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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

One plan suggested for helping banks
out of their difficulties in tight times is
that the separate small country banks
should be merged into few central
ones, something after the manner of a
trust. Each country bank should main
tain its own individual existence as be-
fore, but instead of standing alone it
would merely be member Of the great
central trust or machine. It would prac-
tically be the country branch of large
central bank in one of the great cities
The general management would be To-
Gated at the central headquarters. If
this were done, when one of the branch
banks became embarrassed the resources
of the whole trust or combination would
be at its command to restore it. The
central banks might be located In one of
the largest cities in each section of the
Union, their branches extending through
all the adjacent states. The banking
business of Great Britain is chiefly man
aged in that way.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

About this time Of year the household
departments Of newspapers contain nu-
merous recipes for making salads, CIV
ing red pepper, mustard, vinegar, eggs,
sugar, mint, spices and many other
things as favoring substances. But the
individual who has tried simply dress
ing for salads or vegetables of just the
best quality of olive oil and lemon juice
will not exchange it for all the heathen-
ish mixed up sauces in the universe.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

For a sluggish and torpid liver, moth
ing can surpass Ayers Pills. They con-
tain no calomel, nor any mineral drug,
but are composed of the active principles
of the best vegetable cathartics, and their
use always results in marked benefit to
the patient.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

Professor W. T.. De Witt Alexander,
the commissioner from the Hawaiian
government to assist in pleading the
cause of annexation, is of Hawaiian
Kentucky descent. His father was a
missionary to the islands from Ken
lucky, and Professor Alexander is not
only one of the most scholarly men those
islands have produced, but he is man of
first rank in scientific attainment even
when compared with the savants of Eu-
rope,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

An invention which promises to be a
boon to printers has lately been patented
by New York man. It is a composing
stick which Is held in socket, the socket
being kept In place by belt around the
body. The stick can be adjusted at ex-
actly the right height. Thus the COM
positor will be left free to stick type
with both hands. This unique compos-
ing stick has also device by which the
type is guided as 1t is put in position, so
that the compositor will not have to fol-
low 1t with his eye. An arrangement of
spring band and sliding plate also keeps
each letter in place as the line is formed,
so that the worker does not have to hold
one letter with his thumb till the next
one is set. The whole machine is simple,
light in weight and easily adjusted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

The International Cold Wave company
Is the name of concern that proposes to
tap the north pole to order, SO to speak,
and bring down cold wave at any time
to keep the crops from blistering away
In the hot. dry weather. The company
claims to have process which will
change hot winds to cool ones whenever
these are wanted by farmers. This
sounds fine, but it is to be feared that q
cruel frost will overtake that company
while yet in its tenderest growth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

While 1000 men were struggling and
fighting to get 40 places to dig sewers in
Denver recently, Minnesota farmers
were sending cry for laborers across
the Union. There were serious fears
that help enough could not be secured to
save the wheat crop. At the same time,
however, it is asserted that Minnesota is
overrun with tramps and unemployed
men who stroll from place to place and
feed on the rural districts. They will
not work because the wages are too low.
These fellows ought to be tied up and
whipped
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25
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ANOTHER
Lot Of Bargains
At the New York Stare:
Nice Clear Glass Tumblers,
&c.
Large Glass Water Pitchers,
15c.
Best Oil Stove, 75c,
10 at. Tin Pals, 13c.
Workman's Dinner Pals, 15c.
Oil Stove Tea Kettles, 15c.
Rabbits Potash, l lb. tin
cans, SC,
China Cups and Saucers, large
size, 13c,
10 at. Stamped Dish Pans re-
timed, lac,
Jelly Tumblers with tin cap,
&c,
Glass Cups and Saucers, very
nice, Sc,
Hair Brushes, first rate, 15c,
Japanese Work Baskets, Sc,
Decorated Dat Meal Dishes,
6 for Csc,
Pearl Salt Shakes, DC,
Nickel Key Chains, &c,
Nickel Fob Chains, &c,
Steel Garden Trowels, &c.
Steel Bowed Spectacles, Be.
Hair Pins, 4S in bunch, l
cent a bunch,
Black Pins, 80 in box, &c a
box,
White Envelopes, 3 cents a
bunch,
Silk Fringe for fancy work,
3 cts. a yard,
Mems Pants, worth $l.0O,
69c pair,
Mems lace front, Jersey Shirts
35 and 45 cts.
Ladies' Jersey Vests, DC,
30 inch Unbleached Cotton,
2 IL cts. a yard,
Nice Dress and Apron Cling
hams, 5 cts. a yard.
Terms always Cash at
Blackmer's
New York Store,
Manchester Depot.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

The bones and muscles of the human
body are capable of over 1900 different
movements.
A Chicago merchant has on exhibition
in his show window pair of live Japa
nese babies.
There are one Chinese, one Portuguese
and one Cherokee newspaper printed in
the United States.
Oilcloth should never be scrubbed, brit
washed with soft cloth in lukewarin
water, without soap.
In this world of change naught VII i
comes stays, and naught which goes i,
lost.-Mme. Swetchipe.
The British museum has recently ac-
quired Chinese bank note dating back
to the last years CT the fourteenth cell
tury. 1t is the Oldest bank note known.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

There are 1S1 life saving stations ON
the Atlantic coast, and when fully
equipped they give employment to 1850
men. They are fully manned for work
from Sept. to April 30.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25
Leland 4 Gray Seminary.
TOMnShend. VI.

Fall term of twelve weeks begins August Goth.
New physical and chemical apparatus. English,
Scientific, Classical and College Preparatory
courses Of study. Thorough work in all studies
Expenses very low. For particulars address,
A. u. CALL, a. NJ, Principal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

In the autumn session of parliament
which Gladstone has promised the mem
bers will have chance to show how well
they can behave themselves.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25
"Prisoners and Paupers."

Crime, poverty and disease are IKE
three factors that multiply the sum of
human misery. Henry A. Boies has
given some startling facts in regard to
the first two factors in his book prison
ers and Paupers." He has investigated
the charitable, penal and reformatory
institutions of various states of the
Union, and the fact that impresses him
most forcibly in connection with them
is the frightful waste of "human SYM
pathy as well as of public funds"
Certainly the time has come when for
it's own sake society must put out its
hand and stop by force the increase of
crime and poverty. 1t is also time that
a good deal of maudlin writing and
speaking about the wrongs of the down
trodden classes was shut off. The down.
trodden classes should be carefully
strained through wire sieve, so to
speak, and separated into d. t. who will
work and d. t. who will not work under
any circumstances. Really 1t would be
best for the public welfare if the second
class could be put upon an island all by
themselves and left to work for living
or starve.
An alarming increase of criminals and
paupers comes from our foreign popula-
ton, Mr. Boies finds. Within the last
10 years our criminals have increased SO
per cent faster than the population. The
cost Of keeping up penal and charitable
institutions has increased in proportion
to population five times as fast. Is this
to be permitted to go onf The rapidity
with which criminals are increasing
among the negro population is an un-
comfortable feature of the case. What
is society going to do about it2
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

Does UNLIMITED debate mean only un-
limited obstruction in parliamentary
paflance2
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

Lanes Medicine Moves the Bowels each
Day. In order to be healthy this is nece ssay.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

To make the hair grow natural color.
prevent badness, and keep the scalp
healthy, Halls Hair Remover was invent.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25

The debt of New York city is $96, 467,-
1928, nearly one-eighth the amount Of tho
national debt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-25
The Circus End of the Capitol.

The eyes of their countrymen are on
the senators at Washington. In ordi-
nary times the dullest spot in this Union
is the United States supreme court room
in the capitol, and the next dullest is the
United States senate. If there is any
undignifed, frisky bobbing around and
tendency to free fight, it is usually
found in the house, whose members are
supposed to be younger and less wise
and which does not have reputation
for dignity to maintain. One would as
soon expect want of solemnity at a fun
eral as in the senate.
Yet now the tables are turned. The
fun is in the senate. The house is sure
of itself and knows how it is going to
vote in any case. But in the erst-
while dignifed wing former chulns and
comrades are at daggers drawn and
ready to eat each other alive over the
silver question. Party lines are SO con-
fused that in some cases it is matter of
doubt whether they will ever be found
again. The goldbug declares there are
so many silver dollars that they have
deprecated and demoralized the curren-
cy of the whole country. The silverite
retorts that the people Of his section
would just like to get hold of some sill
yer dollars, and they would hoard them
away as their most precious treasure.
Then the gold opposition sneers a large
sneer, and the fight goes on.
The hard work it has been to keep
even an outward semblance of peace
only the Almighty and the members of
the steering committee" know. Really,
old boys, remember the British parlia-
ment a few weeks ago and take warning.
It is all very well to laugh to scorn the
rainmakers and the airship projectors.
Anybody can do that. But nothing is
more certain than that the next century
will see both air navigation and rain
production accomplished facts. Busy
schemers and dreamers tried their hands
for centuries on every great invention
before 1t became practicable. Every
gain to the race represents not so much
the genius of one or two men as the sum
Of the efforts of all the brave cranks who
toiled during their lives to accomplish the
task and then died without seeing their
dream realized. 1t may be that the rain
the inventors are looking for will come
out of the ground instead of from the
clouds and that our forests, fields and
gardens will be refreshed at will through
perfect and universal method of irri-
cation, perhaps from reservoirs that
catch the water when it is plenty and
hold it till it is scarce, but the day will
surely come when agriculture will know
how to perfect itself through the re.
bources of science.
The Breckenridge news., 1893-03-22

In the midst of the old city Of London,
where the heart of human life beats
fastest, stands the church of st. Swith-
in's, an old elifice rebuilt by Wren upon
its ancient foundations, but recently re-
duced by modern taste to most COM
monplace air of comfort and newDess.
If the curious traveller will step out of
the passing throng and edge his way
through the hucksters of flowers and
stale fruit squatted around the church,
he will find imbedded in the blush slabs
of its foundation large oblong stone as
gray as the beard of Time himself.
This is London stone, erected by the
Romans half century before the birth
of the Saviour as the central milestone
or point of their positions in Britain.
From it all roads, divisions of property
and distances throughout the province
were measured.
1t has been recognized as the heart of
England, from which all its articles
flowed, "by every historian, dramatist
or antiquary known to English litera-
ture."
A feeling has always existed among
Englishmen about this stone which was
not altogether superstition, that, as all
distances were reckoned from it, so it
was in a certain way the base of the
stability of England. Youths Conlpan-
The Breckenridge news., 1893-03-22

aled bud, which may be pink or yellow
or deep crimson, according to her whim.
In summer the hats are light and lacy,
In winter they are heavy with fur and
plumes, but the rose mods contentedly
aloft. Another lady has a fancy for
gray gowns of softly falling stuff, always
most simply made. She is wearing one
now of corded silk in a pearly color, with
deep hanging frill of pale blue chiffon
embroidered with pink buds at the edge.
If woman would dress well, let her
learn by dressing. And for experiment
ing this is most excellent season, when
the shops are crowded with bargains and
ones old gowns are being ripped and re-
modelled.
If the dress is not particularly nice,
put full fiounces about the bottom to give
it an approach to the fashionable flare.
If the material is handsome, cut one-half
a yard off the top of the skirt. Then use
some prettily contrasting material for
the bottom Of the skirt, as In the first
illustration, where a gown of striped
satin in flower pattern is made up with
the lower part of the skirt in mirror vel
vet shadowing on a soft ground all the
tints In the pattern of the satin. Oddly
enough, this quaint old gown has chem
isette and sleeves of dotted silk muslin
gathered modestly about the shoulders.
The revers are of velvet. the border and
band of trimming all of fur. However,
last years china silk might be easily
pieced out in this way by using plain
silk the color Of the flowers and a plated
satin ribbon ruche for a trimming.
An excellent model for the bargain
lengths we buy in the stores now ut
such reduced rates, and which, alasi
shrink so alarmingly when we try to cut
out the gowns at home, is the second cut,
which shows a full skirt of one Of the
beautiful woods as soft and fine and rich
ly colored as an india shawl, trimmed
round with three bands of the silky,
The Breckenridge news., 1893-03-22
NOT FASHION ONLY.
INDIVIDUALITY IN GOWNS BETTER
OFTEN THAN LATEST MODES.

Study Something Distinctive and Original.
Adherence to One Color Often Brings Fa-
vorable Resuits-This IL an Excellent
Season For Experimenting ON Old skirts.
The province of the fashion writer,
thinks the New York Sun, il To su /; ,eSt
every phase of mode us quickly as il M
pears; to soind the note of warning
when the passing of dress phase is inmi-
nent; to study the evolution and history
of fashion, and prophesy and warn; to
reproduce the successes of one woman
for the inspiration of all women.
The first great mistake made by the
average woman is that in this ono thing
she eliminates the personal equation too
decidedly. She copies gown drawn in
cut or worn by shapely woman. AS
IL comes home fresh from the dress
makers hands, with all its faultless ap-
purtenances complete. It is divine. But
"Oh. what difference in the morning.
when she puts it on herself. One easy
way of acquiring distinction in dress, {
this grace be not among your natu~"l
endowments, is to wear some one dis
tinctive color or style.
One woman the New York Suns
fashion writer knows always wears q
rose in her hat. just one big loose pet
The Breckenridge news., 1893-03-22
One Sunday Newspaper.

The Globe-Democra of Sunday con-
tanned AZ pages and 294 columns. The
total number Of words contained in that
issue was 59S,000. The number of
"ems," counting the matter as one-half
agate, one-half nonpareil, was 2,352, 600.
The number of separate pieces of type
handled by the compositor in preparing
that issue was [, 5,880,000. If the columns
of type composing that issue were placed
end to end they would form a solid col
umn of type 1,754 yards long, or, laid
in line, would extend from the Missis-
sippi river to Seventeenth and Olive
streets. If the lines of type composing
that issue were placed end to end the
result would be line of type 5000
yards long, about "a miles, or extend
ing from the river to Vanderventer ave-
nue.. The words contained in that issue
would make 81 ,3O2 book pages of 250
words each, and 85 volumes of 250 pages
each, with 142 pages over. To print the
issue of that one day required 49,752
pounds of specially prepared paper
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Breckenridge news., 1893-03-22
Gallery Audiences.

"Gallery audiences" said veteran
attache of one of Philadelphia's theaters
recently, "are made up of some of the
most intelligent playgoers in the city.
Young men of moderate incomes pre-
vail, but often wealthy youths go among
the gods, as their elevated station af-
fords in many respects the most advan
tageous place from which to view the
stage. The receipts from the gallery,
moreover, arc very important item, and
the people in it do good work in leading
the applause. Edwin Booth always be-
gins an after the play speech by gazing
up at the gallery in recognition of its en-
thusiasm in greeting him.
Lawrence Barrett was always popu-
lar with the gods in Philadelphia, and he
used to say their applause was AS a re-
freshing drink to him. For the most
part the gallery audiences were well be-
haved, critical and intelligent, and for
myself | should feel sorry to see them
relegated, in this city anyhow, TO the
pit, as the English call the parquet."-
Philadelphia Press.
The Breckenridge news., 1893-03-22
The Matter Of Car Fares.

Speaking of embarrassment in the
matter of car fares when male friend
going the same way as yourself is en-
countered en- route to bridge or ferry, a
woman says: IL really wish there was
an inviolate rule, as there is among Eng
lishmen. | remember soon after my ar
rival in England happening to meet as
was boarding an omnibus an English
friend, to whose house | was bound at
the moment by appointment with his
wife. He was reserved and distant
man, though scrupulously courteous,
and | wondered whether l ought or
ought not offer to pay my fare through
the three changes of transportation we
must make to reach our destination.
"All doubt, however, was quickly re-
moved by the cause himself, who leaned
over, after finding his own coin, with
the inquiry, Got your tuppence ready
man was taking you about by invitation
car fares, ETC., were to be individually
looked after. wish the matter We're so
absolutely fixed here"
1t would seem as if the question is
readily settled in a doubtful case by
leaving it to the man. Part of the mat
ter is disposed of absolutely. No man
in America would think of asking to es-
cort woman on trip about the city
without assuring all its expenses. In
the matter of a chance encounter there
can be no harm in making the effort to
pay ones ia e, which, if the man pre-
fers to do, may be permitted without
protest.-Her Point of View in New
York Times,
The Breckenridge news., 1893-03-22
Monstrous Force OF Tornadoes.

Much has been said about electricity
as factor for destructfveness In the va
rious gyrating storm clouds known as
cyclones, drechoes and tornadoes. In
all of this voluninous mass of so called
scientific opinions and deductions one
fact seems to have been entirely over
looked-viz, the almost resistless force
of wind when moving with high ve-
locity. When the velocity is but fifty
miles an hour the pressure of air in mo-
ton is equal to twelve pounds to the
square foot, and when this velocity rises
to 100 miles per hour its force rises to
the equivalent of 40.2 pounds to the
square foot, tho augmentation of force
being always proportional to the square
of the velocity.
Il needs no further elaboration or am
plifcation Of this statement to convey
to the intelligent reader an idea of the
monstrous mechanical force which such
a rapid travelling mass Of air must have
"a power great enough to tear down
any structure that has yet been built by
man, or to uproot whole forests of the
largest trees now growing on the sur
face Of the earth.-St. Louis Republic.
The Breckenridge news., 1893-03-22
A Clever Reply from u Cracker.

A big passenger train full of northern
people was temporarily halted in a
dreary sand plain where the only object
in sight was woebegone looking
cracker sitting on a sand dune busily en-
gagged in doing nothing. In the train
was "smart Aleck," who thought that
he would have some fun with the
cracker. So he put his head out of the
window and called out, my friend, this
appears to be a pretty fine country you
have here"
~ reckon" replied the native without
looking up. "How much of population
have you in this town." continued the
smart Aleck as he wiuked at his friends
in the car. "Waal," replied the cracker,
"bout 10000, reckon, and nary fool
among them. We did send for one last
week as specimen, but derned eff we
thought he'd come SO soon. New York
Tribune.
The Breckenridge news., 1893-03-22
Chess In Japan.

Not only are there great number of
pieces and moves in Japanese chess, but
their value changes; for instance, on
reaching the enemy's camp promotion
ensues and captured pieces are re-en-
tered under various conditions. In fact,
the game demands, if that were possi-
BILE, more undivided attention than Eu-
ropean chess, and in its provisions and
contingencies, especially the last, is
strictly military.
The pieces, agreeable to the enrolling
of prisoners, are all of one color. Chess
has always held considerable position in
Japan. 1t fourished during the shogun-
ate, and again after the revolution is
being revived. A grand tourney was
held not very long ago at Tokio.--Lon-
don Spectator.