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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1890-08-14

Of 12,749 in 1890. In 1880 the
population was 11,104. sub
tract the former from the latter
number and you have = gain
Of 1,645. No flies on t'we'ns. "
Mr.. @. Sander Of Dessvile
and . daughter Of JohS Snyder
and Miss Clara Bowman were
returning home from church
IN . buggy:&he horses became
frightened and ran away and
We are told that one Of the
yoNng ladies came very near
being killed.
Citizens Of Cape county
have organized an anti.horse
thief association. Such an
organisation " . good thing
70 have In thas eou1ty:bat here
IN 6ollilssS who're . eiassg
doss not lose . horse b. thieves
ones In . decade and whore
we have no b0ltsr editing Y
= newspaper II would bs nee.
lses.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
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SALT FoT ANIMALS.

Why do animals need salt7 Because
animal fat is an cpitome Of mineral and
vegetable matters, and salt is medium
between them-a compound Of these
compounds in certain definite proper
tons, and grass and grains do not sup
ply a sufficient proportion to complete
the animal compound and are not there
fore complete nutrients. Horses fed
on an excess Of grain, in disproportion
to most tibrous plants, will eat the ground
with avidity when they can get at it,
and it supplies, in measure, corrector
of vegetable acidity. Salt being o
chloride of sodium, furnishes both chic
rine and soda, the latter being q neutral
izer of excessive acidity, especially de-
rived from grasses; pampered horses
should be provided with the following
ball, always within easy reach: First,
make a strong brine of rock salt with a
tenth of saltpetre in it; then get a spit
of pure clay and half gallon of fresh
wood ashes, and of these make mix
ture, with sufficient water, and roll into
ball and dry. Keep this in till of the
manger, clean and always in reach of the
pet animal, just as the grass and ground
in his native wild. AS have said, the
horse is an epitome of all that he will eat
in health, and this is why they nourish
and build up each function. -Picayuns.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
Origin of Mascot"

The word "mascot" was introduced
into literature by means Of the comic
opera 'La Mascotte, written by Audran /;
but it seems to have been term in COM
mon use long previously among game
sters and sporting characters generally
in France. 1t was used to signify some
object, animate or inanimate, which,
like the uck-penny, brought good for
tune to its possessor. The word is
further traced back to the patois of
Provence and Gascony, where a mascot
is something which brings luck to o
household. There is but little doubt
that it is etymologically derived from
the word masque-masked or concealed
which in provincial French is applied
as ne coiffe is in more polished French
to child born with caul. The
caul is thin membrane which some
times covers the head of an infant at
birth, and has from the earliest times
been regarded with superstitious feel
ings. The child born with it was es-
teemed highly fortunate, and was be-
lieved to be destined, not only to be
lucky himself but to be the source of
luck in others; and the caul itself was
esteemed charm of great virtue, and
high prices were often paid for its pos.
session
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
TYING Up CARRIAGES.

The tying up of tho leaves OF early
cabbages is much practiced by the Lon
don cabbage growers, and an English
gardening authority says it is to be much
commended. The operation is simple
one, just, in fact, similar to that adopted
in the case of Cos lettuces. The soft
outer leaves are folded carefully around
the heart or centre of the plant, and the
whole is bound firmly with wythe or
piece of bast. The centre being pro-
tected from tho weather, the cabbages
heart sooner by two or three weeks than
they otherwise would do, and they are
more easily handled in gathering and
packing for market. Compact little
cabbages are always preferable to loose
ones.--Neo York Witness.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
surface soii BY deep blowing, and

surfass soil by deep blowing, snd
thinking ii may DO desirable TO impress
upon tyros In tillage an idea Of the dis
advantages of tho practice, he gives,
through the FIrmsrs' Rseieo, the ap-
pended line upon line from his extensive
and valuable experience;
az am firm believer in deep, rich
soil, At the same time, ] dislike very
much to have mora than half an inch OF
subsoil turned up at any one time. In
other words, il tho soil was not moro
than three inches deep, ! would not
pillow more than three and half inches
deep at first. II the soil was twelve
inches deep should not hesitate to
plow from six to ten inches deep, tho
depth depending somewhat upon the
crops to be grown en- it. But in every
case Il cannot now remember an excep-
tion) where the subsoil of my land was
turned up couple of inches or moro
deep, at a single blowing, the result
was very unfavorable. No matter how
much manure was put on, full crop
seemed to be impossible, whether of corn,
potatoes, cabbage or something else.
Some grains or vegetables seem to DO
affected more unfavorably than others,
but the difference is only of degree, the
fact of at least q partial loss Of the crop
holds good in every single case. If the
soil Is shallow it may and ought to be
made deep, but it must be the work of
years. ! know by experience that fairly
good crops may be grown upon q rather
light soil, with the right kind of fert;liz-
ing; but if very large yields are to be
made the rule instead of the exception, it
is the work of years to so deepen, enrich
and prepare the soil that it can be accom-.
plished."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
Thunderstorm UOurs.

The remarkable fact that thunder and
lightning seldom occur over the ocean
except at night is shown by the recently
issued meteorological report of the Chal-
lenger expedition. During the voyage
twenty-six thunderstorms over the open
sea were encountered, of which twenty
two occurred during the ten hours from
10 P. M. to 8 A. NJ, and only four during
the ether fourteen hours of the day. OF
the 200 reported cases Of lightning with
out thunder, 1SS occurred during the ten
hours from p. NJ to 4 A. NJ. The fol-
lowing are the hours of the maxima of
these phenomena in the summer months
over land and the open sea respectively
Thunderstorms over land, Q to p. NJ.
lightning over land, P. NJ to midnight;
lightning over the open sea, s P. NJ. to
A. M; and thunderstorms over the
open sea, 10 p. NJ. to S A. NJ,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
CARE AND FEEDING SHEEP.

Now, as to ycarlings and lambs, writes
awell-known sheep raiser to the Prairie
Farmer, we prefer feeding them in the
stables, giving them hay and straw in
the racks-straw in the morning and hay
at highland shelled corn and little
bran. The reason we feed our older
sheep corn in the ear is because when
you feed sheep pure shelled corn, if it
is cold and hungry, it is liable TO cat il
too fast; whereas, if it has to shell before
1t can cat it, that prevents this, and
there is no danger of their securing. BY
feeding lambs and yearlings little bran
with the corn, it keeps them from eating
too rapidly.
We never feed any oats to wethers, be-
cause we never had them to spare, for
we always saved them for our ewes and
yearlings we were wintering over. In
other words, the "shropshircs got the
oats." Am sure, however, they i'm.
prove the gain upon the wethers.
We keep our rams either in stable
away from the sight of any sheep, or il
O lot where we turn them out for short
time each day for exercise. We do no
let them fret any more than we can help
By keeping everything as quiet as posi-
BILE around the stable. We prefer using
a teaser for the benefit of the rams. W.
feed them bran and oats, with a lIttl,
oil-meal mixed with it. The quantity t.
be fed depends little upon the condi
ton of the rams, and how they eat "
their feed. We give them something
green every day-cabbage, grass, etc.
with plenty of good clover hay, Away
giving free access to plenty Of fresl
water.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
ROAD-MAKING,

In an address read before the Missouri
State Board of Agriculture wcrc named
the following general specification for
public roads: 81. All public roads
should be located on the shortest, cheap
est, best and most practicable route be-
tween the termini, regardless of section,
quarter-section or farm lines-especially
where they materially interfere with pub
lie travel. 2. No public road should be
less than forty feet wide. Less than this
does not give space for the proper road
bed and bitches. g. No grade should be
allowed on public roads greater than one
foot vertical to fifteen feet lineal. Sleeper
than this is almost unfit for public travel,
and dangerous and very difficult to main
tain. 4. The road-bed should not be less
than twenty feet wide between brims and
sufficiently elevated above the side
bitches to secure ample drainage. Ample
and proper drainage is the great secret of
good roads"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
A Chinese Banquet.

On the 26th of last moon grand ban.
quet was spread in the Taiwoo Palace,
to which were invited all the represen-
tatives of China's tributaries and all the
native dignitaries who had come to Pc
king to congratulate the Emperor on the
attainment of his twentieth birthday. At
II o'clock in the forenoon the Emperor
entered the banqueting hall, and all those
who had assembled knelt down until his
Majesty had taken his seat. Then Kwong-
lok Tsze, an official in one of the Six
Boards, rose up and poured out cup of
wine, which he handed to Prince Chow
Ching, who in turn handed it, kneeling,
to the Emperor, who drank it. Wine
was next given to all the guests, who,
still kneeling, pledged the health of the
Emperor.
The guests then rose aud took their
places at the tables. The Emperor had
table spread for himself on raised
dais in the middle of the hall, and lit
tie below was the table for his own i'm
mediate relatives aud the guardians Of
the heir apparent. Ninety-six tables were
spread altogether, and at them were
seated Mongol Princes, senior guardians,
ministers of the Six Boards and officials
of various kinds down to the degree OF
third class mandarins. At the lower end
of the hall the Mohammedan Princes,
and Corean representatives were seated
below them were the tables for the Court
of Censors, and below them, again, al
most in the courtyard, the lesser manda-
rims had to be content. Most of the tables
accommodated three or four persons, but
each Mohsmmedsn and Corean represen-
tative had table to himself. The menu
consisted OF various kinds of cakes,
fruits and sweetmeats too numerous to
mention, and during the feast the com
pany were entertained by dancers, must
clans and singers and theatrical repre-
sensations. When the repast was finished
each person put some dainty in his poc
for his friends at home. s. -. -
(Chuad) Mercury.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
AN TIME REMEDY REVIVED,

A Rhode Island farmer says be has no
further use for scare-crows. He has not
had dozen hills pulled up in ten years
and he found his remedy in gas tar and
plaster. He thoroughly mixes a table
spoonful Of gas-tar with peck of the
seed-corn, then stirs III enough plaster
to dry it. What he should have said
was, to dissolve gas tar, or common tar,
in hot water, and then stir the corn in
the solution until each grain had taken
a film of the tar. Then rolling in the
plaster will dry the whole so 1t may be
planted by hand. This was practiced
In the West years before corn planters
were known. But if the corn is not
previously soaked, it will not take mois-
ture from the soil when rather dry.
Again, tarred corn will not deliver
kindly from complaining machine,
In the East, where corn is largely
dropped from the hand, the means may
still be available; but in the West, corn
pulling by birds is no serious inconveu-
ienco now, owing 10 the immense fields
planted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19

there which was built In the wall a. fsl
back as the time when Abigail Adams
came down from Boston aud wrote back
such gruesome accounts of tho "barn,
like" East Room, which she could put to
no better uso than to dry her clothes
This fireplace Is still used for heating the
boiler for the Mondays wash, which CO.
ours as regularly here rs in the family OF
any orderly citizen. tits formed of hard
baked plaster and looks as though il
would easily stand another century. A
large laundry stove stands in the middle
OF the room covered by two terraces OF
"fats" which the three white women
Johanna, Mary and Miss Grass keep
changing tho live-long day. They arc
tidy, pleasant faced women, and can out.
do All Sing in tho polishing business.
There are thirteen regular house servants,
although eight or nine more are en-
ployed about tho grounds and conserva.
tories.
There is still another room where ono
can get an idea OF Mrs. Harrison's house,
keeping. It is tho linen closet on the
second floor. The linen was formerly
kept in the damp closets in the stewards
room, but Mrs. Harrison noticed one day
that there could be a closet amply large
made behind the elevator and she had
the space walled in, shelves built, and
now the White House has matchless
linen closet. 1t is under the care of
Josephine, Mrs. Harrison's maid, and a
Whit OF it is like breath from u meadow
in May, for 1t is kept so clean and sweet.
Everything is initialled with gu. g." in
white linen, although one set of napkins
has the initials in white, with faint line
of red. The napkins are all a yard
square and of the finest damask. Mrs.
Harrison has added to the stock since
she has been in tho White House, and
there is one set Of dinner linen that was
used at the first state dinner that is as
fine and soft as silk.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
SELECT SETTINGS.

There are $50 staircases in the Vatican,
at Rome.
The future great tea producing region
of the world is believed to be South
Africa.
Quail fighting was sport once popu.
lar in ancient Rome in her most luxuri-
Gus days.
There is a colored woman Ia Talbot
County, Ga, who says she has now fifty
one grandchildren.
An Indian out in Oklahoma recently
sold his wife for bunch of beads, a pack
of cards and a cigar.
Two youths OF Napoleon, Mich, won
wager by each eating five pounds Of
honey at one sitting.
A parrot in a hospital at Pittsburgh,
Penn, got drunk on half-cup of slco-
hol left in her reach and shocked the in.
mates with her profanity.
Four young whales, each about seven
feet long, appeared in the Thames, re-
Gently. They gamboled about in the
river, while great crowds looked on.
In German cafe the coffee is not only
boiled By electricity, but small electric
railway carries it to the various tables,
so that the guests may help themselves to
their liking.
A Western Massachusetts dentist il
said to have small boy sit in his Office
and yell at the top of his lungs OCCASION
ally 1t lends an air of business to the
establishment.
A dog in France, which was struck by
lightning and considered dead, afterward
partly recovered. 1t continued deaf and
blind, and had to depend on its smell
for recognition of persons and things.
A calf recently born in New Hamp-
shire town chad three bodies, two heads,
two mouths, four eyes, two ears, eight
legs, and two tails, one mouth and two
tongues. The monstrosity lived to days"
A real horned man has been discovered
by Captain Albornog on the Gran Chaco
in the Argentine Republic. He is tall,
with full beard, and two very perfect
horns like those Of stag on his fore
| head
A Berlin antiquary has discovered in
hollow cane the dagger with which Rs-
villac assassinated King Henry tho
Fourth of France. The dagger was stolen
from the Palace of Justice, in Paris, in
| 1915.
The name Deadwood originated from
the superabundance of dead pine timber
on the mountains and along the streama
above the Dakota city, and was so called
by the pioneers who first discovered gold
in 1875. The city was laid out in the
summer OF 1878.
The religion of Dahomey Land is to
the effect that any soldier killed while
fighting white men goes straight to
heaven to become handsome young man
of twenty -five, who is provided with fl.
teen beautiful young wives and all the
game he can eat for thousand years.
Ambergris, from which many perfumes
are made, and which is sometimes used
to flavor wine, is merely the morbid Sc
cretion of the liver of sick spermaceti
whale. 1t is a fatty, waxy substance,
disagreeable to sight or touch, but even
in its crude state exhaling pleasant
odor.
An original swindling device has been
invented in connection with the Edin.
burg (Scotland) International Exhibition
Four members of family take two sea.
son tickets; two who enter in the morn.
ing post their tickets in the building, and
the other two wait their arrival; and oil
that their admission costs is the price Of
the penny stamD
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Have you cleaned out the cellari
How about sowing soiling crops'
Don't depend upon single crop.
How about the gilt edged butteri
1t will pay to spray your fruit trees.
Slightly sprinkle the dust bath with
carbolic acid.
Give fowls generous supply Of gravel.
It is their teeth.
Have pure water where fowls may have
constant access to it.
Dust laying hens aud th.ir nesh with
Persian insect powder.
An occasional fumigatien with sulphur
will be found advantageous.
The character of the food has much to
do with the quality of the eggs.
J. NJ. Hamburger is firm believer in
hives with upward storing capacity.
The duck industry ought to pay in ia.
vored localities if properly managed.
The perennial candytuft is plan,
which should b, in every spring garden.
Generally the nearer the market the
better the product when it reaches the
consumer.
Remember that white hellebore Is the
most effectual remedy known for the cur
rant worm.
Grow for home Use what Is liked at
home; grow for tho market what tho
market calls for.
The young leaves OF the strawberry
plant are coming into use in Germany as
a substitute for tea.
Feed your fruit trees if you want them
to feed you with good fruit. Try man
uring on an old orchard.
Burn the limbs trimmed from your
fruit trees. BY SO doing you will de-
stroy many insect pests.
A Philadelphia physician has found
typhoid bacilli in the juice of celery
grown near the Quaker City.
Soapsuds from the weekly laundrying
ore good for the grapevines, and indeed
for almost every other crop.
As far as possible raise everything that
is needed for use on the farm. This
saYes transportation both ways.
Watering your plants with cold water
chills and Injuries them. The water
should be as warm as the atmosphere.
As it IS the early bird that catches the
worm, so it is the farmer early to market
with his produce that gets the best price.
The farmer who grows no small fruits
for mis- family, will be apt to complain a
good deal about the depression in agri-
culture
After handling the combs of foul,
broody colony, at once wash your hands
in dilute solution Of salicylic acid or
carbolic acid.
Orchard and Garden is authority for
the statement that evergreens may be
successfully transplantcd in nearly every
month in the year, provided proper care
be exercised to keep the roots moist.
If the bees languish and you find .
dark, stringy, salvy mass, which is elias
tic, in the cells; if the caps are many of
them sunken and pierced with irregular
holes, you may be sure of the presence
of foul brood.
That bees mix water with honey Is q
well-known fact, but does not provo
that they make honey. Bees do not
make honey. They simply gather what
nature has already made, says the editor
of the american Bee Journal.
To make bee culture pay, G. W.
Demaree advises good, plain hives and
fixtures, as cheap as is consistent with
utility, which means avoid all expensive
patent hives and patent devices that are
untried or that promise nothing for the
extra price set on them.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
PLANTING nAsrpEnRrEs N su,nfrn,

Tho young root sprouts of raspberries
may be successfully transplinted at this
season, and will, with proper care, pro-
duoe fair crop Of fruit next summer. A
damp and cloudy day is most favorable
for this work. The ground where the
plants stand should be well soaked with
water, and each sprout be taken up with
a solid lump of soil, as large as can con-
veniently be carried to the new bed,
Here they arc placed into the holes or
burrows which have been dug previously,
taking care not to break the chumps.
American A2rieulturist.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
Ono of the biggest of Rnnk.

The British Government has issued one
of the largest literary works of the times.
This is the report of the scientific results
of the voyage of the Challenger. 1t has
cost up to this period, Including the sums
voted for scientific work in connection
with the expedition since the voyage was
contemplated, at least $40, 600, and
sales of the thirty six volumes issued hs~-
brought in only about 100000,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
"sold Their King for a Groat. {,

The expression 1.-THE Scots sold their
King for groat" originated thus: Dur
ing the civil war in England, between
the roundheads and the cavaliers, Charles
l., after the battle of Naseby, in 1645,
in which the Royslists were defeated,
was forced to hide himself in the Scot
fish camp. The King was given up to
Parliament in 1916, for 5000, 600. Some
industrious mathematician computed that
this sum was just groat apiece for the
population of Scotland. Hence arose
the above saying.-Deroit Free Pres.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
IN PEACE.

How shall serve my fathers land,
There are no battles to be won
No deeds that heroes might have dons,
No lives to give at her command,
Nay, none of theso-but lives to live
Within, Of gentle soul and pure
Without, OF zeal and courage sure
FOR all the best that life can give.
And then to crown the finished span.
To honor country and her dead,
'Twere need enough that it be said,
He lived true American.
IN, A. ID. Roire, IN, in Youths Companfon
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
EXCESSIVELY FAT HENS.

Excessive fatness from overlooking is
disease that is certainly fatal in time. II
causes an inaammatory condition OF the
blood because of the excess of carbon
aceous matter in it, and thus produces
the class of diseases known Gs anthrax or
Charlton, both of these words meaning
coal or carbon, from the dark color of
the blood. Sometimes the disease takes
the form of Group or diphtheria, when
the head swells and becomes red or
black and the throat is filed with false
membrane. The only remedy is to avoid
the cause.-Nelo York Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
coaMoy FAULT AMONG ENGLISH SERVANTS.

COMMON FAULT AMONG ENGLISH sERv ANTS.
One common fault among English servants
is drunkenness, says a London correspondent.
i have had no personal experiences, but in
my peregriuations in search OF domestics
have met those whose appearance Indicated
familiar acquaintance with the bottle, and
in seeking reference this has frequently bsen
mentioned as ''her one fault; but it is 80
common that We put up with it for long
time" Beer is considered part Of an Eng
lish servants board. Total ahstainsrs'
frequently bargain for tho equivalent OF q
quart of beer day in hard cash. Many
ladies consider it necessary in advertising
for a servant TO stAts that NO bser is allowed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-06-19
DEEpEy SOIL BY SLOW DEGREES.

President Smith, of tbs Wisconsin
Horticultural Society, had, so long as
twenty-five years ago, 3 costly demonstra-
ton against the previously accepted
theory favorable to burial of manure and