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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
PAYS to the Head of State.

In the Figaro a statistician under
takes to answer the question as to
how much citizen has to pay for
the head of his State. The French
man pays for his President annually
the low sum of 8 centimes (not
quite cents). Considerably higher
thu amount which every German has
to pay for his Emperor, namely, 81
centtmes annually. In Russia each
subjects annual contribution Is So,
in Italy "A and In Austria-Hungary
IS centimes. The dearest rulers are.
however, those of Greece and Bel
GUM, for every Belgian or Greek
contributes so centimes annually to
the maintenance of the royal house
In his count
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
FRENCH SAVINGS BANK.
How the Poorer Glasses Are Able to
Lend Money.
ney trouble.
Geo. G.. Snitl

France in her system of finance
and Ia her whole scheme of economy
aids and encourages saving among
the people.
The Government conducts a vast
banking institution whereby every
post office has its saving bank de-
partment = it's caisse d'epargne.
Here, says Harper's Bazaar, any one
may make deposit as low as one
franc go cents), which deposit is
recorded in ones livret de la caisse
d'epargne Savings bank book. A
convenient feature of this system
tending to make saving easy Is
that one make his deposits in any
post office anywhere in France, and
may withdraw any part or all his
savings at any post office, without
regard to where the deposits have
been made.
have never had servant in
France who had not her livret de la
ca.sse de'epargne, and yet, the girl
or woman, If she had no family of
her own to support, almost invaria-
bly, contributed to the support of her
fathers family. | have had one mid
dle-agen femme de chambre on
whose face each day | could read
pretty well how the Bourse was
going.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
LIGHTHOUSES re LIVE IN.
Converted Into seaeide Villas Along
English Coast.

BY a curious coincidence no fewer
than three lighthouses came on the
market almost simultaneously as de
sirable villa residences" Two of
these are at Portland Bill, and the
other is at the South Foreland, Dow
ed. The one at Dover has already be-
gun it's career as dwelling house.
The London Daily Mail says:
Quite a pleasant bijou residence has
been made OF the abandoned Lower
Lighthouse at the South Foreland.
The principal difficulty was the quest
ton of utilizing the lantern room.
Trinity House stipulated that the ten
ant should never have light in the
lantern house unless a thick green
curtain is placed over all the glass.
The object, of course, is to prevent
any mistake in the lights by shipping.
The lantern room has been fitted up
rs a study and library. The rooms
below, which were used by the chief
lighthouse man, are not high pitched,
but with the alters. ions that have
Deeu mdUe lHe pIOPliCeol " IhS iiehiS
house has a pleasant residence OF th9
bungalow order.
In the other cases, by the erection
of the splendid new lighthouse Oh
Portland Bib; the Corporation of Trim
ity House has found itself with tWJ
Gid lighthouses, locally known as this
Higher and Lower Lighthouses; on It's
hands. A. Weymouth firm Of auction
GERS received instructions to offer tbs
two buildings for sale by auction:
Both stand in small compounds, en-
closed by substantial stone walls, AMI
there are two keepers houses at
tached to each, with long passages
communicating with the tower. Ac-
cording to the auctioneers, they aie
most substantially erected, AMI c.
pable, with small outlay, OF being
converted into bungalow residences,
the situation being exceptionally
charming and the healthiest along the
seacoast.
These two lighthouses were built IN
1859, and the High Light replaced au
ed flee which was built by Trinity
Il. Use in 1885,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
SncciaI Steel for IsiyetS.

The use of special steeis for rivets
was the subject of a communication
to the Paris Academy of Sciences
lately b. NJ G. Charpy. A systematic
stud! or the thermal and mechanical
properties of yarioIs alloys of steel
has led to the use of chrome nickel
steel Tor rivets, the strength of
which is 25 times that of the metal
W ally e.lployed for this purpose.
and this without the nee1 of any spe-
cial precautions in practical use.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
ALL SORTS.

Your Magazine" completed its
first year with the May issue and
the editor, James H. Borland, of
Danville, announced it's discontinue
ance. During the year the maya
zne has printed over fifty pages of
interesting reading matter every
month, including much historical
matter, poems by the editor, and a
serial by the editor entitled, "Hum-
Lled by the Earthquake.
An examination of 1900 children
recently made shows that thunder
storms are by far the worst terror of
childhood, Afterward, in order set
down, come snakes, strangers, dark
ness, fire, death, disease, wild ami
mails, policemen, water, insects and
ghosts. In the fear of rats and
mice girls exceed boys in the ratio
of rs to 16. In boys fear begins to
diminish after the 18th year, in girls
after the 18th.
The Roman Catholic Church is
growing with great rapidity in Aus
tralia, yet there are those who can
remember the time when there was
not priest on the entire continent.
Lyons, the third city in France,
with a population of 500 200, is
closely crowding Milan as leader
of the silk industry. There are 40
600 people in Lyons now employed
in the silk factories.
Pretoria promises to be the social
center of the Transvaal Most of
the great mining men either own or
are building homes there, and the
social season will be when Parlia-
ment is in session.
Girls and men are still kept care
fully apart in Argentina, and man
does not introduce even his most in
innate friend to his sisters. Mar
riages of girls of II to IA to boys Of
16 or Is are common.
The farmers in Oklahoma are said
to be cutting down their pecan
groves and using the land for pas
lures. Old residents of the territory
say that the men do not realize what
they are doing and that before long
there will be no pecan nuts, and so
no money made by selling them.
One of the biggest jobs in the vac
cination line which is on record is
now being carried out by the Ger
man government in German Africa.
All the natives in Kameroon are be-
ing vaccinated, as great epidemic
of small pox is raging there.
Travellers in some parts of Aus
tralia say that it is now most difficult
= to get about because of caterpillars.
These cover the country in great
swarms, eat everything green in
sight, and have even been said to
have derailed trains because they
crowded the tracks so.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
Our Lack of Courtesy.

Owen owen, dry goods man, who
does a large business In Liver
pool, tells in the Draper's Record of
what he saw on recent visit to the
United States. He speaks with won
der of the many attractions and con-
veniences American dry goods men
furnish for their customers, but re-
maIks: "One hardly ever hears the
phrase Thank you" in an American
she }. Without being actually rude
t. assistants seem to lack some Of
the polish which is expected from
them in this country"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09

A peculiar vegetable product CT
Java is bean-HKe pod containing
the seeds OF the plant on which il
grows. The seeds are disturbed by
tie violent explosion OF the poi
when ripe Dried Lods. brought ID
the United States recently. exploded
with loud noise when thrown upon
water. The cause of the explosion
appears to be that as the pod ripens
a strong internal pressure is brought
to bear on the shell. though II
plCcked before they are quite mature
the pods withstand the pressure I'M
til sudden wetting weakens the It's
sues along the groove joining the
two halves OF the shell.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
WARDSBORO.

James Gleason from Boston is
visiting with John Gleason and
family.
Mrs. Annie Briggs visited in
Greenfield, Mass. last week.
Nellie Wilbur was home over
Sunday, returning to Brattleboro
Monday morning.
Several from this town went to
South Londonderry to see the play,
"Silas, the Chore Boy and were
loud i'll their praise of the render
ing of the play.
John Ware was in town buying
cattle this week.
J. Bells dog was found dead in
the street Monday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Underwood
called upon their son Frank, Mon
day at Mrs. A. L. Wiley's.
H. c. Benson is very busy these
days with supplying orders for Gem
etery work.
George Nelsoii has returned to
his farm, bringing a wife with him.
We extend Congratulations all
around.
A party went from here to Brat
tleboro Wednesday to attend Po-
mona Grange Meeting.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
Imitation pearls are plentiful and

Imitation pearls are plentiful and
look so like the real thing that they
deceive experts. They are made
by means of transparent glass shell
a little glue, and some essence OF
the Orient, silvery, pearly sub
stance, composed of fine scales
rubbed from small fish called the
bleak or the Athlete, 1900 of which
require rubbing to get pound.
A recent estimate of the popula-
ton of Seoul, the capital of Korea
gives the total at 1919, 3O5. A
strange thing about it is that in ev-
cry ward in the city but one there
are more men than women. But in
that ward there are II 900 men and
10000 women. The reason for this
cannot be explained, for Seoul ha
no quarter set aside exclusively for
women.
Pierre, S. Oak girls have agreed
to require that suitors must have
$4,000 cash or $4,000 insurance,
Luigi Galleani, who has recently
been on trial at Patterson, n. j..
on the charge of being connected
with the silk riots there in 1902, has
returned to Barre, accompanied by
his wife,, The jury in his case disa-
greed and Galleani is again out on
bail.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
Price of Antiques.

A tooth alleged to have been
drawn from Napoleon's head at St.
Helena was sold for $3.50. For
Rants wig only $40 could be obtain
ed, but Sterne's wig was valued at
$1,000. Two hundred dollars is said
to have been given for Descartes'
skull, whereas $4,000 was given for
one OF Sir Isaac Newton's teeth, and
$4,000 was offered for one of the
teeth of Heloise at the time when
her body was exhumed. The waist
coat worn by Rousseau has been
priced at $40, his watch at 500.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
PARALYSIS CURED
PATIENT GIVES ALL THE CREDIT
TO DR.. WILLIAMS PINK PILLS,
Soreiy Afflicted, He Was Cured Aftes
Ordinary Methods Failed Even to
Give Relief.

SrotnaTS MetnooS faiIeo Even to
Give Relief
There are still people who say that
partial paralysis cannot be cured.
If you have partial paralysis or some
other severe nervous disorder, do you
think it is better to be treated by
some one who insists that you are incur.
able, or to take treatment that grateful
patients throughout the United States
testify has cured themf
A recent case where cure was effect.
ed was that of Mr.. Charles H. Gilden of
Portland, Ionia Co., Mich. Mr.. Gilden
is q veteran of the civil war, and fought
with the Eighth New York Heavy Artil.
lery. The story of his affection told id
his own words is as follows:
"In 1898 was attacked with terrible
twitching sensations and numbness all
over my body, which my physician said
was paralysis and Which he attributed
to a bullet wound received during the
war.
II seemed to be getting paralyzed all
over and finally could hardly walk: My
eyes became weak and had to get
stronger glasses. l could not move the
lid of one of my eyes and MY face and
mouth were drawn over to the fight side
to such an extent That I could not speak
distinctly. 1 was also troubled with
palpitation of the heart.
''In the fall of 1898 after having been
under the treatment of several doctors
and having tried electricity without
help, bought six boxes of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills and got some relief. After
taking six boxes more, 1 could stand
hard days, tramp and another six boxes
cured me-"
This case, like numerous others, bears
witness to the wonderful curative prop:
critics of, DIR. Williams Pink Pills id
nervous disorders.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills cure general
and nervous debility because they make
new blood. They strike at the root of
these and other blood diseases, such as
rheumatism, an@mia; indigestion and
nervous troubles, such as neuralgia, iler=
Votsness and spinal weakness
A valuable booklet; Nervous Disof-
ders;", will be sent free on request:
DIR: Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists, or sent, postpaid, ON re=
teipt of price, 80 cents per box, six boxes
for $3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, n. Y:
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
DORSET VALLEY.

Il IN DeANo oAS . 49, oON->j
and the cattle can get little grass.
The roads are settled and spring
seems to have eoitie at last.
The stgat season has been the
best in years, aid prices have been
good. Thousands of dollars worth
have been shipped aid yet large
quantities are OH hand and loads of
empty new cans are going up the
valley daily to store it in. Sap beer
will be plenty.
The marble business is picking
up again The old stock is being
sold and new quarries opened, and
orders for inside finishing marble
are coming i'll constantly. The
Italian and Polish help have gone
and may they stay away.
A good dea, of feeling is ex
pressed in regard to the foil orders
of the health officers about milk
The fact is that with the killing of
cows tested for tuberculosis, the
practice of selling veal, and the abb
surd rules about milking and the
care of milk shipped to market the
farmer cannot produce milk much
less than eight cents quart, which
would make the cost to consumers
from twelve to fifteen cents and en-
tirely cut off the poor people from
It's use. Cows have been the main
stay of Vermont farmers for years,
but if this humbug continues the
keeping of COWS in Vermont must
stop as it will not pay to mop out
the stable every day, and dress in
duck suit, etc, as prescribed by the
fool officials.
The mast i'll the stiff leg derrick at
tie Lucky Strike loading switch
broke aid fell last week, but no one
was hurt
Fishing commences in all streams
May IS and lasts until Aug. IS.
The brooks are SO high and cold few
fish will be caught. The trout is
too e,,u roish to bite i'll cold water.
1t vii. Ue jun beforc the boys so
barefoot and the trout bite.
Hay is getting scarce and is
quickly bought if offered for sale.
Mary people here have been short
of potatoes all winter because the
farmers had none to sell. Now
they have hundreds of bushels to
sell at one-half what they asked all
winter.
If the state officials continue to
kill our COWS aud enforce i1npossi-
bic restrictions upon the manner of
milking, care of milk. ETC., they viii
kill the milk business and drive the
farmers Into making cheese again;
and if this same tom-foo!ery is car
ried into butter and cheese making
then Vermont will cease to be a
dairy state. The fact is the people
of Vermont, especially the cheap
appointed health officials, have gone
daft on the health question and are
fast rousing feeling of resentment
that will i'll the near future cause
reaction; and when it comes the
whole health board with the Exper-
inent Station and its force of cheap
officials may go into oblivion.
ST Clone.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
Connecticut's Bad Showing.

Connecticut is usually regarded q
safe and pleasant place to i've III,
and yet it had forty-three murders in
1906. where Maine had only two. To
be sure, Connecticut has more pee
pie than Maine, but not so very
many more; it has fewer than l.
100000, while Maine has $4,000.
1t is fair to state that 1t was an un-
usually bad year for the old Nutmeg
State in this respect. as its forty
three murders are more than 1t ever
had before in single year, and sew
enteen more than the annual aver.
age for the last decade.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
AMONG WARS INVENTIONS.
Torpcdoes Launched by Means OF
Wireless Telegraphy.

There was read before the French
Academy or Sciences, recently pa
per OF deep interest TO all naval men,
upon new invention lor the aDso-
lutely sale and effective LAUNCHING
and control OF torpedoes Dy medus OF
wireless teiegrapny. lne SPECIFIC
value or t4ls Invention is that Is en-
ab.ed tHeCtn ely 10 neutrai.-e aly
effort at hostile disturbing Iio,s-
ments by an ene.ny's use OF mireIeos
telegrapny. The invention Is tuot CO
Nj. 0uataye GaOet, ana ats Ih.,il leat-
ureG are renewing wheel proyiue
with fiat, Spohe-iiSe plates, on e.c
of which is d sIn1ods glass tdoe, II
which a drop or mercury riscs dnd
falls 10 the close circuit at viii. TA'.
movements o. tie tor ..edo are unIec
the tranS.nitter's Co-Irol every in-
slant, and a system OF luminous
eclipses' even enables him tC watcl
its progress.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
MAKING A BULLS EYE.
1t Answered the Purpose and Won
Him q Dinner.

Him q Dinner.
A Georgian who had the reputa.
ton Of being wretched shot, re-
gently invited the attention Of his
friends to a target painted on barn
door; with d bullet hole exactly in
the centre Of the Bulls eye. This
be claimed to have shot at a distancs
ct 500 yards.
As his friends were incredulous,
he offered to bet d dinner on the
proposition. Upon the acceptance
by one of the friends of the wager,
the chap with the supposed bad
shooting eye produced two witnesses
whose yeracity could not be ques-
toned, and they testified that lie
had, indeed, accomplished the feat.
So the bet was paid.
During the dinner, the loser of the
wager inquired how his friend had
managed to fire such an excellent
shot.
''Oh, explained the later, with d
smile, Il simply shot the bullet at
tho door at distance of 500 yards.
Then / painted target around it."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
Soap a Century Old.

Soap has been in use for 5000
years and IS twice mentioned in the
Bible. few years ago, a soap boil
er's shop was discovered in Pompeii,
having been buried beneath the ter
rib!e rsin of ashes that fell upon that
city in the year 10 A. D. The soap
fouad il the shop had not lost its
efficacy, although 1t had been buried
1900 years.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
Travelling I'm Morocco.

In proof of the assertion made by
the German authorities that all Ia
we'll in Morocco an officer of the re-
cent German expedition to Fee tells
how in the heart of Morocco he had
met an English woman touring
alone. She is reported to have trav-
elled all the way across Morocco on
horseback with no other escort than
q few servants.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
Eliminating Trading Stamps.

mo more trading stamps" is the
slogan of campaign which English
grocerymen are carrying on. One of
them, who's shop is in East London.
says: There is not a small grocer in
England who earns 5 per cent. on
his capital Ten per cent. is average
profit, and the cost of trading STAMPS
leaves only about GA per cent
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
NEhnf She Likes lest.

A short time ago the German EN-
pres We ASKED by very rich Bar
oAe-s " .at things in the world she
would like best Il can tell you very
readily" said the Empress. There
are fodr things | prefer TO all others,
and they all begin with X. They
are my Kaiser, my kinder, my kirche
and my kuche" (my King, my chill
dren, my Church and my kitchen.)
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
Sfve Honor to Whom a. is Due.

DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite Rem
edy, of Rondout, n. Y. cured me of
Brights disease and Gravel. Four of
the best physicians had failed to relieve
me, have recommended it to scores of
peqple With ike sncaeaa. and know it
will cure all who try it.-Mrs. p P.
MisHer, Burg Hill, @. Price LEO, all
d rqggistsi 9 bottles $500
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
Two Million Negro Saptists.

There are more than 100000
negro BaDtists in this country. with
fifty institutions of learning and
forty-five denominational papers
They have a national organization,
with boards for missions. home and
foreign. education. publication ard
the young peoples societies
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
InndOn's BOY Actors.

1t is astonishing to the foreigner
to find SO many boy and girl actors
on the London stage. It Is rule,
not an exception. that a child ap-
pears in play. says the Stockholm
Dagbladet.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
More News from the New England States

More News from the New England States
If any one has any doubt as to the vir-
tue of Fo'ey's Kidney Cure, they need
only to refer to Mr.. Alvin H. Simpson,
of Willimantic, Conn, who, after al
most losing hope of recovery, on account
of the failure of so many remedies. f.
nally tried Foley's Kidney Cure, which
he says was Just the thing for him,
as four bottles cured him completely.
He is now entirely well and free from
all the suffering incident to acute kid
ney trouble.
Geo. G. Smith.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
A Narrow Escape.

G. w. Cloyd, merchant, of Punk
Mo-. had narrow escape four years
ago, when he ran a jimson burr into his
thumb. He says 1.-The doctor wanted
to amputate 1t but / would not consent
/ bought a box Of Bucklen's Arnica
salve and that cured the dangerous
wound" 25c at q e.. Smiths, Drug
ri st
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
A Ducen's Headdress.

A queen of ancient Egypt wore
over the light blue head covering
fashionable for her sex an elaborate
headdress in place of a crown. This
was made in the form of some SYM
bolic animal, or else 1T bore SYM
bol--a bird, the heads of serpents.
or the horns of oxen.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-09
Honey Production in Spain.

There are 100000 beehives, pro-
ducing 10000 tons of honey, IN
Spain, which is the second greatest
producer of honey in the world. Ger
many, with 100000 beehives. pro-
duces 10000 tons.