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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
ANOTHER LIFE SAVED.

ENoc S. SMALL, of Windham Centre
Me-, writes For some time l have Eeer
very sick with kidney disease and va.
given up to die; in fact did not G: ,es
to live mucl, longer. | was all Lle.stce
up to nearly twice my usual s;ze, ane
had continued pain in my Kidneys anc
liver. l tried doctors medicine in vain
took two bottles of very wel!-k
sarssParilla, without receiving any lee
eft, and at last began taking hl,an'i
Sarsaparilla. The first few doses rad,
me feel worse, and thought l shout
have to give it up, but l continues it
use and had not taken half bottle be.o
began to feel very much better. ] on
tinucd to improve and now | console
myself cured. have no pain, the son,
ness and weakness are all gone, AID
am gaining strength every day
think Aliens Sarsaparilla saved N
life, and | am glad of an opportund
speak in its praise and to recomme
70 others.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
THE
LondonderrySifter.
THE
SO. Londonderry, Vermont.

A delegation of 100 workingmen of
Maryland, representing various trades
and manufactures, visited Washington
last week and interviewed four of their
Congressman. Representative Ray
ner grew restless, and after declaring
that he would vote for the Wilson bill
anyway said that he could only give
the committee five minutes. This rails
ed the ire of the workimgmen who re,
piled:
What, only five minutes to hear our
pleay cried one of the leaders. give
minutes to save us from starving?
What do you mean?
"You say you can give us only five
minutes Yet you will go to the ban
quet and speak for IN hour. You will
go to balls and dance for two hours,
and when starving workmen come to
appeal to you to save them and their
families you have only five minutes for
them"
This reused his colleagues, and a.
mother one cried: ''Be carful Mr..
Rayner how you treat us. We beat
you once in your district and as there
is a God above we will do it again I'M
less you help us. We warn you now.
Better take time and hear us.
But Rayner seemed to have lost his
head, and as other workmen broke forth
with similar remarks, he tried to force
his way out of the circle back into the
house. 1t was an exciting time, but
the congressman got away and rushed
through the door into the house.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
Next Stop In Forestry.

The Century contains some wise sug
sestions as to the next step forward Of
The American people in the matter Of
forest preservation. Much has been done
in arousing all intelligent Americans to
the necessity of preserving our public
woodlands. Lands on which great seen
cry is situated should be reserved by the
government for the whole people for
ever Such lands are the Yellowstone
park and Yosemite valley. After the
scenery the next lands on which the
woods should be kept intact are those in
which the headwaters of our great riv-
ers take their rise. The mischief that
has already been done in causing the al
ternate flooding and drying up of the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers is a suff-
cient warning to stop from this time on
the cutting away of forests from the
headwaters of any more rivers.
The Century commends the bill laid
before congress by Mr.. McRae of Arkan-
sas. The bill designs furnishing better
protection to the forests of our public
domain The method of getting funds
for this purpose is laid down. 1t is that
hereafter the secretary of the interior
shall sell to the highest bidder the privi-
lege of cutting timber ON the public
lands instead of giving it away. as is
now the custom.
Our present forestry bureau is dou-
BILE headed thing, partly under control
of the interior department, partly under
the war department. The Century IA
vors putting it altogether under military
supervision. The reason is that the NIL
itary branch is the one called on always
to protect the public domain. The sue
cess of this plan has already been dem
onstrated in the Yellowstone and Ycsem.
lite parks. What we need most Of all,
however, are more schools of forestry
and still wider intelligence among the
people on the subject of forest preserva-
ton and culture. The Century advo-
Gates national control of all the reserva-
lions. In connection with the war de-
partment and forestry Professor Charles
S. Sargent recommends the following:
First-Forestry instruction at West Point
The establishment of a ck..ir of forestry al tht
United States Military academy, to be supple.
mented by practical study in the woods AMI
by personal inspection of foreign systems Of
forestry.
Second-An experimental forest reserva ion
The purchase Oh the highlands near Woat
Point or elsewhere Of a small territory for ths
use of the proposed new branch OF instruction
Third-Control by educated officers. The as
signment of The best educated of these officers
to the supervision of the forest reservations.
Fourth-The enlistment of forest guard A
body of local foresters to be specially Ell s;ed
for the purpose of carrying out the principles
of forestry thus taught.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
In Tim es of Peace.

Even little Belgium spends every
year 46,000,000 francs on her army.
The annual cost of the British amy
is Eli, 100000; of the navy f14, 900
600.
The peace footing of the Russian
army calls for the service of 10000
horses.
Austria spends every year 15,o00,-
600 forms on the army. Twelve
forms equal So.
The army of Bolivia costs the PEG
pie of that impoverished country, l.
100000 year.
The animal army expenditure OF
Greece is $lS,000,000 drachmi. A
drachma is about 20 cents.
Italy spends every year IA, oOO, O0C
lire on her army and navy. Twenty.
five lire equal S..
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
Education Among Colored People

Education Among Colored People.
The bulletin of the census of 1890
with regard to the education of American
negroes is more encouraging than the
most sanguine might have expected. 1t
shows that in spite of the ignorant ne.
groes who undoubtedly swarm around
southern cities the race as a whole i
making rapid progress from darkness
to light in the matter Of education.
They were slaves only 80 years ago. and
in many of the southern states it was a
punishable offense to teach a slave to
read and write.
The per cent of increase among col
ored children attending school in the
southern states has been 81 GA in the dec
ade from 1880 to 1890. OF colored chill.
dren of school age in 1890 there were in
the southern states and the District Of
Columbia $500, 27S. Greatly as the mum.
Der at school has increased, however, i.
is to be regretted that rather less than
half of the colored children of school age
even as yet receive instruction. Much
as has been done, there still remains
more to be accomplished.
The census of 1890 shows us 4, $50 col
ored students attending professional
schools of the higher grade. They arc
studying for all the professions, from
theology to trained nursing. Only ont
colored woman is studying theology and
one law. Of the 1850 negro students in
professional schools 1850 are women.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
A Blind Girls Sense of Touch,

Constant practice indeed has given to
Helen Keller's sense of touch delicacy
and precision seldom attained even by
the blind. Sometimes it seems as if her
very soul were in her fingers, she finds
SO much to interest her everywhere. Peo-
pie frequently said to me at the fair,
'She sees more with her fingers than we
do with our eyes," And in one of her
letters she says, II am like the people
my dear friend DIR. Holmes tells about,
with eyes in their fingers that spy out
everything interesting and take hold Of
it as the magnet picks out iron filings"
Descriptions are to Helen what paint
ings are to us, and her well trained i'm
agination gives the light and color. One
evening as we sat u a gondola I tried
to tell Helen how the thousands of tiny
electric lights were reflected in the wa
ter of the lagoons, when she asked,
''Does it look as if a shower of golden
fish had been caught in an invisible metz"
Is it any wonder that DR.. Holmes says
of her, "She is a poet whose Tyre was
taken from her in her early youth, but
whose soul is full of music"
Sow see, pathetic as Helen's life must
always seem to those who enjoy the
blessings of sight and hearing, that it is
yet full of brightness and cheer, courage
and hope,-St. Nicholas
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
Where We Lead

The United States is the richest
country on the globe.
The United States stands ahead of
all nations in the value of cattle.
The United States has TWENTY-FIVE
dollars for each inhabitant in the say
ings banks.
The total net earnings of national
banks in this country in 1892 was
$66, 65o, 0l527.
The annual increase of wealth in
the United States is over thirty five
dollars per inhabitant.
The people of the United States
have over $3.50, 900, 900 invested in
church property.
The total dividends paid by the
United States national banks in 1892
were $40, 400, 1888.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
The Chicago Girls First Inquiry.

Recently a young girl from Chicago, a
college student, upon her first visit to
Boston, was invited to begin her tour of
inspection in company with an elderly
Boston lady, who instinctively selected
the route according to her ideas of what
would be worth showing, and conse-
quently began at what proved to be the
wrong end for the desired impression
upon the Chicago mind. In other words,
she did not select the Back Bay costE-
ness and did select the district of histor-
ical interest, which interest she at once
found herself called upon to bring into
high relief as an offset to the damaging
comparison of the city's poorly planned
streets with those of other cities within
the western girls acquaintance. The
lady began to have twinges of misgiving
as to her success in the character Of
guide to Boston, but directed the steps
of the pair to Park street and at the
most favorable point of observation call
ed attention to our statehouse, her heart
swelling with pride. There was an i'm
pressive pause, and then from the Chica-
go girl:
How much did it costT'
The elderly Boston lady did not re-
member to have read.-Boston Tran
script.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02

Chicago has the honor of being the
first American city to catch up with the
civilization of ancient Rome. 1t has pro
vided public bathhouse free to all.
There will now no longer be any excuse
for the Chicago tramp's going dirty. Hot
running water, washing soda, iron and
marble floors and slabs will render the
place SO clean that the most fastidious
need not object to washing himself there.
Fifty persons can be accommodated at
one time. This bathhouse is the result
of the labors of the Woman Municipal
Order league, which took this way Of
protesting against the coal SCOT of their
city. Chicago may now point with pride
to her handsome bathhouse and say tc
other cities, go and do likewise"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
The Next Paris Exposition.

Other nations may have worlds fairs
in the meantime, but the next Paris ex.
position will take place in 1900. With
the painstaking fidelity to industrial art
that characterizes them, the French are
already preparing for it.
1t cannot probably surpass our own OF
1898, but the effort will be made to dc
this. The grounds will be the same as
those occupied in 1889, but large addi-
ton will be made to them and another
bridge put across the Seine. The show
will be made to stretch as far as the an.
cient royal suburb of Versailles, where
some of the departments will be.
The great modern question at worlds
exposition is to get some novelty that nc
other exhibition ever had. The Ferris
wheel was supposed to be this novelty al
our fair, but in reality it was the Midway
plaisance. The browning feature of the
Paris exhibition of 1900 will be its repro
duction of gardens from all parts of the
world-ancient and modern. The Hang
ing Gardens of Babylon are to be dis
played in miniature for one thing.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
"routers. For Champarne Meroban,..

A curious thing is to be noted in con-
nection with the business warfare car.
ried on by the representatives of different
brands of champagne. These dealers
have adopted the policy of supplying
money to well dressed young men about
town who move in good society and fire.
quent fashionable cafes.
This money is to be spent in the pur-
chase of wine, the condition precedent
being that the brand praised, called for
and insisted on shall be that supplied to
dispensers of wet goods by the wholesaler
who puts up the cash.
So widespread has this custom become
that any one who demands certain label
is regarded with suspicion by his com.
rades who are splitting bottle" with
him.
Therefore those who desire to avoid the
reputation of .'touters" re the ques-
ton of brand to their or tell the
waiter to "bring anything you have cold.
New York Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. 2. 1894

till the articles are worn out and the de-
mand catches up to tho supply. To obvi-
ate this he would reduce the hours of la
Dor, giving two hours work day to all
mankind all their lives. Well, as soon as
people can earn enough money to sup
port themselves as they desire to be sup
ported by working two hours a day they
will gladly consent to these hours Of la
bor-not before.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
country.

Lieutenant General Sir George Tom
kyns Cheany, NJ. p, has been making a
speech in which he says that in case of
war between Great Britain AMI the
United States it would be impossible,
without stronger coast defenses, to pre-
vent Canada from being annexed to the
United States. Canada may or may not
be annexed to the United States in the
course of time, but there can never be
any war between England and the Unit
ed States. Neither nation can afford it.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02

The practice of whipping children bru-
tally is not yet wholly outgrown even
in this most civilized country. A creature
in Pittsburg who called himself a man
beat his 10-year-old son SO cruelty that
the lad sprang from third story win
dow to escape the blows. The fall killed
the child. For thus numbering !; little
boy, his own fes', and blood, the crea-
ture was sentenced to pay 500 fine and
serve a year in the workhouse boys
lives seem to be cheap in that part Of the
country
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02

The present hard times everywhere
may perhaps give great impetus to state
socialism, at least in the direction of gov
eminent ownership of railroads and all
matters and industries in which the
whole public is interested and of state
labor bureaus and state enterprises for
the employment of those out of work.
The argument is already advanced that
this would at least be change. and
things in any case would be no worse
than they are now. That, however, is
not at all certain.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
And Plenty More Bargains.
BlacknleP's
New York Store,
Manchester DpOet.
State of Vermont. I

State of Vermont,
Westminster, IS, The Probate Court fol
said district. To all persons interested in the
estate Of Horaiio Law. ence late Of Lordon-
derry deceased, Greetings. Whereas, IL. A.
Hayward has presented 10 this court an in
strument purporting TO be the last viii Of said
deceased for probate You are hereby noti-
fed that this court will decide upon the pro-
bate of said instrument at The session thereof
TO be held at the inn of Thomas Evans in
Townshend in said district, on the 9TH day Of
February, A. D. 1894, when and where you
may appear and contest the same, if you see
cause.
Zina H. Allbee, Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
HERE'S A MAN
WHO HAD RHEUMATISM
FOR &c YEARS.
Had Rheumatic Fever Eight or
Ten Times.
The Disease Entirely Driven Out
By Six Bottles Of Aliens.

Mr.. ELLIS B. USHER of Bonny Eagle,
Maine, whose case has become well
known for miles around, and whose re-
lease from this terrible disease is consid-
cred almost miracle by all who know
him, is now we'll man, and considers
Aliens Sarsaparilla the most wonderful
medicine of the age.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02

The magnificent Manchester ship canal
is already making changes in Manches-
ter. The new wharves are busy with
trucks loading and unloading; the Man
chester warehouses are filling with goods.
One variety Of freight entering their L. W
port is especially pleasing to the Man
chester people, and that is the cargoes of
foreign fruit. The fruit trade will get a
great lift. So much the better for the
health of the British factory operative.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02
a BETTER MAN.

C. Y. FULLER, Blacksmith, East
ion, Me-, writes For four years
had kidney disease, which has been
tinually growing worse, although |
medicine that claimed to be 4 su.c ,
My trouble consisted "a severe / i
the lower part of my back ard hips.
also complete loss ef appetite.
gan taking Aliens SsrsapasiilA, AZ.
bottles have cured me The pain
my back and hips and has not re-,
since. My appetite is complete,
first time in years. Allca's Sassa.i q
is decidedly the best mediei e
used, and | viii recommend il 10 a
cures.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02

CASH
Buyers look this over
and decide wehtIer you
can or cannot afford 10
pay credit prices.
Our only terms are Cash
Mems heavy Jersey Over
shirts, 3Sc worth SOC
Mems Jersey Overshirts
at 5Sc worth Use.
Gents Gary-mix Under
shirts, heavy, 25c.
Ladies fast black fleeced-
lined Hose, 10c.
Mems Scarlet, all-wool
Shirts and Drawers, 60 l-2c.
All-wool black Henrietta,
42c.
Ladies' best white Merino
Vests and Pants, 25c.
Mems red wool Mittens, 13c
Atwood tricot dress Flan-
els, zoe.
50-inch printed Chevrons.
e yard, worth IL IL.
Mems Rubber Boots $500.
Mems heavy wool Pants $l.jO
Mems red Pontiac Socks zoe
American 36-inch Cashmere
zoe.
Ladies Jackets as low as $l.5O
actually worth $500.
We have them in fiuer quail.
ties cheaper than you would
think possible.
Tubular Lanterns, 29c, Tumblcrs, goot
ones, &c, II Of, Dish Pans. l3c, Tin
Wash Bowls, Sc, so fl. Cotton Lines,
| &c, 2 OF. Stamped Pans, SC, Dnner
| Pals, Is, gal. Glass Oil Cans,
| Csc, 2 at. Cotiee Pots. TO- Nut
meg Graters, lc, Soup La
dies, SC, Nee dies, 1c paper,
Pins, lc paper, Safety
Plus, lc doz. Shelf
Papers, 2 doz. for
&c, Wood Fau-
| Gets, Sc,
White Envelopes, SC bunch. Note
Paper, II ream for l0c, Turkey
| Red HandkerchiefS, &c, En-
broidelcd Silk Handker-
| chiefs, 10, Hemp Car
pets. IL lie,
Window
Shades, zoe aud 25c complet
| Aud DIn,,tu Mnra paproiuc
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02

Anaughty Chicago newspaper declared
that if Editor Stead really wanted to re-
lieve the distress of Chicago the best
way to do it would be for him to leave
town.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-02

When you have done a wrong thing
and been caught at it, it is doubly dyed
meanness to whine and throw the blame
uper somebody else
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-23
c. BREWER & CO., LIMITED
Oueeu Street, Honolulu, IL. 4.
AGENTS FOR

Hawaiian agricultural Co, Onomea
Sugar Co., Honomu sugar Co Wailuku
Sugar Co Waihee Sugar Co., Makee
Sugar Co., Haleakala Ranch Co., Kappa
pala anch.
PiaDters' Line San Francisco Packets.
Cbas Brewer & Co.'s Line of Boston
Packets
Agents Boston Board OF Underwriters.
Agents Philadelphia Board OF Under
writer's.
LIST OF OFFICERS;
q ZONES President
GEO. 81. ROBERTSON. 49,. Manager
r. BISHOP Tres. and Secy.
Col w. f. ALLEN. ,...- Auditor
G.. NJ. COOKE. 49,.
H. WATERHoUsE- directors
c.. L. CARTER -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-23

NEW YORK, April l4.-Cuban GEN.
trifugal, SO degrees, 2.I5-l6 cents; ;
granulated unchanged.
The San Francisco market is active,
and receipts of Hawaiian have been
very large during the past four days.
Senator Mcpherson, of the Finance
Committee, intends to offer an amend
ment to the sugar schedule of the tariff
bill. He says that the provision in
the first bill, as prepared by the sub
committee, came nearer what he
wanted than anything else that has
been proposed.
The last two steamers that left this
port for the Orient, the City of Peking
and the City of Sydney, carried in the
aggregate 8O2, 900 lbs. of refined sugar
to Japan. Referring to the large and
somewhat novel importations the ia
pan Mail says: The growth of demand
for refined sugar is feature of modern
Japan. In former days the people of
this country were content with brown
sugar, but they have now grown more
fastidious, and already their consump-
tion of white sugar amounts in value
to $6 5000 annually. Considering
that they do not use sugar in their
tea, this large and growing consump-
ton is striking and not at once ex-
plicable.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-23
No New Steam Line.

News has been received here by the
barkentine City of Papeete, from Ia
hiti, that an agent for a French steam
ship company visited the islands
some months ago ami sounded the
people on the possibilities of introduce
ing line of steamers between Papeete
and Havre. The new company had
no intention of running vessels to San
Francisco, so it is told, but this should
be taken with a few grains of salt.
After a thorough investigation the
agent in question decided, and so
communicated to his employers, that
there is not yet room, nor will there
be for years to come for n steamer
line to that part of the world. The
people of Tahiti refused to promise
patronage or money for the enter
prise. 1t was decided that scarcely
enough business existed at the islands
to keep the present fleet Of sailing
vessels running between there and
this port steadily employed. This
news viii set at rest all wild runlors
concerning the establishment of big
steamship line between Papeete and
this city. The barkentine Papeete
came up very light, as have most of
the vessels of the same line of late.
Speaking of the proposed steamship
line and the stories circulated con-
corning it passenger on the Papeete
said: Trade ia Tahiti is very slack.
1t has never been so slow in many
years although there is very little ae
tual suffering in business circles. Tt
is perfectly ridiculous to talk about
running steamers to the islands, and
the French company has given up all
idea of SO doiug.n An attempt was
made to get UP a little boom at Pa
peete in favor of line to Havre, bat
it proved failure.