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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10
Wide Use Of Qufnfne.

In numerous localities throughout
the world, quinine is eaten as regu-
larly as food. Men and women pour
it into the palm of the hand and
toss it down their threats. Quinine
is sold at. every rural post Office in
India at the rate of five grains for a
farthing. That is ten grains for a
cent, or 48 cents an ounce, retail.
In Bengal alone ,1,44O,O0O five-grain
packets are sold annually.
Sewing Machine for Human Skin.
In France they have invented
surgical sewing machine which win
mend rents in human skin at a rapid
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10
Blown to Atoms,

The old idea that the body sometimes
needs powerful, drastic, pur.aive pill
has been exploded; for DR.. Kings New
Life Pills which are perfectly haiml, s.
gently stimulate liver and bowels To ex-
pei poisonous matt Ell, cleanse the system
and absolutely cure Constipation and
Sick Headache. Only 25c at 6. G. Smiths
so. Londonderry, f. E. Smiths, jamaica.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10
Keen Observation.

"Do you know anything about the
people who have moved next door?"
she inquired.
mot much" he answered.; except
that their honeymoon is not yet over"
How did you find that out?"
"By observing. 1t was raining when
he came home this evening, hut she did
not make him stop al the front door
to wipe his t."-Washington Star.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10
HIS Taste Uncertain.

"Pooh!" said Daisy, scornfully, "the
idea of your being afraid of poor OLE
house dog! Why, he eats out of my
hand"
81 don't doubt it," replied Bur
roughs, obviously, "but what l am
afraid of is that he might take no.
ton to eat out of my leg. "-Smart Set.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10

Salvation Oil the best IMMINENT.
Price, Is cts; large bottle, % cts Great
est cure on earth for Rheumati m, Neu-
ral.ia, Soreness, Sprains, Backache, Stiff
ness, Cuts Bruises, Wounds, Swclling>,
Burns and Frost Bites. Salvatio Oil kills
all pain.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10
The Consolation Prize.

Louise-Alice has quit giving bridal
presents.
Ethel-How queer! What is Der
reason?
Louise-Well, she says when a we'd
ding invitation comes she feels hap
pier if she takes some money and
buys herself new book.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10
what He would Need.

'My friend" exclaimed the eloquent
minister, "were the average man to
turn and look himself squarely in the
eyes and ask himself what he really
needed most, what would be the first
reply suggested to his mind?"
"a rubber neck!" shouted the preco-
cious urchin in the rear of the room.
-Tit-Bits.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10
The HomeIiest Man in Londonuerrv

AS welt as the handsomest, and others are invi-
ted to call on any druggist and get free trial
bottle of Kemp's Ralsam for the Throat and
Lungs, remedy that is guaranteed 10 cure and
relieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs Asthma.
Bronchitis and Consumption. Price csc. and Soc
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10
TO CURE cOLDIN ONE DAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Al
druggists refund the money if it fails TO cure.
E. w Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10
DIR. Bulls Cough syrup Cures

DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup Cures
a Cough or Cold at once. Conquers
Group, Whooping Cough and Measles
Cough without fail. Best for BROUGHT
Consumption and Lung Affections
Quick, sure results. Price 900
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10

DR.. BulPS Pills for Liver Ills.
One pill dose. Box, so pills, 10 cents
Cure Constipation, Liver Troubles, Bill
iousness, Impure Blood, Dyspepsia, Fee
male Complaints, Stomach and Bowel
Disorders. DR.. Bulls Pills never grippe.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10

wonderfully successful in promptly curing
lame back, kidney. bladder. uric acid trou-
bles and Brght's Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is not rec
commended for everything but If you have kid
ney, liver or bladder trouble II will be found
just the remedy you need. lthas been tested
In so many ways, in hospital work, in private
practice, among the helpless too poor to pur-
chase relief and has proved so successful in
every,case that a special arrangement has
been made by which all readers Of this paper
who have not already tried II, may have
sample bottle sent free by mail, also book
telling more about Swamp-Rooi. and how to
find out If you have kidney or bladder trouble.
When writing mention reading this generous
offer in this paper and Ed
send your address to ef3HI6r ss.ss:zzssse
Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Bing- 4 ss,s;E,sE
hamton. N. Y. The ~-asl 1@ssg
regular fifty cent and Home of swamp-ROOt.
dollar sizes are sold by all good druggists.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10
Stops the Cough
and works off the Cold.

Laxative Bromo-Q ujnine Tablets cure cold
IN one day. No Cure. no Pay. Price 25c.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10

OF the wonderful
cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
II is the great medi-
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years Of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and bIad-
der speciziiSt and iS
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10

The little folks love DIR. Woods Norway
Pine Syrup. Pleasant to take; perfectly
harmless positive cure for coughs, colds,
bronchitis, asthma,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK !?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers Is sure to know of the wonderful
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1902-01-10

BILE cCnQitiDu.
Ny lim BIS
were cold
all the time.
L couldnot
sleep nights
and had no
APPETITE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-23
NEVER TOO LATE TO MARRY.
Nor Scarcely Ever Too Young, Accord
ing to Recent British Statistics.

From the London Telegraph
More than 800 pages are occupied by the
elaborate statistics prepared by the regis
trar general of births, marriages and
deaths in England for the year 1900 Even
the dispassionate official presentment can
not rob the figures of the great interes.
they naturally possess. We find that dur
ing the period dealt with 16 per 1000 Of the
population entered into the married state
The lowest rate was that of Rutlandshire
viz, 11.9, while London seems to enjoy the
climate most favorable to matrimony, as 1t
heads the list with IS nuptials to every
1000 of its inhabitants. OF the 81 $50
marriages registered in England and Wales
during 1900, 113,060 were Solemnized accord
ing to the rites of the established church
Among those who went through the we'd
ding ceremony Were 24,21I widowerS, IL, SIS
widows and 202 men and 1SS women who
had been separated from former partners
by Sir Francis Jeune's court. One bride
groom was only fifteen years old, while
there were four of sixteen, forty-eight of
seventeen and 697 of eighteen.
At the other extreme there were LOS of
from sixty to siXty-five, SIC of years up
to seventy, SD rising to seventy-five 121
between that age and eighty, and even be-
yond this figure thirty-two. of whom five
were patriarchs of more than eighty-five.
One of these was making his first conjugaI
experiment and led to the altar spinster
whose age unfortunately. is not mentioned.
OF the ladies three were not yet fifteen
when they became wives, fourteen We're in
their sixteenth year. and 40 Were approach
ing sweet seventeen, at which stage there
there were $40 damsels welded. 1t would
appear from the figures given that a wom-
ans chances of finding a mate are con-
siderably diminished when she has on her
back the weight of seventy summers. But
while there is life there is hope. One spin
ster (save the mark) did not get an oppor-
TIM tx--- no ia Ike Cha hod
completed her eighty-ffth year, and possi-
bly, more, the registrar does not think
1t seemly to particulaTize beyond this term
The only woman who was married between
the ages of eighty and eight-fiye also had
had no previous experience of connubial
blisses. OF the forty-eight united between
seventy and seventy-five however, forty
one We're widows; and of the eleven who
had contracted alliances at ages from sew
enty-fiye to eighty-nine had had earlier
knowledge of the matrimonial tie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-23
THE PATRICIAN NOSE.
Influences Which Render It Product
of Culture.
From Blackwood's Magazine.

FROM Blackwood's Magazine.
The molding influences which render the
patriclan nose TO some extent product of
culture seem mainly traceable to close
association which exists between certain
or the nose and those in the immediate
neighborhood Nowhere is the lasting mark
OF dominant mental habits more plainly
seen tnan in the muscles about the mouth.
Ihey are continually in action when we
exercise the whether in self-control or
IN attempts to control other men or things
and every time they come into play they
give Christening tug at our noses.
Finally, 1t may be said that for the main
.enance OF patrician nose at its best
Well-balanced mind is almost as necessary
as carefulness in outward behavior. Its
CHASTITY OF tint and outline is endangered
iot only by high living and low thinking,
put also by the habitual and unrestrained
Indulgence of emotions generally deemed
innocent, ana even laudable. These. through
thelr strange secondary influence upon the
nerves winch regulate the circulation and
nutrition or the skin of the face, are quite
capable of inducing a certain coarseness of
expression curiousiy akin to that induced
ny Indulgence in vicious pleasures. Herein,
perhaps, may be found some sort of crude
ana general recipe for an aristocratic nose,
winch Is offered, in all good faith-but with
10 anso4ute warranty-to every one with
Soou powers of mental assimilation.
ihere can be no doubt that the ordinary
Piepeian nose with its some what low bridge,
cohcaVe profile and wide nostrils, is. above
ail DINERS the nose which is proper to man
kinu All other types are developed from it.
wen now the whole human species, of
fancy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-23
VERMIFORM APPENDIX.
A Curious Vestige in Human Anatomi-
cal History.
T-1m The London Chronicle.

Tr1m the London Chronicle.
People as a rule know nothing regarding
the appendix. They talk about appendicitis,
but the organ affected is to them a pro-
found mystery. Let me endeavor to make
plain the nature of this curious vestige in
human anatomical history The digestive
system of man, and that of all other ami
mails, is a canal or tube. whereof the stom-
ach is simply a dilated part. Now, beyond
the stomach We find the intestine Cor boweD
which in man averages twenty-siX feet in
length 1t is divided into the small intes-
tine. measuring about twenty feet, and into
the large intestine, which makes up about
six feet of the total length.
Where the small mites tine-which is the
part that Immediately succeeds thestoma CHI
Joins the large We find the caecum. This
Us its name indicates is cul de sac, kind
of blind alley. lying between the point of
Junction. Attached to the caecum we find
the appendix. a little tube-like vestige av-
eraging about three inches in length. and
OF the diameter Of a goose quill. If the
Caecum Is blind alley the appendix is
KIND OF trap, lying as it does to the back
of the caecum. When indigestible things
ma their way into the appendix-cherry
stones. grape seeds and even the hairs Of
tooth DrusheS-they cause irritation, and
when this irritation goes the length of in
hammation we get the ailment known as
appendicitis. The removal of the appen-
DIX Is an operation of modern surgery
which. under ordinary conditions is both
safe and successful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-23
ANCHOR CHAINS.
Weigh Fifty Tons and Will Hold 6OO,-
600 Pounds.
From the Scientific American.

From the Scientific American.
What are claimed to be the largest chains
ever made in this country for securing a.
ships anchors have been manufactured at
the Lebanon Chain Works, Lebanon. Pa.
for the steamships being constructed at
the plant of the Great Northern Steamship
Company. They were made in four sections
or shots" each comprising 900 feet, so
that the total length of the combined chains
is nearly 1900 feet. Two will be supplied
each ship, one for the starboard and one
for the port anchor, but for convenience
in handling and construction each chain
is subdivided into shots Of 80 or $50 feet
joined by swiveled shackles.
A portion of the completed chain was
tested by apparatus installed at the Leila
non works which is said to be the larg-
est chain-testing machine in this country
having a capacity of 100000 pounds At
: strain of 100000 pounds the law of the
holding shaclSle of the machine was broken
but none of the links was effected At the
second test the breaking strain was placed
At $4,000 pounds. when the jaw of the
machine feeding the oil to the tester wa g
unaffected These figures are IS 900 pounds
above Lloyd'S requirements for such anchor
chains.
A further illustration of the great size Of
the chains can be given when it is stated tina
each link averages not less than 1865 pounds
weight, an average of about 100 pounds to
the running foot, making the total weight
of each anchor section nearly 80 tons. The
chains. of course, will be handled in com
nection with their respective anchors by
steam power, either communicated to large
winches or to special stationary engines
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-23
BUTTERFLY COLLECTING.
Hints for Boys Who Would Like to
Try Their Hand at It.

l. rom the New York sun
Butterflies. because of their conspicuous
ness and beauty and their occurrence al
most everywhere furnish attractive and
ready means for studying the many curl
Gus ways in which nature provides for her
creatures.
Collecting butterflies IS an interesting
pursuit. especially for boys in the country
on vacation, and besides, may become a
profitable pastime. The most ordinary col
lectionS often sell for fair prices while
those more elaborate, especially if they
follow out some scheme, as collection to
indicate sleeping or feeding habits or rep
resenting the varying daily or seasonal
peculiarities of the insects, will be very
valuable, often running up in the thou
sands of dollars.
The apparatus necessary for collecting
and arranging these winged beauties is
simple. The first thing is the means of
capturing. Capturing is done by means of
net which can be made from a small
hoop attached to the end of an old broom
handle. The body of the net is made of
mosquito netting and should be about two
feet deep If the hoop is a foot In diam
eter
With little practice one can become
skillful in handling the net and catch but
terfiies rapidly and without in any way
injuring their delicate wings. In approa CHI
ing the insect it is well to wait until it
has alighted, and to bring the net close
TO II as slowly as possible, and keep it
near the ground and out of sight. When
very close to the prey a sudden stroke,
followed by quick backward movement
will bag the butterfly and fold the net
over 50 that it cannot escape. Never touch
the wings with the fingers in removing the
insect. Carefully insert the killing bottle
and allow the butterfly to f1utter into the
bottle and the insertion of the cork will
hold it a prisoner.
The killing bottle should be a wide
mouthed bottle into which the butterfly
can pass without injury to the wings In
the bottom should be placed securely by
means of shellac a small piece of cotton
which is wet with benzine or common
gasoline. The vapors from these sub
stances produce an easy and painless
stupor, ending in death. Do not be hasty
in removing the butterfly after IL has gone
to sleep, because the fresh air often re-
wives it. After the insects are captured
and killed they are ready to be pinned
and set. For pinning always use insect
mon pins, and will not rust. They cost
cents a hundred.
butterfly should be pinned through the
middle of the thoraX, and in such a way
that the body is at right angles TO the
pin. The thoraX is between the head and
the point where the wings join the body.
After the insect is properly pinned. 1t is
ready for setting, and for this process a
setting board is necessary. The setting
beard is plain, fiat board with numbers
of holes large enough to take the head
sf the pin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-23
LORD ACTON.
Wrote Little Though His Learning
Was Vast

From the New York Tribune
The death of Lord Acton, whose learning
was prodigious, whose memory was phe-
nOmenal, whose assiduity and skill in TAX
ing and cataloguing notes surpassed that of
any modern man of letters, and who, in
spite of all this. wrote and published very
llttle-that little including nothing of unique
value-has naturally excited discussion as
to the essential value of such cultivation as
his. Why" asks the beWildered observer,
should a man work so hard at the acqui-
stiOn of information and knowledge if he
is not to make practical use of it, Ad
mirers of Lord Acton hasten to explain that
he really did make such of his vast
store. and in the most unselfish fashion.
The recollections of him that are every
where finding their way into print full
of anecdotes of his goodness to authors and
students. his readiness to assist with ad-
vice and guidance even the humblest
searcher after knowledge But We like best
to think of Lord Acton as a perfect type of
the man who loves learning for its own
sake. he was never pedant. Sir Mount
stuart Grant Duff remarks that Acton S
learning was borne as easily and with as
little ostentation a child might carry
Ieather and he was, even in his most
booklsh mood, a delightful companion.
why. indeed, should he not have been? Is
the art collector who accumulates noble
gallery blamed because he makes no prac-
tlcal use of his treasures? Lord Acton set,
by his comparative neglect of mere author
snip, an example needed in scribbling age.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-23
HYDROPHORIA.
Vagrant Dogs and Cats Should Be
Mercifully Slain.

From the Brooklyn Eagle
HydrophObia has always been a rare dis
ease in this country. but within the past
few weeks a surprising number of cases
have been reported. Cats are liable to
rabies, but it is more common to dogs, and
seems TO arise from overeating and too lit
tie liberty Pets that are kept in a house
all the time live an artificial life. especially
il they are stimulated by high feeding
One animal also communicates the germs
to others, and some times dozen dogs
cats, horses and cattle will be affected by
the bites of single dog running at large.
While there Is faith in the Pasteur treat
ment Of the bitten subject, prevention is
far easier. Aiiing dogs ought TO be watched
especially If they stink under furniture
whine appear uneasy and detected, and in
stead of shooting a dog that has bitten 81
person the animal should be chained and
kept under watch 70 see If genuine IA bies
Is developed. Many cases of supposed hy-
drophobia are merely hysteria and if a bit
ten person knows that the dog who has in
ficted the wound is healthy lie will be re-
Heved from much anxiety, whereas if the
animal is quickly Killed the uncertainty as
TO the danger may result in simulated hy-
drophObia, with nervous breakdown On
general principles It would be well to end
the lives of the poor dogs and cats that
wander about our cities unfed, uncared for
sickly, nuisance to nsighborhoods a bur
den to themselves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-23
Susceptible to Argument.

BY this time the entire club was in pretty
mellow condition to receive Vegetarian ar
guments, but the enthusiastic host, instead
of following up his startling peroration. in
troduced the pastor Of his church, Elder
Blank as his substitute in speechmaking
The advocates of mixed diet took courage
when they heard the elders lire of argu-
ment. In brief it was as follows:
According to the original plan there was
to be no eating and all life was to be
eternal MastiCation and digestion meant
death. All life would have been everlasting
If Adam and Eve had not eaten of the fruit
of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
Fortunately the break from everlasting life
giving non-eatiEg was only to vegetarian
ism. The result was that the span of hui
man life was son or 800 years.
But Vcgetarianism. while it meant long
life, did not apparently insure goodness
The people grew so wicked that Jehovah be-
thought Him how He might hurry the Of
Tenders more rapidly to the roasting pans
of Satan; He could not wait 800 years to
send man to his punishment. A meat diet
occurred to Him sure toboggan to per-
dition. and at the time of the flood He per
mitted men to learn to eat flesh. Human
life rapidly shrank to an average Of forty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-23
A NATIONAL TRAIT.
Availability the Bane of the American
Public.

From the St Louis Globe-D Democrat.
Availability is our national vice. We are
country contented. Satisfied with our own
superiority. facied or real, We have the
sleek. good humor which is not disturbed
by jbes or sneers. Conceit has provoked
contentment. The result is an amiabe pub
lie. That aggregation of humanity which
the politician speaks of as 1.-The dear PEG
pie" reverentially-in atlte-election times
is pleasant in speech and action. Crowds
are seldom cross. The excursion company
is a notable example. However much the
excursionists may be delayed or disap-
pointed. there is little of grumbling. Even
when they return late at night, tired. worn
out from the day of recreation, they grOwl
gOod-humOredly ard are merry in their
misery. Seldom does any assemblage of
Americans degenerate into an angry COM
pany. and then only under the flashing OF
passion at a crime or of heated advocacy of
u party candidate We get madden be
cause of politics than from any other rea-
son. The election of some far-off individual
whom We never saw and in whose. success
nothing of Importance to ourselves is in
volvtd stirs the dregs of discussion into
very ferment of furious strife. Political
campaigns bring always the dog days of
Infatuated ebate.
The vice of amiabiIity is shown conspicu-
ouSly in the behavior of the American audi
enCe. The audience has lost the right to
Mss. 30 seldom does any auditor exercise
this right that when some rude but honest
fellow manifests his Gisapproval of actor
or of speaker his nefghbors. losing for the
E09Ce their amiabilitE. seek to put him out.
We permit applause, but not Kissing huz-
Z9s. but not cries OF disappr0val. Our audi
enCes have construed the right of criticism
as meaning merely the right to compliment.
We are glad to read criticism in the news
papers the next morning. but we object to
having it expressed audibly at the time.
Yet who give sufficient reason why an
audience may not express its disapprOval
as wei as its commentator? Surely dis
like may as well be expressed as like. The
average audience is too polite too amfable
10 do otherwise than applaud. II it cannot
cheer it sits silent