representative to the ma
tional convention, G. s. Whittier OF
Montpelier. The matter of place
for the next convention was left to
Executive Committee and a commit
tee Of five was appointed to interest
the firemen of eastern Vermont in the
association. After the meeting the
delegates enjoyed a trip on the
steamer Eloise to Port Douglass,
where supper was served.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24
MAUD MULLER.

Maud Muller on a summers day
Set a hen in a brand new way;
MAUD, you see, was a city girl,
Trying the rural life a whirl
She covered a box with tinse gay,
Lined it snugly with new-mown hay.
Filled it nicely with eggs and then
Started to look for likely hen
Out of the flock selected one;
And then she thought that her work was done
1t would have been but this stubborn hen
Stood up aud cackled Ko-dootl' and then
Maud Muller came, and in hurt surprise
Looked coldly into the creatures eyes,
Then tied its legs to box "You bet,''
Said she, 81 know how to make you set"
But still it stood, and, worse and worse,
Shrieked forth its wrongs to the universe.
Kicked over the box with it's tinsel gay,
And ANONYMOUSLY tapped away
Then bad boy, over the barnyard fence,
Tee heed, Say, Maud, there's difference
Tween hens, you know, an it is that
| One says 'Ka-dotl an one 'KadatP"
Then Maud recalled that the ugly brute
| She had Tried to set had said Ka.dooUP'
And ever since that historic day
| She bushes in an embarrassed way
To think of the hobbleshe made once, when
She tried to set gentleman hen!
Montreal Star.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
Teddy Roosevelt, Jr., and the coIIee.
tlons He Prizes So Highly.

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., son of
the vice president, is the exact oppo-
site of the average boy. He is an
original character, inheriting his IA
theirs positive disposition and en-
phatic ways. His tastes are mature.
In winter Teddy slides down Saga
more hill on his skis and fiis sled
and in summer fishes, bathes, rides
his pet pony and takes walks
through the woods. He is fond of
gardening and is a born naturalist.
He owns some guinea pigs and has
a museum in which all the speci-
mems are labeled. There are sam
plies from faroff China as well as
from nearby places. Among them
are an owl, an ostrich egg, birds
eggs in all sorts of nests and sever
al choice birds. There are bats and
lizards which Teddy himself has
stuck. His collection of beetles is
large and beautiful. He has sam
plies of butterflies from China, each
in a glass case by itself. There are a
fragment of a Spanish flag taken
from Spanish ship and Spanish
sword and several other Spanish tro-
phies. He has a large collection of
souvenir buttons, pins, pictures, etc.
He is fond of swords and pistols and
often visits his fathers gunroom,
where Kit Carson's celebrated rifle
and large number of guns of every
description are to be found. In this
room are massive heads of buffalo
and deer and rugs made out of the
skins of bears and tigers shot by the
vice president. The boy is a good
student and learns quickly. He
takes lessons on the piano. Teddy is
Is years old and has two brothers
and three sisters, one brother, Ker-
NIT, being 1 and the other, Archie,
5. The girls are Alice, 16; Ethel,
8, and Quentin, 3.-American Boy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24
Do Your Work Well.

Every boy should aim to do all
his work at least little better than
any one else can. He should give
e. thought, figure out how he can
save time and money for the firm
and yet improve the character of the
work done. He should study econ
omy in doing that part of the firms
business that he is looking after
try to find short cut methods that
will save time and money. Sugges-
tions are always in order.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24
BICYCLE VS.. SEWING MACHINES.
Instructive Opinion of the GynecOIOgist, R. L
Dickinson, NJ. D.

DICKINSON, M. ID.
A great many women do not get
the proper benefit from bicy Gle riding
because of a wrong position. They
sit too low and too far back, and
bend over to reach the handle bars.
Ia this position they are sitting more
as if at sewing machine than on a
wheel. Dr.. R. l.. Dickinson, an emin-
ent gynecologist, lecturer on obstet-
RIGS to the Long Island College Hos
pital and the Kings County Medical
Society, has omeinteresting remarks
to offer about this. DR.. Dickinson is
an ardent advocate Of bicycle riding
for women, and he is practical. He
cOnfesses himself to be a horseman
converted to the use of the bicycle DIS
a superior medium tor exercise. He
says: The question has been often
asked how it Is that we will advise
women to ride wheel, while strong
stand has been taken against the sew
ing machine on account of the harm
it may do to the pelvic organs. IL
seems to me that the conditions no.
der which the two forms OF exercise
are taken differ very radically. A
women at sewing machine must
stoop to focus her eyes accurately on
hepoint at which the needle is at work
and must drive the material along in
accurate lines under the rapidly
moving needle within the margin
of one-sixteenth of an inch. Such
a position in the corseted woman
brings a strong pressure to bear on
the pelvic contents by means OF the
lower part of the busks, or metal
front pieces, of the corsets, at a time
when her pelvic circulation is essened,
while it permits increased abdominal
pressure TO act on her pelvic cavity
directly from above. This causes an
injurious venous congestion about
delicate organs. The action of the
limb is distinctly a constrained one,
and somewhat resembles the tension
on the lower leg In working the pedals
of an organ, but without the free anu
conprnsating body balancing that
the arm work of playing the organ
necessitates. Lastly, the indoor mo.
ton is Il series of very short excur.
sions in rapid succession, while the
road machine calls 70" full, slow
sweep OF the whole leg-the diff
between jerking and swinging.
IF woman rides bicycle, stoop
ing we'll forward, while dressed in 8
snug corset, with her saddle rather
far back so as to be obliged to thrust
forward on her pedals, rather thar
to walk up and down on them, anC
with very low gearing, we have con
ditions somewhat analogous to those
under which she plays on the sewing
machine; but she should wear loose
body clothing and sit upright, witt
level saddle placed fairly we'll for
ward, the thrust is chiefly down
ward, the increased intra-abdomina
pressure is lacking, the leg work II
very different from that on the sew
ing machine, and all the obiectiona
features are eliminated, except tn,
liability to excessive indulgence"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24
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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24
The Roar Of the Lion.

The roar of the lion can be heard
farther than the sound of any other
living creature. Next comes the cry
of a hyena and then the boot of the
owl; after these the panther and the
jackal. The donkey can be heard so
times farther than the horse and the
cat ten times as far as the dog.
Strange as it may seem, the cry Of
the hare can be heard farther than
that of either the cat or dog.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24
a Hern.

Napoleon Wellington Dewey Malone
Was the brayest young hero that ever was known.
lie vowed and declared he would not be afraid
In battle, a skrmish, a siege or a raid.
He repeatedly stated he thought twould be fun
10 face howitzer, cannon, sword, pistol or gun.
He wished all his friends and his neighbors to
know
That bravely and calmly he'd meet any foe
Now, Napoleon Wellington, fearing no harm,
Went to visit his uncle, who lived on a farm,
And out In the barnyard he had such a shockl
gsare came rushing toward him great turkey
cock
with wide, tapping wings and tail spread like a
fan;
Napoleon Dewey Just turned round and ran.
-CarolNn Wells
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24
MEASURE THEM.

Gates. At first glance you would
not doubt that the man with the
top hat and the cape coat was much
taller than the small boy in cap and
knickerbOckers. Yet an actual meas
urement of the two figures with a
pair of compasses or by marking on
piece Of paper will show you that
they are precisely of the same
height. Try it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24
A New Ontical Illusion.

Professor Gates of the laboratory
Of psychology at Washington has
been experimenting with optical il
lusions, and he has found some new
designs that completely deceive the
human eye.
Here, for instance, is a strange
picture that has interested Professor
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24

eve are now going to give up hav-
ing Johnny get an education" "For
what reason?" Well-Re can't get
him sterlized every morning in time
to go to school. "-Puck.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-07-24

Laxative Bromo-Quiuine Tablets cure a
cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. Price 25
cents.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-10-10
Memories of BoyhOod.

Recalling childhoOds days does not
often have such an unfortunate effect
as in this story printed by a Pennsyl-
vania paper:
While walking along the track Of the
Philadelphia 4 Reading railroad near
Lebanon, farmer began thinking
about his boyhoOd days, and what fun
it used to be to place his tongue against
a piece Of cold metal.
Following up the thought, he knelt
by the track and placed his tongue
on one of the rails. The sensation was
delightful. but he had not enjoyed 1t
long before he heard train coming.
and then, to his dismay found that his
tongue was frozen to the rail.
There was nothing to do but to pull
1t loose, and when he did that he
thought 1t was coming out by the roots.
A visit to the doctor reassured him on
that point and he eventually got well.
1t will never be as good tongue as 1t
was, but it Is believed that the mans
common sense has gained as much as
his tongue has lost.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-10-10

Mr.. Brown, or on the stairs: believe
heard noise outside
Mr.. Brown disappeared for few min
utes; but his absence did not interrupt
the conversation. There was not much
to be made out Of it on either side, for
we were only fencing with one another.
| learned nothing about Olivia's friends.
and | was satisfied he had learned moth
ing about her.
At last we parted with mutual dissat-
isfaction; and went moodily downstairs,
followed by Jack. We drove back to
Brook street. to spend the few hours
that remained before the train started
for Southampton.
doctor" said Simmons, as Jack paid
him his fare, with a small coin added to
it, I'm half afeared I've done some mis-
chief. I've been turning it over and over
in my head, and can't exactly see the
rights of it. A gent, with pen behind
his ear, comes down, at that orhce IN
Gray's Inn Road, and takes my number.
But after that he says civil thing or
two. Zine young gents he says. point
ing up the staircase. Very much so,
says /. Young doctors" he says. You're
right l says. I guessed So, he says;
and pretty well up the tree, eh! Az,
l says; the light-haired gent is son to
Dr. Senior, the great pheeseecian; and
the other he comes from Guernsey. which
is an island in the sea- Just So he
says: I've heard as much l hope I've
done no mischief, doctor?'
II hope not, Simmons" answered Jack;
"but your tongue hangs too loose, my
man. Look out for Il squall ON the Olivia
oo,ct Marin " hn added
My anxiety would have been very great
If had not been returning Immediately
to Guernsey. But once there. and IN
communication with Tardif, could not
believe any danger would threaten Olivia
from which could not protect or rescue
her She was Of age. and had right to
net for herself With two such friends
as Tardf and me- no one could force her
away from her chosen home.
(To be continued)
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-10-10
AWED BY A MANS WOODEN LEG.


What Most Surprised the Buddhist
Lama on His Travels IN japan.
The Buddhist Lama of Pekin. who
has Just completed tour of Japan,
seems to have confined his travels here
tofore to Thibet and China. In Japan
the Lama was entertained by Count
Oiuma at his country estate. the resi-
dence on which was destroyed by fire
not long ago. AS the new building was
not complete the feast was spread In
marques set about under the trees.
While Okuma and his guest We're con-
yersing the Lama observed something
unusual about one of the Counts legs.
The latter. observing this. had the in
terprcter inform the Lama that the
limb was an artificial one. Had the
amazemelt with which this was re-
ceived been manifested by less au-
gust parsonage than the Buddhist pre-
late of Pekin it must certainly have
been amusing to those about him. But
Count Okuma FASTENED to explain.
Even then the Lama seemed incredu-
lous, and it was not until he had exam
ined the artificial leg critically, felt it
with his own hands, and studied the
working of it's points that he seemed
satisfied of the correctness of what
had been told him.
Then he gave free expression to his
establishment. He said that surgery had
not reached point In either Thibet or
China enabling them to perform such
operations as Count Okuma had I'M
dergone. nor had the artisans Of either
country attempted the manufacture Of
such wonderful contrivances as wood
ell legs, the plant joints of which ena-
bled their possessOrs to go about al
most as freely as If they had all their
original members.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-10-10
HANDLED WITH CARE.
Gingeriy Treatment of Small Boy Who
Had Swallowed Nitroglycerin.

Gingeriy Treatment Of Small Boy Who
Had Swallowed Nitroglycerin.
A little boy who had drunk nitro
glycerin furnished an awkward prob
lem for the police of the Twentieth and
Federal streets station yesterday morn
ing. They are chary OF dealing with
Internal machines of any kind, and did
not know how to handle human
bomb.
Edwin Wright, the boy In question.
Is 8 years old and lives at No. 1881
Point Breeze avenue. While playing
with other boys on the dump ut Tween
ty-sixth and Tasker streets he found a
bottle whose contents he mistook for
whisky. He raised it to his lips and
had drunk, as he says. several fingers
Of the liquid before his companions,
who saw label poison" on the bot
tie, knocked it from his hands.
Edwin Immediately became sick. 1t
was found that the bottle had contain
ed nitroglycerin. and Policeman Mi
chael Grugan, who had the boy in
charge grew nervous. He wanted to
summon the patrol to remove Edwin to
the hospital, but feared the conse
uuences Of the conclusion which might
be caused by walking person who
had high explosive concealed in his
body. He solved the quandary by TAX
ing the youth in his arms and proceed
ing gingerly several blocks to where
he could call the patrol.
When the wagon came Grugan, who.
pale as ghost, was holding the boy at
safe distance from himself, yielded
up his supposed dangerous charge to
Patrol Sergeant McGee. The latter
was not so fearful of an explosion, yet
he also employed circumspection in
handling the boy.
At st. Agnes hospital the physicians
quickly brought Edwin out of danger.
The small quantity Of ntroglycerin
which the bottle contained had become
considerably weakened by lying on the
dump, else the amount which the boy
swallowed, the physicians say, would
have killed him. A few hours after the
occurrence he had recovered with the
exception of some slight burns about
the llps.-Philadelphia Press.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-10-10
The Doctors Dilemma
BY t1eSba Stretton


me in charge when received the fol-
lowing letter from Johanna Carey:
Dear MARTINIQUE father and Julia
have been here this afternoon, and have
confided to me very sad and very pain
full secret, which they ask me to break
gently to you. You must come home
again for u season. Even Julia wishes
it, though she cannot stay in the same
house with you, and will go to her own
with her friend Kate Daltrey. Your
father cried like a child. He takes it
more to heart than l should have expect
ed. Yet there is no immediate danger;
she may live for some months yet. My
poor Martin. you will have a mother only
a few months longer. Three weeks ago
she and l went to Sark, at her own ur-
gent wish, to see your Olivia. did not
then know why. She had great longing
to see the unfortunate girl who had been
the cause of so much sorrow to us all.
but especially to her. for she has pined
sorely after you. We did not find her
in Tardifs house, but Suzanne directed
us to the little graveyard half milo
away. We followed her there, and rec
ognized her, of course, at the first glance.
She is a charming creature, that l allow,
though l wish none OK us nau ever seen
her. Your mother told her who she was,
and the sweetest flush and smile came
across her face. They sat down side by
side on one Of the graves, and l strolled
away, so do not know what they said
to one another. Olivia walked down
with us to the Havre Gosselin, and your
mother held her in her arms and kissed
her tenderly. Even l could not help kiss
ing her.
Now l understand why your mother
longed to see Olivia. She knew then
she has known for months that her days
are numbered. When she was in London
last November she saw the most skillfnl
physicians, and they all agreed that her
disease was incurable and fatal. Why
did she conceal it from you? All, Mar
tin, you must know a woman's heart, n
mothers heart, before you can compre-
bend that. Your father knew, but no
one else.
"Do not come before you have answer
ed this letter, that we may prepare her
for your return. Write by the next boat.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-10-10
CHAPTER XI.-(Continued.)


That was nv sentence of Punishment.
She had only addressed me once during
the conversation. 1t was curious to see
how there was no resentment in her
manner towards my father who had sys-
tematically robbed her, whilst she treat
ed me with profound wrath and bitter
ness.
The report of my fathers illness had
spread before reached home. and suf-
ficiently accounted for our visit to Jer-
sew, and the temporary postponement Of
nv last trip to England before our mar
riage My mother, Johanna and l kept
our own counsel, and answered the many
questions asked us as vaguely as the
Delphc oracle.
wrote to Tardif, telling him l was
going for an indefinite period to LONDON
and that il any difficulty or danger
threatened Olivia, l begged OF him to
communicate with my mother, who had
promised me to befriend her as far MS IL
lay in iher power. My poor mother
thought of her without bitterness, though
in deep regret. TO Olivia herself wrote
a line or two, finding myself too weak
to resist the temptation. l said:
"AIy Dear Olivia--I told you l was
about to be married to my cousin Jula
Dobree; that engagement is at an end.
I am obliged to leave Guernsey, and seek
nv fortune elsewhere. 1t will be long
time before l can see you again. II ever
have that great happiness. Whenever
YOU feel the want Of true and tender
friend, my mother is prepared to love you
as il YOU were her own daughter. Think
of me also as your friend.
"AIAKTIN DOBREE."
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1901-10-10

"Do you wish to consult my partner
or meg" asked the keenest looking man.
II am Mr.. Scott"
EITHER will do" I answered. my
business will be soon dispatched. Some
months ago you inserted an advertise
ment in the Times
ITO what purport:" inquired Mr.. Scott.
You offered fifty pounds reward
replied, for information concerning a
young lady"
\ CLEAN of intelligence and gratifica-
ton tickered upon both their faces, but
quickly faded away into a sober and
blank gravity. Mr.. Scott waited for me
to speak again. and bowed silently, as il
to intimate he was all attention.
II came" added, "to ask you for the
name and address Of that young lady's
friends, as l should prefer communicate
ing directly with them, with view to co.
operation in the discovery Of her hiding
place. l need scarcely say l have no
wish to receive any reward. l entirely
waive any claim to that, if you will
oblige me by putting me into connection
with the family"
"Have you no information you can i'm
part to us?" asked Mr.. Scott.
"None," l answered decisively. ut Is
some months since l saw the advertise
ment, and it must be nine months since
you put it into the Times. l believe it
is nine months since the young lady was
missing"
about that time" he said.
"Her friends must have suffered great
anxiety" l remarked
UVorv uraof uJao1 - bo odt,ittn1
"If I could render them any service
it would be a great pleasure to me-" l
continued; "cannot you tell me where to
find them?"
1--WE are authorized to receive any in
formation" he replied. You must al
low me to ask if you know anything
about the young lady in question:"
my object is to combine with her
friends in seeking her, l said evasively.
IL really cannot give you any informa-
ton; but if you will put Inc into commu-
nication with them, may be useful to
Them"
"Well," he said, with an air of candor.
"of course the young lady's friends are
anxious to keep in the background. 1t
is not a pleasant circumstance to occur
in q family. OF course, II you could
give us an ydefinite information it would
be quite another thing. The young lady's
family is highly connected. Have you
seen any one answering to the descrip-
tion?"
1T Is very common one" answered.
II have seen scores of young ladies who
might answer to it. l am surprised that
in London you could not trace her. Did
you apply to the police?"
1.-THE police are bockheads," replied
Mr.. Scott. "Will you be so good as to
see il there is any one in the outer office,