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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08
An Interesting Experiment..

Visitors to Mount Washington can
hardly have failed to notice in sew
eral places by the side of the road
leading from the Glen to the summit
curiously bent and twisted rocks,
some of which strikingly resemble
layers of rumpled cloth, The evi-
dence which the forms of these rocks
furnish of tho action of some tremen-
dous pressure in long past times,
which was able to bend and fold the
layers of the earth's crust, is of a
kind that appeals to the eye and
mind of the most uninstructed OBJ
server.
The geologist sees in the mountains
themselves far grander proofs of the
might of those forces of disturbance
that have broken and corrugated the
rocky shell Of the globe.
The effectiveness of the slow con-
traction, which the earth has under
gone as its interior has gradually
cooled off, in upheaving and deform-
ing its surface, is beautifully illus
trated by an experiment of the French
geologist, Professor A. Daubree.
He took distended ball of caout-
chouc made to initiate the form of
the earth, slightly fiattened at the
poles, and covered it " it'll a layer of
beeswax. Then the ball was allowed
to contract little. Immediately the
beeswax surface was thrown into
folds, and fractured, and upheaved
in some places and depressed in
others, the effect being to produce a
striking resemblance to the surface
of the earth with its mountains and
valleys and vast beds of broken and
tilted rocks.
So in few minutes, by this ingen-
ious experiment, a geological history
of the earth in miniature can be en-
acted, and while watching it, with
the aid of little imagination, we
may behold some of those mighty
processes which, acting through mil
lions of years, have gradually brought
our planet into the condition in
which we see it today.-Youth's
Companion.
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Keep the Old Names.

One notes with regret the tendency to
change the plain old names the pioneers
gave to towns and villages to something
new and high sounding. We protest
against it. The early names given to
localities in this country were always
bestowed in consequence of some mark
ed feature or event. To give them up
is to drop link out of our pioneer his
tory, always too scantily recorded Es-
pecially, it is bad taste to change the
musical and romantic Indian names to
something foreign-English or French
In the suburban towns laid out for rich
city people to build fine houses in, this
tendency to drop the early names is
marked and growing.
Let us be American and keep our own
names. Unless the pioneer name is very
bad indeed, like Buzzard Roost or Bar
Wallow or Goosetown, leave it as it is.
Even Oshkosh and Kalamazoo are bet
ter, far better, than Marlborough Manor
and Ballingtonhurst-on Connecticut.
What says William Allen Butler. the
millionaire lawyer who wrote poetry till
he learned there was no money in it?
But never,
Say ], should we discover
Old places and old names
Guard the old landmarks truly,
On the old affairs duly
Keep bright the ancient flames
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08
How the Chinese View 1t.

Tsin Kwo Gin, the Chinese minister al
Washington, has granted an interview
to a reporter of The Evening Star, Of
that city. Cinnamon have not often
been interviewed, though all of the rest
of the world has frequently. Mr.. Tsin
Kwo Gins ideas are especially interest.
ing, as giving the Chinese opinion on
our treatment of immigrants from that
country.
Mr.. T. K. G. shows at the start that
he has studied our constitution, and in
his Judgment there is, to say the least, a
glaring difference between the dictum
of this great document and the law of
congress on Chinese immigration. "By
your constitution you encourage immi-
grafton and insure fair treatment to all
alike" Then our nation and our con-
gress proceed to act directly contrary to
the constitution and the principles laid
down by George Washington. The min
lister calls attention to the fact that
China has 100000, 900 inhabitants, while
the United States has 65,O00,O00. The
Chinese that come here their mother
country would not miss, while their
number would make no appreciate i'm
preston on the United States. But
whether this is true or not Mr.. Gin de-
clares that the reputation of the United
States for honorable dealing is at stake
The exquisite satire at the close of the
following extract from Mr.. Gins con-
versation cannot fail to be appreciated
by all who have the sense of humor.
1.-THE United States is known to be al
ways guided by sense of justice and
right" Oh, yes! To be sure!
hold to the position that if the United
states wishes to put stop to Chinese immi-
grafton 1t should be done by means of treaty
with my country. For the United States to
agree to treaty providing for the admission
OF Chinese and then to override it by an act of
congress is hardly acting in good faith. One
side has all TO say and the other side is not con-
sidered at all. Now the United States is
known to be guided in all it's diplomatic mat
tiers always and solely by sense of justice and
oh
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08
GREEN NOW THE RULING COLOR.
Entertaining Sights for Those Who Keep
Their Eyes Open These DAYS.

Entertaining Sights for Those Who Keep
Their Eyes Open These Days.
What entertaining sights one sees
up town these days, The phenomenal
weather has sent the whole popula
ton into the streets in its best clothes.
The cheerful, prosperous looking,
well dressed throng is in itself an in
spring sight, 1t is too attractive as
q whole to be lost in detail, but oc
casionally some novelty or piquancy
of costume detaches itself to the eye.
A brilliant looking blond had on a
cloak of rosebud-strewn velvet 1t
had flowing back, such as women
and dressmakers call after Vatican.
1t was the sort of garment that would
be advised to meet your husband in
at breakfast by those who deplore
the curl paper toilets of wives, But
this lady wore it with gayety on the
street, and she added to the entertain
ment of the spectacle.
Another wore grass green cos.
tune with a Louis Quinze coat of the
same material with deep velvet cuffs
and pockets. She had flower gar
den hat on her head and carried a
stick, There was knowingness in
her costume and confidence in her
rocco air of wearing it which every
woman would know only comes from
the sanction of some great dress
maker.
Green announces itself as the com.
ing color. Other women wore what
the farmer would call posies. But
these were of green velvet, with deep
frills belted around the waists and
many jingling, tinkling ornaments
of jet, steel and gilt. Green is the
ruling color now in London, and was
to be expected 1t is said to throw
out the complexion, particularly of
the warm blends with bronze colored
hair.
But it is not the women alone who
give color and interest to the street.
The windows of the mems furnishing
shops look like aviaries filled with
bright hued birds. The decorative
value of neckties can only be appre-
ciated when seen in their brilliant
reds, blues and violets hung, line re-
peating line, like bevy of birds
poised moment in flight. There is
nothing in womans gear that pro-
duces such brilliant and striking eff
fects in color, not even parasols hung
in air like a group Of strange orchids,
nor the coquettish boots and slippers
of satin on which the mind may erect
the fitting structure as Cuvier recon
structed the animal from a bone, but
a pleasanter process, verify.
And who would forego from the
gayety of the street the man with
the woolly pups, the fakirs with their
walking dolls, circus riders and me-
chanical toys3 Each gathers its own
circle from the hurrying throng.
Bank presidents, district messenger
boys, fine ladies, working girls and
children find they have a common
interest. The fakir serves a great
public end. The rush and press of
city life is hard enough on the strong
est nerves. Any trife that can in
terrupt this with a little wholesome
human interest serves a useful end.
New York Evening Sun.
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CARRIE b. KILGORE,
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filled with dismay at the prospect of
having a woman among them on the
festive occasion. Her presence would
mean to them the loss of their post.
prandial cigars at least, and after the
grave deliberation which the subjectde-
manded it was decided to return Mrs.
Kilgore's subscription and let the dinner
be, as heretofore, strictlya "stag" affair.
This action naturally elected some
caustic comment on the part of the
talented lady most directly affected, md
the case has been argued. pro and con,
with much vigor.
This setback is but one of many smi-
lar incidents in the career of Mrs. Kill
gore, Probably no person living ever
fought so persistently for the honor of
admission to the bar.
AS far back as 1878 the struggles of
this lady, who was then Carrie Burn
ham, began. She paid her taxes, which
were, of course, accepted, and then Of
fered to vote, but her ballot was rejected.
An unsuccessful appeal to the courts
followed. Some time afterward Miss
Burnham registered with Damon Y.
Kilgore and began the study of the law.
Her application for admission to the
bar was denied by the board of exam
ers and their action confirmed by the
courts. Six years later she made an eff
fort to get into the law department of
the University of Pennsylvania, but did
not succeed.
Miss Burnham's next important act
was to marry Mr.. Kilgore, her preceptor,
by whom she had two children. An
other application to the university fol-
lowed and she was admitted, but her
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08

81 can't see, said the woman who
was having her fiat papered, why the
landlord should give me brown and
yellow paper like that, when the folks
on the next floor got beautiful blue
paper on their wall"
81 can tell you, mar'm," said the pa
BBeGK t hf II eaEear case 81 fa Sajr
"Of course it is" snapped the woman;
Jenny one with half an eye can see that.
But why should he favor that slabsided,
cross eyed
"'Tain't her-it's you he's favorin, 4"
said the paper hanger, dropping his voice
to a mysterious whisper; "her papers
blue, amt it? Well, do you know why
he gave her the blue color and you the
brown? You must swear you won't say
a word-there's paris green enough in
that blue paper to kill a hull famlyw
"Lor! you don't say sor'
"Yessum, it's a fact. Now this yere
papers made of mineral color and won't
hurt fly" and the perfdious man hung
another roll upside down, while the
woman hurried out to tell the neighbors.
Detroit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08
During the Worlds fair in Chico

During the Worlds fair in Chicago
there will be held psychical science
congress that will bring together stu
dents of hypnotism, telepathy, clair
voyance, ghosts and other matters
which the Society for Psychic Research
has been investigating for years. The
projectors Of the congress are Professor
Elliott Coues and Colonel John c.. Bun
dy, editor of The Religio-P Philosophical
Journal at Chicago. Some of the chief
topics for investigation will be the con-
nection between psychics and physics,
the bearing of psychical science on
human personality, particularly on the
question of future life. This will be one
of the many conventions held under the
auspices of the Worlds Congress Auxil-
larry. The Worlds fair directors dis
tinctly approve of the aims of the auxil-
larry. Clairvoyance, whispered words
without sound" apparitions, frances
and other strange phenomena are be-
coming SO commonly accepted that this
investigation of whether there is any
thing in them or not will approve itself
to the popular mind.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08

| woes as lawyer had only nicely begun.
| Several courts refused to permit her to
| practice before them, and would not
even hear her in her own behalf, so that
she was obliged to impress her husband
into service to argue her cases. After
two or three bills providing for extend
ing to women the privilege of practicing
in the Pennsylvania courts had failed in
the legislature from one cause or an
other, one finally got through after
three years struggle, and then Mrs.
Kllgore became a full ledged attorney
at law, and was admitted to practice in
the supreme court of the state, which of
course carried with it similar right in
all lower courts.
Since then Mrs. Kilgore's career has
been a brilliant as well as profitable
and pleasant one. She has acquired
large practice of her own, which has
been augmented by much of that of her
husband, who died some time ago. She
has on many occasions been appointed
by the District of Columbia a commits
sioner to take testimony, and is now also
D practitioner in the supreme court of
the United States.
Another bright woman lawyer is Mrs.
Mary A. Ahrens, of Chicago, the petite
chairman of the Woman's School Suf-
frage association, of Cook county. Mrs.
Ahrens is not alone lawyer, although
that is at present her profession. She
has also practiced medicine, and has
been teacher, lecturer, an artist and
an amateur foriculturist and horticul-
turist at different periods of her half
century of life. In 1857 she left the
Galesburg Qlls) seminary and married
a farmer named Fellows They had
three children. Afterward the family
moved to southern Illinois, and while
On sketching tour this bright little
woman fell on the rocks and badly in
jured her left arm, permanently impair
ing its use. She moved to Chicago, and
Mr.. Fellows having died, she was mar
ried to the artist Louis Ahrens in 1888.
In 1887 Mrs. Ahrens decided to take up
the study of law. She enjoys the unique
distinction of never having lost case in
court, and the reason is not hard to find,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08

learned and dignified judges, and took
hand at ''lawyering" herself. She
stated her case very clearly, and it is not
believed that her action has injured her
chances any. Mrs. Wilkins is sixty
years of age and is reputed to be very
wealthy, although those best informed
think that she is worth only about $780,
600. Most of her money she has made
by lending at enormous rates of interest.
Mrs. Wilkins is not in the most distant
sense conventional She used to have a
habit of walking along the street smok-
ing pipe, while her husband, who was
afterward killed on the railroad, fol-
lowed meekly behind with their adopted
child-they never had children of their
own. She lives in a two room house,
built by her husband in 1854, with three
farm boys and two nieces as companions
OCTAvUs COHEN
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08
In Praise of WALKING.

A taking article is that of Julian
Hawthorne, in Lippincott's, on the sub
ject of walking 1t stirs the blood. 1t
has dash of sunlight and air and sky
in it.
Julian Hawthorne has a fine scorn of
railway cars. None of this for him, if
he can avoid it. He walks, and finds it
brings physical well being, mental clear
ness and moral elevation. He says, 81
walked because liked it, and even now
never let anything else carry me when
my legs will do it." To walk in the best
way, he bids the pedestrian beginner
stride out to his full measure, but not
beyond it. He must not bend the knees
any more than he can avoid. One look
at the springy step of a trained SOL
der and then at the slovenly, falling to-
pieces gait of the man whose knees
wabble as if his legs were breaking off
just there, will make it plain why Mr..
Hawthorne bids us keep the knees as
straight as possible in walking
He tells us the best and purest mo-
ments of mans lifetime often come to
him when he is afoot. Perhaps Socrates
and the peripatetic philosophers under
stood this when they walked about with
their pupils. But our writer has con-
tempt for the ugly, artificial "heel and
toe" step of the professional walking
match fellows. This unnatural walking
we are cautioned to avoid. Stop walk
ing as soon as you are fatigued As to
time of walking Mr.. Hawthorne says:
IAN hour is better than nothing; two
hours are fair allowance. AS to a
week or month they are equivalent to
new birth" There is thrill of ex-
quisite JOY in the beautiful lines below:
10 walk is wise, independent, manly and
moral. 1t is also healthy and agreeable. Our
characteristic impotence and fury of compe-
ttion have introduced artificial and, in meas
ure, Objectionable features into it. But let us
nnger Few moments over its aesthetic and
hygienic rewards. The man afoot on the sur
face of his own earth is the true king; the SO
called monarch who journeys in coach or in
bomb proof railway carriage is, in truth, a
slave. The pressure of the free foot on turf or
road exhilarates the soul; the magnetism Of
eur mighty mother flows into our nerves and
nourishes their vitality; our blood dances
through our veins and strengthens muscle and
organ. The whole atmosphere is our own; it
hows rhythmically into our lungs and unites
US with the sky. The horizon wooes and slim
ulates the eyes; they become bright and gain
power and judgment. Nature instructs us at
every step; her beauty must ever remain un-
known to him who has not thus placed himself
face to face with her. Distant hills slowly
draw near and unfold to us their wonders Of
color and form; winding valleys reveal their
hearts to our orderly seeking The trees are
companions.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08
Women Who Make Work for Them selves.


Why is it that some housekeepers
show so little use of reason in some of
their operations? | have in mind a
woman who, when she spills anything
on the stove, will catch brush or cloth
and hastily wipe it off, then, not con-
tent, will Immediately whisk the brush
or cloth over some clean portion of the
stove, thus leaving part of what she
had been at SO much pains to remove.
The same woman, when she puts a
stick of wood on the fire; instead of
drawing the brands or Goals together
gives a vigorous poke, which scatters
them in all directions, and if the fire be
low the chances are it will be slow in
kindling.
If she picks up a pin and puts it tenn
porarily on the front of her dress, she
sticks it in with the head down, SO that
the next movement of hand or arm may
dislodge it. If she fastens an article of
dress with a common pin, she leaves the
point sticking out, so her hands are al
ways liable to receive scratches. Stood
HOuSekeenino
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08

1t is pleasant in the midst of the I'M
pleasant Drayton-Borrowe scandal to
note that fine raconteur, our own gallant
Colonel Tom Ochiltree, appearing as the
defender of the Aston honor. The dash
ing Texan as the friend and adviser of
Mrs. Drayton is, as it were, ray of sun
light beaming DER dark and stormy sea.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08

In the summer of 1890, when seal
catching was partially restricted, Cana
dian poachers got more skins than in
1889, when there was no prohibition at
all. In 1891, when seal capturing was
altogether prohibited, the Canadians Sc
cured more skins than in 1890, and more
than ever before. Under the renewal of
the modus vivendi in 1892 they will
probably kill about all the Alaska seals
there are left.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08
Bright Widow, Bright Daughter,

A rejuvenated widow in Onondaga
county said to her daughter recently
that when she, the daughter, arrived at
her mothers age it would be time to
think of marriage. Yes" replied the
girl, marriage for the second time. "
Piqued by this reply, the good lady cut
out her daughter in the good graces of
her steady company" and married him
herself. To obtain revenge for this I'M
motherly trick, the daughter married
her recreant lovers rich father.-Albany
Express.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08

The president and four members of
his cabinet, Noble, Foster, Rusk and
Elkins, were born in Ohio, making this
state not only the mother of presidents,
but also the mother of cabinets, so to
speak. Ohio seems good state to go
away from young.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08

blJ Washington St, Boston, Nav II, lSyO.
Standard Medicine Co.
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-08

In one election district in Westchester
county, N. Y, in a population of LOO
there are seventy-six persons whose age
averages seventy-seven years. Three of
these hale old people are past ninety.
Westchester county is bad place to go
to for persons who wish to get rid of
life