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Chinese Politics,

The Chinese have peculiar theory
that the proper duration of dynasty
should not exceed one hundred years
a term which the reigning family has
already greatly overstepped. Beside
this singular superstition the Chinese
have another deeply-rooted idea that
the line of descent has not been pre-
served intact by the reigning dynasty.
A court intrigue, supposed to have oc-
CURED during the reign of Yang
Ching, the successor of Kang-Hi, is
said to have occasioned the rumor.
which nowadays is widely credited
And so both superstition and national
antipathy have part in the prevailing
strong feeling against the Ia Using
dynasty, so that now it is not little
difficult to define the real position of
the people with regard to their present
sovereign. China is overrun with
secret organizations whose real aim is
the abolition Of the Tarters and in
stallation Of Chinese monarch, ver-
sus &C merus. The famous White Lily
sect of the northern and central provin-
ces. as well as the Triad society of the
Southern States, have one and the same
object in view. The raison a'etre of
Chinese secret organizations was origi-
nally not so much of political as of
theosophic or Masonic character. Men
formed leagues together for the pur-
pose of practicing certain forms and
modes of worship, as well as uphold
ing certain doctrines which were a.
variance with the recognized creeds Of
China. At present these early tenets
have been lost sight of, and Chinese
secret societies hold only to the old
formulas of initiation and craft in
order to conceal their true political
character. They boast numbers of
members throughout the length and
breadth of the empire, and are con-
slant source of anxiety and worriment
to the Peking authorities. The Ia
ping rebellion itself, as well as many
others of less Importance, was the out
come of the White Lily sect; the riots
at Canton and the widespread sedition
along the Yang-'ze, were due to the
schemes of the Triardists. No Won
der then that thirty thousand troops
ale constantly employed about the cap
ital, or that th vieHr y Of Canton has
TO maiatain his thyuian Is Of Tartar
soldiers Yokohama Gazette.
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Pay Of American Authors.

The pay of authors is apparently an
affair of private business and public
concern. What man is paid for a
picture or a book, sketch or a poem
is always a subject of speculation. A
iudicious interviewing of publishers
reveals some light on the matter. Mr..
Stedman is a broker and banker
happily for him, poetry and prose TO-
gether would not pay for his house
rent. Mrs. Burnett gets $1,000 for
novel published serially and as much
again when put in book form. Mr..
Howell gets about $1,000 for a serial
and percentage on the book publica-
tion. Mr. Marion Crawford has aver
aged about $1,000 apiece for his stories.
Mr.. Stoddard has to do an enormous
amount of work to keep the pot boil
ing, and if he had not a regular salary
as literary critic of the Mail and
Enpress he would find it hard to get
along. 81. S. of Dale" is hard
working Boston lawyer, who takes
novel writing as a recreation. John
Borroughs is farmer and also Uni
ted States bank inspector. Frank R.
Stockton travels from place to place,
finding material for his stories and en-
joying life after the fashion of the
good Bohemian. DR.. Holmes has
"riches. honor, troops of friends" be-
side his literary profession Colonel
Higginson devotes himself wholly to
writing, both in original work, editing
and compiling. Mr.. Aldrich devotes
himself to editing, which many of his
admirers rebel against. feeling Pegas-
sus is put to the plough. Mr.. Cable
was formerly book-keeper in cotton
house, and his public readings have
already given him more substantial re-
turns than his novels. Charles Dud-
ley Warner is an editor, and his purely
literary work is side luxury. Julian
Hawthorne and Edgar Fawcett write
everything and everywhere, and re-
mind one, intellectually, of those
gymnasts of Barnum's who keep three
balls in the air at once with their
hands. Henry James had an ample for
tune to begin With. and he is novel
ist made rather than born. and a very
creditable article of self-manufacture
he is.-BoSton Trdreler.
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A Young Inventor.

A California subscriber writes US,
a l6-year old inventor, Master Edge
b. Badlam, who has patented an 'im.
proved steam boiler" and is perfecting
other inventions which promise to be
OF Importance. He has model shop.
costing $1,000, where he has turned on.
many models his father thinking that
this is the kind of encouragement tas
young mcn of our day should have
keeping them of the streets aud max
ing self-suppor;iag nlen and god citi
zens."-ScientV.c .;iaericGa.
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So LONDONDERRY VT, THURSDAY
the will improve as she grows older"

the will improve as she grows older"
Mr.. Hervey spent the summer at
Windaeld. He was revising the proof
sheets OF theological volume, and
liked the quiet and seclusion of the lit
tie village.
Perhaps, too, he liked something else
about it. At all events, although he
did not make the parsonage his home,
he spent great deal Of his time there.
"Theo," he said, one day they had
become fast friends by this time-"you
have tasted so many of the petty trials
and annoyances Of being minister's
daughter that wonder if you would
ever consent to be minister's wife,"
"Well," said Theo, half laughing,
half blushing. 'it would depend a good
deal upon who the minister was"
Suppose it was Henry Hervey9"
"Do you really mean t?' said Theo.
suddenly growing grave.
ut is strange, isn't it," said he, "that
l should lose my heart to such little
termagant as you proved yourself the
first day ever saw you? But it is a
foregone conclusion-I am entirely at
your mercy. Sweet Theo, will you be
my wife?"
And Theo placed her hands in his,
with lovely look of awe and happi-
ness. and answered:
II will"
Deacon Powers could not compre-
hend it at all.
"If he marries such a high-tempered
girl as that" said the deacon, che does
it at his peril. Why, I never was so
berated in my life as 1 was that day at
the parsonage"
"But, pa" said the deacon's daughter,
"every woman finds her master soon or
late. Now, think Theodore Reed has
found hers. Helen Forrest GEareS.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-08-28

There are jokes and jokes. George
Eliot says: "A difference in taste in
jokes is very trying to the affections"
which wise expression is put to the
test more frequently than you would
think, if you didn't take the trouble to
think about it at all. How often has a
friend told YOU something that he con-
sidered good joke when the recital has
betrayed lack of sense, taste or heart
which you did not suspect before and
which lowered him very much in our
esteem.
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Song.

The sun is set but in the west %i :
A golden light is streaming, Is;
And over head the pale young moon
Westward her course is leaning.
The shadows group beneath the trees
Sweet insect life Is humming,
My heart is light for aEr of
know my love is coming,
Coming, coming,
know my love is coming.
TT
Upon the air the amber light
Still falls in wondrous showers
And all the balmy south winds breath
Isrldolent of flowers.
And here and there with fitful light
The fire-hies bright are roaming,
hear q step, oh! heart be still
1t is my true love coming.
Coming, coming,
NV own true love is coming.
III.
The far off west is lightless now,
The wan young moon is sleeping,
And on the silent darksome air
The river mists are creeping.
turn me from the gath'ring gloom
With eyes dim and o'erhowing,
One thought alone pos sesses me
My own true love is gong
Going going.
My own true love is going.
-RyRae Pon Weimer.
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HUMOROUS.

"IIow shall l sleep?' asks cores
pondent. Try to stay awake to catch
some train.
STOPPING over to pick up a fair lady's
handkerchief loses its joy when it sac
riiices a suspen1e button.
You are always reading of baseball
players striking. and yet they never
seem to get their wages raised.
There is demand for the coinage
of half-cent pieces. They are probably
wanted for charitable purposes.
The easiest way to mark table linen
Leave baby and blackberry pie
alone at the table three minutes.
A Philadelphia woman swallowed
pint of coal oil with suicidal intent,
but as she forgot to swallow lighted
match she still lives.
II. NJ. the king of the Belgians, is
learning to play the flute. His high
position in society protects him from
the vengeance of suffering subjects.
Little Virgie was examining piece
of hard bologna sausage: "Mamma,
don't see how they get this stuff with
out tearing the skin" Mrs. Buchanan
couldn't either.
A woman in Aylis City has acquir-
ed the habit of eating six pounds of
starch day. Some women will do
anything with starch rather than put
it in shirt bosom.
SHE danced with me!
All, ecstacy
What rapture lied my pulsing blood,
As W tn her on the floor | stood
And daintiiy,
She danced with me-
She danced with me, SS.>
And certainly
She seemed the fair st, sweetest born
Until she stepped upon MY corn,
Ohjimminy
She danced on me-
How foolish most of our proverbs
are! For instance, it is said that
straw shows which way the wind
blows, when everybody knows it is the
wind which shows which way the
straw blows.
"You did not pay very close atten.
tion to the sermon, fear this morn
irg." "Oh. yes, l did, mamma" "Well,
what did the minister say?" "Ho
said that the picnic would start at ten
o'clock Thursday morning-and OIL
ma can go?'
"You look as if you had been kissed
by breeze from Northland," said a
poetic young lady to pretty friend,
whose cheeks were glowing with color.
"Oh, mo-" was the laughing reply, "it
was only soft heir from Baltimore"
"Why, what's the matter?" asked
Fogg. Brown Tin a terrible state Of
excitement)-"Tha rascally Snorkins
called me thief" Fogg did hei
and you can't retaliate by calling him
liar. How vexatious."
"Shall I sing When the Robins
Nest Again. darllng?" she asked with
sweet smile as she moved toward
the piano. Yes. love-" he replied;
then after moments pause he added:
"Allow me to call your attention to
the fact that the robins won't nest
again till next year.
An enterprising Vermont man has
his house and store connected by tele-
phone. The other day, during storm,
the lightning entere the store by the
wire while the proprietor was talking
to his wife about when he would be
home to dinner. As he recovered his
consciousness the first words he spoke
were, "All right, Maria don't hit mo
again. I'll do just as you say"
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Life is But a Day.


A blithesome maid, at early morn,
Comes tripping lightly DER the lea;
OF all Gods creatures ever born
The brightest, gladdest heart has she;
And owning by her speech the sway
OF rapt emotion, she doth say,
"How glad q thing is life"
O'ercome at last by midday heat,
And well nigh unremitting toll,
A man Of care lay down to sleep,
And snatch repose from life's turmoil,
He rose and with sigh he said,
AS Care reigned in Oblivion's stead:-
Chow sad thing is life!"
An aged pair at eve draw near,
With faltering steps, a lone churchyard;
Death long to them has lost its fear,
Although, in youth, to die seemed hard.
All hope in time has passed away,
Yet from the heart each one doth say;
elbow grand thing is life!"
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PRICE THREE CENTS.

surface of the globe at this moment.
in round numbers, about ,430,000,000
human beings. Let every man have
four square feet allotted to him, and
if the lake were frozen over, the whole
human family might find standing
room upon its surface. Should the
weight prove too great, the ice break
and the whole human race be sub
merged, it would only raise the level
of the lake about six inches.
The bark Doctor Mezger, from San
Francisco, recently unloaded at Glas-
gov the first entire cargo of sequoia
or California redwood imported into
the Clyde. The sequoia grows to an
enormous size, and if it would serve
any practical purpose planks 10 feet
wide might be imported. In this
shipment planks could lie seen IL to
"a feet long, and up to 40 inches wide.
The woods are of beautiful red color,
clean as a ribbon, mild in quality, and
therefore easily wrought; it is admi-
rably adapted for pewing churches,
making wainscot panels for walls,
doors, Innings, mouldings and furni-
ture. 1t varnishes and takes on
beautiful polish, and on account of its
natural color it does not need to be
stained. The same vessel brought lob
packages containing the material OF
California villa entirely constructed of
sequoia, and which was Immediately
erected on the lawn of the forestry
exhibition, Edinburg.
A writer in Harpers Week1ey gives
an interesting account of the school
savings banks in several European
countries. He says the plan was sug-
gested in France many years ago, and
has already extended to Germany,
Hungary, Italy, Belgium, and Hol-
land. The system is very simple.
The teacher tells his children that he
is ready to receive their small savings
and explains to them how they may
be made to increase. He gathers IN
the pennies and centimes. keeps
register with the name of each depos-
itor, and, when the sum amounts to
franc or more, places it in a neighbor-
ing savings bank or lends it to the
State. The pupil keeps duplicate
account of his deposits, and can only
draw any part of them with the con-
sent Of his parents or guardian. The
plan has proved very attractive to
children. In Client, out of $4,000
pupils, there are $4,000 depositors,
each for more than one franc. In
France, the number of school banks is
1O,261, with 2l3.155 depositors. The
whole amount deposited by the chill
dren was in 1880 more than one
million dollars. The system is worthy
the attention of educators everywhere
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Somebody with mathematical turn
has made the following computation.
which is curious, if not essentially
correct. He says German mile
about five English miles contains
25,S56 feet; a square German mile
contains 66s, 5000 square feet. The
superficial area of the lake of Con-
sta ce. being eight and half German
square miles, therefore is 5,6S2,000,000
square feet. There are living on the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-08-28
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Experiments in silk culture as
home industry are progressing in the
West and to some extent in the South
Ladies in Georgia, Louianiana, Ohio
Illinois, Kansas and Iowa report the
successful Matching of premium eggs
and edifying experience in the raising
of worms.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-08-28

The New Orleans "World's Fair"
to be opened next December, was first
intended to commemorate the centen-
nial of the shipment Of six bags Of
cotton from Charleston, SC, to Eng
and. in 1884: but its scope has been
enlarged so as to embrace all indus
tries. The buildings will be larger
than those at the Philadelphia Centen-
nial; the machinery hall alone will be
1900 feet by 900 feet and cover 80
acres.
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1t is said that the barbarous custom
Of suttee still fingers in India, and a
case is reported from the Rajportana
states within the last few months.
A thakoor's widow burned herself in
the Duni district of Jeypore, but the
district court brought those concerned
to justice, inflicting sentences of from
three to ten years imprisonment.
The British government long ago en-
acted severe laws against the suttee,
but the superstition is difficult to Grad
icate.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-08-28

G. w. Lindquist, one of the survi-
vors of the Polaris expedition, declares
that no arctic voyager need expect to
be made hero of very long after his
return. He holds masters certificate
and was once toasted from town to
town, but now, as he laughingly ad-
mits, is able to to find no better
position than quarter-master on a
coasting steamer. Nevertheless he is
in favor of polar expeditions and is
sure they are productive of good of
several sorts.
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; A letter from Germany notes that
nearly 100000 acres of land in that
part of the world have recently been
diverted from the cereals to the cul-
ture of beet root. The refuse, after
the extraction of sugar, forms fine
feed for live stock, and tends to make
the people there less dependent upon
us for meat than they used to be, but
the contrary is the case with regard
to cereal food.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-08-28

Charts of the geographical distribu-
tion of the lightning strokes for 1882
and 1883. prepared from our fire
records. says the Insurance Chronicle,
show that they are chiefly confined to
that part of the country situated north
of the Ohio River and east of the
Missouri River. In both years IS per
cent. of all the strokes occurred with
in this area. In the Southern States
lightning seems to be comparatively
rare, and seldom occurs outside of
three States-Texas, Louisiana, and
Georgia. There seems to be two
principle centres of electrical disturb
ance, from the fire underwriters
standpoint, and these are in the New
England and Northwestern States.
Sixty-five per cent Of the strokes
happen in the summer; the remaining
IS per cent. are divided between spring
and autumn in about equal proper
tions.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-08-28

The business of making wooden
houses in the United States for custom
sale is stimulated by b.isk demand
for these products in Brazil. Several
large shipments have been made to
Rio Janeiro, and they were all sold
soon after their arrival. Fifteen hun
dred of these have already been
erected IN the new City of La Plata,
the new capital of the province of
Buenos Ayres.
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Nicholas Anchorena, who died not
long since at Buenos Ayres, was
probably the richest farmer in the
world. His executors report his rural
estates as follows: Land, LILO square
miles; cows, $4,000; sheep,41O,OO0
He also owned much house property
in Buenos Ayres. and his assets have
been valued at s12,4O0,000. He in
herited $1,000 from his father thirty
years ago.
L. P. Mccarthy, the we,l-known
.statistician of San Francisco, who
publishes volume annually of statis-
tics, which are collected with great
industry from all quarters of the world
has at last succeeded in obtaining from
the imperial Office at Pekin the official
census of the population of China.
According to the data thus obtained.
the actual population Of the Chinese
empire is 2sO.GOO.0OO. While China
is still the most populous empire in
the world, it will be noted that the
country usually denominated India has
population nearly as large, although
the whole is not under a single
sovereignty.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-11-13
.1gmtelIigenfer
<TNrNo, Novs -, iss4.
I NnwsBUYp 0Ar.

a NnwsBOYgO oar.
wan /papcr. Mister'
Wish you'd buy 'em Of me
zen yoars old, am family.
An DfEnoss dull, you see.
Pact, lBoss I There's Tom, an Tibby,
An Dad, an Nam, an Mans cat,
None on 'em earnin' money
what do you think OF that
couldnt Dad work. why yes, Boss,
He's working for Gov'ment now
Thoy give him his board for nothins.
All along OF DRUNKEN row.
AM Nam. Well. she's in tho poorhouse-
Beon there for year or so;
30 I'm takin' caro- Of the others,
Doin' as well US know.
Oughtnf to live so: why, Mister,
what's n teller to do!
some nights. when I'm tired and hungry,
Seems as If each on 'em knew
They'll all three cuddle around me,
TIL get cheery. and say;
wen, p'sps I'll have sisters an brothers,
An money an clothes, too. some day
But II do get rich, Boss,
IAN lecturin' chap one night
Said newsboys could DO Presidents
II only they acted right,
so, II ! was President, Mister,
The very first I'd do.
Ia buy poor Tom an libby
dinner-an' Mans cat, tool
None o. your scraps an leavinS,
But good square meal for all three;
II you think I'D skimp my friends. Boss,
That shows you don't know me.
SO 'ere's your papers-come, take one.
Gimme lift II you can
For now you've heard my story,
You see I'm family mani
-E. T. Corben in the Western Plossu,dn.
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An Awful RAvango.

From the New York Sun.
He placed soggy baked potato back
In the dish. turned dyspeptio out oi
underdone veal disrarsgingly with his
knife, shiyore6 dismally over . cup OF
cold. muddy coffee and then remarked
ssDo you know what would do, my
dear, IL I had an enemy upon whom I
wished to ipflict dreadful and an irrepar.
able injury ?"
s'Gooduess, no." his wife exclaimed.
"What would you do?
II would invite him here to dinner"
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Mr.. Geo. V. willing. OF Manchester. Mich,
writes MY wife has been almost helpless for
five years. so helpless that she could not turn
over in bed alone. She used two Bottles OF
Electric bftters and Is so much improved
that she is able now to do her own work."
Eleetric Bitters will do all that 10 claimed
tor them. Hundreds OF testimonials attest
their great curative powers. Only 20 cents q
l39 North Queen street. Lancaster. Pa.
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OogANus PosToYFIcE, RocKAwAY BHAcn. N. To-
March l, 1855.
have been q great sufferer from rheuma-
tism. Some six weeks ago had bad attack
and was laid up Tor month; nothing ap-
peared to me OF any good. i got box OF
Brandreth's Pills at last, and took three and
four every night for aweek. 1 got better every
day, anu In a week was well. On this beach
we have no doctor, and our main reliance is
on Brandreth's Pills and Allcock's Porous
Plasters.
MP HOLLAND Postmaater
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Detectivss and Privste OnIoers

Usually wear their badges OF authority con
cealed u1der their clothing, but Dr. fHowas'
Ec'eckrfc OF wears its badges in the form OF
printed labels attached TO each and every bot
tie, 50 that all may know its mission. 1t Is
given full and complete authorftytO arrest all
aches and pains, and does Its duty every time.
For sale by II. B. Cochran, druggist, 81 and
l39 North Queen street.
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30 Deception Used,

IL is strange so many peUp - Ill continue
10 suffer day after day with Dyspepsia, Liver
erM Debiiity. when they can procure It our
store sHILoH's VlTALlZER, free OF cost II 1t
docs not cure or relieve them. Price rs ocnts
Sold by ii. +. Cochran. druggist isl and lS9
North Queen street. Lancaster. fedlx-oodb
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LAND, Postmaster.
Causes Astonisnmens.

Completely prostrated for days with indi.
gestion and bilious fever. The effects OF two
bottles of Burdock Blood Buffers astonfshed
mo: visible Improvement right on" Mr.
Noah Bates Elmira. z. For sale by H. b.
Cochran, druggist, 1S7 and ls9 North Queen
street
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HALE's Honey OF Horehound and Tar re-
lieves coughs quicker than any other medf-
cine. Pixies Toothache Drops cure in one mi.
mute. nl0lwdeodAw
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SYRACUSE, N. T., June II, laSl
~ suffered with kidney disease and Intense
pain in back. One bottle relieved and six DO Z.
Ties of HUNTS kidney and Liver1 kxNxDy
completely cured me."-H. 8. Proctor, furuf
turc Dealer, 60 Salina St. nll-lwdeod&w