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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
So LONDONDERRY, THURSDAY JUNE a. 1888
Beyond.

Beyond.
"A threatening sea; frowning sky
Ger which the awe-struck clouds clip by,
AS seeking each another's side:--
Adown such paths the storm gods ride
To meet men face to face.
The harbor lights beyond, the home
Most loved by him who most must roam.
Rage, wind and wave Frown, sky and sea
Ye do no more than hasten me
To my dear loves embrace
Walker l.. Sawyer in the Current,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

lnvalids who depend upon cod liveI
oil to sustain their vital forces should
be careful to get pure article. Cot
ton-seed oil is now doing for the coo
liver product what it long since ac
complished in the matter of olive oil
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
TOPICS OF THE DAY,

Ellis Leverof Bowdon, England, has
offered prize of s250O "for the in Z.
vention or discovery of ami economical,
efficient and safe substitute for gun
powder and other explosives employed
In the getting of coal"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

From an old publication of the rec
ords of 1910, concerning the Metho-
dist denomination in the United States.
1t appears in that year there were
l'4,6Oo church members, including a.
IA colored people. To show how the
Methodist church has gained since
1910, we may add that the total mem
bership now is 100000.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

The amazons of Dahomey have been
described vividly by visitor to Africa
who had the unique opportunity of
seeing these famous female warriors.
and his account shows they are by no
means the fierce creatures they are
popularly supposed to be. AS they
never go to war, but only accompany
the king on his travels and act as a
bodyguard, their drill is purely orna-
mental. Imagine sixty young women,
says the traveller, strong and slender,
who, without losing any of their
womanliness, present decidedly war
like appearance. Their uniform is
picturesque, and the armament con
sists of swords, battie-axes and guns.
The drill consists of combined dane
ing and singing, sham fights and mill
tary evoiutions, all of which are per
formed with exactitude and elegance.
OF late years the number of tramps
in Germany have been steadily in
creasing until it has reached figure
which is incoaveniently high, if not
alarming. In soma districts from ten
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

Consul Wright, of Santos, Brazil,
lncloses in letter to the state depart
ment, Washington, notes upon the
medicinal plants of that country. The
compilation is the work of S. S.
SCHNEIDER, a native-born citizen of the
United States, who is now in Brazil.
From Mr. Schindler's notes it ap pears
that the country abounds in herbal
remedies, and that alvelos, the new
cancer cure, is but one of the hundreds
OF plants Of trees possessing proper
ties OF great value, as yet almost un-
known to materia medica.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

A letter describing the markets of
New Orleans says everything is sold by
the eye, and there is no standard of
measure. Nine-tenths of the hundreds
who sell in the noted French markets
OF the city do not know what a bushel
or peck is. They buy their vegeta-
bles by the lot and place them in little
piles on tables. These piles are of diff
ferent sizes and prices. The buyer
looks at the piles and buys that which
he thinks is biggest and best. Some
times buckets and boxes are used to
measure, but they are of all kinds and
shapes.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

The recent death of Francis J. Far
gus, better known as "Hugh Gonway,"
the author of "Called Back" is an
other striking commentary upon the
emptiness of all human endeavor.
After life of toll and deprivation he
developed talent for story-writing.
He achieved a striking success. Hon
.ors and gold rolled in upon him. His
mind had reached the season of frui-
tion when his health failed and death
claimed him. He was engaged on a
romance for which he was to receive
$4,000 when his final illness came upon
him at Monaco. He was only thirty
seven years of age.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

The English coffee-house which
were started to counteract the liquor
saloons have proved to be very sue
cessful as business ventures. OF thir
teen of these concerns one returned
the past year l2s per cent, seven 10
per cent, one q per cent, one 6 per
cent, and three 5 per cent. This is an
average of 81 per cent, which is
large return in England. In another
instance enough was earned to pay
dividend of quite Is per cent, but the
directors preferred to set aside two
thirds toward paving for plant and
depreciation. Thereupon the share
holders present voted 100 guineas to
the directors for their self denial, and
and mutual fluctuations became the
order of the day.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04
AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPER,
ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
Z PROM
SITTER OfIce, So Londonderry, W,

80 Entered at the Post-office at South
Londonderry, as second-c ass matter
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

That ingenious but.incredulous and
obstinate people, the Chinese, cannot
be induced to believe that we make
car wheels and other things requiring
the tenacity and durability of steel
out of paper. But they ask us to be-
lieve that they have made cannon out
Of silk and that it is efficient artillery,
OF which single camel can carry
dozen batteries. Thackeray's spinster
who thought there were few things
which could not be done with cut
flowers, would hardly have deemed
them suitable for proiectiles; yet
such a claim advanced for them would
hardly seem more surprising than that
advanced by the inventive pigtails
concerning their silken artillery,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-06-04

Horses an. Carriages at all hours Persons
earned TO all surrounding points upon arrival
oil trains. Special accommodations to excur.
SION parties. Good teams and attentive d,i.
scfA lv
Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
Leading Features for 1885:

A Serial Story by Frances HOdgsOn Burnett
The first long story she has written for children.
A Christmas Story by W D. Howells. With hu-
morous pictures by his little daughter
George Washington" by Horace f. Scudder
A novel and attractive Historical Serial
Short Stories for Girls by Lonisa NJ. Alcott The
first" The Candy Country in November
New Bits of Talk for Young Folks" by "H.H."
This series forms gracious and fitting memorial
Of Il child-lOying and child-helping soul.
Papers on the Great English Schools, Rugby and
others. illustrated by Joseph Pennel
A Sea-coaSt Serial Story by J. T. TrOwbridge,
will be lifelike, vigorous, and useful.
"Jenny's Boarding House a serial by James
Otis. Dealing with news-bOy life and enterprise.
Frank R. Stockton will contribute several Of his
humorous and fanciful stories.
Drill" By John Preston True. A capital
schoOl-story for boys.
The Boyhood of Shakespeare by Rose Kingsley.
With illustrations by Alfred Parsons.
Short Stories by scores of prominent writers, in
Guiding Susan Coolidge, II. H. BOyesen, Nora
Perry, r. A. Janvier, Washington GLADDEN., ROssi-
ter Johnson, joaquin Miller, sophie May, Heze-
kiah ButteTwOrth, W. o. StOddard Harriet Pres
colt SpOhOrd, and many Otheys.
Entertaining Sketches by Alice ". Rollins
Charles &. Leland, Henry EckfOrd, Lieutenant
Schwatka, Edward EgglestOn, and others.
Poems, shorter contributions, and department.;
will complete what the Rural Nelg- Yorker calls
the best magazine for children in the world"
THE CENTURY Co. NEW YORK.
Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
OBJ Smgrna Gimes,
SnaYTn0, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon, Dec. %, 1885.
CHURCH SERVICES.


AsBURY METHODIST Observation-Disclosures
ing at lOA A. NJ. and 715P.M. Sunday School
71SP.M. Rev. J. B. Quigg, Pastor.
ST. PETERS PROTESTANT PIsCOPAL.-Sunday-
Preaching at10% AN. and IA P. NJ. Holy Days
81 A.. NJ. Sunday School, P. NJ. Prayer
B. Gordon, Rector.
N.-Sunday-Preaching at l0% A. NJ.
and ~ P. NJ. Sunday School, P. NJ. Prayer
Meetng-Fridays at ~ P. NJ. Rev. J. T.
Umsted, Pastor.
ST. POLYCARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-Mass on First
and Third Sundays, at 7.30 A. NJ, and on the
Second and Fourth Sundays, at 1880 A. N.
Cateehism Glasses taught every Sunday after
Mass. Rev. Dennis J. Flynn, Pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL (ColOred).-
Sunday-Preaching at 10% A. NJ. and ~ ?. NJ,
Sunday School, P. N. Rev. D. A. Ridout
Pastor.
A. NJ. E. CHURCH.-Sunday-P at lOH
A. NJ. and ~ P. NJ. Sunday School-2% P. NJ
Rev Seth d W. Smith, Pastor.
Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
TIE AUTOMATIC CHESS PLAYER

When Maelzel was in Baltim ore with
his automaton chess player. by curious
accident discovery was made of the
fact that some one was concealed in the
autOmatOn. The affair happened in this
wise: One day two lads mounted upon
the roof of shed commanding view
OF the back room b. which the Turk re-
tired when the exhibition was over.
On this occasion Mnelzel, directly the
audience had dispersed, rolled the
Hndroid behind the curtain. Intent only
upon relieving this ely from his irksome
confinement for the heat in that South
eln city is in summer well nigh intolor-
Gh.e-Maelzel stepped to the window,
threw the shutters wide open, and then
Turn ng to the automaton, he re-
moved the top of tile chest. From the
lid Eg place there emerged, in full
sight Of the youths the figure of q man
III shirt sleeves, whom there was no
difficulty in recognizing as Schlum-
berger To be the depOsitariPs of so
important a secret was II burden under
which their strength gave way and the
story, cOnficd in the first instance to
their respective parents, soon spread
and reached the public. But the tale
Oltained very little credence. The
general opinion w.lS THAT Il secret which
had baf1led for upward of half q century
the b"st mechHHicians and mathema-
ticians Of the age was something alto
gether too deep to be penetrated by a
couple of schuniboys. This danger,
therefore, Maclrl safely tided over {;
hut not long af urNurd II more serious
one presented self Ole day young
man OF the name of Walter lied upon
him III New York aud said: Mr.. Mael-
eel, would you like to buy another chess
1 player? l have one ready made for
you" Sure enough this was the case.
Maelzei saw the autOmnton in question:
AMI mnde the inventor an offer of 81, ,000
for it for, although the mechanism OF
the original, there seemed to be some
likelihood of it's competing iniuriOusly
with his own. The Offer however, was
declined by the owner Of the new and
roid. who proceeded to exhibit it on
his own account, In this he was unsuc
cessful, for there existed in the com.
muuity deeply rooted prejudice in
favor Of the historical invention of Won
Kempslem, which gave Maelzel Q van
tage ground from which no efforts q
rival exhibitors could easily have driver
him.
Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
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Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
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Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
1886.
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est art illustrations with the latest fashions and
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times the cost of subscription It's papers on
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topic of social etiquette, and its illustrations or
art needle-wOrk are acknowledged to be unequal
led It's literary merit is Of the highest excellence,
and the unique character Of jts humorous pic
lures has won for 1t the name Of the American
Punch
Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
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Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
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Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
SECRET SOCIETIES,

MORNING STAR LODGE. No. G. l. o. o. F-Meets
every Friday evening, at 713O'clock.
MCDONNELL ENCAMPNENT, No. ?, l. 90. .F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month, at ~ o'clock.
HARMONY LODGE, No. 13. A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday evenings of each month
at7% o'clock.
SMYRNA CONCLAvE, No. As. ORDER OF HEPTAsOPHS
-Meetsevery WedneSdayevening at713 O'Clock
Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
EVILS OF WASHINGTON CLERKsuI.';.

Enter one of the offices and you
will see pale-faced clerks, men and
women, bending over desks writing
and figuring away their lives in order to
obtain that which sustains their lives.
A Washington clerk seldom gets more
than this, and under the civil service
reform scheme the government clerk is
becoming more and more a machine
and less and less an active, thinking,
growing man. AS stand here on this
marble pavement and think of the lives
which will be eaten up, of the enterprise
shrivelled into dolessness, and of the
manliness wasted in this building in
time to come, it makes me shudder.
Young men will come in here full of
hope and courage, full of brains and
energy. When they enter their thOus-
and dollars or more year will seem
good pay to them, and they will work
with will, hoping to rise through the
various branches until their earnings
will equal those of IL cabinet minister.
If will not be long, however, before
they find they are fighting the wind
mills, and i'll the same old grind of copy
ing other mems writings, of posting
dead books, where they have not the
opportunity for the exercise of an Origi-
nal thought, their brains will waste
away for lack of use, and the lazy hours
of from nine o'clock till four will eat up
their energy until some day in the
future they Will wake to the fact that
/ they have been swallowed up by that
| great monster cannibal, called the gov
ernmcnt, which not only eats up mems
bodies but their souls as well. At this
time some Of them may attempt to cut
themselves loose, but their efforts will
be a futile as those the laOcoon. The
snakes of habit and dolessness have
wound themselves about their palsied
frames and they will wait until at last
death will come to take away what il
thinks to be of so little value as to be
hardly worth the taking. This will be
the case supposing civil service reform
prevails If it fails the government
clerks position will be all the worse
He is bound to be dependent on hi
superiors at best and the lack of civil
service rule makes him all the more o.
a sycophant or a toady. There is NJ
worse employer than the government
and would rather work for Scroog,
than for Uncle Sam.
Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
THE THREE GRACEs.

"There go two of the three things
that most admire in this world, said o
Kentucliqn, pointing to q lady on horse
back, - fine-loOking woman end o good
hoFse."
"And what is the third thing, colo
mel, which you most admire2'
The colonel crooked his finger signif-
cantly, and his friend said that he didn't
care if he did.
Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
ST. NICHOLAS.

An illustrated monthly periodical for boys and
girls appearing on the 18th OF each month. Edited
by Mary MapeS Dodge. Price, p cents number,
or So 0J year in advance. Booksellers news
dealers, pOStmaSters and the publishers take sub
scriptiOms which should begin with the NOvem-
Der number, the first of the volume.
81. Nicholas aims both to satisfy and to develop
the tastes of its constituency; and its record for
the past twelve years, during which it has always
Stood i; stands TO day, at the head of peri0di-
Gals for boys and girls, is sufficient warrant for
its excellence during the coming season. The
editors announce the following as among the
Smyrna times., 1885-12-23
A FRENCH BEAU IN 1900.

His pantaloOns went mp to his arm
pits to get into them was q mornings
work, and, when il, to sit down was
impossible His hat was too small to
contain his handkerchief, apd was not
expected to stay on lis head. His hQiF
was brushed from the crown of bis head
toward his forehead, and looked, Us o
satarist of that day truly said, as if he
had been fighting an old-iashioned
hurricane backward. About his neck
was q spotted linen handkerchief the
skirts of his green coat were cut away
to Il mathemnt cal point behind; his
favoritc drink was brandy, and bis
favOritc talk OF the ast French p ny.
Smyrna times., 1885-12-23

The ideal young peoples Magazine. It holds
the first place among periodicals Of its class -OS-
ton Journal
Smyrna times., 1885-12-23

The Volumes of the Bdzdr begin with the first
Number for January Of each year. When no
time is mentioned. it will be understood that the
subscriber wishes to commence with the Number
next after the receipt of order.
Bound Volumes Of HaTper's Bd=dr for three
years bGck. in neat cloth binding, will be sent by
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Newspapers IRE not 10 copy this advertisement NTH
ont the cypress 0rder n HAMPER 4 BROTHERS.
Address HARPER & BROTHERS. New York.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-10-22
Deferred from last week.
NeighbOrh0Od Notes.

Joseph Paxton, sr., farmer near
Steubenville, was driving across the c.
& 2. track, when struck by train. The
team was instantly killed, and Mr.. Pax
ton thrown sixty feet, receiving fatal in
juries.
Ell. Hammond's feed store, Steuben'
vile, fell in Friday, from the weight OF
grain in store. Fortunately no one was
in the building at the time.
New Alexandria, Jefferson county
had $4,000 incendiary fire on Tuesday
of last week.
There are now 45 children in the No
ble county home.
The new lookup at Steubenville will
be ready for occupants the first OF next
month.
Jefferson common pleas began at
SteGbenville yesterday, with 260 cases
on the docket.
Steubenville's school enumeration
foots up 4.335 youth between 6 and 2l
years,
DR.. J. Way has been appointed Med
ical Examiner OF Pensions for Monroe
county.
The Cambridge fair is going on thi:
week; Seneeaville fair will be held on
the 21st, 22d and Esd inst.
Editor Hill, of the Quaker City lnde+
pendent, has a $4,000 libel suit on hand
Thos. j. George claims the damages.
The school enumeration of Cambridge
foots up 1890; an increase in year OF
101.
]. W. Cole, of Lore City. not yet 90
and a member Of a good family, is In
Jail at GAINESVILLE. charged With passing
counterfeit money.
Elmer Atkinson, has brought suit in
Guernsey common pleas for $4,000
against the B. & o. company. Three
years ago. be lost both arms in an acci>
dent at Salesville.
The fall opening of the Quaker City
schools was postponed on account OF the
prevalence of measles.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-10-22

THE greatest cooperative experiment
in the world is that at Guise, France,
where in 1860 NJ Godin built his great
Familistere in connection with his enor-
nous IRON works. There are now over
1900 workmen participating in the prof
its of this great enterprise. according to
their Importance in the businets and the
amount of the wages directly earned,
capital reaping its share on the basis of
the usual rate of interest. As the wages
amount to eight times this interest, la+
Dor gets eight times as much of the prof
its as capital, and the profit of five years
has reached over SI,0OO,O00. Mr.. Edward
Rowland gives full account of this
suggestive experiment in the forthcom~
ing (November) Harper's, with por-
trait of M. Godin.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-10-22
The New York Tribune of Sunday

THE New York Tribune of Sunday,
gives a full account of the result of the
experiment on Saturday of removing the
distractions from the harbor by the use
of explosives, and says: The gates of
Long Island Sound, whose perilous pass
age reminded those who named the
place of the entrance to the Internal re
gions, were torn from their hinges yes
terday by the titanic forces stored up in
the thousands of pounds of dynamite
and rack-a rock in the sub-aqueous gal
leries of Flood Rock. Gen. Newton s
calculations proved to be correct, and,
aside from little delay IN the explO'
sion, everything went off according to
the programme. The shock was dis
tinctly felt over the surrounding coun-
try in many places far removed from the
scene of the explosion, the sensations
being more pronounced in some inslan-
ces than in the immediate vicinity of
the explosion. A large number of peo>
pie witnessed the explosion from the
surrounding shores and from boats on
the water. Every precaution was taken
by the establishment of lines of soldiers
and policemen Oh shore and of steam
launches of the Navy on the water to
keep the people beyond the limit OF
possible danger. The serrated wall of
water which was lifted into the all
by the explosion was a magnigcent
sight. Gen. Newton's daughter Mary
who nine years ago with the touch OF
her baby finger destroyed Hallet's Reef
pressed the key which fired the mine at
11:13 a. m. Two hundred and eighty
five thousand pounds of dynamite and
rack-a-rock were exploded and nine
acres of rock were broken into small
pieces. The last great obstruction to
the free navigation of He'll Gate was re-
moved, and labor, skill and science tri-
umphed over the distractions of Nature,
There was no accident of any kind and
the result was most satisfactory in eve-
ry respect. The suspense of the min
utes Immediately preceding the explo-
sion was one of such intense anticipa
tion as is seldom or never experienced
by so large body of people at one time
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1885-10-22
A Solemn Thought.

If any one Of US knew that tomorrow
he would be dead, L wonder what he
would do to-day? looked upon hur-
rying crowd on a thronged thoroughfare.
and this thought came to me. l looked
upon a charming little home circle, and
the thought came again. Every day
somebody drops out of the crowd and
out of the family circle. Some of us live
as though we don't care what becomes
of or what people say of Us after we are
gone-an Indifference which has never
made any man good and kind and noble
in life. worthy to be respected in death
and followed to the grave by sorrowing
multitude.