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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-15
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IN IKE pawn SHOP,

There" said the proprietor, leading
the way into n little crowded side Office
0ff from the man room and placing his
hand Oh the combination of an immense
iron safe, " there Is something valuable.
That would interest you. You like
jewelry-old jewelry? There are valu-
ables representing many hundred thous-
and dollars in that safe. have four
safes altogether, but this contains the
most valuables. Tinc-iock, see 2" And
he swung the huge iron doors open.
Wha; a sight! A miser might have
hilen on his knees, and, running his
srns up 10 the elbows into jewels and
gold, have died of i9y. There were at
least two bushels Of baudsamely-set
rings, bracelets, breaches. diiinond
studs pins and gu'd atci,es, some OF
old and some Of new lesign. Some of
the diamonds and otHer precious stones
were exquisite. Tile;e we've diamond
rings Of antique ard cu:;cus pattern,
and there we're s4it,.,,S ut rubits, car
burcles, aud other pr,.:i5us stones.
There was ore ring. 81: with cluster of
yery large siiamo.ds. w-.ci iiiied the
reporters finger ~ - IL iir-t jriIt and
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THE VELOCITY OF THE MOON.

We can family picture, perhaps, how
it world seem, from q station near the
lunar orbit, to see the moon--a moving
would-rush by with velocity greater
than that of the cannon-ball in its
swiftest fight; but with equal speed its
shadow actually travels along the earth
and now, if we return our imaginary
station to real one here below, we are
better prepared to see why this flying
shadow is such unique spectacle; for,
small as it may be when seen in relation
to the whole globe, it is immense to the
observer whose entire horizon is full
with it, and who sees the actual velo-
city of one of the heavenly bodies, as it
were, brought down to him.
The reader who has ever assembled to
the Superga at Turin, will recall the
magnificent view, and be able to un.
derstand the good fortune of an OBJ
server (Forbes) who once had the op-
portunity to witness thence this phe.
nomenon, and under nearly cloudless
sky. II perceived" lie says, Gin the
southwest, black shadow like that of q
storm about to break, which obscured
the Alps it was the lunar shadow coming
toward u.s." And he speaks Of the
" stupefaction 1T is his word-caused
by the spectacle. II confess, lie con.
tinues, " it was the most terrifying sight
l ever saw. As always happens in the
case of sudden, silent, unexpected
movement. the spectator confonnds real
and relative motion. felt almost giddy
for moment, as though the massive
building under me bowed on the side Of
the coming eclipse" Another witness,
who had been looking at some bright
clouds Just before, says 1.-The bright
cloud | saw distinctly put ont like
candle. The rapidity Of the shadow,
and the intensity, produced feeling
that something material was sweeping
over the earth al n speed perfectly
frighlful. | Involuntary listened for
fer the rushing noise Of a mighty wind,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-15

was so heavy as to be uncomfortable.
There was jewelled necklace OF ham.
mered gold, which was worn by one Of
the fayorites in the court Of Louis XIV,
and pair OF Etrnsem gold earrings Of
iine tilmy texture, more than two inches
long, which were once worn by an en-
press. So the proprietor of the shop
assured the reporter, and their appear
ance bore ont his statement. Then there
were many, many old gold watches, some
OF them very curious, There was one
little hunting-case watch OF hammered
gold, hand made, not more than u inch
and a quarter in diameter aud about as
thick one way as the other, which be-
longed to Martha Washington, having
been made present to her by some no.
table in England. Iu another safe were
collected trinkets III still greater quau.
titles but OF less value. Hundreds of
silver watches We're thrown together in
heaps with silver spoons mugs and
drinking cups, some of antique pattern.
There WAS also in one OF the safes IN
immense Bible on ve!lum, giving the
Scriptures in twelve languages. 1t is
several hundred years old. The clasps
me of heavy parchment or leather
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-15
CHINESE PRINTING,

The blocks are all Of the same size,
about eight inches by twelve inches, and
about half On inch thick. Each block
represents two leaves of fnnr paras Of
the book, being engraved
The blocks for oompl 4
thus be slowed away in II
compass. The cost of en- .
of the wooken block is II
little more than the expense of setting
up page of Chinese type and prepar.
ing it for the press. An edition of one
copy cnn be printed if no more are re.
qr'red, and thus the expense of keeping
large stock of printed books On hand,
some OF which might eventually have to
be sold as waste paper, when they grew
out OF date or revisions had to be made,
as is the case among ourselves is en-.
tirely avoided. Any errors or nisprints
that may he discovered can, as a tule, be
corrected on the blocks with but very
little trouble. A ski llful primer can
print, by hand, 5000 leaves of two pages
each IN pay, using no press or uachin.
cry whatever. He supplies his own
tools, and receives as wages about
cents day. The paper or.
nsed is white, and of the best
although a yellowish kind is
also made use Of, at a reduction OF
twenty per cent on the selling price.
The books are bound in the usual
Chinese style and fastened with white
ak 'hread, They present an appear.
l'," which mtistirss the taste of the most
t. Vi ,ris native
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-15
A GREAT MEXICAN PYRAMID,

The pyramid of Gheops is dwarted by
that near Magdalenn, Mexico. The
Chihuahua Enterprise" says that it
has base of thirteen hundred and fifty
feet, and is seven hundred and fifty feet
high. There is winding roadway
from the bottom, leading up nm easy
grade to the top, wide enough for car
riages to pass over, said to be twenty.
three miles in length. The outer walls
of the roadway are laid i'll solid mason
airy, huge blocks of granite in rubble
work, and the circles are MS uniform and
the grade of regular rs they could be
made by our best engineers to-day.
The wall is only occasionly exposed. be
ing covered with Debris and earth, and
in many places the sahuaro and other
indigenous places AMI trees have grown
up, giving the pyraaii the appearance
of mountain.
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DEATHS

In Peru, Jan. 3, Mrs. Coodell Walker
aged 80 years and 7 months.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-15
Ex-Vice-President Colfax dropped
dead in the depot at ManNato, MINI,
Tuesday morning.
GENERAL BUTLER HEARD rEoM.

A Boston dispatch of the II, :, 5;
Gen. Butler has brought suit against
the Boston Herald, claiming $4,000
damages for the publication of an Tli-
Gle by that paper in November, 1888.
rejecting upon his conduct during the
war. The article in qu, stion, when
purported to have come from one ot
the men of the steamer Mount Vernon,
claimed that Gen. Butler caused the ar
rest of the captain of the transport
Mississippi, while the latter WIS on her
way to Ship island from Hampton
roads, because he would not put into
'I"'."""" ''''"@ ""d that in consequence
he assumption of her
ltler, the Mississippi
was damaged, and the
ras sent 10 her relief
$500 60 are denied by Gen.
Butler.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-15
FLIES ON GLASS.

We are aware that formerly the ex-
PLANTATION of how flies walk on glass was
tl'at the flies feet wef held in place by
tlie pressure Of the air. like the leather
"saeker" used by boys for lifting
stones. and which can be illustrated by
pressing the haad firmly down upou Q
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RRIED.

In PerkinsvilIe. Jan. "a, at the residence
Of Geo. H. Howe, by Rev. VIM H. Rugg,
Mr., Henry NJ. Shanks and Mic "-..:- =.
Ross, both Of South London
AT So. Londonderry, ia !.
Piesce, Wesley A. Haihes :
Simonds, both of Peru. f
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-15
BIRTHS.

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In Peru. Jan. Est, a daughter to Mr. &
Mrs. II. !. BatchelGer.
In Peru. Jan E, daughter to Mr.. K Mrs.
Marx b. Lyon,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-01-15
For Sale.

\ full set of Timers Tools and
Stock lately owned by Mark II. Farms
worth, deceased. Said tools are first
class and Dearly Dew. a large Hot of
manufactured goods, ] sap heater, SUI
gar pals, stoves and other goods usual
" found in a tin and stove store. Said
goods will be sold at reduced prices.
Shop open each afternoon from this
date, and at other times by calling at
the house. Mrs. Abbie $. Farnswoath,
Administrators.
Londonderry. Jan. 5, 1885.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-02

ret along without Dank Cashier Jor-
dan. the great accountant, who figures
the Treasury into bankruptcy when it
holds 5000 n,nGe. He is custodian of
the funds which are and are not!
Are not these instances enough to
show Cleveland, notions about whose
country tLis is, ard who should run the
Government, and what it should be run
for?
Cabinet, foreign ministers. consuls'
judicial officers, and heals Of bureaus,
scraped from flat den Of thieves, tho
United States Senate. and chilled from
railroad law Offices, bank rarlors, buck
ct shops. and bcndhclders' syndicates.
The recomme. la.ions of the working
men have Le.n 10 ecied. Not one Of
the many strong men Of the people has
been called from private life to public
service, while two have been snatched
from posts Of usefulness and sent where
their deeds will modest nobody.
The homestead hunter. thwarted by
land grants and spectators; the far
mer. crushed by extortionate freights
and gouged by l,sury: tho mechanic,
crowded t. desperation by capiia.:--tts
the merchant. ruined by the paralysis
of producers ard consumers, must have
the eye of omniscience to see in Cleve-
lands appointments sign that he
knows Of their existence, cares aught
for their distress or respects their hope
for relief Ct their. hands.
Is not this the way Cleveland's ap-
pointments look to every honest mans
eve? All for mo. opoly!
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-02
LET Down That Check-Rcin.

There sees to be a great deal Of
mercy In the heart OF DR.. Miller, OF
Omaha, judging from articles which
appear in his paper from time to
time, In q recent issue Of his paper,
the Omaha Herald, under the title
above quoted. the following humane
suggestion Is made:
"A great many young men in Oma-
ha and some who are not so young
own horses Of mare or less speed
and style, In the driving Of which
they take great pleasure. They
have no desire to infiict pain upon
the horses that serve them so faith
fully, hence the use OF check rein
drawn SO tightly that the eyes
Of the poor brutcs are thrown al
mos. directly upward, with every
muscle and chord OF the neck III i
culver Of agony, Is attributed wholly
to the ignorance OF their drives, rath-
er than malicious and premeditated
cruelty. The fact that they do not
unchcck them when tying them to
the street, may be explained on the
ground OF th0ughtlessness, but peo-
who own or drive horses should not
remain ignorant OF thoughtlessness
on matters of so much Importance
The nobby youth who drives his
steed up and down tightly rcigned
does not know, or course, that IN 80
doing he puplicly proclaims himself
an .ameteur,' unaccustomcd to hand
| ling horses and unaware OF theii
needs. ds.'-[Council Bluffs Nonpariel
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-02
4 " III street Plot.

Where there are several kinds of
money, all legal tendc~, the debtor has
the right to pay his creditor III any one
kind, and naturally pays the kind he
gets the easiest or cares the least to
keep. This is cal!el tie debtors OPP
tion." The Treasury does not avail
itself Of the debtors option, but it lets
the creditor of the United States de-
eide what money he will take. Manning
is paying gold at rate that has caused
the Treasury to lose sll,OoO,OJ0 in a
few weeks which the New York banks
have gained.
When, by this creditors option, the
Wall street banks get control Of all
the surplus gold in the Treasury, gold
will pop up to n premium, then, as he
has unlimited authority, Dan Manning
will probably buy it back for Govern
ment bonds, at whatever price the gold
bugs see tit to place upon it.
Mark our word, the Treasury OIL
cials are being used us Wall streets
catspaws to corner gold in New York,
create panic, force silver and green
backs down to ru'nous discount, and
by creating demand for gold, make
millions out of the difference, ut the
expense Of the people and their inter-
ests.-Chicayo E.rpreSs.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-02
.arn;nS's Thumb. Screw.

There arc to LAY sO,G0O, 900 more
money in the Treasury for the liauida-
ton OF the debt than Secretary folger
had, yet not 4 single call for bonds haa
been issued since lis death. The lie
blood OF the nation :s being Quietly
withdrawn, while the people settle
back into spiritless, hopeless despoQs
dency.
Thousands OF poor seek In vain tor
-, : nv4n N tins busy season Of the
year, and failures 81. 80 'Ie pa'..
OF business. Doubt, distrust, foreDotA.
ing, anxiety and despair are regarded
with utter indifference at the Treasury
while one hundred experts count bS
weight the tons upon tons Of stolen
money there. Farmers Of the North:
west, how mitch mere of this game q
cornerinr your wealth, Of locking up
non-intcrcst bearing money, in ordel
to keep ont interest-bearing bonds, and
Jew down tie prices Of products, viii
YOU sublnt to? ?-lOrd Tribune.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-02

To --a..lr:sand he real significance
Of the nigll!s o. Tabor movement it
must .- ..,,,an.l,a ed t.at the strengs1a
OF the o.. aniza.i,,n cr,n |; hs correctly
nl.asn.e. br Tire number O.. tie books
ra,rg Il es att attending meetings.
1t would rnqi,ira only certain contin-
ge.sc:es or conditions TO swell the mem.
bers. ip to y fosni Gii.lion in thirty
days, jii.t a. it would to swell the Unit
ed 6:a.cs 4 ny to m equal number.
Upward III l1,.as persons have been
ini.iatei ! nee its crIapi alton. The
educational work has ben done. The
principles of the order are deeply i'm
beasled in the minis OF wage-workers.
It tends to shorten the hours Of labor,
greenbackisn, land naturalization, and
cooperation. 1t is gathering evidence
to make out clear ana strong case,
and material with which to drive its
prosecution Of the case to practical
iss,tc. ---B,Uttstreers.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-02
Prepare Now for Eggs in Winter

Those who have devoted much
time and attention to fowl farming,
know that as u rule, the earliest
chickens make the best, the finest,
and the showiest birds. They know,
too. that early chickens, II we'll cared
for during the summer, will com-
mence to lay in the fall and do more
or less OF it all the winter. Ii this
be true them, We have to keep it be-
fore us and prepare for the work
when the time comes, for then i
when the fowl farming h made ta
pay. Eggs now when everybody
hens are laying, are hardly worth
their gathering and sending to mar
ket rs compared with the prices
winter eggs and spring chickens will
bring.
Many young people on the farm
can afford to devote Il little time
and thought to such an enterprise us
this, and make for themselves .
handsome sum every year. Many
who spend hours in comparaliy,
idleness, who never earned il dollar
iii their lives or enjoyed the felicity
OF spending theis own earnings jusl
as they please, could SO begin life rs
to lead on to thrift, industry and for.
tune. It is from such small begin
nings, indeed, that habits are form,
ed, success attained, and fortunes
! made.
| To begin with, select from the besl
birds from the earliest hatchings
feed them, water them, court, trail
and domcsticate them. Make then
to know you, to follow you, and (
do pretty much rs you please, and
you will find them profitable serv
ants, and tirst-rate friends and neigh
bors. Be very careful not to over
feed, rather let them scratch for !;
living, being sure, however, they DC
not suffer. Prepare for them. in I'll,
meantime, u snug and comfortabat 4
house in which to winter, for ut that
season they are not inclined to Ia.
In Il snow bank, nor sit under 4
hedgcrOH. The house need not be
an expensive one, hut must have !;
window facing south, 80 us 70 caicl
all the sun possible. The warmer 4
can be made the better, but it must
be ventilated. With such an ar.
rangement, many dozens OF egg
may be obtained during tha wintc,
that will sell at from twenty-five e
fifty cents per dozen.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-02
NINE POINTS GAINED.

what Grecnbachi...i Has Hcnronstratsd.
The legal-tender system, inaugurated
as q war necessity, and permitted only
as n temporary eApeaiaacy, has deLion.
stratcd how little reliance II hcplaced
unon the teachings II theorists, no
matter how high they stand in the esti-
nation or men. Tho ! s..i tender syvs-
TEN, and the str gg!e for It's ma'nte-
name anl l,srretnat,oa, have estah'
lishel the following fundamental facts :
/. 1t has 80 tlsd Tic question that il
is not tie thing ~ ;hc material which
Constitutes monay. Lut the s.uality or
functio.. conferred upoa, OF delegated
by law to ti.c tbi &.
.. It has aemo.l.st Grated tho fact that
there il a powerful and thoroughly or
canized money power in thii and other
countries, combined. and Systematically
conspiring to rc.lnc the money volume
OF the world 10 .he lowest possible
limit, that their fixed usury incomes
may possess the greatest possible pur-
chasing power. !,
3. It has settled the question that
Shylock is no myth, but a living real
ity and is to honest industry what the
hawk is to chicken brood.
4. 1t has demonstrated that an
abundant volume Of circulating money
is as essential to the prosperity of the
people as full and abundant volume
Of blood is to the health and vigor ol
the physical organism.
5. 1t has been demonstrated thai
"hard times" are owing to diminishing
volume of money.
6. It has demonstrated the fact that
. greedy, ayaricious, gold-worshiping
liberty-hating, God-forsaken, and he'll.
deserving banditti, have secured such
control over political parties, ambitious
politicians, the public press, and the
Government, and even the pulpit, as
to poison public sentiment, defeat jus,
tice, corrupt Legislatures and bring re.
ligion into disrepute.
Z. It has demonstrated the fact that
Governments are run by rings fol-
private speculation, and are more ex.
tensively engaged in plundering theil
supporters than protecting them III
their rights.
8. It has demonstrated the fact that
money-creating power rests with Con
gress alone, an 1 not with nature or in
dividuals, and that as rcr pOpuli is Goa
Del the universal dema.d OF the use
full classes for the exercise Of this SOW
ereign power must and shall be obeycd
though all the Shyloci.s i'll hell enter
their protest.
.. Last but not least it has been dem
| onstrated that the secret OF the power
of the peoples oppressors is their thor
ough organization and tie systematic
concentration of the com, incl power
against any point they wish to carry
| Chica10 Eruyess,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-02

The Presidency Of Madras, like ..aat ...:
Of Bengal and Bombay, has its uni
versity. 1t is simply an examining
board, comforting degrees, and taking
general supervision of educational
work. There are 1902 graduates, .
few Of whom arc Europeans and Eura-
SLAMS, but most are natives. There are
q second-grade and l3 first-grade col
leges affiliated with the university. OF
the second-grade colleges, 8 are under
Government control and Z are Hindoo
schools. In these 16 no religious in
struction OF any kind is given. OF the
remaining II, } are Catholic, ID
Lutheran, 3 are Wesleyan, l belongs
to tho American Board Mission, to
the Society for the Propagation Of the
Gospel, and !. to the Church Of En-
gland Missionary Society.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-02
WIZ Some Farmers Harvest Power

LoulS iii Farmer.
They hug the ''speriul farming"
heresy. They depend mainly OH one
crop, and when that fails, the years
work is practically lost.
In stock breeding they don't be-
gin with purely-bred animals, and
at the end OF, say, five years. iind
they have sunk money, time and
effort in raising Il lot OF trash for
which no adequate return can he
obtained. Or ii they 10 not engage
in stock raising lis IL feature of their
business, they hang on % i lot of
dry cows OF crippled horses which
live only to consume feed and roll
the useful ones.
They engage in farming with no
capital except the land that they
occupy. Buildings, machinery,
tools and other improvements have
10 be secnred out OF tia proceeds of
crops raised, iii addition to support
ing their families. Debt, however.
is IL remorseless tyrant, and leads
directly to mortgages, default in
interest payments, foreclosure and
financial ruin.
They have no aptitude Ior Tire
business. They are not foresight
prompt, skiliful, thoughtful, obser-
want, perseyering, Industrious.
They fail to drown the swamp
meadow which could with little
effort be made the most productive
portion OF the farm.
They 10 not have Il thorough
system about their work. They fiji!
to regard thei. business as u piece
Of cloclwork. which should be wound
up and regulated.
They 20 not read and study
enough.
They harvest their crops with
hand tools instead OF using labor
saving machinery.
They save two dollars Il month Oh
their hired mans wages and pay
two dollars per day for in extra
harvest hand in consequence.
They save the few nickles thai
would buy their local paper for i
whole yenr, and in one day lose
twenty dollars on 4 shipment sent te
market 1T the wrong time.
They buy inferior seeds bccans,
they arc Il little cheaper than others
and sell the best OF their own raisin.
/ because there is IN apparent none,
gain in the operation.
They buy more land than the,
can take good care Of
They follow in all the old rat
which were good enough" for theil
forefathers,
They jog along without any def
finite idea as to what crops ar,
mos. profitable upon each particula
field, what they cost 10 raise, an,
what the balance OF profit OF los
may be in each case.
They sneer at agricultural book
and lap,rs, and at farmers club
and Institutes.
They take everything they cal
get from the soil, and put back
nothing.
They engage in Turning withou
previous training and rely on thei
wits to pull them safely through.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-02

A CHILD with two tongues is said to
be living at Yonkers. N. Y. The SEQ
ond has grown from the root and on
top Of the first. The mother first mo-
ticed it when the child was three days
old. It was then quite small, but il 10
now nearly as large as. the real tongue:
The anterior part Of the upper tongue
looks natural, but the posterior part il
CONSTRUCTED and round, giving the un-
natural growth pear shape. The
child, now years old, has never ex-
perienced any difficulty in swallowing
its food OF in breathing, looks natural
in every other way, and has always been
healthy.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1885-07-02
Tired Lansuid Dull

Exactly expresses the condition OF
thousands OF people at this season
The Oppressive effects Of warm
weather, and the weak condition d!
the body can only be corrected bs
the use OF IL reliable tonic and blood
purifier like Hoods Sarsapariila
Why suffer longer when Il remedy il
SO close ut hand? Take Hoods Sar.
saparilla now. 1t will give YOU I'm.
told wealth in health. strength IN.
energy.