News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1901-02-20
NEWS OF INTEREST

The finest church in Posen, on the
eastern border of Prussia, was built by
Frederick the Great. For centuries i
has done duty as place of worship,
and yet had it not been for a war horse
1t would never have been built. Close
by bloody conflict occurred between
the king and the Russians, and the
former, always in the thick of the fight,
had his charger killed under him-a
sturdy animal that had borne him
throughout many battles. He felt the
joy of victory to be modified by the
loss of the horse, and put up to its
memory the famous church in ques-
ton.
The largest time ball in the United
States is being erected in Philadelphia
on the roof of the Fourth street end Of
the bourse. The ball, which is four feet
in diameter, and weighs 60 pounds, will
be hoisted to the top of an iron column
100 feet above tidewater, five minutes
before noon each day, and dropped cleo
trically 40 feet to an air cushion exact
ly at noon by the naval observatory
clock in Washington. The object of
the time ball is to enable all the mari
ners in the Delaware and Schuylkill
river to regulate their chronometers be-
for sailing.
The Germans and Russians favor
their bread with cinnamon, and while
this may give a fine flavor it can lard-
ly be called a good practice. CHINA
mon contains tannin, and too much of
it in the stomach must have evil re-
suits. All through Southern Europe a
little ground cinnamon is used for fla
voring chocolate, sauces and whipped
cream. A little cinnamon is good for
the stomach, and will sometimes cure
disorders Of simple nature. CHINA
mon ball is considered by some as a
good remedy for persistent darrhoea.
A Chicago lecture who has been tell
ing college students that people can
live on fifteen cents a day, advises fe-
male eXperimenters with her theory to
use great care in the selection of their
husbands. Would any American girl
look for husband who would live on
fifteen cents a day? The average
American girl is looking for the hus-
band who is willing and able to mako
It fifteen dollars a ay.-Savannah
News.
Each section has its own slang,
which works it's way into the vocabula-
ries of the people almost unconscious
ly. The president of the board of re-
gents of the University of Oklahoma
is cattle man named Bolton, and as
such he has the power to appoint the
teachers in the territorial schools. Not
long ago a young woman of Guthrie
applied for position, and enclosed
several good recommendations Mr..
Bolton examined them with care, and
sent the papers to the secretary with
this endorsement: 81 don't know this
heifer personally, but her endorsements
are good, and you'd better turn her
into the bunch"
The most prosperous bootblack in
New York has long since given I'D any
active share in the work that made him
a wealthy man, but he began in the
customary way, and worked for some
years before the tide of fortune set so
strongly In his favor that he became
the owner of a racing stable He con-
ducts half q dozen establishments in
various parts of the city, but direct SUI
pervision Of them has reScently been
handed over to a superintendent and
the visits of the boss in these days are
rare. His earnings last week ON one
race won by horse from his own sta
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