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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
Rotation of Crops.

The theory on which arotation of crops
is advised by the most successful agri.
culturists, says the agricultural editor of
the New York World, is based on the
fact that the demands made upon the soil
for plant food by vegetation while nearly
alike in important particulars are not the
same with all kinds in degree Thus
some crops require one element in album
dance with comparatively little of others.
Manifestly, if crops are planted in such
rotation that a succeeding one naturally
requires but little of what IA former one
has drawn upon largely. it will in most
cases be better than to permit the former
to succeed itself. In this way different
crop, whose wants will be mainly sup
piled by the elements that remain in
greater plenty, may be raised with but
little or no help from the one element
most important for the crop preceding it.
10 successfully plan good system OF
rotation, which may be kept up with the
least soil exhaustion, is evidence of
high order of farming, and involves more
than ordinary knowledge of the constitu.
ents of the soil and the wants of crops.
Again, some crops are almost wholly ex..
hausting, being chiefly carried off. while
others, like the clovers, derive much fer.
tility from the atmosphere, which is af.
terward acquired by the soil through the
decay of theirs roots and stnbble. Nc
formula for rotation can be given that
will be of general application when SO
much depends ON the present condition
of soil, but the idea of rest and recu.
peration through judicious succession
of different crops should never be lost
sight of by farmer who would be sue.
cessful in his calling.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
Seattle Investment Co., Lee J. Pitner, Pres,


Mo- ShOrey Block, Seattle, Washington.
To the Physician in Charge of Medical Depart
ment Standard Medicine Co, Boston, Mass.
My Dear Doctor: For several years nave
becu suffering severely from nervous pro>tra-
lion. and a peculiar aud unaCcouutaule tliii,uity
which 10 physician wuom consulted seemed 10
unde -,aud put which kept me most of the time
III Il CoudhiUu uuttted Tor business, and thor
ougulv wreicheG in mind and body The most
10 tuuate circumstance of my lite was meeting
you. To my astoul> Dmnnt you seemed to under
stand my case thoroughly, and the remedies you
gave me, particularly PERUVIAN NERVE COM
Fou>D wrought the most marvellous change in
my health. | nave been taking The Compound
regularly Tor some months, and it has made
new mau of me- MY health is better tnau it has
been siUce 1915, ana am able to Transact bust
ness continuously. Though not quite restored,
the rae OF Improvement is constantly acceieri.
liug, and have no doubt that in month or Two
enall he a, well as otner men, and able to do as
much work. The UeUt OF gratitude owe TO you
is beyond computation.
You are entirely at liberty to refer to me at any
time win reference to the merits of PERUVIAN
COMPOUND in particular, and your supreme
aDiity as a physician in general.
Yours very truly,
LEE j. PITNER.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

The speaker of the national house of
representatives has greater power than
any other public officer in the nation
except the president. Under the new
rules of the present house the speaker
may not count in quorum from men,
bers present as Speaker Reed did, but
under certain circumstances he is not
allowed to entertain any motion made
for delaying business.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
Squashes and Canteloupes.

The following is found in report OF
the Georgia department of agriculture
A valuable preparation for gardens and
orchards can be made by dissolving one
tablespoonful of commercial or CT ude
saltpeter in one gallon of water. Sprin-
kle this solution on cucumbers, squashes
canteloupes and all similar vegetables
late in the afternoon. and it will prevent
ravages of the insects that are so de,
structive to them. Pour little around
the roots of them. and also cabbages to
keep off cutworns. This is fine wash
for the bodies of fruit trees. 1t is claimed
that it will prevent blight if the bodies
of the trees are thoroughly cleansed with
this solution early in the spring and two
or three times afterward. and small
quantity poured round the roots.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
ELIXIR VITA
Peruvian Nerve Compound.

In offering this Great Nerve Remedy to the
public we want il 10 be distinctly understood
that it is nota Quack Medicine in any sense
OF The word, but prescription or formula used
by one of the most Celebrated Nerve Special.
Sis in the world, and it is now offered 10 the
people OF this country Tor the first time. 1t is
not vile concoclion put up by ignorant and
irresponsible parties, but Laboratory pro.
duction prepared by one OF tine largest Man
utacturing Chemists in the United States. 1t
contains the most carefully selected nervines
known to Medical Science at the present day.
This Compound acts principally through the
nervous system and digestive organs, and
thereby restores the weak and debitated sub
| ects, suffering from Nervous Prostitution,
Brain Exhaustion. Indigestion, Dyspepsia and
Sleeplessness, 10 healthy and vigorous con-
diIion. 1t is made expressly for the Banker,
the Boker, the Farmer, the Mechanic, the
lradesman, the Mother, the Teacher, the
Doctor, the Clergyman, and all suffering from
any debilitated condition Of the Nervous Sys-
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stores the nerves of the stomach 10 a healthy
condition 1t Gains the tied nerves and pro.
duces quiet and refreshing sleep.
Asa Household Remedy IL Is one Of tho
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trickling stream, but not the
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How many valuable lives might be saved
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Lee J. Pner, the great Banker of Seattle,
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their testimonials. A word 10 the wise is suf-
hCient.
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Boston, Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Office OF Hollander, Bradshaw & Folsom,
6ij Washington St, Boston, May "A, 1880.
Standard Medicine CO.
gentlemen: In answer to your Inquiry of my
experience with the PERUVIAN NERVE COM
POUND, il affords me pleasure to say That am
surprl Sed aud pleased with what il has done for
me. was one of the many unfortuudles who
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the house for some time, and upon getting out
did rot get back The vitality possessed before.
ttied various specifics given for SUCH coudo
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POUND, more IN the way OF an eNpes imrul, for
was Whnuut he least ii'ih that ! >rouh lind it
o. bcDebt, puL before | had used W HE first
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am now GA my Third DoUe, and feel a. well rs
ever, understand that physicians are prescrib-
Tug It, and from my experience with the Com
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know il 10 he a wonderful tonic, and il great
blessing 10 me. Yours truly,
j. 5. FOLSOM,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

In experiments made in the welding
OF metals by electricity it has been
found that by this agency bar of steel
foot long and an inch thick can be
melted in forty-fve seconds without
raising the temperature of the room one
degree. If the electrical welding and
melting process should become common
with metals great amount of heat,
dust, ashes and labor would be avoided.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
Nitrate of Soda In the Garden

Those that are experimenting with
nitrate of soda in their garden are adj
vised by The Farmers Review to use it
sparingly, and only during or before a
shower. The growth of potatoes was
checked this year by using the nitrate
broadcast. Whenever it touched IL leaf
burning was the result, and the plants
were retarded accordingly. 1t was found
best to use small quantities at time and
avoid putting any of the nitrate on the
plants Carrots and beets seem to stand
heavier doses of nitrate than do spinach
aud POTATOES
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
Transplantiug Celery.

In order to have good celery there
ought to be no serious check to the
growth of the plants from the time they
are pricked out till their full size is
reached Where many err is in defer
ring transplanting too long. Plants
lifted with good ball of soil and roots
the former being thoroughly moist at
the time, will rarely flag, even when
the work is done in the hottest weather
They will stand up stiftiy, and with a
little assistance from the watering pot
will scarcely cease growing With very
little further trouble they will form
large, sturdy plants with solid leafstalks
and the best of hearts, contrasting in all
respects most favorably with those less
well treated
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont,
THE
II is better nearly always TO dwell on
the goodness of the good rather than the
badness Of the bad.

The bimetallic leaguers in Europe are
steadily and patiently agitating the sub
ject of silver conference among the
different countries, which conference
shall fix an international standard.
Such an international conference must
certainly come ere long, and it will bene,
fit American silver
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
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THE BRANDENBURG GATE.

all In all, no age or nation has produced
anything to equal the "Marseillaise" as
call to arms of the discontinued, starry
ing or downtrodden. 1t is food and
drink and courage to the man crazed by
his own wild theories, or by the intoler-
able oppression of his surroundings. 1t
is the patriotic hymn of France. but it
does not belong to France alone. 1t has
been appropriated by all throughout the
world who protest, either rightly or
wrongly, against the existing state of
society or government.
FRED &, DAYTON,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
Queensland, Australia, has taken q

Queensland, Australia, has taken a
bold step in prohibiting immigration.
Until the large number of unemployed
workingmen already in the colony are
provided for, Queensland will permit no
more immigrants to land upon her
shores. Thus history repeats itself, for
this was the policy of China before west
ern nations forced her to open her ports
to trade and foreign people.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
Suffered IL Years from Dyspepsia.

~ NOHCUrU SQi DUsIUI, MdT' 7, Io3U.
Standard Medicine Co.
Geuti emen: | have been troubled with dys.
pepsia and Indigestion for over l. years during
the time, have been doctorlug VITA PHI Sicaus
of high standing. They gaveIme relief al times
nut KEPT constantly geiting worse, 30 much so
that could scarcely eat awning without cius
lug Intense misery for a loDg time. Inever left
the table without being very huugry, great
was the pain caused Dy eating. got very littie
rest al night ! have now taken three bottles,
aud am happy 10 say / can eat three hearty
meals a day, aud sleep soundiy. am glad
can give ali the credit TO your wonderful medi-
cnes. Yours respectfully,
Mrs, NJ, G.. SNOW,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Ministers are naturally the guardians
OF public morality. But before they
make sweeping denunciations from their
pulpits they should ascertain the exact
truth of all the statements they make
and be prepared to prove them. This
will make it easier for them afterward
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Two hundred thousand Italians came
10 the United States in 1891, The fact
that less than 20 per cent of them were
women shows that many of these
swarthy individuals propose to go back
and enjoy their opulence in their native
land as soon as they become bloated CAPT
talists to the amount of $500 apiece.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

In 1877 the appropriation for Indian
education was $4,000. This year it is
S2,25O,Go0. Public sentiment has stead
lily grown in favor of educating young In
dams and reclaiming them from the wild
state in which, with present surround
ings, they fall lower and lower and are
menace to civilization. The wild cat
tie OF Texas are being gradually trans
formed into beef animals that would be
a credit to the Kentucky Blue Grass
region; in time the Indian, too, may be
transformed by education, moral and
intellectual, into a civilized man. But
it will require time and the expenditure
OF money, and that money should be ap-
propriated by the general government.
There are about $4,000 Indian youths in
the country, and the cheapest thing to
do with them will be to teach them the
three Rs and trades suited to them.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Axel Gustafson, in his series of papers
in The Christian Union on drunkenness
on the continent of Europe, places Bel
GUM at the head of all as regards the
amount of intoxication. Next comes
France, the wine producing country,
which thirty years ago had the reputa-
ton of being the most temperate nation
in Europe. But a great wave of intern
perance has swept over the whole con-
tinent in the last generation. The con-
sumption of spirits, wine and beer in all
the lands has increased many fold.
Perhaps our anxious, high pressure life
is the cause. Perhaps, too, the more
general increase and distribution of
wealth has something to do with it. Mr.
Gustafson finds that, contrary to ap-
pearances and its general reputation,
Russia, the brandy drinking land. is
really the most temperate country of
Europe. He sums up as follows:
We find:
That the two banner countries for freedom
of commerce and industry-Switzerland and
Holland-are also the most advanced in re-
stricting the freedom of the alcoholic drink
traffic; and that despotic Russia comes next
That the two most educated nations-France
and Germany-are more drunken than the
most ignorant-Russa, Italy and Spain.
That wealth proves to be more prolific
cause or drunkenness than poverty, the surplus
earnings being too often expended in drink.
That wine and beer are not Temperance
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

About this time of year at least a
dozen distinguished American gentle
men are wondering who will be sitting
in certain chair at Washington this
time next March.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
Chicken supply of London.

A fowl seems such a little, alto
gether Insignificant thing, that it is
difficult to realize the possibility of a
great industry taken up solely with
it; and most people are greatly sur
prised, when they hear the extent of
the traffic in Sussex. Some idea of
its magnitude may be obtaided from
the following figures: During 1890
about 900 tons of chickens left this
neighborhood for London alone A
thousand tons is figure that con-
veys but little impression to our
minds. But let us remember that
each fowl only weighs about four
pounds, and then we will see that to
make up the thousand tons there
must have been considerably over
half million of chickens, the exact
figures being So, 900. Sussex Eng.)
Amatur Gardening.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Speaking of the qualifications for get
ting into social high life, Ward Meal
lister says: Teach your sons to bow
well. never knew quack or an ad-
venturer who could bow well. 1t re-
quires dignity which can only result
from consciousness of high breeding
or high moral character" High
breeding and a high moral character
seem to amount to much the same thing
in the judgment of Mr.. McAIlister.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Some Scotch chemists have discovered
how to extract gold and silver from the
refractory sulphide ores that have hith-
erto baffied all endeavors to make them
let go their treasure.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Mary Hopkins, who had been unable
to speak for four years, had current of
electricity passed through the back of her
neck and mouth every day for month.
At the end of that time she greeted her
friends with loud haIloo.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

A steam pump has been invented that
gives pressure of 700 pounds to the
square inch. 1t is fitted for driving
hydraulic presses and lifts of all kinds,
and for pumping oil and other liquids
that are to be elevated in large quantity.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Mr.. Gilman, formerly American con-
sui in Jerusalem, AYERS that the city sis
now growing toward the northwest, Just
as was predicted by the prophets Jere-
mlah and Zachariah." He says there
are now over %, 900 Jews in Jerusalem.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Mrs. Minnie Keller Goad has been
admitted to the bar in Missouri. But
she will never succeed as a lawyer as
long as she calls herself Minnie"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Professor Storer says that the COM
paratively feeble power of the grain
crops to supply themselves with nitrogen
is point that cannot be too strongly in
sisted upon. Taken in connection with
the other fact that the fallow crops can
get nitrogen for themselves from fairly
good land, it serves to explain the ex-
perience of the English farmers that for
soils in good condition assimilable nitro
gen compounds are the proper manure
for grain crops.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Mr.. George E. Woodberry declares
that the first condition of true literary
success is to throw away all thought of
money and write for the sake of writing.
1t is unfortunate, but it is to be feared
we shall have little true literary success
in this generation.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
The Beggars, tho Beggars,

Jack Cade's bread revolt in England
was also productive of poetry, but it was
of the rude, medieval English sort that
doesn't bear reproduction in these more
fastidious days. Cholera and famine
time In India are responsible for the
blood curdling song which begins, I'VE
meet meath the sounding rafter," but,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

face of the fair creatures For every
day use nearly all women of every
age wear a handkerchief over the
head, and they are for the most part
manufactured in Greece. Athens
Cor. Denver News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11
EXPERIMENTS WITH ONIONS

rranspiantins Is Profitable only for
Early Gardens and Truckers.
In order to test the claims made for
growing onions by the method OF trans
planting, experiments were made at the
Michigan experiment station during the
season of 1891, Seeds of seven varietie.
were sown in a hotbed April TO- and on
May 10 they We're transplanted to the
field, and on the same day seeds of the
same sorts were sown in u parallel plat
for comparison The transplanted onions
were placed in rows fifteen inches apart
and at intervals of four inches in the
rows. The soil was a rich, sandy loan
and received the same care as was given
the adjoining tract containing field
crop of onions. The result was in every
case in favor Of the transplanted, the re-
suits from the three best kinds being US
follows;
bushels per acre,
Trans Not trans
planted. planted.
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The four weeks following the sowing
of the seed in the open ground were quite
dry, and the plants made slow start.
The transplanted ones received copious
watering when set out and did not suffer
The results were certainly in favor of
transplanting, but although it will prob
ably pay for home use and for truckers
it is thought doubtful if it would for
large crops. Similar experiments have
been made at the Ohio station during
three successive seasons, with decided
gain in the varieties tried as the result
Of transplanting. The largest increase
was in the foreign varieties and the
smallest in some of those most commonly
known. Enough appears to have been
demonstrated to show that transplanting
onions may at least be advantageous for
early garden crops.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Do not wear impermeable and tight-ft-
ting hats that construct the blood vessels
of the scalp. Use Halls Hair Remover
occasionally, and you will not be bald.