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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03
Tn. question of woman's work.

That erudite philosopher, Edward Won
Hartmann, finds that the social life of
the present is diseased, and the cause OF
the disease is the estrangement of the
Sexes. Then, philosopher fashion, he
goes on to say that the cure will be
found in going back to the old spheres
for each, He says: 81 do not see why
everything should not be as it was in
former times, the man attending to his
business and the woman to her domestic
duties, with the difference that equity
pxacts in regard to their social and hui
man interests"
There is Just one reason why the sexes
should not go back to the old way, and
this is that 1t is impossible In the old
time Of which Mr.. Won Hartmann speaks,
women occupied their time with spin
ming, weaving, cooking and sewing.
This was all done in the homes and kept
the women busy in every household.
Thus they earned their living, and n
comfortable one. But modern progress
has taken every one of these occupations
out of their hands except cooking, and
nearly all of that 1t is not true that
men supported women in the old time Of
which the philosopher speaks. They GER
tainly supported themselves in the above
named departments of labor.
But as many women as ever are born
into the world. They must live, and
must still support themselves, just as
they did centuries ago. But if the old
trades are all taken from them, what is
left for them but to find new ones, as
they are doing? They cannot be left to
starve. Here, then, in this economic
fact, Herr Won Hartmann will find the
reason why men and women cannot go
back to the old time. In spite, how
ever, Of that "estrangement" which he
sees with his philosophers eye, men and
women seem to be tolerably good
friends still.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03
Hawaii and the United states.


Captain Caesar Moreno, formerly prime
minister of the Hawaiian government,
says that ever since 1879 England has
been intriguing to get possession of the
Hawaiian islands, otherwise called the
Sandwich Islands, and annex them to
British Columbia. In answer to that it
may be said that these islands occupy
the most important strategic position in
the north Pacific ocean, and they are
going to belong to the United States if
they belong to anybody.
At present the islands are under a
constitutional monarchy. The late King
Kalakaua was weak as well as profit
gate, and one royal prerogative after
another slipped from his hands dur
ing his reign, until it began to appear
as if there We're no royal prerogatives at
all left. When, however, he was sue
ceeded by Queen Liliuokalam pro
nounced Lil-lee-wokc-a-lanny) things
became different. The name Liliuoka-
lani signifies Lily of the Sky, but the
Lily showed that she was possessed not
only of a strong will, but of common
sense and administrative ability. She
had spent much time in Europe and OBJ
served the power that royalty had there,
She was determined to be a queen more
than in name. In private life she In
Mrs. John o. Dominis, her husband be-
ing an American gentlemen of good
family and education, So that the prince
consort of Honolulu is an American.
The queen is now past fifty. She talks
and writes English perfectly She is
disposed to do what is best for her sub
jects, but will not be in unyielding tool
in anybody's hands. There has been
dissatisfaction with her reign, and a
restlessness which may end in revolu-
ton. In that case the only thing APP
parently will be for some strong power to
take Hawaii under its protection, and
the only power to do this is the United
States. The interests at stake are very
great. Honolulu, the seaport, has been
called the hotel of the nations in the
north Pacific, and such it is, Honolulu
is 2, 100 miles westward from San Fran
cisco, and is reached in six days by
steamer from that city. The United
States has already the exclusive right TIC
naval station on the islands. This
station is Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu.
I When the distractions at its entrance
are removed it will be one of the large
harbors of the world. 1t will require
nearly two years work to open Pearl
Harbor fully, and our government
should bestir itself.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03
CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice
having had placed in his hands by an
East India missionary The formula of g
simple vegetable remedy for the speedy
aud permanent cure of Consumption
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and ali
throat aud Lung Affections, also a posi-
tive and radical cure for Nervous Debili-
ty and all Nervous Complaints, after hay
ing tested its wondel full curative powers
in thousands of cases. has felt it his duty
to make it known to his suffering fellows
Actuated by this motive and desire to
relieve human suffering, | will send free
of charge, to all who desire it, this lee.
ipe, in German, French or English
with full directions for preparing and
usiog, Sent by mail by addressing with
stamp, naming this paper, w. A. MOVES
500 Powers Block, Rochester, N. Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03
Summer Schools,

Both Harvard and Cornell universities
will hold summer schools this season.
They will begin abouta July and the
sessions will occupy some six weeks.
There will be courses of instruction in
languages, science, mathematics and
philosophy. Harvard will have course
in horticulture, One is glad to observe
that at both universities there will be
instruction in physical culture. This
would be worth the whole summer
school training if there were no other
studies. 1t is what young Americans
need just now more than they need
Latin and Greek.
The courses at the two universities
named are especially for the benefit of
teachers who cannot attend school at
assigned particularly for the training of
teachers will be open at Bay View,
Mich, and at Martha's Vineyard, the
latter being known as the Marthas Vine
yard institute. At nearly all the sum-
mer schools the course will last six
weeks. At Phillips academy, Exeter,
N. H., there will be a summer school of
languages exclusively. Professor Felix
Adler and his excellent friends who
founded the school of morals and eco
nomics at Plymouth, Mass, last sum-
mer will hold forth again this summer.
Professors from Harvard and Ann Har-
Dor will aid in the instruction.
There, too, as usual, is the great sum
mer school at Chautauqua. mother of
all the summer schools. It begins July
6, and President Harper, of the Chicago
university, is its principal. Long may it
wave.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03
Spiders That Sail Balloons.

There are two minute animals, usual
ly called insects, which produce Cos
samer. These are the gossamer SPIDERS
and therefore, according to the later 20
illogical classification, they are not.
strictly speaking, insects, but form part
of a distinct class of animals called the
arachnida. The ascent Of the gossnmer
balloons made by these spiders only
takes place in bright, serene weather,
and is invariably preceded by produc-
ton of gossamer on the ground. When
impelled by desire of traversing the
air, the gossamer spiders climb to the
summit of various objects, and thence
emit the viscous threads in such man.
ner as that they may be drawn out to a
great length and fneness, and when
sufficiently acted upon by the ascending
current, they quit hold of the objects on
which they rested and commence their
aerial flight by floating away, the gos-
samer acting exactly i'll the same way as
balloon.
cate that a single one cannot be seen
unless the sun shines on it. The viscid
fluid is elected by the spider with great
force, becoming a thread, and several
such threads are produced at once in a
radiating form, which facilitates their
being caught by the current of heated
air and borne upward, carrying the
spider along with them. The spider is
said even to have the power, to some
extent, of guiding in the air the balloon
like web by which it is waited up
London Tit-Bits.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

The leaders of the Methodist Epis-
cOpal general conference are well known
to be harmless as doves, but their action
in regard to admitting women delegates
to the conference shows them to possess
also their full share of the wisdom of
the serpent. They relegate the vexed
question back upon the people in new
form, requesting the annual conferences
to decide by vote whether the word
''laymen" means men only, or men and
women both. But in case the annual
conferences decide it to mean men and
women both, the ladies will probably
have to wait eight years yet before get
ting the coveted admission as delegates
to the general conference. The confer
ence meets only once in four years. The
next one, four years from now, will
take formal action on the question, in
case the annual conferences vote in favor
of the women, and at the following one,
in 1900, the ladies will come in with the
new century.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03
ODDS AND ENDS.


Chicago has cooperative bakery,
Self respect is the cornerstone of all
virtue.
New friends and new faces are not
like those of the old.
A horsehy will live for hours after the
head has been pinched off.
There are 10000 organized brass bands
in the state of Pennsylvania,
A first class steamship of one of the
great lines costs nearly $2,000,000,
There are 2O9,8C0 acres of land in
Great Britain devoted TO orchards.
Ammonia as motive power is COM
ing into use ON various street car lines.
General U, S. Grant, when young
man, canvassed for "Irving's Column
bus"
Try taking your cod liver oil in to-
mato catchupif you want to make it pal
atable,
For slight burns dip the part in cold
water; if the skin is destroyed cover
with varnish.
Thales, the wise man, showed the true
cause of the moons eclipse about the
year 600 b. c.
Printing was invented at Mentz, by
Gutenberg, in 1850; introduced into
England in l471.
Actors We're so much admired by the
late Dr. Morell Mackenzie that he never
charged them for medical advice.
Michael Shea, of indianapolis, had
been nearly ninetySsa at the forge
when 1892 came. He was 10 years old
Oct. %, 1891.
The word ''mews," meaning a sort Of
alleyway, is common in London. 1t i:
seen only once in New York-in Uni
versity place, just north Of Washington
square.
There is in the yard of P. Peek, OF
First street, at Palatka, Fla, quite /;
curiosity in the shape of an orange tire,
only seven inches in height, but contain
ing perfect orange.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

do you want your skull polished?'
asked the barber Of the b:ldheaded man.
Skull? How much|' demanded tie
latter.
II have here" said the barber, "a
French preparation which has just come
on the market, and which puts beau
tiful shine on bald heads. The polish
lasts three OF four days and is not re-
moved by water. 1t wears off or cor
rodes eventually by the action of the
atmosphere. and then another applica-
ton can be made.
Some men object to the shine on
pald heads, and in Germany they take 1t
off witlfa dilute acid. But in France
the downing glory of a well dressed
bald head is an immaculate polish which
reflects the light like a dazzling dia-
mond. New York Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

Berlin is the one great city that has
solved the problem of utilizing sewage.
The sewage is spread upon adjacent
farms belonging to the city. The sew
age is distributed to the land by means
of underground cast iron pipes. a sys,
TEN of publication has been adopted
that is perfect; at the same time the
ammoniacal substances which the land
most wants are fed to it, The demand
for the sewage fertilization increases
among private farmers. Tramps and
Migrants are made to do the work or
the municipal sewage farms.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

"Healthy surroundings, contentment
and active, temperate and regular hab-
its are most valuable aids to reaching
hale and happy old age" says the Lon
don Lancet. The Lancet instances as
an illustration of this q Scotch High
lander, Hugh Macleod, who has reached
the age of 1O7. He has always led an
active, outdoor life, working regularly,
but not excessively. He continues this
working in his extreme old age. He
subsists chiefly on fish and oatmeal por-
ridge, with occasionally little meat.
His food has always been very simple.
Gladstone also has learned that simple
food, and not too much of it, is the
thing,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03


No : ShOrey BOCk, >ea.,ie, Washington.
To the Physician in Charge of Medical peuart-
ment Standard Medicine Co, Boston, Mas.
NV Dear Doctor: For several years ! 0ave
been suffering severely from nervous prose a.
ton and peculiar ADD uuacCOuntabie Il hieu,y
which no physician wuom ICOnsuhed seemed 20
unde >,3t0d, Dot which kept me mOst Of The tlme
ia a rOnd luh u1G,ted Tor business, and NOR
ou.nsy wte,ched in N I'D and body. The most
TO .un.,,e circumstance of my HE was NEE lng
YOU. To my astOni >hmnnt you seemed TO under
sand my case thOrOu- My, and me remedies You
gave me- particularly PERUVIAN NERVE CON
FOUND wruU- III the most marvellous change in
my neallh. ! have been TAX ny Tue Compound
regularly for some months, aud IL has made a
new man o 4 me. My hedlIn is better tnau II has
been since lst5 and AN able TO transact buSl-
ness continuously. Though not qute restored,
the rate of improvement is constantly actelera
ting and have no doubt tnat in month or two
! snail he A. well as Otuer men, and aUle TO do as
mucnwolk. The Ceut OF gtaJl,ude / owe TO you
is beyond compC,aoon.
You are entirely ri liberty TO re Eerto me at any
time with reference 10 me merits of PERUVIAN
COMPOUND in particular, and your supreme
ability as a physician in general
Yours very truy,
LEE j. PITNER.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

If you want to help humanity and
leave something to show that you de-
served to live, look about and see what
you can best do in your circumstances
in the line of aid, not charity. Charity
is no help, The field is wide before you.
Single out the one or two lines along
which you can work to some purpose,
and stick to them. Follow them as long
as you live, and do not let yourself be
drawn away. So shall you leave an en-
during monument of good to the race,
and not fritter your powers away on a
dozen different enterprises. Concentrate
in work, play and benevolence.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

DR.. Henry Smith Williams thinks he
has discovered a new form of insanity,
and he calls it by the above name. The
paranoiac temperament may be known
at glance. Its characteristics are
morbid scnsitiveness and great egotism."
1t is the kind of insanity which bro
duces what we are accustomed to call
"cranks,"
The victim begins with an unevenly
developed brain. AS a child he has
often exceptional mental gifts, and their
development is pushed to an extreme by
his fond parents. But he is eccentric
and does most unusual things for child
Meantime the brain disorder is progress
ing steadily.
In maturer years the paranoia devel-
ops itself and the patient becomes crazy
on the subject of his own Importance,
themselves in his disordered mentality.
Sometimes he is the victim of all, some
times of only one. But the fundamental
properties of paranoia, according to DIR.
Williams, are: /. Delusions of persecu-
ton. 2. Hallucinations. 3. Decisions
of personal grandeur That is to say,
whenever you find a person who believes
all the world is against him and that
enemies are persistently prosecuting
him; when you find person who sees
and holds conversations with imaginary
people; when you see d person who be-
leyes he Is the 5reSt sl ma}laaJiaEe ass 8.
you need not be surprised at anything
they do. Sometimes they commit MUIR
der, these cranks.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

When Holborn Hill disappeared and
gave way to the familiar viaduct, a
number of chains with human limbs
came to light as well as some bottles
containing pale, yellow fluid, very
carefully sealed. For time the precise
nature OF the liquid baffled the chemists
who were asked to report on it, but by
general consent it was agreed to be
merely hair dye. Scientists always
manage to cast a wet blanket over ro-
mance.-EXchange.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

6lJ Wa>ningtoh 81, Boston, May II, 1880.
Standard McuClne Co
Geut lemen: In answer to your inquiry of my
experience with the PERUVIAN NERVE COM
POUND, it affords me pleasure 10 say mat am
surpr. led aud plea ed win whar il nas done for
me. was one of ihe many unfor un.tes who
suffered from La q ippe. | was cOnhhed 10
the house for some time, aud upon geting out
did rot get back the vitality possessed uetore'
| tled val iOus specifics given iOF eucn condl lphs
but without much relief. A snort lime since
commenced 10 use your PERUVIAN NERVE COM
POUND, more in The way OF an eNpe tment, FOR
was wlnOut the least iaith thai | >rOuid find 1t
of benefl, Dut before | mad us.d no the INST
bo1e mad received marked beneficial lesn -.
am now on my ,hiJd DOu lie, and fee "a we -
ever. under -taud tnat pnv, .Clar> are presc. b.
ing it. and fl om my experience Win the Com
hound am not s3rpyi-ed thtt tnev SHOULD. |
know II 10 he a wonderful tonic, aud great
blessing 10 me, Yours NV.
j. ;. FOLSOM.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

In the future the great mineral spring
resort of this country will be in the
Yellowstone park. Some of the most
powerful medicinal waters known bub-
BILE up from the ground there in con-
siderable variety. One of the springs is
charged with sulphate of ammonia sui
phuric acid and sulphuretted hydrogen,
which latter smells to heaven. Other
springs contain heavy quantity of ar
senic in solution.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03
Suffered III Years from dyspepsia.

10 concord 81, BOSTON, MaF. 7, Ie'W
Standard Medicine Co.
Gentlemen: | nave been troubled with dys
persia and indiges ion TO- over II years du}!ng
The lime have been doc.uglpg Win pin Slrians
of nigh standing. They gave.me lief az times
bnt kept CoU- lanlly ge,uug wogse, 30 much 50
mat COZ. 1t scasc ,'N eat anN shiog w!thout caus
irg m.en.e misery for a Dug ,tne. never left
the tauie W hout being very hung Y. 50 great
was the pain caused ~ raCng. GOT very Htue
le-t at II IN. ! nave now iaSen "a &c bos,es,
aud am hapnv 10 say ! eau eat lhaee hrJ ~
meals a day and sleep sOuudy. ] am gio0
can give ali the credit 10 YOU wonderful medi-
ciues. Yours lestet ihliE
Ms. NJ. c. SNOW.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03
A few months ago leading review

A few months ago leading review
contained series of solemn papers by
distinguished men in political life, going
to show that in nominating conventions
it was the platform and not the man
who is considered. But when the nom
mating convention really comes it is
found that every distinguished states
man of the lot is ont for ''the man who
can win," regardless. 'Tis we'll Did
not the author of the "Bigelow Papers"
write long time ago, "a marciful prov
idcnce fashioned us boiler, o parpose
that we might onr princerprls swallerT'
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

French artists are in doubt whether
to send their best works to our Worlds
fair or not. They fear the Americans
would consider them immodest and
would not allow them in the art gallery
Well, skirts and trousers might be put
upon the statues for this occasion, and
the paintings might be covered with pink
cheesecloth, all except the faces Then
our native American modesty can peep
at them through its fingers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

The United States fish commission
steamer Albatross will as far as possible
determine by practical experiment dur
ing the present summer the question of
what per cent. of Alaska seals is lost by
poaching on them in the open seas. The
naturalists and scientific gentlemen on
board of the Albatross will be privileged
to follow the herds and kill seals enough
TO Suit their DurDOSe
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

We are assured by Secretary Tracy
that under one provision of the new law
permitting the American flag upon ex-
listing lines of steamers there will be
built in United States shipyard four
steamers that will each be fifty feet
longer than the City of Paris and faster.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03
Fewer Reptiles Than Form erIy.

The variety of forms which reptilian
life now presents is small indeed COM
pared with what existed during that
vast period of tine which interviewed
between the final formation of the coal
deposits and the formation of the chalk
which constitutes The north and south
downs of ngland-Quarterly Review.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

When any hotly contested public
question comes up for decision it may
be noted that the side taken by the
young men leaders is always the one
that wins in the long run.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

A Chicago statistician has figured out
that for the past ten years Chicago has
increased her population at the rate of
new inhabitant every nine minutes,
night and day. But this does not begin
to keep pace with Chicago's progress in
her own mind.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

1t is certain that the majority of the
American people do not want the Chi
nese to come here. But whether we
have the right to exclude them by a
simple law of congress, without at all
consulting China in the matter, while
there exists between us and China a
friendly treaty, is a question about
which there may well be two opinions.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

Of articles which Guatemala will adj
nit free of duty from the United States
under the reciprocity act the principal
are railroad and electric lighting machin-
cry and materials, live stock of all kinds,
corn, agricultural machinery and wire
fencing.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

When a young man and woman among
the tribes ON the Orinoco wish to marry,
all they have to do is to set up house
keeping together. An awful lot of
bother is saved here.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03
Your Blood

Undoubtedly needs thorough cleansing
this season to expel impurities, keep up
the health-tone and prevent disease You
should take Hoods Sarsaparlla the best
blood purifier and system tonic. 1t is un-
equale i'm positive medicinal merit.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

The general conference of the Metho-
dist Protestant church has formally
sanctioned by vote the ordination of
women to the ministry and their ad-
mission as full delegates to the confer
ences of the church.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03

The new school of physicultur1sts says
we should sleep fiat upon our backs with
arms and legs stretched out straight.
But how do they manage about snoring?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-06-03
NOTICE..
The TrOtting Bred Stallion
~:Allen Wilkes,:-

Will make the season of 1892 at the sta
bic of his owner, at
East Dorset, VT.
Sired by Mambrino Wilkes, 22S 3-4.
sire of Arthur Wilkes, 222, Mischief
224 -, r. NJ. Wilkes, 225 l-2, &C., he by
Geo. Wilkes, 800; Is dam by Kearsarge
sire of dam of X. NJ. Wilkes, 225; I'd
dam by Gen. Lyon, one of 4 below go.
Allen Wilkes is sire of winners of Isl
and I'd money in 3.yearo old race and the
first 3-year-old to get record better
than 3 minutes in Il race, bred in the
countu- olae a.'----f he Mi,,nn,.s- =" .hrnn
year-Old class at Cambridge, n. Y, over
large field Of good ones. He was The
winner of first prize in the sweepstakes
for stations five years old and over witt
their get, in 1891.
Call on or address
G.. H. REED,
East Dorset, Vt.