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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-24
First Time Had Feit Hungry
for Two Years

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four years since recovered, and have not had
e days sickness since ror any helnorilase. u
ever human being thanked the good Lord on
ben led knees it WAS l. know that
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-03-24
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
A Gladstone Collar.

Mr.. Gladstone, it is well known, has a
rather long neck, and habitually wears
a collar of the kind which has been
given his name-a collar snowy, immac-
ulate, extensive and characteristic.
Mr.. Furniss, in innumerable clever
caricatures of the great statesman, has
never failed to make the most of this
article of apparel.
1t has long been the custom for the
most regular and frequent contributors
of Punch to meet at weekly dinner
with the editor, there to communicate
their ideas to one another, criticise, sug-
gest and arrange in the most sociable
and pleasant manner rough plan of
the next number to be prepared.
At one of these little dinners Mr..
Gladstone was an honored guest, and
there was some previous speculation as
to how he and Mr.. Furniss would enjoy
meeting.
Mr.. Gladstone proved equal to the oc.
casion. He came, and hardly was he
seated at the table when the company
became aware of a change in his famil
lar personality. A second look revealed
his nature. Mr.. Furniss stared; some
body Uttered. There was smile, g
ripple, and then roar of laughter.
Mr.. Gladstone had ON the smallest
slenderest and most inconspicuous Of
narrow, rundown collars, assumed fol
that occasion only, and was quietly en-
iovipu tho artists 6iscpmfit11ra
Mr.. Furniss soon recovered himself
and appreciated the joke as much al
any one.-Youth's Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
Young Rats Adopted by a Cat.

Brainard Ives, the Mount Carmel stage
driver, has cat that has recently shown
most remarkable eccentricities. A short
time ago the cat became the mother Of
several kittens. A day or SO later while
prowling about in the barn it came
across nest of young rats, which num-
bered three in all. Instead of killing and
eating them, as might be supposed the
cat would do, she carried them to her
own nest and placed them with her young
kittens, nursing them as she did her own
offspring.
Ever since the kittens and rats have re-
manned together and are thriving splen-
didly. The rats have just begun to open
their eyes, while the kittens are some
what older and have been able to see for
several days.-New Haven Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15

Moorish Locusts Feed Man and Beast.
The British consul at Mogador while
ON an excursion inland, about days
journey from Mogador, met flights of
locusts. He says it was an astonishing
and interesting though painful sight,
the air being in some parts thick with
them that they formed dense living
brown fog, through which he could
hardly find his way, while they SO COM
pletely covered the ground that the ut
most caution was necessary in walking,
as he could not tell whether he was
treading on soft sand, hard slippery
rock, or what.
Many birds Toasted on the insects, in
GLIDING large flights of gulls from the
sea, and beasts evidently enjoy their
share, for in the middle of the densest
swarm he saw fine red fox dancing
about in the most frantic manner, leap
ing up and swapping dozens Of the To-
Gusts in the air, until, seeing the
stranger, he suddenly dropped on all
tours and quickly vanished in the live
fog. Not only did the barbel get their
share of the novel food (the consul used
the locusts successfully as bait fol-
them), but some of the fish of the Allan.
tic were found gorged with locusts
which had been blown off the land by
easterly winds. AS usual, they were ex
tensively eaten by the native population
both Mohammedan and Jewish.-Lon
don Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
The Homestead Riot.

Homestead seems a sorry enough
name now for the plant Of steel works
which was the scene of the fight. It
was the worst labor riot in this country
since 1877, the trouble at that time also
occurring in Pennsylvania. Iron work
ing seems to draw to 1t hard tempered
rs well as turbulent element. In the
awful scenes at Homestead twenty-one
persons were killed and a hundred
wounded, more than were killed and
wounded In some of the fights of the
war.
Mr.. G. W. Childs' paper, the Phila-
lelphia Public Ledger, lays the blame
for the first law breaking act ON the
strikers, The owners of the Homestead
works turned them over to the county
authorities for protection, The sheriff
with a few deputies came to take pos
session of the plant in the name Of the
law. The strikers drove him and his
men out That Illegal act precipitated
the conflict. It is believed to have been
the Pinkerton men who fred the first
shot, but if the sheriff had insisted on
his authority, even if to enforce it he
would have had to call on half the men
in Pittsburg to be sworn in as deputies,
the final judgment of public sentiment
would have upheld him in his deter
mination to preserve order. The whole
! lamentable occurrence shows the grow
ing necessity for arbitration in labor
troubles.
As to the Pinkerton detectives, The
Ledger calls them, however useful they
may be at times, IAN actual military
force-armed with destructive weapon
of warfare-that is nowhere recognized
by the federal or state constitution. v
As to what an Infatuated mob will do,
we quote from the report. 1t was after
the Pinkertons had surrendered:
| AS the men passed by, each in charge Of two
deputies, the mill men and their friends kicked
| them and threw some Of them down.
The unfortunate detectives begged for mercy
some OF them had pistol shot wounds in theil
heads, and three were seen that had their eyes
shot out. Several were shot in the shoulders
arms and legs and could scarcely limp along
Blood was running in streams down theil
shirts and they fairly yelled with pain. Full!
thirty injured men were taken to the tow
hall.
One of the men had his eye punched out b!
an umbrella in the hands Of woman. Sant
was thrown in their eyes and they were hi
with clubs and other missiles. Many wer,
knocked down with clubs, trampled upon, ant
some were too weak to walk when they started
| for the town hail. The mill men used tn,
stocks of their rifles and struck the DETECTIVES
over the head and shoulders, inficting seriou
| and in some cases perhaps fatal injuries.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
1t is common to make merry over the

1t is common to make merry over the
schoolmasters of thirty years ago who
taught the multiplication table by
rhyme singing and the capitals of the
states of the Union in the same way, as
well as the rivers on which they were
situated. Yet the fact remains that the
schoolboy or girl of thirty years ago
was better grounded in the three RS
than the scientifically instructed young
one of today. A rhyme that jingles
easily is always remembered better by a
child than train of abstract reasoning,
fact that kindergarten teachers recog-
nize, and SO they are returning to old
methods. 1t is like the little boy to
whom, in fit of virtuous resolution,
his big brother attempted to teach a
text of Scripture. An hour had been
spent in vain over the pious text, when
suddenly the big brother said in despair,
"Let us learn 'McGinty.'" Instantly that
degenerate little boy frightened up and
in few minutes knew perfectly the
whole of "McGinty." Jingling rhyme
is remembered by children even when
it is senseless better than dry, scientific
facts. The youthful mind is SO fond Of
such rhymes that the children even
make nonsensical play songs for them
selves when no better ones are provided
for them. Children naturally love
rhythm.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15

The Bowery drug stores do large
consultation and advice business. They
hire some young doctor who is licensed
to practice, in order that they may keep
within the law and not subject them
selves to prosecution by the county
medical society. These young practition-
ers take no pay for their services directly
from the customer, the druggist making
his money and theirs out of the medicines
which he sells. No prescriptions are
given to the customer lest he take them
somewhere else to be filled more cheaply.
These places sell great deal of patent
medicines, especially such things as
Bone Liniment and bitters strong enough
to set ones nerves at tension. The in.
habitants of the Bowery, when they take
anything internally or externally, want
it to produce an effect about which there
is no mistake. New York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15

There is one process that may be set
down as a little harder than drawing
blood from turnip. It is for woman
to get the alimony the court DEGREES her
when it gives her divorce from her
husband. There are as many ways of
avoiding payment of alimony as there
are of getting out of paying taxes. So
manifest has this fact become that
learned judge lately gave it as his opin-
ion that unless the husband is a rich
man with a reputation to maintain, the
practice of awarding alimony should be
discontinued 1t is hard and growing
harder for the average John Doe to I'M
derstand why he should support wom-
an who is no longer his wife, especially
when, as is often the case, he failed to
do it when she was his wife.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15

Pathetic enough is the spectacle of
Cyrus W. Field, in the delirium of his
dying hours, laying anew the Atlantic
ocean cable and struggling SO hard that
it was necessary to hold him in his bed
when for time he imagined the work
was going wrong. stop the boat! Stop
the boat! the work is all wrongl' he
cried. To him the dying man, seventy
three years old. lying in his bed, with
anxious friends watching for the last
faint breath which might come at any
moment. did not exist All had van
ished and Cyrus Field, the strong, brave
man in his prime, the enthusiast, SO
magnetic in his confidence in the future
of the Atlantic cable that men like Peter
Cooper and Marshall o. Roberts placed
their millions at his command, was
again on the deck of the Great Eastern
watching the completion of the work
that had been his dream for thirteen
years. The ocean telegraph and the ell
evated street railway are the legacies
Cyrus Field leaves to his country and to
the world
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15

A money I,sking industry in the fu-
ture for the United States will be the
hog industry. The leading countries of
Europe now admit our pork on the SIM
pie certificate of this government that it
has been inspected and found healthy.
That means market for American pork
such as has not yet fairly begun to open.
American farmers may turn their at
tention to hog raising with the certainty
of demand for their product. Mean
time the utmost skill and intelligence
should be exercised to make this meat
the best of its kind in the world. We
have all the conditions for putting
American pork beyond competition.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
An Electrical Problem.

There is one task yet before the In.
yentor which II accomplished will revo.
lutionize all our present methods Of ma.
chine working. That problem is how
to obtain electricity cheaply from fuel
or from anything else, At present cleo
trieity must be obtained from either
steam engine, from water power or from
chemical action, In the steam engine the
fuel is burned which makes the steam.
That turns the machinery whose me-
chanical action produces the electricity,
The electrical current runs over a wire to
where it is to be utilized. If it is wanted
for lighting, well and good-it is ready
TO be distributed from the end of the
wire; but if it is wanted to drive ma
chinery, it must first be turned back
again into power, This is done by means
of reversed dynamo.
There is here great waste of force
which science has never been able to pre-
vent. The new style Of triple condens-
ing steam engine yields one horse power
per hour to consumption of two
pounds of good fuel. But even here 90
per cent of the heat from the fuel is
wasted. That gives utilization of only
10 per cent. of the actual power in the
fuel. OF this, per cent. is lost in turn
ing it into electricity. Again, at the
point where electricity is turned back
into power about 10 per cent. additional
of the transmitted force is lost, roughly
speaking. In other words, only per
cent. of the actual heating power of the
fuel has man thus far ever been able to
utilize in his wrestling with electrical
machinery.
Where is the genius who can make an
invention that will utilize the wasted
heat, or, better yet, find some way of
! getting electricity without the inter
I vention of steam? Then and not till
then will every household be supplied
with electric lights, all the food will be
cooked by electricity, steamers will be
(, driven through the seas by the same
force and the steam engine, with its
fiery furnace, will go down forever.
What this means in cleanliness, ease
and comfort can be pictured by the
lively imagination. But will the genius
ever arise? Eventually he will and
must. Perhaps he is already born.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
FRIDAY MORNING. JULY Is, 1892.
A Freak OF Memory.

One Of the Queernessss with which
writer's have TO contend Is an occasional
puzzle medicines over perfectly we'll
known point of photography or gram
mar. A word that one has probably
spelled correctly all ones life suddenly
swerves over into the doubtful orthog-
raphy column.
Is 1t 'ingulf" or "engulf" or ZEN
yulph?' one queries, with pen poised, Is
Il ''appal" or "apallY Fantasy" or
''phantasyS" "Honied' or "honeyedY'
and so on indefinitely.
To be sure, there is the dictionary, but
who wants to learn his A b C's over
again or look up the spelling of every
day words?-Boston Commonwealth.
Six Years Parliaments.
Thepresent parliament was summoned
on Aug. 8, 1886, and therefore is nearly
six years old There are instances on
record during the present century Of
parliaments which have u longer record
but not many. Earl Grey was prime
minister for six years and two months
about seventy years ago, and Lord Pal
merston for six years and week about
a quarter of century since. The prob
abilities are that this parliament viii
not have six years life.-London Let
ter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
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Sa AsA GARDEN
THE SEEDED FOR WHEAT,
A Sensible Talk by Farmer ON su
Ject OF General Interest.

A Sensible Talk by "A Farmer ON u Sub
ject OF General Interest.
1t used to be the practice to plow the
Swimming the ground, that is, blowing
rs shallow as possible, so the stubble and
weeds were turned under. Later on, or
just before seeding, second blowing
would be given deeper and more thor
ough than the first, and then sufficient
narrowing or dragging would be given
to fine the soil, it being considered an
item to have the soil fine and mellow and
as deep as possible, Gradually change
was made, and only one blowing was
given early, but deeper, and then the
surface, to the depth Of three or four
inches, put in as fine filth as possible,
leaving the under soil firm, it being con-
sidered better to do this than to have the
soil loose and mellow as deep as plowed.
A Missouri farmer, in The Farm, Field
and Stockman, says:
In my vicinity the practice usually
followed is to plow but once, and that
late, pasturing the field after the crop is
taken off, until ready to plow One rea-
son for this IS that many farmers con-
| slider it an injury to the soil to plow and
| let lie exposed to the hot sun of summer.
Because this is the plan largely followed
is not conclusive proof that it is the best.
One of the most profitable crops of wheat
| ever raised was ON land that had been
in corn. The corn was cut off close tc
the ground and hauled off and shocked
up in lot. The cultivation had been
continued late and the soil was clean
| After the corn was taken off thorough
narrowing was given and the wheat
sown with the drill. This left the sur
face of the soil in good condition.
The condition and character of the
soil will make difference In a dry
season the soil must be worked to u suffi
Gent depth to secure sufficient moisture
| to induce good termination of the seed
! while with the same soil in favorable
season shallower working of the sol
would give better results. The deeper
and more thoroughly the soil is worked
in the fall the more liable it is to freez,
deep in the winter, and while it is tn,
freezing up and thawing out that il
many seasons Injuries the wheat the most
it is quite an item to avoid this as mucl
as possible. To make rule best to fol
low under all conditions is impossible
for with large proportion of farm worl
the season and the soil must be consid
cred, and what will be best at one tim
will fail at others; hence the farmer mus
rely to considerable extent upon hi
judgment as to the best preparations t.
be given under the conditions he is work
ing, rather than following some one els
working under entirely different circum
stances.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
A Fair Chance.

The negro convention which met at
Cincinnati appealed to colored people
everywhere to practice sobriety, econo-
my and industry with view to being
useful members of society. This is the
best advice that can be given to any
body, black or white, and it is to be
hoped that those to whom it is addressed
will take it and profit by it.
But the resolutions of the convention
go further and demand "a fair and
equal opportunity for the negro in the
race for life" This, with the best inten-
tons, nobody can win for the negro but
the negro himself. The colored conven-
ton asked for protection for the black
man under the laws. This can indeed
be given, but when it is demanded that
law and society shall take the black
man by the collar, set him on his
feet and hold him there alongside
the white man without scrabbling,
and desperate scrabbling, on the
part of the negro himself, an i'm
possibility is asked. Nobody can have
and hold equality or eminence till he
has won it for himself. A fair chance
means that he who would have it must
win his right to it by his own power
and effort. So the founders of this repub-
lie won their right to a glorious place
among nations; 80 every individual that
has achieved anything worthy fought
for and conquered his right to it.
There is no other way, and this way
is as old as society itself. 1t is open to
all, men and women alike. The peace
full war Of aspiring effort is all that can
win for anybody footing in the race
for Life
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
a Flirt Isebuked.

At social gathering on Harlem ave-
nue. Professor Shore, of Columbia col
lege, was present as an invited guest.
Miss Esmerelda Longcoffin, a venerable
maiden lady, was also present, and as
usual she made frantic efforts to capti-
vate the professor, who, by the way, is
a confirmed woman hater.
Professor, how old do you really
think amy' asked Esmerelda. coquet-
tishly.
II can't possibly tell" replied the pro-
fessor. "I'm not in charge of the de-
partment of ancient history. Texas
Siftings.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
Am EGG Within am Egg.

w. S. Miller, of this place, has a curl
osity in the way of an egg, which his
daughter found in one of his hens nests
last week. 1t is an egg within an egg,
the outer one being as large as a goose
egg, with very thin shell, which had
been cracked. Inside of this was an
other perfectly formed egg of the usual
size, with smooth shell of the ordinary
thickness, the space between it and the
outer shell being filled with "white.
Pennington Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
The story of the Atlantic cable is ar

The story of the Atlantic cable is an
inspiration to perseverance in. great
idea. An attempt was made to lay it in
1857. which was unsuccessful. Again
in 1858 two trials were made. The first
was failure. The second babe fair to
be successful. One month America and
Great Britain flashed messages to one
another under the sea; then, Sept. 4,
communication ceased. The insulation
of the cable was imperfect. Not until
after the war was the cable resumed,
but Cyrus Field never gave up his great
idea. A fourth attempt and failure
came in 1866. But July 2S, 1857 mes
sages again began to cross under the
sea and they have never stopped since
then. After four expensive failures the
fifth attempt was successful.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15

The Chinese medical writers recon-
mend such remedies as tiger bones,
bears gall, ground blood, tree bugs, fos-
sill crabs, fowls gizzards, elephant blood.
insects of pine SMELLS" dew falling in
the dark of the moon, COW hair, ground
bones of cows knee, Jobs tearss snake
skins, ground rhinocerous horns. hedge
hog skin and claws, dried silk worms.
and many other remedies equally abb
surd and foolish. st. Louis Republic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
Ducks for the Navy,

The novel suggestion has been made
that ducks should be trained and used
for naval purposes in the same way thai
pigeons are used for conveying military
messages. The proposal comes from
Major Allatt, practical pigeon trainer
who says that if we are going to use
birds to fly over water for naval pur.
poses ducks would be better than pig.
cons. because when the duck gets tired
he drops and sits on the water until he
Is rested and then goes on again. Ducks,
moreover, can fly by night, while pigeons
cannot. Major Allatt thinks that sea
gulls might be trained also for message
bearing purposes.-London Court Jour
nal
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15

Here is DR.. Chauncey M. Depew's
definition of typical American: every
man in this country who rises from OBJ
security by his unaided efforts to posi-
ton Of honor and distinction, and who
commands consideration and the respect
of the community in which he lives, of
the state in which he is citizen and of
the country at large, is typical Ameri-
can But this adroit juggler with
words hastens to inform us that within
these limits there are different degrees
of types of typical Americans. To be
s1lre
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15

The Mexican exhibit at the Worlds
fair will include complete reproduc.
tion, so far as it can be made, of Aztec
civilization as it existed in this country
prior to the Spanish conquest. 1t will
be full of interest to students of the de.
velopment of civilization on both sides
Of the water.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-07-15
Deafness Cannot be Cured

Deafness Cannot be Cured
BY local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an infamed condi-
ton of the mucous lining of the Eustach-
ian Tube. When this tube gels infamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect
hearing, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the
inflammation can BE taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forevei nine cases out
of ten are caused by catarlh, which il
nothing but an infamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of deafness (caused by cataIrl)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarfh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
M-Sold by druggists, 75c.