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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-05-31
PRETTY FAIR PAY.
Mr. Foster Said to Get More Than $780,
600 For Two Months Work.

Mr.. Foster Said to Get More Than $780,
900 For Two Months Work.
It is claimed that John W. Foster
will receive more than 800, 900 for two
months service as diplomatic adviser,
helping to let Ii Hung Chang down as
easy as possible with the japanese. Mr.
Foster is one of the most experienced,
if not one Of the ablest, commercial dip
lomats in this country, perhaps in the
world, but the Importance of his service
to the Chinese government can hardly
be overestimated, as is clearly shown by
statement made by wide awake mem
Der Of the diplomatic corps.
Before John ". Foster left this
country" said this gentleman, che had
made contract with the Chinese min
lister by which he was to receive a very
large sum for his services as adviser to
the Chinese government in the efforts
then being made to secure peace with
Japan. The cable today indicates that
he has earned every penny of it. When
Mr.. Foster was first engaged, it had not
been decided to send Lii flung Chang to
treat with Japan. The first thing Mr.
Foster did was to insist that he be called
to Picking, restored to his former honors
and sent out with full powers to negoti-
ate treaty. He knew that the japanese
would receive the veteran statesman
with greater courtesy than they would
extend to any other living Chinaman,
and he shrewdly guessed that Lii Hung
| Chang would command some sympathy
| for the harsh treatment received by him
at the hands of his emperor. The result
has fully justified this expectation. l.
was received with distinction, and since
the unfortunate incident of his attempt
ed assassination, which, however. IL
view of the happy outcome, ca, hardly
be called unfortunate, the mikado hai
done everything i'll his power to MAKE
his task an easy one. The shrewd Eoste1
was constantly at his elbow, and whel
Japan demanded an indemnity of 3Co,
900, 900 taels it was at Fosters suSges
ton that Ii besought the Japancae MN
lister not tocripple the revenues Of Chm
for all time by demanding so high
price for peace The plea was successful
for the japanese finally consented t
put the amount at 200, 900, 900 taels, A
tael is worth about % cents in gold til
minister's shrewd work has probabl
saved China more than $40, 900, 900, $
that the emperor can well afford to pa
the Americans little bill "-Detrol
Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-05-31
0ur Glib List.
For 1895.

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Family Magaz'ne, S2.G0.
The SITTER and The Cos
mopolitan Magazine, 1928,
~ he Boston journal is only
sent, upon these terms, to Vermont
subscribers, other papers 60 to any
state.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-05-31
MORE GOOD NEWS
For All Women Who Are Sick.

ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY RRADERs)
81 am happy to say your Vegetable
Compound has cured me Of painful men
SITUATIONS and backache.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-05-31
Snake Stones.

In Wales glass rings have been found.
They were commonly called "snake
stones, from the popular notion that
they were produced by snakes, but they
were, in fact, rings used by the Druids
as charm with which to impose upon
tbt. superstitious Boston Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-05-31
STATE or VERMONT,
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BY the Prohate court for said district, to al
persons Interested in ihe estate of Leonard
Howard lac OF Londonderry in said distlrt
dccca cd, greeting. You are hereby notified
tina, Ibis Court will decide uDoh the llowance e.
thcaccoun; Of Fred G. Dean Admin t.TtorU"on
said estate, and decree Dis, @ihution the coS 70
the persons entitled, at the session thereof tole
held at the inn of c. c TafJ in Town-hcHd
on the oh day, OF June A. d. 1875 whcn Az
where you may be heard in the premises, If you
see cause. lima IL. AllOcG, Register
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-05-31

Doctors have discovered that pine
apple is excellent for those suffering
from serious throat troubles.
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21
HERE AND THERE.

Fine feathers make fine scoring
birds, and win prizes, but vigor and
virility fill the egg basket
Seven thousand horses were re-
Gently purchased in Washington, in
one herd, by the Portland Horse-meat
Canning Co, The horses cost three
dollars per head.
All diseases of poultry are pre-.
ventable How to prevent them is the
question. Proper care as to comfort,
cleanliness and wholesome food and
drink will cure most of them.
"A few COW peas mixed with the
horse feed is said by those who have
tried it fairly, to add greatly to the
strength and dura bility of the ami
mails. Beans are used largely in many
parts of Europe as horse feed
Farmers are reading more to-day
than ever before, They are becoming
more intelligent, and ought to be-.
come more prosperous. They are
studying the problem of making the
most on the farms from the least ex-
penditures
One of our live stock exchanges
says that nine-tenths of the cattle re-
ceived at the Great Western stock
yards are without horns. This is at
tributed to chemical, mechanical and
breeding methods. In few years
horns will be a curiosity.
Poultry powders, patent foods,
cooked foods and condiments are of no
use excepting in preparing fowls for
show or the market. Grain food, green
food, insects and clean water are all
their constitutions require to keep
them in good condition.
Animals can not thrive their best
when food is given them at any time
of daysor night which happens to suit
the convenience of the feeder. Irreg-
ular feeding Sssturbs and deranges the
organs Of disestion and assimilation,
so that trey fail to make the most out
of the food supplied.
When fowls do not seem to get
along well, the chicks puny, the hens
refuse to lay, and the male birds seem
to lack vim, there is something wrong.
If you can not fnd a probable cause
for the trouble, change their feed,
change feeding place; change runs;
change roosts; change something, un-
til you have solved the difficulty.
live stint ration we fail to mako
all possible out of the food and out of
the animal. 1t is food consumed over
and above what is needed to sustain
animal life which gives a return of
profit; so that fullest profit follows
fullest judicious feeding.
The more we look into the fodder
question the more one Is convinced that
l. the intelligent, economical farmer
will save everything which grows on
his farm suitable for forage, in ten
years he may be independent, able to
keep a years supply on hand to tide
OF an occasional year when it comes.
Anarchy and Buarchism are never
found among farmers. Agriculture
tends to construct, to build up, to de-
vclop. TO make two blades grow where
one grew before. A well-cultivated
field is better than a waste piece Of
land or a desert. A well-cared-for farm
and neat houses, a happy family, an
honest and honorable citizen all these
are the opposite of anarchy and its
teachings, and are the product Of the
farms-
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21
AND PLANTER.
ABOUT GRASS.
is IL One ot the Three Golden links IN
Agriculture.

fs is One of the Three Golden links In
Agriculture.
Prof. Roberts. of Cornell university,
at a recent farmers institute said:
There are three golden links in ag-
riculture, and IL the chain be broken
suffers and next. the people suffer.
These links are implied In this state
ment: We raise plant to feed an an
imal, to make fertility. to raise anoth-
er plant to feed another animal to
make fertility This embraces all
there is of permanently successful ag-
rieulture, but there are innanera BILE
particulars embraced In this law that
are not stated, The plants, as well as
the animals, must be fed, and the
product OF the soil must pay tax
to the farmer whose head direct and
whose hands perform the labor In
volved In the operation. This theory
can not be carried out without grass,
which must ever be the sheet anchor
of successful farming, and the true
meadow grasses are large consumers
and small producers of nitrogen-an
element necessary to their successful
growth. This nitrogen must be sup
piled or the grass viii deteriorate.
Nitrogen exists abundantly In the air,
sparingly in the soil. A pasture should
improve with age But the best peren-
NAL grasses will deteriorate or die ont
unless aided. All the substance taken
off, whether crops, meat, wool, milk or
butter, are mostly that much taken
from the soil. The place of these must
be supplied, one way or another One
way is to purchase nitrogenous fertil-
izers, or make them elsewhere than
on the pasture land; another way is
to tear up the grass sod, cutting the
old hardened roots, and causing new
feeders to put out in search of plant
food, and scatter in clover (the Grim
son seems the best in most of the.
southwest or, If there are places
where the grass is weak, a few COW
peas will gather nitrogen from the at
mosphere and distribute 1t where it is
most needed. Perennial grasses will
ptCOlue W6dk IL the FOOUS dft IelJ ul-
disturbed, because these roots become
hard, like heart wood in tree, and
can no longer feed the plant. Tear
ing these roots up new ones will grow
and the grass take on a new lease of
life. In Europe harrow made of
sharp cutting teeth is used for this
purpose, and every two or three years
the grass is gone over with this imple-
ment, and the grass thus treated Is
preserved for ten or twenty years, or
longer, in perfect vigor. There can be
no permanent agricultural prosperity
without grass, hence the best manner
of producing and preserving it is wor-
thy of thought. This requires that
nitrogen is supplied, either by direct
application, or by growing with the
grass such plants as have the power
to gather it from the great fountain
the atmosphere.
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21
Kill the Hogs Early

There is not much profit in keeping
hogs till they are rolling in fat, as
used to be the common practice The
pork is not so good as that of hogs
that have been kept thriftily growing
and have less inside fat What is more,
such pork is now much more salable
in all markets than is the heavy.
weight pork that was formerly
most in demand. The use OF
cotton seed oil in place of lard is
probably better for the health of the
community than any other of the sub
stitutes for farmers products. 1t
makes it for the interest of farmers to
grow pork with greater proportion
of lean. Such pork being more health.
full will lead to a larger demand for it.
Farmers Home journal.
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21
EnrIY Maturity OF Hocs.

There is not so much call now for
hogs that will keep on growing three
or four years before they reach matu-
rity, says American Cultivator. The
large hog has always coarser meat
than the young pig, and the difference,
we suspect. is because there is always
some check to growth in cold weather.
Spring pigs, fattened in the fall, will
always make better pork than they
will If kept later. In these times, too,
the hog that weighs 200 to $50 pounds
sells for higher price per hundred
weight than one that is heavier.
Hence the early maturing breeds that
reach their full weight when one or
two years old are now the favorites
with farmers. But there is something
to be said in favor of the heavy
weights. If not allowed to get too fat
the late-maturing hogs are better
breeders, especially for dams A cross
of an. early ly-maturing boar with large,
long-bodied SOW brings pigs that for
fattening are better than either breed
alone. They will be larger at birth,
and at ten to eleven months will weigh
thirty to fifty pounds more than the
full-bloods of either early or late-ma-
turing varieties. One reason why late
maturing sows are better breeders is
because they keep on growing until
three or four years old, and therefore
their food does not go to fat so much
as that of the early maturing breeds
which never attain large size.-Farm
and Ranch.
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21
hlnrlketIng Fowls.

Fruit growers are injuring their
business by bad marketing, and the
public, commission men and the bet
ter class of growers are grumbling
about it. Farmers and poultry and
stock growers are guilty of similar
error They can raise their produce,
but don't know how to market it, and
If they only realized this fact, this is
as important as any part of the pro
ceeding As this item is intended for
the poultry department, it will refer
specially to the marketing Of fowls
AS poultry raisers can not, like the
fruit men, conceal the bad specimens
by covering them with that which is
better, they mix all sorts good, bad
and worse-in a rough and dirty coop,
and throw them on the market and
ask: How much viii you give97
snd the answer is. Not mach," or
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21

In is Twas first mateof the Monico,
one of the Eed Ring line, and then one
of the best going boats in the Atlantic
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21
winterIng sweet Potatoes.

The following method ! have found
to keep sweet potatoes in perfect order
until June: Procure a good supply of
pine straw from the woods In a dry
time and keep it under cover ready for
use. Dig the potatoes as SOON as the
frost cuts the vines. If not convenient
to dig at once, cut the frosted vines off
at once, or they will harbor fungus
growth that will damage the potatoes.
Dig on a warm sunny day; lay the po-
tatoes along the rows as dug, and do
not allow them TO be bruised by throw
ing into piles. Handle at all
times as gently as eggs. Allow
them to lie in the sun during
the day, and in the evening
haul to a convenient place. Place
a good layer a foot thick of pine straw
on the ground. and ON this pile the
potatoes in steep heaps, not over
twenty-five bushels in pile. Cover
piles thickly all over with the dry
pine straw. Now build a rough board
shed over the piles and let them re-
main until the weather gcows colder,
or until they have gone through
sweat and dried off; then cover the
heaps with earth, six or eight inches
thick and beat smooth. The impor-
tant points are. the sweating under
the previous cover of the pine straw
before covering with earth, very care
full handling and the board cover over
head. Dry earth keeps out more cold
than wet earth. If for family use,
put in smaller piles, and take up an
entire heap at once for use, keeping
them in a dry, warm place while using.
N. c. Experiment Stat
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21
Good Food.

Now that the falling leaves foretell
the coming winter, wise fort bought
should lead the owners of valuable
Jersey cows to provide foods that will,
in some measure take the place of the
health-giving grass. No food is 50
good for this purpose, perhaps, as good
silage, but for those who have no silo,
valuable substitute may be found in
linseed meal. The old process meal is
preferable because it contains more
oil. 1t Is laxative and must be used
with discretion; not more than two
pounds day, in two feeds. 1t is espe.
cially valuable to keep the the bowels
loose just previous to calving. Farm
ers' Home Journal.
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21
lgMuEL JONES ON MEN,

''The man at gives up. he hain't no man,"
Said Lemuel Jones to me.
"of the kind of the sort of the make OF a
man
That it's good for man to be.
Fur the man at gives up. he worries
himself.
An worries his neighbors, too,
an, he loses time at he might "a used,
jest a-pashin' the old thing through.
The man who gives up when he fails to
= From the gal that he loves. smirk,
Is the man who Il resign after one good
look
1t job that looks Ike work.
When his store burns out. or his house
burns down.
Or the sheriff shuts him up,
Or his first-born dies. or a note comes
que,
Or he's bit by hrlndle pup,
He'll fold his hands an set upa howl.
An say that his luck 5 no good.
An so an lay down In the shade Of a tree
While his wife splits up the wood
tell you. that sort Of make-b'lieye man
Might Jest bout 5 well be dead.
For man can't win whea his back bone
won't
Hold upthe back of his head
'rhe feIler who jumps up quick and
laughs.
Whenever he gifts knocked down,
An pitches right into the scrap agin'
TIL he does his man up brown.
Or. maybe. gifts licked by the other chap.
an admits il, fair and square.
Is the kind of the sort Of the make of "a
man e.4Ea=## F
That II eventually git there
The man that loses his wife or child
An suffers his hurt alone,
That sees hun years sayin' go
With only half gIoan;
an launches some braRdnew scheme
ahoat
Before the dust Is done
A.seitin' round the ruins OF
Tie latest busted enc;
lie never gives up. an he's the man,"
sald Lennel Jones to me,
"of the kind Of the sort Of the make Of
man
That lis good for man TO be-"
-charies n. Hood. In Puck.
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21

''In Liverpool / heard the murder
surprise, found that Mr.. Rupert Row
ling tN[r Rowling's nephew was
charged with it. l never thought for
moment that they could find him
guilty of the murder he had not COM
mitted, and | took no steps to let the
truth be known. When l afterward
learned that he was convicted of the
murder and sentenced to death. knew
ought to go back and own the deed
and save him, but l could not bring
myself 70 do so, and / went on board
the Monieo, we'll knowing | was leav-
ing behind me an innocent man TO be
hanged for the murder l had commit
ted. The revolver with which l shot
Mr.. Rowling is in my box. All which
is true, as declare"
Cappermole signed this statement.
and the Clergyman, the captain, the
doctor ana myself witnessed it, and
shortly after five bells 1O:30 o'clock
at nightl Cappermole died, being bur
led at sea the next day, Tuesday.
had been melancholy and depressed.
without hope. before, but now began
my anxious time.
Capperuuie's statement was of no
use unless | could get the knowledge
of it TO the authorities in England in
time to stop my friend Rupert's eXecu-
ton on Thursday morning, and it was
race against time. We were, in or
binary course. due at New York on
Wednesday afternoon about four
o'clock. which would be about nine
O'Clock at night in England. We had
favorable weather aud had made gootl
way, and If we kept on we should be
in ON time, if not before; but on Tues
dag morning we ran into Il dense fog.
and our course was impeded and the en-
gines were slowed down.
i sought the captain, and told him
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21
A Princes Gift.

One of the most remarkable stories
of princely ingenuity in the making OF
gifts is published by the German news
papers, and is undoubtedly true. The
English governess to whom is entrusted
the education of the German emperor's
children recently celebrated her birth
day. The emperor and empress load
ed her with gifts, and each of the impe-
rial children, save one, gave her "some'
thing nice"-as they had learned to say
in English. Prince Oscar, the fifth son,
who is now just seven years old
brought his governess nothing but d
small empty pasteboard box. AS the
young lady showed some surprise,
Prince Oscar said: Don't be afraid
governess; there isn't anything in the
box, but tomorrow papa's going to pull
my first tooth, and I'll give you that,
and you can keep ii in the boX!" Next
day the German emperor, with the per-
suasions and coercions customary in
such eases, pulled the first tooth which
his son Oscar had shed. True to his
word, the prince came rushing with it
to his governess, and deposited it in the
pasteboard box. This seems to be a
strange gift, but it probably betokens
a certain originality of genius on the
part of the emperor's fifth son which
mag some day make him famous
Youths Companion.
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21
A Youthful Critic.

At Darlington recently a minister's
little daughter was attending her first
church service. She had never seen her
father in the pulpit before, and, on his
entrance there, her presence of mind
forsoolI her, and she piped out, in a
voice expressive of recognition: ."Nhv,
there's my papa up there in that box!"
Avenging propriety swept down upon
the little maiden, and for a season there
was great calm. But the service was
grieyously long 10 such wee wor-
shipper, and she became very restless,
walking up and down the pew and sigh
ing audibly. 1T won't be long, dear"
mamma whispered. Whereupon en-
sued another brief period of quiet, Dut
It was 1et to last. Tired baby nature
had reached its utmost limit of endur-
ance, and by and by over the quiet
listeners arose a little voice, clear and
plausible and eoaxing: isn't you near
ly done, papa 2''-London Telegraph.
The greatest bell is that long fa-
nous as the giant of the Kremlm. in
Moscow. Its weight is 443,J22 pounds
The Van Buren press., 1895-12-21
words TO that effect The manner

words TO that effect The manner
In which fowls are marketed has
tendency to destroy the public appe-
tite for chickens. Every individual
fowl should be sold on its merits, and
this would be the case II good fowls
only, of uniform size and good eondl'
ton, were cooped and sold together
They would bring at all times fair
price, while those not so good, II
cooped together, and relieved from
the invidious contrast Of better ones in
the same coop. would bring better
prices than they do. Retailers who
are up to snuff buy these mixed coops
at low price, assort them to a reason
able degree of uniformity. and sell at
a good profit, one-half of which profit
the poultry raiser might have had II
he had sold only uniform lots. Mar
keting any sort of produce calls for
good business sense. and nowhere Is
this more needed than in the market
ing of fowls.-Farm and Ranch.
Planting Fruit Trees
If you own piece of land, even II II
does not contain more than five acres,
plant portion of it to fruit In a
small orchard it is a good plan to al
ternate apple and peach trees. In this
way you can plant trees much closer
together, as the peach trees will have
died before the apple trees are large
enough to interfere with them. Apple
trees should not be planted nearer than
two rods of each other If they are, the
mistake will be noticed before they are
half grown. Plums, ,apricots and cher
ries may be planted 20 feet apart and it
will be a long time before they crowd
each other. Standard pears should
have five feet more room each way.
Dwarfed fruit trees are condemned by
some fruit growers as bearing early
and dying early They may be profit
ably planted in new country where
fruit is scarce and land cheap. Manure
a young orchard heavily and cultivate
1t thoroughly. Plant small fruits for
the first five years between the rows,
leaving it so you can plow one way,
especially where the tract is small and
land is dear.-Farm and Home.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1895-01-16
SUBSTANTIAL SHOWING.

The last number of the Sierra County
Advocate comes to the NEW MEXICAN
freighted with timely information re-
specting the mines of its locality. 1t
points with pardonable pride to the fact
that, during the year 1894, the mines Of
the Hillsboro district actually produced
values to the amount of $432,6sC, being
an increase of $l79,6S0 over the product
of 1891. In detail the ore output of the
district for the year was 26, 1926 tons, which,
when milled, yielded 1876 ounces of
gold, liz, 500 ounces of silver and 155 tons
of copper. These figures are founded on
certificates of those who treated or bought
the ore, and consequently can be relied
upon as correct. The product falls slightly
below that of 1893, but the burning of the
Richmond mill and the resultant failure
of the Percha Gold Mining company fully
accounts for this. The fact that the dis
trict energies from year of unexampled
depression in every line of business, with
the price of silver lower than ever before
in the history of the country, certainly
affords substantial proof of the pro-
ductiveness of its mines as we'll as the
enterprise and energy of the men who are
operating them. May the district pro-
duce 100000 during 1895 is the sincere
wish of the New MEXICAN.