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when Scovill's Sarsaparira ard Stillingia, or
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skin, etc.
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-09

DIR. Pierce's pheasant Purgativo Pellets"
arc susar-coated and inclosed in glass bottles,
their virtues being thereby preserved unim-
led for any length of time. in any climate,
SO that they are always fresh and reliable. No
cheap wooden or pasteboard boxes. By drug
gists,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-09

Functional arrangement of the female
sys en- is quickly cured by the use ofDr. II. V.
Pierces "Favorito Prescription" It removes
pain and restores health and strength. by all
druggists.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-09

Discoveries of rich deposits of iron
ore are being constantly made in the
mountains of East Tennessee.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-09

Full oft we feel the surge Of tears.
Yet joy has light for all the years.
To all whose hair is getting thin,
Qnr Carboline will keep it In.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-09

Stanley has visited the Congo valley north
Of the equator, and finds dense and enter
prising population Of probably 40, 900 900.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-09

Youth sucks the sugar coating and old
age ehews the bitter pill Of life
Wiikins.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-09

A "frontic. settlement is frequently
made With q shotgun,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-09

ltaly's warmest city is Palermo, next Naples,
then Genoa then Rome. Rome is much the
coolest of the iour ut night.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-05-09

ltseems proper to assert that Samaritan .Ner-
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]. w. Foshee, of Bluff Springs, Ala, says:
"Samaritda JNei rine cured me of fits"
Beware ofthe incipient stages OF Consump-
ton. Take Psco's Cure in time.
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Cold water.

The most expensive thing and the
hardest thing to get in Europe is plain
water. AT the hotels even in Switzer-
land where the ice-crowned Alps are in
sight, they charge you for ice water to
drink. There is no water on the cars,
and at the stations they look at you in
amazement If you ask for it. To pro-
tect myself now carry a bottle Of water
strapped to my carpet bag.
One day in the Bon Marche In Paris
where they employ at least 200 clerks,
my wife, who was making purchases,
asked the clerk to be kind enough to
give her a glass of water.
"a what2'' he exclaimed, III utter
Amusement.
"a glass of water-plain, wet water, .
repeated the wife.
There isn't such a thing III the
store" said the clerk.
but in this great store what do You
do when you get thirstyS' asked my
wife.
"Why, we wait till noon or night and
drink a bottle of wine"
But if it is hard to get a glass OF
water in France, Switzerland or Ger
many to drink, how much harder IS 1t
to get enough for a bath. The idea OF
water enough to battle in all over sets
them wild. At Dresden, the boosted
art center Of Europe, my wife wanted
a hot bath. In America, when a guest
wants a hot bath, he rings for the
chambermaid, turns on the hot water,
takes It, and finds % cents charged for
it in his bill. Well, | went down to
the Office and saw the clerk about 1t.
lie seemed half-dazed at the idea OF a
bath, and went off to see the pToprLe-
tor. The proprietor came putting back
to the office and asked me what | wan
ted.
my wife wants a bath" | said.
"All over-bath all oyerl'' he gasp
ed.
Yes, all over, in hot water"
"Hot water-hot water all over
mein Colt in himmel !" he exclaimed,
throwing up his hands.
"Yes, a hot water bath, " l said; 'tell
the girl to turn on the hot and the cold
water"
But there isn't any hot water, y
said the landlord; we'll have to send a
commissioner ard have it brought
here"
"Whatl" 1 said, in surprise; ''send
for a bath.tub and hot water-send out
for itS"
Eyes" he said, handing the Commits
sioner a note. at Will be brought here
in an hour"
l then went up to the room and
awaited rpsultS The hOtel was in an
uproar. 1t was a great event to take a
bath in Dresden, and I've experienced
the same trouble and surprise in Berlin
and Cologne. After waiting an hour,
there was a great noise and CHATTER Ia
the hail. Pretty soon a man and wife
came to the door. They were carrying
something that looked like a coffin. 1t
proved to be a long, black, rusty bath
tub. They placed it in the middle of
the r" m, Then they went down two
pair of stairs to a wagon standing III
front of the hotel and commenced bring
ing up hot waite. in large tin bucket
This water had been heated at the
bath-house a half mile away. They
soon had the bath-tub full and my wife
took her bath. Then the thing wa
carried down stairs to the wagon again.
When | paid my bill l was charged
three marks tseventy-fve cents) for
this bath and thirty cents for the com
missioner. You a never get a bath
in Europe for less than sixty cents. 1t
Is five cents for a drink of ice water
even with youth dinner in a Paris res
taurant.
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An island of Pretty Women.

The Chanel Islands and particularly
Jersey, possess much Of interest to the
stranger, but the browning glory of
Jersey is the beauty of her women.
For general comeliness they would
readily be awarded a prize in any COM
petition of feminine grace. Rare,
creamy compilations that would put the
bloom on the peach to blush, figures
made graceful and sinewy by bodily toll,
with rather strongly cut features, eyes
like aloes and lustrous dark hair, the
girls met On the streets of st. Heller's
seem to the stranger the personitication
Of wOmanly independence, beauty aud
maidenly reserve. The soft white mists
that wrap the island every night from
shutdown to sunrise give them ~carnatiOn
cheeks. The toll that brings with it
the healthy body, is due to causes which
will enlist on the side OF these women
the sympathieS Of true manhood. 1t is
because of the wOful dearth of men in
Jersey that the women do all the work.
Where you meet n nan IN these tor
tuous sheets of ST. Helier's You meet
ten women. Out among The green farms
this disprOportion of the sexes is even
ihOtC HoiLithAJ dPPolChS- III hCdf1i
ungainly carts OF the country roads,
are, almost without exception, driven
by women, and handsome women, too.
Groups of cherry-cheeked girls may be
seen in way-side orchards, some picking
apples from the trees, others straining
at the rude cider presses. The little
fields, with their luxuriant growth of
turnlps, cabbages and rutabagas, all
are tended by women, while the bloom.
ing flowers In the house yards show in
their rich variety the evidence Of wom-
ans care and attention. None but
women are to be seen In the big public
market of st. Helier's-women buying
aud women selling. What men you see
are either too young OF too old and de-
cTeplt, boys Who have not started out in
life, or old sea captains who have ONE
home to end their days, smelling of salt
and full OF "reminiscences of stormy voya-
ges TO Buenos Ayres. to Australia, or
through the China seas
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Life of st. Petersburg.

People here all arm themselves for
the winter. There can be no question
rs to its severity. Indeed, one would
be inclined to Imagine it was almost
welcomed as a friend, for keen disap-
polntment Is expressed when the snow
Is tardy IA falling, After the heavy
rains which fall in the late autumn
snow roads are almost a necessity of
existence. If frost suddenly sets in
before they are made it Is under great
difficulties that the country people
bring supplies to the metropolis the
price Of provisions rises IN proportion,
and distress ensues Double windows
are universal they are an absolute ne
cesslty. For the admission of fresh air
one pane of each window IS left so that
it may be opened at pleasure. The rest
of the window is so thoroughly secured
that not a breath Of keen air can enter.
TIL 5 process accomplished, the differ
ence of the temperature within doors
is sensible perceptlble, and heating by
means Of stoves may then be delayed
for some time. The interior of a Rus
sian house is not familiar to all, so un-
der favor of the lares and penates, we
will enter the sacred domicile, first
promising that a well-kept house in st.
Petersburg or Moscow is exceedingly
comfortable. A tall, portly, suisse
(house porter admits you, when a foot
man ushers you up a most spacious,
handsome staircase. often OF marble,
and, after passing through the usual
double doors you are introduced into
an antl-Toom, where you leave your In
eyitable garment-youT fur cloak. The
reception rooms are then entered, and
these often seem inteTminable eight
or niue in number in the houses on the
palace or English quays are not uncom-
mon, generally opening into II an
other. The inlaid parquets of the
rooms are often very beautiful - the
floor polisher is an important institu-
ton IN Russia of course, some rooms
are richly carpeted and do Justice to the
looms of Turkey and Persia. The silk
or damask curtains, wall hanglngs and
coverings for the ottomans are superb.
All is luxurious vases of lapSis-laZuli,
porphyTy and malachite, pictures and
objects of art in general are in profu-
sion. The Russians are very fond OF
promenaiing through their suites of
apartments, and ample space is left for
this purpose. The winter being so long.
every conceivable means is used to shed
around the charms of warmer climates;
treliises. along which various creepers
are trained, are introduced I; pretty
baskets of plants tulips, hyacinths and
camellas in full bloom, while winter is
stlll raging outside,) the constant warm
temperature indoors being favorable to
their cultivation. The continental
fashion of living in flats, much pre-
walls here. Sleeping rooms are not, in
variably numerous in proportion to the
reception rooms; but this state of
things naturally improves with the IN
crease of civilization.
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An Arcadian Village.

Within a radius Of twenty miles Vt
the city of Detroit, On the Canadian
Side Of the river, there nestles among
the trees a village that for Arcadian
simplicity and for perfect NeOpolitau
Incidence is perhaps uneQualled on the
American continent. Situated on the
north shore OF Lake Erie, and on a rich
walnut and oak soil, nature has been an
equal factor, by her very productive
ness, with the tndolent, almost somno-
lent disposition Of the inhabitants, IN
making them the happy-go-lucky class
of people thee are. klngsville appears
as If it were a part Of some med oval
English village of fifty years ago.
The villagers possess a conservatism
almost phenomenal, and yet they long
ago banished tie idea that any person
was a stranger after a ]soiourn of han a
day there. 50 great is the feeling Of
fraternity among them that the utmost
cordially prevails, and such a thing as
theft or robbery by one of themselves Is
a thing unheard of, even by 1.-THE Oldest
lnhabitant." Any day from early
spring, baskiug in the sun, and through
out the summer sitting in the shade of
the stores, may be seen a group Of half a
dozen to twenty men, smoking and lis
tening to the latest story brought by the
Toronto drummer. or to some wonder
full hunting tale that happened IN the
long ago when deer were plentiful in
those parts and could be shot any day
before breakfast.
Woe betide the man VINO goes mar
ketlng' in a hurry and expects to get
served at once. He Is doomed to dis
appointment, He must wait till the
story Is finished, or go without the de.
sired articles. Another characteristic
Of the people Is their almost phenomenal
love for the game Of marbles" The
soil is sandy and absorbs moisture very
rapidly. The ground Is nearly always
in a good condition for marble playing,
and so fascinating appears the sport
that middle-aged men, and some even
older, "a often be seen playing mar
bles III a shady corner. Nor is the Gus
tom considered undIgniied because Of
Its commences. Some Of the younger
members of the community are experts
in the manly games Of cricket, base ball
and football, bnt the greatest luxury
Of the majority of the people is to lay
on the grass and smoke and watch
others play.
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The knowledge which we crave and
work for which we look for and find,
which we think OFT OF dig out for
ourselves, which we rejoice in as in a
neWly-found treasure - that is the
knowledge, be it small or great, that Is
worth having. 1t Is like the food fol
which we hunger; it gives us fresh
power and fuller life. it matters far
less even what this knowledge is than
the way in which it was gained. The
most systematic aud well-prepared
course of study worried through by a
student whole only care is that he may
get his diploma, is of far less value to
him or to the world than the vital
thought of the young mechanic, who,
anxious to master the secret of his
trade, patiently studies Its details, dis
covers its principles, and infuses iuto
it his own fresh and living force, per-
haps in the form of some new inven-
ton, or perhaps In a MOI skilful touch
OF a more delicate finish than it has yet
received.
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First saw MIL.

The old practice Of making boards was
TO split up the logs with wedges, and
~incOnvenient as the practice was, it was
no easy matter to persuade the world
that the thing could be done in a better
way. Saw mills were first used in Eu-
rope in the fifteenth century, but so late
as 1856, an English ambassador, having
seen a saw mill In France thought it a
novelty which deserved particular de-
scription. 1t is amusing to note how
the aversion to labor-saving machinery
has alwas agitated England. The first
saw mill vas established by q Dutch
man, in 1868; but the public cutlery
against the new tangled machine was
so violent that the proprietor was forced
TO deeamp with greater expedition than
ever did a Dutchman before. The evil
was thus kept out of England for seve-
raj years, or rather generations, but in
l768 an unlucky timber merchant,
hoping that after 80 long a time the
public would be less watchful of its in
terests, made a rash attempt 10 con-
stuct another mill. The guardians of
the public welfare, however, were on
the alert and a conscientious mob at
once collected and pulled the mill to
pieces.
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Let US consider the moon first, as its
action, from its greater proximity to
the earth, is much more effective in
producing tidal waves than that OF tile
sun. We know from the laws of gray
ity that the moon tends to draw the
earth towards itself. If the moon be
overhead, its tendency Is to draw the
earth upwards; if it be at the a~ntipodes,
beneath the feet, its tendency is to draw
the earth dOwnwards. Now, If the
earth were a rigid, solid mass. like a
ball of iron, this action Of the moon
would have no other appreciate effect
than TO draw the earth as a whole up
wards or downwards. Tue case, how
ever, is different when on the surface
of the solid globe there is an ocean OF
LIQUID matter. The force with which
gravity acts is greater the nearer two
bodies are TO one another, consequently
when the moon is overhead the surface
of the sea isattracted with greater force
than the solid yields to this force, and
il raised up In the shape OF a wave,
much In the same manner as we may
have seen the hair of the head rise up
toward a charged electric machine. The
onyerse OF this action holds good also
at the antlpOdes at the same time. There
the bottom Of the sea is attracted more
than the surface Of the waters; conse-
quently, the latter drop away as it We're,
from the earth and also assume a wave.
like form. Thus we have at oppos 10
sides Of the earth similar waves raised
at the same time by the moons attrac'
tive force. Then the earth reyOlyes on
its axis, brings every place Ia turn uu-
der each Of these waves, when IL IS high
water in each place as it ARRIVES at the
wave, and low water when between the
two waves.
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when the Baby Wakes.

Did you eve watch a baby waking
from his morning nap2 1t is one Of the
prettiest sights in the world. There is
the crib, with its small preparations,
and snow-white drapery that covers
something outlined, round and plump.
There is nothing to reveal what it is,
not the slightest movement of the pill
lowed whiteness that is visible-nO
sound to indicate keenest actual life,
until the hour-hand Of the clock that
stands sentinel. like yourself, has twice
made its circuit. Then there Is a slight
pulsing in the white drapery, a small,
pink, tremulOus hand. fair as a rose
bud, is thrust out and from the nest
thus broken into appears q round dim
inutive face, with wide open eyes that
have not much speculation in them
yet. Soon, however, they cease to
stare, and become questioning, serious,
as if wondering what kind of a world
they open upon; and the head lifts IT.
self just a little, aud two snow-white
feet start up spasmodicaliy, with a
simultaneous movement, each of
which has an attendant dimple. But
the head is too heavy-it falls back on
the pillow with its own sweet weight,
the hair all damp and golden, the
cheeks peachy, the mouth pouted, as if
angels kissed it in dreams. The first
lingering go-o-o comes from Its rosy
depths, sweeter than any birds song,
for it has a spirit tone and yet retains a
thrill OF its native skies.
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Palaces OF ChristiausboTg.

This palace which was lately destroy
ed by fire has been the official residence
of the Danish kings a century ana a
half, though the present ruler has
never lived there, preferring the less
magnificent but cosler palace of Anna
lienb0rg, in the fashionable end of the
city. ChristiansbOrg is a massive,
granite structure, with a facade of lofty
pillars, devoid of all architectural orna-
m~entation, iauked on the east by the
curious old BOurse and on the West by
ThoTwaldsen's Museum. The castle
was built in 1873 by the eXtravagant
Queen Of Christian VI, as the result Of
a political trick. Money was plentiful
az Tue Danish Court despite the waste
.f1st characterized ii, and the Swedes
across the sound became alarmed, his
tory has it, lest the Danes should re-
sumo their old amusement IN idle hours
of making wal on their n~eighbors. To
prevent it the Swedish Government
hastily decided to begin building opera
tiOns on a large scale at Malmoe, and
let the intelligence go forth that a great
castle was to be built, the greatest in
the north, sure that the Danish Queen
would Immediately set about erecting a
greater and so spend the money that
should have gone to pay the armies.
The bait took promptly and Christians
borg was built at an expense, the chrOn-
iclers of those days complain, of APT
barrels Of gold. The castle in Malmoe
never got beyond the snow of digging
the foundation, and war was averted.
Two Danish kings have been born in
the palace, and one died there, In l794
it was burned down and the people re-
built it by voluntary contributions.
The year after, when half the town was
burned, the King let the homeless shell
ter under its roof. Half of the burned
out population easily crowded together
in the vast build ng and its outhouses
till the work Of rebuilding could be got
underway. In ChristIansbOrg the late
King, Frederick VII, received the pop
ulace on his ascension to the throne IN
1S4s, and promptly granted their de-
mand for a constitutional Government,
In its great hall the constitutional con-
vention sat and worked out its problem
and there both the houses of the Relgs-
dag have since held their meetings,
The Supreme Court also met there.
The palace was used by the present
royal family only on public festivities.
In The upper stories was the national
picture gallery, a collection of very
great value, rich especially in paintings
of the old masters of the Flemish school
of art and in the works of modern pain
tiers. The pictures number fully 900
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when they we're alone in the drawing.

when they were alone IN the drawing
room.
so | was but / never said One
thing, " she remarked shyly.
what WAS that ~ tie asked.
THAT | did not care for yOu-because
| did, you know, " she added, with de-.
lieiOus Bdjuete.
Such was H~enniker's downfall-that
lie. a man of family and high social pos.
ition, should marry the daughter Of u
Manchester cotton-merchant ! There
are some people however who consider
it was no downfall at all and amongst
such most emphatically is Henniker
himself
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VOLUME VII.
SONG.

Iplucked for thee the wilding rose
Aud wore It on my breast,
And there, TIL daylight's dusky close,
Its silken cheek was pressed
its desert breath was sweeter far
Than Pclace rose could be,
5weetcr thar all Earth's blossoms are,
But that thou gav'st TO me
[ kissed its loavss Ia fond despite
OF lips that failed my own,
And love recalled that sacred night
His blushing flower was blown.
I vowed no rose should rival mine,
Though withered now, and pale,
TIL those are plucked, whose white buds
Irvine
Above thy bridal veil.
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Tears are the showers that fertllize
this world.
Time sooner or later yanquishes love,
friendship alone subdues time.
sand so you were at Lilies we'd.
ding9" said Aunt Catharine.
"Yes, and the groom did look splen.
did?"
"The groom, did you sayP You don't
mean that she, too, has gone and mar
ried q coachman?"
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DO WE know how 10 hvs on a small
salary, and will we tell you howp We
wish we could; but we can't because
we don't know. We never received a
small salary,
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A MILWAUKEE Jury in a breach Of
Ipromlse suit gave a young lady 81, OOO
damages ''for expenses incurred in prei
lpaEing for the wedding aud for geat'
%sental anguish suffered"