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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06

At this iuncture the native guides ar
rived, having followed in our footsteps,
anxious to see the result of our self-guid-
ance. Wishing to transfer my response
biity to other shoulders offered them a
present of cloth if they would lead us
through the tracklcss forests to the pre-
cincts of Rombo; whence I knew we
could find our way unaided to Taveita.
They consented and once more we entered
the ,dusky woods, following zigzag
course by means of the rough paths
which elephants had just made. Often
the long -stemmed flowers, and crushed
stained grass would be slowly rising erect
again from the prostratc position into
which they had been tramplcd by the
feet of the clumsy proboscidians, these
lords of the forest who had just preceded
us. Indeed, from time to time they
would make their presence known by
sonorous trumpeting, but as they were
quite aware OF our proximity they took
good care to conceal their huge bodies.
The underground was so dense that you
might have touched an elephant in your
groupings before you saw him; but above
this dense tangle Of six or seven feet in
height rose the straight smooth trunks OF
superb trees; indeed, the timber l saw
here was exceptionally fine. The gloom
of the forest was intensified by the enor-
nous masses of orchilla-wecd which grew
thickly on the upper branches of the
trees, in such manner as to suggest q
gray, green cloth being thrown over the
foliage. The density of the woodland
growth was almost appalling; we felt like
insects creeping and twining through the
intcrsticcs Of the mighty trunks. As we
preferred to 60 whittier the elephants had
forced a way, our course was naturally
an cratic one, and several times the mcr
lay down in despair to pant and rest.
H. IL Johnston.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
NMirc Docs the MiIking.v

"a little story" brings to min3 with
renewed force the old prover5, ''truth is
stranger than fiction" We were talking
of what disposition to make of kicking
COW, when our hired man said:
II guess lean find customer for her.
There's an Irishman up in R who
bought a COW Of one of our neighbors.
He told the Irishman that he must tell
him one thing about the COW before he
eIosed the bargain-that the COW would
sometimes kick"
''Tne tender "God-ordained protec-
tor" of our sex replied:
THAT makes NJ difference; my wife
does the milking"
have often heard such things told,
and have sometimes thought they must
have been made up "to point moral OF
adorn a tale.n Bu. this is a fact; for
questioned the man about it, and he said
he knew it was true,-W WvmaR's Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06

She was the daughter of Senator and
her sweetheart had been to see her every
night for some time. Her father became
somewhat alarmed, and this morning he
called her into his study.
"Well, papa" she said swcetly, "you
sent for me. What is it2"
"NIy dear daughter" he replied, 81
believe Mr.. Blank has been to see yop
every night for some time pastl"
eyes, papa"
"And he was here last night3"
eyes, papa"
"Wcll, daughter, l want to know
what occurred between you during your
protracted interview in the parlor. l ask
it, my child, because l have especial rea-
sons for wishing to know"
"Dear papa" replied the girl with
tears in her eyes, 81 do not doubt your
right to ask what occurred there; but,
papa, it was an executive session; and,
papa, you would not have me divulge the
secrets of such meeting, would your
The old man never said word in .e.
ply Washington Critic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
An Ancient Chapter House Unearthed.

A missing chapter-house, which was
buried during the great fire at Dublin in
the 18th century, has been discovered by
some workmen who were excavating un-
dcrneath Christ chu. ch cathedral. In the
chapter-house were beautifully carved
cffigies, coins, tiles, and marvellous speci-
mems of architecture. The discovery
was not devulgcd to the public until re-
Gently, and it has created quite sensa-
ton. The lord mayor, the clergy and
prominent officials and citizens have in
spected the excavated articles.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
PRICE THREE CENTS.
A stump Speaker sup a Stump"

Stories of General George A. Sheridan,
the stump speaker and lecturer, who is
generally paradcd as "of louisiana" arc
often to be heard in the places where
public men gather He is said to have
oncc declared the axiom that the ono
thing which q stump orator does not
need to burden himself with is facts. 1t
is the Generals idea that facile speaker
can create all the facts he wants as he
goes along in his speech. In illustration
of his meaning he told story OF an oc-
currence when he was out on tour with
General Garfield. He had made an as
sertion with reference to the tariff which
seemed TO him to need some bolsterins
and he said that his statement had been
based on decision Of the highest court
of the State of New York. He was
about to pass on, when a young man in
the audience interrupted him and beg
gcd permission to ask where this decision
could be found. The General was cup
stump" and as fight for time in the
hope that Garfield might help him out,
he asked the inquirer, "Aro you law
ycr'" The stranger replied in the at-
Grmative. ~ thought So" said Sheri-
dan. "You look like a smart and intel
ligent one at that. You have doubtless
read this decision yourself many times"
BY this time it became apparent to sheri-
dan that Garfield was enjoying his dis
comfture and that he must get out of his
scrape the best he could. 1t flashed
across his mind that there was a report in
New York known as Denio's, and he
said: "Thc report is in 5th DEMO, page
so and So" The young lawyer wavcrcd
a minute and then alt down, saying
mcekly, "Ah, yes, l do remember now
having read it myself" Sheridan says
that he had curiosity afterward to look
up the particular page to which he re-
fcrred the inquisitivc young fellow, and
found that it was the middle of q report
Of case involving questions of idiocy.-
Ne'0 York Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
Eilial EilrlitY in ihe Bee,

A writer in the american Bee Journal
relates the following incident in the in
PRODUCTION of queens, which shows the
filial instincts iu this wonderful little in
sect: Last fall, while putting my colo
nies in order for wintering, they were
carried, one by one, few yards from the
summer stands, and the frames removed,
boxes cleaned, etc. the bees adhcring to
one hive were poured on the ground with
the scrapings from the hive, and the
queen with them. Shortly after the col
ony had been replaced upon its stand
robbing began, thus indicating some
thing wrong with the queen. Her hive
was closed until sundown and visited
early the next morning. light frost
having fallen-whcn it occurred to me
tn t the queen might be found
where the bees had been poured out the
morning before-about twenty-four hours
previous; and there to my amazement,
was ccne-shaped cluster of bees as large
as tca-cup, and in the center oft
was the queen, cold and stiff. Upon
taking her to fire, in a frw minutes she
was restored to activity; and, on lifting
the cushion over the bees and presenting
her, the first thing even before she left
the fingers, bee gave her to eat; and
thereupon, almost instantly, joyful
hum passed through the hive; and,
quicker than it can be told, dead bees
were carried out, and defensive warfare
against robbers began.
The fidelity exhibited in protecting
their mother on that frosty night, and
the joy manifested on her safe return
home, are worthy of our imitation.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
Forward.

Push on, brave heart, nor yet despair,
Though dark and dreary seem the way,
Thy sun will shine from skies as fair ''
As ever graced the coming day.
And ever keep before thine eyes
The heroes Of the mighty past;
Think how they struggled for the prize,
And thou shalt surely win at last.
Push on, as some brave swimmers do,
Over storm-capped waves of life,
Strike out against the undertow,
And como Off victor in the strife.
Push on, and win lasting name
The nations Of the earth among,
Nor stoop to use as steps to fame
Thy fellow-mcn who round you throng.
Push on, and when thou gain'st the day,
Remember these brave words Of mine;
Bear up beneath each darkencd ray,
Thy sun is waiting but to shine
With tenfold glory from above.
That hour is darkest next the dawn,
Success is certain. Do not fear
But let the watchward be-Push on.
Jack Gardner IN Detroit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
She Thought il was Later.

There was no clock in the hotel parlor.
The young man had no watch. Neither
had the young woman on whom he was
making visitation. They had been
talking about bores.
81 meet good many" he sid.
81 DON'T" she responded. THAT is, |
don't before 10 o'clock in the evening" "
"Ah," he said, significantly, lit is
about o'clock now,"
"Oh," she said, forgetfully, ''is it so
earlyl thought it was half-past 10 at
least"
Then he got up and went away
Washington Critic
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
BOycOiLing the BabY.

She was putting the child to sleep the
other night when her husband exclaimed
''You are the meanest woman know
of.
"Why, what do you meant" she re-
piled in astonishment.
81 mean," he answered with mean.
ing glance, "that you have just boy.
cotted the baby.-Bostoa Budget.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
A Sure Cure.

care you the proprietor of DR.. Collins
Celebrated Consumption Curel"
"Yes, sir-the present one"
"Then your name, l presume, is DIR.
Coffin7"
"No! l succeeded him. DR.. Coffin is
dead. He died last Fall, of an incurable
malady"
"Ahl l hadn't heard Of it. May I
ask what he died off;
Haven't heard1 He died of con-
sumption, Puck.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
What they did for a Cod,

Fannie-Do you know what do when
have a cold' get mamma to boil vim
egar and molasses together. 1t ''cuts"
the cold and like it.
Freddie-Mother puts snuff plaster
on my breast and then puts me to bed.
Bessie, what do you do when you have a
coldl
Little Bess-I cough. = Cali.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
Experienced.

"Arc you pretty well acquainted with
your mother tongue, my boyl' asked the
school-teacher of the new scholar.
Eyes, sir" answered the lad, timidly.
"Ala jaws me good. deal, sir. Bar
lnoton Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
Tho Wind Baby.

In summer tho little wind baby
Is pleasant as ever you please,
And then Is the time that we call him
A zephyr, and sometimes breeze.
In autumn he gifts a bit rougher,
And blows the leaves hither and yon;
In winter he piles up the snow-drifts,
And thinks it most capital fun
But March comes, and then the wind baby
Has nothing-no leaves and no snow,
D'you hear him scream down through the
chimney,
Come out! Oh, you daren't, know"
Youths Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-05-06
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER.
Issued Every Thursday Evening from
SITTER Gmee.
So. Londonderry, VT.
TERMS.

To subscribers in Windhom County and
elsewhere where bundles ao sent, only OSR
DOLLAR u year. Outside of Windham County.
in single wrappers, ONE DOLLAR AND Ten
GENTS.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-25
English Decorative Needle Work.

In all tunes decorative needle work
seems to have been highly esteemed az an
employment for women of the upper
classes. In very early days knighuy fam
lilies sent their daughters to the castle of
their suzerain lords to learn to weave, spin
and embroider; and we find records that
teachers of embroidery took very high
salaries. During the times of the Wars Of
the Roses ladies of high degree. reduced
through the fortunes of war, earned their
living by executing and teaching embroid-
cry. Men, however, seem to have been as
skillful with the needle as women in
medieval times. and there are records of
embroideries executed by monks as well
as by nuns, while we know that the won
derfnl embroideries preserved in San Clio
yanni, in Florence, were the work Of
man. At the court of Isabel la Catolica
regular trials of needle work were held,
and Catherine of Aragon brought with her
from her mothers court all the skill in
needle work for which she was famous
there; and in the long years of her trouble
and desertion she taught embroidery and
lace-mal1ing, both to women and the poor
around her. The Spanish stitch, intro
dueed by her into needle work, seems to
have been that kind of laid F" work for
which Spain has always been famous, fire.
quenuy done IN black SILK upon white
ground, with gold introduced. It is very
possible that she also taught the stuffed
gold work known as basket stitch, which
also seems to have been largely practised
in Spain, and is. in fact, still executed in
that country. Fresh varieties were intro
duced again by the unfortunate Mary
Queen of Scots, learned in France and
practiced in the time of her imprisonment.
Probably by her was begun that curious
and elaborate work consisting wholly or
chiefly of point-lace stitches. Some of the
embroideries of this period are ex-
tremely beautiful, and are treasures of
stitches for the instruction of modern work
eIs. No trouble was spared in perfecting
the most minute details. In some cases
we find pea-pods in which, while the
closed pod itself is worked in the finest
point-lace stitch, the peas which it con-
tains, although never destined to be seen,
are quite as carefully and deliberately
worked. About the same time, or a little
later, and lasting on with it through the
Stuarts to Queen Anne's time, came in the
heavily embroidered bed furniture, worked
with worsted upon twilled cotton, in which
the filings were so often also point-Iace
stitches.-Aagasiae Of Art for January
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-25
a Fish storv--Big but True.

Where do they 1.-THE fur sealsl go to-?
Certainly not northwards, for it is well
known that not single seal is to be found
north of the Pribylovs, and the floating ice
of winter prevents any congregation of
amphibious life There is then the south
wards, the enormous eXpanse OF sea south
of the Aleutian Chain, 5000 miles of water
between Japan and Oregon, swarming with
the natural food of the seal-fsh. They
can have no resting place, or it would be
known. They must therefore spend all
their time ahoat, seeing that they sleep at
sea lust as comfortably as, or perhaps more
so, than on land They lie on their backs,
fold the fore hipperS across the breast, turn
the hind ones Up and over, so that the tips
rest on their necks and chins, thus expos
ing only the nose and the heels of the hind
fiippers above water, nothing else being
seen. Here is no poetical fancy, but
prosaic fact, rocked in the cradle Of the
deep"
One cannot but think of the enormous
quantity of fish they must get through.
The common seal, such as we see in our
aquaria, has evidently a most voracious
appetite, and never seems able to get as
much as he can do with. Consider
then the weight that must be consumed in
the year by the fur seal, several times its
ural conditions in its natural element, in
stead of being. cooped up within the four
walls of q tank.
As a matter Of fact, the hosts of the fur
seal produce "a notable scarcity of fish
around the PribyloYs. 1t is perfectly hope
less to throw line over the gunwale Of a
boat, You must so out at least seven or
eight miles, and then you can get nothing
but very large halibut. Practically, the sea
for hundred miles round is cleared of
fish. 1t is computed that forty pounds per
day is rather starvation allowance for an
adult male, twelve pounds to female and
not much, if any, less for the ast-growing
pups. Allow an average of ten pounds per
individual per day. and calculate what four
or five millions would consume every year
only seven million tons or so. Why, all
the fishing of the world is but drop in the
bucket compared with this. We must re-
member, too, that the seal is only one of
the creatures which prey on fish. can
well believe what is asserted by many we'll
informed people, that the supply of sea-fsh
is inexhaustible by any means known to
man.-AH the Year Round.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-25
4 New Sleeping Beauty.

A singular case of lethargy is reported
from the French village of Thenelle in the
Department of Aisne, of which a pictur-
esque account is given in the Independence
Belize. Close to the village drinking foun-
tain there is little red cottage in which
since June l, 1888, Marguerite Boyenval
has lain in deep lethargic sleep. The
cottage consists of two rooms; in one the
family live, in the other which is cold and
damp, the sleeping girl is lying. A feeble
light falls through the curtains of the only
window looking upon a little garden. Like
the pictures of pale saints in a Greek
church, the figure of the young girl is set
off against the white bedclothes. Her eyes
are closed Does she dream? Does She
think? Her beautiful face is quite calm.
Sometimes her mother opens the heavy
eyes, at which the girl seems to become
troubled in her sleep and her cheeks be-
come slightly tinged with color. Mar
guerite is dressed In an Italian costume.
Her hands are cold as those of corpse.
Sheis very thin her breathing is scarcely
perceptible. and she is fed on nothing but
peptone During the three years that she
has been in this state of lethargy she has
never been troubled by any indisposition,
and she does not seem to have grown day
older. A committee of special physicians
is Just about to make careful investigation
of the case.-PdU Man Gazette.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-25
a ssrmon to EmnIoyes.

The following is a verbatim copy of a
notice which the Chicago, Burlington IL
Quincy Company has printed framed and
sent to various shops and Offices, where
they are posted for the benefit of employees.
The sentiment conveyed is given as that
which actuates the officials of the company
in their treatment of their employees: The
servant, man or woman, who begins a ne
COLLATION. for service by inouiring what
privileges are attached to the offered situa-
ton, and whose energy is put chiefly in
stipulatioDs, reservations, and conditions to
lessen the burden of the place. will not
be found worth the hiring. The clerk whose
last place was too hard for him has q
poor introduction to new sphere of duty.
There is only one spirit that ever achieves
a great success. The man who seeks only
how to make himself useful, whose aim is
to render himself indispensable to his en-
ployer, whose whole being is animated
with the purpose to fill the largest possible
place in the walk assigned to him, has III
the exhibition of that spirit the guarantee
of success. He commands the situation
and shall walk in the light of prosperity
all his days. On the other hand, the man
who accepts the wholesome advice of the
demagogue and seeks only how little he
may do, and how easy he may render his
place and not lose his employment alto
gether, is unfit for service; and as soon as
there is a supernumersry on the list he be-
comes diseagaged, as least valuable 70 his
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-25

THE CHANGING CIRcULATIoE.@Starti
with the idea that the hand varies consid-
erably in size with the quantity of blood
in it at any moment, Professor Mosso, the
Italian psychologist, has made some most
interesting investigations. In his first ex-
periments the hand was placed in closed
vessel of water, when the change in the
circulation produced by the slightest ac-
ton of body or brain, the smallest thought
or movement, was shown by a rise or fall
in the liquid in the narrow neck of the
vessel. With large balance on which the
horizontal human body may be poised, he
has found that ones thought may be
literally weighed, and that even dreams,
or the effect of a slight sound during
sIumber, turn the blood to the brain
sufficiently TO cause the balance to fall at
the head. When the brain of the person
balanced is being relaxed from thought,
the flow is toward the feet, with CORE
spending oscillation. The investigator has
continued his studies of the circulation
until it seems that he may almost read
ones thoughts and sensations. A single
pulse-beat shows him whether person is
fasting or not; two beats serve to deter
mine whether the subject is a thinking or
a needless one, whether asleep or awake,
cold or warm, agitated or calm. The chang
ing pulse even told him when professional
friend was reading Italian and when Greek,
the greater effort for the latter having due
effect on the blood flow.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-25

years ago, he was astonished to end among
these natives, of whom theworid had never
heard, walrus spears on which the handles
we're made of wood, although no timber
grew there, and the points of hoop-iron.
He ascertaincd that the sea-currents had
brought these useful commodities to the
poor Esquimaux in the shape of wreckage
and iron-bound boxes.
1t has recently been shown that in parts
of Chile where European trees and plants
have been introduced, the native fora is
actually disappearing, and the imported
vegetation is tlourishing in its place. Ex-
porters are often surprised to see the ia
miliar plants and fruits of other regions
growing as exotics where they did not
dream of finding them. Kerr discovered
the tomato in the far interior of Africa, and
Schweinfurth was much astonished to find
tobacco IN the heart of the continent, where
it was raised and enjoyed by natives who
had never heard of its American home,
though the name by which the weed was
known among some tribes was doubtless
derived from our name for it.-N. I. Sun