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ODDS AND ENDS.

Siam, it is said, can boast of tailless
cats with purple eyes.
Pet dogs are now dyed to harmonic
with the prevailing tint of their mistress
boudoir.
The average weight of men in Eng
land is 155 pounds and that of women
1913 pounds.
This is perhaps our first duty toward
our vermin: To be sure that they arever-
min--that is to say, noxious-before de-
claring war on them.
The Oldest town in Texas, and by some
believed to be the Oldest town in the
United States, is Ysleta, on the Rio
Grande, in Ell Paso county.
Zoar, o., is the abiding place of a mys-
tic band of German communists, who
hold all property in common, the place
being miniature kingdom within itself.
The figures usually spoken of as cara
bic numerals" represented by /, Q, 3,
ETC., are really of East Indian origin.
They were first used in Arabia by Mo-
manned Ben Musa in 900 A. D.
The record for the ratio of persons OF
advanced age to the entire population is
said to be borne by Aumone, a little
French hamlet, which has but 40 inhab-
itants, "a of whom are over 80 years of
age.
The age of the lobster is debated
question. The small, marketable speci-
mems are generally supposed to be from
4 to years old, but some Holsters are
believed to live to the green old age of
| 25 years.
| The enbalming customs Of the Egyp-
tians were against heather precedent.
The funeral pyre prevailed in most of
the Mediterranean nations. In Rome
cremation was an honor denied to sui
cides and young children.
The English laugh at our slang names
formoney forgetting that their own slang
is as nonsensical. A joey is fourpence, a
tanner is sixpence, a bob is shilling, a
bull is shillings, quid is 81, pony is
eos and monkey is $500.
The seven cities which are said to have
gone to war to establish the fact of Ho-
mer's birth having taken place within
their walls leach claiming the honor
were Chios, Athens, Rhodes, Colophon,
Argos, Smyrna and Salamis.
The narrowest part of the Strait of
Florida, through which the gulf stream
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-10-06
The ,ran Who Stay. In Town.

There was an unusual number Of men
In town during the summer, and there
seems to DO growing disposition on the
part of those young men who occasion
ally think to leave the watering places
TO the Young women and their mammals.
OF recent years there has been more or
less complaint crudely but significantly
Swallowed forth in comic and other news
papers of the absence of young men from
places where the refining hop and emo
bling moonlight Irritation hold sway.
The absence has been charged up against
the young men in the cursory account
books Of the summer, but the young
men have found tho debt an easy ono to
pay by a little extra exertion in the win
ter.
why is it Ii at the young men linser
in the shade Of the apartment house ill.,
stead of seeking the cool verandas Of
summer hotelsS' we can fancy some
modern Glaucon asking of Socrates, the
mondain.
because tho young men Of today"
answers the philosopher, understand
that the summer is set apart for tho re-
eureration Of the energies exhausted
during the winter"
But" asks Glaucon, sis it not so that
the country is the place for recuperation
in the summer and not in the city,"
'Trbe it is" responds Socrates, ''that
the country is the place for rest and re
cuperation."
"Why, then, do not the young men go
to the country"
"They do when they can afford long
railway travel, guns, dogs and rods or
yachts or other expensive muniments Of
rural liberty. including time
"Then it is not to the country, tho ru-
raj, recuperative country" foolishly
speaks Glaucon, that the maidens hic:'
SIS silk bingham? Is plank piazza an
outrageous forest? Is a cut glass goblet
tin cup? Is Jersey COW a grizzly
bearT-Harper's Weekly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-10-06

COUGHING LEADS TO CONSUMPTION
Kemp's Baisam stops the cough
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-10-06

Arnica & Oil Eminent is the best rem
edy known for stiff Joints.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-10-06

A number Of striking coal miners in
Kansas viii attempt to solve the prob
lem before them In practical way.
They decided after elaboration not to
maintain their rights by blowing up with
dynamite the men who got their former
places. Then they leased coal mine
and prepared to operate it themselves On
the cooperative plan. II they are sue
cessful, they will prove that the business
brain and the laboring brain can be COM
binel.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-10-06
The Dollar LOcket,

There has been variation invented
on the dollar locket. When the spring
Is touched, instead of disclosing the
face of ones very best young man, a
small mirror is there, so that half the girls
you suspect of being very sentimental
are really only studying the state of
their bangs. -Jenness Miller Monthly,
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flows at the rate of Ave knots an hour, Is
30 miles wide and has a mean depth of
$50 fathoms. II this were stopped up,
the climate of this country in winter
would be totally changed.
Many years ago beekeeper named
Wildman surprised all Europe with the
ease with which he handled bees, COM
polling a swarm to settled where he
pleased. His secret was to get posses
sion Of the queen bee, when the others
would follow wherever she was placed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-10-06

Mr.. Van Allen has knocked one eye out
Of his eyeglasses and one ii" out of his
name, according to the spelling of q
naughty joker, The N. j. says the miss
ing letter is not an a." but an IL" and
tina, the right spelling of the name would
be Van Alien.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-10-06

Advertise
in
the
SITTER.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-10-06
Sunamer Weakness

And that tired feeling, loss of appetite
and nervous prostration are driven away
by Hoods Sarsparills, like mist before the
morning sun. To realize the benefit of
this great medicine, give it a trial and
you will join the amy of enthusiastic ad-
mirers of Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-10-06

Sure, efficient, easy-HOOd'S Pills.
They should be in every travellers grip
and every family medicine chest. 25c. a
box.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-14

We print elsewhere on this page a com
municatiOn from Il correspondent who
has taken the trouble to go through and
analyzc the government Blue Book, which
contains a list of the offices at the dis
posal of the federal administration, not
including postoflices.
The communication is of especial in
terest at this time when, in accordance
with the expressed will of the people, q
radical change has been made in the
administration, and when, in order to
completely carry out the will of the peo-
pie, a change will have to be made in
Il vast number of offices.
We have had the privilege of verifying
the statements made by our correspond
ent, and we have found his analysis to
be, in the MAN, correct. He was led to
investigate the matter because he had
reason to believe that The Constitution
had placed the rate of GeOrgia's appor-
uonment too low. With the record be-
fore us, in black and white, we are sur
prSod at the mOdeSty of the claim we
made IN behalf of Georgia. According to
our too baahful estimate, Georgia was
the facts show that the state is entitled
under our system to considerably more
than two thousands Offices Therefore,
we print our correspondents letter with
pleasure, although it involves a sweeping
correction of the rough estimate we had
made
We do not desire to be misunderstood
il this matter, We would not advise
any man to hold government office.
There is no position that, in the long run,
is more thankleSS or improfitable; there
is no position that has so uncertain a
tenure. There is nothing in it for bright
young men who are capable of earning
living in any other direction.
Nevertheless. it is desirable that Geor-
gia should be set right in the matter.
Among her citizens there are men who
are willing to hold office, and it is no
more than justice that the places to
which Georgia is entitled should be open
to them. There has recently been an
attempt made to show that there is a
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-14
The eastern currency ntractlonlsts
should watch for the deluge.
he State Fair

The action of the city council, of Macon,
in releasing the State Agricultural So
ciety alternate years from its contract to
hold its fairs in that city for twenty
years, was eminently iudicious
Every other year the society will be
free to accept bids from other cities, and
the fair will once more become q state
institution instead of being localized.
This will be a good thing for Macon, as
well as for other towns, and the fairs
will he more largely attended aud more
profitable than they would be when held
i'll one locality every year.
The release goes into operation this
year, and the city offering the best in
ducementS will get the fair.
The fair will not be held in Macon this
fall, and it will be the attraction of the
season in some other city. The release Of
the State Agricultural Society from its
contract speaks well for our Macon
friends, and it is safe to say that it will
give general satisfaction.
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THIRD MONTHLY SERIES
Closes April LIST.
FIND the
MISSING,
WORD!
AN INTERESTING CONTEST IN WHICH EVERY
BODY HAS THE SAME CHANCE.

The MISSING WORD competition craze is
the latest fad in England. It is exciting the
whole country, and hundreds ofthousands OF
people are racking their brains for missing
words.
Several London weeklies have started
what they call ''missing word competitions"
and the craze has affected nil England to
such an extent as to block the money order
office and embarrass the whole postal service
The scheme is this: A sentence is printed
every week from which one word is omitted;
for instance ''Smith is o." and people
are invited to send in their guess with a
money order for q shilling The money
sent in is divided among the guessers who
name the correct word. A few weeks ago
one paper distributed $4,000 among forty
three correct guessers, each man receiving
over $500 for his shilling. The money order
blanks have all been used up at many post
offices, the mails are clogged, and clubs have
been organized to go into the guessing bust
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ditions by which they are surrounded,
who desire to be brought in social contact
with their neighbors, and who desire to
see their children reap the advantages
that are to be found in the communal
system.
Professor White proposes to change the
environment of the farmer by planting
about him the new conditions that are
necessary in this age to his enjoyment of
life and to the realization of profits sub
stantlal enough to repay him for his
toll. Professor Whites letters are not
addressed exclusively to the farmers, but
to those who have capital to invest, and
to all who would profit by an improve
ment of our agricultural conditions, and
by an enhancement in the value Of our
farm lands. In short, Professor Whites
letters will appeal to the thoughtful
public.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-14

great rush of Georgians for office, and
we deem it our duty to give this canard
its quletus. AS q matter OF fact, there
are hundreds of places to which the
state is entitled for which there has
not been, as yet, single applicant.
The Blue Book shows that there are
only a meager few hundred appointments
credited to Georgia, and the majority Of
these places are unimpOrtant MANY being
merely mental positions.
Now, here is wrong to be righted.
We do not press the matter on party
grounds. Under any administration Of
whatever political complexion, Geor-
gia is entitled to at least
two thousand places under the
federal government. We have brought
the matter up for discussion now, not
merely because we want to show that
all this talk about the rush and clamor
from Georgia is arrant nonsense, but
because we believe that if the injustice
of the present situation is ever corrected,
it will have to be done by democratic
administration.
There is no gainSaying the argument
that Georgia is entitled to as many fed
eral places, in proportion to population,
as Massachusetts, or New York, or any
other state. This was the basis on which
appointments We're distributed before the
republican party, to further the ends and
aims of corrupt paruSanShip, begun to
congest appointments in quarters where
it's organization might be strengthened.
There can be no genuine civil service re-
form until this injustice is corrected, and
to correct it is one of the first duties of
the democratic administration.
Until Georgia's rightful apportionment
is restored, it is the essence of nonsense
to talk about the clamor for office from
this state There are two thousand places
in the federal civil service to which
Georgia is entitled, and it will be time
enough to complain of d rush." or to
refer to the argument about "SpOils,"
when there are applications from this
state for more offices than just appOr-
tionment calls for.
Our correspondent, with commendable
patience, subjects the federal Blue Book
to a careful examination and analysis,
and he shows, beyond all question, that
the claims made in behalf of Georgia by
The Constitution heretofore are not only
just, but that they fall short by more
than one-half OF the apportionment to
which the state is entitled.
Fortunately, Georgia has representa-
tive in the cabinet and this gives sub
stantial assurance that every one of these
2400 Georgia offices will be supplied.
AS the whole matter rests with the
cabinet, Georgia should be contented.
All that Georgia wants is justice!
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-14

The Constitution begins today the pub
licatiOn of a series of letters from Pro-
fessor Ii. c. White. of the State univer-
sity. on the present agricultural condition
of Georgia and the methods by which it
may be improved. Professor White has
already challenged the attention of the
thoughtful men of the state by his ad-
dress delivered before the Georgia Agri-
cultural Society, and fle letters which he
viii contribute to t;:4r columns from week
to week will still further arouse the in
terest OF those who perceive that q
remedy must be speedily found for the
conditions which Cypress our farmers aud
retam their progress.
The Constitution has printed, from
time to time, many matters of interest
and Importance relative to our farmers
and Their work, but we may safely ven
ture to say that it has never printed a
serial of more absorbing and Astounding
practical interest than that which Pro
fessor White is preparing for its columns,
the first installment of which we print
today.
The remedy which Professor White pro-
poses has never before been discussed in
its relations to the farmers of Georgia
and the south. 1t is essentially new, and
yet it is simple. 1t goes to the very root
of the matter, and, in it's practical aspects,
appeals as lleenly to capitalists who have
money to put in q safe investment as to
farmers who desire to improve the con-
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The Sentence.

"7H8 hurricane came stl1o,a the ship ike
on 0Uolo,oche. Instantly everything ac0s
c0nfuSion The UesScl credkcd and
strained at every seam. The sails crachcd
and SaC0yed IN the blast. The ueSscI
poised for an instant on the crest Of n
aUdUe, then, aUjth q treDlendOUS------
shot like q huge boulder to the bottom Of
the sea,
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A Friendly Winter.

A Friendly Winter.
The winter that has just passed was a
| hard one in many respects on man and
gather, it will prove to be fortunate in
its results. The severity of the season
and the recurrence of the cold snaps
have had two results that viii be ap-
preciated later on.
The heavy fall of snow in Georgia has
pulvcrzed and fortified the soil to an
extent that the ordinary methods Of
cultivation could not accomplish and the
succeeding freezes refreshed and restored
land that had been ''soured' by the
previous warm winters When Providence
puts it's powerful plows in the soil, the
farmer ought TO be happy.
The cold has also kept back vegetation
to such an extent that profitable fruit
crop is assured to Georgia. This fact
means a great deal more to our people
than it Gid twenty years ago, and Il great
deal more possibly, than the majority of
our readers imagine. Our fruit interests
have been increasing and extending year
by year until now they are something
enormous A b0untiful fruit crop in this
state means at least ii million dollars in
the pockets of those who are engaged in
the business-and it may mean much
more.
For several years heretofore, with but
one exception, so far as we can rcmem-
Der our warm winters have invited the
fruit trees TO put forth prcmaturely, so
that, except III favored sections, the fruit
crop has been cut short. The prospects
now are that We shall discover what
Georgia can do in the way of fruit
raising.
1t is true, the early truck farms have
been set back by the cold weather, but
an abundant late crop is as profitable as
an early one that has been nipped.
With Providence on our side, good crops
and Il democratic administration in power,
our people have little more to ask for.
If the financial issue is to be fought out
let it be fought out at once The quicker
the better
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To Constitution Readers.

THE CONSTITUTION makes this PROPOSE
ton: Among those who supply the missing
word in the following sentence, between now
and the first of April, we will divide ONE
FOURTH of the subscription receipts Of all
those who send guesses with their subscrip-
tions.
This leaves us the bare and actual cost of
furnishing the paper to subscribers for the
year.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-14
The Plan.

Supply the missing word in the above
sentence, and if you guess you will share
with the others who are as fortunate ON E.
FOURTH of the receipts from the subscrp-
tons Of all those who guess.
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The Guarantee

No one knows the word missing except
the managing editor, who has placed it in a
sealed envelope and which will be opened on
April 1st. We pledge our honor that the
division will be made and published just as
outlined
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these declarations through which evasion
may safely shuttle? Can either one OF
these great issues be lodged or ignored
without violating the pledged faith Of the
party and disgusting the voters who gave
the party it's victory?
I'VE denOunce the Mckinley tariff law
as the eliminating atroclty of class leg
islation' the democratic party declares.
1--WE hold to the use Of both gold and
silver as the standard money of the coun-
try"
These are the solemn pledges that Mr..
| Cleveland is anxious to see redeemed,
and every true democrat must feel the So
| licitude to which the president gives ex-
preston.
The tariff must be reformed to the rev
enue point, and the eliminating atrocity
of class legislation-the Mckinley law
| must be repealed.
Both gold and silver must be made the
standard money of the country, and the
minis must be open to both metals, with
out discriminating against either, to the
end that the people shall have a sound
and stable currency
TO see that these pledges are redeemed
promptly and etfectually is the most i'm
portant duty to which Mr.. Cleveland can
address himself, and the solicitude which
he has expressed is natural, for upon his
CHI ..I,;Ii
His appeal for harmonious and disinter-
ested effort will find a hearty response in
the breasts of all genuine democrats, but
he will find himself opposed at the out
set by that small but greedy class who are
anxious to restore the demonetization act
OF 1873, and who will seek to place OBJ
stacles in the way of a prompt reform of
the tariff on the ground that the reduC-
ton of tariff taxes to revenue basis will
increase impOrtatiOns and cause a further
drain on our gold supply.
Mr. Cleveland will need all his we'll
known courage and consistency in the
war that he will be compelled to make on
the element that is striving and will con-
tinue to strive to prevent the democratic
party from carrying out its pledges. 1t
is an insidious element, and it stands
forth with platitudes about conservative
action" dropping gibly from its tongue.
The people are eager to see the pledges
of the democratic party redeemed.
They must be redeemed.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-14

There are strong reasons for believing that
the worlds fair will not be ready for opening
on the first Of May. The condition of the
buildings is such to forbid the idea that
they can be completed within that time.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-03-14

While Editor Clarkson out in Iowa swears
that the countrys greatest danger Is from the
'rebes" who have gained control of the gov
eminent the Rev. Joseph Cook is equally
positive that our republic is about to be de-
stroyed 10y the Roman Catholics. Clarkson
and Cook are two of the dreariest cranks of
this generation.