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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01

A German theater in Berlin has put upon
its playbills in large letters: Ladies' are re-
quested 10 take off their bonnets."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01

The time-honored joke, concerning
the London tonsorial artist whose sign
proclaimed him "barber to the queen
has been ruined by an act of parlia-
ment, which Furnishes "any person
who, without the authority of her
majesty or any of the royal family, or
of any government department, as
sumes or uses in connection with any
trade. BUSH os, calling, or profession
the royal arms, or arms so nearly re-
sembling the same, in such manner
as to be calculated to lead other per-
sons to believe that he is carrying on
his trade, business, calling, or profession
by or under such authority"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01

In Japan the age and sex of baby may be
know by the tult Of hair on the back of the
mock,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01
Are Dreams PrOpheticf

Prevent malarial attacks by invigorating the
liver with DIR. Sanforl's Liver Invigorator,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01

PunEsr AND BEST oop-IIvER OIL, from selected
lvers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard &
Co., MY. Absolutelypure and sweet. Patients
who have once taken it prefer ii TO all others.
Physicians declare it superior to all other oils.
CHApPED HANDS, face, pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap made by
Caswel, Hazard q Co., New York.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01

The proprietors of the world-renowned
Carboline-the natural Hair Restorer-neyer
put up less than 1000 gallons at time, This
gives but an idea of its immense demand.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01
AFTER DlPHTHERIk

The terrible prostraton which follows Diphtheria
and the persstency with which it clngs to the patient
are marked features. The power of HOOPS SARsAPA.
RIIA to drive out the poison left in the system and
relieve the consequent distress, more sgnay
shown than in the following remarkable statement
LOWELL, Mass Feb 9, 1888.
Messrs @. l. HOOD & Co.-tientieman: Ny little
girl, Hattie Burns had the Diphthera and got well of
it After that she powerful sick in her bowels and
had fearful hnrtngs in the small of her back She
in great pain and distress We called the DOCTOR who
gave her powders Upon my word, the child grew worse
sent neighbors boy for botls of HOOPS SARsAPA-
RILA and that gave the little girl the first dose,
and again in the morning Before the day out she
was playing around the house. Her pains gone.
From that day till nov she has been well, and wholly
recovered. Her flesh has back she is fat
and mrthful and lively before sic sck-ull oil
spirits. to the delight Of US ALL
Mrs. JAMES BURNS,
DO Market street.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01

Mrs. Orlenn Marshall, of CRANKY O., says:
"Sdmaritan .Neru,ne cured me of epilepsy
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01

Silk culture is assuming great i'm
portance in California. 1t is said by
those who have tried it that some
par s of that State are peculiarly well
adapted for this industry. At a recent
meeting Of the State Board of Silk
Culture steps were taken to import the
best varieties of mulberry trees from
Italy for grating, and it was stated
that large box of silkworm eggs was
about to arrive from Japan. 1t was
decided to continue the school of in
struction for silk culture, if sufficient
money for the purpose is forthcoming.
The water of California is better adapt
ed for silk Keeling than that of any
other country on account of peculiar
softness which characterizes 1t, and its
freedom from all alkaline substances.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01

Official statistics recently published
in France show that about one-half of
the population Of the country lives by
agriculture, fourth by different de-
scriptions of industry, tenth by
commerce, nearly another tenth by the
liberal professions, and fraction over
a tenth lives on the interest of money
invested in Government and other
securities. Upward of nine millions OF
the first class own and cultivate their
land; three millions and half of pro
prietors of lots too small to furnish a
living work occasionally as laborers on
the land Of others; five millions are
farmers and metayers; and there are
half million of farm servants, wood
cutters, charcoal burners, &c. The
more important industries-mine
quarries, and manufactures-give en-
ployment to over million of persons;
while six millions derive a livelihood
from the exercise Of the manual arts.
Bankers, commission agents, and
merchants number nearly 100000,
shopkeepers nearly 100000, and pro-
prietors of hotels, cafes, and lodging
houses something over million. Re-,
ligion, including religious communities
absorbs quarter Of a million of the
population. There are 10000 doctors,
&C., 111,000 teachers, 121, 200 artists,
and $4,000 men of letters. About
100000 live on their income, and
the number of pensioners is close no
800 900.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01

FonspEc,IRA1Es for advertising in this paper apply
10 the publisher. II
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01

During a visit to the great needle
mandatory at Kreuznach, Germany,
last year, the Emperor William. on ex-
aiming bundle Of superfine needles
expressed his amazement that eyes
could be drilled in such minute OBJ
jects. Thereupon the foreman, asking
for hair from the Emperors beard,
instantly bored an eye in it, threaded
it and handed it back to the astonished
monarch. Queen Victoria possesses a
needle on which scenes from her life
are depicted 50 infinitely that micro
scope is required to distinguish them
Both of these curiosities will be dis
played at the International Exhibition
of Needlework, at Sydenham, in July
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-01

tFor constipation loss of appetite and diseases oftne
bowels take Hswleys Stomach aud Liver Pills 25 cents.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18
ENOUGH.

The Chilian army is enough to make the
Peruvians bark.-New Orleans Picayune.
Extremes meet in the petroleum industry.
It takes an oil well to make oil sick.-Pitts-
burg Chronicle.
Lowell girl who was asked il she ever
had the mumps said, Yes; that is, had one
mump."-Lowen Courier.
Cincinnati cordially extends invitations to
visitors, with the jocular inducement that 'if
this is not watering place we would like to
see one-''
Registers in the horse cars do not warm
the vehicle, but they make il hot for the
dishonest eonductor.-Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
scientist asserts that bee can only sting
once in two minutes. We would respectfully
add that that's all it generally needs to-
Boston Post
s'No." said the grocer, Crowns trade
doesen't amount to much. A pretty large
family; but then, you know, they don't
keep servant. Boston Transcript.
mo, love.'' he said, ST cannot afford to
take you s1eighing, but I'll do the next best
thing. Come down to the store any day and
I'll let you see me shoot a arat."-Exchange.
An article containing dozen hints on how
to take care of a horse is going the rounds of
the press, Dub tQer0 Is not one mint as TO now
to get the ehorse.-Merchant Traveller.
Force of habit illustrated: "Did you put it
in with taeks or putty?" asked q merchant
traveller for Pittsburg glass house, as he
gaEed ia an abssnt-minded way at the hotel
clerks diamond.-Merchant Traveller.
A Rochester baker has made q cake weigh
ing 610 pounds. This is about the weight Of
the cake usually baked by a newly-married
young woman, but why should baker try to
beat the record of bride?-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
A certain editor in Massachusetts, always
sleeps with his head to the north-not be-
cause he is superstitious at all, but because
he can look out of the window on moonlight
nights and see If the sheriff is coming. Bur
lington Free Press.
"Can you tell me how to decorate table,
cloth ?" asks q fond young thing. OF course
we can: Qess noise on the back seat there y
spill the gravy on it and fresco with dabs of
mustard embroidered with sorghum and
cofee.-Detroit journal.
s'What an exhibitionin exclaimed a Jolly
New York girl, as she laughed in the face of
an old bachelor. 'sMe an exhibition?'' de-
manded he; ''what kind of an exhibition?'
''A lone exhibition chuckled she. s'You
are an artful creature" said the bachelor, as
he moved beyond the circle of her influence.
-ComHercial Advertiser.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

New York Letter to Boston Globe
Between Vanderbilt and Gould there is q
certain conservative understanding. Both
kno that panics are bad things for either.
Vanderbilt probably dislikss Gould. considers
him treacherous, yet Gould does more to
steady the stock market than Vanderbilt, and
they are therefore compelled to accept each
other as accessories. Gould uses Vanderbilt
to refer to as an example of solvency and
stability. Vanderbilt knows too much to
provoke Gould, and therefore they keep their
hands off each other. Mr.. Vanderbilt has
strong, rather coarse nature. He is weaker
than his father, not much cultivated, and
among his friends are few men of fneness OF
character. At the same time his repulsions
for dishonest men and tricksters are frank
In both Gould and Vanderbilt lies a certain
amount of religious basis. 1t does not tell
in their lives SO much as in their supersti-
tions Old Commodore Vanderbilt was
stern parent, hard taskmaster, and he had
few plain principles which he thrashed into
his children. A few men who knew him
very we'll say that he was, according to his
own understanding. honest; that he did not
delight in evil nor conspiracy His son Will
liam, who always called him poppy" went
off and married the daughter of religious
family, and Cornelius, who now lives,
young man between thirty and forty, goes to
the Grand Central depot, understand, and
leads the Young Mems Christien association
meetings there. He keeps out of specula-
tion. The gpeculatcr of the family is Will
liam K Vanderbilt, who married a Virginia
~ife, and inhabits the beautiful carved resi-
dence on Fifth avenue, opposite the Lang
ham Hotel, which hotel was formerly Nine.
Restelle's house of confinement. Persons
~ho affect here to know say that young Cor
nelius is worth 80, oO0, 600. snd that William
Z has lost by speculation in the pat two
years $3, ,OO0. 900 to So, 600, 600.
Vanderbilts third son offended him by
marrying the wife of his cousin, under
stand it, but that has been long ago looked
over by the family.
Strong animal instincts are in all his stock.
George Vanderbilt who is named for his de-
ceased uncle, whom Commodore Vanderbilt
regarded as the only able son whom he ever
produced and sent him to West Point is said
to- be inclined to books and literature, and
probably his tastes had something to do with
the paintings his father has collected
Jay Gould as you can see by his compost
tions written in his youth, was of a Baptist
or Methodist turn. and people say that he is
to this da, spprehensive, timid and even su
perstitious, which I should think would be
the case with all stock gamblers. When men
bet they are apt to believe in dreams, omens
and conjunctions.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18
A Word With You, Young Men.
From the Springfield Unionl

There has never been time in the bust
ness history of this community when young
men were more carefully watched by their
employers than to-day. The recent revelation,
of young Landen' cool and methodioally
planned thefts of money from the Hempden
saving bank have set a good many business
men to thinking and to euquiring into the
habits and expenditures of their employers
Young men ou small salaries whe dress in the
hight of fashion and who always have money
for cigars billiards or drinks, but neglect to pay
their board and washing bills, are standing
on volcanic ground and the sooner they mend
their ways and keep them mended the better.
It is every young mans duty to make him
self as presentable as possible, but when q
young fellow who is beginning to learn busi-
ness undertakes to keep mp in expenditures
with men who have established business sue
cesses he is decidedly off the track Live with.
in your means, whatever it is, and never give
place to that wretched sophistry that because
your salary is small you can put your hand
into the money drawer, make false entries and
be man You can't be a man without man
Illness, and strict honesty is the corner stone
of true manliness.
1t 1s not always safe to conclude that because
young man is not publicly disgraced as
thief his zeal character is not known Every
man has certain amount of probation in bus
mess and if he fails to come mp to the stan
S~@~@ SSAASA~-AJ
may not Arrest him, be may not even discharge
him, but no young man who is harboring
habits of dishonesty, will never achieve much
success. There are young men In Springfield
to-day, who can get no places of trust be-
cause they are known to be untrustworthy,
and this community is beginning at last TO
see that the policy of covering mp theft and
allowing grave offenses to go unpunished be-
cause the amount of money taken has been
made good, is not wise one. A single case of
condoned crime may cause dozen other simi-
lar crime, and young men in this city who are
not scrupulously honest from principle are
going to have hard work to keep their present
positions or get new ones. There is more than
one marked Young man on Main street. to
day, and more than one employer is looking
more carefully into the record of his clerks
and book keepers than he has been in the hab-
it of doing 1t pays to be honest. young men,
If you have to live on bread and water to do
il, and it don't pay to be dishonest however
long you may conceal YOUR rascality or THINK !:
you do it. let us hear the conclusion o.
the whole matter: Fear God and keep his
commandments.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

A New York doctor who has had much
experience with pneumonia and been very
successful in caring people afflicted with it
has given the following as his mode Of treat
ment: A cold wet pack is applied to the
chest and renewed every hour or two, for
two or three or four days, according to the
degree of Inflammation. II is to be followed
by hot poultice. By ''wet pack'' is meant q
wet towel folded and covered by dry towel.
It is modified poultice, and yet 1t acts
differently from an ordinary poultice. The
patient is allowed all the water or ice that
may be asked for From four to eight
tabl0spoonfuls of milk or rich broth every
two hours after first day. From tea
spoonful to a tablespoonful of whisky
in wa er or milk every one. two or three
hours beginning on the second day and con-
tinuing as long as the fever lasts. The tea
spoonful is for infants and children. If
there be delirium the need of whisky is the
most urgent. Two doses of quinine may be
given daily from five to ten grains each, and
the bowels should not be allowed to consti-
pate.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

The protracted drought which has pre-
vailed in this region was broken yesterday
by = gentle yet effective fall of rain. There
is good reason to believe that the worst is
over, and that the water drinkers of New
Haven will hereafter be able to get full
supply of their favorite beverage.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18
Monte CristO.

An Inspection of q Prison Made Famous
by Dumas.
LNasby's Letter in the Toledo BIsds.]
Across the beautiful bay from the city an
hour or such matter is the famous lie DIFF
on which is the famous State prison which
Dumas made famous by his immortal ro-
nance of Monte Oristo. Everybody knows
the foundation Of the novel, Edmond
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

The Democratic legislators at Boston have
all received circular letters asking them to
vote against the proposed constitutional
amendment for biennial elections and legisla-
tive sessions. The reason given is that Cen
eral Butler is not in favor of the amendments.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

Chicago's manual training school has
opened with sixty-fve boys. The building,
which is not yet complete, will accommodate
three hundred and fifty pupils. Practical
instruction is to be given in the dss of tools,
with such instruction az may be deemed nee
essary in mathematics, drawing, and the
English branches of a high school course.
The tool instruction, ~ at present oontsm-
plated, will include carpentry, wood turning,
pattern making, iron chipping and filing,
forge work, brazing and soldering, and the
use of machine shop tools. The course of
study is to cover two years. One hour per
day, or more, will be given to drawing, and
not less than two hours per day to shop
work. Before graduating each pupil will be
required to construct machine. Less than
one-third of those Who have presented them
selves for examination have been accepted.
The expense of the building has been pro-
vided for by members of tbs Chicago Com
mercial club, and with moderate charges for
tuition it is expected that the school will
sustain itself.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

The new English dictionary, the first vol
ume of which is now ready in England and
is to be followed by five more, has one fea-
ture which will be very interesting and use
full Each word in use for the last seven
hundred years is not only defined, but its
manner of introduction into our language
explained. The reader who is not acquaint-
ed with either ancient or modern foreign
languages will thus be enabled to perceive
the radical meaning of the word.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18
EDITORIAL MOTIFS.

This is a very lively age. st. Louis will
have direct rail communication with the
city of Mexico by March To-.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18
Price Two Cents
TO
PURCHASERS
OF
DRY GOOD S!

Never have we ekmOWm Dry
Goods of all kinds sold at so
low prices. Consequently
we have commenced our
purchase for the Spring and
shall endeaVOr at all times
to keep one of the BEST
STOCKS i'm the city,
Especial attention is called
to our Black and COIOred
Silks, New Dress Goods,
Housekeeping Goods, White
Goods, Laces and EmbrOid.
cries.
r -e-
We shall be receiving
goods i'm some department
almost daily.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

A bill to prevent stock-watering is now be-
fore the New York legislature, and it is a
very stringent measure. It prevents the is
sue or sale of any part Of the stock of any
corporation until the par value shall have
been paid in money into such corporation.
By another section every corporation is
obliged to keep its share-iist open to inspsc
ton by shareholders, the attorney general. in
person or by proxy, or, in the case of rail-
roads, by the railroad commissioners Any
violation of the law is made punishable by
fine and imprisonment. It is safe to say
that this bill will not pass. There are many
cases in which it would not be fair or wise to
make company pay the full value of its
stock in money into the treasury before it Is
sued or sold any If the stock should be
worth its face in any kind of property it
would have good Foundation.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

The evil of expensive funerals is receiving
considerable attention in England as well as
in this country. Lord Grosvenor, son of the
richest man In the country, the Duke of
Westminster, who died recently, was inter-
ested in the Funeral Reform association, and
his remains were taken to the grave in plain
coffin of pine boards, carried in hearse
without plume or ornament. This was q
very sensible proceeding. Expensive funer-
ais do not help the dead, and they frequently
harm the living.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

An important precedent relating to street
fights has been established in London. Two
boys were detected In such an encounter by
q policeman, and one of them, who was sum-
marily judged to be more guilty, was taken
before magistrate. The culprit explained
that he was not the aggressor. The other
boy, he said, had been converted" and
STRUCK him because he would not s'turn re-
lieiousp too. His mother, moreover, con-
irned her sons good opinion of himself;
but the Judge decided that the converted"
boy was probably the better behaved of the
two and fined the unconverted half crown.
A committee of the Massachusetts, senate
has given hearing to persons who want a
repeal of the law making disbelief in God
ground for impsaching the credibility of
n-p~-nr uSnaSneox ahnxvNfa that
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

GAG week in your own town. Terms and IS outfit
WV tree, Address H. HALLET q Co., Portland, Ma
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

this law in Massachusetts, was Of no earlier
date than 1859. DR.. Bartol argued that the
man who would mot swear to what he thonght
he knew nothing about was precisely tho man
whose testimony ought not to be impeaShad,
and told this story: A soldier who was
charged with stealing blankets protested his
innocence, and, on being asked If he would
take an oath on the Bible, answered, SON
any number of Bibles ''Will you swear on
the honor Of soldier that you did not steal
those blsnkets?' asked the Colonel. con
the honor of a soldier, I did take the blank
ets.'
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

An interesting experiment. with under
| ground wires is going on in the city of Mon
treal. The wires are the ordinary ones,
insulated by coating Of woven thread cov-
cred with wax. At a depth of two feet be-
meath the street the experimenters sunk a
small wooden box. They boiled together a
quantity Of silica, rosin, linseed oil and par
afine. This, when cool, becomes as hard as
stone. With this in its warm and fluid state
they coated the bottom of the wooden box,
then drew their wires through the same ma
terial, and, after putting them in the box.
filled it up with the same matsrial. They
disappears the composition will remain pras-
tically for all time. The invention has
worked we'll so far.
The mayor of Exeter, England, is evident
ly not the fairsst man in the world. He
recently issued orders to the police that the
Salvation Army was not to be permitted to
march through the street in which his house
Is situated. The Salvationists disobeyed
this Injunction, and were promptly seized by
the police. A seuff1e ensued, and the
mayor instituted prosecution against sew
eral members of the Army. When the cases
came on for trial, the prisoners solicit
tor naturally requested the mayor to with
draw from the bench, as it was manifestly
undesirable that the same gentleman should
act as both prosecutor and judge. This,
however, he declined to do, and the Saliva
tionists we're sentenced to imprisonment.
The mayor receives good deal of criticism
for his course.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-02-18

1s1 and 1856 Grand Street. also 25s Congress- avenue
isI7 corner Cedar