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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
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THE LABOR WORLD.

Brooklyn has four painters unions.
Germany has 10,500,000 working peo-
pie.
Some Toledo firemen enjoy the eight
hour day.
A Brooklyn K. of L. assembly has
1900 members.
The K. of L. have codified the labor
laws of New York.
laundry girl is vice president of the
Cleveland Central Labor union.
1t is proposed to build a railroad on
the labor exchange plan from some
point on the Gulf of Mexico. in Texas,
to San Diego.
Atlanta Woman's club has promised
to make all purchases in the morning
II merchants will allow clerks half
holiday on Saturday.
The United Brotherhood of Carpen-
tiers and Joiners now covers 81 states,
one territory, the District of Columbia
and the Dominion of Canada.
Duluth walters have decided to pub
lish semi-monthly paper, for the pur-
pose Of promoting public sentiment
in favor of the patronage of union res
taurants.
The Railway Servants in the Anal
gamated society have placed proposals
with regard to wages and working
hours before the directors of all the
railway companies in the United King
dom.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
THE NATIONAL GAME.

Fred Clark is making success at
managing the colonies.
Hughie Jennings batted up to .425
on the western trip of the champions.
Ex-Leaguer Dan Brouthers was the
first Springfield player to make 100
hits.
bug" Holiday, despite the fact that
be only plays occasionally. is batting
in great style.
Newspaper support is the greatest
thing in the world to keep club
hustling," says Capt. Scrappy Joyce.
Pete Bowling. Louisville's new pitch
er. is said to be a strapping fellow.
with plenty of speed. He is south
paw.
Manager Comiskey, of st. Paul,
seems to have faculty of developing
star pitcher every season. Last year
it was Denzer and this year it is Isbel.
Sockalexis' mail is flooded with ten
der missives from maidens who pine for
photo of the copper-colored guardian
Of the Clevelands' right reservation.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
POPULAR SCIENCE.

A bee is never caught in the rain, and
lou will notice that ants, wasps and
spiders will prepare their nests against
he coming of a storm many hours in
advance.
The frog cannot breathe with it's
mouth open, it's 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 70 parts, the Seine in Paris
90 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 a 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 245 600. 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. It's extremities are fastened to
two iron towers, 2,400 meters (7,872)
feet apart. In the lowestpart this con-
ductor is 40 meters Obi feet) above the
water level of the lake. The line Is of
excellent steel and only two millimeters
| az inches) in diameter"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
BICYCLE GARTER.

Snake garters were many IN Paris the
next week. The garter is usually made
of gold fibers, cleverly knit together SO
that the whole is made perfectly flex-
ible. 1t is long enough to coil twice
around the leg just below the knee.
and is sufficiently elastic to retain its
position.
The snake garter is freed from much
of the horror naturally attached to it
by the elaborate decorations which ac-
company it. The head is knob OF jew
els of various colors. and line Of tiny
diamonds runs from the head to the
extreme tin of the tail,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
II Has Many Characters.

A missionary at Tung Chow has in
vented a Chinese typewriting machine.
1t is a great success. The characters
number about 1000 and are on the edges
Of wheels about foot in diameter.
Twenty or thirty wheels are required
to carry all the characters. and two
keys must be struck to make an impress
sion. The first turns the wheel and the
second stops it at the required letter.
which is then brought down to the
paper. The machine is complicated.
but the inventor. DR.. Sheffield, hopes
to make it more simple. There are
$4,000 characters in the Chinese Ian
guage, each representing a word. The
1000 in common use have been selected
for the new machine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
FRANKS OF LIGHTNING.
Childs Limbs Contracted by the
Force o. a Shock.
Death Came Quickly, But the Electric
Fluid Left n Mark Fourteen In
ches Long on Little
Amelia Aclkerley.

On July 90 the Atlantic coast was
visited by one of the tiercest electric
storms ever recorded. Lightning
played many pranks, but none more
startling than those reported by the
New York journal in the following
words:
OF the many strange freaks of light,
ming during Fridays storm. the
straugest and saddcst was that which
killed baby girl nesting in her moth
er's arms aboard the floating hospital
of ST. Johns Guild down the bay, and
brought into the world the little
dark-eyed, chubby son of another
away on the same boat.
All yesterday Mrs. Amelia Ackerley,
of No COZ West Forty-ffth street. wept
over the body of her tiny daughter,
named after herself. Still dressed in
her little cap and clothes she wore on
the excursion. the body Of the child
lay on table in back room on the
third floor.
The Ackerley family consists of the
father, laborer, long out of work; the
mother, sickly woman; an 1S-year-
old girl, boy two years younger and
two other boys, aged respectively four
and three years. They have been Elk
ing out miserable living on the small
earnings Of the oldest child Katie.
Little Amelia, three months old, had
suffered much from the heat, so FRI
day morning the mother took her on
the excursion, in hopes the salt air
would prove beneficial. The sail
seemed to do the pale-faced little one
much good, and she was resting in
her mothers lap, her head reclining
on the right arm, when lightning
struck the boat.
Close to where Mrs. Ackerley sat
slanting iron rod ran from the upper
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
ANOTHER ENooh ARDEN.
This Time He Turns Up In Real Life
In boone County, Mo.

The story of a second Enoch Arden
comes from Wilton, Boone county, Mo-
In 1861 Rowland Griggs, strapping
young fellow of 25 years, left his home
near Wilton to join the confederate
army. He babe good-by to his young
wife and their x-weeks-o.d daughter,
Margaret. and promised to return in
few short months. Blu, months passed,
and then years, and all the neighbors
and friends who were in the armies on
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
SAVE YOUR CHILD.
Mark How Thin, Pale, Nervous and
Puny the Little One Is.
How You Can Make II Well aud Vigorous
Words of Wisdom by Well
Known Physician.

well-known physician writes very
interesting article in regard to what to
give children, especially weak, nervous
and rundown children, in order to
make them strong, vigorous and well,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas IIallows, says
this writer, of Peckham St.. Globe VII
lage, Fall River, Mass, thank Dr.
Greenc's Ncrvura blood and nerve rem
edy for restoring thy health and probn-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20

A striking exan.,e Of the intelli-
gence of elephants as seen in Middle
town, Conn. the other day during a
circus parade. small cl:ild on Broad
street got away fra its mother and
toddled out into he street. Before
anyone could realize what the child was
up to 1t was directly in front Of the
herd of elephants. Every one expected
to see the little one crushed to death,
but the leader of the herd carefully
picked the babe up with its trunk and
swung 1t out of danger.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
THE SNAKE GARTER.
Strange Fad Adopted by the Society
Girls of New York,

Strange Fad Adopted by the Society
Girls of New York.
Snake-lovers are becoming constant
ly more numerous among women who
are at leisure to have fads. The new
est manifestation of the strange fancy
for serpents is the snake garter, which
recently made its first appearance in
Paris, and which was sketched for the
New York World Immediately upon its
arrival in this country. A counterpart
Of this not altogether attractive or
nament was first made to crafty the
within Of well-known society woman
in Paris. Accident disclosed its pos
session to one of her friends, who was
so delighted with it that the secret of
the caprice was soon an open one.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
TERROR OF CHILDREN.
The One Disease Which Every
Intelligent Mother breads.
If Your Child Is Not Well, You should
Cure 1t Before the Dread Disease
Sets In. Do Not Ignore
First symptoms.

There arc no more dreaded diseases
by parents than fits, epilepsy and st.
Vitus dance.
Cure the child when the first symp-
toms appear. Watch the infant OF
child and see if it manifests any ner-
vous symptoms, If it is nervous, rest
less, wal1eful, cries out, grits its teeth
or losses about in sleep, has twitching
of muscles, limbs or eyelids, if its
tongue is coated, breath bad, with ir-
regular appetite and bowels. See IL it
is pale, puny and does not grow and
develop well, If it tires easily and does
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
Ten vote, I'm ono Family,

John Tannis and his nine sons voted
at the spring election in Sheridan
township. Newnge county, Mich, and
had to pay the penalty afterward by
sitting for photograph as the biggest
family of voters in the Wolverine state.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
Musical school District.

There is musical school district
down in Rockport, Me. There are only
IS families. but they possess eleven vio-
Inns. nine organs. six pianos. two ban
los and one rl,'tar.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
LITTLE MARY McBAY,

not play with usual energy. If so, you
must look out for your child, or these
most dreaded complaints will follow.
Give it at once DR.. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy, which, from
its perfectly wonderful record in cur
ing children, is the household remedy
in nearly every home in the land. This
greatest of children's remedies is per-
fectly harmless, being made of pure
vegetable medicines, and may be given
to infants or children of any age. 1t
will always bring health and strength
to the little ones.
Charles L. McBay, a highly esteemed
police officer, who resides at IA Myrtle
ST., New Bedford, Mass, says:
About two years ago my little
daughter became run down in health
and suffered from st. Vitus dance.
Soon after she was Frustrated by rheu-
matism. which severely affected her
lower limbs.
After trying various remedies with
out obtaining relief, she began taking
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy, and experienced immediate
benefit. She continued its use, and
after taking five bottles her rheuma-
tism was practically cured. Her appe-
tite returned, her pains disappeared,
she was again able to walk without
lameness, her general health was re-
stored, and she was able to attend
school and to play like other children. ;"
e remedy is the prescription and discov-
Temple Place, Boston, Mass, who is the
orms of nervous and chronic complaints,
zee of charge, personally or by letter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20

bly, preserving the life of their little son,
who, almost from infancy, was troubled
with indigestion and nervous troubles.
An attending physician, who was called,
advised the parents to give the child
such medicine as seemed best fitted to
such condition. Dr. Greene's Nervura
blood and nerve remedy was recon-
mended.
The taking of few bottles of DR..
Greenes Nervura Effected cure, and
the little one is healthy to-day, enjoy
ing play with the other children. Mr..
and Mrs. Hallows say they must give
the credit of the cure to DIR. Greene's
Nervura blood and nerve remedy.
What a change! The sickly child
transformed into happy, hearty, ro-
bust little one; and by the use of DR..
Greene's Nervura, the great nerve and
blood remedy. This medicine has
proved blessing to thousands of boys
and girls throughout the world by Civ
ing them sound health and vigorous
strength. Children who use it have
less sickness, better health, better
growth, and longer and more vigorous
lives. 1t is purely vegetable and harm
less, and parents should give it to every
child who is not in perfect health
DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and nery
cry of the well-known DIR. Greene, of 8
most Snccessfn1 Spacia1ist in curipo n II
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20
ouccrncss of women.

beverly, where DO you go for the
summer"
well. il doesn't really make any diff
ference, wherever we go Mrs. Beverly
will wish we had gone somewhere
else. "-Detro., Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1897-08-20

STOUT Eearus.
He who his own success would sec
Must work and make it:
Let those who crave prosperity
Get up and take it.
Chicago News.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-27
KRUGER TALKS AGAIN.
His Speech Will Cause Excitement
in Great Britain.

Pretoria, South African Republic Aug.
26.-At meeting of the Volksraad to-
day President Kruger deliver ed speech
which,is likely to cause the greatest .ex-
citement in Great Britain. He said that
the relations between Great Britain and
the South African republic arc regulated
by the convention in 1884
He added that in the convention of No.
vember.. 1881, n reference to sthe suzcr-
ainty of Great Britain did appear. but
that in the next convention-that of 1884
not a single word appeared precisely
upon that point, and since then the s,lze-
aiinty had ceased to exist.
This, he continued, did not do away
with the fact that the South African re.
public and the whole nation recognized
the convention, and would endeavor to
maintain it entirely: but they could not
recognize the suzerainty of Great Britain,
because it was entirely opposed to that
convention. They wished to maintain
friendly relations with the whole world,
and in this way race hatred would grad
ually disappear. Wherever love dwelt,
said the president, in conclusion, the
blessing of God would follow.
President Kruger's remarks were greet
ed with the loudest applause from all
present. =.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-27
new PARTY
WAS FORMED
Another Political Party Given Birth
at st. Louis.
COL. SELLERS. OF DETROIT, AT
THE HEAD OF THE CONVENTION.
"A DENIAL THAT 1T IS 4 MOVE
MENr TO MAKE THE AMERICAN
PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATION A
POWER IN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ARE PROMULGATED.

st. Louis, Aug. 26.-The first national
convention of the American Party n new
poiltlcoi organization, which, as the call
issued from Detroit says, will be devoted
to the restoration of the spirit and senti-
ment of the original FEDERAL constitu-
ton, met To-Day in Drud's Hall, with
about fifty delegates present from nine
States and one Territory. The call mad
been issued to all loyal American, non
partisan, thinking men of the nation,
upon platform incorporating the prin-
cipies of the tue American form of gov
ernment. The States represented are
New York, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois.
Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado and
Louisiana and Indian Territory.
1t Is stated that Il number of other
States have signiiied their Willingness to
cooperate in the movement. Two SEES
sions were held and permanent organi-
cation was effected, with Ellison Stocker,
oil Colorado, as chairman, and J. j. Has
selbache, CT Detroit, as secretary. After
the appointment of committees on reso-
lutions and representation, adjournment
was taken until 8 o'clock tomorrow,
when reports of these two committees
will he heard.
Col. b. H. Sellers, prominent lawyer
OF Detroit, who is at the head of the
der mt 10 II. III. He read a call and en-
phatically denied the statement in n dis.
patch from Washington that this is a
movement to form the American Pro
tective.. Associa tion.into political party.
Col. Sellers was made chairman Of the
committes.on resolutions, with the other
members MS follows: II. w. Trainor,
Detroit; j. a. Phelps, New York; w. c..
Holden, Illinois; G.. ii. Little, Cleveland;
Judge Clifford, Kansas City; j. W. Ellis,
Indian territory, and y. j. Campau, of
Detroit.
~ lengthy address was delivered by
Col. Sellers, in which he said the two
principal parties are false tc the doctrine
and principles of equality, and are IL
standing menace to popular government.
lie gave ut length his views of needed re
forms, Among other things he favored
the system of initiative and referendum
in the formation of our laws, equal
suffrage, the abolishment of the primary
system, ann changes in our registration
and balloting systems, separation of
church and State. recognition of labor NJ
the source OF wealth, projections of wage
earners from competition with alien
labor, prohibition OF alien ownership of
land, extension of civil service system,
principles of Monroe doctrine, and con
demned trusts and combines.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-27
THE FISHBURH COMPANY, Agents. 10 canpbeI Avenue.
DIRECT NEGOTIATIONS.
Powers Take Charge Of the Peace
Settlement.

Constantinople, Aug. 9G-The ques-
ton of the peace settlement between
Greece and Turkey has now passed OUT of
the hands of ambassadors of the.powers
and has b ecome the subject If negotia-
tions direct between the European Cab.
inets. Germany objects to the Marquis
OF Salisbury's proposn! that Greece
should be asked to state precisely what
means she possesses for paying the in
demnity and insists upon the signature
of the peace preliminaries as already
framed. Austria partly shares Germany's
views and Italy will adhere to Germany's
policy if the powers agree upon it. Rus
STA and France are inclined to support
the Marquis of Salisbury.
Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish minister Tor
foreign affairs, called ut the--foreign en-
bassies yesterday in order to urge the
necessity of Fastening the settlement of
the conditions of peace
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-27
Samatose Biscuit, Tobasco
Pepper Sauce and Phillips Di-
gestib e Cocoa at ut. Clair Bros.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.

Christiansburg, Aug. 26.-(Special.) J.
News reached this town to-day of fearful
lightning fatality on Brush Creek, near
Pilot Mountain in this montgomery
county, on yesterday evening about )
O'Clock. Sixteen men were working Mt n
steam thrashing machine when it was
struck by lightning. All but two were
injured or killed. Fourteen were so
badly shocked that they could not render
any assistance whatever. Hiley Simmons
and Frank Dobyns were killed instantly
Cabell Dobyns and Helms Lester were
fatally injured, one of whom is reported
dead. The remaining twelve are recover
ing. The machine was only slightly
damaged.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-27
Bishop Of Havana Says Canovas is
Expiating His Sins.
HE WOULD NOT ADMIT IN HIS
SERMON THAT THE LATE PRE-
MIER WAS y GOOD MANTLE
UTTERANCEs OF THE BISHOP
HAVE CREATED A PROFOUND
IMPRESSION PRELATE
GOES CONTRARY TO wEYLER

Havana, Aug. 90 The Catholic in
habitants of this city were much sur
prised on the morning of August 10 to
learn from no less an authority them
their own bishop. Senior Sautantier, that
the soul of Canovas del Castillo is not i'm
heaven, but i'll purgatory, expiating the
sins committed in this world. This news
was officially announced that morning by
the bishop in his order to the priests to
perform religious services for the rest OF
Senior Canovas' soul. Furthermore, the
bishop said in the s,me document. pub-
hshed here by all the newspapers, that
ne ordered the ceremonies to comply with
the wishes OF her majesty, the queen
regent Of Spain.
Compelled also, by the circumstances.
to deliver eulogy upon Carovas. the
bishop hid not admit that the late %, ime
minister had any personal virtue, nor
that he had rendered great service to the
church, nor that he possessed an extra
ordinary intellect, as all the other pane
gyrists of Canovas have done in Spain
ana Cuba. He merely said that the de-
ceased was person of cultivated un-
derstanding.n
At the same time he advised the peo-
PIE TO pray not only for Canovns but also
for tho necessities of the church, and he
forbade the priests to pronounce during
tue ceremony eulogy upon the muir
dered minister, to avoid any disturbances
that might occur on account of the differ
ences of opinion now prevailing
The sensation created by the document
has been enormous, and it is generally
believed thai the bishop took this oppor-
tunity only as II preteXt to harass Gen.
Weyler The grudge now existing be-
tween them is we'll known Gen. Wevler
had special desire that the manifesto
tions of grief in Havana on account of
the tragic taking off of the prime minis
ter should be most impressive, as Cano-
vas was his personal friend, But the
bishop has destroyed all the hopes of the
captain general. The religious services
and all other public manifestations in
Havana have been meager, owing to the
coDl attitude of the Catholics.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-27
READ THIS AND
~ BUY A SPALDING."
FORT M1ssoULA, MONT octobet Is 1906

M. Octo6
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the practcai
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was object to thoroughly
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highest packed weighed G7
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The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-27
a CARD TO OUR FRIENDS AND
pAVRONE

We have sold our grocery business to
Messrs. Sandy =. Figgatt u Co., who
will continue the business at our old
stand. re most cheerfully commend
them to AL our friends and patrons, be-
lieving them to be in every way worthy
of your patronage.
We are assured that they will carry a
good line of goods,an conduct their bus
mess upon high plane.
The new firm retains the services of
our trusted and faithful employees,
Messrs Porter and King, who will be
glad to wait upon all their old customers.
Thanking you most cordially for your
patronage to we remain yours truly,
PlTMAN 81 EVANS.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-27
TOOK ANOTHER RISE.

New York, Aug. ga further nd :
vance was expected on the curb in wheat
to-day because of the higher cables. When
the market opened wheat advanced three
cents on yesterdays close. Corn also
vent up.
Chicago, Aug. 2G.-Whe,t shot upward
to day. September, which closed at
% 30 last night, sold to day up to $40
Paris, Aug. 26.-The cabinet decided
to-day that there is no ground Mt present
for modifying the duties OH cereals
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-08-27
EMGLEsY BRO. & co
MARY KYLE DALLAS DEAD.
Well-Known Author and Poet Passes
Away at the Age of Fifty.

New York, Aug 26-Mary Kyle
Dallas, the poet and author, died at her
home in this city of heart failure. aged
fifty years. On Tuesday Mrs. Dallas
was seized with fainting spell. She
lapsed into Inconsistencies and did not
regain her senses Mrs. Dallas was the
wife of Jacob a. Dallas, an author. well
known in New York. The death of her
mother and two brothers within the past
year told upon her health. For the pa st
fifteen years Mrs Dallas has been CON
tributor to the New York Ledger and
Lippincott's Magazine.