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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12
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The Little
Stone Toad:
Strange Experience Of an
American Tea Buyer .
I'm China
By CLARESSA MACklE 4.
BY CLARESSA MACKlE

Amid the yelling of a Chinese moi
outside the gate Of the compound Da
vies calmly packed his valuables into q
couple of travelling bags, together with
some necessary clothing. Through the
open window of the bungalow he could
hear the weak voice of Mr.. Potter eX-
postulating with the frenzied leaders
OF the mob.
All ut once the yelling died down into
shrill murmurs OF discomfort and Pot
ter strobe across the verandah and into
: the room where Davies was methOdical-
ly preparing for flight.
I'm afraid we can't do anything
with them," wheezed Leonard Potter
breathlessly.
Told you So" grunted Bob Davies
as he yanked a strap into place. "Bet-
ter get your STUFF ready They'll be
firing the place in a jitfy.'
The little man dragged out his own
bags and ran frantically to and fro
gathering up his belongings.
Where shall we go?" he asked
hopelessy.
ivan Ping will get us out Of the
neighborhood," returned Bob tersely.
He was vexed with the utter want Of
tact on Potter's part. He had told the
little missionary that it was folly to
try to argue the inhabitants of Pen
foo out of the belief that the great
stone toad in the temple garden had
anything to do with the weather of
central China.
MY dear Davies" Mr.. Potter had
insisted, leave them to me. 1t is my
calling, the carrying of truth into the
dark places of the earth. | cannot let
offerings to the stone toad 1t is my
duty to convince them that they are
entirely wrong"
Davies, who represented a big tea
house in Shanghai, was angry because
he was included in the neighboring
hostility aroused by Potter's i'll judged
efforts This affair would mean the
loss of several business deals that he
would have had difficulty in handling
Under the best of circumstances. He
was sorry that he had invited Potter
to share his quarters during his stay in
Penfoo.
well, did you convince the heather
that the stone toad was not weather
maker?" He could not resist throwing
over his shoulder.
Mr.. Potter blinked.
mot exactly" admitted the mission
airy. ''They are very ignorant and
very bigoted."
Bob Davies Strengthened up.
Cant say 1 think that the Chi
nese belief that stone toad is re-
sponsible for the weather conditions
here is an Indication of bigotry any
more than the American confidence in
the reports of the weather bureau"
"Well-well-ah, indeed, l presume
nOt! gasped Leonard Potter, as he
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound My
mother bought it and the next month I
was so well that worked all the month
without staying at home day. | am
in good health now and have told lots of
girls about it. miss CLARICE NORM,
% Russell Street, Taunton, Mass.
Thousands of girls suffer in silence
every month rather than consult ply
stefan. If girls who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache,
headache, dragging-down sensations,
fainting spells or indigestion would take
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, safe and pure remedy made
from roots and herbs, much suffering
might be avoided.
Write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass. (confdentiaD for free
advice which will prove helpful.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12

may be checked when marching"
from one field to another by scatter
ing this mixture in front of them.
The bran bait will be eaten greedily
while damp, but hardly at all when
dry. 1t is therefore important that the
bait be scattered in the evening, or
better yet, at early daylight.
Cutworms may also be killed by the
use of the bran bait Scatter it about
the hills of corn.
The corn root-aphis is perhaps the
worst insect pest of the corn-belt corn
field. The aphis lives almost entirely
upon the roots of the young corn, be-
ing carried from place to place by the
common field ants, which keep and
herd the aphis as a sort Of domestic
animal for the ''honeydew" it secretes.
The eggs of the aphis are kept over
winter in the nests of the ants. Rota-
ton is the best means of fighting the
aphis, as it does not feed on small
grain or legumes However, If an in
tested iel4 must be planted to corn
a second year, the aphis may be
checked by deep blowing and disking
during very late fall or winter. This
breaks up many Of the ants nests, de-
stroying both ants and aphis eggs.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12
FEED DRY cows AND HEIFERS
Building Up Frames and Giving Con-
stitutionaI vigor TO Calves 10
True Foundation.

The feeding Of the dry cows and
heifers that must build up the frames
and give constitutional vigor to the
young calves. is the true foundation Of
improved dairy COWS. Yet the aver
age dairyman feeds his pregnant cows
and heifers the refuse Of his farm. The
best hay. wheat bran and linseed oil
meal is fed to cows that are giving
milk, The very elements that are
needed by the COW at this period are
withheld.
Carbonaceous foods, which give heat
and fat, are but little needed to sup
ply nourishment to the fetus. Simple
material to build up bone. muscle
and blood, during the rapid growth and
development is needed to nourish the
unborn calf.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12
TO THOSE W no
BORROW OF OR
DEPOSIT IN
BANKS

| The first element of safety in
conducting Banks is sound bust
ness Judgment in placing loans.
A man may be a good la wyer,
a goodphysician, good teacher,
andyet beentirely unreliable and
unsafe as Bank director.
The President of a Bank ought
to be a man of ripe experience,
of unerring judgment as to values
and credits and of a naturally
conservative makeup or mental
tendency.
But that is not all. He should
be courteous and painstaking,
always ready and willing to as
sist the borrower to bring his
securities into such shape that
hecan be accommodated without
either violation of law or i'm
periling the Banks safety.
No Banks ever try harder to
take care of those who come to
them for banking accommoda-
tons than the two Hyde Park
Banks.
1.-THE security or names offered
are good and comply with the
requirements of law and banking
rules, the managers Of the Hyde
Park Banks always endeavor to
provide the funds.
Persons who wish to borrow
are assured not only of courteous
treatment but of the very best
efforts of the managers of these
two Banks to make negotiations
for loans successful.
The Banks solicit applications
from those who wish to borrow,
and they will endeavor to see to
it that those who apply forloans
are not turned empty away, if
their paper is, or can be made,
lawful and good.
Remember that the Hyde Park
Banks regard themselves as prop
er Intermediates between those
who wish to borrow and those
who have money to loan. They
exist to serve the public.
The Hyde Park Banks are
never short of money to Vermont
for loans.
During the two panics through
which they have passed, those Of
1898 and 1907, they not only
met the demands of every depos-
itor who wished to withdraw
his money without a moments
notice. but they had money in
abundance to loan to every YER
who wished to borrow
and was able to offer lawful
paper.
This is broad statement, but
the Hyde Park Banks have assets
agpregating over $3,5OO,OO0.
and the Hyde Park Savings Bank
is the largest Bank in the world
in a country village.
If you have money to place on
deposit, send it to Hyde Park.
you wish to make loan, bor-
row of the Hyde Park Banks.
In either case you will be well
treated.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12
THE UNCOMFORTABLE DEEP.

DOLL on, thou deep and dark blue
~ ocean-roll
Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in
vain.
Man marks the earth with ruin; his con-
troll
Stops with the shore. Upon the watery
plain
The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth
remain
A shadow of mans ravage, save his own,
When for moment like drop of rain,
He sinks into thy depths with bubbling
groan
Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined
and unknown.
THE ornaments which thunder strike
Il the walls
OF rock built cities. bidding nations
quake
And monarchs tremble in their capitals:
The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs
make
Their clay creator the vain title take
OF lord of thee, and arbiter of war
These are thy toys, and as the snowy
flake
They melt into the yeast of waves which
mar
Alike the armada's pride or spells Of
Trafalgar.
Lord Byron.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12

Chinch eus-(a,b) Eggs; (c) Newly
Hatched Larvae; (d) Its Tarsus or
Leg; (e) Larva After First Mott;
~ Same After Second Mott; (g)
Last-Stage Larva. The Natural
Sizes Arc Indicated by Small Lines
at Side; ,(h) Enlarged Leg Of Per-
feet Bug; Cd Tarsus of Same. More
Enlarged; lat Rieht) Proboscis or
Beak, Enlarged.
stubble, when that can be done with
out hurting other crops. Another way
is to pillow under the stubble deeply as
soon as the crop is off. Still another
way is to SOW wheat as late as posi-
BILE. so that the young plants will not
be above ground at the time when the
flies are laying their eggs When the
Hessian fly is prevalen. all volunteer
wheat should be plowed down. Rota-
ton of crops helps to keep the fly in
check. (For fuller details about the
Hessian fly. see Farmers Bulletin
640.)
The army worm may be killed by
the use of a poisoned-bran oait. made
of pound of paris green mixed with
twenty pounds OF wheat bran. Damp
en- the mixture with water that has
been sweetened with sirup-the refuse
strip from sugar mills is best-at the
rate Of two quarts of strip to three
gallons of water and add the Juice of
half dozen oranges or lemons. The
should be well dampened to
a dough, but not enough to render it
mushy. Sow the bran broadcast where
the worms are feeding. The army
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12

low;
Il The SCOT falls down, the spaniel!
sleep,
And spiders from their cobwebs peep.
Last night the sun went pale to bed,
The moon in halos hid her head;
The boding shepherd heaves a sigh,
For, see, rainbow spans the sky;
The walls are damp, the bitches small,
Closed is the pink eyed pimpernel.
Hank! how the chairs and tables crack,
Old Betty's joints are on the rack;
Loud quack the ducks, the peacocks cry
The distant hills are looking nigh.
How restless are the snorting swine,
The busy flies disturb the kine
Low DER the grass the swallow wings,
The cricket too, how sharp he sings;
Puss on the hearth, with velvet paws,
Sits, wiping Ger her whiskered jaws.
Through the clear stream the fishes rise
And nirnbly catch tn incautious fiies
The glow worms, numerous and bright,
Humid the dewy dell last night;
AT dusk the squalid toad was seen
Hopping and crawling DER the green;
The whir\ig wind the dust obeys,
And in the rapid eddy plays;
The frog has changed his yellow vest,
And in a russell coat is dressed.
Though June, the air is cold and still.
The blackbird's mellow voice is shrill;
My dog, so altered in his taste,
Quits mutton bones, on grass to feast;
And see yon rocks, how odd their flight;
They initiate the gliding kite
And seem precipitate to fall
AS If they felt the piercing ball.
Twill surely rain, see with sorrow,
Our jaunt must be put off tomorrow.
DIR. Jenner.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12

FOREIGN DEVIL" HE WHISPERED, TAKE
THIS IN EXCHANGE FOR MONEY!
struggled with the straps of his suit
case.
A long wailing yell arose from out
side.
when is Van Ping coming?" chat
tered Potter. 81 didn't tell you that
they threatened TO boil me in oil".
"That all? What was the final straw,
PotterF
II merely went to the temple garden
and pounded the head of the stone
toad with a sledge hammer, just to
demonstrate to them that it was stone,
an inanimate object that could not
possibly have anything TO do with the
making of conditions"
at seems to have created a very I'M
pleasant situation for u.s." retorted
Davies disagreeably.
Leonard Potter sighed. He wished
that young Mr.. Davies was rot such a
sarcastic individual.
The door opened, and Van Ping, Da-
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12
MRS. KERHS ADVICE
70 Weak, Nervous, Rundown Women

So. Cumberland, Md.-"For a long
time | suffered from a nervous break
down. / could not eat or sleep and was
SO weak could hardly walk. My hus-
band heard about vinol and got me to
try it. Now / have a good appetite,
sleep soundly and am well and strong.
Every nervous, weak, rundown woman
should try vinol.-Mrs. d. w. KERNs.
Vinol is delicious cod liver and iron
tonic, without oil, which we guarantee
to create healthy appetite, aid diges-r
ton and make pure healthy blood.
Arthur L. Cheney, Druggist.
Morrisville. V.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12
BY CARL VRooMAN,
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.

sNSS'ShS'S ~SSiSheiy W n.y. Os
A description of some of the COM
monest pests that corn-belt farmers
have to combat is given in section
of new bulletin of the United States
department of agriculture, written by
Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary, in
order to suggest to the farmer ways of
turning to financial profit scientific
advice. In addition to describing the
pest the bulletin tells of the most eff
fective ways in which the damage that
they cause may be guarded against
On this subject the bulletin says in
part:
The chinch bug is black, with white
wings. 1t winters in dead grass, piles
of dead leaves and the like. Burning
such rubbish during fall or early win
ter, especially along fence rows and in
other places where the pillow does not
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12

to S tay at home
from work and suf-
fer a long time.
One day a woman
came to our house
a n d a s k e d m y
mother why l was
suffering. Mother
told her that | suf-
fered every month
and she said, Why
don't y GU buy a
bottle of lydia r.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12
Xaie lc>.-s.

Did you hear about the young lady
VINO has two locks of hair from a
Yale undergraduate friend of hersi
She says she isn't afraid of burglars
now because she has Yale locks in her
room. Isn't she sil'y?-Cornell Widow,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12
Little Goes a lonc Way.

A grain of carmine, or half grain
of aniline, will tinge hogshead of wa
ter so that a strong microscope will
detect coloring matter in every drop.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12

The day of harsh physics lis gone.
People want mild, easy laxatives. Doan's
Regulets have satisfied thousands. 25c
at all drug stores.-adv.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12
Give US your print
, ing order IN THE
MORNING and
you can get it AT
NIGHT.
Speed Is Our Specially
All Alike,

Are there any Futurist artists in
this building?" we asked the janitor.
That's what all of 'em are," he re-
piled. They always say they're going
to pay the rent next week"
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Daily Thouaht.

Our duty is to be useful: not 40
cordtng to our desires. but according
to our powers.-Amiels Journal
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12
GIRL COULD n
NOT WORK
How She Was Relieved from
Pain by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Taunton, Mass. -" had pains in both
sides and when my periods came I had
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-04-12
Gems Tn Verse
OLD FAvoRITEs.
FORTY SIGNS OF RAIN.

.HHE hollow winds begin to blow,
The clouds look black, the glass is
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-08-18
THE vIoLIN's STORY.

Once in a little village lived an old
viQlinist. He had many friends. They
were the old men Of the town. He
loved children and they loved him.
One stormy day it was dreary for him.
No children came in to hear him play.
He had an old, old violin. He knew
nothing about this violin, except that
it was willed to him at the death of
an old friend of his fathers. He loved
the instrument dearly and often won
dered where it had come from. To
soothe his restless spirit he decided to
play.
He had no ooner taken the precious
instrument when that same thought
came to him again. "Where did that
violin come from and what is its his
tory2"
He played. His thoughts were far
off. AS his fingers wandered over the
strings sad and sweet, wild and tri-
umphant notes came forth.
They told Of a youth who had loved
that violin dearly, who had often
soothed a little old mothers heart with
its touching music.
Then came wild clashing notes, tell
ing Of war; then sobbing, p~laintive
tones of the little mother left behind.
But, bravely s%houldering his gun, the
young man went forth. At the last
moment he turned back to take with
him his beloved violin.
After a lonely and patient year Of
waiting the mother received back not
her son, but the violin he had loved.
His faithful comrade brought it and
told Of his dying a hero and how he
had also comforted and inspired others
with his glorious music.
Sobbing over her lost son, yet proud
of him, the little old mother passed
away, giving to the faithful comrade
the beloved instrument.
At last sunshine and happy little
faces peeped in the window. The old
violinist laid his violin carefully away
and told the children the "Violin's
.,,~
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-08-18
Powerful Bulls.

During a debate upon the second
reading Of the Irish land bill In 1895
Lord Londonderry concluded a period
with: This is the keystone of the bill.
Are you going to kill it,"
Sir Frederick Miner, speaking on
the budget, said, "A cow may be drain
ed dry, and If chancellors of the ex-
chequer persist in meeting every de-
~aciency that occurs by taxing the
brewing and distilling industry they
will inevitably kill the COW that lays
the golden milk!'
Lord CurzOn-"The interests of the
employers and employed are the same
nine times out Of ten-I will even say
nlnety-nine times out of tent"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-08-18
II They Told the Truth.

Just received your dinky little pres
ent Pity you thought it was necessary
to give me anything, but consoling to
think your reputation for general mean
ness remains unchallenged.
At the family dinner party, by the
host, looking around: "Well, I have
never realized before what a motley
lot Of relatives I have. My wife and I
have been dreading this dinner for
weeks, but now that it is almost over
I'm beginning to feel positively cheer
full Here's to you. May We never
meet again!"-Llfe.
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formed peace officer step out and block

formed peace officer step out and block
the way. y =. =
Realizing the speed he had been
making and fearing he had broken
some new county law, he halted and
asked, "Well, what Is I'll" "Sir. I
must Look here. constable" in
terrupted the motorist, ''pick this up
and keep your mouth shut" And a
five dollar gold piece clinked upon the
road. The policeman quickly stopped
his blue Official back, and in a twin
king the motor had bounded on, the
driver chuckling with glee at having
escaped the law.
Some twenty minutes later that mo-
torist was heard to murmur on recov-
ering consciousness, II wonder If that
officer simply wanted to warn me that
a tree had fallen across the road?"-
Argonaut.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-08-18
Wit and Wisdom.

Why is a stick of candy like a horse2
The more you lick it the faster it goes.
Difference between an auction and
se%asickness? One is the sale Of effects,
the other the effects of q sail.
Why Is the letter A like IL O'Clock?
Because it comes in the middle of day.
What occurs twice in a moment and
not once in a Thousand years? The
letter an"
Difference between q spendthrift and
a pillow? One IL hard up, the other
soft down.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-08-18
INTRODUCED HImsfLk

The Landlord Didn't have 70 Ask the
Name Of HE GxsSt.
Pat Murphy had the name Of being
the biggest eater on the Comstock
range in Nevada In the early days.
He was a very good sort Of man and
tried his best not to make his appetite
conspicuous, but 1t val a thing that
could not be concealed. In order not
to be too hard. on any one man Murphy
was in the habit Of changing his board.
ing place quite frequently.
On one occasion q new restaurant
was opened, and nearly every morning
the patrons Of the place would ask the
landlord If Pat Murphy had not yet
come to board with him. The landlord
would say that he had seen no man Of
that name.
Finding that the "sports" who were
boarding with him continued daily to
ask If he had yet see Murphy. the
landlord began to feel that he should
like to know something about him. He
asked what kind of man Murphy was
and how he would be able to e c
ognize him in case he should come to
the restaurant. S
"Never mind about how he looks"
replied the sports. "You will know
him when he comes"
One morning a tall, gaunt, middle
aged man came edging into the restau.
rant and meekly took a seat. The
landlord rather liked the appearance
of the newcomer and at once went to
take his order.
Landlord" said the man, "let me
have a porterhouse steak and onions.
some liver and bacon on the side, six
fried eggs, a bit of ham. a plate of
pancakes, some fried p~ertaties, a cup
Of coffee and a couple of doughnuts
and, If you have them, a couple of
wafles.p
When the sports came In to break.
fast the landlord said:
1--WE seen Murphy; he's been here"
-Pearson's Magazine.
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Soldiers.

The general gave an order then:
He shouted to his men:
about face! March right up that hill.
Then march right down again!"
Then Will spoke up and said. II think
Your order rather queer,
For IL you send them up. then down.
They might as well be here" =
The general looked perplexed and sad
His brow wore quite a frown.
He said, 'I'll march them up the hill.
Then only halfway down."
Philadelphia Record.
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PrOoieA

prOoiO0.
Evangeline, from Vassar. was home
for the holidays. Late n afternoon
she came in during a downpour Of
rain.
"Evangeline." said her mother, "were
you out in all that rain?"
mo, mother" said Evangelina, II
was merely in the portion Of the rain
that descended in my immediate vicin-
ity."-New York Times.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-08-18
His First shad.

Abner Stone had lived finland" all
his days and knew all there vas to be
known about pork and beef as articles
Of food. His acquaintance with the
products of the sea, on the other hand.
was very slight. Once, however, when
at the seashore he was introduced to
shad and asked how he liked 1t.
"Well," said the old farmer, with q
brave attempt at a smile, II calc'late I
shell when I get kinder wonted to 1t.
mebbe, but 1t does seem, jest at fust
ye know, considerable like tryin' to eat
a paper o buttered pins"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1916-08-18
No Pl.c, For M.r. Boy.

The business man had advertised for
a boy. One likely applicant was ac-
companied to the interview by his
mother.
"You think your son would make a
good messenger said the business
man.
IT do" she replied. Whatever Jim
does he does quickly"
Every well, I will test him." said the
gentleman. Here, take this letter to
the Commercial bank, and be back here
In twenty minutes"
The mother laid a OBTAINING hand on
the boys shoulder. (,
"Come along home. Jimmy" she said.
1T amt a boy they want here. it's an
angel."-New York Times.
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Ar Oddly Named camsI.

Recently in the city Of st. Paul there
was a parade in connection with the
convention Of the Prohibition party,
which hopes to prevent the sale Of in
~toxicants. More than 10000 persons
took part in the parade, including