The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-01-11
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

TOPICS OF THE DAY.
France seems daily drawing near to
most serious trouble. Three years ago
the government began to run behind
hand; two years ago the heavy speeu-
lators came to grief; year ago trade
began to suffer- and now the with
drawals from the savings-banks are
larger than the deposits,
-
Railroads have been the bane OF vii
fagea along the Ohio. A writer in the
Cleveland Herald says: 1.-The river is
no longer the great avenue of trade.
and as the steamboat disappears before
the railroad, these once thriving towns
fall into decay. They retain their sta
tus as towns and villages; they are
marked on tho maps; the old settlers
remain from force of habit, but no
newcomers settle; they are good towns
to move away from.
Lord Tennyson d'Eyncourt will find
that if all his comrades in the peerags
are not the cotton splnners for whom
a generation ago he expressed such
eloquent contempt. 1t is because-in
the cases of some of them-they are
engaged In other industrial pursuits
The most recent noble recruits to the
army of trade are Lord Londonderry,
who sells coal by the ton, hundred
weight, and bushel, and Lord Sudely,
who manufactures jam and marina
lade.
The coral fisheries of the coast Of
Algiers have been so badly miscon-
Quoted that the beds have been nearly
destroyed. The dredgers throw over
board from their boats great iron rakes
weighted with cannon balls, which are
dragged through the coral beds, break
ing and crushing the coral. Each time
the dredge brings up smaller and
smaller bits, until the nets contain
nothing but dust. The French govern
ment has now published decree for
bidding methods which have been SO
fatal to valuable industry.
The modern kingdom of Greece is
not as renowned as ancient Greece in
some notable respects. but promises to
exceed the old government in the mat
ter of debt if she keeps on. She has
Just put out loan which in our money
would be nearly s34,O00,000, to be paid
by a nation of 100000 people, in adj
ditiOn to other debts. 1t is no wonder
that an important industry of that
kingdom, not many leagues from Ath.
ems, is brigandage, but which, trans.
lated into English rather freely, means
probably, practical politics.
Leading men cooks In New York
receive very satisfactory pay. One
large hotel pays $4,000 year to the
head OF the kitchen, and another lead
ing house $4,000; and these sums art
in addition to board, lodging and wine
while one large hotel not only pay:
$4,000 yearly to the "chef," but also
provides his clothes, made by first
rate tailor. Two thousand dollars i:
the least gum ever accepted by rec
ognized chief, and assistant cooks. WHIT
do most of the work, receive from Sc;
to 1925 per month without board.
American women going to Europ'
without escorts will hear with salts
faction of the establishment in Amster
dam and several other cities in HOLLAND
of hotel for women, to which mel
are not to be admitted as guests
Apartments are to be provided to sui
every class, from the highest to tn
poorest; but the cheapest rooms in tn
attic are to be as clean as the suites o.
the first floor. These houses, it |
stated, are an experiment of a societ
interested in the development of VIC
men, and are not managed with an
expectation OF peeuniuy profit.
1t is not generally known that Their
Is a gold mine in Stanley county, n. e
owned by the late President James A
Garfield. The mine is known as tn
Flagtown mine, and was bought b
the President shortly before he wa
assassinated. President Garfield nc
only bought the mine, but establishe
at the mine post-oliice called Flag
town. The mine has been lying idl'
but the man in charge of the propert
has received letter from Mrs. Ga
field stating that she intends to Wis
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