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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
Abont Bnsiness Profits.

II 10 not often anything is written that
will give comfort to the capitalist and
his partner in iniquity, the railroad
president whose salary is $50, but
both these wicked individuals may get
a large fragment of consolation from
the argument of Mr., j, b, Mann in The
Popular Science Monthly.
Are business profits too large? No,
says Mr., Mann, they are not. He di-
vides the factors of a successful bust
ness into four-capital, labor, skill and
opportunity, By skill we understand
him to mean the business ability neces-
sary to seize on opportunity when it
goes flying past man. In case of ten
boys, say, nine must be laborers and
one an employer, for nature has so man
aged it that in every community the
majority of men must be laborers. I'm
der the strictly cooperative system all
men would be both, but that Mr.. Mann
does not discuss.
The man who has business ability sees
opportunity; the others do not. He in
terests capital to the extent of utilizing
the opportunity. Capital and shrewd
ness hire the laborers and start bust
ness. Profits accrue from it. Mr. Mann
supposes that the money coming in from
the industry is divided equally among
the three partners-capital, shrewdness
and labor. There can only be one capital
list and one man with business ability to,
say, nine laborers, in the nature of
things. Suppose the proceeds of the in
dustry for given time are thirty dollars
Let us divide it equally among labor,
capital and business ability, which for
shortw may call gumption. Capital gets
its ten dollars, gumption its ten dollars
one capitalist and one gumption, and
they each receive ten dollars. If capital
and gumption were united, then one per-
son gets twenty dollars. There are nine
laborers, and each laborer gets only
ninth of ten dollars, or dollar and
eleven cents.
But there is no business that pays the
three factors in this proportion. As
matter of fact Mr.. Mann declares that
labor gets more than two-thirds of the
income of most undertakings, while
sometimes capital itself gets nothing at
all and its owner no more than one of
his own workingmen. Business cannot
be conducted successfully where the
margin of profit goes much below 5 per
cent. That has been proved. When A.
T. Stewart died he left thirty millions.
Counting up the amount of his business
transactions for forty years, it will be
shown that his profits did not average
more than per cent. year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
FOR SALE.

My Farm, formerly the Newell Hunt
ing place. Said farm is In the town Of
winhall joining Londonderry ON the east,
Peru on the north, aud on direct road
from So, Londonderry TO Manchester,
Farm contains IS acres more or less, suit
ably divided into pasture, tillase aud
wood land with splendid sugar orchard
Of 500 trees.
The buildings consist of large two
story house with l., two cattle barns,
horse barn and hcnncry and other out
buildings all in best of repair, running
water 10 house aud barn; also nice well
In cellar, all the land lies 10 the south,
and is in high state Of cultivation.
said farm is three miles from So. Lon
doudcrry and Twelve from Manchester
aud near school. Farm cuts hay enou.l,
10 winter fifteen head Of cattle beside
team aud can be bought low this fall on
account Of poor health.
For further particulars enquire of ),
NJ. Holden, So. Londonderry, OF the sub
scriber on the premises.
C. v. BRYANT.
Winhall, VI, Oct. 10, 80.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02

1t is a pity that DR.. Adolph Soetbeer
did not live to greet the international
silver conference at Brussels and give it
the light of his great thought. DR.. Scot
beer was seventy-eight years old and a
professor at the university Of Gottingen
He was the highest authority in the
world in matters pertaining to the coin
age of money. With the conscientious,
painstaking quality of the German mind,
he Investigated everything pertaining to
money and finance, beginning with the
amount of gold and silver dug from the
worlds mines year by year, as far back
as any record goes Coinage and bank
ing laws also came under his careful
study. One of his most important works
is the history of the production of the
precious metals since the discovery of
America by Columbus. DR.. Soetbeer
was bimetallist and his plan for MAX
ing gold and silver money circulate to-
gether will doubtless be the starting
point for all schemes to that effect for
many years to come.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
A Harmless Treatment.

A young woman who has beautifully
rounded throat, with lovely neck and
arms to match, attributes her beauty in
that direction entirely to simple course
Of treatment
She says: ITO begin with, you must be
prepared for somewhat disagreeable
odor and the ruination of your night
robe; therefore put aside the oldest
gowns and go to work by yourself and
you will work wonders in three weeks.
"The process is merely amounting with
cod liver oil every night. 1t will take
you good half hour, but you will be
repaid by the identifying effect it will
have in remarkably short time. Per-
severance must be your watchword,
however, until the form commences to
round out; then the treatment need not
be SO frequent in warm weather, and
not mote than three times week in
cold. 1t is simple and harmless, and no
physician will discourage what he knows
to be so genuinely beneficial. "-Detroit
Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
ODDS AND ENDS.
The dog barks, but the caravan passes.

The dog banks, but the caravan passes.
COPY, the artist, was the son of day
laborer.
1t is said that the best walking pace is
seyenty-five steps per minute.
The father of Keats kept a livery sta
BILE, in which the poet was born.
IT'S only heaven can be had for the
asking. How about good advice?
A colony of about 1000 Japanese is to
be established in Sinaloa, Mexico.
Six thousand men are now working on
the Chicago exhibition structures.
The output of the Touring mills of
/ Minneapolis is $1,000 barrels day.
Sparks from amber and other sub
stances were mentioned by Pliny A. ID.
20.
Wheatstone in 1884 calculated the ve-
locity of electricity to be $4,000 feet a
second.
Be even the unwilling witness of a
mans weakness and you have gained his
enmity.
To make leather alrtlght and yet not
injure its flexibility, soak it thoroughly
in sweet oil.
Mexico has a Jail that is stated to con-
sist of live oak tree with chain and
staple attached.
The latest travelling pillows are COW
cred with suede leather and are en-
broidered in gold thread.
1t may be interesting to note that Bel
GUM is declared to be the most intern
perate country in Europe.
Little folks are very much like big
folks, except for size, and even that diff
ference is not so very great.
A huge timber raft, comprising 5,000,-
900 feet and valued at $75, 900 was hauled
into San Francisco bay recently.
II can tell more about man from his
smile" said the chaplain of prison,
ethan from his promises or his regrets. y
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02

AT last there is prospect that some of
the big trees of California may be saved.
The secretary of the interior notifies all
concerned that no more lands on which
the sequoia gigantea grows shall be
opened for settlement. The lands on
which the few sequoias that remain are
found will therefore become public
parks. 1t was high time. We have ex-
terminated the buffalo. The game ward
en- of Colorado reports that the large
game of that state is rapidly decreasing,
and that the famous mountain trout has
nearly disappeared. So it goes. By our
greed and wanton foolishness we destroy
the very things which give us most
satisfaction. But if even a few of the
big trees Of California can be spared,
there will still remain something to
show foreigners what nature did for
America in the first place.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
Husking Corn,

Husking corn ought to begin as soon
as it will do to crib in well Slated
crib. Take as many sacks as will make
load when filled and husk in bushel
basket Husk nine shocks, and make
two bundles of fodder of each shock, ad-
vises farmer who writes as follows in
The New England Homestead:
Use the old band to tie one bundle
and make the other one with two stalks.
When you have your sacks full get your
wagon, leave off the box, cover the bot
tom with boards, and you can load with
out lifting over the box. The crib
should have two doors, each half way
from center to end, and at height to
be conveniently reached from the
wagon. By emptying one sack at a
time you can unload in short order AS
sort the corn as it is husked, leaving the
small corn in heaps to be gathered and
cribbed separately. When the crib is
full to the doors load the corn loose in
the wagon box and shovel out with a
scoop. Marketing the corn depends on
locality. Here in northeastern Ohio we
think it more profitable to sell it at 30
cents per bushel basket of ears than to
feed it for pork or beef at present prices
If near city market two-thirds corn and
one-third oats ground and fed to milk
cows for butter or milk would be very
profitable. Some farmers ensile their
corn, but my experience is that dry fod-
der, with root crops, is less expensive
and gives equally good results.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
Land Plaster for Stables.

The employment Of land plaster in
stables is urged for two purposes; it not
only deodorizes and disinfects the stable,
thereby contributing to the health of at
PENDANTS and animals, but it prevents
the escape and going to waste of the
most valuable properties of the food
consumed by the stock. In a recent
plea to farmers to try land plaster from
one pint to one quart daily for each ami
NAL, Hoard's Dairyman says: "If its
affinity for ammonia or nitrogen is so
strong that it will gather this valuable
fertilizer from the atmosphere, the dews
and rains, how invaluable must it be in
stables to take up and hold the same
volatile elementw
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
Farm MO-
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BALED HAY.


Views of Californian with a Half Gen.
tury's Experience on the Subject.
A correspondent of The Country Gen
tleman who has had fifty years expert
tnce in various modes Of making hay
advocates baling it as both economical
and convenient. He considers that there
is vast amount of unnecessary labor
and cost in making hay stacks twenty
feet high, as done with machine pitch
ers, horses, hosting forks, rakes, car
riers and pulleys, and also with hay
leaders. He says:
am of the opinion that four ton
stacks, the hay drawn around them
with horse rake and the stacks pro-
tected with waterproof caps, form an
economical method of stacking hay for
baling, as one man can make three or
four ton stack while boy draws the
loose hay to it with horse rake, leav-
ing it on any side convenient for pitch
ing on the stack. If the weather is
threatening, small stack can be made
In an hour or two without wagons or
costly machinery, and if the hay is a
little damp it will sweat in the small
stacks without material damage and get
ready for baling.
By stacking in small stacks with few
men and little machinery except horse
rakes much drawing and time are
saved-as experience taught me long
ago--and the baling machine can be
moved from one small stack to another
while single load of hay could be
drawn and pitched on large stack.
Again, if rain threatens, small stack
can be quickly made or rounded up and
secured with waterproof cap without
damage. Hay can probably be secured
in the field as suggested at less than
half the cost of putting in large stacks
with costly machinery, and the barns or
hay lofts will contain three or four
times as much hay in bales as could be
put into them loose, making saving in
storage space as well as drawing twice
as much at load in bales without any
hay racks.
Again, the convenience Of bales for
feeding is worth considering. The hay
is taken from the end of the bale with
the hands, when the baling wire is cut,
in layer only few inches thick, the
hay left in the bale remaining close as
the press left it, and so on till the bale
is all used, the wires being easily cut.
Use from the bale few pounds at a
time; the hay retains its fresh color and
quality far better than when loose.
Furthermore, if other work is pressing,
the hay can remain in small stacks till
light frosts occur, when the baling can
be done without hindering blowing or
any other urgent work. Waterproof
caps for small stacks or cocks can be
obtained at little cost or made on the
farm in short time.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
After Man, Who?

When the prehistoric gorilla was the
highest form of animal doubtless he
thought there could be nothing created
higher than gorilla. Was not his arm
stronger than that of the lion or tiger?
Could not his magnificent teeth crack
cocoanuts, which the lions could not?
He could thrash anything in the shape
of living creature, from a mosquito to
an elephant. He was handsome, too, in
his own opinion, the prehistoric gorilla.
What creature had such fine fierce whis-
kers, such long, graceful toenails, such
a glorious prognathous jaw?
That was what the gorilla thought a
million years ago no doubt, for it is
proved Enthusiastically that the gorilla of
today can think. That is also what man
thinks today. But may not man be as
widely mistaken as his ancestor was?
May there not yet develop by evolution
creature unlike man and as far su-
perior to him as he is supposed to be to
the gorilla? Evolution has hardly used
up all the patterns in her workship.
After man goes out may there not come
In a gorgeous creature that is dazzlingly
beautiful, that is never sick or mean or
dirty or drunken, that is never selfish or
bad hammered, and never splits? A crea-
ture that can make this earth what it
might be today, only for the people in it
"a paradise? Think seriously about it.
Why not? At any rate we have the
authority of highly learned gentlemen
that "a psychological differentiation
may commence in continuation with the
Darwinian morphological differentia-
tion." Justso.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
Successful Wheat Growing.

A recent essayist at a farmers meet
ing, who believes that good farming
pays, summed it all by giving these
points, which, if followed up, are sure to
lead to success in wheat culture: l. The
soil must be well drained. 3. The best
soil for wheat is a clayey loan contain
ing lime 3. Wheat likes soft seed
bed with a compact bottom. 4. Clover
sod turned early makes such a bed 5.
Test at least one new variety each year;
change your seed every three years 6.
The best seed is plump, heavy. oily and
clean. Z. About two inches is the best
depth for sowing the seed. s. The drill
puts in the seed cheaper and better than
broadcasting. Q. From the middle of
September to the middle of October is
the best time for sowing. 10. If drilled
five pecks of seed per acre; if broadcast
two bushels. II. One heavy rolling
after seeding does much good. 12 If
the growing season is dry, try sowing
Halt
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
When Bees Begin to Breed.

In reply to the query, "When should
bees begin to breed in the spring. asked
in The American Bee Journal, Mrs. L..
Harrison said 1.-The bees are the best
judges of the time. Keep your bees
strong. Give them food if they are short
of stores and leave the rest to them. "
Professor A. J. Cook says: las soon as
the pollen is in the flowers. In some
seasons this is too early. On the average
find bees should be out and rearing
brood as soon as they begin to collect.
Mr.. Mahon answered: THAT would de
pend upon climate and circumstances
| would not care to have them breed be-
fore the spring is sufficiently advanced
for them to have frequent flights"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
An Old Lady's Way.

A happy and vigorous old lady in New
Hampshire gives these rules for the Sc
cret of the success of eighty years living
on this planet, which brings so much
care and worry to many of her sisters:
II never allow myself to fret over things
! cannot help. l take nap, and some
times two, every day of my life. I
never take my washing, ironing or bak-
ing to bed with me, and l try to oil all
the various wheels of a busy life with
an implicit belief that there are brain
and heart to this great universe, and
that can trust them BOTH"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02

All the world will be glad to know
that at last Virginia has arranged for
the final settlement of the state debt
which has hung like milestone upon
her, Gripping her resources for half a
century. The commissioners of the
Virginia sinking fund are now ready to
receive ''for veritication, classification
and exchange" the old state bonds held
by creditors, wherever they may be.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02

Russia and France have together $780,
000more soldiers than Austria, Germany
and Italy all together. The triple ALI
ance could not therefore meet on equal
terms the united armies of France and
Russia; hence the wild desire of the en-
peror of Germany to increase his army
by nearly hundred thousand men.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02

Prof. Barrett of st. Lawrence county,
N. Y, speaking of pulmonary diseases,
says: not one death occurs now where
twenty did before Downs Elixir was
known. Over fifty years of constant
success places Downs elixir at the head
of the long list of cough remedies.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02

The reason why Arnica and Oil Lin
ment is so popular with the ladies is be-
cause it not only is very healing and
soothing but that its odor is not at all Of
fensive.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02

Mary E. Lease, candidate for United
States senator from Kansas, gives it as
her opinion that the Office should seek
the woman as well as the man.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
Gents
SiIvcrOid Watch.

Open fac. tnsee ounce cg,e. warranted TO
wear and eep is co'or, sem wind and Sc,
Ws,hsm OF f gin ful psie movement, sale
p;nion and pans'ou balance, warranted 10
keep eorfe-t tme IL properly used. usaaly
sod for seven or eight doaars. This IS me
wseh that has recenty been sold SO low in
Ers lehoro, dealers adveri sing mem at So %.
Prise to our pa.rons only $50.
M-For $50 vii sell a popular styled,
rolied-plaie chain, warranted for FIVE years
usually sold for $500.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02

Ladies' Sviler Watch-Chatelsin
Solid silver cases, open face, stem wind and
set good Swiss movement. With good usage
viii last for years. Regular price $500.
Price 10 patrons of the sler So 90.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-12-02
WATCHES,
WATCHES j!

GENTS GOLD WATCHES. Filled cases, warranted Is
years. dust proof back and beze wnder and
SETTER patent cap pull out bow, sunk seconds engraved
or plain seven eweed Wal,ham or Elgin movement war;
raned with good usage, keep correct time Regular
tail price everywhere from SIS. to SS Our special offer
Only S12.
IgOther styles of gents gold watches furnished at
coTespondngly low prices.=@ou
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-31
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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-31
FABLE NO. z.
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|cls Remus Tells Why the Hawk
Catches Chickens Whom
ever He Can.
he Was Whom He Knew Moth
Ing OF tho Taste OF
Bantlings.
Drsr Rooster Onco Served Him =
Rather Mean Trick-Ry Joel
Chandler Harris.

IWriAen for TnE HELENA IN~pErENpENT.1
NE DAY UNCLE REMUS SAT IN
the sun making I fish basket. The
little boy watched him weave the
white oak splits together along time,
iting for a story. Finally a bantam
,stsr. wandering ! crowed shrilly
rec or four times. The noise broks the
encs 20 unexpectedly that Uncls Rsmus
mpsd ~nsrvously AID then hurled she unhn-
led basket a. the rooster, which ran away
fsaming and oackling. Ths rooster be-
aQed to the little boy and was . favorite
l, but tho younRstsr laughed heartily At
hole Remus's irritation. which vas partly
ii and partly affected. "Nummine!' sx-
kimed tho old man. recovering his basket
What fattsns de chicken fattsns de hawk
s'Now. Unols Rsmus." the little boy pro-
sted, not catching the meaning OF tho
,moly provsrb. 'you know hawks don't
i corn and dough and worms and bugs"
mo. dey don't" responded the old man
nphatically. 'Ef dey did dat ar bantam
licksn mought live ter git gray. Mos
.e'y mornin' dsr's a big hawk sailin' 'roun'
ire, en- he'll sholy git dar ar uppity little
,ostsr. You better have i'm put in de rot
|Dw. I been noticin' dsze many odd-come
shuts dat hawks got = spite at roostera
lpeshuaily when dsy amt too big fer i'm
Br toto off. Dey wuz = time whom do
hwks amt had no mouf fer chickens. but
ht time don gone BY"
"Didn't hawks always catch chickens,
mole Rsmus2" the little boy asked.
''Sholy I done tell you bout dat" the old
ian remarked, looking at the child with
teat affectation of astonishment. snow,
|sn, rack 20 brain, On tell me il I ain't
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-31
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