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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01

Mr.. Lang, for thirty years. jailer OF
Simcoe county, Ontario, in long letter
detailing his experience. states that nine-
tentbs If the inmates of the Jail found their
way there through the u OF intoxicants,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01

It Is said that the biggest Quill toothpick
factory in the word is near Paris. 1t was
or inaly quill pen factory, but when these
went out OF general use was. turned to the
toothnick business making q. 900. 600 per vear
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01

An engine and four cars of a Harlem river
freight train going east ran off an open
switch at the west end of the railroad bridge
in Bridgeport, CT, blockading the east
bound track several hours. No one was in
jured
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01

An English traveller In America suggests
"refactory" as a substitute or the word din
ing-car" contending that the term proposed
is more accurate.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01

The taste for strong drink is a mild, inocu.
GUS feeble inclination compared with the
raging mania for taking medicine when
once it gains q hold u on a man.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01

Use the great specific for cold in the head"
and catarrh--Dr. Sare's Catarrh Remedy.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
Interested People.

Buttermilk is increasing in popularity as
summer drink
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01
ElY'S
CREAM BALM

/ suffered from
catdrrh 10 gears.
The droppings into
the throat ,cere 'ldu
seating. My nose
bled almost daily.
Since first days use
ofEly's Cream Balm
haze had no bleed
ing, soreness is en-
tirely gone. d. q.
Ddpidso ,cith
Boston Budget.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-11-01

allowance in regard to those who were
plunged into mental ;Icoherence declare
that that man who, in the use of his reason,
by his own act, snaps the bond between his
body and his SOUL goes straight into perdi-
ton. Shall prove itl Revelation xxi, 8:
"Murderers shall ave their part in the lake
which burneth with fire and birthstone"
Revelation xxi, Is: ''Without are
dogs, and sorcerers, and whore.
mongers, and murderers" You do not
believe the New Testament! Then, perhaps,
you believe the Ten Commandments Thou
shalt not kill Do you say all these passages
refer to the taking of the life of otherss Then
l ask you If you are not as responsible for
your own life as for the life of othersl God
gave you special trust in your life. He
made you the custodian of your life as He
made you the custodian OF no other life.
He gave you as weapons with which
to defend it two arms to strike
back assailants, two eyes to watch
for invasion, and q natural love OF life which
ought ever to be on the alert. Assassination
of others is a mild crime compared with the
assassination of yourself, because in the lat
ter case it is treachery to an especial trust, it
is the surrender OF castle you were espe-
cially appointed TO keep, it is treason to q
natural law, and it is treason to God added
to ordinary murder
To show how God in the Bible looked upon
this crime, point you to the rogue's picture
-
pictures OF the people who have committed
this unatural crime. Here is the headless
trunk of Saul on the walls of Bathshan
Here is the man who chased little David
ten feet in stature chasing four. Here Is thu
man who consulted clairvoyant, witch o
Endor. Here is man who. whipped in battle
instead of surrendering his sword with dig
nifty, as many man has done, asks his ser
want to Stay him, and when the servant de
clines, then the giant plants the hilt of TIN
sword in the earth, the sharp point sticking
upward, and he throws his body on it am
expires, the coward, the suicide Here
Ahitophel. the Machlavelli of oiden times, be
traying his best friend David IN order that h
may become prime minister of Absalom, an,
Joining that fellow in his attempt at paricide
Not getting what he wanted by change o
politics, he takes short cut out of dis
graced life into the s1icide's eternity. Their
he is, the migrated Here is Abimeiech prac
tical,y suicide. He is with an army, BON
harding tower, when a woman in the towe
takes a birthstone from its place and drop
it upon his head, and with what life b
has left in his cracked skull he command
his armor-bearer: Draw thv sword an
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
Long Live the Veterans.

As long as the Grand Army of the
Republic remains to voice the convic-
tions of the old soldiers Of the war of
the rebellion, there will be no doctrine
ofrevolution or disunion, or of exalta-
ton of treason, or OF submission to the
notification Of the fruits of that war,
against which it will not protest, and.
il needs be- its protest will be backed
by the whole force of organized re-
sistance. The Union and the well
fare and prosperity of the entire coun-
try is the inspiration of the Grand
Army OF the Republic Divorced from
politics. it is yet a power in the higher
and purer politics whose influence is
felt rather than perceived in the POI
litical arena. Long may the Grand
Army continue potent factor in pro-
noting the patriotic impulses OF the
country. Syracuse IN + Jo,1rnaz.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
THE INEVITABLE RESULT.
Why Tariff-Tinkering Is Bound to Injure
the Working Classes.


With the tariff on steel rails at the
present figure foreign manufacturers
are able to enter the American market
and lay down their products, after
adding ocean transportation and GUS
toms charges, at a price which leaves
only narrow margin of profit to the
home manufacturer who meets it. In
other words, the rail-makers of Amer
lea, with all the advantages Of inn
proved processes and plants, an mex
haustible supply of iron ores almost
at their mill doors, and market close
at hand, find it no easy matter, even
with the aid of a duty OF seventeen
dollars per ton, to compete with mills
whose product must be freighted
distance Of three thousand miles, and
then pay an import tax Take away
any part of this import tax, and you
leave the American manufacturer but
one alternative either to close down
his works and leave his costly plant to
rust in idleness and his workmen and
their families to starve, or else reduce
the cost of production by reducing
wages That is what it comes to at
last. The American working-man must
stand the brunt Of the Democratic
policy Of wholesale cutting down Of
customs taxation. - Chicago Mail.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
Pennsylvania Industry.

siXsEE
The busiest persons in this city at
present are those of calling which
probably is unknown in any other
place in this country. That calling Is
the professional cutting Of cabbage for
sauerkraut making. The cutter travels
about the city from house to house from
the latter part Of October to the mid
die of November, by which time the
mountaineering season is over.
The father of the business is M ichael
Bruckman, who has cut cabbage for
Readings best families for many years.
There are few families in this city from
the highest to the lowest, that fail to
put down supply Of sauerkraut every
fall. Brakeman alone cuts up 200
heads of cabbage day during the put
ting down season. His cabbage-cutter
he imported from Germany, and he
says there is not another like it in this
country.
It is the well-to-do families and sa-
loon-keepers who hire their cabbage
cut, although the charge is only one
cent head. The saloonkeepers are
the best customers Of the cabbage-cut-
tiers, for they order hundreds of heads
cut at a time. Sauerkraut for lunch is
one of the delicacies Of Reading all the
year round.
During the last half Of October and
the first half Of November, Cutter
Brakeman estimates, there are notices.
than 1000 heads of cabbage cut every
day for sauerkraut in Reading, or Co.,
900 heads for the season. Those who
do not hire their kraut crop cut have
cutters of their own, or wait their turn
to borrow Of a neighbor who has. No
Reading household is exactly complete
without a cabbage-cutter. The person
who cuts cabbage for kraut professions
ally has nothing to do with the making
of the kraut. That is done by the fam
lily, and the family in Berks County
that does not know all the, mysteries of
Notwithstanding had better keep its
ignorance to itself. No family puts
down less than ten heads of cabbage in
pickle to ..ripen" into kraut, while the
cutter frequently has job Of a hum
dred heads or more to cut at single
farm. Reading Letter. a
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
WIN 1883 he Z Year 81 war,

The present year is the fifth year Of
modern times in which the aggregate
of the figures is twenty-five. and there
will be but five more years in which such
combination is possible prior to the
year 2599. Probably but few have ever
heard Of the old prophecy, which runs
as follows:
In every future year Of our Lord,
w hen the sum OF the figures is twenty-five,
Some Warlike kingdom will draw the
sword,
Blu peaceful nations IN peace shall thrive.
Students Of modern history will
readily recall how faithfully this proph-
.ecy has been fulfilled in the four pre-
vious years to which it applied.
In 1899 Russia, Denmark, and Po-
landformed the coalition against Sweden
which inaug,nated the great war that
ended in the disastrous defeat Of
Charles XII. at Pultowa.
The year 1889 will ever be mem
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
DRIFT OF OPINION.

B6The Republican party is party
of intelligence. It does not regard
any man necessary to its existence.
NJ Y Press.
The Confederate soldiers would
not accept pensions, God be blessed!''
says Senator Vest. But they have
never had an opportunity, God be
blessed. Kansas CITY Journal.
BsEMr Bayard thinks that the
American fishermen have gained much
by the new fishery treaty. They have,
to be sure. They have gained great
contempt for Mr. Bayard. San Fran
cisco Post.
B6 Brer. Morrison went in for hori-
zontal reduction of the tariff and failed.
Statesman, Mills goes in for zig-zag
reform. The tariff is not as full Of in
consistencies as the free traders. 1T
la'sta Constitution Dem.
D6T AT meeting to organize uni-
formed Democratic club in Southern
Illinois the other evening motion
was made by On enthusiastic admirer
of Pension Commissioner Black that
the name of the organization should
be the Black Guards, but the PROPOSE
ton was voted down by an overwhelm-
ing, majority Chicago Inter Ocean.
96-The trouble with the Democrats
who think they detect discrepancy in
speeches delivered by Senator Sher-
man at different times is their failure
to understand that a man whose views
are worth having can not tell all he
knows in single evening. Mr.. Sher-
man is not Democratic statesman.
Indianapolis Journal
1~The Republican party is pecul-
iarly rich in good Presidential timber,
and there can be no reason why the
friends OF this man or that should not
work like beavers to nominate the
candidate Of their choice. Indeed, it
is the peculiar virtue of the Republican
party that it is not one man party,
and that no man has an exclusive
claim to the nomination. In the Dem
ocratic party it is treason and soon
spiracy" to speak of any body but Mr..
Cleveland. Mtl,0aukee Sentinel.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

orable on account OF the breaking out
Of the French Revolution.
The year 1898 witnessed tho CAM
:paign Of Bonaparte in Egypt and the
formation Of the second European
coalition against France.
In 1879 war broke out between Eng.
land and Afghanistan, followed by the
invasion of the latter country by Brit
ish troops.
In what manner the prediction Il "a
be verified in 1888 remains yet to b
seen, but the present condition o.
Europe seems to promise an abundant
fulfllment ef the prophecy.
delphia Inquirer.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
NosOLoGY EXPLAINED.
What Poets and Philosophers Have Foun
to Say on the Subject.

Z
to Say on the Subject.
Thomas Moore differs from me, for
ne writes, quite obliyious of LaYater:
In vain we fondly strive to trace,
The souls reflection in the face;
In vain we dwell on lines and crosses,
Crooked nose and short proboscis,
. Boobies have looked as wise and bright
AS Plato and the stagyerite;
And many sage and learned skull
Has peeped through windows dark and dull.
Noses have, however, been held in
respect for many reasons by the learned.
AS an oracle the old writer's held that
it was a sure sign of faithful affecti on.
Writes Rouister: ibid my nose bleed
in your company?'' And, poor wretch,
just az she said this, to show her true
heart, her nose fell q bleeding. Bleed
ing OF the nose did not always indicate
this. however, as the learned Grose
pleaded, for he held: ..lf a nose bleed
one drop only, it forebodies sickness; If
three drops, the omen is still worse. =
While Milton, who wrote the ..Astrolo-
gist, said: eff mans nose bleeds
one drop at the left nostril it is a sign
Of good luck. Decker, on the other
hand, held that the principal use Of
the nose was to foretell the coming of
strange guests:
We shall ha' guests to-day
My nose itcheth.
There are lots Of expressions in popu-
lar parlance, too, to show how impor-
tant the nose is considered. For in
stance, one speaks of a dupe as a per-
son who is lied by the nose, = and Iaeo
says Of Othello:
He was led by the nose as asses are. -EgR
Paying through the nose, again, is
held to be a condition Of too much
trustfulness, and Grimm says that this
saying had its origin in an old practice
Of King Odin, who levied tax Of a
penny on every nose or poll ..Tweak-
ing" the nose indicates not only nose
puller, but a nose owner who is weak
enough to let people wiring his probos-
els; and not, only did Papists in the old
days slit the noses Of the Protestanrs.
and Roundheads slit the noses Of cava-
Tiers, but in the war Of 1877-7S the Mon.
tegrins generally cut off the noses Of
all the Turkish prisoners that they
ehanced to take.
Still, though suffering the occasional
indignity Of a tweak, a good nose only
belongs to the clever mana man who
is able to find out secrets. For, as the
Latin poet says:
Non cuicunque datum esthabere natum,
which freely rendered into English
means:
Il not given to every body to have nose
(keen witt
Still, as / have remarked, the nose is
not treated wish the respect that It
should be, and this is possibly because
it is often the medium of ridicule. You
will remember Barham's lines:
The sasristan expressed no words
To indicate q doubt,
But he put his thumb unto his nose
And spread, his fingers out. s.
Naturally the hands placed tandemin
front Of the nose put the organ itself in
some peril, and hence it gets hit occa-
sionally in a ight, Us witness Hudibras,
who notes that:
Those who In quarrels interpose
Must often wipe q bloody nose.
London 2Eche vs.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

D 1t is as un-American as mon
archy and as reasonable as sece ssion. y
This utterance is found in the annual
message of Governor Rusk, of Wiscon-
sin, and is applied to anarchy. II would
be almost as complete and appropriate
characterization for the Democratic
party. st. Louis Globe Democrat
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
The Little Seed.

A little seed lay in the carter's path;
A little shoot bowed in the str -ng win d's
wrath; e.
a little shrub grew, by its roots held fast;
Then stout tree braved all the winters
blast.
a little cough started twas only light:
A little chill shivered the hours Of nj hit;
a little pain came and began to grow,
Then consumption laid all his brave
strength low.
cure the little chill, dispell the little pain
Q the little ailment becomes the strong,
unconquerable giant of disease. Dr..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, taken
in time, is remedy for these Ills
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

In every community there are number
of men whose whole time is not occupied,
such as teachers, ministers, farmers sons,
and others. To these classes especially we
would say, if you wish to make several hun
write at once to B. F. johnson & Co, of
Richmond, Va, and they will show you how
TO do it.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
~ ,I;;;IS SON. 81, p soutb 3.

sou II sasssSssa
The Illinois Central H;sR: will
Aberdeen, Miss, Hammond, La, CroWseyas
La, Jennings, La, WEIGH, La, Lake
Charles, La, and points in Arkansas and
Texas at one limited fare for the round
trip on March 6 and 20, April 8 and "a, May
3 and 20 and June 9th. For full particulars
General Northern Passenger Agent, 12l
Randolph Street, Chicago, or j. F. MERRY
General Western Passenger Agent, Man.
chester, Iowa.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
Mixing His History.

Private tutor Ito little Johnny
Green Now close your book and
tell me the name Of the river that
Washington crossed under circum-
stances of peculiar difficulty.
Johnny Why-O. yes; the Styxl
Puck.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
SUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-Itis 4 singular fact that the man
who is always in pickle doesn't pre-
serve his temper.
A man discovers when he isn't
wanted by q tardy process of reason.
The woman discovers it instinctively.
Decapitation is sometimes the only
remedy for that peculiar disease popu-
larly called '.the big head. Spring
field Republican.
While some ladies desire only the
latest novelties in ribbons, there are
others who prefer those Of MORE an
tique pattern.
An itinerant preacher, who ram
bled in his sermons, when requested to
stick to his text, replied ..that scatter
ing shot would hit the most birds. Z
In tho Volapuk language the word
Tor dollar is .doab. " But it will be
just as hard as ever to borrow one.
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
"A correspondent asks s'if it is real
~ true that Job was troubled with
boils. " There can be no doubt that he
was if he had them. Bi,sg banato,s Re-
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

~ ExsS3 fsssy 1saIue 9M6
s -; 3, d s. l11ood night,
I M "a 10 virtue siins win q
one, eli II does
what many ia u i on.la
do not do-supports its 49,
Bingaamtors Republican. - :
There is great virtue in horse
shoes. Awoman who had trihing,
drunken husband for years, nailed q
horseshoe over her door, and her hus-
band ran away with the hired girl be-
fore a month.
1t is always one of the really inter-
esting things in this world to hear a
young woman express her candid opin-
ion Of the other young woman whom
her husband might have married. w.
Journal of Education.
Young Mr.. Sissy Ito pretty cousin)
do you know, Maude, that have all
my hats made to orderp' Pretty cousin
They are lovely Charley. sup-
pose the dealers don't carry such a
small size in stock. = Epoch
Professor Perpetual motion, in
the accepted sense of the term is impos-
sible. Can you think of piece Of ma
chinery that operates without an i'm
pelling forceP'' eyes, SIR "What is
it?' "A gas meter lincoln Jour
nal.
1t is the most wideawake girl that
never thinks of filling the lamps until
after dark. She is never so absent
minded as to forget that it is her after
noon off and go right on scrubbing UNI
til the stars peep out above the distant
hills Puck.
1T is related that Maria Mitchell
mas discovered eight comets and has
never worn Worth Dress All,
show us the woman who has worn eight
Worth dresses and has never discovered
a comet, and we will show you true
feminine happiness. Kansas City
Times. ).
lis there any such thing as law in
this countryp" asked man excitedly
after verdict had been rendered
against him. Certainly there u.s.
was the soothing reply. well, I'd
like to know what it's good forP''
For the lawyers to make a living out
OF. '-Merc1G,,t Traveller.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

AS 4 rule the observation Of a hotel waltz
er-girl issoup- or tshal ~ Merchant 1raueler.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

WHEN Is an actor not an actorl Nine
times out of ten. Dunlop's Stage News.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

A carving knife has been invented the
handle OF which contains q small receptacle
for dynamite. It is used for carving ducks.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

SHOPPING Is too much Of a sweet buy and
buy for the frugal husband It clogs on the
taste - Yonksrs Gdzstte
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
1t Never Fails.

Dnrang's Rheumatic Remedy will cure
any case OF rheumatism on earth. It is
taken internally. Write for free pam
ghlet to r. 4. HELPHENsr1NE, Druggist,
Washington, D. c., or ask your druggist
for IL -. = -.e9o-...
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

BEES, it is said, always fly In straight
Inc This is undoubtedly the reason why
i drunken man never gets stung. Burling-
ION Free Press.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

lay his pipe, yet he pipes his lay. U.ica
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

TRYING to pass counterfeit twenty-five
cent piece is raising the wind 1" in the
wrong quarter --New Haven Neaos
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

There is remarkable case Of heredity
in San Francisco. The daughter Of POI
iceman there frequently sleeps twelve days
at a stretch.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

The cleansing, antisep ic and healing
qualities of DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
are unequaled.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

HAND-oRaANs are forbidden in the streets
Of town in Texas by the law-pr probably
the organize law.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
so1Ep agatha n,ended shoe.

EVERY body has some vein Of poetry In
1im; but, in nine cases out of ten, it would
De money in his pocket if that vein were
filed with blood Puck.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

THEY have society journal in Bengal
that is much read by the Ben-gals IVY Texas
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

WILDCAT insurance company ID not
properly named In an emergency 1t does
not come to the scratch. Boston Tran
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

SOME men are so addicted to poker that
every thing they have goes to pot -Bos-
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

CARELEssNEss with parlor matches causes
many fires and more divorces Inter Ocean.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

u11So1ya Uy ClI6 W HOI6S8I6, 9H#
Is what chronic inactivity OF the liver gives
rise to. Bile gets into the blood and imparts
q yellow tint, the tongue fouls, and SO does
the breath, sick headaches, pain beneath
the right RIBS and shoulder blade are felt,
the bowels become constipated and the
stomach disordered. The proven remedy
for this catalogue Of evils is Hostetters
Stomach Bitters, a medicine long and pro-
REASONABLY recommended, and sovereign
also Tor chllls and fever, nervousness and
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07
Misery BY the WhoIegaIe.

SOME one says: 6 dollar goes further
now than il used to. Yes, and considera-
bly quicker -
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-07

MOST men in jail are there on account Of
their oonvictions