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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
How to Tell the Age of Eggs.

The following method of determining
the age of eggs is practiced in the mar
mon cooking salt are put into a large
glass, which is then filed with water
When the salt is in solution, an egg is
dropped into the glass. If the egg is
only one day old, it sinks Immediately
to the bottom; if any older, it does not
reach the bottom of the glass. If three
days old, it sinks only just below the
surface. From five days upward it
floats. The older it is the more it pro
trudes out of the water.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
How to Freshen the House.

A few drops of oil of lavender in a
silver bowl or ornamental dish of some
kind half filled with very hot water and
set in the dining room just after dinner
is served give a delightful and intangi-
BILE freshness to the atmosphere of the
apartment Hostesses often put a
small vessel in the parlor and dressing
rooms when arranging the house for a
festivity. The suggestion is especially
valuable to the hostess in a small apart
ment, which sometimes in the hustle of
preparation becomes stuffy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28

Bananas are as a rule planted out
Systematically in rows, the suckers"
being placed at an average of ten feet
apart. The banana plant bears only
one bunch at a time, but it is a quick
grower, yielding its fruit in twelve to
fourteen months. When the plant is
about six months old, second suck
er" or shoot is allowed to spring from
the root, third after the ninth month,
and so on, so that after the first year
there is a continuous crop being reaped
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28

An easy way to clean lamp glasses
is to hold them for a moment in lhe
steam from boiling kettle, rub dry
with clean cloth and polish with soft
newspaper. Remember that no lamp
can be expected to burn well unless the
burner is kept clean. Duplex burners
can be taken apart if the little bolt
which is on the side opposite the han
die for turning the wick is removed.
Then they can be brushed clean. Boil
ing them in soda water is sometimes
recommended, but this is not neces-
Sary.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28

Make a strong suds with white soap;
to each gallon of suds add one table
spoonful of boraX dissolved in half a
pint of boiling water When the suds
are tepid, put in the rug and let it soak
for half an hour or more. Wash WE'LL
then wash in a weaker suds and rinse
in cold water to which a very little
soap has been added, Press out the
water and hang the rug in the shade
to dry. When it is half dry, rub it be-
tween the hands. This will soften if.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
Fans In shakespenre,s Time.

Fans in Shakespeare's time seem to
have been composed of ostrich and 9TH
er feathers fastened to handles. Gen.
tlemen carried fans in those days, and
in one of the later figures of the ger.
man they now carry fans. According
to an old manuscript in the Ashmolean
museum, Sir Edward Cole rode the cir.
cult with a prodigous fan, which had a
long stick, with which he corrected his
daughters.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
How to Make Rice Fritters.

Wash one cupful of rice and boil for
Eve minutes in plenty of water; pour
off the water and add one pint of milk
and one tablespoonful of salt; boil until
the rice is tender; turn it into a bowl
and when cold add three tablespoon
fuls of sugar, yolks of three eggs, five
tablespoonfuls of -four, one teaspoonful
of baking powder, then the beaten
whites of eggs; drop by the spoonful in
to hot fat and fry a good brown. Pile
on platter; serve with vanilla sauce.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
Theories About Drowned bodies.

1t was a popular theory in days gone
by that the body of a drowned man
would float the ninth day. Sir Thomas
Browne alludes to it as believed in his
time, and In his "Pseudo-doxia Epi-
denies" there is a discussion on this
fanciful notion. 1t was also believed
that the spirits of those drowned at sea
were doomed to wander for a hundred
years owing to the rites of burial hav-
ing never been properly bestowed upon
their bodies.-Notes and Queries.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
Estate of Frank p. spaulding.
LICENSE To SELL.

State of Vermont, District of Lamoille S.
In Probate Court, held at Hyde Park, in said
district, on the 10th day of May, A. ID. 1902.
Smith b. Waite, Administrator of the estate OF
Frank p. Spauldng, late of Morristown, in said
district deceased, makes application to said
Court for license to sell all of the real estate
of said deceased to wit Home farm, including
homestead interest, and 100 acres Of pasture
land, representing that the sale would be bene-
fetal to all interested in said estate. Whereupon
it is ordered by said Court that said application
be referred to session thereof, to be held at the
Seventh day of june A. ID. 1902, for
hearing and decision thereon; and, it is
further ordered, that all persons interested
be notified hereof, by publication of notice of
said application and order thereon, three weeks
SUCCESSFULLY in the NEWS AND CITIZEN, printed
at MOrrisviile and Hyde Park, before said time
of hearing, that they may appear at said time
and place, and, If they see cause, object thereto.
BY the Court.-Attest.
81 EDWIN @. WHITE, Judge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
No. 41S.-WOrd Puzzle.

From the following letters, transposed,
form the name of a town in the south of
England: E, e, o, G, D, H, r, r, S, T.
Take away the first letter of the name,
reverse the second and third, and you will
find the name of a city in Monroe coun-
ty, N. Y.
Take away the first three letters of the
first name, and you will see the name of
the chief city of northern county of
England.
Behead that and find a woman's name.
Transpose that and find a name of the
same letters and sound, but differently ar
ranged.
From the letters 4, 5, 6, 7, s form the
name of a strong receptacle.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
OF More Imnnrtance.

"Get my name right" said the proud
owner of the 1,175 pound hog. ITS
Judson X. Bimm. Ny father was Colo
mel Hiram Hotchkiss Bimm of Lexing'
ton, Ky. He came to Illinois in the
year.
''Never mind that" interrupted the
secretary of the fat stock show. "Give
us the pedigree of the hog."-Chicago
Tribune
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
How to Use Som,

Under ordinary conditions ordinary
methods serve, but when the skin is
very dirty or we desire to attack black
heads soap should be worked into a
paste with the hand and be well rubbed
over the surafce for some seconds;
then, using a little hot water, say half
a pint, the skin surface must be rubbed
into lather, washed in another supply
of hot water and finally be rinsed in
cold water.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
No. 422.-A Musical story.

What words in the following can be
used in music?
There was once a little girl named
Quaver, who generally spoke in a high
sharp tone of voice. She was once walk
ing along a fiat road when a man called
to her in a bass voice, "Your money or
your life!" She was frightened and said
II have only note for a crotchety old
woman down the road" So he let her
go. When Quaver came to bar by the
side of the road, she cried in her sharp
little treble voice, Il will sit down on
this bar and restp' After the rest she
went to the crotchety old woman with
the note
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28

"She is the most sacrifcin' woman
fer miles around"
"1n what wayT
"Waal, whenever they git up a lawn
fete or sumpen like for the church in
which the expenses are more'n the pro-
ceeds the committee alwus sends her
up to acquaint the pastor with the re-
Baltimore Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
How to Ease Sprains.

A remedy for sprains that is highly
recommended is made by putting the
white Of an egg into a plate and beat
ing it with a piece of alum until it
looks gelatinous and is stiff. Spread
this on lint and lay it on the injury
changing it as it becomes dry. Tender
feet, after long walking, or stiffness of
the joints may be eased by the same
application.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28

No. 409.-A Proverbial Saying: "The
eagle suffers little birds to sing"
No. 410.-Concealed Word Square:
Anger. Nerve. Groan. Evade. Renew.
No. 1.-Riddlemeree: Amsterdam.
No. Enigma: Dictionary.
No. 413.-Triangle: l. Allan. 2. Lean.
8. Lad. 4. An. 5. N.
No. 414.-Anagrams: "The Pirate"
"The Monastery" 1.-THE Talisman."
"The Abbot" Priest, deacon. Eddy
stone.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
No. 417.-Charade.

No. 417.--Charade.
l know boy; he's named my LAST,
And yet he is my FIRST,
Because of all the scamps l know
He really is the worst.
saw him tumble down today
And ON the pavement roll;
l saw him fight another boy;
saw him get my WHOLE.
His old cap was my WHOLE, I think;
A tattered coat he had,
And yet, withal, he seemed to be
A very merry lad.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28

Visitor to the Prison-I suppose this
life of yours in here is a continual
torture.
Conviction, no! Not so bad as that.
We don't have visitors every day, you
know.-Boston Transcript.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
No. 42O.-Hidden Names.

Find geographical names hidden in the
following words, the letters being all con-
secutive and in their right order:
Sleeplessness-A river in Ireland.
Diagram-A town in Hindustan.
Electromagnetic island belonging to
Scotland.
Destroyer-A town in New York; an
ancient city in Africa.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
Key to the PuzzIer.

No. 406.-An Acrostic: Happy New
Year.
No. 407.-A Mathematical Family:
Younger child, years; elder child, 9;
grandmother, 81; adopted daughter, 27;
mother, 80; father, AZ.
No. 40S.-A Motto Ring:
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28

'Let me be frank and call your atten-
ton to a little fault of yours"
Certainly; but first let me call atten-
ton to your fault Of not attending to
your own business. New York Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28

The juice of half a lemon in a cup
of black coffee, without sugar or milk,
seldom fails to cure a case of head.
ache.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
No. 419.-BIanks.

How many gads make a -
How many lads make -!
How many shad make a -?
How many winds make -?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
Rutland Railroad.

The through car line between New
York. Boston and all New England
Points and the Adirondacks, Thous-
and Islands, Montreal and Quebec.
Across the Islands of Lake ChampIain.
Reaching the best locations for
Camping and Fishing, touching at
the following stations South Hero,
Grand Isle, North Hero, Isle La
Motto and Alburg. For time tables
and full information, address,
GEO T. JARVIS,
General Manager,
C. B. HIB BARD,
GenI Pass, Agt.,
RUTLAND, VT.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
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No. 415.-Metagram m.

No. 415.-MetaEram.
1. A temple used for religious purposes.
2. Very changeable.
3. A woman's name.
4. Part of a window. .t,I
8. A narrow passage.
6. To fall away.
7. An inhabitant of northern country
of Europe.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28

The above furnished by the Vermont Experiment
Station Burlington They exactly the comparative size
of blades of grown side by side The larger growth
treated with dressing of Ferizng Salt the smaller
The whole matter discussed length in Bulletin So of the
Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station bulletin which be
obtained free of charge by addressing the Superintendent Bur-
lington, VT.
The bulletin forth only the fact that the stalks of
grown where Salt used very much larger than where
used but the further fact that where the Salt used killed
the pantbrush without killing the grass.
Fertng Salt pays upon large varct yof soils butts especial
ly valuable light land where similar
it will, we believe, twice pay its cost
For convenience in handling put up this Salt in second
hand Ioob sacks The sacks of much value and make
charge for them.
We are furnishing Salt this 49, per ton, F. O. B.
carload lots per in less than carloads Minimum
carloads the Boston Maine Central
$4,000 pounds
Freghts vary all the way from $500 per carload lots
Newport, w., down to 4oc per ton to Morsvlle, VT
We furnish testimonials by the from good farmers
giving ateng results from the of Pages Ferlzng Salt
and shall be pleased send them any will
us his postal card and request We SHALL appca
ton be pleased to give the laid down your station
in carloads and less than carloads
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28
No. 421.-Parts of the Body,

No. 421.-Parts of the Body.
Part of limb in the knob of a door.
Part of the face in a bouquet.
Part of the head in an article of furni-
ture.
Part of limb in part of mountain.
A limb in an inheritance
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28

I. An incontrovertible fact.
II. Why is the sick kitten like the old
boot?
III. A kind of sauce.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-28

No. 416.-IIIustrated Refuses.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1902-07-16
How the Pilgrims Came to Ply
nnouth.

One hundred and two passengers sailed
from Plymouth on the Mayfotoer, says
DIR. Azel Ames, in the June st. Nicholas.
They had been constantly stirred up, in
so many ways, since leaving Levden or
London, that they we're glad to settle
themselves at last for theft long VOYAGE.
After the two ships companies were
united, Carver became Governor Tin place
OF Mr.. Martin, the treasurer, who made
many enemies), and though the vessel
was badly crowded, and, of course. many
were seasick, things were soon in order.
and with the fine weather which lasted
till they were halfway over the sea all
were soon used to the ship life
But who were the passengers? OF the
seventy-siX who came from Leyden. six
went back, leaving seventy, and there
were but thirty-two left of those who
joined at Southampton. OF these thirty
two nine were men, four young men. five
women (wives) eight were boys and six
girls. So there were, in all, forty-four
men Including the hired seamen and SER
wants of full age, nineteen women TWEEN
ty-nine young men, boys and male
(minor) servants and ten girls of all
ages.
The master Of the Pilgrim ship was
Thomas Jones, "a rough sea dog" who
had been pirate, but was a good navi-
gator and had sailed one or more vow
ages to Virginia" as all North America
was then called).
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1902-07-16

She was so impressed by their grandeur
that she asked Lowell Mason, a young
bank clerk, to compose the music for
them He set to work, having Miss How
ards voice in mind, and in less than half
an hour completed the task.
Miss Howard's singing of the hvmn
brought it into favor, and it still remains
one of the most powerful means of arous-
ing the missionary spirit that carries the
gospel to the uttemost parts of the
earth.
Bishop Heber died in India. Lowell
Mason has also passed away Mary How
ard married the Rev. f. r. Goulding. au
thor of The Young Marooners, and is
long since dead; but her descendants pre-
serve the vellum-bound copy bearing the
words: Original edition of 'Greenland's
ley Mountains composed at the request
OF Miss Mary Howard, and dedicated to
her by Dr. Lowell Mason, Savannah, Ga,
1927. "-AtLdntd Constitution.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1902-07-16
Experience in Mosquito Extermi-
nation.

liberal amount of humor and some
riulcule mas been expended on Professor
1ohn ID. smith, the State Entomolooist
oi New Jersey, and others in connection
with their efforts to exterminate tbe
mosquito: Even members of the AS
selilpiy mat authorized the State Agri-
culIural Experiment Station to expend
Plo,ooo Tor the purpose of ascertaininp
means OF getting rid of the pestiferous
insect treated the matter with much
levioy. doubtless the majority of those
VINO take inns view of the subject are
unaware OF the fact that experiments
heretofore made elsewhere have Welded
encouraging results, that fully warrant
continued Investigations. These have aft
ieast indicated the possibility of abating
the pest OF mosquitoes within a given
territory, and, perhaps. of destrovino If
altogether.
Professor L. o. Howard. the Ento-
mologIst of the National Department. of
Agriculture, has demonstrated that the
larvae OF mosquitoes NAV be DESTROYED
by covering the bodies of water and
marshy places in which they devotion
with thin layer of crude petrolenm
ana eminent scientific men in other lines
have pointed out the Larvae destroving
power OF certain fishes and birds Ex7
periments made with petroleum ON
marshy land and shallow pools IN Staten
Island last year caused marked diminu-
ton in the plague of MOSQUITOES in the
vicinity; similar and other experiments
are said to nave been followed bv bene-
fetal results in Havana. In view of these
findings, the appropriation of $4,000
made by the New JERSEY Assembly. sbould
be regarded not as an absurdity Int as
a sensible and worthy movement in be-
half OF the comfort and health of the
Commonwealth.
Mosquitoes breed in stagnant wafer.
and it is not necessary for the deveIon'r
ment of the Larvae that there be much
OF it. As correspondent recently
pointed out in the Ledger, the smaller
enclosures holding water, such as els
terms, manure pits, cesspools, and even
old TIN cans and pans thrown out on
waste places, are prolific breeding places
ior TINS pestIferous insect. Wherever il
Is possible to fill all low places and to get
ria OF anything in which rain or other
water can collect and remain. the prob
lem OF abating the mosquito nuisance is
comparatively simple; but it is not DOS
slble to ill all the low and marshv
ground In New Jersey; neither is it pos
slble nor desirable to cover all the still
water ponds in the State with a thin
layer of petroleum. 1t is, therefore.
wisdom to seek for other and supple
mentary means of determination. As
certain species of birds and fishes are
declare to be fond of mosquitoes or
their Larvae as a food Professor Smith is
a proper and sensible course in
requesting the aid and cooperation of
the New Jersey Game and Fish Com
mission. By ascertaining the species of
birds and fishes that attack either the
insect or larvae or BOTH the most eff
fectivel y, and by carefully breeding and
protecting them, Professor Smith NAV
yet be in position to turn the tables on
those who are treating his experiments
and propositions with levity.-Ledger.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1902-07-16
A Visit to the Great Smoky
Mountains.
REV. HARVEY 8. Mr-pDoct

The Smokes, the great, beautiful
Smokes of East Tennessee. how mystical
and romantic and personal do they APP
pear through the magic touch of Charles
Egbert Craddocl<l Yet it is not of their
mysticism or romance or personality that
| am privileged to write, but of their
promise and appeal, through the innu-
ence of the inspired Word.
In the discharge of my duties as Field
Secretary of the Society of Soul Win.
ners. have recently had the pleasure of
visiting the mission fields on the borders
OF North Carolina and Tennessee.
My first stop, which was reached by
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1902-07-16
The Vacation Habit in America.

Not many years ago if man who could
not number himself among the great
ones of the earth fell into the habit of
taking vacations he was likely to be re-
garded as either a triner or a valetudi
marian. Now almost everybody has his
few days off at some time during the
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1902-07-16

About 40 per cent of the men employed
In the Minnesota mines are Finlanders.
another 40 per cent. Hungarians, about 3
per cent. Italians, and the rest are di-
vided among Americans, Germans.
French, Scotch, Welsh and Cornish.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1902-07-16

year. People have begun to believe that
all work and no play has the same effect
upon nation as upon an Individual The
Dest interests OF the country demand
shorter hours and longer vacations
III Is not difficult to understand Whv
thefe should have been such a growth
OF sentiment i'll this matter. Not only
nave more people come to be able to al
ford vacations, but the character of mod
ern life has made vacations almost inevi-
table. One cannot keep pace with the
city all the year round. After travelling
under high pressure for eleven months.
one needs to travel under low pressure for
the twelfth. One overdoes ana then re-
cuperates. 1t may be that this is not a
Judlclous mode of life. One can think of
objections to it. All objections break
down, however, before the impact of bust
ness necessity. No matter how much a
man may rebel against it, he ends by fall
ing IN with his fellows and keeping up
with the procession. Then about the 18th
OF July he drags himself off to shady
tree and tells himself that he will never
again get himself so near nervous pros
tration.
For these two reasons, therefore
greater necessity and greater opportunity
nshed. 1t has further become established
That the vacation shall occur in summer.
10 our forefathers, who lived when the
country was almost totally agricultural,
TINS would have seemed midsummer mad
ness. One needed the summer then for
work. The winter was the time for what
ever play was possible. Today the case
Is altered for a large part of our popu-
latlon. winter means steady grinding.
Summer means a little relaxation.
The Phitddelphid Ledger tells the story
OF visit that Robert Ingersoll made to
Walt Whitman when the good gray
poet was near his end. Ingersoll, with
his usual keen sarcasm, ridiculed the
commonly accepted ideas of the Christian.
and in manner surprising even his
magnetic lecture style, because the elo-
quence was unconscious he set forth his
own well-known doctrines" Whitman
sat I'm his chair throughout the entranc-
ing recital silent and unmoved. His
long, uncombed white hair and beard and
his loose and unconventional CLOTHING
made him picturesque and striking
hgure. When the distinguished agnostic
had concluded, Whitman raised his head
and slowly answered: Yes, Bob. that ali
sounds very well, but when a man Gets
so near TO the end as | am he begins to
have different idea about those things"
The reporter concludes the story with the
statement that at was Ingersoll's turn
to be thoughtful"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1902-07-16

Ihey are vitiated or morbid fluids cours-
ing the veins and affecting the tissues.
They are commonly due to defective diges-
ton but are sometimes inherited.
How do they manifest themselves?
In many forms OF cutaneous eruption.
salt rheum or eczema, pimples and boils,
and in weakness, languor, general debilit5,.
How are they expelled? By
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1902-07-16
Hoods J0rsapdriIIa

which also builds up the system that has
suffered from them.
IL is the best medicine for all humors.
The Delta independent., 1902-12-19

election Of H. T. DeLong as state sena-
tor from this district alleging fraud.
Every sane man in this district knows
that there was no fraud in the election
Of DeLong, that every vote cast was
counted as cast and that the charge is
the veriest rot. We hope the defeated
candidate from the 10th district will
keep out Of any such contest and keep
his good name. There 10 job behind
these contests.