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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-28

"WEDNESDAY. Sept 81.
Schr Therese schmallng, hours from Rodega.
sailed.
WEDNESDAY, Sept 81.
Stmr Protection. Seaman. Pismo.
Spoken.
Per tug Vigllant-Sept ~. 2 PM. of the Fsral-
lone Islands, stmr Silver Spring, from Needle
Rock, for RedOndo
Movements OF transatlantic Steamers.
NEW YORK-Arrived Sept 27-Stmr Indian
Monarch, from London.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Sept 27-stmr Lain.
from New York.
LON DON-Arrived Sept 27-stmr New YORK.
from New York.
LIzARD-Arrivea Sept 27-stmr Fuerst Bis
marck, from New York.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-28
Weak Men and Women

SHOULD USE DAMIANA BITTERS, THE
~ great Mexican Remedy; gives Health and
Strength to the Sexual Organs, MOI eod IL
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

The following was one of the most
striking incidents Of the day on which
all that was mortal of the late mayor Of
Chicago was laid at rest:
One of the bands that had marched in
the funeral procession when passing the
Auditorium building south on Michigan
avenue on its homeward march in the
evening struck up the tune of "Annie
Laurie" The music was cheerful and
stirring. A large crowd naturally gath
cred in front of the hotel to see and hear
the band and view the regiment Of sol
diers that followed in its wake. Those
who at first failed to recognize the fa-
miliar air, and even many.of those who
did, wondered at the lively strains from
a band which had but few hours pre-
viously been playing solemn funeral
dirges in the procession from which they
were returning.
Gradually the meaning of it all dawn
ed upon the minds of tie people, and the
words, For my bonnie Annie Laurie
would lay me down and dee" doubtless
were silently spoken by those who re.
called the last word that fell fro;n the
dying lips Of Carter H. Harrison-"An.
ME. "-Chicago Correspondent.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

In Massachusetts school the teachers
are training their pupils in the banking
business. A real banking establishment
is very well initiated by device set up
in the schoolrooms. Counters are used
instead Of money, and by means of them
banking operations are performed and
thoroughly taught to the children.
When these pupils go into the world,
they will all, girls as well as boys, know
the difference between discount and in
terest. Actually seeing the papers and
mock money before them and them
selves doing the things they study about
in their arithmetics will impress the
knowledge of banking upon their minds
more in one week than three months
abstract drumming over their books
would do. 1t is melancholy to think
of the way arithmetic has to be stuffed
into school children. There is one way
even better than that adopted in the
Massachusetts school, and that is the
plan in vogue in some of the educational
institutions of Holland. There actual
sums of money-the pennies and small
savings of the pupils--oro used " illus
trate banking and commercial business.
A strict account is kept always. The
boys are ready to enter commercial life
as clerks and accountants as soon as they
leave these schools.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29
Fred Grant on Diplomacy.

Colonel Fred D. Grant, i'll his address
at the dinner in the Brooklyn Union
League club, spoke of diplomacy and
concluded By giving his ideas of the
qualifications diplomat should possess.
First" he said, "a diplomat should be
absolutely loyal to his own government,
for no foreign statesman will respect or
trust man who has not always been
loyal to the country he represents. He
must be sufficiently educated in his pro-
fession to be able to intelligently discuss
the intercourse between nations and pro-
pose honorable and fair dealings for the
future, and he should be able to do this
in the French, which is the diplomatic
language, in the language of the country
to which he is accredited, as well as in
his own tongue. Second, diplomat
should, upon every possible occasion,
show most cordial feelings for the gov
eminent, customs and institutions of
the nation to which he is accredited and
make every one with whom he comes in
contact feel that he is their friend.
Without these qualifications diplomat
can be of little use to his country, and
his record will DO either inglorious on
utterly devoid of importance. "-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29
About Mortgaged Farms

Mr.. Herbert Myrick has been at pains
to collate from the reports of the census
bureau some statistics of the mortgaged
farms of the United States. The figures
seem to show that the facts in reference
to farm mortgages in this country have
been greatly overstated.
Mr.. Myriok gives the result of his
Investigations in the American Agricul-
turist. Further, he concludes from the
figures he has had access to that one
years hay crop in the United States
would pay off all the farm mortgages in
existence in this country today. The
amount Of farm mortgages increased
immensely, however, from 1880 to 1890,
so that from summing up in round num-
beers $685., 900, 900 in 1880, they amounted
to $s77 100000 in 1889. But meantime
600, 900 new farms We're opened to cult
walton between 1880 and 1890. Really,
therefore, the increased crop of mort
cages is q sign of progress and agricul-
tural enterprise instead of going down
hill on the part of farmers. Fully four
fifths of the SS77 100000 of mortgage
debt was incurred to buy and improve
the farms themselves.
Thirty-three of the states and terrific
ries have reported sufficiently TO como
at the truth in regard to the mortgage
question. From their records it is to be
inferred that 20 per cent of our farms
are all paid for. On the mortgaged lands
the debt averages A per cent of their
value, or $13 an acre. Thirty dollars
per acre is considered to be the average
value of farms in the United States.
The farm lands of Missouri are proba-
bly, most heavily mortgaged of any, the
mortgage Indebtedness there exceeding
half the value of the acres. While the
amount of the mortgages there is large,
however, the number of acres mortgaged
is small, including only about one-fourth
the number of the taxed acres of Mis-
souri,. While the amount of farm mort
cages has increased SO largely apparent
ly, relatively it hasin fact diminished. In
1880 one-fifth of all the mortgage indebt-
edness of the country rested on farm
property. In 1890 only one-seventh of
the mortgage Indebtedness was on farms.
Another bit of agricultural statistics not
SO cheerful, however, is the table show
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29
opbs AND ENDS.
Every man has a right to liberty Of
eansciepca


Every man has a right to liberty Of
conscience,
Theannual slaughter of cattle includes
over COO, 900 for beef extracts. These set
in the soup.
The value of the yeast powders manu-,
featured last year reached $4,000, 0J0,
and it is still rising business.
A Denmark old maids insurance COM
pany pays regular weekly "beneits" to
spinsters of 40 years and upward,
A bank official who "speaks by the
card" says that the most costly metal is
didynium, worth 81, 800 per pound.
The bill collector is one of those things
that does not want to be put off until to-
morrow.-Binghamton Republican,
Pope John II, $50, had a first water
diamond of five pennyweights, upon
which was carved an exact likeness Of
Christ"
The faith Of Islam is based primarily
upon the Koran, which is believed to
have been delivered to the prophet by the
Angel Gabriel.
The inhabitants of London each eat
every year 65 pounds Of apples, . of cher
ries, 40 of pears, II of plums, of rasp-
berries and of Strawberries.
'Tisn't true that the perfume of flow
ers is bad for folks lungs. AT least, in
the town of La Grasse, France, where
vast quantities of perfumery are made,
consumption is almost unknown.
at always pays man in my business
to take plenty of time" murmured the
burglar softly to himself, gently dump
ing the third tray of gold watches into
his capacious bag.-Buffalo Courier.
The rushlight or rush candle, which
has been the poor mans light" formany
centuries, was prepared by stripping a
dried rush of its bark except one small
strip, which held the pith together, and
dipping it repeatedly in the tallow.
st. Pauls cathedral in London, which
dates back more than eco years and
which was called finished in ITO, has had
much work done on it since that time as
part of the ORIGINAL design, and even now
statues are being placed in the inches in
the dome designed for them by Sir Chris
topher Wren.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

In Shropshire, Engl&ld, theis is Gus
tom of ringing the dead holne'-viz,
Ginning all the bells instead of ringing
only one while the funeral is on its way
to the church. When the procession
nears the churchyard gate, the Ginning
is stopped, and minute bell is tolled.
The sections fees at Much Wenlock, as
laid down in 1889, include ga chime, if
required before the funeral, 0 O." At
Hatherleigh, a small town in Devonshire,
it was the prevalent custom to ring a
lively peal ON the church bells after a
funeral, as elsewhere after a wedding.
Ever in the present day in some re-
mote rural districts, and especially in
Hampshire, the practice still prevails Of
leaving open the outer door of the house
through which the corpse has been car
ried until the mourners return from
church, and in some places the custom
extends also to the windows. This arises
from a superstition that if the doors or
windows he s..11 there will certainly be
another deaf house within IL year.
In some dis Iiy,a acre is belief that if,
when the lomen: OF death approaches,
all the doors and windows of the house
are opened, the spirit will leave the body
more easily Westminster Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29
A Eth EnCler.

The latest triumph of Yankee invent
i've genius is in an india rubber fish
worm. 1t is said to be remarkably
good imitation of the common earth
worm. is indestructible and i'll actual
use proves as alluring to the fishes as the
genuine article. The old fisherman will
be quick 10 perceive its advantages. One
can eq.ip himself for a days sport with
ont digging over whole garden in his
search for bait. A handful of india rub
be- worms will last him whole season,
ard the,. will be no necessity of pulling
up the Inc every few minutes to see if
The small fry nibblers have left the hook
tare.-Co.uinbus (Ga.) Enquirer Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29
Sixty HIiies of LnrIists.

The African Steamship conpany's
steamer Wimnebah, which recently ar
rived from West Africa at Liverpool,
had most unusal experience when
steaming between the ATTITUDES Of Cape
Verde and st. Louis, Senegal. For 80
miles the vessel steamed through locusts,
which We're so thiclsly packed together
On the top Of the water that they com
pletely covered the surface for TALES
around; indeed, they appeared 20 be "
ing on the sea- as far as the eye could
reach The locusts had, no daabt, been
blown from the Morocco coast into the
sea. They resembled gigantic araSshop-
pers, and one which was secured was )
inches in length. OF cour}e all Of the
locusts had been drowned w estmin-
Bter Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

The time will yet come when wind,
tide and river current will be utilized
to furnish all the mechanical power
that is needed in their vicinity. A gem
tleman interested in electricity in an
amateur way in Montreal, Mr.. Eugene
Baldwin, has captured the wind and
made it light his house by electricity.
He constructed q windwheel. This, be-
ing turned by the air currents, conveyed
motion to dynamo which illuminated
Mr.. Baldwin's whole house with cleo.
trio lights. Why not:
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

Horace Greeley ON proofreading: "As
to proofreading, Think first rate proof
reader could always find a place in our
concern within month. But the place
requires universal knowledge of facts,
names and spelling. Don't fancy the
talent and knowledge required for a
mere secretary of state, president or any
such trust will be sufficient"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29
YOUR FUTURE


Palmistry assumes to tell what the lines in your
hand indicate: 1t will amuse you, il nothing more
The above diagram almost explains itself. The
length of the LINE OF LIFE indicates probable
gives you thirty years. Well marked LINE OF
HEAD denotes brain power clear LINE OF
FORTUNE, fame or riches. Both combined mean
success in life; but you must keep up with modern
ideas to win it. You will find plenty of these in
Demorest's Family Magazine, SO attractivey pre-
sented that every member Of the family is enter
tanned. 1t is a dozen magazines in one. CLEAR
LINE OF HEART bespeaks tenderness; straight
LINE OF FATE. peaceful life; the reverse i
crooked A well defined LINE OF HEALTH
spares you doctors bills; 60 will the health hints
in Demorest's No other magazine publishes so
many stories to interest the home circle. You will
be subject to extremes Of high spirits or depend
ency If you have the GIRDLE OF VENUS well
marked; keep up your spirits by having Demorest,s
Magazine to read. By subscribing to 1t for 1884
you will receive gallery OF exquisite works of art
II i7k sseh I'm Daisy Which is almost real
baby, and equal to the original Oil painting whlch
cost $500 and you will have magazine that cannot
be equaled by any in the world for Its beallnu l
Illustrations ami subject matter, that will keep
you posted on all the topics Of the day. ard all the
fads, and different items of interest about the
household, besides furnishing interesting reading
matter, both grave and gay, for the whole family
and while Demorest's is not a fashion magazine,
its fashion pages perfect and You get with 1t,
free of cost, all the patterns you wsh to use duing
the year, and in any size you choose. Send IN IN
your subscription at once, only 81 90 and you VIII
really get over SIS 90 in value Address the pub
Usher, w. Jennings Demorest, Is East l4th ST,
New York II YOU are unacquainted with the
Ma4uzine. send for specimen copy. large QUAD
RANGLE means honesty; large TRIANGLE,
generosity: long FIRST DIVISION OF THUMB,
strong will; LONG SECOND DIVISION, reasou-
ing faculty. The MOUNT OF JUPITER betokens
ambition that of SATURN, prudence the So
love of splendor; MARS courage; MOON, imagina-
ton; VENUS, love Of pleasure; and MERCURY,
intelligence. Take our advice as above and you
will be sure TO possess the last and most valuable
quality.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

The voting of women in Wyoming and
Colorado seems likely to bring into prom
inence new occupation. In Denver the
first woman to register was Mrs. Eliza
4. Routt, wife of Ex-Governor JOHN L..
Routt. She gave her occupation as that
of housewife"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

Judge Billings of New Orleans be-
queathed $4,000 to endow a chair Of
English literature in rich northern
college. Why did not Judge Billings
use that $4,000 to aid the public schools
of the south? Rich men do seem to
have so little gumption about what to
do with their wealth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

Paris has still great number of So
cialist members of the municipal coun-
Gil. Their leanings have again been
shown by the appropriation made in the
municipal council in aid of the French
striking coal miners.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

We shall have 46 states by spring, in
stead of A, if the bills already intro
duced to confer statehood on New
Mexico and Arizona get through con-
gress. New Mexico's chances seem bet
ter than Arizona's.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29
COtto|ene
a SHORTENING.

Down the street through the busy way
A lady passed on marketing day.
Who, pauslng at a grocery store,
Stepped quickly in at the open door.
With bated breath and anxious mien
She queried: "have you COTTOLENE?"
The grocer, leaving off his work,
lnterrogated every clerk;
But none up to that time had seen
An article oalled" CoTTOLENE."
"What is it?" said he to the dame,
THAT answers to this curious name.
What is it made of? What's its use?
My ignorance you'll please excuse"
"You're not the merchant for my dimes,
see you're quite behind the times.
For COTTOLENE, I'd have you know,
Is now the thing that's all the go,
An article of high regard;
A healthful substitute for lard.
Its composition pure and clean;
For cooking give me COTTOLENE."
AS from his store the lady fled,
The grocer gently scratched his head
On his next order, first was seen,
"One do.n cases COTTOLENE."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

The whole pension bureau will proba-
bly, be transferred to the war depart
ment. Is this because people have been
fighting over il SO?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

We want many men, women, boys, ana girls 10
work for US few hours daily, right in and around
their own homes The business is easy, pleasant,
strictly honorable, and pays better than any other
off d agents. You have clear field and no
competition. Experience and special ability un-
necessary No capital required. We equip you
with everything that you need, treat you well,
and help you . earn ten times ordinary wages
Women do as well as men, and boys and girls
make good pay. Any one, anywhere, can 90 me
work All succeed who follow our plain ana slri-
pie directions. Earnest work will surely brlng
YOU a great deal of money. EVERYTHING Is new
and in great demand. Write for our paInphlet
circular, and receive full information No harm
done il you conclude not to go on with the
Inns
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

The Farmers alliance in the south does
not want state bank money.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

Sing the doxology for 1898! Let US for
give him for the suffering he brought us
end thank him for tl..: iessons ittaught us.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29

Special Cash Sale
GLYNN'S
Combination Store
One w eek.
40 inch Cotton Cloth. Con-
sttutiol or Continental.
Z Is c. I'D. by the web.
36 inch Cotton Cloth, Con
stitution or Continental 6 Is
cents yd. by web.
1000 yards Ice Ginghams,
7c yd.
1900 yards II LIE Cling
hams, 8 lie I'd.
1000 yards Indigo and eth
or Sc Prints, 6 lie yd.
One lot Gents Scotch un-
derwcar at ST., a garment
worth $l.50.
$500 Wool Bed Blankets
$3.50, a pair $3.50 Bed
Blankets 81. a pair.
81. Bed Blankets 79c. a Pr.
A good drawing, basket
fred, Japan Tea 40c. ID.
A choice Black Tea 40c.
ID.
Choice Cucumber Pickles
Sc. qt., Soc. a gallon.
ROCKINGHAM CHEESE,
Sage or Plain. II is the Best.
Fine Naples Walnuts 15c
b., 2 lbs. 25c.
BEST CRACKERS 50 Is a Dbl,
Receiver of Choice Indi;
River Oranges, direct from tho
Orange Groves of Florida.
W, i. GLINN.
Saxtons River. vt
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-12-29
FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 90. 1893.

ing that, while In 1880 only one-fourth
of the American farmers We're tenants,
in 1890 fully one-third of them were such.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-03
BRESITIES.

At the Baptist Church Sunday morn
ing the pastor, Rev. j. Is. Taylor, de-
livered memorial discourse concerning
the late DR.. Cornelius Tyree. Having
had access to DR.. Tyree's journal he
brought out many facts and incidents
which were deeply interesting to the
audience. The text was, The memory
of the just is blessed" Proverbs, 1917
The unior service in connection with
the week of prayer will be held to- night
at the Episcopal Church; Rev. ]. g.
Taylor, ID. ID and Rev. p. II. Whisner,
d. d. Subject: "The Church Uni
versal."
G. w. Bethel, OF Danville, is here on
business.
Jonn s. Martin, of Bluefield, w. Va,
spent Sunday in town.
Duval Adams, OF Lynchburg, was in
town yesterday.
A marriage license was issued yester-
day in the county clerks Office to John
Robert Wilson and Ida Mary Akers.
Dion, the human monstrosity frorl
tho mountains Of Tennessee, who was
on exhibition in Roanoke recently, is
now in Salon for Few days.
County Treasurer George Muse was
here yesterday and bore sears upon his
hands, showing whore he extinguished
the flames OF his wfes dress, which
caught fire the other morning.
j. e Walker, of TIE TINES, who has
spent the Christmas with his friends IN
Dublin, has returned to his Office
Yesterday morning. young man,
whilst assisting to remove a. sign in
front of Beamer's barroom, showed too
plainly that no carried pistol in his
hip pocket Officer Boono promptly
pulled him and took him before the
mayor who imposed the usual fine of
$40 and costs.
Mrs. Stanard. tho mother of Lawyer
Stanard, was stricken with paralysis
Sunday.
The other evening 2 certain Salem di
vine, on an errand of charity, called at
the house of very poor family, and OBJ
serving that tho littlo ones carried moro
real estate about their faces and necks
than was necessary. had them heat some
water and then mado them scrub each
other clean. He believes that "cleanli.
nes0 is ncxt to Godliness."
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-03
OFFICIALS OLD AND NEW.

VICE PRESIDENT ELECT STEVENSON
will travel from bloomington to Wash
ington on special train, which has al
ready been arranged for by the demo-
Gratis Of his home
Gov ELECT JOHN II. McGRAw, of the
state of Washington, is native of
Maine and forty-two years of age. Six
teen years ago he was driving a bob
tail street car in San Francisco.
WILLIAM HARRIS, the recently elected
congressman at large from Kansas on
the peoples party ticket, is native of
Luray, ard received his education at
the Virginia Military institute ut Lex.
ington.
WII1IA,i WAITER PIELPs, United
States minister to Germany, will build
q magnificent country house on his one
thousand-acre farm in New Jersey as
soon as his diplomatic duties are over
and settle down for awhile as a country
gentleman.
w. Il. SWIM, of Winston, n. c., has Sc
cured the left hind foot of Il graveyard
rabbit-supposed to be the talisman
for gilt-cdged good lucll-and is hav-
ing it mounted in gold as watch charm
to be worn by Mr.. Cleveland, for whom
it is intended
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-03

The emancipation celebration OF yes
tecday was very creditablo one to tho
colored folks, and passed OF without
any disorder. The Roanoke contingent
and brass band arrived shortly after
midday, and at once formed on Water
street, with tho Salem colored people
headed by u. S. Patterson's band. Pro
cessiOn was q full milo in length and
there were very few riders who were not
we'll mounted, whilst the speakers and
preachers rode in carriages with banners
flying and the flutter of many colorod
scarfS. a tour Of the town was made
and then all repaired to tho town hall,
where tho principal exercises Of the
day took place
The grafton b. Prof, d. 3. Williams.
dean of the Virginia Normal and Col
legiate Institute, OF Petersburg, was
superb effort, full OF good advice and
noble sentiments, delivered in eloquent
language. Possibly some of it was a
trifie beyond" his audience, but there
was SO much good sense in it, and it
was so entirely different from the av-
erage run OF such speeches, that it
could not fail to DO some good. Run
ming all through the speech was the
sentiment that the white men
best friends, whilst he urged
his hearers to not only educate their
children but teach them trade, and
keep them out of mischief and mako
them credit to their RAGS.