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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-07
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EIder PhIliips, Conscience.
lCharles Dudley Warner, IN HRrpers Weekly
January.j

lCharles Dudley Warner IN HRrpers Weekly for
January.l
"a Country Parson" in New York sends
the following
Elder Phillips, who was iovisl soul. set
tied many years ago near the headwaters OF
the Susquehanna. Re was, in fact, Pres
byterisn dominic. lie wss fun OF humor,
and ready with his repartee on such occa-
sions. Jack Rickitt, quasi parishloner,
who was more punctuai at the river than at
church, presented the elder enc Monday
morning with fine string OF plckereL
Elder Phillips thanked him grscio usly for
the gift.
But, elder suggested Jack still retain
ing the fish, "those fish were caught yester-
day" Sunday Perhaps yer conscience
wob't let ye eat 'en."
."Jacx," replied the elder. stretching out
bis hand toward the string. there's one
thing I know; the pickerel were not to
blame"
A Distinction without ANY Apparent Dir
ference.
(Arkansaw Trsyelerl
A well.known railroad lawyer while &C
companying several ladies on tour OF IN
spection through the penitentiary the other
day stopped in front Of O cell where grim
looking fellow sat and said:
Ladies. here is an excellent specimen.
How are your" addressing the convict.
''Sorter slow at present"
'sYou don't find life in here very enjoy
able, presumed
"Wall. il amt ss full o. frn as it might
be-"
"what were you put in for?"
"Wsll, podner, you On me was ABOUT In
the same business"
"In the same buEnesss What DO you
mean?"
"6ame business. .thsts ehst mean. You
Il Al MI
Yea"
Wall, I am train r0bber.'
A sailor Describes HIS Bride.
THE sosmsr.l
NY wife Is lust ss handsome craft ~ ever
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-07
Astonishing Intelligence

"Do you know FEed, what Gay Of the
month it is 10 day." drawled out one dude
to another in the New York Union Club.
II have no ideaW, Chawies.'
well, perhaps you know what day o. the
month yetherdsy wasP"
az cawnt remember, Fweu, Out last C61st-
mas wath on the tWenty-ffth of December
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-07

Ny wife Is Just as handsome Q craft ~ ever
LEFT 3 milliners dry dock; In clipper built,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-07

Thersgular old established
Physician and Surgeon DIR.
ICLARhE, at the old number
continues 10 treat with his usual
gre at skin all private.
chronic, nervous and special
diseases DIR. CLARKE is
/ the Oldest Advertising Physician,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-01-07
100 Doses One Dollar.

old By all druggists. SILL six for $5.flAsde
by G. I HOOD & Co. Lowell Mas.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
Fish and Brains,

A partial argument in favor of the
utility of fish as brain food may be de-
rived from the example Of intellectual
growth in New England and in Scot
land, where the population are large
consumers of fish as food. But such
an argument would be sophistical. for
the want of facts to sustain it. 1t is
not to be denied that the race inhabit-
ing New England and that inhabiting
Scotland possess superior mental vigor.
But it may be denied that they owe
their mental vigor to the consumption
of fish. Beans furnish vast proper
tion of the food consumed by New
Englanders, and oats are more eaten
than fish by Scotchmen.
Itmay be as reasonably claimed that
mental growth in New England is pro-
NOTED by the consumption of beans
and in Scotland by the consumption of
of oats, as that it is promoted any
where by the consumption of fish.
The argument in favor of beans and
oats as brain food is greatly strength
ened by the consideration that, while
no other race consumes beans and oats
to the extent that they are consumed
in beer in England and Scotland, no
other race shows the mental energy
displayed by the races occupying these
countries. On the other hand, many
nations consume fish food to as great
an extent as New England and Scot
land consume beans and oats, but the
fish eaters nowhere show exclusively
high advancement in mental power
and culture, while many entire races
of fish eaters are among the lowest
grades of intellectual human beings.
Chicago Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
A Fish Story.

One of the late official bulletins of the
United States Fish commission con-
aims the following fish story, mainly
derived, it is stated, from official cor
.espondence: An experiment by Mr..
). w. Scudder, of the United States
Fish Commission, in using brandy to
recover carp nearly on the point of ex-
3iration. which was described in Bull
.etin Fish Commission, 1884, having
,ome to the notics of Mr.. w. Oldham
Chambers, secretary of the National
Fish Culture association, of London,
The latter conducted a similar expert
nent in the presence of several gentle
men at South Kensington, in Septem-
Der, 1884, and has recorded the verifi-
cation of Mr.. Scudder's work as follows:
Taking two Prusslan carp from the
;anks of the aquarium, he deposited
hem in separate cans, adorning one
with blue ribbon to denote its enforced
temperance principles and to distin-
guish it from the other, which was
selected for the administration of
;pirituous liquors. After lapse of
four hours the fish were placed in
water, evident signs of expiration
being apparent in both cases. A small
quantity of brandy and water was then
given to the carp selected for the i'm
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
Who Invented Chess,

The Hindoos say that chess was the
invention of an astronomer who -four
ished several thousand years ago. and
who was possessed of supernatural
knowledge and acuteness. The
Greeks claim that it was the invention
of Palamedes to beguile the tedium of
the siege of Troy. The Arab legend is
that it was devised for the instruction
of young despot by his tutor, q
learned Brahmin, to teach the youth
how a king was dependent upon his
subjects for his safety. Oriental chess
is of two kinds, Chinese and Indian
chess. The Chinese game is played
generally in Eastern Asia but in India
and the adjacent islands, and with some
slight notifications all over the civil
jed world Indian chess is PLAYED,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
LONDONDERRY

biDation of intoxicating liquors through
the medium Of feather, and no sooner
was the fish replaced in water than it
assumed its normal condition and
seemed to be restored to vigor and
strength. The carp enlisted under the
banner Of the 'blue-ribbon league to
all appearances died half an hour after
its more fortunate associate, and was
taken out of the water and thrown on
the ground. About four hours later,
however, the fish was picked up by
Mr.. Chambers, who observed it by ap-
pearance to be IN rigor mortiS. He
then at once operated on the seemingly
inanimate fish by opening its mouth
and pouring dose Of brandy and
water down its throat, and again in
serting it in the water, when, to his
utter astonishment. he noticed slight
signs of animation. For five minutes
the unfortunate object OF the expert
ment floated helplessly on its side,
when presently, to the still greater as
tonishment of the secretary and those
who watched the experiment, it grad
ually asserted itself in the water, and
with considerable effort made use Of
its fins-feebly at first, but afterwards
energetically. Both the resuscitated
fishes, which show no signs of their
late prostration now swim about with
their confrereS in the tanks as usual.
The instantaneous termination pro-
duced to the carp in the first instance
was indeed remarkable; but what can
be said of the latter, which recovered
after remaining out of water eight
hours? Surely this discovery will
prove of the greatest utility and value
in restoring fish that would otherwise
perish, and he the means of securing
greater longevity amongst them, -
Washington Star.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
Philosophy in Pies.

All lovers of pumpkin pie will b'
panied and shocked to learn that the
New York authorities have forbidden
Warden Finn of the Tombs prison te
cultivate any more vines in the prison
yard. Year by year the warden has
been raising prize pumpkins under the
skillful care Of his prize criminals, un.
til he grew to be terror at all the
country fairs. Local farmers who sat
up nights to pick bugs, and watched
and Watered their vines to make them
raise pumpkins that should tip the
scales at two hundred pounds or more.
came in and saw the great diploma
wrested from their grasp by monstros
tiles reared under convict labor.
The grangers naturally objected tc
the unfair competition, and used their
political powers against the warden
compelling him to desist. Farmers
can now go on and take prizes at the
fairs and have no fear of monsters
fir m the Tombs. The fact remains.
however. that one of the great incen-
tives to skilled agriculture has gone.
Pumpkin pies are glorious old in
stitution. invented by our forefathers
and held more precious by each sue.
ceeding generation. To-day they are
sacred in every household that has any
pretensions of antiquity. Their soft,
juicy succulence makes them the de
light of children and old people who
have no teeth, and who can thus pro
cure good meal without any chewing
To all these the labors of Warden Finn
were of great use. The rapid increase
of our population made big pumpkins
needful to supply the demand. Now
the place of this time-honored ingredi
ent must be filed with eggs, corr
starch and base limitations that arr
new and untried.
Something must be done. A natior
without pumpkin pies is liable to de
generate into heathenism.-BoStor
Globe.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
A Fatal Bridal Trim.

A clerk in a large German count
ing-house was spending his honey
moon in Italy, and while there firm
paid him $4,000, owed to his EN-
ployers. Having the $4,000, the
clerk thought he would go to Monte
Carlo. He knew it was the worst
possible place for him, because h.
would be tempted to gamble, but
nevertheless being foolish and weak
minded clerk he set off for the spot
Lest he should be impelled to 60 te
the rooms and speculate with his em
ployer's money, he handed the sum
over to his wife to keep. Devoted to
each other as bride and bridegroom
were they rambled about this very
small place independently of each
other. The wife. $1,000 in pocket,
went to the tables, lost all, and
umped into the sea-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
How Altar of Roses is Made.

The altar of roses of commerce is
produced on large scale in the Turk
ish province of Rumelia, and principal
ly on the warm southern slopes of the
Balkans. The same article is also
made in Tunis, India, Persia, and the
south of France, but the quantity pro
duced is small and the price so high
that very little is exported. The Ru,
melian altar is made from the Rosd
damasci'la by distillation. The color
of this rose is generally red, though
sometimes white, and blooms in May
and June. The flowers are on trees
that average about six feet high, which
are not only planted in rows, but are
tended zealously from autumn till
midsummer The flowers when in full
bloom are plucked before sunrise, some
times with, sometimes without the
calyx, but only in such quantities as
can be distilled on the day that they
are plucked. .....- .s5
The still is plain timed apparatus,
from which long curved tube is d.
rected through tub of water and into
a large bottle. The still stands on .
Stone hearth, and usually in the shade
of trees near running stream. The
firing is done by wood. The stills hold
from twenty-five to fifty pounds of
roses, which are covered with twice
that quantity of water and boiled half
an hour. The distilled liquid that
passes over into the bottle is allowed
to stand, when the altar rises on the
surface and is skinned off, the water
ultimately being sold as rose water at
Constantinople. The altar is kept in
copper cans and the rose water in bot
ties.
A rose tree is at its best at its fourth
year, an acre of four-year r-old trees
producing from one totwo tons of flow
ers, and 1000 pounds of flowers pro-
ducing one pound of altar. Much de-
pends on the spring weather. as rains
and frosts ill affect the bloom.
In very sunny seasons $500 pounds
have given pound of altar. Every
peasant distils his own roses, and the
average Rumanian crop is about 1900
pounds of the pure yellow altar, moth
ing being said of the article adultera-
ted by oil of geranium, which contains
but 10 per cent. Of attar.-Chicago
Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Who sips Of many arts drinks Of
none.
Let all seen enjoyments lead to the
unseen fountain from whence they
flow.
The first fault is the child of sim
plicity. but every other the offspring
of guilt.
Make the most of time, it flies away
so fast; yet method will teach you te
win time.
The desire of being pitied or admired
Is commonly the reason of our confii
ing things to others.
He that studies books alone will
know how things ought to be; and he
that studies men will know how things
are.
There is nothing 50 true that the
lamps of error have not warped; moth
ing so false that a sparkle Of truth is
not in it.
Who wants eternal sunshine OF
shadow? Who would fix forever the
loveliest cloudwork Of an autumn sun
set, or hang over him an everlasting
moonlight?
What we choose to call the higher
employments of life can acquire the
right to that title only by including
within them the simpler details and
labors that lead up to them. The best
labor can never be developed without
labor.
If you would be exempt from un,
easiness, do nothing which you know
or suspect is wrong; and if you wish
to enjoy the purest pleasure, always dc
everything in your power which you
know is right.
1t is lamentable thing that every
man is full of complaints, and con
stantly uttering sentences against the
tickleness of fortune, when people gen
orally bring upon themselves all the
calamities they fall into, and are CON
stantly heaping up matter for theiI
own sorrow and disappointment.
An affront is seldom worthy of no
tice, whether coming from drunken
man, an idiot, or a child; we SHOULD
consider its source, and treat it accord.
ingly, Then why regard any affront
since it can only be offered by one in
toxicated by rage, destitute of reason
or wanting the understanding of q
man? .-.--..
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
How Grant Entered the Federal Army.

llVW LutCl Cu tuC CuCI III
A Galena (Ill. letter to the Salem
Mass. Gazette says: 1 have thought
that few anecdotes Of General Grant
which have from time to time been re-
lated to me during long residence in
Galena might not be uninteresting to
your readers. A friend of mine once
told me that he walked home with Gen.
Grant at the close of the first war
meeting which was held in Galena,
and at which the General presided, and
that he said to him, 81 am going into
this thing. I am going to begin at the
foot of the ladder. l am acquainted
with tbe Goyernoe CT Ohio. and 1 am
going to wvite to him tonight and ask
him to give me commission" My
friend asked him why he did not ap-
ply to Gov. Yates. He replied that he
knew Ohio's Governor, and should
write to him. Before his application
was answered E. B. Washburne was
down at Springfield, and Gov. Yates
said to him: owe have got men
enough and money enough, but we
have no one here to organize; we need
a military man here" Mr.. Wash
burne said: 1--WE have got just the
very man up at Galena that you want"
"Who is hep Capt. Graut." "Who
is Capt. Grant?" Mr.. Washburne ex-
planned that he was graduate of
West Point and had seen service in the
Mexican war. "Send Capt. Grant
down here was the reply. While
Grant was at work at the duty assigned
him the Colonel of regiment came in
one day and said that he could do
nothing with his men and offered to
resign in Grants favor if he would
take command of it. Grant went out
to see the regiment, and, being salts
fed that the men were full of fight
and would make good soldiers, accept
ed the command. Instead of taking
his soldiers from Springfield to Quincy
by rail, he marched them on foot, and
by the time they reached their destina-
tion they knew they had no militia
Colonel to deal with.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
Through the Suez Canal,

Steamers going through the Sue7
canal must stop whenever the pilot
gives the word, and when the sun has
gone down, no matter where the vessel
is, whether at station" or not, it
must tie up at the bank. There is no
risk in this, as no other steamer will at
tempt to go on after sundown. The
pilots are fine set of men. of different
nations, English, French, Greek, Itali-
an, etc. They dress in a simple uni
form, something like naval officers in
undress.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
White Wings.


sent an Eagle from my ark,
When all around was dull and dark,
And watched it as it took its flight
Onward and upward to height
supremely grand; its wings outspread
Made black canopy o'erhead,
Through which no ray of comfort stole,
Nor promise of a peaceful goal.
Isent dove from out the ark,
When all around was dull and dark,
And watched it as it SCARED on high,
Its white wings Frightening the sky
And if heavens gates stood wide apart
Until tho radiance reached my heart,
And on the pinions Of doye
found the anchorage of Love.
Too oft ambition clouds the gaze,
Removes the sunshine from life's ways,
And, like an eagle in its flight
Is lost upon some giddy height;
While on white wings the carrier dove
Bears the poor burdened soul above,
Into an atmosphere of peace,
Where all these surging pillows cease.
Josephine Pollard, in the Independent.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Minnesota has just passed a law
taking away from judges the option of
imposing the death sentence in cases
of murder in the first degree and max
ing capital punishment mandatory.
Minnesota is the second State that has
recently restored the death penalty.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16

An exchange remarks that "the ex.
traordinary longevity of the survivors
of the war of 1872 is certainly curl
Gus fact well worthy of notice. That
was not great war; not many troops
were engaged, and no very large force
mustered into the service of the
United States, and the war came to an
end almost sixty-one years ago. Yet
the commissioner of pensions reports
1876 survivors of the war on the
rolls of the pension Office. Very few
indeed, of these can be less thar
eighty years Of age, and the number
must be nearly if not quite ten pei
cent of the whole force mustered fol
the service. If the veterans of the
late war of the rebellion prove SC
tenacious of life, nearly two hundred
thousand of them will survive in the
year 1926. We should be very glad tt
believe that all of them would live
much longer than that, but we cannot
expect it, for it is against the course
of nature. 1t is hard to resist the
conviction that large share Of the
fifteen thousand veterans of 1872 art
| imoostars
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16

In an article on "Inebriety Among
Railroad Engineers" in the Philadel-
phia Medical and Surgical Reporter it
is stated that these men are exception
ally temperate. The nerve and brain
exhaustion attendant upon their occu-
patton is so great, however, that "ine-
briefly among them is very precipitate
and fatal"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16

The Chicago Times is authority for
the following: "The present reigning
dynasty of Japan is the oldest in the
world. It dates back 2546 years, and
its records are accurately preserved for
that time. During this period the
reigning houses of China have several
times been changed, and all the nations
now called civilized, without exception,
have had their beginning. 1t is mar.
velous to reflect that any house could
preserve It's integrity and occupy the
throne for such a period of time"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16

The tower of the new City Building,
Philadelphia, will, with the exception
of the Washington monument, be the
highest structure in the world; but,
though the pressure on the foundation
is nowhere more than nine tons to the
square foot, the settlement of the more
heavily laden portion has cracked aad
broken the polished a-d sculptured
stone in the interior.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16

The Medical World reports a case,
now under observation, in which the
patients hair-which had become pre-
maturely gray-is slowly returning to
its original color under the internal
administration of phosphorized cod
liver oil. The World had previously
noted similar restorations under the
same treatment.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16

Every stop of train costs money to
railway company. Recent statistics
kept on a certain trunk line showed
that during given year the $50 daily
trains made 1000 extra stops every
twenty-four hours, the traffic being
largely suburban. Experiments
showed also that each stop cost AZ
cents, reckoned largely in extra time to
employees who, for that number of
stops put in the aggregate $50 extra
hours per day, making total loss to
the con. i~,ay of nearly $4,000 a year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-04-16
PRICE THREE CENTS.

gold. The eye Of the dragon glltteri
and dazzles; so does this ink. No one
makes like it. Others who make
ink make it for the sake of &C
cumulating base coin and cheat,
while / make it only for o
name. Plenty of A-kwantsaes (gen
tlemen) know my ink-my family
never cheated-they have always borne
a good name. make ink for the Son
of Heaven and all the mandarins in
the empire. AS the roar of the tiger
extends to every place, so does the
fame of the dragons jewell"