davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
HOT ENOUGH FOR HIM.

sailor Ben sat In the sun when the maiden
ame that way.
"Ilet enough for you. Uncle Benz" was
what heard her say.
"Wa'al, yes" the vet'ran made reply;
that Is, It's warm somewhat,
But folks that live round here about hain't
seen day that's hot.
What do you say? It's ninety-sixl Why
that amt nothin', child;
II you'd a-seen the day did 'twould fairly
make you wild
With thinkin' what you he'd been through.
an that you're still alive.
cen fifty-hve
When Cousin Abe an Slime an me all went
an he'd our wish.
Runnin' away on mac'rel sloop to New
foundland to fish.
THAT day? Oh. yes. I'll git to that; twas
August on the banks,
Aloft hung the sails all lifeless, an on our
deck the planks
Was twistin an warpin' an curlin' up with
the scorchin' heat,
An none of us walked acrost 'em fur fear
of blistered feet
But We had some compensation. ] guess
you will agree;
We ketched some nice billed mac'rel out OF
the steamin' sea.
Our ham an aigs we put on deck an let 'em
lay awhile;
They soon got fried. an we eet 'em. miss.
In regular hotel style.
All seams billed out pitch an oakum. an
the sailors scraped of some
Fur sech as were out of tobacker to use as
chawin' gum.
How did we live, did you ask me?
swan, sea cely know.
We was all packed In Ice an pickle. under
the decks below;
AS II was. Abe lost his whiskers. an Shines
mustache come out,
An as fur my hair. I hain't It. fur I shed It
oil about,
Same as the rest Of tibet crew did, endurin'
all that heat
Fur We was roasted through and through.
same as a piece of meat.
How high was the thermometer Oh.
please don't ask sech stuff;
We he'd glass mos four feet long, but
'twasnt long enough,
So we-ah, you're goin' be your Wa'al.
think you will agree
That the day We he'd on the banks was
quite hot enough fur me-"
She went, and the sailor muttered: That's
eighteen times to-day
I've been asked that same old chestnut:
now, what'll a feller say?"
VIII Templer. In Orange Judd Farmer
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
GIRL CATCHES A THIEF.
M ss Smith Had No Fear and Did
Her Work Well
with the Aid of n Friend She Dragged
the Fellow Back to the House
He Had Robbed and Held
Him Prisoner.

Yonkers has had many burglary
this summer. The police have tried to
catch the thief; so have most of the
other male citizens. but all in vain. 1t
remained for young woman TO land
the man who the police think has ter
rorized the Hudson river section for
months.
She is Miss Kittie Smith. says the
New York World. winsome girl of %,
who lives with her parents in a pretty
cottage at No. 81 Ravine avenue, over
looking the river. She is back-haired
and brown-eyed. Hen face is well
tanned by the summer sun. for she is
an athlete and pulls an oar that few
of the young men in Yonkers can hope
to beat.
Yonkers folks these summer days
leave their doors and windows open to
catch the breeze from the river. The
Smith cottage was not closed a all on
Monday. Miss Smith had been de-
veloping some photographs she had
taken and was waiting for one of her
friends. who was to help finish them.
II was almost supper time and she was
reading in the parlor. A shadow
passed down the side of the house.
Here he comes" said Miss Smith to
her younger sister.
But no one came upstairs. Still Miss
Smith sa, reading, when suddenly the
shadow passed across her eyes again
She looked up quickly. She saw a
strange man going out the gate.
"Thc silver! The silver!" she gasped,
and her sister looked up.
Her book dropped to the floor and
she ian quickly to the dining-room.
She saw 1t all at a glance-the house
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A bee Is never caught in the rain, and
you will notice that ants, wasps and
spiders will prepare their nests against
the coming Of storm many hours in
advance.
The frog cannot breathe with it's
mouth open, its breathing apparatus be-
ing SO arranged as to exclude air at all
times, except when the nostrils alone
are working.
The purest water in the world is
said to be that of the small Swedish
river Loka, which In 100000 parts con-
tains only .434 parts Of mineral sub
stances. The Thames at London bridge
contains in the same quantity of water
! from 60 to 10 parts, the Seine in Paris
% to "a parts, and the River Jordan, 139
parts.
The Paris meteorologist, Prof. Meter
icht, estimates the quantity of water
turned into vapor by the sun in the
Mediterranean sea alone on clear,
hot summer day at not less than $780,
100000 tons. At that rate, the quantity
of water taken from the entire globe
on one hot day within the limits of the
temperate and tropical zones would
amount to not less than 245. 900. 100000
tons.
1.-THE longest unsupported telegraph
wire," says Cosmos, sis in Switzerland.
1t crosses in one span the Lake of Wal
lenstadt in the canton of ST. Gall, and
was put up by the Swiss telephone bu-
reau. Its extremities are fastened to
two iron towers, 2,4O0 meters (7,S72)
feet apart. In the lowest part this con-
ductor is 40 meters Q31 feet) above the
water level of the lake. The line is Of
excellent steel and only two millimeters
nv inches) in diameter"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17


The health of the children should be the first
consideration of every parent. Too many
children are allowed to drift into fatal decline
by neglect. II your little ones are pale, puny,
nervous, do not play with zest and do not de-
velop as they should, give them Immediately
this great restorer Of health and strength, this
maker of good blood and strong nerves, DR..
Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy.
For St. Vitus dance, .spasms, epilepsy, convul-
sions, Dr. Greene's Nervura is the only remedy
absolutely and unfailingly sure to cure. If
your infants are cross, irritable, and do not
sleep well, are restless in sleep, tossing about,
gritting the teeth and starting suddenly from
sleep, have twtching of the eyes, face, head or
limbs, you can be certain that one of the above
terrible diseases will be the inevitable result
unless taken in time and cured no,o by the
use of DR.. Greene's Nervura. Get this Won
derful remedy at once, and you can be per-
fectly sure of cure. You need not fear to
give it to infants or children of any age as it is
perfectly harmless, being made from pure
vegetable medicines marvellous in their cura-
tive and health-giving powers. Read what DR..
Greene Nervura did in restoring to health Mrs.
Mary Wonderley and her two children, at 1908
Buttonwood St., Philadelphia, Pa. She says =
81 had been suffering for two years with
nervousness and indigestion so that at night
could not sleep, and in the morning l felt
weak and tired and so badly that could not
do my Homework. thought l could never
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17

had been robbed! Up the street the
stranger was walking as rapidly as he
could without attracting attention.
Hes the theft" said Miss Smith, and
without thought for her own safety
she darted after him. She had the fore
thought to remove her eyeglasses, fear
ing they might be broken in the prob
able struggle.
Unconscious of pursuit. the man hur-
ried on. but suddenly he felt hand on
his coat collar and sharp tug from be-
hind.
"Stop!"
1t was only slip of girl who had
seized him. It was her voice that called
halt. The man tried to break away.
but Two little hands seized his wrists
and held them like a wise. He was
helpless. Miss Smith had caught him.
"Helpl help!" she screamed. beckon-
ing to half dozen workmen who were
engaged on new house up Ravine
avenue. MT one of them stirred
"Help!" she screamed again. This
time young friend of the girl. Miss
Payne, ran to her aid. The two girls
seized the man. nov. Gghtirg for lib
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17

children BY DR.. GREENES NERvuRA.
get cured. l would have to get up at night
and walk up and down, had pains all over my
body, and when l got to sleep would wake
with pain around my heart so that would
be afraid to lie down again. had pains in
the top of my head and my hands would
tremble If tried to sew, and the least noise
would brighten me. My husband was told to
get DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy, which he did, and when had started
on the second bottle was surprised to find
myself improving rapidly. Had l known Of
DIR. Greene's Nervura when l was first sick it
would have saved me many dollars paid to
doctors. My little children were also helped
through this great medicine. They would
wake up at night frightened by horrible dreams,
and their appetite was failing and my little
girl had dark circles under her eyes and was
puny, pale and sallow. My little baby only
weighed Is pounds. After taking DR.. Greene's
Nervura she weighs % pounds and my little
girl is as fat and rosy as peach. We owe all
this to DR.. Greene's wonderful remedy"
Do not delay, but give your child this grand
medicine, DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy, now, and watch it gain in health every
day and every hour. DR.. Greene, "a Temple
Place, Boston, Mass, the most successful ply
stefan in curing diseases of children, can be con-
suited free, in person or by letter. No fees to
pay for consultation, examination or advice,
and the low prices of his health giving medicines
place sure cure in reach of everybody.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
Hot Water on Tap.

Near Boise City, Idaho, 400 feet be-
low the eaIth's surface, there is sub
terranean lake of hot water of 10 de-
grees temperature. 1t has pressure
enough to ascend to the top floor Of
most of the houses, and will be piped
to them for heating purposes.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
MATTER OF LOCALITY.
1t Affects the Price of Ice Water ~
Well as Potatoes.

1t Affects the Price of Ice Water rs
Well as Potatoes.
A gentleman from rural district in
the vicinity of Bangor, Me-, came into
town and went to the Bangor house
with a fine lot of potatoes, says the
Commercial. The house steward
didn't need any potatoes that day. and
the farmer was leaving the place with
his load, when fresh young drummer
approached, and. winking at COM
panions in the office, said: II say, part
ner, how much for your potatoes?"
Fifty CENTS" said the farmer, add
ing honestly: They are old ones"
why" said the drummer. with an
affected Maine accent, ''if you had
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
Cupid and Mamr,cn.

"Oh, hear my plear the loyer cried,
"And. If you do not yield
I'll pull my freight direct ard straight
For Klondike's frozen fl, d.
Mayhap in that bleak atmosphere
I'll perish with the cold.
Or yet l may come back some day
With barrels full of go!'I,"
go get the gold" she said, "and when
You've got it tackle me again.
Denver Post.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
CAPTURED BY SNAKES.


Charles II. Atkinson, the Chicago
wheelman whose adventures in the
west were noticed recently, is not the
only man who has exciting expert
ences of that region to relate. About
by wild steers on his way to the Pacific
coast, Amos S. Bennett, snake tanner,
rode his wheel into rattlesnakes' play
ground in Routt county, Colorado.
The snakes lie on the bare, rocky
ground for hundreds of yards around
Some wriggled alone, others lay in
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
Only.

Twas only bright good morning"
That was called from over the way.
But 1t left its cheerful memory.
Through a long and weary day.
Twas only a gentle handclasp
That was given in sudden mood.
But 1t made all earth seem brighter
So that even work was good.
Twas only bunch of flowers
That grew In a garden fair.
But all their hidden beauties
Were seen by an invalid there.
IT'S only word or a gesture,
An act or thought of ours.
May prepare for unborn millions
A path of thorns or flowers.
Martha Munger Perry. In Chicago Trib-
une.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17

II you wish to have fun
Ride a wheel made for one:
But If looking for trouble
Ride one that's built double.
And thus to be happy.
Stay single through life:
But If looking for trouble.
Just get you wife!
B. A. Chelor. in Hardware.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
Comparison.

The sky of brightest gray seems dark
To one whose sky was ever white.
To one who never knew a spark,
Thro' all his life. of love or light,
The gayest cloud seems overnight.
The robin sounds beggar's note
Where one the nightingale has heard;
But he for whom no silver throat
Its liquid music ever stirred
Deems robin still the sweetest bird.
Boston W.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
POLITICAL SELECTIONS,
KlOn dixie.

hIOnutke.
The shades of night were falling fast
As through his native village passed
A man with saddened eyes, and dim.
With this sign fastened onto HIM:
"Klondike."
His eye, like phosphorescent spark.
Glowed like a cats eye In the dark;
His cheeks afiame with inward fire.
As muttered he his one desire:
"Klondike."
All fieeced and woolly was his coat,
From OF sheep or billygoat;
coonskin cap was on his head
He hurried on and only said:
'Klondike"
A spade to dig the golden sand
He carried In his strong right hand,
His left a ten-quart pail did hold,
In which to bring his dust Of gold
From Klondike.
Beside him trotted as he went
A humble dog with sorrow bent:
Foreseeing fate from selfish man.
In omens of the frying pan,
In Klondike.
1.-THE Chilkat Pass" the old man said.
"Is over yonder-up ahead"
The solemn miner, somewhat vexed.
Said: Let 'er pass: make II next.
For Klondike."
"Oh, stay" the maiden said. land rest
Thy weary head upon this breast"
go tor he cried; thy love will trust
The fellow who brings back the dust
From Klondike."
Beware the price Of garden truck:
Beware the nimble, gay Canuck"
This was the farmers last goodnight:
"And take the first road to the right
For Klondike."
man was found, to neck in snow,
And hauled out by an Esquimaux.
All solid, rigid, stiff, and dead.
His idea frozen In his head
Klondike.
On Yukon's bank at break Of day,
Lifeless but well preserved he lay,
While Ger his head in solid ice
They carved this simple. plain device:
"Klondike!"
Joseph Bert Smiley. In Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
A She skcptic.

He-My dear, feel awfully bad. I
believe am going to die.
She guess not. You men are such
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Journal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
Older Thnn lie Thnucht

Trivett-Miss Cahokia has become a
new woman.
Dicer-She isn't as old as that. Is she?
Judge.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17

Beyond the gloom Is glory,
Beyond the cross a crown;
Not half so sad life's story,
Did we look up, not down.
We need but to rise higher,
Above the clouds and night;
To feel the heavens higher
And see the eternal light.
The sowing, then the reaping:
We pass through death to life;
Comes gladness after weeping,
And sweet rest after strife.
Earth to-day, Heaven tomorrow!
Oh, my soul, since God Is there!
Into singing turn thy sorrow
Into praise thy prayer
James L. Elderdice. in Good Housekeep-
ing.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
She Wondered.


With her fair hand clasped In mine. filled
: with hope almost divine,
I unreeled the story of my burning love;
Told her If she'd be my wife would make
4 her future life
A reflection Of the angel life above
Dwelt fondly DER and Ger on most every
charm she bore.
Praised her virtues up against the arch
ing sky;
And I almost seemed to hear her angel
pinions swishing near
AS l bowed my head and waited her re-
ply.
How my heart went pit-a-pat as she in re-
Election sat,
Silent as the Sphinx on Egypt's sanded
plain;
Then she raised her pretty eyes up toward
the distant skies,
And proceeded as before to think again.
Then / broke the thinkful SPELL impa-
tiently murmured: "Wel?"
And her eyes again descended to the
floor,
And she said in accents sweet as Texas
sugar beet:
IT was wondering where I'd heard that
tale before"
Denver Post
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
Country School Children.

Happy groups of lads and lassies,
Rosy-cheeked. without a care,
On their way to school we meet them,
Bright as morning, free as air:
Blushing girls, in deep sunbonnets,
Long-sleeve aprons, fresh and clean,
Graceful, without affectation,
True-born ladies. all. ! ween.
Sunburned lads, with rolled-up trousers.
Barefoot boys, with sturdy limbs.
Lips a-taint with no slang phrases,
Honest eyes, meath tattered brims;
Little men," their mothers call them,
AS they kiss them each good-by,
Gentlemen-I make amendment
Gentlemen of purest dye.
Bonny lads and modest lassies.
Favored children, one and all,
Breathing country air and sunshine.
Hearing not temptations call:
Happy lads and care-free lassies,
Picking flowers by the way.
May life's lessons ne'er grow harder
Than thy lessons of to-day.
Mrs. NJ. c. Dickerson. in Golden Days.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17

than this Compound made of her healing and restoring herbs
Write freely and fully to Mrs Pnkham Her address is Lynn
Mass She will tell free Of charge the of trouble
what take Believe under right conditions you
have fair chance to become the joyful mother of children The
whose letter here published certainly thinks
81 than proud of Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Com
pound find words express the good has done
Twas oubedvey badly with the leucorrha and severe womb
pains From the time married, 1882, until last
under the doctors We had children have had nearly
every doctor Jersey City, and have been Bevin Hospital but
all avail saw Mrs Pnkhams advertisement in the paper
and have five bottles her medicine tha done for
than all the doctors had 1t has stopped my pains and has
brought fine little girl have been we'll since my baby
was born heartily recommend Mrs. Pinkhams medicine all
suffering from steliy-MKs LUCY LYLE, ass Hende
St., Jersey City, N. J.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17

'THow MUCH FOR YOUR PoTAToEs?"
them in New York you could get s1.5o
for 'em easy"
The farmer eyed the drummer sharp
ly. Then he picked up his load and
walked on. remarking, sarcastically as
he went:
Eyes. and If ! had pail O. ice water
In hell suppose could get $40 glass
for i'll"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
A JOYFUL MOTHER!
Mrs. Pinkham's Words of Encour-
agement to the Unhappy.
In the Light of Modern Science no Woman
Need Despair.

There durable for serty One of the
most general debility accompanied by peculiar cond
ton of the blood
Care and tonic organs relieve
a. o., ofsupposed incurable barrenness than any other
GcgS&SSsA known method. This is why Lydia E. Pink
n.y. ~ ~ hams Vegetable Compound has affected
- AZ many cures; its tonic properties directed
AaESMSM especially to the which sup
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17

III utSAiiiS D stSiiA' TAiiioiS otAiSA
causes for sterility or barren
ness are displacements of the
womb. These displacements
are caused by lack of strength
!, in the ligaments supporting the
n womb and the ovaries; restore
these, and the difficulty ceases.
Here, again, the Vegetable
Compound works wonders.
See Mrs. Lytle's letter, which
follows in this column. Go to
the root of the matter, restore
trength of the nerves and the
of the parts, and nature will do
L..
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17
Che Eight Beyond.
BY FLORENCE A. MUNROE.
Observation-Disclosures

II A NY of the fellers on this raEch
~ goin' to cross the alkali soon?"
Yes, Tenderfoot Dick and me be
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-09-17

The shades OF night were falling fast
As through his native village passed
A man with saddened eyes, and dim.
With this sign fastened onto HIN:
"Klondlke."
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-17
FIVE MINUTES ASLEEP.
BY AUGUSTA PRESCOTT.

sending our most trusty clerk out to
Beverly.
'The disagreeable feature Of this rob-
berry" continued Mr.. Caldwell, with his
face flushing TO the roots Of his hair
SIS the position In which it places me.
IL is this In a nutshell. / bring the pro-
teetors Of a western enterprise TO my
bank. ] urge them TO place their money
in its vaults. obtain. contrary 10 Gus
tom the combination OF the vault. The
next morning the money is gone Worse
than that. j am away from home all
night. for last night / started away upon
a short pleasure tour, and was only re-
called this morning by telegram from
the President. OF course, no notice has
heen taken OF these facts as yet. But
in the investigation which will follow.
thev will surely be brought out. And
need not say how they would damage
me-"
Jonathan Caldwell paused. I poured
him out a glass OF water and begged
him 10 calm himseh.
"Does any one know you have sent
for me?" l asked.
"No one. Foreseeing that this would
turn into a personal matter with me. /
teleeraphed for you to be my personal
detective in this matter. And, Mr.. Mar
tinot." reaching forward and taxing my
hand. "if YOU will ferret out THIS case
and ind the guilty party / viii give you
$50 600. / am a poor man now, for TINS
loss will fall largely on me- but would
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-17

Take me IN 10 him and then leave us.
your part in this business Is done for
the present. Tonight go to bed as usual,
leaving word that you may be called to-
wards morning"
found Watchman Michael O'Hara a
short. thick-set man. with a decided imp
I'm his step. shiio his eyes mad the wan
derine uncertain look OF one who begins
10 realize that his alertness IS railing
him. In build he was very Ike myself
Michael" said /. when Jonathan Cald-
we'll md left us alone in the simple par
lor OF the little cottage. 81 want you 70
tell me all that happened at the bank
last night after you went on watcn. me
,nore,, was taken between in the eve
ming and C next morning, ana you were
the onlv one there during that time.
The central office tells me that you sent
in the alarms every half hour from the
front and rear of the bank. and that you
were plainly visible 70 the street patrol
every hour all night. How then could
the money have been takepY TEL me All
as well &c Won can remember It,"
.I will sir" said Michael in trembling
tones "But truth 10 tell, there's MOTH
inc sir went on duty at O'Clock
fresh from eight hours sleep. Az my
bow Eddie, brought my supper 70 me,
and I took it in at the side door. The
hank being on a corner, the size door
IS very convenient and perfectly saie,
being fastened with double locks and bars
upon the inside. -,..,
/ patrolled the bank ell night sitting
down TO rest between the half-hour calls
from the central office, and at O'Clock
Eddie brought me some breakfast. Al
the cleaners came. and the day watch-
man relieved me. The vault was never
touched all night. I did not even touch
the handles, as I've an awful fear OF u
ever since the time Of the first robbery.