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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-12-16
The Portuguese Donkey,


Not long ago, during the yearly cruise
of the training ships, on which young
boys serve their apprenticeship as sailors
in the navy, great numbers of pets were
picked up by them in the tropics and the
different islands and countries at which
they touched. They had hundred and
ten canarics, twenty parrots, nine dogs,
four cats, four monkeys, and last, bu.
most enjoyable of all, Lisbon
donkey, very small and well-propor.
toned.
No better proof of a kind captain was
needed than this love for boys and ami
mails shown in his willingness to allow
the apprentices to bring their number
less pets on board.
While the smaller pets were the prop
crty of individuals, the donkey seemed
to belong to all. He was scarcely
larger than Danish hound, and chased
the boys when on deck, carried them on
his back, ran races with them, stood on
his hindfect and put his forefect on
their shoulders, ate from thcil hands,
and was full Of delight when
recreation hour came aud his fun be.
gan.
The donkey was kept in a little shell,
ter on the gun-deck, near the captains
cabin. 1t was the custom every evening
just after shutdown for tho captain to
assemble the boys on tho gun-dcck, and
tho 150 or moro stood in line and said
the Lords Prayer in unison.
One day, carly after the arrival of the
donkey Of board, the order for silence
on the ship was rs usual given about
sunset, when the boys assembled, and
the chaplain began the evening prayer.
The donkey, spying them from his little
house, thought that play-timc had ar.
rived, and tried TO break his bonds and
get to them. When lie found Le could
not, he began series of brayings thai
rang through the ship like the yells o.
besieging buccaneers. Not sound o.
the chaplain's words or tho united
voices of the apprentices could be heard
The boys tried to keep grave, but i,
was impossible, and the donkey had te
be removed perforce, all tho while pro
testing in succession of uncann,
sounds, which, to the grief OF the gen
erations of man be it said, have ncvel
yet been reduced to chromatic scale
When the chaplain had given time fo1
the apprentices to recov,r their gravity,
the duty was proceeded with, and I
short time after the fun forward began,
-Harper's Young People.
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them composed of steel, silver, !, gold,
hnrn ;yory mani and AVIAN ,,lasa

them composed of steol, silver, ! gold,
horn, ivory, pearl and even glass.
But it has remained for tho King Of
S am to outstrip all competitors. Hav-
ing seen the English and American ladies
at his court using thimbles, he was struck
with their benefit, and determined to
introduce them amongst his own people.
Even in Siam there were fashions, but
even in Sam there must be female
leader for such articles as these. But
the King being about to be married,
thought he would make his bride pro-
sent that would solve the difficulty.
The royal flower and in fact the impress
of everything about the court is the Lo-
tus, in pattern of which tho King Or
dcrcd his present, and the Queen Con-
sort of Sam owns, therefore, a gold
thimblc shaped like q lotus bud, and
thickly studded with diamonds, which
are so arranged as to form the lady's
name and the date of her marriage. AS
the Siamesc language is by no means de-
ficicnt in words and signs it may, there
fore, be readily understood that tho dia-
monds are plentiful, and the thimblc
unwcarably large, San Francisco Call.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-12-16
Fashion Notes.

mo feathers arc usc't ou tho ueWes"
bonncts and turbans.
Brown in light shades is the favorite
color for boucclc jackets.
The hair will probably be dressed high
for this and another season.
Some of the new pushes are marvcls
in the manner in which the pile is cut.
The most becoming furs are those
which have 4 shade of brown in them.
White velvet and white plush bon
nets are again in vogue for evening
wear.
Ostrich tips and marabouts are the
only feathers correctly worn III the eve
ming.
Hcliotropc plush trims and covers
many very handsome high turbans or
caltans.
Silk stockings in moss-grccn, hello
tropc and yellow are largely imported for
evening wear.
Fringes composed of balls of furs
strung together are used for trimming
small mantlcs.
The onc-piccc English frock is still
the favoritc model for little girls, but it
is capable of many variations.
The old fashioned black astrachan
furs, in both the curly and longer, wavy-
lecccd varieties, is worn again.
Ivory white satin duchcssc for fronts
or panels has self -colorcd brocadcd
design of large ostrich plumcs.
Pockets are applied on dresses high
up on the hips, and arc deliberately
trimmed with passemcntcric or embroi-
derry.
Plush stripes, with q winding design
upon a satin ground, arc bordered on
either side by o faille stripe on velvet
ground.
Soft finished net has phantom-like
arabcsque designs on the ground,
with silk and wool embroidered figures
of large size.
Sleeves of n different color and mate
rial from the bodice are worn. With a
polonaisc overdress the sleeves cores
pond to the materials of the skirt
Coats of harmonizing colors, but not
matching the costume, are popular.
Suede, chaudron, dark blue, brown and
green are the colors most used for this
purpose.
Striped and plaid curled plush is used
with PLAIN velvet or plush in three COM
binations. Rich and effective COM
linatons are golden brown or dark
brown ground and serpent on dark
ground.
Velvet and plush turbans are made of
single piece of the material, which is
loosely folded over the crown, rising
much higher at the front than at the
back, and serving as support for loops
of ribbon or feather aigrettcs used there
as trimming.
Gold braiding and passemcntcric are
used as bordering on the folds in the
front of skirts. Arabesques of cord and
braid are the usual designs for the passe-
mcnterie. Sometimes jet or colored
beads are introduced. On one side there
is straight edge, by which it is sewed
when it is used as edging.
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Ono Of the horses that belonged to the
fire department at Toronto, Cam, had
the popular but somewhat undignided
name of "Old Doc" While on duty one
night many years ago, "cla Doc" got
out Of his stall and in roaming around
found pile of bags. The smell of the
bags was as delightfulin the nostrls of
the fire horse as the fragrance OF roses to
little girls nose in the month of sweet
roses, June. What did cold Doc" do
but seize ono of the bags in his mouth
and bear it to his stall, for tho bag con-
tanned oats. Again he made his way to
the pile and bore another bag to his food
box. That filed the box whereupon he
took a bag of oats to each of the horses
in the stable. They had feast that
night, and when tho hostlcr came tho
next morning he found three sick horses.
The empty bags told the tale. "Old
Doc" was the sickest of the lot, because
he had eaten more oats than the others.
But they all got we'll, and "old Doc"
lived to die moro heroic death. He was
killed some time ago, with the sound OF
the wild fire bells in his ears, while run.
ming with an engine.
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A Lesson In Ge0granhY.

"Johnny, hope You are studying
we'll at SCHOOL," said Gel. Fizzletop to
his son.
20, yes, pa"
"Pd like TO ask ycu lew cues
lions just to sec how you arc coming
on"
eyes, pa"
"Wherc are the Rocky Mountains7'
''In the Western part of tho United
States, pa"
"Wherc is the Blue Ridgei"
Il don't know, pa"
"Wcll, I'll teach you" and scizing the
boy by the back of the neck the iratc pa.
rent smote his offspring several times
with rawhidc.
Snow, can you tell ne where the Blm
Ridge isl"
~ KNOW" said johnny, sobbing and
rubbing himself, ''whcre the black and
blue ridge is; that will do, pa."-Tesas
Sjtin9i.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-12-16
Farm and Gard en- Notes.

Carnations root easily from side shoots
about two inches long.
Keep the windows of the potato cellar
open at night and closed in the day time,
unless the days be cool and dry.
Fix that corn crib so that rats must
stay out, and don't you remember that
at one end the rain beat in last falla
1t takes longer to learn how to raise a
calf we'll than it does to learn how to
draw up an indictment that will hold
water.
If the corn crib is very wide build
partition of rails up through the middle
of it. This will let in air and prevent
mould.
Never give horse which is usually
fed on oats full feed of corn or corn
meal in place of the oats. Better let it
go without.
Be careful in feeding new corn. The
old, well died corn should be fed first,
SO as to give the new corn as much time
as possible for drying.
Too much prominence is given by
agricultural societies to speed. Farmers
don't want speed as much as they want
strength and endurance.
Ship your corn to market by way of
the fat hog or steer. A good, strong,
well fattened sheep can carry some corn
to market at very reasonable rate.
White fowls when dressed for the
market do not show pin feather marks
as do the black breeds. This is a point
in their favor which is worth consider
ing.
Everybody ought to have a "meal
pom" on the first floor, on the breezy
side of the house, and keep all stuffy
/ and odor-laden air out of it.
To make profit in dairying try put
ting two cows in one skin; that is, make
the feed and care bestowed on one COW
produce as much as you now get from
two.
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Dew Bnd Soil Moisture,

Prof. J. M. Sanborn, in bulletin No.
20 of the Missouri Agricultural College,
has collected and brought together evil
dence in relation to the influence of dew
on soil moisture. Onc of tho important
conclusions arrived at seems to be "that
soil lose moisture by night" These con-
illusions were arrived at by painstaking
and accurate experiments and actual and
careful weighing of the soil. One prop
osition, however, is of especial value as
demonstrating that in time of drouth
shallow (surface) cultivation is preferable
as better conserving moisture. The per-
ccntages as between shallow, deep, and
untitled soil, as taken from the bulletin,
show as follows:
Shallow-tillcd soil lost GO of total
water content, deep titled soil lost 66. s
of total water content, untitled soil lost
g. 6 of total water content.
The important practical points, how
ever, in all this is not how much water
the soil lost, either by day or night, bat
what proportion was exhaled by the
plants, for the greater the amount of
water given off by plants, tho greater
their power of converting the constituents
Of the soil to the uses of the plant. But
the moisture given off by the soil itself
through radiation would form COM
pletely economical intcgcr in soil cutiva-
ton. There is good theoretical reason
why soil titled deep should give of
more moisture than one cultivated shall
low Such soil is more open to the
effects of heat and evaporation, being in
proportion to the heat of the medium,
and the weather being favorable thereto,
would naturally be greater than upon a
shallow-tilled soil.
1t is probably not correct, as is gen
orally supposed, that Loose, porous soil
receives moisture from the atmosphere
at night to any considerable degree, OK
cept at the surface, just as the shallow
soil does. The soil does not vary in its
heat between the day and night to the
degree that the atmosphere does. Hence
the dcep-tilled soil would or should have
greater power of condensing moisture
from the soil during the day than a
night, for the reason that dur
ing the day it is coole
than the air and hence there may b.
more active condensation of atmosph eri,
moisture than by night, and whatever
this quantity may be it conscrvcs just q.
much to the soil as is received.
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Marriages in Holland.

OF the twelve months in the year
November is rcckoncd in certain villages
in Holland to be by far tho most I'M
portant. The four Sundays of this
month are known respectively as Review
Sunday, Decision Sunday, Purchase
Sunday, and Possession Sunday, names
which sufficiently explain the purposes
to which each is put by the young men
after the morning service walk up and
down stcrins at one another to their
hearts content. Having made up their
minds whom to select on the following
Sunday, the youths with the pulitiest
bows Imaginable salute the fair ones,
and judge from the way in which their
courtesy is responded to whether success
or defeat is to be their lot. The third
Sunday is devoted to the less romantic
task OF obtaining the consent OF the
parents, and arranging in business,ikc
fashion the details of the marriage settle
mcnt. The stern hearts of those in au-
thority having been satisfactorily sub
dued all the following week the parson
is busy at marrying, but not until
Possession Sunday comes round are the
happy bctrothcd permitted more than
an affectionatc gaze, or at most tender
squeeze of the hand. -PaH Nall Gazette
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-12-16
Raleigh as q Hanyman.

He (Sir Walter was not gentle, how.
ever, but en- occasions stern as the times
required. At Rakcle he captured large
body of Irish. One of them carried a
great bundle of wi:hc$, and Raleigh
asked him what they were for. ''To
have hung up the English cburls WITH"
was the bold reply. "Well," said
Raleigh, "but now they shall serve as
Irish KERN" and commanded him ''to be
Immediately tucked up in one of his
own neck-hands." The rest were served
in similar way, and then the young
Englishman rode on after the army
Life Of RaLeiqh.
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Something Missing,

"what is the matter with my little
wifer
Her dainty head falls on his shoulder,
and between the sobs that shake her
slight franc she says:
"Wi-Will, fc-feel so b.a.ad.
wanted toto make iome bi-bi-biscuit
this noon, a-a-and got the wa-wa-watcr
and s-a-a-l.t and ye-ye-ycast, but there's
something mimi missing, aud I can't
think wha-what 1t is"
Mr.. Youngman smiled quietly, and
lasping his young wife to his watch
pocket, he placed his lips to her ear and
whispered, "Flour."-s. Paul Glo6d.
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LADIES' DEPARTMENT..
A prinoess' painty Appetite.

Apropos of tho Princess of Wales ap.
petite, says London letter. few persons
have any idea how poor an cater her
Royal llighncss is; only the most deli
cate dishes tickle her palate, and even
of these she takes scarcely enough to
feed canary. Sanguinary meat is her
special adherence, She is also very par
ticular what she drinks, very small
quantity satisfying her. Il may interest
ladies to know that her Royal lIighncss
is devout lover of a cup of tea, but it
must be carefully made, "drawn' to a
second, creamed to nicely, and sweet
cncd with one modcratc-s;zod lump of
sparkling white sugar. If it is not all
this, the Princess will not drink it.
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without Adequate Cause.

Or with apparently no cause Ut all, chills and
fever, thought to be Gu, ed, germinates and re-
fructifies in the system. This giant among dis,
eases cannot be laid out with quininc. Tho
only way to give it a final and eStinguishina
quletus, is TO use perslstently the national an.
tidote to masma poison, Eostetter's Stomach
Btters, which roots 1t out completely. Tho
process OF cure is, of course, nilch easier II tho
Bittors IS used as q preventive, when the first
with thu nature of TIE symptoms are some
times in Or or as to thor cause, and neglect
the simple and pleasa remedy, OF all others
best suit TO check the progress of This dread
Journcrs in, m lar!ous 10 ,alitics will. more-
over. act the part I wisdom IL they u,s tho
Bitters, as a reparattve. Rheumatism, con-
stipafion, biliousi ss indigestion and kidney
troubles arc removed By tho Bitters.
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A Bravo Montana woman.

Our Montana women have achieved
quite a reputation as rustlcrs, and for
general bravery they arc weighed
and found not wanting. Here is case
in point Last week Mr. and Mrs.
Evans went out to their stock ranch,
near the mouth of Belt creek, to look
after their cattle. They were on horse
back, and after gathering the animals
together and counting them found that
dozen or so were missing. Mr. Evans
then started across Belt creek, where he
had seen q number Of head the day be-
fore, instructing Mrs. Evans to so back
about a mile and take trail up to the
ranch, on the lookout for any missing
CATTLE deciding on place where they
would meet. She had not proceeded
far, however, until she saw in little
basin before her three of their calves and
two enormous gray wolves with them,
the latter engaged in the pleasant pas
time Of eating the calves alive. Ga the i'm
pulse of the moment, never thinking OF
danger, Mrs. Evans dashed up the pony,
and was soon in the midst of the wolves
and their pray. Then she industriously
laid about her with her riding whip,
driving the wolves back, although they
were snarling mad and exceedingly
savage about leaving. The wolves made
dash at her, whereupon the pony SHE'D
and nearly unscatcd the fair equestrian,
but she quickly recovered her balance
and dashed back at the brutes with such
energy and determination that they fed
from the field and left the brave woman
in absolute possession. Two of the
calves died from their injuries that
night, and the Others were literally torn
to pieces. When it is considered that
hunters and cowboys we'll armed some
times hesitate to attact the fcrocious
gray wolf on the prairie it is all the moro
astonishing to think that one woman,
alone and unarmed. would dare to at
tack and do up two such monsters in
such brilliant style as Mrs. Evans
killed her brace Of gray customers.
PHILADELPHIA Record
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CHILDREN'S COLUMN.
Cricket SONGS.

.- cricket SONGS
What's tho song the crickets sing
Summer, autumn, winter, springi
When l take my little broom
And go busting through the room;
"Sweepl sweep! sweepl sweep"
When I 60 to led at night,
Then l hear them out of sight,
"Sleepl sleep! sleepl sleep"
When. I waken, every day,
II it's sunny, then they say:
'Peepl peep! peep! peep" g..
But they feel as bad as I
When it rains, for then they cry:
Weep! weep! weep! weepw
Ernest Whitneu in s., Nichold
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Said Them Twice.

Tho children are always up to
little expedients to help them out of q
tight place. Little 6-ycar-old, one of
these chilly nights, tumbled into his
nightgown and into bed, without paying
that strict attention to his evening devo-
tons which his mother had taught him.
"Why, my dear, you didn't say your
prayers, did your
"You're right. didn't. l said 'cm
twice last night, so wouldn't have to-"
Hartford Post.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-12-16
A Sure Sign.

Jones-Well, Toms honeymoon seems
to have ended.
Grimes--Oh, don't know. He seems
very devoted.
Jones-That may be true, but I saw
him purchasing cook book not moro
than an hour ago.--Pinsbarg Dispatch.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-12-16

with poor appetite, and perhaps sllgat courh
IN morning, or on first lying down at nigRt.
should si9S be looked to in time. Persons allie. cd
bcious of their real state. Most cases com.
mence with d sordered liver, leading to bad
digestion and imperfect assimilation OF food
hence the emaciation or wasting OF the flesh.
PIE by the use Of that greatest Of ali blood.
cleansing, anti-bilious ana invigorating com.
cal Discovery" 'A'0''
The perfumery mandatory Mt Nice and
Cannes annually crush aud squeeze no less
pounds of orange blossoms
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-12-16
How to Save Msnoy,

ana We might also ssy-time and pain a, well.
IN our ADVICE 10 good housokeepcrs and ladies
way Ways TO have perfectly safe remedy conven-
1ens TOT tho relief and prompt cure Of the ali.
Iaens peculiar to womaa-functios al irreQu-
attendant upon uterine Observation-Disclosures ms
70 n roco nmend strongly and unqunlfe dly DR..
terces Favorlte Prescription -womnu's
best friend. Ii will sara nnnnr N
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-12-16

1faf1lcted with sore eyes use DR. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eye. water, Druggists sell at 25cper bottle
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-12-16
Household Hints.

To brighten carpets, sprinkle with
salt before sweeping.
To polish stove, rub with news
paper instead of a brush.
If the oven is too hot when baking,
place small dish of cold water in
it.
When sponge cake becomes dry it
is nice to cut in thin slices and
toast.
A little petroleum added to the water
with which waxed or polished floors
are washed improves their looks.
In using cloves for pickles or pre-
serves the blossom end should be re-
moved, as this darkens the liquid with
which it is cooked.
Pretty little pincushions for the
pocket arc made of velvet in the form Of
pansies. The lines of the flower are
worked with etching silk.
A little bag of mustard laid on the
top of the pickle jar will prevent the
vinegar from becoming mouldy if the
pickles have been put up in vinegar that
has not been boiled.
Recipes.
CAULIFLowER.- Boil it very tender
in water, slightly salted; then drain well,
and have ready either drawn butter
sauce to pour over it, or a white sauce
made of milk, thickened with little
flour and seasoned with butter, pepper,
and salt.
CREAM SLAw. One gallon cabbage
cut flee, pint vinegar, pint sour cream,
half cup sugar, teaspoon flour, two eggs
and piece of butter the size of a wal
nut; put vinegar, sugar and butter in a
saucepan and let boil; stir eggs, cream
and flour, previously well mixed, into
the vinegar, boil thoroughly and throw
over the cabbage previously sprinkled
with one tablespoon salt, one of black
pepper and one of mustard.
| CRANBERRY JELLY-To each quart of
cranberries put gill only of water, cover
close and stew for ten minutes over the
fire. Then add pint of sugar, stir well,
and stew twelve minutes more, uncover
ed, stirring often. Rub them through a
colander, and pour them into molds.
The next day they will turn out as jelly.
AT large dinner four small molds arc
pretticr than one large one, but this is a
matter Of taste.
APPLE CAKE.-Stew dried apples in
water until tender; then cut them tho
size of raisins; measure two teacupfus;
put with them one teacup molasses and
stew until heated through. Set off to
cool. Add four beaten eggs, two cups
| light brown sugar, one cup butter, one
cup buttcrmilk, one cup raisins, one
teaspoon soda, four cups -four, one
teaspoon cinnamon, one-half teaspoon
cloves, and onc-half teaspoon nutmeg.
Flour the raisins and use citron if de-
sired. Bake slowly, and use the old.
fashioned dried apples if possible.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-12-16

% C. buys a pair OF Lyons Patent Heel
stiffcncrs, which make u boot or shoe last
twice as long.
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A Guilty Sacrifice
should never be made. bat ambition and en-
terprise desc va reward. Wherever you are
located you should write to HalIett & c., Port
la d, Name, and learn about work that you
can do and live at home. earning thereby from
S. to $25 and upwards daily. Some have
earned over SO in a day. All particulars free.
Both sexes. All ages Capital not needed
You are started free All is now. Those who
start at once cannot help making snug i.ttlo
fortunes
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Original, prompt, clean, sure and effective
Tor pain and soreness. Hop Porous Plaster.
The best Is the cheapest. Hop TldStcrs
OF pain,