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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

1t is not generally known that
Paris is the greatest postage stamp
market of the world.
Tue hottest mines in the world are
the Comstock. On the lower levels
the heat is so great that the men eau
no, work over 10 or Is minutes at Q
time. Every known means of miti-
eating the heat have been tried in
vain. Ice melts before it reaches
the bottom of the shafts.
The largest fish caught in the Col
umbia river SO far this season was a
sturgeon measuring II feet 3 inches
long and weighing 755 pounds, which
was landed at Knappton, Wash, a
week or so ago. The head alone
weieh ehed 15l pounds, and the fish
welded 427 pounds Of edible meat, EAa
"Iyeddng dresses to hire" is a
sign in one Of the poorest quarters OF
the town. Not far away are florist
shops where yon may provide decora-
,ions for wedding or funeral. Euro
ucan residents of this town common
Ilv do the conventional thing in the
wav of dress and decoration at we'd
ding or q funeral, though it happens
with the poorest that much OF the
paraphernalia is hired instead OF
Ihouoht.-TNew York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
Sifterlets-ShOrt and Snappy.

He was wise who said it was more
politics than stringency that allied this
country.
Some Congressman will probably
find the recess entirely too short to Ell.
able them to square themselves with
their constituents.
A telegram in an exchange says ''the
glass trust is going to pieces" Who
threw the brick?
The Senate is apparently not enam,
ored with Hornblower; he's too loud.
It's the quiet fellow like Van Allen and
Roosevelt, who do their political busi.
ness with fve-fgured checks, that the
Senate approves.
Nothing succeeds like success.
The winning of the silver fight by the
administration has brought a,great many
careful individuals down on that side
of the fence.
Into the department Of State
Marched tailor, irate;
A tale of woe did he relate,
Which was heard at the Golden Gate,
Consul Hoge thinks it fate;
Others, diplomacy up to date.
Nobody can find any fault with the
slowness of the law in dealing with the
man who murdered the Mayor Of
Chicago. If legal machinery was al
ways put in motion as promptly there
would be fewer lynchiugs.
DR.. Talmage says there are in the
United States two hundred thousand
dead beats. Somebody has been I'M
posing on the doctors credulity; thai
number is only about ten per cent o
them.
The Prince of Wales will not en-
list in the kaiser's crusade agains
gambling, which is lamentable, from
the reformer's point view, as "Wales
eys" record as a gambler has long becl
source of irritation to his economical
mother and his German relatives.
The path o. the train robber has no
Of late been strewn with roses to an,
marked extent. 1t takes all the 70
nance out of the calling when tin
other fellows do the shooting,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

The following vigorous language is
from the Democratic n. Y. Sun:
1.-The announcement of the Cleve-
land policy respecting Hawaii has
come. 1t is not the American policy.
1t is not the policy of the United
States government, or of the people
of this republic. 1t is not yet, thank
God ! the policy Of the Democratic
party. 1t is neither more nor less
than the personal determination of
the executive officer, charged with
! temporary power, to use that power
to enforce II personal conclusion, and
to commit this country to his person
al conclusion, regardless Of corse-
quenccs in infamy or blood.
''Never before now has an Ameri-
can executive undertaken to stamp
ont republicans II and to set up mon
archy in any part of the world. Never
before, we believe, has an American
President issued orders for the
assassination Of a free and successful
government. Never before has any
ofilcer Of this government undertaken
upon his sole responsibility and with
ont consulting Congress or the peo-
pie, To decide the destiny of a foreign
country in diplomatic relations with
ourselves Never before has Pres.
ident invited or commanded his cabi-
net advisers to assist him in the odi.
Gus business Of setting up again 8
irotten snd broken throne"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
Independent, Bright, Newsv and Saucvt
Vol. X. NO. 50. SOUTH LONDONDERRY, VT, FRIDAY

destruction OF the Provisional Gov
ernment, which represents the intel
ligent, progressive and orderly ele-
ments of the Hawaiian people. 1t
involves the shameful betrayal of the
rights of the men of American birth
and American descent who have given
the Hawaiian Islands all the ciyiliza-
ton and prosperity they possess. 1t
comprehends the elevation of the
forces of anarchy, of heathenism, Of
foul superstition and corruption over
the forces of enlightenment, decency
and progress. 1t constitutes virtual
invitation to Great Britain to inter-
fere, since it is absolutely certain
that the mock Hawaiian throne can
not stand alone, and during the con-
tlicts sure to ensue foreign interests
in Hawaii must suffer unless they are
guarded by force.
American statecraft contains no
chapter 50 disgraceful as that written
by Cleveland and Gresham. The
nation, resolute in maintaining the
honor of its flag, hating the decaying
sham of royalty, sympathizing cor
daily with the brave men who have
civilized Hawaii and who ask for an
nexation to the United States, will
not rest until this Infamous record is
blotted out by the discontinue of the
Cleveland conspirators against Amer
with the American Republic"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

We desire to say 70 oar ci.i@eas, that
for years we have beea ,eiiiAS Br. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DR..
Kiae's New Life Pills. BacSlen's Arnica
Ssive and Electric Bitlers, anu have never
han,,led remedies That sell as we'll or thst
have given Such uni,ersal satisfaction.
We do not hts,tste to guarantee them
every time, and we stand ready to refund
~ purchase price, il satisfactory results
% no, follow their use. These remedies
iig;e won their great popularity purely on
Their meIits. Geo. G. Smith, Druggist.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
4 Million Friends.

friend in need is friend indeed, and
less than one million people have
9nst such friend in DR.. Kings
..". discovery for Consumption, Coughs
To-. iolas. If You have never used thif
;rest Cough Medicine, one trial will con-
,,.., YOU that 1t he's wonderful curative
.,,,.crs in all diseases of Throat, Chest
nd Lungs. Each bottle is guaranteed to
% al that is claimed or money Will bs
rf,nded Trial bottles free at Geo. u
&mith's Drug store. Large bottles ooc
ard $l.00. -..---- ...-.-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
Honduras ADOlorjzes,

Washington, Nov. 12.-TEe state
this evening gave out the
following statement: "upon receiv-
ing authentic information of the fir
ing upon the Costa Rica, an Ameri-
can mail steamer, at Anapala, on
November 6, because her captain re-
fused to deliver up Bouilla, Il passen-
ger, Gen. Young, ' 3d.
Honduras, under insl .r5o- -rn
Secretary Gresham Ai
the president, protes ii
act as wanton and
mandcd an apology ..
ment OF Honduras pr :, ..~aer
ed the conduct of its .,'. ~- ..-.,. -.
pressed sincere regret for the oc.
currence.
The authentic information referred
to was cable message from Ministci
Young saving that shots fired from
tue po,t of Anapala were fired at tho
Costa Rica with the intention, if pos
sible, of hitting her aud not, as Wa:
thought at first, across her bows for
the purpose of bringing her about
The apology of the government q
Honduras closes the incident.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

Haul down your Webster's Una
bridged, pick out all the worcs that
signify complete overturn, a clean
sweep, walk-over, compound them
and the entire aggregation will fall
far short Of expressing in adequate
terms the magnitude of the Republi-
can victory in the state elections of
last week. News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
uChirns .Arnica Salve.

The BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction or money refunded. Price
% cents per box. For sale by Geo. @.
Smith
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

The Londonderry SITTER and the
Cosmopolitan magazine, each one
year to new subscribers for only 81. 90.
Present subscribers to the SITTER will
be furnished the magazine for 81 20.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

The notorious murderess, Mrs.
Halliday, attempted to kill her lady
keeper on Tuesday, and was only
prevented by the appearance of the
sheriff, the lady's husband.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
A Thief Captured

Louis F. Menage, fugitive presi-
dent of the wrecked Northwestern
Guaranty Loan company Of Mime
apols, has been found in the city of
Guatemala, in Central America. 1t
will be remembered that Vermonters
lost thousar DIS of dollars by this COM
pany's failure.
Secretary of State Gresham was
induced Tuesday by the urgent plea
of Frank NJ. Nye, prosecuting at
torney of Hennepin county, Mime
sofa, to order by cable Menage's I'M
mediate arrest and detention ia Qua
tcmala, pending the arrival of extra
dition papers.
The charge on which he will be
arrested is embezzlement and Crane
larceny.
The entire congregation of St
Paul's Catholic church at Cincinnati
was almost asphyxiated Tuesday b,
escaping gas. SO gradually had th'
people inhaled the gas that they hat
become stupetied, when parishione
who happened TO come in later, no
ticing the smell of gas, quickly open
ed the doors and windows and shu
off the escaping fluid, thus doubles
saving many lives,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
DEATHS.

In Jamaica, Nov. l4th, Lewis Hart,
aged 10 years.
In Landgrove, Oct. 30, Addie B. Smith,
wife of Clarence c. Cook, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Smith, aged 80 yrs.
mos. 81 dayS. (COrrected)
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

Terms, $I.OO Year, Strictly in
advance. Persons outside of Wmdham
County who receive the paper in single
wrappers must send 10 cents in addition
to pay for wrappers and postage,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

No other sarsaparilla has equaled
Hoods in the relief it gives in sevcrest
eases of dyspepsia, sick headache, bill
ipusness, etc.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
Bondville, Vt, July 81, 1898.

GEO. u. SMITH,
Dear Sir -
had rheumatism for ten years very severe
w. took lots of medicine and was treated by
physicians, all of which gave me no rehet,
Some of the time | could not raise my right
foot frcm the floor and walked about the
house sliding it along with the aid OF crutches.
Again would be confined to my bed for
weeks. | had a swelling come on my right
wrist which was very painful and l could not
raise my right hard to my head. In this con-
dition commenced taking your Rheumatic
Cure, using three bottles of it and | was nd
of all pain and swelling, no more use for
crutches, have not been troubled since that
time which is eighteen months ago SO | feel
that am cured.
ELLEN Z. WILLIAMS.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

When the scalp is atrophiei, or shiny
bald, no preparation will restore the hair
in all other cases, Halls Hair Renewer
will start growth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17

Copies ofNis paper can be obtained
al Corpcaicr'S NeWS Rooms in BTui.
Nc5Oro.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
Sitter yOhn. Edit0r.

FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. IL, 1892,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-11-17
Smiths Rheumatic Cure!
THE GOOD WORK STILL GOES ON

Walpole, n. H., April 7, 1898.
Mr.. GEO. G. Smith,
Dear Sir -
can recommend your Rheumatic Cure as
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gave it to my little boy three years old who
was so weak across his back, over the region
of the kiddeys, that he could hardly walk
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menced using your medicine. He has taken
less than two bottles and today | cannot see
but that he is as well as any child. | feel
that l cannot say enough in its praise as a
kidney medicine.
Mrs. MILAN H. CURTIS.
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-THE-
lLONDONDERRYss j


HENRY NJ. SHANKs, PUBLISHER.
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PRICE so CENTS.

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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-16
THE PEOPLE ARE READY.

A Demand for an American System Of
Finance Would Receive q Good Ma
jOrity.
While we do not believe in gold
money, or in silver money, we have ad-
vocated free coinage of silver SO long
as we have free coinage of gold, realiz-
ing that the people were not educated
up to the fact that money" is merely
a measure of price and not a commod-
ity to be exchanged for another COM
modify.
These commodity m oneyites are still
heather, not civilized. Yet they can't
get around it that fat makes money.
They don't attempt to deny that the
government fats about so cents into
the silver dollar, without saying any
thing of the gold dollar-for they are
now prating about fifty-cent dollars.
Yet we all know the people are mighty
glad to get these 6fty-cent dollars at
100 cents and that the people, in turn,
pay them out at 100 cents.
But just how much is fated by gov
eminent into the gold dollar cannot be
definitely known till it is shut out from
the privilege of free coinage and it is
forced to seek market the same as
any other commodity, with no special
privileges.
But here's something that really
amuses us. The free silver men now
say that if the gold-bugs persist in
their fight against free silver they will
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-16
A NATIONAL MONEY.

Gold and Silver When Coined Belongs to
Mine Owners and Is Not Issued by tho
Government.
Don't for a moment infer because the
Spectator is not joining in the crusade
for free silver that it is opposed to a
larger volume of money. On the con-
trary, we stand on the Omaha platform
as to volume of money. We believe it
an awful wrong to contract the money
volume as it has been done, until the
labor cost of debts is several times
larger than the labor cost at the time
the debts were contracted. We are de-
cidedly in favor of more money. We
yer. We want a peoples money based
upon the wealth, the labor, and the in
tegrity of the whole nation. We are
decidedly opposed to money based
upon the product of one or two special
interests, as gold or silver, that may be
contracted or expanded at the pleasure
of few men, giving to money specu-
lative quality that leaves all legitimate
interest in a state of constant uncer-
tainty, and leaves the debtor class at
the mercy of selfish and constituencies
Shylocks
With the peoples money-United
States treasury notes, the volume to be
determined by the demands of trade
the dollar becomes the measure of
value, and value itself would be de-
termined by the cost of production,
varied by the law of supply and de-
mand. This is the natural law. Under
the present system natural law is set
aside, and the purchasing power of the
dollar is varied at the will of the few
men who are able to corner that part of
our money in which all debts are finally
payable. No thoughtful man wants
that kind of money, nor that kind of
q financial system. Give us a money
that cannot be cornered. Give us
money that stands for all labor and not
alone for the labor involved in one or
two interests. Give us a money that is
controlled by natural law and not by
selfish schemes Give us money that
is measure of value and not of human
greed. Give us money of the people
and not money of millionaire mine
owners.-National Spectator.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-16
hght the gola-bugs to the last ditch

Aght the gold-bugs to the last ditch
and demonetize gold! They thus in.
directly admit that we can get along
without gold, or silver either! There
are quite number of us who will bid
them God-speed in their efforts to de-
monetize gold. Years ago we said give
fool rope enough and he would hang
himself-that is, let the gold-bugs go
on in their triumphant march and they
would land in perdition. Not satisfied
with letting well enough alone they
turned their batteries upon the silver.
bugs; now the silver-bugs say, Glands
off, Mr.. Gold-bug, or we will open our
batteries upon you!"
The advocates of government paper
money have sided with the silver-bugs,
as a temporary "policy" move, but if it
does come to fight to the finish and
the gold-bugs can kill silver, then those
who do not believe that yard-stick
must be made of gold in order to meas
ure length correctly will gladly lend
their assistance to the silver-bugs and
knock out gold
Those who believe that fat makes
money have heretofore had to fight
both gold and silver commodity money
fellows. Now, it is possible that the
gold-bugs will knock out silver, but in
doing so, the people may learn that if
fat can make so cents worth of silver,
or like amount of gold, pass current
for 100 cents, it can also make one-haH
cents worth of paper do the same
thing; that it is not the commodity,
but the fat that makes the money
Chicago Free Trader.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-16

There is no difference in the two plat
forms, so far as railroads, telegraphs
and telephones are concerned. The
labor congress goes farther and de-
mands the municipalization of all pub
lie utilities in cities and towns. In
this connection it may be well to note
that the peoples party of Ohio, in its
recent state convention, embodied in
their platform planks demanding mu-
nlcipal ownership and operation of
water. gas, street railways, telephone
and similar public franchises; direct
legislation through the initiative. and
referendum, land proportional represen.
tatlon IN Legislative bodies; the .aboh.
ton OF prison contract labor; free schoo,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-16

EFF the gold producers and the in.
come and creditor classes conspire il
their interests to destroy the automatic
system by the demonstration of one of
the metals, and that the only one Of
the metals that promises a supply sui.
fcient to maintain equity of contracts
and stability of prices, and to prevent
a destructive rise in the value of the
unit OF money, it need not be matter
Of surprise il the producing classes and
the debtors in turn should unite to
serve the other metal in the same wav.n
Senator John p Jones.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-16
FOOLISH BLINDNESS.

A Viper Warmed to Life Will Sting the
Bosom Which Giveth Warmth.
Says the Missouri State Union: 'It
is gratifying to the 'oldtime' green
hacker to read the arguments of the
silver press. More than twenty years
ago we had conceived the whole logic
of the money question. Our new allies
were then sneering in tune with the
gold-bugs at fiat money A great big
slice of fat is now necessary to make
ffty-four cents worth of silver worth
one hundred cents A man who can
witness this operation in the face of
all the forces arrayed to discredit and
strike down silver is obtuse indeed If
he does not see that intrinsic value
has nothing whatever to do with the
legal tender"
Time, in it's whirligig, doth strange
mutations bring. AS the Union truly
states twenty years ago metallists,
mono and bi, We'd with each other in
ridiculing the greenbackers The sill
yer men were then outspoken in their
opposition to legal tender paper money
and they rang all the changes on the
term Fiat"
Now they are actually using the
''fat" argument to show that the value
of money and the price of silver de-
ponds upon law. They claim that sill
yer is just as good money material as
gold, because money material need not
possess intrinsic value" Even so
rabid silverite as the Denver Road
says:
''In a true, scientific monetary sys.
tenn the money would not have any in
trinsic value. There isn't any more me-,
cessity why money should have an
intrinsic value than a yard-stick or q
pound weight. Who. but misers, care
anything about whether they've got
metal dollar or paper one?"
The Road is right. But if, by virtue
of coinage act. silver again becomes
worth $L29 an ounce, the silver men
will repudiate all these arguments and
return to their position of twenty
years ago. GEORGE c. WARD.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-16

Postal savings banks will surely
become, a feature of the future People
are weary of seeing fat, well fed thieves
robbing widows and hired girls in the
name of ''respectabilityn and. our very
best people. Denver Road.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1893-08-16

AS sequel to the work of the labor
congress it is stated in the Western
Laborer that Representative men of
organized labor consolidating civic and
rural toilers into one grand central
body have made Nebraska the banner
state of reform. She steps from her
group of sister states and points the
way through harmony and unity of
labor to full prosperity and more
Christian civilization. She beckons to
the east and appeals to the west. And
all the while we will strive to diffuse
universal education of these political
truths and the vital necessity of united
independent political action among all
forms of organized labor in our midst.
The earnest appeal which will short
ly be sent out to every Farmers ALI
ance in the state will arouse intense
enthusiasm from the mortgage-ridden
farmers and underpaid and overworked
farm laborers who have already one
million two hundred thousand strong
pointed the way Impractical ameliora-
ton. The next session of the Nebraska
state labor congress will represent all
forms of labor from the field and from
the forge and the declared result of it's
deliberations will be the law unto the
people of this state"
A careful perusal of the two plat
forms thus placed in parallel columns
disclOses the fact that the only vital,
or even serious difference lies in the
treatment of the land question. If
there is split between the two wings
of labor's army, the land question is
the rock upon which they will split.
know this from experience, having in
Cured the displeasure of many Of the
farmers in jackson county, Mo-,
because of my advocacy of the theory
of use and occupancy.
Why this should be the case, passeth
understanding. One-third of our
farmers are already tenants. Another
third have their farms mortgaged for
their full selling value. All their chill
dren are doomed to a life of tenant
serfdom, if the present system con-
.tinues- Use and occupancy would de-
prive no man of farm he occupied and
used. He who owns land he does not
occupy, ought to be deprived of it.
Cannot the peoples party broaden
out its land plank SO it will be in SYM
pathy with the declaration made in the
first paragraph Of 1.-THE land, in
Guiding all the natural sources Of
wealth, is the heritage of the people,
and should not be monopolized for
speculative purposes" In hoe signo
vlnces. ~ GEORGE c. WARD.