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Use Made of Peach Stones.

Some people ma. wonder what be-
comes of all the peach stones, knowing.
of course, that there must be great
quantities of them, from the millions
of bushels of peaches grown from year
to year and sold in the markets. Peach
stones we're formerly bought by several
nursery firms of Baltimore, who, in
turn, dried and assorted them, and
sold large quantities in the south. The
state of Georgia took great many;
SO also the west, especially the state Of
Michigan, and, in fact, wherever it
was thought peach orchards could be
set out to advantage. Then the whole
sale druggists took them, but in lin
tied quantities, for their prnssic acid
ingredients. They were also stored by
the packers, and sold at about $3.50
per CARLOAD of, say, 25 bushels, and
those not sold in the manner mentioned
were used for fuel in the winter after
they were well dried. But this year
there seems to be no demand for them,
and packers who have room to do so
orc diving them for fuel.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13
of the trainers of the Constitution of

of the trainers of the Constitution of
Massachusetts.
Certainly no higher testimonial, no
greater proof of q medicines wonder
ful power to cure can possibly be given
than is here bestowed upon DR.. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy by
this most distinguished statesman and
head of the government of the state.
Surely no one who is i'll, worn-out,
rundown, weak, nervous, discouraged
and disheartened by repeated failures
TO be cured can require any greater
proof, any stronger testimony that
DR.. Greene's Nervura will cure, that
it will certainly restore health and
strength to the weak and nervous suf-
ferer, than Lieut.. -Gocernor Fletcher S
powerful words wherein he states that
he has personally used it in his family
with greatest benefit, knows it to be a
most wonderful curer of disease, and
earnestly recommends its use by all
who are out of health and need medi-
cine.
| The great Statesman says:
Il have long heard of the good eff
fects of DR.. Greene's Nervura blood
and nerve remedy and have used it in
my family. have heard cases among
my neighbors who have derived great
benefit from its use and can truly say
that as far as my experience and in
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13
All That Was Lacking.

He had been away on business trip
for quite a long time, and had brought
his wife a handsome fan on his return.
ITS just perfectly lovely. Harry"
she said. Its the daintiest and most
beautiful fan / ever saw"
I'm glad you like il" he returned,
with evident qualification.
How could | help liking anything
so pretty?" she asked; and then she
added with sigh; 81 only wish |
could carry it some time
why can't your" he demanded.
NO gown to go with it," she nm
swered, promptly. There ought to be
gown to match, or at least one that
wouldn't look shabby beside it, if"
She got the gown. He kicked him.
self for two days, and ever thereafter
bought fans to match what she already
had.-Chicago Post.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13
mARca uF THE GOLDEN RODS.

There's a torchlisht procession aflaunt
through the meadows!
The van has gone on, and the rear's never
It troops DER tho fields In undlsciplined
order,
Each soldier arrayed IN a Uniform green
| cannot distinguish recruit from COM
mander,
The order of march lacks the common
But. each with his torchlight held valiant
ly upward,
Is doing his best to keep up with his
line.
and the pathway,
Where l, from my cool. shady seat,
watch them pass; .y ;.t.s,.
While they tramp through bitches and hol-
lows and valleys,
And scramble up hillsides and through
the tall grass.
The regiment gains in recruits as it
marches,
And volunteers always fall In" by the
way:
Their names are not drafted-one only con-
dition,
That all carry torches by night and by
day
A gayer procession never have witnessed,
They look brightly at me. and nod, each
and all,
AS they sing In a chorus: "Oh. summer is
dying!
And we are SO glad, for we're soldiers Of
fall"
And all through the last. dying days Of
poor summer
This thoughtless procession keeps up
march and song:
And our lady of flowers, Of birds and OF
beauty
Signs deep, in her death. at the merciess
throng.
But by and by comes Then the torches
burn family
A flash-and a flicker! Their brilliance is
sped!
And commands from the front, in the
distance from nowhere,
Send orders to halt" for sweet summer
is dead!
Then the soldiers in green halt, and paA
tiently listen
For further commands for the troop to
disband.
But while they are waiting, their enemy,
winter,
Approaches and on them he lays his
cold hand!
And they die! and their little lives vanish
Oh! whittier?
But their ghosts remain standing, true
pictures of WOO
With inverted torches-you often can see
them
If you walk through the fields in the
season of snow.
Helen 7. Wilder. in Chicago Interior.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13
The world believes its great men.

ne WOTIu bCllCNSS lto = iSuV ihSA'
Their word is accepted as truth,
their example followed, their advice
taken.
Knowing this fact. the illustrious
Lieut.. Governor OF Vermont, Hon.
Henry A. Fletcher, of Proctorsville,
VT, who is the descendant of long
line of Statesmen and Rulers, tells the
people if they wish to get well, If they
desire to get back their health and
strength, to use DR.. Greene's Ncrvura
blood and nerve remedy because he
knows from personal experience, from
its use in his own family and among
his friends, and from having observed
time and time again its wonderful cur
alive powers, that it will surely and
certainly cure. that twill give strength
to the weak, strong nerves to the nerv-
Gus, natural refreshing sleep to the
sleepless, perfect digestion to the dys-
peptic. rich, red blood to the feeble,
freedom from pain to the rheumatic, in
fact, sound and vigorous health to all
who use it.
Lieut.. Governor E'lctcher's family
have been leaders and advisers of the
people and publicly identified with the
history of the United States for more
than hundred years. His father was
both Lieut.. Governor and Governor Of
Vermont and his grandfather was one
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13
fRESsEs OF oLD-TIME HERoINEs
Invariably Came Tumbling Down in Rip
pies at Exactly the Right Moment.

pies at Exactly the Right Moment.
In the good old times not so remote
but thatmost of us can remember them.
and good because past and therefore
seen through the enchanting haze of
memory, the hair of the heroine played
an important part. For one thing, it
came down with surprising facility,
apparently without cause, except that
she had good opportunity to display
her wondrously beautiful tresses.
AS a matter of course her hair was
luxuriant. None of the other women in
that particular book had hair worthy
of comparison with hers, which fell in
great waves far below her waist,
whether purple black, dusky, nut
brown, or the red gold such as Titan
loved to paint.
If the heroine went out for ride the
horses usually ran away. Zone might
almost think that the faithful animals
had had instructions as to what was ex-
pected of them.) In her efforts to con-
troll the frightened creature, just as
they dashed by a group of her friends
and admirers or rushed past the hero,
down swept her hair in great inky
masses to her knees.
If she went for canter her steed be-
came frisky, and her rich auburn hair.
escaping the confines of net and comb,
without making much fuss about it
either, fell about her in sweet confus-
ion or foated behind her on the breeze
If She were a lady of high degree,
robbed of her lover by an irate husband
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13
Says Women Are Not Truthful
Will Lie to Their Physicians.
This Statement Should Be Qualified.
Women Do Tell the Truth. But Not the Whole
Truth, to a Male Physician, But Do Tell
the Truth, and the Whole Truth, to Mrs.
Pnkham- Jane Keener Has Some
thing to Say on the Subject.

in, and are a source of great satisfac-
ton to the woman who has tried to do
so much for others.
Mrs, Jane Keener, Mt. Morris, Pa,
says:-For years have been constant
sufferer from female trouble in all its
dreadful forms, shooting pains over
my body, sick headache, faintness, dir
ziness, nervousness, and my back hurt
me nearly all the time. | had pain
about my heart and ovary, also trou-
bled with piles, l could not sleep on
my left side. The pain has now left
my heart and side and back. Before l
began to take Lydia E. Pinlkham's
Vegetable Compound l would have to
get up at four o'clock every morning,
for my back hurt me so much feel
it my duty to tell you these facts that
you may also be cured by the same most
valuable remedy. My heart is full Of
gratitude to Mrs. Pinkham.
A STANDING INVITATION.
Women suffering from any form of fe-
male weakness are invited to promptly
communicate with Mrs. Pinkham at
Lynn, Mass. All letters are received,
opened, read and answered by women
only. A woman can freely talk of her
private illness to a woman; thus has
been established the eternal conf
dence between Mrs. Pinkham and the
women of America which has never
been broken. Out of the vast volume
Of experience which she has to draw
from it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge that
will help your case. She asks nothing
in return except your good will, and
her advice has relieved thousands.
Surely, any woman, rich or poor, is very
foolish if she does not take advantage
of this generous offer of assistance.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13

There can be no more terrib Ike ordeal
to delicate, sensitive, refined woman
than to be obliged to answer certain
questions in regard to her private ills,
even when those questions are asked
by her family physician.
This is the reason why thousands
upon thousands of women are CORE
spending with Mrs. Pinl1ham at Lynn,
Mass. To her they can enter into every
detail of their illness, SO that even
through correspondence Mrs. Pinkham
can treat her patients more intelli-
gently than the local physician.
1t is this fact alone which has caused
the tremendous line of correspondence,
which is ever increasing, between Mrs.
Pinkham and women who are sick, and
it was from this fact also that HRS
Pinkham has a wider experience and
greater knowledge OF the treatment of
female ills than any practicing physi-
clan in the world. The greatest prac-
titioner can at the most have less than
100 cases to which he can give his per-
sonal attention, while more than fifty
thousand cases have been handled by
Mrs. Pinkham during the last six
months.
Years ago women had no such re-
course, and in consequence many of
them dragged out miserable exist
enee; charlatans practiced on their ig-
norance and fears, extorted money
from them and effected few cures.
Nowadays woman may ask advice of
a woman who understands woman's
ills, and the fact that this great boon
which is extended freely to women by
Mrs. Pinkham is appreciated, the thou
sands of letters which are received by
her prove. Many such grateful letters
as the following are constantly pouring
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13

blocks fall outside the circle the throw
takes his turn. If four persons are
playing, two begin at A and play around
to B, and two begin at and play
around to A. If two are playing they
also play in opposite directions. Each
space from one pebble to another counts
as one, and each counter is laid at the
space won by the player owning II
and advanced as the game proceeds. II
the mark of one player just meets, with
out passing one of the others, or over
takes it, the latter Is set back to the
starting point. If this, however. is
tonnd to make the game too lcrg-fo'
civilized boys and girls PERHAPS lack
the patience of the Zulu childrcn--it
may be modified by setting the player
oack only ten or fifteen points. Amonf
the Indians twice around constitutes 9
game. but it may be found desirable tt
limit {. game to one round.
It only remains to say it is game
well worth playing-one in which the
interest never flags from beginning te
end, but, on the contrary, continually
increases to the finish, for a player may
seem to be on the very point of winning
and then be set back, while another by
two or three skillful throws, for throw
ing the sticks requires skill, may un
expectedly make his way from far II
tho rear TO the front.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13
A NEW CHILDREN'S GAME
Played by Both Men and Boys
Among the 1uni People.
1t Is as Easy rs Marbies--Great Sport and
Nothing Is Needed That Boy
Cannot Readily Procure
for Himself.
lcoPYhfahr, 1891

lCOPfRIGHr, lnsOl
really new game-one that can be
played with genuine interest like the old
games-is thing equally rare and de-
sirabe. Such game is Tasholi that
is, 1t is new to all young folks living in
civilized countries. though it has been
played by the Turin people from time
immemorial. Like most of the best
games 1t was never invented by anyone
person, but has gradually developed.
doubtless from the rudest beginnings,
into it's present form. Like most of the
best games, also, it requires only the
simplest and most easily-procured out
fit.
Tasholi is played both by children
and adults among the Indians of New
Mexico. The game was first brought TO
my notice when l visited the Organ
mountains on a sketching expedition
several years ago, and as it was some
thing altogether new to me, investl-
gated the matter and found out how it
was done. The older Indians, l was told,
frequently became so absorbed in 1t
that they play for "a hours and more
without ceasing. The equipment for
playing Tasholi consists OF three
sticks 40 pebbles, and some sort of a
counter for each person playing. The
sticks should be of exactly the same
size, each five inches long, two inches
wide, and three-quarters of an Inch
thick; they must be so stained or col
I I l. -. I ~
ON the other.
The 40 pebbles are arranged In q circle
of about 2h feet in diameter, placed at
uniform distances, except that the
starting point is marked by wider space.
The counters may be flowers, or. any
convenient objects that can be easily
distinguished. The players kneel or
crouch around outside of the circle,
the three sticks are grasped and held
together near the base, grasped be-
tween the thumb and fingers in such
manner as to be perpendicular. They
are then thrown down so as to drop
simultaneously on their lower ends as
near the center of the circle as possible.
They will rebound little, and prob
/ ably fall in different directions. If two
turn up dark and one light it counts
two; two light and one dark, three;
three dark, five; three light, ten. Either
a five throw or ten throw entities the
player to another trial. If any of the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13

CANT YOU TRUST ME- TO TAKE TIP
to ride 20 miles up the rugged noun
tain road.
He fumed and fretted and stcwed, but
that did no good. He was forced to ac
knowledge that he could not SO, and
that there was no use of thinking of
such thing.
For six long years." he said, adj
dressing Frank, the boy, 1.-THE mail has
gone up the mountains regularly never
missing a day, and now here I am fat
on my back not able to get out of the
house, and the hail lying down there
Mt the post Office with nobody to take
1t. What will the people at the mines
think of me?"
Frank. who had been sitting by the
fire, arose and came forward to the bed,
saying:
"Uncle Peter, nobody will blame you
for not bringing the mail when they
learn that you are sick"
maybe not" the old man answered,
testify; ''but that don't mend matters
much. The mail is due up there; and
they'll be expecting it, end it ought u
CO."
but nobody would expect you to
bring it when you couldn't get out of
bed" the lad urged.
mo, of course not. But for six years
| have never missed day, and now ,
miss this, one of my most importaLt
days of all! If it had Just been some
other day it wouldn't have been so bad.
But to-day-my Lord, boy, if ] could
make the trip up there to-day anyway
at all I'd go, even if had to crawl.
why is it so important that you
should go to-day?" Frank asked.
because there is a lot of money 10
go up. Jake Bushnell has $4,000 down
here that promised to bring up to
him to-day, and il ought to &c if pos.
sible. In fact, Frank. it must 60 IL
there is any way TO ge' ii there"
is it so important that it should
go?"
Its going to mean a gain of $4,000
to Jake, and its failure TO go meant
twice that much loss. 1t is just that
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13

or a stern father, she threw herself
upon the breast Of him who had loved
her but too well, as he lay gasping away
his life, and, of course, her hair came
down, though apparently fastened Sc
curely in place one little hour ago; the
riotous masses of her unprecedented
locks covering him like shroud.
If she was a maiden of lowly birth it
made no difference. Pretty, coy little.
Babette, the fisherman's daughter, has
been forbidden to speak to Lord Ronald
or to think of him; she must tear his
image from her heart. One day she is
walking along the sands, mournfully
gazing seward. The tide, the treach-
erous tide, creeps in little by little ur-
til she Is cut off from the shore. Sac
does not return to Der home at the ac-
customed time. Eui after week has
dragged by the cruel waves bring to the
shore young maiden. with her 81,
rlering golden hair floating about her
Now, what made their hair come
down so easily? How did they manage
it?
Recently there has been change.
The heroine's hair does not come down
as frequently as in the past. After CIV
ing the subject serious thought / have
.ome to the conclusion that this Is due
not so much to the present low price of
! airpins, which places them within
the reach of all, as TO the fashion of
wearing the hair that has prevailed
during the last few years. Imagine
how the heroine would look with a
wavy section on either side of her head
and her back hair as straight as a
japanese dolls! Nowadays her tresses
content themselves with ripping back
from her shell-like ears, while the wind
lifts the light curls from her white
brow, or caresses a stray lock that has
fallen lovingly against her snowy neck.
-Lippincott's.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13
rac,,,,,es ware I,m,ted.

IT have here" said the caller, "a
short, humorous article, which have
written, on ice"
eve have no facilities for preserv-
ing such an article" said the editor.
.You will find cold storage warehouse
Just across the river."-Chicago Trib-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13
Their First Quarrel.

Young Honeymoon called his wife a
dumping. Ten minutes later, when
he told her she was too heavy to hold
on his lap, and she reminded him that
at dinner he said he didn't like heavy
dumplings, thor first quarrel doomed
up ON the horizon. Workers States
man
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13

LID PETER PUR
DEN had carried
mails up into the
Sierra N e V a d Il
mountains for sew
eral years, and his
integrity and re-
liability were so
well known to the
miners that they
did not hesitate to
intrust to him the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13

az wouldn't Be as eccentric as that
man Is for worlds"
what is his peculiar form OF eccon
tricity?"
"Iie has never learned to ride bi
cycle"
"Great Chcaro Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-11-13
SAVED BY AN AVALANCHE.
BY THOMAS p. MoNTFORT.

LID PETER PUR
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-04
SMALL TALK.

Thank goodness, it's all over any
how.
business got a decided setback
yesterday.
There were three cases in Police
Court yesterday morning.
A new stone wall is being built in
the rear of the boiler house OF the Rey-
mann Brewing Co.
No business whatever was trans
acted at any of the offices at the PuDhc
Building yesterday.
An infant son of Henry Roth, of
Elm Grove, died yesterday. Inter
ment Thursday at Greenwood.
An infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Roth. of Fulton. died yesterday morn
ing at three O'Clock, as a result OF lung
fever.
The Register election bulletins last
night were the event Of the evening.
They were watched by an enormous
crowd of 1000 people.
The Board of Public Works has
brought the steam roller up from Ben
wood. Where il has been in use for a
week or more, improving Benwood
streets.
Yesterday Mrs. Paulina Rice,
mother of A. L. and L. NJ. Rice, died
at her residence, No. $40 Market street,
in her SSrd year. The remains will be
taken to Pottsyille, Pa, to-day for in
terment.
Mrs. Elizabeth Eckhardt, wife Of
William Eckhardt, nee Wasinger, died
yesterday at the family residence at
No. 3711 Jacob street. She was 80
years of age. Interment will take place
at Mt. Zion cemetery Thursday after
noon.
Mr.. John Wolff, an aged and re-
spected citizen of the North End, died
at his residence in Grand View street
Yesterday. in his siXty-sev5nth year, as
a result of one years continual suffering
from dropsy. The deceased will be
buried this morning at half-past eight
o'clock at Mt Cavalry cemetery.
There has been no developments
in regard to the murder mystery OF
Stackyard Hollow. The coroner's eX-
animation will take place tomorrow
afternoon in Coroner Schultz's office.
A number of parties from the vicinity
of Stackyard Hollow have been sum-
moned to appear and give testimony.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-11-04
Dillon, Wheat & HanCher Co.
PROF. L. LEVITT, Manager.
Mbrelin9 8e9istfr
MARIETTA.


Marietta. O., November 3.-The Ma
rietta College foot ball team leaves
Friday evening for Catlettsburg, KY
where they will play on Saturday
They have chartered the steamer Cath
arine Davis on which to make the trip.
Mr. Frank Glines and Miss Mary E..
DabOld, both of this city, were married
Saturday evening.
Mrs. NJ. E. Prentice, of Beverly, is
the guest of her son, Alva, West Side.
Miss Stella Sprague spent Sunday in
Parkersburg with her sister, Mrs.
Frank Knox.
Miss Blanche Marshall left Monday
on the steamer Virginia for Pomeroy,
where she will visit her sister, Mrs
Henry Folsom.
Mr.. II. G. Sellew, of Cincinnati, is
the guest of relatives in the city.
Mr.. c. w. James and Mrs. c. T. AL
cock returned Monday from Brooklyn,
where they had been guests of their
mother.
Mr.. S. B. Kirby left to-day for New
York and other eastern cities and will
be absent a month.
At the annual election Of officers Of
the Lobdell Cycling Club, held Mon
day evening, the following were elect
ed for the coming year: w. II. Cox,
president; R. NJ. NOll vice president;
Luther Cisler, secretary; Charles Graf
ton, treasurer; Albert Burris, captain;
Harry Ogle, first lieutenant; w. w.
Wood, second lieutenant; Alonzo
Scott, c. f. Henry and Charles Jordan,
executive committee. At the close Of
the meeting the members present en-
joyed a delightful smoker
Mr.. Harry Lee and Miss Sylvia Boone
a handsome young couple from Muir
phytown, w Va, came to this city on
Monday, secured a marriage license in
probate court and were united in we'd
lock by Squire c. w Richards.
Mr.. d. P. Torpy has returned from
a visit to Nashville, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guthrie Curtis, who
have been visiting friends here for
several weeks. left Sunday for their
home at Chicago.
Mrs. William Nichols, of Philadel-
phia. who has been visiting her moth
er. Mrs. Sayre, and other relatives
here. left to-day for her home. She
was accompanied by Mrs Sayre, who
will spend the winter in Philadelphia
Mrs. Dwight and daughter, of Chi
cago. are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T. w.
Harvey, Fifth street.
Mrs. Henry Nicoll and daughters, Of
Middleboro. KY, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs T. b. BoswOrth.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Glines celebrated
the fOrty-frst anniversary of their
marriage Saturday evening.
Mrs. W. II. Pape and daughter have
returned home to Franklin, Pa. after
a pleasant visit in this city with friends
and relatives.