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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
FACTS FROM FRANCE.

Forty years ago tuberculosis was
nearly unknown in the Basque dis
trict of France, but is now rife there.
Within the last five years the con-
sumption of absinth has doubled in
Paris. The amount now drunk in a
year is 100000 bottles.
Among the French conscripts drawn
from the department of the Charente-
Inferieure in a young man named La
roche, the youngest of a family of
thirty 1.-TWO children, twelve of whom
are still living.
A Partisan lamplighter makes his
rounds on a bicycle, with a long torch
carried over his right shoulder He
guides the wheel with the left hand
and is so expert that he lights the
lamps without dismounting.
A monument to Lieutenant Francois
GARNER. who explored Yunnan in 1866
6S and in 1873, has been erected at st.
Etenne. His discoveries and his MUIR
der on the Red river led to the French
expedition TO Tonquin and the estab'
lishment of the French colonies in In
dO-China.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23

each days journey that he finds 1t d1f-
6cult to remain awake ten minutes
after alighting from his pony. lie lies
down on the mat that covers the nara
heap of mud and surprises himself at
The soundness of his slumber.
The one redeeming thing about the
inn is it's cheapness. Just as the trav-
aler is about to depart in the morning
the proprietor tells him the amount OF
his bill Everything is charged on the
european plan" Every cup OF tea
every rushlight candle, the paper Win
dow pane, are all itemized in the long
list which the proprietor reels off in
singsong, but the total is surprisingly
low. The cost of food and lodging for
one night for a traveller and two serv-
ants, with stabling and fodder for his
ponies and cart mules, IS ABOUT oo
Icents.-New York Mail and Express.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
HWY to Dust Eurniture.

The proper method of busting furni-
ture has to be learned. 1t does not
come naturally. People rarely begin
with a buster in each hand, which is
absolutely necessary to success. That
in the left hand is needed to prevent
leaving finger marks when steadying
and lifting the furniture. Each piece
should be wiped lightly from the top
downward to remove dust, and then,
after the duster has been shaken out
of the window, not over the carpet, it
should be rubbed vigorously to raise
the polish. A stuffed cushion should
be brushed and then busted before the
wood is dealt with or the dust will fly
out and settle on the wood. The legs
and spindles should be rubbed between
the two busters with both hands, as
we rub cold hands together to warm
them. This is a saving of time and in
sures all sides being equally bright.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
Lamoille County Medical
Association.

Alta meeting Of the LamOille County MedlcA
Association the following regulations Wen
adopted:
In order that our fees for services may coz
form TO those of the Vermont State Medical st
ciety, on and after Jan. ], 1902, our mlhlmuE
fees shall be as follows:
l.-Ordinary visits within one mile of our
offices, 81 90. For each additional mile or tra@
ton thereof the sum of 20 cents Will De adueo'
2.-Fces for Office consultations, fractures ami
surgical cases to remain as heretofore MILE
mum fee for confinement cases $1,000.
3.-FOr calls received between 9'p. M, ana
6 a. M, surgical and confinement cases except
ed, double II will be charged
If called in while passing house, th$
charge shall be $l.O0 for that call FOR suuse
quent visits during the same illness the cn"lss
Shall be the full fee rates.
BIN critical medical cases when detalheA
hey ond the usual length OF time Sl.OV extra WIZ
be charged for each hour so detalneC'
6.-While it is not intended to do an ln4uslIee
to any one, people who habitually ana WllnGIlf
neglect TO pay their physicians Will be placed oA
the associations cash customer list ana any
member who attends such people WlthOut re
CCivng cash for each visit when maze VIII y
liable to expulsion from the association
I've the undersigned pledge ourselves Y
lee, NJ. D., e. P. Bigelow, M. D., w. w. Gengs,
NJ. D., A. j. Valeau, M. D., j. G. Morgan. Y
D., j. W. Robbins, NJ D., II. w. Barrows' N
D.. G. E. Goodwin, NJ. D., G. j.. Woodward. NJ
w T, Slayton, M. D., G.. L. Bates, NJ. D., o. y
Leach, Nj, D., &. w. Maurice, M. d., j, IA
Bean, M. D., d Ane Fosburg, M. D., Geo. ID"
Newto NJ. ID.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The micrObe of the tuberculosis may
live on a book 1913 days, as has been
shown by experiment.
OF LOCO parts of the moon 0l6 are
visible to us on the earth; 424 parts re-
main hidden absolutely to mans eyes.
Without its atmosphere, which serves
as coverlet to protect it against the
fearful cold of space, the surface of the
earth would be frozen like that of the
airless moon.
A certain duration of luminous i'm
preston is necessary to produce an eff
feet on the retina. Hence it is that we
do not see a very rapidly moving OBJ
iect. such as a bullet fired from Il gun.
If this globe were cooled down to 200
degrees below zero of centigrade, it
would be covered with a sea of lique-
fed gas thirty-five feet deep, of which
about seven feet would be liquid oXy,
gen.
Blood travels from the heart through
the arteries ordinarily at the rate OF
about twelve inches per second. It's
speed through the capillaries is at the
rate of three One-hundredths OF an incl
per second.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
How to Walk Properly.

In walking endeavor to take long
graceful, gliding step rather than the
short, choppy motion which one so
often sees. Walking on the toes gives
a mincing, dancing school master gait.
Let the weight fall on the balls of the
feet, turn the toes out trife and trans
fer the weight of the body from one
foot to the other as each step is taken.
Avoid balancing the body by throwing
the hips alternately out and in. This
produces a walk that is neither grace
full nor refined, and no woman should
care to initiate it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
now TO SET OUT SHRUBS.
Some Valuable Pointers For Anna
teur Gardeners.

Some Valuable POINTERS ROT anna
teur Gardeners.
As soon as the ground is dry enough
to be dug with ease trees and shrubs
NAV be removed. Plant them as early
as possible in order that they may Sc
cure Il good root hold before the try
ing times Of drought and heat come.
But take Your time to plant each one,
for upon the care taken in transplant
ing depend much of the future salts
faction and success. says Country Life,
This caretalling is of two kinds-that
which has to do with the preparation
Of the soil and that associated with
the manipulation of the tree itself.
The richer and melloWer the soil the
more likely is the plant to grow ana
the surer is its subsequent thrift. DO
not be stingy with the holes. Make
them larger than the mere extent OF
the roots, especially if the soil is hard
and stubborn. In many cases 1t is well
to remove some of the earth and to re-
place it with fine top soil. Be sure to
spade up the earth and make it fine in
the bottom Of the hole, for this enables
the roots to grow downward to CON
slant moisture supply. Be sure also
that the earth is firmly placed about
all the roots Air spaces cause the
roots to dry out. 1t is well to set the
plant a little deeper than it stood orig
inally.
The less the plant is mutilated in re-
moval the better. In spite of all one
can do, much of the root system Will
be left in the ground. This means that
the top must be cut back in proper
ton. In fact, it is well to shorten in
| the top more than the root, because
| the root system has lost its connection
with the soil and must re-establish it
| self before active growth can begin
| A large top under such conditions
| absorbs more moisture than the roots
can supply, and the plant dwindleF
| and dies.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23

Soap should never be rubbed on
shawls or other knitted garments, but
a good lather should be made of soap
and warm mot hot water and the ar
ticles pressed and squeezed in this until
they are clean. They should be well
rinsed in several waters of the same
temperature as the suds. When the
water has been pressed out mot wrTng)
as far as possible, let the shawl lie in a
heap on a clean cloth to dry. Turn it
about occasionally to expedite matters,
but do not stretch it by hanging it up.
If these instructions are carefully car
ried out, the shawl ought to be as soft
and fluffy as when new.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
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NOTES OF NOTABLES.

John Redmond is now an absentee
landlord, relative having left him an
estate in Ireland.
On the occasion of the kings coro-
nation Sir Wilfrid Laurier will, it is
said, be raised to the peerage as Earl
of Athabasca.
Josiah Lynn, formerly a rich man
and friend of Jay Gould, was taken
from Washington, N. j., to the poor
house the other day.
Count Tornielli, the Italian embassa-
dor in France, has been made honor
airy president of the Partisan branch
Of the Dante society.
Honorary grand chief of the Huron
Indians is the latest title which has
been conferred on the Earl of Mimic,
governor general of Canada.
John Morley, who is writing a life
of Mr.. Gladstone has just discovered
among the late premiers effects a
diary covering most of the interesting
period of his career.
President Roosevelt has found time
to prepare the manuscript for new
book on the deer of North America.
The volume is one of a series and will
be issued in the early summer.
Patrick Holland of Winchester,
Mass, who has a record of ffty-tWO
years railway service on New England
roads and is still hale and vigorous, re-
Gently celebrated his eighty-fourth
birthday.
Sir Richard Temple, who died in
London recently, was the greatest au-
thority of his time on Indian affairs.
He wrote many books relating to India
and was decorated with the principal
Indian orders.
By the terms of the will of Edward
B. Judson, president of the First Ma
tional bank of Syracuse, every EN-
ployee of the bank down to the messen
ger received a bequest varying from
$4,000 to 500.
Leo XIII. has been lucky in the be
quests he received. They have amount
ed so far to $G,O00,000. of which 5000,
900 came in last year alone. Pope Plus
TX. in his longer pOntificate received
from this source only 100000.
Henry Leitner, aged ninety, who
lives on the state border between Fair
field and Richand, n. c.. has bale OF
cotton ginned before the rebellion. liz
has refused rich offers for it, as ht
prefers to keep it as a memento of ole
DAYS.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
FRUITS AND FLOWERS.

Plant a new orchard and have 1t COM
ing on before the old one dies.
1t takes from six to eight years for
newly planted orchard to come into
bearing.
Better a stock tree with rather low
head. If it has plenty of side shoots,
all the better.
The early sown zinnias will make the
earliest blooming plants, and they
should be set in the open ground as
soon as possible.
Do your grating before the buds
swell. The stock and scion must unite
before the buds begin to make drafts
on the stored up nourishment
When there are plenty of them, it is
not bad plan with raspberry plants
to set three or four of them in a hill
rather than one. In this way more
fruit on a given area can be secured in
much less time and with less trouble.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
THE SOUND Of A piano.
Seeming Defects That May Be Often
Due to Exterior Causes.

Seeming Defects 1hat MAY De OA'eh
Due 10 Exterior Causes.
"a piano." said a dealer, will some (
times develop or seem to develop a
flaw in some one note, which comes TO
have a rattle or jingle or unpleasant
burr to it, but this Earring sound which
seems to come from the piano may in
reality come from some source quite
outside of it.
ANY given note when struck pro-
duces certain number of vibrations 10
the second. There may be in the room
some object that is in tone sympathy
with some particular note, and that
will be set in motion by it when that
note is sounded.
"The owner of fine piano sent to US
one day to say that there was some
thing wrong about a certain note OF
the instrument, so that that note had
an unpleasant sound when struck
| When heard the note sounded, knew
at once that the disagreeable rough
ness or buzz about it was due not to
any defect in the piano, but to some
| thing somewhere about in the room,
and, asking the lady to strike that note
occasionally, walked around the room
to see if l ce%lld locate it.
passing across the middle of the
room as that note was struck, the
cause Of the Earring accompaniment OF
it was discovered to come from the vi
bration of one of the glass globes on
| the chandelier overhead.
1.-THE owner of the piano was almost
incredulous as to this, the sound had
seemed so plainly to come from the
piano itself. But when at my request
she stood under the chandelier and /
struck the note she was readily con-
WINGED.
Il made that globe immOvable and
then struck the note on the piano. The
answer was clear and sweet and true.
80, you see, the sound of the piano
may for one thing depend much upon
it's surroundings, and what may seem
to be a defect in a piano may be in re-
atty attributable to something quite
apart from the piano itself.
"And thus it might easily be that
some noble instrument that had seem
ed to be declining or to be developing
: faults owed it's apparent change to a
change of environment or to some spe'
cific outside cause and was in reality
as good as ever, as would happily be
discovered whenever the instrument
was again brought under favorable
conditions. "-Chicago Inter Ocean.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23

Her Pastor-Do you not know that
what God has joined together man
should not put asunder?
The Diyorcee-It was not man in
our case. 1t was a milliner.
"A what"
"a milliner. You see, my husband
said he'd rather pay alimony than buy
hats. as it would be cheaper in the
long run."-New York Times.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
Roasted Too Soon.

The rear end of a Fordham car was
congested the other afternoon. There
wasn't even STANDING room only" A
ocular commuter said, beware OF
pickpockets!"
Everybody laughed.
A gentlemanly looking fellow said:
mo man need be afraid of pickpock-
cts if he does as l did. l have a self
patented scheme. have a buttonhole
in my vest pocket. l run my chain
through it and attach the other end IN
the usual way. They can't draw that
watch through that buttonhole. NO
pickpockets in mine, and don't you fer
get it."
| The crowd thinned out.
At Wendover avenue the ''patentee"
said startingly:
my watch is gonew
Somebody had clipped the chain,
drawn it through the other way and
abstracted the watch.-New York
News.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
THE INNS OF CHINA.
rheir Cheapness Is About Their one
RedeeminG Feature.

rheir Cheapness Is About Their one
RedeeminG Feature.
Chinese inns are without register or
clerks. On riding through the gateway
your bride rein is seized by a dirty
bow, who helps you to dismount, shout
ing loudly meanwhile for the prOprie-
tor, who presently looms up through
the wilderness of carts and mules IrO-
prietor and boy then hold a parlCy MS
10 what rooms are eligible, and then
Hoor is pushed open and the traveller Is
shown to his apartment. 1t is usually
about twelve feet square. The walls
and floor are of hard mud, and so are
the beds, which extend entirely across
the side of the room, with only space
enough between them for a small table
and one chair. The room is lighted by
one window, in which paper takes the
place of glass.
The first duty of the proprietor in
making a patron comfortable is to stop
up the holes in the paper window pane.
He never tears the paper off entirely
and replaces it with a new one, be-
cause the sheet of paper is worth
about one-tenth of cent, and the inn
keeper is not wasteful. Indeed he
pastes little slips of paper over the
holes until all the light that filters
through it is of a notified hue.
At one end of the mule shed is the
kitchen of the inn. 1t is here that the
meals for all the patrons are prepared,
10 be eaten in The rooms. The menu is
not elaborate. 1t consists only of bowls
IF rice and tea. Should the traveller de-
sire a greater variety of food, he can
buy it himself in the market, and his
own servant can cook it in the kitchen
Of the inn. To sleep on the bed OF a
Chinese inn would be for a foreigner
an impossibility were it not that he is
always so exhausted at the end OF
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
Fishing Through Street Gratings.


In Winchester, England, it is quite
common thing to see men hshlnS
through the street gratings. Under the
High street there flow several streams
which ultimately discharge into the
river Itchen, a noted trout stream.
These streams receive the storm and
surface water from the street by means
of the ordinary street grating. The line
is dropped through and fastened to the
end Of a stick small enough to go
through the CRATE. When the hsh is
hooked, the line and stick are dropped
through the grating, and the fisherman
rushes to the point where the stream
energies from under the street and is
there able to recover his line and land
his fish.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
ONCE Is ENOUGH 70 SEE

Gustave Dore's portrait of Dante is worth
seeinp-once. But once is enough. Sons
such look YOU notice on the faces of those
who have suffered, and still suffer, much
physical pain; people subject torheumatlsmo
govt, neuralgia, periodic headache, lumoa-'
90. or pain from some old lesion. This pain
habit puts its marks on them, as the custom
of handling ropes crooks a sailors tingerse
or as too much riding of bicycle stamps &
worried expression on certain faces. NC
wonder people said of the Italian poet az
he passed along, "There goes
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
Easy Choice.

(Which do you prefer" asked the
friend. classical music or classical
plays"
classical music, every time" an
swered Mr.. Cumrox. There's always
noise enough in that to keep you
awake. "-Washington Star.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23

What sculpture is to block of mar
BILE education is to a human soul. The
philosopher, the saint and the hero, the
wise, the good and the great man very
often lie hid and concealed in plebe-
ian, which a proper education might
have disinterred and brought to light
Addison.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
THE MAN WHO NEVER LAUGHS"

The complaints above named all yield to
the action of Benson's Porous Plasters, and
quickly too. Not only those, but colds anS.
coughs, kidney and liver affections, at.
concessions and muscular strains, diseases
of the chest, asthma and all ailments which
are open to external treatment. 1t is fire.
ouentlysaid that Ben8oa1s Plaster IS PdtzaF
Master. 1t cures when others are not even
able to relieve. For thirty years the lead
ing external remedy. The old-stylIe plas-
ters, as well as salves, iniments, oils, etc.
have little or no efficacy as compared witt
it. Use it. Trust it. Keep it IN tbs
house. Ask for Benson's Plaster; take ne
other. All druggists, or we will Prep3aS
postage on any number ordered IN ths
United States on receipt of Csc each.
Seabury & Johnson, Mfg. Chemists, N.1r
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23

The greatest bay in the world is that
of Bengal. Measured in a straight line
from the two inclosing peninsulas its
extent is about 100000 square miles.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23
Not Used to Them.

Carrye-Cholly never eats brains.
Maye-And why not?
Carrye-Why, he is afraid they VIII
20 to his head.-Judge.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23

disease. The mental depression has its
corresponding womanly weakness.
Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription
changes fearful women to cheerfulwomen
by curing the diseases which cause phys
ical weakness and depression of spirits.
1t establishes regularity, dries unhealthy
drains, heals inflammation and ulcera-
ton, and cures female weakness.
Mrs. Alice Adams, of Laboratory, Washing
ton Co. Pa. says; "With many thanks write
TO let YOU know how l am. can say by God $
help and your help am well. have taken SIX
bottles of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and
two of his Golden Medical Discovery and
can do all my work. l can't praise your nedi
cine too highly I will recommend your med-
cnes as long as l live. If any one doubts TINS
give them my address"
vFavorite Prescription makes weak
women strong and sick women well.
Accept no substitute for the medicine
which works wonders for weak
women.
Keep the bowels healthy by the
timely use of Doctor Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23

AUCTION BILLS. We have hrst~
class facilities for printing Auction
Bills. We print them cheaper thaa
any other concern.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23

wife W no
has " every-
thing S h e
wants. He
W a Il t S to
k II o w
what's t he
matter. But
the wifi
can't tell.
She only
knows that
she is de-
pressed and
Respondent.
S Il c h a
condition is
usually re-
la ted to
some form
of wonlanly
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-04-23

Whether a woman is fearful or cheer
full depends not on what she has materi-
ally, but what she is physically. Many
an indulgent husband IS driven almost
to despair by the fearful outburst OF
The Jennings daily record., 1902-05-24

A feature Of the plan pursued by the
Solomon (Kas) FaTmeD' association
and one which II II should become gen
eral would rsvolut4o0iBs the grain
business Of tho United Statse and
eliminate the grain-exchAn0e FEATURES
and gambling in futures ON the boards
OF trade is tho policy OF selling direct
to mills instead OF shipping to the
great grain centers.
In addition 10 saving the commission
which must be paid for selling wheat
in the grain pits on the boards Of
trade, a premium is obtained from the
mills for high-grade wheat The ma
torfty OF elevator owners mix their
good wheat with poorer quality an
til i: is all of certain grade. By skill
tul mixing the elevator man can real
i1e a large profit from this scource
alone, but the wheat is injured for
milling purposes.
In the big storage elevators at ter
minal points the grain is still further
mixed with rye or inferior wheat for
export purposes This mixing process
has detracted from the reputation of
high-grade Kansas wheat. In fact. by
the time it reaches the mills in the
east or the exporters it is no longer
high grade.
Eastern millers complain that they
have not been able to produce as good
-four from Kansas wheat as that pro-
duGsd by smaller mills In the wheat
region that are able to purchase their
wheat direct from the farmers. This
fact is attAibuted to the mixing OF the
<rain by the elevators, and the millers