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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02
How Koumiss is Made In Russia.

The Bashkirs are renowned for their
skill in making koumiss, or fermented
mares milk, which is now extensively
consumed by patients suffering from
dyspeptic and wasting diseases, and so
easy is it of digestion that invalids drink
10, Is and occasionally even 20 cham
pagnc bottles day while Bashkir is
able to overcome couple of gallons at
. sitting, and in an hour or two be
ready for more. To insure good kou-
miss it is essential that the mares be of
the stsppe breed, and fed on steppe
pasture. They are MIXED from four to
eight times day, the foal being kept
apart from the mother, and allowed to
suck only in tho night time. The mare
will not give her milk, however, unless
at the time Of milking her foal Is
brought to her side, whom such Is the
joy Of reunion that after sun dry acts of
loving and smelling and kissing, the
maternal feeling shows itself by her
sometimes giving ilk from both nipples
1t once.
Milking is done BY the Bashkir
women, who, taking : position close to
the hindlegs Of the mare, rest on one
knee, and on the other support pail
directly under the udder, pulling At
each nipple in turn and receiving from
three to four pints each time OF milk
ing. To mako koumiss the milk is
beaten up in churn (but not suf1i-
ciently to produce butter), and by fer
mentation is converted after twenty
four hours into weak koumiss, from
which condition after twelve hours
more 1t passes into medium degree of
strength, while strong koumiss is pro-
duced by assiduous agitation Of the
milk for two or three days, and it is
then said to be slightly intoxicat-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02
Egyptian Irrigation.

The usual method of irrigation on the
banks Of the Nile in Egypt is by means
OF system known as the "Saklah."
This, says correspondent of the De,
troit Free Press, is a series of buckets
affixed to an endless rope revolving over
a largo wheel, worked by a cog, the
motive power being a go-arouud lever
propelled by an OK, COW, donkey or
camel, sometimes singly, at others
yoked together in the most comical
fashion. In the fields, or attached to
the Sakiah, one finds himself amused
by seeing large camel, seven or
eight feet high, hitched as ono of a
pair with mite of little jackas no
bigger than the hump on his back. An
other method is the shedouf. This ap-
paratus, Of which two or three are
grouped one above another, according
to the height Of the bank, consists of
two upright posts with cross piece at
the top, on which a sort of lever or
beam works-a stem, the main trunk of
the palm tree, with the roots at one end,
serving as weight. At the other end
is bucket made of goatskin. A man
at this end draws it down to the waters
edge, fills it and allows tho weighted
end to raise it. A man empties it into
crude reservoir, simply hole in the
ground, and number two or three, as
the case may be, in turn, by exactly the
same process, conveys the water into
canal, ono of system supplying the
neighboring plantation. The matter of
irrigating the land is the same whether
the sakiah or shedouf be employed as
the means of raising the water. We
next see women and girls drawing water
direct from the river into earthen Jars.
which they carry away ON thoir heads.
This is for domestic or family use only.
During the two or three months of the
inundation it is, of course, necessary to
resort to artificial modes of procuring
water. These are only used when the
river is at low stage.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02
Facts Abou. the Bandana

Tho term baudana applies to the figure
and not to tho goods, color, size or
quality Of the handkerchief. The ban
dana figure is an arrangement of white
blocks, about . quarter of an inch
square, each with round or square hole
In the centre, upon a background of
solid color. The blocks are grouped in
diamonds, squares, circles and other
geometrical figures scattered over the
handkerchief in any fashion that
pleases A border of white lines, dots,
bars or bands surround the whole. They
are made Of eithor cotton or silk, and
coma chiefly in yellow, red and choco-
late colors, with occasionally lot of
blue ones. The colors are always very
deep and vivid. In size the smallest
are about two feet square, and from
that they run up to huge spreads large
enough for = childs bed.-[Picayuna.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02
Shade for Fowls

Did you ever notice how fowls seek
the shady side of the buildings, the
shelter of bushes, etc, during the
middle of the day iu hot weathera
They don't like to stay out exposed
to the hot rays of the sun any more
than you do, and it isn't healthy for
them to be thus exposed, either. If
there are not plenty of shady places
for them to loaf, make some by con-
structing sheds of refuse boards-any-
thing that will keep off the hot rays
OF the sun. Dig up the sod under
these shelters, and occasionally throw
in pan of ashes; then watch the
hens and see if they don't enjoy it.
Hens that are thus supplied with q
shady dusting place are not troubled
with lice.-lPrairie Farmer.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02
Managing Indians

William F. Cody buffalo BilD says
in an article in the Epoch on Indian
traits:
1 have 1a5 Indians in my camp. How
do Icivilize themi have them under
control and they are disciplined as
strictly as any body of soldiers. There
is no trouble in managing Indians if
you know how to do it. 1 never have
any trouble with them because 1 obey
the hrst pri nciple of business-I treat
them squarely. 1 never make promise
to them that I do not keep, and / am
treated well in return. Iwould rather
loan money to an Indian than to q
white man. think the chances of the
Indian returning it are much better.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02
HUMOROUS

Aids to efection-mirrors.
A gentleman of color-a painter.
A great tail il-bearer-the peacock.
A coat of paint has no buttons on.
Won't carry letter-a stamp Of
honesty.
Food which tramps don't relish-cold
shoulder.
1t is diamond cut diamond with base.
ball ass ociations.
The surest way to make an army fyis
to break both wings.
Many an old book has to be bound
over to keep the piece.
All heirs are interesting, but the
most interesting is the million heir.
When it comes to taxes Minnie Mumm
is our motto and our star-eyed goddess.
When Alaska shall be admitted as a
state it will have, indeed, great seal
Any fool can ask conundrums, but it
takes wise man not to try to answer
them.
Why is doctor like broken wind
lassa Because he can draw nothing from
the well.
Mother-Flossie, it's time to 90 to
bed. Flossie-All right, mamma, turn
in. amt sleepy.
Il am performing the last sad write,"
murmured the lawyer, as he drew up
tho sick mans will.
You will notice one thing about fly
paper. If it gets hold Of subscriber
once it holds on to him forever.
Fat Man-"What costume shall !
wear to the masquerade ball7" Cynical
Friend-"Tie string toy our ankle, and
60 as captive balloon"
Magistrate Ito prisoner)-I see that
you lost several teeth in the fight Pris.
oner-No, your honor, didn't exactly
lose 'em, they were knocked down my
throat.
A yachting party in Australia ha
been devoured by sharks. The sharks
are believed to have greatly enjoyed
the party, and are asking when there's
going to be another.
Lady calling on friend in New
York faD-You are delightfully."- situst-
ed, Mrs. Clark. 1t is so nice to have
plenty of closet room. Mrs. Clark-Er.
ye-es, but those are bedrooms.
A Chicago man who saw that Mandall
Creighton's book, "The Age of Eliza
beth," contains 244 pages remarked
that he didn't think it ought to take
244 pages to tell how old Queen Eliza-
beth was.
Miss Clara (at the sea- shore)- How
gracefully young MI. De Lyle handles
the ribbons when driving, doesn't hei
Miss Jennie-He ought to, my dear;
he has charge Of that department at Silk
s. Satin's, you know.
A young damsel sent twenty-five
cents and postage stamp in reply to an
advertisement that appeared in an
eastern paper Of ''How to make an i'm
preston" and got for an answer: 'Sit
down on pan of dough"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02
RELIGIOUS READING.


No Thorn without Rose.
"There is no rose without thorn"
Who has not found this true,
And know that griefs Of gladness born
Our footsteps still pursuel
That in the gr randest harmony
The strangest discords rise;
The brightest bow we only trace
Upon the darkest skiesl -.
No thornless rose! So, more and more
Our pleasant hopes are laid
Where waves the sable legend DER
A still, sepulchral shade.
But Faith and Love, with angel might,
Break up life's dismal tomb,
TRANSMITTING into golden light,
The words Of leaden gloom.
Reversing all this funeral pail,
White raiment they disclose;
Their happy song floats full and long,
"No thorn without roseln
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02
The Lesson Read,
Long ago, when the world was new,
The sapphire sky and the ocean blue

Long ago, when the world was new,
The sapphire sky and the ocean blue
Welded one Summer day;
And the sky still bends as the years go by,
And the ocean leaps to the bending sky,
For constant lovers are they.
But when mist arises between
Then ocean, grown with jealousy gresn.
His doubt to the listener tells;
He storms and frets, he RACES and re-rs,
In furious wrath he beats his shores,
While his turbulent bosom swells.
The sky, though dark with q moments
frown,
viii tenderly from Its height look down,
With radiant smile divine.
The green to blue with its magic skill,
Twill change, and the stormy ocean still,
And the sun Of love will shine.
Pause thou, my heart! and the lesson read,
When the darkness falls, and with jealous
speed,
The mists Of doubt arise
Fret not, twill pass, and thou wilt know
That the sun still shines, with fervent
glow,
In loves unchanging skies.
MARY L. Maths
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02
Retrospect


l see again the sudden fieck
OF sunshine on her dusky balr,
Tho round young curves Of throat and neck
Tho faded gown she used to wear.
feel her timid hand grow cold
Within my own, and hear again
Her shy, sweet whisper as Of old,
"No not good-byel auf wledersehenl"
The gnarled, gray apple tree, astir
With little winds, let fall a rain
Of pinky bloom all over her,
Housekeeping thro' the long green lane
The thrush pipes noisily, and sec!
She pauses with wistful smile
To wave last farewell to me
Still lingering by the trysting stile.
Alb, sweetheart. that was years ago,
And Time soon taught US to be wise,
To laugh at loves poor, painted show,
And look at Life with clearer eyes,
! Joined long since the cynic crowd,
You in a palace over seas,
A silken beauty, pale and proud,
Have no such memories as these.
And yet, somehow, I'd like to be
Afool again, and just live thro'
The days when you believed in me.
And L poor lad. believed in you
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02

broken SOIL and . lacerated brow bending
over the open grave, while a voice, tender
with all affection and mighty with Al
omnipotence, will declare: ~ am the resuSs
rection and the life; he that believeth In meh
though he were dead, yet shall he live
Comfort one another with these wordA
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02

Mistakes in life are like mile-stones on the
highway-we can make no use Of them until
We are abreast Of Or pass them.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02

h-Entsred at tho Post.ofnoe q. son,h
Londonderry, a. second .class matter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02

A black or blue pencil mark oppo.
site this paragraph indicates that your
subscription has expired, while red
mark shows that your subscription or
renewal has been received.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02
Jesus, lover Of my sonl,
Let me to Thy bosom fiy,
While the pillows near me ron,
While the tempest stilI IA hiob.

The heart right toward God and man, we
are happy. The heart wrong toward God
and man, we are unhappy.
Another reason why we should come to
this spirit inculcated in the text Is the fact
that all the differences Of earthly condition
are transitory. The houses you build, the
land you culture, the places in which Won
barter. are soon to go into other hands
However hard you may have it now, if YOU
are a Christian the scene will soon end.
Pain, trial, persecution never knock at the
ioor OF ihe grave. coffin made out of pine
boards Is Just as good . resting place a,
one made out OF silver mounted mahogany
or rosewood Go down among the resting
places Of the dead, and you viii find that
though people there had a greater differences
of worldly circumstances, now they are all
alike unconscious The hand that greeted
the Senator, and the President, and the King
Is still rs the hand that hardened on the
mechanics hammer or the manufacturer's
Wheel II does not make any difference now
whethsr there II . plain stone above them
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-08-02

Advsrtising Ratss
furnished on application. Births, Aarriagsa
and Deaths published free. Obituary notices
cards OF thanks, etc., 8 cents line.
Address SITTER OFFICE, South Leaas.-
derry, VI.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-28
The Catholic Concert.

The concert for ihe benefit of the Sisters of St Joseph took place lsst evening at Rsid's Opera House. Yhe building vas crowded, even chairs had Co be placed in the sfsi,s. Promptly nt eight o'clock the curtain Sss raised. dIs- closing the orchestra which immediately rendered the Silver Bell Overture. En3 was loudly eGcored The next CD the programme was solo Ey Mrs. Smith, but tda, lady being unable to be present, Mrs. Jacobs very kiudly took the number Bad sang Ye Merry Birds, by Gumber'. Iu the second part Mrs. Jacobs sung an Ave Marin by Nico- lins. h both of these numbers Ms Jacobs full rich voice was heard wisb splendid effect Mrs. Mansfield has Eever been heard to better advantage than she was last evening, her rendering Una NOco poeo Fa vss really artistic. ske has a clear high soprano of very uurs quality. Another solo was Marguer,tr very pretty thing; sung by Mrs. P,l- ling, although not pIsseessipy A sIrony vOice, it is very musical and ciesr Hr Oman brought down the hOuse by sing ing Bird m Hand, and vEs obliged to repeat 1t. H. B. Penney sang HVbriss the CretsO, The trio sang by Yrs. Mansfield, Mrs Filling and Niss. Hit tinger wGs very pretty. Nbnf it vas too bad they vssss down for only one number. Tb great feature of the evening, howevet. -qs the piano solo Ascher's Alice with V. tlons by Mr. J. A. Schenck, of Omaha,ho is stopping here for the benefit of bis wiie's health. He is G very briliart performer pnd his execution is simply wonderful For sn encore, be ployed Recollectlons From Home, The piano solo bT Miss HitteLger snd the piano duet by Miss Hitten9er and Miss Ze.tis Ezekiels were both very pretty. The duet for violin and piano by Sencr Her nsndez and Mrs. Ainsa was very pretty. and was rendered excellently.
 Mrs. Ainss certainly deserves much credit for the success Of the entertain ment, as she has labored hard. and devoted much time. She was ably ss- sisted by Miss HittengeT. who has beep very kind and obliging all through. The amount realized is nos exactly known, but will be betveep four and i've hundred dollars.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-28

WE have repeatedly had our attention called 10 the misleading and sensation al report" "emensti1g g from the Assoclsted Press agent st Nogslss, which innocent ly are doing considerable injustice and injury to the territory. The fault, how ever, is not with the agent in question, whom We know as sn eIperienced newspaper man and one who kuows live item when he sees oue, but to the ignorance or stupidity of the party editing these despstches, for the papers receiving them. Nogsles lying immediately on the line, SD agent therein is fsvorsbly situsted for MeIi- can news, and ss this is usually senss- tlonsl in character It is always aecepts- ble to Metropolitan papers. The trou- ble is pot with the disburser but with the receivers, as stated. To them AriEo- ns is bad mans land iD which every deed of evil known to the five border states of the Mexican Republic are housed, fed and made at home, to the evident and lasting detriment of the ter
 rItory. If the San Francisco Chronicle and kindred iournals would supply their telegraph editors with 8 map of Arizona or else supply their places with more capable men, there would be less ram ming and tanning of ten square miles of territory into one, Any one of the border ststes IS sufficiently large to lie all over Arizona with enough margin tO tuck in part of New Mexico on one side and California on the other, but with all this it appears to be the easiest thing in the world for 6 San Francisco editor, by one wave of his Fsber, to make the States Of Sonora, Chihuahua Zsoeteoas, Durango and Jslisco do duty ss mining camps or COW towns in Arizo, ns. This Heat of magic out-wIzzsrdt Zsmloch and makes even the devil him. self look pale, but 8 California editor can do it before breakfast and not con. sider It much of 6 trick either.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-28
The Burglsr- s-alh. -.

A buFgisr got Into ga- h.g.
 boxing. ssd-sFed .itt.e v.i.---. 5-.l' .A-.- tue other night. Not srF.-. ca Vslus6les dosn stairs. Lc s,ss..f, . cended iG ste 1.cond trs-. r.4 '-. '' She fooEi vEc-o tAe s.-s..-r .-t su5Pechng woman lgy, w.ta "a ----.. .-- her lips tEat told oi Ul-e7snf l-.-,--- -'
 Roughly sinking her. .-, -'as..-'7'--.. trudes said, g.uidy: '-
 Her, wake Up; nos inst D
 10 us0 yelling l know -s vel -s e, th8t you Grs al ne ths ia b.1ss. -- hand over the Seys-hara. s-- Let go! Help! Murder, H5lg. HI-, O-o-O-hl O-c-o-hr'
 When the police f1say --,... they found she burglar done ID --,i l. clothes hne cs Eestiy ss @ r-oce- -- ten pounds Of sugar. Re EsB .-e. --.- ing his eye5 ia tue ''ccnir- s.~ --as-.- when they -csted on n E.. -5- they took ca A besecchicE lc .. shiverod snd gasped cu.:
 Don't leave ne Blcre vi'h ..-.s-.- genilemeu, pl-E-e doL'- -
 Rocky mountain lions Hul -.. 4- with youIg cubs, ana tsce led s-a l,--., st time, but this IS my G-st exv--,.r-- with lone A-izpry vidd,s car s,- loosen these ropes 0 little. and Pee .- many of ny r;bs is broke, l-I rT m. over, SOS l oaD keep from s~....u--- the teeth shes knocked Cu-, sut It -. a poultIc on Try eye Gs s01e 6s rr.--... and need seTlrg Up n @ crZ p ri.... I'm feared I'll never poll thrcu.. t.- gentlemen. '-Dc;rois F.ee Pr.-.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-28

A PRIVATE letter to she Kansas CIty Mo, Journal, concerning the boom ID Southern California, contains the fol- lowing:
 San Diego, like most other cities ID this state, is kept up by excitement There gfe seven hundred real estate agents here, and some of them have .cornet bands of twenty piaoss playing and psrsding the streets with banners and ombibuses and carriages with fine paintings of new town lots to be sold by auction. Free excursions run to the site, and in the evening is sn suction sale, with 'csppers' sn through the crowd to bid and mislead the tender feet Ln this way they rope in many 6 good a man, and after he gets stuck he makes another good cspper. The sddi' tions to Los Angeles srs more tbsn ten miles square, with five scre lots for ten miles more. To say that the people are wild Is putting it very mildly. Mechsn- ics get good wages, but there are many out of employment. Still more gre sd- vertised for on ihe hotel ct Coronado Beach, but that Is all managed through the Santa Fe railroad. 1 hear that nl- ready there are many seeking work st reduoed wages, and think that within c year they will get no more than in elder sections of the oouatry."
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-28
Another Rallrea,'For ArIzons.

4 recent dispatch from SSr Frsncisgs reads: Charles !, FGiIbank. gen rs' agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee. aE. St. Paul road for this coast, says o. there Is everything 70 prove thr sta. ment that his con paDy w.l extend i- inc tO California The work Ci sxts sion, he IS qlot, { as saying, will probsi.. beSin from the F41!tic cOsst end Of ttt line. The reason for that, IL would seen IS that the company may gain advantsgr over the other eastern hnes hvsGiue for California, especially the Rock islsr l and Northwestern. Work would ,- cOmmencsd ct both ends of the hnr simultaneously. The road VIII, nr doubt, be surveyed through SCUthsu Kansas, Colorado. Nv MexcO e1H Arizona and ID to the San ] sIuiu vol ley. "FIOI1 interviews which hsvs ha- recently with General So !c,t0r Carr and other cilici1.s of cur LIe. said A- Fairbanks, ''l ti-rE tlEt She presUr tion is lsiT iEGl sl- CEIcGgl AIlwEas snd Ss. Paul VIii enter ,hls stai- s- soon, if not sooner, ttsn sOce ct -. competing lines, Eow locking itss v
 -aFiZOuIsu
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-28
! RrIlInrf Arhi. -.r-..-

lt always siyes u7 r.-. r-- -. ll, the successful -t-1lt Ot st-l .u.l. ei1Ort in any dep6giUgAi e Jl-.ar-s. .- pecislly when tLat -Ucssrs is l-.k. .
 merit. and tsuds (. promote sEc .e-. ..
 welfare. C1EP1t..ioc ia sI J.1lcl-- ot business at tLa IEs ,s great, and -
 Sa0 5y energy, integrity and rsrsevs- snce takes ths ieGi Is cerj sin vortrs of ccEmeu1s'iCU. IL su counec'i.- Ee slluds Co D-. Tutt, of New hc-s. who hGs achieved a great victory CT.- lcnE established CCmI etllOrs ln tEe 70 trCductiCn Of Eis pow world relCEr-- Liver Pills. Tn comparatively shcI tiIs they have surp3s ssrd I1 great d-
 gree pills thG. have been t5fCre the pub lie over a quarteg Of s century Euit
 Liver Pills have ssined a popularity sL- parslleled. IudcsEsd D. ths N-1ics Faculty in Earope ant lutlcs t-r5 have become @ household Tori cn both continents. Why IS itS The reason I obvious. They gre not vCTgt.. ..=. ul- trrrs putfeC 1o Co ceceivc .ha -r-lr loEs, but are ths result oF lary -lts so3 research by piys-siaE 70 itl.E years experience. ot the tizb- -5- stand ing in hIs p-ofes -iOp. vio va.srs r-i- tstiOn more than mOICy.
 IF Gutr deserves, ana 5our,i. ss --. .he gratitude Cf fhousEnfs o; -tvu.... tho have been healed by Lis u.aIc-s To this age of quscSe7y II IS rs,iostI- to kOoy thct thSrs Is, at lssst, one v vl- furnishes a remedy prepared Cu scie- tine principles. and CE,Fs is Go tl5 s.t- conscientiOusly. We recori k.s succs- with feeling Of pride which ever AmerIcan should lave @. the tr,umpL Os one of his c0untEymen.
Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-01-28
The Surprise Nir,.
The following enx;ouBiugrIfy lss bs. received b. tte HEEELT -IrrzES.

The following enxiouBiu4rIfy Eas be. received by 'he WEEKIr -IrrzEs
 LAKE GENEVA. Wi-.
 Do you report asythIag lc yoa. D.ps-. sSout the Surprise silver @.se, so ih.f fl should take tle paper .0r ,bree q. six mouths, I would get any .aisrz, | ton?
 Anxious to give the needed .1.s.m. tiOn snd !Eus secure the slr-e log SIX months sUOsefl; ;tuU. h. CITIzEN specially desaI!sd crr. of it's reporters to gather a E- needed infOrnatIop, which late. Q. --.s found escon5ed iu the Pima ClCa,y h... OTcs where not less thEu 3ti-tL-.- yl.,. dozeDs--ot ''5urpTise" silver u..1-s Lsi been duly fled. There were s.sg tbt-. big "Surpriss" and more -Srcksr," than oonsnzls.
 h early tines tbe-e were lca len "SuTpIiers" placed on record t, e those days mines and pJ0-p-ctcr+ v--- surprised co nothing, bgi E-tl r1a ca- ing ot ths railroad BUC the i-rC. /. yi 1eFfeet EsuTprisc was tCunG lr st.a.c every guleh and lt Is probably c- .f .l. latter that tne Lake Geu-vsl -.-.. dOllar and baits worth oi .i-'os-s. ..... On. When he first caught aL .e -s undoubtedly surprised Gi -Lo of his IcEanza, but he Ei.. - gTi-ol Ths- be g-ta lis r..., ars lsr!a. 1T however,.t'e 4...g the information, wLl, .Ut e. e. siL ST DTiseS On record, 5el Surprise itst surprised k.u. t1t ..-.-- viG lock tEs matter up.