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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

We fail to see that the declaration of
the Senate that the government has the
right to pay bonds in silver, if SO mind
ed, and the declaration of the House
that it hasn't, settled anything
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

Senator Pettigrew wants it distinctly
understood that he is not one of the ad.
mirers of President Dole, of Hawaii.
He refuses, in fact, to admit that Mr..
Dole has a right to the title.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

The Maryland thief who stole twelve
pairs of blankets from a Jail in which
he had just served term would proba-
bly, have made success as ''practi.
cal politician"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11
7 hink About Your Health.
This lie the time to Give Attention to
Your Physical Condition

Ahis - the time TO Give Attention to
Your Physical Condition
The warm weather which will come
with the approaching spring months
should find you strong and in robust
health, your blood pure and your ap.
petite good. Otherwise you will be in
danger of serious illness. Purify and
enrich your blood with Hood's Sarsapa-
rilla and thus "prepare for spring
This medicine makes rich, red blood and
gives vigor and vitality. 1t will guard
you against danger from the changes
which will soon take place.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11
A Card

We, the unders 9ned, do he"tby agree
10 refund the money on a soc. bottle Of
Grcene's Warranted Syrup of Tar if i
fails TO cue Your cough or cold. We al
50 guarantee 2jc bottle to prove salts
factory or money refunded.
l.. 7. & W. H. Landman, S. Londonderry
G. G. Smith, !"
G.. Z Bacon, Londonderry,
L c. Bolster, Bondville,
F. b. Pier, Jacksonville,
f. E. Smith, Jamaica,
H. L. Gould, Windnam,
Geo. L. Richardson, Weston and Peru.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

Has the British lion tucked his tail
between his legs and yielded to the
Russian bears demands is a question
now under discussion. Johnny Bull
is a bully and like all of that class is
an unmittigated coward when con-
fronted by anything big enough to
fight him on anything like equal terms
and if he hasn't yielded he surely will
if pressed by Russia.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11
Tho Beers Daurbtor

The Beers Daughter.
The Beers daughter will not becom.
domestic servant except on condition
of having her meals with the family.
III my child is not good enough for
your table, she shall not live In your
house." say the parents, and that is
the rule governing household labor.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

The doctrine of "Christian Science
will receive a severe check if the ar
rests for manslaugbter, at Kokomo
Ind, should lead to convictions Of
those who allowed a woman and hel
child to die without medical attention.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

Instead OF an engagement ring, the
japanese lover gives his sweetheart
piece OF beautiful silk for her sash.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11
Try Grain-O, Try Grain-O.

Ask your Grocer today to show you pack
age of GRAIN o, the new food drink that takes
the place of coffee. Tue children may diink it
without injury as well the adult All who
Try it, like it. GRAIN-o has that rich seal
brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from
pure grains, aud the most delicate stomach re-
ceiyes it without distress. II the prize of cot
fee. 15c and % cts. per package. Sold by all
Grocers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

Sitter John. Editor.

Copies of THIS paper caa be obtained
tthe Brattleboro NeaoS rooms, Elliot
Street, BrattlebOro.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

es are only an insignificant aggregate
compared with the failures of previ.
Gus years. Meanwhile the money
market is as confident as ever, gold
does not come from Europe in large
amount, it only being found worth
while to send American money abroad
and the commercial balances are
heavily in favor of the United States
as heretofore.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11
Just as
Good

rs Scotts and we self It much
cheaper" Is a statement sometimes
made by the druggist when Scott's
Emulsion is called for. This shows
that the druggists themselves regard
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

The SITTER and Thrice a.week
World for 81 65.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11
SCOTS
Emulsion

Of Cod-Liver Oil with Hypophos-
phites OF Lime and Soda as the
standard, and the purchaser who
lesires to procure the STANDARD "
oecause he knows it has been of
antold benefit, should not for one
instant think of taking the risk Of
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

There are men in both branches OF
Congress who are more afraid of the
little tCur.letter word, gold, than
than they are of the devil, although
they vote for everything that upholds
gold, provided the word "gold' is left
out. Even the President of the U. S.
seems touched with this fear. He used
six words 1.-The best money of the
world'-when "gold' would have
expressed all he meant.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11
CALIFORNIA

The Union Pacific Railway rs the
only line running Daily Tourist Car
Excursions from Chicago to Colora-
do-California- Portland, Ore. and
Alaska points. Special rates to
Klondyke. In addition to this SER
vic Personally Conducted Excur-
sion leaves Boston every Wednes-
day at p. m via Boston & Albany
R. R., arriving at San Francisco the
following Monday at 9:45 q. M,
eleven hours ahead of all competitors,
Los Angeles Z 80 a, m Tuesday.
Excursion managers accompanies
parties through from Boston to Los
Angeles, thus making it the only
ronte for Ladies and children travel
ing alone. For rates and illustrated
matter address,
JAMES S SMITH, T. p Agent,
Union Pacific Railway. ) State st {,
Boston, Mass.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

II every man who attempts to specu'
late in the stock market on legislative
action should lose money, as those who
tried to speculate on the adoption OF
the Teller resolution by the Senate did,
it would be good thing for the coun-
try at large,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

Ouy NAN oAlllS II udllllCS Ill lllOSl
places.
Mems $1,000 All Wool Dress Overcoats $3.50
lO.OO $50
" 500 SIS
+" $50 listers and Overcoats 500
/ Coon Skin Fur Coat $23.00 was $3.50
2 Marten Trimmed Dogskn Goats at $3.50 were
$40 90
l Russian Cafskin Fur Coat for $3.50 was $500
Only Mems Refers to close at $3.25 were 1915
All our Canvas Coats marked down. ST. ones
now Csc
Mes all wool heavy Winter Suits $3.50, marked
from Sl2.OO and are good $1,000 values too
=" So 90 Black Serge Wool Suits at 500
e" $50 Wool Suits at $3.50 and $500 Wool
Suits at $685.
Boys Suits marked from So 90 to ST.
25, from 800 to 200, from 500 to 3.25
and 8 80. Boys Refers marked from
500 to $50
Mems All Wool Dress Pants 50 25, 50 So co. and $3.50
s" Pants 81 IS, worth 50 25
=" S1.5O, " 5000
Wool Pants at 1925
Cans Peas 25c Clover Leaf Salmon Steak lac
Nice Canned Peaches at Ice. can, worth zoe
Nice Catsup &c bottle Try it.
Pllsbury's Best Bread Flour 1925
Washburn's 500
The Best Half Patent 525
Yours For Business,
WALTER B. GLYNN.
Saxtons River, Vt,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-02-11

a using some untried prepa-
A,I ration. The Substitution
AD OF something said to be
iIfAf "just as good" for a stand
Ann ard preparation twenty
MI five years on the market,
VA U should not be permitted by
AS the intelligent purchaser.
Pc sure YOU get SCOTS Emulsion. See
thas the man and FISH are on the wrapper.
soc. and sr.oo, all druggists
SCOTT & BOVINE, Chemists, New York.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10
The Pony EXnreSS,

w. +. Bailey contributes to The Cen
fury an article on "The Pony Express"
between st. Joseph, Mo-, and San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Bailey says:
At first the schedule was fixed at 10
days, an average of 8 miles an hour
from start to finish. This was cut down
to days, requiring an average speed of
10 miles. The quickest trip made was
i'll carrying President Lincoln's inau-
gural address, which was done in days
and II hours, an average speed of 10.7
miles per hour, the fastest time of any
one rider being 100 miles, from Smiths
Greek to Fort Churchill by Pony Bob,
i'll s hours and 10 minutes, or 14.7
miles per hour. Considering the dis
tance and difficulties encountered, such
as hostile Indians, road agents, floods
and snowstorms, and accidents to horses
and riders, the schedule was main
tanned to an astonishing degree. The
service created the greatest enthusiasm
not only among the employees, but also
i'll the ranks of stage employees, freight
ers and residents along the route. To
aid a "pony' in difficulty was priv
ilege, and woe be to the man who would
so much as throw a stone in the way.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10
CHESS CLOCKS.
There Are Specially Constructed
Ones Used In the Game.

There Are Specially Constructed
Ones Used In the Game.
Hourglasses or sand glasses were for
merly used for the purpose of measuring
time at chess matches, but now special
ly constructed clocks are in general use
for this purpose. These clocks consist of
two clocks, mounted on a common base,
which moves on pivot, the two clocks
therefore being on the arms of sort of
seesaw. The beam or base is so con-
structed that when one clock is elevated
it stands perfectly perpendicular, while
the depressed clock lies over at an an
gle, but as the mechanism of each clock
is so constructed that it only moves
when the clock is perfectly perpendicu-
lar it follows that when the upright
clock is going the depressed clock is at
rest.
Another and more modern variety has
the two clocks fixed on the same level,
but with small brass arm reaching
from the top of one to the top of the
other. This arm acts on pivot and can
be brought down into actual contact
with one clock at time by touch of
the finger. When it is thus i'll contact,
by an ingenious device the clock is stop
ped and the desired result is attained.
The working of the clock during q
match is simplicity itself. At the com
mencement of the match the hands of
each clock point to II. Then at the call
of thine to commence play" the clock
of the first player is started then, as
soon as he makes his first move, he stops
his own clock, either by depressing it
or by touching the arm referred to, the
same motion starting his opponents
clock. So it goes OF during the entire
course of the game, each move being
marked by the stopping of one clock and
the starting of the other. Leisure
Hour
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10
WASHINGTON RELICS.
Articles of Priceless worth Kept In
the National Museum.

the National Museum.
One of the most interesting relics in
the National museum at Washington is
the camp chest used by Washington
throughout the Revolution. 1t isa COM
pact affair about the size of tourist s
wicker chest for cooking of the present
day, q, feet long, feet wide, / foot
high, and it contains an outfit consist
ing of finder box, pepper and salt
boxes bottles, knives, forks, gridiron
and plates. Every bit of the outfit save
one bottle, which is broken at the
shoulder, looks strong enough to stand
another campaign.
Near by are the tents used by Wash
ington-three in number. One is a
sleeping tent, 2S feet long, with walls
feet high and a roof with "a 6 foot
pitch. 1t is made of linen. The other
two are marquee tents of smaller size,
one with walls, the other shelter tent
open on the sides That the tenting ma
terial of Revolutionary days was good
stuff is proved by the excellent condi-
tion of these tents, which sheltered the
great commander through all his severe
campaigns.
Here also is Washington's uniform,
worn by him when he gave up his COM
mission as commander in chief of the
army, at Annapolis in 1888. 1t consists
of big shadbelly coat of blue broad
cloth, lined and trimmed with soft
bucks6in and ornamented with broad,
fiat brass buttons; buckskin waistcoat
and breeches. The size of the garments
(Which are in a state of excellent pres
ervation) testify to the big stature of
the Father of His Country and sug-
gest that he bad an eye to fine ap-
pearance in his dress. Washington
Post
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10
Dry Plate Photography.

The first amateur pictures on dry
plates Were made something after the
method employed by Charles Lamb S
celebrated Chinaman in obtaining roast
pig. The Chinaman burned his house
to roast his pig. The amateur tore his
camera to pieces to get his picture, The
first hand camera was a pasteboard box
containing one plate. A pinhole served
as lens and after the exposure of the
plate the box was taken to the dark
room, cut open, and the plate extracted
This was rather expensive picture max
ing, and it was not long before maya
zine camera was invented, and sudden
ly all the world began taking pictures.
Elizabeth Flint Wade in st. Nicholas
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10

There is some reason for calling an
owl the bird of wisdom, and yet there
is cause for wondering if the crow is
not mentally his superior. Crows are
not disheartened by the gloom of late
autumn. If the fog is too dense to fly
through it, they rise above it or trot
about the ground, discussing the situa-
ton with their fellows. Is this speak
ing too positively? l have long been
familiar with an observing man who
has lived all his days within sight and
hearing of crows. He claims to under.
stand their language and can repeat the
."words" that make up their vocabulary.
Certainly crows seem to talk, but do
they? Does IA certain sound made by
them have always the one significance:
Year after year l have listened and
watched, watched and listened, and
wondered if my friend was right. He
believes it. l believe it-almost. Are
there limitations to ornithological in
depreciation? And is this an instance
where truth is unattainable?-Lip
colts
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10
THE OLD, OLD STORY.

chose him out from all the rest
My Tonne had three lovely brothers,
But-well he seemed to like me best
OF all the girls. Oh there We're others
That wanted him. but somehow he,
Right from the first, kept after me.
He was so splendid! Big and kind
And calm and full of mischief very.
romp seemed always to his mind,
While | was rather prim than merry,
Yet when he was my own | felt
How fond a lover near me dwelt.
Alas there came a time of change!
He cared no more for home nor quiet;
His moods were reckless, wild and
strange:
Night after night he spent in riot,
Returning when the dawnlight came,
Quite needless of reproach or blame.
And so it went till months were past.
! was too proud to bang or beat him
Or pull his whiskers, yet at last
He left me- Now l sometimes meet
him:
He has grown ugly. old and fat
My handsome Maltese Thomas cat!
Madeline S Bridges in Ladies' Home
Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10
OELAUNAY'S SAD FATE.
Prescntiment of His Death That
WINS Strangely FULFILLED.


Delaunay, the director of the Paris
observatory, was one of the most kindly
and attractive men l ever met, saws
Professor Simon Newcomb in The At
lantic. found it hopeless to expect
that he would ever visit America, be-
cause he assured me that he did not
dare to venture on the ocean. The only
voyage he mad ever made was across the
channel to receive a gold medal of the
Royal Astronomical society for his
work.
Two of his relatives, his father, and
| believe, his brother, had been drown
ed and this fact gave him horror of
the water. He seemed to feel somewhat
as the clients of the astrologists, who
having been told how they We're to die
took every precaution to prevent it. l
remember, as boy, reading history of
astrology, in which great many cases
of this sort were described, the pecu-
Earity BEING that the very measures
which the victim took to avoid the de-
cree of fate became the engines that ex-
ecuted it.
The sad fate of Delaunay was not ex-
actly "a case of this kind, yet it could
not but bring it to mind. He was at
Cherbourg i'll the autumn of 1872
Walking on the shore with a relative,
couple of boatmen invited them to
take a sail. Through what inducement
DeIaunay was led to forget his fears
will never be known. All we know is
that he ventured into the boat, that it
was struck by sudden squall when at
some distance from the land, and that
all the members of the party were
drowned.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10
Change DOctors-A WOman's Rule.

The following was overheard in a
street cara woman was talking to
one who had told her troubles:
"Talking about doctors, do you know
think a great many deaths might be
prevented by changing doctors? If one
doctor cannot relieve you in three or
four days, or perhaps week, he can
not cure you at all, and the best thing
to do under the circumstances is to dis
miss him and take another doctor. If
he does not help You, change again, and
keep changing until you find docvor
who can cure you.
EVERY doctor has some speciality,
although he does not say so. One might
be "a splendid throat specialist while
on severe attack of pneumonia he
would scarcely know what to do.
Change is my rule for doctors, and
never let the same doctor treat me for
more than II week ut time. st. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10
The NcapOlitan and His Horse.

The Italians are not remarkable for
kindness to animals, but rather the re-
verse. They have, however, story of
Neapolitan driver notorious for his i'll
treatment of his horse. After death the
man presented himself at the gate Of
paradise, but was refused admittance.
He was recommended, however, to ap-
ply at the neighboring paradise of ami
mails, if naply he might find favor
there. The driver did so, and, 10, the
door was opened to him by the very
same poor, starved, wornout old hack
on which he had been wont to shower
his blows and curses, now transformed
into celestial steed of wondrous beau
ty. But alas, the horse had not yet
learned forgiveness, and here, too, the
driver met with rejection. Westmin-
ster Review.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10
DOCRS OF VENEER.
Few Doors. Ne; Even tn" More 'ost
IN. Made of solid " nod.

~ NHs'f W F"Af" - f'AH
The very finest IL doors are made
nowadays Of veneer on body uf pine.
Even when made of mahogany ~ sumo
other costly wood doors have TO b. We
neered. The body of the duur j. made
of plain, straight grained mahogany,
while the surfaces are yenceIs of hne
wood.
In the finest doors the body is made
Of selected white pine, free from zap
and perfectly seasoned, which H. cut in
to narrow strips and then glued to
gethcr. The outer edges of this door are
faced with what is called veneer, hut
which is really "a strip of the fine wood
half an inch or more in thickness. The
inner edges of the frame by the panels,
are covered in the same manner with
thick strips, i'll which the ornamental
moldirgs or carvings are made aud
which are grooved to receive the panels.
This built up frame Of white pine,
with edges of the fine wood, il then
veneered with the fine wood. In some
lighter doors the panels may he of solid
mahogany, but i'll the finer larger and
heavier uOOrS tne pdItIS also are lldue
Of sheets of white pine with vcueeriug
of the fine wood, so that the entire door
is vencered.
1t would be difficult, if not impossi-
BILE, to procure at any cost mahogany
lumber in fine and beautiful woods Of
sufficient size for the larger doors. The
built up and venecrcd door of pine
wood, however, has every appearance
of solid door, and, made of selected
veneers. it may be more beautiful than
solid door would be. 1t is more serv-
iceable and remains longer perfect its
cost is about half what solid door
would cost-New York sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10
lie Mnsn't AfraiL.

Little Tommy and his younger sister
We're going to bed without light.
They had just reached the sbottom of
the stairs, when Tommy, after vainly
endeavoring to pierce the darkness,
turned round and asked
"Ma, is it polite for gentleman to
precede lady when they have to walk
i'll single file:"
"No, my son, replied the mother,
"the lady should always take the lead. I"
Il thought So" said Tommy delight
edly; ''go ahead, Sue. "-Pearson :
Weekly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10
PRECIOUS METALS.
C"id aud Platinum Are Cheap Com
pared with some OF Them.

pared WIN some OF Them.
"The majority of people when asked
o. name the most precious metals usu-
ally mention gold as first, platinum as
second and silver ms third, " said the
proprietor uf large assaying and refin-
ing establishment o. the writer recently.
NOW, l,t us see how near the truth
they would be-. Gold is worth about
$3.50 per pound troy. platinum $3.50,
ami silver about $I2.
We viii now compare these prices
with those OF the rarer and less we'll
known metals To take them in alpha.
hciical order harium, the metal which
Davy isolated from its ore, baryta. in
1905. sells Tor $3.50 pound when it is
snld at all, and calcium is worth 81, 500
a pound. Cirium is a shade higher. Its
eust Is Sl60 AN ounce, or $l.920 per
pound. These begin to look like fabu-
lous prices, but they do not reach the
highest point, chromium being 5000.
Cobalt falls To- about half the price of
silver, while didymium, the metal iso-
lated by Masander, is the same price
rs calcium. Then comes gallium, which
Is worth S3, $50 an ounce. With this
metal the highest price is reached, and
it may well be called the rarest and
most precious of metals.
'Glucium is worth $3.50 per ounce !;
indium, Slj0 iridium $65S pound;
janthanium, Sl15, and lithium, $l60
per ounce Nidium costs SIPS per ounce :;
oSmium, palladium, platinum, potas-
sium and rhodium bring respectively
$GI0, $l00, Sl30, S32 and S5l2 per
pound. Strontium costs Sl2S an ounce ;
tantaum, Sl44; tilurium, SO; thoriunl,
s212; vanadium, $500; yttorium, $144,
and zinconium, $3.50 an ounce.
THUS we see that the commonly re-
ceived opinion as to what are the most
precious metals is quite erroneous. Ba-
rum is nearly four times as valuable as
gold and gallium more than 100 times
as costly, while many of the other met =.
ais mentioned are twice and thrice as
valuable. Aluminium, which cost SS
and 80 pound in 1890, is now pro-
duced as cheaply az are iron, zinc, lead
and copper. Washington Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10

This Lincoln story is told in Short
Stories: A New York firm applied to
Abraham Lincoln some years before he
became president for information as to
the financial standing of one of his
neighbors Mr.. Lincoln replied as fol
lows:
Yours of the 10th inst, received. am well
acquainted with Mr.. n and know his circum
stances. First of all, he has Il wife and baby {;
together they ought to be.worth $4,000. Sec
ondly, he has an office, in which there are a
table worth $l.5O and three chairs worth say,
81. Last of all, there is in one corner "a large
rathole, which will bear looking into. Re
spectfully yours, A. LINCOLN.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1898-12-10

81 had strange dream the other
night" said the major
"What was it," asked the young
thing.
Il went to heaven, and as an old
newspaper man was interested in their
journal up there. 1t was miserable
thing; not a well written story in it.
md l told ST. Peter So
"What did he say"
HE said: It's not our fault. We
never get any good reporters up here. ;"
Philadelphia Press.