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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
INV Alien's Enni-Ense.

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rrv it to-day, Sold by all dug lists and
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FREE. Address, Allen s. Olmsted, lie
Roy, n. Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14

Platinum is worth not quite half as
much as gold, weight for weight. and
the product of that metal comes almost
entirely from Russia, where it is found
in the southern Ural Mountains. At
present the increasing demand for
platinum has caused a sharp advance
in the price Of the metal and CORE
spending increase in its production.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
yictoria's Oldest Subject.

In little cabin at Owen Sound, Can
ada, lives Queen Victorias oldest SUBJ
ject. He is Daddy Hall, and he
claims ia years. He is half-breed
negro and Indian. He was scout in
the war of 1872. He is remarkable as
the man to whom nature vouchsafed a
new set of teeth and a new growth Of
hair at the age of ninety five, when his
first supply left him. He has been
married four times, and is the father
of nineteen children.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
DEFECTIVE HEARING.
Possibly the Cause Of Many Of the Rail-
ronu leellenfs.


road Accidents.
! Professor Burkuer, in his lectures In
the clinic for ear diseases at Gottingen
recently, referring to the numerous
railroad accidents which have occurred
In Germany of late, said that it is prob
able that many were due to imperfect
hearing on the part Of railroad employ
ees. While large classes OF EMPLOYEES
have their vision tested periodically.
and often also their hearing, yet def
ciencies in hearing capacity occur
among them frequently which are not
detected by these examinations Many
who suppose their hearings to be per
fectly good, by careful testing are
found to have very serious defects. BY
reason of this general self-deception,
no faith should be put in a mans own
statement that he hears we'll with both
ears.
The practical investigation of the
sense of hearing demands such mas
terry of the various methods used as
can hardly be required from the ordi-
nary physician. The professor said a
great part of the trainmen, and partic-
ularly of the engnemen, after a rela-
lively short term of service, no longer
possess normal hearing, though many
OF them may still be fit for service An
adequate acuteness of hearing ia of the
greatest Importance, not only among
trainmen, but track guards and switch
men; these and others should have
good hearing in both ears. A man hard
Of hearing in one ear has great Difficult
~ in determining from what direction
sound comes. The safety of travel
ers and of the employees themselves,
said the professor, requires that far
more attention be paid to the ears OF
railroad men.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
KEY OF Locu IEvrS ols7,r

en- Castle. On the 25th of March, 1867
8, she attempted to escape from thence
in the disguise of laupdress, but was
frustrated. On Monday, May 2, 1868,
however, while the family were at
supper, the boy, William Douglas, Sc.
cured the keys Of the castle, and gave
egress to the Queen and her maid
from the stronghold; then locking the
gates behind them to prevent pursuit,
he placed the fugitives in boat that
lay near at hand, and rowed them to
the appointed landing-place on the
north side of the lake.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14

The youngest skipper that ever sent
a ship speeding through calm and
storm is William Shotton, an English
lad of sixteen years. His vessel. a
four-masted bark of LOO tons. sailed
for Australia. Before two weeks
passed every Officer and most of the
crew succumbed to fever. The boy
took charge. He commanded the YES
sci through a couple of hurricanes and
finally brought her in safety to the
coast.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
The Strappest Sigbt

The strangest sight | ever saw, saws
Victor Smith, in the New York Press
was a sand-hill crane dance on the
shore of the Indian river, in Florida.
There were ten birds of the average
size and one over-grown fellow. The
latter acted as master of ceremonies.
In fact, he led the dance, even as 'Lish
Dyer leads it in New York Eight
formed into square, making four
couples, and all the figures of the quad.
rill were presented. They went for
ward and back, swung partners, cross
ed over, CHASED" in superb STYLE.
bowed to partners, right-and-left to
places, and, indeed, went through the
entire performance in a weird and
ghostlike manner. Once in a while
the two odd chaps would slip into the
center and execute a flourish. which
the master of ceremonies suddenly ter
minated with vicious slap of the
wings, driving the intruders back to
their places as wall flowers. Could
anything funnier be imagined? The
sand-hill crane is four feet long, with
a Widespread of 70 or ~ inches. Its
legs are like pipe stems, three feet in
length, ard loosely jointed about the
m ddle. 1t was dance never to be
and was worth going all the
way to Florida to see. The birds wore
uniforms of leaden-gray.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
In 1000.

In 1900.
"Yol advertised for coachman.
sir?" said the applicant.
Il did," replied the merchant. "Do
you want the position?"
"Yes, SIR"
Have you had any experience?"
Il have been in the business all nv
life"
then?"
"Yes, sir"
And you are posted on electricity ?"
Thoroughly"
Good. OF euiirse, you are a ma
chinist also?'
Certainly"
AID I presutne you have an engi-
neer's license?"
"Of course
VERY well. You may go around to
the barn and get the motorcycle ready.
My wife wishes to do little shopping.
Chicago Post
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
A Key With n History,

According to The Strand this inter-
esting key of Loeb Leven Castle is
still in existence 1t was found in
the lake and is supposed to have been
the one thrown in by the young Doug
les when Mary Queen of Scots made
her escape. The key was originally
in the possession of William Hamper.
Esq, who presented it to Sir Walter
Scott, having first had an engraving
mads of it. The Castle of Loeb Levep
is situated on an island of about two
acres, near the northwest extremity of
the lake. Queen Mary, when she dis
missed Boutwell, on Carberry Hill. and
joined the insurgents, was carried
captive into Edinburgh, and on the
following day committed to Loeb Lev
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
Small Output of Cheese.

Not pound Of filled cheese was IL
cense paid in the first district of ILL
nols, the home of the product, during
July. In June, according to figures
furnished by the Chicago collector of
internal revenue, stamps were bought
sufficient to pay the government tax
on 2O1, 1924 lbs 1t by no means fol-
lows, however, that the industry has
been effectually and permanently put
down.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
The Wretch.

The Invalid say, old dear, are
there any left of those cigars you
bought me for my birthday gift?
His Wife Yes, several; but thought
you didn't like them?
The lnvalid-Well, you see Pm dying
for smoke and the doctor told me this
morning must Oh no account take any
tobacco.-Lond0n Fun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14

Burglars recently robbed the general
store of John d. Davis, near the Ohio
line, at jamestown, Penn, of about
5000 worth of goods. The thieves then
retreated to the United Presbyterian
Church, where they built a fire. using
the Psalm Books for fuel, and then
cooked meal.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
Her Maiesty's Head.

1t is calculated that there are now
1,250,000,000 coins Of all kinds in cir
culation In the United Kingdom, and
since the coronation 1t is estimated
that somewhere about 5000 900, O0O
coins In gold, silver and bronze have
passed through the hands Of Her Ma
jesty's subjects, each coin bearing, OF
course, the features OF the Sovereign.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
Gallant Doubt.

A true Frcnchman can turn a plain
imputation upon veracity into deli
cate compliment. A lady once said to
Frenchman who was complimenting
her on her youthful appearance:
but, sir, am 40 years old!"
Madame" answered the French
man, II believe only half what hear,
and that makes you pol"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14

In Letcher County, KY, there grows
great walnut tree which has been
just sold for $500. The tree is nearly
sixteen feet in circumference and about
ninety feet high to the first limb.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
Selling State pomain.

The State domain of France, valued
at $7oo.oO0,O00, and consisting of pal
aces, public buildings, forests, etc, is
In great measure unproductive, and ii
Is proposed to sell $50 100000 worth OF
1t and put the money into the navy.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
BULL FIGHT IN WYOMING.
This Victor Smith Considers the Greatest
Sight He Ever Witnessed

What is the greatest sight | ever
saw? exclaims Victor Smith, in the
New York Press. A bull fight in Wyo-
ming. Two monsters, at the head of
herd of eighty or eighty-five cows,
met on plain near Fort Laramie, and
their respective consorts formed in
semi-circles to witness the contest. II
SGeh a thing, were possible the cows
we've madden than the bulls. They
paved the earth, lowed, tossed their
heads and waved their tails on high.
Each side egged on its champion. 1t
seemed to be understood that the bull
that conquered became the prince of
two herds, The battle was to the
death. Life and an enlarged harem
depended on the issue. In company
OF Colonel Frederick A. Larkin, | sat
on horse half mile off and watched
the strange encounter through field
glasses. In twenty minutes one of the
bulls lay uron the ground in a death
agony, ard the other, streaming from
mary a gore, was proudly leading both
herds from the field The dying mon.
arch was left deserted and alone. Not
a COW ministered unto him. His con.
sorts dropped their flags in acknowl.
edgment of new sovereign, and meek.
ly Joined his band. The conflict was
magnificent, and it was war!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14

In Weston, W. Va, there is the
youngest page in the world. He is
Robert Chidister, and he. is five years
old. He has been appointed page to
the Circuit Court
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
Commemorative Chic, o.,,

Oshkosh, Wis, owes it's fame to its
name, and the Old Settlers Club of
that place purposes to erect a monu-
ment to Chief Oshkosh, from whom the
city received its name.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14

Deacon David E. Cushing, of Cam
bridgeport, VT, has kept the same store
in the same place for 81 years, and
hopes to make it GO years.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14

table Compound for twenty years has
been the one and only effective remedy
in such cases. 1t speedily removes the
cause and effectually restores the
organs to healthy and normal condi-
ton. Mrs. Pinkham cheerfully answers
all letters from ailing women who
require advice, without charge. Thou
sands of cases like thisare recorded.
II have taken one-half dozen bottles
OF Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and it has relieved me from all
pain. / cannot tell you the agony |
endured for years pains in my back
(Oh, the backache was dreadful y and
bearing-down pains In the abdomen
extending down into my limbs; head
ache and nausea, and very painful
transformations. 1 had grown very thin,
a mere shadow of my former self
Now | am without single pain and
am gaining in flesh rapidly" MATTE
GLENN. 1861 Dudley St, Cincinnati,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
Nursery Statesmen

wanted Inducements unequallcd, Our Nurse
fles are tight here AT home. The demand is for
Hardy Stock Grown in Bleak New Engla, d
Write at once WHITING NURSERY co.
457 Blue Hill Ave, Boston.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
What Eve "ybody knows,

or ought to know, is that health and even
life itself depends upon the condition
the blood. F, ling, as it DIES, all thu,
organs Of the body, it must be itch an
pure IN ord r to give proper nouriShmc
Hoods Sarsaparilla makes the blood
pure, rich and nouri>htg, and in this
way strengthens the nerves, creates an
appetite. tones the stomach and builds up
the health. Hoods Sarsaparilla wards of
coiflS pneumonia and fevers, which aIe
prevalent at this time.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14
A True Wind EIn,rnr

1t is said that flower has been
found in South America which is Wis
ible only when the wind is blowing.
The shrub belongs to the cactus family
and is about three feet high, with a
crook at the top. When the wind
blows number of beautiful flowers
protrude from little Jumps on the
stalk.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-01-14

A ton of oil has been obtained from
a single whale.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-13
ALL SHOT 10 KILL
Continued From First Page.

are closely guarded by half a dozen
armed sentries, day and night. The
fight today occurred at the east en-
trance. There are about thirty-five big,
strong men stationed inside the stock
ade tonight, each keeping watch
through a loophole. The four towers
have been deserted.
Manager Lukens remained at his
desk in the office tonight, issuing Or
ders to his men. Manager Lukens satd
tonight:
THE blood of there men lies on the
head OF the governor. He is without
justification whatever. He should have
sent troops. If these troops had ar
rived before the special train there
would have been no bloodshed, as the
men knew they were dsobeying the
law and had exhibited an entirely Diff
ferent spirit than they did after the
interview with the governor was pub
lished. Most of them affect to believe
that they are right to do as the gov
ernor said. His statement caused them
to the action that they took today on
firing upon this train as soon as II
came into our town. At least 600 shots
were fired into that train by the time
it reached the shaft, and no shots were
fired from the train until at least $50
shots were fired into it, I think, kill
ing and wounding a great many of
the people on the train. No shots were
fired from the stockade until after sew
eral Of our men had been wounded
Several Of the men came back without
having fired their guns at all. Most
Of the shooting was done by the
guards on the train, who were author
lied by the railway company"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-13
MINE OWNER DEFIANT.
President LOucks, of the Chicago
Virden Company, Full of Fight.


Virden Company, Full of Fight.
CHICAGO, Oct. 12.-President G. F.
Loucl2s, Of the Chicago-Virden Coal
company, who arrived at 9:15 o'clock
tonight from the vicinity Of the trouble,
made the following statement to the
Associated Press:
Our position has been defined right
along by the press as uncertain, ana
we simply desire to state that our en-
ployes arrived at Virden at 1910 o'clock
today. We stopped the train outside
our gates so the men could go into
our works, when Immediately the min
ers fired from all directions, and very
naturally our men defended them
selves. The circumstances in full we
do not positively know as yet. AS to
our future action we propose to follow
in the future as in the past our efforts
to maintain our legal rights, and will
take steps to seek redress against all
who aided or participated in the riots
Of today, whether they are miners,
miners officials, state officials or
others. We shall determine before we
are through whether the government OF
this state can class our colored popu-
lation as ex-convicts, scallywags, etc,
with impunity, and whether the COL
ored citizens of this country can have
their rights under the constitution set
aside at the within and pleasure of the
government Of Illinois. We shall de-
termine for ourselves and others IN this
state just how far governor can evade
and annul the duties placed upon him
by the constitution and statutes Of this
state"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-13
RACED TO EMPTY SEATS.
The Cold Auditorium WAS as Cold
as Usual Last Night.

All of the attaches CT the ladies' bicycle
race at the Auditorium who expect to get
anything out Of the game attended the race
last evening. The ticket seller lodged rain
drops leaking through into his office and the
boy with the score cards ran around talking
to himself, while the ticket taker at the door
had a regular snap as he was seldom re-
quired to remove his hands from his pockets
few people that held complimentary tickets
last evening dropped in out of the wet
with true devotion to the spirit Of getting
something for nothing, but the law of COM
pensation will probably get in it's work on
them with the colds and grip which they
braved in the chill building without any fire.
The girls were there, too. They had to be
but the chill of the evening enshrouded them
also. None of them cared how fast the music
played
Messier, who played walking matches from
New York to San Francisco and back many
times, made several announcements to the
trainers and the boy with the score cards
but the echo from the four walls drowned
his voice so that the tipekeepers had to guess
at what he said. When the pistol was fired
at 10 o'clock 1t sounded like the report of
a cannon and the girls stopped riding. Mr.
Messler told those connected with the race
tnat for the four hours and half Of the
race ridden so far the riders had covered
n1nety-four miles, all except CLAW who Is
] twelve laps. He said something about beat
Ing worlds record by three miles, but the
trainers were in no mood to be 1oshed and
hurriedly took their charges away before the
boy with the score cards could congratulate
them. cf,
Lisette finished first as usual. Farnswortb
second, Peterson third and Williams fourth
Claw dropped out before the finish
The cyclodrome plays Sioux City next and
then Kansas City.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-13
HAD EIGHT WOUNDED.
Train That Was Fired Upon Brings
injured to SprinRfieId.


injured to Springfield.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Oct. 1.-THE special
train on the Chicago s. Alton which brought
the Alabama negroes to this city, had eight
wounded, only one a negro. OF these one died
tonight, Carroll, deputy sheriff He was
shot three times, one bullet passing through
his neck from the right side, another passed
into the temple on the right side and tina
third entered the brain over the eye, crossing
the skull. Another train which arrived at 8
O'Clock tonight brought up six wound d men
who are at st. Johns hospital. Those at the
Springfield hospital are:
William H. Clarkson, an inmate OF the Old
soldiers home at Leavenworth, Kan. deputy
skull crushed, will die.
H. A. Tigar, of Bloomington, engineer on
train, shot through arm.
William Massey, Of st. Louis deputy, shot
through head, shoulder and hands will
probably recover.
James Palmer, deputy, shot in left side of
face arm and side will recover Palmer has
just been mustered out OF the Third Nebraska
regiment. He refuses to give his home
Patrick Mack, Of .Virden, employed by the
operators of the Chicago-Virden shaft, bullet
went through his thigh, will recover.
Ernest Ryan, a colored man from Alabama
bullet went through his head; will re-
cover
]. Allen Hunter, the president of the
Illinois district Of United Miners, lies In
critical condition. Mr.. Hunter got on the
train which bore the colored miners to Vir-
cen. he began taking to the men. Some OF
the deputy sheriffs saw Hunter and when the
train was between North Grand avenue and
the north shaft and was going at the rate of
eighteen miles hour, the deputies attacked
Hunter and pushed him off the train. man
who happened along later, in a buggy, saw
Hunter lying near the track in an unc0n-
scious condition and placed him in his buggy
and took him to the Collins house. where a
physician dressed his wounds. He Is terribly
cut about the face, ard his ribs are injured.
He Is still unconscious.
Gov. Tanner tonight wired the war depart
ment asking If the Fifth Illinois infantry
could not be placed at his disposal for use
at Vrden. Col. Culver, the commander OF
the Fifth has rendered his services and
those Of the regiment to the governor. Chief
Deputy William York, who brought the train
of negroes from Birmingham, Ala, was OK
posed to the fire Of the miners during the
battle, but was uninjured, though the bullets
rained around him. The following wounded
miners are in st. Johns hospital: Albert
Smith, Mount Alive; Gustave Weispera, Mount
Olive; Joseph Tongue, Mount Olive; John
Baston, Mount Olive; Joseph Jennings,
Springfield; John Haines, Girard; Joe Runk.
Girard; William Hecker, Girard.
The miners are gathered in little knots
on the streets of the city tonight but there
have been demonstrations. They say
they recognize some Of the negroes who ar
rived here from Virden this afternoon as
some of those who came up three weeks
ago from Alabama, and refused to go to
work at Virden, and who were sent homo
at the expense of the miners union.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-13

CHICAGO. Oct. 12.-The track was slow;
weather fair Results:
First race, six furlongs, four-year-oids and
upwards selling-C. H. Whelan won Tree
Second race seven MISUNDERSTANDING won,
Survivor second, Harry Nutter third. Time,
1924.
Third race, seven furlongs, the Da stakes.
three-year-olds-Imp won, May w second,
Lady Ellerslie third Time 1:29.
Fourth race, one mie-Prnce Blazes won,
Uarda second. Lena third. Time, 1:43A.
Fifth race, one mile and quarter, hurdle,
Uncle Jim third. Time, 2:21.
Sixth race. six furlongs- Loyaletta wen.
Warren Point second Teeta May third.
Time, 1:16b.
First race. six furlongs- Whirmantl,ine,
Neome. Nine Dewey. Peg Parks, Revenge,
Dare, Miss Knbelo. Blanche. 1O4; Graziella,
105; Dixie, 100; Locust Blossom, Lizz.e Nil 9,
100; Lucy Belle. May w, ia. Second race,
seven furlongs-Amelia Fonso, Cochise Aman-
da, c. II. Wheian, Greyhurst, Unity, Cotic
Bard, Queen Safe, Second Chance, 1G4; Jim
Paso, 1G7; Judge Steadman. Cherry Flame,
1O9; Con Regain, Hats Off, 112; Parole dor.
ia. Third race one mile-Niss Marion n;
Eva Rice. Plantain. 9S; Donna Rita, 1O7;
H., Time Maker. Cherry Leaf, Ba<quil,
Buckvidere, Burlesque, 10. Fourth race,
one mile and a quarter-Bethlehem Star,
Branch. Hosi. Mr.. Easton, George Lee, 1903;
1O7 David Tenny, 112. Fifth race SIX fur-
longs-Nellie Fonso, Aunt Dinah, Thought
So, 100; Be True. King Cotton, Phidias 103;
Fontainebleau, 113; Espionage, lis; Allyar,
11S. Sixth race. seven ENTHUSIASTICALLY.
Teeta May. 1O4 Abe Fuerst, 1O7; Vice Regal
1C9; Dideau, Milwaukee, 100; Ramona, Tran
by News Gatherer, Ill; Bishop Reed, Czaro-
WITT, Redskin, 112; Diggs, 11S; Lord Zeni, ia