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

| thousands OF unemployed workmen
with their wives and children, swarmet
along Inter den Linden, gathered about
the statue of Frederick the Great anG
thronged the famous Brandenburg gate
before seeking the palace of the emperor
to make futile demand for bread, that
the Unborn reverence for the reigning
family had departed, and that the name
of Hohenzollern had lost much of its
might and magic. Add to this that the
crowd sang the "Marseillaise," and tc
the observant spectator the event takes
on a significance that no press censor.
ship of kilograms from the scene of the
disturbance can belittle.
1t was indeed an astounding affair
and must have reused the bitterest
wrath in the bosom of the self reliant
young kaiser His subjects, his chill
dren," not only demanding food, but
shouting in his ears the battle hymn of
the hated French Yet hunger rouses
all the tierceness in mans nature, and
when his stomach is empty he loses re-
spect for constituted authorities. and
sometimes unjustly blames them for
his unhappy plight
That was the case with the French
peasantry 500 years ago. They were the
absolute slaves of the soil, subjects not
only of the king, but also of their feudal
lords, with no rights that any one above
them was bound to recognize and no
sanctity of home or family. They dared
not show their resentment when a
knight or lord took a fancy" to labor.
er's pretty wife or budding daughter
but they stored up their wrongs in men,
DRY, and when famine was added to all
their other woes the dam of restraint
gave way and the torrent of wrath
swept out in resistless fury. Their lead
er was Caillot, better known to his fol-
lowers as Jacques Bonhomme. Hunger
must have affected Caillot's brain, for
he wrote these four lines of verse, the
first song of the fan1ished on record:
Caillot, Caillot,
'Ho. no." says he
Your blood shall flow
Up to my knee"
And the blood of the aristocrats did
flow almost to that depth before the
"Jacquerie, as the revolted people
termed themselves, were whipped back
to their old life of misery and servitude.
A hundred and fifty years later the
starving Germans rose in instruction,
ravaged the land, hunted their oppress-
ors and sang songs born of their woe
and wrath. They called themselves the
Bundschuh, and to this succeeded the
Bund of the Poor Conrad Twenty years
elapsed, and 100000 persons persisted by
the sword before the ruling class was
able to re-establish its authority.
There followed not half a century
later, the uprising of les Gueux (the Beg
gars) in the low countries They were
not really beggars, but they accepted
the title given them by their enemies,
and shouted when they made foray or
went into battle wild sort of a hymn
beginning
The Beggars, tho Beggars.
They're thirsty for blood.
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
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-03-11

Ihese are but a few of the many joys with
which no one may NEEDLE. There is sense OF
beauty, the delight in nature or art, the love 81
learning or literature, the joy of thought and
truth, the enthusiasm in good cause. 1t is
wen 10 receive with gratitude or endure with
world may bring us, but it is also we'll 70 Iar
up treasurer of JOY in the secret recesses of our
hearts, with which no hand can NEEDLE and
which no circumstances an sweep away.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13
Metal Protected by OIL.

If the method of charging cottonseed
oil with lead, which is said to have been
discovered, is found practicable, the
value of that abundant product will be
greatly increased. The process as at
present defined is of the utmost simplic-
ity. One gallon Of pure cottonseed oil
is placed in suitable iron vessel. into
which twenty pounds of molten lead are
poured After a thorough stirring the
lead separates into globules, and when
the oil has been poured off, after cooling
there is found to be about seventeen
pounds of lead, the remainder having
been absorbed by the oil
On the lead being again melted and
the operation repeated to the fifth pour
ing-the amount of lead absorbed being
less at each succeeding pouring the
total amount of lead absorbed is about
ten pounds. The oil thus charged with
lead is then used as paint, being APP
piled in the ordinary way to metallic
surfaces 1t is claimed that this liquid,
which adheres closely and becomes very
hard, is especially useful in protecting
metals from oxidation or corrosion. -
New York Telegram
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13
killing an Artists Pet.

A little story is told of Du Maurier,
the well known artist Of Punch the
Englishman's materialized idea of wit,
humor and burlesque. The artist lives
in a beautiful country home near Lon
don, and one of his pet views is from his
study window across his own lawn out
beyond TO the landscape surrounding
Harrow. An American, of America to
the west, recently visited him for day,
and Mr.. Du Maurier was showing his
guest about the place.
"There, he said, coming TO his favor
tie window, lis the prettiest thing Of
all. ThSS is Harr W
The American looked out for a minute
or two
"Harrow?" he said inquiringly.
Eyes" repeated the artist, Harrow.
ais that 500" questioned the visitor
"Well, now, do you know, took it for
a lawn mower"
And he wasn't joking, either He had
overlooked the landscape entirely, and
was looking at an agricultural machine
on the lawn, and the artists heart was
broken.-Detroit Free Press.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13

Sparrows and wrens not unfrequently
build in the storks huge pile of sticks, a
nest within a nest, which we rarely see
in England In Holland and Denmark a
common mode Of inducing storks to take
up their abode is to fasten cart wheel
on the top Of a tall pole erected in some
field. At the village of Luitsedam, near
the Hague, there is one Of these, which
is regularly teuanted
Closer TO the town, in the plantations
around the house of one of the gentry,
there is an enormous nest. 1t is placed
at the top of a large silver fir, the lead
ing shoot of which has been broken by
the wind At Nassenaar, a village some
miles off, where immense quantities of
bulbs are grown, pair yearly rear their
young ones on the church tower.-Cham-
bers' Journal
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13

If you pay out money on Monday morn
ing you will pay out money all the rest
of the week 1t is unlucky TO spill salt
at the table, and to rub hunchback
will bring luck to any immediate project
you have in view To leave the house
and then suddenly return to it is consid-
cred bad omen This is very old su-
perstition, but common one with us.
Laodamia refers to it in her letter to
Protesilaus, after ne had left for the
Trojan war
Some years ago asked a neighbor to
haul a dead horse from the premises.
He declared that if he dill so one Of his
own horses would die within the year.
1 reasoned him out of the superstition
and he removed the horse. Strange ia
say, one of the span Of horses which he
used for the purpose died shortly after.
ward. -Philadelphia Ledger
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13

Nothing is prettier than to wAFch
pectens in an aquarium They have a
fiuttering motion and move up and down
in the water Provided with an aductor
muscle Of great power, they can rapidly
open and close their valves and take in
or throw out water AS Mr.. Hugh ID.
Smith writes, The sight of a school of
scallops moving in unison through the
water is a very striking one" Fisher
men know that the scallop moves, for it
often happens that where there were
scallops one day on bank there are
none to be found the next. Probably
changes of position are made for food or
temperature. New York Times.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13

The Horace Greeley campaign is respon
sible for the death of Dr. David Tilton
Brown. and the falling timber at the fire
is the agent which eventually caused DR..
Andrew Mcfarland to destroy himself.
There was no trace Of sympathetic insan-
ity'' in the case of either
Some physicians admit that medical
students who have just begun TO dissect
bodies are often victims of the hallucina-
ton that their ills are numerous, but this
is entirely physical phenomenon which
soon wears off. have the word of one of
the most prominent alienists in the coun-
try for the assertion that the rate Of insan-
ity among asylum attendants is far below
the grand average Of the world. Besides,
this physician informed me that the only
two prominent cases in "A great many years
are those of DR., Brown and Dr. Mcfarland.
This of itself, as he pointed out, ought to
show the absurdity of the sympathetic in
sanity" theory. OcTAVUs COHEN.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13
BEAR sRAvELY.


BE still, sad heart. "A
Put on thy mask arnid the crowded streee-
And let thy smile delicious and sweet
With feigned calm these curious faces greet.
Who careth for thy smart
he strong. my heart,
Though wondrOus sad. thou owest the world -
smile.
To see It happy should thy grief beguile,
Loves. hopes and Joys surround thee ali shs
while
Wherein thou Dearest a part
BE brave. my heart;
Each seasons sweeping hath its silent song
To night alone the silver stars belong,
And right grows ever mightier than the wrong
Ia deed and act
Be patient, heart.
Blessings come sweet TO those who meier were
blest
And brief the days, little span at best
Till rayless, deep, irrevocable rest
Eternal peace impart
- r. Parker in Detroit Free Press-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13
THE KOOTENAI HERALD
Issued Every Saturday By
S. D. TAYLOR, Proprietor.
Color. BIIndness.

An English engineer, forty years Of
age, was dismissed from his situation be-
cause he was unable to correctly disfin-
guish colors Dr. NJ. Reich who exam
ined the man. and who afterward pub
lished the results of his examinations in
a Russian paper, found sight, focus aud
sensation of light normal. and discov-
cred no disease by the ophthalmoacope
yet the patient could distinguish no col
ors when of a dark shade, and only vel
low and blue when of a light shade The
patient assured DIR. Reich that be had
been able to distinguish colors correctly
and with confidence up to the summer Of
1889. He said that through overexer-
ton and insufficiency of sleep he had
then suffered from violent headache for
two weeks. and that afterward he saw
everything as if it were red. The latter
symptom had continued for three months
after which time he had lost all sensa-
ton of color In the beginning of May,
1890, he presented himself again, declar-
ing that he had perfectly regained the
power to distinguish colors A thorough
examination completely confirmed the
assurance given by the patient, who was
consequently again fit for service DR.
Reich believes that "erythropsy" is due
to central mischief The case seems to
show that sensation of color is perfectly
Independent of the physiological func-
tion.-New York Ledger
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13

No poison brings death with more
maddening agony than ammonia, but
that fact does not seem to discourage the
suicide The man Harowitz, who de-
hberately swallowed fatal dose of the
drug in New York, is only one of the
many who have gone the ammonia
route to death in spite Of the excruciat-
ing pain DR.. Blyth has recorded thirty
cases of ammonia poisoning in the small
London district of which he is health
officer. Professor Mitchell mentions
twenty-five cases. and four have oc-
Cured during the short time DR.. jenkins
has been connected with the coroner'f
Office in New York.-Exchange.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13
Flsh Thnt shoot FIies.

There is a curious fish of the Indian
ocean, to which, although it has long
been known to naturalists, attention has
recently been called on account of somS
new observations of its peculiaritiea It
is fiat and chubby, not unlike the ordi-
nary suntish, and seldom exceeds seven
OF eight inches in length.
1t is furnished with short snout or
muzzle which. as we shall see, serves
very much the purpose of sportsman's
gun. 1t is fond of insects, and its
method of capturing them has suggested
its name of the archer
Swimming close beneath the surface
it watches the brilliant flies fitting
above, and, having selected one to its
fancy, suddenly thrusts its muzzle out,
and with almost unerring marksman-
ship discharges several drops of water
at its victim.
Confused by the watery projectiles.
and with it's wings entangled and rem
dered temporarily useless, the insect falls
upon the surface of the sea, and is i'm
medjately seized by its voracious enemy.
The fish is said to be able to bring
down fly in this manner from height
of two or three feet.
Some of the inhabitants of Java keep
these little fish in captivity for the sake
of watching them practice their archery
upon flies and ants suspended above
them. Youth's Companion.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13

DR.. Howard, of Flatbush, l.. l., was
routed out at midnight to marry couple
and was compelled to arouse his family
to act as witnesses. He was given a fat
package by the bridegroom, upon the
latter's departure The good doctor
spent half an hour or so unwinding paper
after paper from that package only to
find at last silver quarter which had
been used as a sleeve button. One face
had been ground smooth and ornament
ed with monogram. New York World.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13
DisiIlusions.

During his days of youthful enthusi-
asm every man promises himself a career
of perfect happiness-of stainless re-
spectability-of matchless honor We
flatter ourselves that the world will To-
form itself for our sake. We anticipate
a faultless partner in our future bride.
and cheat ourselves with the expectation
that the even current of destinies will
flow over sands of gold Alasl the first
self deception we are compelled to resign
becomes bitter trial to our fortitude;
but, one after another. we see these
cherished visions fade away-we lnure
ourselves to the degree of mediocrity
which is our allotted portion-and final
ly learn to be contented with such scraps
as the charity of fortune throws in our
way.-New York Ledger
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13
A Remarkable Egyptian Custom.

The Egyptians had a very remarkable
ordinance to prevent persons fromAg Dor
rowing imprudently An Egyptian was
not permitted to borrow without giving
to his creditors in pledge the body of his
father 1t was deemed both an impiety
and an infamy not to redeem so sacred a
pledge. A person who died without dis
charging that duty was deprived of the
customary honors paid to the dead
Yankee Blade
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13

Sleep is the principal agent in body re-
cuperation. The amount needed is diff
ferent for different persons. For the or
binary worker from six to eight hours is
necessary; yet how often, in the battle
for existence. Is the desire for sleep forci-
bly, suppressed and the nights rest fool
ishly shortened Sooner or later insom-
MIA wreaks its vengeance on the ply
Biological sinner Many a person who
once robbed himself of the necessary
amount of sleep would now gladly sleep,
but cannot.
Many nerve troubles first develop into
disease when joined with sleeplessness.
1t appears as a symptom of long stand
ing nervous disturbance, but to many it
appears as the first signs of disorders,
when it is only a result Of causes in oper-
alton long before. ~ Herald of Health.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13
Throat Distemper In Pigeons.

In The Journal of Laryngology and
Rhinology DR. George Turner states
that a pigeon that had died of the
throat distemper was brought to him for
dissection, and he found pseudo MEM
brane covering the whole windRipe.
With this he inoculated other pigsons,
and produced in them a similar disease,
which extended up the nostils to theiE
eyes
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13

De Smythe-Do you associate with that
cad JonesS Why, his father aud grand
father were "in trader
Richelieu BrOwn-Cawn't help it, dear
boy. was once foolish enough to borrow
$50 Of him.
De Smythe-Why don't you pay him and
cut hims
Richelieu Brown - BY Jovel / never
thought Of thati-Harper's Bazaar.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13

1T is said that the late Father Damien
attributed the leprosy which brought
about his death to incubation by flies
which flew from leprous patients TO
wound on his head 1t must be remem-
bered that though cases doubtless occur
in which infectious diseases are con-
veyed by flies, these insects do an inn
mense amount of useful service by the
scavengering which they so assiduously
perform. Brooklyn Eagle
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13

A favorite method with silk manufac-
turers of imparting pale straw color to.
pieces of silk is to steep them in very
weak solution of hydrochlOric muriatic)l
acid This cannot be practiced with
success by the housewife, as the process
is a somewhat delicate one.-New York
Recorder
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13
SUICIDES On DOCIORS.
Two Notable Instances of Re-
cent Date.
BOTH WERE SKILLED ALIENIsTS.
Still IL Is Claimed That Physicians Who
Have Charge of Lunatics Rarely Go
Mad Themselves Reasons for the
Brown and Mcfarland Tragedies.

HE few cases in
which these hav
ing the care of the
insane have them
selves become de-
mented have fur
nished the nucleus
of a theory that
the effect of con-
tact with persons
of weak mind is
harmful. This the
DRY has so long
remained unchal-
lenged that it has
come to be accept
ed as fact by many
laymen, and even
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13
Early Hours for smart Boys.

Bingo-You haven't seen my youngest
boy, have you? Great youngster, that
Only three years old and can talk like a
good fellow, Come up some night.
Kingley-W What time do you put him
to bed?
BingO-At 8.
Kingley-I am afraid that's a little bit
too late for me.-HaTper's Bazaar.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-13

most every one, Horace Greeley was named
las its standard bearer. Then it was that
lGreeley's family protested against his max
ing the canvass Greeley decided to run
anyway, and rs a last resort DR.. Brown
was called in and given personal charge OF
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-18
They We're Abreast the Fashion.

II was town in Texas and good many
families from the north had settled there;
men and women reared amid refinement,
who had had some of the edges knocked
ef it in the rough and tumble life of a new
state, but who still recognized the worth
of it, acknowledged their lapses somewhat
sadly to themselves and were anxious to
pick up any of the new wrinkles of polite
society.
A wealthy New Yorker, who had broth
er-in-law and some investments in the
town, went down there one winter, on the
way to Mexico, for his health. 1t was de-
cided to give him dinner, at which the
local Texan gentlefolk could meet the rich
visitor and his fashionable wife, who was
with him.
The dinner went off with success. The
rich man was jovial fellow and his wife
affable. The Texans, however, felt a little
nervous lest they should commit some
breach of the proprieties, and they watched
their guests manners closely. Now, the
rich man was big eater, not 10 say
greedy one, and his wife had to watch over
his meals on account of his health. He
wanted some ice cream, and she protested
10 him, under her breath, that it would
surely make him ill., He insisted, and she
dilated on the discomforts of sickness in a
Texan town. 1t was no use. Finally she
said: "Well, if you will have it, Henry,
put some brandy on it, for PHYS sake.
That may save you from cramps in your
stomach, which your obstinacy richly de-
serves and the cream is almost sure to
give YOU
So the rich man poured liberal dose of
brandy over his ice cream, under protest,
declaring that the compound was far from
a luxury. When he glanced around the
table and was about to apologize for his
queer taste, he saw people on both sides of
the table grayely deluging their ice cream
with brandy.-New York Tribune.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-18
southern Grown Seed Potatoes.

This is = question of considerable inn
portance to all and especially to those
living in the southern states. 1t is
claimed by many living in the northern
states that seed should be procured from
the extreme north. North Maine or
north Minnesota potatoes are in demand
An Oklahoma correspondent writing to
The Farm, Field and Stockman SAYS: I'm
Kansas, Missouri and this territory Iowa
potatoes are used largely for seed and in
many places for household use Some
buy stock seed every year, others every
two or three years" From what he has
done and observed he concludes that
where there is good soil and in sec
tons where potatoes do fairly well,
there will not be enough difference for
three years. to the raiser of home supply
only, to more than pay him for the
added expeT Sc i'll getting northern seed
From the report of tests with nineteen
varieties of the Missouri experimental
station are condensed few facts for
the benefit O. southwestern readers. OF
the nineteen varieties. in test of three
years, ten of them produced best from,
northern seed, five from seed raised in
Missouri one year. and four from seed
, raised there two years. Taking two
standard varieties known everywhere.
Beauty of Hebron for the first year gave
3j1 bushels per acre. second year 327
bushels. third year 22j bushels. Early
| Rose planted in same way. 44G, 42O ard
3JS bushels respectively. OF those which
gave equal OF better yields after having
been grown one and two years there,
the correspondent thinks. they are all of
| the later novelties i'll potatoes. and per-
haps this may account for their greater
vigor even under uufayorable circum-
stances.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-18
rroIonrin, the Tomato Season.

The season Of tomatoes can be mate
rally prolonged by plow5ng or spading
up piece of ground upon the approach
of frost, and after smoothing it down
nicely, pulling mp the vines laden with
green or partly ripaned fruit and spread
ing them over The ground about a foot
III depth. II these are covered with
straw mats or loose straw to protect
against freeing, uncovering in dry time,
the warmth of the earth will ripen the
fruit as perfectly as did the sun in Sep
TENDER. Farm Life tells of truck
farmer who tried the experiment last
year, with the result that he made more
money from what was ripened in that
way than from all he had previously
sold. His last picking sold readily at
fifty cents per basket, showing that with
tomatoes, as wei as with many other
kinds of vegetables, late crops are more
profitable than early ones for farmers
living near good markets.