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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28
SIGNIFICANT FIGURES.

The standing armies of all Europe are est.
mated at 2s, 900, 900, including the reserves
and their cost at $500, 900, 900 annually. Tn,
United States could assume the support oi
that tremendous armament, pay the entire
military bill of all Europe out of our cash
outlay for liquor, and still have 1900 0O1, O0G
to spare if the liquor outlay was stopped.
Can we afford to let it go on? 1t would be 8
vet truer comparison to liken these Liquor
employees to an invading army of 5000
men. IL they were to turn their attention tc
burglary, and each steal $500 per wear. and
ont of every ten kill his man every year
which would be unusually prosperous and
unusually murderous burglary-stil they
would not be as destructive as now. For
this leaves out all the indirect cost, and WI
cannot count less than 10000 deaths from
mtemperance every year, many carrying the
estimate to 10000.
Hence, so far from counting the support o.
these liquor employees as a deduction from
the total drink cost, il is an added item-the
support OF half million non-producery
Their work in any productive industry. at
reasonable average for all grades OF skill en-
Pioyed would he $500, 10000 They wouid
add at least that much to the national wealth,
which IS now a dead loss, and must be car
rled TO the debit side.
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CLIPPINGS.


Mrs. Shawbogozie, wife Of the Chief
OF the Chippewa Indians, is over 100
years old,
Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota,
Is the youngest man in the upper branch
Of Congress, He is forty-one years of
age.
The King of Siam is a magnificent
object in state attire. He glistens from
head to foot with jewels worth more
than 81, 900, 900.
Count Tolstoi, the famous Russian
novelist is kecn-eyed, serious-looking,
earnest-mannered man of commanding
presence, with bald, broad forehead
and patriarchal white head.
Sir Charles Russell, M. p, is said to
receive the handsomest income of any
lawyer in the world. He lives like a
price, entcrtains magnificently, and pos
'ssses the best law library in England.
Bismarck is said to have become in
appearance feeble old man. His face
is waxen and fabby, and his yellow
hands are swollen at the joints and
marked with enlarged veins. He is also
growing fat.
1t is estimated that the yield of gold
and silver In Montana for the year will
be S2S, 900, 900, and the total metal pro
duction, $45, 900, 900; against $2i, 00O,-
gold and SILVER, and s3s, 900, 900 total
metal production last year.
Tho late ex Governor Dewey of Wis
consin left with his will a genealogical
sketch, which traced his ancestry back
to 1910, when Thomas Due, who sub
sequently settled IN Massachusetts, was
burgess of Dover, England.
The head of the Mormon church
President Woodruff, is 50 years old. He
is solidly built and his head looks like
that of General Grant. He wears his
hair and beard close cropped, and does
not have ministerial air at all.
The oldest Union soldier in Indiana is
William Lee, who resides on Indian
Creek, near Columbus, Ind. He is 90
years of age and is still hale and hearty.
He was recently granted a pension with
$500 back pay. He has been in
straitened circumstances for several
years.
Mount Ararat, the resting place of
the scriptural ark, is, in reality, two
mountains separated by valley-the
higher peak being 1910 feet and the
lesser ID, 900 feet above the level of the
sea- In 1929 Professor Parrot assembled
the greater Ararat, after many hardships,
and was, perhaps, the first man to break
the solitude of its sacred heights since
the time of Noah and his sons.
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EARN AND GARDEN NOTES.

A well built hen house is worth paying
for; it is the cheapest in the end.
Keep the pigs growing; fat them early.
Small pork brings bigger prices than
large pork.
The Ratchet or AK is the best remedy
for ailing chickens advanced in disease,
and the sooner it is applied the better.
Late Matched chicks, while not consid-
cred as good as early Matched, are laying
when the others are moulting and nest.
ing.
A man who has no creamery, and who
loves his wife as a man should, ought to
carry his milk to factory in his vicinity,
if for no other reason than to save his
wife.
Corn that is fresh and dry is excellent
food for growing poultry. Better give
them a good feed of it alone at night; it
heats and keeps them warm these cool
nights.
Guineas are good burglar or chicken thief
alarmers. A pair if kept in the poultry
house will never allow danger to lurk
about; their voice can be heard for con-
siderable distance.
When the frost has killed the tomato
and bean vines, pull up the stakes and
poles and lay away till wanted in the
spring. In this way they may be made to
last for years. Throw the vines upon the
compost heap.
The folly of drawing fresh earth into the
highway in late autumn with the idea of
improvement is repeated every year, al
though men who pursue the practice
know very well that it is road spoiling--
not road making.
Charcoal is wonderfully useful arti-
Gle to feed to poultry. 1t acts on the
blood and tones it up, the results of
which are readily noticeable in the bright
color of the comb and wattles and ac-
tivity displayed by the chicken itself.
Winter dairying will gradually force
progressive dairymen into more intensive
systems; better COWS, better maintained,
and on fewer acres, and possibly with the
silo, soiling in some of its forms will
take the place very largely of the summer
pasture of wide range.
As the grass decreases give hay to the
cows, thus gradually making the change
from green food to dry food If the
change is made suddenly the cows will
fall off in milk. As an assistance to the
green food (Which will soon become
scarce give sliced turnips, beets OF car
rotc
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

GEORGE BANCROFT is the oldest living
graduate of Harvard.
KING CARLOS l., of Portugal, is anxious
to modernize his country.
BISMARCK has attended but two operate
performances in twenty-four years.
HENRY FIELDING DICKENS, third son of
the novelist is very successful lawyer in
England.
Rosa BoNHEUR, the famous artist, says
that she has painted her best pictures since
she was fifty.
JOHN g. WHITTIER says he expects to live
TO see the age of 100 years. though he is not
anxious to do so.
SECRETARY PROCTOR, since taking up his
residence in Washington, has earned the title
of ''The Silent Man,
Mr.. GLADSTONE has written a paA- on
1.-THE Impregnable Rock of Holy Scripture"
to be published next year.
EX-UNITED STATES TREASURER SPINNER
is engaged upon book on American finance
He is lightweight years old.
Miss LINCOLN, daughter Of Minister to
England Robert Lincoln, has become the ac-
knowledged belle in London.
GENERAL JOE JOHNSTON is President of
the Aztec Club, society composed of officers
who were in the Mexican War.
SECRETARY BLAINE has written for a
Forthcoming number of popular magazine
paper for young politicians"
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany, is the
tirstreigning monarch who has visited Con-
stantinople since the fifteenth century.
The President when he takes his evening
stroll about Washington is said to wear the
best oVercoat and the worst hat in the city
The Comte de Paris, pretender to the
throne OF France, being an exile, was unable
TO attend the funeral of the King of Por-
tugal
SAMUEL EDISON, the father of tho inventor
is wellpreserved man of eighty-six. who
lives In modest house at Fort Gratiot
Mich.
DAVID DENNISoN CONE, who was for
time General Grants private secretary, was
locked up in Washington recently, Taving
maniac
COLONEL CAssIUs NJ. GooDLoE. who was
KILLED in Lexington, KY, could have had the
Russian mission after Mr.. Rices death had
he desired it,
HE Prince of Wales is said to be suffering
from Bright's disease. 1t is reported that the
extension OF his trip to Egypt was recon-
nended by his physicians
PARNELL, the Irish leader was once a
member of Magdalene College, Cambridge,
but took offense at being disciplined, and left
early in the course.
COUNT Won MoLTKE has determined to
pass the winter in Italy, its milder climate
being more beneficial to his health than that
of North Germany.
PRESIDENT CARNoT of France, watches
things closely, but does not work He saws
1T IS not a Presidents business to drudge in
his Office like clerk.
JONI j.. BLAIR, the New Jersey railroad
king, who recently testified that he was worth
s40, 600, 600, says that he owes the foundations
of his fortune TO framing.
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GRASS IN YOUNG ORCHARDS.

After apple trees get to bearing many
farmers seed them to grass as means of
keeping the fruit from soiling by filling
on the plowed and wet ground. The
effect of sod is to check too vigorous
wood growth in rich soil, and thus make
the trees more fruitful But after lit
tie the sod robs the trees of both plant
food and moisture, so that they cannot
produce anything but wood, and not
much of that. The manure applied to
the surface goes mostly to the grass, I'M
less the top-drcssing is so heavy as to
smother it. In wet season like the
present, grass grows luxuriantly every
where, and in orchards is harbor to
mice, which burrow under the snow in
winter and girdle apple trees by eating
the bark around them under the snow
line. Mice are very cautious about ex-
posing themselves above the snow, as
they are preyed upon by owls, weascls
and other vermin.
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.

Mrs. CAROLINE DONOVAN has given $10o,.
900 to John Hopkins University.
GENERAL SToCKMARR,a Waterloo veteran,
is dead, at the age of ninety-six.
IT is estimated that the Egyptian cotton
crop will yield over 100000 bales
THE estimated population of Utah is 230,.
000 an increase Of Sc, 900 in ten years time.
THE lower house of the Iowa Legislature is
tie-fifty Republicans and fifty Democrats
Nor less than Is, 600 Michigan farmers have
joined the Patrons of Husbandry since last
May.
THE Servian Government has arranged
with the Vienna Landerbank for loan OF
S5,00000
THE st. Louis Worlds Fair Finance Com
mittee claims to have pledged subscriptions
to the amount of 81, 900 600.
THE most interesting exhibition in Europe
next year will be the loan exhibition of
tapestry at the Austrian Museum.
In Germany the 350th anniversary of the
introduction of the Prote5tantreligiona among
the German speaking peoples has been cele-
brated
A COMPANY has been formed in London
for the purpose of carrying live stock, dressed
beef and hogs direct from Galveston, Texas,
to London.
The Canadian fishing season has ended
and before another opens the modus vivendi
between Canada and the United States will
have expired.
THREE new ironclads will, as soon as pos
sible, be in Italy's fleet of 1900 tons and
20000-horse power. Vessels, armor, guns and
all are to be made in Italy.
By the death of a brother in Providence,
Il. l., Austine Steers, an inmate of the Sol
diers' Home in Chelsea, Mass, has fallen heir
to 1898 900 in cash and real estate.
1T is stated that at least dozen persons
were killed in the Eiffel tower elevator since
the opening of the Exposition but that the
managers suppressed the accounts of several
deaths
WHILE boring for water about twenty-five
miles southwest of Chicago, farmer struck
a vein of natural gas which gushes with such
force as TO throw dirt and gravel fifty feet
into the air.
ADvIcEs from Shoa, concerning the burn
ing of Gouda, the capital of Abyssinia, state
that during the absence of Nazas, King
Menelek's General, the dervishes set fire to
and burned the city and massacred the gar
rison.
THE coffin containing the remains of Ralph
Waldo Emerson has been inclosed in a heavy
strue tomb, the slabs of which are hermeti.
cally sealed to defy the depredations of any
possible grave robbers and decorators in the
future
THE Russian military authorities are test.
ing a new rifle which is said to combine the
best features of the repeating and Berian
rifles. If the tests prove satisfactory the
Government will provide the army with one
million of the new rifles.
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THE FARM AND GARDEl
METHODS OF STORING CARRIAGE.

The easiest way of wintering cabbage
is as follows; On dry day pull up by
the roots, wrap the outside leaves care
fully and snugly round the heads and
place them in a row, roots up; then
cover with soil, lightly at first, adding
more as the season advances, In order
to secure free access to the supply inmid-
winter the ridges may be protected IRON
freezing solid by some litter being thrown
over them,
Another good way is to sink an empty
barrel into the ground and fill with the
cabbage, properly trimmed. Put leaves
and straw on top of them and keep the
rain and snow out by suitable covering,
In this way the cabbage are accessible at
any time during the cold winter.--Fdym-
srs' Call.
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TALMAGE'S SERMON.
Woekly Discourse OF tho Great
Brooklyn Preacher.
SHbjecs; ~ Mediterranean
Voyage" Prrachcd at
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TEXT; "dnd so q came TO pass that thes
escaped al sdJe 10 tdnd'" Acts xvii, Al.
Having visited your historical city, which
we desired TO see because IL was the terminus
of the most famous road of the ares. the
Roman Appian Way. and for jts miebtv
fortress uvershadeyvInp 4 city which even
nannibal's hosts could not thunder down
we must tomorrow mornjn, leave vou,, har.
Dor, and after touching at Athens and Cor
NTH, voyage about the Mediterranean To
Alexandria, Egvpt. / have been reading
this morning in my New Testament of n
Mediterranean VOYAGE in an Alexandrian
shin. 1t was This VERY month of Novembsr
The vessel was living in n mort not very far
fro., here On board that vessel were two
distinguished passengers; one. Josephus tbe
historian, as we have strong reasons 10
believe; the other. a convict one Paul Inv
name, who was going to prison for upsettiny
things, or, as thew termed il ''turning the
world upside down" This convict had gained
the confidence of the Captain, Indeed
l think that Paul knew almost ns
much about the sea as did the Can
tain. He had been shipwrecked three
times already; he had dwelt much OF his
life amidst capstans, and yardarms, and
cables and storms; and he knew what
he was talking about Seeing the
equinoctial storm was coming and perhaps
noticing something unseaworthy in tbe
vessel, he advised the Captain to STAY in the
harbor. But | hear the Captain and the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28
A Living MicrOscOpe,

John Thomas Heslop, of Birmingham,
England, is lad whose powers division
are to be accounted among the marvellous
He is known as ''the living microscope
on account of being able to see the most
minute objects clearly defined. In 1878
or 1879 he was attacked with some BAT.
fling eye trouble and came very near los.
ing his sight forever. After the disease
had reached its worst there was an in
slant and startling change for the better,
which resulted in complete cure of all
inflammation in an incredibly short time.
1t was not cure, however, that brought
back the old eyesight like that possessed
by the average genus home. When ii
returned it was with extraordinary in
creased powers of vision. To John
Thomas the most minute plant louise was
as large as a rabbit and the mosquito bill
as large as an AK handle.
He could see and describe distant
minute objects with startling clearness
and precision. He was amazingly shocked
upon repairing to the well to get a cool
ing draught to see the immsense number
of hideous creatures that were floating,
fighting and wiggling about IN the
water
From that day to this water has never
passed the lips of John Thomas Heslop;
his drinks consist wholly of coffee, tea
and milk, thoroughly boiled. The doc
tors say that the entire organization of
the eye has undergone a structural change,
that the cornea has become abnormally
enlarged, and that the crystalline lens
have divided into three different discs O,
circles, each circle surrounded by another
of light blue In the center of each of
the these three circles appears an iris,
greatly diminished in size, but an iris
nevertheless. The young man has been
visited by all the greater and lesser lights
of the British medical colleges, each of
whom pronounce his case the most Won
derful in the annals of optics.
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fp 7nu a- : II Is cheaper to do
ln'e..~ J.9H ' icy source alone thar
to use sugar at any time, Besides, we
are greatly injured by the popular idea
that we feed sugar for the production Of
surplus honey, But, though it is cheap.
er and better to depend upon the natural
honey source alone, yet, If we have col.
onies without honey enough to carry
them through the winter, and no surplus
honey at hand to give them, we must
feed them sugar or lose them. Uniting
bees, and supplying all colonies with good
fertile queens, is of primary importance,
AS we have the advantage of movable
frame hives, We should thoroughly ar.
range the brood-nest in every colony so
that the brood shall occupy the center
of the hive or combs. II frame of
brood is carclessly set on one side, the
bees occupy the other side, and the brood
separates. After properly arranging the
hive and providinga good queen, we are
ready to feed, The food will be stored
around the cluster of bees. Frames of
comb filed with pollen near the cluster
of bees are considered injurious to bees
during winter. This has been our ex.
perience, and We take particular pains to
either remove such frames from the hive
or place them outside of the brood nest.
Bees should not cluster on frames filed
with pollen during winter. They use
too much pollen as food, and it has a
tendency to produce dysentery.
During this time of preparation is the
best time to change the stock of bees.
Good queens of all improved stock are
now very low in price, and if we intro
duce queens now we have the full advan-
tage of the new stock the next season, as
we should not if we put off such work
until the following spring, when queens
cost double, or even more. Bees should
have protection during winter, either by
using chaff hives, or keeping the colonies
under ground. But we should keep in
mind that the most important thing to
give them lisa good supply of sealed
honey, within easy access. Many colo
MES of bees starve to death from the fact
that the honey is all in one side of the
hive and the bees on the other, while the
weather is so cold that they cannot move
to it. This is another reason for putting
the cluster of bees in the center of the
hive, and the honey on each side.-
american Agricultmia.
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Relic Of the War.

Extreme low water in the Mississippi
recently Nmcarthed historical relic at
the ferry landing at Columbus, Ky, in
the shape of huge, old fashioned col
umbiad, which did duty during the late
war in the hands Of the Confederatcs.
Those familiar with the history of the
formidable weapon state that it played a
conspicuous part in the battle of Bel
mont, Mo-, in the fall of 1861, and that
from its lofty perch on the bluffs above
Columbus it sent many a huge shell
screaming across the river into Grants
army, and that it had more 10 do with
keeping the guuboats at bay than all
Others at the fort. The gun is the only
remaining relic of the Confederate forti,
ications erected rus, Ky.
thirty wears ago
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28

The above statement ma by Mrs. S. II
Ford, wife of Gen. Ford, can be vouched for
by nearly the entire population of Corunna
hich.' her home for years. She was for two
years terrible Sufferer from rheumatism be.
ing confined TO her bed most of the time, her
foot and limbs being SO badly swollen she could
scarcely move. She was induced to try bot
tleo Hi bard's Rheumatic Syrup. 1t helped
her, and two additional bottles entirely cured
her. To-day The is well woman.
First ask your druggist; should he not keep
1t we will send on receipt of price, 81 per bottle
or six for So
RHEUMATIC SYRUP Co.,
TackSop Nth
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IIoN's Tblsl

We offer Ono Hundfei Dollars Reward 10,
any case OF Catarr,I that cannot bs cure i by
taxing Halls Catarrh Cure,
i. j, CHENEY a. Co, Props, Toledo. O.
We, the undersi med, have known Y. J.
Cheney. for the last 10 years, and believe hin
perfectly honorable In all business transac
uons, and financially able TO carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
West a. Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O
Walding, klnnan a. Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gsts, Toledo, Ohio.
Il. III, Van Hoesen, Cashier Toledo National
Bank, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally act
Ing directly upon tho blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists.
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PREPARING DEEs FOR THE WINTER.


Successful wintering of bees depends
largely on preparations made before cold
weather sets in, such as uniting weak col
onies, feeding, etc. The extra food must
be given so early that the bees can seal
up their stores. Unsealed comb during
winter in not healthful food. Whatever
variety of food is given them, the mois-
ture that arises from the bees during
cold weather enters the unsealed stores,
and produces disease. 1t is far better to
look to this important matter during the
honey season, and prepare frames OF
sealed honey to supply all colonies that
need feed. But, in our greed for "a
heavy crop, we are apt to lose sight of
this, and when feeding-time comes, we
buy sugar, at high prices, to supply these
wants. The fact has been demonstrated,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28
Youthful Affection.

"What does Charlie say in his letter,
Marie?n
"iie's going to California for two
years, I'm so gladp
"Glad2"
why yes. ] can go TO the theatre
with George without having to break off
my engagement with Charlie. n-Epoch.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-28

Remarked to friend the other day that she
knew Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs was superior remedy, as it Stopped
rer cough ms antly when other cough rene
dles had no effect whatever SO to prove this
and convince you of its merit any druggist
VIII give you Sample Bottle Free Large
size J)c and SI
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Oh, liz She Had Heard Him

SIS your sister going to Europe to fin
ish her studles" asked Parkhurst.
"No," replies her little brother, "shc
Is going to have her hair bleached and
doesn't want to meet any of her acquaint
ances for few months. "-Ep0ch.
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Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant
and refreshingto the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro.
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceeptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it ON hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
..... SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, kK NEW YORK, nv
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II, If erery roman in this land knew for herself
the actual quality of Dobbius's Electric Soap,
no other washing soap could be sold. Millions
do use l., but other millions have never tried
it, Have Vouf Ask Nonr grocer for it