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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14
CRIBBING CORN.

| have yet to learn the economy Of
cribbing corn with the shuck on, writes
N, j, Shepherd in the. Western PloumdR.
The large amount of storage room re.
quired, the more handling necessary with
the extra work of handling that is occa-
stoned is certainly worth more than the
small amount of feed that is received in
the shucks. If roughness is needed it GER
tainly can be secured at much less cost,
and of a considerably better quality by
cutting the fodder in good season.
After the corn has matured sufficiently
to gather and store away there is but a
small amount of nutriment in the dried
up shucks, 1t is not good economy to
feed corn to stock of any kind with the
shuck on, and hence if stored away with
out husking it must be all handled over
again before feeding. 1t will not keep
any better in the shuck than without; IN
fact, if the corn is exposed and gets wet
it will damage more in the crib if il is
left with the husk on than without. More
crib room is required to hold given
number of bushels, and more handling
will be required from the field. II can
be jerked off in the field in little less
time than to shuck clean, but the work
of husking again before feeding out will
more than make this up so that so far as
the work is concerned and the expense of
properly storing, husking clean in The
field will be found the most economical
plan, while in feeding out much time will
also be saved.
II is always best in harvesting and
storing any crop to take reasonable
pains to put in as good condition as pos
sible, and in majority of cases this can
be done at much less expense at the
start than to wait until it is needed, either
for feeding or to send TO market, and
then be obliged to handle over again be-
fore it can be considered as being in
suitable condition. Wheat, oats, barley
and rye can be cleansed much more thor
oughly before putting in the bins in
graneries than afterward; and whichever
plan will economize labor to the best adj
vantage should be used.
ana IL Is certainly not economning
labor to store corn in the crib with the
shuck on, where, before it is fed out, it
must all be handled over again. and the
shuck be taken off before it is fed to the
stock. Even to hogs and cattle it is no
real saving. The cattle will waste more
or less corn in attempting to eat shuck,
cob and grain all at once, and often more
grain is wasted than the value of the
shuck as feed in giving cattle corn in the
shuck. What is fed to the hogs, has at
least wasted the shucks, while there is al
ways more or less waste of grain that
could have been saved if the corn was fed
shucked. With sheep and horses the
corn should always be shucked before
feeding And it is only in exceptional
cases that this can be done cheaper in the
crib than in the field.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14
BULBS FOR WINTER PIONEERING.

The bulbs should be ported as soon as
they can be had in compost consisting
OF good loan and rotten manure and road
grit, in equal parts, and should be just
covered with SOIL and the whole well
watered with Il hose. When the water
has soaked away they should be stood
upon firm bottom in the frame yard
and coal ashes put over them to the
depth of six or seven inches; here they
should remain until the pot is full of
roots. This is the object obtained by
covering with ashes; the crown of the
bulb being kept cool and dark with the
covering, the roots grow away in advance
of the tops, and so the plants become
fitted to yield good bloom, and here we
would say to beginners in bulb culture
lies the great secret of success. We have
seen people who ought to have known
better pot bulbs and place them at once
into greenhouse for Towering, or into u
stove for early bloom. OF course they
were disappointed, but as a rule the quail
ity of the bulb has been blamed and not
the foolish treatment which it has re-
ceived. Now, we say TO all who wish
for early flowers of Roman hyacinths, get
them as early as possible and treat them
as we have directed and grand bloom
will be the result. Never subject them
to artificial heat before the pots are full
of roots CoIman's Rur0y World.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14
Second Wind.

Every boy who has run a mile knows
what it is to gain ''second wind, "
though he may not be able to explain
why one minute he is out of breath and
the next feels as if he could rup several
miles. The explanation is this
In ordinary breathing we use only a
portion of our lungs, the cells at the ex-
tremity not being brought into play.
This is the reason why those who are not
sin training, and who try to run for any
distance, soon begin to gasp, and unless
they are courageous enough to persevere
in spite of the choking sensation, are
forced to stop; but if they will persevere
the choking goes off, and the result is
what is known as "second wind"
When the second wind is fully cstab-
of breath, but goes on running as long
as his legs will carry him.
The fact is, that on starting, the
farthest portions of the lungs are choked
with air, and the remainder do not sup
ply air enough to meet the increased
circulation caused by exercise. BY de-
grecs, however, the neglected cells come
into play; and when the entire lung is in
working order the circulation and respira-
ton ;again balance each other, and the
second wind is the result.
Now let the reader repeat his expert
ment of holding his breath against time
but first let him force out of his lungs
every particle of air that he can expel,
and then draw as deep a breath as his
lungs will hold. If this be repeated
seventy or eighty times, by way of i'm
itation of the whale, the experimenter
will find he can hold his breath for a
minute and half without inconvenience.
Should he be swimmer, he should
always take this precaution before "tak-
ing header" and he will find that he
can swim for considerable distance be-
fore he needs to rise for breath. - Yankee
Blade.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

THE second Egyptian cotton crop Is far be-
low the average.
THE Florida orange crop is estimated at
two million boxes.
THE will of the late Elisha 7. Loring of
Boston bequeaths $50, 900 to public charaties.
THE Eiffel Tower Company has now paid
to the stockholders moro than the entire out
lay.
"a EARTHQUAKE shocks have been felt over
large part of Mexico, but no damage or loss
of life is reported.
THE portrait of the baby King of Spain
now appears upon the coin and postage
stamps of that nation.
A MAMMOTH factory for plate glass is to be
established at Pendleton, Ind, where rich
silica deposits and natural gas are to be
found
AN immense sugar plantation in Moreles,
Mexico, with an accompanying silver mine,
has been sold to London syndicate for
100000.
THE position of the French in Madagascar
has again become critical and the people there
are preparing to repudiate the French pro-
tectorate.
THE University of Sydney, Australia, will
shortly come into the bequest made by the
late J. H. Chsllis of property amounting to
81, 000
LORD WoLsELEY has accepted an invita-
ton to be present at the unwilling of the
statue of General Robert E. Lee, at Rich
mond, Va.
IT is claimed that a balloonist named Dewey
descended safely with the aid of a parachute
from height of IA, 900 feet at Wolverhamp-
ton, England.
CHILL will abolish all import duties on
machinery, copper. iron and steel wire, iron
and steel rails, wheels, axles etc, to be used
on railroads
An anti-opium league has been formed in
Holland for the purpose of restraining the
sale of opium to the natives of the Dutch
possession of Java.
Mr.. BRADLAUGH, the English Republican,
who has been suffering from congestion of
the lungs has recovered. BE will take a sea
voyage for his health.
ALL foreigners serving in the Russian tel
egraph service will be compelled to accept
Russian nationality before January !, 1890,
or leave their employment.
THE Paris Exposition took in 2,30s, 900
tickets in the first fifteen days of October,
making total since the opening of 81, 640,-
o00-just double the figures of 1873.
A POWERFUL syndicate of French and Bel
gian bankers has Just concludeda convention
with the Chinese Finance Minister to feat
Chinese loan on the European market.
OF 100 samples of safety envelopes to
prevent rifling in the mails which were sub
mitted to the conference of Postoifice In
spectors at Washington, all were rejected.
IT seems to be settled fact that q largo
body of colored coionists will be given a
tract Of land by the Mexican Government.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14
Sponge Fishing in the soutI, Seas.

The sponge fishery of the South Seas
is an industry which evidently requires
only enterprise and organized labor to
become very profitable. The sponges of
the Pacific are generally regarded as in
ferior TO those of the Levant and Red
Sea, but the difference seems to lie in
certain processes of preparing for mar
ket, which are known to the Arabs, but
not in the Pacific The best sponges in
these seas are shaped, and
vary from the size of mans fist to two
feet in diameter. When removed from
the coral rock to which they cling they
are hard, heavy and black as tar. They
are cleansed by being suspended on a
frame work upon sandy beaches, where
the tide Gibbs and flows. When the tide
is out and they are exposed to wind and
sun their pulpy substance decays, and
when the tide rises the refuse matter is
washed away. Thus prepared they are
sold by the islanders at the rate of four
of the largest sponges for yard of cali
co worth six or eight cents .-Nac FORK
Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14

them if not guarded against. Sweet po-
tatoes can stand much more heat in win.
tor than the common potato; in fact
will keep well under degree of heat
which would soon shrivel or rot the latter.
In the spring good market is easily.
found for them, and large number can
be prolitably disposed of by almost every
farmer, The raising of plants from the
potatoes makes an item in profitable
farming also. York H9uM.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14
OUR SHIPS THAT CAN NEVER
COME IN,

Oh, wondrously fair are the Islands of Rest
The islands we never have seem
But we know they are smiling out there in
West
Their valleys all glowing in green.
No cloud ever crosses their tropical sky,
They know naught of sadness or sin,
Arrest in their harbor, all peacefully lie
Our ships that can never come in,
There dwell the fair faces our fancies may
see,
With eyes of the tenderest blue,
That come in our slumbers to you and to
me,
In dreams that can never come true.
We joyfully greet them, nor wish they were
here
Midst earth's ceaseless sorrow and din.
They are blissfully guarding the hopes we
hold dear
Our ships that never come in
Chicago Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14
SHEEP AS scAvENGERs.

Writing in the New York Tribune,
L. B. Pierce says; "Now that sheep are
coming to the front once more, it is
possible that some very unproductive and
worthless slashings will be brought to
profitable condition. No other animal
is so at war with natures wildness as the
sheep. Scarcely any noxious thing OK
cept thistes will gain foothold in sheep
pasture; and there is no way of subdu-
ing a clearing so thoroughly as to set
sheep a-feeding there. | know of a
clearing of ten acres that has been moth
ing but bill of expense for eight years,
which now (barring stumps) might have
been clean, bluegrass pasture if it had
been made run for small flock of
sheep. The owner has had spell of
cutting brush and weeds about once in
two years, and now the last end of the
field is worse than the first. One of the
present beauty-spots is half-acre patch
of teasles. As run for cattle the field
has certainly not been worth twenty five
cents an acre, and many of the stumps
are no nearer decay than eight years ago,
the roots having been kept alive by
growing sprouts.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14
utility of War. pestilence and Famine.

From Maria Michell's "Reminiscences
of the Herschels," in the Century, the
following is taken: ''One of Sir John
Herschel's numerical problems was this:
If, at the time of Cheops, or three thou
sand years ago, one pair of human beings
had lived, and war, pestilence and fam
inc had not existed, and only natural
death came to man, and this pair had
doubled once in thirty years, and their
children had doubled, and SO on, how
large would the population of the world
be at this time-could they stand upon
the earth2 We were sitting at the break
fast table when he asked the question
We thought they could not. But if
they stood closely and others stood or
their shoulders, man, woman and child
how many layers would their be2' ]
said Perhaps three How many feet
of men,? he asked. Possibly thirty, |
said. 'Oh, morer We'll, we'll say a
hundred ooh, morep Miss Herschel
said: Enough to reach the moon To
the sun More, more, cried Sir John,
exulting in our astonlshment; bid
higher TO Neptune, said one. Now
you burn, he replied. Take a hundred
times the distance, of Neptune, and it is
very near. That is my way, he said, 'of
whitewashing war, pestilence and fam
inc"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14

A Bengalee girl, who has just com
pleted her ninth year, proposes to appear
at the next matriculation examination OF
the Calcutta india University. She il
the daughter of gentleman serving'i in /;
distinguished capacity in a native State
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14

When DR.. Durier returned to Tours he
was changed beyond recognition. His
thick black hair had turned white, his
eyes had lost their brilliancy, and were
surrounded by dark circle, his cheeks
fell, and when he walked he was bent
over like an old man.
He did not bring back his wife coffin.
She had requested, he affirmed, that her
body remain in Italy and he had respected
her wish. She reposed in the Campo
Santo at Milan.
At the memorial service, which was
celebrated in the cathedral at Tours. he
excited the pity of all the congregation
even that of his wife's guardian, who,
however, was furious since the notary
had told him that before starting for
Italy Nine. Durier had recently made
will in favor of her husband. This was
the surprise.
Courage, Major!" said Durier's Col
onel to the bereaved Surgeon.
''Be mani said his comrades.
After the ceremony he allowed no one
to accompany him to the house that
awaited the happy couple and where he
alone returned alive He even refused
the guardian, who wished to give him
the details about his inheritance. He
wanted no witnesses. His orderly was
sufficient to aid him in unpacking the
box that he had brought from Milan. II
was fine box in leather and contained
malachite urn of splendid design.
SIS that new travelling casel" asked
the orderly.
He opened the box and took out the
urn. eff ever you touch that
''Oh, Major, you may be sure l won't
Is it souvenir of your wife,"
"Yes, a souvenir of my wife"
He sent away his orderly and then con.
templated for long while this urn that
contained his wife's ashes. He had moi
wished to confide his secret to any one
and he wept alone before the one who
was no more. Finally he placed the urr
upon his chamber mantelp:ece, saying tc
himself that he would thus see it in fall
ing asleep and upon awakening.
A few days afterward he returned tC
his regimental duties. His comrades
tried to cheer him up and keep him Will
them, but he resisted As soon as h,
had finished his duties he returned HON,
and lived with the souvenir of the adoret
wife. He had ordered several reproduc
tons of good portrait that he possessed
of her, and all the rooms in the hous
were ornamented with them.
Curiously enough it was among al
these tokens of remembrance that Durie
was less sad. The dead woman KEEP
her promise; she did not incommod
him. The contemplation of the mala
chite urn awakened no cruel ideas in tn
doctors mind; he continually saw hi
wife, gay, charming and smiling. II
talked with her and they discussed thei
wedding journey When he was obliget
to work he carried the urn into his study
they had so often said that while he wa
busy she would come near his table an,
embroider without disturbing him.
Six months, then year passed by il
this manner. He now began to forge
the urn at night, and instead of carrying
it into his chamber left it in his study
He even finished by leaving it aitogethe
in his study; not that the souvenir 0
the dead was less dear to him, but be
cause he said to himself that the silenc
of the doctors study was more suitabl
place for funeral urn. Besides, he hal
taken care to always have close by
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14

Miss Sarah Irving, niece of Washing
ton Irving, welcomes the guests who
come to the noyelist's old home.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-11-14
THE MALACHITE URN.

When Louis Durier, Surgeon of the
Flfty-frst Regiment, lost his wife, his
sorrow was intense. He had scarcely
had time to become well acquainted with
the adored companion and to enjoy his
happiness, for they had been married
only month and were ON their wedding
journey in Italy.
They had met each other at Tours,
where Durier's regiment was in garrison
He had won her heart by his elegant
craftsmanship and by the languid way in
which he sang with his fine baritone
voice gentle romances wherein it was reg
ularly a question of love. And he thus
found himself married without having
reflected great while; for it was she
who had chosen him in spite of her
guardian, who did not consider that Du
rier's position was on an equal footing with
his wards large fortune.
She had always worried her guardian
by her fantastical ways, Poor guardian
He had scarcely had time to turn round ,
as they say, before his ward called herself
Nine. Durier. He consoled himself in
seeing the brilliant throng of officers who
accompanied the young couple to the al
tar. The marriage was one of the most
brilliant ones that had ever celebrated IN
the old city of Tours.
After weeks sojourn in the neighbor-
hood of Tours they started for Italy. 1t
was an enChantment for both of them
they began to know each other by heart
and soon learned to know each others
mind IN admiring the admirable monu-
ments of the classic land.
They had nearly finished their Journey
and were staying for second time at
Milan when, after an imprudent prone
made that she had absolutely wished to
make during damp evening, Nine.
Durler, who was very delicate, suddenly
fell i'll. The following day Inflammation
OF the lungs set in, and few days later,
Notwithstanding the most devoted care
OF her husband, assisted by the most
celebrated doctors of Milan, Nine. Du-
rier was at the point of death. She had
the courage to console her husband.
Otis not possible to be so happy and
to live always. | have had so much hap
piness in loving you. But do not weep,
for | do not wish to pass away with the
vision of your sad face" She raised her
arm feebly and stroked his moustache,
which he now neglected.
81 want you to have your brave air.
have loved you so much You will see :;
a surprise awaits you when you return to
Tours. And if you wished to make me
one. If you wished never to leave me,
to keep me always with you?
am frightened at this wicked
death, which destroys us during so
many years. Tell me, do you wish to
make of me little lot of dust, so that
you can carry me away with you?
would take such a small space! l would
not incommode you, would not prevent
you from working. You would some
times glance at me, and never entirely
forget it,"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-24
ORDINANCE NO. i,072.

An ordinance prohibiting the distribution
o. posting OF circulars. dodgers. tracts,
pamphlets, or other advertising matter
upon the puhsic streets. alleys OF side
walks OF the city Sea lie.
SEcTsoS |. That II shall BE anIaw al for
any person or versions 10 circnia or post,
or cans TO be circulated OF posted. upon
any of the public streefs, alleys or side
walks OF q e city Of Scatter 10 pest or
cause 20 &c posted upon aEy tree. 10 10
graph, telephone, electric wire, or oshe1
pole, upon any street or alley In said city.
any eircaEsr. siodxez, tract, pamphlet. or
ether advertising matter Provided that
this seeii0 shA not apply 70 advertising
matter npaT hzn boards owress or con-
rssisea by private Individuals
See = Any person siolaf ng any OF the
prov sfens Of the furszoinx secfx0n shall
he deemed xuiity Of q mISzeueAnar and
upon conviction thereof shall be aaed In
any sam not less than fse or more than
Effy dollar or he imprisoned for aay
period nos exceeding thirty days
sec. 8 Tais ordinance shall take effect
and he In fierce from and after It's approval
and publication.
See 4 That al ordinances and Parts Of
ordinances II conflict with this ordinance
be and the same are hereby rereAiest
Passed taa Common Council the 18th
day 81 April. ise.
Approved The 18th s3ar OF Aprfs. sSss.
R0EERT MORAN. Mayor
Filed the 2fssh day OF April. fssa
C. W. FERz5s, Clerk
Published W ett1e<sfay A prfi "a Use
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-24

S SAA - ARaSSE Ems.
Deeds Recorded 1T the Auditors
Once Yesterday.

Real estate transactions from January i.
1859, to date, are &, ss4, s6s 50. There were
filed for record yesterday 2 deeds, the con-
siderations sggregating Sss,seo an aver
ASc OF Ns4sl- Following II the list a. furn-
ished by Osborne, Trenper & Co.. absfrac-
tors OF title.
G. McDonaid ct al. executors. 10 Thomas
hufks. iot Z. blk 10. blk -. A. A. Denny 3
Thomas Burke to NJ. j. csrkeek. lot !,
BLK 10. A. A. Denny's plat g. $50
NJ Z Galley to J. MeSoriey. ne Il Of ne X
sec %, and nv 4 OF sw I. sec Il. tp 2. "a
]. Ncsorley 70 j. +. Mesorley, ne z o,
e 2. sec e, and NV Il OF sw y, sec Il. tp
c. r stone % WIN. Ashworsh. tract in
sec -. fp 8. n, 500.
r. A. Mcdonald to G. 9. Dudley. lots
and 2 blk s. .. 7. Denny's srd, o6.so0.
e g Fsy e Lucy A. Preston. lots. blk II,
2. Grub 70 (. Davidson. lots and 10 /,
on lot ,. blk :, Terry B 5th add. $50
= living 20 3. !. Dearborn. lot s. blk .,
=. Blewett to w. Ashworth, lots and 4,
blk g, Denny 4 Hcyt's. 500.
=. biewstt TO n. 7. Nelson, lot ~, blk IS,
D. b. Blsckmar to u Z. cane. lot 4 slk
II. Jacksou street add. $780,
ID. III. Biackmar to 8. Lawrence. lot 8. blk
ii, Jackson street add, 500.
r Bleweff to A. II. Sargent, lots and
II. blk ~, Denny & Hoyt's add, $500.
W Richards TO 7. Johnson, lots is, Il. q
ana q. blk =. Northern add. $50.
Seattle Land Co. to Mn. p. n. Warren.
lot 10. blk Is, Ye8ler's first add. 81 $50.
r. NJ. Warren TO n Dish0n. LOT 10. blk 16.
Yeslers first add, 1900
NJ. DishOn 10 p. Warren, lots and s. biz
2. Charles add. 81 600.
n. White 70 ~. Wilson. lots II and Is.
blk b. white & Manning's add to West Sc
attic, $200.
A. Burrows TO W. II. Coleraan. II acres
in lot 4, see p, tip "a. : 5, $500
@. II. Randall TO l.. l. Kerr, lots l and 2.
blk =, RsndAli's add, &550
John Hays. executor, to j. w. van Brock
lin, lot z. blk 4, c. ID. Boren's plat, 81 100.
A. A. Niekersou to A. W. Buddress, lots
4, 8, blk 6, Ross second add, 500.
A. b. Llewellyn to J. nolan. lots 2, q, q,
80. Madison street add. <2zs.
G. Hayden to X. + Mccoy. lots L, 2. blk
=, Burke's second add. 81 600
A. H. Manning TO J. C. Storms. lot %, blk
s, White & Manning's add West Seattle,
$50.
J. Scott to s. r. Bruden. lot 1, blk /, Bax-
ter's add g SxG