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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-08

Hamilton county With its 1900 voters,
its vast German population, and its lsgis-
latlye delegation Of ten Representatives
and four Senators is always . significant
and important factor in Ohio elections
Last fall Blaine's majority in Hamilton
county was 6,4l6 In the spring election
Republican Mayor was given hand
some majority, and on the ls;h Of next
Ostober there Is every reason to believe
that the Republican State ticket will be
given a majority exceeding 5000. The
balance Of political power lies with the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
The Drugs of China.

at is all very well to laugh at our
system of medicine" says Celestial
druggist in Brooklyn, "but it is no bet
ter nor worse than the civilized. In
fact the two are very much alike.
This black burned paper here is the
same thing exactly as the charcoal tab
lets of allopathy and the carbo vegeta-
lis of homeopathy. When an Ameri-
can has an acid stomach he takes lime
water, potash or magnesia; that is an
alkali. A Chinese does practically the
same in using roasted oyster shell.
Doctors here prescribe phosphites and
other substances rich in phosphorus
for sickly and weak constitutions.
Our doctors give stew made from
dried lizards for the same purpose. 1t
is very rich in phosphorus, and what
more, it has virtue American medi-
cines never have it has very agree
able taste. Our solid extracts are sim
liar to those used by civilized physi-
clans. Menthol, new remedy in New
York State, has been used in China
1000 years. OF course we have reme-
dies unknown in this country. We
employ the extract of the wild tomato
where they use mercury here, and for
cathartics the extracts of fruits where
here they prescribe nauseous drugs.
But we do not use such nasty things
as bees stings, snakes poison and
powdered vermin, as American home
opaths DO Our medicines are not cost
ly. Our opium is cheaper, better and
purer than the European. Our medici-
nal wines are finer and our extracts
are more uniform in quality. In China
a man who adulterates medicine is put
to death lest he kill others. Here they
arrest the offender, and, if the news
papers tell the truth. let him go short
ly afterward without punishment"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
LONDONDERRY, VT THURSDAY, MAY H. 1885,

had by this time removed her hat and
shawl. "what'll do firstp"
"Do" echoed Mr.. White. "Do every
thing, and let me get off to the hay
field as fast as l can"
Jes' as your orders Is" said Mary
Ann.
"And I say, Lefty" he added.
"Yes, George"
"Write to your Cousin Dora. Tell
her we'll be glad to board her, if she
will assist you about the house."
"But you've hired Mary Amp"
"There's work for 'em both," said
Mr.. White.
And he sat down, and took refuge In
last weeks paper, while Mary Ann
wrestled with the charred remains OF
the breakfast, and cut fresh slices -
nome-cured ham.
In this world, there are bloodless
battles and victories won without the
clash of steel; and in this category
may be classed Mrs. Whites victory
over her husband, in respect to tht
question of "hired help" ."-Heten For
rest GrGUeS.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14

Most of these ladies have an exalted
opinion of their profession, and Won
der why society does not take to them
more kindly. They consider them
selves quite as good as Nilsson, a
Patti, or an Ellen Terry, and would
scorn the idea of appearing at fifteen
cent show. Their great delight is to
have Turner" audience, such as the
German population alone can furnish.
and then they are seen at their best.
"rhese people are experts" they say,
sand can appreciate us. They under
stand the difficulty of our acts, and
applaud in proportion. Many of your
opera singers don't take half as much
pains to please the public as we do,
and yet are thought more of. I'd like
to see Nine. Patti turn somerset on o
trapezel Chicago Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
High Living and Low Thinking,

Mrs. Frances Willard. leader Of
women in temperance work, says: II
have formed settled conviction that
the world is fed too much. Pastries,
cakes, hot bread, rich gravies, pickles,
pepper sauces, salads, tea and coffee
are discarded from the bill of fare, and
/ firmly believe that they will be from
the recipes of the twentieth century.
Entire wheat flour bread, vegetables,
fruit, fish with little meat, and milk
as the chief drink. will distil in the
a.embic of the digestive organs into
pure, rich, feverless blood, electric, but
steady nerves. and brains that can
think Gods thoughts after Him as
they have never yet been thought.
This is my recipe: plain living and
high thinking and this is my warn
ing: With high living you will get
exceedingly p!ain thinking"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
A Little Ones Reasoning. .

A lady entertaining the little
daughter of friend for few days
was one evening edited by the fol-
lowing bit of reasoning on the little
maids part. The full moon was clear
and bright, whereupon the child ex
claimed "Mrs. S., ook, God has
lighted his lantern r. "But who told
you that was Gods lantern ?" was the
surprised inquiry. Nobody. 1 knew
it myself. Doesn't God give you a
light for your house2 And did you
think he gave it all to you and sat in
the dark himselfp" And the child
gave this explanation in evident con-
tempt for the stupidity of any one
who didn't understand so simple a
matter.-Boston Trareller.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
Sunlit Rooms.

No article OF furniture should be
put in a room that will not stand sun:
light, for every room in dwelling
house should have the windows so ar
ranged that sometime during the day
a flood of sunlight will force itself
into the apartment. The Importance
of admitting the light Of the sun freely
to all parts of our dwellings can not
be too highly estimated. Indeed per
feet health is nearly as much depen.
dent on pure sunlight as it is on pure
air. Sunlight should never be exclud-
ed except when so bright as to be un'
comfortable to the eyes. And walks
should be in bright sunlight. so that
the eyes are protected by veil or para
sol when the light is too intense.
A sun-bath is of more Importance in
preserving a healthful condition of
body than is generally understood. A
sun-bath costs nothing, and that is a
misfortune, for people are deluded
with the idea that those things can
only be good or useful which cost
money. But remember that pure wa
ter, fresh air and sunlit homes, kept
free from dampness, will secure you
from many heavy bills of the doctor,
and give you health and vigor which
no money can procure. 1t is now a
we'll established fact that the people
who live much in the sun are usually
stronger and more healthy than those
whose occupation deprives them OF
sunlight. And certainly there is moth
ing strange in the result, since the
law applies with equal force to every
animate thing in nature. 1t is quite
easy to arrange an isolated dwelling
so that every room may be flooded
with sunlight some time in the day
and it is possible that many towr
houses can be so built as to admit
more light than they now receive.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
Tradesmen in Hong Kong.

The Chinese tailors in Hong Kong
make excellent clothes, writes CORES.
pondent. The suits are all of Europe
an stuffs and cost from IS to $40 each.
In all Hong Kong there is but one
foreign merchant tailor following a
distinctive trade, and he does not do q
very good business. The Chinese
tailors usually sell all the furnishing
goods necessary to complete gentle.
mans costume, and often at far less
prices than they can be obtained at the
European shops close at hand. Some
times they beat us even on our home
prices. AS an instance, there is a
well-known American toilet water
which costs in America seventy-five
cents bottle at the swell places and
at others fifty cents, which the Chinese
sell for thirty cents.
The Chinese shoema kers please SO
we'll that they have not single foreign
competitor at Hong Kong. There is,
though, no Chinese apothecaries where
! foreign drugs may be obtained. A
young Chinaman, having served seve-
raj years with an American dentist, is
practicing American dentistry in all
| it's branches. There are capital
Chinese photographers. The Chinese
build the houses in which the foreign.
ers live, furnish and decorate them
and then clothe, feed and serve the oc
cupants.
The Chinese are being educated IL
the schools of the English colonists
and so are being fitted for the positions
Of clerks, bookkeepers, sc. in the for
eign counting-rooms. The type-set
ting in the foreign job printing and
newspaper offices is all done by native
compositors, as is all the book binding
and most of the book binderies art
owned by the Chinese themselves.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
The Manufacture of Oilcloth.

In making floor oilcloth the process
requires almost as many manipulations
in the way of painting and polishing as
a fine carriage body. The body of all
floor oilcloth is burlap. The material is
first sized, which is done by treating
it to saturation of dissolved glue. 1t
passes then through fifteen heated wire
rollers, which not only dries it, but
presses the glue water into the porous
material and removes all inequalities of
surface. 1t then passes to the paint
rooms toreceive its first and many sub
sequent coats of paint, the principal in
gredient of which is ochre. The paint
is literally put on, and the cloth, after
passing under roller to press out su.
perfuous paint, is run on long racks
through a room in which are heated
steam pipes. After remaining on the
racks prescribed number of hours the
cloth is run through machine where
it is pumice-stoned down to perfect
smoothness. 1t then receives a second
coat of paint and is again pumice.
stoned, and SO on until the requisite
number Of coats are put on on both
sides. The well-prepared material now
goes into the hands of the printer. This
work is all done by hand and it requires
considerable experience on the part of
the workmen to make a good job.
Every color requires a separate i'm.
preston, the blocksin the hands of the
workmen being about eighteen inches
square, and great care must be taken
that the block is placed in the proper
place, as hairs breadth displacement
would show; also, that the proper
! blocks are taken up in their order. At
ter being well dried in steam heated
chambers, the now nearly finished piece
of goods goes to the vanishing ma
chine, where number of arms with
brushes attached and worked almost in
exact imitation of a pa ntar's are passed
over it, giving it complese and even
ly distributed coat. wher, after drying
and trimming. the article is ready fol-
market.-Cabinet Making and UphoL.
steTy.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
ThrOurh London by Canal.

A writer in Harper's says that an
nheeded and almost unknown river
runs through the heart of London.
holding its quiet, untroubled course.
while the busy city has pushed its
way all about and beyond it. 1t is not
SO many years since pleasure boats
piled upon it; and even now, chartered
to commerce as it is, a trip along its
length is delight and surprise
The Regents canal is the last link in
the great canal chain of England; by it
the Mersey is married to the Thames,
and shakes hands with the Humber;
it connects the whole great scheme of
inland navigation with London. and
lhe sea. The Grand junction Canal,
through which flows all the traffic of
the canals of the north, of the Midland
counties, and of the west, joins the
Thames at Brentford, and entering it
here we may pass around and through
London, and come again into the
Thames at Limehouse. The Regents
Canal proper reaches from Poddington
to Limehouse, distance of eight miles
and half, in which distance there are
forty bridges or more, and twelve
locks, at short intervals, to enable it to
make the descent Of eighty-four feet.
There are many basins and docks;
some deep cuttings; and to pass
through the great ridge at Islington it
was necessary to cut a tunnel straight
and deep. The canal has mean depth
of about six feet, is thirty feet in width
at the bottom, and forty eight feet at
the surface, will allow three full-sized
barges to pass comfortably, these bar
ges being thirteen or fourteen feet
wide. and from slxty-five to seventy
feet long. The whole inland naviga-
tion of the country once stopped at
Paddington. This canal, continuing
the water communication of the inte-
rior to the Thames and its docks at
Limehouse, was begun October IA,
1912, and finally opened for traffic Au-
gust l, 1920. 1t received its name
from "the first gentleman of Europe"
as he was then regarded by subser-
Went nation. There were fine doings
at its formal opening; an aquatic pro-
cession of boats and barges Haunting
with streamers-hags floating every.
| where.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
Arcadia.

AAO0uhos
In tho car Of the sweet white clover
Low inurmurs her lover, the bee;
The sunbeam's myriad kisses
Lie warm on the lips Of the sea,
And she glows at the touch, and sparkles
In quiver of ecstasy.
To the rugged rocks of the headland
The laughing pillows creep
With languid, caressng notions
A swift, coquettish leap
And then, like frightened sea-hird.
The waters backward sweep.
Afar, on tho distant landscape,
The touch of the sea-fog lies,
Blending in one soft shadow
The waves and the arching skies,
Hiding land enchanted
Whence mystical visions rise.
The land oi the lotus eaters
This happy island seems
Famed by perpetual breezes,
Brightened BY Gdeless beams
pace to lie forever
In rapture of blissful dreams.
Ella W. Ricker, in Outing.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
Astonished at the Number.

"Little Boy. do you understand what
is meant by energy and enterprise?"
"No, pa, don't think do"
"Well. l viii tell you; that one OF
the richest men came here without a
shirt to his back, and now he has got
millions"
"Millionsl how many does he put
on at a time. na1-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14

The number of railroad accidents in
the United States during 1884 is given
at l,19l. OF these AS were collisions,
and 6Sl derailments; 65 are recorded
as "various." There were in all 309
persons killed and $3.50 injured.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14

The average maple sugar crop of
Vermont is in the neighborhood of
twelve million pounds, but this year
it will exceed that amount. The
Green Mountain state produces about
one-third of the maple sugar crop of
the country.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

Sixty thousand New Workers use
roller skates, and there are over 500
manufactures of the skates in the
United States, who sell 10000 pairs a
week. The business gives employ
ment to 100000 men.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14

Paralysis, cholic, gout, rheumatism,
kidney disease, blindness and insanity
may all come, it seems. from drinking
water with lead in it. Under these cir
cumstances, a simple test for discover
ing the presence of lead in water may
well be useful. 1t consists of adding
little tincture of cochineal, which, if
there be the least trace of lead in the
water, will color it blue instead of
rose,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
PRICE THREE CENTS.
to the deserts and dry uplands, and Is
known to the Mexicans and Indians as

to the deserts and dry uplands, and Is
known to the Mexicans and Indians as
"gonagra." 1t has root somewhat
longer and more scraggy than the cul-
tivated beet, though resembling it in
appearance. Practical use demon
strated that its tannin properties were
about three times as great as the COM
mon oak bark, and that in all essentials
it was superior to the bark in the man
ufacture of leather, Ever since his
fortunate discovery Mr.. Edwards has
used this root in the manufacture Of
leather, it being delivered to him by
the Indians for about IS per ton; while
oak bark costs $40 ton in San Fran
cisco, and freight had to be added.
Specimens of the root were sent to the
New Orleans exhibition, and the mat
ter is said to be attracting the atten-
tion of eastern tanners.
AS Asiatic rulers so. the Ameer of
Afghanistan cannot be pronounced a
bad sort of man, though he has
many enemies who do all they can
to paint him in very black colors. We
are told by French traveller that at
dinner the Ameer drinks an inordinate
quantity of tea He takes neither
sugar nor milk with it, but little
lime. He is not given much to physical
exertion, and. indeed, he leads some
what sedentary life, devoting many
hours each day listening to the stories
of his many spies. He is very fond of
describing his own adventures, and at
other times he will prefer to play chess,
or, as he considers himself good mu-
sician, will perform some of the
national ballads on the ratab or Afghan
guitar. A light repast Of sweets,
fruit and tea is then served and at 10
o'clock the guests leave. Wine and
spirits he never touches, but he smokes
good deal and even in public. In
one way or another he has removed all
the men of note who were supposed
under the old regime to possess a
hardly less potent voice than the
Ameer in deciding important matters
in Afghan policy. His object has been
to get rid of every man of wealth,
influence or position within his terri
tories, in the belief that they both
detract from his dignity and serve as
the means of intrigue against hsi
power. In short, he is believer in
the Oriental fashion of decapitating
all the tallest of the poppies. He is
we'll aware of the peculiar position he
occupies as buffer between the two
great powers of Great Britain and
Russia. At the same time it is ad-
mitted that the Ameer is a man who
thinks a great deal of his own personal
interests and his own personol COM
fort, and that his style of living sug-
gests the idea that it would be serious
shock for him to have to return to the
penurious life Of an exile and pen
sioner on the bounty of Russia.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14

The most popular book-the pocket
book
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14

When Proctor Knott made his fanci-
full speech in Congress on Duluth, the
little Minnesota town, fifteen years
ago, the humor of the thing tickled
the entire continent. No one dreamed
that Duluth would ever amount to
anything, and when Knott called her
"the paragon Of Cities" everybody
laughed. Still this town is third in
the list of grain receiving points. beat
ing Milwaukee, Toledo and st. Louis.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
S. D. CURTIS,
LIVERY STABLES
so. LONDONDERRY, Vt.

Horses an. Carriages at all hours. Persons
earned to all surrounding points upon arrival
oftrAins. Special accommodations to excur-
sisa parties, Good teams and attentive dIi-
vefR "
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14

The discovery of new tanning
agent has long been great desidera
tum. in view of the growing scarcity
and costliness of hemlock bark. If the
arizona Gazette is correctly informed.
this importantresul has been attained.
The statement is made that w. III.
Edwards. tanner at Tempe. two or
three years ago discovered a plant
which carried large proportion of
tannin, and which, when used in the
manufacture of leather. gave extra
weight to the article produced. The
plant is Of annual growth, indigenous
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14
Gbe Ccnoonaerrp Sitter.

AN RpEPESpBNI REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER,
rsspED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
PROM
sitter Cfflno, So Londonderry, VI.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-05-14

N%Enterel at the Post.ofiice at South
Londonderry, as sccond-c Ass matter.
Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-31

drama, story, poem or song applying TO
the heat is always read with great interest by
all, and the nearer to nature they approach
the longer are they retained ia the memory.
So it is with Clay Green's latest success, the
American domestic drama OF Jack O. Dia-
INC nds," written tor Mr.. Frederic Bryton. 1t
is a play Of American domestic life dealing
with the every day life Of Americans and
rendered in praisew orthy manner by COM
pany OF talented Americans, aud when once
witnessed is never forgotten. 1t will be pre-
sented at the Grand opera house Tuesday even
ing. OfMr.Bryton 'srendtion of the title role
the following is taken from the New York Tri-
bune of Tuesday, February 23, 1885,
"Mr. Frederic Bryton, of whom we have
spoken with praise for his acting during the
past two years, has more than fulfilled the
promise made in the past by his acting of Jack
Diamond in the new drama, "Jtck o Dia-
monds.' The play Is exec ctedingly
well constructed, the story Of Jacks
mental troubles being told In II
manner at once new and most effective.
While there is nothing new under the sun
the treatment of the subject OF the play is 80
original and clever that It is hardly worth
while to cudgel ones brains to find out re-
senblances to other plays--so that if not en-
tirely new it is quite as good rs it it was Mr..
Bryton scored an immediate success as the
big-heared, "squar" gambler, and at once
awakened an interest which deepened into
sympa by and continued to grow in in
tensity until the curtain dropped on
the last act. We have heretofore
pointed out some slight faults in Mr.. Bryton's
acting, but in this part he so Identifies himself
with it tha, it does not seem like II stage per-
formauce, but real lite. Had he never played
any other part this one alone would have
stamped Rm great actor. He was ably sup
ported by Miss Sydney Armstrong as Annie
Dennison, and Mr.. Thomas Herndon rs Dem
yer Dan. The other parts were well acted
and tho drama went spendidly. Mr.. Bryton
has bonanza in his new play