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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
TEMPERANCE IN ENGLAND.
Americans Setting tine Fashion will.
Iced Drinks.

Americans Setting tine Fashion will.
Iced Drinks.
The remarkable wave of temperance
Which is at present spreading all over
the country is said to be due In the
frst place to economic conditions, and,
secondly, to the great change in public
Taste, says London Express.
"One of the chief reasons of the de-
crease in the national drink bill" said
John t. Rae, secretary of the National
Temperance League, lis the striking
condemnation of the use of alcohol by
some of the most influential medical
authorities.
Another important factor in the de-
creased consumption of wines and spir-
its is the fashion set by the large num-
Der of American visitors, who show a
remarkable preference for iced temper
ance drinks.
THE total abstinence of the majority
of the labor leaders is also beginning
to tell on the laboring classes and
members of trade unions, many of
whom are now beginning to realize that
teetotalism is an important stepping
stone to their future progress"
There is no doubt" the manager of
one of the largest firms of wine mer-
chants told an Express representative,
that the decrease in wine and spirit
drinking is due to the present tight
ness of money and the high rate of the
income tax. In consequence of this the
public are only spending about half as
much on wines as they were formerly
in the habit of doing"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Discovering the North Pole.

There is a popular belief in the ex.
IRENE Northwest that the north pole
will be discovered by a musher, and
not by any scientific polar expe,
i las DeI.oA - 0-..o4 on the conviction
t. I'll gold stampede will eventually
be started toward north latitude 80
degrees. and that mJSherS will rush
III here Arctic explorers have feared
to tread. Sc completely unhnowm to
fame is this newcoAer In the race for
t.le pole that to the majority OF peo-
pie, the name suggests nothing but
cereal breakfast food.
Gilbert Parker, the novelist, who
finds his most congenial theme in
French-Canadian life, has made his
readers familiar with "Marche-t'-eni
the cry with which drivers of dog
teams urge forward their painting ami
mails
Professionalism trappers were
among the earliest white men in the
far northwest, and American prospec-
tors on the Yukon soon learned to
goad their dogs on with the same cry,
without. however, understanding the
French which, in their mouths, was
rapidly corrupted to "Muchon!" to this
day an Alaska dog drivers equivalent
for Gee up!" Dog drivers generally
run with the team, and therefore from
"Mush-on" has come the noun mush-
err used all over Alaska and the Yu-
kon territory to designate a craftsman.
The musher is generally prospector.
stampeder and craftsman all rolled
into one, and Alaska trails are such
uncertain quantaties that he has fire.
quenuy to make his own precedents
over newly frozen sea and trackless
snow. The musher achieves most of
his stampeding to new gold fields
during the arctic winter. for then the
rigid sea becomes a highway and
mighty rivers need no bridging-Sun.
set Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Clears at Their Best.

Buy your cigars in quantities, put
them in a cedar box, lay the box away
in your cellar, and at the end of three
or four years they ale Just right for
smoking" said Mr. T. l. Marston.
"a cigar, if properly kept, improves
with age, and at the end of four years
storage reaches the maximum of excel
lence. There are some curious things,
however, about even the costliest kind
that every connoisseur recognizes. In
certain localities the best brand of
Havanas acquire a bitter taste after
being laid away for few days. don't
know whether it is atmospheric infiu-
ence or what the cause may be, but
certain it is that some climates are
ruinous to their favor.
Amy smoker of the finest goods will
also tell you that it is necessary at
times to change from the imported to
the domestic cigar, if only for a brief
season. l tire of cigars costing 40 cents
each wholesale, and cannot again take
pleasure in them until l have INDUCED
for period in some genuine Connecti-
cuts. '-WaeEington Post.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
A Climatic Anomaly.

Mr. William Hunter Workman re-
calls attention to the enormous diff
ferences between sun and shade tenn
peratures at high attitudes. At q
height of 1867 feet on Himalaya
glacier he recorded the following
temperatures side by side: In the
sun, 1875 degrees; in the shade, 81
deg; sun, 100 deg; shade, 60 deg:
sun, 1872 deg; shade, SO deg. At
a snow camp, altitude 1892 feet:
Sun, 204 deg; shade, Sc deg. At
these attitudes, where the air Is
much rarified and comparatively free
from moisture. the sun burns with
far greater power than near sea
level But while TIE direct rays of
the sun may be almost uncomfortable,
snow and ice may remain hard fro
zen in deep shallow near by. Almost
Immediately the sun leaves q snow
surface it begins freezing.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
JUST LIKE A WOMAN

$50 glad to see you here, Grace. !
wanted to tell you all about Ruth and
Bert. Why, he did it! I never dreamed
shallow man really is! Of course,
when we quarreled last night and l
broke my theater engagement with
him, as we'll as my diamond ring en-
gagement, 1 told him to ask Ruth to
CO. so the box wouldn't be wasted. And
he just as sarcastically said he would.
And he has!
"How did he dare, when he knows
detest her? eyes, mother, the leading
lady's gown is a DREAMY She might
be wearing -four sacks for all of ne,
for l never was so upset in my life.
81 knew Bert felt awfully bad,
though he put on his freezingly digni-
fled air. 1 could tell by the way his
lips frightened in that odd manner he
has wnen he is stirred. Why, l thought
he'd be glooming away at, home with
a headache-not heartathe, for lie
hasn't any heart or he wouldn't hive
let me quarrel with him. And here he
is, spick and span, laughing, actually
laughing, at that Bingham girls stu I'D
remarks. Some men, of course, admire
that bold, blacll-ey ed type, bat I always
supposed that Bert was diife. ent fri =
the rest and had more cultured likes
and dislikes. 1t seems he hasn't! How
did he dare?
Il hope to goodness Bert sees nc
only ] wish | was with some stun1i. :
man instead Of just the family. 1t locks
as though | never got asked anywne. e
except by him. At any rate, he wont
have the pleasure of thinking II at
home crying my eyes out over him.
know l look especially nice tea Cht aad
the cold water and powder hides ayery
bit of red about my eyes. I must re-
member to be amin ated ard laugh and
talk lot when the lights go Up, for
Bert can't help bat notice me be -wecn
acts
II suppose that Bingham creature
thinks she has done something great.
She wouldn't feel so smart if she knew
he asked her just to make me jealous.
Maybe, though, he is glad Of the chance
to take some one else-rnaybe he
doesn't care hit whethe~ | an jealous
or not. Well, don't carc-not bit!
0sn't the play lovely, mother? Such
stunning leading woman! I'm so glad
came.)
isn't it odd? The lights are up and
Bert hasn't locked this way once. Well,
he doesn't have tO-iet him devote
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
A Unique Savings Bank Record.

Of all the older and stronger savings
banks in Vermont the Lamoille County
Savings Bank and Trust Company of
Hyde Park is the only one which has
acted upon the principle that Vermont
money should be kept in Vermont to
foster Vermont enterprises and to de-
velop Vermont industries.
1t solicits deposits from all who re-
gard safety as the first prerequisite in
the management of savings banks. No
collapse of western booms can affect
this institution, because all it's loans
are made on securities in Vermont
which it's directors can from time to
time personally inspect. 1t holds the
unique record of never having lost a
dollar by poor note.
Send your name on postal card, re-
fc-"'ng to this paper and asking for a
ielAct on savings banks. 1t will be
SCH you free. postpaid, by addressing
either the treasurer, c. A. Knight, or
the president, G. S. Page.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Deer In the Adirondacks.

eff you have never been deer
hunting" says John Davis Ander-
son in Outdoors, 1.-The chances are
that the sport would hold no pleas
ure for you, because If you enjoyed
this sort of thing you would have
been before this. Nothing could have
kept you away. On the other hand,
II you have been once, the time was
not farther distant than last year,
for so great is the charm Of the ex-
perience that no man is content with
going but once in a lifetime. -. You
rise from behind your log, aim your
rife and make a slight noise. This Is
enough. In an instant the deer has
whisked around and would be away
through the thicket If your nerves
had not proven tue and the bullet
had not plowed it's way to his heart. !"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04


himself to Ruth Bingham if he likes.
Only I never supposed he'd look at any
other girl in all the world except me
with that special little smile. thought
1t was all mine. Men are tickle as
they
There! He saw me, and l must say
my bow was triumph of art-polite,
sweetly cold and disinterested.
II wish my cheeks didn't burn so, for
l wouldn't for anything have him think
cared told him last night I'd never
forgive him or him again, and I
won't. So there is nc reason on earth
why he shouldn't take whom he pleases
to the theater. Only
There! He caught my eye, but /
pretended not to see him. He doasn t
act as though he was really enjoyin G
himself as he did the first part of the
evening Maybe he does feel sorry.
Perhaps he was sorry as soon as he
asked her, but then, of course. he
couldn't get out of it.
'I'll never forgive h I'm, though, new
err! | guess there are others besides
Bert Buckner, if | do chance to hare
no one with me tonight. eyes, motfer,
I'm perfectly breathless to see how it's
going to turn out)
Il haven't the widest notion what
they are talking about on the @t9Cc
there, ard | don't wort TO knew. ] &C
tually believe Bert is trying tc at ract
my attention the way he sta, es al ne,
but | won't look.
Just to think that c"me "ea" y ~
ryiug that man, and he thought so TT
tie Of me that he c1n ENJOY h met at
the theatre "a hours alter we parted
forever, But I ca~'t tccr 70 think Of
his being wasted CT G'+1 3'?chr1n
He's too good for her, though I don :
want him.
Thank heaven the last cur ain! IF
| could orly get home and in M r;"'ln
alone! Oh, see that. There was no
need of his putting her opera coat
around her in such an outrageous'y
tender manner. Just as he dces-Gii
mine! l hate him. l don't believe
every truly cared for him. eyes, papa,
I'm coming, but this crowd is awful.)
There they are, and I'm afraid we're
going to meet by that pillar because of
this jam. If only l can managed to
smile condescendingly and yet frigidly,
as though l scarcely knew him.
"Oh, good evening, Mr.. Buckner!
What? Why, ye-e-s, Bert. Don't be so
tragic Yes, I'll be home tomorrow
evening.
s'Well if he didn't look relieved when
l told m that! Poor fellow! l know
Ruth Bingham simply sandbaged him
into Inviting her! eyes. mother l had
{ l.. !-htful evening! ''-Cbicago News.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Rismorck's Precaution.

It is customary in the cheaper
classes of German inns to substf-
tute chicory for coffee. Bismarck
was aware of this, so one day when
he came to a small Inn, after long
Journey, he sat down and called
the innkeeper to him.
Have you any chicory?" said he.
Eyes. Sir" said the innkeeper.
well. bring all you have here to
me-" ordered Bismarck.
The innkeeper was gone a few
minutes, and returned with an i'm
mense armful of chicory.
els that all the chicory you have
In the house," asked Bismarck.
"Yes-all"
"Well, then" said Bismarck,
''leave this chicory here and make
nae q cup OF coffee. Answers.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
The Salt in the Ocean.

If the ocean did not have salt it
would freeze somewhat more rapidly
than it does now, but there would be
no very marked difference. The ocean
is prevented from freezing not so
much by its salt as by its size and by
it's commotion. On account OF it's size,
large portions of it extend into warm
climates at all seasons, and by rea.
son of its great depth it is vast store.
house of heat. It's currents distribute
much warm water among the cold
ST. Nicholas.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
The AntiSeDtic Babe.

We can sterilize his bottles, we can
boil his little mug;
We can bake his flannel bandages
and disinfect the rug
That envelopes him when he par
takes of medicated air.
But there's one impossibility that
leaves US in despair
And not unjustiffable alarm, you
will allow
To wit: we fear 'twould never do to
sterilize the COW!
We are careful of his hours, we are
thoughtful Of his toys;
We are mindful of his sorrows, and
judicious of his joys;
We are prayerfully considerate OF
needful discipline,
or our little Mothers Handbook"
and the precepts writ therein:
And we strive to render sterile all
designed for mouth or tum,
But one frightful danger menaces-
we cannot boil his thumb.
-Harper's Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
"A TI7kers Damn

What is the origin of the phrase, "a
tinfer's damn and whence did it de.
rive its present significance? Mr..
James Macarthur throws some light
on the matter. The common applica.
lion of the term. he says, is misuse
of it. The phrase had homeIy origin.
A tinker's dan is not an epithet, but
wad of dough or soft clay raised
around spot which plumber. in re
pairing. desires TO food with solder;
as the material of this dam can be
used only once it is thrown away a.
useless-hence the proverb-Harper's
Weekly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Finse1 RAYS Makes Hair Grow.

No less notable a result than the
stimulation of a vigorous growth of
hair on the head of a septuagenarian,
bald for so years, has been attained by
the systematic use of the Finsen ray
treatment by eminent specialists at the
Polytechnic Hospital, in Philadelphia.
So remarkable has been the outcome
of the treatment that the greatest in
terest has been aroused among scien-
tific men familiar with the circum-
stances, and the additional experiments
along the same line which are to be
made in future clinics are certain to be
followed by the closest attention both
in this country and abroad.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
A Modern Miracle.

Truly miraculous seemed the recov-
cry of Mrs. Mollie Holt of this place, y
whites j. o. R. Hooper, Woodford,
Tenn, "she was so wasted by coughing
up pus from her lungs. Doctors declar-
ed her end so near that her family had
watched by her bedside forty light
hours; when, at my urgent request DIR.
Kings New Discovery was given her,
with the astonishing result that i'm
provement began, and continued until
she finally completely recovered, and is
healthy woman today" Guaranteed
cure for coughs and colds. SOC. and
81 90 at G. g. Smiths, Druggist. Trial
bottle free.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04

Indi@es n i elSi'y oyercon b, the
Sc of Kod ii Dysi ei STA , ure, bee Sc
his remedy digests what you eat and
ives the som oh a rest allows it to
cooperate anA grow strong again. 10
lol relives Indigestion, j lching Of Gas
Sour Stomach, Heart Burn, etc. an,:
'nables the digestive organs irlns
-5rm all foods INFO the kind OF rich red
Hood that makes health and strength.
Sold by L. I. Landman. 5. Lomdond-
cry, and f. NJ. Leonard. y. Lo idoI-
derry
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Men Wore Hats in Church.

Some one has revived the old ques-
ton of women's hat in church. Pepys
both men and women wore their hats
to worship. ITO church." he writes,
land heard simple fellow open the
praise of church musique, and exclaim-
ing against men wearing their hats on
in the church" Later he notes that he
saw a minister preach with his hat
off which l never saw be-
fore" The hat was then an integral
part of both male and female costume,
and Pepys catches "a strange cold in
my head by fiinging off my hat at din
ner."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Modern Social Demands.

One curious effect of taking ourselves
so seriously is the enormously in
creased Importance of the interesting.
Society fairly bristles with the inter-
esting. Sometimes one wonders where
the uninteresting go. Modern society
demands that you should be something
or do something or say something or
at least pretend to. 1t is understood
that you must be celebrated, or notori-
GUS, or well advertised, or cheeky, and
even dishonest, if it is on magnificent
scale. At any rate, you must take
yourself seriously and get a swelled
Fortnightly Review
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
DIR. David Kennedy. Rondout, n. ".

DEAR SIR: Some time since / was
troubled with blotches comingIout on
my breast, of a scrofulous character,
and my general system seemed to be out
of order. / was induced to try DR.. Da.
vid Kennedy's Favorite Remedy. The
first bottle drove the eruption away and
| feel better every way. 1t is a splen-
did blood medicine. Henry S. Eldredge,
Rochester. N Y
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04

that it is available for almost every.
thing. Cashmere, henrietta and veil
ing are all much in vogue and all
eminently desirable for the design.
The waist Is made with the fitted
lining which is closed at the front
and itself consists of fronts and back
with the fancy yoke that Is extended
to the waist line, giving quite
novel and distinctive effect. The
back is tucked for It's entire length
and gives becoming and taperins
lines to the figure, but the front is 50
arranged as to provide fulness below
the shoulders, the tucks at the front
being extended to the belt, giving .
vest effect. The closing Is made In.
visibly at the left of the front. The
sleeves are the favorite ones that
are full above deep cuffs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Boomers for Children.

Sensible mothers are going to let
their little girls wear boomers with
their winter suits. These boomers
may match the stockings or petit
coats-thus for instance, a child
wearing black shoes will have a pair
Of boomers. Where brown shoesand
stockings are worn the boomers will
carry out the color note. 1t Is not SO
desirable to have the boomers made
of the material of the Dress 1t 10
too suggestive of the boys knicker-
bockers
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
CHILD SUICIDE IN GERMANY.
School System Blamed for Terrible
SeIf-SIauuE,ter of Infants.

Self-Staughter OF Infants.
The statistics of child self-murder In
,Saxony show that, although only per-
sons under Il committed suicide In
1901-1902. the number rose to 81 in
1908. The total number of child sui
cides in Germany during eighteen
years was TAT, just AZ annually.
Critics of the school systems assert
that children are forced too much, that
they are over-stimulated and are set
impossible tasks. An instance is given
Of 12-year-old boy who had failed to
do Latin exercise properly and was
sent home to his father. The boy, the
moment he entered his fathers room,
shot himself. In Identical circum-
stances another boy threw himself out
of a window
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Barre ssfaaiis Par cha
Agency,
City Of 8aIre, VI.
ALTERING THE WIND.
But Pat Could Not Fix it to Suit the

But Pat Could Not Fix it to Suit the
Lady's Convenience.
A country gentleman observed his
Irish servant at the top of ladder
doing something to the weathercock
on the stable turret Halo, Pat"
he cried, what are you up to now?"
"The mistress wants to go for a
drive" replied Pat, IAN she towld
me to put the rony in the dogcart.
But fax, it's BLOWN so nasthy an
cowld from the aste, an she is so
purity and delicate, that I thought
I'd be after tyin' the bia'gard of
wind round to the so'-west with bit
of string an keep it there till she
had her drive and come home agin."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
i Condition, Net a Theory.

Why cont You go to work?
ask the kind hearted but conscien-
tiogs woman.
'You would surely have self-re-
spoct
IT'S kinder dis way" said Mr..
Erastus Pinkly. when / lives on
what | kin earn, ! has mo- self-re-
srect; b 1t when | puts in de time
huntin' up de white folks dat kin
'preciate rolitcness, l has pie a heap
1tener. Washington Star.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Journalism.

There was recently a big fire In o
small town in Devonshire, and q
Journalist pushed his way through
the crowd to the Gordon of police
surrounding the burning building.
where are you going?" demand
cd a constable.
I'm a reporter; l want to get
some particulars about the fire." was
the reply.
Here, get out of this" said the
constable, pushing the newspaper
man back into the crowd, you can
read all about 1t In the papers to-
morrow. THE Sphere.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Hfram's Big Words.

. Mrs. Crawfoot - Gosh, Hiram
brought some of his college larnin'
down here on the farm
Mr.. Crawfoot-How SO, Mandy?
Mrs. Crawfoot-Why, when you
told him to go out and pick them
later bugs off the vine he told me to
tell all visitors that he was out in
the grTden studyin' entomology
Chicago News
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
HE SAW THE JOKE.
Dwt Not in the Same Light as III
American Friend

Bwt Not in the Same Light as Haw
American Friend.
An American touring the country
with an English friend stopped to
point out to him a sign post on which
some wag had printed this sign:
This way to Squedunk Those
who cannot read apply at the black
smiths opposite"
The American roared with laugh
ter. but the Englishman looked pug
sled. After they had returned home
that night the ,Englishman came into
his hosts room roaring with laugh
tor.
"Ah," he said, 'I see the joke now
suppose the blacksmith were
0utf''-Sphere.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04

The secret o. succe 'sfnlly Riding the
ystem of cod is a thor ugh evacua-
ton If the bowels. Kennedy's T.axa i've
Honey and Tar does this-Liquid Cold
Cure, drives all cold out of the system.
Best for Coughs, Group, etc. Sold by
L. T. Landman, S. Londonderry, F.
M Leonard, N. Londonderry.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
a Nnotty Problem.

She WIS a fair passenger in search of
inform ton, and the captain was, nat
urally. only too willing to crafty
her lie had explained that the action
of the propeller forced the ship
through the water, and added, as a
further TEN of information:
eve made twenty knots an hour last
night. miss"
DID you, really?" said the sweet
girl And whatever did you do with
them all?"
The captain went red and his eyes
dilated.
Threw them overheard he said,
shortly.
Fancy" she said.-London Tit-Ets.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Better Than Reference.

Can you give me references from
your last place."
mo, ma'am. The last woman
worked for was Mrs. Lippy, that
used to live nest door to you. She
an I couldn't get along at all. You
don't know how mean she is.
could tell you ever so many"
You may come. Chicago Tra-
hume.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1906-01-04
Her Point of View

Hicks-He's very wealthy.
Mrs Hicks-Yes, and very stingy
and economical.
Hicks-Don't be sure of that. You
can't Judge a man by his clothes.
Mrs Hicks don't. I'm Judging
him by his wife's clothes.-Philadel-
phia Ledger