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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
LADIES' DEPARTMENT,
The Origin OF Ear-Rings.

The custom of wearing earrings is
so ancient that 1t is impossible to tell
who set the fashion. According to the
Moslem creed. every Mohammedan lady
considers it her duty to wear them in
honor of Hagar, who was held in pc
culiar veneration as the mother of Ish-
mael, the founder of the Turkish race
There is a curious legend that Sarah,
the wife of Abraham, was so embitter-
ed against Hagar that she resolved to
disfgure her rivals face. Her better
nature, triumphed, however, and she
only pierced the lobes of her ears.
Hag6r wishing to seem comedy to
Abraham, put rings of gold in her ears
to cover the marks. Her Turkish de-
scendants today feel that woman
dishonors her great ancestor if she
fails to wear them. But many sensible
girls and women in our own landwant
a better reason for the fashion.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
THE WEEK
In the United States and the
Old World.
HE SHONE IN SOCIETY.
The Good People of De Soto NO., Greatly
Shocked by an Arrest

DE SoTo, Mo, March IL, lSS5.-Quite an
excitement was caused hero yesterday morn
ing when the inhabitants were appraised of the
fact that Detective Tracy of the St. Louis
police force had arrested for forgery Egbert
M. Carver, cashier of the De Soto City Bank.
Many persons were exceedingly indignant
that Mr.. Carver, who, during his years resi-
dence in the town, had figured as member
Of the best society, had joined the church, and
had given other manifestations of goodness,
should be rudely torn away from them. They
appealed TO the detective, but they appealed in
vain, Tor the detective showed them requisi-
ton upon the Governor of Missouri from the
Governor of New York, and produced the
sheriff OF Otsego county, N. Y, who showed
an Indictment for forgery against Egbert NJ.
Carver. The citizens were even then not salts
Ned, and threatened to got ont writ of
haoeaS corpus. Carver was placed in the
caboose Of the first freight train bound for
st. Louis, but the friends of the prisoner de-
tanned the train half an hour while telegraping
to Hillsboro and other places for papers. An
attorney, upon examining the papers in the
hands of the officers, decided that Carver
would have TO CO.
1t appears that Carver has been wanted very
badly in the Empire State for something like
SIX or seven years, and that while he has trav-
ersed this country pretty WELL always under
his real name, he has very adoitly eluded cap.
tnre by the authorities following him. Six
years ago OF more, he was cashier OF the bank
at oneonta, N. Y, and suddenly left, it being
discovered that several parties had been swim
died out of money by means Of forged checks
several indictments were found against him in
various cases, the amounts of the forgcrics
ranging into the thousands. One party claimed
he had been swind cd out OF about $500
Shortly after Carver's disappearance from One
onto, he was heard of as proprietor of bank
Mt Hicksville, o. This banks affairs were
wound up, and he was next heard from up in
the Yellowstone country. Then, again. he
inquired as leading bunker Mt Garrett, Ind,
and finally was located at De Soto. A rcqui-
sition was issued for his arrest, and Sheriff
Macrendy came ont here with the papers, &C.
companied by NJ. L. Reyes, cashier of the
Oneonta bank, who came to identity him. He
was taken away to New York by Sheriff Ma
cready last night. Carver is man of about
30 years, with dark beard and side whiskers.
lie seems to be very cool over his situation.
When asked what he had to say, he replied:
Il haveJu this to say-that this is n scheme to
get money out of me. was caught on some
security business here in New York some in
d"rsed notes-and couldn't pay them wrote
the authorities some time ago that could not
settle. have committed no crime"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
Their Age.

In all policies of insurance these,
among host of other questions occur
Age of father, if living?" age OF
mother, if living?" A man in the
country who filiei up an application
made his fathers age. "if living" IL
years, and his mothers 102. The
agent was amazed at this, and fancieG
he had secured an excellent customer.
but feeling somewhat dubious. he
remarked that the appli ant came OF
a very long live fa.nily. ooh. you
sec. sir" replied he, "my parents died
many years ago; but If living woul,i
be aged as there pat down Exact,
ly-I understand" said the agent e
4fgonaut,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
NEARING THE END.
Rapid Spread Of the Disease Which is
Carrying OFF Gen. Grant.

NEW YORK, March IL .-Gen. Grant went
to bed early on Wednesday night, after taking
hearty meal, but he did not TALL asleep until
nearly midnight Then, after sleeping short
ume, no awoke and remained awake until
nearly daylight, He suffered considerably
from pain in his right ear lie took fitful maps
during the forenoon and got up about noon,
lie did NOT Il oil MS well as he did on the day
before, and the wea ness and depression were
returning again rapidly, He ate little, and
seemed to have a sort of dislike for food. He
grew somewhat brighter towiss~ evening, but
was still troubled by the pain in Ms~sar. The
u'cerations in his throat had also tassh-Op> a
more angry appearance, and cocaine was used
again TO allay,tho pain. The intiltration is ex-
tending to the deep-seated tissues, and the
disease is spreading with more rapidity than it
has shown Tor some time. The general pulse
and temperature were nearly normal. In the
evening he ate quite heartily Of food, but did
not have any appetite. 1t was thought at one
time that there was an indication of returning
symptoms of nausea, but they were not fully
developed, and the stomach, though evidently
weak, retained all the food that was eaten.
The general showed an inclination to do some
work on his book, but after writing a short
time he put aside his materials and spent his
time listening to the conversation of his family,
and occasionally joined in with few words
himself. He tried to DO cheerful, but 1t was
evidently done BY an effort of will, and did not
express his feelings, which, on account of the
severe pain, were not pleasant
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
'aiuaple Family Plate Discovered in n
Rank Vault.

HARTFORD, Ct, March IL, 1885, George
r. Brinley to-day fully identified as the Brin-
ley family plate lot of antique silver war;
found in the vault Of the Hartford National
Bank We tcr'lay afternoon. 1t was in an an
hque chest which the bank officers believed 10
contain ancient records Of tho bank, and had
not ctred to disturb. An attorney searching
for evidence for one of the French spo!iation
claims was permitted by the president of the
bank to open the chest, under the belief that
some papers OF possible value might be found
On forcing the lid mass of glttering silver
ware was revealed. There was tradition
among the present officers of tho bank that a
quarter ola century ago the Blinley plate had
mysterously disappeared, and steps taken by
the bank last night led to the full identification
by Mr.. Brinley to-day. Each piece bears the
crest OF the Malbourne family of England
from which the Brinleys descend and, indie
pendent of its historical worth, the real value
OF the plate is several thousand dollars. The
chest is believed 10 have been placed in the
bank by the late George Brin!cy of this city, a
gentleman OF large fortune, and widely known
as an antiquarian and owner of the famous
Brlnley library sold in NV York few years
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19

"Rouxh On COughs.''
Ask for Rough on Coughs, for Coughs,
Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness. Troches, loo
Jio1id 25c.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
/" All Played Out,r

"Don't know what ails me lately. Can't
eat well-cant sleep we'll Can't work, and
don't enjoy doing anything. Amt really sick,
and really amt well Feel all kind o. PLAYED
out, someway," That is what scores OF men
say every day. If they would take DR..
Pierces Golden Medical Discovery they
would soon have no occasion to say it, II
purifies the blood, tones up the system and
fortihes il against disease. II is great anti
bilious remedy as well.
A recent census gives the population of
Japan at 81, AZ, 966, OF whom 1880, $50 are
males,
The Andrews Parlor Folding Beds receive the
highest commentator wherever used, in Ho-
tells, in Boarding Houses and Private Families.
heelers, SO to 81 Washington street, Boston
The purest, sweetest and best Cod Liver Oil
in the world, manufactured IRON fresh, healthy
livers, upon the seashore 1t is absolutely
pure and sweet, Patients who have once
taken il prefer it TO all Others Physicians
have decided it superior TO any OF the other
oils in market Made by Caswell, Hazard
& Co., New York.
CHArPED HANDS, face pimples and rough
skin cured by using Juniper Tar Soap, made by
Caswell Hazard & Co., New York,
"Hough on Pain" Plaster.
Porous and strengthening, improved, the
best for backache, pains in chest or side rheu-
matism Neuralgia. 25c. Druggists or mail.
A Beautiful Head of Hair,
long, silken in texture, rich chestnut brown,
reaching to the ground; such are the effects of
the justly celebrated and widely known Carho-
line, the prince Of all Hair Restorers,
Catarrn of the BLADDER.
Singing, irritation, Inflammation, all Kidney
and Urinary Complaints, cured by "Buchu-
Paiba." 81,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
THE MOTOR MAN.
A Visit by a Newspaper Man to Kecly's
Workshop.

keely is close and suspicious about every
thing pertaining to his motor. He guards his
shop carefully. The correspon lent was invited
to visit the machine and witness its working.
The visit was made at night Kcely is big,
burly man, and looks like blacksmith. He
has an intelligent face and a bright, keen eye.
He begun his experiments by pouring an ordi-
nary tumbleltul OF water into what he called his
generator" and then took up violin and
attuned tho "vibrations" until he said they
were in accord. Tuning up machinery with
fiddle was only one of The singular features of
the entertainment. Tho generator was in one
room and the engine in another. There were
numerous good sized ragged holes through the
plaster, on tho side walls and overhead, made
rs was explained, by nuts and bolts flying off at
times when the power had become too vigor-
Gus. An old engine OF apparently great strength
way lying at one side of the room; having
been displaced because it was not strong
enough. 10 n man who talks about thirty
forty Or fifty thousand pounds pressure to the
square inch, iron and steel seems to be weak
materials. Some interesting experiments We're
made, indicat NJ that from some cause an I'M
mense power was secured. Then some hing
broke and the experiments had to end.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
Scrofu|a Hulnov

Turks In the blood Of nearly every one and is LIABLE
upon slight to develop in painful and dis
agrssable FORMS Consumption is undoubtedly scrofua
of the lungs. No remedy has been more successful
than Hoods Sarsaparlla in thoroughly cleansing the
blood and graduating every form of scrofua from tho
human system.
Having used Hoods Sarsaparilla the past six or
seven months for scrofula and pimpes my face.
which l have had for 10 years more. can recon.
mend the medicine every similarly troubled.
fdent that they will be benefited by TIP. A. DU-
cHEsNE. Northampton Mass.
81 have taken Hoods Sarsaparlla and found it ben
efcis for pimples on the face and impure blood ~
CHARLES GRAIN, Portsmouth, o.
For seven years. spring and fall. had scrofuous
sores come out my legs, and for two years not
free from them at all. l suffered very much. Last
May began taking Hoods Sarsapsrilla and before
had taken two bottles the healed and the humor
left me. &C. A. ARNOLD, Arnold Ne.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
Susquehanna Ice Gorge,

The condition oil the ice gorge in the Sus :
qaehanna river at Wilkesbarre, Pa, is giving
11se to serious apprehension. The cold wealth
er Tor the last six weeks made ice of enormous
thickness, and it is believed at some points that
the ice IS Fl oxen to the bottom. few DAYS of
warm weather by melting the snow on tho
upper course of the river will create a dsas-
'r"ns HOOD, as the ice gorge. which is several
iniles long, will cause the water to back up
me ice gorge begins near Plymouth and ex.
tends seven miles up the river to Pittston, md
mere Is also another heavy gorge alb tut Tunk-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19

We give hundreds of testimonials to positive
ofscrofula. of them up as abso-
lutely incurable Take Hoods Sar saparila and you
will be secure from scrofuls.
Three years ago scrofula broke out on my face,
head and ears so they were solid sore, my hair
fell of. my sight and hearing were impaired. COM
mencsd taking Hoods Sarsaparilla and in one year
was entirely cured."-MRs MARY K. PARKMAN, DeI-
ter. Me.
Il have been troubled with scrofula great DEAL
and advised to use Hoods sarsaparilla. 1 have
DOW taken three bottles and have nearly eradcated
the scrofuls from my system."-W A. PERRY
Bourne, Mass
had four scrofulous my feet. which
grew so bad that could not shoe Nothing
which took did me any good till one day saw
Hoods Sarsaparla advertised IN paper and decided
to it. IhAve taken two bottles and the are
almost entirely healed. "-MRs- AppIE PITTS, South
Potsdam, n, Y.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19

Yellow plays an important part In
and toilet accessories,

millinery and toilet accessories,
Sleeves of evening dresses are as
short and gloves as long as ever,
Gold and silver braid is used to ex,
cess in trimming spring cashmeres,
Among other fanclful bodices are
some with lengthwise organ pleates,
Lace bonnets will be much worn as
soon as the weather will permit their
use.
Etamine striped and broche with
velvet comes among the spring novel.
ties.
Tulle makes much more becoming
bridal veil than lace. real or imita,
ton.
Ribbons striped in canvas gauze and
watered silk come for bonnet trim,
mings.
Soft Surah sashes are worn around
the waist under zouave and Elton
jackets.
Bonnets are fast losing their strings,
which were so much worn at the open,
ing of winter.
The new capote bonnets are of me-
dunn size, and are very quiet and
modest in effect.
Great punches of flowers, all of one
kind, are favorite hat and bonnet deco,
rations this spring.
Braid and embroidery in the greatest
imaginable variety of patterns adorn
the new jersey jackets.
The popularity of the tailor made
suit has revived the prestige of the
linen cuffs and collar.
Soft Surah satin and taffeta scarfs
for trimming bonnets come in broad
stripes of soft shaded color.
The peaked brimmed poke bonnet
reappears among spring millinery i'm,
portations and productions.
Wide tinsel braids put on in bands
and long Topped cabbage bows are the
favorite trimmings of spring hats.
Small sunhowers on flexible stems
nod over the crowns of many of the
new imoprted hats and bonnets.
Canvas woven linen etamine ribbons
shot with bars of gold thread trim
some of the new Paris bonnets and
hats.
The wild business of the frizzled
bang is abated until now it is reduced
TO modest waved fringe on the FORE
head.
Spring velvets come in all the new
shades of mastic, tan, brick red, Rus.
sian green, and gray and brown
shades.
But little jewelry is worn in the
street in Paris, and diamonds are con-
sidered entirely out of place except
with dinner or evening toilet.
For young ladies, white lace is con-
sidered the most suitable material for
evening dress. The skirt is made usu-
ally over silk or satin. although some
times over muslin. The corsage worn
is chosen according to the occasion.
The latest rage, and very useful
and profitable one, is the knitting of a
species of rug, with short lengths of
wool upon foundation of Irvine, which
has all the effect and is as durable as
the famous rugs of Smyrna. The idea
comes to us from England, where it has
created a Juror.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
An EmterprIsinR Crochet Worker.


A lady, wife of naval officer, be-
came, through the dissipation of her
husband, reduced to the providing of
her own support and that of young
son. She was half master of various
accomplishments and certain branches
of education, all of which had enabled
her to pass as a cultured lady of
society, but not one of which was
available as means of self-support.
She had been very fond of crochet
work, and knew how to make every
thing that could be made with the
all-Dowerful little hook. With the
last dollar she possessed she bought a
package of Novelty braid and some
spool cotton. For days she labored
without rest, making and inventing a
variety of laces. A wholesale house
n the lower part of the city bought
her work and agreed to take all she
could furnish. She invested the pro-
caeds of her first venture in more
braid and thread, hired a young girl
whom she knew, to help her, and
began what is now large and profit
able business. She soon found that
she could dispose of her work to much
better advantage at private sale; so as
one customer after another recon-
mended her to their friends, she went
from house to house, until now she has
dozen or more girls working for her.
and parlor trade which yields her an
income of not less than two thousand
dollars per year.
She has made acquaintance and
friends in several of the towns ad-
joining New York, and every year,
before the holidays. she takes trunk
full of these dainty articles and spends
a week or so in each town. Her
customers expect her and depend upon
her to furnish them their Christmas
presents. From laces she has en-
larged her business, until now it en-
braces every variety of fancy work
that can be done by hand Her son is
educated and in business for himself
and she an independent, hanny
woman. Doth she not deserve honor
and credit ?-Dorcas Magazine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19

South Africa has 10000 tame
ostriches, producing 100000 worth
of feathers annually.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19

by malaria, how shall we escape the dread in.
iectlonf IS the question which the denlzens Of
fever and ague districts ask themselves. The
answer comes from former sufferers who for
years have escaped the vsitatons Of the peri
odic scourge, through the protecting influence
OF IIostetter's Stomach Bitters. When tho nee
essity for using preventive measures arises, use
this means ofprevention at once, 1t regulates
the liver, facilitates digestion, and libemtes I'M
purities from the system, when such exist, by
promoting heslthiul action Of the bowels and
kidneys, Act early. In all regions where
miasmatio vapors breed disease, it is absolutely
necessary to be provided with safeguard, and
this is true, though sojoun in such localities
is destined to be- brief, No one can afford to
breathe malaria for short time. The Bitters
is a sovereign specific for rheumatism, debility
and nervousness, Keep it on hand.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
Strange Phenomena at Sea

Bark lnnerwick from Yokohama at Veto
ia, Is. G., March 2, met with singular expe
Renee. AT midnight, Feb "a, when the YES
sci was in north lat. 81 deg, st lon. 20 deg.
81 min., the wind was blowing gale from the
south southeast. At u. m. the sky changed
to fiery red, and all at once large mass of
fire appeared over the vessel an fell into the
sea some 80 yards to leeward of the vessel,
with kissing sound, causing the bark to quiy-
er from stem to stern. towering mass of
~h''e lam WIS then seen approaching the
vessel, which struck her fat ablck. and before
there was time to touch a brace the sai,s filed
again, and the roaring white sea could be seen
passing ahead. Another sheet OF flame then
Fan down the mizzenm,st from the rigging of
which poured myrids of sparks. The redncss
OF the sky continued for % minutes
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
Plenty OF Milk for her Calf

William M. Singeriys Holstein hcifer Con-
stapce S. beat the world on Monday as a two
year-old old, giving eghty-on pounds of mill,
in one day. Constance s. had her first calf on
Feb. Is. Constance S. WAS lived on NAV II.
1882. She is by Crown Prince third mo 625)
out of imported Kathrin (No. 5lO) Crown
Prince third was by Crown Prince, full brother
TO the famous COW Echo, which died few days
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
What the Sexton Said,

Mr.. Lewis Edwards, Sexton of Mt.
Vernon Place Church, Washington, D.
c., certifes that for several months past
he had been suffering with a severe
cough which distressed him day and
night. He was very much debilitated,
with constant pains in his chest. After
trying various remedies he used the
Red Star Cough Cure, which gave him
entire relief.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
WAR IN CENTRAL AMERICA

Formally Declared and the Treaty Jeo-
pardiZed-BarriOs' Ambition to Rule.
LA LlBERTAD, San Salvador, March II, via
Golveston.-War has been formally declared
and great excitement prevails here, where it
was thought that Barrios would hold off until
the Nicaragua treaty was settled. His anxi-
ETY. to dominate the whole OF Central America,
however, has proved stronger than his pru-
dence. 1t is feared that this step will kill all
chance for the ratifi alton of the treaty.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
Bl0Wn / ntn Afope

A magazine containing 600 pounds of nitro.
glycerine at the Rock GIycering Comnanv;s
works, three miles from Baiford, Pm e1
ploded recently, killing the proprietor and an
enploye. The factory, Is feet away. WINS
blown into fragments. One body was fo1nd
200 feet away. All the bones were broken.
but the skin was intact, The proprietor
weighed 100 pounds. One or two pieces of
flesh were the only trace that could be found
Of him. Trees were torn up By their roots and
great holes were mads in tho earth
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
The Washington Monument.

Mr.. John C. Goodridge, Jr., an engineer who
has had large experience in the construction
and repair of heavy foundation works, has
issued pamphlet in which he questions the
stability OF the Washington NJ nument with
It's OK sting foundations. He says it has been
demonstrated that monument can be raised
to the height OF 555 feet on such n soil "a nm
derlies the Washington Monument. bnt
that it C N DO sustained there is still to be
proved.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
Cuban Reyolutionists Executed,

KEY WEST, FLA, March 1.-THE Cuban
flags arc at halt mast, in mourning for General
Boneachea and is companions, the news of
whose dea' at San'i'go de Cuba has Just been
received The piario de Ia Marina in its cup
plement Of he sevenlh nstant, saws: can off
cial telegram announces the execution. Mt half.
past eight O'Clock this morning, within the es
plan de, close TO the Castillo del MORO, at San
tiago de Cuba, Of Ramon Bonache, and Cor.
neIio .. Ropesa, white, and Plutarco Estrada.
Bernandipo Torres Pedro Cestero, colored
chiefs oil the filibusteriag expedition recently
captured in tie vicinity OF Minzanillo by
steam launch belonging to the Spanish gun6oat
Card ID
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-03-19
Customs Officers Indicted,

The United States grand jury in New York
have found joint Indictment against Capt.
Charles W. Bracket, who until recently was
the head of the special agents department at
the custom house, and Capt. James S. Chalker,
his assistant. The indictments are founded
upon the information obtained by the
custom house commission during their
inquiry into charges Of differentiation of
goods at the custom house. The charges
against these officials are receiving brides from
iuDOIters