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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
What College Women Are Doing.


What becomes of the college bred
womana Ida Rose McCabe undertakes
to answer this question, at least partially,
in paper read before the worlds edu-
cational congress. She remarks Incl
dentally that public opinion expects the
actual results of womens higher educa-
ton to be summed up in the dollars AID
cents they earn after leaving college.
Public opinion is right. The dollar stand
ard is not such bad one in estimating
the really useful results of any enter
prise or experiment. The person who is
not able to earn his or her own living
and moro is very poor stick indeed.
Miss McCabe tells ps that at least a
fourth offhe girls who go to college go
with the object of becoming teachers in
the higher branches. In this capacity
they are in great demand, particularly
in the hundreds Of high schools which
are preparatory to the regular college.
A number of women have reached the
highest rank Of pedagogy, being profess
ors in colleges and universities ON equal
terms with men. Among these are men
toned Alice Freeman Palmer, professor
Of English history in the university Of
Chicago, and Abby Leach, who is Greek
professor in the Leland Stanford, Jr.
university.
As with men, however, teaching is
coming to be with the college woman a
stepping stone to other work. This has
in some cases taken the direction of i'm
portant special research. The best
known scientific special worker among
the college bred women is perhaps Mrs.
Ellen Richards of the Boston Institute
of Technology. Her labors have been
in the field Of chemistry, particularly
that pertaining to practical and useful
branches. Some of her special papers
are: 1.-The Naphtha Process For Clean
ing Wool, "a New aud Ready Method
For the Estimation Of Nickel In Pyr-
rhotites and Mates, "A9ulteration of
| groceries,.
Mrs. Richards is distinguished III En-
rope and America for her admirable re-
searches on food and food preparation.
Mrs. Christine Ladd Franklin of Johns
Hopkins university has iha'ie !, specially
of mathematical investigation. as evi
denced by her papers on Tie Pascal
Hexagram, "A Method For Tie Expert
mental Determination Of the Iorc)ger, !"
etc.
Hundreds of college bred wompn be-
come physicians, a rather smaller num-
Der drift into Journalists. stilI smaller
number into business careers. But
wherever they go they succeed siiinin;ly
and fully demonstrate tie reason for be-
ing of the college bred woman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
Truthfulness and Stupiditv.

The ability to tell good durable lie
seems to be very rare indeed. This was
amply demonstrated in the runs on New
York banks. when only such depositors
as had immediate and pressing need for
money were accommodated without the
60 day notice provided for by law. Peo-
pie who were going to Europe in the
afternoon had no idea of what steamer
they would take, and mentioned at ran.
dom vessels that would not sail for a
fortnight. Others were going to burr
relatives, but could not remember the
name of the importunate undertaken
who insisted upon payment in advance.
Still others wanted to invest in saloons
and grocery stores which they STAN.
meringly located on sites occupied by
well known hotels or great dry goods
marts. The exhibition was most graf.
flying one to that sort of moralist will.
ing to find satisfaction in the fact that
people are truthful not from scrupulous.
ness, but from stupidity.-Kate Fields
Washington.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
Combination Among Farmers.

There are signs on both sides of the
water that agriculturists are taking q
lesson from the success of the various
combinations and trusts of the time. In
Germany farming is now being conduct
ed on an immense scale. according to the
joint stock plan. Capitalists, indeed,
have turned to farming as an investment
for their money. They buy or lease a
number of farms, throw them into one
and then run them on the principles
that have made other stock enterprises
SO successful. They put them under
uniform management, buy the most i'm
proved machinery, seed, animals, eta,
at wholesale rates, then, under the su-
perintendence of scientific farmers, till
the ground. Some farms raise live stock
altogether, few producing only sheep,
but thousands of these annually, which
supply the cities with mutton and lamb.
Beet sugar and potatoes are the product
of other lands. Thus by specializing,
wholesale purchase and taking advan-
tage of the most improved methods of
farming these combined capitalist farm
ers are enabled to raise the greatest
crops at the least cost.
In this country one agricultural com
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.
THU
The Psychic Congress.


The first international psychic congress
ever held is notable In the fact that it
attracted so many scientific gentlemen
to its deliberations. The next 10 years
will witness great progress in the inves-
tigation Of those subtle nerve and mind
forces which have been so misunderstood
and so inextricably blended with super
stition and fraud that level headed, in
telligent persons may we'll be pardoned
for condemning the whole as humbug,
Hypnotism, however, is generally ac-
cepted as fact That the French profess
prs of the Nancy school have wrought
some cures by its agency is also we'll
certified to. Mind reading and thought
transference as possible occurrences are
likewise accepted by thousands of intel
hgent persons. That psychic investiga-
ton has progressed thus far out of dark
ness and Stiffness is due largely to the
Society of Psychic Research, both in this
country and in Europe.
Naturally the members of this society
take considerable part in the proceedings
of the congress in Chicago. The paper
read by its honorary secretary, F. w. H.
Myers, on the Evidence of Mans Sur
vival After Death" shows the direction
in which this gentleman's investigations
lead him. DR.. Elliott Coues of the Smith
sonian institution, Washington, chairman
of the congress, has been, in connection
with Mrs. Coues, investigating for several
years the subject of the alleged move
ments of furniture and other objects
without contact of any apparent force.
and the two prepared paper giving the
result of their study
Professor Oliver J. Lodge, professor
of natural sciences in London, sent pa
per ON the cataleptic or trance state.
Professor Charles Richet of Paris was
one of the eminent scientific men who
witnessed the famous experiments with
Eusapia Palladino, the Italian medium.
He gave his opinion Of it in paper for
the psychic congress, paper which does
not bear out the belief that Eusapia con-
verified the professor to spiritualism.
One of the important contributions
was by DR.. j. E. Purdon, "Nervous At
fractions as Demonstrated by the Sphyg-
mograph," an instrument which, when
applied over an artery, shows by means
of a tracing on paper the changes in the
force or tension of the blood.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

bination movement has taken shape as
an organization composed of farmers
and manufacturers, 1t is called the
Farmers and Manufacturers CONNER
cial league. Its object is business, not
politics, and the intention of Its men,
bers is the same as that of the great joint
stock farmers of Germany-to get the
most at the least cost. Its headquarters
are in Chicago, and branch offices are
scattered through various parts of the
middle and western states.
In this newly formed league, manufac-
turers on their part agree through GER
tain distributing agents to place sup
plies, machinery, merchandise, tools and
other articles at the service of the farmer
at the lowest cost. The farmer always
does supply his commodities to consum.
ers at the wholesale rate, so that he
has no call to lower his prices, A fur.
Their task of the league will be to bring
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

slower ensilage, 1898 pounds of dry mat
ter from the corn crop daily; those on
corn fodder, 1901; while the cows that
were eating corn slower ate the largest
amount daily, consuming l1.66 pounds
of dry matter each from the corn crop.
Though producing equal quantities of
milk, the cows ate much less of the
whole ensilpge to produce this milk than
they did of any of theothers. The great
est amount of feed to produce the aver
sge yield was required by the cows eat
ing corn slower. Each of the ensilage
lots makes a better showing than the
corresponding stocked portion, and each
ease where the corn was ground makes
poorer showing than its mate fed with
out huslSing or grinding.
Total Yields.
The last IS days of each period was
considered the experimental period. Had
all of the crop been fed under the con-
ditions of the experimental periods the
amounts of milk and fat given in the
following table would have been pro-
duced:
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

Since the Ford's theater disasi a Gcn-
eral feeling Of uneasiness seems to have
existed among Tie clerss il the different
departments of this city. One day re-
Gently during slight storm a wnadov
in the top of the pension bu;lii1y
slammed to and broke the glass, which
came dhshing down to the ground be-
low. THE clerks engaged in the build
ing upon hearing thu crash rushed tio;n
their desks into tie open air. Several Of
them in describing the scene afterw~rd
said that they thought the building was
falling, and their first idea was to reach
place of safety as soon as possible. =
Washington Post.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
Observing the Rules.

The visitor at Chicago's chance was
seated at table in one of the high priced
restaurants on the exposition grounds
thinking of various things as he read
over the bill of fare and observed the
prices.
by thunder" he exclaimed to the
waiter, haven't you got any conscience
at all in this placer"
BEG pardon" replied the naughty
servitor.
"Haventyo got any conscience-con-
science-conscience? Don't you under
stand?'
The waiter picked up the bill of fare
and began looking it over.
Il don't know if we have or not" he
said. IF we have, it's on the bill. If
we amt, you've got to pay extry for it
Them's the rules, sir" Detroit Free
Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
When We Have Enough Money.

w hsh wv @sessV A@hoeeh -'AVhtys
Cornelius Roosevelt, writing in the st.
Louis Post-Dispatch, draws striking
contrast between the French and Amer
lean spirit. Here no man knows when
he has enough money. The whole life is
usually scramble for wealth, and the
richer man is the harder he generally
scrambles. The ambition for literary,
artistic or musical fame in other coun-
tries is in the United States apt to be all
centered in the one desire to be distin-
guished for wealth. Il dQ.not like your
country" foreigners say frequently. "All
you Americans care for is to get rich.
There is no leisure, no rest. Everybody
is on the rush. 1t confuses me-"
In France Mr.. Roosevelt says man
considers himself rich enough when he
has accumulated sufficient money to
live comfortably in his own station in
life. There perhaps is the rub. In
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

Or the 351 members OF the present
congress, 11S are college educated. Two
hundred and seven of them are law
yers and 80 are farmers. Fifty-five Of
them began life as farmers, but drifted
into more money making occupations
All except % Of the whole number are
American born. Our foreign born men
seem better at voting American men
into congress than at getting there them
selves. There is at present only one col
ored man in congress, and he is from
South Carolina.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
All OF.

"You are old enough to be my fa-
ther,' said the girl to the ancient mil
lionaire who had proposed to her.
"Yes, my dear, l know that" he re-
piled, "but l love you SO I will do any
thing in the world for you"
Anything she asked, frightening.
Eyes, anything"
"Well, give me half a million and call
the proposal off. How does that strike
your"
She was too flip, and he called the
whole business off.-Exchange.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
A New Attraction.

Pete Amsterdam got married without
consulting his parents or friends.
After seeing the bride one of his
friends asked him:
"How did You come to marry that
girl? There is nothing attractive about
her. She has not got a pretty face; her
figure is not good; she is not rich; nei-
ther is she intelligent. What do you
find attractive about her?'
"You ought to see how prettily she
sneezes," replied Pete ecstatically.-
Texas Siftings.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

"Flexus fibra" promises to be very
good thing. 1t is a substitute for leather
made of fax. 1t is fully as flexible as
leather, and therefore makes excellent,
durable shoes, besides, being of vegeta-
BILE texture, it admits air to the feet.
What is more, it is capable of taking a
real russell oil shine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
The Business Age.

Friend-Why didn't you exhibit at the
Worlds fair?
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., old boy, bust
ness. See?
"Humph! don't see."
"You are away behind the age. BY
refusing to exhibit l got half the papers
to denouncing me and the other half
to defending me, until I've had about
$1,000, 600 worth of first class advertis-
ing, and it hasn't cost me cent."-New
York Weekly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
The Great American Headliner.

1t takes considerable time for foreign
ers to appreciate the mission of the great
American headliner and to understand
that every large American newspaper
has on its staff an individual whose chief
value consists in the fact that he can
write display sentences calling attention
in large type to occurrences, sometimes
great and again small, as the case may be.
He must know that each kind of type
to be used in the heading contains
just SO many letters to line and exer-
else his ingenuity accordingly. Usually
he counts the letters on his fingers when
he conceives thrilling headline to see
if they will fit in. The columns of city
newspapers being Of about the same
width usually, it often happens that two
or three rival journals will come out
with exactly the same heading to SEN
sational event. It is curious to observe
the rut of thought into which the head
lining mind runs
Lately man who had lived double
life died suddenly, and his unconven-
tional conduct was thus discovered
Headlines Of the different papers next
morning in the city in which he lived
were eloquent. One paper said in letters
half an inch long, death Betrayed John
Smith" another, death Tore 1t Off,"
vet another ssDaath Disclosed All y A
fourth remarks, death Revealed ALL"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

The provisional government of Hawaii
is declared to be in excellent financial
condition, and citizens of all shades and
colors are paying their taxes as cheer
fully as if they understood fully that the
revolution last year meant business and
had come to STAY.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

as far as possible producer and consumer
into direct communication with one an
other, both in the matter of manufac-
tured goods and of the farmers smaller
CROPS,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Remover
has restored gray hair to its original col
or and prevented badness in thousands
of cases. 1t will do so to you.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
Quite Right.

Jaspar-It is all right to scorn titles,
but if marquis came to court your
daughter what would you dor
Jumpuppe-I would toe the mark
Truth.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

Before the time of Thomas A., the
Edison family were chiefly noted for
living long time. Thomas All grand
father lived 1913 years and enjoyed al
most every minute of them. The wiz
ards father is now 80 and one of the
jolliest old boys on record. He expects
to be as old as his father was. He has
perfect health, is as full of life and good
humor as boy and is offended if any
body fancies he shows the slightest sign
of old age, such as breaking health or
infirmity Of mind. Certainly he displays
neither as yet. He makes light of walk
ing 10 miles at a tramp any day. With
this ancestry Thomas A. has good
many years in which to experiment yet,
and it is quite within the possibilities
that he may be able to extract power
direct from coal before he dies.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
Leland 4 Gray Seminary,
EOWnshenI, VI.

Fall term of twelve weeks begins August Goth.
New physical aud chemical apparatus. English,
Scientific, Classical and College Preparatory
courses of study. Thorough work in an studies
Expenses very low. For particulars address,
A. Il. CALL, A. NJ, Principal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

The types of large vessels of the Amer
lean navy are three-frst, the heavy bat
tleship of from 10000 to $4,000 tons, like
the Indiana; second, the armored cruiser
of from 5000 to 5000 tons, like the New
York; third, the protected fast cruiser of
from 1000 to 5000 tons, like the Column
bia and Minneapolis. Secretary Tracy
estimated that for our complete navy
u of the heavy battleships We're needed,
to be used in actual fighting and in coast
defense. Eight would be needed on the
Atlantic coast and four on the Pacific.
When the Iowa is finished, we shall have
four such ships. The smaller vessels I'M
der construction and recommended for
the navy are light draft torpedo cruis-
ers and gunboats capable of navigat-
ing inland waters. The last men
toned craft are of about 1900 tons dis
placement, and the approved length for
one of them is $50 feet; its cost, $3.50, 900.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

Lanes Medicine Moves the Bowels each
Day. In orderto be healthy this is necessary.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01

For mild cathartic and efficient tonic,
use Bakers Mandrake Bitters. Every
bottle warranted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
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Whether You are old or Young, man or woman, it
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01


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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-01
Amount Eaten by the Cows.

The COWS were given all they wanted,
and it is fair to presume that they ate
enough to satisfy the demands of the
system. If the fodder was less digesti-
BILE or nourishing, they ate more of it,
and when less quantity of different
kind supplied their needs they dropped
off in the amount they took. There was
quite decided difference in the amount
of dry matter eaten per day per COW in
all of the different kinds of fodder. The
cows on whole ensilage consumed on the
average 9.16 pounds of dry matter from
the corn crop daily, the cows on the
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-05-11
4 Nervous Bridegroom,

The First Presbyterian church of
Atlanta was the scene of very pretty
wedding at AN early hour the other
morning, the parties being Benjamin
Spence of West Bridgewater, Mass.
and Miss Blanca Vcrbeek Of that city.
During the ceremony the groom
startled the invited guests by falling
in faint. His nervousness agitatcd
the bride, and it was feared post
ponemcnt would be necessary, but at
his request, when he regained his
composure, the officiating ergyman
completed the ceremony. While going
down tho aisle the groom again tainted
and was with much difficulty revived,
but recovered sufficiently to take tho
train for his home in Massachusetts,.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-05-11
BROWN EYES.
Morn by q Pretty Girl They Produce
In. InIr

Morn by Pretty Girl They Produce
Trouble in Choir.
1t was New Year morning, and the
fashionable choir of the ultra fash
icnable church was rapturously
greeting the opening of the year
with superb anthem that thrilled
tie hearts of the congregation with
e religious fervor SO deep that the
objection plate passed by unseen.
"Ah-ah-ah- attainment" swelled out
tie clear soprano note. rising to high
h and quarter.
"Treeloo-- treeloo - treeloodle -
doodle, trilly-willy- wee-oo-weer'wen
tie organ, flute stop and viola stop
telling in unison
"Ah-ah- -ahmen, ah-ah-ah-ah
u,en, ahmenr' swept out the mellow
strain from the round. white throat
Of the contralto with so grand O
sweetness that the brown-eyed girl
in the sealskin coat turned to gaze,
snd caught the eye of the base solo
list as she turned.
"Tra-lee, tra-lee, tra~leedle-leedle,
ora-loora-llera-loo" went the or
gan, soft and low, somewhere in the
depths of it's harmonious bowels of
melody.
.Ah-ah- ah- Notwithstanding ahmen,
ahmen ah-ah-aL menm caroled the
tonor, till his bell-like notes startled
the English sparrows from the caves
of the sanctuary; while the girl with
the brown eyes smiled and the heart
Of the basso profundo played a STAG
cato movement against his ribs.
He stepped forward, music in hand.
His turn had come. His eyes were
ercr fixed upon the girl with the
sealskin sacque. Her deep eyes
thrilled his very soul The flush
that came and went across her velvet
cheek found responsive echoes in his
pulse. With one heart-touching
glance he looked into the liquid
lsles of her gentle vision and sang:
"Ah-ah- ahthe2e, ah-there, ah-
there! Ah-ah-an-there, ah-there. All!
For one instant the congregation
held one another's breaths, then the
organ struck up with blast like
steam whistle, and something was
heard to drop out Of the choir-loft
inso the vestibule with thump like
q load of coal.