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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-09-28

hot pinoers-
Is It wonderful that while the artists and
literary men were thus occupied In supplying
the British market with information IS to
Napoleon Bonapartes character and achieve
msnts. the speculative theologlans should have
found It easy work to prove that he was I'M
suestionably the Beast mentioned in the thir-
tesnth chapter Of Revelations2 The mystical
aunber Of tho Beast In the Apocalypse Is &c.
Let him that hath understanding count the
number Of the Beast. for 1t 10 the num-
Der Of man. and his number 10
six hundred threescors and slx." This
clearly indicated Napoleon Buonsparte. Not
only was 1t q fact that In his name were there
precisely three times six letters. but II each
letter was given its numerical value In the an
Gent Alphabetical. IA. Ca. K=lO lao
T=l0O. U=ll0. &c.-the sum total OF all the
letters was precisely G66. the number Of the
Boast II Is true that In order TO arrive at this
-ssult it was necessary 10 spell his first name
iapolean. instead Of Napoleon. but that was
iot the first time point had been strained to
make out a case In apocalyptic Interpretation.
While speaking OF the exercise OF ingenuity
upon the letters In Napoleon name 1t is worth
remarking that the name furnished one OF the
best anagrams ever devised. namely. Bona
rdpts pone. LenO! that Is to say. Drop the
goods YOU have stolen. you rascall"
Although among the csricaturists OF that
time Gillray and Rowlandson had incompara.
bly, the greatest vogue. and although their
work is now known to thousands who never
hoard OF Ansel Roberts. +. West. Marks. and
Woodward, the taste OF to-day finds little rea-
son. except In the number OF their produce
tions. for preierrinE these two artists. Gill;
ray pursued Napoleon until about the mid.
de 81 1908. Rowlandson followed him quite TO
the end OF his career In 1918. They repre-
ssntsd Hspolsoa In every form. odious. horri.
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A Plucky Young Man.

Here is a true story of successful
energy. A young drug clerk wrote
from the Far West to a prominent
pharmacist in New York, saying he
would like to come to the city and enter
a store. He came, but when the
pharmacist questioned him personally
he found that his visitor had never put
up prescriptions written in Latin; con-
sequently he could not get situation
He did not know a soul in the great
city, not even the gentleman to whom
he had written (until he met him at
his store). He sought in vain for
place, and finally found subordinate
position, where he was given five dol
lars week and had to board himself.
He was studious, pushing, active
Young fellow, and soon managed to at
tend the lectures at the College of
Pharmacy. The gentleman with whom
he had corresponded took an interest
in him, and invited him to come to his
store and assist in the manufacturing
of fluid extracts. Once he showed his
Employer what he could do in that
line The man was surprised. "Why
can't you do something OF that kind
for me?" he asked. The clerk said ne
could, and his salary (Which IN the
meanwhile had been slightly increased
was raised to very respectable proper
tions. He worked for time in this
way, eventually receiving salary oil
| $50 week; finally he opened labora'
tory of his own, and to-day he employs
forty or fifty "hands.' Andyet, wher
he arrived in New York he did mol
have a dollar, and was without IN
fluence and without friends-St
Nicholas.
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Clothing Made of Rat Skins.

An ingenious inhabitant of York
county, Pa, exhibits himself in dress
composed Of ratskins, which he was
collecting for three years and half.
He made the dress himself, consisting
of hat, neckerchicf, coat, trousers,
cape, CATERS end shoes. The number
of rats required TO complete the suit
was go, and thc person, when ti,as
dressed, appears exactly like one Of
the Esquimaux as described by Ross.
The cape is composed of the pieces of
skins Immediately around the tails,
containing about eco tails.
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Cattle Stealing in the Northwest

Cattle raising is the chief vocation
Montana and the neighboring Ter
itories, but cattle stealing is voca'
tion not far behind it. And the curious
part of it is that there is no region in
the world where horse and cattle steal
ing is attended with greater dangers
Detection is followed by certain death.
The life of horse or COW thief in that
rude country is not worth the price oil
90 feet of inch rope. There is very
little judicial law in Montana, but
there is good deal of concrete justice
which, perhaps, is quite as good. 1t is
stated that fifty stock thieves have
been lynched in the Territory in the
last six months. Seven were hanged
in group in one spot and at one time
few weeks ago. And yet, in spite of
this summary way of dealing with the
thieves, the stealing business continues
to flourish, 1t extends over areas
hundreds of miles in extent, from the
upper part of California to the British
line. and from Oregon to the Missouri
river, and it is estimated that several
hundred persons are engaged in it
They desc nd on the herd at night
separate as many animals as they can
take care of, and drive them to distant
points to be disposed of. 1t is difficult
and dangerous to pursue them, as they
frequently operate in gangs, and ar'
more than a mat>h for the small parties
gathered to follow them. LouiS
Republican.
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A lecture on artificial ice was lately
delivered in London, in which Mr.. LIE
Ferre stated that "hitherto difficulties
had to be encountered in the maaufac-
ture of ice, chief among which was
this-that ice could only be produced
in small, thin cakes, Opaque and snowy
in appearance; owing to the compllca-
tion of machinery. Recently patented
machinery and appliances had over
come these difficulties, and could pro-
duce ice perfectly pure and transparent
in large, so id blocks of uniform length
and thickness. Manufactured ice was
purer, cheaper and more lasting than
natural ice. The introduction Of arti-
fetal ice had broken down monopoly
which had existed in the market for
natural ice, and there was no reason
why the consumption of ice should
not be widespread and popular"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

NJ. Andres, French scientist, con-
tends that hail is produced during as
cending whirlwinds.
The curious fact is mentioned by
Mr.. L. Stejneger that the ptarmlgar'
as well as some other birds, regularly
sheds its claws every summer.
An imperial decree forbids the circu-
lating libraries to issue the works OF
Darwin, Agassiz, Huxley. Lubbock
Adam Smith, Lewes and Spencer to
Russian readers.
English practical science demon
strates that reversing an engine on
railroad train has scarcely a percepti-
BILE effect in checking it, the main re-
lance must be upon the brakes. In
one case, where the engine was re-
versed quarter of a mile from the
station, train passed the station at the
rate of twenty miles an hour.
An extraordinary feat in telephon-
ing was recently accomplished by the
International Bell Telephone Com
pany between st. Petersburg and
Bologne, distance of 2465 miles.
Conversation was kept up, notwith-
standing rather high induction. The
experiments were made during the
night, when the telegraph wires were
not at work. The Russian engineers
hope to succeed in conversing by tele'
phone over distance OF 1865 miles.
On being asked his theory regarding
his reason why the magnetic needle al
ways pointed toward the North Pole
scientist said he believed it wa
caused by perpetual current OF elec
tricity running over the earth's sur
face from east to west, for it was wei
known that needle swung freel.,
within wire coil through which al
electric current is sent will invariabl.
place itself across the current. Thl
would be greaer toward the equator
where the earth's diameter is greatest
for in both oblate and probat
spheroids electricity collects at the eA
tremitjes of the greatest diameter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
Thanksgiving Day.

Praises to high and gracious Heaven
Ascend throughout the land;
Praises to-day for what is given
BY Gods aI-bounteous hand.
And every heart that knoweth good
Before his throne is bent,
Yielding to Him its gratitude
For countless blessings sent.
And though the swiftly-passng year
Hath had its changes, too
It's anguish and its burning tear,
And disappointments newi
And from our bosom hath been torn
The dearest object known,
And we arc left bcreit and worn,
With cheerless grief alone
Yet this was but the chastening rod
To guide to better ways;
To lift our hearts from earth to God,
In love and thankful praise,
For those great blessings He doth give
To us so faithfully,
Bestowed Il ach hour and day we live,
Abundant, rich and free
Our Nations crowned to-day with Peace;
No strife its sway assails;
Content, and thrift, and love increase,
And harmony prevails;
While Freedom, Gods ennobling boon,
Holds universal reign,
y. =.
The S ates from maine to mainc.
The fertile earth's vast horvest-icld
BY labo,'s guiding hand,
Has filed with its moqualed yield
The garncrs Of the lanl;
While hill, and slope, and valley teem
Wi orchards bending low,
Whose mellow fruits the rivals seem
OF Autumn's golden glow.
And to these bounties of kind Heaven,
These benefits and wealth,
Throughout the favored land was given
The matchlcss blessing, Health;
Nor hath contagion smtten town
And city with its breath,
And cast the stricken thousands down
In anguish and in death.
Sc, for these blessings Of the year.
And benelnctions great,
Let us give thanks with song and cheer,
And voice and lcart elate!
And while we raise our hearts in praise,
Our am shall be alwaY
To make each day OF time for us
A glad, THANKSGIVING DAY.
ID. Braiaerd Williamson.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
Advertising DodgeS in New York,

1t seems absolutely impossible for
the men who advertise on Broadway
to attract the attention of the public,
says New York letter to the Chicago
Tribune They have tried so many
schemes and experimental so exhaust
lively that people now have a sublime
indifference to the uncOuth or glaring
figures on the highway and walk by
without paying the slightest attention
to them. Even DR.. Mary Walker
strolls down Broadway without being
unduly stared at, because every one
thinks she is an advertising dodge.
Huge Indians and negroes, dressed in
the widest sort Of toggery, gaudily-
dressed dwarfs and men who walk in
side of champagne-bottles, big tin
shirts, and mammoth cakes of soap
wander along Broadway unnoticed.
They hold handbills passively out to
the crowd, but the crowd rlshes by
them without glance. A horse and
rider comparisoned IN steel moves up
and down Broadway unnoticed, and
two giants, dressed as grenadiers, with
bearskin caps, stalk along arm-in-arm
yelling the name Of the article they
advertise on needless ears. A squat
and happy negro dressed in harlequin
with sign painted across his shoulder
blades, dances before the Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel warbling as Fritz Emmet
never did in his palmest days, and he
has only an occasional lettering tele-
graph-boy and one or two men who
carry signs on their backs for an audi
ence Gangs of rough-looking men
wearing prison garb and chained to-
gether tramp along one of the fashion
able thoroughfares to advertise a play
and occasion no remark, and huge ad-
vertsing wagons are dragged drearily
about without noticeable effect. The
sidewalks are often Uttered with bills,
and when a horn blows and Sitting
Bull and his tribe Of painted warriors
roll by on gaudy hotel-coach scarcely
a head is turned to look at them.
And yet if man should walk down
Broadway with one side of his mustache
+ shaved off or woman should stroll
along with lighted cigarette in heI
hand mob would spring up from the
a earth, and $4,000 people would betalk
T ing about it all within twenty-foul
, | hours,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
TIPS THANKSGIVING.

Such cold Thanksgiving day as it
was! with the thermometer hiding shiy-
eringly at the very bottom of its glass
prison, and with the wind racing and
shrieking wildly along the telegraph
wires. There was snow, ,too--tiny, ,Whirl-
ing fakes, that felt like needles when
they touched your face or hands. Even
the great, gloomy, dirt-degrimed ware
houses seemed to shiver and crouch be-
meath the fury of the cruel north wind.
shine! shine! shine 'em up for Il
nickelr' Tips shrill, boyish voice rose
above the shrie,iing of the wind,a and his
round face, made rosy and glowing by
the nipping Of the wind and snow
flakes, shone from behind the folds Of
his ragged red "comforter.'
"Whew" gasped Tip, as a sudden
gust Of wind almost forced him to
make an impromptu seat of the hard
pavement, "what day! Wish't l was
to home. Even Granny Macarthy's
old shanty is better'n nothink. l
don't see why they call this Thanks
giving day. hain't got nothink to
be thankful to anybody fer, as l knows
on, less It's this jolly warm comforter
round my neck"
Tip didn't stop to think, I am sure;
if he had considered moment he
would have found many other things
to be thankful for.
Granny must "a had streak o
luck when she ga me this comforter
Jest as good as new, only little holey
P'r'aps Jed made a big haul yesterday
Ugh! l wouldn't go a-pocket-p -pickin'
for forchin. Sh'd think Jed O'Neale
ID lay awake all night a-thinkin' bout
what he's been a-doin'. Stealin' sill
wipes may pay better'n blackin' boots
but wouldn't do it for Granny Ma
earthly er anybody elsel
"Shine, sir? Only nickel" as
fat figure, all mul1led up in shagg.
ulster and seal skin cap, came putting
and blowing around the corner.
"Oh, go long boy" said the fat fig
ure, irately. do you think Pm goin!
to stand here and freeze to death il
order to get my boots polished?"
Thought you might want a res
right here" said Tip, very meekly
though his bright blue eyes wer
twinkling merrily.
With an unintelligible snort, the ia
figure puffed on again.
"Only two shines to-day though
Tip disconsolately, "an' it's past noor
1 thought I'd have dinner in styl'
to-day, with turkey an chocolate al
puddin' an so forth, but ten cent
won't buy it. Ten cents extry, nov
would jest do it. Heigh-hol VIII
wasn't born swell banker, or else
be-yutiful bankers daughter, wit
goldin' hair an laughin' eyes,"
Then another figure in an ulster ar
seal-skin cap came by. This gentl
man wasn't short and fat, but tail an
graceful. He was just opposite III
when his foot slipped on the treache
Gus pavement and down he went Wi
dull thump.
I'm ever so glad to say that I
didn't laugh. If he had laughed, i
afraid I'd have been so ashamed of n
hero that | would have left this lit
story all untold. Most boys wou
have laughed, but Tips face was
grave as judges, as he limped ov
! Tip was lame you must know-aI
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
Bells of the Night.

The grass is wet with dew,
And the stars arc faint and few
In the sky;
The fireAies soar aloit,
And the crickets chant q soft
Lullaby,
Then, floating on the night,
Comes a melody so slight
1t would seem
Less thing to name or own
Than an echo ovcrblown
From dream.
The heavy odors sweep
From the tropic coast OF sleep
Far away;
And the music, vague and low
Seems to languish, seems to blow
Fen as they.
How it soddens, How it che, rs
How it lulls the drowsy ears
With its spells!
Oh, the midnight music sweet
That thy airy towers repeat,
Distant bells!
~. "A. L,RdSe
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
PRICE THREE CENTS.

apiece. BY the Australian squatters
they are extensively employed, and in
districts where water is scarce they are
almost invaluable. The price of a
young camel is from $3.50 to $3.50, and
this sum is not deemed high by the in
habitants of the antipodes. The chief
objection to their introduction into
England is that the country is too wet,
and camels never get along well on
wet ground. After rain they are
liable to slip and become useless.
Horses also are much terrified by their
appearance. A similar attempt was
made to introduce them in Ari-
zona some fifteen years ago, but the
idea did not take.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
So LONDONDERRY W. THURSDAY NOVEMBER 49, 1884

make Tip jump out of his broken, rus
ty shoes: "Have you had your dinner
yet?"
mo, sir" stammered Tip. Didn't
have 'nough money to get any till
after I'd blacked your boots. Cess I'll
go to a restaurang now," making a
dive for the great door.
'Don't CO." said Mr.. Branch, quick
ly. "By the way, what is your nameT
Zip. sir"
"Tip whatp"
Dunno. Guess hain't got no 9TH
er name. Only swell folks has more'n
one"
swell, Tip let's call you Tip Branch,
just for fun-I should like to have you
stay and dine with us to-day. In an
hour or so dinner will be ready.
And Tip stayed for dinner-not only
on that Thanksgiving day, but the
next day, and the next, and numerous
other days.
If you should ever go into the Ma
tional Bank on - Street, you may
see there a handsome, manly lad, who
limps slightly. They call him Tip
Branch. Mr.. John Branch, who is
president of the bank, loves Tip al
most as well as if he were his own son.
Tip may some day be a banker, aftel
all. Who knowss At one time this
seemed the widest improbability to
Tip. But things happen very strange
ly in this world.
Tip is now of the opinion that Gran
ny Macarthys old red comforter Is
not the only thing he has to be thank
| ful for'
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Drinking habits increase so much in
Germany that in many places there is
a liquor shop to every thirty-cne in
habitants. In Hamburg the proper
tion reaches one to seventy-one, and in
Berlin one to every 116 persons.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

The Protestant Episcopal Church of
the diocese of New York has set its
face against the sale of articles at
church fairs by disposing of chances,
lottery fashion. At the last annual
convention of the church it was re-
ported that the sales were instituted
by several ministers and churches, and
resolutions were adopted by very large
majority declaring it the duty of the
pastor to prohibit such violations OF
the church laws.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13
HUMOROUS.
Stylish-A hog pen.

Speaker of the House--The wife
generally.
Dlogenes lived in tub. He proba-
bly, did not advertise.
Paul did not live in clover, but he
Cultivated Timothy with good success.
The successful burglar looks upon
the broken bank safe as matter or
pried.
When a man starts out to paint a
town red, he does not do it in water
colors.
Bows who commenced life working
as bootblacks have been known to shlne
in society, later on.
"This is what | call a cold snap
said the burglar as the handouts were
clasped on his wrists.
If there is any one thing in which
woman excels more than talking poll
tics it is throwing stone.
A colony in the far West is com
posed entirely of the male sex. 1t
may be lonely, but it S quiet.
A magazine poet declares that he
never reads one Of his poems in print.
He is more fortunate than some
| others.
"Do you use glasses?" "Yes." 81
have never seen them over your
nose" "Of course not, use them
under my nose"
"Would that I might end this exis-
tence," sighs poet. This is not the
first time poet has been in entire ac'
cord with his hearers.
\ BACHELORS song.
I'm poor, lone bachelor,
What sh,ll I 10?
am nobody's darling,
Boo hoo, Boo hoo!
Powder factories do not tars any
better than husbands. Out Of 2|O
started in Europe 261 have been
blown up.
A healthy mans pulse beats about
seventy-four when he is standing
When he is standing for election 1t
beats about $4,000.
An Illinois woman has fnger-nails
an inch long 1t is, perhaps, unneces-
sary to add that her husband has No
use for a hair-brush.
An editor is man who is liable
toothache and typographical errors
and usually he has $4,000 people
watching to catch him tripping.
"Close growing hair indicates a
vigorous temperament" says an au'
thor. A bald heed signifies vigorous
temperament Oh the part OF the
wife.
Isn't that fnc COW? Smith and ]
l own her in partnership Which
part do you own?' the other asked
: ooh" said he, u own the milking
$ part. and he owns the eating part"
An insane Rochester girl gets out o'
bed at midnight and goes to work saw
ing wood in the back yard. Hel
. father deeply deplores her insanity
+ but he always leaves the wood-pilt
:, handy for her to get at.
+ Some men never lose their presence
, of mind. A Milwaukee man threw HI:
. mother-in-law out Of n window in th'
a tfth story of burning building ant
o carried feather bed down stairs IN hi:
4 arms.
e "That refrigerator said a NAL
# who had just carried it into anothe
g part of the cellar, "that refrigerator l
S like the girl who refused me last even
IS ing" Why so?" asked his assistant
e Because it gave me q cold shoulder.
|
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

In France, eggs are sorted and sized
by passing them through ring. The
average sized ones must enter ring
four centimesres in diameter. the small;
ones must enter ring three eeatime-
tres.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

An interesting suggestion has just
been made for the introduction of
camels into the south of England as
beasts of burden for farmers and
others. For number of years they
have been in use in Australia, and
their docility and endurance in that
country are highly praised. Laden
separately, they take about seven
hundrelweight elch, but in team
they are able to draw as much as a ton
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

1t is suggested thst petroleum refuss
could be used aiyMtageously fe5 fne!
in locomotives.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

The Augusta Chronicle relates how
citizen hunted up a health officer to
investigate his premises which he felt
sure were pervaded with sewer gas
The health officer had not proceeded
far in his investigations before he
found barrel half full of melon rinds,
apple parings, bread crumbs, tea-leaves,
etc. The citizen thought "if that was
alr' there was no use in "fooling
around" any more. He said, 1--WE can
get along with that but we are awful
nervous on the question of sewer gas
One would suppose it would be hardly
necessary to remind any intelligent
person that the fumes arising from
such mixed fermenting material would
be Just as fatal to the health of the
family as sewer gas. In fact, they are
sewer gas or its equivalent.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

Expert testimony in lunacy does not
seem to be regarded with respect in
China. The Pekin Gazette relates that
a lunatic in that city. who, in parox-
ysm of madness, murdered his grand
mother with vegetable knife, was
summarily executed in the disagreea-
BILE manner known as the "slicing"
process. The imperial warrant says
that rarricides and matricides "must
be Sliced" and contains no saving
clause concerning the insanity of the
prisoner.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-11-13

OF the remains of Gustavus Adol-
phus, king of Sweden, killed in Ger
many during the thirty years war, the
larger portion, including the heart,
was sent home and laid in the church
of Ridderholm, while the rest was en-
balmed, placed in an urn, and depos-
itei in the Cloister Church of
Weissenfels. The latter editice being
now in a very decayed state, it has
been determined to send the urn with
its precious contents to Sweden, in
order that it may be added to the rest
of the heroic kings remains at Ridder-
holm.