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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28
FURTHER ELECTION RETURNS.
A Quiet Day with but Little Opposition to
the Democrats.

as there was no opposition TO any OF the
candidates Except for justices Of tho
peace.
Our people are looking forward with
pleasure to the lecture, which will be de-
livered here on the night Of June list by
Rev. Frank Stringfellow, on his ex-
perience as a scout in the Army Of North
ern Virginia. ...
Democratic Sussex.
wAVERLY, May 27.-Special-The cleo
ton in this county last Thursday was
a surprise TO a good many, particularly
the Populists who counted confidently on
electing their candidate for clerk, John
ID. owen, but instead he comes in at the
tail end Of the race. and as usual, when
any party is beaten by the Democrats,
they have begun to cry fraud. though
there are not the slightest grounds for
the charge. The vote i'm the county was
a light one. and the Democrats suffered
more from the stay at homes than the
other parties. The total vote of the diff
ferent candidates for the clerkship is as
follows: l.. p Hargrove, Democrat 81;
James ID. Neblett, Republican 5S7; John
d. Owens, POpulist, 493 At this precinct
and at MELVILLE the Populists elected their
candidate for supervisor. Two Democratic
justices were elected at this precinct. and
n
very hot contest here. but no disturbance.
one particularly noticeable feature of the
election here was the number of cOlored
men who voted the Democratic ticket.
The result Of the election is in a very
large measure attributable to the excel
lent work done by the executive Demo-
cratic committee, under the direction and
supervision Of our county chairman, Col
onel +. w. l.. Holt, who has been I'M
firing in his labors for the Democratic
cause since he was elected chairman about
a year ago.
No Opposition in Accomac.
ACCOMAC COURTHOUSE, VA, May
27.-The election Thursday was a very
quiet one. Except in Pungoteague district,
there was practically no contest The
only Democratic nominees (for supervisor
and constable) in this district were de-
feated.
NJ Oldham. Jr clerk of the county
court, and John d. Grant, clerk of the
circuit court, had no opposition, and were
reelected. receiving nearly every vote
cast in the county.
Recollection in Henry.
MARTINSVILLE, VA. May H.-Spe-
cial.-The elections went quietly on the
18th for the county officers. Mathews.
the present incumbent, who has been in
Office eighteen years. was re-elec>ei
county clerk by a majority Of 1872. J. l..
English was elected circuit clerk. r. c.
Wells supervisor Of the Martinsvllle dis
trict.
A negro by the name OF George Peters
was elected justice Of the peace in the
Martinsville district.
Small Vote in Mathews.
MATTHEWS COURTHOUSE, VA, May
N.-Special.- election passed off very
quietly in this county Thursday, and a
very small vote was polled. Sands Smith
was reelected county clerk without OPP
position, and John Diggs White supervisor
over Captain James b. Thurston, the
present efficient chairman of the board
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28

pisordered Liver set right with Bee
cham'n Pills
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28

Houses draped by Mittsldorfer, IA
north Seventh.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-05-28

No other house DOEs-ENER DID-or
EVER wILL-sell such STERLING QUAIL
tiles at such Low PRICES as WE quote.
A. sAKS AND COMPANY.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29
The Passion Flower,

A great many lovers of flowers who
have not made botanical lore and legend
q study often ask themselves or some
friend why the passion flower" is so
called, and not one time in dozen is the
correct answer given. 1t was so named
by the first Spanish settlers in the new
world because they imagined that they
saw in it a representation of our Lords
passion. The filamentous processes are
taken to represent the crown Of thorns;
the styles, the nails used in fastening
the Saviour to the cross; the anthers, the
marks of the five wounds; the leaf, the
spear that pierced his side; the tendr:is,
the cords or whips with which he was
scourged; the column of the ovary, the
upright of the cross; the stamens, the
hammers; the calyx, the GLORY" or halo:
the white tint. purity; the blue tint.
heaven.
Calvary clover" is still more won
derful representation of the crucifxion.
In that flower persons of vivid magma
ton can see in the meanderings of the
colers of the petals the outlines of a
tross with the figure of Il man stretched
prone upon it.-St. Louis Republic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

There is much soil in the south. that,
while not so rich as the black loan of
the prairie states or the bottom lands of
the sugar plantations, will still afford an
excellent living to hundreds of thousands
of persons who are now either starving
or pursuing hand to mouth existence
that is enough to drive the average per-
son crazy.
Immense possibilities lie in the direc-
ton of fruit culture in the south upon
the soil in question. The fruit market
is practically unlimited, since the de-
mand for all kinds of it grows greater
every year. California will not be able
to supply all this United States with
fruit. Much of the soil of Florida is
enough like that which raises the best
grapes in California to justify the plant
ing of vineyards there on great scale.
Ripe table grapes can be furnished from
this state as early as July.
In fact, grape planting has advanced
beyond the experiment stage in Florida,
and vineyards Of from 300 to 500 acres
have been set. Close attention should be
given to the culture of the delicious ma
tive southern Scuppernong grape. 1t is
said this grape is too tender for ship
ment, but the same thing has been said
of the fig and of the choicest varieties
Of strawberry and proved to be mis-
take. Most parts of the south are ad-
mirably adapted to peach raising. Then
there is the pineapple. The more pine
apple juice the American people can use
the better off they will be. Z.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29
Novel BLOCK Signal system.

The Weehawken tunnel of the West
Shore railway in New Jersey, which is
1900 feet in length, has novel block
signal system. The arrangement con.
sists of limo of incandescert electric
lamps about 800 feet apart and placed
ON level with the eye of the engine
driver. When the lamps are all ahght,
it is an indication of safety. Each train
passing through extingnishes the lamps
for distance of LOO feet in its rear, a
result which is automatically effected
by an electrically connected track cir
cult, whereby the lamps are kept under
the continuous control of tho train. The
operators in the signal towers ut each
end of the tunnel can also extinguish the
lights in any section of the tunnel if oc-
casion requires. This system appears to
embody number of exceedingly valu-
able features. and if successful in prac-
tice cannot but increase the traffic ca
pacity of long tunnel largely beyond
that which is possible by the methods of
signaling heretofore in use.-Engineer-
ing Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29
THE
Londonderry Sitter.
So. Londonderry, Vermont.
THU
jay Towns"

A broad smile covers the countenance
of this continent from the rock bound
coast of the Atlantic to the gentle slopes
of the murmuring Pacific. II Is because
San Francisco had the gall to say that
someof New York city's pet actors were
not well up in the dramatic art and were
overrated. One of the aggrieved women
actors retorted by calling San Francisco
"jay town" and intimating that the
west did not know what high art was,
and that anyhow what was good enough
for New York was too good for San
Francisco.
The fact was that the lady and gen.
tleman in the same company as well had
not been doing their best after getting
out of sight of New York, trusting that
the people of the "jay towns" would not
know any better. That they were re-
buked, and severely rebuked, by these
towns served them exactly right Other
persons have made the same mistake
The Atlantic coast must learn that cul-
ture even Of the Boston sort is pretty
evenly distributed over this country,
and that the balance of power in all di-
rections is rapidly skipping westward.
Western people travel more, make more
money, have more getup and go, pro-
mote more gigantic enterprises and have
broader, more cosmopolitan ideas than
the inhabitants of the eastern coast.
Many small western towns had electric
lighting before New York itself did
And when it comes to the electric light
of intellect the west is not in darkness
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29
Wonders of Geometrical Progression.

The story of Sysla and the king is usu-
ally told as good illustration of geo.
metrical progression. Sysla, SO the story
goes, was the inventor of the game of
chess. The king was SO delighted with
the diversion that he promised to grant
any request the inventor might make.
Sysla, who must have been mathema-
tician as well as mechanical genius,
only asked that the generous king would
put one grain of wheat on the first
square of the board and double the
amount upon each successive square up
to and including the sixty-fourth. Lucas
de Burgo says that there was not enough
wheat in the kingdom to pay the crafty
inventor, which was IS, 446, IA, O73, 709,-
1915 grains! According to a curious
medley of figures published in the Louis
vile Courier-J Journal, there are e32 900
grains in bushel of wheat. How many
bushels did the modest inventor ask for?
The number of bushels as given in the
book "Curiosities of the Game and Play
of Chess" fall more than one-third short
of the actual number.3St. Louis Re
public.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29
IN OLD OCEANS DEPTHS.
Living Lanterns That Are Borne About d
Light Up the DARKNESS.

Living Lanterns That Are borno ABOUT -
Light Up the Darkness.
Away down in the dark depths of the
ocean there are living lanterAs that are
borne about to light up the darkness. A
queer fish called the midshipmite carries
the brightest and most striking Of all
these sea torches.
Along its back, under it and at the
base of its fins there are small disks that
glow with clear phosphorescent light
like rows OF shining buttons on the
young middy's uniform-in this way it
gets Its name, midshipmite, by which
young sailorsi in the navy are often called.
These disks are exactly like small
bullseye lanterns with regular lenses
and re1ectors.
The lenses gather the rays, and the re-
Electors throw them out again. There
Is layer Of phosphorescent cells between
the two, and the entire effect is as per-
feet as if made by some skillful optician.
Many other fish have "refiectors,"
many have "lenses," but the "midship-
mite" Is the only kind that has such
splendid specimens Of both.
The fish is so constructed that when il
is frightened by some devouring sea
monster 1t can close its lenses and hide
itself in the darkness. 1t can turn its
lantern off and on at will, and then 1t is
always "filled" and ready when wanted.
Another marine animal has a luminous
bulb that hangs from its chin, and thus
throws the light before it to warn it of
the approach of enemies. Still another
upholds big light from the extremity
of the dorsal fin. Others, again, have
constant supplies Of luminous oil that
runs down their sides from the fins, max
ing bright and constant light all
around them.
Most of the jellyfish are phosphor-
escent. These live far down on the very
floor Of the ocean, where it is always
dark and gloomy. The jewellers in these
watery depths are provided with lights
of their own shining bodies and fins,
which illumine their home with q
strange though no doubt cheerful glare
e A. Mathews.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29
An Admiral by ANY Name

When Admiral de Horsey, who soAe
years ago had command of the British
fleet in the Pacific, was admiral of the
north Atlantic squadron, he was ono
evening dining on shore at Port Royal,
Jamaica. On returning to his flagship
alone after dinner his way to the boat
led across the barrack square A black
sentry of one of the West India regi-
ments halted him at the gate with Who
goes dar?' Great was the admirals an
noyance to fad that he had neglected
to get the password before leaving the
ship. That's all right" he said care
lessly, hoping to overcome the mans
scruples by indifference. You know
who am" Dunno nobody, sar," re-
piled the min polnpously. You can't
go in dar." "Why, I'm Admiral de
Horsey." "Well, you can't go in. | dom
care if yous Admiral de Donkey."-Ex-
change.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

wheat, the lack of power 70 buy corssts
and the idleness and inability Of the
women Of Bridgeport to buy bread Is AZ
obvious as that between the earth's
movements and day and night
However people may have disagreed
about the late Zach Chandler's states
manship, no one questioned his success
as merchant, and this was due as much
to his power of discerning economic con-
ditions affecting his customers as to the
unerring judgment with which he pro
vided salable goods Soon after the close
Of the civil war, being asked II he could
find sale in the farming districts for q
lot Of rich dress goods which he was
shipping to small inland towns, his reply
was Characteristic;
"Sell them! Sell them! Why, the
women on the farms Of Michigan have
discarded homespun and calicoes for silk
and merino, and no farmers son now
thinks of going out to plow unless
dressed in doeskin trousers and calfsiiin
boots. Don't you know that wheat is
selling for e. a bushelY'
Such was the late Mr.. Chandler's way
of stating the operation of that economic
law which enables people to buy hbera-
ly Of the products of others
Mills and furnaces are idle and oper-
atives unable to buy bread because a
large part of the 80,0OO,000 inhabiting
the farms have lost their purchasing pow
er; the purchasing power has been lost
because the products of the soil have
over wide areas sold at or below the cost
of production; farm products bring in
adequate prices because primarily of
the existence during recent years Of q
cultivated acreage in excess Of the world 8
requirements, and there are those who
believe that the depressing influence Of
this excessive acreage upon prices has
been intensified and augmented by
methods employed upon the produce ex-
changes. York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29
East. West. Homes Best"

It is q pleasing weakness of human ma
ture to assume that every good thing be-
longs in peculiar to ones one country
or to ones own special part OF it. A
Frenchman who had been spending a
considerable time in Germany exclaimed
Immediately after crossing the frontier
back into his own country:
'There are birds singing in the trees.
We are in France again"
This story is matched by true one of
New England woman who spent two
years in Illinois, and returning to her
beloved home wrote as follows to a
friend in the east:
SIT is so nice to be back in the east
and hear the locusts, katydids and brown
thrushes once more"
ALI these creatures had made the sum-
mer air musical in the part of the coun-
try which she had been visiting, but
during her Punishment she had neve.
heard them. Youths Companion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

Natures way of getting rid of surplus
and undesirable population is shown in
the awful record of cholera deaths
among the pilgrims to Mecca. The ma
jority of those who make these pilgrim
ages belong to an old and dying race, a
race that has outlived its purposes ap-
parently. Besides that, it is race of
hopeless heather, so far as modern civil
ization is concerned, and certainly in its
surroundings and belongings the most
unhygienic race on the globe. The Turk
may battle himself often and drink no
wine and mutter his prayers from morn
ing till night; but, except Naples, Con-
stantinople is the most unspeakably dirty
large city known to man. Those whom
cholera takes off will be saved from dy-
ing of famine at any rate.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

When you meet awful disappoint-
ments because things have not gone
your way, do not sit down and wall over
it the rest Of your life. You will be-
come dreadful nuisance to your friends
and family if you do, and they will want
nothing so much as to get away from
you. Besides that, you will ruin your
health and digestion, beggar yourself
and make yourself old before your time
by simply sitting down and brooding
over your troubles. Like enough, too,
you will go crazy after awhile. That is
how people often do make themselves
crazy. No! Pull yourself together and
try again, even though you are hun
dred years old. Fit yourself to the cir
cumstances that you could not bend
your way, and in the grand roundup at
the end you will find that these adverse
circumstances were exactly the making
of you and the best that could have hap
pened.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29
Canadian workingmen know on wlicl,

Canadian workingmen know on which
side their bread is buttered, at any rate
This is shown in the resolution passeC
by the Dominion labor congress at
Montreal memorializing their govern
ment to submit to popular vote the goes
ton whether the people of Canada pre-
ferred imperial federation or political
union with the United States. There
was not any doubt as to which that con-
gress preferred, when afterward it
passed an overwhelming vote for Cana
dian Independence. The congress thus
voted for independence and squinted
with its off eye toward annexation to
the United States.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

The Buffalo Courier says the word
"fake," as applied to newspaper lying,
is the worst sort of slang. The Courier
is mistaken. 1t is word that exactly
strikes home to the purpose for which it
was intended, and no other word will
do. AS long as newspaper writers will
lie and impose on the public that trusts
and believes in them, flake" must stand
to fit their case. If, however, any other
term can be invented that sounds meaner
and more low down than "fake" bring il
on, and we'll drop flake" and use that.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

Walter Besant speaks the cold, solid
truth when he says that no man is JUST
fed in giving up business which fur
nishes him living, even a modest one,
and taking chances in the untried field
of literature. The literary aspirant
should work on at his occupation and
spend his spare time writing, gradually
securing foothold in the world of letters
When he is sure Of enough money to
live on from his literary earnings, then
and not till then he may abandon the old
trade
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

The city of London has no park within
its borders, and yet the largest recrea-
ton ground open to Londoners is under
the control of the city corporation-Ep-
ping forest, with its $3.50 acres, or nearly
nine square miles of almost unbroken
woodland, forming one Of the most ex-
tensive pleasure grounds in Europe.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

A distinguished writer says that now
adays one cannot keep abreast of the
worlds information unless he under
stands at least four of the worlds
languages-French, English, German
and Italian. The gentleman strongly
advises people not to rest till they have
mastered all these tongues.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

Electricity has lent its aid to produc-
ing beautiful as well as useful effects for
mankind Wonderfully realistic displays
of the northern lights, of cloud and of
flashes of lightning are now shown upon
the dramatic stage through its agency.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

The perfection of American naval ar
NOR plate and projectiles will apparently
be reached when we have produced
plate that no shot which was ever made
or that can be made will penetrate and a
projectile that can go through any armor
that was ever made or that can be made.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

The art of electroplating has been
brought To such perfection that it is now
possible to cover the most delicate fern
fronds and the most filmy lace with a
shining coat of metal. The effect Is novel
and beautiful.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

Livery stable keepers should always
keep Arnica & Oil Liniment in the stable,
nothing like it for horses.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

For mild cathartic and efficient tonic,
use Baxters Mandrake Bitters. Every
bottle warranted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

At 1858.
112 Piece Dinner Sets, SPLEEN
did goods and elegant deco
ration, an immense bargain.
At 6 cents.
Large size Galvanized Wash
Bowls.
At 3 cents.
Large Tin Graters with wood
handles.
At 6 cents.
Elegant Tin Cuspadcrs, good
size and decoration.
At 5 cents.
Two Quart Tin Dippers
great bargain.
AT 13 cents.
Ten Quart Tin Pals, first
quality.
At 3 cents.
Japanese Salt Bowls, very
pretty.
At Is cents.
China Cups and Saucers,
large size, mustache or plain,
finely decorated.
AT s cents.
Large China Plates, beautiful
decorations.
/ AT D 1-2 cents.
indigo Blue and White
Prints, best quality, in 5 to S
yard lengths.
AT ) cents.
Apron Check Bingham,
standard goods.
Terms always Cash at
BIackmer's
New York Store,
Manchester Depot.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29

Lanes Medicine Moves the Bowels each,
Day. In orderto be healthy this is necessary. I
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29
We TELL YOU

nothing new when we state that it pays 10 engage
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Such is the business we offer the working class.
We teach them how to make money rapidly, and
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This is the best paving business that you have
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If YOU grasp the situation, and act quickly, you
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large sums of money. The results OF only few
hours work will often equal weeks wages.
Whether you are Old or young, man or woman, 1t
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full particulars, free ? Z. C. ALLEN Il co,
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-29
| M IN L !!

Hull In Ill !
l am located at
Manchester Centre.
am not giving away Goods but ! am
giving the most for the least money of
any dealer in southern Vermont
My Stock of
Harness and Horse Furnishings
Is complete. my prices are below all
competitors
You want harness of some Kind this
spring. am Sc ing them cheaper than
you can Steal them.
See Here!
A genuine Full Rubber Trimmed single
Strap Harness for $4,000.
A nickel or imitation rubber trimmed
single strap Harness for $1,000.
A one and half Farm Harness, S3j.
A double driving Harness for So1.
These are all my own make. made of
No. oak stock and fully warranted.
You will always find full stock of
Whips, Brushes, Haltcrs, Curry c .mbs,
Surcinglcs, Blankets. Robes and Lap
busters in their season. in fact every
thing for the horse and stable.
Sc the best hand made factory har-
ness made for The money SI2.OO.
Remember l will not be under>old
Repairing and Trimming
a specially.
aiil ordc prom pity attended to.
j. T. BENTLEY,
Manchester Gentle, vt.