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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
BfCycles In Italv

Judging from the vast number q
swift running machines to be seen on II
streets, Florence bids fair to merge til,
time honored "City of Flowers in tn,
less romantic but equally well meritei
title "City of Wheels" To the bicyclist
tine advantages of such city are mani.
fold, and although barely three wears
ago the novel vehicle excited a commo.
ton III the streets today Florence NAV
be called the bicycle city of the CONT
nent.
Many of the bicycGsts are young sprips
OF Florentine nobility, many are bust
ness men who feel the need of much OK.
ercise in little time, but far, far more
than both of these classes together are
shopboys, who spend every spare franc
and most of their spare moments in BIZ
cycling. One can but rejoice at their
fad, for truly the way of the shopboy ia
hard and his pleasures few. In italy
such life means long hours of work and
very meager pay, which is mostly spent
on dress, for who wants a shabby. nm
tidy clerk? Oh, that some philanthropic
soul would bequeath hundred or so BIZ
cycles for the use of Florentine shop-
boys! twould be slight improvement
on the legacy for the maintenance of
stray and homeless felines. which wos
the result of an English woman's obser-
Vatlon In Italy.-Boston Transcript.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
Let There Be Light.

There IS no danger of the people get
ting too much light on any public ques
tion. Since the war there probably ha
never been subject so thoroughly can
vassed and studied by all the people O
this country as the silver question ha,
been IN the past year. To say that thu
majority of the voters of the country
have an intelligent understanding of Al
least their side of the silver question is
not overstating the fact.
Just so it should always be. Informa.
ton on all public topics, even to pend
Ing treaties, ought to be given to the
American people as freely as the AL
mighty gives them air and sunshine
when old fellows have been in congress
especially In the senate, dozen or twenty
years it becomes apparently second ma
lure to them to move to refer everything
10 a committee. A committee. to the
veteran congressional mind, appears to
De as fixed and potent a power as the
constitution of the United States. Rut
1t isn't, not by long chalk.
Let the heads of all government de.
partments give information as often as
called on to the people of this republic
on all public business. Let not the in.
formation be merely referred to COM
mlttee of congressman to be buried. The
star chamber court was abolished by act
OF the British parliament just 81 years
after the pilgrims landed on Plymouth
rock. Let there be light
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
The Oxidation Of Leaves.

Perhaps the majority Of the readers nj
Notes for the Curious have read the
dozens OF different theories advanced to
account for the fact that leaves cbanpe
from their dark summer green to yellow
red, golden and innumerable intermedi-
ate tints at about October every year
Inc following, from an eminent botanist
says: The green matter In the tissue
OF the leaf is composed of two colors-
req and blue. When the sap ceases to
now In autumn, and the natural growth
OF the tree is stopped. oxidation of the
tissues takes place. Under certain con-
d1tions the green of the leaf changes tn
red; under different conditions It takes
on yellow or brown tint. The differ
ence in color is due to the difference in
combinations OF the original oonstitu-
ents OF the tissue and to the VARYING
conditions of climate, exposure and soil
There are several things about leaves
that even scientists cannot explain. For
an instance, why one of two trees of the
same species growing side by side in the
same soil should take on bright red
color in the fall and the other pale vel.
low. or why one branch of tree will
turn beautiful crimson, and the one
Just above or just below 1t turn duh
prown.-St. Louis Republic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08

Robert Buchanan recently had a dia
tribe against the Authors club and IN,
desire for money upon the part of the
literary. Now he has fresh letter on
the "demoraliging effect of the pursuit
OF fame" more than one of our gree,
writer's" he says, paid the spiritual
penalty of inordinate literary success
Tennyson, we know, suffered tortura
from the slightest breath of adyers,
criticism. George Eliot, kept by @. Fl.
Lewes In a moral dollhouse, screened
from every bleak wind that blows, said
70 me ON one occasion, with an air Of
Deatific superiority, 4 think Mr.. Dick
ems has done great deal of good The
good, the only Dickens, endured agoni
OF mortified vanity when book of hi,
tailed to reach the high water mark
sale and profit. Even those who have 70
wait long and YEARLY for appreciation
are seldom content to estimate the worlds
opinion at ii exact worth. Browning.
according to Leigh Hunt, hungered ca
gerly for the praise of even his washer
woman
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
Story of a Lawyers Fortune.

Colonel A. E. Cochran, former resi-.
dent OF Georgia, but now a prominent
lawyer OF San Diego, CAL, has discovered
that he is one of the heirs to princely
fortune In North CAROLINA In 1875 the
state OF North Carolina granted to Will
liam Cochran and William Tate 1OO. $40
acres of land in what was then an unex.
plored wilderness. The grant which
was over fourteen miles long, abounded
In magnificent forests of mahogany
mountain ash, oak, black walnut. and
other valuable woods. This property
Is loc4ted in North Carolina, and Col. A.
=. Cochran, is a descendant OF William
Cochran, to whom the grant was origi-
nally made. The advent of the railroads
to within short distance of the prom
erty, the natural increasement In value
incident to the development of the sur
rounding country, togeteher with the
commercial demand for its fine hard.
woods and vast mineral deposits. have
given to the estate valuation which.
at moderate estimate must mount into
the millions. Atlanta Constitution.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08

If you belonged to the court of Great
Britain and an unpleasant, gouty and
grouty old brother-in-law of the reign.
ing sovereign should die, then you would
be lnclnded in the order printed in The
Court Circular, telling those concerned
now deeply they shall mourn as follows.
Ladies to wear black dresses. white
gloves, black or white shoes, feathers
and fans, pearls, diamonds, or plain gold
OF silver ornaments; gentlemen to wear
black court dress, with black swords and
buckles. The court will change the
mourning on Sept. Q: Ladies to wear
black dresses, with colored ribbons
flowers, feathers and ornaments. or prav
or white dresses. with black ribbons
flowers. feathers and ornaments. gentle.
men to continue same mourning. On
Sept. % the court will go out of mourn.
ing"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
Language of stan,..

A language for stamps has been In.
vented as we'll as for flowers and per.
fumes, and If you take time to note how
stamps are put on your letters, the fol.
lowing will ND you in decipering the
meaning, II by chance the writer had
any: Upside down in the left hand
corner of the letter the stamp reads Il
love you" in the same corner but slant
Ing, 1t says MY heart belongs to an
other" Above or below the address it
announces shall see you soon :" head
downward on the right side near the
angle means Don't write any more ("
on the top, In the center, means "Yes I"
opposite Mo-" head downward on the
lett hand corner, What's the good?
You know better than !. "-Brooklyn
Eagle.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
How Do You Perspirep

The greetings of the diverse people on
the Midway p'aisenco at the Columbian,
exposition are said to be deeply interest,
ing to those who are sufficiently ac-
quainted vita the languages to under
stand then But the Egyptians is the
salutation which appeals most STRONGLY
TO the oroiled sightseer in this cosmopoli-
tan reservation He anxiously inquiries
How do you perspire:" There is won
derful affinity between this greeting
from the land of the Nile and tho croco-
die and the familiar question put by
Americans, from the Atlantic 20 tbs Pa
enc and from the lakes to the grlf.
is it hot enough for your Pittsburg
Chronicle-Telcgraph.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08

There is one most unpleasant feature
about labor orators who try to incite
the throngs of unemployed to mob and
r1oting. One Of the loudest mouthed of
these in New York city drew frightful
picture of the starving poor, himself in.
cluded. and assisted in person to smash
the door and furniture of a hall where
his crowd had been denied admission
He was arrested. Barondess, the labor
leader, hustled around collecting dimes
and nickels from the poor to bail him
out. Mr.. Barondess himself contributed
~ to that end. But when the fellows
pockets were searched it was found he
had $35 all the time. One of the most
desperate mob leaders in the Chicago
riot declared he had had nothing to eat
I'm two days Yet he had at that very
time $40. This is calculated to make
sympathy turn sour.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08

In the good ship Falcon, which ba,
sailed away to carry band of intren;f
voyagers up into the frozen regions wa.
noticed as part of its cargo a SEWING
machine. Mrs. Peary has told of the
prize which needle proved to the Eski.
mo women, and how on her previous
voyage one of them unprovided with
sucn treasure came and asked for one
Oh Them, Offering her child in exchange
Inc Eskimo wears her bone needle in a
case hung from her neck, and the mar
velous steel ones which .sthis woman
from the south" as they call Mrs. Pearv
brought up were almost too precions to
be carried in any way, but new cases
We're made, the cords strengthened and
these, too, were worn scapula fashion
against the skin.
What the sharp eyed little creatures
VIII say to the sewing machine when
they see it reellg off the seams of tba
skins, which they so laboriouslv accom-.
Plish, will be interesting to hear about
New York Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
stmpIerLKIng..

Mrs Ewing, the cooking teacher
struck the keynote Of great reform
when in eof her lectures she called TO
palmer food and fewer courses at ON,
meals. The best way to secure variet,
Is to have few exquisite dishes at ,
time and something else next time, moi
TO have great number of dishes all al
once. Feasts Of 10 and 90 courses are a
relic OF barbarism at which posterity will
DO aghast rs we are now at mention OF
the monstrous stag and boar feasts OF
our British ancestors, when every man
stuffed himself with twice or thrice as
much food as even the gormand does
now, then drank himself insensible in n
gallon or so of wine and tumbled over
under the table, dead to the world for
the next day or two.
When the Alaskan savages want to
give a great feast, they prepare every
thing known to the arctic cuisine-ber-
ries, muskrat, seal meat, fresh and stale
salmon, grease, goat, sheep and bear
cook it and tumble the viands into a big
common trough all together, and then
the whole illage falls in and devours
this 10 course dinner, each individual
dipping in and helping himself with his
hands. There is an eating match, and
the one who can swallow the most is
the biggest man, fguratively if not liter
ally, in that village. These heather eat
80 much that they often lie about for
days grooming with pain from sheer
'tuffing. Now, really, is our civilized |
banquet SO very much of an improve
nent on that Of the Alaskans, after all?
Mrs. Ewing would have scientific cook
ny take the place of the mere appetite
which now guides most people in dinner
living. She would reduce the gormand-
zing 10 courses to three or four at most,
nd on the greatest occasion to five. She
avs:
would not care how much the roast
'eighed, or whether there were people or 20
eople to eatit. would limit the variety of
egetables TO three. and would have one of
lem an acid vegetable or a fruit, provided |
ia not have salad to follow the meat course.
nd then l would just as soon limit the veg
ables to two | think a four course din ,
sr is good home dinner, and perhaps the
ISL ordinarily. That means soup and roast Tor
eat and salad and dessert. You may make
three course dinner and put in the salad
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
Some vrmen's Pet Ayersions.

An Englisl magazine the other d
asked women 10 tell what they consid,
their pet ayN sion. Here are some of Il.
answers received: THE endless discus
sion OF the iy!sh question" "a formal
lunch party" MY pet question ha,
no name or hring, yet see her plainlq
with my spirits eye. There she sits, al.
ways neat aud unruf1ied, ever wearing
that serene smile which makes me Ion
to shake her, if only to see how SD
would look .aen. Always conscientious
always kind, her worst fault is that SD
has no fault MY pet aversion is the
hgdgety, tidy woman" Cows, of course!
IL only knew what thatlong and steady
stare means! But I don't, and mystery
commands ave."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
In that perennial flood town. Venice

in that perennial flood town, Venice
than Chicago" he sharply INTERCEPTED.
Papa, my life would be a happy
dream in Venice"
Now, look-a-here, Maria" he savage
y said, 81 won't have that bowlegged
dude Teller of yours providing round the
mouse any longer. He puts you up to
all this moonshine business, and won't
stand any more of this comic opera gon-
doller business, dye hear? amt going
to be padded round in canoe by a
pair of opera bouffe scullers. Well land
ana take an electric or steam launch
something that can get a move on"
He prodded the nearest gondolier with
ms umbrella and ordered an immediate
decentralization. Chicago Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
What the Girls Will No

Out of class of eight young women
graduated at Barnard college in June
only two have studied with the inten'
ton OF teaching. Of the 116 taking their
degrees at Smiths college, so are to teach.
Many of the lib graduates at Wellesley.
Mass, and one-fourth of the class al
bryn Mawr will also teach. The normal
class OF domestic science at Pratt's insti-
tute has already found positions for its
graduates. one of whom is to teach cook
cry in a large reform school for girls
and to see that nutritious diet is provided
for her pupils.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
RsBUKlNa RANK TREASON.
influence of n Gondoia Ride Through the
Lagoons of the Fair.

| Lagoons OF the Fair.
Tho music came softly, sweetly ont Ia
the old man and his daughter as thew
sat half reclining ON the luxurious cush.
ions of the gondola, gayly decorated with
Japanese lanterns.
The myriad Of gay lights from the
cornices, from the roofs, from the waters
edge, reflected in silver and gold the rip
pies of the lagoon. High up along the
balcony they could see tho flaming torches
fiickering with Roman Renaissance and
hewhite, CHASTITY faces and dark forms of
the people looking down on the beautiful
scene, while all around the lagoon, sit
ting upon the wide rail of the fence,
leaning against the statuary or moving
about with eager, restless tread, thew
could see the thousands of sightseers.
In the distance they saw the simmer
ing, multicolored waters and heard the
gurgling murmur of the fountains. The
stoical gondoliers dexterously swung the
gondola here and there among the CAV
craft, laden to the waters edge With
merry parties of lagoon tourists Once.
in pause of the orchestral music, there
came to one of them the twang of a ban
10. Then a happy French song came rip
ping across the dancing waves.
For long time they were silent. Then
she clasped her fingers, sparkling with
diamonds, across the old mans knees
and said:
Papa, l am so happy. l feel SO
dreamy, so poetical, something Byron or
Browning-like. All, the Bridge Of Signs
and Byron! Oh, could love Byron to-
night, and Venice too. Papa, Brown
ing is buried there"
Possibly the old man thought Brown
ng was one of her old dude lovers; they
III looked consumptive; probably he had
'roaked in Venice. The old man SYM
sighed.
"lf Byron and Browning could have
lved to see this, papa, what poetry we
would have from them. They never saw
to equal this"
well, | guess there air few towns
ould beat this show" the old man COM
remarked.
"How dreamily poetical Howells
makes Venetian lifep she unused. at
aust be something like this. How
hould love to live in Venice alway!"
DO you mean to say you'd rather live
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
as an acid vegetable or a fruit-stewcd ,rntt -.

as an ACID vegetable or fruit-stewcd fruit or
1aked apples, cabbage, slaw or anything of
mat sort that takes the place of the salad. Ey.
lery one needs something of that sort every day
is as much as you ought ever to give vour
friends and that means soup, fish. meat. salad
anu dessert. If you want oysters on the half
Shell, why. leave out the fish. Have oysters
ana soup and roast and salad and dessert
think the elaborate dinners are simply absurd
ities that have come down from the dark apes
people thought they had nothing to do but
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08

Argentina is nice sort of republic. if
u. The government there has forbid.
oen the newspapers to publish any DO.
htical or military news whatever and
has established as strict censorship Of
the press as if Argentina were the realm
Of the car.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
A Deadly Spring Gun.

There Is country store In Arkansas
which is defended by spring gun. The
gun has caused the death of seven differ.
ent robbers during the last four years
killing two at once one night last week
The owner of the store is out in a local
paper advising the fraternity to tackle
train. o'''
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08

Frederick Douglass gave one Of his
grand old time talks to the people of his
race at Chicago during their day at the
Worlds fair. Fred is now past 10 and
IN a comparatively few years will step
on the stage. Where is the colored man
who can take his place?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
What Becomes ot ,,d r,.a

railroad contractor: "You see those
men putting In new ties2 l am some-
times asked what becomes of the old
ones. A long time ago the company had
them saved up and they were burned.
But that is not done now. As rule
these old ties are stacked up In the Sec
ton where they are removed and used
for posts. You know we are fencing a
great deal nowadays. These ties make
excellent posts. This use is great saw
ing to railroad company"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08

Isn't Galilee rather queer name for q
race horse? That was the strange an.
pellation of one of the horses in the
great Futurity $4,000 horse race at
sheepshead Bay. Galilee got beaten,
though. and that is something.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
Wen, it's a grand fruit year anyhow
thank Providence!

Whiskers that are prematurely gray or
faded should be colored to prevent the
look OF age, and Buckinghams Dye AK
cells all others in eoloring brown or black.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
Leland \ Gray Summary.
VOMnShend. VI.

ran term of twelve weeks begins August Goth.
New physical and chemical apparatus. English,
scientific, Classical and College Preparatory
courses of study. Thorough work in an studies
Expenses very low. For particulars address,
A. f. CALL, A. NJ, PRINCIPAL.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08

James Batten was rich man who
lived in Eliza beth. N. J lie gave $3.50
600 to faith cure home III New York
city. then went into it himself and died
there at the age OF &,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08

Joe Howard says there are no great
American orators in public life now be-
cause there are no great themes to stir
them up.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
For Years.

says CARRIE E. SToCKwELL, of Chester
field, N. H., 81 was afflicted with an
extremely severe pain in the lower part of
the chest The feeling was as if a ton
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08

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??, 1893-09-08

For mild cathartic and efficient tonic.
use Bakers Mandrake Bitters. Every
bottle warranted.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08

Lanes Medicine Moves the BoveIs Each
Day In orderto be healthy this is necessary.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
Doh | Read This
unless you want to
SAVE | DOLLAR !.

FROM this date we shall keen
no Books aud give no Credit,
, but sell our goods for CASH.
We make the following ex-
tremcly low prices while pres
ent stock lasts:
A nice Roller process Flour every barrel
fully warranted 1925
6 lbs Soda d
6 lbs Avena 95
lbs Rice o.
6 Cakes Lenox Soap 25
4 lbs Tapioca %
lbs. Nice Rmsns 25
Home Packed Pork 10
8 Lantern Globes 25
6 Lamp Chmneys 25
| Tubular Lanterns ~
Solid Steel Shovels 5ol
Humphrey Hoes All
Best Meadow Hoes 1-2 in blade %
Eureka Clothes Wringcrs I75
Universal Clothes Wripgcrs 1876
Gem Irons -
. pr. Ladies Hose ~
pr. Ladies Jersey Vests Ii
Mems and Boys Tennis Shoes 80
Ladies Doneola Kid Shoes 9s
Ladies Serge Congress Shoes 80
Mems Outing Shirts 81
Extension Wire Screen Windows %
. doz. Shelf Papers O5
8 Paper Pins o.
Solid Steel scythes col
Clipper scythes 80
Family meat Saws %
a at. Dish Pans 25
Rogers No. II Silver Plated Knives and
Forks per doz. % ,
These are less than whole
ale prices. If you want &
;ood Breastplate Harness. a
me or two Horse Lumber
Carriage, Road Cart
r Wagon of any kind, Now
lg Machine or Horse Rake
an save you cash.
Wall Papers from 5 to 10 ]
ents per roll.
Come and see for YOUR
Elves. ~,
Yours for Cash.
RICHARDSON & LEONARD. 81
Peru and Londonderry.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-09-08
WE TELL YOU

nothing new when we state that it pays to engage
III permanent, most healthy and pleasant bust
ness, mat returns profit for every DAYS work.
Snch is the business we offer the working class
we teach them how to make money rapidly, and
guarantee every one who follows our instructions
faithfully the making of $4,000 a month.
Every one who takes hold now and works will
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can De no question about it; others now at work
are DONG 1t, and you, reader, can do the same
ms Is the best paying business that Won have
ever had the chance to secure. You will make a
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II You grasp the situation, and act quickly, YOU
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large sums OF money. The results of only a few
hours work will often equal a weeks wages
" neither you are Old or young, man or woman. if
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