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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29
The British Crown

Many centuries ago the British parlia-
ment claimed the right to regulate the
succession to the crown. 1t passed from
time to time acts which remain in force
and fix the heirship to the throne exact
ly. Parliament would undoubtedly ex-
ercise the right to change the law of
succession itself had made, if it saw fit.
By acts passed in Queen Anne's reign
the crown cannot pass to person not a
communicate of the established church.
No member of the royal family can
marry without the consent of the SOW
ereign. The acts of parliament provide
that the throne shall pass to one heir
after another in the succession of age,
but one family must be exhausted be-
fore another enters on the throne
At the death of Queen Anne, daughter
of James Ii, tbs crown fell to the son of
Princess Sophia, wife of the Duke of
Brunswick and great-granddaught of
Mary Stuart. This son was George |,
founder of the Hanoverian dynasty
Queen Victoria is therefore a direct
descendant of Mary of Scotland. George
Ill had nine sons. The eldest, George
~, succeeded him. He died without
children. The son Immediately follow
ing George w had died before him, also
without children. Consequently the sue
cession fell to the next son of George
Ill, who became King William ". He
died and left no heir. At the time of
his death there were three sons of
George III still living. But the brother
next younger than William was Ed
ward, duke of Kent He had married
and died, leaving daughter, Victoria.
To her, therefore, as next in succession.
the crown fell, passing over the heads of
her uncles. So the children of the
Prince of Wales will be heirs to the
throne, one after the other in the order
of age, before any of Queen Victoria's
other children.
If Prince George should be king and
die without heirs. then the succession
would fall to the next younger of the
Wales children, Louise of Fife, or her
children, in case she died before them.
The Fife succession is what the nobility
of England most pray to be delivered
from. They are so jealous of one an
other that they would almost rather see
Lucifer himself raised to the throne of
Great Britain than even descendant of
one who had moved in their circle.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

Most of the negroes we see on the
stage, or even in books for that matter
are very much exaggerated. and talk
quite as much like the natives of Cape
Cod as they do like the blacks who live
along the James and the Rappahannock.
But the negroes who figure in the novels
OF Thomas Nelson Page are genuine, and
represent the old servitors of the Vir-
ginla countryside quite as faithfully as
MIR. Joel Chandler Harris characters
portray the darkies of Georgia. Few
persons not reared in the south thorough
~ understand the grades of negroes as
they were before their emancipation.
The difference between field hands and
mouse servants was very great. and the
latter were the gentlemen and ladivs or
the race. And it was not infreuuently
the case that they had most beautiful
and dignitied manners, Some of these
MIR. Page has given to us very correctly.
He has missed none of the humor which
is as natural in Il negro as wit is in an
lrishman, and in his stories a race that
is rapidly passing away has been perma-
nently fixed
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29
legal Notices.

Stephen A. Buxton | state of Vermont
VS. Windham County
Robert b. Snowden, Clerks Office, in
LYDIA p. Snowden, Chancerv. January
f. S. Easily, IA, 1892.
Whereas Stephen A. Buxton of Wood
bine, in the county of Harrison and sIare
of Iowa, has this day filed in this Office
his petition against Robert B, Snowdcn
and his wife. Lydia p. Snowden, of
Brooklyn, county of Kings aud slate Of
New York and +. S, Easily of Babylon
county of Suffolk and stale of New York
setting forth that on the Goth day of No
vember 1887, the said Robert B. and
Lydia p. mortyaged to him certain land
in Londonderry, in said Wndham county
being the same land conveyed by Saiu
Stephen A. and his wife to said Robert b
by deed dated Nov. r. 1887, recorded in
Londonderry land record book 1G, page
1911, condilion"d for the payment of a
promisory note for 500 90 given by said
Robert B. to said stephen A. dated
Nov. 81, 1887, payable on or before Nov
u, 1890, with interest annually, which j.
uo* DIE d hid Unpaid. Ana further SCI
ling forth that said F. S. Easily claims
an interest in said premises, which int.
est, If any exists, the petitioner says is
subsequent to and subordinate to his SAID
mortgage, aud praying that the equity of
redemption of he said Robert b. Snow
den, Lydia p. Snowden and F. :. Ea>l
ty in the premises may be foTrclosrd
which petition is retnrnable to the mex
term of the Court of Chancery ro he held
at Fcwfanc i'll and for said Windham
county on the second Tuesday of Mare
A. ID. 1852, and it appearing that the sa'u
defendants ali reside without This Sta.r.
81 that the ordinary process of the C"ur'
cannot hr served upon them. IL is Ordtred
that the petitioner notify ,hr defendants
of his pctih"n, and of the term of the
court tn Which the same is rclurnahle, by
publishing the >ub>tarc" thereof, with
this order, for three weeks stccc>>ivr'y
in the LuNDoNDtRRY SITTER, printed al
said Londonderry, III" last publication In
he at least twenty days previous tn SAD
trXt March term of said Goa VIII CT
nnllira,i"n will lie deem. d >utficirl
Notice 10 said defend n'- To appca an
make answer To sad portion
EoYALI YLiE Geek
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characteristics of Mr.. KEENAN,,

MIR. KEENAN,, who has written so
forcibly of Siberian prison horrors, is
a most agreeable person to meet. He
is cordial, frank and unaffected. His
manner is somewhat impetuous and
magnetic; he takes one almost by
storm. His eyes are wonderfully bright
and penetrating; they appear to have
been made to look into the rascally
heart of Russian official. Never
theless they show no lack of tender
ness and sympathy-two traits that
distinguish the man in marked degree.
He was too long in tomb where dead
men live; his remembrance of their hor-
rible suffering is too vivid to permit him
to assume the hard and harsh exterior of
conventional world
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29
Water Works Plants.

There are in the United States more
than 1000 water works plants in opera.
ton. New York is not the ''empire
state" in this respect, as Pennsylvania
leads with PIG plants. while New York
has but 1879. Massachusetts comes third
with 12S, and Michigan with 113 and
California with 1903 both lead Illinois,
which only owns 102. Only twenty-five
cities in the United States have either
duplicate or triplicate plants, but half a
dozen more are moving to the same end.
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nent lawyer. In 1868 he was elected
circuit judge and later supreme Judge
for four years, but in the middle of his
term was elected to congress
He was a member of the first board of
railroad commissioners for Iowa, was
then United States senator for the I'M
expired term of Secretary Kirkwood and
thereafter became commissioner again.
One of the ablest speeches in the senate
in favor Of the interstate commerce bill
was by Judge McDin His home is in
erosion, Ia, where he leads a rather re-
tired and scholarly life. He was col
lege mate Of President Harrison at
Miami (O.) university.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

Probably the best military weapon IN
use is the small bore Mannlicher rifle,
with which smokeless powder is en-
pioyed. This smokeless powder is a
more powerful explosive than the old
fashioned black powder, forty grains of
it being equal to sixty grains of the
black. 1t may be consoling to know
that the CHILEAN army is fully equipped
with the Mannlicher rifle, while our
army is still using the old fashioned
arm, 45-1OO of an inch caliber, with the
black powder. Most of the European
armies use the new small bore magazine
rifle, 3O-100 of an inch caliber.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

American women who have made and
saved most money on the stage, not
counting Mary Anderson, are Maggie
Mitchell, Lolita and the late Emma Alb
bolt, Any theatrical star can get the
money, but few have the talent for saw
ing and investment equal to the three
ladies named.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

The latest Southern woman aspirant
for literary honors is a young story
writer of Tennessee who, like Charles
Egbert Craddock, writes under mas
culine name, Will Allen Drumgoole.
But in this case the name is her own
real one. Boston pets and fetes Miss
Drumgoole, therefore her success must
be considered assured.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

Chill is certainly plucky in holding
out against the United States as long as
she did without making any apology or
explanation. She must be impoverished
from her recent revolution too There
can apparently be only one explanation
of it; She has been egged on to her de-
faint course against the United States
by the private approval and backing of
Europeans who hope to make trouble,
commercial and otherwise, for the
United States.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

Probably the two most intermarried
families in the world live in the parish
of st. Marie, Beauce, Quebec Their
names are NORM and Rheaume. Each
family consisted of four sons and four
daughters. The four NORM men mar.
ried the four Rheaume girls and the
Rheaume male quartet took to wife the
NORM females. The children result
ing from these unions are all. therefore,
double first cousins. 1t may spoil good
story, but the eight couples were not all
married at the same time.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29
Pruning in Winter,

Trees of hardy kinds may be safely
pruned in winter if but a moderate
amount is to be cut away. Heavy prun
iiig renders tree tender and more liable
to injury or check in growth if followed
by intense cold, but it rarely happens
that such severe pruning is required. If
the operator always has distinct and
definite object in view, he need not cut
away single shoot unless needed. A
bearing tree may have too thick head
and want slight thinning, or small
crooked branch may be in the way, re.
quiring only clipping with pocket
knife. There is special advantage in
doing the work now-all the branches
and shape of the head may be easily seen
while the leaves are off. When the
owner of an orchard has to give the
business to a hired hand, he may avoid
all danger of having the work wrongly
done by marking with piece of chalk
the place where he wants the pocket.
knife or light saw to do the cutting
Very little cutting need thus be made
and no mutil&tion.
A modlflcation or Improvement may
be made at any time i'll winter if the
weather happens to he too cold or handa
scarce for doing the labor till spring.
Take small brush or pencil, with white
paint. pass through the orchard and
wherever IA branch is to be pruned mark
with the brush white line where the
cut is to be made. Direct the operator
to cut nowhere but on this line. The
chalk would be washed off by rain. the
streak of white paint will remain foI
months. The piece of chalk may he at
tached to the end of rod or pole and
be used to reach any part of the tree
and, if desired the owner may pass
through his orchard on horseback ana
rapidly mark rs many trees in an hour
as the operator will prune in day
Country Gentleman
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When Senator PETERS joint resolution

When Senator PETERS joint resolution
for constitutional amendments passed
and the amendment adopted, there will
always be majority for one candidate
or the other. The Kansas senator wants
the president and vice president appar-
emily to be elected by the people without
even the preliminary of nominating
convention. The back of each ballot
will have clause printed upon it to the
effect that if the person whose name is
upon the ticket fails to get the highest
number of votes, then the ticket shall
be counted for the person who does get
The highest number, the highest, that is
TO say, upon ''ticket having like cap
tlon." The evident intention is that
there shall be two or three or half a
dozen candidates in each party, so that
every man can vote for his own favorite
candidate. In case his candidate is not
elected, however, his vote will be count
ed for another candidate, the one re-
celv1nS the most votes in that party. In
this way man might stand a chance of
having his ballot counted for a man
whom he disliked very much, still he
would be in the party.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

he captured their beautiful Senorita
Soledad. He is but twenty-eight years
old, She is much younger and sole
heiress to $4,000, 900, of which she re-
ceived $4 100000 on her wedding day.
Chicago also has a romance. Thomas
Parker, Jr., is middle aged LAWYER, a
widower with two young daughters and
so popular that every one knows him as
Tom. His excellent housekecper often
told her friends that she had life posi-
ton, for she knew Mr., Parker would
never marry again.
She recently took her winter visit to
her friends in Buffalo, and one day
Tom surprised his cook with an order
for an extra dinner that evening. He
passed the day at his usual haunts
and in his usual way; then rode out to
Hyde park to the residence of Mrs.
Madeline Dysart, and they were married.
She is the wealthy widow of the emf
uent Dr. Dysart of Omaha
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

merce commits
sion, is qualified
for his duties by
a long experience
as lawyer, judge,
congressman and
member of the
low a railroad
commission. He
was born March
4, 1884, at Mon
roe, Butler coun-
ty, o.; located in
Union county,
La, at an early
age and soon be-
came a pro1nl-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

Walt Whitman did not die when he
was told to, but lived to be propped up
IN bed and read his own obituary notices.
We'll beat the doctors yet," was his re-
mark, when it was gently limited to him
that he might reasonably expect in a
few hours or days more to wake up on
the other shore. And beat them he did,
for that time at least.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

1t is all romance. From her birth to
her great lawsuit and engageient the
unexpected has happened. He father,
Thomas II. Blythe, reached Glifornia
from England when mere DO, and in
vested his first earnings in San fancisco
real estate. The profits went ito other
real estate and the growth oIthe city
made him rich. In early manhood he
listed England and there me Miss
Perry, the mother of Florence April 4,
1883, he died. No will was FUND, but
it was rumored that he had Let sec, 1000
to one Alice Edith Dickinson all the re-
mainder to his daughter. Firm every
side claimants started up. MisDickason
said she was his widow. Flrence ar
rived from England with he grand
father Perry, and desperate egal bat
tie began. Last July the decision gave
the "a, 100000 to Florence BLYTHE. 1t was
proved by the correspondence tut in evil
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

Lieutenant Fcary and his alternating
party MP in Greenland have one advan-
tage at least over most OF their fellow
men at home. They can stay in bed as
long as they please of cold mornings,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

MISS CUsHMAN, 1862, MRS. FRYER, 1899.
in New Orleans in 1886, married Charles
E, Dickinson, and was left widow
early in the war, her husband having
died in the Union army, She resumed
her maiden name, returned to the stage,
and in 1862 was doing star engage,
ment I'm Louisville, when she fell under
the suspicion of the Federal authorities
The story is variously told, but the
main facts are these: In the play of
1.-The Seven Sisters" Pauline, In a mill
tary uniform, drank toast 10 the Union.
Some Confederate officers on parole in
the city offered her $500 to drink it to
jeff Davis and the Southern Confeder-
acy." A few days later she was brought
before General Boyle, Federal COM
mandant at Louisville, and to exonerate
herself laughingly told of the offer made
to her. General Boyle saw his oppor-
tunity, and the plot to secure an effective
female spy was soon completed. She
accepted the $500, drank the toast to
jeff Davis, ETC., and was promptly driven
from the city as IA sympathizer with Sc
cesslon. She went to Nashville, repeated
the performance and was "sent into the
enemy's lines"
Her brother was in the Confederate
service, and in seeking him she gained
the desired information; but in attempt
ing to escape into the Federal lines she
was detected and taken to General For
rests headquarters. While in prison on
charge of being spy she was Frustrated
with fever. The Confederates were de-
feated soon after and in the confusion
of retreat Pauline was forgotten. She
to Louisville with valuable in
formation, but in broken health and
long between life and death.
General Garfield wrote to President
Lincoln, who promised to see that she
was properly rewarded and warmly in
iorsed the title of major A year later
ne was assassinated, and Major Cush-
man was soon forgotten She some-
times expresses hope for pension, but
IS not enthusiastic about it.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

81 and the Princess of Wales" is how
ilbert Edward speaks of himself and
us wife in message thanking the Eng
lsh people for their sympathy in the
family sorrow. This may be good royal
etiquette, but it looks queer somehow.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29
Prevention Is Retter

Than cure, and those who are subject to
rheumatism can prevent attacks by kcel :
ing the blood pure and free from the acid
which cause the disease For this pur-
pose Hoods Sarsaparila is used by
thousands with great success. 1t is the
best blood purifier.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

"God save our grandmother" is said
to be the way the irreverent sons of the
Prince of Wales used to render the
British national air.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29
THE
Londonderry Sitter,

Much of your success in life depends
on your keeping yourself CHEEKY and
sunny tempered.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29


dence that she was Thomas Blythe's
daughter, and it was not necessary to
r.,arra mora How .na~saUvcI 10 s.iaO &c
a pioneer Californian of 1919, and is a law
student, an athlete and popular young
fellow.
Another romance of the New World,
also with $4,0O0,000 bride, is the mar
riage of Don Luis de Ojeda to the daugh-
ter of President Barillas, of Guatemala.
Ojeda, then a resident of California,
went to Salvador on business and was
caught by the civil war between Rivas
and Ezeta. The Indian army of Rivas
captured the palace of Ezeta and began
anindiscriminate slaughter, when Ojeda,
then living in an adjoining house, cut a
hole through the wall with the aid of
his servants and rescued the women.
Ezeta triumphed in the war and Ojeda
took high rank among the Salvadorans.
He cemented peace between Salvador
and Guatemala, and made SO great an
impression on the Barillas family that
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29
SHE WAS A UNION ePY,

How Pauline Cushman Tried to Serve
the Federal Cause,
Major" Pauline Cushman, now Mrs.
Pauline Fryer lives at Ills Market
street, San Francisco, and though too
much broken in health to follow her
profession as an actress, she is still
lively and sociable lady. She was born
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29
DAILY. SUNDAY WEEKLY
The Impressive R"p~b'icon Jourhoy
ofihe NctD' mis-.
ANE>PAPER FOR THE MASSES.
Founded Dcrcm"rr l. 1851
REGULATION over 100000 Copies
DAILY

The Press is the o gan Of no faction pulls
no w'rr>; has no an mos ,ir> to avcngc.
Tie most r,mGlbob'p Newspaper .Nrr-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

Seed r"" I We ! .- t. p
SamHn~ &c. '-.r.- v,a.,d eve S
WIN e | 90 / tynn,.> 'uu>
Ad,Nn>.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

Constipation is caused by loss of the
peiistaltic action of the bowels. Hoods
Pills restore this action and invigorate
the liver
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

This Wer'l the
New York Store
Offers You These Rarsain>:
Table oil cloth. | IA yard,
wide, 49,. a yard.
While Shaker or Domet
fanel &c. ii yard.
Fine unhIeached cotton, SO
inches wide, A.. a yarl.
Ne" YORK M'II| Div arhrd
cotton, short lengths, Sc, VA 4.
Remnants of carpets l.!
yard each, ONLY 30.
TWillcd crash toweling 4c.
ward.
Ladies' black fleece li.r,d
>.,, he
o"e gallon. p'rv. Ay""~v"v
OH c"''~' " Ii ''' 'N' ''''
each
Hcav., d".~ l,ia,,! uuii.4
flannel. Gle ant good g..
,..,rd
shoe 81 a pai.
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t rdl
f.legaDt =. u'rayeI rIa>s
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

limbs of cvergreens and other trees. 1t
may be primitive but there Is no better
way of dislodging the snow than striking
the branches with pole
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

Headache and neuralgia like dreams
fade away before :he magic influence
OF DR.. Whitehall's Megrimine, Sold
~ Geo. G. Smith, druggist,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29

As an Advertising Medium
I ht Pee H., 70 ~uur: ar lu New YORK
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29
Interstate Commerce Commit Missioner.

Hon. James Wilson McDill, recently
appointed member of the interstate com
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1892-01-29
MILLIONS OF MCEY.
FORTUNATE sulToRs VII HAVE
WON WEALTH AND Betty.

Florence blythe to Give Her nd to a
Young Caiifornian-A Centr Ameri-
can Romanee-Popular TonIarker's
Quiet Wedding,
All the world loves lover, a of the
omahce of marriage there is ,snd, If
this be true of the older natio where
families have long been establed and
society is governed by rigid rs, how
much more is il true of the UnitStates,
Australia and South Africa, we for-
tunes are made in day, as it We, and
all the social units are in 4 coItion of
rapid change, California prohy pre-
sents the greatest array of inter6ng ex-
periences, and the latest case excite
attention there is the engagement No
tary John w, Keys and the founilion-
airess, Florence Blythe.