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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23
LETTERS OF JUNlUS.
Fresh Testimony Showing That Their Au-
thor Was Sir Philip Francis.


An event of the first magnitude is
about to take place. Lord Beaconsfield
said that there were only two really
burning questions. Who wrote the let
tiers of Junius? Who was the Man
In the Iron Mask? The former of the
two has at length been satisfactorily
cleared up, and the proofs, based on re-
Gently discovered documents, will be
published in volume to be issued short
ly by great old firm, whose name will
be q guarantee of the genuineness of the
discovery.
The public will of course guess that
this has been made through the mass of
manuscripts of Sir Philip Francis, which
came into the market some months back.
In fact, it is said that the new matter
discovered leaves no doubt whatever
that Francis was the author Of the ia
nous letters. A grandson of Sir Philip
is said to be still alive, and to have been
judge in Australia. The little clique
of literary Australians assert that he is
in some way connected with the book
and are very jubilant at the prospect of
Australia once more coming as promi-
nently before English readers as she did
few years since.
The first of the letters of Junius ap-
peared more than century ago, on Jan.
81, 1859. They were published at inter
walls from 1863 to 1772, when they were
collected by Woodfall and revised by
their author, whose name not even the
publisher ever knew. They were attrib-
uted to Sir Philip Francis, Warren
Hastings most bitter enemy; to Lord
George Germaine (Sackville), who was
dismissed the army for cowardice at
Mindon, and as minister was responsible
for repressive measures against the
American colonists; to Lord Temple, to
the great Burke himself and at least six
or seven others. There are probably few
of our readers who are not acquainted
with Macauley's summing up to prove
that Sir Philip Francis was Junius:
"The external evidence is, we think,
such as would support verdict in a
civil-nay, in a criminal-proceeding
The handwriting of Junius is the very
peculiar handwriting of Francis, slightly
! disguised. AS to the position, pursuits
and connections of Junius, there are five
marks, all of which ought to be found in
Junius They are all five found in Fran
els. We do not believe that more than
two of them can be found in any other
| person whatever" In dedicating his
| collected letters to the English people
their writer said, Il am the sole deposit
tary of my own secret, and it shall per-
ish with me-" John Wilkes, writing to
Junius in It'll, called it 1.-THE most i'm
portant secret of our times" And SO it
has remained for century and quar-
ter. But it is soon to be a secret no
! longer.-St. James Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23
Franklin's RELIGION.


There has been much speculation as
~ what Reniom;n Fro,l,l;n,s rol;,,;o,,
really was. lie himself, possessing the
greatest philosophical mind America h :
yet proouceu, knew enough 10 say very
little on the subject.
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Oei"'e" 't"' no was
something OF an agnostlc. The follow
inc letter written after tho da.tb of ~
protner, Joh1i ri KAN, Will throw more
light on the t.f neld than anyth,uy
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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

Thomas Callahan Of Foote. Iron coun-
ty, Mo-, writes as follows: I'm 184S rel
alive of the writer died and was buried
in Wood county, o. In 1856 took part
in the work of disinterring the body.
The coffin, which was of walnut boards,
was found to be perfectly sound. After
everything was ready for hosting the
coffin and its contents to the surface we
found that it was utterly impossible to
perform the task with the force at hand
on account of the unusual weight. -Four
strong men were then called, and with
ropes and other appliances we finally
succeeded in raising it to the surface.
"The body was found to be in a com
plete and perfect state. of petrifaction.
The person, who had died of diphtheria
never weighed more than 140 pounds
wheni in life, and it was the extraordinary
weight of the remains after they had lain
eight years in the earth that prompted
us to make the examination which re-
suited in our astounding discovery. Since
that time 1856 several petrifed human
bodies have been disinterred in the same
general locality"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23
The Gold Cure For Sore Throat.

A well known Portlander wears a
necklace and is no dude either. He is
exceedingly sensitive to sore throat, and
he believes the gold of the chain protects
him from it. When he was married, his
wife found that he constantly wore a
string of gold beads around his neck.
She had little faith in their remedial
property, and when the string broke one
day she was in no hurry to replace it..
But her husband came home with bad
sore throat, and she was SO converted to
this gold cure that she bought him a
chain that would be less likely to break
than the string of beads. He has prob
ably worn gold around his neck for at
least 20 years, and you can't convince
him that it's merely whim.-Lewiston
(Me.) Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

Thomas E. Hill has written book
which will interest most of the people Of
America just at present because it
name is "Money Found" Mr.. Hill says,
with at least partial truth, that the cause
of the country's present distress was lack
of confidence in private banks, even the
ones called national. The remedy lie
thinks is for the government to open is
own banks and do banking busiiie y.
1t should pay 3 per cent for money on
long time deposits, receive short deposiis
subject to be drawn out by check ana
lend money to the people at per cent L
good security. 1t would thus transact
the business Of banks of issue. savil. IS
banks and banks of deposit. Tic pep
pie would have place to deposit their
savings in which they would have III
limited confidence. Business the coIa-
try over could be transacted by chec..s,
thus decreasing the opportunities IA
stealing, Mr.. Hill thinks. lie declai Q.
also that his plan would bring in near.
$400, 100000 yearin government reya
nues.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23
Income Taxes In ENGLAND.

Sir John Lubbock gives in The North
American Review some interesting infor-
nation in regard to the operation of the
income tax in Great Britain. 1t was
levied first in something like its present
form in 1799 Judging by the rate at
which the matter travels through con-
gress, it will be 1899 before England's
daughter in America enjoys the pro.
posed income tax if it should be passed
at all. We had 1t for time during the
war; then 1t was abolished. 1t began in
England as war measure in 1899. The
rate was 10 per cent, and the amount
raised at that time was $50, 900, 900. The
YAK was repealed, reimposed and repeal
I'D again. Finally it was brought into
requisition by Sir Robert Peel in 1919
and has remained a means Of raising
revenue ever since. Peel imposed it as
a temporary way of relieving trade and
commerce from the "trammels by which
they were bound" He thought incomes
could stand the better than com
1890
MERGE could.
The incomes to be taxed are divided
into five classes or schedules, according
as the income is derived from housesand
lands, profits in trade, manufactures and
commerce, professions and occupations.
Agriculture has suffered so severely that
the income tax from farms has fallen of.
The amount raised by the income tax in
1882 was about 100000 What it is
now we are not informed.
Sir John says the income tax may be
defended on principle so long as it is
kept within very moderate limits. The
argument of Peel that it will do less
harm than taxes on trade and commerce
is worthy of due consideration. The
truth is that without the income tax
England could not have maintained her
free trade system. There are objections
to the income tax, though ON the whole
these are overbalanced by the argument
in its favor, we are to infer from what
Lubbock writes. The objections he states
to be, first, that such tax falls equally on
temporary and permanent incomes, ard
that the same rate is imposed upon in
comes from earnings as from real estate.
But the same objection might be urged
against any and all taxation. The money
which is earnings today becomes savings
tomorrow and may be turned into real
estate next day.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23
When in April, 1898, George w. Childs
chanped the form of The Puhlic LADDER

! When in April, 1898, George w. Childs
changed the form of The Public Ledger,
doubling it across the middle, at the
same time adding more pages, he made
this announcement among others: 1.-The
publisher and editor of The Ledger
means that it shall be in touch with the
most sentient, progressive spirit of the
age as that spirit makes itself manifest
in all departments of human energy, in
religion, science, politics, art, literature,
industry, amusement. Mr.. George W.
Childs Drexel, when he succeeded Childs
as editor as well as publisher of The
Ledger, announced his intention of still
keeping that sentiment flying to the fore
in the paper. But Mr.. Drexel will never
be before the public SO prominently as
G. w. Childs was. He is a smooth faced,
neatly dressed man, SO quiet and domes-
tic in his habits that he rarely goes away
from home of an evening.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23
Are Farmers ProsperingY

The Manchester On. H. Union is try
ing to make farmers believe they are
making money. 1t cites the testimony
of an Iowa farmer before committee of
the senate of his state. 'Not less than
95 per cent of our farmers make sue
cess of farming" said the Iowan.
In the first place, it was probable that
the Iowa farmer was shooting far over
the mark. With wheat lower than itevel
has been before, with live stock at the
lowest possible notch, it cannot be true
that 95 per cent of the farmers of Ameri-
ca are making money. If it were true,
there would not be SO many abandoned
farms in the older states. If it is going
to be true in the immediate future, there
will be rush to these abandoned farms
amounting to a boom. We hope it will
be SO, certainly.
If it is a fact that 95 per cent Of the
farmers of Iowa are making money, they
are exceptional. The reason that they
are thriving is not found in the fact that
they are farming at all, but in the fact
that they are dairymen rather than
farmers. 1t is the COW that has brought
Iowa agriculturists out of the land Of
bondage. Iowa is one of the three lead
ing dairy states of the Union. Her
cheese and creamery butter are known
the country over. Milk, butter and
cheese are about the only products that
have not fallen in price during the pres
ent depression. What dairying has done
for Iowa farmers it might do for farm
ers in other states.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

The superintendent of instruction of
Pennsylvania has hit on a very proper
idea. 1t is that the public schools of the
state should be kept open part Of the
day on Washington's birthday, teachers
filling in the session with appropriate ex-
ercises. This might well be done every
where. The forenoon of Feb. 90 might
be made a bright day as well as an inn
proving one in the recollection of every
pupil Music, history, patriotism, artis-
tic decorations of the schoolhouse, should
all be employed to make the day memo
rable and make the school child love his
country and revere the mighty name of
Washington.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23
Following'the Fashion.

Variety is one of the things necessary
TO happiness. But it should be variety
that comes from the inside of peoples
heads, from their own mind, heart and
brain, not the mere variety that is super
imposed on the outside by hat or bon
net of new shape.
Two of the functions Of civilized life
are terribly overdone. They are cooking
and dressing. No wonder women are
sallow, nervous, broken in health and
hyNterical, They become 80 trying to
keep mp with the fas' N in dress, furni-
iure and dining. A new style of cloth
ing comes in. 1t is ne e's artistic, com
Portable or convenient as the old proba-
bly,, but in three months time every
woman who is anybody" must not ap-
pear in any other style on pain of being
thought too poor to keep up with the
fashion. After infinite pains perhaps a
lady has her gowns made over in the
hew style. She walks or rides abroad.
She probably sees a colored woman or o
maid of all work attired in garments
similar to her own in cut. Her happi-
ness is destroyed. Her new clothes must
be discarded and others made that shall
be different.
Much of the life of the alleged leaders
of fashionable society is spent trying to
get clothes of different make from
those worn by common" people. AS
fast as the -Four Hundred appear in
given style the common people take it
up. Soft goes, constant whirl of fever,
fret and change, all to no purpose. Men
who pretend to keep the hang of fash
ions have something of the same kind of
experience, though of course not to
like extent. Of late years fashions in
furniture change almost as often asfash-
ions in garments. So there is little COM
fort or rest even in ones home. No SOON
er does my lady get her parlor furnished
than whirl! hoop-la! out the things must
go to make room for the new fancy.
Life is thus made an unspeakable bur-
den, all uselessly too. The roses will
never bloom in the cheeks of American
women till they have the independence
to buy the best garment they can afford,
wear it till it is worn out and think no
more about it, no matter what the silly
fad of the hour may be. This is the only
sensible, dignified way-to follow fash
ions so far as is convenient, but neverlet
them become bloodhound, following
you, baying and yelping ON your track.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

There is going to be war in Europe
sure, said the cable dispatches four
months ago. 1t is just going to break
out, the warcloud becomes denser, the
situation is regarded with the greatest
anxiety, France and England are increas-
ing their navies in view of the fact that
rupture in some quarter is imminent.
After four months of this kind of dis
patches we are now assured, what ev.
erybody knew all along, that in the alb
sence of any unforeseen event the peace
of Europe is assured. Great is the cable;
great are the special correspondents!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

: The international American railway is
not being hurried to completion as yet,
but the prospect is that we shall soon
have an international American tele-
graph at least. 1t has been incorporated
In the City of Mexico by syndicate of
American and Mexican capitalists. 1t
will begin at Victoria, B. c., and pass
down through the Pacific states and
Mexico, thence through Central America
and on to Santiago. If this enterprise is
carried through, and whether it is or not,
the railroad will follow in due time The
new line will be called the Pan-Ameri-
can telegraph.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23
Probably some American citizens are

Probably some American citizens are
ignorant of the reason why the bankers of
New York turned at first cold, deaf ear
to Secretary Carlisle's appeal to them to
subscribe for his $50, OOO,O 900 bonds, then
changed their minds suddenly and in "a
hours took the whole loan. The reason
was that they found out Secretary Car
isle was going to coin some of the silver
bullion in the treasury and put it into
circulation in case he failed to secure
the loan. Rather than see the currency
expanded by silver they took the bonds
In a hurry,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23
Her Self Sacrificing Work.

Miss Kate Marsden, the English " IT.
an who is devoting her life to alleviat q
the lot of the Siberian lepers, has arriv,t.
at st. Petersburg and is preparing to
start afresh for the leper colony in order
to continue her self sacrificing work.
Queen Victoria is stated TO have provid-
ed Miss Marsden with an autograph let
ter asking all persons to whom she may
apply during the journey to furnish her
with all the assistance in their power.
During her short stay at st. Petersburg
Miss Marsden is the guest of Princess
Tcherbatof. London Gentlewoman.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

Goodby, Behanzin of Dahomey! We
admired your stubbornness and the plucl.
of your amazons, but you had to go, END
it was poetical justice that AN octoroo =
French general conquered you. YOu
were in the way of civilization wif5
your cruelty and rapacity. The French
will settle you in Senegal and give yo;.
an allowance. Your little kingdom VIZ
become French territory, and nobo,ly
will grudge it to the victors who wiped
you out. A decent gorilla would have
been better king than you were.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

The hardships of lie from overcrowd
ing and starvation are becoming so great
IN some quarters of the world that if The
people in those quarters had any sense
they would be deferred from marrying
and raising families only to plunge t.an
into misery. But such people have no
sense
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23
Malipnfnp Goat

1t must be conceded that Judge Koch
is past master in the lecture language
of the police court bench. A dirty loaf
er who had been caught insulting wom-
On in the Fourth avenue tunnel was be-
fore him, whereupon, bracing himself
for the occasion, the judge said: by
your conduct you have shown yourself
the equal of a goat and the inferior of
jackass. Six months. Joe Howard in
New York Recorder.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

Gladstone outlived his doctor, Sir An
drew Clark. DR.. Clark said Gladstone
owed his almost superhuman vigor to his
simple life and his love of work. Work
has always been recreation to him in
stead of an exhaustive operation. That is
to say, love of work keeps people young.
Is this the reason SO many citizens are
gray haired before their time?
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

Those enthusiastic Republicans who
have already nominated Mckinley for
president in 1896 should remember that
the man who is named so long before
hand for candidate rarely gets the
The horse that runs against
the field has tough race of it usually.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

Wheat and silver are linked together
by an indissoluble bond. When one
falls in price, the other falls. When one
rises, the other rises. AS the value of a
silver dollar in gold went down, down,
till it was less than so cents, the bushel
OF wheat went down too, till it nearly
reached the gold value of the silver dol
lar
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

Who but an American minister TO a
foreign country, eN2n a negro coaa,ry,
would have had the g,sli 70 write a lie / :
to the head of h, government critics.
ing his political course? Bat Americans
have nerve enough for anything.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

Few Americans have had the honor of
a memorial in Westminster abbey. Phil
lips Brooks will be one of them. A beau
tiful mosaic picture entitled Feed My
Sheep" will he placed there to his men,
Ory
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

The eyes of the world are now bcin:,
attracted to Oklahoma as a divorce cen
ter. You can get divorce after living
there three months.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

The New York banks have been for a
short time lending money on wheat in
store as security. This will do very
well. AT Is present prices wheat is al
most as heavy and permanent as real
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

A cashier estimates that the national
banks of the country can make 81 per
cent out of the So, 600, 900 loan.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

CASH
Buyers look this over
and decide wchlher you
can or cannot afford 10
pay credit prices.
Our only terms are Cash
Mems heavy Jersey Over
shirts, 3Sc worth SOC
Mems Jersey Overshits
at 5Sc worth Use.
Gents Gary,mix Under
shirts, heavy, 25c.
Ladies fast black feeced-
lined Hoes, 10c.
Mems Scarlet, all-wool
Shirts and Drawers, 81 l-2c.
Atwood black Henrietta,
42c.
Ladies' best white Merino
Vests and Pants, 25c.
Mems red wool Mittens, 13c
Atwood tlicot dress Flan-
els, zoe.
30-inch printed Chevrons,
&c a yard, worth IL IL.
Mems Rubber Boots $500.
Mems heavy wool Pants $l.jO
Mems red Pontiac Socks 2Oc
American 36-inch Cashmere
zoe.
Ladies' Jackets as low as $3.50
actually worth $500.
We have them in finer quali-
ties cheaper than you would
think possible.
Tubular Lanterns, 29c, Tumblersi good
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

From the literary point of view New
England still lives in the glory of Enor
son, Lowell and Longfellow aud appears
quite satisfied to do SO.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

There is something vilely wrong with
society when wheat is at the lowest price
ever touched in the history of the coun-
try and at the same time the largest num-
Der of people ever known in America are
starving or living on charity. So much
for the wisdom of political economists.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23

Six million sheep cry baa! baal to the
United States senate against the propo-
sition to put wool on the free list.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-23
A Silly Joker's Lesson,

Some time ago guest of one of OUT
hotels sent old Mrs. Marsh to the South
ern Express company's Office with an or
der to the express agent to pay Mrs.
Marsh $50, 900 at once. The simple old
woman took it to the express office, be-
heving, as she always does, that the
money was due her. Clyde Glenn, the
polite and manly agent, took the note.
wrote across it's back and sent Mrs.
Marsh with it to the writer.
When the man opened the note, he
found the express agent had Endorsed it
thus: Twill you not try in the future to
conduct yourself as gentleman, remem-
bering that your mother is or will be an
old woman?' The thoughtless joker took
the note to the express Office, called for
the agent and grasping Mr.. Glenn's hand
said, Il thank you for that rebuke. -
Tampa Fla.) Times.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-18

I-0H REN1---A house, barn and Il
u acres oil land GA The Causeway. neai
the Wilmington and northern Rhllrohd
tTucts going TO delaware RiYcr Pier, APP
ply nj No. 100 Maryland Avenue. aA4-lt
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-18

Bargains In watches at Davidow ant
Co, 2l6 Market.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-18

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tanning II ncies, situated tnt utr"tl
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