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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

The hardest part Of the seal question
to be decided is whether these animals
shall be- destroyed in the open sea on
the way to and from their breeding
grounds at Pribylov islands, After the
breeding season is over the seals mi
CRATE southwark. They swim down
through the Aleutian archipelago, past
the western coasts of British America
and the United States, and as far south
as San Francisco, Then in due season
they turn and migrate northward to the
Pribylov islands. During these journeys
in the open sea they are slaughtered by
the thousand, both by Americans and
Canadians. Restriction has been put
upon the wholesale killing of wild game
and food fishes in all civilized countries.
The same restrictions must be put on
seal slaughtering, outside of Behring
sea as well as in, or seals will soon be
exterminated. In their preservation
Great Britain squite as much interested
as the United States. Both countries
should mutually agree to prevent each
her own citizens from taking these ami
mails except under conditions that will
insure their continued existence. Or do
we want the seal, which brings us in
millions of dollars a year, to follow the
fate of the buffalo, the deer and the wild
turkey?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
FRIDAY MORNING, APR. |, 1892.
Old English Bookstands.

After the university scholar the
best customers of the booksellers
during the Middle Ages were the
clergy, and one of the favorite places
for a bookstall was the church porch.
This custom has left an abiding mark
upon the trade. Readers of Boileaus
"Lutrin" may remember that the
ammunition for the fierce battle be-
tween the contending ecelesiastics
was supplied from a booksellers shop
in the neighborhood of La Sainte
Chapelle. st. Pauls churchyard
makes a yet greater figure in the his
tory of the trade, The surviving
names of the streets in which the old
stationers of the city of London car
ried on their business indicate the
character of their stock.
In Paternoster row, not far from
Creed lane and Ave Maria lane, the
cradles of their race, the great Lon
don publishers still pursue their pro-
fession; and where in the Fifteenth
century solitary schoolmaster or a
passing devotee asked at rare inter
walls for an "A B C' or "Psalter,"
orders are now issued every hour to
a thousand presses or are received
from the remotest regions of the
English speaking world, Quarterly
Review
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
The Coming Colored Orator.

The coming colored statesman and
orator of this country is apparently
Charles S. Morris, of Kentucky, a young
man about twenty-five years old. IN
like most of his race, his native talents
have been thoroughly developed by cul-
tivation. In Louisville, when school
boy, Mr. Morris graduating grafton was
so brilliant that it was published in full
in The Courier-J Journal. Later the
young man went to school at Phillips
academy and at Harvard. His elo-
quence was so marked that he was
quickly recognized as one of the leading
debaters in the university.
Leaving school, Mr. Morris took natu-
rally to politics. Scarcely wonder,
when it is recalled that he is direct
descendant of Robert Morris, the famous
statesman of the Revolution. He is a
good looking young fellow, and his elo-
quence is so impressive that once after
he had filled an appointment made for
Senator Hiscock, a friend introduced him
to Mr. Hiscock with the remark, "Sen-
ator, think it would pay you to hire
him as your substitute on all occasions"
The ease and naturalness with which
Mr.. Morris takes hold of and unravels
the tariff and other profound political
questions shows capacity of under
standing remarkable in so young man.
Frederick Douglass wrote to him last
year warmly commendatory letter in
which he said, Il bless the good Lord
that young man of your promise has
risen to plead the cause of justice to our
people at the bar of public opinion"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
Points in Wheat Culture.

At the Ohio experiment station the re-
suits of testing fertilizers for wheat show
that. outside of barnyard manure and nj
trate of soda, i'll no case was the cost of
the ingredients recovered In some cases,
in 1890, the use of superphosphate was
justified In 1891, at the station the fer
tilizers have in every case caused de-
crease of crops where superphosphate
was used. The wheat grown in rotation
in 1891 without fertilizer has yielded as
large crop as the best obtained from the
use of fertilizer in 1890 Phosphoric acid
stimulates the growth of the wheat and
intensifies the red color of straw in purple
sorts. 1t also hastens the maturity of
the grain. Nitrogen produces dark
colored growth very manifest within a
week after applied to d plat as nitrate of
soda. 1t has no effect upon the ripening
of the grain. Potash seems to have no
effect upon the wheat Use phosphoric
ACID in the fall and nitrogen in the spring,
as the first is held by the soil and the last
is easily washed out.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

The civilized world has lately been
suffering from heavy Valois reac-
ton, and such has been the craze for
tightness and stiffness that ladies
have not hesitated to adopt fashions
which the court of Henri III or
Charles TX only reserved for men.
High, stiff collars fatal to people
with short necks or defective respi-
ration have reigned side by side with
huge open cuffs, charming when seen
from the front, frightful when looked
at from behind. For years past it
been impossible to induce any dress
maker to leave the sweeping line of
the neck and arm such as nature
made it. Husbands may scold, as-
thetic friends may scott, but till the
fiat goes forth from the lawgivers of
Paris, women will have to wear
humps on their shoulders, in some
wise after the fashion of the Refine
Margot. London Saturday Review.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
Novel Application of Water Power.

A most interesting application of
water power to electric lighting and
heating purposes has been made at
shooting lodge in the west highlands of
Scotland. A dam was built across
small mountain burn some 500 feet above
the lodge The water is led for some
distance past the dam in an open drain
to a point about $50 feet above turbine,
to which it is conducted in a closed pipe.
The waterfall thus made is the highest
that is used for electric lighting in the
British isles.
The current is conveyed from the tur-
bine house to the various buildings, the
lodge about 200 yards distant, the stables,
laundry and head stalker's cottage, some
400 yards away, by means of insulated
conductors laid underground in tarred
wood troughing and completely pro-
tected by melted bitumen run into the
troughs. In all there are some 292 cleo
trio lamps installed A special feature
of the installation is system of electric
stoves, which are used for warming and
keeping dry the cellars and various other
parts of the buildings.-New York Tele-
gram
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
Many MilliOned.

1t has been supposed that W. W. AS
tor was the richest man in this country
A writer in the New York Herald, how
ever, puts John D. Rockefeller ahead,
with fortune of $125, 900. 1t may
be remarked in passing that Mr.. Rookie
Teller is not only the richest, but judg-
ing from his portrait in The Herald the
best looking of the great millionaires of
the American republic. The second
richest man is Astor, with $4,000, 900,
while if Norcross, the dynamite crank,
had succeeded in his design on Mr.. Rus
sell Sage, he would have scattered
abroad the fragments of the third rich
est man in the Union and the possessor
of $9O,OOO,OOO.
The last figuring puts the capital in
vested in business in this great and
growing country at $4,000, 900, 900.
There are seventeen persons living in
New York city whose possessions amount
to 81 1000, 900, 900, and it may be men
toned that three-fourths of the richest
men in the country live in New York.
Many made their fortunes in the west,
however, and went to New York to in
crease and spend them at the same time,
so that the great wealth of New York
represents millions and even billions
gathered up in the west.
The richest woman in her own right
in the country is probably Hetty Green,
the owner of certainly not less than $40,-
100000, made chiefly "by her own exer-
tons" At the rate Hetty is still saving
her honest pennies, if she lives long
enough she will yet rank among the
hundred millionaires.
1t is asserted that there are 70 men
in our plain and simple republic that
are worth on an average $37 500, 900
apiece. There are $50 worth over $780,
100000 each. Among owners of the
cloth mills of New England alone are
30 men with fortunes of from $1,000
600 to $40000,00O apiece. As to the
men worth one to three millions, there
are so many scattered over the land that
the number cannot be calculated. Yet
even twenty-five years ago a fortune of a
million was considered larger than one of
ten millions is today. Our ideas enlarge
along with our wealth. A notable point
is the immense fortunes that belong in
California. The many millioned men in
Chicago come next to those of New
York in number One is surprised
finally to find how many persons worth
two millions and over there are in De
troit and in Michigan generally.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

Women now have school suffrage in
twenty-three states, and one of these is
New Jersey. Lately an election for
school board took place in Cape May.
One of the candidates was saloon
keeper. The women turned out at that
election in such force that the largest
vote ever known was polled in Cape
May. The result Of it was that the sa-
loon keeper who desired to shape the
destinies of public education in that
town was showed under so that he
thought next morning a blizzard had
struck him.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER.
ROMANTIC WEDDINGS
FOUR MARRIAGES os RECENT DATE
WORTH READING ABOUT.

Skating for a Bride-A Novel Ceremony
In Michigan-A Couple Who Courted
In suance-Doorkeeper Turner's Sue
oessful Wooing.
There is no telling where Cupids darts
will strike, and equally incomprehensi-
bleare the methods frequently employed
by the little god for bringing loving
hearts together. This may perhaps ac-
count in part for the avidity with which
love stories are read, especially those
which possess the enhancing element of
romance, or freedom from the common
place. Marriages out of the ordinary
are not confined to one section of state
or country; they occur everywhere and
all the time.
Staid old Connecticut furnishes an il
lustration of Cupid's whims. A we'd
ding was recently solemnized in North
Plain between Richard Parsons and Miss
Alice Grover. The unusual feature of
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

came engaged. Owing to the opposition
of Miss Lewis mother this was broken
off at the end of two years. But Turner
did not despair, and when he was elect
ed to congress he made another visit to
New Hampshire. He found many OBJ
stacles between him and happiness, but
with true, loverlike pertinacity, he sue
ceeded in overcoming them all, with the
result that the erstwhile Miss Lewis is
now his devoted wife.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
A LIQUID Fertilizer.

The value Of soapsuds as fertilizer
has long been known, but it gets its value
from the nitrogen furnished in the grease
and potash being so chemically united III
the soap as to be all Immediately avail
able, and by its liquid form evenly dis
tributed through the soil. A liquid fer
tilizer made by dissolving muriate of
potash and nitrate of soda would I'M
doubtedly be of great benefit to many
crops and vines which are known to
thrive by application of soapsuds. says
Home and Farm.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
Why Potatoes Run Out.

1t is comparatively only a few years
that potatoes have been largely grown
for market. 1t is possible that under
any conditions, the plants grown as they
are from eyes or buds would thus per-
peNla.e the weaknesses of the parent
stems, and thus tend to degeneration.
But the evil has been greatly increased
by the blight and rot diseases. and by
the ravages of the potato bug. What
ever Injuries the leaves of potato plant
lessons its vitality and destroys its value
for seed 1t is hardly possible to entire
ly escape some injury to potato foliage.
Every plant affected produces seed that
is less vigorous, and as the beetle selects
the less thrifty plants to deposit its eggs
the injury rapidly increases, until a
large part Of the crop is made worthless
for seed purposes. 1t is impossible to Sc
lect the best seed potatoes from the bin
1t can only be done by going through
the field and marking the most produc-
tive plants as the crop is harvested
American Cultivator.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.
A corrupt power is never so near it,
end as when it seems strongest,

We are told that great trust recent
ly burned its books as preparation for
the official investigation that was APP
preaching, This is shade better than
having the cashier skip and appear to
have stolen q great sum of money.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

West Virginia has coal area larger
than that of France, England and Ger
many combined. West Virginia has a
prospect of becoming great state, as
good as that ct any of the newer ones
in the west. Attention has been called
only lately, comparatively speaking, to
her splendid undeveloped resources.
Timber as well as coal will be one of
her staples.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
People who Talk with Their Nos,

1t is not pleasant to meet people
who talk with their noses, not sim
ply through them, but with them.
each utterance being accompanied
by a movement of that member. a
sort of combination effect of upper
lip, muscles of the cheek and of the
base of the nose. 1t is too suggestive
of that loquacious bird, the poil par
rot, which is the favorite type of a
talker of the brainless sort. New
York Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

The men of Fergus Falls, Mimi, had
a glorious time the other day. Three
thousand of them went in for a wolf
drive, a great big one. With hounds,
horses and horns they charged upon the
country to rid it of wolves. They chased
to and fro all day and drove two wolves
into a corner, and one of these got away.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

We shall not starve. There is still
1913 per cent of the wheat crop of 1891
remaining unsold, waiting for higher
prices,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
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ger of Deiay. You can change the
trick ling stream, but not the
Raging To- rent.

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Lee J. Piner, the great Banker Of Seattle,
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

In London there is Christian Police
union, and London has 5000 regularly
praying policemen. How many has
Chicago?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

Said noted man of 60 years. my
mother gave me Downs Elixir for coughs
and colds when was boy"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
The Wonderful Success.

OF Hoods Sarsaparilla as blood purifier
entities it to your confidence No other
preparation has such a record of cures of
Scrofula, salt Rheum, Blood Poisoning,
or other blood diseases. TO Try it is to
know its merit. Be sure to get Hoods
Sarsraparilla.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

People who make the most noise
at church entertainment are gener-
ally very quiet during revival.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

For genuine faulty eathartic we con-
fidently recomend Hoods Pills. They
should be in every home medicine chest.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
The League OF American Poultrymen.

The League Of American PouItrymen.
The most important meetings held in
connection with the big poultry show in
New York We're those called with the
purpose of forming a league of American
poultrymen for the promotion and pro-
lection of the fancy and practical poultry
interests of the country. The work of
forming such league began twelve
month or more ago, but has met with
some opposition, and the organization
was not completed until now. The Off
GERS are as follows: President, T. H.
Terry, New York city; vice presidents,
R. 7. Hamilton, Springfield, Mass, east
ern section: E. A Haslett, Atchison.
Kan, western section: James Forsythe.
Owego, N. Y, northern section: DR.. Il.
W. Juggle. Columbus, Ga, southern sec
ton; Sharp Buttertield Windsor. Can
ada; secretary and treasurer, 7. Farrer
Rackham. East Orange. N. j
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01

Spring Bargains
New York Store
Ladies' Jersey Vests, Sc.
Ladies fast black Hoes, Sc.
Ladies' Muslin ChemiSe 25C.
Ladies' Muslin Drawers 25c.
Ladies Muslin Night Gowns so.
Window Shades with fix
lures complete, 20, 25 e Soc
GOOD CARPETS,
II, 22, 2S and 3Jc.
10 qt. Tin Pals, l3c
10 qt. Dish Pan l3c.
Curry Combs, &c.
Lubin's Toilet Soap, lc. a cake.
Bluing, large boxes, lc.
Shoe Backing, per box, 1c.
Nutmeg Graters. 1c., Good Tumblers SC
Clothes Lines sc.
Table Oil Cloths, l3c. a Yard.
S quires Note Paper, 10c.
White Envelopes, Sc, bunch
Lead Pencils, sc. a dozen.
Shoe Brushes, Sc.
Floor Oil Cloth, 25c. a yd.
Veneer Chair Seats, SC.
Chamber Pals, Csc.
Chamber or Toilet Sets, 1.25
Curtain pole, & fixtures, 19c.
Best zinc washboards, 1Sc.
Decorated China Tea Sets,
worth s.. for s..
Mems Jersey Shirts,
Lace fronts; 25c.
Large size China Cups
and Saucers, Zoe.
Large size china shaving
Mugs 10c.
Brush Brooms, Sc.
And many other bargains at
New York Store,
Manchester Depot, Vt.
Terms Cash. Only
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
ELIXIR VITA
Peruvian Nerve Compound.

In offering this Great Nerve Remedy to the
pub .c we want it 10 be distinctly understood
thu fl ,up,a Quack Medicine in any sense
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his Compound acts principally through the
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EN-, or Young men, suffering from any and
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stores The nerves of the stomach to a healthy
curd ion 1t dns the 4 ed nerves and pro-
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-04-01
Here and There.

Connecticut has decided through its
agricultural secretary, T. S. Gold, to
prepare and publish list of so called
abandoned farms for the information of
those who are inquiring on the subject.
Sugar beets were successfully pro-
duced in Iowa last season.
Electricity is to be applied to the flour
milling interests in st. Paul.
Many Georgia farmers are dropping
the culture of cotton for that of tobacco.
An estimate of the annual value of
wax and honey in the United States is
the amount of $40 .000,0 600.
Residents Of the state of Colorado can
have the bulletins of the experiment sta
ton at Fort Collins, Colo, mailed to
them free by making written applica-
ton for the same.
The soil and climate of California are
admirably adapted to the cultivation of
ranie.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-02-11
TILDEN,s BIRTHDAY.

Samuel J. Tnden's birthday might or
might not have been celebrated at this time
if he had been inaugurated President
Some men need to be President and others
do not Mr.. Tilden appears to be in the
latter class His birthday anniversary
called good many prominent Democrats
together Tuesday evening, and other promi-
nent Democrats sent letters of regret.
Among the latter were ex-FTesident Cleve-
land and Senator Vest. Mr.. Cleveland
touched political issues at long range, but
Mr.. Vest gave the guests his views Of the
political situation. Mr.. Vest thinks the
Democratic arty practically united on the
tariff but hcpelessly divided on silver. How
he arrives at the conclusion that the party
is practically united on the tariff question
he does not explain. BE himself would
like to see a tariff bill presented represent
ing the true position of the Democratic
party, but does not seem to realize that the
obstacle in the way Of such bill is the in
ability of the party to determine what is its
true position. Senator Hill wants TO re-
enact the Republican tariff in force when
the Mckinley tariff was enacted; Mr. Cleve-
land wants a clean-cut tariff for revenue
bill and Springer wants TO cOnfne OppOsi-
ton TO the present tariff to skrmish in
search of weak points. The issue on which
the party is a unit is the public Offices.
From Cleveland 20 IIill-and the distance
is long-al agree that the Federal Offices
should be in the hands Of Democrats.