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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04

Some wicked persons played a joke
upon the Hon. Henry w. Blair of New
Hampshire the other day by inducing a
member of the cold Homestead" COM
pany to dress up in his stage clothes and
go to the capitol. He carried an old
fashioned genuine crpetsack in his
hand and bingham umbrella. The
doorkeeper was much amused when he
took In his card, and Mr.. Blair was as
tonished when he saw the garments OF
his visitor The latter represented HIM
self to be from the town of Nashua, N.
H., and said that when Mr.. Blair was
there last he had invited him to come
down to Washington and make him a
visit. Of course Mr.. Blair had been in
Nashua many times and realized that
he might have invited some of his con-
stituents in that place to pay him visit
at Washington, but he could not iden-
tify this particular constituent and be-
gan to ask questions. The actor endured
the ordeal perfectly well, as he was IA
miliar with the locality, and the con-
gresham, who did not suspect anything,
might have been entertaining an actor
unawares but for the tittering of some
newspaper men who had been let into
the secret and were watching the inter
view. The good natured congressman
admitted that it was an excellent make.
up and very good joke Chicago Rec
ord
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04
Italy's Improbable Railways.

The Corriere della Sea has just pub
lished an article On the Italian rail
ways which says that, tout of the 60
lines worked by the Mediterranean COM
pany, there are 90 which are worked at
a loss and some whose expenses amount
to more than twice as much as their re-
ceipts Many of these lines-the princi-
pal ones indeed-are now Is or 20 years
old, and yet are always in this disas-
trous condition. The investment Of cap
ital here is disastrous, because instead
of gaining interest the investor has to
make continual grave sacrifices Of money
without even any indirect benefit to the
regions were the lines pass. And what
is said of, the Mediterranean company
may be said of all the companies Of
Italy"
To this dark picture l will only add
that the railway debt of Italy is nearly
milliards, and that the annual railway
deficit is not less than 200, 900, 900 lire,
or more than the actual cost of the
army, which, when the expenses of pub
lie security are deducted, is only about
100, 900, 600.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04
ODDS AND ENDS.

Alubduium does not rust or tarnish.
Sicilian sulphur deposits employ 49,
900 men.
The way of the world is to make
laws, but follow customs. Montague.
North Carolina is first in tar, second
in copper, third in peanuts, fourth in
rice.
It is estimated that altogether there
are 400, 900, 900 mummies of human be-
ings in Egypt.
The horseshoeing smith first appeared
in Germany, where iron shoes were first
used for horses.
The art of dressmaking, as distinct
from tailoring, originated with the
present century.
Woman leads the world. She used
smokeless powder for ages before man
ever thought of adopting it.
Pliny describes reaper in use in his
time, which gathered the heads of the
grain, leaving the straw still standing.
Bolata, new discovery in the forests
of Surinam, is substitute for the rap
idly disappearing india rubber and gut
ia percha.
'This is high handed outrage" as
the boy remarked when he found that
his mother had put the cookies on the
upper shelf
German peasants make paying win
ter industry Of gathering pine cones,
drying them and extracting the seed,
which they sell.
A historical writer of recent date
says that i'll the year 1920 it was moth
ing uncommon to see teams of trained
bisons in Illinois and Missouri.
At least 500 years before the Chris
tian era the Egyptians had axes of vari-
Gus styles, chisels, mallets, planes and
saws, together with levels, rules, roll
ers, wheels and pulleys.
Grains of wheat found in Egyptian
mummy cases have been known to ger
inmate after lying dormant for 5000
years. The plant they produced is almost
identical with the wheat grown in
Egypt at the present time.
1t was custom among the Pharisees
of the time of Christ to have trumpet
sounded in the market place when they
were about to distribute aims. This was
done ostensibly to call together the OBJ
jects of charity, but really to herald the
munificence of the donor.
The banyan tree is grove of itself.
Its branches send out stringy filaments
which finally reach the ground, take
root and become trunks. One such tree
in India has 400 main trunks and ovel
5000 smaller An English army Of
1000 men has been sheltered at one
| time under its branches.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04
IRVING ON INDIVIDUALITY.
Substance of the Actors Address Before tn
Harvard Students

Substance of the Actors Address Before the
Harvard students.
There is usually, if not always, gen.
eral as well as special truth or excel
lence in every great and spontaneous ef-
fort, and the result which sprang from
the power and genius Of Daniel Web
ster or Patrick Henry or Abraham Lin
coin is to be won by others in greater
or less degree by similar means. But it
must always be borne in mind that
merely to initiate is not to apply sim
liar method. If any one Of you have
great thoughts or burning passion, you
will need to copy no style or to limit
yourself to no method. Your thoughts
will find their way to the hearts Of 9TH
ers as surely as the upland waters burst
their way to the sea. In fine, the grav-
est of all the lessons that art can teach
is this: That truth is supreme and eter-
nal. No phase of art can achieve much
ON false basis Sincerity, which is the
very tombstone of art, is instinctively
recognized by all. There were never
truer and wiser words spoken than those
Of old Polonius:
To thine own self be true,
And it must follow as the night the day
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
But how can man be true to him.
self if he does not know himself? Know
thyself" was wisdom of the ancients.
But how can man know himself if he
mistrusts his own identity and if he
puts aside his special gifts in order to
render himself an imperfect similitude
of some one else?
Do not try to wrest from the future
the birthright of some other by the trick
of Esaus hairy hands. The blindness
of Isaac was type as well as reality,
for tho world may be blind to one sense
as that father was, but to 1T, as to him,
there remain other senses which blind
ness cannot mar. The voice will betray,
though the touch may deceive. There
fore l ask you to weigh well the advan-
tages which may present themselves to
you before you try to part with, to min
imize or to forego in any way your own
individuality. Study it without being
egotistic, and understanding the weak
places shun their temptations and try
to protect yourself by added strength.
Knowing yourself, you may learn to
know others, and so in process of time
you will both consciously and uncon-
sciously learn those abiding principles
of human nature and of human charac-
ter which add to the knowledge and the
progress of the world. New York Adj
yertiser,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04

an example.
Some time
ago she be-
gan to feel
sharp pains
in her abdo-
men, with
bearing
down feel
ing and
mine ~ lor
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04
C0MMISSIONER'S NOTICE-

WE, the Subscribers being duly appointed
bv the Hon. Probate Court for the District of
Westminster, Commissioners to receive, ex
anime and adjust all claims and demands of
all persons against the estate of Betsey
A. Howard, late of Londonderry in said
Distliet deceased and also all claims and de-
mapds exhibited in Offset thereto; and six
months from the 4th day Of April last, being
allowed by said Court for that purpose, we do
therefore hereby give NOTICE that we will at.
tend to the business of our said appointment, at
the Office of A. f. Cudworth in Londonderry
in said District, on the 18th day of May. and
and the 22d day of Sept. next, from ten O'Clock
A. NJ. until four O'Clock, P. NJ, on said days.
Geo G. Smith lconm;ss,o,.rs
+. W. Melendy,
F. C. Dean, Admir-. Londonderry, VT, Apr.
20, A. d. 1884.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04
Two Questions.

Old McGrumpus-Do you suppose
that am going to allow my daughter
to marry a man as poor as you are!
Young McGall-Do you suppose that
any rich man would marry girl as
homely as she is?-New York Weekly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04

back. She tried doctors, and
got no relief.
At last, a friend told her of
Lydia E. Pankham's Negeta-
Me Compound, and, after using
it, the pain left her, and men,
situation now comes without
suffering.
Your druggist will tell you
what a great medicine this is,
and the price is only one
dollar. You see, it don't cost
much to get well. 1t will ex-
pei tumors from the uterus in
an early stage of development.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04

miss Smallheart, don't you think
you could learn to love me?"
Miss Smallheart-Mr. Slimcash,
wish you had spoken yesterday before l
bought Fido. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04
Cooling Water.

1t is not generally known that water
may be cooled almost to ice water tenn
perature by putting it into an unglazed
earthen jar and hanging it in current
of air. The water permeates the porous
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04
1t Don't Cost rIuch

To get well.
Only a dollar or two and a
little faith.
The case of Mrs. Lille
Meyer, Of Brooklyn, N. Y, is
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04
An Answer.

A rather gayly dressed young lady
asked her Sunday class, 'What is meant
by the pomps and vanities of the world?"
The answer was honest, but rather
unexpected, "Them flowers In your
hat London It'll Bits
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04

Fill the above enclose Is with and send to the
SITTER and you will receive the part designated by mail,
free.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04

vessel and evaporates rapidly, thus cool
ing the water in very short time
New York Ledger.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-10
Church Music.

All people who worship God every
where make singing a part of their
worship. and rightly too, for it is the
most important part because of its at
tractive and persuasive power. God
has ordered that his saints shall sing in
Heaven but all preaching is to cease.
While here the preaching is the power
ofYGod unto salvation, there singing
shall be the glory of God to the soul. A
church that magnifies the power of song
and makes it a prominent feature in
her services lays hold of one of the
mightiest factors ever given to earth
for saving men. 1t possesses dynami-
cal force for bursting the bulwarks of
sin, and sometimes for bursting the bull
wark of the church and rendering her
powerless in the earth. Every pastor
knows that the tender point in keeping
his work in good order is keeping the
music right. Somehow it is easier to
raise objection here than anywhere
else. One does not like anthems, an
other does not like solos, another duets
another objects if you would have a
leader, another if youdo not, some, will
raise row If they stand up to sing, and
say, ooh they are just trying to show
themselves" while others will quit if
they do not Some will "raise row "
if another sings their part, while others
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-10
A National Appeal.

The American Protective Tariff
League in special and extraordinary
session on December 10Th, responding
TO the earnest request of wage earners,
unanimously agreed that it was neces-
sary to call upon the press of the Uni
ted States to urge every patriotic citi-
zen to assist in defeating the proposed
Wilson Free Trade Tariff, wich is now
before Congress. If this measure be.
comes law, the demand for labor in
all productive employments in this
country will be decreased. This will
reduce the wages and earnings of every
man, woman or child among us: per-
manently lower the standard of living
In this covntry; and, reduce the pur-
CHASING power of our wage earners
who constitute the great consuming
force in this land.
Every person, rich or poor, high or
low, old or.young, who is not in favor
OF lower wages and less comfort in life,
should at once write a postal card to
the Congressman from his or her dis
trict' protesting against the passage of
this bill and demanding that the Nc
Kinley Tariff be left unchanged.
Write a postal card today, and urge
every friend of yours to do the same.
Perhaps your effort will defeat Free
Trade and save Protection. We will
furnish postal cards to any who may
wish to address Hon. A. A. Taylor.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-10
One Way to get Christmas Money.

l was having u cup of tea the other
afternoon with good friend whose
daughter came in from her walk jing-
ling tiny silver mesh purse gayly in
the air, assuring me that she had hon
estly earned the whole ten dollars in
gold and silver pieces it contained.
'It's my Christmas money!" she ex-
planned, "and earned it by posing,
fifty cents an hour; though Jane Van
Duser gets seventy five, all because her
Paris gowns are models one doesn' t
see on this side.n
1t all sounded so much of mystery
to me that l begged further enlighten-
ment, and this learned The young
artists who make black and white draw
ings for the society papers, illustrating
jokes and stories, are requested by the
art editors to take special pains that
the young womeI introduced in the
pictures are always gowned in the latest
mode. The ordinary art editor nova
days is rs critical about the gowns an
artist shows in his drawings as he is
that the perspective be correct. The
artist therefore is put to It. The aver
age professional model, who sits like
a craven image for fifty cents an hour,
is not the possessor of Directoire coats
and gowns all over King Charles points;
80 in despair the artists laid the case
before their we'll dressed women friends.
The obliging girls who wear Virot hats
and Pingat coats were as obliging as
possible. They found it great fun
spen ling an afternoon or two in q
charming studio, munching thought
fully provided bonbons and having
their fine features done" for public
edification and envy.
This winter the demand for pictWes
giving real women's smart gowns has
grown but the artists who called upon
their women friends bien habillees
complained that the girls would move
about the studios too much, wriggle,
and spoil their sketches and the wo-
men said the artists were very fussy
and captious, and, anyway, it was all
q favor on their part. But Miss Jane
Van Duser, who is universally credited
with possessing an uncommonly level
head, announced that to make every
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-10

can thear criticism without becoming
jealous. Some are too 'bossy," while
Others wish to be and are rad because
they ARE not more recognized;" in
fact, they are not appreciated in the
work, anyway and therefore "quit for
spite." There are others who never
come to practice" and then get mad
sometimes literally very mad-if a
piece is sung at the next service that
they do not know. If all would lust
stop and think how silly and foolish it
was to be thus always objecting, flying
OFT, quitting, pouting and making side
remarks about the work simply because
it does not happen to suit them, they
would soon be convinced that children
ought to do better, and that it was very
unbecoming in Christians to thus act.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-10
Stub Ends OF Thought.

To marry for loye and miss it, hurts
more than 10 marry for money and
miss it.
Sensitiveness is emotional inflam-
nation.
People have been known to die for
those they love, but not for those who
love them.
That labor is sweet is no sign that
rest is bitter.
Fear never carried soul to Heaven.
Sunshine is sugar ON the bread of ma
ture.
A little baby babyeth the whole
lump.
Every man 8 cash is a hostage to his
credit.
Men may acquire reputation, but
character is inherited.
What woman thinks is a sandwich
with words between.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-10

Is the characteristic of Hood 3 Sarsapa.
rilla, and it is manifested every day in
the remarkable cures this medicine ac-
complishes. Druggists say: When we
sell bottle of Hoods Sarsaparilla to
new customer we are sure to see him
back in few weeks after more, prov
ing that the good results from a trial
bottle warrant continuing its use. This
positive merit Hoods Sarsaparilla pos
sesses by virtue of the Peculiar Combi-
nation, Proportion and Process used in
iSs preparation, and by which all the
remedial value of the Ingredients used
is retained. Hoods Sarsaparilla Is thus
peculiar to itself and absolutely un-
equalled in its power as a blood puri-
fer, and as tonic for building up the
weak and weary, and giving nerve
strength.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-10
Mistakes Of the Administration.

So far as the United States are now
concerned, Hawaii has firm govern
ment under President Dole and his as
sociates. That government negotiated
treaty of annexation with our govern
ment under President Harrison. The
treaty was pending in the Senate when
Mr.. Cleveland came into office. He
withdrew it from the Senate before 1t
had been acted upon, and he informed
the Hawaiian government that annex
alton was rejected by the United States.
This should have ended the Hawaiian
question, so far as Mr.. Cleveland was
concerned. His subsequent disposition
to concern himself with the internal af-
fairs of Hawaii appears irrelevant. His
rejection of the oyertures for annexa-
tion leaves the Hawaiian government
perfectly free, unless we use or threaten
force to restrain that freedom-to enter
into special relations with the British
or any other government. The spiri
shown by the Hawaiian authorities il
wholly cOmmendable. They have an
nounced their purpose to resist hostile
attempts to 1ispossess them. Mr.. Thurs
ton, who has so ably represented the
Hawaiian government at Washington
returned to Honolulu in the middle OF
December to aid and advise Presiden
Dole. In all candor let us say that the
withdrawal of the annexation treaty
was a serious enough mistake, and tha
the proposed subsequent overthrow OF
President Dole and restoration of Lii
uokalani, in violation of every princi
pie of International law, would, if con
summated, have been dark blot upor
our history. Nobody for a momen
doubts the absolute rectitude of Mr.
Cieveland's intentions in all this mis-
managed business. But he has clearl,
suffered from the misfortune of bao
counsel. Mr.. Willis, of course, fount
it practically impossible, when h,
reached Honolulu, to carry out tn,
policy of overthrow and restoration tina
had been prepared for him.-Fron
1.-THE Progress of the World" in tn,
January Review of Reviews.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-10
Cream-nOt Skim Milk.

Every farmer and villager, their
wives and boys and girls, will be inter
ested in the big little, cream not skim
milk paper, the Farm Journal, of
Philadelphia. Its 100000 subscribers
are scattered from Maine to Washing
ton, and from Michigan to Texas. It's
breezy, crisp, boiled down pages con-
tain as much information in the course
of the year as many of the high priced
weeklies; whileits earnest, manly tone
and its bright and common sense way
of treating farm matters leaves a good
and lasting taste in ones mouth. The
subscription price is so cents year.
We have made arrangements with
the publisher by which he will
send it one full year free, 10 all who
promptly pay up for our paper. Sample
copies will be sent free by addressing
postal request to Farm Journal, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-10
Two Papers for the Price OF One.

The st. Louis Globe Democrat-Semi
Weekly-Tuesday and Friday-Eight
Pages each issue-Sixteen Pages eyery
week-Only one dollar ayear. is un-
questionably the biggest, best and
cheapest national news journal pub.
lished in the United States. Strictly
Republican in politics, it still gives all
the news, and gives it at least three
days earlier than it can be had from
any weekly paper published anywhere.
The farmer, merchant or professional
man who desires to keep promptly and
thoroughly posted, but has not the
time to read large daily paper, will
find it indispensable. Remember the
price, only one dollar year. Sample
copies free. Address, Globe Printing
Co., st. Louis, Mo.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-10
THE ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.
LoOkine. After the Alum and Ammonia
Baking Powders.

A bill for an act, entitled IAN Act
to Regulate the Traffic in Baking Pow.
DER" has been introduced in the Legis
lature at Springfield, by Mr.. Nohe.
The bill is intended to prevent the
adulterations of baking powders with
ammonia or alum, imposing proper
penalties to enforce the law, etc. This
shows an earnest desire on the part OF
our representatives to protect their
constituents.
The Chicago Tribune, referring to
the question of legislature on alum
and ammonia baking powders, says
ut deals in direct manner with an
evil that must be cut down."
Following is q partial list of the
names of the brands sold in this State
that have been examined and found to
contain either ammonia or alum.
Many of the alum and ammonia pow
ders are labled and advertised as abso-
lutely pure to mislead the public.
Calumet, ""Grant's Bon Bon, ""Ho.
tel, " "Taylor's One Spoon" Crown, y
"Kenton, "Cambell's, ""Lily, ""Thom-
as, ""Scimitar," Yarnall 8, Loyal. F."
In addition to the above list there is
a multitude of brands sold with prize.
1t is safe to reject all baking powders
sold with prize, as the tests show they
are composed largely of alum and cost
but few cents per pound. And also
refuse any baking powders sold at %
cents pound, or less it is sure to con.
tain alum.
Surely nothing but their cheapness
could induce to experiment with these
impure powders at the risk of health.
Aside from the question of health or
the wholesomeness of these condemned
powders, and viewed from the stand
point of economy alone, pure grape
cream of tartar baking powder like
"Dr. Price's," from its greater known
strength and unquestionable purity,
will prove more economical to the user
in every way.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1894-01-10
81 A YEAR In ADVANCE
thing quite square the artists must nav
for models.

thing quite square the artists must nav
for models.
III you will pay me seventy five cents
an hour will sit as still as a mouse,
at your command" she said to one
knight of the brush. 81 want some
money for my charity Christmas tree.
Rapa can not increase my allowance,
Tor times are hard, and l bought some
very expensive gowns this year; so l
Will gladly turn an honest penny.
Now there's good bargain"
The artist accepted her offer at once,
and the first thing James friend knew
she had earned lot of money for her
Christmas charities, and the artist was
turning out the most satisfactory pic.
lures, three times a week. Lots of
girls with good gowns have as joyfully
followed James practical example.
They keep their posing engagements
with faultless regularity, for fifteen
minutes at time hold the most
strained positions, dumb and obedient
as the proverbial oyster, and the busy
artist friend is charmed. But directly
their hour is up out comes a daintily
gloved palm for the seventy five cents
that is going to swell the Golfers of the
poor.-From Society Fads." in DEM
orest's Family Magazine for January.