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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-02
Stone statcl he hod boen told by a native

stone stated he had been told by native.
Tho fcaale took ~ essential part iii tho
plastetllg ~ Of tho entrance, Having
described to nests which he had seen,
he proceeded to 5tdte that the female,
after going into the nest, usually began
to molt and was sometimes almost
naked. She was usually very fat whilo
in prison, as the male bird brought her
food every few minutes. As soon as dan
ger approached, the female bird climbed
dp the nest as far as possible away from
the entrance and kept perfectly quiet
until tho danger had passed The young
Behaved in the same manner, the birds
relying for protection ON the fact that
the nest is not easily recognized as such.
No doubt if attacked the lsrnbill conld
give good account of itself. The female
is imprisoned for seven or eight weel.s,
certainly for not less than six weeks
The eggs are laid about the end of De-
cember or beginning of January, ard
are usually three on four in number AID
vary in size. He felt certain from min
ute observation that the female con-
structed her own prisoii, and left it some
time before the young were fully de-
aolopAd, On her leaving it was plastered
up again iii the same manner, and the
female helped the male feed the young.
He concluded by stating that there was
plenty of scope for further investigation
into the nesting habits of the hornbill.
st. James Gaaetto.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-02

Wonderful that while knowledge
comes wisdom fingers. Wonderful that
what women have suffered SO long to
win, once won they should cease to
prize; that education should not teach
womait that man was by nature very far
removed from the gentle domestic ami
NAL she knows today. However the
modern woman may swaggef about her
individuality, may talk OF her spirit
ual needs and deplore the stupid tyr
amy of man, who Demands sacrifices
from her in return for his tenderness,
protection and support, the fact is not
changed that however much she may
be mans intellectual equal or spiritual
superior the exigencies Of motherhood
put her at his mercy. She cannot be en-
tirely self dependent except at the cost
of the welfare Of the offspring. The fac
tory acts arc recognition of the right
of the child to its mothers health and
vitality. Woman simply may not eat
her cake and have it too. Using all her
energies for her own needs she cannot
give yigor 10 her children. If she en-
ploy for her own ends her store of life,
she robs the child. To adequately sup
| ply the new generation with health,
brains and nerve she must husband Ter
resources and yield herself to the sener-
| osity and tenderness Of the man and
trust to his care. That he has not always
been generous aud tender, that he is not
| always so even now, does not alter the
general fact Elizabeth Bisiand Ill
North American Review.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-02
in an English Criminal Court.

Battered females who weep, who have
come to it through drink, who courtesy
with moldy gentility when they get
four months; pianist at free and
easy III = red shawl, who, merely to
oblige friend, sold a stolen watch; n
shy servant girl III n broad straw hat,
for breaking and entering her late mas
ter's house and carrying off clocks and
clothes; decent postmistress i'll black,
with comfortable, cooklike air, who
trade being bad at her little shop, had
been abstracting coil from the letters
intrusted to her. Counsel delivers a
fiowery debating society harailgne On
her behalf, by which he makes it cle;r
that the real criminals are the public
for putting temptation i'll the way of re-
spectacle officials by sending registered
letters. If there were no registered let
tiers, there would be no thieves
Counsel gives me tic impression OF
thinking a good deal more Of the solec-
ton of his phrases and the rounding of
his periods than of his client, who, when
at last he sits down, gets II months for
his pains. Succeeded by sturdy rogue,
who, being benighted, broke into a
church and drank the sacramental wine
(any port in stormy, and, not content
with that, made himself MP a bed i'll
the vestry on the crisp and immacuiate
su1plices. impatient fellowl Eighteen
months. And yet sacrilege seems a
heavy gun to bring to bear upon man
just for procuring himself nights
lodging. -Cornhill Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-02
HABITS OF TIE HORNBlLL.
T..ese Little Feathcred Folks Have Great
Idea of Home.

Idea of Home.
A curious South African bird is the
variety Of hornbill known rs Tockus me-
lanoleucus, LIGHT, a paper on which by
DR.. Secondhand of the Albany museum was
read at a recent meeting of the South
African Philosophical society at Cape
Town. The nesting habits of this horn
bill are so extraordinary that they have
been repeatedly referred to by various
writer's but owing to the difficulty of
finding the nests Of the birds many de-
tails Of the earlier accounts are not quite
correct. while others are not touched
upon at all.
During the last four years DIR. Schon-
land has examined, he said, no fewer
than seven nests altogether, with the
birds belonging to most of them. The
birds are often seen in winter in large
numbers in the gardens at Graham's
Town, but in the summer they are only
to be met with III proximity to closely
wooded kyloofs, and this is due to the
fact that they nest in places where hollow
trees are to be found All observers
agree that during incubation the female
is prisoner in a kind of cage, the en-
trance to which is closed to such an ex-
tent that it has to be broken open before
the female can leave the nest. In all the
cases he had seen the nests were built III
hollow trees. Mrs Barber had said that
they sometimes made the nest between
the crowded stems Of the tall euphorbia,
but that could not be reconciled with
some of her other statements. The birds
had apparently 10 preference for any
particular trees so long as it suited their
purpose The essential point for them
| was that the hollow stem should be suf-
! ficiently large for the female to move
/ about III the rest, and. whether there Is
/ one or more entrances, all must be Of
such nature that they can bspartialiy
or wholly closed up. The female, onct
inside, is fed by the male through tho
narrow slit left in the material with
which the entrance is closed or through
natural cleft in tho wood In the lat
I ter case the main entrance is closed al
completely. This may be precautionary
measure to protect the female duringl i'
season of ineab-teE
He questioned the statement whether
the male built or the female, as Living
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-02
=
Structure of the Eye.


See how God honored the eye before
he created it. He cried, until chaos was
irradiated with the utterance, "Let
there be light!' In other words, before
he introduced man into this temple of
the world he illuminated it, prepared it
for the eyesight And so, after the last
human eye has been destroyed in the
final demolition of the world stars are
to fall, and the sun is to cease its shin
ing, and the moon is to turn into blood.
In other words, after the human eyes
are no moro to be proiited by their shin
/ ing, the chandeliers Of heaven are to be
turned out. God, to educate and to bless
| and to help the human eye, set in the
mantel Of heaven two lamps--a gold
| lamp and silver lamp-the one for the
| day and the other for the night. To
show how God honors the eye, look at
the two balls built for the residence of
the eyes, seven bones making the wall
for each eye, the seven bones curiously
wrought together. Kingly palace of ivory
is considered rich, but the halls for the
residence of the human eye are richer by
so much as human bone is more sacred
than elephantine tusk. See how God
honored the eyes when he made roof for
| them, SO that the sweat of toll should
not smart them and the rain dashing
against the forehead should not drip in
to them The eyebrows not bending over
the eye, but reaching to the right and
| to the left, SO that the rain and the sweat
Should be compelled to drop upon the
cheek, instead of falling into this di-
vinely protected human eyesight. See
how God honored the eye in the fact
presented by anatomists and physiolo-
gists that there are 500 contrivances in
every eye. For window shutters. the
eyelids opening and closing $4,000
times day. Tho eyelashes so construct
Ell that they havo their selection as to
what shall be Admitted, saying to the
dust, Stay out, aud saying to the
light, Come in" For inside curtains
the IRIS, Or pupil of the eye, according
as the Eight is greater or less, contract
ing or dilating.
Tie eye Of the owl is blind in the day
time, the eyes Of some creatures are
blind at night, but the human eye SC
lnarvelously constructed can see both by
day and by night Many Of the other
creatures of God can move the eye only
from side to side, but the human eye sc
maryelously constructed has one muscle
- lift the eye, and another muscle tc
lower the eye, and another muscle &c
roll it to the right, ard another muscle
to roll it to the left, and another muscle
passing through pulley to turn il
round and rouad-an elaborate gearing
Of six muscles as perfect as God could
make theIa. There also is the retina
gathering the rays of light and passing
the visual impression along the optic
nerve, about the thickness of the lamp
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-02
WHY IRVING WAS. KNieHreb.
According to AN English Writer, lie Do
tated to tho Government Its DUTY.


Scarcely had n, Daudet, with true
Partisan provincialism, complained that
we had presumed to lay the bones OF
great actors in Westminster abbey along.
side those Of membors Of his profession
than our reply comes in the announce
mont that henceforth the leading actor
in England shall have title like the
presidents of tho academies Of music
and painting, This act of justice has
hot been 'graciously conferred. 1t has
been resolutely demanded and enforced
by an artist to whose profession it means
a social charter OF some value. Every
actor in the kingdom will profit by this
Npighthood more than Henry Irving,
and tilss is why it was really fine
thing of him Go insist on having it.
1t should be especially noted that it is
solely as actor and manager that he has
won the position from which he has
been able to dictate to the government
its duty to his art, He has rendered no
services to literature His whole career
to IN that respect an almost schoolboyish
confessions that he does not know litera-
ny chalk from literary cheese. Stevenson
or Oxenford, Goethe or Wills, Shake
tpeare or Frank Marshall-it would be
flattering him to say that they arc all
one to him, for there is the strongest
evidence to suggest that he decidedly
prefers OXenford, Wills and Marshall
He has never written play, though
he has spoiled several Nor has he, like
Mrs. Kendall, followed the prevailing
fashion of parading the virtue of his
domestic life in order to gain fireside
Appreciation. He does not meddle i'll inn
perial politics nor discuss municipal af-
fairs except on the point strictly ger
name to his own business of fltenici-
pal theater. He is only the acknowledge
ed chief of his profession. Take that
away from him, and the name of Henry
Irving has no longer meaning. That
is why his victory over an unjust preju'
dice and snobbish tradition is SO com
plete. No one can separate his distinc-
ton from his specific art, except by go
ing behind his skill as an actor to those
personal qualities by which men gain
pre-eminence in all professions. Lon
don Saturday Review.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-02
Troubled with Dyspepsia.

81 have been troubled with dyspepsia
for years, not finding any thing that
brought me relief until l CHANGED to try
a box of Hoods Pills. They have done
me much good From experience | know
Hoods Pills to be the best in the market.
Mrs. f. N. Carpenter, Northtied, Vt.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-02

WE, the Subscribers, being duly appointed
by the Hon. Probate Court for the District of
Westminster, Commissioners to receive, eS
annie and adjust all claims and demands of
all persons against the estate of Richmond
Horton, late of Londonderry, in said district,
deceased, and also all claims and de.
mands exhibited in Offset thereto; and six
months from the 18th day of Mar. 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 efice of A. Z. Cudworth in So Londonderry
said district, on the 5rd day of September
next from ten O'Clock, A. NJ. until four O.
clock, =. NJ. ON said day.
Fred " Marsh, Commissioners.
f. W. Melendy, Admir-. So. Londonderry vt.
July Is, A. D., ls.t3
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-02
DR.. p. s. LOOMS,
DENTIST
Manchester Center, VI.

COMMISSIONERS NOTICE,
WE, the Subscribers, being duly appolnteu
nv the Hon. Probate Court for the District OIL
westminster, Commissioners to receive, exam
inc and adjust all claims and demands OF al
uersons against the estate of Anna b. thompson
late of Londonderry in said DISTRICT nc
ceased, and also all claims and demands eNhibl'
ted in Offset thereto; and six months from the
3rd day of Apr. 1895, being allowed by saio
Court for that purpose, we do therefore hefeoy
give NOTICE, that we will attend t othe business
of our said appointment, at the once Oh a. r.
cudwo,th in So. Londonderry, in said Dlstrict'
on the Srd day of September next, from III
O'Clock, A. NJ, until 4o'clock, P. NJ, on saio
day.
E.W. Melendy, Commissioners.
John RamsdelL
So Londonderry, July 18th, 1885,
AT. Pierce, EXT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-02
Wonders of Vision.

The recoil Of this question is tremen
dous. We stand at the center of vast
circumference of observation. No pri-
vacy. On us, eyes of cherubim, eyes of
seraphim, eyes of archangel, eyes of
God. We may not be able to see the
habitants Of other worlds, but perhaps
they may be able TO see us. We have not
optical instruments enough to descry
them perhaps they have optical instru-
ments strong enough to descry rs. The
mole cannot see the eagle mid sky, but
the eagle mid sky can see the mole mid
grass. We are able to see mountains and
caverns Of another world, but perhaps
the inhabitants Of other worlds can see
the towers of our cities, the Fish Of our
seas, the marching of our professions,
the white robes of our weddings, the
black scarfs of our obsequies.
1t passes out from the guess into tho
positive when we are told in the Bible
that the inhabitants of other worlds do
come as convoy to this. Are ;isey not
all ministering spirits sent forth-;o min
lister to those who shall be heirs Of sal
vation? But human inspection, and an
gelic inspection. and stellar inspection,
and lunar inspection, and solar inspec-
ton are tame compared with the
thought of divine inspection. "You con-
verted me 90 years ago." said a black
man to my father. How so?" said Tly
father. Twenty years ago." said the
other, lin the old sehoolhouse prayer
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-02
w ACONS 3!

We again appear before the public with
a full line of all styles of wagons and car
riages, purchased from the largest and
most reliable wagon manufacturers in the
United States, with very sttong guar
antee against defective material or work
inanship. The e&actihg requirements of
the trade compel US at all times in each
and every vehicle, to maintain degree of
hxcnllcuce in
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-08-02
Variety, Style
Finish and Quality.

Particularly in our line of Buggies and
Carriages do we aim to excel. We pay
SPOT cash and buy in car lad lets, in this
way we get better prices and lower rates
of freight. No rent or statesmen TO pay,
so our cash customers get full benefit of
all this,
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-26

70 p and Invested Of their implements
of warfare, tho convention proceeded
with The duties Ibefofo it
The convention was called 70 order by
Mayor Fleming, who stated the objects
81 the primary. The fret order Of busi
ness was The ~aoioction OF a chairman.
Robert Black and Judge John 81. Chm
we're placed 10 nomination and a rising
vote indicated the election Of Mr.. Black
by about 10 TO l.. A. j.. Looms was
elected secretary without opposition, and
through tho appointment Of II. II. Bette
and s III. McAmnch as tellers the or
~ganization was completed.
a little pleasant repartee was indulg-
ed IN 1t this point over q motion intro
duced by the Hon. Thos. Helm, to the
effect that tho convention proceed by
secret ballot 10 tho nomination Of can-
didatos for the several Offices. The Hon
In. p. Barnes resisted the motion with
all the vigor aud eloquenoo of his splen-
did oraiory and rich baritone voice, and
in tho course OF his remarlrs called at.
~tention to the burdens Of his coterie o.
admirers in being compelled to sit thro
the tedious hours Of proceeding to bust
ness under the motion. lie wanted t.
table the motion and stuff bis lone sta
ticket down the necks Of the unwar,
masses. But The Hon. John J.. Bel
arose with a mingled look Of disgust ant
leyity upon his c~ountenance which in.
dicated that something was going t,
drop. Aud something did drop-wlth
dull, sickening thud It was the lonI
star ticket. In the language Of the gam
in the opposition was "rocked to sleep
and tho following excellent ticket wa
placed in nomination;
Mayor, John w. Fleming.
Councllmen, Martin Maher, Geo D
Jones.
School Trustee, Cornelius Bennett.
These gentlemen need no introduc
ton. They are among the best bushes
men Of the city and their qualification
are beyond question.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-26


Bar etlver. .e3M
LcndI .... ...t........ 3 %
Hon. Geo. ". Miles was ia from the
copper camp. IN tho Buftos, last Friday,
and gave a glowing account Of bis pros
poets. a new emelter is now IN process
Of erection, a portion Of tho machinery
being On the ground.
w. H. Newcomb camp In from The
Mogollon last Thursday and he says
everything is on the boom in that coun-
try. Every mine and mill is now rum
ming at their fullest capacity and now
strikes are Of almost daily occurrence.
The Deep Down mill is now making a
run on a batch Of Consolidated ore the
result Of which win have a great iniu-
ence upon tho operation Of that vast
mine. Mr.. Newcomb il expecting re-
ports OF the run at once.
-Four bars ofsiiver from tho Confidence
mine and one from the Little Fanny
were shipped from ibis point last Friday
morning
Vim. Kemp returned from New York
last Sunday night where he had com
pleted arrangements through which the
Fagler worka, at this place, win be i'm
mediately reopened. This movement
has been under consideration for some
time and now we are 10 position to state
positively that this much desired result
has finally been accomplished. The
Flagler is one OF the finest smelling
plants IN the southwest and ITS reopen
ing means q great deal 10 Silver City and
the miners and mine owners 10 this vi
entity. The money necessary to carry
forward this enterprise is now ID
bank in this city, and the work will be
begun at once The Van Smelling 20
has been organized with W. H. Newcomt
as president; VIM. Kemp, vico-prosideni
and general manager, and II. P. Barnes
secretary and treasurer, under the di
rectlon OF whom the plant viii be oper
ated. They are all gentlemen OF expe
rience ard will push the work with al
possible energy. The new organization
has plenty OF money with which to buy
gold, silver and copper ores anS
it is hoped through the reievenation o
these works that now mines will be de
veloped and old ones again opened up
The smelter will be in operation by thI
middle Of April.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-26
A Republican FIaseo.

That's what it was. For several days
preceding the mass convention held at
Morrill, Hall last Wednesday night there
might have been e at every turn
knots Of earnest and excited republican
patriots 10 consultation as to the most
expedlent method Of saving the city from
the demnltion bow-wows, i O., from the
rule Of q non-partlsan people. For years
Silver City has not Selt the demoralizing
influences OF partisan politics in her mu-
nicipal government. and TO this fact is
largely due the wholesome conditions
which are present on every hand. It
can be truthfully said that Silver City
is the c~leapest Goth IN a moral and san
itary sense) city in the Territory, and
our finances are in a most excellent con-
dition. This has been made possible
through the selection Of honest men
who had the welfare Of the city and the
interests Of the people at heart. In this
connection, however, We discover the re-.
markable. and to a few, annoying coin
cidence that the city has been governed
by democrats. Since they were nomi-
mated and elected upon strictly non par
tlsan issues II is not fair 20 call them
democrats, but the fact remains that
they are, and so much to their credit.
You hear no charges Of carelessness, ex-
travagnnce or dishonesty, aud while The
mayor, members Of the council aud school
board are serving without compensation
and serving faithfully and honestly, why
not permit them to do soY
Notwithstanding ali these favorable
conditions a few OF the republican bell
wethere concluded to magnlfy their pot
~ grievances, stir up discord among the
voters and capture the convention. But
their maneuvers were very clnmsy.
Their frat rank pisce Of generaIship was
disclosed a fow minutes before calling
the meeting to order. Tins was 10 the
form Of a printed ticket. 1t bore the
device Of a five pointed star, beneath
which was the deluslve captions 'fTas
Payers Ticket" Under this misnomel
tho z. o. p. was to "liye or die, survive 81
perish" Her generals we're daahing ans
daring, but their discipline was bad Jaw
gul bad, Their courers and sentiRol
had permitted this grand army II poliii
cal reform CD 70 walk right into The arm
Of the enemy, ard after they had mud.
one or two charges 10 showed" and We
their powder. But they died game
] After being oYergogvred bY about thrs
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-26
nnnrosALs rnRFREsH REEFANn Mn.

DROrOsAIS FOR FRESH BEEF AND NUT
III ton, once OF Chief CommiSaary OF SUB
s~istence. IT,. =, Army, Denver. Colo, March
@, 1888. Sealed proposals Ia trlpllcato, subject
70 usual conditions. viii be received here, or ~
Offices II Acting Commlssaiies Of Subsistence.
nc the following posts, until II a. me- April 3,
1898, and then opened, for furnishing the fresh
beef and mutton, from the block, that may be
required nc these posts by the Subsistence De-
paftment, u. y. Army, during nscll year COM
mencing July 1, 1895, viz Forts. Apache, ao,'
600 p0undsl, Grant llg7,000 poundsk Huachuca
+. CT2.b00 peundsli Bayard QolO00l pounds,
Stanton 10000 ~pollHisl, and Wingate, N. M.
100000 pOunds)t Logan. Colo. O90OO0 p0undRli
Douglas fId0.000 pOurds) and Du Chesne Utah
r.. C7. 900 p0undsl; also for sahrpOst Of san car
los, Ariz, (e3 900 pOunds); which Gan be bid Tor
Aiiz. QUANTITIES above given are approximately
those required for issue only. sales 10 officers
enlisted linen and Others NJ tie post are tn add.
tlon thereto. Fresh beef shall be In good quail.
ity aud condition, Gt for Immediate use, and
from fore and hindqunftef meats pf~opefuqlate-
mutton shall be % good, fat and iuarket3bie
quality, from wpihers over one and undff three
Years old. Beef and mutton % be dressed ana
trimmed and delivered as prescribed M circular
| oflns}ructidn - bidders. Ff0Nnsals lpHlhf qisn
fcccircd si0iina prize N which bidtr tott aeln-
al. and ~ Ne dfiirertd ~ tniperdfRft fJi
greater than so degrees fahfcHlet FREEZER
] pnce VIII be given 10 articles ni domestic pro-
ductinn, condition az quality ara price linclud-
inc in the price Of foreign production the duty
/ thpraon1 heiug equal Government reserves
Intermediates thtfcln INSTRUCTIONS t~ifhieleu
I on application ~ Acting rnmmiiSallps q above
nnmed p1>ts. OF TO EDWARD Il. DkANOs Cap
/ tain. Chief Com D. oi Subs, ~