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The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-03-18

Eugene Fields 7li0ate 10 Phocion Howard.
We very deeply regret the death of
our old friend. Pilocion Howard. For a
good may yesrs we have thought much
more Of the old gentleman than we cared
to tell. If from time to time we have
rallied and jolled at his expense, it YVES
because we knew his worth and thought
much Of him personally-for, be it TN
derstood. we never frivol with those
whom we do not like. Phocion under
stood it all. Whenever he came to Chi
cago he climbed the stairs to see us. and
we were always glad to zee his ruddy
face and to hear his big. CHEEKY voice.
Phocion did not do much fooling him
self. and perhaps that is why he did not
dislike our badinage.
Phocion Howard was one of the old
school--one of the few pioneers left here
for II long time in the west. He was ut
terly %iniprovident. utterly irresponsible.
utterly impossible. Once he was more
or less incorporate. but he stopped that
folly some time ago. Up TO the last he
was generous and self sacrificing to the
degree of fault. His sympathies were
easily enlisted and his enthusiasm and
loyalty never faltered. Oftentimes be-
trayed and imposed upon and wronged.
he never lost confidence in his fellow
men,. His head may have failed him in
emergencies. but Phocion's heart was al
ways ready with generous, g~racions, %
BILE impulses.
So we think Of the old man very ten
derby as we speak of him today. and the
hard part of it all is that we have to
hold our pen in check. lest it commit us
to an utterance of those deeper feelings
in our heart which perhaps would seem
mere sentimentality to you. who may
not have known this kindly old soul.
This world of ours is very beautiful,
and life here is sweet. for in this beauti-
full world humanity. with its tender
sympathies and tender offices. glorifies it
all. Our old friend Phocion loved this
world Of ours. and he loved his fellow
men. and it is this love, perchance. that
qualities humanity for what is to come
in the hereafter. Eugene Field in Chi
cago News Record.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-03-18
The Inevitable.

We all cry out against the monstrous
hoopskirt which is coming in vogue,
but there is no human power capable of
Tending off that fashion, which even the
women folk profess to regard with dis
like. When Dame Fashion utters her
dictum, the men are nowhere in it, and
the ladies, God bless 'emi have simply to
obey.-Exchange.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-03-18

A contract for the cutting and hauling
of 200, 000. 900 feet of fir timber was en-
tered into in Tacoma recently by a mill
company and a railroad company. 1t Is
the largest logging contract evermade in
tbs state and will take five years to exc
cute.
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1893-03-18
A Pleasant Outlook.

Suburban Policeman have got to
the end of my beat and can't go any
farther with you. Your friends house
is about "A mile from here to the right.
You go through Slaughter alley and
Dead Mans lane to get there. and I'd
advise you to put one of your cards in
your hat in case yorr ic1y is found
mntilated SO that it's nnrccoenizable.-
Life.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18

We are sure there are those among our
readers who would like to know some
thing about the political parties in the
present imperial German parliament.
This is perhaps especially true since the
dissolution and reelection in conse-
quence of the emperor's army bill. We
have found list of the parties in the
new German parliament, with the num-
Der of members belonging to each. We
reproduce it, believing that this list itself
will throw as much light on German
politics as a column of writing would
do. After our acquaintance with the
simple Republican, Democrat, Populist
and Prohibition camps into which our
various political ideas divide us, the Ger
man list will be rather confusing to the
American mind. No wonder Bismarck
lost both health and temper keeping
track of them ALL Here they are:
Conservatives, "a; Imperialists, "a; Ma
tional Liberals, so; Radical Union, ~;
Radical Peoples Party, "a; South Ger
man Peoples Party, II; Center, 96;
Guelphs, Z; Social Democrats, A; Poles,
10; Anti-Semites, 16; Independents, Q;
Danes, 1; Alsatian Protest Party, Z;
Alsatians in favor of the army bill, 8.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18
A Miser's PitifuI End,

An old miser lived in Connaught and
seemed to be an utterly forlorn creature,
without "chick or child" belonging to
him. 1t was rather fortunate for the
nonexistent chick that such was its state,
for if it had had an existence it would
surely have lacked the means to support
it. This old miser was so mean that he
denied himself bread, and only kept his
miserable life in its tenement by gifts of
food from charitable neishbors.
But he was known to have plenty of
money hidden away in his wretched
shanty and his neighbors at last got tired
of giving to one so entirely unworthy.
For some days no one went near the
old man, and the cabin stood desolate.
No one was seen to go in OF ont, and at
last the constable determined to take the
obstinate old creature to Jail. The door
was broken open, and the old miser was
found dead. In his wretchedly starved
condition, and frantic at the thought of
leaving his loved money behind him, he
had died trying to swallow some Of his
own banknotes. Pieces of them were
clutched in his hands, and pieces Of them
in his throat had. choked what little
breath remained in his body.-Harper's
Bazaar
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18
A Tramp Census.

Very suggestive is that paper of Pro-
fessor j. J. McCook in The Forum on
the tramp evil, Professor McCook has
spent a long time trying to get at the
root ofathis excrescence on our modern
civilization. He has carefully inter-
viewed in person and caused to be in
terviewed no less than 2,19O of these
gentry. He made them answer such
questions as how long they had been on
the road, what their health was, what
age they We're, whether married or sim
gle, If they could read and write, etc.
In many cases the Migrants We're re-
Quired to answer the queries before they
could get lodging, so that one of them
felt constrained to append to his list of
replies this comment, "That's lot of
questions to ask fellow for nights
lodging"
The conclusions arrived at by Profess
sor McCook tend to destroy every YES
tige of sentimental pity that one might
feel disposed to waste on this individual.
The tramp is a tramp because he will
not work. The chief cause of vagabond-
age is drunkenness. The fellows who
take to the road are in the majority of
cases born with deficient moral devel-
opment or else drink has undermined it.
To get rid of them requires no feather
bed policy. The tevil must be grappled
energetically. Professor McCook thinks
the German labor colony system the best
that has been devised to meet their case.
He is of opinion thatit is very bad policy
to allow tramps to sleep in station houses,
and he says, Get people to stop abso-
lutely giving little coins to beggars."
What the tramp nuisance costs the coun-
try financially is summed up in the fol-
lowing:
Here, then, is body of 1885 men, for that
is my estimate of their number, made from the
best attainable data-an army larger than
Wellington's redcoats at Waterloo; eleven
twelfths of them are under 30: five-sixths Of
them are in perfect health; three-fifths of them
have trades on occupations requiring skill
over nine-tenths of them can read and write.
And these persons, constituting over one
quarter of per cent of our adult male popu-
lation, are permanently withdrawn from pro-
ductive work. That is not all. They bear no
public burdens. In case of war the recruitin I;
sergeant might be nimble enough to catch
them if bounties were high and bounty jump
ing active, hui The taxgatherer never, in war
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18
THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.
Americanizing England.

There are people who would like to
see America and Great Britain united
again into one country, but whether we
should politically swallow our mother or
she should swallow us they do not make
quite clear. One of these gentlemen is
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie, who having done
well in business, is in IA position to have
views about anything he likes. Another
is DIR. Albert Shaw, who thinks the
union, however, can best come about by
Americanizing England, proposition
which our British brother would I'M
doubtedly hurl back with scorn upon the
head of the proposer. DR.. Shaw says
that "if the great political blunder Of
the third George" is to be undone, then
we must have liberal and enlightened
citizens of each country making propa-
ganda in the other. He also believes
with Carnegie that w. w. Astor in Lon
don could place himself at the head of
the movement for the reunion of the
English speaking race. He is sure there
is in Great Britain already tendency
toward Americanization, and that there
ought to be a still stronger one He says:
Turn where we may, we find evidence of the
Americanization of British institutions. The
Australian banks are reconstituting them
selves on the American basis. Mr.. Rhodes an
nounces at the Cape that he is studying the
American immigration laws with a view to re-
stricting the landing of Asiatics. But 1t is In
England and at Westminster that the tendency
is most perceptible. Mr.. Gladstone--most I'M
fortunately for his cause-began by framing
his home rule bill with an eye not to American,
but to colonial presidents. That was the root
of all his errors, the cause of all his embarrass-
ments, for the difference between colonial
and American precedent is simply this-that
the colonial constitutions were drawn up with
the view of enabling the colonies to become in
dependent states, while the American consti-
tuition, as interpreted by the great civil war
and its corollares, is based upon the principle
of keeping together in indissoluble federation
states which in their own domestic affairs are
independent
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18
Gone to the Land of Spirits.

Colonel b., well known gentleman,
had been sick in Washington for some
days,and the local reporters had made
daily inquiries concerning him after the
first announcement. One day reporter
for an evening paper called at the hotel
to inquire.
"How's Colonel b." he asked of the
clerk.
THE colonel has gone to the spirit
land, was the reply.
The reporter made note Of it.
The next mornings paper had an ac-
count of his death at noon the day be-
fore.
"How's this?' said the city editor to
the reporter. you didn't get anything
about Colonel B. in yesterday evenings
paper"
Eyes, did," replied the innocent re-
porter as he hunted up the item. Here
it is
The city editor looked it over and
swore. The item read as follows:
Colonel B.. who has been quite sick
for several days at the Blank hotel, has
recovered sufficiently to go to Ken
lucky" Detroit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18
FRIDAY MORNING. AUG. Is. 1898.
ODDS AND ENDS.

The Nile has fall of only inches In
1000 miles.
Light llowitzers for field use were first
made by PaiShans in 1922.
The greatest university is Oxford. It
has u colleges and halls.
The Orloff diamond is believed to be
responsible for o. murders.
The Egyptians kneaded their bread in a
wooden bowl with their feet,
The father of Whewell, the mathema-
tician and philosopher, was joiner,
No household is complete without
sister, She gives the finish tothe family,
Marshal 0udinot was brewers son
and entered the French army as a pri-
vate.
One should lower the voice and speak
slowly when one wishes to enforce au,
thority.
Cleopatra's needle was taken from
Egypt to England in vessel built
around it.
May / always have heart superior,
with economy suitable, to my Fortune
Shenstone.
The Chinese have flower which is
white at night or in the shade and red in
the sunlight.
Eighteen of the principal presents CIV
en- to Bismarck on his birthday are val
ued at 100000.
A Tina (Mo.) man advertises pasture
for turkeys. as he has large lot of grass
hoppers on hand.
The average length of the whale is 60
feet; average girth, 40; thickness of
blubber, 10 inches.
The owner of the handsomest driving
coat in the city of Philadelphia never
drove Il horse in his life, it is said.
A woman may have wardrobe full Of
silks and satins and yet know nothing OF
the pleasure Of helping poor sister.
There are 10000 Hollanders in the
chief cities Of the United States-more
than half Of them, $500, in Chicago.
Playing cards undoubtedly originated
in Asia ana were introduced into Europe
by the SarGcens. about the close of the
thirteenth century.
Virginia Dare was the fist white child
born ia this ceuatry SO far as known
The site WIS RaleiSh's fort, whsre, OF
account Of It's historic associations, al
effort is being made TO reserve 2oJ acres
/ To make the hair grow IA natural color
prevent badness, and keep the seal
healthy, Halls Hair Remover was invent
ed, and has proved itself successful.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18
Slams Foreign Ministry.

The foreign minister of the king of
Siam, NJ. Gustave Rolin Jacquemins, is
Belgian with curious history. He
was intended for the bar. but went into
politics, being at one time Belgian min
lister of the interior. Finally he lost his
seat in parliament and then took up the
study of international law. in which he
became leading authority. One day
he was ruined by the failure of an indus
trial enterprise and left Belgium for
good. He went to Egypt, where he
hoped to obtain employment as an inter-
national jurist. but hewas disappointed
Nothing more was heard of hiln for some
time. when suddenly he turned up at the
head of the foreign Office at Bangkok
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18
,r peace The very roads which they wear

or peace. The very roads which they wear
they never repair
Nor is this all. They are steady consumers
To support them in the Open Hearth in Hart
ford costs $3.50 per week; in the almshouse,
$2.56. And since institutional life is adopted
by them only as a last resort, we may be sure
that what they get outside is worth at least as
much as the smaller of these sums. Add a
conservative 10 cents a day for drink. levied
upon the public by begging, and cents for
tobacco, and you have not far from $3.50 per
week, or about SIS, 100000 annually.
Then add police supervision. Every arrest
in Hartford costs $l5.68 simply in police hire.
Then add hospital and dispensary charges. In
fact, it can hardly be doubted that the aver
age tramp costs nearly or quite as much as the
worse sort of criminal, whose cost, by a care
full estimate that excludes, however, the orig
inal outlay for buildings, is in Hartford $40
per week. Cad it only S200a year, and you
have 50, 1859, 000-a half more than the cost Of
the Indian department, and one-half the cost
Of our navy. With it we could pay more than
one-quarter of the interest of the public debt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18

A comparison has been instituted be-
tween the results of the fertilizer inspec-
ton in Vermont for the years 1885 to
1898 inclusive. Some very interesting
facts are brought to light. The retail
price of fertilizers has dropped steadily
during these nine years from $3.50 in
1885 to $32.32 in 1898, or a fall of $3.50.
At the same time the composition of the
fertilizers has somewhat improved.
There was decided Improvement dur
ing the years 1888 and 1889, since which
there has been falling off in quality,
but the average goods in 1898 are worth
about $1.50 a ton more than the goods of
1885.
1t is evident then that the farmer at
the present time is getting more plant
food for his money than he was eight
years ago. A dollar in 1898 bought as
much plant food as $1.24 in 1885. On
the aggregate fertilizer business of the
state this amounts to a large sum. 1t
means that the farmers of this state are
saving $50, 600 yearly from what the same
fertilizers would have cost in 1885. Many
influences have combined to produce this
result, and there is no doubt but that
the work of the station in sampling,
analyzing and publishing the results
broadcast over the state has been one of
these influences, and by no means the
least.
Pig Feeding.
The work in pig feeding during the
past year has been a continuation of that
of previous years, the general idea being
to ascertain the best and most econom-
ical way of using the sl1immilk from the
dairy for the production of pork. The
experiments conducted seem to show
that the sour skimmilk produced just as
good results, pound for pound, as sweet
skimmilk. Where there was any differ-
ence, it was in favor of sour skimnilk.
This corresponds with the results OBJ
tanned in similar investigation a year
ago and seems to indicate that the farm
ers need not be afraid that they are los
ing money every time the milk sours on
the way home from the creamery, and
creamery men need not go to any ex-
pense or trouble to so handle the skim
milk as to sterilize it and keep it sweet.
Two ounces of cornmeal to each quart
of skimmilk has yielded the pound of
pork at the least cost of food. A larger
amount of cornmeal has produced a
more rapid growth, but at an increased
post for food for each pound of pork
above its market value.
During heavy feeding in preparation
for market, 70 quarts of skimmilk daily
to each pig, with all the cornmeal that
would be eaten, produced a more rapid
growth and at less cost per pound than
six quarts of milk under similar condi-
tons.
A method of feeding during the earlier
months which tends to the development
of bone, muscle and digestive organs.
rather than the formation of fat, pro-
vides foundation on which grea' er
profit will be made when heavy feeding
begins in preparation for market. Any
method of feeding which furnishes bulky
food tends to the larger growth of the
stomach and intestines, and larger pei
cent in shrinkage in dressing. Watery
food has the same influence.
The eight pigs in these tests increased
in live weight 1918 pounds, which sold
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18
STATE .N0McULTuRAL
EXPERIMENT STATION,
BURLINGTON, VT, 1903.

AAlE -AfAittl-i A-sNis
EXPERIMENT STATION,
BURLINGTON, VT, 1903.
Bulletin No.sl, Newspaper Bulletin No. 10.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIREcToR-PART l,
The present report covers the work of
the station from Jan. to Dec. 81, 1892,
though part of the work in the test of
corn fodder and ensilage extended into
the year 1903. The financial report COW
ers the year ending June 80, 1892.
Publications.
During the year Four bulletins have
been issued ms follows:
January-No. g. Tests of Dairy APP
paratus,
April-No. 90. Plant Diseases.
/. Potato Blight and Rot.
2. A New Potato Disease.
8. Potato Scab.
4. Apple and Pear Scab.
8. Dat Smut.
May-No, 30. Analyses of Licensed
Fertilizers.
June-No. 80. The Results of the
Bounty ON Maple Sugar.
Changes In station STAR and Equipment.
Few changes have taken place in the
working force during the year. Mr.. G.
w. Minott resigned his position as hor-
ticulturist of the station. Mr.. d. ID.
Howe of Bgookfeld, VT, has become the
farm superintendent and Mr.. E. II.
Powell the treasurer of the station.
During 1892 the equipment of the station
was increased by the addition of 30 acres
to the farm for pasture. 1t also be-
came necessary to build an addition to
the creamery to accommodate the stu
dents of the dairy school.
The Work of the Year.
There has been no notable change in
the character of the work the past year
from that of previous years. Most OF
the lines of investigation can be grouped
under the headings, Fertilizer Control, PIG
Feeding, Plant Diseases and Their Rene.
dies and Dairying, in the broadest sense
of this latter term. The results obtained
in these several lines will be very briefly
sketched in the following report:
Fertilizer Control.
As required by law, this station has
made analyses during the year of the
various brands licensed for sale in thi.
state. The results have shown that the
farmer has obtained plant food in the
fertilizers mt about the same price as dur
ing the previous year. All of the fertili
zers have been upto their guarantees.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18

Supply and demand regulate them
selves where they are allowed to. In
the tightness of the money market the
prices of government bonds fell along
with other securities to price which
paid the banks to buy them. Buying
them and using them as basis, the
banks We're enabled to increase their
circulation and thus throw more money
ON the market. During the month of
July $4,000, 900 were added to the circu-
lation through the national banks.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18

1t is known that the sun spot period is
lit years. During that time the spots
fade out dim, increase to their maximum
size and again fade in regular sequence.
The maximum of sun spot storms occurs
this year, 1893. 1t is believed on fairly
established observation that the sun spot
display at its height is attended with a
corresponding display of the aurora bo-
reals ON our earth. If this,theory be true,
we may therefore look for splendid ap-
pearances of the northern lights this
year. The Peary party will be excep-
tionally well situated for observation.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18

An agency which is doing much good
in quiet way are the SO called univer-
sity settlements in the large cities. The
one in New York recently gave free
loan exhibition Of paintings and art OBJ
jects in one of the poorest tenelSent
house districts. The rooms were crowd
ed with visitors of the very class for
whom the exhibition was intended. and
more than half of them were children
The visitors took vote on the pictures
that pleased them most.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18
The Care of the Throat.

This Is the time of year when school
children begin to tie silk handkerchiefs
about tho throat. IL is not well TO do
this. if one can possibly do without the
muffling. for If once begun, 1t must be
carried through the entire season, or
colds will result. Then, too, covering
the throat is apt to make it sensitive.
The muscles Of the throat can be
strengthened by reasonable exposure.
But singers and speakers should always
cover the throat after singing or speak
ing. when going into cool room, or into
the open air. A light bit of lace, or any
open-work covering for the neck that
will admit of ventilation, is the best
protection.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18

Certainly Senator Mitchell of Oregon
expressed the sentiment of the people of
the United States, whether he did that
of the politicians in congress or not,
when he said. ''These are times in which
the real welfare of the country should
not be sacrificed for the sake of mere
partisan advantage"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-08-18
The next great railway to be built will

The next great railway to be built will
be that from the east coast of Africa to
the Victoria Nyanza. Several years must
elapse before the work is finished, but it
is down i'll the books that this railroad is
to be. 1t will be Col miles long and will
cost $4,000 mile to construct. The
engineering difficulties are not so great
as some that have been overcome by
Americans in the Rocky mountains.