The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-08-13
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


developed. There are now
six steamers running regularly be-
tween New York and Venezuela. three
having been recently added to sue
cessful line. Another fleet is about to
be sent to Bolivia, the first steamer
having already been sent out. On the
other hand, our trade with Peru has
dwindled down to almost nothing for
want of direct steam communication.
Lightning does its work before the
victim knows anything. Two men
were struck while taking refuge under
a tree. Both were carried into the
house and laid out for dead. One of
the men revived. and. after weeks of
terrific suffering and infirmity, he got
out again, and is still living. He said
he knew no more about having been
struck by lightning than he was con-
scious of having lived before the flood.
1t was all news to him when he was
told of the fact.
The true landed aristocracy of the
United States is composed of the red
men. There are about 265, 900 Indians,
and their land reservations amount to
about 175,000 square miles. Each of
these guests of the nation has there
fore a little more than two-thirds of
square mile of land. The reservations
of Dakota, Montana and the Indian
Territory comprise 100000 square
miles, occupied by about 127, 200 In
dians, or less than one lordly savage
to the square mile.
A Hungarian statistician has been
studying the effect of comfort on
longevity. His tables show that the
richest people have an average life of
50 years, the middling forty-six, and
the poor only forty -one and one-half.
A we'll to- do man is as liable to infect
ious disease as a pauper, while diph-
liberia, Group, whooping cough, and
scarlet fever are more prevalent among
the rich. Consumption and pneumonia
claim the poor, who are comparatively
free from brain fever. Cellar-dwellers
are far more subject to disease than
those who live above ground, except
in diphtheria and scarlet fever; nor do
these diseases seem greatly advanced
by overcrowding in tenements.
There is queer collection of Bibles
to be found in London Among those
strange editions is what is known as
the Bug Bible" so called because Of
its rendering of passage in the
Psalms. "Afraid of bugs by night
instead of "terror by night" There
is the "Breeches Bible" which con-
tains the translation, Making them
selves breeches out of 6g leaves" from
the third chapter of Genesis. There is
also the "Place-Makers' Bible" typo
graphical error peacemakers, and the
"Treacle Bible" with the absurd
rendering, There is no treacle in
stead of balm) in Gilead." The "Rosin
Bible" substitutes rosin for treacle in
the same text, which Is still more alb
surd. And the "Wicked Bible" Omits
the negative in the Seventh Command
ment, so that it reads, "Thou shalt
commit adultry. The "Vinegar Bible
in this extraordinary collection is sc
designated because the head line OF
the Parable of the Vineyard reads
parable of the Vinegar" The "Prin-
ters' Bible" makes King David declare
that printers, instead of princes, per
secuted him without cause" Ant
there is "The Murderers' Bible" be.
cause through typographical error
verse in the Epistle of Jude read:
"murderers," when it should read mur'
murers. 1t need not be added thai
copies of these unauthorized editions
are extremely rare.
A western paper asserts that there
is no reason for believing that the de